Dragon Knight: The Dragon of Wolf-Crest

"I could arrange for a more in-depth background check to see if anything comes up." She offered.

38365 Summerticgo Street, Ikanori District.

Maekawa Mikazuki walked the late night streets alongside the brothers while the shining lights from the street lamps and holo-boards advertising their various products illuminated their path. Maekawa adjusted her sunglasses and looked up at the sky. "Do you ever think about it?"

"About what?"

"All this light. I appreciate it but it makes it hard to see the night sky. I can't remember the last time I saw the stars." She looked down again. "I look to the sky. Not a single star to see. Light polluted haze."

"Hey that was pretty good, Miss Maekawa." Gai complimented. "You're not wrong though. The lights of Wolf-Crest are beautiful but it's all so bright that you can't see them. You have to go to the designated stargazing zones to get a good look at them. I've heard there's less lights in the poorer districts but I wouldn't know anything about them."

"Thank you Gai. But please, just call me Maekawa. The 'Miss' part makes me sound old. I'm glad you liked the haiku though. They're something of a hobby of mine. It's old fashioned but I enjoy them."

"Nothing wrong with being old fashioned." Arthur added in. "With how insanely techy the world is today." He gestured to the various shining lights of the buildings around them. "You'd be surprised how much life the old ways can breathe into it."

"Exactly. People often say I'm an old lady in her 20's but honestly I'll take it. That's just the way I want to look at the world."

"And there's nothing wrong with that."

"Are your living quarters retro too?" Lance asked as they walked up the stairs to their apartment.

"About as retro as it gets aside from modern conveniences. Why do you ask?"

"Well, to be blunt, we need some interior decoration advice."

"Oh come now, a couple of nice guys like you? How bad could it possibly be?"

The guys just chuckled and continued up the stairs. They reached the door and Lance scanned his palm. Once his DNA and handprint was recognized the door opened and the four of them entered and walked inside. "Be it ever so humble!"





"And here I thought I was minimalistic." She joked and took a look around. "It's not bad though. It's spacious but humble. I kind of like it."

"First time we've heard that." Lance admitted. "We do our best but this is all we can really afford. It's not exactly run down per say but we're not swimming in luxury either. Would you like a tour?"

Very cool! Are they hover cars too?

Oh yeah, they're definitely forming a friendly bond with each other. That's going to play into things in the future.

"Why certainly." She stepped forward and slid her hands up and down the bag, patted it a couple of times and then she stepped forward and performed a quick one-inch punch that knocked the bag back like it was just hit by a full force punch!

It didn't escape their notice. Although her fist traveled only a tiny distance in mere milliseconds it was still an intricate full-body movement! Her leading and railing legs straightened with a rapid, explosive knee extension. The sudden jerk of her legs increased the twisting speed of her hips. Which, in turn, lurched the shoulder of her thrusting arm forward. As her shoulder bolted ahead her arm got to work. The swift and simultaneous extension of her elbow drove her fist forward. For a final flourish, she flicked her wrist just prior to impact to increase the fist velocity and she pulled back almost immediately after impact to shorten the impact time of her blow and compress the force and make it all the more powerful. In a short time at point blank range she successfully combined the explosive power of several muscles into one quick moment of impact. The bag was nearly knocked off of its rope but it held. There was a loud *BANG!* sound as it smacked against the wall and flew back however. Maekawa caught it and settled it. "How was that?"