The group continues their journey in the kanto region as they walk in a forest surrounded by sakura trees everywhere kata approach uesugi asking' uesugi how much time we have until we reach the palace? 'its a bit far so we will set a camp for the night' the sun almost falls and the group gathers some woods liting a fire and gathering around it toyotomi starts talking 'so what was the reason you guys were in mount fuji? ' evedybody just took their look away without saying anything' well then if nobody has anything to say i will fall asleep good night everyone' except tomoe and gozen everyone else falls to sleep in his dream kata opens a door getting a warm welcome by his wife hugging him tight'i missed you so much 'kata drops the bag hugging her back with tears coming down' i will never let you again ' she looks at katas face placing her thumb on his eyes cleaning the tears' what was that all of a sudden? 'she said with a worried face kata smile saying' nothing let me prepare dinner this times ' he then let her and walk to the kitchen while he cut the food kata hears something falling on the ground he turn his head seeing blood on the ground and her body cut in half he wakes up in sweat screaming toyotomi asks him' sakura, is that the name of your wife? ' how do you know that?' you scream her name more than
Ten times'' im sorry that i wake you up' 'its okay i was having a bad sleep too' out of nowhere gozen and tomoe run towards them gozen said'get ready a horror is coming kata and toyotomi wake the others getting their weapons, out in the woods a naked woman figure appear with her lower body looking like centipede kata rush cutting with ease the monsters legs in half but the monster continue to walk and its lower body too gozen and kata attack the lower body but the body dodge the attack spliting a liquid substance from its wound the liquid drops towards gozen she put her weapon towards her and before the liquid touch her the horror goes in front of her getting his leg cover in the liquid dissolving it as he scream from pain kata and gozen attack it from the front and behind cutting it to pieces kata looks around seeing the others already kill the upper body he then took his look on the horror and run towards him with gozen asking ' is he gonna be alright? ''i dont know but his wound has almost close, how is that even possible ?' the horror replied'i dont know i just feel my blood targeting the wound and then the pain stops'uesugi comes close saiying'we have to go in the palace maybe our father can help him ' gozen grab the horror carrying him in her back' and starts walking with the others as they walk gozen said 'thank you for saving me back there'you dont have to thank me i would do that for every one of you'' we travel together for some time but i never ask your name''i used to have one a long time ago but i have forgot it' 'then would you let me give you one?' that would be an honor'' do you like the name nozomi?' the horror replied with a smile'nozomi thats a great name, thank you so much''you are welcome nozomi' 'after long way they finally see the palace surronded by farms be wide and tall covering their hole view and the roof with a flag resemble a hawk as they get closer a smell of rotten meat with fruty undertones catch their nose kata cover his nose saying' this smell it cant be' takeda asks him 'whats the problem kata?' the only time i smell something like this was when a dead body was nearby ' takeda and uesugi eyes open wide they stare each other , and start running reaching the palace seeing dead bodies of humans and demons everywhere, they burst through the door seeing a tall man with red armor having his black hair in ponytail wrapping a woman with bandages in the ground takeda screams 'father what happened why is mother on the ground and so many bodies outside? ' the boys father approach them hugging them tight' you dont have to worry now my sons ' uesugi responds' wil mother gonna be alright ? 'yes she just needs some rest' takeda said 'father we bring some new members with us' 'thats great news takeda where are they?' they would come in a second just promise me you will stay calm'' why you say that?' footsteps are heard through the door the boys father took his look on the door and sees everyone with gozen carrying nozomi the boys father pull his blade from the scabbard takeda scream' father dont hurt him he saved this womans life'' you know siding with a horror is a great blasphime ''i know but he knows how to seal the demons''sealing them?' 'yes' 'then if its like that we have to make an exception, please tell your friends to come inside i will come back in a while' the boys father take his wife walking up the stairs, opening the door to their room and placing her in the bed he stays silent for a while watching her wound and touching her forehead feeling his hand cold he then leaves the room going back in the others, 'im sorry but all of you have to wait a while me and my sons must bury our comrades and burn the demon bodies'toytomi responds'you dont have to do it alone, we can help you'thank you that means a lot' miyamoto gives everyone except nozomi a shovel walking with cargos of the bodies in a tall hill outside the palace surrounded by graves everyone starts digging holes big enough to fit a man they gather the bodies and place them in the holes after that the boys father gather the demon bodies and throw them on a pit setting them on fire as he watch the fire cosuming the bodiesthe boys father then said 'lets go back you must be tired ' he guide them back to the palace and inside the kitchen 'please everyone take a sit beside the table , takeda, shigen prepare some food for our new comrades'' yes father'' what is your names new blossoms? ' 'my name is kata' 'mine is toyotomi''mine is tomoe' 'and im gozen whats your name sir? ' ' just call me miyamoto i dont like to be called sir' kata said'thank you for everything 'dont hank me