Welcome welcome all and one. This is my second fanfic well for now. Anyway I'm still writing Blood curse and I will be writing on this one. Depening if people like this story or not anyway please enjoy

She awoke in the middle of the night to some loud sounds. She graved the small knife she had with her and slowly walked towards the front door. The old couple held each other and the wife was crying. She came towards the couple's side and she looked at the perpetrators. They were me form the royal army.

"Two days to prepare, we will come back at noon to pick him up." Said one of the men.

"What's going on?"Kyokosu asked.

"Silence! A woman must not speak unless spoken too." Said the soldier.

"Come and sit." Kyokosu ignored him and went to go get the wife's medicine,

Her husband looked at the other men and they bowed and left with fear evident in their eyes. Kyokosu watched as the wife drank the glass of water shakily.

"A war; their taking all the male boys. They're going to take my Keichi away." She said crying.

"What, but he's still too young they can't do that."

"They take the young and train them. Turn them into monsters in those camps. Oh Keichi…" she said sobbing

"Can't you run away?" Kyokosu asked.

"No, we would be traitors and then we would be killed." said the wife as she covered her face

"But there has to be something we can do, Keichi can't go…something has to be done."

"Enough!" her husband said.

"Honey?" his wife said.

"We will not run form this! I will take Keichi's place.' He said he seemed angry but resolved.

"No you can't you barely survived the last time you went to war. No…" she said crying even more and fear shaking her voice

"There is no other choice but to go.' He said and left the room.

The wife cried and Kyokosu hugged her unsure of how to sooth the crying mother and wife. Midnight approached and she went out to looked at the sky and at the shinning moon. She didn't want to see the family torn apart. She took out the dagger she had and looked at it.

"Father what can I do? Keichi can't go and his dad can't, he went on the last trip. Dad help me." She said.

The dagger glowed within the moons light, she looked at it and then she sigh a she held it close to her heart.

Flashback….

Kyokosu smiled at the man who sat there looking at the moon with her,

"Papa, papa why do you always carry a dagger" she asked.

"This?" he showed her the dagger

"Yes? Isn't it used for killing?" she asked.

"Yes, but not always. There is something you have to learn fairy. There are two types of people the evil kind who want to do harm to others and the good kind. This dagger was handed down to me by my father; a skilled samurai who killed many with this dagger. He always used to come home with a flower. Saying it was for the dead soul he had taken."

"But if they were bad why did he bring a flower for them?" Kyokosu asked.

"Killing doesn't take the guilt away. A life blossoms; It learns and grow, It laughs it cries. It has a family, friends, lovers, and children. Once the flower is cut form its stem it begins to wither and those around the flower suffer because of the loss. It killed bad people, but when they first blossomed they were like you and me with a good heart. Willing to live daily and proud, but life and hardships made them turn to what they are; you must understand that once you kill a person you will never be able to be to forgive yourself." He said taking a sip form his cup.

"But papa, if the bad people die won't good people be happy? So isn't it good?" she asked.

"Kyokosu, let me ask you what would you do without Damian? If Damian was a bad and you had to kill him would you do it?" He asked.

"No Damian would ever be bad. No I wouldn't kill him no matter what." She said.

She was holding back the tears and her father smiled at her. He then looked at the sky and sigh.

"Your right Damian would never be bad, all life is precious. If the time should come and you had to remember to grieve for the dead Kyokosu. They deserve that much." He said.

"Papa, what about mama?" she asked.

"well…

She smiled at the memory, she looked at the dagger then she went to somewhere into the forest and she sigh. She smiled as she arrived to the old tree. She dug into the ground and smiled as she took out a book. She smiled, she opened it and sighs with relief that it was still there. She walked back to the house and she looked at the sword that was there. She went to the couple who were talking ad smiled.

"I have a favor to ask." She said smiling.

The next day

The couple along with Keichi walked out of the town.

Flash back.

