The fallen samurai

by Ferverus

This is a story about a young man who is possesed by a demon that slowly starts taking of his mind and his body while he fights for control of his body sending him off on a quest to find a way to control or get rid of the demon

2. Chapter 2: The Bloody River

Chapter 2:Bloody River

::The arrow flew from the crossbow of the archer piercing straight threw Kyo's left leg right below his knee Cap as he fell face first into the ground as the dirt flew up as he screamed out in pain quickly getting up in a sitting position putting his hand on the arrow that is in his leg as he closed his right eye tightly knowing he'd have to pull the arrow out, hearing from his father that most people who are hit with an arrow die, he pulled it out as blood started to pour from the wound, the pain increased greatly as his eyes became teary from the pain as he quickly stood up, limping but trying to ignore the pain as he started running again as the archer starts to load another arrow, Kyo had no time to care where the arrow came from, he just had to get out of there fast, the archer quickly finished loading his crossbow aiming it at Kyo getting ready to fire his second shot, the archer then slowly puts his finger over the trigger and then slowly pulls it as the arrow launches out flying at Kyo's chest, his eyes widen this time seeing the arrow fly at him but the dives to the ground as the arrow scratches his shoulder as he hit's the ground again, seeing where the archer was, as the archer was wasting no time loading up another arrow, Kyo quickly scrambles to his feet putting his left hand over the grip of his Katana as he starts to charge the archer. When Kyo is about halfway the archer has another arrow loaded on the crossbow as he fires another one at Kyo, Kyo then quickly pulls out his katana slicing the arrow in half as it reached him holding onto the katana with both hands as the blade pointed behind him as he was only a few feet from the archer then jumps up into the air, the archer's eyes widen as Kyo brings his sword down at the man as he holds out his Crossbow to block it but his sword goes right threw it going straight threw the man's shoulder cutting his arm off as the blood quickly oozed out of his arm as the man screamed out in Pain. Some of the blood flew up onto Kyo's face as he quickly wiped it away then brought his katana down onto the man's chest killing him instantly as he pulled his sword out of the corpse. Kyo was breathing heavily::

::he sheathed his blood stained sword::……"why is this happening to me" ::he then started walking down threw the fields again. He kept walking till the sun rose for the morning seeing a huge kingdom. There was a massive castle in the center, he smiled brightly and started to run towards it, as he reached it he ran in but then realized he had no money and sighed deeply but walked into the town anyways. He started walking on the stone ground looking around seeing some places getting ready to open their shops and trades. He walks a small Inn and walks in. he sees a man sitting behind the counter:: "…um mister…" ::Kyo spoke quietly as the man responded:: "hmm…" "..is it alright if I stay the night…but I don't have any money I'll do whatever you want me to do. Please I'm exhausted I've been running all day and night I'll do whatever you want" ::the man blinked a few times then looking at Kyo's katana smirking thinking of something:: "alright boy…I have something you can do for me tomorrow then go ahead and go to room fourteen" ::he hands Kyo a key, Kyo smiles brightly taking the key and runs upstairs. He walked to room fourteen putting the Key in the keyhole and turned it and walked in slowly walking into the small room, with a seeder dresser, a lamp, a soft bed, and a small window with a black curtain, he walks to the curtain putting it over the window then laid down on the soft bed taking his shirt and untying his katana and slowly fell asleep::

::In his dream everything is black and sees someone in the distance, he slowly starts to walk towards the cloaked figure, the figures face was covered by a hood, the cloak was more like a cape that covered his back and his arms, he had a black shirt and baggy black pants being held up by a sash with a black sword tied to his side with a red gem imbedded in it, the figures long black hair was hanging down past his face out of the hood, Kyo continued walking towards the figure. When he reached the figure he could see the lower half of his face, it was obviously a man from the view, the man slowly grinned putting his hand on the grip of his black sword and slowly started to unsheathe as Kyo's eyes widened filled with fear, but he quickly unsheathed his Katana looking at the man as he slowly lowered his hood, he had a golden chain necklace with a locket tied to it, he had blood red eyes, Kyo blinked a few times looking at the man, the man had black gauntlets with red gems imbedded in those, he threw the part of the cloak covering his arms behind him then whipping his sword out in front of himself holding it with both hands. Kyo held out his katana at the man, the man swung his sword horizontally at Kyo, but Kyo quickly blocked but the force of the swing sent Kyo soaring threw the air his eyes filled with fear once again smacking against the ground hard, the man smiled letting go of his sword with one hand aiming his left hand at Kyo shooting a huge fireball at him, the heat coming from the ball was almost to much as Kyo Shielded his face. But then a huge red shield come from nowhere blocking the blast making it shatter, Kyo opened his eyes blinking a few times as the man looked surprised, Kyo quickly stood up and charged at the man but when he swung his sword the man vanished and appeared behind him, the man's speed was amazing, Kyo couldn't follow his swift movement as suddenly the hilt of the sword smacked against Kyo's head knocking him down onto the ground. Then the man kicked him hard in the side sending him soaring once again then landing on his chest coffing hard from the blow, he quickly stood up looking at the man as the man was slowly walking towards him, Kyo charged the man swung his sword as the man blocked it with great ease, the man punched Kyo hard in the gut as Kyo fell to his knees as the man was ready to lay the final blow:: "wait!….tell me….what's your name.. If you kill me I want to know your name first" ::the man just smirked:: "my name is Blaze" ::Kyo's eyes widened knowing who that was since he has heard stories of all the horrible things that man has done all of the people he killed and how he used his power for evil. Then blaze's body morphed into a demon with black scales and blood red eyes with a red gem embedded in his chest, his fingers turn into long spikes, he grows two horns that curve around, his eyes turn pure blood red, Kyo starts breathing harder since he has never seen a demon before:: "…wha…what!…what are you!" ::kyo fell over dropping his sword moving back in immense fear as his heart started beating faster:: "why…I am the demon you created…I am the evil inside of you. You helped create me…I'm a demon your mind has created…and now I'm hear to take over your body and mind!…I will do it and I will have control!" ::Kyo held his right hand putting his left hand on his right wrist:: "stay away!" ::his hand started to glow brightly as the demon looked at it:: "what's this" ::the demon said with a raspy voice, Kyo closed his eyes tightly as the light grew brighter as the demon sighed holding out his right hand as hundreds of little red lasers flew out of his hand going threw Kyo's hand making the light disappear as Kyo screamed out in pain as the tiny lasers continued to go threw him.::