its my duty to protect the people no matter if i lost my men' 'what happened?' miyamotos hands become fists syaing'horrors appeared from every direction we were outnumbered fifteen to one but still we stand strong everything was going well until a horror wound my wife my men said they could handle them so i brought her inside to treat her after a while i stoped hearing any sound from outside so i went out to see what happened but everyone was dead i was a fool to let the horrors kill my men ' uesugi and takeda come again touching his shoulder ' it could be worse father at least mother survived and all of us here are still alive 'i know my sons but still a death of maa man is always a great loss ' uesugi and takeda put the food on the table sitting with the others, everyone starts eating, after the table was left with only leftovers miyamoto gets up going in a room with trapped eagles in cages wearing a small bag he opens the cages one at a time putting a paper in their bag sending them to fly he then return to the others saying' i sent eagles to reach our comrades until help comes i will train you day and night from tomorrow to kill even the most horiffing horrors but for today we shall rest' everyone with their eyes half closed goes upstairs choosing different rooms kata proceed to his own seeing an armor and clothes in the wall a small window and a painting of a family beside his bed nozomi then enters the room crawling' i thought miyamoto was Going to help you with your leg''he said my wound would be alright but he needs to see if im rightful to be trusted until then i will stay with you and with no permission to leave the palace ' 'ok then' 'kata gathers the armor the clothes and the painting in a box leaving them in a corner, the moon rise and everyone goes to sleep in his dream kata wakes up in an open field covered with flowers he gets up seeing sakura with a big smile coming from afar , feeling him with a warmth in his body he then walks towards sakura but as he gets closer a black cloud surround her kata starts running trying to protect her but the cloud consumed her the flowers withered and kata falls to his knees with a river of tears in his eyes screaming 'im sorry' he then hears a voice saying 'kata wake up' his eyes open seeing nozomi close to his face 'why are you screaming in front of my face? ' 'i saw you cying i was worried' ' kata smirk' dont worry im fine'kata gets up wearing his clothes 'where are you going?' 'im just gonna go for a little walk' he opens the door leaving the room as he walk in the hallway he meets miyamoto asking him'is something wrong miyamoto? ' ' im just ckeking, you never know when a demon will appear or if the demon we have here attack us' ' nozomi is a different from the other horrors' 'thats a good thing to hear but i have to see it with my own eyes to be sure' 'then i believe i cant change your opinion' ' before you leave i wanted to ask you, is everything alright kata?' ' yes i just want to walk for a bit' kata goes downstairs to the backyard there he see toyotomi staring on a tree with its pink leafs falling and a crow sleeping on its branches kata goes close asking him 'hard night i guess toyotomi?' toyotomi turn with a blank face holding a pencil and a paper saying 'yes but you get used to it after some time ' 'is everything alright ? You seem a bit lost and sad'' im alright im just focusing on a paint im making''this people see in the painting they seem to be happy but why this man has no face and thorns covering him?' eyebrows lower and his lips tighten ' Yeah they were really happy'' do you want to talk about this? '' is so obvious isnt it? ' looking at the tree with a cold stare toyotomi start speaking ' i was a ten year old boy living in a small village near a big river i woke up everyday helping my mother and dad feeding the animals or carrying wood then i played with my little brother and my friends and sometimes me and my best friend murako went in a small mountain talking for hours and hours about jokes or about some small problems we had but one night everything changes the rivers water started lowering until it completely vanished some villagers went to investigate it they found a hole in the river, they throw a torch to see how far it goes and then a horror appeared from the hole looking like a human like fish he started slaughtering everyone my family and my friends familys started running i was terrified with tears in my eyes but my mother cleaned them saying that we will be safe if we run a bit longer i didn't look back but i heard the monstsr scream coming closer and closer i yelled to my mother 'mom the monster is coming' my mother and my friends families take their hands from us and started rushing at the monster with knifes telling us to run and so we did we didnt look back my friends my brother and me we were left alone wondering and starving we didnt know what to do but one day a man found us in the woods he was very polite he looked at us with a smile giving us some riceballs he had after we ate them he asks 'what is your name kids?' we introduced ourselves one by one the man then told us 'nice to meet you all kids my name is seppuku, but why are you in this forest alone witout your parents?' we tilt our heads without saying anything 'kids if you dont have a place to stay you can come in my house' at first we were concered of that but then we think of seppuku treating us so nice and alone we didnt have a chance to survive so we respond with a yes he guide us to his house and when we arrived seppuku cooked us something to eat after we finish we went to a big room seppuku said 'im sorry kids that i didnt have other rooms for all of you' we said it was alright everyone was so happy that they can sleep in a warm bed after so long, when the morning comes and we ate breakfast i went to seppuku wondered what job he does to have all of that and so i ask him he said 'im a theif toyotomi' at first