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Hammer looks around and sees a purple rubbery looking guy with a pair of antennas. He asks Hammer a question and sees three of the four humans on the ground with bruises. The question was an odd one partly due to not quite understanding the phrasing of the words. Before Hammer could react, another human came out into the more open area. This one had a strong power level and has a glowing ball in a hand. The hunters all look nervous and from Hammer could see, the three who had rifles has a dark spot around the middle of their pants. If Hammer could gauge levels properly, he is outclassed if these two newcomers would end up fighting him. He then addresses the two newcomers.

"Thank you, friends, these four humans were trying to capture my bear friend, Cubby. It would been hard to train without a training partner. Once they saw me, they figured they would try to capture me for what they call a practice dummy for their gang. I'm not sure what a practice dummy is but it sounded like they wanted me to fight their gang members. They intended on putting Cubby in their arena. I have no interest in being part of their gang nor letting them take my bear friend. The only interest I have is making sure they leave this area and never come back."

Hammer started out blasting the rifles with quick shots of ki energy blowing off the long metal portion at the point where it looks like it connects to the main part of the weapon. Once those humans didn't have their weapons, he turns to the leader with the electric gun and extends his arms to grab it. The human puts up a little bit of a fight but quickly loses to the Namekian. Once the electric gun is in his arms, Hammer flings it towards a nearby rock cropping. The gun hits the rocks and proceeds to explode with parts flying everywhere. The leader stands up and points his finger at Hammer.

"Hey...hey that was an expensive electric gun. How are you going to pay for that?"

It then dawns on him what Hammer said about Cubby.

"Huh, if this bear is a training partner for you, maybe the arena might been too good for it."

He then turns his head at the other two standing there and remembers what happen. He loses his brief courage and anger as he falls back down to the ground. After he lands hard on his butt, he turns to look at the rest of his group and their condition. None of the three are any condition to fight even if they have pistols at their sides and a couple more nets. Whoever these other two are, they mean business. The only reason they got the Namekian was by more surprise than anything else.

"Uh, I...I...think we will be going now. We will leave your pet bear alone, Namekian. Whoever you two are, you will be on our gang's hit list now. It is not wise to make fools of the Roundhouse Ruffians."

The four men all get up and start running away from the other three as fast as their legs could take them. Hammer turns to the other two not sure what to do.

"Thanks again for the assistance. I'm not used to seeing anyone else out here unless someone is bird watching. What are your names? I am Hammer."

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Power Level: 2,976

Weighted Power Level: 2,232

"Hm..." Ana watched the poachers retreat with their metaphorical tails between their legs. Her lip twitched to the side in distaste at their yappy leader's parting words. He reminded her of new fighters that came to the pits seeking glory, confident from their school yard battles. They were so weak they had no idea how out classed they were. Their pride was unaccustomed to the beating, so they had to have the last word. Just like these members of the so-called Round House Ruffians. Ana put a mental pin on the name. It might be worth looking into later. 

Ana was brought out of her thoughts by the peal of laughter escaping from the majin. He was literally rolling with laughter in the middle of the air. It hadn't been that funny, right? What were they saying? Hammers and Nails? Oh, introductions. Right. Anastasia tugged her scarf down a little and cleared her throat.

"Anastasia..." she said simply, and then tugged a small box out of her pocket. It was little more than a small first aid kit, but it would be better than nothing. Ana cracked it open and pulled out a small jar of ointment, and a roll of bandages. She held the roll of bandages up and gestured to, Hammer was it?, bleeding arm and leg, "You're hurt. Use these..."

What an odd picture they must all make. A namekian, a majin, a bear, and a human all standing in the forest... it sounded like the start of a bad joke. Well, at least the Majin was already laughing.

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Total Word Count: 578

Power Level: 2,976
Weighted Power Level: 2,232


The Majin in the air was literally rolling with laughter, his little feet kicking as he rotated by the force of his own humor. Anastasia didn't quite see what was so funny, and was only a little relieved that it seemed Hammer didn't seem to find the humor in such a simple joke as well. However, he had an altogether different reaction to the question than she had. It almost seemed like he was in pain, from what though? Surely not from how bad the joke was? Namekian's had sensitive ears, was it the pitch of the majin's laughter? Hammer asked Didi about the name 'Nail'. Wait, Didi actually referenced a real person?


