The man and The demon

The Past Never Leaves

As they rode miyamoto goes close to takeda saying to him'takeda i want you to be careful you are not only risking your life but you are also risking the lives of 1.500 soldiers' 'dont you trust me father you think i will kill us all?' 'dont be so irascible tadeka i just want to remind you that this men are fighting for a cause, their lifes are hanging by your decisions so please be careful' 'i know father you dont have to reminded me that' takeda then moved forward leaving miyamoto behind, after 2 days of riding they finally arrive at the south border of echigo region, the warriors and the group stay up in a hill surrounded by trees and thick grass covering the whole area, everyone leave their horses tie in the trees kata tie his horse and when he turns his head he see uesugi going inside the forest kata asks 'tadeka why is uesugi going inside the forest?' takeda responds with a sarcastic tone'what do you mean he goes every night in a forest after the training havent you notice him?' 'now that you mensioning i saw him 1 or 2 times but why he does that? 'i dont know i never went in trouble to ask him' kata goes inside the forest to see what is happening with uesugi he finally finds him shoting the trees kata goes close asking him 'what exactly are you doing uesugi?' uesugi turns with a smile 'hi kata i was just training nothing important' 'its not time for that we must go to the others we dont know when the horrors will attack us' 'just go back, i will be back in 10 minutes you will not even realize i was gone ' kata grind his fists grabing uesugi pulling him on his side. 'uesugi this is a dangerous situation you have time to train when we go back' uesugi hits katas arm 'i will go back in 10 minutes so leave me alone to train' ' if you want to train then fight me if i win you wll come back to the others' 'alright' uesugi aims with his bohiya while kata draws his blade, uesugi starts shooting at kata but he hide from tree to tree getting closer and closer to uesugi, uesugi starts falling back with his back hitting in a tree kata then rush out of the trees straight at him uesugi shot two last arrows one going above katas head and kata deflecting the other with his katana he then point the katana on uesugi and saying 'now that i win lets go back to the others' he put the katana on the scrabbat and uesugi put his bohiya down and they start walking as they walk kata hears a sobbing from behind he turns back seeing uesugi crying kata grabs uesugis shoulder saying to him' uesugi if anything troubles you, you can tell me'' you dont need to worry about me lets just continue and i will put myself together before we arrive ' they start walking again and after a while toyotomi whispers 'can i be a perfect leader?' kata turns saying' is this your goal uesugi? ' yes i train from my 3 years , 13 years of training ' 'are you sure about this? ' 'of course i am ' kata turn his look up in the trees with a glimpses of sky showing 'you know being a warrior isnt what everyone expects even if its the path you choose it wont be so pleasant as you think' 'and what do you know about me or war?' 'kata look uesugi on his eyes saying' you are right lets just continue' when they finnaly arrive toyotomi runs towards them ' kata uesugi get on your horses fast the horrors are coming' uesugi and kata run towards them riding their horses going in the front lines, going close to miyamoto and takeda asking miyamoto ' miyamoto whats your plan?' ' this time im not the one making the decision this time takeda will decide how we should handle the situation' takeda responds 'taka, father we will use the bows and bohiyas first then when they start climbing the hill our spears will charge at them and if they start retreating we will hunt them' the horrors start getting closer the arrows start firing like rain the horrors came closer then the warriors charge at them slaying dozens and dozens of them the demoms start retreating takeda screams 'spears charge' kata goes close to takeda saying 'takeda dont chase them' 'why shouldnt i ? we are in advantage we can slay them all' 'we still have the upper hand if we stay here in the hill' 'no we will hunt them we will end this right now' the warriors chrage at them and the horrors split their army in half going in two different directions takeda gozen and toyotomi go to the right while kata uesugi tomoe and miyamoto go to the left kata speaks with miyamoto 'miyamoto lts too risky to hunt them now that the army is divided' just have faith to my son im sure he make the right choice' and what if he didnt make the right one?' then i will take the lead and kill them all' the horrors were trapped with fallen trees blocking their way and in the other side facing the army of the divine warriors the warriors rush to kill the horrors but a figure comes from the air launching at the warriors making a small cloud , the warriors fall back and when the smoke vanished kata looks at the field seeing the bodies of warriors crushed horrors coming from the trees and khorne standing menacingly saying 'hello again old friends i know our previous encounter wasnt so pleasant but still i do not wish to fight with you we could end this peacefully without any other death if you just drop your swords and leave ' miyamoto replied ' Demon you think we will leave just like that after everything you did to our brothers?' 