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Chapter 1:
The Huntress
It is a time known as the Sengoku era.....
In an age of constant warfare, one battle would decide the future and fate
of an entire nation.....
It would become known in history as the Battle of Sekigahara....
A roar of combat echoed like thunder and lightning in the battlefield.
Countless lives were swept away in tides of blood....
Among the many samurai were master swordsmen, who lived and died by the way
of the sword.
They fought not for their leaders' goal, but to test and improve their
skills. Most of them lost their lives.
But among the many valiant warriors who would be forgotten by the sands of
time.....
....one man alone stood on the broken bodies of his fallen foes.
Triumphant.
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"Wow...." said the traveler in awe as he saw the wanted poster on the dirt road
"Legendary Bounty: Omine No Ranma......Demon Eyes Ranma."
The traveler looked closer at the wanted poster deep in thought,
"Hmmm....description: carries a five feet long sword, a dragon mark on his back, a red-eyed demon with the face of an angel."
"Crime: Killed 1,000 people. I'm so scared." said the traveler sarcastically
/ I can beat him. / the traveler thought to himself as he smiled confidently
His eyes bulged when he saw how much they were willing to pay for the criminal's head.
"Reward for capture is...........1 MILLION RYO?!"
/ Can they even afford that much? / he thought grimly
"What a waste of money!" the traveler snorted in disgust at how the government would spend its money, he walked away from the poster and continued on his path on the road.
The traveler was about 5'8 in height. The epitome of the word handsome, he moved with an unnatural grace, his body seeming to be able to turn into water for the duration of the movement, so smooth it was. His hair has raven black and it was swept back in ponytail, like a tightly bound waterfall caught in midflow. His sapphire blue eyes caught all they saw with a warm gaze, supporting and curious with intensity like that of a hawk. They could be soft or hard without changing, or both. He was extreme confidence, the kind that reached out, penetrated, and warmly dominated anyone and anything he saw. Every woman or girl who saw the young traveler had her emotions changed, and was forever haunted by his face.
He wore heavy black bracers on his wrists, and a red kinagashi with ragged sleeves that covered the tightly corded muscles of his upper torso. He carried a huge traveling pack that would've weighed any man down, but his arms never strained the least, as he lugged the heavy pack around and used a sword, five feet long, as a walking stick.
The traveler went off the dirt road towards the base of a huge tree, searching refuge against the hot midday sun. As he slowly removed his large traveling pack on his back, a black dragon insignia embroidered on the back of his red kinagashi was revealed. The dragon looked as if it was alive, ready to tear its hapless victims into shreds with its fangs and claws. The traveler put his arms behind his head and lay beneath the shade that the large tree provided. Taking in his peaceful surroundings, the traveler looked up and gazed at the tree branches slowly swaying with an unseen wind and the clear blue sky beyond.
/ It's hard to believe that it's been four years since Sekigahara. Yet the people are still struggling and the government is doing nothing to help them. / he sighed at his thoughts, and closed his eyes to get some rest. The traveler never noticed another figure watching him silently on the dirt road.
Hearing some sort of noise, the traveler slowly opened his eyes, while his hand crept to where his sword lay in caution. He turned his head and saw the figure who was watching him fall on her knees coughing.
"Hey are you ok?" the traveler asked in concern as he approached the kneeling figure.
He stopped momentarily as his eyes widened in surprise, when the figure revealed her face. She was in short, beautiful. Long, lustrous blonde hair tied in a ponytail, rose red lips, creamy skin, slender legs, and a body that many men would lust for greeted his eyes.
/ Such a pretty face. / he mused to himself, he mentally smacked himself in the head when another round of coughing burst from the woman's mouth.
"My...chest..it hurts....." the woman said in between her coughing fits. Slowly picking her up in his arms, the traveler flashed one of his deadly smiles to the woman that had her blushing red for a moment.
/ I could get used to this. / she thought to herself and upon realizing what she had said, she gave her head a mental shake.
"Let's get you to that hut." said the traveler as he carried the sick woman near a hut next to the road. Once inside, the traveler gently lay the sick woman down in a pile of hay and put his hand on her forehead to check for a fever.
/ Damn, Sengen village is still a couple of miles away! But I've got no choice but to get someone who can help. / the traveler thought to himself as he stood up, grabbed his traveling pack from under the tree and prepared to tell the sick woman of his plan.
"Wait here miss, I'm going to get some help." he said to the woman reassuringly and as he was about to leave, the woman started shivering.
"Cold..so cold..." instantly the traveler was next to her, worrying that her condition might be getting worse.
