TENCHU: Assassin Resurrection
Chapter 2 Mysterious Reunion
Author's Note: In this chapter a lot of the elements of the game are used and described. If you want to get a real feel of the games and haven't played either before, you only have to play one level to understand it fully. I promise that you'll enjoy this chapter too! This also contains several unsolved mysteries, which won't be solved until later in the Fanfic. Also this expresses how old rebel factions in Japan would take on the names of animals and wear demonic masks. For all you FY fans in the second game four of the major bosses were named after the four beast gods. I'm no good at writing action so don't be disappointed. I did warn you!
Ayame went along the road until she saw the mountain trail. She stared at it for a moment and proceeded forward, making her way up the steep trail. However much she tried, she could not keep her mind on the mission. All she thought of was that voice that cried out to her.
"I know that it was Rikimaru's voice, it just had to be! But why?" She thought. "Never mind I have to forget about him! I have to move on! He was nothing but a stiff and formal bastard! We had nothing in common... But I know that I was sometimes inconsiderate to him and mean, and even in spite of that he died so that Kiku and I could live...No! No! I have to forget! I will forget!"
Ayame shook her head and continued up the trail to meet the bandits. Higher and higher she went until she found a cave guarded by a single bandit.
"Its show time!" She thought.
As swift and as silent as the wind, one bandit fell after another. Soon enough Ayame reached the end of the cave where Sekiya sat bound and gagged in a corner.
"Where are the rest of the bandits?" Ayame asked removing the gag from Sekiya's mouth.
"Oh Ayame! It is you! The bandits? I do not know." He said.
"Do you remember how you got here?" Before he could answer, a man wearing a demon's mask appeared before them.
"Who are you?" Asked Ayame.
"Just what I expected from Lord Gohda, to send an Azuma Ninja to do his dirty work! But who am I? I am Nyanko, the cat demon," he replied.
"What does a low-life son of a bitch like you want from Lord Gohda?" She asked.
"Ah-haha! You're a funny little girl now aren't you? But like that matters, soon you'll be just like the other one!" At saying this, he left."What did he mean by that?" Said Sekiya.
"I don't know. But we'd better get back to Lord Gohda's and report."
They hurried down the mountain and made their way back down to the roads.
"Ayame..." This time the voice seemed to be all around her.
"What is that?" Asked Sekiya.
"What?! You mean you hear it too?!" Shouted Ayame.
"Well yes. Have you heard this before?" He asked.
"Unfortunately, many times. But I guess it's not a dream. Who are you?" She called.
"What do you want from me?"
"Ayame look!" Sekiya pointed to a shadowy figure amongst the trees at the edge of the forest. Ayame quickly drew her weapons and called to the figure
"Come out and show yourself!"
The figure slowly stepped out of the forest and stood in the light of the moon, revealing a tall, well built man covered in blood and holding the sword "Izayoi."
Ayame studied the man for a moment and slowly dropped her swords to her side. She knew the eyes of this man as well as the scar across his right eye. Behind that blood-covered face, she knew those eyes. But what was more, she knew that sword. Six months ago, that sword was driven into the earth along with its master.
"My god its you..."she said.
In a weak voice, he replied "Ayame; I'm..." before he could finish he fell into Ayame's arms unconscious from the loss of blood.
"Rikimaru!" Cried Sekiya.
"We have to get back and get him to a surgeon!" Said Ayame as they ran into the forest.
In the next chapter of TENCHU: Assassin Resurrection, Ayame stays by Rikimaru's side. Meanwhile the enemy has come to take back their most valuable asset. It is then that Ayame is faced with making the most important decision of her life. Next chapter "I Will Always Protect You."
Chapter 2 Mysterious Reunion
Author's Note: In this chapter a lot of the elements of the game are used and described. If you want to get a real feel of the games and haven't played either before, you only have to play one level to understand it fully. I promise that you'll enjoy this chapter too! This also contains several unsolved mysteries, which won't be solved until later in the Fanfic. Also this expresses how old rebel factions in Japan would take on the names of animals and wear demonic masks. For all you FY fans in the second game four of the major bosses were named after the four beast gods. I'm no good at writing action so don't be disappointed. I did warn you!
Ayame went along the road until she saw the mountain trail. She stared at it for a moment and proceeded forward, making her way up the steep trail. However much she tried, she could not keep her mind on the mission. All she thought of was that voice that cried out to her.
"I know that it was Rikimaru's voice, it just had to be! But why?" She thought. "Never mind I have to forget about him! I have to move on! He was nothing but a stiff and formal bastard! We had nothing in common... But I know that I was sometimes inconsiderate to him and mean, and even in spite of that he died so that Kiku and I could live...No! No! I have to forget! I will forget!"
Ayame shook her head and continued up the trail to meet the bandits. Higher and higher she went until she found a cave guarded by a single bandit.
"Its show time!" She thought.
As swift and as silent as the wind, one bandit fell after another. Soon enough Ayame reached the end of the cave where Sekiya sat bound and gagged in a corner.
"Where are the rest of the bandits?" Ayame asked removing the gag from Sekiya's mouth.
"Oh Ayame! It is you! The bandits? I do not know." He said.
"Do you remember how you got here?" Before he could answer, a man wearing a demon's mask appeared before them.
"Who are you?" Asked Ayame.
"Just what I expected from Lord Gohda, to send an Azuma Ninja to do his dirty work! But who am I? I am Nyanko, the cat demon," he replied.
"What does a low-life son of a bitch like you want from Lord Gohda?" She asked.
"Ah-haha! You're a funny little girl now aren't you? But like that matters, soon you'll be just like the other one!" At saying this, he left."What did he mean by that?" Said Sekiya.
"I don't know. But we'd better get back to Lord Gohda's and report."
They hurried down the mountain and made their way back down to the roads.
"Ayame..." This time the voice seemed to be all around her.
"What is that?" Asked Sekiya.
"What?! You mean you hear it too?!" Shouted Ayame.
"Well yes. Have you heard this before?" He asked.
"Unfortunately, many times. But I guess it's not a dream. Who are you?" She called.
"What do you want from me?"
"Ayame look!" Sekiya pointed to a shadowy figure amongst the trees at the edge of the forest. Ayame quickly drew her weapons and called to the figure
"Come out and show yourself!"
The figure slowly stepped out of the forest and stood in the light of the moon, revealing a tall, well built man covered in blood and holding the sword "Izayoi."
Ayame studied the man for a moment and slowly dropped her swords to her side. She knew the eyes of this man as well as the scar across his right eye. Behind that blood-covered face, she knew those eyes. But what was more, she knew that sword. Six months ago, that sword was driven into the earth along with its master.
"My god its you..."she said.
In a weak voice, he replied "Ayame; I'm..." before he could finish he fell into Ayame's arms unconscious from the loss of blood.
"Rikimaru!" Cried Sekiya.
"We have to get back and get him to a surgeon!" Said Ayame as they ran into the forest.
In the next chapter of TENCHU: Assassin Resurrection, Ayame stays by Rikimaru's side. Meanwhile the enemy has come to take back their most valuable asset. It is then that Ayame is faced with making the most important decision of her life. Next chapter "I Will Always Protect You."