'i tried to talk to i am not the villain in this situation'. 'liar i know your kind very Well you are just lies and death' 'then lets fight if you think we are only lies and death' the horrors and the warriors charge at each other kata attacks khorne but he was blown away in the woods 'how? ' 'you mean the canon is just a prosthetic that they implant to me after you chop my arm' 'how do you learn to make this things? ' 'no the one who make this things was a human' 'no you are lying no man would be so frenzy to help you' kata change his stance ready to deflect the upcoming attacks khorne rips out the prosthetic and puts a spear throwing a barrage of attacks , kata deflects them all but with minor wounds opening in his body khorne then push with the spear pointing at katas heart kata then deflects the spear running towards khorne slashing his leg making him kneel kata then attacks again with khorne blocking them khorne then striking him again kata dodges it leaving the spear on the ground kata steps on it launching himself close to khornes neck shlashing it khorne then falls to the ground 'you have become stronger warrior in such a short time with your potential you could help us take the stars' 'what do you mean by that ?' khorne breathe stops and kata cuts the prosthetic putting it in his back he then looks at khorne for one last time heading back to the others only to see the warriors and miyamoto outnumbered by the horrors kata looks around seeing decipetated bodies of divine warriors everywhere his vision slowly becomes black figures appear again shooting with bows kata looks down noticing a bow he grabs while he pull the strings of the bow and an arrow started to form he starts shooting at the horrors killing them one by one the warriors start to push them back killing them kata then goes close to miyamoto 'miyamoto khorne is dead and now that we cleaned the area we must help the others' ' kata you are gonna lead us this time' 'are you sure im the right man to lead us?' yes it seems you have more talent to lead an army than my son' kata then ride his horse marching with the warriors at the battlefield screaming ' surround them with the horses and then shoot with the bows' the warriors charge at the horrors surroundinv them and killing them all after everyone was safe they went back in the hill resting, miyamoto walks towards takeda 'takeda look around you' takeda turns his head around replying 'i dont see anything wrong' 'you dont see? Takeda so many people died' 'its a battle father people will always die'miyamoto grab takeda shoulder 'my son this is not how a warrior must treat his comrades' takeda slaps miyamotos hand ' just leave me alone' . Takeda leave and miyamoto tilt his head down toyotom comes close saying 'he is gonna be alright he just needs some time' 'im just afraid of him becoming like his grandfather heartless ' 'i think you dont need to worry he is a kind person just a little lost' 'i know' everyone untie their horses and start marching with the after many days of traveling they return in the palace with their heads down, a warrior that stayed in the palace asked' miyamoto what happened? 'miyamoto replied with his lifeless eyes' ' i made some crucial mistakes ' miyamoto then screams ' everyone gather around ' toyotomi asks 'what is it miyamoto?' 'tommorow night i will announce you that a member of our clan will take the title of captain ' one of the warriors asks 'my lord who is he?' 'i will announce him to all of you tomorrow night now lets go to rest we need it after everything that happened' kata go in his room opening his door nozomi asks 'was everything alright in the battle? You seem bit pale' ' everything is alright we just lost half our forces in battle ' ' at least we still have the advantage on them' 'but for how long? ' kata take off his armor and falls asleep, in the midnight he wakes up in sweat having his hand extended he put his clothes and goes in the backyard, there he sees uesugi looking the tree, kata goes close to him asking 'uesugi is everything alright?' uesugi turn his head with his bkack pitch circles in his eyes ' no kata its not' 'what is it?' 'my brother will be promoted to captain and i will stay behind like a trash ' uesugi said while he smash the wall 'uesugi' 'you know kata i just dont feel like im good enough to become a leader i try and i try but i cannot reach it i cannot become perfect but my brother for some reason he was always a good fighter and a good commander ' kata stares the tree saying ' years ago i had a friend like you he was always trying to become perfect striving every day but perfection cunsume him creating him anxiety and depression, one day he came to me smilling saying now i know maybe i will never be able to be the perfect man but i will be one of the happiest i dont know what happened that day but from then he just stopped trying so hard and found happiness in simple things ' ' i dont believe this, the only way for a man to finds happines is to