i was shocked i thought of getting the others and leave but then i relise that we didnt have a chance on our own and seppuku even a theif he treat us like his own kids i then said 'please teach me how to steal ' he replied ''are you sure you want me to teach you how to steal? You can learn an art and still have money for you to leave a comfortable life' ' no i need more than some money ' 'alright then' from that day he trained me how to steal and fight, for 10 years i was a theif but my friends or my brother know nothing about this, i always tried to make them happy and protect them hoping to make their live as happy as possible but inside me i was still filled with hate and guilt for that night, i search for every clue about this monsters until one day my search led me to one of the divine warriors camps i get close eavesdroping them speaking for a monster like the one who killed our parents i thought i could finally find a way to avenge them, i sneak at their camp and i found information for how to acquire the divine weapons after i left the camp i run back to the others to tell them that we can finally have our revenge i show them the informations my brother replied first saying'maybe it will be better if we just stay here ' i scream at him 'we talk about our family shinchi they sacrifice themselves for us back then is it right to let it like that?' my brother change his mind and agrees but he didnt agree because he wanted revenge like me he just wanted to be close to me, i didnt realize it back then but now i know , the others agree too, seppuku was outside so we took everything we need and leave a note for him saying 'seppuku we are happy for everything that you done to us but now we must part ways we dont know when we come back but please dont think about us we will come back home as soon as we can , and so we left, starting walking for the mount fuji one night we were camping in a forest close to the mountain we saw some men at first we tried to be frendly but they just begin attacking us i fought making them leave but one of them stayed behind hiding at the woods he tried to stab me but my brother place himself in front taking the blow in the stomach instead of me i then felt the rage taking my body i quicly grab the guy choking him with my bare hands wringing his breathe and then quickly turn on my brother using some bandages to cover the injury but i was too late he died by drowning at his own blood everyone was start crying while i mine at the dirt making a grave buring my little brother then again i felt my rage growing i gruit my teeth and puch again the trees felling nothing in my arms murako then hugs me from behind whispering to me with her euphonious voice 'i know you feel thats your fault but nobody is responsible for that lets just get back toyotomi please before anyone else is hurt they do not deserve that'
' you are right lets go back ' as we were ready to leave a giant monster looking like a samurai scope at us with his bow he fires an arrow coming to me but murako place herself in front of me protecting me with her life i took her in my hands asking'why? ' she place her hand in my face saying ' toyotomi you always helped us you were always out there trying to make us happy without you we wouldn't have survived we are grateful we have a family like you ' i said nothing i was just crying the monster started scoping us again my friends took his Attetion screaming 'leave now toyotomi' i scream to them to run but it was too late the monster killed one after the other my friends who were still alive said '' 'please go dont make us give our lives for nothing' and so i run for a moment i looked behind seeing them getting slaughter tearing their limbs apart one by one screaming in agony after running for hours my lungs were almost redy to burst and my heart was pumping like crazy, i sit down for a moment almost start crying again but i put myself back together spenting the night there trying to rest and when the sun finally rise i continue to the top of the mountain where we met '' im really sorry toyotomi 'toyotomi looks kata with a smile' you dont need to say sorry i should be thanking you instead ' kata smile back and the conversation ended here with the sun rising miyamoto wakes up putting medicines his hand giving them to his wife after she swallow them he puts on his black armor his hand was a gasp away to open the door but his wife grab it 'my love i know you have many liabilities but please stay a little bit longer with me'miyamoto look at her tired pure face ' alright' he wear off his armor and rest a bit more with his wife ' hina how is your injury' she smike'dont worry about me i survive worst things' after a while miyamoto gets up kissing hina on her forehead , wearing his red armor and ringing a bell with its noise heard through the palace everyone gathers outside their rooms with their armor and weapons miyamoto approch them saying 'follow me to the training room' after everyone goes there miyamoto ssid 'before we start the training i will tell you some things you need to know as the new generation of divine warriors first thing is our history the divine warriors started from asahi takeda 500 years ago, he was the best warrior in japan guarding the emperor till one night he saw a divine god in his dream telling him to go to mount fuji he wakes up with his body cover in sweat taking his armor and sword and ride his horse leaving that nigh without warning, when he finally arrive at his destination a sword falls down from the sky in his hands now with his divine weapon his skills and the help of divine he traveled the land purging the demons one by one and then sealing them back to their world after japan was free from the demons he built the palace we walk now and settle here living his rest of his life to lead others to the mount fuji , training them with the goal to protect japan again if the demons ever return, he even had a wife