Chapter 022
Found: Dead and Alive
But as Kingsman is walking he's stopped by the large group of people in front of the gate and Kingsman says
“Riku!” Riku flicks two of his fingers towards the air and the entire large group is launched extremely high into the air and Riku is *shocked* and Kingsman *laughs* and says
“You’re a lot stronger now, you have to watch how hard you flick” Riku puts his hand up making the villagers land softly in trees and on roofs across the village and they all continue to the gate and Kingsman opens up one side of the gate and walks out and as everyone makes it out of the gate they all see a man on a horse dragging a cart and Kingsman says
“What do you want?” But as he says this Gyomei comes out of the gate and says
“What’s all the commotion?” Kingsman says
“Ask the man with the cart” The man says
“I found these men on the road while I was transferring goods” Kingsman and Gyomei walk up to the back of the cart and look in and there both *shocked* as they see Saigo and Kenshin bloody lifeless bodies in the cart and Gyomei *cries* and screams
“NO KENSHIN!, SAIGO!” Gyomei grabs The Man by his neck and says
“Who did this? WHO!?” While being chocked, The Man says
“I do not know…I found them like this on the road, please believe me” Kingsman grabs Gyomei’s wrist and says
“He’s not the one who did this'' Gyomei looks at Kingsman and says
“I’ll find out who did” Gyomei let’s go of The Man's neck and he turns away and starts walking away but Saigo *coughs up blood* and Kingsman is *shocked* and says
"Your still alive!? You truly are stronger than I thought!" Gyomei turns around and runs back to the cart and looks into the cart and sees Saigo's breathing and says
“Saigo, your alive!" Gyomei takes off of his shirt and wraps Saigo's face and also wraps a cover around Saigo's body and he carefully grabs Saigo out of the cart and runs back into the gates and Kenji says
“Are they ok? What happened to Kenshin?” Kingsman says
“Saigo is alive, barely but…Kenshin is dead'' Everyone is *shocked*, Riku says
“What!?” Dai tries to step up to look into the cart Kingsman puts his hand up and says
“No! This isn’t something you need to see…I haven’t seen someone killed like this in a long time…So brutal, so violent” Kenji says
“What can we do to help!?” Kingsman says
“Nothing, all of you go back home” Itsuki says
“I want to help, after everything they did for us. I don’t want to leave them like their nothing” Kingsman says
“Ok…Itsuki, Boy you both go and tell Kaito about what happened, Riku and Dai go see if you can help Gyomei with Saigo” Everyone says
“Yes Sensei'' Everyone runs back inside of the gate and Kingsman thinks
“I promise you Kenshin when we found out whoever did this, I will make sure they suffer. They won't get away with this'' Suddenly the gates fly open as Kaito kicks them open and he rushes over to Kingsman and looks in the cart and sees Kenshin’s body and Kaito *cries* and screams
“NO, NO!” Kaito Icy Sun Flames starts surges all over him but Kingsman grabs his shoulder and says
“We are their leaders, no matter what happens we must remain calm. A Sensei always keeps his team calm and focused even when he’s falling apart inside.They need you more than ever right now Kaito, you have to pull yourself together" Kaito calms his breathing and his flames disappear and he wipes his eyes and says
“Thank you Kingsman… But who did this?” Kingsman says
“We don’t know yet, Saigo is our only lead but I don’t know if he’ll survive” Kaito says
“Damn it!” Kingsman says
“It’s not my place to say where Kenshin is buried,” Kaito says
“Neither is it mine, Gyomei knows both of them better than anyone else. and they were his best friends'' Kingsman says
“This kind of loss could break even the strongest men, let’s hope Saigo pull through”
At the same time Gyomei is sitting over Saigo as he’s laying a hospital bed and Gyomei’s entire body is *shaking with anger* as there are tears in his eyes looking at Saigo's body but the door opens behind him and Riku says
“Gyomei is there something we can–” Gyomei says
“Get out!” Dai says
“We’re trying to help,” Gyomei says
“Get… OUT!" Dai takes a step forward Gyomei springs up from his chair and throws a punch at Dai but they clash punches and Riku says
“Please Gyomei we don’t want to fight!” Gyomei sits back down in the chair and says
“Just get out,” Dai says
“We want to help you, we–” But Riku grabs his shoulder and they both walk out of the room and Dai says
“What the hell was his problem? We only we're trying to help” Riku says
