Chapter Fourteen: Redirection
_Change cannot be stopped, one must accept it, or suffer._ =============================================== "Where are they going? The rest of the force is moving west," Aoi hissed softly, looking to Usuyami. The pair had heard the band...
Chapter Thirteen: Discovery
_Inside the coarsest stone may yet be the most valuable gem._ Travel suited Shuji Yarimoto well. His advisors and generals were trusted enough to keep things running, and his Samurai and vassals all enjoyed his calm, loose-handed rule. As...
Chapter Eight: Surprises
_Lost legacies have a way of popping up in unlikely places..._ "What's your Name, girl?" the Kyujin Smith grumbled, eyeing the heavily cast gold pieces that lay between her and Natsumi. "Sum... I mean, it's Natsumi." She bowed low. ...
Chapter Seventeen: Destruction
_Death comes for all. On swift wings. But some... the meeting is on their terms_ ============================================= "How many are there?" Usuyami asked, standing in the cover of a parapet on the Walls of Tetsumo. Thick...
Chapter Sixteen: Bonding
_Understanding comes in many forms..._ "Kya!" Kasumi yelped as she landed on her backside, wincing from the impact. She sat there a moment, grousing over her sore bottom. It was not the first time she had greeted the ground in such a way...
Chapter Fifteen: Additions
_New faces may not always be friendly..._ "Shidomori-sama!" The red-scaled boy skidded to a halt before her and bowed. "Hagane-kun, what is it?" She blinked, still focused on the conversation with Aoi and Tsukino moments before. ...
Chapter Twelve: Family
_You may not choose your family, but sometimes they choose you._ The northlands of Rakari were known for only having three seasons; autumn, winter, and spring. With spring turning to autumn in the rest of Ippon, Rakari was already heading...
Part four: Enticing
"You could have stopped her!" she shouted, wind rushing in a blast of air around her as her bound wind spirit echoed her furious sentiment. Varcifon for his part was keeping his head down and his wings pulled in close against the...
Part Three: Surprising
Lightning tore at the scarred ground as a lone figure stepped thought the Dark Portal. She glanced about the Blasted Lands and smiled, seeing the guards were indeed on the other side. Reaching back through she gestured her hand on the other...
Part Two: Touching
Varcifon huffed as he dragged his soaked form from the lake, "I still cannot understand why you did not just use a Spell on the bird." Rivadh, also soaked, dragged her gear behind her as she came out of the waters, "Because staying on...
Part One: Meeting
As the light of morning poured in through the open window, the fresh breeze carried the scents of the Lower City vendors cooking their morning wares from the market down the way in. the yips and laughs of Children playing filtered in...
Chapter Eleven: Betrayal
_If a fire dies, one just needs to rekindle it._ "See that guy, the one with the spear?" "Yeah, what about him?" "The say he killed ten bandits in the village near here. They were going to kill the headman's daughter because...