Chapter 010
Uncertain Allies
But when Riku wakes up in the morning there's a warm bowl of food next to him and Riku eats it and he stands up but as he does he realizes the house is strangely quiet and Riku walks out of his room and looks around but everything is still quiet and Riku walks downstairs but as he does he sees everyone walking out of the back door but as Kingsman is closing the door, Riku says
“Sensei!” Kingsman turns around and is *shocked* as he says
“Oh you're up, I thought you were going to sleep all day again and not train” Riku says
“Why wouldn’t I?” Kingsman says
“You’ve been sleeping for an entire day, Riku” Riku is *shocked* as he says
“What!? No it was only for a few hours, we fought last night” Kingsman *chuckles* and says
“That fight was two days ago” Riku says
“No!…I couldn't have been out for a day it didn’t feel like–” Kingsman says
“Riku, relax…You're a warrior sometimes your body collapses for a few days after a hard fight or training session” Riku sits down as he says
“If I've been out for that long then that means we’ve only got a couple of days left before we have to leave” Kingsman says
“Not exactly, me and Kaito have decided instead of leaving at the end of the week were sending you all three days before the end of the week that way we'll know exactly when you all should get here ” Riku says
“What if something happens while we're out there?” Kingsman says
“Well that’s why we were sending Kenshin and Saigo with you all, you all should be fine. I gave them both some training in the past, but it would take them a couple days to get here. How about this” Kingsman puts his darkness around his fingers and walks over too Riku and puts his fingers on Riku’s neck and he puts a seal on his neck and says
“I don’t want you accidentally activating this seal, so if you feel like the situation is dire put two fingers on your neck and then cast your wind into this spot and it will show me what you see and then I'll be on the way, but the situation has too be life or death because when I come there I'll be breaking the peace treaty. With me breaking the peace treaty it allows all the other regions to attack us all at once with no repercussions, so this seal can only be activated if one of your lives are on the line. Other than that send Kenshin or Saigo back to get me and I’ll send you all some warriors of my own, do you understand Riku?” Riku says
“I understand Sensei I won’t activate it unless we are in a dire situation, I won’t let you down Sensei I promise” Kingsman says
“I know you won’t, now let’s get over too the village” Riku stands up as him and Kingsman walk outside into the backyard and Kenji is *shocked* as he says
“I thought you wouldn’t be coming with us” Itsuki *smiles* and says
“I knew we wouldn’t leave him behind” Dai says
“I don’t need any of you, go sit down and let the real warriors handle this” Kingsman says
“Enough! Let’s get this over with” Everyone walks down the hill and as they make it down the hill and start walking towards the gate they see Kaito, Gyomei, Saigo,and Kenshin are waiting at the village gates and Kingsman walks up too Kenshin, Gyomei, and Saigo and he says
“I'm putting their lives in your hands, but your lives are in mine. If any of you show up without them I'll make sure you have a nice burial” Kingsman walks over and stands next to Kaito and says
“This is very dangerous” Kaito says
“This is our only chance to keep our villagers and families alive” Kaito steps up and speaks in a loud tone as he says
“I appreciate all of you for your sacrifices and want too thank you personally, and when all of you get back we will celebrate a victory for peace through out the world and when I see you again I hope it will be with smiles because of the deliciousness of the food of your victories” But Kingsman steps in front of him and kicks open the gate as he screams
“NOW GO AND DON’T ANY OF YOU DARE RETURN WITHOUT THE OTHERS OR ELSE!” They all walk out of the village and as they are walking away, Kingsman turns to Kaito as he says
"I trained mine well, lets see if yours are trained well enough to keep up” Kaito is *shocked* and says
“Yours hasn’t even beat mine yet, of course mines are trained well” Kaito and Kingsman *laugh* with each other and walk back into the village as everyone continues walking down the path outside of the village and Dai says
“How can we trust all of you to get us there?” Saigo says
“We are lord Kaito’s best warriors, we will get you children too the Fujiwara region safe” Dai says
“Who the hell are you calling a child you ugly bastard!” Kenshin *laughs* as he says
