Hey guys and gals,Bonne Lecture~~~ welcome back to the newest chapter Koihime Saber: The book of the three kingdoms.
This was a chapter I was really worried about since it was the only one I hadn't fully planned out but hopefully, it worked out.
But anyway we will be having two Swordsmens join the ranks, and no neither of them are going to be Blades.
Blades will be for two chapters later, as for this chapter we'll have to see…
So with that said, let's do this!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OC's
Opening: Almighty from Kamen Rider Saber
Dreamscape
Third person P.O.V.
In the middle of a training yard, we see a younger Bachou in a stance while holding a staff in her hands.
Opposite her was an older man wearing a light blue shirt with a cyan-coloured blazer and black baggy pants and black boots, his hair was brown and tied up into a bun, this man was Bachou's father
The younger Bachou eventually started to shake a bit, something her father seemed to notice.
"Sui, are you hiding something from me?" He asked as she gasped "W-W-What, I-I didn't try to get into the attic again- Ah!".
"Hahahaha, so that's what you're hiding from me, huh?" He said as Bachou pouted "B-But how did you know I was hiding something from you?".
"Because Martial arts can reveal the truth, for example, if you have a sense of guilt in your heart, your aura will be cloudy which I could see in your posture" he explained as Bachou looked down "O-Oh…".
"What's wrong? You don't have to worry about a punishment, it won't be too bad" he said, but Bachou shook her head "That's not it, you could understand my feelings from seeing my posture… but I still can tell your feelings from your posture… it's just frustrating".
"So that's what you're worried about? Don't worry I had the same problem when I was starting" he said, as Bachou looked at him "Really?".
"Yes, you see your grandparents wanted me to train in the same martial arts as this, and much like yourself I had a lot of trouble when I was starting but I eventually got the hang of it".
"If you train hard enough, you'll be able to read others' auras in no time," he said, making Bachou smile "Really!".
"Of course" he said, as the scene flashed.
"Dad…I promise I'll practise…lots and lots…and become…the strongest". We then see an older Bachou on a bed in the inn they stayed at last night "Huh?".
"Oh right I split a room with these people" she said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"Ah, so you finally woke up" she heard, looking down to see Chōun on the ground.
"Huh? Why are you on the ground" Bachou asked, as Chōun looked at her "It's not like I wanted to, last night you pushed me off the bed while I was sleeping".
"Ah sorry, I tend to toss and turn while I'm asleep," she said, as Chōun smirked "No need, besides I already got my payback".
"Huh? What did you do? '' Bachou asked, as Chōun smirked while looking up and down Bachou's body "Oh maybe it's better if I don't tell you".
"What! What did you do to me!" Bachou screamed.
Meanwhile on the roof
Third person P.O.V.
"Hah!" Zei yelled, as he stabbed his sword towards Koutarou who attempted to block each one of them although some attacks still hit him.
"Come on! Your attack needed to be quicker, faster!" Zei yelled, continuing to attack Koutarou who jumped back.
"I'm trying!" He said, rushing to strike at Zei who easily moved out of the way of each attack.
Zei then crouched down before kick Koutaro's legs to trip him before knocking him to the ground.
Koutaro tried to get back up but was met with Zei's sword right in front of his face.
"Hmph," Zei said, before smiling as he offered a hand to Koutaro who nodded, grabbing Zei's hand and being pulled up.
"You're getting better at this, you definitely have potential" Zei said, as Koutaro smiled.
"Thanks" he said, wiping some of the soot as he returned Kaenken Rekka back into the driver.
"You alright? Is something wrong" Zei asked, making Koutaro blink "Uh, why would you ask that".
"I could tell that you had something on your mind through your posture," Zei explained, as Koutaro sighed.
"Well, it's just that something happened last night that's kinda been on my mind" Koutaro said.
"Really? What happened" Zei asked, as Koutaro began what happened during the feast.
Flashback
Koutaro P.O.V.
Well you see during the feast last night, the lord of the town Enshou pulled me aside to talk with me.
"Um, what did you want to talk about? Your majesty" I asked, as she smiled at me.
"Oh no need for that, just call me Reiha" she said, as I nodded "Oh alright then, so what did you want to talk about Reiha".
"Well you see we have met before" Reiha said, which surprised me "W-We have".
"That's correct, a few nights ago we met when you saved me during the bandit attack in your armour" She said, making me blink "Oh that's right that did happen".
"I was so impressed with your skills that I wanted to suggest a proposition for you" she said, a smirk on her face.
"A…proposition?" I asked, as she nodded "That's right, I wanted to request that you become my personal guard".
"E-Eh?! I-I can't, I'm not a swordsman I'm just a novelist" I said, making her smile.
"Oh no need to be modest, you've already shown your skills, you're more than capable, and of course…" she said, before moving in close "There will be certain benefits~".
I felt my face heating up at that before I shook my head "N-No I-it's alright, j-just let me think about it".
"Fair enough, very well then I hope you do take up my offer" she smiled, with a wink as she walked off leaving me alone.
End of flashback
Third person P.O.V.
"Huh…have you talked to Aisha about it?" Zei asked him as Koutaro shook his head "No…not yet".
"Then maybe you should try talking to her about it, she believes in you so she should at least listen to the proposal" He explained, as Koutaro looked at him.
"By the way I've been meaning to ask, how do you two know each other?" Koutaro asked, as he smiled.
"Ah well when we were younger her brother used to teach his moves and techniques, after bandits attacked our village I decided to go on a journey to grow stronger" he said, as Koutaro looked down "Huh…".
"Do me a favour…protect her for me…okay" Zei whispered in his ear, making his eyes widen looking over at Zei who smirked.
"Come on, the others are probably up by now" Zei said, as Koutarou nodded "S-Sure".
Restaurant
Third person P.O.V.
We next see the group of six in a restaurant with a large table of food in front of them.
"Man, not only do you guys share your room with me, you also treat me to my breakfast? Haha, I can't thank you enough" Bachou said, with a grin.
"No problem, no problem. There's a saying 'Just as it's reassuring to having travelling companions, it's important to uuuuhhhh, oh yeah!, it's important to be pathetic" Chouhi said, making Koutaro laugh,
"It's supposed to be 'it's important for us to care for each other." Koutaro explained, as Kan'u ate some of the food.
"Well I guess it is a bit pathetic to demand for four to fit in a two person room" Kan'u said.
"Thanks for letting me use your room" Koutaro said, as Zei smirked "No problem, they only had two person rooms anyway".
"I did find that a bit disappointing, I was quite looking forward to sharing a bed with Rekka instead I had to sleep on the floor because of someone tossing and turning" Chōun said, as Zei smirked.
"Man you're a real chick magnet huh" Zei said, as Koutaro just blushed.
