OK. Where is Momohime and Kisuke if this is a Muramasa story?
Calm down. Kisuke will be for later, but Momohime will appear right now!
Let's go?
MURAMASA: FUTURE BLADE
Episode 2: The soul of the Blade
My morning jogs this time didn't feel the same as before. Not only am I now being attacked by various Spirit Ninjas, I've been feeling more... active than normal.
Ever since I got this Murasama, my energy has doubled and I could become faster and stronger! This sword really IS something! I'm glad my family is cursed then!
But I know that there are people out there who are trying to destroy this sword and bring this world to an end. As an Oboro Style master, I must stop them!
Right now, I'm at my home at night. I really need to rest after today. On the way, I found Onis (Demons) that were just a little stronger, but I managed to defeat them.
I plopped into bed and rolled my covers, holding the Murasama by my side.
"You really do are very powerful, aren't you? I wonder why..."
That's what I said before falling asleep on the bed.
The next day didn't have any school, but I still had to get out to protect the people against the Evil Ninjas and Onis. So when I woke up, I reached for my blade...
Only to touch a very smooth skin.
"What?" I said. I kept touching the body until I turned my head to-
OH MY GOD!
I immediately jumped out of the bed, scared at what I saw before me: A young girl, appearing to be on her fifteens, and with a peach Kimono that is A LITTLE TOO LOW ON HER SHOULDERS. I looked away to prevent myself of being accused a pervert. I heard the girl yawn, signalizing she was waking up.
"W-Who are you!?" I asked her, without looking back.
"Hm?" I heard the girl start to say. "Oh. I guess you don't recognize me on this form, Masamune Hakuseki." This girl KNOWS my name!? How co-
Wait... I peeked a little to the side and saw that the girl already fixed her Kimono. I sighed in relief and turned around.
"How do you kno-" I stopped myself when I took a good look at the girl. What she was wearing consisted of a Peach-Colored robe, some flowers and a red headband on her hair and *ahem* Black Fishnet stockings.
(A/N: Just kill me now)
But the dress already reminded me of someone:
"M... Momohime...?" I said, remembering the girl from the book I read.
"Yes. It's me." She confirmed. Then I noticed something on her belt... Hey!
"That's MY Muramasa!" I said, pointing at the Katana on her belt.
"Huh?" She said, then looked at what I was pointing. "Ah. You shouldn't worry about it. The Muramasa you're trying to find is actually me." ...Huh?
"Excuse me?" I said to her. "YOU are my Muramasa?"
"Yes." She said. Then she started spinning in the air, shining a lot. The next moment, I was holding my Muramasa on my hand.
"Wha...?" I was stunned to say the least. Momohime actually IS my blade! "But... Why?"
"I am actually the spirit that inhabits this blade." Momohime said from the blade. "And if you said my name, you must know me." I threw the blade upwards, and it transformed back into the girl.
(A/N: By the way, if you're wondering, Momohime's voice is like when Jinkuro possesses her body, but she still acts like a girl.)
"So... Your soul has been guarded on the blade for CENTURIES?" I asked her
"Yes. Although my family has been living for generations, they always used me when the time to fight was coming." She said to me.
"I'm assuming I am the next one on this generation?"
"Yes." She confirmed. So when I took on the responsibility to rid this world of evil with the Muramasa, I didn't have to, because that job was mine for the taking. "And I shall be your personal blade." I nodded when she said that.
"But I don't think you should have stayed on blade form for a lot of time, Momohime. Did you awaken just now?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, I did." Oh my god... So she still must be locked on the past. She doesn't even know in what time she is! "Can you tell me what is this time period?" I called it.
"This is 2016, Momohime." She gasped when she heard the year. "You've been on blade form for four centuries!" Momohime then knelled down on the bed, looking a little sad.
"I've lost... FOUR centuries of my life?" She asked herself. "Why...?" I patted her head to comfort her.
"Hey... It could be worse." I told her. "Your life could have been taken on these times and you might have never met me." She looked up to me after I said that.
"You are here now, Momohime. That's all that matters." She smiled brightly after I said that, then hugged me.
It seems I have a new friend, for a while life.
Card #3 collected: Momohime
Age 340 (19)
Weight 49 Kg (20 g in Blade Form)
Height 1.55 m
Secret Art Tempest III
The next week. Me and Momohime were walking to the school. Momohime was taking in how much Japan has changed on these past centuries.
"...and so Japan became one of the most technological advanced countries in the world! Par with United States, the whole continent of Europe and South Korea." I was explaining to her.
"Japan really did change the last time I saw it..." Momohime said. "How will I get used to this place?"
"Some traditions from your era still persist today. For example..." I pointed at her Kimono "People still wear these kinds of Kimono." She smiled at that, of course, since the Kimono is a great tradition here on Japan that will NEVER be broken.
"Then I at least won't feel out of place here." She affirmed.
We arrived at the school and we talked to the principal about Momohime and my Muramasa.
