Chapter 3
The Test
Part 1
When they got to Hao's camp, Kaimara felt a jolt of sympathy for the boy.
His camp only had a little place where he slept.
'No fire, he must be really cold.' She thought, she decided that she should start a conversation.
"You must be really cold at night, Hao." She said sympathetically.
"No, not really," Was his simple reply, "I've had worse. Way worse." He walked over to where he usually slept at night and sat.
"Ok, now what?" Kaimara stated after a moments worth of silence, "Are we just gonna sit here like a bunch of idiots?"
Hao laughed softly, "No. Why don't you tell me about yourself, Miss Takenako?"
"First off, don't call me "Miss Takenako", my name is Kaimara. Secondly, I think ghosts are the stupidest thing on earth, Mosuke was there, Hao! I saw him as well as I see the living, and I see the living pretty God Damn well!"
"I see." Was Hao's simple reply, "What else can you say about yourself?"
"Well, I'm rather impatient and I'm also a kick-ass Samurai because of my father's teachings."
"May we test those teachings?" Hao asked.
"Whatever, but be warned, for I can kick your ass any day!"
"I know well of the sword, Kaimara. I shan't be worried about you're techniques. Heh…Heh…Heh…"
Kaimara scoffed, "Oh really? I don't see your sword!"
"Mine broke a while ago, but I found a sword where your father fought." Hao walked over to a hollow tree stump and pulled out a sword and unsheathed it. It was Kaimara's father's sword, Harusame.
"Hey! That was my father's sword! And therefore, it is mine by inheritance, give it back, Hao!" Kaimara exclaimed.
"Fight me for it, Kaimara. If I believe you to be worthy for the sword, then you shall receive it. If not, then I shall keep it." Hao replied.
Kaimara snorted, "You shan't win, Hao. For with my father's teachings, I will kick your ass!"
"We shall see, Kaimara. We shall see."
Well, how 'bout that? A battle already in Chapter 3! Will Kaimara earn the right to keep her father's sword? And what does Kaimara make of Hao? All that and more in Chapter 4!!!