The Legends Behind the Mask "Swordsman's Era"

Four men and one woman were walking on a stone path, looking around. They were in the midst of the massive forest to the north. They were swordsmen and swordswomen.

They walked around a bush and a massive tree to their left. They noticed someone in the shadows watching and following them. They were dead serious, looking down with their katanas on their left waist.

Outside of the kimono, they're wearing a coat and a mask. It was a mask with a number on it. The number 1 is written on the front mask of the leader, Agatsuma Hit.

Hashibira Kosuke is wearing a mask with the number 2 written on it. The number 3 is written on the front mask of Katrina, the third one. It was a huge number on their front mask, with the rest of it being white. The numbers had been colored.

Tsuyuri Shi, the fourth, has the number 4 written on its front mask. His was unique. It has a dark particle flowing through it. The last one, Hashibira Komoto, is signed with the number 5 on its front mask, and the number is made of leaf.

The one woman was dressed in a light long coat in dark black with a layered kimono on the inside in light pink and bright dark boots. The four men were also dressed in a light long coat in dark black with a layered kimono on the inside in light blue and dark colored boots.

"The start of a new beginning, huh? Funny for you to say it, Agatsuma Hit," Hashibira Komoto laughed, and they all stopped walking. Agatsuma was leading the way until he heard Komoto speak and was forced to turn around. Hashibira Komoto was see in the far back as Agatsuma Hit made expressionless face.

"There will always be an opportunity to start a new beginning... Even if you've failed, there will always be something," he replied, turning around and hearing a noise to their right but ignoring it. They were in the dense forest heading north

"In the death, death is death! There's no such thing as a new beginning in that way!" Komoto yelled angrily as he abruptly raised his head and looked at Agatsuma Hit.

"Have you ever felt guilty? And yes, death is death and you have nothing to do about it, you can escape it but for how long? You need to be more careful and decide wisely if you think of that Komoto Hashibira" Agatsuma Hit said and asked.

"Come on! Let's go stop wasting time! We have things to do! The north village has something for us," Katrina interjected. She began to walk and past Agatsuma Hit.

"I feel guilty when we arrive late at the village because we failed to save that child... He w-was supposed to be alive... But now he's long dead," he said as he lowered his head. Katrina didn't stop. As she walked, she noticed an unknown with glowing white eyes and a dark body to her right.

"His life saved over a thousand people, so you should be grateful and honor him until the day you die," Agatsuma Hit said as he turned around and started walking. He notices Katrina's hands inside her pocket. She was gazing at the sky. It was early in the morning. The other two behind them followed.

"Now what do we do when we arrive at the north village? All the masters were there... The master of the sun, the master of land, the master of the desert, the master of the flame, the master of the wind, the master of the water, and the master of the earth... I believe I named them all, they've been on high alert the entire time in the village, it said to be that someone is following them and vanished when they arrived," Tsuyuri Shi said in a dark voice.

"And someone here is also following us, mind leaving us?" Agatsuma Hit asked as they all came to a halt. He looked to his left and noticed an unknown Dark Swordsman standing menacingly on top of a massive branch. The left waist of the unknown Dark Swordsman is adorned with a dark blade.

"Stop ignoring us... We came here in peace, we thought you weren't going to talk to me or them, unknown spirits are always in the dense forest traveling second by second, I know every Shira Swordsman can see it, now let me know if you find an unknown Prime Dark Swordsman. You'll die if you fight one," the Dark Swordsman warned them in a dark voice as he looked down at the five who looked straight and had their eyes on him.

"What are you going to do if we see a prime?" Tsuyuri asked, turning to his left and looking up. He notices the Dark Swordsmen smile and crouch.

"I'll be teaming up with them and betraying them in the end, and it will benefit me, I'll have their soul and power inside of them, then it's the end, do we have a deal?" the Dark Swordsmen respond and ask as they all turn to face him and look up.

"How do we know you won't kill us after that?" Agatsuma Hit wonders as he notices the Dark Swordsman's bright glowing white eyes.

"You know I'm not fully a Dark Swordsman, I'm different, I'm honest with my deal, I travel space dimension to escape with my enemies, which I will also do when I'm done," the Dark Swordsman responds as he abruptly stands.

"We have a deal. Where can we talk to you or reach out to you?" Tsuyuri Shi inquired as the Dark Swordsman closed its eyes and smiled. He opened his eyes and flew down in front of Tsuyuri Shi, forcing everyone to draw their swords.

"I'll be in the shadows. If you find them inside the village, try not to die when I'm not there," the Dark Swordsman said as he abruptly vanished. Agatsuma Hit sighs and begins to walk to the right.

"I can't believe Darks do deals, are we accepting it, Agatsuma Hit? And the Dark Mobs following us have also suddenly vanished," Tsuyuri Shi said to the four of them, turning to look at Agatsuma Hit, who had stopped and looked up.

"We'll see. For now, let's return to the north village, where we'll all think about it and vote," Agatsuma Hit replied as the four others behind him began to walk.

In the far north. Fudo Toka, a girl, was playing on a balcony. It was a two-story residence. She was occupying herself with her teddy bear. She is twelve years old at the moment. She was alone in the house playing alone in the morning when she noticed the bright shining sun and the bright blue sky that made her smile. She made her teddy bear looked at it.

She looked down from the balcony and saw a village with people walking and playing with their children. She pauses her game and looks down, remembering that she does not have a family. She has no idea what her real name is or what her parents' names are. Her master adopted her. She became sad and shed tears while tightly hugging her teddy bear.

She was a swordswoman from a young age. When she turns around, she sees a chair against a wall and a door to the left. She gets to it and sits on it. She hasn't slept all night because she is expecting someone. She leaned back and closed her eyes, her teddy bear is on her lap. She close her eyes after a couple of minutes of looking at the sky then slowly falling asleep.

She was adopted when she was very young. She lost her parents in the village of Moriska. She was one years old at the time and lived there with her parents. Until the village was attacked and completely destroyed. Before the battlefield was destroyed, a master arrived, but only one man arrived. He was only able to help a few people in the area where he arrived. When he's finished, only a few hundred people have been saved, while a thousand have died. He nearly died after losing his left eye.

He was passing by a house. When he heard a baby crying inside, he was shocked. Everything had been demolished in the destroyed house. He took a slow look to his right and dashed towards it. He re-sheathed his sword in his left sheath and began grabbing the wreckage of the house.

He dug and dug with his bare hands until he discovered a hole caused by the earthquake. On the sides of the young baby, he notices a man and a woman. He cried and thanked the gods. He flew down to see how the baby's parents were doing. But it was too late. They were both crushed, and Fudo Toka's father was stabbed in the chest. He grabbed the baby and flew up, out of the hole before it collapsed.

He is able to escape. He kneels and turns around to see that the two-story house has collapsed. He assumed the hole was made by a dark being, an enemy. He returned his gaze to the baby he was holding in both hands. He cried out, raised his head, and gazed up at the sky. It started raining while he was closing his left eye and dripping blood.

