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'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
*Actions*
"YELLING"
-Time-
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-Meanwhile in Zipangu-
Currently, the Chosen Undead and co were teleported to a village.
"Hey, this one looks like the first village I saw!" the Bearer of the Curse said excitedly, not knowing it was actually the same one.
"The one that Clark charged in blindly?" The Ashen One asked.
"Supposedly…" The Bearer of the Curse said. "Now what?"
"Let us talk to them," the Chosen Undead said. "Communication is always good to have when we can."
They went over there to talk…
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-Meanwhile-
As the three knights arrived, a Shinobi and a child were currently talking to a villager.
"So you're telling me this isn't Japan?" The Shinobi asked.
"I'm afraid I have no idea what you mean by Japan…" The villager said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take care of my wife and kids…"
He left.
"Lord Kuro, it seems we are not in Japan at all. Let alone in Ashina territory," the Shinobi said.
"It's alright, Wolf. You've done your best…" the Divine Heir said as he was wondering where he and his loyal Shinobi was at.
'Though it should've been obvious after we crossed that desert…' Kuro thought.
Wolf noticed the trio of knights arriving. They looked like a certain armored warrior he pushed off a bridge to get further into Senpou Temple. The Shinobi of the Divine Heir was of course suspicious of them.
"Uhh hello there?" The Bearer of the Curse said as he waved.
"Who are you?" Wolf said as he was ready to slice them down if they were threats to his lord.
"Calm down. You're clearly not with the Order. And neither are we," the Ashen One said.
"So are you…really?" Wolf said.
Kuro was trying to see if they are threats or not.
"You can ask the monsters, they know we've fought the Order," the Ashen One said.
"Very well…" Kuro said. "My name is Kuro and this is my loyal Shinobi Wolf."
"A young lord, I see. A pleasure to meet you," the Chosen Undead said as he made a polite bow. The Ashen One felt like it would be rude to not bow so he did so as well, alongside the Bearer of the Curse. It was the polite thing to do, after all, when it comes to someone of higher status.
"Are you from Lothric by any chance?" The Ashen One asked.
" I don't know about this Lothric place…" Kuro said.
"Are you from Majula?" The Bearer of the Curse asked.
"I don't know what you are speaking of," Wolf said.
"So you must be from Lordran, then," the Chosen Undead said.
"No, we are from Japan, though I suspect that none of you know of such a place," Kuro said.
This of course caused confusion among the trio of knights. They concluded that he must be from somewhere else entirely.
"You said those terms…are they from the West?" Wolf said.
"Possible...unless you are from a different world entirely," the Ashen One said.
"Well it could be possible they might be from somewhere else, Wolf," Kuro said as the Shinobi of the Divine Heir nodded in response. "This is clearly a different world from ours, so these three may just be from a different world, as well."
"So…want to tell us what this Japan is all about?" The Chosen Undead asked.
"You may sit down. For it is a story that will take a while…" Kuro said as the trio of three knights sat down with the young lord and Wolf. "Japan is this eastern land, my home and wolf's, on the eastern side of our world. We are from a region belonging to the Ashina clan."
"Definitely a different world," all three said.
"Some time ago, the clan had managed to win its freedom from the Interior Ministry thanks to Isshin Ashina, after he defeated General Tamura," Kuro said.
"You know, this reminds me of the eastern lands that Sir Alonne has come from…" The Bearer of the Curse said. "But it is DEFINITELY not the same location."
"The last time I was there, the Ashina clan was led by Lord Genichiro who wants to use any supernatural means to defend Ashina from the Interior Ministry who may or may not invade the land," Kuro said.
"Invasion from the inside, you say?" The Chosen Undead asked.
"Yes, you can say that," Kuro said.
"I see," the Chosen Undead said.
"Interesting," the Bearer of the curse said. "I'd like to go there, someday."
Kuro was wondering whether or not to reveal his immortality at the moment, because he still doesn't know about these strangers at all, and neither does Wolf.
Since Kuro doesn't know how they would react to his immortality, he chose to save it for later. Wolf said nothing, either.
"Speaking of which where did all of you come from?" Kuro asked.
"Oh, us?" The Chosen Undead said.
"Yes," Kuro said.
The three began to tell their story.
"Long ago. There were ancient dragons who ruled over a period of time before the First Flame lit up," the Chosen Undead said.
"They got into a BIG war with the Lords," the Bearer of the Curse said. "Like, REALLY BIG war!"
