Shadow Warrior April 6, 2004
The Azuma Ninja Adventures: Part One
Birth of the Stealth Assassins
Chapter Four: Part One
Treason at Gohda's Castle
It was deep into the night when samurais in green armor of Gohda Motohide had attacked Gohda's castle and samurais in blue armor of Gohda Matsunoshin who was the head of Gohda clan and nephew of Motohide who though that he should be the leader of the clan and of the realm. Also, there had been ninjas of enemy general Toda who was helping the renegade senior of Gohda clan-Motohide.
While green samurais with swords, spears and bows were taking care of blue samurais; enemy ninjas were taking care of everyone else, including maids and servants. That was a horrible view; burning castle and dead bodies lying all around. One maid managed to get away, but then three shadowy figures of two men and one girl appeared in front of her from above.
Maid: "Please, don't kill me!"
Tatsumaru: "We're here to help."
Maid: "Thank God! Hurry, our lord is being held in his room by his own uncle and his wife; Lady Kei and daughter-Princess Kiku are in danger!"
Tatsumaru: "Ayame, you'll find and protect Lady Kei. Rikimaru come with me."
Just like that they split up and went in different directions. Suddenly, Tatsumaru noticed something.
Tatsumaru: "Rikimaru, you go ahead and save Lord Gohda, I'll meet up with you later."
As he said that, he disappeared on the rooftops of castle and Rikimaru went inside of the main building.
Inside of that building were multiple floors that led to the donjon at the top of it. There were a lot of stairs and halls too, with blazing fires and green samurais roaming the halls on top of dead samurais in blue armor. It could be hard to get pass those sentries to someone, but not for the Azuma ninja! Rikimaru silently moved along the halls and staircases; skillfully killing all green samurais he met from behind, from the side and sometimes from the front without ever been noticed by them and those who did noticed, were dead before they could do anything.
At last, Rikimaru reached the top floor of the main building and saw his lord fighting his uncle. Matsunoshin was a young man in his late twenties with a black mustaches and beard, who wore a blue kimono with gold ornaments. Motohide was an old man in his late fifties or early sixties with gray mustaches, who wore a rich samurai armor of a golden color. Both of those men were fighting on their swords.
Motohide: "I'm the one who should be the leader of this clan! You're too young to understand that the state should be ruled with an iron fist!"
Matsunoshin: "No, uncle, you're wrong! You don't have to make your subjects to be afraid of you, you have to care about them!"
As the fight was progressing, Matsunoshin got the upper hand and forced Motohide on the floor and raised his sword to kill him, but then after a minute staring into his uncle's eyes, Matsunoshin lowered his sword.
Motohide: " Weak fool!"
He said as he took out a gun and shot Matsunoshin in the arm. As he fell, Rikimaru came fourth.
Rikimaru: "Motohide, you have no honor and I'll deal with you myself!"
And so, they engaged into a fight and after some time of sword fighting, Motohide was on the floor again.
Motohide: "What a shame, defeated by a servant!"
Rikimaru: "Prepare to die!"
Rikimaru had raised his shibutana to strike Motohide for the last time, but as he was striking, Matsunoshin went between them to take that strike on his back.
Matsunoshin: "Ah!"
Rikimaru: "My lord, no!"
As Rikimaru hurried to his injured lord, Motohide ran away with a laugher.
Matsunoshin: "I don't recognize you, identify yourself!"
Rikimaru: "Rikimaru of the Azuma ninja my lord."
Matsunoshin: "Oh, now I recognize you. How my wife and daughter doing?"
Rikimaru: "Ayame went to protect them. I promise you that they will be ok and I'll kill that coward and traitor Motohide myself!"
Matsunoshin: "No, my uncle just misguided and I wish I could send him to the right direction."
Suddenly a samurai with two swords and one eye had appeared.
Samurai: "You, stay away from my lord!"
Matsunoshin: "No, that's Rikimaru and he just saved my life!"
Samurai: "You saved our lord? I'm in great debt for that to you, but my lord, you must leave the castle at once!"
Matsunoshin: "No, I will not leave without my wife and daughter!"
Samurai: "My lord please take the secret exit, they are coming here to kill you!"
As he said that, few green samurais had entered the room to be met by a one eyed guard.
Samurai: "My lord, I beg you, take the secret exit, I will not be able to hold them off forever!"
