"Anyone can become angry. That is Easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way… That is not easy." - Aristotle
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Within a Sakura Forest, a Rider sits on her knees. Sitting before her a blade in a sheath. The Rider looks up and looks back, to a village behind her. A series of loud roars, screams, and stomping draws the Rider's attention back to the forest. Where these sounds could be heard from within the forest. The Rider sits as the only defence.
"The Blade is an extension of those who wield it."
A young girl dressed in a Keikogi and a Hakama stands up, she grabs her armor and Shinai as an older opponent sitting before her puts on their armor. The Rider stares into the trees, seeing the shadows moving. The Rider reaches for her blade, calmly grabbing the blade and putting it on the side of her belt.
"As such the purpose behind the blade, is determined by the ones who use it."
The Rider is based on a Ashigaru. The undersuit is silver, with outlines of red, the armor is black, with outlines of white. The helmet is designed like a kabuto helmet with a simple gold fin at the forehead, with a mask. The body, arms, and legs are designed like Karuta tatami dou, with a streamlined and futuristic look to the armor. At the waist is a belt with a design of a forge, an opening on the top right goes down to the center of the forge. At the center is a mold of a Katana, at the bottom of the belt is a small pull switch that moves the forge. Left of the forge is a Seisuke lever that could be removed. The Katana is straight edged with a rounded, dragon designed hand guard, a red strap on the grip with a white underskin. The Sheath is longer than the sword, with a flip out handle on the right, with the handle sitting on a slider. There is also a port for a magazine on the side of sheath, at the butt of the sheath is a slide open port for a barrel. Along the edges of the sheath are opening that open to reveal something. At the top where the blade meets the entrance to the sheath is a pull handle.
The Young girl wearing Bogu readies her shinai as charges forward and begins to battle an older and larger opponent. The Rider stands up, flipping the handle on the sheath out, taking the blade off her hip, the Rider slides forward the grip. The port on the butt of the sheath opens to reveal a barrel at the butt of the sheath.
"Guide it, give the blade purpose, the purpose you give the blade is what makes you a hero or a monster."
The Rider takes aim, tapping the right side of her helmet. Inside the helmet a HUD scope activates, as she takes aim. The Grimm moves through the trees, the Rider pulls the trigger on the blade, firing off a shot into the sound of large logs falling, slamming to Grimm can be heard, along with Grimm falling into spike traps.
"The Legacy you carry, is one of planning and skill. You must be swift with your blade, fast with your plans, but calm enough to make changes when the situation changes."
The Girl is knocked back but gets back into the attack position. The Bigger opponent chuckles, put away his Shinai, the Girl stops and puts away her Shinai. The two bow to each other. The Rider fires off multiple shots into the forest tripping traps and blocking paths. Funneling the Grimm into the center. The Grimm begins approaching the Rider herself. They begin to surround her. The young girl sits next to the older man, they both remove their armor.
"Always expect something to go wrong."
The man with red hair, smiles at the young girl with short light brown hair. The Rider brings slowly puts her hand over the grip of her blade, as Grimm charges towards her. Grabbing her blade, the Rider pulls out the blade and while swinging in a circle motion at the ground, it cuts rope hidden under leaves. From under leaves, pops up a series of wood spikes that jump up and stab into the Grimm in front of the Rider.
"Life is full of mistakes, one must be ready to improvise and make changes."
A Grimm jumps off the corps of the Grimm on the spikes. The Grimm Lunges at the Rider. The Rider proceeds to move to the right before swinging clean though the Grimms body. The Grimm drops to the ground, clean in two. More Grimm charge in. The Rider dodges and strikes, cutting off arms, hands, bodies, heads, and straight down the center of some Grimm.
"But sometimes… No matter how much you plan, Brute Force can power through all those plans."
From the distance, the sound of a Loud horn goes off. The part with the shadow of a large hoof stomps through the trees. The Rider looks up to a large Mammoth Grimm charges through the trees, the Rider swings and cuts another rope, a massive whole opens up below the Mammoth, but just before the mammoth falls into the whole, it catches itself with its front feet.
"When it happens, do not wait. Act."
The Rider charges at the Mammoth and attempts to cut the Trunk. The Trunk quickly grabs the Rider's leg. Sliding the Rider around before being thrown into a tree trunk, splitting the tree upon impact. The Mammoth Grimm, then grabs one of the tree Trunk that was transformed into a swinging trap. Pulling the tree from the rope, the Mammoth Grimm plunges the tree into the ground, using it to pull itself up. Once all four of its feet are on the ground, it lets out a loud horn, before fire begins to blast out of the trunk, the Mammoth swings its trunk around setting the whole forest on fire.
"Shizuka, you can-I HATE!- great-AAAHHH~!-"
Then a blaze engulfed the scene, as it changed to a massacre. Bodies strewn across the ground, the girl with tears in her eyes and blood on her looks up at the red haired man. Blood dripping off his blade. The Girl grits her teeth, reaching out and grabbing a blade sitting next to her.
"With that power.-Power… I need that Power.- Save so many."
The Rider slowly gets up, her eyes slowly changing color. The Girl readies her blade on the ground. The two face off. One with a silent neutral face, the other a blood raged face. The two ready their blades. They launch at each other. The Rider roars out into the sky, the helmet's eyes turn red, the area around the mask changes to look more menacing, like that of a japanese demon.
"YOU KILLED EVERYONE!"
The Rider sheathes her blade before taking off the sheath. Grabbing the pull handle, the Rider pulls back a string. The sheath changes, opening to reveal chainsaw blades. They slide out and take position, the Rider pulls the string again revving up the chainsaw.
"RAAAAAH~!"
In a flash, the Rider jumps at the Mammoth Grimm and cuts one of the tusks. The Mammoth slams the other tusk into the Rider knocking her back. Landing on the ground and sliding across it, the Rider recovers charges in, switching to gun mode the Rider opens fire on the Mammoth. The shot first hits the trunk then the eyes of the Mammoth. The Rider switches back to chainsaw mode, jumping at the Mammoth, the Rider proceeds to saw into the Mammoths head.
"DIE! DIE!... DIE!~"
The Rider screams tearing into the Mammoth Grimms head. The Mammoth screams running around ramming into trees. Then the Mammoth Grimm attempts to grab the Rider. As the Trunk goes to grab the Rider, the Rider pulls her blade out of the sheath. Swinging around cutting the Tusk. The Trunk drops to the ground, with the Mammoth dropping soon after. The remaining Grimm looks on seeing the Mammoth Grimm dead.
"Ha...Ha… RAAAAH~!"
The Rider screams causing the Grimm to run away in fear. The Girl and the Red haired boy stand a distance apart, their backs facing each other. The girl drops to her knees, gripping her chest, with a clear cut down the side of her chest. The Red haired boy also drops, but puts his hands over his left eye, screaming out in pain.
"Shizuka. Never stop trying to help people. It's the reason you were chosen. Don't give that up."
A far off memory of an old friend calms the Rider. The Rider sits in a window sill in the village, the trees are burnt out, but will recover. The Rider removes the mold from her belt, as the armor fades, short black hair, drops out. Blue eyes look out over the village. Dressed a modified blue kimono with gold floral patterns. Shizuka, sits on the side of the window sill and looks out. Looking in her dress to see the scar still marking her chest.
"Even if this Rage consumes who you are now… I won't forget who you were."
Shizuka mutters, before turning her gaze back to the shattered moon of Fortuna.
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