Chapter 16: Saito Hajime
I rode as fast as I could to my house. When I arrived there I found the front door wide open and the ground showing signs of a struggle. It was silent around the vicinity, too silent. If anything happened to Tokito...
I called out her name. She didn't answer. I searched the whole house but there was no trace of her or anyone for that matter. I decided to look in the shrine we built in the backyard for our daily praying. I was appalled to see what I found in it.
My wife was hanging from the ceiling by a rope tied to her wrists like a side of beef. She was bruised and bleeding all over from slashes and possibly punches. I only hope that they weren't as heartless as to rape her.
Her assailants were two former subordinates of mine, flanked at her dangling feet. They both had an evil grin on their faces, which stretched from ear to ear. One of them was standing, and he was practically tearing Tokito's robes off.
"I suggest you stop that," I said to him, barely containing my anger.
Tokito was looking at me with tears in her eyes. These two will pay dearly for doing this to her.
The one seated at her feet was named Tanaka. He laughed at me and said, "You aren't one to order us around anymore Hajime."
"Who said anything about ordering? I'm giving you the option to stop so that I won't kill you," I said as I unsheathed my sword. "Then again, even if you stop, I'll kill you anyway."
The one standing and dirtily caressing my wife was named Yamamoto. He unsheathed his sword and cut the rope that held Tokito up. He let her fall to the floor, stood her up, tore half of her robe off, and then began to play with her body.
"Does this make the urge to kill us any stronger?" he shouted as he grinned maliciously. Tokito screamed for him to stop. Despite her abilities, she was somehow powerless...
That was the last straw. Without any more words, I charged at Yamamoto, but Tanaka blocked me. I noticed that Tanaka suddenly gained so much skill to actually block me, but at the same time I couldn't care. I pushed all my anger out at the bastard.
From the background, I could hear Tokito scream, "Don't charge at him Saito! Focus on your skill!" Yamamoto choked her, bore her neck, and slashed above her collarbone.
Suddenly, all my battles came back to me. Tanaka was but a mindless fool swinging his sword around aimlessly. I quickly slashed along his whole torso. He fell to the floor in dead shock.
Yamamoto shoved Tokito aside and came at me as well. His time wasn't as long as Tanaka's because I didn't even have to evade his attack to push my sword through is heart and out his back. He stared at the blade in his chest and continued to do so as I took it out. Even as he fell to the floor, he was still looking at my blade that had pierced him to die.
I rode as fast as I could to my house. When I arrived there I found the front door wide open and the ground showing signs of a struggle. It was silent around the vicinity, too silent. If anything happened to Tokito...
I called out her name. She didn't answer. I searched the whole house but there was no trace of her or anyone for that matter. I decided to look in the shrine we built in the backyard for our daily praying. I was appalled to see what I found in it.
My wife was hanging from the ceiling by a rope tied to her wrists like a side of beef. She was bruised and bleeding all over from slashes and possibly punches. I only hope that they weren't as heartless as to rape her.
Her assailants were two former subordinates of mine, flanked at her dangling feet. They both had an evil grin on their faces, which stretched from ear to ear. One of them was standing, and he was practically tearing Tokito's robes off.
"I suggest you stop that," I said to him, barely containing my anger.
Tokito was looking at me with tears in her eyes. These two will pay dearly for doing this to her.
The one seated at her feet was named Tanaka. He laughed at me and said, "You aren't one to order us around anymore Hajime."
"Who said anything about ordering? I'm giving you the option to stop so that I won't kill you," I said as I unsheathed my sword. "Then again, even if you stop, I'll kill you anyway."
The one standing and dirtily caressing my wife was named Yamamoto. He unsheathed his sword and cut the rope that held Tokito up. He let her fall to the floor, stood her up, tore half of her robe off, and then began to play with her body.
"Does this make the urge to kill us any stronger?" he shouted as he grinned maliciously. Tokito screamed for him to stop. Despite her abilities, she was somehow powerless...
That was the last straw. Without any more words, I charged at Yamamoto, but Tanaka blocked me. I noticed that Tanaka suddenly gained so much skill to actually block me, but at the same time I couldn't care. I pushed all my anger out at the bastard.
From the background, I could hear Tokito scream, "Don't charge at him Saito! Focus on your skill!" Yamamoto choked her, bore her neck, and slashed above her collarbone.
Suddenly, all my battles came back to me. Tanaka was but a mindless fool swinging his sword around aimlessly. I quickly slashed along his whole torso. He fell to the floor in dead shock.
Yamamoto shoved Tokito aside and came at me as well. His time wasn't as long as Tanaka's because I didn't even have to evade his attack to push my sword through is heart and out his back. He stared at the blade in his chest and continued to do so as I took it out. Even as he fell to the floor, he was still looking at my blade that had pierced him to die.