Rikimaru: "My lord, Ayame will look after your wife and daughter, I'll go with you through the secret passage!"
Samurai: "Rikimaru, please take care of our lord!"
Rikimaru had raised a curtain on the wall that was hiding the doorway. It was very narrow, but still it was enough for one person to go through and Rikimaru helped his lord trough there.
The next thing they were outside of the castle, watching how it burned.
Matsunoshin: " My castle, my state, it's all in ruins and it's all because of me and my weakness!"
As he said that, he collapsed to the ground whipping. Just then a horsemen came to the site and it was Matsunoshin's advisor and teacher Sekiya.
Sekiya: "My lord, I'm glad you're ok!"
Matsunoshin: " Sekiya, you're alive! How wonderful it is!"
Sekiya: "Rikimaru, I heard that you saved our lord and I'm grateful to you for that."
Rikimaru: "Grateful? But it was my sword that…"
Matsunoshin: "Sekiya, what news you bring about my wife and daughter?"
Sekiya: "My lord…it's very hard for me to be the first one to tell you the news, but your wife-Lady Kei had been murdered and your daughter-Princess Kiku had been kidnapped and Ayame is after the kidnaper! But, the murdered and kidnaper is your uncle, Gohda Motohide! But the worst is that the rebels had allied with an enemy state and now general Toda's troops are at your border!"
As he heard that, Matsunoshin fell to the ground in the tears once again.
Rikimaru: "My lord, it's all my fault. I should have been there!"
Matsunoshin: "No, I'm the one to be blamed for that! I should have killed my uncle when I could and now…my wife is dead and daughter is missing!"
He had made a sudden movement to a horse
Matsunoshin: "I'll kill him myself!"
However, he was too weak to do anything.
Rikimaru: "No my lord, if you die this day, Motohide will rule! I'll go to Toda's war camp an assassinate him myself!"
And so, Rikimaru went to the enemy general's camp outside Gohda's borders.
Rikimaru: "Motohide, prepare to die!"
Ok, that's it for Rikimaru's part of the chappie and Ayame's coming up next.
Chapter Four: Part Two
Lady Kei's in Danger
The Azuma Ninja Adventures: Part One
Birth of the Stealth Assassins
Chapter Four: Part One
Treason at Gohda's Castle
It was deep into the night when samurais in green armor of Gohda Motohide had attacked Gohda's castle and samurais in blue armor of Gohda Matsunoshin who was the head of Gohda clan and nephew of Motohide who though that he should be the leader of the clan and of the realm. Also, there had been ninjas of enemy general Toda who was helping the renegade senior of Gohda clan-Motohide.
While green samurais with swords, spears and bows were taking care of blue samurais; enemy ninjas were taking care of everyone else, including maids and servants. That was a horrible view; burning castle and dead bodies lying all around. One maid managed to get away, but then three shadowy figures of two men and one girl appeared in front of her from above.
Maid: "Please, don't kill me!"
Tatsumaru: "We're here to help."
Maid: "Thank God! Hurry, our lord is being held in his room by his own uncle and his wife; Lady Kei and daughter-Princess Kiku are in danger!"
Tatsumaru: "Ayame, you'll find and protect Lady Kei. Rikimaru come with me."
Just like that they split up and went in different directions. Suddenly, Tatsumaru noticed something.
Tatsumaru: "Rikimaru, you go ahead and save Lord Gohda, I'll meet up with you later."
As he said that, he disappeared on the rooftops of castle and Rikimaru went inside of the main building.
Inside of that building were multiple floors that led to the donjon at the top of it. There were a lot of stairs and halls too, with blazing fires and green samurais roaming the halls on top of dead samurais in blue armor. It could be hard to get pass those sentries to someone, but not for the Azuma ninja! Rikimaru silently moved along the halls and staircases; skillfully killing all green samurais he met from behind, from the side and sometimes from the front without ever been noticed by them and those who did noticed, were dead before they could do anything.
At last, Rikimaru reached the top floor of the main building and saw his lord fighting his uncle. Matsunoshin was a young man in his late twenties with a black mustaches and beard, who wore a blue kimono with gold ornaments. Motohide was an old man in his late fifties or early sixties with gray mustaches, who wore a rich samurai armor of a golden color. Both of those men were fighting on their swords.