He was heartbroken when he realized the baby he was holding had no parents and had no idea what her name was. When he turns around, he sees Dark Swordsmen approaching him. He stands and begins to run, gradually disappearing insight. He was walking on a path and ended up in the village unharmed. The civilians he had saved had already escaped the village with the assistance of the special swordsmen who had arrived late.

He stormed into the east village. He walks straight towards the capital, blood dripping from his left eye and forehead. He was rushing towards the eastern capital. East was the nearby village of the destroyed village. He yells angrily at the heads of the east until they give him the word that silences him.

A whole army was destroyed, and two Shira Swordsmen who arrived back at the village were severely wounded. He was stunned and sat down on the ground. He was exhausted, and he had major fatique all over his body, which caused him to lose consciousness and fall.

He then got taken by the medics of the village. And also the baby that he named Fudo Toka. He named her after he was discharged of the hospital and got approval from the heads to adopt her. He retired for some time to take care of her but that was only five years.

She is intelligent and can speak at the age of two. He was mesmerized as he told her what had happened at such a young age. She cried, but she accepted it. When she is four years old, they both walk out of the village to the destroyed village where he has left the village to dust.

He was a Shira Swordsman at the time the village was attacked. But he's no longer a Shira Swordsman. The heads sent four of the best swordsmen in the area to investigate. When the four best swordsmen arrived in the area, they never returned.

The master of Fudo Toka, who adopted her, notices a strange wind blowing as they travel to the destroyed village where she was born. He was carrying her, and she was sitting on his shoulder, pointing her index finger at the setting sun. The Master of Fudo Toka then smelled blood in the wind. This caused him to pause and notice an actual portal opening.

Fudo Toka was mesmerized and fascinated by this, so he turned around. Her master turned around and began to run as she looked back and saw a swordsman with a flowing energy violet blade in his right hand. It suddenly vanished and reappeared in front of her master, kicking. It almost hit him in the face, but he quickly flew back and avoided the kick. He was enraged and agitated.

Her master is still running and hasn't drawn his sword. He keeps running while holding Fudo Toka in both of his hands and talking to her. The unknown who emerged from the portal was about to reach its blade towards its neck when he vanished. Behind the masters and master's apprentices, there were more secrets and mysteries. They had been hidden since the Dark Era, when they began and ended the Land of War.

Fudo Toka was awakened by the sensation of someone touching her left arm. She slowly opened her eyes, feeling her teddy bear still on top of her lap. She turned to her right and noticed a man standing there, smiling at her.

As she hugs him tightly, she smiles and her eyes widen. She was happy and giggling, just like the unknown man who hugged her tightly.

"Master Kiroshuku! I thought you were also going to leave me," she sobbed. His front kimono bore her face. He was dressed in a long coat, wore a mask over his left shoulder, and his left eye was closed.

"I promised! Don't worry, I won't be killed that easily," he said as he gently tapped her on the head. Her hair is long. She is still tearing.

"Where have you been? I still want you, I waited all night!" she exclaimed as she let go of him and looked up. He kneels, smiles at her, and pats her on the head once more.

"I did come to that village where I left your parents because I don't have time, the four finest swordsmen were found... I know you've only had your sword for two weeks but you already have the skill of the finest swordswoman, take care of yourself Fudo Toka, you have a long way to go!" he replied with a smile. As she wiped her tears, he closed his right eye and smiled at her.

"Let's go get something to eat," they say as they enter their home. It was a two-story house, and her master, a swordsman named Kiroshuku, was known as the master of the wind in the past.

They walk into the kitchen and eat some food. After that a couple of hours have passed.

Fudo Toka was walking back up on the balcony while holding her teddy bear in both hands. She gets to the balcony and sense her master following her. She turns around, sees him, and walked past her.

He sat in a chair and gazed up at the sky. He closes his eyes and, before sitting, removes his coat and sits. He shuts his eyes. His eyes were a light blue color. He smiles and smells the peace and leafs. He hears Fudo Toka playing with her teddy bear on the ground to his left. He giggled as he hears Fudo Toka laughing to her teddy bear.

"What do you see in the sky, Fudo?" he asked, turning to his left and leaning back in his chair, gazing at her. She put down her teddy bear and looked up. As he notices her looking up, he sighs.

"I see clouds, the sun, and a blue sky!" she exclaims joyfully. She sat down on the ground.

"Isn't it also peace? We're at ease we could live both peacefully in the mountains, and you might find a husband," he laughs. Fudo Toka's expressionless face compelled him to stand and pat her on the head.

She sat down as she looked up and noticed the clouds moving slowly. Her master entered the house again, walking by and past her. She inhales and exhales while looking up at the sky. She is content, and the silence is making her sleepy.

"Hmm! I might leave her again for some time, but this time it will be a whole night and till afternoon, I can smell the blood in the air that something bad will happen tonight... I will give her that blade that she holds, she can control a dark power at ease, but she's not a Burraku or a Dark Swordswoman, she's different she possesses a kind of power that I don't know but I can make her show it to me by making her a great swordswoman," Kiroshuku thought as he walks in a room inside the house. It was a bedroom close to the sink and the bathroom. On the ground, he notices a pillow and a blanket.

"She didn't fix her bed, ah! I should've taught her to do that every single day," he said as he face palms, grabbing and folding the blanket. There was only enough room for one bed and one table next to the bed. He placed the blanket beside the bed.

He smiles and places her fold blanket on top of her pillow. He then turned around and began to walk out of her room. He looked down as he closed the door behind him with his left hand. He remembers something. He had his sword in front of him. His sheath was patterned dragon green, and the blade of his sword was green with a light blue-greenish handle. It was hung on the wall. He uses his right hand to touch the sheath of his blade. He looks down and closes his eyes.

Agatsuma Hit, Hashibira Kosuke, Hashibira Komoto, Tsuyuri Shi, and Katrina have arrived in the north village. They were walking through the village, with five of the village's massive gates visible behind them. The main village, or nation, is protected by a round wall. Agatsuma Hit was still leading the way.

They walk past a man pulling a wagon on their left. They were walking along a brick-paved path. Near the giant gate, which is guarded by swordsmen. They were six in number. There are four on top of the wall and two on the bottom. The wall stands at least 150 feet tall and three feet thick. On the inside, there are stairs. The swordsmen in the guard wore weaponized armor.

"Huh! It's been a long time since we got back to the North Wind!" Katrina exclaimed, stretching both of her arms. Hashibira Kosuke was to her left, and Hashibira Monoke was to her right. Tsuyuri Shi stood in front of her, and Agatsuma Hit stood in front of Tsuyuri Shi.

"Yeah, but stay alert, we don't know if those Dark mobs and Dark Swordsman really vanished," Tsuyuri Shi says quietly as he notices Agatsuma Hit nodding seriously. They were now heading for the Capital.

"We're going to stay here for a while because that Dark Swordsman's words bother me," Agatsuma Hit said, sighing and coming to a halt. He turned around to face them.

"Really now? Huh! Well, this is a prosperous nation, after all, we could just stay here and have fun," Katrina laughed. She looked him in the eyes as his masks covered most of him except his eyes.

