Long ago. There was an ancient war…between the evil genma. And the righteous oni. To decide the fate of mankind. The oni were losing this war. That was until another joined the war…the armageddon knights of the shi clan. With their aid. The oni won the war. They traded secrets with each other. The armageddon knights their technology which would lead the oni to create several mechanical vehicles that could only be unlocked through sacred oni orbs. In return. The oni gave the armageddon knights the knowledge on how to forge powerful and magical weapons. Such as the bishamon sword. This knowledge would lead to the creation of the armageddon arms…powerful weapons that rival the might of the bishamon sword. One day. The armageddon knights returned to their world. The oni made a promise that if an armageddon knight of the shi clan ever came back to their world. They would do anything to aid them. Even centuries later. The debt would not be forgotten especially….if the genma ever returned.

March 15th 1560 gamou manor.

At the dead of night. A lone figure wearing a black hood and a skull mask walks up the locked front gate of the residence. He pushes it trying to open it. When that didn't work. He summoned a large scythe into his hand. And cuts down the gate. Alerting the samurai guarding it.

"Halt!" a samurai yelled. Drawing his katana "you made a big mistake! Do you know who your messing with!?" the samurai yelled.

"Just another arrogant and egotistical scumbag who's willing to send innocent people to die in a war that they there forced to fight if it means getting land that isn't his…gamou is a special kind of scummy with his way of motivating his troops…with the promise of the chastity of kidnapped village girls….how disgusting, but then again. I wouldn't expect anything less…from a warlord!" the hooded figure said. The last words said with pure hatred. The hooded figure then rushed forward slashing at the guards with his scythe. It broke through their swords, armor, flesh and bone like they were made of paper. Adding to the horror of the slaughter. The bodies of the samurai rapidly decayed. Nothing was left of them but ashes covering broken katanas. And slashed up armor.

In another room. A purple haired kunoichi was tied up. Her arms hanging from the ceiling. They were about to force her to drink aphrodisiac. But a samurai bursted into the room.

"Grab your swords. We're under attack!" the samurai yelled. The other two sighed in annoyance. Before looking back to the tied up kunoichi. With look of utter lust.

"We'll be back later." the samurai said. Lust emanating from his voice. The two samurai left. The kunoichi managed to free herself. She ran through the manor and saw blood stained walls. Broken swords and shattered armor. And ash…so much ash. She heard the scream of another samurai. The one in question ran down the hall missing an arm. Only for a scythe blade to appear right over his throat. And with a kick from the one holding it. The samurai's head came flying off his body. The body quickly decomposed and turned to ash. What hit the ground wasn't a severed head. But ash and a helmet. The hooded figure looked to his left and saw the kunoichi.

"The girls are in the dungeon. Down this hall." the hooded figure said as he pointed towards the hall he came through. "Save them. I'll deal with gamou" the hooded figure said. He walked forward. Seemingly disappearing into darkness.

"The….grim reaper?" the kunoichi asked. She remembers hearing rumors of a masked hooded man. Killing warlords. The sign that it was the reaper would alway be the same thing…ash. There would nothing left of the warlords but ash. This terrifying hunter of warlords has become known as "the grim reaper." due to his mask hood and scythe giving him the appearance of the deity of death. Why does he do this? What drives him to slay warlords? Nobody knows. But the kunoichi had a mission to do. She couldn't worry about this warrior for now. She ran down the hall. Finding the kidnapped villiage girls.

The reaper found a room with light. He kicked down the door. To find gamou sitting there waiting for him.

"So…your the reaper…i know why your here…your here to take my life. Why not join me instead? Think about it! Money! Women! Glory! You can have it all. What do you say?" gamou asked. The reapers response was to point his scythe at the disgusting warlord.

"I see…big mistake kid." gamou said as he drew his sword. The fight was over quickly. Gamou greatly underestimated the reaper. As his sword was soon broken. And he was flat on his ass. He tried to crawl away. Only for the scythe to appear around his neck.

"Your greed brought this upon you…you shouldn't have tried to take what isn't yours." the reaper said. And with a quick pull. Gamou's head came off and turned to ash alongside his body. He soon left the manor. The kunoichi also freed the village girls. Luckily before there chastity could be forcibly taken.

As the reaper continued on his way. He started to think on who is next target will be…he decided on a warlord who's campaign was a being a bit to successful…nobunaga oda. However as soon as he left the forest and came apart and empty of grass. He was soon attacked by an army…samurais and ninjas aplenty. The reaper knew who they were. They all belonged to warlords he's killed. He left them without a lord. And therefore want revenge. The reaper slammed his scythie into the ground. A several cracks began to form into the earth. Several skeleton warriors armed with a sword and shield bursted from the ground. Alongside several skeletons that were wearing blue rags but carrying huge broadswords. The battle ended. The field was covered in blood. Broken metal. Ash and bones. As the reaper limped away. Several swords and arrows and kunai were stabbed into his body. He fell to the ground. Starting to lose consciousness. He saw someone approaching as he blacked out.

