Author's Note: Okay, here's the order of who came first.

1.) Lucia

2.) Mari and Marion

3.) Jie Han

4.) Marcus

5.) Sigurd and Helga

6.) Hanzo

"Hey, Hanzo. Wake up, you useless drunk."

Hanzo felt someone kick his side and woke up with a grunt. He looked up and glared at the soldier, Liang.

"What do you want, Liang?"

"The convoy's moving. We didn't pay you honorless drunk to drink and slack off. Guard the general."

Hanzo muttered curse words under his breath and stood up. He passed Liang but not before brushing his shoulder hard enough to bring the soldier flat on his ass.

"Heh."

He reached his Komodo Rhino and patted it gently on the side "Hey, buddy. Time to go."

He saddled up and followed after the group. When he came to this world, he was at a lost. With no clue on where he is and no money to his name, he did what he always did. Hire his services to the highest bidder. It just so happens that a young Fire Nation general, Xun, was in need of mercenaries to help calm the village uprisings and cull the bandit hordes.

Xun, young and naive, but honorable and just. Hanzo can't say the same for his soldiers however. He saw what they did to the last village and they call him an honorless dog. The young general disciplined the soldiers who got out of hand but in his opinion, the punishment was too light. From the corner of eye, Xun rode his Komodo Rhino beside him. The boy had taken a liking to him despite his status as a Ronin. As much as Hanzo would deny it, the boy grew on him. He would go as far as to call him a friend.

"How was your nap, Hanzo?" The young general asked.

The Aramusha scoffed "Not long enough. I was swimming on sake on women but some prick decided to wake me up. Stupid bastard."

Xun chuckled. The man had an attitude when he was sober and/or has a hangover. When he was drunk, he would find the nearest female and flirt with them and almost always ends with him passing out before anything could happen. Despite all that, Xun saw something that the ronin refused to see. Honor. He maybe branded as a ronin but the man refused to see past the title. Whether voluntary or not, he didn't know.

Eventually, the group reached the village. The last one was simple. No one protested when Xun gave them a compromise they couldn't refuse and the general used no threats whatsoever. Until the soldiers decided they wanted money in exchange and nearly forced themselves upon a group of women. Hanzo hoped that this wouldn't turn out like the last one.

The villagers stared at them in fear. Hanzo didn't know much about the Fire Nation. All he cared about was that he gets paid and that's it.

"Village of Meng Huo. Please, do not be alarmed. I only wish to know-"

A rock struck him in the head and forced him off his mount. Hanzo dropped from his own and tended to the general.

Xun was unconscious, a stream of blood dripping from the side of his face. As the soldiers rounded the villagers to find the attacker. Hanzo narrowed his eyes when he saw Khan command the troops. He didn't like the man. Something about him just rubs him the wrong way. He turned back to the general and saw him stir.

"Ugh. W-what happened?"

"Someone in the village threw a rock at you. Got you square in the head. Are you alright?"

Xun brought a finger to the wound and flinched as he touched it. Hanzo snorted.

"Why would you do that? You know it was gonna sting."

Xun shrugged. Hanzo helped the general up his feet "You good?"

"Yeah. Just a little shaky but I'll live."

Hanzo nodded before looking at the rounded up villagers. He saw Khan pressing his foot on a boy's back. The Captain glared at the villagers.

"Tell me who struck the general and I'll let the boy go. If you won't." He pulled out a knife and pulled the boy's hair back. He placed the knife near the boy's neck and threatened "He dies."

Hanzo always lived with a code before becoming a ronin. Never stain your blade with the blood of the innocent and kill those who wish them harm. Now, he was torn. When he fell from grace, he thought he had left all that behind. Apparently not. Beside him, Xun was furious.

"Captain Khan, what are you doing!? Stand down and release the boy!"

Khan bared his teeth as he glared at the general "I've had just about enough of you, boy. Seize him!"

Xun's soldiers encircled him and Hanzo. The Aramusha unsheathed his katanas and dropped into a defensive stance. Xun looked at his soldiers in shock. Why were they doing this? Why would they turn against their leader?

"Compromises, Negotiations, Peace. These peasants deserve none of these. They are nothing more than dirt! No, lower than dirt! Weaklings! They should never have chosen to refuse Fire Nation control. Look at them. Small, weak. They should know when they are conquered. And the Fire Lord should have never let you command this mission. You are nothing more than a naive little boy playing soldiers and generals!"

Xun roared as he sent a fireball at the soldiers in front of him. Without missing a beat, he charged at Khan. Khan nonchalantly flipped him over his shoulder towards the villagers and sent a wide arc of fire towards him. Xun saw the fire was heading towards him and would've dodged if he hadn't realized the villagers were behind him. Thinking quickly, he sent an arc of his own to disperse the flame. He succeeded only to feel a spear bury itself on his side. He knelt down in pain and glared up at Khan as the man walked towards him. Two soldiers moved in and restrained the general.

"See? You are weak! Beneath me!"

Xun looked at Hanzo, desperation in his eyes "Hanzo, please help me!"

