"The Greatest Glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall" -Nelson Mandela
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"Somewhere inside the silent woods far from everything that could reach it, a boy woke up from his long long sleep in a pile of sand. Not knowing who he was the boy got up with an empty stomach. He started to wondered the woods by himself and found a river. He drank the water to his fullest. That was the time he encountered The Worlds Tree. It was so big and beautiful to look at. The boy was dazzled by its beauty. He ran towards the tree. Without knowing much the boy touch the tree and something unbelievable happened. The moment he touched the tree a mysterious power burst out of tree. The mysterious power flows through all lands and seas. Because of that incident, the power of the tree granted the living beings their own form of special ability. We human called it as magic. This ability was said to bring peace to the whole world but can also bring great danger. And so the human started building nations and warriors to protect it from whoever with bad attention towards it."
"And that is the end of the story, The origin of Magic. Isn't it interesting?" said Gyomaru. Young Shuu then replies with a big smile,
"It does".
"Can you go to sleep now, hm?"asked Gyomaru. "Yes sir I can sleep on my own now." said Shuu. Gyomaru stands in front of the door with his face smiling "You don't have to call me Sir, call me dad or something. You're also my kid now." Gyomaru closes the door and head to his room. "I'm a part of this family now..." Shuu whispering to himself with joy.
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(...4 WEEKS AGO...)
Gyomaru heard a strange sounds in the forest near his house. He decided to go and have a look. He found an abandoned house in the middle of the forest. He took a peek inside the house and found a boy lying down on the floor. He took the boy and asked for his name and his family's whereabouts. He doesn't remember and only knows he is called as Shuu. Gyomaru took him and adopted him. In the first week, Shuu assumed himself as the house slave so he cleaned every part of the house everyday. Gyomaru's wife, Yuna kept telling him to take it easy and let the maids do their job. He was very confused in the beginning and always asking,
"So I'm not a slave?"
The second week, Shuu met up with their only son Kenji. Kenji is a student at the magic academy and also learning the art of swordsmanship from his father. Kenji always seems like the quiet guy in the family but his very friendly. Shuu always took his free time to go and take a look at Kenji's training. From there he started to fall in love with magic and swords. On the fourth day he caught Shuu's watching him. He ask him if he was interested. He nod his head. Kenji took out his old wooden sword and hand it over to him.
"Here it's yours now. Take good care of it."
He started his training with Kenji the next day and keep doing it every single day. In the middle of the third week of his stay, Kenji went back to the city to continue his classes. Even after Kenji's absence he still practice every evening. Gyomaru saw a big potential in Shuu. He offered him to become his apprentice.
"Want me to teach you some skills?"
Everything went very well for Shuu, It was a very sweet life until the recent night,
On the way to his room, Gyomaru heard footsteps on the roof. He quickly grab his sword "Yuna, go grab Shuu and bring him outside now." He was feeling an enemy presence. Not one but a whole team. That night they were surrounded by assassins. Not knowing who sent them over Gyomaru wouldn't hesitate to kill them if they touch his family.
"Shuu wake up, come on we need to go." Yuna whispered into Shuu's ear. "What's happening?" Yuna pulls his hand and run towards the back door. "I'll explain later okay? Right now we need to find somewhere safe." "Where's father?" asked Shuu. "He'll be here don't worry, everything is going to be al--"
BOOM! The roof shattered, an assassin drops in and went for both their heads.
"Don't you dare touch them!" WHOOSH! The sword swings and cuts of the assassin's hand. "YUNA, SHUU RUNN!" Gyomaru screamed. With tears in his eyes he speak out loud "SHUU! TAKING YOU IN WAS THE BEST DECISION EVER!" He knew he was outnumbered but still fight so his wife and Shuu could ran away from there.
"Don't look back Shuu! sob sob..." Yuna's sobbing.
On the way out one of the assassins grabbed on Yuna's leg. "Keep running Shuu! Find the city and you'll be fine! Go now! sob sob..." She tried to escape but she can't. That was her last word before being caught by them. Shuu's leg won't move. He froze witnessing the two person who loved him so much being ripped apart. Gyomaru's face was sliced and Yuna was slaughtered by them.
Shuu managed to survive the chaos. He ran inside the forest and found a spot to hide. After the assassins were gone he came back to the house watching it burnt down. He then searched for their corpses. He dragged them into the wood to be buried there. He rip of his clothes to cover Yuna's body before burying her and some to cover Gyomaru's face.
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He was to shocked...
It all happened in the blink of an eye...
All those memories with them triggered an old memory of his...
He found himself in the same situation as this... Bloods everywhere...
"Why am I remembering this now...What did they do to deserve this kind death..."
"I will not accept this...Never..."
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"AAARRGHHTTT!!"
"AAAARGGGHTTTTTTT!!"
"NEVERRR!!!"