The person approaching him was the kunoichi. She picked him up and put him on her back. He was a bit heavy. But nothing she couldn't handle. The shaky breath on her shoulder was the proof she needed to know he was alive. She took him back to her lady. Princess yuki. After getting ahold of a doctor. The kunoichi reported her mission.

"The rumors were true. Gamou was kidnapping village girls. But he won't be anymore…he's now nothing but ash." the kunoichi said.

"That wounded man…is he the one the rumors were talking about?" princess yuki asked.

"Quite. You're highness. I've seen first hand. Those struck down by his blade quickly decomposed to ash. He's the grim reaper." the kunoichi said. The doctor entered the room.

"How is he?" princess yuki asked.

"His wounds have been stitched and bandaged. I must say. He's quite the fighter. I've lost plenty of others with wounds way less than his. He's still unconscious. But he should come too soon." the doctor said. After leaving with some gold and a thank you from princess yuki. Both her and the kunoichi entered the room where the reaper was in. his mask was removed alongside his hood. And what they saw was a young man around 18 years old. With long black hair. Princess yuki covered her mouth in shock.

"This is the reaper? He's so…young." princess yuki said.

"He looks around my age…we'll talk to him when he wakes up." the kunoichi said. Princess yuki nodded.

Everything was a blur for the reaper. His body hurt…he would go in and out of consciousness. Sometimes just a ceiling. Sometimes he would see the kunoichi. Sometimes he would see a beautiful woman in a kimono. and other times he would see a young boy. After about a week of this he finally regained enough of his strength to finally awake. And get up. His body was stiff due to a week of not moving.

"So you're finally awake." the kunoichi said getting his attention. He looked at her. He finally got a good look at her. It was hard to see her in those dark halls. But now can see her fully. Purple hair done in a ponytail. Alongside purple eyes. And an extremely bodacious body. He had to anything do everything in his power not to blush. "My lady wants to speak to you." the kunoichi said.

"Wait!" the reaper yelled. "Can you…tell me your name." the reaper said in a raspy voice. The kunoichi thought about it for a bit.

"I'll tell you…if you tell me yours." the kunoichi said.

"Pharos…pharos tachinowarui." pharos said. Finally revealing his name. The kunoichi smiled.

"I'm ajisai." ajisai said. Both pharos and ajisai went to princess yukis room she was sitting on her knees. In front of her was a tray that had grilled fish. Rice and tea.

"I can imagine you must be pretty hungry after a week unconscious." princess yuki said. Pharos got onto his knees in front of the tray. After downing the cup of tea to get the dry feeling out of his throat. He devoured the food on the tray.

"Thank you for your kindness princess yuki…i feel fine now." pharos said. Princess yuki giggled.

"Think nothing of it…i'm glad to be help to someone." princess yuki said. Her smile soon faded and was replaced with a look of concern…"i need to know…why is someone young on such a bloody war path?" princess yuki asked. Pharos looked to the ground. Before closing his eyes and sighing.

"It was around five years ago, i woke up with no memories of who i was…a kind family took me in. the father, brom was getting ill. So he couldn't do his work so well. I volunteered to help. Everything was going well…that was until lord of that area past away…and his ambitious power hungry piece of shit of a son. kyle took over. He forced anyone he could to be a part of his new army. Even sickly men and thirteen year olds…we were threatened by samurais with rifles. We had no choice…it didn't take long for brom to lose his life…and to make it worse. He wasn't even given a proper burial. The bastard thought some farmers were not worth wasting the money on. So he alongside the others were just kicked off a ledge into a chasm below…that was how little our lives were worth to that bastard! We were just pawns that were nothing to him! Three years of warfare. Stuck working for a man i despised. Fighting for nothing more than his greed. And desire to take what wasn't his. That was until i turned 16…and something bizarre happened." pharos said. As he reached out his hand. A purple flame emanate from it. Surprising everyone. The flame soon faded revealing a scythe with a glowing purple blade. "These powers awakened. I don't know why or how. But this my key to freedom. After i gained this power i went to the manor. Where he was celebrating a successful battle. Of course only his high ranking soldiers and his ass kissers were allowed there. So of course he was pissed to see me barging into a party uninvited. I killed. I killed them all. The ass kissers. The soldiers. Only the staff and entertainers were the only who escaped my rampage. I had nothing against them. And to add a cherry to this story. Despite the fact that kyle had my scythe to his neck. He's still had the gaul to say that i was commoner trash. A worthless farmer. That he was above me. Needless to say. That made decapitating the bastard real easy. Even though he deserved it i was forced to leave. There was price on my head. And staying with brom's family would put them in danger. Since then i've hunting down and killing bastards like him…dragging people into war so that could take what isn't theirs. Farmer and children who have no combat experience being forced into it…this is the origin of the grim reaper." pharos said. Finally finishing his story.

