Obligations of Honor

Roland spent hours just riding the rail and wandering, not seeking anything, just letting fate and wind push here here and there. His thoughts kept him in good company, more confused with what happened, and also very impressed with the trick L pulled. It was well past dark when his feet inevitably took him back home, as they always did. A glint of neon light off shiny metal caught his attention, snapping his head up to peer at the wooden door that opened onto his house. A piece of old looking parchment had been pinned to his door by a knife so new it was still very shiny and chrome. The knife was a cheap pocket fixed blade that could be bought for five credits at nearly every corner store in the city. The parchment was meant to look like something out of the legends of the old world. Kanji, done very boldly but with an amateur hand adorned its face. He couldn't read the old words, but he knew their intent well enough. Only four other times in his life had this happened.
 
Yanking the knife from the wood, Roland caught then unfolded the parchment of the formal challenge letter.
 
Let it be known that I, known as Dead Hand Jack, am calling out and issuing challenge to the one known as Roland Mills. I will wait for you tonight, in the area known as four corners alley in Neo Tokyo. Tonight, I will end your life as a fighter from this moment until your last.
 
He was tired, no, he was exhausted on a level he'd not known before. It had been an exciting day, and interesting day, and he was really looking forward to ending it with a hot shower and bed. And then this fighter, one he'd never even heard of, decided to issue a formal challenge and not even give him the courtesy of setting it for several days from now? "A Light damned amateur with an ego the size of the Octant." He wanted to rest, his bed was right there, but he knew he couldn't, his heart wouldn't let him. A challenge must be answered. A few minutes later the whine of a motorcycle motor and the screeching of tires adds to the sounds of the night as he leaves to answer.