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Way Of The Samurai 2: Excalibur's Smite

Chapter 1

The peaceful town of Amahara stood before him, its massive gates the only obstacle between him and salvation. Looking to his hip, he looked at the blade sheathed there, the Excalibur. He smiled, remembering his birthright and swordsmanship skills, which far surpassed any normal samurai. Looking back up to the massive gates before him, he sighed. Then, he took his steps towards the gate, asked for entrance to Amahara, and was allowed in; as he took his first glance at the interior of the town, he knew his destiny would be here.

As he walked along the streets of Amahara, he came upon three strange people, who all looked the exact same; puffy hakamas, open vests, strange hats and lots of makeup. He considered his options, as he knew he did not know where exactly he should go, then approached them.

"Excuse me", he said, his voice teeming with pleasantness, "I am new to Amahara, could you three help me find a place I may stay at?"

The three strange men stopped their conversation and looked at him with incredulous looks. Then, one of them, assumedly the leader of the three, walked up to the mysterious samurai.

"Who do you think you are, asking directions from us?", he asked with an irritated tone. The second one cut in a "Yeah, w-we're from t-the Aoto Gang, y'know. You c-can't just a-ask u-us anything." And the third cut in with "Why don't you answer why you're in Amahara, eh, buster? Give us a wrong answer, and we'll have to rough you up!" The mysterious samurai was taken back by this, but he bowed all the same.

"Forgive me. I did not realize you were a part of a…", he hesitated. "Filthy gang.", he spat out with disgust. Coming out of his bow, he spat on the ground in front of the leader and gave them a look of spite.

"Filthy scum.", he said, and then turned and walked a little way, before he was stopped by the three.

"What did you say!?", the third man shouted. The second said, "T-tough t-talk for a p-poor ronin!" And the leader stated, "I think that maybe we need to teach you some manners." before all three drew their weapons. The leader had a sword one could describe as a pirate sword, the second man had a katana with a black hilt laced with a gold-colored design, and the third man simply had a large stick with a stone attached to it.

The samurai raised an eyebrow. "You've got to be joking.", he muttered, and drew Excalibur out of it's sheathe. The blade gleamed in the sun as he readied Excalibur for a fight.

The four were about to fight, when suddenly…

"Heh heh… So, there you three imbeciles are.", a slightly insane, feminine voice said, and from behind a wall came out a woman holding a brutal looking sword. Her skin was pale, and her raven hair was long, held up somewhat by a large bandana covering her forehead. There were painted swirls on her cheeks, and her eyes… The samurai had to look away to hide his blush as he saw her eyes tainted by insanity.

Those eyes… What beauty they hold., he thought. However, any thoughts he would have had after that were interrupted…

"K-Kyojiro! W-what are y-you doing here?", the leader of the three men stammered in surprise. The woman, Kyojiro, chuckled somewhat maniacally. The samurai was horrified by how enchanting he thought her chuckling to be.

Gah! Am I falling for an insane woman!?, he thought.

"The boss asked me to find you halfwits and bring you back to the headquarters. But I see you were about to fight…", Kyojiro said. Then, she looked at the samurai, who found himself unable to look away from her eyes as she stared at him. Suddenly, she smiled.

"You look quite strong, don't you? I love the strong type. You see…", she began, before approaching the samurai.

"There's nothing quite like the thrill you get when you cut down a strong opponent!", she stated insanely, before raising her sword at him in a challenge.

"Don't you think so? Why don't you try an opponent with some teeth for a change, instead of these halfwits?", she asked him. The samurai was surprised to say the least, but found himself smirking after a moment.

"You think you'd be a match for me?", he asked. Kyojiro smirked as well.

"Maybe. Want to find out?", she asked, before shivering slightly in some kind of sick, twisted pleasure. The samurai found it entrancing.

"Hey, you give me goose bumps, looking at me like that. I'm starting to like you even more.", she said, before lowering her sword. The samurai lowered Excalibur as she did.

"I'm going to let you in on a little secret.", Kyojiro said as she sheathed her sword.

"If you want to spill blood, look no further than the Aoto Gang. You'll have no shortage of opponents if you become a member there. I can guarantee that." At this, her smirk became wider, further showing her true insanity.

"My name is Kyojiro Kagenuma. Stop by the Aoto Gang's headquarters, if you like. " Kyojiro's expression turned from excited to slightly ponderous. "But I have a feeling it would be much more interesting to have you as an enemy than an ally." With this, Kyojiro turned away and started walking off, presumably to the Aoto Gang headquarters to await the mysterious samurai.

Speaking of whom, he sheathed his sword, staring after where the insane woman had disappeared to. Quickly making up his mind, he approached the three men who had been set on fighting him before.

"I shall apologize for the insults I bade you by working for the Aoto Gang. However, I will only take orders from the boss. You three and everyone else are fair game to ignore." And with that, the samurai left the three men behind with their jaws practically settling on the ground. One of them looked to another.

"W-What the hell j-just h-happened?", he asked. The one he asked just shook his head.

"I have no idea. Whatever just happened, I can't tell if it's going to be good or bad news."

The third one, the leader of the three, just stared after the mysterious samurai.

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