"Damn…" ajisai said.

"That…is horrible. I'm sorry pharos." princess yuki said.

"Don't be. It has nothing to do with you…now back to my hunt. Nobunaga is next." pharos said. He got up to leave.

"Don't bother…he's already dead. Took an arrow to the throat during a battle against yoshimodo." ajisai said.

"And i would like you to stay with us for a bit…your too young to have so much blood on your hands…stay here a bit to try to heal your heart frozen by hate." princess yuki said. Pharos thought about it for a bit and sighed.

"Alright…a bit of peace couldn't hurt I suppose…but if a warlord comes here to try to take over…that when the reaper comes back." pharos said. Princess yuki nodded.

"I understand." princess yuki said. The next few months was peaceful. Pharos got to know princess yuki's little brother. Yumemaru. Who first viewed pharos with suspicion. But after hearing what happened to him. Being similar to what happened to yumemaru. They became like brothers. The peace didn't last. As maids and servants began to disappear. As princess yuki sent a note to her cousin. Samanosuke akechi to request help. Pharos and ajisai began an investigation…their investigation took them to the outskirts of inabayama castle. They managed to find the missing servants and maid…or what was left of them. They had clean cuts that looked like it was done with a blade. But other wounds look like their flesh was ripped off by some hungry animal. They soon heard a sickening sound of flesh being ripped off and the sound of chewing. They followed it to see…something neither an animal nor human.

Two of them were similar to a samurai with a katana and a red bamboo hat. But they had no flesh…pharos was familiar to undead warriors. He's created them himself. But these certainly weren't his. The other creatures were armadillo like humanoids wielding cleavers. And the final being another undead samurai. But there's one much taller. Has armor and a nodachi. Pharos and ajisai were shocked to see actual monsters. Their minds trying to piece together what the hell they're seeing. But there thoughts were stopped as one of the armadillo creatures. Rolled into a ball and came at them. Pharos quickly summoned his scythe and swatted the creature. Sending it flying towards the huge armored samurai. Knocking it down. One of the undead samurais had it throat slit by ajisai. The other was cut in half by pharos. The final one skulls was crushed by pharos right hand. The other armadillo creature swung at pharos with it's cleaver only to get kicked in the stomach by pharos. Forcing it let go of it's cleaver. Pharos caught it. And repeatedly smashed at the creature's face. Like a butcher cutting up meat. As the cleaver was embedded into the creature's face. The tall samurai grabbed pharos by his throat. As the samurai was strangling him. Ajisai stabbed it through it's sword arm causing it to drop both it's sword and pharos. The monster than slapped ajisai. Sending her to the ground. Pharos quickly grabbed the creatures sword. And cut off one of the creatures legs. When it was on the ground. Pharos finished by stabbing the sword through its head. Finally killing it. Pharos ran towards ajisai. And helped her up.

"Are you alright?" pharos asked. Ajisai rubbed her head.

"That…really hurt. But i'll be fine." ajisai said as she got up a bit woozy. Pharos helped her up. She pushed him away and blushed. "Thank you…but i'm fine now." ajisai said with a pout. Pharos grinned. Before turning serious.

"...what the hell were those things?" pharos asked.

"No idea…not human. That's for sure…we should report this to princess yuki." ajisai said. Both her and pharos returned to princess yuki only to see her get kidnapped by another monster. A ninja like creature with three green glowing eyes.

"Shit!" pharos yelled. A man soon ran into the room…a samurai wearing red armor.

"Mitsuhide samanosuke akechi…right?" pharos asked.

"Yes...are you friends to princess yuki?" samanosuke asked.

"I'm a friend…she's a servant more like…we can get to know each other later. Right now. Princess yuki needs our help. Can we count on you?" pharos asked. Samanosuke nodded. Another person entered the room a female ninja with flame tattoos on her legs. The sign of the iga ninja clan.

"Samanosuke." the female ninja said.

"...we will save princess yuki." samanosuke said with determination in his voice.

"Damn right…let's go." pharos said with the same determination. The mission to rescue princess yuki. Unbeknownst to our heroes. This mission would lead to a conflict that would change the world…