-1 A/N Hey everyone here is your first installment of The Chronicles Of Seru. it's a unusually short one because I just wanted to get his introduction out of the way. This is going to be a long story guys so get ready to learn about this boys life.
Chapter 1: ENTER SERU!
Journal:
Its been 7 years since I chose Ichi and Myra and began training with father. These years have gone by so very slowly eating, sleeping and, working tirelessly in the dojo with Father. Nanao is such a boring village. There's nothing around us just tree's and woods everywhere. I see the mountains in the distance though I want to go there, to see the world. Father tells me not to worry about such things and I'll have enough time in the future to visit wherever I wanna go. For now I should just concentrate on training he says. He also says tomorrow is the big day where all the young children compete in the battle royal. Father still has yet to tell me what we get if we win. Maybe its something cool like money, or a captains guard job! No, they wouldn't give out a guards job to a 13 year old let alone the Captains spot. Well whatever they give us, I know Ichi, Myra and I can win this. Father said that he started my training so early all for this day, it seems to mean a lot to him. I still miss big brother ever since his battle royal he never came home.
Father told me he wasn't dead and he would return I really miss him, I hope he gets home soon. Chizuru and Kuro don't seem to be worried about tomorrow at all, I wonder if they know something I don't. I'll have to ask them. Well I got to go Father is coming to tell me its time to sleep.
Talk later,
Seru Haraka
Hours later, when Father was sound asleep, Seru woke from his dreamless slumber and found he could not return to sleep. So Seru dressed in the semi-darkness, attempting to ignore the condition of the room. Seru had always kept his room quite messy to say the least.
After getting full dressed he walked over the mirror that sat against the wall, and check that his clothes were all right. He wore a scarlet red jacket that had a solid silver line running up each arm. The main focus of the odd jacket was that back though, It had his family's symbol right in the middle of the jacket, a black diamond with a silver circle in the middle. He then stuck his hands in the pockets of his tan cargo shorts to see if he had and spare change left over form the day before. He ran his hands through his odd crimson hair, which he never let grow past his eyebrows, and tried to blink out the sleepiness of his green eyes with little success.
"Damn" He silently cursed his luck as he remembered that he had spent his last bits of his money on ice cream the day before.
He silently slipped out the front door to see if anyone in Nanao village was up yet. Also he wanted time to get these cobwebs out of his sleepy head, and walking always seem to help the boy with that little task.
He walked for 15 minutes to see if his friend Chizuru or her brother Kuro where awake. Once he got there he threw little rocks at there window to wake them up.
30 minutes later Seru returned from his fruitless quest angry and tired. Neither of the two lazy bums would get up. He walked into the house to see his Father already making breakfast for Seru and himself.
"Yo. Seru where you been at?" his always curious father asked.
"I couldn't sleep so I went for a little walk. Is that ok with you?" said Seru a little meaner then he meant to sound.
His father just stared at him before saying "Geesh someone is a little bit grumpy today, and I didn't even work you out yesterday."
"Sorry" He muttered before continuing to explain "I'm just really nervous about today, I mean 6 years ago brother left after his battle royal and never came back. I wont have to leave to will I father."
"Well" a said Father before giving a pause to pick his words, he did this way to often by Seru's thinking. "It all depends"
"On…!" An anxious looking Seru lead forward.
"Well your just going to have to do your best and find out. Wont you?" A smiling father explained. Before putting Seru's plate of food in front of him.
"I guess" grumbled Seru and stared down at the eggs.
15 minutes later Seru was in his room talking to his two best friends Ichi and Myra, his two swords.
"You guys think I can do it right?" He reiterated for the fifteenth time in the last five minutes.
He spent the next hour convincing himself this was what he had worked for and he was ready for it.
So when his father called for him to get ready to leave, he was fully prepared. Today was his day!
Seru and his father arrived at the point where they were all give order to meet. Seru looked at those who already arrived a lot of boys his age, and a few girls! Most were looking nervous but there were a few standing tall and looked to be quite confident in there ability's. Not for the first time Seru wondered how his ability's would match up against the others.
His father always told him he showed as much promise as his older brother, who was well known as the best swordsman in the village before he left. Seru also used the Haraka style which consisted of twin swords and mainly slashing maneuvers, rather then stabbing.
Twenty minutes later when everyone arrived the Leader of the village showed up to announce the rules and conditions.
"There is a fence set up around the perimeter of approximately 2 miles." The leader began. "first you will all hand your weapons over to the people stationed at the entrance they will give your special sticks. If hit anywhere on the body these sticks will leave a blue print. If you get hit with a blue print on any vital spot, you automatically lose. If this happens please hurry and return to the gate. When the sun sets the battle will end. Everyone still active will return to the gate and have a tournament to decide the victor. Now everyone will get one hour to spread out in the forest. Now, everyone please go to the starting gate."
Seru walked over to one of the people at the gate and handed over his two swords and was give back two wooden poles that seemed to be the same length and weight as Ichi and Myra. He then put them through a little attack routine, that had the left pole spinning over the right and ending in a downward chop.
He was ready. Today was his day!
"Ready" the leader began "You have one hour to start. Begin!"
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Well everyone how did you like it? Ya I know there wasn't much action but I can promise you a lot in the next chapter. Again I apologize for a short chapter but it's the intro chapter. Review are nice D
Till next time.