BOY TALK
The night was dawning, and Date was walking around the courtyard with a hooded cloaked man. They were both entered in the tournament. "Masamune San" and "Tsuyoi San". Tsuyoi was a complete new-comer. Nobody had ever heard of him before. Yet he seemed so confident, so relaxed, even with all the powerful warriors that had entered. Tsuyoi had entered only the sword fighting tournaments while Date had entered open hand. Neither had entered the amatuer sumoo; which was basically the joke tournament. The fights to honour Musashi, and the sumoo to bring up spirits of the people. These two were not just playing around. They were here for a purpose.
Date spoke up first. "You must win both the sword events. We must show these people what we are made of and how powerful we are. This whole tournament is a test for us to see how we compare to Ieyasu's men. My years in his army didn't do me much good. I didn't pay attention to the other men's techniques. Honda is the biggest rival, think you can handle him?"
"My lord, I too have served in Ieyasu's army, and I have studied Honda's techniques. He is strong, but unless he has always held back in wars, he is nothing to me." replied the hooded character.
Meanwhile Honda was speaking with Sakaki and Kobayakowa nearby. They had just returned from a campaign in China and were rearing to go for the tournament.
They were feeling quite confident. Honda was expected to take out all the events, but they were trying to convince him to let Kobayakowa win the sumoo, the amount of laughter that would create in the courtyard would be tremendous.
"You don't need to win the Sumoo Honda san, it's just a big joke, and the punchline would better with me winning it." exclaimed Kobayakowa.
"I agree, and that way, we get some prizes too. Then we can all have a little party back at my village. What do you say Honda san?" edged Sakaki.
"I... suppose... but you provide the entertainment! I want all the girls performing at the festival to be at this party." snarked Honda
"You're a hard bargain Honda san!" said a gentle voice from behind. The three turned and saw Yokobue, a beautiful young girl who considered herself a bit of a fighter as well, and loved to watch a good scrap. "I'll be watching tonight while you all fight, then you'll get to see me in an exibition match with Kazu-no-Miya san. We are both invited to your party right?"
"Of coarse!" butted in Honda before Sakaki could refuse.
"Good! Have fun tonight. And make sure there are good matches tonight, or else!" Then she left.

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