To Duel or Not to Duel? :{Open to All}:

[Sutemi Ichigo]

Ichigo looked at her and smiled. So she did that huh... he snickered a little and spoke, "That is a neat thing you can do. But the fire thing is a little bit more cool since that must come in handy a lot of the time." However his power over Sound did not come of use but once in a while or if he had a chance to practice with himself or with onother like today.

[Akuma Sara]

"I had to practice it a bit," Sara spoke about her control over fire, "At first, I started off on small things like ovens and stoves, then paper, then a tree once. But I highly recommend not to do that while in a forest during dry season, not a good place to be..." She began to laugh.

"So tell me, how long have you been training with that huge blade?"

[Sutemi Ichigo]

Ichigo smiled, he bet it was hard to use. Espeacialy in a forrest with a fire ban. He began to think, how long had he trained with Myakuhaku? It was most likely several of just a few years. He sighed and answered, "Well I've been training with Myakuhaku for a few years now... 'bout the only cool thing I've done so far..." he said trying to remember how long he trained for. He forgot since no one asked him before.

[Akuma Sara]

Sara looked at the man again. He heard every word that Ichigo had said but then stop at the one thing that caught her ears.

The only cool thing that...he did...

"Dude, you have a huge blade! You have power over sound. That has to be the coolest thing...." Sara then made a quick sigh, "At least you don't work at a flower shop and wait for customers that don't show up...."

[Sutemi Ichigo]

Ichigo half smiled. Yeah Myakuhaku was totaly awesome. And so was the Sound. But try as he might he'd never be as good as the class people. "Well I meant that in my village I failed this REALLY important thing and now it sure sucks. Since everyone else passed the damn thing but me." he then sighed before remembering how he did fail. It was funny in a bad way. He nearly blew the place up and the judges.

[Akuma Sara]

"You fail a test or something?" Sara asked as she walked over to a lamp pole and lean against it. "If it is a test, what was the test for?" she asked another question. "If you want to practice for it, you're more then welcome to stop by my place. That is, if you want to...."

[Sutemi Ichigo]

"Yeah, but I've asked to take it again. But no was the answer, probably because I blew the plac nearly to the sky and the judges." he snickered just a little and adjusted his blade. Ichigo did like her offer of help, but the test was a one time thing. He then spoke again with a half laugh, "If I did retake that Class Gaining thing again nearly all of the Berserkers would laugh or call me a fool. But, if it gets me a class set then yeah.. no use in being a baby. Myakuhaku is all I need for now." he pointed to the blade and smiled.

[Akuma Sara]

Sara thought about what the young man said to her, about only having his blade at the moment. It hit her.

"Say," she said looking away, "How about joining a place where your 'gift' could be put to use to help people in need? It's not that far from here and you'll have a place to stay, people to meet, people, like I said before, to help. You also get paid for doing a good job."

It felt odd for Sara to a sales pitch for her brother but it wasn't like she didn't mean an ounce of what she was saying. She like the fact that Ichigo had this 'hero' vibe coming from his aura. it was calming and it reminded her of Shadow.

"You don't have to answer right now," Sara continued to say as she went through her coat, "Take this." Pulling out a blank card out of her right pocket, she held it out for the young man to take.

"You will only be able to read what's on the card when you hold it up near some heat." she smiled "Company Policy, you understand?"

[Sutemi Ichigo]

Ichigo listened to her explained about a job he could take. It sounded rather promising to go and help people for a living. But being paid is not what he expected. Even a nice place to stay even if a little bit crappy would be nice as well. The way she told him of it sounded like an infomercial a little but still it was a good idea. Helping others is what he was wanting to do, but it is sort of hard sometimes to do that if you can't find work.

"Well that sounds rather interesting, Sara. I may take a while to decide but it sounds promising enough to actually do it..." his voice drifted off as he began to think about a little, "Helping others is great... so I may spend an entire month on this, ha ha!" he laughed. An entire month decision was a joke. It would be a week maybe. Even if the answer was staring him in the face ever so bright and clear.

He took the card he was given and flipped it around. Flame huh? Like those special negatives. He shoved it into his jacket's left pocket and smiled, "Thanks for offering to Sara. The way you said it also... sounded like a type of short infomercial not to be rude but it was rather good on how you put it together." he did his best to compliment her. Which in the way he said it sounded like it was offensive, but he tried to make it nice and not rude.

[Akuma Sara]

Sara thought about what the young man said about her offer to work for the Devil Saints as she felt the grip of the card fade away from her finger tips. She smirked.

"My brother normally does the sales pitch. I rarely even people what I do for a living, well other that I work for a flower shop but thats...."

Sara stopped herself from telling anymore secrets by looking as her watch.

"Oh, wow" she said as she gave a fake cough, "I need to really go back to work. Remember what I said, Ichigo. I believe that you can help people and you don't need a test to tell you that. You'll need a test to see where you are put at in the company but you get what I'm saying, right?"

Sara turned around and head toward the opposite direction of where the two stood at.

"Please do think it over, will ya?" she said as her body became more distant. "My number is on there if you want a rematch or something."

[Sutemi Ichigo]

Ichgo smirked at Sara that answer to the job was perfectly clear. But first he wanted to think it over, "Sure Sara, Iyou'll be the first to know my answer." he said smiling big. He then adjusted Myakuhaku on his back and watched her go. Her number was on the card huh? Rematch also sounded good, "Yeah, I'll call ya for it too! And I'll keep the card safe from grabby hands too!!" he called. Then looking to the sky he smiled and pulled his CD player out again and listened to himself playing the guitar. He hummed to it and smiled. Since he had Myakuhaku he had been gifted like that.