Chapter 9

In a deep, and harsh thicket…

Noah; Alright! It's been two days till we left the smugglers camp and it seems we're making progress, at least.

Kurai; hey Noah, I've been thinking, and I think I've figured out the reason why we were kidnapped.

Noah; really? Why?

Kurai; I think it has something to do with our hair colour, most of us have unique shades on our hair.

Noah; true, but how would they know if you guys didn't just die them that way?

Kurai; that is true, maybe they knew that, but just didn't care, they must have thought we could have been sold as special goods that way.

Noah; good point. Hey, stop for a second.

Kurai; what is it?

Noah; I hear something.

Sakura; look over there.

Noah; you're right. They're two guys over there and a truck, they seem to be on the phone.

Kurai; yeah, I know that I aint blind.

Noah; there's also a logo on the truck, I think I've seen it before!

Kurai; you have?

Noah; guys, we need to take those guys in for questioning.

Around 12:00 pm in an undisclosed location,

Bachira, while limping toward a certain room, was in excruciating pain, but didn't care as he opened the door, inside it, was a 14-year-old girl.

Maya, with a shocked expression on her face; BACHI! What happened to you?

Bachira; it's nothing trust me I'm ok.

Maya; you're seriously not! Come here and lie down.

Bachira, on Maya's bed; has anything happened? Has anyone come for you, did anyone come in here?

Maya; why are you asking so many questions? That's supposed to be my job!

Bachira; so nobody came in here?

Maya; no, no one did.

Bachira; good *so this punishment only affected me directly, I'm so glad. They can tear up my body all they like, but if they so much as touch a hair on Maya's head, even as a punishment to me, even if they're stronger, I'll make sure they don't see the next day*

Maya; is that evil woman the one who did this to you?

Bachira; yeah.

Maya; did she make you do it again?

Bachira; no.

Maya; that's it! I'm going to her right now!

Bachira; no you can't!

Maya; no I will! 

Bachira; no stop, she'll kill you!

Maya, while tearing up, looked back at him and said; so what should I do!

I can't stand this anymore for years I've seen you beaten up like this coming to me night after night, looking worse and worse each time. And I'm sick on not being able to do something about it!

Bachira then held the hand of the 14-year-old girl and pulled her close to his side. 

Bachira; I'm sorry for everything I've put you through. I promise, one day, you and I will leave this place, and we'll be together forever, but until then, let me handle this for us, at least for now.

Maya; ok, fine. I trust you.

And from under the bed, Rose listened on, looking sad as she did so. 

A few hours ago at the Wilson residence, Jerry was making his weekly call to Lisa.

Jerry to Lisa; so that's basically it for now.

Lisa; wow, so, your dad's biological son is trying to kill him?

Jerry; yeah, on top of that, the Tsukuyomi clan as well as Black rose are gaining the higher ground, they seem to be targeting more and more of our assets, it's like they're trying to break us off bit by bit and in the end crush us underfoot. 

Lisa; could we find a way to expose them as assassins?

Jerry; we've already considered that option, however the problem is that they're very good at covering their tracks unless they would have been taken down centuries ago.

Lisa; you're right, we need something else.

Jerry; agreed. Anyway, I heard you'll be in Korea soon.

Lisa; oh yeah. After my job is done in Italy I'll be heading there.

Jerry; we'll be so close after all these years.

Lisa; I know. I how we get a chance to see each other.

Jerry; same. Well, goodbye.

Lisa; goodbye, love you.

Jerry; love you too.

In related news, multi-billionaire Honda Kisaki, CEO of New Moon will be running for prime minister of Japan, he promises that will his business knowledge as well as knowledge on current affairs, he will bring Japan to a whole new level.

Itona; isn't that the guy from that summit 2 months ago?

Jerry; yeah, it is, he was pretty against us during the summit to, I got a bad feeling about this.

Itona; alright, I'm going to meet Tom at Greg's place.

At Greg's dojo…

Greg; I'm honestly surprised, you've gotten so far in just two months of training, however there is still one more month of training you have left, but unfortunately, your enemies will not permit you that luxury, they have already started moving quickly. 