“I don’t know, but we should give him time to process everything” Kingsman and Kaito walk past Dai and Riku and go into the room but Gyomei stands up and says
“I told you all to leav–” But he stops as he sees Kingsman and Kaito standing at the door but as Kaito takes a step, Gyomei says
“I’m sorry my lord, but you need to leave” Kingsman says
“What!?” Gyomei says
“Since we grew up together we made a promise that no one will be able to look down on us, and I won’t break that promise. Not even for you my lord” Kingsman says
“Fine, but we want to know where Kenshin’s funeral will be held” Gyomei *cries* and starts shaking even harder but as Kaito tries to take a step Gyomei puts his hand up and through his tears, says
“Don’t come any closer!” Kaito says
“I just want to help you” Gyomei says
“You can’t see him like this'' But suddenly he feels a arm come over his shoulder and as he looks over he sees Kingsman but Kingsman back is to Saigo and Kingsman says
“It’s all right, I know the pain of loss and I know how you could lose yourself in grief but you must live as they viewed you. Saigo and Kenshin saw you as the perfect warrior, truly become the warrior they knew you were'' Kingsman let’s go of Gyomei and walks to the door and Kaito steps out and Kingsman looks back and says
“When you’re ready we will hold the funeral” Kingsman closes the door and Riku says
“What will we do now Sensei?” Kingsman says
“When Saigo wakes up we’ll go after the people responsible. Until then we train as normal” Kaito says
“I’ll let you know when Gyomei sets the funeral” Riku says
“Are we allowed to attend the funeral?” Kingsman says
“I’ll ask Akita, I truly don’t know if I want you to attend, but for now let’s just go back home. I’ll come by and speak with you later Kaito” Kaito says
“All right” As Kingsman,Riku and Dai leave the hospital they see Kenji and Itsuki walking the streets and Kingsman walks up to them and says
“We’re going home” Itsuki says
“Ok Sensei, but we ran into your old Sensei'' Kingsman says
“What did you speak about?” Itsuki says
“He said he was going to come over later today” Kingsman says
“Hmm, I wonder what he wants. No matter, we’re going home” They all walk back home and as they make it back to the house and go through the back door everyone walks upstairs without speaking except Kingsman and he sits at the table and *sighs* and Akita says
“Is everyone ok?” Kingsman says
“No…We found Kenshin dead and Saigo barely alive” Akita is *shocked* and says
“What happened!?” Kingsman says
“We don’t know yet, Saigo is still unconscious. But when he wakes up we intended on finding out, but I have a question…should the kids attend Kenshin’s funeral? Because when I went to my friend's funeral I broke down but it also helped me understand that I need to cherish the moments I have with people'' Akita says
“If you feel like this is something they need then I think it’s ok, but are you ok?” Kingsman says
“I’m fine, worry about Gyomei and the kids'' Akita says
“Kingsman you don’t always have to bottle everything up, it’s ok to feel something” Kingsman says
“Not for me, i’m fine Akita” Akita says
“I know you trusted Kenshin and it hurts to lose someone you trusted” But before Kingsman can respond there a knock on the back door and Kingsman stands up and opens it and sees Kenzo standing there and Kingsman says
“Kenzo, Itsuki told me you wanted to speak with me about something?” Kenzo says
“Yes my lord, I’m sorry to disturb you while your at home but I wanted to come and say I’m sorry for your loss” Kingsman says
“I’m fine Kenzo, you should tell Gyomei this” Kenzo says
“My lord I thought I taught you the best warriors are warriors who are in touch and in control of their emotions'' Kingsman says
“I’m in control of my emotions, I’m perfectly fine” Kenzo says
“I wanted to come and say go bye to you my Lord face to face” Kingsman is *shocked* and says
“What!?” Kenzo says
“I can no longer stay in this village while I'm still haunted by the ghost of my past” Kenzo tries to turn to walk away but Kingsman grabs him by arm and says
“I told you it’s not your fault!” Kenzo says
“But I still cannot forgive my failure. This will be the last time we meet” Kingsman darkness covers his hand and he grabs Kenzo by the throat and slams him into the wall and says
“No! I should have died that night not him! I failed you, not him!” Kingsman is *shaking with anger* and a tear falls from his eye and while being chocked, Kenzo says
“You’ve lost control of your emotions...my lord" Akita runs over and grabs Kingsman shoulder and Kingsman lets go of Kenzo and Kenzo falls to the floor clutching his through and another tear falls from Kingsman eyes and he looks at his hands and says
