YO, I'm back and I'm ready. I've been working on my writing shine I've been spending a lot of time sitting in the back of the courtroom, my parents got divorced and my father was on trail for abuse. I've been busy that's not even half the crap I've done. But any way lets get this story going.

Chapter 5: true test

They must have traveled for hours a day, by foot that was something Hanako was not use to she normally had her own horse. But, you had to do what you had to do. Her and Cresa had been glued at the hip cense day one, right now she was on Hanako's shoulders, as they walked.

Hanako looked at the sky as she heard a hawk, she did this purely out of reflex, she was use to the beautiful red tailed hawk with blue eyes named Sora bringing her orders. But as she looked up she took in her surroundings, meadows covered in brightly colored wildflowers, and a robin's egg blue sky with a few clouds, the perfect day. Cresa was dosing on her shoulders, this caused her to smile, she use to image her father coming to get her form the base and taking her to a place like this and letting her ride on his shoulders.

But, the peacefulness was ruined when she smelt an all to familiar smell, she looked around only 4 of them had noticed counting herself, from the looks of it Jiro-kun, the Batoussi, and Shishio. She turned to Yumi, "Miss would you mind caring Cresa for a bit, I need to talk to Jiro-kun" she said handing Yumi her daughter with out answer before blotting up to be next to Soujiro, right behind the older men.

"I take it you smell it" Soujiro said with a smile, Hanako only nodded.

"Those fools think they can trap us, when will then understand we are strong there for we will live, they are weak so they must die" Shishio said not looking back at them. Hanako looked at him, she could see the logic in his words but, she didn't completely agree.

Only 5 minutes later they came across the origin of the sent, bodies every were, Yumi covered Cresa's eyes holding her close. Yahiko moved closer to Hanako and Soujiro, as they formed a triangle backs together. Hanako heard it first, the arrow's whistle, "SOUJIRO" She snapped he throw his hand up stopping the arrow.

"Wow" Kaoru said looking at the arrow.

"She found the other ones" some one yelled

"We're not trained to deal with one Mutiy let alone three" another voice yelled

"Oh this is going to be fun" Hanako and Soujiro said looking at each other, while Yahiko looked at them like they were crazy.

"I know you're a blood coward, you take Cresa and her mother to the point up there" Hanako ordered Yahiko pointing to a cliff 20 feet up and 80 feet away

"You got it boss" Yahiko said and with a flick of his wrist the fallen weapons in the field turned into a disk under his feet and he grabbed them and Kaoru taking off.

Hanako looked around eyes narrowed. The first attack came at Sano who took the group of first attacks of 8-10 fighters to the left. The second group of maybe 12 came at Shishio who feel back the next at Batoussi who ran forward and the last two at Hanako and Soujiro who pulled out there weapons and fought. Hanako used a slightly curved Kattana to end her attackers lives. After awhile of painting the area red, she grow tired of it and throw her Kattana as it spun throw the air taking off heads and lim with it's double blade before curving to come back to her ((the curve makes it like a boomerang)) she caught the hilt and looked around at the now red field there were more soldiers coming. She got ready for another fight, until she notice in the back of the group was the ice and water mutiys. "WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HER NOW" She yelled looking at Soujiro with a look that said not to ague, "I'll cover you with a little shade get them up there" he nodded lifting Sano up to the cliff, then Shishio and Kenshin. As she got ready to lift her, she shook her head, "leave me here lift me up after you" he wanted to argue couldn't and did as told.

"WHAT THE HELL IS SHE THINKING?" Yahiko yelled

"I don't..." before Soujiro even finished his sentence, he saw what she was going to do, the inter field was a fire pit with all the bodies, "she's gonna light the field" he whispered, going to the edge. The minute he saw her fire spark he dropped down and grabbed her before the inter field went ablaze.

"Holy shit, Hana give me a heart attack" Yahiko laughed as Soujiro landed with her.

"Yea, well you know me always like to make a flashy exit" she laughed.

well what do you think good, bad, horrendous?