"It would have been nice if we had won the prize money," Chouhi said, with Bachou and Zei nodding.
"Yeah, too bad the tournament grounds were destroyed" Zei said, as Bachou leaned back "And that other guys disappeared, so we couldn't finish our fight".
"By the way, I've been wondering what you two plan to do now?" Koutaro asked, making Bachou and Zei look at each other.
"Hmm honestly I'm not really sure," Zei said, as Bachou laughed "Yeah to be honest I haven't really thought about it".
"Well how about you guys travel with us, at least until we make it to the next town" Koutaro said, surprising the others.
"Really! Can they?" Chouhi asked, excitedly.
"Rekka, are you sure?" Kan'u asked, as Koutaro smiled.
"Of course, after all it's a lot safer to travel in a group than alone," Koutaro said, before turning to Zei and Bachou "But what do you guys think?".
"That actually sounds like a pretty good idea" Zei said, as Bachou nodded "Yeah, I wouldn't mind travelling with you guys. Maybe seeing your cool sword in action will help me grow stronger".
"Alright then, that sounds good you guys" Koutaro asked, as the other nodded.
The group of six then began planning on where they planned to go next, but things won't be so easy for them.
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Third person P.O.V.
"I feel like you're mad at me, are you mad at me?" Desast asked, as he sat inside of the Megid base.
"Of course we're mad at you, why did you leave without being told to?!" Zooous said, as Legiel nodded.
"Yeah you could have revealed us too soon" Legiel said, as Storious closed the book in his hand.
"Answer me this at least did you find a new candidate?" Storious asked, as Desast smirked.
"Oh I didn't find one, I found two," he said, with a grin.
"Yeah? And are these candidates better than your last ones?" Zooous asked, as but Storious crossed his arms.
"Not now, we need to find users for the Seiken soon." he said, as Desast leaned back "How many do we have now anyway?".
"Including Caliber and the swordsman of flame? We have 6 of 15 unlocked and we're still searching for some of them like the Sword of Light, the Sword of Dreams and the man-made Sword of Null" Storious explained.
"So who's going down to test these two new candidates out?" Zooous asked, as Storious turned to Legiel.
"You go, your skill best matches the swords of flame" he said, as Desast got up.
"I'll go too, I wanna test the girl out." Desast said, getting out as Legiel crossed his arms.
"Oh so you finally wanna help out in one of these." Legiel said, as Storious brought two weapons.
One looked similar to the Kaenken Rekka except instead of the fiery hilt it was yellow and was more associated with lightning.
The other sword was a Dao like sword with a brown body but with a green tip, it had a handle longer than most blades with a ball like ornament in the end, on the guard of the blade was a rectangular slot for some object to be put in and behind the guard there was another slot but this one was narrower than the other.
"The sword of lighting and the sword of the forest huh" Zooous said, crossing his arms.
"Make sure you get at least one of the swordsmen awakened," Storious said, handing them the blades before he opened a black portal.
Legiel and Desast then walked through them so they could awaken the next swordsman.
Town
Third person P.O.V.
"Okay God, the rest of the things we needed," Zei said as he, Chouhi and Bachou walked through the town to do some shopping.
"Haha! I can't wait to go camping to night" Chouhi smiled, as Bachou nodded.
"Yeah, it's going to be a lot better than when I used to camp out alone," Bachou said as Zei laughed "Yeah, I'm with you on that one".
"Hey! What's going on over there" Chouhi said, as they noticed a large group of people all moving up together.
"I dunno, let's check it out" Bachou suggested as the three of them walked towards the crowd.
Within the crowd, we see Sousou on horseback as she came back from examining the tournament grounds from last night.
"So do you think the swordsman is still here in town?" Kaukoken asked, as she and her twin sister rode their horses behind their lord.
"Honestly, I'm not sure he could have easily left town already for what I know" Sousou sighed "But if we want to grow our army then we're going to need to find one of these Swordsmen".
"Hmm…" Sousou blinked, noticing Chouhi in the crowd which made Sousou smile.
However that wasn't the case for everyone as Bachou suddenly gained an angered filled look one she recognized Sousou. "It's her!"
"I found you Sousou!" Bachou yelled, leaping into the air and thrusting her spear towards the lord.
"My lord!" Kaukoen yelled, as she jumped in and pulled her lord out of the way while Kakouton blocked Bauchou's attack with her own weapon.
"Who are you! State your name now!" Kakouton yelled, as Bachou struck a fighting pose.
"I am the daughter of the late Batou, Bachou is here" she said, shocking Sousou, Kakouton and Kaukoen.
"I will have revenge for my father!" Bachou said, thrusting her spear towards Kakouton but Zei soon came in and blocked the attack with his sword as Chouhi jumped on her.
"Bachou stop!" Chouhi cried, as the girl in question tried to get her off.
"Bachou! What do you think you're doing!" Zei yelled, as Bachou growled "Sousou needs to pay for what she did to my father".
"What do you think you're doing! Apprehend this assassin!" Sousou yelled, as he guards came in to apprehend Bachou throwing her in a cell they were carrying in case of assassins or bandits. "This woman will be executed for trying to take my life"
"Wait! Lord Sousou!" Zei protested, kneeling down in front of the Lord "Please, don't kill her!"
"Hm, and who are you" she asked, as Zei gulped " I am Ikazuchi Zei, a traveller please I beg of you"
"Is she a friend of yours?" Sousou asked, as Zei nodded
"Yes, she's travelling with me and a few other people but I don't know what came over her," Zei explained "She hasn't acted anything like this from how long I knew her".
'Hmm, I suppose they are travelling with that other group I met yesterday…wait Ikazuchi Zei… he was one of the people at the tournament yesterday…could it be' Sousou thought, before a sly grin grew on her face.
"Well, it looks to me your friend wants to kill me but I am not heartless, so how about this" she said, as Zei and Chouhi looked at her "You were in the tournament yesterday, then you must have seen the swordsman from last night correct?".
"Huh, what do you want with Big Bro?" Chouhi asked, as Zei tried to stop her.
"Ah so you know him, perfect" she said, crossing her arms "Bring him to me, and we shall discuss a deal for her freedom".
Zei and Chouhi looked at each other, before nodding as Sousou smirked.
"Good, Kaukoken go and get the swordsman and bring him to the camp" Sousou said, as Kaukoken nodded.
"Chouhi go with her and get Koutaro" Zei asked, as Chouhi nodded showing Kaukoken to the maid restaurant.
Maid Restaurant
Third Person P.O.V.
In the maid restaurant we see Koutaro working in the kitchen along with a few of the other cooks for the restaurant.
"Phew, this is surprisingly a lot of work" he heard, turning over to Kan'u.
"Well hey at least this is the last day we're here" Koutaro said, as Kan'u nodded "Yeah, soon we'll be back on the road".