“I’m sorry Sensei, I shouldn't have...I'm sorry'' Kingsman turns and he disappears and Akita crouches down and says
“Are you ok?” Kenzo says
“I’m fine, but sometimes you have to push Kingsman to get him to show his emotions. Big emotional roadblocks like this, hurt him the worst” Akita helps Kenzo up and says
“Are you really leaving Kenzo?” Kenzo says
“No, but Kingsman can’t keep all of those emotions inside it will destroy even the greatest warriors…I can’t sense him anymore, I’m might have to go find him” Akita says
“No need…I know where he is” Kenzo says
“If anyone could open him up it would be you Akita, just be careful. Kingsman would never hurt you, but his darkness does not think the same” Akita says
“Thank you Kenzo, but would you like some food or anything?” Kenzo says
“No I’m ok, have a good day” Kenzo turns around and walks away and Akita walks into the backyard and closes the door behind her and walks into the forest and as she’s walking she can feel the ground shaking and as she makes it to the clearing she sees Kingsman sitting on the cliff tapping his finger on the ground with his back to her and as she gets closer the more the ground is shaking she gets close and touches Kingsman back and he stops tapping and she says
“Can you talk to me Kingsman?” Kingsman says
“There’s nothing to talk about, I just lost control for a second” Akita says
“You just choked Kenzo!” Kingsman says
“I know, I’ll speak with him later to apologize before he leaves” Akita says
“He’s not going anywhere, he just said that to get you to see that you can’t hold in your emotions like how you do” Kingsman says
“I can’t let out my emotions” Akita says
“Why not? You always help us, let me help you” Kingsman says
“My darkness is constantly trying to take control of my mind. That’s why I have to always tell myself to stay calm, that’s why I always have to be” Akita says
“Ok then, I’ll help you stay calm” Kingsman says
“I can handle it by myself” Kingsman tries to stand up but Akita pushes him down and says
“No! You always do this, let me help you!” Kingsman says
“What’s going on with you Akita? Why are you so obsessed with helping me?” Akita says
“I’ve cried in front of you a countless number of times, the kids have cried in front of you a countless number of times and you’ve consoled all of us and told us it was ok and made us feel safe. I want you to know its ok and you’re safe as well, just like you make us feel'' Kingsman stands up and says
“Just because I won’t cry in front of you doesn’t mean I don’t feel safe with you.There has only been a few people I’ve cried near people and those people… Are dead now. So please understand I love you and feel safe around you, but I can’t risk losing you or anyone else. My emotions are mine to control” Akita says
“I understand” Kingsman turns around and they start walking back through the forest and Akita puts her head on Kingsman's arms but as she blinks there back in the kitchen and Akita says
“How do you do that?” Kingsman says
“Do what?” Akita says
“Whenever you turn and take a step you just disappear and then you reappear somewhere else” Kingsman says
“Huh?” Akita takes a step away from Kingsman and turns to her side and takes a step and says
“After you do this you disappear” Kingsman says
“Oh, I don’t turn I simply move so fast I remove myself from reality and place myself back at the point I wanted to be, but I guess it does looks like I turn because I moved so fast. You’re just seeing an afterimage” Akita says
“A what?” Kingsman walks around Akita leaving multiple afterimages circling around her and his voice echos all across the room as he says
“I move so fast it leaves a lingering image of me in the spot I was” The afterimages of Kingsman slowly fade away and Kingsman is sitting at the table and says
“Time to check on the kids…EVERYONE COME DOWNSTAIRS!” Everyone comes downstairs and Hana is sleeping on the back of Tadashi and Kingsman says
“You two back upstairs” Tadashi goes back upstairs and Kingsman says
“Me and Akita have talked. We’ve decided that it’s all of your decisions whether you’ll be going to Kenshin’s funeral or not” Itsuki says
“I'll go to Kenshin’s funeral. Putting my own feelings to the side he deserves that much respect from me” Riku says
“I will as well” Kenji says
“All of us will, we all want to thank and pay respects to Kenshin for what he did for us” Kingsman says