Hanzo lowered his head, the Kasa obscuring his eyes from view. The grip on his katanas tightened as he was torn with indecision. Khan smirked and looked down on Xun

"Asking help from an honorless dog? How pathetic! Dogs like him will only do something if you give them the right price. Liang, show this weakling how it is done. Make an example of this boy."

Khan shoved the peasant boy into the soldiers hands. Liang smiled and threw the boy down before pressing his foot on the boy's back to prevent any escape. He raised his sword and prepared to strike.

Xun looked down as he heard the villagers scream in outrage. This was his fault. He was too weak.

Before Liang could strike the boy down, he felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked down. Half of a blade was sticking out of his chest, blood gushing out from the wound. He coughed out blood before falling to his knees. His eyes glassed over before all life left his body.

Xun looked at Liang's dead body before looking at Hanzo. The ronin had his arm outstretched. His head still lowered.

Khan's expression turned into outrage before facing the Aramusha "You honorless dog! Killing a man while his back was turned. You can't even look at him in the eyes before you killed him. Boys, kill this scum!"

Hanzo ducked a fire kick and dodged a spear. Quickly switching to a reverse grip, he stabbed the soldier on the back and twisted the blade. He pulled it out and kicked a soldier on the shin. The soldier screamed but was literally cut off when Hanzo beheaded him. The Aramusha turned and ran for his other blade. He grabbed the handle and pulled. As the blade left the body, he swung and cut a soldier's abdomen before stabbing his blade on the soldier's neck. He turned around and saw the soldiers surrounding him. He had one sword on a reverse grip and held it together with his other sword. With a roar, he charged the soldiers.

Xun saw Hanzo run to the soldiers and move like a whirlwind of blades. Limbs and heads were severed and blood bathed the ground. Xun felt the soldiers restraining him slacken their grip at seeing the slaughter. Seeing his chance, he slammed his shoulder on the left one's leg before sending a hard kick to the other's knee. He inwardly cringed as he heard the crack. He stood up and gave the screaming soldier an axe kick to silence him. He turned to the other soldier and saw him backpedaling. Xun glared at him and yelled "Go! Get out of here!"

The soldier nodded and ran for his life. Xun watched him go before falling to his knees. He put a hand on his wound and kept pressure on it.

"Damn."

He tried to stand only for his legs to fail him. He felt someone hold him up but his vision was fading.

"Stay with me. Don't close your eyes. Stay with me."

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stay up. His body gave in and Xun fell unconscious.

~Line Break~

Hanzo pulled his blades free from the soldier's joints and kicked the body down. He looked up from his work and saw the rest of the soldiers backing away. He saw Khan, anger written all over his face. The Captain marched at him and sent fireball after fireball after fireball. Hanzo dodged them all and charged Khan. The Captain sent a fire kick to meet the Aramusha's charge. Hanzo bent backwards to avoid the kick and rolled forward. He turned around and threw his katana at Khan. Khan turned around and saw the blade before rolling to get out of it's way. When he rose from the ground, Hanzo struck his shoulder and buried the blade there. Khan screamed in pain with Hanzo standing in front of him. Quick as lightning, the Aramusha used to of his fingers to strike at the neck and the chest. He reared his arm back and struck Khan in the heart with his palm.

Khan walked towards Hanzo, reaching with shaky hands. He only got to five steps before he fell face first to the ground. His eyes stared blankly into the eyes of his men.

Everyone, save for Xun, stared in awe and horror at the Aramusha. Soldiers lay dead by his feet. Blood covered nearly every inch of him and he killed a man, a Bender at that, with just three strikes. The soldiers stepped back as the Aramusha turned his gaze towards them.

"Who's next?"

The soldiers didn't take the chance and ran for it. Hanzo watched them go before wiping the blood off his katana. He walked over to his other katana and did the same. as if a switch was suddenly flicked, he remembered Xun. He looked to where he last saw him and saw a brunette tending to the general's wound. He ran over to them and knelt down to inspect the damage.

"What happened?"

The girl looked at him in fear. Hanzo growled. He was getting impatient "What happened, girl?!"

The girl snapped out of it and shook her head clear.

"H-he beat his attackers but the loss of blood got to him. I did all I could."

Hanzo could see Xun was paler than usual. He cursed.

'Must've lost a lot of blood. At least that shows Khan that he wasn't weak. Not that it mattered anymore.' He thought before looking to the side and whistled. His Komodo Rhino moved over to them and waited. Hanzo patted the war beast's side.

"You're a loyal mount, aren't you? Good boy." He looked to the girl and said "Thank you for patching him up. I know you shouldn't have because we're the ones that started this mess. Again, thank you."

The girl stood up "I may not speak for the rest but you, both of you, have my thanks. Also, I'm sorry too."

Hanzo raised an eyebrow "Sorry? About what?"

The girl rubbed the back of her neck and looked away "I may have, sort of threw the rock that nailed him in the head... sorry."

Hanzo blinked before rubbing the bridge of his nose "You mean to tell me that all this happened because you were the one who threw a rock at him."

