I do not own Samurai 7. I only own Midori.
Story Start
Kanan village was my home and it was a beautiful little village. The people were all civil and kind to one another. No one ever had any problems except for maybe a rice crop not growing as well as it should. When I was younger I would run and play in the rice fields. My guardian also known as the elder would get angry with me, but he would never punish me. I had two younger sisters. One of them was a few years younger than me and the other was years younger than me. Kirara was the middle child, and Komachi was our youngest sister. I loved them both very much. Kirara didn't have that much of a personality, but Komachi always kept me from being bored. Komachi reminded me of my personality when I was her age. Now I still have my fun-loving personality, but I'm more cautious and always alert now that the bandits have been coming to our village.
My friend Rikichi gave his wife to the bandits and it broke the poor man's heart. I feel sorry for him that his wife was ripped away from him. I would never be able to let my sisters be taken away by the bandits, and if that were to ever happen then I would die trying to save them. My whole family has been very attached with the water goddess ever since I was born. My grandmother Tetsu was the one who told me that I would be the water goddess's warrior. This meant that I was to be a protector of the water priestess and of the innocent. I had to leave the village at a young age and go to learn how to become a samurai. The village leader Gisaku was very against the idea, but it was the water goddess's will. I left the village and grew to be a strong samurai. Years later I returned to my home village.
Everyone in my village was terrified of the nobuseri when I returned home. Rage boiled inside of me when I thought of the nobuseri. Years had passed since then and now I'm seventeen years old. I always kept my sword around me and I hid it when the nobuseri came to take our rice at harvest time. Gisaku was the only thing that could order me not to attack the nobuseri. Rikichi and many of the other men wished to fight the nobuseri, but they did not have the skill to do it. Gisaku called a village meeting and I sat beside him. "We will fight and we shall hire samurai to fight for us," Gisaku said and many of the villagers disagreed. I stood up and said, "I shall go to accomplish your wishes." "So will I," Rikichi said in agreement with a bow. Kirara said she would go too and it was settled. Komachi of course was going to tag along for the ride, and I would have to watch her like a hawk.
The next morning we set out for Kougakyo to find seven great samurai to help our village. I was mad that my village would not include me in their seven samurai, because I'm a samurai as well but my village doesn't believe that women should fight. We arrived at Kougakyo soon enough and I walked away from the group for just a second to scope out the area, and I heard Rikichi and Komachi yelling thief. I quickly ran after the thief and I was about to reach him when some boy around Kirara's age stopped him. "Thank you," Rikichi said after the boy scared away the city dwellers. I could tell that this boy had never fought as a samurai before. "He might call himself a samurai, but he is nothing but a child," I thought as I looked the boy up and down. "My name is Katsushiro," the boy said with a kind smile to us. The others introduced themselves and Komachi introduced me. I just nodded my hello and followed behind the others as we started walking.
After walking for a while Rikichi went to ask Katsushiro to join us, but Kirara stopped him. "No he's not the one," she whispered and Katsushiro gave her a strange look. "Don't worry about it," I said to him and he nodded. Komachi grabbed my hand and smiled up at me. I smiled down at my younger sister and gripped her hand. We split ways from Katsushiro and walked around the city some more. I could already tell that I hated this place. Weak samurai were everywhere you looked. Kirara's crystal hadn't even shown recognition of finding a samurai worthy of our time. "Water goddess I'm starting to become a very restless warrior," I thought with a sigh. As if the water goddess heard my complaint the crystal started glowing. I smirked and ran behind Kirara as she raced forward. I was disappointed when I saw Katsushiro talking to a frantic couple, but that disappointment soon changed into a smirk when I felt a strong presence far behind me.
Another weak samurai's presence appeared on my right and a big metal man walked out of the crowd. He was a big and clumsy oaf that just cut the front of the building in half. A baby and another weak samurai came into sight. The weak samurai holding the baby started whining about his miserable life and he revealed a bomb strapped around his torso. I glared and placed my hand on my hidden sword. The strong samurai's presence came closer and the crystal went crazy. I also sensed another strong samurai's presence in the crowd. I turned around and tried to search for the other presence. The first strong samurai cut off the robots head and then he saved the child. Kirara was amazed and I just smiled. "So there are actually worthy samurai here," I thought as the headless robot started yelling at the man.