“Good, you all go outside and training with each other. Itsuki you work with Riku and work on your aim and speed with your bow. Boy you with Dai and work on your reaction time and speed, I want you to try and catch Tadashi, you can use any method necessary. Dai do not allow The Boy to touch Tadashi at all, you can also use any method you feel necessary. Riku and Itsuki if you feel as if you’ve done enough training and The Boy is still trying to catch Tadashi you can either help or stop him, I’ll leave the decision to you both” Riku says
“Wait Sensei, are you leaving?” Kingsman says
“Yes, I have to go talk to someone” Kenji says
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“When are you coming back?” Kingsman says
“Don’t worry I’m not leaving the village i’ll be right back, but even if I was you all should be more focused on your training not me” Kingsman stands up and goes out the back door and everyone follows him but as he’s walking away Kenji says
“Wait father, where’s Tadashi?” Kingsman points at a tree in the forest and as Kenji and Dai look at the tree they see Tadashi laying on a branch in the tree and Dai runs into the forest before Kenji could react and Kenji runs into the forest after him and as Kingsman is about to walk down the hill Itsuki and Riku run up to him and Riku says
“Wait Sensei what am I supposed to use for Itsuki’s target?” Kingsman points at Riku and Itsuki *smiles* and creates his bow and then Riku runs away as Itsuki starts firing shots at him and as Kingsman walks down the hill he is replaying what he did to Kenzo in his head over and over and as Kingsman is walking he disappears.
At the same time Kenzo is in the library reading a book but he closes it and sits it down and he walks over to the door and opens it and Kingsman is there and before Kingsman can say anything Kenzo hugs Kingsman and as he lets go of Kingsman, he says
“How may I help you my lord?” Kingsman drops to his knees and says
“I’m sorry Sensei, I should have never–” But Kenzo grabs Kingsman by his shoulders and picks him up and says
“I told you don’t ever bow to me” Kenzo punches Kingsman in his stomach making him fall back to his knees and Kenzo says
“You have nothing to apologize for you may be a man, but you have not come to terms with your emotions. I understand the way you we're raised emotions could not be taught but you have to learn and how to deal with them eventually'' Kingsman stands back up and says
“I have my emotions in check now” Kenzo says
“Then are you finally ready to take back your fathers sword?” Kingsman is *shocked* and says
“I-I–” Kenzo says
“It’s the same thing you told me. You were faced with a decision that had you not made it then it would have costed hundreds of lives” Kingsman says
“I can’t–” Kenzo says
“I can hold onto you’re blade no longer” Kingsman says
“Please Ken–” Kenzo says
“You’re father would be proud.You’re still haunted with the thought that you’re father and you’re brother would both be disappointed in you, that is false. They would see how much stronger you’ve gotten and how much of an amazing man you’ve become” Kenzo walks over to a wall and pulls down a sword with a cover around it and walks over and as he’s about to hand it to Kingsman the cover around it slips off of the handle sword revealing the handle causes Kingsman to freeze up and Kenzo pulls the cover back onto the handle and Kenzo puts the sword in Kingsman’s hand and makes Kingsman grip the sword and says
“This blade belongs to you, you have truly earned it” Kingsman says
“I…Yes Sensei” But Kenzo hits Kingsman on top of his head and says
“I told you not to call me Sensei anymore” Kenzo punches Kingsman in his face and he tries to do it again but Kingsman catches his fist and Kenzo thinks
“There we go, had to kick start you a bit but I knew you'd be fine” Kingsman throws a punch at Kenzo but they clash with each other and Kenzo *smiles* and says
“Good to see you back to normal” Kingsman kicks Kenzo’s leg and grabs his arm and throws him over his shoulder into a wall and Kingsman *laughs* and says
“Thank you Kenzo” Kingsman runs away as Kenzo is getting up and Kenzo gets up and starts chasing him through the streets but Kingsman jumps on top of the buildings and starts running across them as Kenzo is still chasing him and Kingsman drops to the ground but as Kenzo makes it to the spot where Kingsman dropped down, he doesn’t see Kingsman in the crowd of people walking and Kenzo says
“Next time I see you I’m going to stuff you in a barrel and throw you in the lake” Kenzo walks back across the building rooftops and drops to the ground and Kingsman drops off the side of the building and *laughs* and says
“Next time be faster old man” Kingsman walks into the crowd and disappears.
