Pain of the past
"Don't play around Tsu kun you will get yourself injured"
A small girl with Purple hair and dark purple eyes shouts at a small boy with the same colour of hair and purple eyes
The small girl was Yue and the young brother was Tsu, the boy ignored the warning of his Senior sister and continued running from one place to another and jumping around playing samurai with a wooden dagger
*thud
The boy collided with a huge figure and fell on the ground, gradually raising his head to see who he collided with, he immediately recognise the face as they both looked at each other
"Ohh Uncle Noboro!!"
The little boy exclaimed Noboro pats his head
"You should be looking where you are playing to avoid injuries you know"
Noboro says
"Roger that uncle"
Noboro a bulky man of 34 years, is tan in complexion he has brown hair and dark pupil with a triangular head shape, he smiles a lot and he is jovial with everybody including kids
"Where is your father?"
Noboro asks
"I don't, he is probably inside"
Tsu answered him
" Ohh alright then, take good care of yourself"
Noboro leaves him and went on ahead
While on his way a small figure jumps on top of him and hugs him, in shock he was about to fall but managed to hold himself
"Uncle Noboro!!!"
He hears the voice of a small girl
"Ohhh!! Yue chan how are you doing?"
"I'm fine Uncle Noboro"
She said as she pops out her cute rabbit chick and round purple eyes
"That's good to hear, let me meet with your father then after that, we will have enough time to play"
Yue agrees with a nod and lets go of him
He then pats her head and heads towards the wooden house
As he reached the door he knocks and announced himself and entered the house. As he entered, in front of him was a man and a woman.
The man was a fair man with a serious face, he had short purple hair and dark purple eyes, he wore a black kimono and white haori with the Yamaguchi clan crest on it, this man is Yamaguchi Hiroshi, the clan head of the Yamaguchi clan and also the father to Yue.
Beside him was his beloved wife Yamaguchi Kaori, she was fair in complexion and had long blond hair with bright brown eyes, she is the pinnacle of beauty, she wore a yellow kimono and cover her body entirely and the Yamaguchi clan crest was on the right side of her cloth on the breast angle.
Noboro portrays his respect by giving a bow before sitting on the floor
"No need for such formalities Noboro"
Hiroshi says
"Yes, I agree, you of all people should know that you are highly welcomed here as part of the family"
Kaori says
"What brings you here today Noboro"
Hiroshi asks
"My lord and my lady it's about pressing issues concerning the war movements. We just discovered that the Kaminari clan are taking other clans that have an alliance with the Otouri clan one after the other, and following our lead we found out that we might be the next "
Noboro says with a serious look on his face
"Hmmm, that's bad, the Kaminari clan have top-skilled fighters and not to mention their number is also another advantage"
Hiroshi says with hands on his jaw. The entire room went silent as both men begin to plunder on what decision could be taken
"How many men do we have?"
Hiroshi broke the silence
"Roughly around 300 men"
Noboro replies
"Hmmmm..."
Hiroshi enters another deep thought
"Alright, send two messengers to the Otouri clan, tell them that we are requesting for reinforcements"
Hiroshi says
"Understood my lord"
Noboro bows and make an attempt to leave
"But what about the children"
Kaori asks
"In that same vain the women and children, will leave for the Otouri clan"
"Understood my lord"
Noboro bows and leaves the room. After Noboro's departure, the room fell into silence.
Hiroshi turns round and faces his back looking at a katana on a rack, the katana was very long with red clothing and the scabbard and the handle and the hilt had the Yamaguchi clan crest.
"When will all these deaths and bloodshed end"
Hiroshi said and fell in great sorrow. On the other hand, Kaori performed one of her duties by consoling her lord. She wrapped herself all over Hiroshi to give him warmth and comfort
Three days later
In a white tent decorated with the Yamaguchi clan crest, in this very tent was where the battle plans and strategists were held. In the tent where currently Hiroshi the clan head, Noboro the right-hand man, Kunki The Commander of the first unit of 100 man army, Koji the Commander of the Second unit, and Eno the Commander of the third unit.
This five men were discussing serious matters concerning the upcoming battle and precautions to take.
"As per the initial plan, all the women and children will leave for the Otouri clan district tomorrow as early as possible"
Hiroshi stated and faces Noboro
"Noboro what about the reinforcements?"
Hiroshi asks
"I've sent the first man to go to the Otouri clan district, but I've not gotten any response yet"
Noboro says
"That's quite strange, the journey from Yamaguchi clan to Otouri clan is usually an hour journey in rare cases two hours"
Hiroshi says
"I'm still trying to understand why we are taking all these unnecessary precautions, don't get me wrong I want safety but isn't it just too much we haven't even formalised the treat yet"
Koji the Commander of the second Unit says
Koji a cunny man, full of mischief plots no one in the village trusts him, right from time he was never someone that not a single bit of humanity in him. He is a man in his late 40s he has dark hair with a wrinkled face
"I support Koji dono, don't get me wrong my lord, but we are making haste when we don't even know what is after us"
Kunki says
"I support your idea my lord, we better make precautions with the little signs we received than wait for more signs then suffer a huge blow"
Eno says
"Alright then, I've heard the statement of you all, but even still we shall go with the initial plan, get your men ready, we are going on a full-blown war against the Kaminari clan, and losing is never an option"
Hiroshi said and concluded the meeting.
The men stand up and bow at each other then depart
On the way to his house as usual, always being escorted by Noboro, they both glared at the setting sun as they walked on the road
The idea of wars, fighting and bloodshed had never still rested on Hiroshi's head. He hated wars from the bottom of his heart
"Neh? Noboro, when all these wars end, what are your plans for the future"
Hiroshi asks as he gazed sternly at the setting sun. Noboro very well expected the question, because right from the very first second these two met Noboro knew Hiroshi as a peace-loving person
"Well, I think I'll be able to sleep well, visit the hot springs and eat well without remembering the smell of blood oozing from my hand"
Noboro says
"That's right you're not married. You should get married Noboro"
Hiroshi suggest
"Nah, getting married will make me lazy and abandon my civil responsibility"
Noboro firmly said making Hiroshi chuckle
"Lies!! We both know it's because of Noriko, you still can't get over her death right"
Hiroshi sighs in grieve as old memories flushed
"If only they were no wars...."
Noboro sighs in exasperation
"Then..."
Hiroshi turns to Noboro
"... let's make a world where the future generation children will not lose anyone to war"
Hiroshi says lighting a small fire of hope in the heart of Noboro
"Yes my lord"
"I've told you not to call me that off-duty"
"Hahahh my bad"
In the night of that same day
Noboro had a hard tike sleeping and decided to take a walk outside, he was so captivated by the night breeze that he forgot himself and drifted very far from his house. Upon reaching a dead end he decided to take a narrow path back to his house and so he did, he stumbled over a something he couldn't recognise by just kicking, in the process of getting back up he recognised a certain smell that even for ages to come he will never forget it
Which Is the smell of blood. Noboro squeezed his eyes only to find out that these were the bodies of the messengers he had sent to the Otouri clan district
"What the hell is going on"
A/N: i really wanted to finish this chapter on a go, but due to exams I can't, so please bare with me