Chapter Four: Mazen ( Tsundere Mode Activate!)

Mazen woke up with a smile on his face. He sat up in bed, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. The previous night he had dreamed about his life before ALO.

He dreamed mostly of the good moments, the times he spent in his home of Tokyo, Japan, reading manga and watching anime. Back when he was alive he had considered himself an otaku and strived to live like an anime character.

He had even gone as far as to learn pretty much every form of martial art know to man and was proficient with many weapons. At eight years old he was the best in Japan.

Although Aryis didn't know about his anime obsession he was well on his way to becoming an anime character.  The stupidity, the ambitions of becoming the very best, even the pervertedness were all there, essential parts of an anime characters life.

Now all I need is a harem..... his mind trailed off. He gave himself a fist pump resolving today that he would start acquiring his harem bit by bit.  He looked over too Aryis-chans still sleeping form. She was going to need some sleep today caus later on in the morning they were gonna have guild additions.

Mazen rose from his bed padding into the armory to get dressed for some early morning training. He silently shut the door, a very stealthy feat since he was wearing armor, and crept down the stairs twords the front door.

He grabbed Incarceron his fiery katana and slid it into the sheath he positioned on his back. He then stepped out into the early morning air.

It was still dark outside, probably only four o'clock, but it was this time of day that Mazen loved the most. He walked through the streets only occasionally passing by a person or two who were out doing some early morning leveling. He reached the edge of the city of Rebirth, silently promising he would be back soon. A notification popped up telling him he was leaving the cities bounds but Mazen just ignored it.

He continued walking until he had reached an area of woods. Complete with towering trees and a flowing waterfall this was his favorite place to train. After all if he was going to become an op he would need more power.

Mazen slowly drew his katana and with a deep intake of breath he began to move. He flowed fluently through several different forms interweaving kicks and flips in between slashes . He sliced upward imagining a horde of enemy's. He spun bringing his sword downward in a diagonal slice killing many of his unseen advisories. He finished with a final slice, and being out of breath collapsed on the ground laying on his back, staring at the slowly disappearing moon.

That's when he heard a scream.

Mazen sprang too his feet, jogging twords the noise.

He soon came across a clearing in the woods flanked by trees. In the middle of the clearing was a girl who seemed about Mazen age. She was surrounded by a gang of five men who appeared to be bandits.

This infuriated Mazen to no end. How dare they attack a defenseless girl.

What kind of anime character would Mazen be if he just stood by and let this happen.

None at all.

So he rushed in, turning on the superspeed that came with his secondary element of lightning. He skidded to a halt infront of the girl stopping a sword that was descending straight for her head with his hand.

" Lad get yur hand of me sword before me and my buddies have to kill you too." The man who's sword he was holding said.

Mazen decided to call him pig nose because he had a flat nose, similar to a pigs.

" Just let us have our fun with the little lady and well let you leave here alive." Pig nose offered.

" No" Mazen simply replied gradually increasing his power.

Yellow sparks of lightning began to fly from his eyes and fire through his veins. The hand that was holding pig nose's sword began too glow turning his sword red, melting from the extreme heat coming from his hand.

All the robbers took a step back and pig nose dropped his now ruined sword.

"Boss" one of the bandits crooned.

" Is it just me or do you sense the concentrated level of pure Otakuness and BADASSERY  being put off by this guy..."

"Yeah his otaku level.....it's over....nine thousand!!!!!!!!!" The boss replied trembling in fear.

"Do You Know What Time It Is Folks" Mazen asked the ring of bandits that had surrounded him.

They all turned too each other shaking there heads no.

"OH YEAH, IT'S MAZEN TIME" he yelled beginning his assault. He started by crossing his arms at the wrist drawing two of his curved lightning daggers from his waist since these maggots weren't worth using the might of Incarceron.

The bandits sprang at Mazen thinking that if they overwhelmed him with numbers they could possibly win.

That was their first mistake.

Mazen ducked as they closed in on him from all angles. Finding their target was not there anymore, it was already too late to stop the blows they had aimed for Mazen. They instead hit each other knocking at least three of themselves out leaving just pig nose and a guy Mazen was going to call panda because of his ears.

They came at him from two different sides swing the staffs they had carried on their backs, one swinging high and the other swinging low. Mazen sprang into the air his chest facing the ground, and spun horizontally narrowly dodging the attack. He turned his maneuver into an attack lashing out with a kick at pandas face before he landed.

The guy was out cold.

That left pig nose.

You had to give the guy some credit, he had survived to be the last bandit standing. He tried to run but Mazen was faster. He dashed past pig nose, and in one blow knocked him unconscious with the hilt of one off his daggers.

He held that position for a while until the girl that had been cowering on the ground walked behind him tapping his shoulder.

Mazen didn't move.

" Um excuse me but what are you d.."

" Silence!!! Anime rule #3,7890 when the main protagonist does something awesome he must hold that position in which the awesomeness was accomplished for thirty seconds in complete silence, head down, eyes closed until a breeze picks up blowing back the hair that was previously over the eyes, then the protagonist must lift his or her face back up."

So they waited.

When thirty seconds was up, and everything was accomplished Mazen relaxed the position drawing himself too his full height and sheathed his blades.

" So thanks for the help back there..." the girl added shyly.

" Why that was nothing for I am Mazen the great!!!!"

"Bing"

A notification popped up on a screen in the air. "Danger warning tsundre bit** mode has been activated"it read.

Mazen scratched his head. Where could the tsundre be?

"ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS FULL OF YOURSELF, JEEZE!!!! " she said eyes flaming with anger. Mazen shrunk back suddenly feeling alot smaller.

" Sheesh you make it seem l ike I grabbed your boobs or something..."

" Pervert!!!!!" She yelled instantly judo flipping him over her shoulder. She slammed him so hard in fact, that a crater was now created from the sheer force of the throw.

In retaliation from his position face down on the ground he pulled her ankle tripping her up. She fell and Mazen rose laughing triumphantly, brushing the leaves from his hair. Just when he thought he had won she hooked her leg behind his causing him to fall directly on her.

Thankfully he didn't get hurt because his hands landed on two cushions.

Two extremely bouncy cushions.

The girl blushed noticing that they were eye too eye. Then she looked down too where Mazen hands were.

" Pervert!!!!!" She screamed punching him square in the face sending him flying off of her. Mazen flew at least 10 ft stoping only when he crashed into a tree.

" Oh my gosh I'm so sorry" she said running over to check on the poor boy. When she scoured him for injuries he seemed fine, but for some reason his eyes were sparking again and his nose was bleeding.

The bleeding obviously wasn't from the punch.

Anywho since the boy had saved her she decided to help him.

"Please don't die on me" she whispered.

"Can't the plot armor the author put into place won't allow that to happen" he said with a wink and then he was out cold.

The girl had no clue what the boy was rambling on about so she chose to ignore him.

Instead She draped an arm of his unconscious body over her shoulders and began the long trip back to the city walking into the now rising sun.