Destined Hearts, Forbidden Love
Destined Hearts, Forbidden Love
This is my first fanfiction by myself and of Soul Calibur. Please enjoy this story and I hope to update soon. Approximately +1,000 words.
'Thought'
"Talking"
Raidon- Taki's father
Botan- Mitsurgi's father
Have you ever had that feeling were you know that what you are doing is wrong but it feels so right? Or that you were destined to be with someone but can not because of the way you live? If you had agreed to those questions then you are like me. See I am a ninja and everything I do is for my clan, but enough about me let's get to the real story.
Ting, Ting, Ting. The sound of clashing swords filled the air. Two young warriors face against each other in the middle of the courtyard: both tired and growing weak, but neither of them would show such weakness on their stone mask face. The female warrior began to circle her opponent once again with intense focus. Her katana gleamed in the sunlight as she readied to strike again. Her breathing slowed, her heart was hammering against her chest, and sweat gleamed against her smooth skin. She ran with her sword ready to strike. She jumped; her sword came down with deadly accuracy on her opponent. The metals of the swords clashed and sparks from scraping metal flew around their face; a smile slowly crept upon her opponent's face. Her eyes widen and she jumped back barely missing the dagger that he had pulled out of his sleeve. Taki smiled as she readied herself again for yet another strike. Suddenly she felt warmth run down her face; she touched the blood that ran down her face and brought it up to see it. 'Damn he is going to pay holy hell for this and more'. Taki placed her sword beside her and readied for the final blow. She screamed as she ran towards the young man.
"Enough!" said a voice that rang through out the courtyard with a tremendous boom. Taki paused in mid run and looked at the source of the voice. It was none other than the head of her clan; her father Lord Raidon.
"Taki you need to be faster than your opponents not equal. Bend your knees more when you are about to jump," stated her father as he watch her every move. 'Great no matter how hard I try I will never gain his approval' she thought.
"Taki, are you listening to me?" he asked as he approached her with his hand on his hilt of his sword.
"Yes father" Taki replied with her head bowed and her dark brown hair swayed with the wind. With her head still bowed she looked up to see her father standing over her with a strange expression on his face.
"Everyone you are dismissed, Taki come with me for a moment," he commanded. Soon the whole courtyard was empty and only Taki and her father remained in the center.
"Did I do something to upset you father?" she asked hesitantly unsure what to expect. Her father was Lord of her clan and village; what he says and does is law. Lord Raidon looked at his daughter and shook his head. Lord Raidon offered his arm to his daughter who accepted warily. They walked in silence through the village as fellow villagers bowed in respect to them. "Father what is on your mind?" Taki asked as they reached the top of the cliff that over looked their village just outside. Lord Raidon sighed and looked at his daughter and then looked back at the village.
"Taki, look out and tell me what do you see?"
Taki looked at her father in confusion and replied, "I see a magnificent village ruled by a just Lord." Lord Raidon chuckled softly to her answer and looked back out towards the village. "Father, what is going on? Why are you acting this way?"
Lord Raidon sighed, "I am growing weaker by the day, my child, and ever since your older brother, Kiyoshi, was killed in battle I have done everything to keep you in your training. One day, my beautiful Taki, I will leave this land to join my ancestors on the other side."
"Please father do not speak like that."
"Taki, whether you want to hear this or not, soon I will have to hand over my position as Lord to one of my generals and-"
"No, I will rule after you!"
"Taki, you are a woman and no woman can rule a clan. It is bad enough that I gave you a choice to either marry or train."
"Do you regret that decision, father?"
"No, I do not regret any decisions but sometimes I wonder what it would be like for you if you had chosen to be like a normal village girl."
"Father I know that sometimes you wish that I was a normal girl but I am not. I am your daughter and your only child so I am the heir to the great Shedo clan," Taki stated with venom slowly creeping into her voice.
"You may be the next in line but your husband will rule," Lord Raidon replied tersely to his daughter. Taki sighed and turned away from her closed her eyes, and began to take slow breathes. She needed to think of a way to prove to her father that she could rule the village just as well or even better than he had. Taki turned to her father and bowed down before him in complete submission.
"Father, give me a task to prove to you that I'm more than capable of ruling after you have left this world," she asked her father. Raidon gently held Taki's face and studied her with intense focus. 'She has her mother's eyes, her nose, smile, but she has my determination.' He thought as he lifted his daughter from the ground.
"Taki, my child, do you really want to do this?" he asked.
"Yes father, tell me what I must do," she asked cautiously.
"Bring me the head of the man known as Lord Botan; he is the leader of the infamous warriors of Edo. When you bring the head then I will allow you to rule over the clan." Lord Raidon stated to his daughter as brought her up off the ground. A dazzling smile graced Taki's lips as she jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck. Raidon hesitantly wrapped his arms around his daughter's waist. "I'm giving you a time limit of two weeks if you do not succeed in this quest then you will be forced to marry," he said calmly. Taki nodded her head and face the village once again. The scene was perfect. Her village was set against the mixture of purple, pink, and orange that painted the sky as the smell of cherry blossom filled her nose. The village was going to be hers to rule alone. Her and her father began to walk back to the village in complete silence. Just as they reached the gates of the village she stopped her father for one last question.
"May I ask who I will be marrying if I fail?" she asked.
"If you fail there will be a tournament held in our village for your hand in marriage. Now prepare yourself for tonight. I will announce to the village your decision and you will be presented with a few things that you will need for your journey," he stated with a small smile on his face.
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