"This is not good." said the traveler sighing
"Please..the only thing that can help me now....is your warm flesh against mine." the woman pleaded at the traveler, who could only dumbly ask,
"Huh?"
"Please....." she asked once again to the traveler
"A-Are you sure it's the only way?.......I told want to take advantage of you or nothing." asked the traveler reluctantly. The woman used a technique no man alive could resist.
"I'm sorry! But..if you insist!" his will breaking at the sight of the woman's sad puppy dogs eyes and as he took off the top half of his kinagashi, he was too preoccupied to notice at how the woman ran her eyes up and down his body before she shaking her head in conflicting thoughts.
/ Must not give in! Must not give in! / she chanted in her head, as she tried to fight the drool forming on her lips at the sight of hunky flesh in front of her.
"I'm sorry if it's too much to ask......." the woman trailed off as her body shook from her 'condition'
"I'll do anything I can to help miss." said the traveler as his face hovered inches from the woman's face.
"Anything?" the women asked
"You name it!" said traveler said smiling and he suddenly found himself looking down a three-barreled gun.
"Then I'll take the legendary one million ryo bounty on your head!" the sick woman said as she stood up, her 'sickness' vanishing instantly "Yuya Shiina is about to collect!"
"What?" asked the traveler, confused at the turn of events.
"What are you talking about miss? Is this some kind of joke?" the traveler asked Yuya, backing slowly away from the gun toting woman. A gunshot echoed from the hut. The traveler calmly looked at the bullet hole inches away from his face.
"You can't hide from me, Demon Eyes Ranma!!!" Yuya shouted as she aimed at the traveler "I know it's you! You fit the description perfectly! GO TO HELL!" she fired her gun on her target.
"You've got the wrong guy." the traveler said sighing as he easily sidestepped the bullets before they reached him causing Yuya's eyes to widen in shock.
/ H-How? / Yuya asked herself, shocked at the speed the traveler used to dodge her bullets.
"Oh yeah?! Then who the hell are you?" Yuya asked the traveler angrily
"My name is...Mibu Ranko!" said Ranko raising his hands slowly, indicating that he wanted no trouble "I'm just a wandering samurai."
"LIAR!" Yuya shouted as she came face to face with Ranko "YOU MUST BE DEMON EYES RANMA!" she pointed a finger to Ranko's sword on top of his pack "You've got a five feet sword!" she grabbed the top of his kinagashi and indicated the dragon emblem "And this mark!" she gazed at his eyes "And those eyes! Red like a demon's..." she suddenly noticed that Ranko's eyes weren't red but ice blue "They're blue!"
"I'm glad you noticed." said Ranko dryly
/ How can I have made such a stupid mistake! I know better than that! / she chided herself and sighed in annoyance.
"Now that we have that cleared..." said Ranko as he put the top half of his kinagashi back on "Who are you?" he asked as he finished putting it on
Yuya turned and looked at Ranko, giving off a haughty look and said, "I am the bounty huntress, Yuya Shiina. They say I'm the best anywhere on Tokaido- cho! Surely you've heard of me!"
"Nope." answered Ranko as he shouldered his traveling pack, preparing to leave "Never heard of your name before."
"Impossible!' cried Yuya in disbelief and she saw that Ranko was ignoring her. Her eyes traveled up to where his sword was and noticed something.
"Hey Ranko, are you stupid?! You can't use this sword with all this garbage on it!" she said, grabbing his sword off his pack and inspecting the garbage wrapped around it.
"It doesn't matter Yuya-san, I have not used that sword in a long time. It's just for show now." said Ranko as he took the sword away from Yuya.
"If that's true, then it doesn't need to be so long." said Yuya a little skeptical at Ranko's answer.
"Of course it does." said Ranko
'Why?" asked Yuya, waiting for his answer.
"Intimidation tactic, the bigger or longer the sword, the more people will tend to be intimidated by you and plus I use this as a walking stick after walking for really long distances." said Ranko as he smiled at Yuya.
/ I've got to ditch this guy...although he is very handsome and what a great bod..what am I thinking?! Ditch cute guy and find a bounty, right. / Yuya thought to herself and was broken out of her thoughts at what Ranko had said.
"Damn, these guys are butt ugly." said Ranko, flipping through Yuya's wanted posters.
"Hey! Those are my wanted posters! Give them back!" Yuya shouted as she realized at what Ranko was looking at. She didn't even notice him take the wanted posters from her.
"Demon Eyes Ranma. Oh I get it. That's who you thought I was? This is four years old! The guy's probably dead by now." said Ranko coolly as he flipped through more wanted pictures.
"Wait!"
