Chapter 30 : A man's words is a Man's life
He was a tall and well-built man with high cheek-bones, a somewhat bulbous nose, dark hair, thick eyebrows and noticeable body hair on his wrists and forearms. His hair was cut in a bowl style that was combed to his right and lifts slightly.
He also sported a bristling moustache with a small goatee and stubble which made up the rest of his beard. He wore a green jumpsuit, orange striped leg warmers, and a yellow scarf around his neck.
I stay a little far away, looking at him punching a tree that was full of punch marks and tings of blood on it with sweat soaking his entire body and his green jumpsuit .
* paw pak paw pak *
He continued to punch the tree for a while until he hit the ground exhausted and wheezing .
* step step step *
I slowly approach his laying body who was breathing heavily until...
" hmm ? " he opened his eyes and locked his eyes on me .
" Hello there ! " I said .
" ahh, hello ? Can i help you with something ? " he said with a raised eyebrow .
" ohh, it's nothing really . I just heard some sounds and came to check it " i said and continued " can i ask for your name mr ? " i ask .
" I am Dai, Maito Dai " he answered with now furrowed eyebrows, and an extremely serious face .
" I am Garou, Hatake Garou " i said, unfazed by his intimidating gaze .
He stood up and slowly made his way near me until we were face to face .
" can i touch your body ?! " he suddenly asked with a glint in his eyes and i just nod at him knowing he didn't mean anything bad .
He came closer to me and the moment he started to touch my muscles, his expression changed from frowning to surprise, then he continued to touch my biceps, triceps, chest, back and legs while humming and nodding to himself .
He slowly backed away with an excited expression .
" you are a taijutsu master just like me, right ?! " he asked with a wide grin on his face, all his white teeth visible to me .
" I am not a ninja, so using the term taijutsu is wrong " i replied to him calmly with a small smile .
" what do you mean by that ?! " he asked, confused .
" i can't use chakra like the ninjas, so i created some techniques that could help me in this world even without chakra " i said which made him open his eyes wide at me but before he said anything i continued " i call myself a martial arts master, not a taijutsu master, so please don't refer to me as such "
"i am sorry for that BUT You can't use chakra ?! And Martial arts ?! What's that ?! " he asked a series of questions one after other genuinely surprised and confused .
I look at him for a moment before explaining everything about me having a chakra disease which i doubt it's a disease, then explain about what martial arts is and what it stands for .
He nods at me every second seriously as if he understood everything .
" that's so YOUTHFUL of you Master garou !! " he said with a wide grin as he made the nice pose guy for me and a bright light reflecting from his teeth .
I froze for a moment with an idea coming to my mind the moment he called me master but i quickly compose myself and ask " so why are you training this hard to the point of hurting yourself ? " i ask interested .
"Well, i have the same chakra disease but not that extreme like you, so i train hard to prove them that even with my disability i can become a ninja who could protect the village " he said with confidence and i could see a fire lit up in his eyes .
" them ? " i ask confused .
" the people and the villagers " he answered .
" but why tho ? Why do you want to prove something to some random people that you don't even know ? " i ask calmly waiting for his answer .
He grins a little and " they ridicule and make fun of the impossibility of my belief that one day i will be as strong as the great men out there, so i want to prove them that my YOUTH will never die, even without chakra, talent or a special body... I will become Great and show them that my YOUTH is enough, My YOUTH will continue, My YOUTH will never DIE, that one day i will reach my TRUE SPRING OF YOUTHHHHH !!! " looking at the sky, arms rasied with a wide grin he exclaimed and shouted with every word full of passion, the fire in his eyes shining ever so brightly .
I look at his dazzling figure while smiling gently at him, not even feeling a tiny bit uncomfortable with his cringy lines as i understood the true meaning of his words .
I have read many FFs that the MCs really hate or feel uncomfortable when they are around him because of him and his son's kind of unique behaviour and character but now i know why they felt uncomfortable around him and his son .
Because they were all blind .
No amount of sharingan, renningan or any special eye could see the greatness of this MAN .
He is just like a SUN shining brightly in the sky giving warmth to whoever in need of his warmth, and i doubt an emo shut in, selfish, horny kid would want to be basked in his light . people like them usually tend to hate something they can't do or have, so they get away or make fun of it .
And Dai is a man who simply wants to be a true version of a MAN who can protect, provide, groom, showing off his happiness, be amazing... and a loyal man who will give you his life anytime and anywhere .
It is not about what he has or even what he does which expresses his worth in the eye of people, but what he is .
" i know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and impossible the fact that something seems impossible shouldn't be a reason to not pursue it . That's exactly what makes it worth pursuing, where would the courage and greatness be if success was certain and there was no risk ? The only true failure in my eyes is shrinking away from life's challenges " Dai said with a small gentle smile while looking at the sky above that was obscured partly because of the leaves of the trees .
To not be left out i put my own two cents of quotes and say " A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others "
he instantly looks at me happily with tears and snot running down his face, with me intending to acknowledge his dreams, and he understood it very well .
but it is enough for now and it's time to...
I slowly turn back walking away until i was 10 metres away from him and turn again to lock my eyes with his .
I raise my fists until they are cupped and bow with only my head .
" I, Hatake Garou, a Marital Artist from the school of water stream arts, challenge maito Dai to a fight ! " i exclaimed with a wide grin on my face, my battle spirit increasing by the second .
Dai looked at me confused for a moment before he quickly composed himself and removed the tears and snot . He put on a very serious face while looking at me .
He did a seal of confrontation and " I, Maito Dai, a taijutsu master, the eternal genin of konoha, accept your challenge ! "
And with this, The battle between two perfectionists start .
The End .