Now it just rests my classmates to know about her.
When we arrived on class. We were met by... Male gazes...
Well that's to be expected, since Momohime is... Well, very beautiful.
"OK, Calm down, people. Let's talk about this." I told them. So I explained what Momohime actually is, and they really were surprised about it, although Mika was looking curious about her...
I swear this friend of mine has been having some weird habits ever since I got my Muramasa... Anyway. The teacher also knows about Momohime so we were fine now.
While we were coming back from school, we came around a store with TVs, which were broadcasting something that caught out interest:
"This in just now: There has been reports that a kind of Red Demon has invaded the heart of Tokyo: Shibuya. Authorities are already in the area, trying to contain the creature."
Me and Momohime looked at each other and decided to go to Shibuya to check what was happening. Momohime transformed into the blade and I started running to Shibuya with her on my sheath.
-Time Skip-
When we arrived there, the authorities AND military of Japan were having a hard time defeating the giant Red Oni in front of them. The Oni swung his weapon, a Kanabo, at them and he destroyed various vehicles, showing he was more powerful than the normal people of Japan.
He laughed at them. "Why are these powerless puny mortals trying to defeat ME?! I cannot be beaten!" I decided the Oni has pissed me off already and ran to the guards, but they stopped me.
"Please, stay away. Let the autho-" I drew my blade, interrupting them.
"The only thing that will defeat that Oni is this blade! You CAN'T stop me!" I said before jumping over them and over the cars until I reached the Oni
"HEY!" I called him.
"Aww... This puny mortal wants to challenge ME? The immortal Oni!?"
"You say you're immortal, and that might be true." I said, before showing him my Muramasa "But THIS blade will DEFEAT you!" The Oni got shocked when he felt the evil energy of the blade.
"A... Mura... Masa...?!" He said with pauses.
"Not just ANY Muramasa!" I said, before throwing it in the air, making Momohime transform back into her girl form.
"T-THAT G-GIRL!" The Oni shouted. Momohime landed on the ground and drew her Muramasa, pointing it at the Oni.
"You have disturbed my time, and now you plan on disturbing THIS time as well? I won't forgive you!" She announced, then she drew another Muramasa from her sheath and threw it at me. I catched it, and pointed at the Oni as well.
"We shall defeat you, Demon!" After I said that, the Oni roared, scaring the rest of the people.
(Play here: "Incredible Power")
Momohime was the first to dash to him and make the first hits on him. I followed up with even more hits and prepared for a different Secret Art:
"Moonlight!" I slashed upwards with the blade, creating a large violet with yellow moon shapes. That hurt the Oni more than he thought it would, and he stumbled backwards.
"Grrr! You won't defeat me!" The Oni said before smashing the Kanabo on the ground, creating a shockwave. We jumped over it and started slashing the Oni in tandem, Momohime slashed on the left, I slashed on the right.
The Muramasas, while slashing together, were already doing massive damage to the Oni, and when we reached its head, we delivered the final blow on him, doing an X-Slash on its head.
The Red Oni fell to the ground, defeated. The authorities were just staring at us for what we did to help them. Suddenly, a smoke bomb was used and we looked behind us. It was a Monk that appeared behind us, and one that Momohime knew well:
"Rankai!" Momohime growled, she wanted to slice him, but I put my blade in front of her.
"Control yourself. Let's see what this Monk has to say, first." I told her. She nodded and transformed back into the blade. I sheathed her. "So... You're the monk that's causing all these problems, huh?"
The Monk just chuckled a little before starting. "I am Rankai. The Monk god of Japan. And I see you are trying to stop my plans of fulfilling the prophecy of the end of times."
"The end of times, huh?" I said in curiosity.
"Onis will destroy buildings, Spirits will scare humans, the world will be doomed when the time comes!" Rankai started talking "Nothing and NO ONE shall stop the end of times. But you... You, the cursed Oboro Style master, is trying to STOP this prophecy!?" I drew my blade and kept its pointed edge at Rankai's neck.
"If the world ends someday, then that's OK with me." I spoke "But this world WON'T end TODAY. The world WON'T be finished by demons and spirits. The world will end on its own!" After I finished, I sheathed the blade.
"You will regret ever challenging Raikan, the Monk god, and its prophecy!" The monk said while gripping his rosary. He then threw a smoke bomb on the ground and disappeared.
I would be just waiting his next challenge to the Muramasa. This threat is the perfect chance to prove that Muramasa, the cursed sword, CAN save the world!
The next chapter will see the start of the hunt to the Genroku Legends. Masamune and Momohime, then later Mika and Kisuke, will try to find the Four Legendary Warriors of the Genroku Era:
-Miike Okoi, the Enraged Nekomata
-Gonbe, the Farmer Warrior
-Arashimaru, the Cursed Ninja
-Enen Rajyaki, the Blessed Demon
The first one they shall hunt for is Miike Okoi, the Enraged Nekomata.