Once it was the morning I got ready I packed some food in my bag before I went to Jasmine's shop to get my weapons. As I left the house I notice that Hoshi was not outside like he normally is
"Huh, Hoshi is not here today must be helping with the walls I guess," I thought to myself as I walked down to the blacksmith shop.
Once I was there I saw that it was closed but there was a letter saying to meet her at the entrance of the village so I went there. Once I was there I was both Hoshi and Jasmine
"Lady Akira, please be very careful," Jasmine said as she was handing the weapons I asked for
"I will," I told her as I was putting them in to place with my sword on my back and my draggers into my boots, and hidden knives on my side. Hoshi handed by a small back
"I put some medicine in there just in case you need it," he told me
"Thank you Hoshi, Jasmine, I will be back within 7 days," I told them as I started to walk into the forest and disappear from their sight.
It has been a few hours since I left the village and I was walking through the forest when I heard someone scream some I quickly ran over to where it came from and saw a small group of people surrounded by bandits I notice that there was a tree about the people and so I quickly and quietly made up way over to that tree and climbed up into it and got right above the people and the bandits.
"Now you will give us all of the money that you have or else." The first bandit said as he held a dagger to them I looked down at the people and saw that one of the kids were injured
"We don't have any money on us!" I think he was the older brother since he was guarding the kids
"Fine if you don't want to do this the easy way then you will end up like your mother!" the bandit who I am going to say is the leader said to them as he was about to kill them but I dropped down and pulled out my sword and blocked the attack
"Trying to kill little kids now, this is why bandits are seen so badly," I said as I kicked the bandit leader in the stomach
"You kids stay behind me," I told them and the nodded
"Who the hell are you?" the leader asked as he got up with the help of another bandit
"Me, I am just a traveler who saw you going to kill some little kids," I got into a fighting position and I notice that one of the bandits came from behind and was about to grab one of the kids but I took out my dagger and threw it at the man hitting him dead in the face killing him after that I could not control my body.
The fight had started I could see what was going on but I couldn't control my actions and one by one the bandits all started to fall, once the fight was over I finally had control over my body again and then I looked at my hands that were shaking
"What did I just do?" I thought to myself and then I looked back at the kids and kneeled down to them
"Are you kids alright?" I asked them
"No, my big bwother is huwt can ywu help him pwease lady?" the youngest one asked me as I looked over at her brother who was the one protecting them
"I will show me your injuries," I told and he did, I cleaned them up with some water I had then bandaged them up "There all done. Now since I heard that the bandit killed your mother do you have a father or will you like to come with me?" I asked them as I stood up after helping the older brother who I think is the eldest.
"We would like to come with you," He said without hesitation, avoiding the question about the father
"Alright, but first I need to visit 3 villages before we can go back to my village if that is alright with you," I told them and they nodded
"Miss what is the name of the village that you come from," the second sister asked me "It's called Dragon's claw," I told her "By the way my name is Akira"
"My name is Jackson but you can call me Jack and these are my younger siblings," Jack said
"I am Neon and I am the second eldest," Neon told me she was the one who asked the name of my village
"Names Thunder and I am the third eldest and this little one right here is Athena and she is the youngest of us all" Thunder said to me and he lifted his sister into his arms,
"It's nice to meet you all now we should get going before it gets dark," I told them and they nodded but Jack.
I saw Jack go over the leader's dead body and search his pockets for something it looked like a box
"Alright let's go," Jack said as he put the box in his pocket.
When we reached the village Athena was sleeping in my arms since I carried her to give Thunder a break. I saw the name of the village which was called Starlight
"That's a pretty name," I said as we entered the village then a guard with dark brown hair came over to us,
"Welcome to Starlight village I am the head guard Nate and you must be Akira," He said to me as I looked at him like how did he know my name,
"Hoshi sent a letter the other day saying that you would be coming, I have already spoken to the lord of the village and she had a room in the Inn ready for you and wants to invite you for dinner at her house" Nate told me and showed me to the Inn where our room was going to be and I set down my weapons and Athena woke up not long after that once she was fully awake,
"Nate before you go ask her if I can bring four people along with me" I gestured to the kids and he nodded. I walked into the bathroom and ran a bath
"Miss Akira is it okay if Athena and I joined you?" Neon asked me as she looked at her sister
"I don't mind it the tub is big enough to fit the three of us," I said to them and they ran into it and we all got into the bath I helped washed the girls backs they wanted to wash mine but I said no soon we got out and let the boys take there.
I sat on the bed in a towel and started to brush the girl's hair starting with Athena then Neon's hair as I finished her hair there was a knock at the door and I went to opened it and saw that it was Nate,
"She said that you can bring them and after dinner, they can play with her kids while you both can talk," He told me
"Thank you, Nate," I said to him and he was leaving I notice him smirk "By the way, Akira never open the door when you are in a towel" I blushed and closed the door then put on a dress I packed.
A few minutes later we were all dressed and started to walk to the Lord's house for dinner. Once we got there we sat down at the table where she said to sit,
"I am Lord Misaki, it's a pleasure to meet you Akira and are these your kids?" the Lord asked me,
"No they are not I saved them from almost getting killed by bandits on my way here, when I got to them I found out that their mother was killed and their father is unknown so I will be taking them with me back to my village," I told her and she nodded.
After dinner, the kids went to go play and I sat in the living room with Lord Misaki
"I am aware that my head guard had sent you a letter saying that I would be arriving," I told her and she nodded.
"I have also am aware of the situation at hand of you being targeted and I might be able to answer some of your questions on the person who is after you," She told me
"Really?" I asked her and she nodded
"Yes the person who was referred as 'black and white' he is somewhat a royalty his name is unknown to us but we know that his hair is black and white. That is about all I-" She was cut off when Nate came running in
"Mi'Lady bandits are attacking the village," Nate said in a panic and I notice that his head was bleeding.
"Where," I asked him,
"Near the Inn that you are staying at," He told me "Lord Misaki make sure you stopped the bleeding on Nates head and she nodded.
I ran out of the house taking Nate's sword with me and I ran to where they were I notice that most of the guards had already fallen I kneeled down to see if they were alive and most of them were.
"Boss look at the little lady over there she is cute isn't she" I heard one of them said as I stood up,
"So you are the leader?" I asked him as I was making sure the guard the just fell was alive,
"Damn right I am," He said with a smug look on his face as I looked at him,
"Then you will pay for endangering this village" it happened again I lost control of my body.
I ran at the leader but unlike last time my movement was graceful and elegant. Not long after all of the bandits have fallen dead I did get a few cuts here and there but nothing big.