"Bantouji Brothers. They've killed women and children.and.damn.these guys are nothing but scum. 50 Ryo reward, huh? Is that for each one?" Ranko asked out loud, ignoring Yuya shouting at him.
"Give it back!"
"Wow, this guy's worth 100 Ryo! I wonder who....." said Ranko as he suddenly trailed off at what he saw.
"You're ruining them! Wha-----are you alright Ranko?!" asked Yuya upon seeing Ranko's face.
"Huh?! Oh yeah I'm fine Yuya-san!" said Ranko as he dropped her wanted posters in surprise; he didn't bother to pick them back up "Well it's been nice meeting you Yuya-san but I gotta go! Later!" and with that, he was gone, leaving Yuya confused and curious at his sudden departure.
"I wonder what got him all spooked?" she asked herself out loud, picking up her wanted posters from the ground, her eyes grew in surprise.
Bounty #110
Wanted: Stealing several priceless artifacts and money from several daikans and daimyos.
Mibu, Ranko
- Height: 5'8
- 20 to 25 years old
- wears a red kinagashi
- wandering swordsman
- armed and dangerous
100 Ryo!!!
Veins started to appear on Yuya's head as the thought of an easy bounty slipping away from her fingers fed her already growing anger at Ranko.
/ First he makes fun of me, then my pictures, and he mocks my skills as a bounty hunter! / she thought angrily to herself
"THAT BASTARD!!!" she shouted in anger as she ran out of the hut and saw the no one else was on the dirt road, seeing that Ranko had a head start, she quickly gathered her stuff and took off in the direction of Sengen Village hoping that Ranko would be heading that way.
"Wherever you are Mibu Ranko! PREPARE TO DIE!!!" she bellowed in rage as she chased after the wandering swordsman who dared to mock her, Yuya Shiina, the great bounty huntress of Tokaido-cho.
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Ranko stopped his trek towards Sengen Village for a moment as he suddenly felt a chill go down his spine; he shrugged it off as his own mind playing tricks him.
"Hopefully...." he muttered to himself as he continued walking towards the village, not aware of the certain doom coming his way in the form of a very angry bounty huntress.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: R & R Please!!! Flames are welcome but will be ignored! How fast my next chapter comes out depends on the comments of the reviews! If anyone wants to be a pre-reader just tell me and leave your email in your review! BYE!!!
/word / - thoughts
Chapter 1:
The Huntress
It is a time known as the Sengoku era.....
In an age of constant warfare, one battle would decide the future and fate
of an entire nation.....
It would become known in history as the Battle of Sekigahara....
A roar of combat echoed like thunder and lightning in the battlefield.
Countless lives were swept away in tides of blood....
Among the many samurai were master swordsmen, who lived and died by the way
of the sword.
They fought not for their leaders' goal, but to test and improve their
skills. Most of them lost their lives.
But among the many valiant warriors who would be forgotten by the sands of
time.....
....one man alone stood on the broken bodies of his fallen foes.
Triumphant.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Wow...." said the traveler in awe as he saw the wanted poster on the dirt road
"Legendary Bounty: Omine No Ranma......Demon Eyes Ranma."
The traveler looked closer at the wanted poster deep in thought,
"Hmmm....description: carries a five feet long sword, a dragon mark on his back, a red-eyed demon with the face of an angel."
"Crime: Killed 1,000 people. I'm so scared." said the traveler sarcastically
/ I can beat him. / the traveler thought to himself as he smiled confidently
His eyes bulged when he saw how much they were willing to pay for the criminal's head.
"Reward for capture is...........1 MILLION RYO?!"
/ Can they even afford that much? / he thought grimly
"What a waste of money!" the traveler snorted in disgust at how the government would spend its money, he walked away from the poster and continued on his path on the road.
The traveler was about 5'8 in height. The epitome of the word handsome, he moved with an unnatural grace, his body seeming to be able to turn into water for the duration of the movement, so smooth it was. His hair has raven black and it was swept back in ponytail, like a tightly bound waterfall caught in midflow. His sapphire blue eyes caught all they saw with a warm gaze, supporting and curious with intensity like that of a hawk. They could be soft or hard without changing, or both. He was extreme confidence, the kind that reached out, penetrated, and warmly dominated anyone and anything he saw. Every woman or girl who saw the young traveler had her emotions changed, and was forever haunted by his face.
He wore heavy black bracers on his wrists, and a red kinagashi with ragged sleeves that covered the tightly corded muscles of his upper torso. He carried a huge traveling pack that would've weighed any man down, but his arms never strained the least, as he lugged the heavy pack around and used a sword, five feet long, as a walking stick.
