2 hours later the sky was getting darker, Shinku walks outside to see foot soldiers standing in line for weaponry, there stood the mysterious woman herself, Shinku approached Yomihime and held out his hand "What's going on?" he asked. She turned her head "We are getting ready for an attack on one of their bases fot supplies, I'd be happy if you could join", He slowly nods and crosses his arms, "So, where's the base at?" He asked once more. Yomihime looked at the map she held and pointed at it's direction "Its right here, at the middle of the Island, we should get there in a couple of minutes", she walked forward and everyone followed, Shinku also began to follow her, wondering what the other army has in store for them.

As they arrived deep in the forest, Shinku notices a large fortress nearby with reinforced walls, he noticed many Men standing on the front part of the gates, "Looks like we reached Shiranui forest" Yomihime explained, she walked forward and unsheathed her weapon, as soon as she pointed her weapon at the Fortress the men began to charge, understanding her command. She turned toward Shinku "I want you to Scout the area and make sure there are no enemy reinforcements" she commanded, Shinku shakes his head "Mam, scouting isn't my specialty, I'm much better at facing my enemies head on" he said in a serious tone, Yomi stopped for a moment then nodded "Alright, I'll scout then, but make sure no enemy remains".

She jumps away and runs past the fortress, going behind it, Shinku Unsheathes his Greatsword and walks forward, a Blond haired girl with a ponytail points at him and tells her teammates about him "There's someone out there, could they be an enemy?" she asked, Behind her stood Hinowa herself, her light red hair blowing in the wind, she looked closely at him with concern "I don't know, but lets stay back here and see what he can do before we confront him", her eyes widen as she realized Shinku was holding his Greatsword, "How can someone hold such a thing like that!?" she shouted very surprised, a few Soukai soldiers looked and viewed him as an enemy, charging at him while emitting war cry's, Shinku's face stayed calm as he easily cut through those men with ease. The 2 girls stood in complete shock, "H-how strong can he be!?" the Blond girl asked, Hinowa shook her head and rubbed her face "I don't know, but he looks like trouble", the other enemy soldiers looked at him, equally surprised, 5 of them charged, Shinku cuts 3 of them with one swing and 2 with the other, "These men seem Untrained" he said to himself in a quiet tone, "That guy looks Unstoppable!" one of the men shouted, the 50 men looked at Shinku and started to charge at him, Shinku gets ready and charges "You men will rest in pieces".

Splatters of blood spread through the battlefield as Shinku cleaved through the men attacking him, 10, 20, 30, their numbers were reducing quickly, the 20 men left spread and attacked at different times, Shinku kicked one man in the jaw with his knee, cutting him upwards and killing 10 of the men, the remaining soldiers decided to retreat into the fortress, afraid of the Titan before them. Hinowa was beyond amazed, she was shaking in fear, fear she hasn't felt ever since her match with Yomihime, "Tobari, this….man is a serious threat", the Blond girl named Tobari responded "I think your right, but…I think fighting him will be suicide" she said, Hinowa jumped down, she walked toward Shinku with her sword in hand, Shinku quickly remembers her, the girl he saw in the photo. "You must be Hinowa" he coldly said, her eyes grew wider when she heard her name, "Y-you know me, who are you?".

"I'm Shinku, I only know you because someone informed me about you, she said you were the girl who tried to fight her", Hinowa frowned, gripping her sword tightly, she pointed at him and called him out "You must be working for the Tenrou, for Yomihime, I will cut you down and show her how much I've improved!" she yells, Shinku examined her, her short hight, her fit body, and her sword stance, he gets in his stance "You seem quite skilled, but that stance, it looks like your following the basics of Swordsmanship, my mother tought me that long ago".

Hinowa gasped as she realized something, that's the same thing another girl told her before, she continued to stare at him for a moment and gets ready "Alright, prepare yourself!" she shouts as she runs forward at him, Shinku dodges her attack, he swings at her but she manages to roll away, she gets back up and looks back in anger "Damnit!", she continues to attack him, most of her attacks were blocked and dodged, Shinku remained calm and kicks her straight in the stomach, she coughed up blood and fell to the ground. Hinowa slammed her fist on the sand "I need more training, how can I expect to beat Yomihime like this!" she thought, "Hinowa!" Tobari shouted, she looks towards a guy with Dark hair "Suzumaru can you do something?" she asked him, he thinks for a bit and looks closely "Maybe, but I must be careful".

