With Tadasu and Taeru badly injured from the war, Lady Taeru asked me to become the new Captain. This frightened me for a bit because I didn’t have any experience in being a strong warrior…but I remembered that my great grandmother Kagayaki was a very strong Captain and warrior. I wanted to be just like her, so I trained these warriors and myself for several weeks. I was excited to see how strong I was getting and my warriors were getting stronger too!
“ You’ve all gotten really strong in these past couple of weeks! I’m so proud of everyone! “ I said to my warriors with excitement
“ You’ve gotten stronger too Captain Moeru, and even prettier than before.” Rui smirked at me, I started blushing so hard that I started turning red. I excused myself and went to my room. I sat on my bed….my heart started beating really fast….then a knock appeared on my door, Rui stood at my door…. I blushed again and stood up to walk over towards him.
“ PLEASE SPARE ME! “ she starts to cry uncontrollably
Zai grabbed the little girl by the throat and squeezed it tight. The little girl starts making choking noises, Zai starts grinning and squeezes harder until a snapping noise is heard. She threw the little girl’s lifeless body to the ground. She walked away to go see what the other men were up to.
“ Captain Moeru, why did you leave? Are you feeling alright? “ Rui asked with concern and rubbed my shoulder gently
“ I’m fine, I felt very anxious….nothing to worry about. “ I looked away shyly
“ If anything is ever bothering you, come talk to me! “ He pulled me close to him and hugged me. I smiled to myself, I’ve never been hugged by a boy before and I felt so safe in his arms. Rui stopped hugging me and told me he’s going to take a walk in the garden.
“ Has the stupid girl fallen for you yet, Akarui? “
“ Not yet! But she’s slowly beginning to trust me.” Akarui chuckled
“ Once she starts falling for you that’s when you go to kill that old hag Empress and this Kingdom will be ours! “ Taiyo grinned
“ WHO’S THERE?”
“ Taiyo! You better leave before they catch you! “
“ Goodbye Akarui, and you better get that stupid girl to fall for you! “ Taiyo vanished. Akarui looked up at the sky wondering if this was the right thing to do. He’s starting to have real feelings for Moeru, but he knows he must do it to please Zai and wants revenge as well for the murder of his family.
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Back at Zai’s place, she started planning new strategies….lately she’s become very obsessed with the war. She constantly stays up all night, this has worried her mother very much that they get into arguments. Zaru decided to leave and never return…..she knows she can’t help her daughter anymore so she’ll just live in a peaceful place. Zai starts getting even worse….she told her soldiers to go on a killing spree, Zai also goes with them. As she and her men charge into town on their horses, they kill all the people including the children….Zai walks around looking at the lifeless bodies, she starts smiling in a very evil way. Then she feels a tug at her outfit, a little girl laying on the ground asking Zai to help her. She pointed her sword at the little girl.
“ Please help me! “ the little girl begs
“ You want me to spare your pathetic life? I don’t think so little brat! “
“ PLEASE SPARE ME! “ she started crying uncontrollably
Zai grabbed the little girl by the throat and squeezed it tight. The little girl starts making choking noises, Zai starts grinning and squeezes harder until a snapping noise is heard. She threw the girl’s lifeless body to the ground. She walked away to see what the other men were up to. The town is full of lifeless bodies. News travels about Zai and her soldiers killing innocent people, this angered Empress Siku very much….but she knew she couldn’t do anything in her old age. This news made me very upset as well….how could Zai and her men kill innocent people? I started clenching my fist and cried. I felt a hand on my back, it was Rui looking at me with concern….he caressed my face gently and I jumped into his arms to hug him. I cried in his arms all night until I fell asleep in his lap. He gently touched my hair, he smiled at how peaceful and cute I looked in my sleep. Then he snapped out of it, he had a mission to fulfill. He gently placed me inside of my bed, cracked the door, and headed towards Empress Siku’s room. He slowly takes out his sword but then realizes that the door is cracked…so he silently opens the door….there he approaches Empress Siku who is sitting at her dresser. She then senses someone behind her and turns around to see Akarui point his sword at her.