The traveler went off the dirt road towards the base of a huge tree, searching refuge against the hot midday sun. As he slowly removed his large traveling pack on his back, a black dragon insignia embroidered on the back of his red kinagashi was revealed. The dragon looked as if it was alive, ready to tear its hapless victims into shreds with its fangs and claws. The traveler put his arms behind his head and lay beneath the shade that the large tree provided. Taking in his peaceful surroundings, the traveler looked up and gazed at the tree branches slowly swaying with an unseen wind and the clear blue sky beyond.
/ It's hard to believe that it's been four years since Sekigahara. Yet the people are still struggling and the government is doing nothing to help them. / he sighed at his thoughts, and closed his eyes to get some rest. The traveler never noticed another figure watching him silently on the dirt road.
Hearing some sort of noise, the traveler slowly opened his eyes, while his hand crept to where his sword lay in caution. He turned his head and saw the figure who was watching him fall on her knees coughing.
"Hey are you ok?" the traveler asked in concern as he approached the kneeling figure.
He stopped momentarily as his eyes widened in surprise, when the figure revealed her face. She was in short, beautiful. Long, lustrous blonde hair tied in a ponytail, rose red lips, creamy skin, slender legs, and a body that many men would lust for greeted his eyes.
/ Such a pretty face. / he mused to himself, he mentally smacked himself in the head when another round of coughing burst from the woman's mouth.
"My...chest..it hurts....." the woman said in between her coughing fits. Slowly picking her up in his arms, the traveler flashed one of his deadly smiles to the woman that had her blushing red for a moment.
/ I could get used to this. / she thought to herself and upon realizing what she had said, she gave her head a mental shake.
"Let's get you to that hut." said the traveler as he carried the sick woman near a hut next to the road. Once inside, the traveler gently lay the sick woman down in a pile of hay and put his hand on her forehead to check for a fever.
/ Damn, Sengen village is still a couple of miles away! But I've got no choice but to get someone who can help. / the traveler thought to himself as he stood up, grabbed his traveling pack from under the tree and prepared to tell the sick woman of his plan.
"Wait here miss, I'm going to get some help." he said to the woman reassuringly and as he was about to leave, the woman started shivering.
"Cold..so cold..." instantly the traveler was next to her, worrying that her condition might be getting worse.
"This is not good." said the traveler sighing
"Please..the only thing that can help me now....is your warm flesh against mine." the woman pleaded at the traveler, who could only dumbly ask,
"Huh?"
"Please....." she asked once again to the traveler
"A-Are you sure it's the only way?.......I told want to take advantage of you or nothing." asked the traveler reluctantly. The woman used a technique no man alive could resist.
"I'm sorry! But..if you insist!" his will breaking at the sight of the woman's sad puppy dogs eyes and as he took off the top half of his kinagashi, he was too preoccupied to notice at how the woman ran her eyes up and down his body before she shaking her head in conflicting thoughts.
/ Must not give in! Must not give in! / she chanted in her head, as she tried to fight the drool forming on her lips at the sight of hunky flesh in front of her.
"I'm sorry if it's too much to ask......." the woman trailed off as her body shook from her 'condition'
"I'll do anything I can to help miss." said the traveler as his face hovered inches from the woman's face.
"Anything?" the women asked
"You name it!" said traveler said smiling and he suddenly found himself looking down a three-barreled gun.
"Then I'll take the legendary one million ryo bounty on your head!" the sick woman said as she stood up, her 'sickness' vanishing instantly "Yuya Shiina is about to collect!"
"What?" asked the traveler, confused at the turn of events.
"What are you talking about miss? Is this some kind of joke?" the traveler asked Yuya, backing slowly away from the gun toting woman. A gunshot echoed from the hut. The traveler calmly looked at the bullet hole inches away from his face.
"You can't hide from me, Demon Eyes Ranma!!!" Yuya shouted as she aimed at the traveler "I know it's you! You fit the description perfectly! GO TO HELL!" she fired her gun on her target.
"You've got the wrong guy." the traveler said sighing as he easily sidestepped the bullets before they reached him causing Yuya's eyes to widen in shock.
/ H-How? / Yuya asked herself, shocked at the speed the traveler used to dodge her bullets.
"Oh yeah?! Then who the hell are you?" Yuya asked the traveler angrily
"My name is...Mibu Ranko!" said Ranko raising his hands slowly, indicating that he wanted no trouble "I'm just a wandering samurai."
