Plot-Kill Home
Big thanks to Ashura Phantom Ryu and Kingthomas122 for their reviews on Tatsumi's master. I will reveal his master in the later chapters if his master is a he or she.
In a small village far from the capital in the country where life is peaceful and the scenery is beautiful a brunette boy is wearing a white, high collar jacket over a tan sweater vest, a pair of black pants and combat boots. His name is Tatsumi; he is practicing his sword skills on a wood target. His sword is a broadsword.
'I need to get stronger before leaving the village and heading to the Capital with Sayo and Ieyasu'. He saying to himself and breaks out in a sweat.
"Tatsumi it is time for archery lessons". A Female voice called out to him. He turns around to see a girl behind him and holding a quiver with arrows and a black bow.
He stopped swinging his sword at the target and put it back in the sheath. "Hi, Sayo…thank you for reminding me". He smiled at her.
She is a young girl with long black hair and black eyes. She wore a flower hair accessory, wearing plain cream-colored robes. "No problem Tatsumi. Let's go to the forest to work on the targets just like yesterday". She turns around and heads to the forest.
They're in the forest heading to the practice field. The practice field is a couple of hundred yards away from the village. They arrived at the practice field cover in snow. They saw a straw circle target with a red circle in the middle next to a tree. They're 10 yards from the target.
"Okay, Tatsumi tries to hit the target this time". Sayo saying in a cheerful tone. Her right hand held her black bow and her other hand held her quiver.
He grabs the quiver and put it on his back. His left-hand grabs the handle and he takes his stance. He pulls out the arrow from the quiver and places it on the grip, he places the nock on the sting and he pulls back slowly. He released the arrow and the only thing you see is a blur and the arrow hit the target. "Yes, I finally got it". Tatsumi says with a huge grin on his face.
She is smiling at him. "Great job Tatsumi. Now the next target is above it by 3ft. try shooting that next". She told him.
He is looking at the tree and saw the second target. "I see it, don't worried I won't miss this one either". He pulled out another arrow out and got ready to fire it. He was about to let go, but they heard someone running to them.
"Hey, Tatsumi and Sayo are you guys done yet?" Boy voice shouting their names. With that noise, Tatsumi missed his target and the arrow is above the straw circle. "What happened?"
He is wearing white martial arts headband, light brown coat, black pant, and brown combat boots. His hair is dark brown hair and his eyes are brown.
"What happened"? She walked up to him and punched him in the face. He was sent to the ground. "You made Tatsumi miss his target Ieyasu!" She yelled at him.
"Sorry about that". He apologizes to him as he rubbed his cheek.
"It's fine, Sayo. Why did you run over here?" Tatsumi asks his other childhood friend.
"The old man said you two need to come back to the villages right now". He answers his question.
"Okay. Tatsumi lets end the lesson today and start again tomorrow ". She says in a cheerful tone.
"Okay, Sayo". He says smiling warmly at her. they all ran back to the village and saw everyone at the center of the village.
"What happened"? Tatsumi asks the villagers.
The elder of the villager is walking to them. He has greys hair and grey beard. He is wearing a black coat. "The empire's military was here". He answers his question.
"Did they ask for new recruits?" Ieyasu asks in a cheerful tone.
"No". The elder said to him. Ieyasu looked down saddened that he won't get the chance to join the army just yet.
"Why did they come?" Sayo asks.
"They were looking for something". The elder answer the second questions.
"What is it they're looking for?" Tatsumi asks the elder nervously.
"I don't know. Lets all head home". The elder said and the villagers start to head home. He knows what they were looking for. 'I'm sorry Tatsumi but I must keep that secret if costs me my life'.
Later that night, Tatsumi and his friends are at his place and he is preparing dinner for them. He is wearing a green apron. His friends are at the table across from each other. "I was hoping to join Army now". Ieyasu said in a sad tone.
"Yeah I know, but..." He was cutting carrots with a cooking knife, but he stopped when he remembered that the Elder didn't answer his question.
"What wrong Tatsumi?" Sayo asks with a note of concern in her voice.
"I just wonder why the Old man didn't answer my question. I thought he was hiding something. I guess I was wrong". He continues the cutting.
"I notice that when you ask that question". Sayo says to him. "Let's ask him tomorrow". She says and he nods his head.
"Yeah, that's a good idea. Hey, Tatsumi is dinner is ready?" Ieyasu asks then Sayo stood up and smacked his head. His chin hit the table and left a bump on his head.
"Ieyasu don't be rude! We're guests here". Sayo scolded him.
"Ha. Ha. It's fine, Sayo. I'm almost done here". Tatsumi says as he finished cutting. "Besides I'm happy to be here with you two". He smiled at them. They have a smile on their face when they heard those words from him.
Ten minutes have passed and he is cooking them carrot soup with lemon and ginger. "Let's dig in". He says to them and they pick up their spoons, but then they heard an explosion outside. "What was that?" Tatsumi asks and saw fire coming out from his window.
"I don't know. Let's go outside". Sayo says to the boys. They ran outside. She grabbed her bow and arrows. Ieyasu got his axes and Tatsumi has his broadsword.
