[SMILING THROUGH PRESSURE]

[Chapter 8]

Sazo arrives at his school  like normal, and enters his class. buma noticed him and said" where the hell have you been" sazo replied"ahh i moved house hehe" buma said back" haha u aint got no money for your rent so u had to live in someones house how pathetic"

[Sazo laughed]"actually yes haha how did u know?" buma got frustrated as always and grabbed him in the top of the clothes and said"stop acting like your okay because after school i will kick your ass.. and u know what i will take your food and"[sazo slaps his hand away from his body] then said"hehe your going to take my food…. I see" [said with a weird tone] buma was confused and said"haha i see you looking for a death wish" then sazo said back"uhh sorry i didn't know what came over me?" Sazo was acting, one of the things he learned from his teacher vole. buma said back" ha that's what i thought" then buma went out to take lunch, and sazo looked at him while smirking" hehe".

[flash back]

Sazo is going to eat breakfast, and when he comes to the kitchen. Sazo saw hikari making food for sazo, then he went in and said"IS THAT FOR ME" then hikari said"yes enjoy". sazo ate the whole thing but, sazo felt extremely dizzy. He saw only blurs and the last thing he saw before he passed out he saw hikari unmasking herself to reveal that it was actually his teacher vole. Vole said" it's time to learn how to decept and act against you opponents hehe" then sazo passes out. 

Sazo wakes up saying"aaaa my head i think i'm getting use of being unconscious all the time"

Vole sat by him with a computer, then he said"i want you to meet some gangsters for 1 day

But before that I will need to teach you the art of deception and acting, since you're really good at bait and switch. you really do know how to run away but if you were a bit faster  you would have succeeded. but yet again it won't work on me hehe" sazo then said"so how am i supposed to learn the art of deception?" vole answered "hmm lets play poker with gramps"

[Sazo was confused] "wait what". then one hour later… The air is full of pressure and Sazo can feel it.  he looked really uneasy while the 3 players he is playing with are doing a poker face. Hikari was playing calmly, grandpa gozen smiled at everyone and saying"your gonna lose", but vole is calm and smiling and makes a lot of bluffs saying "ooo what do i have here". Then Sazo realized that in the moments of pressure, you have to keep a good composure and smile with no fear against your enemy. And learned that the power of words.``ARE VERY POWERFUL`"

[Sazo comes back from the flashback] "i guess it's time to fight back, if buma is gonna take something precious from me i will do the same hehe" while outside buma boasted about his precious new card "hey guys check this out i got a card that can unlock any door to my fathers company building hehe, for a card it looks really cool haa, it even contains money... i think about 1000 dollars" his friends replied '' yea" then buma replied back "yea haha, unfortunately his company is in america so we can not use this'' his friends said"dammn buma that's really cool, how about when its summer lets go there"buma answered "haha hell yea" [while in the side] sazo heard it all and said in his mind"a card? Haa well i was hoping for a food well if that's what is important to him i guess i got no choice hmm"

[Sazos flashback]

Sazo and vole arrived to the gang house sazo said"umm sensei what am i suppose to do?" 

Vole smiled "ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SURVIVE HEHE " [then vole vanished] sazo stood there doing nothing till… some gangster opened the gate. saying with a british english accent"oyy you there are you the contractor"

Sazo was in a dilemma he did not know what to say.  then remembered [smile in the moments of pressure] sazo smiled then said "yes i am the contractor" the british man replied "then get in we have waited for you" sazo in his mind "WE!!". 

After a while Sazo went in, waiting on the couch sitting still. sazo said in his mind "umm what  the hell am i supposed to do" the british man said "stay here he will come soon" [sazos mind]

"WHO IS COMING". Then someone came out from the other door, a stranger who looked like a model. and then the stranger said with his british accent "hmmm so you are our contractor.. I have to say you are really fat", Sazo looked at him and said thinking in his mind"WHAT'S WITH EVERYONE AND MY FATS??" [the stranger laughed]"haha excuse my words though u do have a pretty face i guess" sazo said calmly [in a british accent] "why thank you" the stranger said"ohh u speak english very well" sazo replied "yes i learned from my mother when i was young, anyway i am here" sazos mind"I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY" then the stranger said"yes you are here to be….. My" "MY LOYAL PET FRIEND"

[Sazo was confused]"SAY WHAAAT"[said in his mind]. then said[WHILE STUTTERING]"ah yes yes" then the stranger said"i will introduce myself, i am lamar dawson we are a family of gangsters and martial artist nice to meet you all though i already know you" " guro cox" 

in sazos head"what the hell is that name" then sazo said "actually u can call me sazo and i know will be good friends"

Sazo survived one day in a gangster house learning how to fight pressure 

[present] sazo has the card of bumas father saying"that was kinda too easy".