As Kan'u said that, Koutaro thought back to what Zei had told him.
"Then maybe you should try talking to her about it, she believes in you so she should at least listen to the proposal"
"Actually… there's something I wanted to talk to you about" Koutaro said, making Kan'u blinked as she looked at him "Is something wrong".
"No nothing wrong…it's just…last night…" Koutaro said, trying to find the right words "Enshou, she had given me an offer to work as her personal guard".
"Oh…are you going to take it?" Kan'u asked, as Koutaro sighed.
"I'm not sure…it sounds like a good job but I don't want to leave you guys after our promise" he said, as Kan'u looked down.
"If you believe this is where your destiny leads, then I will continue following you." she said, as Koutaro looked at her.
"I've seen you go through many dangers and tribulations and face them in ways many would never even think of. In my mind you are the Messenger of Heaven and I will continue to follow you no matter what decision you make." she said, as Koutaro smiled.
"Thanks Aisha, I mean it." he said, as Kan'u smiled.
"Well, aren't you two close?" They heard, looking over to see Chōun standing there with a smirk on her face.
"W-What do you want!" Kan'u said, as Chōun pointed to the door where Chouhi and Kaoukoken were.
"Who's that?" Koutaro asked, as Chōun shrugged "Not sure, apparently something happened in town and she wanted to talk to Rekka-sama".
"Huh, well alright then" Koutaro said, as they moved to the back room to speak quietly.
"HUH?! BACHOU GOT HERSELF ARRESTED?!" Koutaro, Kan'u and Chōun all said, after hearing the explanation.
"That is correct, she's currently being held prisoner in our town outside the town" Kakouen explained "She would have been executed if not for your friend Zei Ikazuchi convincing her to strike a deal".
"What does she want?" Kan'u asked, as Kakouen pointed to Koutaro "You are the swordsmen correct? Sousou wanted to speak with you about this deal".
"Eh? I mean I don't mind but…" "He'll do it, and I'll come with him!" Kan'u said, interrupting Koutaro.
"RinRin wants to go too!" Chouhi said, but Kan'u shook her head "No RinRin you're going to stay here Chōun"
"EH? Why not! I wanna go and help Bachou! She's my friend too" Chouhi said, as Chōun smirked,
"With patience like yours I doubt that anything would be settled" Chōun said, as Chouhi growled "But…".
"RinRin, just trust us we promise we're going to get Bachou back" Koutaro said, as Chouhi slowly nodded.
"Now then, can you please take us," Kan'u asked, as Kakouen nodded as she escorted the two fighters to the camps.
Sousou's camps
Third person P.O.V.
Within the camps we see Bachou locked in a small cage in the prisoner camp.
"Bachou!" she heard, as she looked up to see Koutaro, Kan'u and Zei outside of the cage with Kakouton behind them.
"Guys! You're here" Bachou smiled, as Kan'u kneeled in front of her "How are you doing? We heard what happened".
"Yeah it was really stupid of me to just go at her like that I was too excited at finally finding her and I screwed up" Bachou said, as Koutaro crossed his arms.
"Why did you go and try killing her anyway?" Koutaro asked, as Zei nodded "Yeah it was far too dangerous to go and do something like that".
"Because…Sousou was the one that killed my father" She growled "SHE KILLED MY DADDY! AND IN THE CRUELLEST WAY!" she said, making everyone's eyes widen.
Meanwhile, at Sousou's camp, the warlord entered her tent and sat down on her throne with a sigh.
"Ah, Karin-sama," greeted Juniku. "Welcome back."
Juniku, secretly Keifa, was a strategist rather than a general like Kakoton and Kakoen. She was a short girl, wearing a flowing pale blue coat with a green undershirt and baggy shorts. She also wore a green cat-eared hood over her blonde hair.
"Keifa, would you mind getting the tea for me and my guest?" requested Sousou. "We're rather thirsty."
"Guest?" Juniku blinked, before looking over to see Koutaro, Kan'u and Zei.
"So you were the so-called swordsmen I've been hearing about, you're a lot uglier than I was expecting, mind giving me a demonstration" she said, as Koutaro sweatdropped.
"R-Right…" he said, placing the Seiken Swordriver on his waist and then pulling out the mechanical book and opening it.
BRAVE DRAGON!
There was once a God Beast possessing a great power that would destroy everything... it was a Brave Dragon!.
He then slotted the book into the driver, before gripping the sword's hilt and unsheathed it from the belt, making the book snap open.
Rekka Battou!
"Henshin!" Kotaro then proceeded to slash his sword in an X pattern, forming an X shaped flaming slash that flew out as the dragon followed it.
Woah! Oh! Woah! Brave Drag~~~on!
The dragon then began spinning around him very quickly as its body shined before entering into him, transforming him into Kamen Swordsmen Saber, the flaming X slamming into his visor to complete the transformation.
Rekka Issatsu!
When the dragon of valour and Kaenken Rekka meet, the crimson sword destined to penetrate evil will be created!
When the transformation ended everyone admired the beautiful armour he was now adorned in.
"Wow, so that's how he does it." Zei said, looking at the suit.
"Goodness, it's incredible." Juniku said, as Sousou smirked and stood up.
"Well I admit this is impressive." She said, inspecting the armour he was adorned with "And not only that but simple to use."
"So um if I could, what do you want us to do for our companions' freedom?" Zei asked, as Sousou stepped back.
"Okay, I'll take it." Sousou said, making the group of three blink "Uh take what".
"Isn't it obvious, I want you to give me your sword and the books that power them in exchange for your companions freedom" She said, a smirk on her face.
"EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH?!" All three of them said at the same time.
"W-Why do you want my swordriver?!" Saber said, closing his book and returning to normal.
"It's simple, I want to assure my country of Gi will last for many years and I believe your powers are the perfect way to do so" Sousou said "So what is it, your sword for your companion".
"Ummm…." Koutaro said, gripping his driver.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Kan'u said, anger in her face.
"Rekka-sama was chosen by the heavens to wield that sword to bring peace to these warring nations, not to assure the victory of one" Kan'u said "There has to be something else you might want".
Sousou raised an eyebrow as she looked up and down Kan'u's body before a grin grew on her face "I think I might have an idea".
"W-What is it…" Kan'u asked, as Sousou allies sweatdropped 'Not again…'.
"If you and I share the bed tonight then I will free you companion" she said, shocking her guests.
"WAIT WHAT?!" Koutaro and Zei yelled, as Kan'u gulped "W-What sort of joke is this".
"I am not joking, from the moment I met you I wanted to possess your beautiful black hair and I get everything I want, regardless of the method" Sousou said, as Zei growled.
"But what about the sacred sword! You wanted that didn't you" Zei yelled, as Sousou crossed her legs.
