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Prologue
The year is 1394. In the ocean space off on the Japanese Islands lay another continent, one now forgotten. The barrier between this world and the next is weakest here. Youkai, or demons in the West, run free. Priests, priestess, monks, mikos, samurai, and shinobi battle with the youkai, hoping to keep them at bay. For more than 200 years, they are successful. But then, the worst happened. A huge battle lasting six days and five nights took place. As the sixth night came upon them, the humans that did battle were slain. Few remained to tell the tale of the battle. News of the battle reached all the way to the West. Many European noble families ordered their men to be ready for an attack at any time. Others, however, made ready their ships and set sail for the Shinobi Continent. Some led their men themselves, others had their son lead their army.
As the Westerners arrived, it was discovered that there was a way to seal the breaking barrier, but at a high cost. Another year of battles would come and go before a plan was put into action. One family sent their most powerful priestess in order for the spell to be a success. The family she served was desperate enough to ensure her safety that they were willing to pay anything. So when she arrived, a powerful shinobi by the name Yoshiro, was assigned to guard her by any means necessary. As the fighting continued, the priestess, Kira, always had Yoshiro nearby. She started to speak to him, and him to her. He spoke of his family and duty. She told him of her own life. She spoke her brother, his then deceased wife, and their sons, whom she had helped raise. She told him that the two boys were so close to her that she considered them her own, even though she had never bared children. He listened on quietly as she spoke, just as she had for him. As the day for the action came closer, Kira confided in Yoshiro one last time.
"Yoshiro-san, I know I won't live thru this. I just know that all of those sealing the barrier will die in the process," Kira said to the man.
"You are just nervous. Don't think like that. You will all be fine," he soothed.
"No. There's no denying the truth now, but I have one last favor to ask of you, my friend." She walked over to the desk, opened a draw and took out a what appeared to be letters. "Please, once the ceremony has been complete, give these to General Cassius. He will know what to do with them."
"They are for your family, are they not?" he questioned.
"Yes, they are," she replied softly.
Yoshiro did not take them. "You will not die. You will see your family again. There is no need for this," he said forcefully.
"Yoshiro-san..."
"No. Do not start that. You will be fine, and for the last time, Kira-sama, call me Yoshiro."
"And how many times do I have to tell you it is Kira," she said, walking up to him.
Yoshiro grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look him in the eyes. "Kira, then. You will make it back. I won't let you die. Not like this."
Kira looked into his eyes. "Yoshiro. You know of my gift of foresight. I have Seen it, and it will come to pass this time. I just hope everyone can forgive us all for dying like this." She paused. "But I did see one more thing."
"What did you See?" he asked letting his hands fall away.
"One of my brother's son's will have the power to correct what is done wrong in this ceremony, but she will go thru much toil, and may never find the Shinobi Continent, if things go as I Saw," she told her protector.
Yoshiro stared at her. "If any of my descendants remain when this girl is born, they will find and bring her here. This I promise. I may not be able to have you, but our descendant will meet and save each other's worlds, and the lives' that the other cares about."
"Do you mean that?" she asked him.
"Yes."
"Would you be will to swear in blood upon this pendant? I will place a spell on it, so that when the time comes, my descendant will recognize your's, and when she tells your's, they will recognize her."
"I would." With his words, she cut both their palms and placed them over a wadjet, or Eye of Ra, pendant. She said an incantation and the Eye glowed. "Where did you get this?" he asked when the glow faded.
"It has been passed down to the females in my family for generations. For now, it will go to my brother's oldest son. When he has a daughter, it will go to her. Please, give this to the General as well," she requested.
Yoshiro sighed. "I will. You needn't worry about anything. If you die, I'll make sure your family gets these."
Kira smiled. "Thank you, my friend."
The next day, 100 priests, priestess, monks, and mikos gathered at the center of the Shinobi Continent, and from there recited an old Egyptian spell. In the end, it took the efforts of them all, and their lives as well. The spell not only sealed the crake in the barrier, but made the Continent invisible to the outside eye. Much to the dismay of everyone, nine demons managed to stay on this world.
Yoshiro kept his promise and gave the letters to the General, who in turn, gave them to her family. Yoshiro would later die in a mission, but the story of his promise to the Outside priestess would travel down thru his descendants. The closed themselves off mostly after the foreign armies left, and most of the Outside would only think of the Shinobi Continent as legend. The only ones that would know that it was real was the descendants of the men and women who fought and died there.
For 412 years, the Shinobi Continent had little interaction with the outside world. But in the year 2007, all of that, would change forever.
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