“Children with tempers, I see” Dai gets *angry* as he rushes in front of Kenshin and shoots a fireball at him but Gyomei puts his hand up blocking the fireball as he says
“We don't have time for this, just keep up” Gyomei runs off further onto the trail but he’s so fast he almost instantly disappears in the distance and Kenshin and Saigo both look at each other and *laugh* but then they run off with Gyomei as well and Dai is *shocked* and says
“What the hell are you idiots doing!?” But Riku runs off next and Dai is *stunned* as he says
“What the hell is wrong with you!?” And Itsuki rushes off but as he runs past Dai he smacks him across the back of the head and Kenji *laughs* as he says
“Keep up if you can” Kenji runs off after that and Dai fires a giant fireball at him but Kenji puts up an ice wall behind him as he runs off and the fireball crashes into the wall causing dirt to kick up all over the place but as the dirt clears Dai can’t see any of them and Dai starts running in the same direction as them but there to far in the distance to the point where Dai can’t see them at all and Dai stops too catch his breath and he starts walking as he thinks
“Where the hell did all of them go that fast?” But as he’s walking he gets too the edge of a forest and he looks into the forest as he sees shadow figure standing on the trail with there back too him and he thinks
“There one of you bastards are!” Dai goes into a bush and starts sneaking through trees towards the shadowy figure but as he’s about to jump out he hesitates as he sees two more shadowy figures walk up to the first one but he realizes one of them is far bigger than Gyomei,Saigo, and Kenshin but he also notices the other one is to small to be Gyomei, Saigo, and Kenshin but to tall to be any of his teammates but as one of them speaks he realizes he doesn’t recognize the voice either as The First Unknown Man says
“What the hell took both of you so long!?” Dai also hears a women say
“We have time, we don’t have too be back to the region for another day and plus we already got what we need so why not take our time and enjoy the beauty of there region before its covered in blood” The Second Unknown Man says
“Exactly, so stop nagging all the time” The First Unknown Man says
“We have a schedule to make and if were late they’ll kill us” The Second Unknown Man gets in The First one’s face and says
“Correction they kill the weak, like you Hironaka. Not the strong and the ones they need like me” Hironaka says
“You think they care because you have a little bit of power Matsuno, No! We fail them and you die with us” Matsuno grabs Hironaka's shirt and says
“Would you like too see how much powerful I truly have?” The Women says
“We don’t have time for this Matsuno'' Matsuno sideyes The Women but then he let’s go of Hironaka and steps back as he says
“Next time, Tahara won’t be here too save you! And you’ll have to pay for what you say” Tahara says
“But not today, Naky is under my protection. So let’s go you two” Tahara starts too walk off and Matsuno is just staring at Hironaka but then he walks off and as Hironaka is about to walk off Dai snaps a branch on the ground and Hironaka looks in the sounds direction but doesn’t see and before he walks away he crouches down and brushes off his shoes and then he walks away joining his team and when they disappear Dai walks out of the trees and into the clearing where they we’re standing and Dai thinks
“We have invaders from another region here! What the hell were they talking about? What did they get? I'll have to warn the others'' But as Dai takes a step suddenly chains made of water shoot out of the ground and clasp around his wrist and Dai is *shocked* and says
“What the hell is this!?” But another one shoots up and clasps around his neck and Dai gets *angry* as he says
"Who the hell do you think I am!" Dai fires starts to cover his hands but before he can do anything the water from the chains surrounded his hands stopping him from using his fire and then he charges fire from his mouth but the chain around his neck creates a water bubble around his head choking him and he tries to shake free but he can’t move at all and he starts choking and he thinks
“This can’t be how I die…Not me…I won’t die like this!” Dai starts to pass out but he is able to get his fire started on his hands once again through the water making the water on his hands start to bubble and he’s even starting to shoot fire from his mouth and his entire body burst into flames and his fire explodes from his chest launching him back and freeing him from the chains and he starts coughing up water and he puts his back on a tree and thinks
