After their small journey, The two reach a cave, with a wooden door barring it. The cave was adjacent to the city, but not too far. Outside, is a handful of spiked walls. Akio looks to the figure, and starts to speak. "Um... I never caught your name..." He utters. The figure takes out a key from her sleeve, and opens the wooden door. Inside is a table, a bookcase, and two beds. They both walk in, and the figure locks the door.
"My name... Is Yoko. Yoko Watanabe." Yoko says. "That name... That name!" Akio says to himself. "What!?" Yoko asks. "You're the son of Yuko Watanabe, aren't you?" Akio asks. Yoko looks down at the floor. Akio steps back a little, and puts his hand on the door. "Family ties haven't meant anything to me..." Yoko clamors. "You mean, you were disowned?" Akio asks.
"I don't wanna talk about it." Yoko tells him.
"So, I guess you're in the tournament just to live?" Akio asks. "Yeah. That exactly." Yoko replies. "Damn." Akio interjects. Yoko walks over to her bed, and sits down, clutching her Naginata. "I'm gonna find the Kasai Emperor, and i'm going to arrange his funeral early." Yoko tells Akio. "Oh..." Akio interjects softly. "We shouldn't sit around, twiddling our thumbs. We need to train for the tournament." Yoko tells him. Akio stands up, with his hand on his blade. "When do we start?"
Two months later...
In the center of the city, people are lining up to get into the arena; and a war horn is sounding repeatedly. The ground inside the arena has been marked and divided into two; and there are two gates on both sides. Around the arena are large towers, presumably made for spectating. Under those are layered benches, overlapping each other. On one of the towers, hangs the banner of the Kasai Tribe, and on the other, a banner of the Chikyu Tribe. Inside those towers, stands the leaders of those tribes.
On the arena grounds, stands an announcer, dressed in an ornamental kimono. He is also holding a Wagasa. "And now, for the next event... Territory!" The announcer yells. The crowd starts to cheer with bounding excitement. "On the Ladder Side, we have The Champion! And on the Challenger Side we have Akio Hansuke!" The announcer exclaims. The champion is wearing black armor and a masked helmet. "This match is for a prize, so... competitors! Make this count!" The announcer yells. Someone on the Kasai Tower walks towards the edge, and looks over.
Brandishing bows, both Akio and The Champion walk to the center of the arena.
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The Storm of The Tribes
FantasyLong ago, in an uncharted time, a colony of samurai discovered what is known as Ki, and used it to control the earth's elements. To prevent this knowledge from getting out to the entire world, the colony battened together to create an entirely new i...