"LIAR!" Yuya shouted as she came face to face with Ranko "YOU MUST BE DEMON EYES RANMA!" she pointed a finger to Ranko's sword on top of his pack "You've got a five feet sword!" she grabbed the top of his kinagashi and indicated the dragon emblem "And this mark!" she gazed at his eyes "And those eyes! Red like a demon's..." she suddenly noticed that Ranko's eyes weren't red but ice blue "They're blue!"
"I'm glad you noticed." said Ranko dryly
/ How can I have made such a stupid mistake! I know better than that! / she chided herself and sighed in annoyance.
"Now that we have that cleared..." said Ranko as he put the top half of his kinagashi back on "Who are you?" he asked as he finished putting it on
Yuya turned and looked at Ranko, giving off a haughty look and said, "I am the bounty huntress, Yuya Shiina. They say I'm the best anywhere on Tokaido- cho! Surely you've heard of me!"
"Nope." answered Ranko as he shouldered his traveling pack, preparing to leave "Never heard of your name before."
"Impossible!' cried Yuya in disbelief and she saw that Ranko was ignoring her. Her eyes traveled up to where his sword was and noticed something.
"Hey Ranko, are you stupid?! You can't use this sword with all this garbage on it!" she said, grabbing his sword off his pack and inspecting the garbage wrapped around it.
"It doesn't matter Yuya-san, I have not used that sword in a long time. It's just for show now." said Ranko as he took the sword away from Yuya.
"If that's true, then it doesn't need to be so long." said Yuya a little skeptical at Ranko's answer.
"Of course it does." said Ranko
'Why?" asked Yuya, waiting for his answer.
"Intimidation tactic, the bigger or longer the sword, the more people will tend to be intimidated by you and plus I use this as a walking stick after walking for really long distances." said Ranko as he smiled at Yuya.
/ I've got to ditch this guy...although he is very handsome and what a great bod..what am I thinking?! Ditch cute guy and find a bounty, right. / Yuya thought to herself and was broken out of her thoughts at what Ranko had said.
"Damn, these guys are butt ugly." said Ranko, flipping through Yuya's wanted posters.
"Hey! Those are my wanted posters! Give them back!" Yuya shouted as she realized at what Ranko was looking at. She didn't even notice him take the wanted posters from her.
"Demon Eyes Ranma. Oh I get it. That's who you thought I was? This is four years old! The guy's probably dead by now." said Ranko coolly as he flipped through more wanted pictures.
"Wait!"
"Bantouji Brothers. They've killed women and children.and.damn.these guys are nothing but scum. 50 Ryo reward, huh? Is that for each one?" Ranko asked out loud, ignoring Yuya shouting at him.
"Give it back!"
"Wow, this guy's worth 100 Ryo! I wonder who....." said Ranko as he suddenly trailed off at what he saw.
"You're ruining them! Wha-----are you alright Ranko?!" asked Yuya upon seeing Ranko's face.
"Huh?! Oh yeah I'm fine Yuya-san!" said Ranko as he dropped her wanted posters in surprise; he didn't bother to pick them back up "Well it's been nice meeting you Yuya-san but I gotta go! Later!" and with that, he was gone, leaving Yuya confused and curious at his sudden departure.
"I wonder what got him all spooked?" she asked herself out loud, picking up her wanted posters from the ground, her eyes grew in surprise.
Bounty #110
Wanted: Stealing several priceless artifacts and money from several daikans and daimyos.
Mibu, Ranko
- Height: 5'8
- 20 to 25 years old
- wears a red kinagashi
- wandering swordsman
- armed and dangerous
100 Ryo!!!
Veins started to appear on Yuya's head as the thought of an easy bounty slipping away from her fingers fed her already growing anger at Ranko.
/ First he makes fun of me, then my pictures, and he mocks my skills as a bounty hunter! / she thought angrily to herself
"THAT BASTARD!!!" she shouted in anger as she ran out of the hut and saw the no one else was on the dirt road, seeing that Ranko had a head start, she quickly gathered her stuff and took off in the direction of Sengen Village hoping that Ranko would be heading that way.
"Wherever you are Mibu Ranko! PREPARE TO DIE!!!" she bellowed in rage as she chased after the wandering swordsman who dared to mock her, Yuya Shiina, the great bounty huntress of Tokaido-cho.
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Ranko stopped his trek towards Sengen Village for a moment as he suddenly felt a chill go down his spine; he shrugged it off as his own mind playing tricks him.
"Hopefully...." he muttered to himself as he continued walking towards the village, not aware of the certain doom coming his way in the form of a very angry bounty huntress.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: R & R Please!!! Flames are welcome but will be ignored! How fast my next chapter comes out depends on the comments of the reviews! If anyone wants to be a pre-reader just tell me and leave your email in your review! BYE!!!