“I’ll kill whoever that was…For thinking he could kill me like that!” Dai tries to stand up but he falls back onto the tree as he passes out but he’s woken up by Riku shaking him awake and as Dai looks up he sees everyone standing over him and Riku says
“Dai…Dai you ok?” Kenshin says
“Guess he got tired after he couldn’t keep up” Kenshin and Saigo both *laugh* and Dai slowly gets to his feet and says
“There are people from another region here, and they're planning on killing us. I think there from the Fujiwara region” Kenshin says
“You must have had a bad dream, our entire region has warriors all over it. If any other member of any other regions even stepped foot in our region or any of our other villages we would have known immediately” Dai says
“Obviously your warriors didn’t know they were here and they failed to do there jobs” Saigo says
“That enough from you, our warriors have never let any enemies slip into this region undetected before” Dai says
“I’m not lying there three of them, one of there name's is…It's…Uhh, I can’t remember there names but that doesn’t mean I'm lying” Gyomei says
“Nobody unknown has been in the region, definitely not this close to the main village we would have already found them but we’ll keep a eye out just in case, now let’s go we still have a long way to travel before we get close too the Fujiwara region” They all start walking again and Kenji puts his hand on Dai's shoulder as he says
“Are you sure you saw people Dai?” Dai says
“Yeah it was three of them, we have to watch out for them. They could have set up more traps” Riku is *confused* as he says
“More traps? You got caught by one before?” Dai says
“I almost drowned by one, it was like some water chains that wrapped around my hands and neck” Riku says
“What did it look like?” Dai says
“I don’t know, I was just walking after they left the spot and the chains just came out of the ground” Kenji says
“But Gyomei said it would be impossible for them to get this close without them noticing” Itsuki *laughs* and says
“I wouldn’t put it past him having a bad dream thinking it was real” Riku says
“But on the chance that it isn’t just a dream everyone just be careful” As they are talking they all walk out of the forest and they stop on a path that leads three ways and Gyomei looks at the sky and sees the sun starting to set as he says
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“We’ve wasted too much time, we won’t be able to make it to the other village without having to walk in darkness” Riku says
“What are we going to do then?” Gyomei says
“There should be a house on the trail in front of us, Yokota lives there. He’s an old warrior who left the village to get away from everyone. We could ask him if we can spend the night there because if not we sleep in the forest and the most annoying bugs come out at night” Kenji says
“All right then, but we might want to hurry up and find the house before it gets too dark and we get lost” Gyomei says
“Let’s go” Everyone starts walking on the path straight ahead but Dai is staring off the path to his right because he sees two shadowy figures standing far onto that trail and he’s focused on them and he turns and takes a step towards them but as he does Itsuki sees him and he turns around as he walks over to Dai and says
“Dai let’s go!” Dai looks over at Itsuki but as he looks back down the path he sees no one and Dai starts walking down the path on the right but Itsuki grabs his shoulder and says
“Were going straight idiot, now lets go” Itsuki pulls Dai back with the rest of the group and they all start walking down the path in front of them and they all start walking as they get deeper on the path they see a old house on the edge of a bamboo forest and Kenshin starts knocking on the door and says
“Hello! Anyone there!? We're warriors from Lord Kaito and we wish to speak with you all!” Riku walks up and looks through a window and says
“Kenshin, I don’t think you have to worry about announcing yourself” Dai walks up to the door and opens it and walking in as he says
“What the hell happened here?” Everyone else enters and sees the trashed house, table flipped, a flipped couch with holes in it, and walls with holes in them and Gyomei is *shocked* as he says
“Yokota was supposed to live here, he would never let his house get like this. Where is he?” Dai says
“See, those three people did this! They came in ransacked the place and killed everyone in here…That’s why he's not here now!” Gyomei says
“There’s no blood anywhere, and Yokota was a warrior even in his old age he still would have fought to protect his home until he couldn’t move anymore” Riku says
