Boryu
= Subaru
Karen
= Hiren
Seiichirou
= ?
Arashi
= Ran
Kamui
= Kamii
Yuzuriah
= Gojin
Sorata
= Kuta
Tooru
= Toshoku
The seven of them walked warily through
the forest. It was day, but that was no comfort. They all looked calm enough,
inside they were all nervous. A war was about to commence, a war that rested on
their shoulders. Toshokus life work was finally revealed as the truth to them
all, and not some piece of fantasy.
Kamui had
written it himself, right after killing Fuma. That bugged no one though, a part
of them had always believed in that legend. They had all gone to Hinoto, she
told them the legend again, and then said a ship was waiting for them, a crew
at their disposal. They were becoming the Generals of the legend… but which one
of them was the Kamui? Hinoto wouldn't say.
The thing that
bugged them all, was why did Hinoto write it out anyway? She could see the
future couldn't she? So… wouldn't she know if she would die before the Second
War? The question was almost unsettling, how could she see the war but not her
death? It was all so confusing.
"Oi, there she
is," 'Seiichirou' smiled as they came out of the forest and onto a cliff. There
they found their ship hovering ever so gracefully over the valley before. The
sun was just setting on it.
Hovercrafts were
something that had been around since before any of their births. People like
Daisuki and 'Seiichirou's father, the wind masters before their time, made a
stone. It could levity ships. It had been made for easy transportation between
villages, and now it was doing just that.
This one was
shaped rather like a sail boat, the architect trying to capture the image of
something they had never seen, except for in picture books and read about in
novels preserved from before the War. The wood was almost a yellow and the mast
had the sails out, ready to depart.
Some of the crew
was walking around on deck. About five of them, surely more were beneath the
deck as well. They were moving crates around, trying up ropes. One man, who
wore a black sweater and black slacks came up to the side of the ship and
waved. He had a shaggy black beard and wore a hat covering his hair.
"OI! You must be
our Generals!" He said in a happy, almost sarcastic tone. 'Seiichirou' waved
back smiling and they began to advance. A girl with long blond hair came to the
side and grabbed onto one of the many ropes holding them close to the land, she
began to pull on it so the ship was metres away from the cliff making it easy
to jump.
The seven were
quickly, almost too quickly, on the deck of the ship. The girl smiled at them
in awe, she must have been fifteen, an awful young age to be a sailor, but then
again… Gojin and Kamii were only fifteen themselves. She wore a white tank top
and black shorts, work clothes.
"Welcome aboard
the 'Shinken'," she greeted extending her hand. "My name's Karri." Kuta took
her hand and smiled at the girl, Ran found herself glaring at Kuta in an almost
jealous manner.
"You're right on
time," the man that greeted them before came over and shook 'Seiichirou's hand,
deciding he was their leader. "My name's Taii and I am the captain of the
'Shinken'."
"'Shinken'…?"
Kamii asked wondering about the name. "'Holy Sword'?"
"I'd call it
differently," Taii said.
"Oh?"
"From my
translations it means 'Real Sword'." He said with a smile, in fact, he never
seemed to not be smiling.
"What an odd
name for a ship…" Kuta remarked to Karri.
"Not really."
"Oi! Captain!" A
young man called from across the ship. He was fairly short and terribly thin
with long black hair done back in a loose ponytail. He wore long black pants
and no shirt. His face looked rather worried. "We're only expecting seven
right?"
"Yes…" Taii said
wearily, he looked past the man, Joi, to see a man standing by the side of the
cliff a few metres away from the ship wearing a black trench coat. On his
shoulder rested a black raven.
"Friend?" Karri
asked glaring at the man.
"Never seen him
before…" Hiren said lost in a daze. That man… he could use magic. She sensed
it. She looked closely, he was missing his right eye, had short brown hair. He
was very broad and tall. "Who is that…?"
"Sei…" Boryu
suddenly started whispering. "Seishirou…"
"Who?" Pretty
much everyone asked in unison.