At his question, the Majin just shrugged his shoulders. It seemed like to him, he was making a simple joke. He probably didn't have an answer for Hammer's question. His response was interrupted when Anastasia offered the first aid items to Hammer, and Hammer's subsequent decline.


Anastasia watched as the namekian, Hammer, concentrated and then managed to push the bullets out from his body, and then subsequently heal the wound. Anastasia had seen namekian's do such feats before, but it wasn't something she'd seen every one of them do, and if so it usually came at some significant effort. But like he said, it seemed Hammer didn't need her first aid supplies. Anastasia returned them to pockets in her clothes, not insulted at the rejection. Quite the contrary, she was glad to see that he was fully healed.


"I'm glad that you're okay... I've seen namekian's heal before, but it doesn't come easy to some," Ana nodded.


Hammer moved to the bear( Cubby was it?) and then was fully embraced by the creature. Anastasia's brows rose just a fraction. So it wasn't a turn of phrase or exaggeration. It seemed that Hammer and this bear were genuine friends. The two were honestly wrestling as if they were both bear brothers playing around. It was... actually kind of cute. Ana crossed her arms and watched them wrestle a little longer with a small smile tweaking her lips. She was glad that both namekian and bear were okay after their brush with the poachers.


When Hammer apologized for ignoring them, Ana just raised her hand and gave a slight dismissive wave, an unspoken 'don't worry about it'. But then Ana's ears perked at Hammer's explanation of his training with the various creatures of nature. That was really interesting, apparently the part about fighting with the octopus for stretch training. Much like the healing factor she had seen namekian's stretch their limbs for long distance physical attacks. They had made dodging in the pits challenging with the limited space in the ring.


Anastasia gently sensed more carefully at Hammer's power level, gauging his strength a little more accurately. He had done well to get this level of strength with no other training partner but various animals. That just bore the question... how much more powerful could he become with human partner, and teachings in fighting technique and theory? Anastasia didn't consider herself a teacher, much less a master. But she could spar easily enough.



"Would you like to spar with me?" She offered unaware that it might seem odd to just offer than suddenly upon just meeting some one under equally odd circumstances. She was just too eager to pit herself against some one like Hammer. What kind of improvised techniques and fighting style had he developed all on his own?

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Total Word Count: 1,159

Power Level: 2,976
Weighted Power Level: 2,232


Anastasia was still just a tad bemused at seeing Hammer so clearly speaking to the animals, and for them to so obviously understand him. It was like something out of a cartoon movie. She shook her head softly with the smallest of smiles. What would be next? Cubby trundled off leaving Hammer and Anastasia behind, presumably to answer the growl she heard rumbling from his stomach.

Hammer mentioned not disturbing nature with their sparring match. Anastasia looked about their surroundings thoughtfully. It wouldn't be easy to really cut loose with out a little destruction when you got powerful enough. She didn't want to limit themselves to just melee attacks, however. If she wanted to really measure Hammer's abilities, and also show what she could do, she wanted to also introduced ranged combat. She doubted that Hammer had much experience with Ki if his only partners were the forest animals.

Ah. There we go. Hammer had floated up and performed a few loosening exercises. Good, he had an idea that stretches and warming up was important. Even better, he could fly. That made things a little easier then. Anastasia made a quick 'follow me' gesture and then took to the skies. She flew just high enough that they would be able to fight more freely and not crash into the forest floor. She'd just have to be careful to make sure her ki techniques were pointed skywards.

"A little of both," she answered Hammer's question while doing a few warm up exercises of her own. Simple katas just to get the blood going, "I used to be a soldier. They gave me the basics. But when I left the army I continued my training and was more self-taught from then on."

She nodded, feeling satisfied with her warm up. She then fell into an offensive stance, planning on pressing the attack against Hammer, rather than relying on her more defensive style, "Here I come..."

With her warning given, Anastasia waited a few more seconds to let Hammer brace himself. Then she threw a basic ki attack aimed at his face, more to startle him than to actually hurt him. Then she blasted forward, and followed up the ki attack with a hard upper cut, aiming to throw him skyward. Not wanting to give him a chance to respond from the sudden attack, she pressed her advantage by finishing her initial attack with a full powered Gun Shot blast. She was going to establish the pace of this battle early on.

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