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author's note: all right. i won't go with the usual details. you know the legend already so i don't have to copy paste it all over again. :) and for all those who reviewed loooong way back then, THANK YOU so much! and i am entirely sorry that it took a loooooong time since i update this story. it has been a very hectic months (? or a year?) for me. hope you understand. but still, i do wish you'll still be interested in reading my fic. hehe..well...ok, here goes. have fun!


ANGEL OF DEATH

Chapter Four: Death Plots Her End Plan B: Backfired

"According to rule no. 39 that anyone who would try to break through or destroy any of the channels of fire shall be punish for this act may cost the lives of many," Miyagi said in a formal yet mockingly tone of his. He coughed. "So you have the right to remain silent until approval—"

"Cut it out, Ryochin!" Hanamichi exclaimed. "Of course I know about that! I memorized all of the land's rules!" Miyagi raised one of his eyebrows. "This tensai couldn't break any of those rules! Also there were no destroyed channels." And he muttered in a bewildering voice, "It was surprising though. A fire just merge all of a sudden…from nowhere."

Miyagi cupped his chin deep in thought. "All right," he finally said. "But I will send some of my men for further guarantee. Just to be sure."

Sakuragi kneeled and laid her unconscious sister on the ground. "But she's not yet moving. I hope the amulet had somehow saved her—" He stopped short as he felt a sudden twinge of movement.

"I think she's all right now," Miyagi commented as both of them watched her eyes flutter open.


Kogure Kiminobu's brow wrinkled. He can't be hearing that right. He must have gone deaf. His plain white gown, with only a few jewelries embroidered on the collar and sewed in glittering gold threads, was scraping the floor as he paced. Finally he willed himself to take a sit to calm his jittery nerves.

"It really is true, Healer. The master of swords is roaming our land. Some villagers nearby have seen him," one of his servants tattled. "One of the sellers notified me about that. Heard he was riding on a white horse and advancing towards the smith's house in a rush."

He smiled at his own foolishness.

'That can't be. Gossips are just gossip. It must be a misinterpret news. Or maybe those villagers are just seeing things.' He went back to his work. He took out some bandages from the cabinet to be used for treating his patients. 'And if he was really here, then what did he came for?"


"Hiyuki-chan! I'm going now!" Hanamichi yelled from the doorway the next day. He closed the door behind him as soon as he heard her brief reply. Clad in his body armor, he set foot towards the city for his daily work. Since Hanamichi met Haruko, the captain's sister, he has decided to become one of the Shohoku soldiers and become a swordsman.

Hiyuki smiled as she watched her brother ambled to the city. She, herself, dreamt to become a swordsman as well. But women were not allowed. She sighed. To keep herself occupied, she cleaned the house, arranged her brother's things that was clattering all over the house as always and admired the newly bloomed blue flowers right outside their little abode. She gathered a basket of them and gingerly placed them in colorful containers.

Hiyuki smiled at her work.

Then a silvery object lying on the table caught her eye. She groaned. "He forgot his food once again," came her exhausted whisper.


Miyagi's eyebrow furrowed, getting more and more irritated as that loud voice continuously bragged about.

"Nyahahahaha. I, the greatest tensai, possessed the most powerful sword of all!" Sakuragi bragged once again. The other soldiers gathered around him, praising the sword as well. "See, Ryochin! I told you so! Mine is much more beautiful than that old rusty sword of yours!"

Miyagi gritted his teeth. "NANI? How dare you—"

His raged was suppressed by Sakuragi's another feat of laughter. "NYAHAHAHAHA" but then, it seems that no one will win the growing bickering. Neither Hanamichi nor Miyagi as the gathering soldiers hastily scrambled away from the two. A looming fortress seemed to emerge out of nowhere, casting shadows about them.

Sakuragi stopped laughing while Miyagi gulped. Both of them received the ever-popular head cracking Gori punch.

"ITAI" both of them screamed in unison.

"How could you do that to the great tensai, Gori," Hanamichi provoked, clutching his head protectively. At the mention of the Word-That-Must-Not-Be-Named, he received another punch.

Miyagi sulked, grasping his swollen head as well. "It's his fault, Captain Akagi! He started all of this!" he protested.

The so-called Gori, er I mean Captain Akagi faced them squarely, his eyes turning into thin slits. "It is both of your fault. So now, I want the two of you to clean the courtyard all throughout the day," he bellowed and to Hanamichi, he added, "And you, I don't want to hear you utter that name again! Understand?"

Sakuragi nodded. "Yes, of course Go—I mean Captain Akagi!"

The two of them walked away, glaring at each other menacingly. Akagi let out a breath. 'I shouldn't have accepted that monkey.' He was about to head to the courtyard to see if the two were doing what he had said when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Uh, excuse me mister—" a girl's voice asked from astern. "Can I have a word with my brother?"

Akagi turned to her. 'Oh, the other red head.' "He is not allowed right now, young lady. I would be the one to tell him your message."

The girl smiled. He noticed that her forehead was starting to perspire. "Uh, I just wanted to hand this to him," and she handed a silvery container to his reach. "It's his lunch." He took it. "Thank you very much," after bowing consecutively, the girl quickly scampered out of the place.

Akagi stood there, his brow creasing. 'Am I really that scary looking?'


Hiyuki breathe a sigh of relief as soon as she was completely safe from the giant gorilla his brother always mention to her, the so-called hindrance to his happiness. She halted right outside the healer's house. It was being built for further space and rooms for the patients. She stares up at it. A brown head poked out from one of the windows.

Hiyuki waved her hand.

Kogure who noticed her, waved back. "Hiyuki!" the healer greeted. "I'll just finish this. I'll be there in a second."

Hiyuki beamed. He was the one who healed her wounds from yesterday. A very kind and handsome healer that gradually became her friend as well. While waiting for him to go down, she watched the builders skillfully assembled the bricks. At the distance, she heard a loud hoof beats of a horse.

But it wasn't that that caught her interest. A tall beautiful man with cascading raven hair half hidden by his black hood was standing still at the center of the road. He seemed deep in thought, his eyes staring straight upward and the fast approaching hoof beats did not seem to bother him at all. But still, a rush of panic surge within her. She frantically waved her hands to get his attention. However it did not helped. She took the last resort, she screamed with all her voice could muster to.

"MISTER GET OUT OF THE ROAD."


Rukawa Kaede's eyes were staring intently at the bricks above the house being built. 'If fate wouldn't let this girl die, then I guess it would be my mission to do so.'

One of the huge bricks started to quiver. It was directly above the girl's head and with one more push through the power of his command it would definitely fall down on her. However a deafening pounding coming from the ground and a shrill yell interrupted his concentration.

His eyes glanced around him. A mass of red blocked his view and he felt himself being heave. His eyes widen as he felt his body compacted with the ground. He, along with the unknown thing that had pulled him, came tumbling down the hill, making his head smacked into a rock. His wings went ragged from the impact.

Rukawa felt his body went numb. 'I'm going to be visible.' The thought pierced through his head, alarming his consciousness.

And when he opened his eyes, he found his drowning into a pool of gray ones.


author's note: oops. sorry if i stopped this chapter right there. more later. don't worry i'll update as soon as i can. thanks for reading this. just review!