"Yes, but there are more than one sacred sword so I'm in no rush in finding one not only that but what Kan'u said is correct, the sword did choose him and most likely it would have rejected me if I had used it" Sousou said.
"So what is it, one night with me for your companions freedom?" Sousou asked, as Kan'u looked down.
"..." Kan'u looked down, as she thought the offer through.
"Aisha, are you actually considering this?" Zei said, as Kan'u looked at him "This may be the only way we can go to save Bachou".
"You don't have to do this Aisha, I'm sure we can find another way" Koutaro said, crossing his arms.
"It's alright, I-I'm fine doing something like this if it means saving another life" Kan'u said, before turning to Sousou "I-I I'll do it".
"Hmph, very well then meet me in my quarters in 20 minutes" she said, getting up and walking off.
A few minutes later
Third person P.O.V.
Nightfall has come in the camps, as we see Koutaro and Zei outside waiting for Kan'u to finish.
"Damn that lord, doing something like that to Aisha" Zei said, as Koutaro looked at him "It was her choice, no use complaining about it".
"What was that!" Zei yelled, turning to Koutaro "Are you seriously saying you're okay with Aisha to do that!".
"Of course not! But it was the only choice we had to saving Bachou peacefully, it was Aisha's decision and we need to respect that" He said, but Zei just glared at him.
"You have one of the sacred swords, you could have used it to tear your way through the camp and save her" Zei said, but Koutaro shook his head.
"I'm not using this sword to kill anyone, I just want to use it to protect and save people! NOt to enforce my will on others" Koutaro said, as Zei growled.
"You heard what Sousou did to Bachou's father! She murdered him in the cruelest way! She deserves it." Zei said, but then two people walked up to them.
"But she didn't kill her father" They heard, as they turned over to see Kakouton and Kakouken walking up to them.
"What do you mean?" Koutaro asked, as the pair of siblings looked at each other.
"We should not be saying this, but if it will prevent a senseless death then we must. The truth is...Sousou did not kill him. He died a rather inglorious death." Kakouton explained, surprising Koutaro and Zei.
"What?" Koutaro and Zei said.
"You see it began when Lord Sousou was invited to a banquet by Kashin Suikou the commander in chief of the Han Imperial Forces," Kakouen explained, crossing her arms.
"Kashin is rather fickle and wanted some entertainment for the banquet so she asked Lord Sousou and Bachou's father Bato to have a match for entertainment. However, Bato had been drinking rather heavily that night and was in no shape to fight."
"Why didn't Sousou say anything" Zei said, but Kakouton shook her head "She did, she tried requesting a different opponent but Kashin was interested in seeing the two strongest warriors fight".
"So he lost," Koutaro said, as Kakouen nodded "Humiliatingly so…".
"To alleviate his shame, he drank even more for the rest of the night and he was still angry and drunk on horseback. My sister and I with our unit were on guard duty that night. It was just pure luck that we happened across him." Kakouton said.
"What happened to him?" Zei asked, as the two siblings looked at each other "He had hit his head when he fell off of his Horse".
"Wait, is that really what happened?" Koutaro asked, crossing his arms.
"Yes," Kakouen nodded. "He had a bad head wound and he didn't have much longer to live, in his last moments he begged us to keep his death a secret. So we swore the men to secrecy and spoke nothing of what happened, leaving his death a mystery." Kakouton said, as Zei nodded.
"I can see why, someone as strong as him dying in such a manner, it would ruin his and his family's reputation" Zei said, as Kakouen nodded "Yes but the secret had a side effect".
"You see, rivals to Lord Sousou began spreading a rumour that she was angry that Bato had disgraced her by getting drunk before a fight with her and only that but had beaten her in such a drunken manner and so in her anger, she hunted him down and killed him." Kakouen explained.
"I guess Bachou believed that rumour then…" Koutaro said, before looking up, "And Sousou actually went along with the lie?"
"As much as we wished she did not, she did," Kakouton nodded. "She respected a man's dying wish too much to do otherwise. She also respected the man himself too much to allow his name to be stained in such a way and that is how noble she is. She's someone who's willing to make herself look like a monster for the sake of another."
Koutaro and Zei looked down, not sure what to say, they thought Sousou was someone who was only interested in power but hearing this story made them rethink their thoughts on the young Lord.
"GAH!" They're thoughts were cut off by the sound of soldiers getting attacked
"What was that?" Kakouton said, as Zei got up "We should go and check it out".
The four of them ran towards the other side of the camp to see what was going on.
When they made it they found Legiel and Desast attacking the soldiers.
"A monster!" Kakouton said, as Legiel noticed them as a grin grew on his face.
"Ah just the people I wanted to see" Legiel said, turning to Desast "Get the Mouki girl, I'll handle the Swordsmen".
"Fine fine, I'll handle the girl" Desast said, leaping away Legiel turned to them.
"So you're the new Swordsman of flame just the person I wanted to see but first" he said, taking out the lightning sword before stabbing it into the ground causing it to glow.
A statue of another Swordsmen appeared grabbing the sword before dashing towards them.
"Crap!" Zei said as he began fighting the Stone Swordsman along with the sisters.
"Guys!" Koutaro said, as he tried to help them but then he moved out of the way of a sword slash.
"Oh I'm not letting you run off yet" Legiel said, as his eyes glowed green and his body began changing and mutating, transforming into monster with characteristics of a dragon, he was covered in brown and golden armour with some white details along with shoulder pads and thigh armour that looked like wings or feathers, golden fangs around the collar bone and it the feet, the undersuit of his armour had a silver scale like design, topping it all with a white sash draped over his left shoulder. His face is mainly white reminiscing of a skull with uneven gold horns protruding from the top of his head. In his hand is a double-edged brown sword with a silver edge
"Rah!" Legiel yelled, swinging his sword towards Koutaro, moved out of the way and slapped his driver on his waist.
"Going to have to go for two books right away" he said, pulling out the Brave Dragoon book.
Brave Dragon!
There was once a God Beast possessing a great power that would destroy everything... it was a Brave Dragon!.
He then pulled out the yellow hedgehog book, before opening it.
Needle Hedgehog
There is a beast who survives by wearing thousands of needles in this wild nature… It was a Needle Hedgehog!.
He then inserted both books into the driver before gripping the sword and pulling it out.
"Here we go…,HENSHIN!" He yelled, pulling the sword out as he swung his sword in an X pattern.
REKKA BATTOU!
When two books synchronise, the sacred sword is infused with great power!
A book appeared behind Saber, which opened up allowing small fairy to come out and fly around Saber's left arm and shined brightly as his middle gained yellow spiky armour that attached to the white part of the chest, the feet and the top part of the head, and in the chest was the face of a hedgehog.
WONDER Swordsmen!
