Ai Kirai, accompanied by her aristocratic rebellious girlfriend, a former local mayor's daughter of Devil Town from Kai Province, as her partner-in-crime, Subarashī Aikyōmi. They are going down in the middle of a long winding dirt trail path across the outskirts of the province, out by the next nearby. Sagami Province with a small border village, named 'Tenshi' and a short walk away when both of them entered Sagami.
"We have been walking for days now, it's exhausting," Ai said, complained and pouting with Aikyōmi strolling directly next to her.
After the couple sees the border village a few steps away in view, Ai seeing the Village to take a break in it but as they start to walk into the very extreme traditionalist some say. Tenshi Village, as soon as they enter the bystanders and locals stare at Ai and Subarashī with suspicion, whispers and scorn, immediately on the spot. As they both are lovingly holding hands in the walkway entrance to the Village.
"Another 'lost ones' to the disgraceful showing Takeda Clan and especially to their subordinate tainted half-blooded disgraced bastard of the Kirai Clan," the villager says to his elderly wife, under his breath.
"Tainted ones and her useless tagalong," another one of the younger villager said, whispering to another elderly villager.
"Maybe the Tokugawa will save us from these impure ones," Two other villagers said, with extreme suspicion in their voices.
"Yeah, these two especially need to be-" the final villager said, before finishing his sentence, the villager gets cut down by Ai's sword. Literally in a second with a blank neutral expression on Ai's face.
The villager has no head being decapitated by Ai as a ronin, her katana which has the name. Shinzō, meaning; 'heart' personally now with the other villagers now quickly becoming quiet, out of fear of retribution from Ai's wrath.
"Ah!," Subarashī said, gasping in complete and utter horror at her own lover, ruthless brutality towards a random rude villager.
"Hm" Ai, nodded subtly at Subarashī as a signal as a reassurance to her, and kept on walking to the village inn to the night.
…
Later in the middle of the night, within a small room of the village inn and their items in the corner. Ai's katana is hidden there too, Ai looking upon the villagers from earlier at the window, while amazing upon the citizens, going on with their day 'without a care in the world at their future' has a thought about secretly thinking about her younger sister, Rozan Kirai. while Subarashī on the other hand, thinking; Ai has been overreacting about the whole ordeal.
"Don't you think you're overreacting just a little, Kirai?" Subarashī pointed out, as she got Ai's, elegant katana; Shinzō', and polished it with the blade.
"Maybe, who knows since I'm my own bundle of trauma for the most part." Ai said.
…
Subarashī finishes, polishing and cleaning up the blood from the Ai's curved sword. Heads to comfort Ai herself. She saw at the corner of her eye, a well-built man in black robes with a katana and kasa hat passed by the inn. While Ai doesn't notice him passing by the establishment.
After Subarashī looks back at Kirai, she has refused to sleep, wanting to keep guard for her lover.
Next Day
Ai and Subarashī are enjoying eating together at the Village's local small Sushi and ramen place, suddenly they both hear something very loud, similar to a scream like of someone dying after getting cut down by a blade from the walkway, immediately next to the tiny restaurant.
The duo ran out to the gigantic commotion to the streets, seeing where it happened going in the Village.
…
"What happened, how can we help?" Ai and Sabarashī said, at the same time. Then witnessing the unspeakable bloody walls and carnage aftermath.
The whole entire street is flooded with cut up dead bodies of both male and female villagers.
Subarashī after the shock wore off, noticed as soon as you saw it, in the middle of the massacre of the locals within the bloodlined path.
…
Subarashī pointed her at the mysterious, male that has short spiky black hair with a Kasa hat on him and he has an even more elegant katana, then Kirai's Shinzō' blade, when he attempted to quickly stealthily sneak away from the back of the bloodshed.
"Glad you noticed me before I escaped from the scene. Little lady, when I was trying to go, from my usual handiwork" the man said, joking with a really big arrogant smile across his face.
…
"What do you want for one, let's get formalities first out of the way." Ai joked, back to try to get some useful information out of him.