"Seishirou!"
Boryu yelled and began to stumble back, his face full of fear. "NO! YOU'RE
DEAD!"
Seishirou smiled
on the cliff. Obviously he could hear him, Boryu was yelling. He almost laughed
at the frantic boy. "Death, it seems," he called out in a loud voice. "Is only
the beginning. Ne Subaru-Kun?"
"Subaru?" Ran asked
her eyes narrowed in confusion.
"YOU'RE DEAD!"
Boryu yelled and took off running, but not away from Seishirou, towards him. He
became frantic, yelling. The rest took after him in an attempt to stop him.
"Release the
lines!" Taii yelled to Karri, she curtly nodded and knowing there was a crisis
took out her knife and began cutting away at the lines, so much easier this
way. The lines were thick, and it was taking a while for each one to cut, she
was only half way through when Boryu jumped.
He jumped right
over Joi, right out of the grips of his friends and Taii. Then he was crouching
several metres before Seishirou, glaring, if only looks could kill. He slowly
rose to his feet, his eyes never looking away. Seishirou never stopped smiling,
a cruel evil, and seductive smile.
"You killed
Hokuto," he muttered, almost a whispered.
"Oh heavens no,
she killed herself!" He raised his hands at his last words, "Fighting me is a
death wish!" The raven flew off and from his hands an invisible force erupted
and lashed out towards Boryu, the land crushing and shifting in its wake. Boryu
put his arms up to protect his face and was pushed back a meter or so from the
blow.
"We have to help
him!" Kamii yelled and swung himself over the banister onto the cliff.
"Kamii-Chan!"
Gojin yelled and grabbed onto Inuki, the two were then by Kamiis side, running
the few metres to Subaru.
Boryu quickly
recovered, his hands shot out suddenly, his face looking like he was about to
kill. He wanted to kill. He wanted revenge.
"Shuku you dou!!! Hikuu!!!" Subaru yelled and threw out papers with pentacles drawn on them, he always kept them in his trench. The papers began to transform until they were doves, attacking Seishirou without though. Seishirou just smiled as he swung out his hands and the birds' disintegrated.
"Inuki!" Gojin yelled and Inuki jumped up into air, flipping, he landed in Gojins hand, completely transformed into a sword; she smiled her most evilest grin… which wasn't that evil.
"SHUKU YOU DOU!!! HIKUU!!!" Subaru yelled, this time the birds went past Seishirou.
"Just where is he aiming?" Kuta asked himself, and anyone nearby. He was in awe of the fight, they all were. Who was this mysterious tall dark and handsome guy anyway?
"HA!" Subaru yelled and the birds did a semi circle and landed on Seishirou. They created a pentacle around him. It began to shine brightly. Seishirou put his hands up to cover his eyes from the intense glare. Everyone did but Boryu.
Finally the light faded and all eyes were on Seishirou, he still smiled, his cheek was cut though. Blood was running down his cheek. Why was he still smiling? Boryu was furious! If he could glare more he would have. Seishirou was just too strong for him… he couldn't win.
Kamii looked on, he watched in horror as the blood slid down his cheek. Then he remembered, from the stonewall in the cave, the man with one eye. He was from Chi! A General of Fumas army! The sworn enemy! Anger and fear began to swell up inside him. He couldn't hold back anymore… if he did… Baryu would die.
"AHHH!!!" Kamii yelled and he barged forward, past the shocked Boryu and Gojin, up to the still smiling Seishirou and he put his hands out. Arms straight, his fingers intertwined, and a light began to appear on the tips. Growing in size, light, and power.
"You…" Seishirou mumbled is disbelief, his words only heard to himself and Kamii began to scream louder, "are Kamui…"
"HA!!!" Kamui yelled and the light shot out towards Seishirou. The light began to fade away and left only sakura leaves in the wind.
"DAMN!" Boryu yelled at the top of his lungs.
"What?" Gojin asked confused. "We got him."