"Hey! If you've lived through the oppression of the Fire Nation, you'd understand."

"Maybe I will, maybe I won't. But if they're oppressive as you say they are, then why did he went through the trouble of protecting the villagers instead of letting them burn?"

The girl was silent. The ronin was right. He didn't have to risk his neck for them. Instead he fought for them and from what Khan said, he never threatened a village. She sighed. This was all her fault but just seeing red and that flag clouded her with rage. She looked at the unconscious general and sighed.

"You're right. None of this would've happened if I hadn't thrown that rock." She then looked at him "He can stay at my place. I'll help him recover there. It's the least I could do."

Hanzo nodded in approval before looking at the bodies that littered the field "Go ahead. I'll burying the bodies before they rot. Maybe give some of them a proper burial. They were just following orders." He got up and left but looked over his shoulder at the girl "What's your name, girl?"

The girl looked up and said "Lian."

Hanzo nodded before leaving. He looked down at himself then realized how bloody he was. He shook his head and headed for the stream they passed by. He needed a fucking drink.

~Line Break~

Xun woke up in darkly lit room. He tried sitting up but felt a sharp pain in his side. He loomed down and saw he was shirtless, a bandage wrapped around his midsection. He also felt a bandage wrapped around his head.

"Oh, you're awake!"

The voice sounded familiar and he looked to it's source. He felt his eyes widen as he stared at the girl on the doorway. Long brown hair tied in a braid. Sea green eyes. Soft lips. His eyes landed on her chest and he wondered what she looked like under that kimono. He shook his fervently and slapped his cheek hard. This shocked the girl and made her slightly jump.

"Why did you do that?"

"U-uh... I-I wasn't looking at your breast!"

"What?"

Xun buried his face in his palms. Agni, he was just embarrassing himself like an idiot. At least Hanzo wasn't here to see this.

"Kid, that has to be the most funniest I've ever seen you do."

Xun groaned as he heard the Aramusha's voice. Agni, please burn him now. He looked up and saw the ronin behind the girl. He had his arms crossed and the biggest shit eating grin on his face. Hanzo walked into the room and took a seat on the bedside.

"How are you feeling, kid?"

"Despite the stab wound, headache and low self esteem. I'm feeling pretty good."

Hanzo smirked and patted Xun's leg "You'll get better. By the way, this is Lian. The one who threw the rock to your head."

"Wait, what?"

"Lian, this is General Xun. My boss."

Lian gave an awkward smile and held out her hand "Uh, hi... Sorry about the uh, you know, rock thing. He he."

Xun gave an awkward smile of his own and shook her hand "I-It's alright. I mean, you at least let me stay in your home. This is your home, right? I-I'm not too sure. He he."

Hanzo looked at the two of them back and forth before standing up "Okay! I think I've had enough of this awkward teenage moment so I'll be leaving you now."

The Aramusha left the small house and made his way to his Komodo Rhino that he named Shingen. It was either that or Bob. He didn't know where he got it from, it just popped up in his head for some reason. He patted Shingen's side and fed him some grass.

"That's it, eat up. I'm spoiling you aren't I?"

Shingen snorted. Hanzo gave the beast one last pat before leaving. His black and blue Shitagi and Hakama pants were clean from blood. So was his Kasa. He sat underneath a tree and lowered his Kasa to cover his eyes. He crossed his arms and leaned back to relax. That night he dreamed of a memory.

~Line Break~

"Asano Hanzo. Your Master has taken responsibility for your actions. You have cut down a rival despite specific orders to stand down. What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I refuse to let an innocent child be murdered simply for speaking his mind."

"Then why did you kill him? You could have simply disarmed him."

"...Instinct."

"That is no answer. Because of your actions, your Master must commit harakiri in your place."

Hanzo stared as his Master, his father figure, opened his Shitagi and unsheathed a tantō. Hanzo stood up and ran for his master. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him but he was too late. His master had plunged the blade in his exposed belly.

"No!"

~Line Break~

Hanzo woke up with a gasp. His Kasa had fallen and Shingen was staring at him. The Komodo Rhino nudged him gently and Hanzo gently ran his hand on the beast's head.

"It's alright. I'm alright. Just a nightmare."

He looked to the East and saw the sun rising. It's time they leave. The soldiers would probably report yesterday's events to the Fire Nation by now. Hopefully, they would see Xun as an innocent. He looked at the house and made a decision. He took a scroll and paintbrush from Shingen's saddle. He needed to do this. Xun still has a life ahead of him. He didn't need to get dragged down by a mercenary like him. He finished the letter and rolled it up. He left the scroll in front of the house and mounted Shingen.

"Let's go, Shingen."

As the sun rose on the horizon, the Aramusha left the village of Meng Huo. To where? To wherever the winds take him. This was his path. Always drifting, wandering, no master nor honor. Once a noble fighter, now an honorless mercenary. This the path of a Rōnin. The path of an Aramusha. But as the villagers watched him leave and say their goodbyes, not once did he look back.