A few hours later we reach the lively Tokunosu City. I can never get over how big it is. And the buildings defy gravity and so do the cars.
"Wow!" Kaylin gasps. I can share his enthusiasm. Its amazing! The clothes that they wear look so much fancier than ours could ever be. The old ways of Japan and the Western world merge here in a seemingly perfect blend. There's no girls though. It's the same here... Women have no place... Wait... There's a broadcast and there's a woman being interviewed. She's the govenor of this city! I stop to watch.They talk about very... I guess intelligent things. I can't tell. Their language is a strange mix of Japanese and English. Its cool though. I then see many women pass me and they, by and large, look very important.
"We should move here Katara! You'd get to be important here!"
"I don't know."
"We should!"
"No! I'm this close to getting a dragon."
"But you can have a robot servant here!" And just as he says it some couples walk by, but on most, one of them has these strange looking things coming out of where their ears should be. Those must be those Autocons I heard of before.
"I want a dragon."
"Fine..."
"When I get one I'll get you a servant."
"A robot?!"
I nod.
"COOL!"
"You just have to wait."
"Come on!" He says as he deflates. I smile at him. He means well. And he's still just a kid. He needs a bit of time with me though. Between me training and him working at night often has left no time for us to be together. But it'll be so much better when I finally get my dragon. When I get my dragon I'd be able to spend all the time I want with my brother. We can build a shrine to father and honor his sacrifice... and mother's as well...
"Katara! Look!" Kaylin pulls on my sleeve hard and look at him. He's pointing at a screen attached to a tower. The advertisement displayed a sorry excuse for a samurai with a naginata. The display says:
Steel Samurai
Defender of Neo Olde Tokyo
Saturdays @ 10:00
"No. You're not going to watch that."
"No! Not that! That!"
I look back up and the sign changes to a pair of young men facing each other, glaring. They both wear formal clothes while the one on the right wears just a dress shirt and a dark green vest On his neck is a magatama. He looks very professional even though he has a low beard. Even more inintriguing is that he looks so... American. The other man, however looks much more refined and educated. He has snow white hair that is neatly combed and tied up in the back with a small ponytail and sports a fu manchu. His glasses enhances his look and his emerald eyes scream "I'm gonna win". The board displays a trial that is going to happen not too far from here at the Fukinaga Courthouse.
"Can we go? Please!"
"Fine," I know if I say no he'll run off again. He cheers and pulls me to the courthouse and once we near it there's a fairly large crowd. Why did I agree to this? I hear some say that that the defense will lose since he's going up against Atsutane Genda, the Merciless Prosecutor. The defense is quite cute though, I'd hate to see him lose this trial. I don't get why they got an American. He seems unqualified and the people talking about him solidifies my theory. He's only been in mock trials before this, and lost each time. This is not good, but I could stare at him all day. I don't know why though! There's just something about him that I like. Stupid Katara. Why can't you stay down?