Shinku swings his sword, as Hinowa blocked she gets pushed bac k straight into a tree, she starts to cough up more blood, "His attacks, they are too monsterous to be considered normal, he must be a Master swordsman" she thought to herself, but then she began to think harder "but all those men he killed, they were highly trained, and he slayed them like nothing, not to mention their numbers, is he even human?", Hinowa gets back up and wipes the blood off her face, suddenly Suzumaru jumps in and attampts to cut Shinku's head off, even though he did make a small cut on the back of his neck, Shinku quickly turns around and punches him straight in the face, kicking him away, Shinku feels the cut on his neck and looks at the blood, he noticed there was a small amount of purple "Poison?" he said to himself, "Good thing I'm immune, Since I was a member of the Elite Seven, I should be Immune to most of them", he looks at the other person who tried to kill him and shakes his head "Nice move, but from what I can tell, you need more training". Suzumaru quickly gets back up and attacks, only for his attack to be parried, Shinku quickly gets out his knife and stabs him in the knee, he then kicks him back down, hoping that will hinder him from getting back up, "Leave him alone!" Hinowa furiously shouted as she blindly charges at him, Shinku clashes with her, it sends her flying back once again.

Tobari decides to jump in and she attempts to stab him in the back, Shinku instinctively dodges and punches her Gut, "H-how is he so strong" Hinowa thought, Shinku cuts the blond on the arm and pushes her back with his shoulder, "They must be too severely wounded to fight now" Hinowa said to herself, she attempts hand to hand combat by throwing a punch at him, he catches her fist and kicks her stomach once again. he drops his Greatsword for a second and begins punching her back, with every hit the girl tried, Shinku blocked and countered, Shinku had learned Hand to Hand both from his Mother and Gozuki, once the little scuffle was over Shinku remained the victor and kicks her back down on the sand, he grabs his Greatsword and and thinks for a while "You know, I think I'll leave them alive, they genuinely seem like good people, i don't want to look like a villain" Shinku said to himself, as he sheathed his weapon he could see tears in Hinowa's eyes, violent, intense tears.

"You know, you guys have a lot to learn, and I'm willing to let you grow" he said, Tobari looked back with concern "Really sir, you aren't gonna kill us?" she asked, Shinku shakes his head "I'm not going to kill you, you all seem like nice people, I don't want to become a monster, since I have done some bad things in the past before". He sighed and turns around, but as soon as he was going to leave he heard an angry shout "Hey!", Hinowa stood up, her bruises still remained, she looked at her wounded friends and started to sob lightly, she looks back at Shinku with Intense Hatred, pointing at him "I don't care if you want redemption or whatever, if anyone hurts my friends I won't forgive!", she runs to him and tries to punch him, he bocks but doesn't hit her back. The girl started to rapidly punch his stomach, but she was just hurting herself due to his armor "Hinowa, please stop" Tobari asked, Suzumaru slowly recovers and held out his hand "We are no match for him, and since he's letting us live we should be thankful for that". Shinku stepped backwards and watched Hinowa as she pants and sobs, she begins to stare at him "If you ever show up again, I will make sure you will regret that soon, you hear me, if I ever see your face again I will fucking cut you down!", Shinku started to turn his cold face into a remorseful one, he never thought a battle would turn out like this, he felt like helping them, but he was unable to, he simply walked away into the sunset, Shinku slightly looks back one more time, he gets a flashback of Himself screaming as Danger beasts held him down in Akame's defection from the Empire, he viewed Hinow…as himself, abandoned, bruised, left to die, he looks away with a sad expression.

Meanwhile in the Soukai nation, the team had returned to their base, an elderly wise man welcomed them "So, were you successful?" he asked, Hinowa nods, for the most part yes Elder, we were able to beat most of the men, but there was one person we couldn't outmatch, even will all of us combined". The elder touched his chin in Interest, he looks to see Hinowa clenching her fist "Soon, I will Kill him" she muttered, "Was our Friend successful in scouting the area?" he asked, Hinowa nods "Yes sir, she did really well, I'm glad we found her on that shore, or else I wouldn't have been trained further in Swordsmanship". "So, who is this seemingly unstoppable person your talking about?" he asked further, Tobari holds up her index finger, explaining the situation "There is this guy named Shinku, he seems to be Working with Yomihime, he killed 40 men by himself with no difficulty whatsoever!" she said excitingly, "He also carries a huge sword, the size of a fully grown man" Suzumaru adds to the conversation, "We were beaten pretty badly, but luckily he spared us, he said he wanted to see us grow" Tobari says. Hinowa still stared at the floor, Tobari goes to comfort her "Its ok Hinowa, I'm sure if he was on our side he would definitely help us, considering he let us live", Hinowa shakes her head, still holding a grudge towards him "He's working with my mother's killer, that's another reason why I Hate him" she explained, The Elder looked at her and held out his hand "Hinowa, just because he's on the enemies side doesn't mean he is evil, he may be a kind young man misguided by our enemies", Susumaru touches her shoulder "Yeah, he could help us if we convince him", it took a moment for her to think about the events, but her Hatred still blinded her, she just walks away to her room, "Poor Hinowa, I hope she'll be ok" he said concerned for her, Tobari lays down, relaxing on the floor "Anyways, I hope out missions will go as successful as this one" she said while yawning, Suzumaru looks around, looking for someone "Has our friend returned from the scout?" he asked, he then heard the door creek open "I'm here" a calm and collected voice said.

*To be continued*