DRAGON! HEDGEHOG!
The blade equipped with two attributes will be honed
"RAAAAHHHH!" Saber yelled as he and Legiels blades clashed against each other with the two of them swinging at each other several times.
Legiel then kicked Saber, knocking him back before shooting a stream of fire towards Saber as he moved out of the way.
Saber then tapped his book before shooting a stream of fire towards Legiel who stabbed his sword towards the ground erecting a wall of stone.
"You'll have to do better than that!" Legiel yelled, as he dashed towards Saber who blocked the attack.
He then closed the Needle Hedgehog book before scanning it on the top of his sword causing it to glow yellow.
Needle Hedgehog Shutoku Issen
Yellow spikes then burst from the sword's hilt which Koutaro used to slash at Legiel before kicking him back.
He then swung his sword sending several yellow spikes toward the Megid stabbing him and knocking him back.
"Hah…hah…" Saber said, getting back up.
"Rekka!" he heard, looking over to see Kan'u in a robe with her spear in hand.
"Kan'u are you okay?" Saber said, as she smiled "Yes, luckily the noise interrupted us from starting, do you need my assistance".
"No, but I think another monster is going after Bachou so she could use your help" Saber said, as she nodded as Saber turned over and dashed back to Legiel.
Meanwhile we see the stone Swordsmen attacking Kakouen with its quick movements, which the guard barely blocked with her staff.
He then performed a spin kick knocking the guard back, and then the stone Swordsmen leapt up to attack her.
But then Zei moved in and blocked the attack with his sword before slashing the Swordsmen.
He then thrust his sword several times at the Swordsmen who blocked the attack, before slashing at Zei.
Zei however leapt up high to dodge the attack before he performed a downward slash knocking the Swordsmen back as Kakouton moved and slashed the stone Swordsmen knocking it back.
However the stone Swordsmen got back up and swung it's sword sending an energy slash towards them but before it could Sousou came in and blocked the attack.
"Lord Sousou!" The siblings as she frowned "What's going on here, all the noises interrupted us from starting".
"These freaks suddenly showed up and began attacking the camp, and they might have something to do with the sacred swords," Zei said, as Sousou noticed the sword in the stone Swordsmen's hand.
"Hmm, very well then we'll capture these monsters and get some information out of them" Sousou said, as the others nodded.
The four of them then got back up as they dashed towards the stone Swordsmen who moved back up ready to fight them.
As this was happening we saw Bachou still inside of the cage as she couldn't help but wonder what all the noise was.
"Jeez, what's going on out there" Bachou said, when she felt something on top of the box she was in.
"Yeah it's really crazy out there" she heard, and the voice seemed familiar to her.
"Hey, you're that guy from the tournament! What are you doing here?" she asked, as Desast smirked.
"Yup that's right, and I'm here to break you out and give you an offer" he said, making Bachou blink.
"An offer?" Bachou said, before Desast slashed to the box freeing her.
"YES, I am free! Thank yo-woah!" she yelled, leaping back as she saw what Desast actually looked like.
"Heh, what's wrong? See something you like" Desast grinned, as Bachou gulped "Y-You're one of those monsters".
"Yup, a Megid and proud of it so about that offer" Desast said, as Bachou gulped "O-Okay…what offer…"
"Simple, you want to get stronger and you want power, I can offer that kind of power your friend over there has" he said, pointing to Saber fighting Legiel.
"You can offer me that kind of power… how? You want me to join you or something" she asked, as Desast laughed.
"Nah, I just want a good fight and I thought you with that kinda power would be interesting, but first catch." Desast said, tossing Bachou her weapon which she barely caught.
Desast then stabbed the sacred sword into the ground, as another stone Swordsmen came and grabbed the sword which extended its handle and blade tip converting it into a Naginata.
The Swordsmen then dashed towards Bachou as she quickly blocked the attack.
"Just prove yourself to the blade while fighting the Swordsmen and it'll choose you" Desast said, leaving the tent before jumping on top of a tree and leaning back.
"H-Hey! Wait! What do you mean prove myself" she said, blocking each attack from the stone Swordsman.
She then quickly rolled past the stone Swordsmen to get outside before she thrusted her spear towards the stone Swordsman's back, knocking it down.
However the stone Swordsmen just got back up, as it spun its weapon around and dashing towards Bachou who leapt back.
She landed on the ground and struck a fighting pose as the two stared down at each other.
The stone Swordsmen then leapt up to attack her, as she got ready but then Kan'u rushed in and blocked the attack.
"Kan'u!" Bachou said, as she looked at Kan'u wearing a robe "Why are you in a robe?".
"Uuuuhhhh…it's kind of a long story" Kan'u sweatdropped, as she knocked the stone Swordsmen back.
"Let's just focus on the fight!" Kan'u said, as Bachou nodded as they dashed towards the stone Swordsmen.
Back with Saber we see him clashing swords with Legiel, with Saber continuing to have a difficult time facing the monster.
'Shit…I need to change tactics if I want to win' he thought, leaping back.
"Oh no you don't!" Legiel yelled, shooting a beam of ice towards Saber who tapped the dragon book.
Brave Dragon!
This allowed him to shoot a stream of fire towards Legiel creating a cloud of steam.
"Hah! Take this," Legiel yelled, shooting several rocks towards the cloud which dispersed revealing that Saber was now gone "What!".
We then look to see Saber a distance away, as he closed both books on his driver.
"I better try out the three books." He said, pulling out another book before opening it.
Peter Fantasista
A story of dreams and hopes unfolded by a boy who never grows up…
He then slotted the book into his driver, as he returned the sword into the driver.
"Here we go…,HENSHIN!" He yelled, pulling the sword out as he swung his sword in an X pattern.
REKKA BATTOU!
When the three books synchronise! The sacred sword is filled with power~!
A book appeared behind Saber, which opened up allowing small fairy to come out and fly around Saber's left arm and shined brightly as his left side gained the Peter Fan armoury
WONDER Swordsmen!
Dragon! Hedgehog! Peter Fan!
A powerful blade with the power of three elements descends!
"Huh?!" Legiel said, looking towards Saber's new form "Oh so it's a three combo".
Legiel then dashed towards Saber while swinging his sword but Saber blocked the attack before hooking his sword and throwing it away, he then followed this by kicking Legiel.
"Amazing, so this is the power when the belt is completely filled" he said, looking at himself "I feel amazing!".
"Alright! How do you like this" he said, grabbing the hook on his arms before extending it's chain and throwing it towards Legiel which wrapped around his body.
"What!" Legiel said, as Saber tapped the yellow book before pulling the minster towards him.
Needle Hedgehog.
He then slashed at Legiel as he was thrown behind Saber and when the monster tried to get back up spikes burst out of his body.