At the same time Dai and Tadashi are inside of Riku’s giant force field and Dai covers it in fire and Kenji and Itsuki are both attacking the force field but it’s not even cracking and as Kenji and Itsuki both attempt to punch the force field but Riku opens up the force field and it makes them both fall over and as they get up Riku creates chains around them and holds them in the air and Dai walks up to Kenji and Riku flips his chains upside down and hangs him face to face with Dai and Dai says
“Looks like Sensei was right about Riku, which also means he was right about me” Riku drops the force field and Itsuki and Kenji fall to the ground but Itsuki and Kenji are still chained up and Dai picks them both up and throws them into the air and then he starts shooting fireballs at them and Itsuki says
“Stop it you idiot!” As Itsuki is hit by Dai’s fireball and his eyes fill with lightning and calls down lightning right on top of Dai and it electrocutes him and as there about to hit the ground Riku removes there chains and they both land on their feet and Itsuki walks up to Dai while he’s still being electrocuted and covers his hand with lightning and as he’s about to punch Dai but Riku says
“Sensei, when did you get here!?” While looking at the roof and Kingsman is sitting on the roof with his father’s sword and Kingsman stands up and drops down off of the roof and Riku walks up to Kingsman and says
“Sensei what’s that?" Kingsman takes the cover off of his sword revealing it's black and red sheath on the blade and says
“This blade belonged to my father” Itsuki says
“Wow Sensei that sword cover is beautiful!” Dai says
“And it fits me perfectly, is that a gift for me Sensei?” Dai tries to reach for it but Kingsman lifts it up out of his reach and says
“This sword hasn’t been used for years. And you think the first person to use it is going to be you?” Kingsman *laughs* and Dai *smiles* and says
“I bet I use it better than you” Kingsman throws his fathers sword in the air and he covers his hand in his darkness and pulls his black blade out of his hand and hands it to Dai but Dai falls to the ground because of the weight of the sword and he screams in pain as the sword starts sinking into the ground pinning his hands underneath it but Kingsman grabs the sword and *chuckles* and says
“Sorry Dai I thought I lightened it up enough” Dai gets up and holds his hands in pain and says
“What’s the hell is that thing made of ?” Kingsman says
“It’s a little heavy” Dai says
“A little! It started to sink into the ground!” Kingsman says
“I may have infused it with a falling star” Riku says
“A star! Sensei, you went to space!?” Kingsman says
“Yes and no, I opened a portal to see what planet got destroyed and a star collapsed and fell through it and I caught it'' Kingsman waves his hand over his black blade and then he hands it back to Dai and Dai slowly takes it but realizes he can lift it with ease and Dai says
“What did you do?” Kingsman says
“I used my darkness to lighten up my blade even more this time” Dai says
“All right let’s go” Dai goes into a high stance with his sword but as Kingsman unsheathes his fathers sword, his darkness explodes around him sending everyone flying back and knocking them out except Riku and as Riku slowly looks up he sees Kingsman on one knee holding his blade in the air with his darkness surging all around it with so much force it splits the sky and Riku notices a outline of a man inside of Kingsman’s darkness and as Kingsman looks up to the figure inside of his darkness Riku also notices Kingsman’s eyes are red again and Kingsman struggles to pull his blade out of the air and resheathes it stopping his darkness from surging everywhere and Kingsman’s eyes go back to normal.
