This will be the first of 3 chapters meant to have the story told from different characters points of views as well a bit about their lives.
Oroku Nagi, Born: August 14th 1953-November 12th 1984: Current date & date of death.
The Oroku clan was not poor nor Wealthy. Born on the main island of Honshu our clan is said to be the descendants of the illegitimate son of a daimyo, Lord Norinaga. This is said to have taken place between 1603 and 1628.
Originally situated in the city of Hiroshima, after the 1945 bombing my family relocated to Tokyo were I was born in 1953. My name is Oroku Nagi, or I suppose in another country it would be Nagi Oroku, man that sounds wierd. Anyway my life was pretty mundane until I turned 5, that's when most family's have their children begin Ninja training. I always found this ironic considering we were supposedly descended from a daimyo who would have been considered a samurai, but who am I to complain, it's not like being seen as the descendent of a illegitimate Lord's son is a good thing.
Anyway my clans crest is a bell, which again draws back to the Daimyo. It is said that at the time of his defeat and humiliation Norinaga had a bell dropped on him, thus the crest is meant to symbolize our disdain for the Daimyo. The official crest is a ceremonial bell inside a shuriken with 4 smaller bells in between the spaces of the blades.
But that's enough about my clan. After I started my training Life was pretty boring until about 2 years later my younger brother was Born. He was born January 16th 1960, on this day so would be born one Hamato Yoshi. Saki, my brother was born at the same hospital as Yoshi.
As it turns out our family's were very close do to the fact that both clans were apparently descended from lord Norinaga, apparently of his legitimate son and heir the Hamato's. The Hamato clan crest was the Lotus flower.
Saki & Yoshi would become the best of friends and would even start their training together. I was often asked to babysit them both. Life for a long time was good, this would change with the arrival of 2 girls. It was 1974, I was 21 years old, Saki & Yoshi were 14, and their names were Tang Shen and Amaya. They were the Daughters of a Chinese farmer who's Business was going so good he hired some hands and moved to Tokyo. I could tell that Saki was interested in Amaya right away, despite being 3 years her senior. Yoshi of course was interested in Shen. Both couples hit it off right away.
I soon found myself spending less and less time with either my brother, or his best friend. soon I began to start hearing about their exploits 2nd hand. Like their first dates or their skill progression. A year after the girls arrival Yoshi & Shen saved a small infant Black Rat from a cat trying to eat it. After nursing it back to health and naming it Splinter(Can't imagine why.) they for some reason decided to adopt it, literally. They began to refer to themselves as Papa & Mama when referring to the rodent. Getting in on it Saki and Amaya became Uncle & Aunt. For some reason they also started referring to Me as Uncle Nagi, which I didn't even mind, despite the fact that I was essentially uncle to a rat. So all was good, soon Saki and Yoshi were accepted at 16 to the foot clan, a whole year earlier than I was.
The Foot clan is an ancient clan of Ninjas. They were said to be formed by a lone warrior who witnessed a Dragon hunting it's prey and was inspired by the foot print it left behind. It is then said that the clan would protect their village ' Heiwa no gurando ' or Peace ground. It is said that the village was being guarded against an evil demon called ' Te no akuma no tsume ' who was said to have terrorized Japan For centuries. This is all said to have taken place over a millennium ago. After these events the Foot became a band of thieves, assassins, mercenaries, & spies. Of course despite some of the clans shadier criminal practices they still upheld a strict honor code. Now a days they keep out of criminal activity and stick mostly to jobs as bodyguards though it is said that some still excepted espionage missions from the Government and The occasional business organization for more covert work.
Soon Yoshi & Saki were promoted to master level and were given more serious missions. So you would think that all was good and that on could rest easy, but there was one thing in this great life of mine that would send it all tumbling down. That is that, I'm in love with Tang Shen.
Despite the fact that I'm 7 years older than Her, It could not be helped, maybe it was her Beauty, or her grace, or her kindness, but I was hopelessly in love. Despite that she was in a relationship with Yoshi, married even, I pursued her. Ten years after her arrival in my life I made my move. I tried to be subtle, but that did not work, I tried to be romantic but she turned me down. At that moment I don't know what came over me, but in a fit of blind rage I began to beat her and just as I was about to force myself on her, Yoshi entered. Following my example he went into a blind rage, and soon I was on deaths door.
Despite killing me and having The heart of the girl I loved, I did not hate Yoshi, for I knew I was the one at fault. In my anger & jealousy I found my own destruction. I only wish that I could apologize. As I lay on the cold floor dying I could not help but think that I was responsible for something far greater than a mere two lovers running for their lives. I wish I knew what that was.
Thank you for reading and please review.