"G-Gah!" Legiel grimaced, as he fell to his knees.
"Don't think that's enough to defeat me!" Legiel then grabbed his sword and dashed towards Saber who moved out of the way before kicking him back.
"W-Who the hell are you" Legiel said, glaring at Saber as he smirked.
"I'm the one who's going to be writing the end of this story!" He said, inserting his back into his driver before pressing the trigger.
HISSATSU DOKUHA!
HIRYUU DOUHATSUTEN!
"Now come out guys!" He said, as three books appeared behind him releasing the Dragon, a swarm of needle that flew behind him and a large fairy.
"Heh, welcome to the party guy-" He said, before noticing that Fairy was in fact extremely muscular, who also gave him a wink as well "T-Thanks, anyway let's end this".
He then threw the hook towards the fairy who caught it, as Saber began spinning the fairy around.
The dragon then flew in and shot fire at the fairy giving it a Fiery aura as Saber spun her around before throwing her towards Legiel.
"DORYA!" She said, ramming into Legiel knocking him to the ground as the needle stabbed into its body.
"G-GAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Legiel screamed, as his body exploded.
"This story is comple-GAH!" Saber said, falling to his knees "W-Why…does my body…feel so heavy".
"Hehehe, the three combo tends to burn the users body out when they're unaccustomed to them" Saber heard, as he looked up to see Legiel walking towards him.
"Y-You lost…on purpose…" Saber said, looking towards Legiel.
"Drawing time till you would eventually collapse!" Legiel yelled, kicking Saber sending him flying back.
Zei noticed this as he quickly knocked the Stone Swordsmen before he dashed towards Legiel and Saber.
The stone Swordsmen noticed this as it moved in front of Zei before swinging a sword which Zei blocked the attack.
"You…I'm going to get past you! I made a promise to myself that I would follow in his footsteps…and become stronger" he yelled, knocking the stone Swordsmen back before he stabbed right through the Swordsmens chest.
"Lord Sousou look!" Kakouen said, as Sousou looked over to see cracks going all over the Stone Swordsmen's body.
"Did he manage to defeat it" she said, before noticing its body glowing "No…it's something else".
The Swordsmen's body burst into pieces leaving only a yellow book that flew into his hand, as the piece covered Zei's sword transforming it into another Seiken swordriver with a yellow lighting hilt rather than a Red fiery one.
"A…A Sacred Sword" he said, before slapping the driver on his waist as Legiel and Saber saw this.
"Zei…he got another Sacred Sword!" Koutaro said, as Legiel grinned.
"So…the new Swordsman is born huh?" he said, as Zei pulled out the book.
"I'll be the one to defeat you here and now" he said, before he proceeded to open the book.
Lamp Do Alangina!
There was once a lamp in a foreign land with a mysterious power that had been handed down since ancient times…
"Zei! Put it in the farthest slot from the sword!" Koutaro said, as Zei nodded before he inserted the farthest slot.
Zei was teleported into a larger library as a larger version of Lamp Do Alangina landed behind him.
"HENSHIN!" He yelled, as he gripped the hilt of his sword before he pulled the sword opening it up.
Ikazuchi Battou!
A golden Djinn then came out of the book as lightning sparked everywhere, as this did a spin slash which shot forward as the Djinn spun into him, forming the armour.
Ikazuchi Issatsu
When the Djinn from the lamp and Ikazuchi, the sword of Lightning Unite, the amber blade shall shine with radiant splendour.
He now sported a new armour that was white on his right side, with his middle area being grey, both having gold lines running across them. The left section of the armour was gold with a cape with an Arabian oil lamp on his shoulder along with a pair of blue eyes peeking out from the lid.
His helmet like Saber's was divided in three sections, from which the bottom left was gold, bottom right was white and the forehead piece being grey with the same silver horn like sword piece sticking from it.
The slash then landed on his helmet forming into the visor had a crescent shape that resembled that of a lightning bolt, with both ends being connected by a green part that made it look like a halo.
"Ikazuchi…just like my name," he said, before turning to Legiel.
"Hmph first we got Saber, and now we got Espada now this is exciting" Legiel said, making the now named Espada blink.
"Espada?...Yeah, I am Espada, the swordsman of lightning" he said, striking a fighting pose before dashing towards Legiel.
(Play Senbon Zakura)
Espada proceeded to thrust his sword several times with lightning speed as Legiel barely blocked each one.
Espada then moved downwards in order to kick Legiel in the legs but at the same time Legiel shot a fire blast at him knocking the Swordsmen back.
Espada soon got up as he tapped the book on his driver, allowing him to shoot a stream of lightning towards Legiel who blocked the attack.
"HAH! That kind of attack won't work on- GAH!" he screamed, before looking down to see Saber in only his Brave Dragon form slashing his side.
"Hah…hah…forget…about…me?" Saber asked, as he pulled out the book from his belt and placed it near the tip of the sword.
Dragon! Hmm! Hmm!
He then proceeded to pull the trigger on his sword.
Shutoku Issen!
He then finished the slash which knocked Legiel back, before Saber fell to his knees.
"You okay?" Saber heard, as he looked up to see Espada offering a hand as he grabbed it.
"Yeah thanks, guess the three books out of me a lot more than I thought" Saber said, before they both turned to Legiel.
"Alright let's do this, you two!" Legiel yelled, as the two Swordsmens dashed towards Legiel.
(Pause Song)
As they fought Legiel we moved back to Kan'u and Bachou continuing to fight the stone Swordsmens, both of them thrusting their spears at the Swordsmen.
However the Stone Swordsmen deflected their attack with its own spear before kicking the two of them back.
"Hah…hah…we can't keep this up much longer" Kan'u said, as she looked over at Bachou "I think we should retreat for now".
"NO!" Bachou yelled, striking a pose "I am Bachou Moki! Daughter of the late Batou! And I will be the one to defeat you and avenge my father!" she screamed, dashing towards the Stone Swordsmen.
She then dashed towards the Stone Swordsmen slashing left and right at the Swordsmen, knocking it's weapon out of it's hand.
"RAAAAAHHHH!" she screamed, thrusting forward stabbing through the Swordsmens body.
"She did it!" Kan'u smiled, before her expression changed to a confused look as she noticed the cracks on the Swordsmen's body "Wait, what's happening?".
The Swordsmen's body burst into pieces leaving only a yellow book that flew into his hand, as the piece covered Bachou's staff transforming it into another Seiken but this one was more different than the others, this one having the appearance of a dao with a brown blade and a dark green tip while also having a longer than usual handle.
"My staff…Mokuzaiken Mori…that's kinda like my name…" she said, before smiling.
From within the Stone Swordsmens body was a brown and green book which flew towards her hand.
"A…book?" Bachou said, as she read the title which read Hokori no Mori herajika
"Finally" They heard, seeing Desast leaping down "Now we can have a proper fight!"