At the same time Riku passes out and Kingsman thinks
“What the hell was that? I've never felt my darkness like this before, it felt completely different…Did I sense someone?” Everyone slowly gets back up and all holds there heads in pain and Dai says
“What happened?” Kingsman says
“I beat you” Dai says
“What!?” Kingsman says
“It was so fast that you couldn’t even react” Dai grabs his head in pain and says
“I’ll beat you next time Sensei, but right now I feel like I need to lay down” Itsuki says
“Why’d you hit us though Sensei?” Kingsman says
“You’re a team, If someone attacks one of you then you should take it as them attacking all of you” Kingsman walks up to Riku and picks him up and puts him over his shoulder and walks back into the house and everyone follows him into the house and everyone goes upstairs and Kingsman sits his sword on the table and walks into the living room and sits Riku on the couch and as Akita turns around she sees the sword and takes a step back and Kingsman walks back into the kitchen and sees Akita's face and says
“What’s wrong with you?” Akita says
“I feel such a dark presence from this sword” Kingsman says
“Well I am half darkness” Akita says
“No, this feeling is much more sinister and evil” Kingsman says
“This was my father’s blade” Akita says
“Are you going to be using that sword?” Kingsman says
“Possibly, but not likely. My father’s blade was only used once, and I don’t know if I can use it” Akita says
“I don’t want you to use it, the presence from it is very disturbing” Kingsman says
“I don’t intend on it, but I will put it up” Kingsman picks up the sword and he covers the wall in a small amount of his darkness and hangs the sword on the wall but as Kingsman turns around and sees Akita looking *scared* and Kingsman *sighs* and Akita says
“I’m sorry Kingsman that sword just feels really creepy” Kingsman *laughs* and says
“My Father used this blade against my grandfather maybe it’s haunted by his spirit” But Akita is still *scared* and Kingsman stops *laughing* and says
“Fine if you're that scared of it i’ll get rid of it” Akita says
“No! I don’t want you to, it belonged to your father and I have no right to ask you to get rid of it” Kingsman says
“You have every right, do you want me to get rid of it?” Akita says
“No...it’s fine” Kingsman says
"Alright then, I need a nap" Akita says
"Your not hungry?" Kingsman says
"Not tonight" Kingsman walks upstairs and Akita follows him and they both go into there room but Hana's door opens and Hana walks out of her room and downstairs and thinks
"Did mommy not make food? That's ok...I'll make everyone something really nice" Hana walks over to the fridge and opens it but it's suddenly shut and she looks over and sees Tadashi standing over her and she says
"Hi kitty, are you hungry too?" Hana opens the fridge but Tadashi pushes his body into the door closing it once again and Hana says
"What are you doing? I'm trying to make us food" Tadashi shakes his head no and Hana says
"What do you mean no, mommy and daddy didn't make any food for us. What else are we going to do?" Hana reaches for the fridge door but Tadashi walks in front of the fridge door and Hana *pouts* and says
"Fine, I'll find something else" Hana walks towards the back door and reaches for it but Tadashi bumps her away from the door and steps in front of it and Hana says
"Hey! Do you want me to starve?" Hana sits on the floor with her arms crossed but Tadashi walks up and nudges her with his nose but she suddenly crawls underneath his legs and open the backdoor and run out but she's suddenly stops and she turns around and sees Tadashi has bite the back of her shirt and Tadashi pulls her back and he wraps his mouth around her stomach holding her in the air and starts walking back upstairs and Hana *sighs* and says
"Fine, I'll go back to bed. Just get me out of your stinky mouth!" Tadashi sits Hana down on the stairs and she takes a step up but she suddenly slips through the rails on the stairs and Tadashi sticks his head through and tries to bite the back of her shirt but she drops to the floor and runs out the back door and Tadashi head gets stuck inside of the rails and he roars.
At the same time Hana is walking down the hill into the village and as she makes it down she sees people walking all around and she notices two drunk men are fighting in the street and Hana walks up and says
"Are you both ok?" One of the men turns and looks at Hana and he gets punched in the face and he falls to the ground and the other man drunkenly stumbles away and the drunken man stands up holding his face and *drunkenly* says
"Damn it little girl...look at what you did! I should-" But as he looks at her he notices dark orange eyes behind her head and he gets *scared* and runs away and Hana turns around and sees Tadashi standing behind her and Hana is *shocked* and says
"Oh, hello kitty" Hana turns and runs through a dense crowd of people and she looks back but she doesn't see Tadashi but as she's turned around she bumps into someone and falls to the ground and she turns around and sees she bumped into Tadashi and she turns around and starts to crawl away but Tadashi puts his paw on her back pressing her to the ground and Hana says
"No kitty, let me go!" A woman looks over and sees Hana squirming under Tadashi's paw and she says
