Chapter 47: Taki, the ninja

Sophitia and Cassandra started looking for Taki, the ninja they had come to look for. Sophitia met her when Taki brought the two sisters' father's corpse to Greece, so she would recognize her when she saw her.

They knew Taki trained herself in a ninja clan's hideout, but they didn't know anything about it.

After two weeks, they found somebody who had met Taki in person.

He was a member of her clan.

He told the two sisters that their clan had been attacked by a warrior wearing a huge armor and wielding a black sword with an eye in the middle of its blade.

Only three members of the clan had survived. He himself, Taki and a third person who had decided to go and destroy that sword, because it had something to do with his past.

Now, he didn't know where Taki could be, but she was probably training herself somewhere in the country.

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Sophitia and Cassandra kept on looking for Taki for about one more week, searching in every place they found which had something to do with fighting.

Finally, their quest produced results.

When they entered a temple, they found a woman training on her own. She was wearing a mask.

- Sorry... – said Sophitia.

The woman took a quick jump and appeared right in front of the two sisters, startling them.

- Yes? – replied the woman, coldly.

- Do you know a ninja named Taki?

The woman laughed and removed her mask.

- Quite well, yeah.

That woman was, indeed, Taki. She didn't seem to recognize Sophitia.

- Taki!

- Who are you? Do I know you?

- We're Pelethron's daughters. Don't you remember me? – asked Sophitia.

Taki looked very surprised when she heard that.

- That's true. – she remembered, looking carefully at Sophitia's face. – Sophitia, right?

She nodded.

- This is Cassandra, my little sister.

- "Younger" sister. – clarified the aforementioned.

- What brings you here? I guess you've been in a long journey.

- You'll see, Taki... We need to find…Soul Calibur. – explained Sophitia.

- Soul Calibur? What for?

- It doesn't matter, but we have to do it as soon as possible. There are lives at risk.

- There are always lives at risk when those two swords are involved.

- I thought you could help us.

Taki thought for a few seconds. Finally, she sighed and said:

- I'm afraid I have no choice.

- What do you know about the two swords? – asked the older sister.

- Soul Edge's last wielder was Siegfried Schtauffen, a German warrior. He got rid of the sword, and since then, nobody knows where it is.

- We are not looking for Soul Edge. – reminded Cassandra.

- As for Soul Calibur, they say a powerful warrior used it to defeat a god.

The two sisters were listening carefully.

- However, that man was cursed. I don't know what exactly happened to him, but nobody has seen his face again. – retold Taki. – The sword… They say the defeated god, when he saw its huge power, decided to hide it, making it look like any other sword.

- Do you mean... – asked Sophitia. - ...any sword in the world could be Soul Calibur?

- That's right.

Sophitia put her hands above her head.

- It's impossible we can find it in time! – she said, really worried. – In fact, we should have found it already. I hope Rothion and the kids are okay…

- We should have stayed at home, Sophitia. – replied Cassandra. – We are better fighters than Rothion…

- Nobody forced you to come! – yelled Sophitia, facing her sister.

- Sophitia, if I hadn't come, that man in the Money Pit would still be licking your dead body! – raised her voice Cassandra. – On your own you would have never reached this far!

- Hey, take it easy! The two of you! – interrupted Taki.

The two sisters shut up, but they looked at each other murderously.

- We won't achieve anything by arguing. – said the ninja.

The other two women lowered their heads, feeling sorry.

- I guess you're right. – admitted Sophitia

- Of course I am. – asserted Taki. – Look, I have no idea where Soul Calibur can be, but I know it is very closely related to Soul Edge, and I have some hints concerning this one. A member of my clan, Yoshimitsu, went after it. I'm sure I can follow his track.

The three women looked at each other.

- Are you with me? – asked the ninja.

The two sisters nodded.

- Well. We'll rest today. I think you have earned it. However, tomorrow in the morning we're leaving, right?

The three women agreed, so Taki took the two sisters to a place where they could sleep peacefully.

Sophitia and Cassandra fell asleep quickly, because they were really tired. However, Taki couldn't sleep. For the first time since she had left the clan, true action came back to her life. She was really excited.