"The name is Touji Zen. Hello fellow new challenger, and little lady Aikyōmi" Touji says with extreme confidence and arrogance in his voice.
"But some peasants, swordsmen and a few of my former; extinct clan members remember me and always refer to me. As an Oni or even infamously referred to as the 'Sorcerer Samurai' but to answer both of your other questions you are going to eventually say, I've been looking for you two for a while now, especially this rare type of specimen." Touji taunted. His finger pointing at Ai herself with a little sarcasm.
On the other hand, at the same time, Touji pulled his extended slightly long curved katana out of a glossy golden scabbard. Tip of his extremely polished and shiny sword, too the point of that is blinding nearby innocent citizens of Tenshi in the back of him, among the Villagers from the entrance to the street corner. About to witness the three-to-two way duel to the soon to be bloody death of Tenshi Village.
…
Ai with one of her hands and moves Subarashī back, a few feet behind her, protecting Subarashī, directly in front of Touji as he takes pity and is amusement by their relationship of the two, while the Sorcerer Samurai Touji is smiling ear to ear, scaring the Villagers, a few run of them go to the supposedly peaceful and reasonable Village Chief of Tenshi, who is nearby the massacre site.
…
Ai takes her battle pose, that's inspired by a sumo-wrestler pose, holding on to the handle of her katana; Shinzō', as Subarashī and as the surrounding Villagers clear both ways out of the large street corner with wooden roofs above them. She then takes a deep breath and concentrates on the duel that's about to happen and Touji does the same.
Touji sticks his tongue out before the duel starts, immaturely mocking Ai and Subarashī. Including the villagers, taunted them before both being of done with the standoff:
"Playing pretend the protectful misunderstood Ronin. Maybe a malevolent Samurai even…right little lady?" Touji taunted, laughed, and mocked Ai.
Ai, superhumanly with her supernatural speed, blitzes jumping forward towards Touji like a blur.
Touji had anticipated the move and blocked Ai's blade with the side of his angelic blade.
Touji has a gleeful smile at Ai trying to get the first move and attempting to get him off guard, they are face-to-face, while both are looking each other in the eyes with tensions heightened, hatred for one and arrogance for the other.
The playful but sadistic sorcerer samurai wanted to extend the entirety of the duel as much as possible, around in the small Village. Swiped one of his feet, under her legs catching Ai off guard and kicking his foot into her stomach into the middle of the air. He then jumped in the sky to spin kick Ai across the Village.
Ai leaded on a few miles east from were the duel started, she is atop of the line of large rooftops with alleyways, with a dent on the roof where she leaded in the middle, where the artisans, swordsmiths, and dojo's with the those citizens watching the battle taking place.
…
Touji uses his sword, using aggressive force and his own brute strength; to slash over and over again at Ai but dodges some, while she perry's, blocking every single strike with little effort and resistance from her.
Ai during the battle is going on, in her mind. She had felt very young and filled with a lot of adrenaline, despite having aged at all in a day: stuck in her early-to-mid 20s body having to mature before her time in the Kirai Clan and the rest of her extended family, also later being cursed with special type of complete semi-immortal. After a mysterious cloaked sorcerer cursed her with immortality for trying to kill, said sorcerer.
Her inner thoughts only one thing racing fast in her mind, defeating Touji Zen, her thoughts during this fierce bloody duel to the death:
I hated them, my overbearing aristocratic family away will, except for her innocent little sister. Rozan and her youngest brother, Maijri, who stole position as heir to the Kirai Clan.
The first real actual challenge I had was long ago, as an ronin.
Mikoto Tsukuyomi, the infamous moon-cutter of local legend in my own home town within the town of outcasts and ruffians.
I loved Subarashī, greatly since, even we before they met in Devil Town.
But well no matter, I have someone to protect and love.
Defeating Touji is the only thing on my conscious right now until, then even if Subarashī dies, at least I will still have something to live for myself and only me.