"Oh no that beast is going to kill that girl!" Everyone stops and looks back and sees Tadashi and everyone crowds around them and A man says
"We need to save her someone get lord Kaito!" A group of people run off towards Kaito's office as another group of men step closer to Hana and Tadashi growls at them and pushes Hana underneath him as the men continue to get closer and the men rush Tadashi and they all try to pin Tadashi down but he easily shakes all of them off until suddenly arms wrap around Tadashi's neck and a gaint man starts to pull Tadashi away from Hana and more men grab Tadashi all over his body and starts to push him off of Hana and Tadashi starts violenlty trying to shake free but the giant man slams Tadashi into the ground and all of the men pill on top of Tadashi and he sees as two women run up and pick up Hana and Hana *cries* and says
"Wait kitty!" Tadashi gets *extremely mad* and Tadashi throws everyone off of him and hits the giant man with the back of his paw launching the giant man back and Tadashi roars extremely loud knocking everyone over and he rushes the two women holding Hana and he lunges towards them but someone pushes his head into the ground and Tadashi stands up and growls but Kaito has his hands up and says
"It's ok Tadashi, they just wanted to help Hana. Nothing more, I promise" Kaito slowly walks over and picks up Hana and Hana wipes her eyes and says
"Uncle Kaito, I don't like these people. They hurt kitty" She hugs Kaito and Kaito says
"It's ok, they thought you we're in danger and they we're just trying to help" Kaito walks over to Tadashi and sits Hana in front of him and Hana hugs him and Tadashi embraces her and the giant man gets back to his feet and he walks up to Kaito and says
"I'm sorry my lord, I thought she was in danger" Kaito says
"And I thank you for being so willing to save her, Kyro. But you might want to be more careful dealing with Kingsman's daughter and his friend" Kyro is *shocked* and says
"She is Kingsman's daughter!?" Kaito *laughs* and says
"Yes" Kyro says
"I thought he only had sons, I've never seen him with her before" Kaito *laughs* and says
"That's because Kingsman says he doesn't want to have to kill anyone for a misunderstanding, same reason you rarely ever see Akita in the village alone. If one of you we're to speak disrespectfully to her you'd be...hurt" Kyro says
"Please give Kingsman my apologizes, please tell him I would never mean to hurt his pet and scare his daughter" Kaito says
"Don't say that again, Kingsman doesn't view Tadashi as a pet. He's a friend" Kyro says
"Of course my lord" Kaito *laughs* and says
"We'll keep this between the two of us, but you might want to apologize to Tadashi and Hana before they give Kingsman there sides of the story. Because when you scare a child they will have a horrible story about what happened!" Kyro says
"Yes, thank you my lord" Kyro walks up to Hana and Tadashi steps in front of her and growls at him but Kyro drops to his knees and drops his head as well and says
"I am extremely sorry, please forgive me" Tadashi growls and steps up to Kyro but Hana walks around Tadashi and hugs Kyro and says
"It's ok" Tadashi growls but Hana reaches back and grabs his nose and Hana let's go of Kyro and walks beside Tadashi and Tadashi lays on the ground as Hana sits on his back and Tadashi stands up and Kyro says
"Please tell your father I meant no disrespect" Hana says
"Why are you scared of daddy? He won't hurt you" Kaito *laughs* and says
"Your father scares a lot of people" Hana says
"Does he scare you?" Kaito *chuckles* and says
"At first, your father is very intimidating but I know he's really just a big sweetheart now" Hana *laughs* and says
"Mommy isn't scared of daddy at all" Kaito says
"She shouldn't be, she's the most untouchable women on the planet" Hana says
"What about me?" Kaito says
"Your the most untouchable girl on the planet" Hana says
"What about big brother?" Kaito *laughs* and says
"Your father would feed all of your brothers to starving wolves to make them stronger, but if there in any real danger he would always protect them" Hana says
"What about you uncle? Will daddy protect you?" Kaito says
"Hmm, I don't know. Maybe he will, maybe he won't but I won't need him" Hana says
"Don't worry Uncle, I'll protect you" Kaito *laughs* and says
"Thank you, Little Hana. I'll protect you as well, but it's getting late and I think it's time to get home and get some rest" Hana says
"Ok, goodnight Uncle" Kaito says
"Goodnight" Hana looks at Kyro and says
"Goodnight large man" Kyro says
"Good night ma'am" Hana is *confused* and says
"Huh? Who is ma'am? My name is Hana" Kyro says
"Of course, good-" Hana says
"Why are you looking in the dirt? Did you lose something?" Kyro stands up and says
"I was just trying to show respect, but uhh-" Hana says
"Your clothes are all dirty,you should get a bath and get some sleep" Tadashi turns around and walks away and Kyro is *shocked* and says
"Of course. I can't believe she forgave me so easily, even though I scared her" Kaito walks up and grabs his shoulder and says
"She's like her mother, extremely forgiving. But it's her brothers you need to watch out for, there more like there father" Kyro says
"Yes my lord"
At the same time, Hana and Tadashi have made it back in the house and Tadashi walks upstairs with Hana still on his back and into her room.