"I like the outsides of this prosperous nation except for the inside! You know what I'm talking about, now... We're here for him because we want him to lead that army to the next level of guarding the villages... Kiroshuku Gakure is one of the masters, all of the current masters where Gakure's no other last name," she said calmly as she stared at him.

"You four can do whatever you want, but if something happens, we'll meet in front of the capital and let the heads of the north die because they're not ashamed of what they've done to that village that was also supposed to be one of the nations, not only the east, south, west, south, but also the northwest was supposed to be on the list," Agatsuma Hit said as he saw them four nod. He turned around and nodded. He started walking as he looked up at the sky and saw the sun shining brightly.

"Those Dark Swordsmen we recently fought in the east needed to spread out in the entire nations or else... Good thing we arrived sooner or our village is done, the Shira's were away, and is that why those Dark Violet Swordsmen were there? Tsk! We need to find out that one soon," Agatsuma Hit thought as he looked down. He was distressed as he walked alone.

Suddenly, an unknown appeared on his left side, causing him to come to a halt. As he turns to his left, he notices a swordswoman standing and smiling at him.

"Hello! It's been a long time Suma! Or Agatsuma Hit!" she exclaimed as she looked at him, surprised. Her hair is long, and she is dressed in patterned pink kimono blossoms with a colored pink blade on her left waist.

"Hanako!" he exclaimed as he slowly removed his mask with his right hand. He gradually smiles as he straightens his back.

"I didn't expect you to notice me so quickly, especially since I'm wearing a mask," Agatsuma hit said. On his left is Hanaka, a swordswoman. He was a little taller than she was. She had long pink hair that past her neck.

"I recognize your scent! If you still smell the same, you haven't changed! And it's still a good smell of kindness," she said as she straightened up and began to walk. Agatsuma Hit quickly walks alongside her. She's to his left, a little ahead of him.

"Hanako... What are you doing here, I thought you'd be in the south with your little sister?" he asks, noticing the capital in the distance.

"Yeah... She'll die soon from illness, so I came here to find the flower she loved, and that flower can only be found in the north wind village, so I came here," she says as she comes to a halt and lowers herself down. She gradually resumed walking.

"Sorry, then I must assist you! But let me finish talking to the heads first, or you can proceed if you want, I'll quickly find you," he said as he smiled at her. She also gave him a look that made them both laugh and smile. As she looks down, she sighs and feels something heavy inside her chest.

"I must carry her dreams with me, I can accomplish it, her dream was to be one of the greatest Flower Shira Swordswomen alive... But now it is just a dream that she can't accomplish because of her illness, Hiroshi Gakure my master was on the move to the far south, he was called to the place because two Shira's were found fatally wounded, if he arrives there safely he could...- me and Monoke Gakure were still training in the mountains," she said as she lost her smile.

"I see... The Dark Mobs... Has been wreaking havoc in that place, and undeads were heard being reborn in the place because of a Dark Shira Swordsmen, it was doing of that menace, I've heard rumors that it was near the land of the dead, but south said to be taking care of it, Hiroshi Gakure one of the masters is from the east now helping the far south while the other Shira's is on their way back... Right? " Agatsuma Hit asked, slowly raising his head and looking up into the sky and exhaling.

"Yes, you're right... I'm nowhere near your league, but I can protect people and fight an undead or a Dark Mob, except for Dark Shira Swordsmen," she responds as she slowly straightens her back and places her right hand on her left arm.

"Just wondering what those flowers you'd like to give to your sister are?" he asks as he comes to a halt. She also came to a halt, turned around, and smiled at him. Agatsuma Hit made an expressionless face while she face palms and smiled.

"It was called a coneflower, she said she loved it the most, in her young-young days she was looking for it every day in the south village forest in the outside and inside with master Hiroshi Gakure but they found nothing but Magnolia trees," she responds, jumping a little like a cat and turning around to begin walking. He quickly followed her on her right side from behind.

"You're still cute, but you're cuter than I thought," he said shyly as he facepalmed. He smiled when he heard her laughing. After that, they fell silent.

A couple of minutes have passed. There in front of the northern capital. In front of them both an upstairs and two guard swordsmen guarding the front of the glass door. The guard swordsmen looked down and saw Agatsuma Hit beginning to walk up the stairs.

"I'll wait for you here," she says as he turns around.

"This may take a while, I have issues with the heads of the north, but I'll see you in the land, wait for me there," he said as he saw her nod and smile. She started walking to the left. Agatsuma Hit turned around in front of him again and looked up. He notices two guard swordsmen wearing body armor and holding spears in their left hands.

They also have swords on their left waists and are standing by the door. They were dead serious as they looked down at Agatsuma Hit, he has his mask on his right shoulder hanging up front.

The guard smiled and nodded at him. He walks into the capital and begins to sense the presence of the shadow Shira Swordsmen guarding the heads in the capital's shadows.

"I just walked in, the door was already open, and what is this sensation?... Is this from the Shadow Shira's guarding the heads? Ha, how convenient," he thought as he wears his mask.

He started walking and turned to the right. Another was located upstairs. He walks up and reaches the capital's second floor. When he gets to the second floor, he turns left and walks into a hallway.

In the distance, he notices an open door and three unknowns sitting in a chair in front of a round table, reading documents on top of their round table.

"I haven't seen them reading documents, is something going on?" Agatsuma Hit wondered as he sensed another unknown swordsman next to the door inside the room of the heads in the distance. He became dead serious, looking straight and walking straight.

He makes his way to the head's room. He was standing near the front door about to enter the room when the man in the middle of the two suddenly stood up in the distance in front of a round table. The unknown swordsman standing behind the door was unaware of Agatsuma Hit's presence.

He walks in as the heads turn to look at him. There were four people in the room, plus two unknown shadow guard swordsmen hiding in the shadows. It was a large room that could fit at least a hundred people. There were two bookshelves next to the windows on the left and right sides of the room. An open window is visible behind the unknown man in the distance. There are also couches near the windows.

"We expected a messenger swordsman to arrive in our village, but we guess not... Get out of here if it's not important, or say it and just leave," the man who stood up said.

"Hmm! Still no shame! I thought you'd changed yourself Warui Rou one of the heads!" he snarled as he stormed into the room and came to a halt next to the door.

"You have the audacity to say that to us? We are the heads of the north! We control them! And we don't care if they suffer!" exclaimed Warui Rou. He was the main head of the North, Warui Rou. Agatsuma Hit stood menacingly as they fell silent for a brief moment.

"Now tell us, Agatsuma Hit, what brings you here?" an unknown head asks the person sitting in the chair in front of a round table. He was on Warui Rou's right side. In his right hand, the unknown man held documents and a pen.

"It's a message for all of the nations... Deploy the finest swordsmen of every nation in every corner outside the village because of a message from every master Shira's currently alive, they've said that they've found Dark Violet Shira Swordsman lurking in the dense forest shadows... Warui Rou! You know what these swordsmans can do," Agatsuma said solemnly as he stood up straight.

