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Haru couldn’t believe the things that were happening before her:
People she has known since she was born were laying dead in front of her;
Houses were burning while babies and women still were still screaming and crying inside;
Those still alive were fighting desperately with the bandits striving to protect themselves and their family still remained.
She rushed to check her own house- it was completely torn down. She insanely dug with her bare hands in the debris just to find out her parents had been buried alive underneath.
Haru held their bodies tight. No tears dropped from her eyes. Her heart felt hallow and she was losing her mind completely.
”BASTARDS!!!!! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!”
Haru literally threw herself into the enemies. She had forgotten any skill she has learnt. All in her mind was to kill anyone she targeted, by all means.
Pathetic cries were the perfect foil of the dance of the killer’s blade, in a bloody reddish background.
The show ended with the sole performer fainting hopelessly on the ground until she heard the footsteps together with some strange clanking sounds. She looked up to the huge figure casting the shadow on her.
A Shogun in red armory wearing an Oni Mask.
”This is spectacular. You come from Ten-Ryu Dojo, don’t you?”
”…….and you!….are you the leader of them?”Haru struggled to get up. She knew she was going to die in this probably last fight in her life.
Dying at my age of 17, not bad. Sorry father and mother, I couldn’t avenge them all for your Justice.
“No. That is not enough. Is that all you have? The Rages! The Despair! The Determination! Let me help you to complete your last training.”
Haru shot up from the ground and slashed.
The Shogun easily dogged by slightly leaning his upper body backward. Then SHE kicked Haru hard on her tummy.
”Wahhhh!” Haru was blown 10 feet away. But she still struggled to get up.
”Poor child. There are few things that I should at least tell you. Firstly, my name is Mornga. And I am not the leader of these bandits.” Mornga kept walking towards Haru while saying.
”Secondly, you must be questioning why your village would suffer from such lawless attack, even under the radar of Ten-Ryu who is supposed to provide ultimate protection to them?
Because they let it happened! Ebisawa Kenji hired those monsters and made you arrived here alone. He created the setup for me, the sole audience, to enjoy your performance.”
“Bull…shit….”
”And guess who invite me here? It’s your dearest FRIEND! She had invited me through her VISION. I guess she has never confessed herself A WATCHER like her mother before to anyone including you….. and a few days ago I was engaged in her VISION while dreaming that I finally found out who would be my SUCCESSOR! And that is why I am here now!”
”Shut upppppp!” Haru made use of her remaining energy to cast her most powerful move called [Wings of Phoenix]- a thrilling swordsmanship enabling her to thrust 100 times within 1 second, so fast and powerful that the fraction between her sword and the air sparked like the glamorous of a wing-spreading Phoenix!
“GOOD!”Morgan drew her sword and blocked precisely the 99 thrusts and aimed her scabbard at the last one. It completely conceal Haru’s blade. Just when Haru realized what was happening, Mornga made a powerful twist with her wrist and simply disarmed her from holding the sword. Feeling another enormous pain in her tummy, Haru was once again being kicked off 10 feet away from her opponent.
”St…..op…..defaming HER!”
”Oh…see how pathetic you are now. Still don’t believe in me? Or you are just too afraid to accept the truth. Well… it HURTS indeed, knowing to be betrayed by the one whom you swear to love and protect til die. But you may not know how she has been treating you as……an obstacle! A trouble that hinders her success. A burden to her heart which has no room for your LOVE except her ambitions and revenge! She is so thirsty for power, the power of the Dragon, the power of Leadership! And YOU,”
Mornga thirsted hardly her scabbard into the ground and drew Haru’s sword out,
”are her only CHALLENGER that she was so obsessed to eliminate in order to win in the tournament!”
CLANNNNK! Mornga used her own blade to shatter Haru’s sword then threw the hilt back to her.
“Your Lover, must be celebrating her victory now. And she knows so well that you will or you can never interrupt her from now on coz her road to Heaven never crosses yours to Hell! Today you two are going to BREAK UP forever!”
”Kill me…..”Haru picked up the broken sword. And as soon as she had finished the sentence, she tried to cut her throat to commit suicide.
