Chizuko was born to a warrior clan, the Kagayama Household. Her parents are Kazehiro Kagayama, the acting head of the clan after his father's sudden disappearance after a battle, and Sachi Miyazaki, a fun-loving and high-spirited woman. The Kagayama clan is well-known for their two-sworded fighting style or nitou-ryu (of which I don't have a name yet).
At the age of 5, Chizuko began training basic kendo techniques under her father, who was preparing her daughter for the obstacles that may run in their family. Unknown to Chizuko, her whole clan is connected to the Vongola Famiglia, the world-renowned strongest mafia, and that Kazehiro serves as a messenger to that mafia family. Chizuko practiced everyday, alongside her fellow students which include her cousins and relatives that were much older than her. Nevertheless, she proved much stronger than they are when it comes to sword fighting because during their practice matches, Chizuko always takes the lead and win against them. With this, she was recognized by the family as a child prodigy and was named "Bokuto no Ojou (木刀の王女)" or "The Princess of the Wooden Sword." The training became difficult as the days passed by and it gave some burden to the young girl but she was too determined to learn "the way of the sword", giving her parents so much pride and joy and a bit of worry at the same time since their daughter is pushing herself too hard at her young age, while all normal children would just play and enjoy themselves to the fullest. One day, Sachi asked Chizuko the reason why she was trying all she can to learn such manly stuff. Chizuko replied with a smile and said that she wanted to help the family with something she can do or good at. Seeing her father teach kids kendo made her want to learn more about that stuff so she asked Kazehiro to teach her even the basics. Sachi hugged her afterwards and told her that her reason was too naïve and mature at the same time but at the back of her mind, Sachi was truly glad that her child realizes her potential as a swordsman and as the next successor of the Kagayama Household.
Chizuko lived peacefully with her family for two more years until an unexpected turn of events happened. The Kagayama clan was suddenly attacked by a mysterious group of enemies. Everyone was caught off-guard and was murdered. Even the women and children who knew nothing were not spared from the assault. Those who tried to resist were mercilessly slain. It was a very horrible sight to see for Chizuko as she ran off together with her mother, who was holding a pistol to protect themselves with. Seeing her family got defeated one by one, she hastily asked her mother what was really happening but Sachi did not reply and just busied herself with clearing their way out of the vicinity to escape. As they approached the gate, men wearing masks surrounded them and as the enemies tried to attack, Kazehiro came right up and defeated them. He told Chizuko and Sachi to be on guard and stay behind him. A lot of masked enemies approached them and Kazehiro fended them off but all of a sudden one of them sneaked up on Chizuko's back and strangled her. Sachi shot her gun and killed the man but another guy showed up and thrust a sword through her. The woman managed to shoot the man before she fell to the ground. Chizuko was so shocked to see her mother got killed that she lost her balance and moved towards the corpse while her father tries to reach out by calling her name. She hugged her mother tightly and cried heavily as Sachi said her parting words.
A few seconds later, Kazehiro approached them and tugged Chizuko's right arm and force her to stand up. He looked at her and he was stunned by what he saw in her daughter's eyes. They were full of hatred and pain. Chizuko then grabbed the sword the man who killed her mother used and told her father that she will fight, too. Before Kazehiro could reply, a man showed up running towards them and attacked him. Then a fierce fight occurred between the mysterious man and Chizuko's father. The guy praised Kazehiro for defeating all of his men but it was too bad since he will be joining in the fate of the clan soon. Chizuko watched in amazement because that was the first time she saw her father fight so vigorously but she was much more astonished when her father used one of the forms of their clan's sword style, of which she has never seen before. Although Kazehiro was the strongest swordsman of the clan, the enemy proved much stronger and defeated him with a critical blow. Kazehiro was severely wounded and his blood scattered everywhere. He told Chizuko to run before the man catches her but it was too late, the man was approaching her. The young girl put up a stance, trying to keep her cool and prepared herself for battle. The enemy snickered, and with a blink of an eye, he wounded her in her abdomen. Chizuko fell to the ground and lost her consciousness.
Original Story (c) windwalker035 [lilanie-kun]