I could see admiration appear in Katsushiro's eyes. Kirara started running after the samurai and of course I had to follow after them. My stomach started growling and I glared at it. I stopped following the others and decided to walk around the city more. My family and friend would be able to take care of themselves for a while. The water goddess and my grandmother would kill me if something were to happen, but I don't fear death. What my village doesn't realize is that I've had to kill many during my training to become a great samurai. My master was a very dangerous person and he had many people after him. I always hid my appearance when I traveled with him, and that is why no one ever put a wanted poster out for me. My master became ill one day though, and it just continued to get worse. I tried to help him, but nothing that I did worked. I gave my master a proper burial and left to go home.
I sighed and looked at my surroundings. I had gotten myself lost but I didn't mind. I was standing in front of a large building and I guessed this to be the head merchant's home. I saw guards at every post of the building and I laughed at how silly they had to dress. "Good thing I don't have their job," I thought as I stretched my arms above my head. Rikichi had taken my pack away from me a long time ago, so I no longer had any weight on my back. I smiled at the warm sun that beat down on me. I stared back at the building and saw a large man walking out of the building followed by two samurai. One had a red outfit and blonde hair, while the other had glasses and black hair.
Both of the samurai noticed me and so did the large man before them. "Hello my dear are you new to this city?" the large man asked with a kind smile. I could feel the curious looks given to me by one of the samurai, while the other samurai just glared at me. "I'm new to Kougakyo," I stated simply and looked away from the large man. The large man seemed shocked that I didn't act like a proper young maiden to him, and he said, "Well my name is Ayamaro and what is your name?" I looked back at the large man and I could feel myself growing a little impatient, but I calmly said, "My name is Midori. I'm sorry but I must excuse myself because there are things that I need to take care of." I bowed and started walking away from Ayamaro and his bodyguards. "Such a strange yet beautiful woman," Ayamaro said and I heard him before I disappeared from sight.
I wasn't surprised that the samurai Kirara had chased after was not here. However, Katsushiro was here. "Welcome back Midori," Rikichi said with a lop-sided smile. I walked over and placed my hand on his shoulder. "Thank you. Do not worry my friend. I'm sure that we will find seven great samurai here, but all fails then you still have me," I said and then I walked away from him and sat in a far corner away from everyone. Kirara was angry about my statement and she stood up and shouted, "Why do you want to risk your life for our village? A woman should not be the one to fight. A woman should be the one who protects her children, helps taking care of the wounded, and makes the meals for the fighters." I calmly stood up even though I was boiling with rage inside. "Kirara a woman is not required to do only those things. Yes most women do those common activities during a time of battle. However, I was not born to be a regular woman. I was chosen by the water goddess to be her warrior. This entails that I'm to protect and serve the water goddess's wishes. Her wish right now is for me to help you on this quest and to protect my homeland when this search for other samurai is over," I said as I walked towards Kirara until I was face to face with her.
Kirara looked like fish breathing with the way she was moving her mouth. I would have laughed, but this was a critical moment for Kirara to realize that I will not be an ordinary village woman. Kirara lowered her eyes and stepped back from me. "I'm sorry Midori. I know that you are a great samurai, and I should have never said those things to you," Kirara said defeated. I nodded before placing a small smile on my face. "I'm glad you understand now younger sister, but right now I think we should fix something to eat. I hear mine and Komachi's stomachs growling up a storm," I said and right on cue Komachi's stomach growled and next mine. Komachi blushed and said, "Sisters I'm hungry." Kirara and I laughed and Rikichi started fixing the food. I noticed that Katsushiro had been very quiet since I had arrived and I looked towards him. "Now why are you being quiet? Everyone is allowed to speak here," I said as I sat down around the cooking pot. "Are you really a samurai?" Katsushiro asked as he tentatively walked towards me. I nodded and uncovered my sword's sheath.
Katsushiro had a shocked expression on his face, and I just started laughing. "Is this your first time seeing a woman with a sword?" I asked amused. Katsushiro blushed and quickly muttered, "Yes." I laughed again and Kirara glared at me. I found a small pebble on the ground beside me and I skidded at Kirara. Kirara glared at me. Later on that night we went to sleep soon.