7 years ago, in the Mitsunaga province, a young Arashi, around the age of 15, was training hard everyday, having one thing in his mind: to become a samurai with honor,
Arashi: "I will become the strongest samurai"
He says to himself, swinging his katana while being outside,
Hinata: "Brother, mother is calling you she has not seen you this whole day"
Hinata is sitting on a tree, watching Arashi from above.
She always loved to climb, and since she does it everyday, she was able to climb up a tree in seconds.
Arashi: "Okay okay I am coming"
Arashi takes two swings before putting his sword back into his scabbard and running to
his mother who is waiting for him in her room.
Arashi loves his mother, for him she is everything, a true mama's boy.
Arashi opens the door to her room,
Arashi: "Mother, I am here, I woke up early and trained until now"
Meyio Mitsunaga, the mother of Arashi and Hinata Mitsunaga has been sick for a long
time, until now she has been able to hide it but for a week now she hasn't been able to get out of her bed.
Arashi: "Mother, do you need something to eat? I can bring you whatever you need"
Meyio: "Arashi, it is alright, how is your training going?"
She replies, taking Arashi into her arms,
Arashi: "It has been great! I am getting stronger everyday"
Meyio smiles at Arashi
Meyio: "Good, I am proud of you. One day you will be just like the great first Shogun"
Arashi smiles back, standing up and posing,
Arashi: "One day I will be even greater than the first, everyone will know my name,
Arashi Mitsunaga, proud son of Meyio Mitsunaga"
Meyio claps, even laughing a little,
Meyio: "That is my son, now go outside and play with your sister"
Arashi walks out of his mother's room, smiling and jumping in joy,
Hinata: "What did mother say?"
Hinata asks, she has been waiting near the door but was unable to hear what they had been talking,
Arashi: "N-nothing"
Hinata looks at Arashi with a treacherous smile, knowing Arashi is dodging her question,
Hinata: "Brother, tell me, I want to know"
Arashi looks away from Hinata,
Arashi: "You know, you look like mother"
Hinata: "Yes, I mean I am her daughter"
Arashi: "R-right, I remember I have training to do see you"
Arashi runs away quickly, jumping on top of a roof and jumping on to the next one, reaching
higher by every building he crosses until he is on top of the main residency, stretching out his hands and watching the beautiful view over the landscape and the sunset.
Arashi closes his eyes and smiles, feeling the light breeze of the wind, touching his skin, he takes a deep breath before shouting something out,
Arashi: "I AM ARASHI MITSUNAGA, SON OF MY MOTHER MEYIO MITSUNAGA AND I WILL BE THE MOST HONORFUL AND STRONGEST SAMURAI TO EVER LIFE"
Arashi has been shouting that out everyday, on the same roof on the same time, making
it kind of a ritual for him to end his day with his announcement.
It echoes throughout the landscape, reaching out to everyone on the residency,
Also reaching the guards, the servants and Mrs. Mitsunaga,
Soshi: "He has been doing it again"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "It is cute, the servants said that he had been training everyday"
Mrs. Mitsunaga sits in her room, drinking the tea that Soshi freshly poured inside her cup,
Soshi: "Yes he has, but it kind of became a little burden since he now is able to cut a tree in half, demolishing the great garden"
Mrs. Mitsunaga laughs a little,
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Kids, always finding a way to demolish things"
Soshi: "Should I reprimand him?"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Oh come on Soshi, let him have fun, it must be hard for him since his mother got sick"
Soshi: "Yes it really is, her condition is getting worse every day"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Have you find out what her sickness is?"
Soshi: "We are still on it, but some specialists have been theorizing it to be a curse"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "A curse?"
Soshi: "Curses that have the ability to weaken someone are common, but they normally are easy to remove but this, this is something else"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "If she dies, who knows how badly it will affect the Mitsunaga's let alone her children"
Soshi: "Very tragic, we will do our best to ensure Meyio-samas survival"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Very well Soshi"
Soshi nods and bows, before heading to the door,
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Ah Soshi, before you go, could you please tell me the important thing that is tomorrow? It has been much lately, so I completely forgot the specialty of tomorrow"
Soshi: "Very well Mrs. Mitsunaga-sama, tomorrow your dear brother and his family will come visit you"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Wait what, my brother Which one"
Soshi: "It will be Takeshi Taketa and his dear family that will visit us Mrs. Mitsunaga-sama"
Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Great, thank you very much Soshi"
Soshi nods and bows again, before leaving Mrs. Mitsunaga's room.
…
Night has fallen over the property. Normally, everyone is already asleep including the servants, but some soldier's have the task to watch over the residency in the night. Arashi sneaks out of his room to train outside in the dark, also trying to train his senses,
He goes to his usual spot where he has been training, doing his usual training sets.
???: "Have you heared the news?"
A soldier says in the distance, slowly walking past Arashi's training spot,
Arashi quickly jumps into a bush next to him, trying to overhear the soldier's conversation,
Soldier (2): "The visitors that will come tomorrow? Yeah, I heard that it will be the Taketa-clans head family"
Soldier (1): "Yeah this too but I ment that Meyio Mitsunaga has been sick lately"
Soldier (2): "Oh really? Poor her, she is way too beautiful to leave us this early in her life"
Soldier (1): "Yeah right, and she has been raising two kids this whole time"
Soldier (2): "Since her husband died, she had no time looking for a new husband"
Soldier (1): "I can be her new husband, a woman like her shoudn't be living on her own"
Soldier (2): "Oh come on, this is not fair, I am a way better guy for a woman like her"
Both soldiers start laughing together while Arashi gets furious inside of the bush,
Arashi is about to jump out of the bush, ready to confront the soldiers, but someone from behind stops him,
Hinata: "Don't"
Hinata says, pulling Arashi on his shoulder's,
Arashi: "What are you doing out here this late?"
Hinata: "I should be asking you the same thing"