achieve his goals or nothing else matters ''uesugi you didnt understand me i didnt mean he left his goals rather he became more open to them giving more strive towards his life and the others' 'still i believe our goals are more important than this things' 'do as you wish but i want to remind you that you need a balance dont let this consume you or else you willl face many problems' ' i know ' uesugi goes upstairs saying 'good night ' 'good night uesugi' kata then stays a bit longer staring the failling leafs, he then take his look elsewhere and goes upstairs resting, the following night everyone was gathered in the palace, sitting on their knees watching as miyamoto give a speech 'today we celebrate for a man that show courage, strength and leadership in battle saving many warriors from death and showing what a true divine warrior is' miyamoto turn his look at kata 'kata get up' kata walks towards miyamoto falling in his knees 'with this bronze metal i promote you to a captain you can now lead a small teams of divine warriors in battle' everyone starts cheering but takeda goes infront of kata and miyamoto with a hostile face and a katana on his hands he says' bastard you took the glory from me i should be up there 'miyamoto responds' takeda thats enough give me the katana and sit down no 'father im gonna prove to you that i can be a leader kata take your katana i challenge you to a duel' alright then ' kata take his sword both facing each other takeda strikes first with their katanas clashing to each other for minutes with takeda sweating, breathing heavy and kata standing with no problem kata then attacks him puting his leg behind takeda and pushing him back making him fall kata then drops the katana giving his hand on takeda but he slaps it getting up on his own 'i dont need your help bastard' miyamoto grabs takeda arm saying'takeda we must talk, sorry for that kata' the celebration continues with the warriors dancing and singing at one point kata felt a hand tapping his b'ack he turns his head seeing toyotomi 'is something wrong toyotomi?' 'just follow me i will tell you in the way' 'alright' kata and toyotomi walk outside the palace going in the hill stopping there 'so will you tell me whats happening?' toyotomi point his hand forward and kata aasks' is that gozen? '' yes lets go talk to her ' kata and toyotmi approch gozen curling her body toyotomi fall to his knees asking' whats wrong gozen?'' nothing everything is alright' 'look at me in my eyes' gozen turn her head with her eyebrows lower and her black eyes ready to cry she looks toyotomi straight to his eyes and her eyes could no longer hold the tears she turn her head back in her knees curling more toyotomi then says 'gozen you dont have to keep your feelings inside please tell us what is it' gozen touch her scar 'its just that every time when i find some people that i get along and comfortable with them something would happen leaving me blaming me or even fight each other until everyone takes part ways i know we are not so close to each other and we are warriors but cant we just be happy as we are ? Please' toyotomi hugs gozen saying' i know how you feel, i cant guatantee you about the others but i can say this, me and kata will stay with you until the end ' kata hugs gozen too saying' you dont have to worry we will never leave you' gozen then turns with wipping her tears and hugs them back 'thank you so much' toyotomi says'now shall we go back to the palace? ' gozen replied' yes ' as they get inside miyamoto comes close to them saying' kata im really sorry for my son he should have behaveod more maturity '' you dont need to apologize for that' 'also i received a letter for you' 'by whom?' 'its from the shogun in the shores the letter says that she wishes to speak with you in the shores between tohoku and hokkaido region ' kata eyes wide open 'i cant go' 'kata i dont know what happens between you and the shogun but as you know the we the divine warriors never had good relationship with the shogun and i believe we must change that to face our threat together and now kata is our chance go talk with the shogun deal your differences and then explain to her about the demons with her help we can turn the tides of war in our favor' kata shake his head affirmative and go in his room he opens the door seeing nozomi sleeping he gather some coins and then tap nozomis back 'kata is still night why did you wake me?' kata pull a box under his bed ' i was planning to give you a gift after the celebration but i have to leave' 'what kind of gift?' 'you will see just stand up for a while' nozomi stand up and kata pull a prosthetic from the box attaching it to nozomis leg 'where did you learn to craft this?' 'miyamoto taught us how to craft them, do you like it?' nozomi smiled ' yes im grateful i have a friend like you' kata smile back 'i would like to stay a bit more but i cant' 'where are you going?' 'i have to talk with the shogun ' 'can i come with you?' kata smirk 'did you forget? miyamoto still doesnt trust you to leave this room' nozomi laugh 'oh right i forgot it,' kata leave the room closing the door, going in his horse and mounting towards the shores of tohoku and hokkaido region