"The Valley of the East has been compromised for a couple of years... And now it's been destroyed... According to our information, the Shira swordsman of the East has been protecting these compromised valleys in the shadows... What happened?" Warui asks seriously as he stares at Agatsuma Hit as the unknown swordsman behind the door began to walk towards the round table, causing Agatsuma Hit to look to his right.

It was a tall man, taller than Agatsuma Hit, who wore a leaf mask and carried a light green sword around his waist. He was dressed in light dark boots, a green kimono, and a black coat that he wore outside the kimono of the unknown swordsman.

"I didn't sense you, mind telling me who you are?" the unknown swordsman asks shyly as he approaches the round table and looks at the heads and casts a glance at Agatsuma Hit.

"Warui Rou, you know nothing and are supposed to know nothing about the steps of the other heads in the nations, valleys, or villages... You should mind your own village business and the dangers, I'm here because that danger might occur again, I'm warning you from here," Agatsuma Hit replied to Warui Rou, who sat back in his chair and looked down at his right.

"And you... My name is Agatsuma Hit, Shira Swordsman from the east," Agatsuma Hit replied, turning to his right and looking at the unknown swordsman in the eyes.

The unknown swordsman has brown glowing eyes and long black hair, whereas Agatsuma Hit has red glowing eyes and hair that is light red with a hint of yellow. The unknown swordsman smiled at him.

"Kurisiki, find the other Shira swordsmen and deploy them in the northern and southern valleys, deploy them so this menace leaves here immediately," Warui Rou said to the unknown swordsman named Kurisiki.

"As you wish, I'll do what I can and go straight to the west of the north to check that mountain," Kurisiki said, nodding to Warui Rou. He also nodded and then vanished.

Warui Rou returns his gaze to Agatsuma Hit, who is staring at him menacingly and emitting a killer intent aura. He was enraged on the inside, but he kept his cool.

"You watch yourself because if we're done with you, I'll cut your head off myself," Agatsuma Hit said calmly as he slowly turned around and saw the shadow swordsman upside down and stepping on the ceiling with both of his feet. That caused him to come to a halt and look menacingly to his left at the shadow guard swordsman.

"Then do it! You'll see my men's wrath! I won't let you step in my front capital or even in my front gate ever again!" Warui yelled furiously as Agatsuma Hit walked out of the room. He walks silently into the hallway outside the head's room and looks down.

"Warui Rou walks in the line and forces himself to become one of the heads of the north wind, then the two other former heads who are currently sitting suddenly got replaced without the other nations knowing... Then the north wind's economy started slowly going down, but the other Informant Shira's said that the money of the heads of the north wind starts going up, tsk! Corruption!" Agatsuma Hit thought as he walked down the stairs, upset.

"I wonder what the others are doing," Agatsuma Hit exhales and inhales. He recalls Tsuyuri Shi, Katrina, Hashibira Kosuke, and Hashibira Komoto as his friends.

Agatsuma Hit turns to his left and walks out into the capital. He walked past bodyguards who nodded to him. He walks down the stairs as he looks up to see the sun shining brightly in the sky and birds chirping.

There were two massive trees outside the capital. The two massive trees served as bodyguards. When those two fall, they fall with them. As Agatsuma Hit walked down the stairs, he turned to the right and looked up. He notices a woman sitting on a tree branch. He made an expressionless face as he noticed Hanako playing her flute.

"I thought I told you to go there now," Agatsuma Hit said, turning to his right and looking up to see her jump and land on the stairs in front of him. She smiled at him as she tucked her flute inside her coat.

"Let's go, I want to wait for you because it's been a long time since we've seen each other," she said cheerfully as she turned to her right and started walking down. The other massive tree, which stood 77 feet tall, was on their right. It was a fruit tree. On the branches of the tree, there were birds and a pigeon.

"Heh. What happened? You don't seem nice after what happened inside," she said, looking at him. As they approach the flat ground, she notices him looking down. They both turn to their right as they walk by some village residents.

"I still hate the heads of this village; I used to love them, but now I don't... I believe they've killed the previous heads... The Gakure's have been hidden, and the Shira's have been on the move," Agatsuma Hit replied as they both looked straight.

"You know, everyone has someone with them, sometimes they're behind... sometimes they're on the side... sometimes they're in front, sometimes they're in your shadow... Everyone has someone behind them, you just don't see it, like me, I always have my sister behind me because everything I do is for her, I want her to live more," she said, her voice shivering and tears streaming down her cheeks.

Agatsuma Hit moves to his right and embraces her. She sobs as he hugs her. She also hugs him while pressing her face against his kimono.

"I... I got a message from a messenger swordsman... She's dead," she said calmly as she kneeled and cried silently. She is crying quietly, with both hands in her face. She wants to scream but is unable to do so. Agatsuma Hit kneels in front of her, seeing her heartbroken because her sister has died.

He reaches for her head with his left hand. He gently pats her on the head as he looks at her, who is still crying quietly. She cries and cries as he stares at her and continues to pat her head. He notices her tears flowing through her hands and falling to the ground.

"That's it... You can cry all you want, but remember that your sister doesn't want you to cry when she sees you... You didn't give her the coneflower, but you should put coneflowers in her graves and remember her till the day you die... She loves you and she said to me back in the day that Hanako is her favorite older sister... She might be in the heavens peacefully with gods if there are gods..." Agatsuma Hit said calmly as he looked up and sees the peaceful clouds moving. He was still patting her in the head as she sighs.

"I know, but she hasn't seen me in a while, and I haven't returned because of those monstrous Darks! I'll make sure they all pay," she raged as she stood, wiping her tears with both hands. Agatsuma Hit is also present. He reaches for his mask, which he removes with his right hand.

"I'm sorry to hear that, Hanako; I wish you peace and comfort," he said as he saw her start walking. She ignores him as he notices her looking down, and tears well up in her eyes.

"Give me time... I walk on my own for now," she said calmly as Agatsuma Hit appeared quickly behind her on her left side. He taps her on the left shoulder, causing her to come to a halt and look to the left.

"Take care," he said after seeing her nod and said thank you. She started walking and then vanished into the distance. Agatsuma Hit looked up at the sky and then sat down on the floor, unaware that Katrina was approaching behind him.

"Did I do something wrong?! I'm not the best at giving advice and her little sister is such a lovely girl who died because of a not curable illness... I hate living in this world because I always see suffering and destruction and loss of loved ones but that's the cycle, even pain is the hardest one," Agatsuma Hit thought as he looked down and Katrina tap him on the right shoulder, making him stand and quickly turn around.

"Hey! Who is that? Is that Hanako?" she exclaimed as he noticed Katrina, who was her mask on her upper right shoulder hanging. She has a lovely face and a small nose. She has bright pink glowing eyes and the demonic aura. A demon presence is among the five of them which is her.

"Yes, it's Hanako, her sister died, she's heartbroken, and she couldn't give her sister the flower she requested because of a mission, it's a hindrance," Agatsuma Hit replied as he looked up and closed his eyes.

"Huh! I see you comforting her a minute ago, did she say give her time? If that's the case, then she can do whatever she wants alone, with you... Or alone!" she said, making a suspicious face and smiling at him.