and a son asahi train him day and night to become a great leader for the clan everything was going in asahis favor until one day the emperor finds him his army have surrounded the palace ready to destroy everything the emperor announce that he want asahi head or else a rain of flaming arrows will burn the palace to the ground asahi went to meet the emperor telling him that he would surrender if he move his army from the region and never come back the emperor agrees and most of his army retreated then asahi as he promised falls down to his knees the emperor weilding a katana on his hands chops asahis head off in front of his apprentices, his wife and his son after that the emperor left the region leaving the asahis body on the ground to honor him the clan took his body placing it on a tomb right beneath this palace, but the clan was still left with no leader so the divine warriors decide their next leader should be asahis son sazuki shigen after he take the heir he follow his father steps expanding the clan, waiting for the horrors to return and now 500 years later the demons appear again and we as divine warriors have a duty to cleanse the land giving an end to all of this slaughter ' miyamoto then pull his sword saying 'all of you attack me' gozen asks 'why should we attack you?' 'its part of the training dont hesitate' tomoe attacks first throwing her kurasagima miyamoto dogdes them and grabs their chains throwing tomoe on the wall toyotomi then attacks striking again and again but miyamoto finds an opening hitting him in the chest with his fist miyamoto then rush towards gozen striking her repeatedly, with her standing still for minutes after a barrage of strikes het hands start to tremble failling to keep her stance with her arms falling, and miyamoto hits her in the face falling, then uesugi starts shooting him as miyamoto gets closer uesugis shots become more and more lose miyamoto reach uesugi hitting him in the sholder screaming from pain , then miyamoto rushes to takeda miyamoto tryes to grab him but takeda jumps back shooting an arrow miyamoto cuts it in two and grabs takeda leg pulling him with force in the ground kata then rushes towards miyamoto both deflect each others attacks until they start breathing heavy and feeling their muscles be tense miyamoto then said 'kata thats enough' and they both put their swords back 'i see all of you know some things about fighting however you lack many things tomoe you lack percision, toyotomi o your defense, gozen o your offensive, uesugi your focus, takeda you were very good but ypu can better the next time and kata you were almost perfect, do you have any experience from battles? ' ' no everything i know about fighting is taught by my father'' i see now all of you hear me well from now on your life here will be sleep from 12 to 8 then medical studies, craftsmanship, agrucolture, hand to hand combat, sword fighting , archery training and mounting and your diet will insist of brown rice, sake, fish and vegetables' any everyone shake their heads affirmative and so they train for 9 months with no sign of horrors and reinforcements finally arriving miyamoto goes in the palace doors seeing warriors on their horses with their vice captain first in line 'hirohi why it took you so long to come we could be dead by now if a large attack happened ' 'my lord we couldn't do otherwise horrors start attacking almost all of our camps are destroyed except one in shikoku region , our army is left with 15.000 men and i could only gather 3000 of them miyamoto grind his fist 'the demons have got out of control we must do something about quick ' ' my lord we also have intel that a large horde of them are marching towards the south borders of our region entering it in 3 days' 'then we will attack them' 'my lord say the word and i will lead our men to the fight' 'no this time the one who will guide our men is takeda he must learn to be a leader ' 'alright then, i will gather our men inside the palace ' miyamoto then goes inside the palace finding the group resting on the ground 'everyone get up we have a very serious situation to face' everyone gets up and kata asks'what is it miyamoto? '' in 3 days horrors will enter our region and all of you will join me in a battle against them any questions? 'the group shout' no' 'alright, kata can you come with me for a while?' kata approach miyamoto as they go upstairs 'what is it?' 'i want you to say to nozomi that as long as we are away he will stay in the room' 'alright but when will you fix his leg?' 'he still needs to show me he is worthy to trust him ' 'i understand' 'now go talk to him before the warriors are gathered in the palace' kata rush to his room opening the door 'nozomi i have to talk to you' 'what is it kata?' 'we will be away for some days because of some demons coming in the region' 'be careful then' 'thank you but as long as we are away you must not leave this room' nozomi look his leg 'seems i dont have any other option' kata then leave the room closing the door, he goes down again seeing everyone gathered inside the palace kata takes a seat and see miyamoto geting up starting to give a speech 'my comrades this year we lost many things our brothers our loved ones our family thats why we are here today to avenge our people who die,on this day 3.000 of us will go by the lead of takeda shigen to kill the demons and avenge our fallen people on this day forward we will show them no mercy' the crowd of warriors start shouting pushing their swords in the air miyamoto gathers 1.500 soldiers including the group and start mounting till they reach the south border of kanto region.
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The man and The demon
General FictionA man walking the path of revenge for the death of his wife, with the help of an unusual foe they will hunt the killer together while discovering the truth of the world and what do the gods are planning for this man