“ I’m here to kill you, Empress Siku! Let’s make this fast! “
“ I should have known you were one of her men! You even tried to get Moeru to fall for you in order to get to me huh? “ Empress Siku walked over towards him
“ It was all part of my plan! She’s such a naive girl! She’s too trusting and that’s her weakness as a Samurai warrior! “
“ But you have also fallen for her.” Empress Siku smiled at him
“ I caught myself slowly falling for her at first….but now all that matters is killing you! “
“ What will killing me, the Empress do for you? Zai can’t become the Empress because she didn’t grow up as a Princess! No one can ever replace me! “
“ YOU’RE WRONG YOU HAG!LADY ZAI CAN BECOME THE EMPRESS BECAUSE SHE WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL LEADER! “ Akarui shouted
“ She’s just as wicked as her great great grandmother Mioa and great grandmother Tomoe! We don’t need any more wicked people ruling this country! “
“ What are you doing Akarui? Kill the hag already! “
Taiyo and Zai appear before Akarui and Empress Siku. Taiyo walked towards her and slapped her across the face, sending her to the ground. He steps on her back. Empress Siku starts crying in pain.
“ How dare you talk about Lady Zai like that disgusting old hag! You should watch your tone, because you’re not going to be here much longer! “ Taiyo kicked her in the stomach , she cried more loudly as he kept kicking her. I heard Empress Siku’s screams, I jumped out of the bed and ran to her room….. and I saw Rui, Taiyo, and Zai in her room. I looked down to see Empress Siku screaming in pain as he continued to kick her in the stomach. I started to run over to help but I was stopped by Zai who pushed me to the ground.
“ You stay out of it, or we’ll kill her right before you! “ Zai laughed
“ You’re an evil person! “ I teared up
I looked over towards Rui in shock. Was he just using me to kill Empress Siku? I started to cry thinking how stupid I was to fall for his trick.
“ I’m not the only evil person, your little boyfriend over there planned this and he used you to get to the old hag! “
“ Rui….is that true? You were just using me? “ I looked at him confused
“ Yes, it’s true….my feelings for you were fake! You’re a pathetic girl and such a fool! It was so easy! “
“ Akarui! Tell her the truth! “ Empress Siku said in pain
“ Shut up old hag! “ Taiyo steps on her back again
“ STOP HURTING HER!! “ I screamed
“ Akarui! What are you waiting for? Kill the damn hag already! “
“ No Rui, don’t do it! “
“ Shut up little girl! Akarui do it! “
Akarui walked over towards Empress Siku, he pointed the sword above her, she looked up at him and told him not to do it. He slowly charged the sword at her and struck it in her chest. I started to scream and tremble. Taiyo and Zai both grin and tell Akarui that he completed the mission. They all leave, Akarui looks at me with a cold glare then vanishes with Taiyo and Zai. I ran over to Empress Siku’s side. She told me not to worry so much, but all I could do was cry hysterically and scream for help. The kingdom doctors run into the room and gently lift her up, they go into treating her wounds. I anxiously awaited any updates on Empress Siku’s condition. Great grandfather Jingu slowly ran over towards me and we both started crying. He wishes he was there to fight, but due to him being old as well….he would only get killed. This angered him very much that he wanted to fight in the next war.
“ I’m going to fight along with you in the next war! “
“ Great Grandfather Jingu, you can’t! You could die out there! “ I cried
“ I want to fight and I’ve been fighting longer than you dear! Don’t worry! “ he gave me a gentle smile.
Great grandfather Jingu doesn’t care if he’s old or not. He wants to fight in the war one last time and seek revenge on Taiyo for hurting Empress Siku. He got out his sword and started cleaning it and smirked.
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