I got the clothes not the face
I got the bread not the butter
I got the window not the shudder
But I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan
Hey but I'm big in Japan I'm big in Japan...
Chapter One: Arrival
"Why must you insist on disobeying me?"
It was the afternoon in the Rokkotsu Pass when Kenji arrived armed with his trusted sword. All he intended to do was quietly walk through the pass and head on to his destination -- Tokyo. His master was violently ill and he needed to tend to his needs. Kenji honored nobody save his master, but even his respect for his master was limited. Really, Kenji was a bloodthirsty maniac. But he only attacked people when being attacked. However, this was different. He noticed a girl being taken away against her will by a tatoo-covered freak. He didn't care about the girl so much as he cared about burying his sword in his gut. This was Tsubohachi, his old rival. Several years ago, Kenji vowed to kill Tsubohachi after he burned down his family's farm that had survived several generations for decades.
Kenji slowly approached Tsubohachi, who didn't recognize him at first.
"Stand aside, peasant," Tsubohachi ordered.
"Please help me!" the girl cried.
"Shut up!" barked Tsubohachi.
Kenji paused. He looked at Tsubohachi, the girl, and what looked like Tsubohachi's henchmen standing behind him. Just then, Kenji kicked the girl out of Tsubohachi's arms and drew his sword. The girl crawled away and was rescued by an African-American samurai named Don Donatelouse, otherwise known as Dona-Dona.
"We'll take care of him, boss!" One of them said.
"Help yourself," Tsubohachi laughed.
The cronies drew their swords and prepared for battle. Kenji jumped for the idiot who decided he wanted the extreme pleasure of drowning in his own blood. He slashed him across the chest and then spun around for the one standing right behind him and slit his throat. Another one came charging at Kenji with his sword which appeared to be extremely dull. Kenji bent over and the swordsman fell right over him. Kenji got up, approached the man, and inserted his sword into the man's back, twisted it around a little, and then took it out. The other one simply ran away.
This was it. Kenji and Tsubohachi now finally got their chance at glory. Their swords were clanging against each others and the sound was simply deafening. Tsubohachi tried to defend himself but Kenji was too powerful. Kenji pushed him off the bridge and into the boulder infested stream. Kenji jumped off the bridge to make his kill but noticed that he couldn't make it to the bottom. He also noticed there was a piercing feeling in his back. He looked up and noticed a fairly younger man at the top of the bridge and hooked his back. Just then, explosions everywhere! Half a dozen ninjas surrounded Tsubohachi held their swords out at him. He could not move without being stabbed at this rate. The younger man was obviously their leader.
Kenji and Tsubohachi woke up to discover they were both tied up and could not move. They also noticed Hyuga standing right over them, urinating on Tsubohachi.
"HA! You think you're so tough! Wait till I get myself out of here. Then you'll see!" Tsubohachi mocked. In response, Hyuga hit him in the face with a sledgehammer.
"Why are you doing this?" Kenji asked.
"It's complicated," Hyuga replied.
"I'll figure it out"
"Let's just say your presence here is not healthy for the state of the pass's well being"
"What are you talking about"
"You ever hear of the Kurou family"
"Yes. He's one of them"
"Who"
"The person sitting next to me"
"Yes, I know. Were you intending to join the Kurou family"
"No, I was simply intending to leave"
"I don't believe you"
"That's because you're a psycho"
"Watch your tongue, boy"
"I can't. It's in my mouth"
"That's it. I've had enough. Let's get this over with. I think I'll do...the freak first."
And with that, Hyuga dragged Tsubohachi into the back room. Minutes later, Kenji heard Tsubohachi's screams of agony from the back room. Terrible. What was going on back there?
Kenji had been trying to cut the rope for quite some time now and he was succeeding. He finally cut the rope, untied himself, and stuck his sword right through the ninja who was guarding him. He buried the sword in his neck and ripped it out instantly. Three other ninjas ran downstairs to see what was happening and found themselves dead within seconds. Kenji cut them up into six little pieces each and stacked them neatly in the corner for Hyuga to discover. Just then, Hyuga, accompanied by a rather large, brutish ninja (whose genitalia was clearly visible) left the back room in response to the commotion and drew his sword.