"I lost her again, I don't know how to console someone now she'... She's just outa here or looking for the cone flower in that land," Agatsuma Hit said as he turned around and started walking. Katrina followed him from behind, and she began to walk as she noticed the bodyguards outside the capital staring at her.

"Have you heard that man behind the mask?" Katrina inquired, looking down. She walks to the right of Agatsuma Hit, who is sad.

"No, why? And what do you mean, the man behind the mask?" Agatsuma Hit inquired, looking to his right and seeing Katrina with serious eyes.

"The man behind the mask is said to be one of the Shira's of the south. We haven't received any commands, reports, or messages from the messenger swordsmans of the east, but Shimodo Rou said that whatever happens... Protect everyone," she replied, looking up and seeing the birds flying in the sky.

"Shimodo Rou is one of the greatest Heads born in this generation, and I believe that every master is here in this village the north wind because the air is intense and the wind direction is different, like they won't want to go in one direction," Agatsuma Hit said as he looked around.

"If every master is here, the Shira's must be in the dense forest in other villages... Then there's no one guarding outside the dense forest of this nation, huh! Classic heads," Katrina said as they both heard footsteps approaching them from behind.

"Like I give a little care about darks, you use red thunder lightning if they want to scratch this village they will first need to fight the masters and the former master in this village if you're right," Katrina said, looking at him.

"We're looking for Master Kiroshuku or his student named Fudo Toka or I guess his son, well-adopted son," she said, looking to her right and turning behind her. She came to a halt, her face expressionless, as she noticed Hashibira Kosuke and Hashibira Komoto standing menacingly in front of her and behind him.

"Agatsuma Hit, you looked like you were hit in the head by a giant tree, what happened? Did a girl break your heart, making your presence soft?" Hashibira Komoto said menacingly as he saw Agatsuma Hit slowly turn around.

"Hey! You don't know what happened! Ask first before you say anything!" she said, lightly punching him in the face. Suddenly, three of them looked to their right and saw Agatsuma Hit, who was furious and had the killer intent aura behind him. The three of them tremble as Hashibira Komoto raises his hands and widens his eyes.

"I didn't mean it, Capt! I apologize!" he shivered as Agatsuma Hit approached him and smiled with a killer intent aura in his presence. Suddenly, he reaches for Hashibira Komoto's kimono with his right hand.

"I'll say it again: remember to ask before you say anything... You hear me?" he said calmly, looking him in the eyes as he wore his mask. He turned around, letting go of his Kimono. Hashibira Komoto and Hashibira Kosuke were both sweating as they turned to their right and saw Katrina hiding behind a massive tree, tears streaming down her cheeks.

They notice Agatsuma Hit starting to walk. Katrina moves quickly toward him. Hashibira Kosuke and Hashibira Komoto came up behind him. They were walking down a path, looking ahead.

With his left hand, Agatsuma Hit slowly reaches for his mask on his right top shoulder and slowly returns it to his face. He looks up and sees the clouds and birds again.

"Where's Tsuyuri Shi? I haven't felt him in a while, and I thought he was with you three," Agatsuma Hit asks as he turns around and comes to a halt. They all came to a halt as they stared at each other.

"He said he'll be eating udon at his favorite restaurant, he said he'll be back in an hour," Hashibira Kosuke replied as he saw Agatsuma Hit nod and turn around and start walking.

"I see... Then he must be going back to his old house where his mother lives, but that shouldn't take long, since he's only there to look at his mother, let's split up when we get to that round land of this village, the mission is to find Master Kiroshuku and say to him the commands from every nation," Agatsuma Hit said solemnly as they all seemed to agree.

In Kiroshuku's house. Fudo Toka was carefully walking down the stairs when she noticed her master sitting on a chair with his eyes closed.

She walks in front of him as she reaches the first floor of the house. She locks her gaze on him. She placed her teddy bear in his lap, which drew his attention to it.

"Sorry, I thought if I put Mr. teddy bear you should be able to have a nice dream," she apologized, prompting Kiroshuku to smile and tap her on the head once more. She takes her teddy bear from his lap and sits correctly in the chair.

"I'll be gone again for a while... Fudo Toka, make sure you eat properly 3 times a day, I have foods in stock in the cabinets, and remember to fix your bed every morning you wake up," Kiroshuku said calmly as he saw that made Fudo Toka worried.

"All right," she said nervously as Kiroshuku grabbed her with both hands, placed her on top of his lap, and hugged her. She also hugs him, which puts them at ease. They both exhale simultaneously.

"If I don't return... A messenger swordsman will take care of you, he's a swordsman like me but she's a girl and I'm sure she'll take care of you and don't be stubborn," he said calmly as he placed her down.

"Don't say that! You made a promise! Please, I don't want to lose anyone else," she sobbed as she sat down and hugged her teddy bear. Kiroshuku looked up at the ceiling and remembered making a promise.

"Okay, stop crying, calm down, I will keep my promise, but make sure you keep your promise, Fudo Toka, become a swordswoman, you're already at the level of the finest swordsman you have talent," he said, and Fudo Toka stopped crying, smiled, and hugged him again. She let go and carefully walked upstairs as Kiroshuku leaned back in his chair, remembering something. He closed his eyes and began to reflect.

"The Man behind the Mask always irritates me, Tsk! Kuro must survive in order for us to win, the Shira's cannot be found in the regions and villages because they're on an important mission, almost all Shira's can do magic and as a result some are becoming greedy and can't think straight, dimensions exist and we can't let those Darks Lurk around in those dimensions if they do they can kill every master in this world... And me," Kiroshuku thought as he inhales and exhales and he notices the wind blowing strangely outside.

He rose to his feet and slowly opened his eyes. He notices the sudden silence as he looks up the stairs. He walks up, suddenly turning on his senses and noticing Fudo Toka standing and looking out the balcony.

He turns to his right and grabs his sword from the wall. He grabs it with his right hand and moves his gaze to the left. He turns to his right once more and sees Fudo Toka standing and looking into the distance.

He walks up to the balcony and pats her on the head. Kiroshuku's eyes widen as he notices a massive green tornado in the distance outside the village of Northwind. He holds his sword tightly in his right hand as he stands up straight and looks.

"Is that a tornado?... But that's... No! It's wreaking havoc in a small village... Is this a sign? No is there a fight going on in that village? We can see it even here, I'm inside the village and my two-story house was built inside the main village north wind mountain, that is a sign of war is coming," Kiroshuku thought as he put his sword in his right waist and grab Fudo Toka with both of his hands and put her on a chair and sat.

When he turns around, his eyes widen as he sees a massive violet sword approaching his house. He turns around and grabs Fudo Toka with both hands before leaping to his right with both feet.

When the giant sword struck his two-story house, it completely destroyed it, causing the air to blow towards him, propelling him even higher. He flew backwards, searching for the unknown who threw the sword.

As soon as he stepped onto the ground, civilians began running all over the place, panicking. Kiroshuku looked to his left, as did Fudo Toka, and saw that their house had been destroyed. As he senses someone approaching from behind, his eyes widen and become serious.