Touji's mind during the duel to the death was completely blank, working off pure adrenaline and pure hatred for Ai, but only one was on his mind.
Suddenly, Touji jumps back a few feet to another rooftops, avoiding a lot of Ai's sword slashes towards him. As he switched to offense.
"What's wrong, boy?"
"Can't properly fight a little lady like me?" Ai said, playfully taunted and teased back at Touji.
"Shut up, you glorify concubine" Touji yelled, back to Ai with furious anger.
Ai follows behind him, by throwing some sword slashes towards, directly at Touji.
By complete and utter chance, Ai catches Touji off guard, slashing him in the back, he lays on his back, where the battle started in the street corner next to the restaurant.
Subarashī ran back to the street corner. Right in the middle of the dueling location, in the final stages of the fight, between Ai and Touji.
"Finish him off. already, Ai!" Subarashī encourage and cheering on Ai to have the finishing sword strike to kill Touji
Ai, distracted only very few seconds away by Subarashī.
…
Touji with another opening against Ai and Subarashī vulnerable out in the open.
Touji looks directly at Subarashī with a completely sadistic joyful wide giant smirk, snapping his finger towards her.
Ai realizes that he is going for Subarashī as a distraction.
"Ashī, move!" Ai yells and warns Subarashī at the last minute to move out of the way, Touji does his ranged attack.
All of a sudden, Ashī confused, the top half of her body and both arms, gets set completely on fire. She falls into the dirt ground in front of Ai with Touji looking on laughing in the background behind Ai.
"Sub…ar..a…shī" Ai looks in complete silence, scared and shocked at her girlfriend, half-burnt her body, on the brink of death.
…
Ai looks upon the body of Subarashī in horror and completely shocked. She turns around at Touji and stays still for now. Touji celebrated this turn of events in the battle.
Touji, turns his sword to Ai with her morale low and thinks he's about to win the duel.
Her shoulders and the top of Ai's head started to show, generating substantial amounts of dark black and red, ethereal demonic fiery flames with an aura of a demon.
"What the?" Touji confused.
Ai's shocked horrified look turns into a psychotic evil expression, staring at Touji.
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahahahaha" Ai said sadistically, laughing at Touji.
…
Ai drops Shinzō' into the ground and pulls out another katana from the palm of her hand. Jumping–blitzing forward towards Touji, slashing him across the chest.
"Hahaha" Ai maniacally laughing still after, cutting down Touji.
Lot of Blood sprays out of Touji's chest, he silently falls onto the ground.
After her demonic trance, where's off. She ran to the unconscious Subarashī. Shaking her body by the shoulders.
"Subarashī…Subarashī…Subarashī!" Ai panicked, and attempted to wake Subarashī up.
…
"I'm…okay…barely" Subarashī wakes up from her severe burns. "But now I look ugly, I guess"
…
Ai wraps her arms around Subarashī, relieved.
"Don't scare me like that!" Ai relieved and joyful.
400 Years Later
Ai within the side of the streets in Edo without Subarashī by her side, looking upon an illustration picture of herself and Subarashī in their early youth.
…
Ai let out a tired sigh, then pulled out a picture.
"It's very lonely that you're not here anymore, Subarashī.." Ai lamented with sorrow.
…
"Help, bandit." One Edo citizen yelled, near Ai in the city.
She reluctantly got up. Grabbing and pulling out her katana called; Saika.
"Humanity never changes, but I'm happy for someone in need if there is an honest or genuine person." Ai said to herself. As she ran to the commotion
470 Years Later
Roughly four hundred seventy years. In broad daylight In Nishi-Shinjuku, right on the bottom of a half-built skyscraper business district of Shinjuku City, near Mount Fuji. The alleyways Ai Kirai, ran through a large winding alleyway being chased by a bunch of FBI agents and government officials of Meji with a one individual leading the way.
"Turn yourself in!" Random government official said, while in hot pursuit of Ai.
"Come back here!" Random FBI agent said, not far behind the government official who is pursuing Ai.
