Chapter Twelve: The action continues
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The women stepped backward, allowing the men to be in the front line.
"It would be better if you'll just surrender," a soldier suggested as he pulled out his sword.
"Then what? We'll be your slaves? No thank you," Tamahome answered sarcastically as he showed a fighting pose.
"You asked for it," another soldier said then they attacked the two.
Since Hotohori was not good at martial arts, so he was defeated immediately. A strong blow made him faint and so Miaka and her mother began freaking out.
"Rei! Oh no! He's dead!" Miaka mourned.
Tamahome kept on fighting although he's already beginning to feel tired. He was moving in lightning speed and defeats the soldiers with a strong blows that sent them flying in every direction. (Imagine that…he's now my action star! There was an exaggeration there…just don't take it seriously.)
A soldier bumped the cabinet and so the door opened. A thing covered with red cloth fell down from the cabinet. It fell on Hotohori's head and so it woke him up. He got the red cloth and the thing inside it fell. Guess what it is…
The soldiers who lost consciousness a while ago outside, the ones whom Tamahome defeated before entering the Yuuki household, regained consciousness and so they began entering the house.
Tamahome is so tired now. He sat as he tried without success to regain his energy. The soldiers he defeated a while ago began kicking him and told him to kneel before them. Tamahome refused, so the soldiers continued hitting him until he can't move a muscle anymore.
"Kneel before us and apologize. We'll stop hurting you if you follow," a soldier demanded as he flashed him an evil grin.
"I don't want to," Tamahome replied then spat on the soldier's face.
"You imbecile!" the soldier yelled as he raised his sword to kill him.
Suddenly, a sword was plunge directly through the soldier's heart from the back. The other soldiers turned to see Hotohori holding his blood-covered sword. The soldiers stared at him in astonishment. Hotohori held on tightly to his sword as he attacked them. The soldiers were surprised for this man, who fainted a while ago, is now killing them one by one.
The thirty soldiers who entered a while ago are just ten by now. Hotohori continued on fighting them, although he got some bruises and lost a lot of blood by now. A soldier got some sand from his pocket and threw it at Hotohori's eyes. Hotohori can't see anything now and his eyes hurt so much. The soldier who cheated him a while ago sent Hotohori's sword into the air. Hotohori, now without any weapon, is lying helplessly on the cold hard floor. He's still rubbing his eyes, hoping to see something but of course, it didn't help.
"Finally, you, who killed my brother, will die in my hands!" the brother of the soldier whom Hotohori killed a while a go to save Tamahome yelled as he raised his sword, "Die you bastard!"
Tamahome regained his energy now and so he was able to hit the soldier. The soldier lied on the floor unconscious. Miaka was able to get a towel and some warm water and so she helped Hotohori clean his eyes. Now, he can see clearly. Tamahome and Hotohori stood up back-to-back, each having his own fighting pose.
"So, let's finish this," Hotohori said.
"Yeah, and whoever finishes more, will have a chance to date Miki, okay?" Tamahome dared him.
"Now, why do I have to be the prize?" Miaka asked but no one would answer.
"Let's go!" Tamahome shouted as they attacked the remaining nine soldiers.
The soldiers were reduced from nine to three. Tamahome and Hotohori slowly walked toward them but they continued stepping backward. The soldiers reached the door and so, they immediately ran for their lives.
"Now come back here! You cowards! Come back!" Tamahome yelled as he chased them. The soldiers disappeared in a corner and so Tamahome just went back to Miaka.
Hotohori was now lying on the floor and trying to rest for a while. Tamahome lied beside him and began speaking.
"I didn't know you ere such a good swordsman," Tamahome complimented the man beside him.
"You never asked so I didn't tell you," Hotohori replied, "By the way, we finished three each so no one will date Miki then, right?"
"I guess so, but still she's mine."
"No, she isn't."
"Yes, she is."
"No, she isn't."
The men continued quarrelling until they completely lost all their energy. Miaka laughed at them and said she won't date either of them since she's not yet interested on dating.
