in a forest in the Chinese providence of jing, a lone Japanese samurai, dressed in red and silver traditional samurai armor, walks solemnly, staring at a piece of red, glowing metal in his hand and reflecting on the events that led up to his acquisition of this rare metal. He is Mitsurugi, mercenary samurai who is feared for his incredible skill and strength. As he stands in an almost trance like state, he ponders upon the questions that stand before him.
"Why would a dying man give me something like this, and why did he say it was a shard of soul edge. And, if this truly is a shard soul edge, how could such an unstoppable weapon shatter?"
As he pondered on these thoughts, something startled him. He quickly grabbed the hilt of his katana, shishi-oh, instinctively and looked around, wondering what it was. After thoroughly examining the forest around him, he came to a conclusion,
"… it was probably a damn bird or something" he said, and continued to walk. Yet he still had the strange feeling as if he was being followed or watched. Then he heard a much larger rustling, it was closer this time, he turned around, to see what it was.
"I must be paranoid or something, guess I need something to eat."
However, as he turned around, to continue his journey through the forest, he was surprised to see someone. This someone he knew he had seen before. This person was a female, dressed in a red full body suit that left NOTHING to the imagination. She also had armor on her shoulders and knees, and had two short swords, that miturugi took for ninjato, on her upper and lower back.
"HALT", she barked, then said," I am Taki, demon exterminator, formally of the Fu Ma ninja clan, hand over that shard of metal, or face the consequences!"
But Mitsurugi didn't hear a word; he was preoccupied with something else, namely, Taki's breasts.
"They're huge!" he said to himself. Taki was startled, "Did you not hear me, I said hand over that piece of metal in your hand!"
But Mitsurugi still didn't respond.
" What is wrong with you, are you dumb or something, what are you looking aaa….?" as she said those words, she looked down, and it finally hit her. She then proceeded to throw a four star shuriken at Mitsurugi, which he barely dodged at the last second.
"No one disrespects me that way! Now, I'm not asking you again, hand over that shard of soul edge NOW!" Taki's anger was very obvious to Mitsurugi, but the statement about soul edge is what caught his attention,
" What do you want with my shard of soul edge?" he asked.
"To destroy it, it's existence must be wiped out completely, I'm destroying every shard I come across until I finally get to the the actual sword," she then unsheathed the sword on her lower back, reveling the sword's eerie red aura, and responding," and use this weapon to destroy soul edge once and for all." This remark startled Mitsurugi, and leads him to say,
" Then it seems we are at odds, for I wish to possess the soul edge, and use it to once and for all prove that swordsman strength and skill are superior to that of the Tanegashima!" At this point, both warriors were in fighting position, weapons drawn, and ready to draw blood.
Just as they were charging each other, an unknown voice stopped them dead.
"Ok, you two Japs need to stop for a minute, and here's what you're going to do." The mysterious man appeared to be from the Ming Empire of Korea, and wore a brown, torn vest, a gray work shirt, and old green pants. His green hair and ominously glowing red eyes only added to his deep and demanding voice.
"Mr. Samurai here," he continued," is going to hand over his shard of soul edge, and then miss ninja will hand over her sword there," he pointed to the red, glowing sword of Taki's. "And then, you'll die. For you see, my gang here hasn't killed a single person I almost a week and they need some blood." Suddenly, 12 men, all of the Korean dissent stepped out of the shadows of the forest.
"If you do as I say, your death will be quick, but put up a fight, and, well, your death won't be as comfortable as the first choice. Though," having said that, thoroughly observing Taki several times.
"I think we'll have a little fun with you missy, before you die." After having Mitsurugi gawking at her, and now had a whole gang staring at her body, Taki was a bit up set at this point. But before she could spout a come back, she quickly noticed the man also had a shard of soul edge tied around his neck.
"Hey, samurai, how about instead of me killing you, you help me kill these guys, cause they are pissing me off more than you did."
Mitsurugi responded," Yeah, the fact that these guys are alive is really starting to bug me. And the name's Mitsurugi, don't forget it. " Then he directed his attention to the leader of the gang,
"We'll take choice three instead, the choice where, you attack, we kill you, bathe in your blood, and laugh at your weakness as you lie dying or dead, what do you think, Taki, was it?"
"Marvelous idea, though, since these guys like staring and raping women, I say I give them, a 'proper' end," she said as she ran her finger up the edge of her blade, which lead to her face, which had an almost sadistic smile on it.
"Then let's go!" Mitsurugi yell, and both he and Taki ran toward the bandits, blades flashing, and smiles on their faces.