Ai, purposely drops a few trash cans, behind her as she's running to delay her pursuers.
…
She reaches a dead end, wall to the alleyway.
"Damnit, dead end.." Ai exclaimed with fury in her voice.
…
"Indeed," one of the FBI agents said, that's behind cornering her.
"Allow me to introduce myself; I'm Victor Talbot of the FBI" Victor said, gleefully and pridefully.
…
"Let's get one thing completely and utterly clear here, your not going to be experimented on or anything, before my man come here"
"In fact, let's Make a bargain between immortals."
She signed a little.
"As long as I'm okay, then so be it.." Ai reluctantly exclaimed.
Few Years Later
Military armed transport carrier ship on its way to China, Nanjing to back up a division in the city. Ai wearing a imperial Japanese army uniform of a major rank and a few male imperial Japanese soldiers; including another younger woman sitting next to Ai, shaking nervously holding with her rifle, and the androgynous but beautiful black haired women right beside her on their way to China.
…
"Hey, Shi Arashi and Ayana Sonohara." One random imperial Japanese cadet yelled at Ai, and the black haired woman next to her both. "Be strong, we are being honorable to Japan by fighting against those barbaric Americans in the Pacific and Chinese!"
"Don't be dishonorable or even cowards!" Another imperial Japanese soldier said mockingly, directly to the both of only females in their Brigade.
Ayana, got up running angrily intending and attempting to beat up the few soldiers in their Brigade for making fun of them.
"I'm only in the army to help my family and my little brother, I was one of the acceptances not the rule; remember that!" Ayana yelled with lots of anger.
Anyana, punched one, kicked one, and chokes one out, all quick clean rapid succession.
"Shut up!" The next second, goes back to seat. "Anyways, nice to meet you; Arashi was it?"
"Yeah…sure," Ai said, awkwardly with one eyebrow raised.
Years Later
Ending weeks of the Nanjing campaign, as every single soldier entered the city of Nanjing. Ayana and Ai (Shi Arashi) at the moment, battle hardened soldiers, months following their landing in China.
Ai and Ayana, so traumatized and seen so much bloodshed, their hands are literally shaking. While sitting in a street within Nanjing.
"We all got the short end of the stick. Probably I don't know anything anymore," Ai pouted.
…
"Yeah, pretty much.." Ayana nodded in agreement.
Suddenly, out of nowhere.
"Ahh!" Bunch of Nanjing citizens yells, from a building right next to them.
Ai and Ayana, ran out to the chaos, starting going about at the moment.
"What are you doing, Colonel!" Ayana yelled at her superior officer.
…
"Nothing a purification of this City?" The Colonel said, sadistically with gleeful happiness.
Ayana pulled out her rifle immediately shooting, the colonel in the head and soldiers in the vicinity, saving what's left of the Nanjing citizens.
"Hey, Ai Kirai!"
"Help a little, please" Ayana exclaimed bluntly. As she wanted to flee overseas but back to Japan.
"Fine…" Ai said, giving into Ayana at the sudden turn of events.
Four Months Later
Ayana and Ai landed on the coast to the beach together, reaching Japan. Managing to avoid the rest of the imperial Japanese army; fleeing them and the other sides of the war in world war two. Back at Nanjing, the two are walking on the beaches of Okinawa.
"Well.."
"Sorry for being; kinda in the way," Ai said, apologizing to Ayana Sonohara.
…
"Sure, but I like our time together as colleagues or friends as soldiers." Ayana said with a little content smile.
…
"Well this is where we go are separate ways,"
"Let's hope we meet each other again: someday." Ai offered Ayana.
Ayana laments for a second and smiles. Ai deviously smirks back.
End?
Author Notes: I need to clarify some things, Ayana is the ancestor to Sayaka and Anri Sonohara for this oneshot fic, and stuff like that; also this whole oneshot takes place across three era's of japanese history, Sengoku for the beginning, Edo the middle and Meji at the end. I'm also kinda fictionalizing history just a little here but I'm (not) doing it of malice or anything.