When he turns around, he sees a Violet Dark Swordsman swing down his sword at him, which he quickly avoids by stepping back. The Violet Dark notices that he is still carrying Fudo Toka.

The violet Dark wore a violet demon mask and held a sword in its right hand. The violet dark pointed its blade at him. The unknown was dressed in a violet dark kimono with violet energy flowing around him.

"Pathetic humans, they don't stand a chance, and you see how easily we infiltrated this village an-" the Violet Dark Swordsman interrupted himself as he was stabbed from behind. The unknown abruptly removes its mask, spits out violet fluid on the ground, and explodes abruptly.

"Hey!" Kiroshuku exclaims as smoke blows toward him. As he senses an unknown swordsman swinging in the air, he puts his right arm in front of him.

As the smoke cleared, his eyes widened as he noticed a familiar swordsman standing heavily wounded and missing his right arm. Blood is dripping from the side of the mouth of the unknown heavily wounded swordsman, and his eyes have widened. Kiroshuku rushes towards the unknown swordsman, who slowly kneels.

He approaches the unknown swordsman, who is exhaling heavily. He lowers his sword to his right side and slowly raises his head, noticing Kiroshuku approaching him with a child in his hand.

"Kiroshuku? Their target is you! They know you've infiltrated the dark dimensions. The information you hold must be disseminated to the other masters, or it will be too late," the unknown swordsman said, heavily breathing and feeling dizzy.

"They've arrived... They're fighting the other monsters, which are the Dark Violet Shira Swordsmans and the Dark Mobs, and Hiroshi Gakure has seen fighting using the Fierce wind tornado technique," the Unknown swordsman said in a weak voice.

"Stay with me! Don't die! I need you to stay alive, Fudo Toka, don't leave," he said as he tore his kimono in his left arm, then reaches for the swordsman's right arm and stops the bleeding by wrapping it in cloth and tying it tightly. The unknown swordsman grunted in pain as he looked down.

"The other masters in this village have been alarmed... Come with them and leave the child with me," the unknown swordsman said, turning around when he saw Kiroshuku nod and turn around.

"Listen, Toka, come with him and get to a safe place, wield a blade if needed to protect yourself, I'll give you a new one if it snaps again into two, you leave the village I will quickly come to you once I'm done, his a fine man help him stand if he can't stand I'll be joining in the fight and you'll be with the finest swordsmen in this village, take care, I'll be back," Kiroshuku said in a kind low voice as he sees Fudo Toka nodded and tears out.

He quickly turned around and helped the unknown swordsman stand before walking alongside Fudo Toka. The unknown swordsman grabs his sword from the ground with his right hand and places it back in his sheath on his left waist.

Fudo Toka runs alongside the unknown swordsman, holding his right hand in hers. Kiroshuku looked behind him again before looking straight ahead into the distance.

He straightened her neck and noticed a violet dark portal opening in the distance. He notices an unknown violet dark shira swordswoman emerge from the portal, holding the head of an unknown Shira swordsman. She had a menacing appearance.

Kiroshuku gradually draws his sword and assumes a defensive stance. He pointed his blade down, looking menacingly at the familiar face of the unknown dark violet shira swordswoman.

Kiroshuku stands menacingly as the unknown swordswoman tosses an unknown person's head to the side. She comes to a halt and takes a menacing stance. She smiles at him while pointing her blade menacingly.

"We meet again, I cut his head off, want to know why? Master Kiroshuku? It's so sad that every student you have died left and right," she said menacingly as she saw him furious.

"I'm not running this time!" he said solemnly, pointing his blade down. He suddenly realized it was the same swordswoman who had blown up earlier.

"Can she provide clones on her own? Unbelievable! The Gakures are known to be the only ones who can do it because their bloodlines are unimaginable, from being a normal kid to becoming a legend, or even above it... But there are only a couple of Gakure's left on this world and they need to be protected," Kiroshuku thought as he stepped on his right foot and vanished.

He appeared behind her and was about to swing down her blade when a massive violet barrier wall appeared in front of him, blocking his blade. It caused his blade to deflect and fly back at him.

"You still haven't learned! You're still trying to flee because of a burden! Is it because of that child?" she asked calmly as he noticed her staring at him. He notices her and turns to her right as he notices the massive walled barrier ahead of him.

He was about to step on the ground when she vanished, leaving only the barrier. The ground on which Kiroshuku is standing suddenly grumbles and crumbles.

He jumped as he looked down and saw that it had created a massive hole that he was standing on a second ago. He looked around, and the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman had vanished.

"She's a great foe! What is she here for? For me...? She said burden in me, so she must be after Fudo Toka!" he exclaimed as he looked down and saw a massive vine emerge from the hole and rise towards him. He was fifty feet above the ground.

He glanced to his left, and in a split second, he sensed the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman's presence zooming in.

"Tsk! I can't save everyone, but I have to save her!" he yelled angrily as he swung his blade down towards the vine. His blade slices right through the giant vine that rises from the ground.

He flew to his right after stepping on it with his left foot. He took another look and then heard an explosion. His eyes widen as he looks straight and notices four clones of the Violet swordswoman glancing in front of him.

They were about to swing their blade down toward him when he took a stance in the middle of the air and swung his blade sideways. Suddenly, his blade turns light green, and there is wind circling it.

As soon as he swings his blade sideways, the wind rushes towards them, knocking them to the ground. He continued to fall as he saw Fudo Toka being carried by the unknown swordsman, who was accompanied by a messenger swordsman.

"Where the hell is she?!?" he yelled angrily, looking left, right, and down. He sees two-story houses collapse and civilians fleeing everywhere, and then he sees an unknown violet swordswoman land on a three-story house and completely destroy it.

"That's her! Don't come near her! If you're my enemy, fight me! You scum!" he yelled angrily as he drew his sheath from his left waist with his left hand and took a stance in the air.

He hurls his sword's sheath at the Violet Dark Shira. The unknown turns around and sees the sheath approaching her when, out of nowhere, Kiroshuku appears behind the sheath with her blade pointed at her.

As soon as he steps onto the ground, he stabs her. He looked up and grabbed his sheath with his left hand, his eyes widening as he noticed his pointed blade being blocked by her blade.

"She blocks it?" he thought furiously as he pushed his blade against her blade, attempting to pierce through it. She holds her blade out in front of her, blocking Kiroshuku's attack.

"I forgot to say my name! My name is Sunako! Better just run again, Kiroshuku!" she yelled angrily as she pushed her blade forward, pushing Kiroshuku behind. Their blade suddenly explodes, causing them to fly back.

Kiroshuku collided with a wall and sat. Sunako, the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman, flew back and slammed into a wall, where she was pierced through the wall. She slammed to the ground and landed on a path. She quickly rose to her feet and cast a glance into the distance.

Kiroshuku notices her blade stabbed to the ground in front of him and slowly rises. She notices him spit out blood and looks around, confused as to what happened.

"He's gone fragile, and I'm sorry to say that this place will be his grave, and the leak information will not be passed," she said, looking to her right and feeling the wind blowing around her left and right.