“He could have moved out and animals could have come in and destroyed the house, thats why there's no blood or any sighs of a fight” Kenshin says
“That's possible as well and since he never visits any of the villages we wouldn’t know when he left” Gyomei says
“Find a spot and hope you don't get bit by something” Gyomei walks over and flips over the couch and lays down and Kenshin flips back over the table and lays down on top of it and Saigo grabs some chairs and lays across them and Riku, Dai, Kenji,and Itsuki find a spot and as everyone goes to sleep a few hours later Kenji wakes up to a noise on the roof in the middle of the night Kenji hears another noise outside the house and he sits up and Kenji sees a shadow pass by the door and Kenji gets up and goes outside and Kenji hears whispers coming from the bamboo forest besides the house and Kenji walks towards it and when he gets into the bamboo forest there's a thick fog and he hears singing and as he’s walking through the bamboo a shadow jumps in front of him but the fog is so thick he can’t make out anything about the person but the singing compels him too walk through the fog and as he step through he sees a figure of a women dancing in front of the moon singing and as the fog clears he's *shocked* as he sees his mother singing and he walks up too his mother and says
“Mom, what are you doing here?” Akita says
“I wanted to make sure your safe, I was worried about you” Kenji hugs Akita but then Kenji feels a sharp pain in his stomach and he backs up *holding his stomach in pain* as he looks down and he realizes he’s been stabbed with a black dagger still sticking out of his stomach and Kenji is *shocked* as he says
“Mo-Mom…W-Why? ” But as Kenji looks up he sees his Mother with a *malicious smile* on her face as she’s still illuminated by the moon and Akita says
“What’s wrong, Kenji? Are you hurt?” Akita slowly starts backing up into the bamboo and disappears and Kenji falls to his knees and he tries to pull out the black dagger and he *screams in pain* as he tries to pull it out but he hears a voice behind him say
“Kenji, is that you? Are you ok?” Kenji stands up and turns around and sees Itsuki standing behind him looking *confused* and says
“Itsuki…Help” Kenji slowly walks towards Itsuki and he falls but Itsuki catches him before he hits the ground and Itsuki props Kenji up and Itsuki is *shocked* and says
“Who did this Kenji!?” Kenji *coughs up blood* and Itsuki says
“Kenji, I have to take this out!” Kenji says
“Do it!” Itsuki says
“On three, I'll pull it out...One!” But Itsuki takes the dagger out of Kenji's stomach and Kenji *screams in pain* and Itsuki says
"Sorry, if you anticipated it the pain would have been worse" Itsuki stands up and picks Kenji up and puts Kenji’s arm over his shoulder and they start walking back towards the house, Itsuki says
“Who did this to you Kenji?” Kenji *weakly* says
“I don’t know who they were, but they looked just like my mother” Itsuki stops walking and turns to Kenji with the same *malicious smile* as he says
“I did a good job didn’t I” Kenji is *confused* and says
“What?” Itsuki stabs Kenji with the dagger again and drops him onto the ground as Kenji *screams in pain* and Itsuki says
“So these are the people you love the most huh?” Kenji is *Immense pain* as he struggles back to slowly get back to his feet and Kenji *coughs up blood* as he *weakly* says
“Who...Are you!?” Itsuki says
“I am everyone” Itsuki jumps into the bamboo and Kingsman jumps out as he says
“That” Kingsman jumps back in the bamboo and Kaito jumps out as he says
“You” Kaito jumps back into the bamboo and Hana jumps out as she says
“Love!” Hana jumps back into the bamboo and Kenji is *shocked* and stumbles back as he sees hundreds of eyes surrounding him but as the moon beams down Kenji is fully able to see the face of everyone he loves all coming out of the bamboo and Kenji turns around and starts stumbling back towards the house but he falls on his stomach pushing the dagger deeper and he *cries out in pain* and blood starts pouring from his mouth but he hears
“Kenji! What are you doing?” Kenji rolls over on his back and slowly gets back to his feet but as he looks up his eyes become blurry but he is able to make out it’s Gyomei and Gyomei is *shocked* and says
“What happened to you!?” Kenji *weakly* screams
“STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Kenji puts his hand up but he’s *shaking with fear* and Gyomei says
“Come here Kenji, you’re hurt we have too get to the other village so we can get you treatment” Kenji *weakly* screams