After much fighting, Kenji managed to castrate and savagely cut up the brutish ninja and pin Hyuga to the wall using a katana he grabbed a hold of during the fight. Normally, a samurai would've just killed him, but this was no ordinary samurai.
Kenji ran up the stairs, slashing every ninja in sight. He left the building and ran away. He ran right past the Kurou family, who were heading for the building themselves. Not the whole family, of course, but merely Shiretoko, one of the more powerful members of the Kurou family. He was in charge of things like evictions and even some murders. He worked for Master Tesshin and Madame Murasaki, the primary leaders of the family.
Shiretoko ran downstairs only to discover pieces of various ninjas in the corner, Hyuga bleeding profusely against the wall, and Tsubohachi with his wrists tied to the wall so he was bending over. He also had blood streaming down his face, a dagger in his leg, and was stripped of all of his clothes. He was obviously raped.
"What are you doing, Tsubohachi?" Shiretoko asked.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Tsubohachi cried.
"Who was that man who left just minutes ago"
"I don't know, but he sure was unpleasant enough not to have the common courtesy to help me out"
Untie him!" He ordered his henchmen. "Hurry up and get it together, Tsubohachi. Remember, we still have to evict the people in Amaguri this afternoon. And afterwards, let's go look for this stranger"
"Fine by me! I can give him a piece of my mind..."
After all that bloodshed, Kenji needed to relax. He stopped by the local restaurant Amaguri for something to eat. Just as he entered, he was shocked to find the girl and Don, the African-American samurai who he had seen earlier upon his arrival.
"Welcome to Amaguri...oh. H-h-hello." The girl said timidly.
"So you're the creep who put Suzu's life in danger." Don scolded.
"Obviously, you know nothing of my intense rivalry with Tsubohachi. I kicked her out of the way so I could kill him." Kenji replied in defense.
"You selfish pig"
"What do you mean, selfish"
"Suzu was surrounded. She could've been killed easily. You fighting that man solely to satisfy yourself proves how selfish you are"
"You know, I just came here to get something to eat.
"Leave"
"I've had enough."
Kenji drew his sword and cut right through Don's Afro.
"By the way," Kenji mocked. "That's the most ridiculous haircut I've ever seen"
"I-I-I-I'll make you your food!" Suzu cried.
"Forget it, Suzu-san. I'm not letting this bum make a fool out of us."
Just then, the fight was aborted. Shiretoko, Tsubohachi, and two of Shiretoko's henchmen entered. The henchmen knocked over the table.
"Fools!" Shiretoko laughed. "I told you dozens of times to leave"
"Who would listen to such scum?" Suzu replied.
"That's him! That's the one!" Tsubohachi cried, pointing at Kenji.
"So you're the swordsman who killed all those ninjas"
"What?" Don was shocked.
"That's right. I wasn't going to allow those fools to do anything to me"
"But you were perfectly fine with letting them degrade one of our most prominent members"
"In all fairness, sir, I did not know Tsubohachi was a member of the Kurou family, for I have only just arrived"
"Would you like to join the Kurou family"
"Of course not"
"Then stand aside"
"I will as soon as I take care of one little thing."
Kenji rose his sword, turned around, and slashed Don across the chest. Suzu was horrified. Kenji sheathed his sword and quietly left.
"Stop him!" Shiretoko ordered.
Tsubohachi and one of the other men ran after Kenji as the other two destroyed Amaguri. Kenji drew his sword and held it against Tsubohachi's neck.
"Do you really want to risk it?" Kenji smiled. Slowly hand me your sword.
Tsubohachi quietly took his sword and gave it to Kenji. Kenji decapitated the other man and left. Tsubohachi watched in horror as a new presence threatened the order of Rokkotsu Pass. And its name was Kenji.
End of Chapter One.