::Kyo then quickly wakes up in his soft bed looking around franticly sweating heavily::…it…it was only a dream ::He sighed deeply and got out of bed grabbing his katana tying it around his sash and putting his leather armor back on. He walked downstairs looking at the clerk:: "so what is it you wanted me to do sir" ::the clerk looked at him:: "first my name is Clark…call me by that. Your job is to go into the forest. You'll meet a man in a black cloak. Give him this ::hands Kyo a small pouch filled with money:: "he'll give you pouch like this one, make sure to bring it back here or I'll have to come after you" ::kyo nodded and took the pouch and walked outside and quickly ran out of the town to the forest:: "shit!….how am I supposed to find some guy in the forest." ::stupidly without going back he just walked into the forest walking around as a black mist appeared behind him he quickly turned around his eyes widened as a man in a black cloak appeared:: "who are you!" ::the figure stood there:: "I am the man your supposed to give that pouch too" "…oh sorry" ::kyo handed him the pouch as the man handed Kyo another small vile with a purple liquid in it:: "…what is this?" "…it contains a liquid that will make you more stronger then you'll ever imagine" ::after saying that the man vanished into a black mist and disappeared. Kyo then thought to himself ….what would a clerk want with this stuff? ::Kyo then headed back to the Inn::

::Kyo walked in handing the man the vile as he smirked:: "thanks boy…what is your name" ::Kyo sighed:: "it's Kyo" ::the clerk nodded:: "thanks again Kyo…maybe you could stay here and I could give you a job or something" "…I'm not interested.. But what do you want with that liquid…" ::the man closed his eyes halfway:: "I need it to protect my Inn…I have bounty hunters after me…I'm afraid that even if I do use it I still won't be strong enough cause I don't have a weapon and I don't know how to fight" ::Kyo then blinked a few times:: "I know how to fight.. If you give that to me I'll protect the Inn" ::Clark blinked a few times:: "I don't know if I can trust you" "you can trust me I have nothing to do, I have no money, and I have nowhere to go if you pay me and give me a room here I'll protect you" ::Clark smiled:: "alright here" ::he tosses Kyo the vile as Kyo pops it open and takes a big drink of it:: "wow…that's weird I don't feel any different" ::Clark nodded:: "your not supposed to" ::Then there is a slight tapping noise at the door, Kyo walked over to the door and opened and then is punched being sent flying back hitting the counter as Clark ducked under the counter, Kyo opened his eyes seeing three large men, two having swords one wielding a huge Axe. Kyo quickly got up unsheathing his sword:: "great you guys must be bounty hunters!" ::the one with the axe nodded:: "yes where is Kyo" ::Kyo blinked a few times:: "I am Kyo" ::the one with the axe smirked:: "good….give up, your bounty will be a lot easier to achieve" "what!" ::the man with the axe charged at Kyo::

::Kyo quickly jumped up but only appeared as a blur, the man's eyes widen as Kyo was behind the man, one of the other men backhanded Kyo though making him hit the wall hard, Kyo slowly stood up sliding up as there was a ringing sound in his ear from how hard he hit the wall, he ran at the man with the axe again only appearing as a blur thrusting his sword threw the man's gut, the man's eyes widened spitting up some blood onto Kyo but then swung his axe as it went down threw Kyo's shoulder hitting the bone making him collapse to his knees as the other man with the axe fell over dead. Kyo screamed in pain putting his hand over his shoulder looking at the two other men as blood seeped between his fingers, holding his sword with only his right hand as the two men slowly approached him, then it slowly starts to rain outside::