Motohide: "I'm the one who should be the leader of this clan! You're too young to understand that the state should be ruled with an iron fist!"
Matsunoshin: "No, uncle, you're wrong! You don't have to make your subjects to be afraid of you, you have to care about them!"
As the fight was progressing, Matsunoshin got the upper hand and forced Motohide on the floor and raised his sword to kill him, but then after a minute staring into his uncle's eyes, Matsunoshin lowered his sword.
Motohide: " Weak fool!"
He said as he took out a gun and shot Matsunoshin in the arm. As he fell, Rikimaru came fourth.
Rikimaru: "Motohide, you have no honor and I'll deal with you myself!"
And so, they engaged into a fight and after some time of sword fighting, Motohide was on the floor again.
Motohide: "What a shame, defeated by a servant!"
Rikimaru: "Prepare to die!"
Rikimaru had raised his shibutana to strike Motohide for the last time, but as he was striking, Matsunoshin went between them to take that strike on his back.
Matsunoshin: "Ah!"
Rikimaru: "My lord, no!"
As Rikimaru hurried to his injured lord, Motohide ran away with a laugher.
Matsunoshin: "I don't recognize you, identify yourself!"
Rikimaru: "Rikimaru of the Azuma ninja my lord."
Matsunoshin: "Oh, now I recognize you. How my wife and daughter doing?"
Rikimaru: "Ayame went to protect them. I promise you that they will be ok and I'll kill that coward and traitor Motohide myself!"
Matsunoshin: "No, my uncle just misguided and I wish I could send him to the right direction."
Suddenly a samurai with two swords and one eye had appeared.
Samurai: "You, stay away from my lord!"
Matsunoshin: "No, that's Rikimaru and he just saved my life!"
Samurai: "You saved our lord? I'm in great debt for that to you, but my lord, you must leave the castle at once!"
Matsunoshin: "No, I will not leave without my wife and daughter!"
Samurai: "My lord please take the secret exit, they are coming here to kill you!"
As he said that, few green samurais had entered the room to be met by a one eyed guard.
Samurai: "My lord, I beg you, take the secret exit, I will not be able to hold them off forever!"
Rikimaru: "My lord, Ayame will look after your wife and daughter, I'll go with you through the secret passage!"
Samurai: "Rikimaru, please take care of our lord!"
Rikimaru had raised a curtain on the wall that was hiding the doorway. It was very narrow, but still it was enough for one person to go through and Rikimaru helped his lord trough there.
The next thing they were outside of the castle, watching how it burned.
Matsunoshin: " My castle, my state, it's all in ruins and it's all because of me and my weakness!"
As he said that, he collapsed to the ground whipping. Just then a horsemen came to the site and it was Matsunoshin's advisor and teacher Sekiya.
Sekiya: "My lord, I'm glad you're ok!"
Matsunoshin: " Sekiya, you're alive! How wonderful it is!"
Sekiya: "Rikimaru, I heard that you saved our lord and I'm grateful to you for that."
Rikimaru: "Grateful? But it was my sword that…"
Matsunoshin: "Sekiya, what news you bring about my wife and daughter?"
Sekiya: "My lord…it's very hard for me to be the first one to tell you the news, but your wife-Lady Kei had been murdered and your daughter-Princess Kiku had been kidnapped and Ayame is after the kidnaper! But, the murdered and kidnaper is your uncle, Gohda Motohide! But the worst is that the rebels had allied with an enemy state and now general Toda's troops are at your border!"
As he heard that, Matsunoshin fell to the ground in the tears once again.
Rikimaru: "My lord, it's all my fault. I should have been there!"
Matsunoshin: "No, I'm the one to be blamed for that! I should have killed my uncle when I could and now…my wife is dead and daughter is missing!"
He had made a sudden movement to a horse
Matsunoshin: "I'll kill him myself!"
However, he was too weak to do anything.
Rikimaru: "No my lord, if you die this day, Motohide will rule! I'll go to Toda's war camp an assassinate him myself!"
And so, Rikimaru went to the enemy general's camp outside Gohda's borders.
Rikimaru: "Motohide, prepare to die!"
Ok, that's it for Rikimaru's part of the chappie and Ayame's coming up next.
Chapter Four: Part Two
Lady Kei's in Danger