I'd estimate you would have less than a month before the Tsukuyomi clan can spread their influence, and with that, the assassins' as well. Tom I hope you've almost perfected that technique of yours.

2 months ago…

Tom to Itona; alright I think I've got it.

Itona; so what is it?

Tom; I've found out a new way of utilizing nite, based on what Tsubaki taught me. If I focus enough, for a brief moment, I can spread nite throughout my limbs, what's more, I can apply it to my sword as well. Giving me not just crazy speed but increases my power output to the sword. 

Itona; cool.

Tom; Exactly, but honestly, I've been working on this for a few years now, but it gets hard, see, it always reminded me of her. But not anymore, I've come to terms with that.

Present day

Tom; after countless hours of training, I realized that my nite reacts to how I'm feeling, normally my nite feels red hot. When I'm burning with conviction at least, then cool and flexible like water almost like by brothers'. But ever since training started, it's been ice cold, I think it's because of my feelings toward what the assassins did to Rose. And one more thing, every time I use this technique, the sword I use gets badly damaged in some way, normal swords break of instantly after just one strike, while brand new ones get cracks and chips from just a single strike.

Greg; alright then, Itona, Thomas, I've taught you all you need to know about assassins, assassinations and how to take down assassins, guns, swords, chains, it doesn't matter the weapon, a true assassin can kill with literally anything at his disposal. Remember that as you continue your training.

Tom and Itona; we will.

At 9:00pm Bachira was sitting on a chair in a large bedroom as he recalled some dark moments from his past.

It was when he was 11, the day after he killed his step-father, he was in desperate need of help, knowing very well that neither Maya nor him could last long on their own, he began searching through his step father's properties, and that was where he found it. Hey were secret documents of a secret organization of assassins. A normal person wouldn't think twice of abandoning this info and just going off, but Bachira waited till morning, the next day, someone from the Tsukuyomi clan came to visit the man, and that was when Bachira came to explain to him what had happened, the stranger then told him to follow him, it was a simple choice, but Bachira would regret this decision for the rest of his life. He brought his sister with them, he was then taken to the Tsukuyomi clan, after dropping his sister off somewhere. He was then taken to see the leader of the assassins at that time, who went by the name of Elena Wilson, after a brief explanation of what happened, he begged to join them, and said he would do anything they said. After a brief discussion, she then agreed, but that was just the start of Bachira's hell.

It turned out, his step father was the strongest member of the clan at the time. The 1st ranked. He was their greatest weapon. And since Bachira killed him they had lost that weapon. And see, the penalty for killing a fellow assassin was death. But since Elena found some use in Bachira, she then gave him an experience worse than death to pay for his deed. He was whipped, beaten, dipped in water head 1st. was treated as an animal and even once, rapped by a male and female assassin. However, he showed his worth, over the past 10 years, he rose up the ranks and soon reached the top 10 which was when his suffering had reduced as he had shown to be of great worth. And five years after Elena stepped down and her apprentice Sihai took her place, she had always watched Bachira's torture since the day he arrived, and was always itching to begin her own. But days after she became leader, she had planned to sleep with him and have him dead the next day, like she did the many men who came before her. But she didn't have him killed, it was because that night she realized something different about this 16-year-old young man. In her own words, he was the only man who had ever satisfied her. She kept him alive and at least three time a month she would call on him to do it again, over and over, and as time passed, and as his rank increased, Bachira had gained respect from other assassins and now, he lies at the fourth spot, a level where he could protect his sister from all threats, he thought.

Bachira in Sihai's room; should I come in?

Sihai was laying in her bed, which was covered by a translucent veil, where she stayed completely naked.

Sihai; ho, are you seriously that desperate to enjoy me that badly?

Bachira; I was just asking, also, I just hope you don't forget my end of the deal.

Sihai; oh, is it about that sister of yours? She will be fine as long as you hold your end oh, and I'll let what you did slide this ounce, next time I won't be so merciful.

Bachira; ok then.

Then Bachira opened the veil and took a look at Sihai.

Bachira disgusted to his very core; *If I had my way I would kill you slowly, rip you to pieces and kill every assassin alive, but that would have to wait for now at least*

Then Bachira climbed the bed, and closed the veil.

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