In minamato a very small town of japan, in jail packed hundred slaves of minamato ready for trade to the Yamato dynasty, tied together like animals. The minamato people accepted their fate, about how they will live their lives henceforth.
Very Early in the morning full of fresh dew, i passionately caressed my sister knowing fully well they might not see each other again after the slave trade. All minamato borns are meant to be killed so as not to bestow power over the Yamato dynasty, knowing this sadden many of the minamato's including their prince shigeto. My mother wrapped her hands tightly around me in tears.
"Okasa". I looked deeply into my mother's eyes sobbing. I love you and.....a sound came from the door, at first I taught it was general akio the second male but third born to regent Aoi todorokienji.
It was the royal chef that came to serve them breakfast, the exit of the jail accessible.The ray of sunlight penetrating on reina and other slaves face. "Reina! Reina!" I tapped her twice.
Reina woke up bulging her eyes around at everyone, I caressing her face and started petting her.
"It's breakfast time Reina". I said to her.
Prince shigeto of minamato standing before his people, hopeless and helpless, wish to help but totally helpless.General akio standing behind prince shigeto smiling with one sided face in rejoice of the power ascending to their era class system, none of the minamato female slaves must be spared else they will ascend the throne of the Yamato dynasty which will ruled by the minamato queen.
General akio laughed watching Tsmugi feeding her sister Reina passionately with her bare hands, he chuckled.
Behind general Akio, Shigeto was standing. "When are you releasing my people general Akio". Prince shigeto asked.
"Release, you mean release. I can't release them they will eat their last meal before their execution." General Akio replied.Prince shigeto was shedding tears looking at reina and tsmugi, the two lovely sisters aren't going to be together again death is about to do them apart.
Accepted as faith how the minamato people will live their lives.
At sunset the slaves were already asleep out of fatigue, in the gazebo Haruto the middleman of the slave trade community and prince Shigeto was having lunch on their table of discussion concerning the solution to the slavery of the minamato people.
Haruto filled the small cup of palm wine for prince shigeto.
"Hmmm." Drops the palm wine bottle.
They joined their hands together, connecting their little cup together in cheers despite the hostility they both held for each other. In Swift motion, they poured the content of it down their throats as if trying to compete on who could drink faster.
"According to the command from Regent Aoi todorokienji". Haruto said.
"What's the command form regent Aoi". Prince shigeto asked.
"All aged women will be killed while the young ones will be engaged in slavery or prostitution to the Yamato dynasty".
"What"! prince shigeto banged the table.
"Calm Shigeto", haruto squared his shoulders in arrogance, his eyes, a hint of satisfaction at the prince's reaction.
"Shhhh..... groaning in emotional agony.
General Kenji came with the regents note of command, spreading it adjacently for shigeto to see.
Prince shigeto was furious. Angrily he wants to tear the regents statement of command but general akio sat him down.
Shigeto's eyes were teary, suddenly burst into tears.
At night, standing outside the cool and calm weather.
Prince Shigeto ordered yukio his loyal servant and also a enuch to him since childhood to release the slaves, Yukio unlocked the door and commanded they run for thier lives.
"Dear minamato borns please run for your lives,I don't have the power to bail anyone.And you tsmugi, take your sister Reina and flee to a faraway city in Minamato, to continue your passion elsewhere, forgive me for I am a failed leader. Now run everybody", prince shigeto commanded.
They stood up without thinking twice, untied themselves and all ran out of jail, while running the rain was drizzling which caught general Kenji and akio's attention.
Kenji at the roof tops, staring at they all he bulged his eye. Setting his arrow at a lady, his Fidgeting hands missed the target.
The two brothers general Kenji and Akio left the gazebo for slave haunting, before tsmugi knew it she lost sight of reina her one and only blood sister.
The pregnant lady ran fastidiously, she lost her balance and fell on the ground. Tsmugi notice someone fell and roll off the Cliff, she was pressurized to run faster for her live.
"Mommy", I shouted.It was raining heavily, not everyone could be easily located and accessible, Reina was hiding behind a fat timber.
Kenji removed Many of the minamato's lives, hundreds of lives was lost in the battle. I and her mother were running faster as we could but all was in vain, Tsmugi's mother bumped into a stone and springed her leg.
Looking back to see who it is, general Kenji.To complete his tasks, he was ready to fire the arrow at tsmugi but Tsmugi's mother waved it for her.
"Mommy." I screamed thinking she had lost her mother due to her conscience.
The land was not well leveled, sliding slope they rolled deep down into the woods, Kenji lost sight of them.
Taking his horse down to the woods to find tsmugi and her mother weather dead or alive,he searched each corners and spaces in vain.
Resting at the bottom of a fat timber reina was sobbing, murmuring tsmugi. Naturally Reina was a fragile and flexible female,she has no Martial arts nor skills.In any chaotic situation her next action is to panic doing nothing.
Kenji traced where her sound was coming from, pointing an arrow at her but a thought of his father blocked his actions.
"Kenji Why aren't you ready to killed this tender root?" He asked himself.
Kenji my son if you find any minamato that is qualified to be fake as a Yamato please bring her to me. As a legit son he wasn't to pleased his father and doesn't want to disappoint him.
Reina felt a sensation in her skin,kenji grabbed her and placed her in front facing him.This is a big opportunity for him to get power over the throne,his elder brother Eren the third rank governor is more likely to get power over the throne once the imperial leader is in his side.
If he brings Reina to Yamato talk to his father build memories with her and marry her to prince Daisuke Naruhito of the Yamato dynasty. His sister will be empress of Yamato dynasty.
He grabbed Reina by the hair, the victory dancing in his eyes, like he has seen gold of many karats.
Kenji and Eren aren't close like blood brothers,he wants to win Eren and control Yamato for good.
At the bottom of the hills, my mother was on the verge of death, she had suddenly developed high blood pressure due to stress and fall.
In the rain laid all dead bodies of the female minamato slaves covered with dry grass, before prince shigeto.He went low on one of his knees laying affectionately next to his lost people.
"Your highness, they are all dead we can't help but dispose the Dead bodies right now." Yukio said.
"Mommy." I shaked her body.
My mother brought out a symbolized bracelet of a half paired lioness, "what's this." I asked.
This bracelet belongs to your father and I, whenever you see your father match it with the one in his hands to keep a memory of us.
This chain also, has a cat logo for you and Reina.The second one is on Reina's neck.
"Mommy please don't die. Stay alive for me and my sister, you know I have no one". I cried.
Your father is a commander in the Yamato town, please flee there to survive. Pretend you are a male so no one suspects you are a female of minamato else you will be killed, my mother said her last words, gasping for breath and died.
"Mommy." I screamed and wept.