Desast then dashed towards the two but then he began dissolving into a mass of pages.
"What! Oh come on! Not now" Desast yelled, as the pages flew towards Legiel.
"I-Is it over…" Kan'u said, but Bachou shook her head.
"Not yet, with this sword I can kill Sousou and avenge my father" Bachou said, as Kan'u looked at her.
"What! Don't you remember what happened last time! You shouldn't-" "I DON'T CARE!"
"I'm gonna avenge my father! Here and now" she said, raising the book before opening it.
Hokori no Mori! Herajika!
There was once a beast that would survive the dangers of the forest with its majesty and grace…
She then placed the book on her Seiken which flashed teleporting her into a library as a large mechanical book landed behind her.
She spun the Seiken around before striking a pose and pulling the trigger making both the tip of the blade and the hilt to extend out converting it into a Naginata like weapon
Hokori no Mori Herajika! Toujin Enchou!
With Amazing martial arts! Sword And halberd in hand! Mokuzaiken Mori!
The skilled halberd of the forest grows strong with the strength of the Majestic creatures!
The book behind her suddenly opened before an Elk shot out of it, Bachou then gave a long slash of energy with the blade making an energy thrust as a bunch of leaves and branches started to wrap her as the elk spun around her forming the armour.
Now before them stood a new type of warrior, this one had mostly a brown suit with a green branch like design flowing around the limbs, the where also some dark green leaves placed as extra armour in the shoulders, the side of the thighs and in the shins, the chest had a head of an elk looking forward in brown colour with its horns wrapping around the users neck like a second collar bone. The helmet was in a light brown colour with green leaves placed on top of it to emulate horns, the slash and the thrust quickly became the visor which had a long curved shape in green with the blade part of the naginata sticking out diagonally on the top of the visor.
"Finally I can take her down for good!" Bachou said in her new form, she was feeling it, the energy the power, the feeling was immeasurable
However Kan'u was worried, her friend had now the power of the heavens but was gonna use it for revenge. Even if Sousou was as tyrannical as she said, the power of the heavens shouldn't be used for that purpose. As much as she would hate it she had to stop her, she ran up to her and stopped before her with her arms extended.
"What are you doing?" Bachou asked, unsure of why her friend stood in the middle of her mission.
"Stopping you from killing Sousou!" Kan'u declared, getting a surprised look from Bachou under her helmet. "I understand that you have a grudge against her, but this is no way to use the powers bestowed by the heavens. So please, reconsider what you are about to do!"
Bachou was surprised beyond belief, she thought she and the others would help her but when she finally had a chance to avenge her father, they decided to take Sousou's side and betray her, just because the power of those blades weren't made for that purpose.
"Fine! If you won't help me… then I'll do it myself!" she screamed, swinging her weapon at Kan'u knocking her back.
"SOUSOU" she screamed, as Kan'u got up and chased after her.
(Continue song)
A few minutes earlier
Back with our two Swordsmens we see them fighting Legiel, and together they seemed to be fighting a lot better than alone.
Espada was in front attacking Legiel with his quick movements before Saber came in and slashed at him with a powerful attack,
Legiel growled as he threw a beam of ice towards them but then two Swordsmens pressed the books in their drivers.
Brave Dragon!
Lamp Do Alengina!
Saber then proceeded to counter the ice beam with a beam of fire, before Espada shot a bolt of lightning at him knocking the monster back.
"Catch!" Saber said, tossing Espada the Needle Hedgehog book as he pulled out the Peter Fantasia book, the two then proceeded to Scan the books on their swords.
Peter Fantasia! Shutoku Issen!
Needle Hedgehog Shutoku Issen!
Saber then thrusted his sword forward sending a chain which wrapped around Legiels body before he was slashed at by Espadas sword which was covered in electrified needles.
"Alright…Let's finish this!" Saber said, as the two Swordsmens inserted their swords into their drivers before pulling them out.
HISSATSU DOKUHA!
REKKA BATTOU! IKAZUCHI BATTOU!
KAEN JUJIZAN!
TRUENO DESTRODA!
Both Swordsmens proceeded to deliver a flame and lightning coated slash respectively, both of them hitting Legeil with enough force to push him back.
Before he could do something else both Swordsmens inserted their swords back into their belts before the two of them pulled the trigger of their sword twice.
HISSATSU DOKUHA!
This caused their summons to come out before quickly spinning around Saber and Espada's bodies before entering their bodies as they jumped up.
HIRYUU! SHUUGEKIHA!
ALANGINA DIABLO!
With their elements charged throughout their bodies the two swordsmen leapt into the air before sending element-charged kicks towards Legiel who blocked the attack.
"I'm the only one… who can decide how this story ends!" Saber declared, as he charged forward.
"The one who will be the strongest…is me!" Espada yelled, as he also charged his foot forward.
The power of their finishers was too much for Legiel who was soon launched back by the power of their kick and returned to his human form.
(End song)
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You guys are strong alright" Legiel laughed, as he got back up "You guys are definitely worthy candidates"
"Candidates?" Espada blinked, as Saber moved up "What are you talking about?".
"Oh you don't need to worry about that…yet, just continue travelling and meet many Swordsmens" he said, while opening a book to force Desast back before he teleported away.
"He got away" Espada growled, as Saber looked at him while the two returned to normal "We can get him next time"
"Now that was an excellent show" they heard, looking over to see Sousou and her two guards walking towards them.
"Sousou…" The two knights said, as she inspected their armour.
"I must admit, I did want to capture him but in the very least I was able to gain an integral piece of information" Sousou smirked.
"As thanks your friend can go free" She said, surprising the two knights.
"Really" Koutaro smiled, as Zei crossed his arms "So you just slept with Aisha for now reason".
Sousou looked back at him before a grin grew on her face "Oh don't worry about that, we didn't get a chance to start".
"Well that's a reli-" "SOUSOU!"
They then all looked over and were shocked to see Bachou in Swordsmen form as she thrusted her weapon towards the young lord.
"NO!" Koutaro yelled, quickly transforming as he blocked the attack with his sword forcing her to jump back as he saw Kan'u running up behind her.
"Damn it…why…why are you getting in my way as well! Sousou needs to die" She yelled, as Saber looked at her.
"Bachou…listen…I know it sounds crazy but Sousou didn't kill your father!" Saber said, as Bachou growled "Of course she did! Everyone I've asked said so!".
"That's because they wanted you to kill Sousou! Listen it wasn't a murder, he had fallen off his horse! It was an accident!" Saber said, as she growled.
"HOW DARE YOU!" she yelled, swinging at him as he blocked the attack "Don't you dare say such lies! My father wasn't such a fool that he would let something so disgraceful happen to him!"
