• "hey takuma!" ryuki yelled to him "what!?" he yelled back" he said walking towards him from the blacksmith,geting a new blade "when do we head out?" he asked walking towards him,meeting him about halfway "in about two hours,why?" ryuki shook his head "just nervous" later that day they were headed down a dirt path with about 20 troops in a group,soon it turned into a small skirmish in an enemy villiage,few troops were killed and the village was eliminated,and then they continued on "ryuki" takuma said "what?" ryuki replied, "how many more towns like that until the battles get worse?" he asked, "i dont know,but sooner or later,it will get worse" ,that night ryuki pressed his back against a small tree and drifted off,regaining his strength,but it wasnt to last,they were ambushed,and ryuki was hit by an arrow,takuma had been fighting but noticed his friend pinned to a tree,blood seeping through his armor "ryuki!" he said running over to him and lifting the heavy armored man "lets get out of here!" in the bloodshed, takuma ran out of the fight knowing that they had lost.

    hours later ryuki woke up in pain "how are you feeling?" takuma said looking over at him "f-fine exept for the wound" he laid still on the small sleeping sack with his heavy armor took off "we should wait here for backup" takuma said, and so ryuki said laying back and resting.

    to be continued...