When she opens the door they saw fire everywhere. They saw the Imperial Army is attacking the villagers. "Why are they attacking the sour village?" Tatsumi said and looked on in horror As the empire continued to attack the villagers.
One soldier saw them, he ran to them with his broadsword. Tatsumi turns his head and saw the soldier coming to him kill him. He didn't move and a soldier was coming close to him, but he suddenly fell to the ground. He saw an arrow where his left eye was.
"Sayo..." That's the only word he said.
"Tatsumi gets it to together we need to survive this". She says in a serious tone. She is ready to fire her next arrow.
"Okay, thanks". He says and pulls his broadsword out from its sheath and gets ready to fight.
"Tatsumi listen. Find the old man, maybe he knows why they're attacking us". Ieyasu said and got his axes ready.
"Are you sure"? He asks both of them and they nod their heads to him. "Okay, but promise me you will stay alive!" He said to them.
"We will. Now go!" Sayo says in a cheerful tone and she saw him ran off to find the Elder of the village.
'Please live. Please'. He saw five Military soldiers in front of him with their broadsword. 'I'll...' He jumps into the sky. "Survive!" He slashes the first one chest then he ran to the next four and he slashed each one of them.
He finally arrived at the Elder's house and what he saw in front were the villagers' corpses on the ground. He saw broken window pieces and the front door was broken. 'They have been here'. He walked inside and saw the inside was also broken and blood was on the ground with soldiers corpse. "Old man are you still alive!" He shouts and he keeps walking.
"Tatsumi come here quickly!" The Elder says in a weak tone. He took off running towards the voice and he saw the door to the Elders private room open. He walks the inside room and no lights were on the inside. "Tatsumi... walk forward quickly". The Elder continue in a weak tone again. He saw the broadsword on the Elders left the shoulder and his right leg had been cut. He is holding a crimson book that has the Imperial Seal symbol on it.
"Old man…" Tatsumi says in shock when he saw his the damage to his body.
"Tatsumi... please take this book out the village". The Elder says in a weak tone again.
"Why you didn't give them the book". He demanded with tears in his eyes.
"If I... did give them... this book... they'll kill... us... all". The Elder said in a weak tone.
"What is so important about this book? Why?" He asks while still crying.
"This book holds... information of... Teigu". The Elder says in a weak tone again.
"Teigu". He stopped crying.
"Please... keep it... safe … this is your... responsibility". The Elder says
his last word and his eyes closed.
He tried shaking him. "Old man please wake up. Please. Wake up!" He yelled. The Elder didn't say anything back to him and he stepped back. He saw the book and he took it.
'I must find Sayo and Ieyasu... and get them out of here'. He ran out of the house. He saw Sayo in front of him but her right hand is bleeding. "Sayo! Where is Ieyasu?" He asked worried for his two friends.
"He saved me from a bullet aimed at my head Then I saw him on the ground. He is gone, Tatsumi". Sayo said and she is crying. "Did you find the Elder?"
"Yes, and he is gone and left me this book". He answers to her. "Let's get out of here and I will help with your wounds". He says to her and she nods her head. He walked to her slowly, but ice came out of the ground and froze her feet so she couldn't move. "No not you!" He ran to her and he used his broadsword to break the ice. "Hold on I'll getting you out of here!"
Her hand touched his hair and he stopped. "Tatsumi it is too late for me. Please go now".
He looks up and tears coming down to his face. "I can't leave you. Please don't let me". He is hugging her. "Please, you're the only person I have left now. Please no".
"I'm sorry Tatsumi, you must go now. If you don't go they'll catch both of us." She says in her cheerful tone. He stands up and faces her. "Please survive for both of us". She smiles with her eyes closed.
"I will survive!" He says with his eyes closed and he ran off.
"A young girl is in my ice trap. Maybe you know where that book I seek is". A woman voices say in venom tone.
"I won't tell you anything". She says not showing fear to her. She knows her end is coming.
"I guess this is death for you!" The woman says with venom in her tone and she saw the ice cover the young girl body. She pulls out her rapier and slices the ice.
"Please continue living Tatsumi. I'm sad that I won't be with you. I didn't tell you my feelings for you". She thinks as a small teardrop falls from her right eye.
The ice shattered and she is laughing. "What a weak girl". She keeps on laughing.
Tatsumi was almost out of the village and he looks back. "SAYO!" Tatsumi shouts and saw one of the most important people to him is now gone. He saw the one who caused the end of his village. She was a beautiful and slender woman with long and light blue hair and blue eyes. He turned around and kept on running.
He kept on running and he found a cave near 10 miles away from his village. He went inside and falls on his knees crying. 'Why am I the only survivor in my village. Why!' He is looking at this book and he was about to throw it but he knows he can't throw it. He lied on the ground and closed his eyes.
A/N this my background story of Tatsumi and his village end. I thought I'll take Sayo with him, but I thinking need to know who coast end of his village. Next chapter will take place after 2 years and you going reading some flashback in the story
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