"He would if he was drunk, which he was after Kashin's banquet," Sousou said, as Bachou looked at her before looking back at Saber "You would believe her word over mine!".
"We were there!" Kakouen said, as she and her sister stood next to Sousou.
"Our unit were the ones to find your father, we witnessed his last moments and he begged us to keep this a secret to protect you and your family," Kakouton explained.
"I chose to play the part of the villains when my enemies started making those rumours, I respected your father so much I'd never want to kill him" Sousou said, as Bachou growled.
"Lies…" she said, before taking the book out of the slot then closing it "YOU'RE ALL LYING" She yelled, before placing the book in the second slot behind the guard and pulling it out quickly.
HOKORI NO MORI! HERAJIKA! ACHOOOOO!
"I'LL HONOUR MY FATHER, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME! Bachou yelled before she pulled the trigger on her weapon.
MORI KIDOKU GEKI! HOWATCHAAAAA!
She then proceeded to stab her Seiken to the ground causing plants to begin growing rapidly, trapping everyone except Saber who used his fire to defend himself.
However Bachou used her abilities to battle him head on.
Both swordsmen exchanged hits with Saber taking most of them due to bachou's experience.
Saber tried to attack again but Bachou used the long end of the hilt to make him trip and fall onto his back.
"IT'S OVER!" Bachou yelled, aiming her weapon directly at Saber, she took out her book once more and slotted it in the secondary slot once again.
HOKORI NO MORI! HERAJIKA! ACHOOOOO!
"THIS IS IT! MY RESOLUTION FOR MY DEAR FATHER! Bachou said ready to pull the trigger.
"Bachou, no!" Kan'u pleaded.
"Don't do it" Zei yelled, while trying to cut through the plants with his sword.
However before she could execute the final attack her sword suddenly started to irradiate small sparks and started to pale in colour, till it exploded on her hands detransforming her and making the plants disappear in the process.
"What?!" Bachou said before trying to place the book again only for the sword to reject it. "Why won't it work?!"
"Because your sword doesn't agree with you!" Saber yelled, getting her attention. "This sword not only carries great power but they carry emotions and their own resolutions and I think yours doesn't like your resolution."
"Not true! Bachou tried to argue while still trying to get her sword to work.
"YES IT IS!" Saber yelled, getting her attention. " A swordsman fights to defend what's right and fair, not for petty revenge, no matter how much that person meant to you. And you wanna know why? Cause you are a holy swordswoman! Not an executioner!"
"Then why won't you let me!" Bachou yelled, swinging her sword at Saber who just simply blocked the attack "Why won't you let me avenge my father! Why won't you let me do what's fair! Why do you even care so much!".
"Because I know what it's like to lose someone too!" Saber yelled, making everyone's eyes widen.
Saber then leapt back as he stared at the girl "Bachou listen…when I was young…my parents were killed by someone…they weren't even doing anything to him… they were completely innocent".
"Rekka…" Kan'u said, seeing a new side to her brother in spirit.
"The man was arrested…but it didn't help I got angry I attacked other people… if it wasn't for my grandfather teaching me Swordsmanship and my love of writing as an outlet I would never have gotten over their deaths" he said, before looking up towards Bachou.
"I didn't have anyone to help me get over it…but you do, I want to help you make peace with you demons and move on" he said, entering a fighting stance "So I'll keep fighting you…until you're satisfied because I know your wouldn't want you to be filled with nothing revenge".
Bachou growled as she entered her own stance, ready to fight him even if she couldn't use her new powers, when suddenly she noticed something.
Throughout this entire fight, his stance wasn't shaken once and then words from her father came flooding back.
"Because Martial arts can reveal the truth, for example, if you have a sense of guilt in your heart, your aura will be cloudy which I could see in your posture"
'No, no it can't be...' Bachou thought, but in her heart she could see the truth as her stance started to become shaky and weak.
What Koutaro had tried to tell her was true Kakoton and Kakoen had witnessed her father's last moments, heard his last request, and knew the cause of his death.
She wanted to deny it, to say her father wouldn't do such a thing, but there was no denying the absolute honesty and confidence in Saber's stance, as well as in the eyes of everyone else.
"No…no…" she said, falling to her knees.
"NO, DADDY WHY!" she cried, tears streaming down her face but then she was enveloped into a hug by Koutaro who returned to normal.
"Let it out…just let it all out" he said, as Bachou continued crying, finally letting her emotions come out. Suddenly without anyone noticing, Bachous blade suddenly got back it true colour finally making amends with his owner.
A few days later
Third person P.O.V.
A few days later, the group of six finally left this city with Koutaro informing Enchou that he didn't want to work for her until he found his purpose which made her disappointed among other things.
Eventually they reached a cross in the road, with Bachou and Zei deciding to go back to Bachou's home in the west.
"Eh? You're leaving?" Chouhi huffed, in disappointment.
"Yes," Bacho sighed regretfully. "I have to go back home and tell everyone the truth, as painful as it is. My father may not have liked being remembered for such a death, but he despised lies like the one told about Sousou even more and wouldn't want to be part of it. My family and the school deserve the truth."
"And I heard Bachou's home had a lot of strong people so I wanted to continue my training especially with our new powers" Zei said, looking at his driver "But I do admit, I kind of want to test it out with you".
"Next time" Koutaro smiled, before tossing him something "Oh yeah here, this could be useful".
"Huh" he blinked, as he saw Needle Hedgehog in his hand "You sure?"
"Yeah, think of it like a parting gift," Koutaro smiled.
"Well, I suppose we should get going. We've got a long way to go." Bachou said as the two began running while waving by to their new friends.
"Bye-bye!" Chouhi waved to Bacho as she left.
"You seem so happy to see a friend leave?," Chōun commented, looking at the young child "Usually someone like you would be in years".
"Well, my grandpa used to tell me when friends separate, the last face they see is the one they remember," Chouhi explained "So I want Bachou to remember a happy face from me!"
"That's some Wise words Chouhi" Koutaro smiled, patting her head.
"Indeed," Kanu agreed, with a nod.
"Now come on guys! Let's keep going!" Koutaro said, as the group of four continued their journey through this new world.
And done woo boy that took a while but I have to say it was really fun, once again thanks to Itspowertime for helping me out on this one.
Anyway yeah what did you guys think of my new rider and Espada, I was originally going to have Bachou become Kenzan but then I thought it'd be a bit of a character assasination.
But yeah we will be seeing most of these riders soon so just get ready for that, but how about we get to the reviews.
DcdGojira: Seems like they are little by little so yay
Rider09mk2: Thank you and most likely yes
Blaze Rider 01: Have only seen the abridged version of Heartcatch
Z 01: We will, just wait and see.
Anyway with that said, don't forget to review this story and of course.
See you next chapter!