Kiroshuku appeared on her left side, his blade on her neck. She slowly turned to her left, feeling a blade lodged in her left neck.

"Tsk...! It's as hard as freaking metal! How can I even pierce or cut something like this?!" he thought as he looked to his left and saw Sunako furiously swinging down her blade when he quickly jumped backward.

Kiroshuku dodged her attack, and it landed on the ground. He notices the force on her blade all of a sudden. It reaches the ground and creates a force that breaks the ground, and an attack is directed at him. It was a newly energized sword created by her own power.

When he put his blade in front of him, a great force collided with it, causing him to fly back with great force. He survives after being pushed back and flying back. He looks up and sees Sunako take a serious stance and stand her ground.

"If that attack hits me, I'm dead! Just who is she? She's more powerful than I thought. She made a force by just one swing down of her blade in her right hand, and... Her neck is thinner than my blade, but that's just my normal swing blade I have tricks up my sleeve left," he thought as he pointed down his blade and was about to attack when a fog appeared in the area where they were standing.

He looked around and noticed an unknown village swordsman had arrived. Six swordsmen are walking behind him. He can hear their footsteps approaching and see them draw their swords.

""Who said you'd fight alone, Master Kiroshuku?" a voice from behind him asks, as he slowly turns around and his eyes widen. Suddenly, the fog recedes behind him, and six unknown swordsmen appear.

"Rimuru...?" he exclaimed, startled, as he notices a swordsman standing menacingly with the other five behind him. On the inside, he wears a white coat and a white kimono and wields a white glowing sword. He's also got a plain white mask on his face. And is dressed in white boots.

"You stand in front of me and before me, you're always ahead of me," the unknown swordsman named Rimuru said. He is standing while holding his white glowing sword in his right hand.

"It's fancy not seeing your coat and mask, huh?" he asked as he started walking. He approached Kiroshuku, who was surprised and stood up straight.

"We were ambushed," Kiroshuku replied calmly as he turned around and returned his gaze to Sunako the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman.

"I see, that's why we have to take care of it, the civilians got to safety, and there were 5 Dark Swordsmen infiltrated the north wind and 3 unknowns like her infiltrated the village, she's the fourth one here I believe," Rimuru said as he stood to Kiroshuku's right. They both stand menacingly as the fog lifts and the light of the sun shines on them.

Kiroshuku's eyes widened once more as he looked around. He notices an unknown swordsman and swordswoman standing on top of a roof and on a giant tree, both of which are looking at Sunako. As she approaches Kiroshuku, she notices everyone and senses a total of 21 unknown swordsmen and swordswomen surrounding her. She came to a halt, looked around, and placed her left hand on her left waist, her sword in her right hand, blade pointed down on the ground.

"Well? Did you think you'd turned the tables? I know you're not serious about our fight, Kiroshuku Hakure, so I'll take you to a fight alone the next time we meet," she said as she suddenly stepped on her left foot and vanished in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, the ground they're standing on grumbled and broke apart. The unknown 21 swordsmen and swordswomen jumped, and the area they were standing on fell to the ground.

"The ground area falls because of just stepping? She's powerful and not yet serious! Kiroshuku, let's get back to the capital and report to the heads!" Rimuru exclaimed as he hovered in mid-air, Kiroshuku on his left side. When he sees Kiroshuku, they both vanish.

In the north wind village's capital. Two swordsmen approached the heads room's front door. The heads were alarmed when the shadow bodyguard swordsmen sensed their approach.

Rimuru flung open the door, and Kiroshuku was the first to enter. Rimuru quickly followed behind him. He stands and closes the door with his left hand.

"I heard that there was a current evacuation in the land, what has happened? Are the civilians safe? We deployed 10 swordsmans on patrol around the village and the masters take care of the 5 Dark Swordsmen, I didn't know that there are masters that arrive in the village like you Kiroshuku," Warui Rou said solemnly as he looked at him in the eyes.

"A lot has happened; sorcerers are repairing the damage, and workers have been dispatched to rebuild the areas that have been destroyed," Rimuru said as he slowly reached for and removed his mask with his right hand. He straps it to his upper left shoulder.

"Hmm? Kiroshuku, are you aware that the other masters have arrived? We need answers, we heard that the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman encountered you and fought her, tell me what happened," Warui said, asking him to tell him what happened.

"My house was destroyed, first we saw the giant fierce wind in the distance and I noticed Sunako, one of the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman that infiltrated the village, she said her name to me and said he will kill me and will not let you leak the information you have, let's just say we got ambushed, I saved my girl," Kiroshuku said quietly as the heads exchanged glances.

"Then those dangerous creatures or monsters are here because the masters are here! If the masters where then the civilians live will be in danger, why? Because they can send a full-scale attack in our village and our lives will be in danger!" the other unknown heads exclaimed furiously as he stared at Kiroshuku.

"Are you saying you underestimate the power of a master? Masters aren't interested in the word Shira because Shira's are for other godly levels like the Gakure's!" Kiroshuku snarled as he stepped his left foot and made a massive crack in the ground.

"We hid, and we didn't expect the other masters to be here as well. It's a coincidence! That's why they're here! I don't think the Burrakus knows that every master is here in this village since there was a man named Hishikari Gakure is one of the greatest men alive in the current Era. He can communicate with other Shiras using only his mind, and he has said that he also has his son and wife in here. He has also said to other Shiras like me that... A portal opened in the woods outside this village, and the other Shiras were alarmed that the small village near the north wind would be destroyed," Kiroshuku said solemnly, surprising the heads.

"Then Shira quickly moved and guarded the village in the shadows, and then it happened, hundreds of Burrakus with dark Burraku sorcerer in the area attacked the village, but Shira took care of it," Rimuru said as he lowered his head.

"One more?" Warui inquired, seeing Rimuru slowly raise his head and look him in the eyes as his masked fell off on his left top shoulder. But there was a tiny thread that ran from the mask to his shoulder. It dangles.

"Violet Dark Shira arrived with incredible power and annihilated the village with just one blow of its blade, we don't have time to kill the unknown, the village is destroyed but at least we manage to protect the people... The tornado was from your student. He takes care of the unknown and in the end, he failed to kill it and was heavily wounded and now getting healed, it was your student Kiroshuku," Rimuru said as he looked to his left and saw Kiroshuku

"I haven't seen any of my students in a while, I'm not even sure if they're still alive... First and foremost, I just want a peaceful life with my family and on my father's side, but everything didn't come true, they got killed," Kiroshuku said as he raised his head and looked up. He sighs as the room they were in falls silent.

"We've gathered an army, and we're going to deploy them outside the village to protect the walls just in case," Warui Rou said, nodding as Rimuru and Kiroshuku looked at him.

They both turn around and proceed to the door. Rimuru is the one who opens the door again, and Kiroshuku is the one who walks out first. They were both dead serious as they walked out of the North Wind's head office room. Rimuru walked with Kiroshuku on his left side, closing the door behind him with his left hand.

"Dark Mobs and Burraku's seemed to be different... The Burrakus attacked the village rather than the Dark Mobs attacking the village, which seemed strange," Rimuru said as they both came to a halt and talked. Kiroshuku turned to his left and looked at Rimuru, who reached for his mask with his right hand on his top left side.

