73 Interlude- Esdeath and Artoria

In Inazuma, across the fog, the land between. The fallen cherry leaves tell a story, stained by the blood of the dishonored.

As the wind whistles through the the Sakura branches the sound of iron clashing could not be drowned by it.

*Clang*

As two swords clashed under the Sakura tree, the two figures blurred as of disappearing and reappearing again only to create sparks on the air once again.

"Tch just die already!" Said the blue haired woman, obvious annoyance was laced in her words.

"Shut up kid, you're the one's that attacked us first!" Said the Bandit as he took a step back, ending their stalemate with space between them

"Fine I'll just have to deal with you with this" Said the Blue haired woman as a cold blue aura surrounded her, the Rapier that was in her hand began to enlarge with ice.

"Shit she has a vision!" Said the Bandit with panic in his eyes. So far they've been fighting in pure strenght and skill alone but the Vision power she wielded caused the fight to lean into her favor.

The woman focused Elemental Energy into her legs as she jumped off the floor in a flash, the blue haired woman moved so fast that even the Bandit that was competing in equal ground earlier with her widened his eyes in fear.

*Pum* *Pum**Pum**Pum**Pum*

The Bandits body was punctured with holes around his legs arms and heart by the blue hair woman's Rapier, the bandit coughed up blood as he dropped to the floor dead.

*Pant*

The blue haired woman kneeled as she felt the toll of her attacks on her body, she solely focused all her Elemental energy into making her blade sharper with ice and speeding herself up to the point that it made her seem like she disappeared with the elemental energy.

"Took you long enough, Esdeath" spoken a voice behind a tree, the Golden hair of the woman swayed with the wind as she revealed herslef.

"Be quiet Artoria - WE literally just fought a whole group of bandits, and I took care of the leader" grumbled Esdeath in Annoyance.

Yes these two people are Esdeath Pendragon and Artoria Pendragon, it hasn't been long since they've come to Inazuma. Throughout the weeks they have traveled the island of Inazuma they have trained, fought, and sharpened their skills. Yes they felt a tad bit homesick but the adventures and the fights they've had so far have been some of the best moments in their lives.

Artoria rolled her eyes at Esdeath and helped her get up, yes she did defeat the bandit leader but she also fought a whole tone of his lackeys earlier. The only reason Esdeath was going after the leader - leaving Artoria behind to fight the rest of the goonies was becuase the leaders head was what the proof they needed to run in into the Adventurers Guild.

As Esdeath finally managed to get her bearings, she cut the head of the bandit leader and put it inside a bag.

"That's a job well done, let's go back and turn it onto the guild" said Artoria as she put the lance that was in her hand on her back.

Esdeath nodded as they began walking.

*WOOSH*

The fighting that they've done wasn't for nothing as they both felt incredible danger coming their way.

Both raised their weapons to block whatever was coming their way.

*Clang*

Both of them managed to block the blue but they were pushed back violently from the sheer strenght behind the mysterious person or item.

As the two of them crashed with a random tree, the blurred figure finally was revealed infront of their eyes.

She was a young woman with light pink hair styled in a side-swept manner with an ahoge, accented by a black and red hair ornament that resembles a flower with flowing ribbons. Her eyes are bright blue.

She is dressed in a dynamic and richly detailed attire that fuses traditional Japanese elements with fantastical designs. She wears a sleeveless top with a deep neckline, primarily in dark tones with red accents and gold detailing, coupled with a high-waisted, red and blue skirt that has a thigh-high slit on the right side, revealing black thigh-high stockings underneath.

The skirt is held by a decorative belt with intricate patterns and multiple layers, featuring a mix of red, blue, and gold. Over her top, she dons a long, flowing cape that matches her skirt in color and is similarly adorned with elaborate designs.

The cape's inner lining has a leafy pattern that complements the overall motif. Her left arm is covered with a detached red sleeve that has a flared end, while her right arm remains bare, save for a black and red arm band on her upper arm. Both wrists are circled with ornate, golden bracelets.

She also had two blue ornate scarabs tied to her waist as she wielded the two katanas that belonged to the shears.

"Hmm are you two really his kid's?, I right he'd train you two better" The woman said with a mocking grin on her mouth.

Artoria managed to unlodge herself from the tree as - falling to the floor on her knees. Looking up at the figure of the woman, Artoria couldn't help but as "who-" the strike that she took to from the woman still hurt so she wasn't able to finish her sentence altough her sister managed to do it for her

Just like Artoria, Esdeath unstuck herself from the tree as she spoke "-the fuck are you" she said as she fished her sisters sentence...well not really but close enough

The mysterious woman gave a light chuckle as she spoke with amusement on her voice "Ah!, I guess I haven't introduced myself, Huh?. Well nice two meet you both, I am Musashi Miyamoto, member of the Tarot Card party and holder of [The World] card. I am also very 'close' with your father" Introduced Musashi.

Both Artoria's and Esdeath's eyes went wide in surprise as they heard her mention her father.

They both soon narrowed their eyes on her as they got up from the floor with determination. They've both always been curious about their father past so having a person like her Infront of them was a blessing in disguise...the disguise begin that strike from her.

"So you know our dad?" Asked Artoria

"Yup, we've traveled togheter, we've spared togheter, we've drinked togheter, we've fuc- I mean played togheter. We're pretty close" said Musashi although it sees she said something that made them raise their ears in curiosity at the end.

"I see, but what's your business with us. And especially how did you know about us being here" Esdeath asked the million dollar questions, she hasn't had any contact with her dad so she doesn't know how Musashi could have obtained their location.

"That doesn't matter right now, what's important is that I'm taking you back to Liyue. We're having a family reunion when your father arrives at that place. You'll even meet more of your siblings'" said Musashi with a smile which caused even more questions to raise on their heads.

Wait...more siblings?