"NO! We didn't! It's just like last time."
Karri looked on at the fight in a daze, she had long since given up on cutting the lines, but at Boryus outburst she realized she should get back to it. Everyone looked on momentarily, and then they saw it. The sakuras blew around until forming behind Gojin, almost in the blink of an eye.
Gojin quickly turned around and lashed out with her sword. Seishirou caught it and held the blade firmly in his grasp as he smiled down and the screaming girl.
"Hello there…" he said, but Gojin ignored him, trying to free her blade. "So young... pity." Seishirou threw not only her blade to the side, but her as well. The side just so happened to be the cliff.
"GOJIN!" Kamii yelled reaching over the side.
"Shuku…" Boryu began again as Seishirou started walking towards him.
"This is pointless Subaru-Kun."
"…you…"
"INUKI!!!" Gojin yelled and her sword soon became a dog yet again. She grabbed onto his collar and he began to fly upwards. They went by the cliff and Gojin grabbed Kamiis hand lifting the three back onto the boat.
"…dou…"
"I thought I lost you there for a second," Hiren yelled embracing the young girl.
"Boryu! We have to go!" Kamii yelled from by the ledge.
"…Hikuu!"
Another outburst of dove emerged going to attack Seishirou. Kamii didn't think, he just acted, jumping over the side of the ship yet again, just as the last line was cut. He grabbed Boryus wrist and dragged him towards the cliffs edge. He pushed him and Boryu grabbed onto the side of the ship where Ran and Kuta were quick to pull him up.
"Kamii-Chan!" Gojin yelled, urging her friend to jump. Kamii did so, just gripping on to the side, the ship was off then, with him still hanging there, Seishirou looking after them, smiling, always smiling.
"Goodbye Subaru-Kun… Kamui…" sakura flowed on the cliff and then were gone.
"Everyone ok?" 'Seiichirou' asked as Kuta grabbed a hold of Kamii pulling him up.
"Who was that guy!?!" Kuta asked in total disbelief, and a little amusement, he had never seen anything like that before! Hell, he had never seen any actually combat before!
"The name he gave me is Seishirou… it's not his real name though," Boryu explain, panting, near exhaustion as he lay on the ship deck.
"Why'd he keep calling you 'Subaru'?" Ran asked looking off towards the quickly diminishing cliff.
"I have no clue… But he… it was him…" Boryu said looking towards Hiren for support. She nodded, understanding. Seiichirou realized what he meant too. They all knew about his sister dying, and that was the man who did it.
Boryu closed his eyes. He needed sleep. He wanted rest. But how could he sleep when he had failed? He was so close… why the hell did Kamii have to push him.
"Kamii!" Boryu yelled in realization sitting back up. He looked around; he wasn't on the deck anymore, he was below she ship. He must have fallen asleep. He felt someone holding his arm, Kamii. "Kamii! It's you! It's you!" He began ranting almost like a small child.
"What am I?" Kamii asked in pure confusion.
"You're…" his words were almost in disbelief. "Kamui." Kamiis eyes went wide. "He called you Kamui. You're the one…" he wanted to say so much more, but exhaustion prevented him, and suddenly he was asleep again leaving Kamii looking at him in fear and confusion.
"I am… Kamui…?"
(Yes, Seishirou is supposed to be named Seishirou. Well, the stories going along great… I really could use that kanji dictionary, but I'm sure I'll manage. I know exactly what's gonna happen in this story! It's gonna be a lot like the manga and movie, but terribly different at the same time. Major events are the same… but that's about it. Scenery's changed, characters are a bit different, I've added tons of characters *you guys just met the tip of the ice burg*. By the by, on pronunciations, 'Karri' is like saying 'Carrie' *you happy now? Two of my stories! Two!* and 'Joi' *although it looks like 'joy'* is pronounced 'Joey'. Ok, my basements is really cold and I think my fingers are frozen, typing is getting harder and harder… Night! Please review! *Makes me write faster*)