"They're completely different... We, masters, suffered because of them, Dark Mobs can be powerful or killed in an instant, It can possibly wipe out the first army if every nation head is not careful enough with their defense," Kiroshuku replied solemnly and resumed his walk.

"Other Shira's said that some of them are lurking around the destroyed village, we got those civilians in this village to safety, and why are you in such a hurry?" he asked, seeing Kiroshuku already far away. He sighs as he notices him turn around.

"I'll be back," he says, and then he's gone. Rimuru keeps walking while thinking. He looks down at the ground, remembering a man who fought the Violet Dark Shira Swordswoman which is Sunako.

"That unknown swordsman lost his hand and got to safety, I wonder where he is," Rimuru said as he faded away as the wind blew inside the hallway he was walking down.

In the north wind village's safe haven. Fudo Toka was sitting in a corner with an unknown swordsman who was missing his left hand. She was in the corner of a room in an underground facility, hugging her teddy bear. She looks to her right and notices an unknown swordsman leaning against a wall. He had already been treated by a village healer sorcerer.

She noticed him with his eyes closed and looking up when she looked at him. He is holding his sword in front of him. He slowly turns to his left and notices that he is missing his left hand. He looked up again and noticed Fudo Toka staring at him.

"Two hours have passed, the civilians are already on their way back home, we're probably the only ones left, are you okay staying here until Master Kiroshuku arrives?" the unknown swordsman asks calmly as he notices Fudo Toka nod and smile.

"He's on his way... I can feel him... All I want is a nice peaceful home... I hope those evils die," she said as she closed her eyes and looked down.

She is startled to hear a footstep outside the door. They're both in a large room that can hold a thousand people. Fudo Toka cast a glance in the distance and noticed the door slowly opening.

She gets up and walks towards the door, which is slowly opening. The unknown swordsman slowly rises as he observes the door and notices something odd.

Kiroshuku bursts through the door, wearing his coat and holding his broken mask in his left hand. Kiroshuku notices Fudo Toka approaching him. He enters the room and kneels as Fudo Toka reaches out and tightly embraces him.

The unknown swordsman approaches them quietly, smiling. In his kimono, he could hear Fudo Toka crying. Kiroshuku slowly stands up after she stops hugging him and wipes away her tears.

"Master Kiroshuku, the civilians survived, what happened?" he inquires as he approaches them both. Kiroshuku smiled and turned toward him.

"It's been a long time... Since we met... Tukiri," he said, refusing to answer the unknown swordsman's question. Tukiri's eyes suddenly widened as he smiled at him.

"You really are my master! I thought you weren't here! I'm sorry master, you've changed a lot!" Tukiri exclaimed, surprised and happy, as he slowly re-sheath his sword with one hand.

"The unknown got away... As always, she got outnumbered, but we'll talk about that later, come on we'll eat, and Fudo Toka, we'll stay for now in my friend's house since our house got destroyed, my friend is a messenger swordsman thank him, and Tukiri w-" Kiroshuku said as he slowly turned around and was abruptly interrupted when he noticed Tukiri had vanished. He was happy before, but now he's sad. Fudo Toka turns around and sees no one.

"Let's go, Fudo; he must have something more important to do," Kiroshuku said as he lowered his head and began to walk.

They've made it to the surface. As she looked up, Fudo Toka jumped and jumped in the dirt she stepped on. The sun is still visible in the sky. She notices that they are on top of a hill and are now descending. They both started walking down the path when they noticed two unknown familiar swordsmen walking up the hill.

He looks around and comes to a halt. He sighs and moves his gaze to Fudo Toka. She was happily playing with her teddy bear when Kiroshuku suddenly carries her with both hands like a baby. They walk down to the unknown swordsmen, who are wearing hats, and wearing sun earrings.

They both come to a halt, as does Kiroshuku. Kiroshuku notices that both of them are wearing masks and turns to face each other. There was a sun-patterned color in front of their mask.

"We've come from the west to greet one of our fellow masters," an unknown swordsman said as Kiroshuku looked them both in the eyes.

"What brings you both here? I didn't think we'd meet again, assassins, or assassin swordsmanship," Kiroshuku said, hearing them both giggled.

"We've come here to say new information about the enemies, the Shira's have been wondering why the other Dark Swordsmen are withdrawing their troops in the lands of the shadows into an unknown dimension they don't have access to, it was a planetary dimension," the unknown swordsman said solemnly to the person on the right side in front of Kiroshuku.

"Withdraw?... This is bad! We need to make sure that every village in every nation is safe! If they withdraw their troops, they are planning a full-scale attack on a specific village! Find the dimensional Shira swordsmen and alarm them!" Kiroshuku said solemnly as the two unknown swordsmen exchanged glances.

"We did that, and we knew and predicted and sometimes were one step ahead, but not this time. The Shira's had been adventuring the other regions, and all of them were on their way to the south, to annihilate the undeads because special swordsmen were the only ones dealing with them. The Shira's of the south said we're on the move, but no information has been sent to other nations, so the heads sent Shira's in their village to provide safety for the others," the unknown swordsman said to the left, standing up straight and serious.

"We have doubts about launching a full-scale attack, Kiroshuku, because the Dark Mobs and Dark Swordsmen have grown weak! Overpower Shira's have been slaying them nonstop for the past couple of years, there's no way they'd launch a full-scale attack!" the unknown swordsman in his right said. Kiroshuku looked up and noticed the wind moving in an unusual direction.

"Exactly, you have doubts, that's why we need to make sure they don't do it, the Violet Dark Shira Swordsmens are back, isn't that a sign to you? There are more unknowns out there that might be more powerful than us... Like the dimension that I've infiltrated," Kiroshuku said in a lowered voice, sighing.

"You've infiltrated a dimension?" Fudo Toka asked, her eyes widening and shocked as she looked at him and the two unknown swordsmen standing nearby.

"Yes... And I encounter dangerous Mobs stronger than me even though I'm at my peak level, but they're just on a different level... I manage to escape in that dimension because I kept running and my God wind speed and got important information about that dimension," he responds, looking at Fudo Toka and the unknown swordsmans.

"What's with the dimension? What is it like? We thought you'd be dead after entering that dimension! We saw you go in that portal, you followed a Dark Swordsmen and killed it in that dimension, it's just like luck how you came back here alive," the swordsman said, surprised.

"It's a fortress beyond your comprehension, there were other colors inside that fortress and statues that I saw and has white glowing eyes and particles moving around it eye like a god, but I don't see anyone inside that dimension that has that kind of eye when I saw that statue my whole body froze for a second and made me realize that my body wasn't at full peak but can full peak at any time I want," Kiroshuku said solemnly as he slowly kneels

"You both send this type of message to heads or Hishikari Gakure so that every Shira knows it and they should be alarmed that a full-scale attack could happen to any nation whenever those monsters want," Kiroshuku said, seeing the two swordsmen in front of him nod and bow. They suddenly stand up straight and vanish in the blink of an eye.