“GET AWAY FROM ME!” Kenji shoots an ice blast at Gyomei but he blocks it and says
“What the hell has gotten into you?” Gyomei walks up to Kenji and Kenji tries to punch Gyomei but Gyomei catches the punch and chops Kenji in the neck knocking out Kenji and Gyomei picks Kenji up and he rushes back to the house and he kicks down the front door and screams
“EVERYBODY UP, WE'RE LEAVING NOW!” Everyone gets up and is trying to fully wake themselves up and Dai is *grougly* as he says
“What?...Why?” Gyomei says
“Something attacked Kenji! He’s been stabbed twice and we need to get to the other village” Riku and Itsuki instantly woken up by those words and are *shocked* as they say
“What!?” Kenshin says
“We don't have time then we have too move!” Saigo says
“Let’s go then!” Everyone gets up and runs out of the house and through the bamboo forest and Akita is watching them from the bamboo and sees all of them together and thinks
“You got lucky this time Kenji, but next time i'll kill you for sure. After I'm done with you we'll be able to return to our Region as me and Naky can be together again!" Everyone's running as they see the village in a distance and as they make it up to the gate Gyomei starts banging on it but out of nowhere Dai jumps over them and punches the gate with his fire gauntlets sending it crashing open and they all keep running trying to find help for Kenji but three warriors jump in there way and Gyomei says
“I am–” But he’s interrupted by Itsuki slashing all of them with his lighting blade knocking them away and Itsuki says
“Go!” They start running again but then there surrounded by warriors blocking there path forward and Riku says
“Gyomei go! We’ll hold them off” Gyomei says
“We can just ex–” Riku looks him right in his eyes and says
“If Kenji dies, I’ll kill you!” Gyomei is *shocked* but Dai punches the air with his fire gauntlets launching a giant fireball clearing a path through the warriors and Gyomei, Kenshin,and Saigo run through and as some of the warrior are about to chase them Riku creates a tornado around them trapping them inside and as Gyomei turns a corner he sees a hospital and he rushes in and sees a nurse sitting at the front desk and says
“We need help! A boy was stabbed!” The nurse is *shocked* and she stands up and grabs Kenji and takes Kenji away and Gyomei *hangs his head in shame* as he says
“How could I let this happen!?” Kenshin walks up and puts his hand on Gyomei's back and says
“He’s in good hands, now let's get the others before they kill somebody” Gyomei looks up and says
“Damn it!” Gyomei,Kenshin,and Saigo run out of the hospital and back to the street and they look up and see a mass tornado Riku has created and they jump onto the roof of houses and they rushes over towards the tornado and when they get there Gyomei walks up to it and tries to walk through it but he can’t and he’s pushed back and he is *shocked* and says
“What power!” Gyomei punches the tornado but it does nothing too it and he says
“Damn it,Kenshin, Saigo all together” All of them start punching the tornado at the same time but as Gyomei strikes the tornado more and more his fist turn bright blue but no matter how much they strike the tornado it will not budge and they all stop swinging but as they do the tornado starts disappering top down and as the tornado fully disappears they see Riku with his wind armor and gauntlets looking at them, Itsuki is holding one warrior by their neck with his sword pressed against it and Dai with his foot on another's warriors neck but before Gyomei can say anything to them there surrounded by more warrior and Riku, Dai, and Itsuki all go back too back to fight them off but Gyomei screams
“ENOUGH! My name is Gyomei and I am Lord Kaito’s General and we are not invading this village. We need help, one of our warriors was injured while we traveled'' A voice says from above him says
“Lord Kaito has sent you here?” Gyomei looks up and sees an old man sitting on a roof and he jumps down and walks up too Gyomei and bows and says
“My apologies, I had know we had gotten a new General but we we're never introduced" Gyomei says
“It’s fine we did destroy your gate, but I am glad to see if this village was attacked it would be well guarded” The Old Man says
“Where are my manors! I am Muto Tsuyoshi and welcome to the Shroshio Village, you all can stay as long as you want” Gyomei says
“We’ll only be here for a few hours, we have to get too the Fujiwara region in a few days'' Muto is *shocked* and says