"The Lords won," the Ashen One said.
"And who are these lords?" Kuro asked.
"First, there is Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight who led an army of silver knights who were inhumanly strong," the Ashen One said.
"Silver knights? Like you?" Kuro asked.
"They're bigger than a regular human and hit as hard as you'd expect," the Ashen One said.
"He was asking you," Wolf said as he pointed at the Chosen Undead, still in his Elite set.
"No, they are not like me. They are bigger than any human. They may be of a species similar to Gwyn," the Chosen Undead said. "For you see, a Lord is different from a human."
"More on that later. Trust me, there is a LOT to say about the Furtive Pygmy," The Bearer of the Curse said.
"I see," Kuro said.
"Anyway, then there's Gravelord Nito, first of the dead," the Ashen One said.
"Then, there's Seath the Scaleless who betrayed the dragons to allow for Gwyn to win," the Chosen Undead said.
"A dragon who joined them?" Kuro asked.
"Indeed. All for a shot for immortality. You see, the ancient dragons' immortality is due to their scales and Seath was born without scales and so he wished to get the Primordial Crystal to get immortal but the dragons refused to give it to him," the Ashen One said.
"So he went on a rampage," the Ashen One said.
"And finally, to get back on track, the Witch of Izalith, the grandmother of pyromancy, supposedly," the Bearer of the Curse said as he scratched the back of his helmet.
"As a result of winning this war, the Age of Fire began. However there was a lord that was forgotten about, the Furtive Pygmy," the Bearer of the Curse said. "Now here's the REALLY interesting part."
"He is humanity's ancestor, so to speak," the Ashen One said.
"He gave us all the Dark Soul but as of now, it's unknown what happened to him," the Chosen Undead said. "Of course, the Age of Fire could not last forever and, from what I gathered, Gwyn sacrificed himself to keep the First Flame lit. And for some reason, the Darksign plagues humanity, taking away our ability to die."
"And this is why we can't have nice things," the Bearer of the Curse said. "I'm not even sure who to blame."
'Gwyn...' The Ashen One thought.
Kuro perked up at this undead curse. It reminds him of his and Wolf's immortality.
"If you are wondering, it's called the Undead Curse, which causes a person to become unable to die, but if they lose their motivation or humanity, they become Hollows," the Ashen One said. "One has to be careful with what they say...lest they go hollow."
He sighed at this, remembering what happened when he said too much.
Kuro was surprised by the fact that the world they come from has immortality as well. It was different, of course. But still, immortality was as present as ever.
He wondered if there could be other worlds with immortality.
"Hmmm, I see…" Kuro said as he was intrigued by this.
"Say, I am rather curious about your Shinobi over here," the Bearer of the Curse said. "Who's he?"
"Oh? Him?" Kuro said. "He is Wolf, my loyal Shinobi,"
"I see…Okay then… I suppose there isn't much to say about a Shinobi…" The Chosen Undead said as he shook his hand. "A man of a few words. It can be a breath of fresh air after traveling with a wannabe rogue who tries to steal and backstab anyone he meets and never shuts up about it… A pleasure to meet you."
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-Meanwhile-
The three idiots had at Zipangu after Kuroferuru had chased them over there, but they encountered a dead squad of order soldiers. They thought it may be mamanos but they saw some bullet casings and some of the corpses had their innards ripped out.
"What the Lost Izalith happened here?" Bob asked as he saw how brutally they died. It seems they were going to supply a base nearby.
"That can't be good," Dylan said. "They don't even have anything worth stealing!"
"How did this happen? And who would do all of this? Could it be the same culprits as the camp we were in?" Clark wondered.
"This can't be good at all," Bob said. "We should do something. With the power of FIRE and LIGHTNING!"
"I'll lead the front! I'll hit them first! Dylan, you can keep the treasures once they're dead! CHARGE!" Clark said as he ran in a random direction.
"I guess we do as he said… Besides, he's gonna let me keep the treasures. How can I say no to that?" Dylan said as he followed Clark.
"Wait for me, you two!" Bob said as he went after them.
And so, they decided to chase the perpetrators down.
A/N: YEP! THAT'S RIGHT! It's Wolf and Kuro from Sekiro! I bet you all weren't expecting that, were you?! Also, on another note, I have beaten Sekiro, so this chapter serves as a note to everyone reading this that I did beat Sekiro.