"I really need to have this special tea. Before Keichi leaves to fight for the country. But I want to prepare a small fest before he leaves. I think the royal guards won't mind if we invite them to some of the tea."

"But Kyokosu,.." said he wife.

"Very well." Said her husband.

"Keichi looked at his parents and sigh. He didn't want to go he had heard the stories, but if he had to go he would. He would not allow his father to go. Keichi began to cough, his father graved him and along with his wife ran towards the small town in which they would be able to find the place where they sold tea. They came to the tea house where an elderly woman gave them a room in which they could lay Keichi down.

"He will be fine. He just needs rest. Poor child…..you two are very lucky to have such loving children." Said the old woman.

"Yes, but how do you know our children?" asked the wife.

They were more relaxed hen the doctor arrived and checked on Keichi.

"Your daughter asked me to take you to where the tea is made. I will guide you there. Everything was set up."

The old woman smiled as Keichi was being carried by his father. They came to a house (old style Japanese house.) there were a few people running around and small children. The old woman smiled and handed them a letter."

"Take this to the head of the house hold and everything will be settled." She said smiling.

"It has to be some good tea Kyokosu must want." Said the wife

They came closer and the children continued playing. A girl smiled and bowed.

"Welcome to the house of sakura blossoms. Who have you come to see today?" she asked smiling.

They looked as the girl unsure of how to respond. They handed the letter to the girl who only looked at it and then smiled.

"Please follow me; the head master should be preparing some tea by now." She said smiling.

They walked into the home and where amazed at the detail in the home they stopped in front of a room.

"Please wait here.

She kneeled down and knocked on the door. Then she opened it and she bowed once more.

"Liria what is the matter?" asked the man who was grinding up leave.

"There are some guest for you sir." Liria said

"Guest, I don't remember having guest today." He said thinking.

"They have something to give to you." She said.

"Send them in, bring some Damain tea." He said

"Yes sir.

She opened the door and they entered and they bowed. He smiled and bowed towards them.

"You have beautiful home." Said the wife.

"Thank you. I was told you had something to give me?" he asked.

"Oh, yes." She said.

She handed the letter to him and he smiled. When he looked at it he froze.

Back to the drafting for the army

Kyokosu sigh as he finished preparing her bag. She only had one chance to do it. If she failed in her chance she could be killed. She had finished packing what was needed for the move, but sigh as she wondered if someone would come or they would have to return to take the things. She looked at her father's dagger and smiled it was something she would need. She took in a deep breath and she let it out. She heard a knock on the door and she went to open. She looked at the arm and had a stare down then they motioned to exit the house.

She watched as other's were being taken by force.

"Hey, get a move on." Said the guard who seemed to have some kind of heart. "Yes sir." She said

She got into line with the others and then they marched to other villages. A soldier with brown short hair and blue green eyes smiled as he came to her side.

"Hey, this is your first time coming into the army?' asked the soldier.

"Yeah, and you?" she asked."

"Huh oh this is my third time around, so what's your name?" he asked.

"Kyok….ah ah Kyo. Yeah Kyo's my name."

"Ah so Kyo, so it must be tough leaving your family and friends. Don't worry too much you'll make new friends and companions here." He said smiling.

"Yes, but what's your name?" she asked

"Huh? Me?" he said pointing to himself.

He thought and thought then smiled and then sigh and thought some more. Kyoko wanted to laugh but stopped herself.

"And you can just call me Daite for now. The training is hard but you'll get used to it. The commander is a bit strict but a good person. So don't worry, I'll help you out on what you need." He said smiling.

"Thank you." Kyokosu said smiling

She smiled and sighs with reef. She had pulled it off if he thought she was a by then it was good. She had cut off her long hair and put on the clothes she had been given for when she worked on the fields. She held the sword that had been hanging which had served in the army once. She sigh once again and hope they would forgive her for taking the sword without permission. She smiled as long as they were safe she could and would do their best for them. She looked at the sky and smiled as the bird flew in the air.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter . allrighty hopeyou guys liked it yaaaay!