“What!? Why would you all go to the Fujiwara region, there entire region has gone mad and have started killing and slaughtering anyone who goes there and even there own” Gyomei says
“We know, and there building an army of there strongest soldiers and intend on invading every region and because of this Lord Kaito has asked that me and my team go there and get a full scoop of the invading armies and report back” Muto says
“Oh my! You and your team are welcome too take full advantage of the village while you're here” Gyomei says
“Thank you very much! Riku,Itsuki,Dai lets go'' Itsuki closes his hand absorbing his sword and he walks over too Gyomei and Riku removes his wind armor and gauntlets and walks over to Gyomei but Dai says
“I’m not done yet, let's go all of you fight me!” Gyomei says
“Let's go, Dai!” But Dai doesn’t even look at him and Gyomei says
“We have to check on Kenji'' Dai looks at Gyomei and he looks back at the warriors but he removes his fire gauntlets and walks to Gyomei but he bumps two warriors while walking past and they all start walking back to the hospital and on there walk back Gyomei says
“You all can’t go around destroying and fighting people in every village we go to, we’ll look like invaders and we could be killed before we make it too the Fujiwara region” Dai says
“I don't know who your talking about being killed, were perfectly fine but all of you might die” Kenshin says
“If you think you’ll be able to run around destroying everything in your path, your gonna fall quick” Dai says
“You can’t stop me so I'm not worried about anyone who gets in my way” Gyomei says
“Dai, do you truly believe you won’t face any difficult challenge on this journey?” Dai says
“Of course not, there’s nobody stronger than Sensei and I was able to almost beat him, nobody can stop me” Saigo says
“Arrogant child, your “Sensei” was holding back the whole time. You are far from his strength, which means you have a lot to fear in this world” Dai says
“None of you can beat me, so I’m not worried about anything” Kenshin and Saigo turn around and Riku,Itsuki,and Dai stop and Kenshin and Saigo looks at Dai and he’s just *smiling* as they take a step towards him but Gyomei is still walking and says
“What's more important to you Dai? Winning a battle or helping a friend in need, because yes you can fight them both but Kenji is waiting for you” Dai steps up to them but he remembers Kenji’s condition and he walks past Kenshin and Saigo without speaking a word and Riku and Itsuki catch back up with Dai and as they turn the corner the hospital comes into view and Riku,Itsuki,and Dai all run for it barging through the door and Dai sees a nurse and he rushes over to her and says
“Where’s Kenji?” The Nurse is *shocked* and says
“Oh my, I don’t know who your-” But Dai grabs her shirt and pulls her close and screams
“WHERE IS KENJI!?” Gyomei comes in and pulls Dai off of her and says
“I'm sorry ma’am, where was the boy that I brought in who was stabbed twice?” She says
“Oh him, yes come with me” The Nurse takes them down a hallway and then she gets too a door and when she opens it they all see Kenji in a bed and all of them go over and sees him laying still and She says
“I’m sorry, he’s been unresponsive since you brought him in. His breathing hasn’t changed but he will not wake up” Itsuki gets *angry* and says
“How did this happen? Who was it Gyomei? Who did this to my brother!?” Gyomei says
“I...Don’t know, when I came out of the house hearing him screaming, I saw him standing there and he even tried to attack me when he first saw me” Dai says
“I knew it…It was the invaders I was talking about the three people” Gyomei says
“It couldn’t ha–” But Itsuki says
“What did they look like!? I want every detail of them!” Riku walks over and sits in a chair and leans his head back and closes his eyes and Saigo looks over at him and says
“Your not worried about your friend?” Riku says
“I’m extremely worried about my brother but he’s in the best hands we have, me panicking and worrying wouldn’t do him any good. Plus I’m still tired” Saigo *chuckles* and says
“I have to admit you are wise for your age” Kenshin and Saigo both sit down in chairs as well and Gyomei says
“You both sit down and get some sleep, I’ll watch over Kenji” Itsuki says
“I let you do that once and look at what happened to him” Itsuki walks over and pulls a chair right next to Kenji’s bed and sits down, Itsuki thinks
"It should have been me, I should have protected you. I've failed you and Sensei" Dai sits down in a chair and leans his head back as well and Gyomei sits down and looks at Itsuki as he looks over Kenji but he leans his head back as well and goes to sleep as well