Chapter one: a bandits luck
It was a warm sunny day in the valley of peace, everything was quiet and calm nothing unsettled the balance. A small cart full of goods was being pulled by a rather plumb pig. He had a smile on his face, for he had just traveled long from a distant village. And he heard that the jade palace will be holding a tournament to choose the dragon warrior. And he already covered a fair distance in a short amount of time, so he'll be a day early and earn some extra yuan.
That is until a figure dressed in black armor, with a black cloak hanging from his shoulders came from behind a tree, he also saw the figure had a black shafted polearm with a large blade fixed at the top whose edge was on the outside curve, a black iron mask covered the face but judging by the shape it was a wolf. And he was Standing in his path.
A bandit.
"hello and good evening kind sir," the wolf called out, " hand over twenty yuan and I'll let you pass." The bandit held out a paw.
The pig didn't want to comply, he traveled all this way to see the dragon warrior and sell some wares. Not to be robbed by some bandit, even if he wanted twenty yuan. He pulled out a broad knife.
"don't make any dumb decisions," the wolf warned. But shook his head as the pig stepped foreword, only to have a blacked feathered arrow pierced his heart. " do they ever learn?"
"he was an idiot, twenty yuan to cross isn't bad." A black wolf said as she jumped from the trees. She wore a black leather chest piece, grey trousers, and Holding a bow. She also had a snake sword strapped to her side. " besides, he looked like a new comer and by the look of his clothes a merchant."
" well free goods for us, hope he has some iron or spice's. we are running pretty low," the iron masked wolf said, " and it looks like he will be a few days worth too, load him in the cart."
The two wolves put the dead pig merchant in the cart with the loot, and they carried the cart deep into the bamboo forest that surrounds the valley of peace. After going a good distance they found their hut that they were using as a base, not crudely built, covered in leaves making it hard for anyone to spot it from the skies. Going inside was one room, with a simple kitchen, two cots, there was also a hatch near the far left corner of the room.
They put the cart outside and carried the fat pig inside. Opening the hatch, they dragged the pig down stairs. Lighting a oil lamp, the iron mask wolf put the pig on a stone table.
"I cant wait for some pork chops, and a pig this big it will be the size of my head." The iron mask wolf said, going towards another table, this one lined with knifes, cleavers and a bone saw.
"well lets hurry, we still have to count the loot in the cart. And all this talk is making me hungry." The she-wolf said, grabbing a big cleaver.
"fine, then lets get cutting, Jin" the male wolf said, " wait I gotta take off my mask." He said, lifting the metal mask off. Not showing a wolf, but a smooth faced man with brown eyes and short messy brown hair. A human. " there much better."
"you are weird Dexter, but in a good way." Jin said, preparing the pigs body.
The human smiled, " well, that's what I aim for." With that he raised the cleaver and brought it down.
After a hour of gutting that pig, the two had just started cooking the meat. While the meat was cooking, they went though the loot that was in the cart. So far it only had a few things that were worth a good amount of yuan; like a small jade stature of a dragon, a gold necklace, and some silk. The others were just everyday items and would sell for very few yuan, but nonetheless yuan was yuan.
"so what do you thing we should buy? we still have a good pile of yuan down stairs plus what we just got ." Jin asked, tossing a spoon back into the cart.
Dexter thought about it, " well, we could buy better materials to upgrade our hut. Or buy better amour, something along that line."
"okay, but are we still going to loot the village tomorrow, when everyone is at the jade palace for the tournament ?" Jin asked.
"yeah of course, that's still our plan." Dexter said, then he went towards the cooking pork. " its done, come on wolfie."
Jin growled, but it was playful. The human and the wolf ate the meat in peace, enjoying the flavor that exploded on their tongues. Even without the spices that Dexter usually used when cooking meat, it still was the best thing they both ate.
Swallowing the last bit of meat, the human stood. Taking both plates, Dexter threw them down breaking them in a wooden box.
"well, I better clean the mess down stairs. Do you want to help?" he asked, but the wolf had already fallen asleep. Sighing, Dexter picked her up and placed her in her cot before going downstairs to clean the mess.
Once that was done, going back upstairs he saw that Jin had moved into his cot. Holding her pillow like doll, he smiled at the sight before laying in the other cot. Ready for the next day.
He dreamt of fire, searing pain as it burned his flesh. He screamed yet no one heard, he woke with no sound. Just the fading memory of the pain, he checked around, Jin was still asleep. He grabbed his equipment and black iron wolf mask. He stood out in the dark and trained. The moon was his only light.
Tomorrow is another day.
A/N: random thing: you can't spell assassin without ass. Which is pretty simple so if you didn't know…idk.
Anyway here's the first chapter, hope you like it or go 'well this person tried'. There's more, just keep following and pray it will be better then the last.