"For art thou, never kill," I thought. I wondered why I was thinking of this. I'm just a boy, but the number of lives I've taken.. It's just not right. It will never be right.. "You! Are you going to buy something or just stand there?" someone shouted at me.
"Huh? Oh! Sorry!" I said. "I'll be going, I guess," I stood up and walked out of the room. "Never to kill.. Never.." the words kept repeating in my head, repeating.. repeating.. I couldn't stop thinking about it. The many people I had killed.. all for him.."Why must I be tortured with these thoughts.. Why must I be tortured with these memories!" I stopped, and looked around. I smiled. "This smile.. the only thing that helps me to keep on going.. the thing that helped me control all of my emotions.. This sword.. My Wakizashi.. It holds all those memories.. the memories of him. I can't continue this, I can never continue killing these people.
"Soujiro.. Your heart is full of kindness, but your eyes are filled with hate. You are you, a killer until death," I stopped.
"WHY DO YOU THINK SUCH THINGS OF ME, MASTER SHISHIO!"I shouted.
"Soujiro.. No reason to yell. I'm just telling you the truth of the matter," I glared. "I can see why you think that, but I assure you, it's not true," "Soujiro, it will always be true. You kill once, you kill again. Eventually, you become obsessed with the color and smell of blood. A killer is a killer untill death, and there's no way to change that," I stopped and looked down.
"I guess you're right, but still, I don't want to kill anyone else,"
"That could be nice and true, but it doesn't matter,"
"Fine, fine. I'll be on my way then," I stood up and walked off towards the mountains. "I feel sorry for Master Shishio.. but, why should I? He's dead, and he's a murderer. I shouldn't care, but why do I?" I sighed. "Well.. I guess I could go pay him a visit..," I said, and started walking again. "I need to have a small talk with him.. About what he did to Master Shishio..," I kept walking, and put my usual smile on my face. This would be much easier than it seemed.. I hope.