"What'll we do to all these men?" Mrs. Yuuki asked as she stared on the corpses lying beside the two exhausted men.
"Let's ask the town leader later," Miaka suggested.
Then, there was a knock on the door. Miaka opened it and was relieved to see the town leader with his men. Miaka welcomed them inside. The town leader and the men with him stared wide-eyed at all the dead bodies of the soldiers lying on the floor.
"Who did this?" he asked.
"These men sleeping here," Mrs. Yuuki pointed to Tamahome and Hotohori who were sleeping soundly.
"They must be rewarded," the town leader said, "They're heroes."
"You're right," Miaka agreed, "Really brave heroes."
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"What's the matter?" a man on horseback as the fleeing Kutou soldiers, "Why are you running away?"
"Sh…shogun," the soldiers bowed before the shogun, "Two men defeated us."
"Two men, interesting, describe them."
"One had a character on his forehead…I think he was called Tamahome. The other had a long hair tied on a lose ponytail and a bandage around his neck."
"Bandage? Now, this is getting more interesting. Is he handsome?"
The soldiers began wondering if their shogun is gay or something. "Well, kinda…"
The shogun smiled, "Thanks for the information." His expression suddenly became serious, "Kill them," he ordered the soldiers beside him to kill the three.
Now, I guess I'm getting nearer to you, Emperor Saihitei Seishuku, the blonde, blue-eyed shogun said to himself.
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Tamahome, Hotohori and some other men were presented to the public the next day. They were in the town square and people were crowding around them.
"These men standing here beside me," the town leader began, "were the ones who defeated most of the Kutou soldiers. Some of them are our soldiers; some just ordinary people who wanted to protect their beloved town. One is from another place but he chose to fight for us."
The man from another place is I …if you just know who I really am...you'll realize I'm just doing my job as your emperor, Hotohori thought as he smiled to hide the sadness he's feeling deep inside. I have abandoned my own empire…
The people around them began clapping, all with smiles on their faces. The town leader hangs a necklace around their necks. It is a sign that they have done something for the town of Saama. The people clapped more loudly now and bowed before them to show their gratitude.
After the ceremony, Miaka, her mother, Hotohori and Tamahome with his family went to Tamahome's house to celebrate.
"To our heroes!" the cheered as they raised their glasses of wine.
"Thanks," Tamahome and Hotohori thanked them.
They ate, drink, and sing and dance joyfully. Later, Miaka noticed that Hotohori was just pretending to be happy for he was now sitting quietly in a corner and staring at the ceiling.
"What's the matter?" she asked as she sat beside him.
"I don't think I deserve it," Hotohori replied as he covered his face with his hands.
"What?"
"The honor to be called a hero…I'm not worthy…"
"Of course you are."
"No I'm not. I should've done more than that. I should be in the palace where I'm trying to figure out how to solve our empire's problems…"
"Palace? What are you saying? Solving our empire's problems is our emperor's work, not yours. Unless, you're the emperor…are you?"
"No…of course not…"
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"Why do you seem to be so happy, Nakago?" Soi asked the shogun who was smiling as he drank some tea.
"I think I'm gonna meet the emperor in person," he replied.
"What? You've seen him so many times already…what's so special about meeting our emperor anyway?" Soi asked, confused at Nakago's different behavior.
"Not our emperor…Konan's emperor," he answered.
"He's missing right now, isn't he? Wait a sec, don't tell me you know where he is."
"Good guess, Kaen."
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I'm sorry it took a long time before I updated. My new school is so…weird? First, I was in section Darwin. After a week, I was transferred to the top class, namely Avogadro. You see, by just the names of our sections you'll realize it's really weird.
And wait, did someone ask if I'm Korean? Well, no. I'm not. The show (Full House) I was talking about was dubbed in Filipino, our national language that's why I understand it. But, I do know some Korean words because my father worked in Korea for about…four years? Yeah, four years and he taught us some Korean words…and even how to write Korean letters!
Questions:
What would happen now? Sorry but Nakago won't show up yet…I mean, he won't meet Hotohori yet. It would take some time…just wait, okay?
Please review!
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