It's been a month since Fu left Shu's place, Shu had turned 15 years old and he was getting quite bored of his little shack and had just decided to start his little journey to the kingdom Fu had talked to him about
"Alright, so I have everything I have here, right?"
Shu asked himself while looking through his bag, before smiling as he looked at his black and white kimono for a few seconds
"All clean. I'm all ready, time to go!"
He said to himself while throwing his bag above his right shoulder before grinning as he looked at his shack, bowing to it slightly as he then began to run off, jumping off of the mountain he was raised in for all the years, letting gravity take him as his body beginning to spin in the air roughly, causing him to lose grip of his bag
"W-wait, no, nooo!!! my food!!"
He yelled before falling from a 30,000 feet tall mountain against the ground creating a small crater as well as a giant gust of wind, which caused dirt to burst out from the ground
"I lost all my food, all my clothes, all my everything!!"
Shouted Shu with anger in his voice as he walked out of the crater unscathed, his clothes were of course damaged and dirtied and so was his hair, which made him even more irritated than he was before sighing deeply
"Well it doesn't matter!, I'll just find more food"
He said to himself ignoring all of his pasts feelings, preparing to jump on top of a tree before being interrupted by a feminine voice
"Who are you working for!?"
Yelled the female while a group of 30 men lauded their bows and arrows, charging their fingertips with sanctuary energy as well as the tip of the arrows
"Oh, nice a guide!"
Said Shu innocently before approaching the group before being shot at with an arrow which irritated him, of course, he dodged with ease, but even then it was still a bit irritating to be shot at without any warning
"Oi, what's you're problem?"
Questioned Shu while looking at the female closely
She had long black hair, which reached her waist if let loose, but it was currently tied up in a ponytail, she was wearing a long sleeve shirt with small short pants which reached the bottom of her thighs, she had a one-handed sword tied to her waist with wooden armor covering her chest as well as her elbows and knees. Her dark black eyes stared into Shu's with an interrogating look
"I have no problems, this is my mother's land, and you're trespassing, not to mention that we heard very very loud explosions from up in that mountain a year ago, and you so happen to fall from that same mountain. Our village is at war with the Elsian Kingdom at the moment, so having you eavesdrop out of nowhere after hearing those explosions a year ago is a bit suspicious, so tell me, who are you?"
Interrogated the female while slowly unsheathing her sword pointing it at Shu, who simply looked at it with not even a pinch of intimidation
"I'm, Himura Shu, who are you supposed to be?"
Shu answered with a cold tone while asking a question of his own as he pushed the tip of the sword being pointed at him with the tip of his index finger
"Himura Shu? pfff-this guy has to be lying miss, there's no way he's a Himura, didn't the clan die like a thousand years ago or something?"
Said one of the men while beginning to laugh as the others began to laugh right after
"Alright, enough!"
Said the female, causing the men to shut their mouths as she stared at Shu for a few seconds
"My name's Sukeki Ayami, im the next in line to become the village chief. Anyway, please cooperate with us, if what you're saying is true then, listening to us will rid you of annoyances and you can walk out of the village in peace, so please, I ask that you follow us"
Offered the female while sheathing her sword before turning her back to him, stretching her hand towards Shu
"Please hold my hand, we do not wish to tie you up as it seems that you're not the type to listen, but other procedures must be met for you to be able to accompany us"
Offered the female now known as Ayami as she slightly smiled
"What if I break your hand? or better yet threaten you while we're so close like that?"
Questioned Shu while raising an eyebrow at her, as She simply smiled with her hand stretched out waiting for him to grab it
"It won't happen"
Said Ayami with a calm voice as she closed her eyes while smiling
"But what if-"
Shu was interrupted by the higher tone of her voice
"It won't happen"
She replied, simply making Shu sigh as he held her hand, beginning to walk as the group of men followed behind.
After a few minutes of walking, circles, and circles throughout that forest, they were finally met with a bush, not just any bush, a gigantic bush the size of a gate.
The men would walk over to the bush splitting it apart as a bright light shined out blinding Shu for a few seconds while Ayami smiled
"Welcome to Sukeki Village!"
Exclaimed Ayami while Shu's eyes adapted to the light, as he slowly opened them, he was expecting a small village with small houses but instead, he saw a city, with gigantic houses and buildings and farms/farmers to the right, as well as lakes and floating boulders, not only that but all types of animals were roaming the place, it was truly, a beautiful place.