The next morning Akita is in the kitchen cooking as Kingsman comes downstairs and sits at the table and Kingsman says
"Did you hear something last night?" Akita says
"No, what did you hear last night?" Kingsman says
"I could have sworn I heard Hana crying last night, and I was going to go check but you collapsed right on top of me" Akita says
"Isn't Hana still inside her room sleeping?" Kingsman says
"She is now" Akita says
"So maybe it was a bad dream she had?" Kingsman says
"You might be right" Kingsman stands up and Akita says
"Where are you going?" Kingsman says
“To see Kaito and see if anything else has happened with Gyomei” Akita says
“Oh, please tell Gyomei I’m sorry for his loss” Kingsman says
“You can tell him yourself if you want to” Akita says
“Ok” Akita walks over to Kingsman and Kingsman picks her up and walks out the door and as she blinks they are in the middle of Kaito’s office and Kingsman puts Akita down and Kingsman says
“Kaito!” Kaito looks up from his desk and sees Kingsman and Akita standing there and he stands up and says
“Hello Akita, what brings you here?” Akita says
“Hi Kaito, I came here to see how Gyomei was doing after such a tragic event” Kaito says
“He’s in the hospital down the street with Saigo, but he may not let you in the room” Kingsman says
“Go, I’ll meet you there when i’m done” Akita says
“Ok, Goodbye Kaito” Kaito says
“Goodbye Akita'' Akita leaves the room and Kaito walks up to Kingsman and they both punch each other in the chest and Kingsman says
“Emotions still in check?” Kaito says
“Yeah” Kingsman sits down at the conference table and says
“Any updates?” Kaito says
“Unfortunately not, but when he wakes up I intend on questioning him” Kingsman says
“What happens after?” Kaito says
“After what?” Kingsman says
“After we get the information, I think it’s time I step back and let the leader of this village make decisions regarding his soldiers'' Kaito says
“Any and everyone involved in this will pay, I’ve watched these soldiers go from untrained boys to powerful men, this is not a simple attack on my soldiers. This was an attack on my family!” Kingsman says
“I thought the same, but let's go check in on them” Kaito says
“All right”
At the same time Akita is walking down the hospital hallway and she stop outside the last door and knocks on it but nobody answers and as she slowly opens it she sees Gyomei sitting over Saigo and she looks at the Vital Reader and sees Saigo's vitals are stable and she says
“Gyomei?” Gyomei without looking at her, *weakly* says
“Get out” Akita says
“I’m sorry for what happened to Saigo and Kenshin” Gyomei *weakly* says
“I said get out!” Gyomei stands up but he falls to the ground and Akita rushes over to him and says
“Are you ok?” Gyomei *weakly* says
“I’m…Fine'' Akita says
“You look like you haven’t slept in days, have you even eaten?” Gyomei *weakly* says
“I failed my brothers, I deserve this pain” Gyomei tries to get up, but Akita puts her hand up and says
“Please Gyomei stay down” Gyomei says
“No I have to–” But Akita starts whistling and Gyomei falls asleep and (Dreams about a younger him, Saigo and Kenshin sitting around and *laughing* around a campfire and Kenshin says
“I’ll become stronger than all of you guaranteed” Saigo and Gyomei look at each other and start *laughing* and Gyomei says
“You’d be lucky if you could even beat Saigo, let alone me” Saigo says
“What!? Kenshin can’t even touch me, and you definitely can’t beat me Gyomei!” Gyomei says
“You could barely keep up with our training today” Kenshin says
“You just think you’re the strongest because you’re dad’s the “general”, but that doesn’t mean you’re that strong'' But a voice comes from behind them and says
“I think he is very strong” A man walks up next to them and Gyomei stands up and hugs him and says
“Father! I didn’t know you we’re coming back early” Gen says
“I thought it would be good to surprise you Shinsato'') Then the whistling stops and Gyomei wakes up and sits up and holds his head and says
“Everything feels... better, I don’t know what you did but thank you Akita'' Akita says
"Of course, you may not have saved them but that does not mean you deserve to be tortured like this" But suddenly Saigo's vitals flat line and Gyomei and Akita are *shocked* and they both look over at Saigo