A gravel was shot right onto the blade so powerfully that it knocked the broken sword off from her grab.
”You are too soon to die! You have witnessed the power of Mornga, the Power of the Dragon on its Dark Side, the Kami of Flame,” Mornga slowly took off her Oni Mask, revealing a face of a sixties old woman full of wrinkles. But it was her eyes that stood out profoundly- they were reddish from sclera to cornea, all red!
”now, ask your soul! What is the true DESIRE in your heart?”
”…….RE…VENGE…..I need them to PAY BACK!”because of Haru’s wrath? Or the enigmatic magic with MORNGA’s eyes?
Haru had lost her faith on people, on her own life, on everything!
“Inherit all my power! My sword! And be Enlightened by The Dragon!”
Mornga was lying dead on the ground. Her eyes still opened wide. The weirdest was her last smile of glee and ecstasy still wearing on her face. Her whole being soaked in her own blood.
Haru’s whole body was shaking. She was holding MORNGA’s sword- the Hell Blade, stained with its owners’ blood!
”HARU! SUCCESSOR OF THE HELL BLADE! Your Rage and Despair have Summoned ME! Now, are you ready to INHERIT MY POWER!?”
Haru looked up. Her eyes turned REDISH! And said,
”DO IT! Do it now, you bastard!”
It was raining cats and dogs. But it was still not heavy enough to wash away the blood flooding all around. Hundreds of bandits were defeated, either being knocked unconscious or amputated.
But none of them was killed.
Sora placed her sword on the neck of the leader of the Bandit and said in her low voice,
”My offer is still valid. Confess your crime and tell me the man behind the scenes, I can guarantee all of you alive, at least for today!”Sora slightly pressed the blade on his flesh. Blood oozed.
”STOP….! Please! We are just mercenaries! We….just want to earn our livings! And yes! Yes! Ebisawa Kenji! He hired us to attack the Eastern Village and his request was to [kill everything alive on spot]……Ohhhhh! Please don’t kill me…”The leader screamed as he felt a quiver on the blade when Sora was listening patiently till the end.
Sora returned her sword slowly and turned away from him and said,
”Pray for yourself. I will not kill you because I reserve the right to SOMEONE ELSE whose urge to seek JUSTICE is far greater than mine.”
”…..?!”
Sora left, leaving the bandits trembling on site. Though they didn’t understand what Sora just said, they all had bad feelings of something truly horrible gonna happened to them…..soon!
The Leader had come back. All her followers were still kneeling on ground, waiting for the verdict.
Mayumi, the ex-leader, approached Sora. She spoke in confidence to Sora, “We did these not just for you, Sora, but for the fate of Ten-Ryu, and the Empire as well.” She put her hand on Sora’s shoulder and continued, “my child, Fate cannot be changed! Your VISION must be true and it HAS TO BE TRUE! We see the unlimited power inside you, and now only you can defeat The New Mornga!
Your Mother’s LAST VISIOM must be secured and fulfilled by you, the sole Successor of the Holy Dragon, who can suppress the Successor of the Daemon Dragon!”
Sora moved her hand away from her.
”Mayumi, your defense to your insane crime is far from satisfactory. But as I have just told the barbaric mercenary,”
Sora raised her voice and proclaimed,
”I return to warn you: your verdict has yet to arrive. Face the punishment you all deserved when SHE come! Until then, there is nothing you can do now so PRAY!
And as my Mother’s LAST VISION has prophesied: Ten-Ryu is going to end in HER hands!
And people’s Justice should not rely SOLELY on several specific authorized persons!
Today everyone reserves the right to uphold his own JUSTICE and HAPPINESS!”
Sora finished and left.
A few days after, the Ten-Ryu Dojo vanished from the horizon. Rumors said most of the Seniors were murdered in the way of mass executions while the juniors were dismissed and swore never to disclose what was actually happening inside. But one thing can be sure,
Haru, the MORNGA, was the one responsible for the case. And she claimed herself,
THE SUCCESSOR OF THE DRAGON.
So from now on, there coexist 2 Successors in the world:
SORA and HARU!
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