Burning Ambition (For Leon Tekashi)

[Sardonyx]

It was a rather dull afternoon.

Cloudy skies hung over the forests that hung over the western outskirts of Mie, one that lead to a port town that bordered off of the North Pacific.

The wind began to blow, rattling the plant life as a young teenaged girl walked through a pathway leading towards said town. A brunette with...slightly unkempt long locks that were tied in a pony tail that hung behind her.

She wore a beige jacket with a black shirt and navy jeans and what looked like black combat boots. For someone so young, she already had small bags under her eyes. She was clearly exhausted, but...the look hidden behind her chestnut irise told that she was tired in more than just body.

But in mind...in spirit...she was tired...these feeling were nestled behind a feeling of determination that also seemed to cloud her mind. It's what encouraged her to keep walking.

The girl's name was Amaya...her surname was... Kazuki.

Long years ago, such a clan name would be talked of throughout Kansai and a majority of the country itself, as a clan of nobility with shining spirits but possessed hidden power that made them forces to be reckoned with.

But nowadays...they were forgotten. The Kazuki were scattered, nearly destroyed by a more vengeful clan for crimes that some would find questionable...others would find their fate deserved.

Amaya was of the main branch of the clan, and as first daughter to her parents, she would become heiress to the clan name, and was supposed to bring glory to her surname, and become a leader her family can rely on.

But now that was in shambles...she could do nothing but sit back as her parents were slaughtered before her eyes as a little girl, and was forced to flee along with her other kin...she barely made it out alive.

Now Amaya was 15 years of age...and a C-Class guild member who traveled the country in search of her brethren...in hopes of reuniting the survivors and start anew...the only memory of her family attached to her was the golden necklace she wore around her next since childhood. One the girl grasped onto as horrid memories plagued her thoughts and hindered her already narrowing focus.

She felt weak...she wanted to sleep...sleep...but knew she had to keep going...how could she hope to protect her kin if she couldn't even protect herself, and thus had to grow stronger. She worked tirelessly, day and night, hoping to find work, while always traveling to keep her presence relatively unknown. The girl was inwardly paranoid...feeling that at some moment someone would come out of nowhere and slay her for being apart of a crime that she didn't commit...but for the crime of simply bearing her name.

Her mind drifted slowly, she couldn't help but put one palm to the ruby studded on her necklace, and one palm to the holster for her only weapon on her side.

"Come on...keep yourself together...you're almost there...perhaps just another mile or so..." she thought to herself, taking a deep breath and pressing forward.

But then she suddenly heard a rustle, and she flinched, for suddenly a dagger was thrown from the trees across at her. Her eye widened as the blade was aimed directly for her chest, but she managed to move herself out of the way faster to where it was only her right arm that was affected. She shut an eye and grit her teeth as her jacket sleeve was torn through and she now how nice sized wound on her upper right arm. The girl couldn't help but bring her left hand to cover it, only to blink as she heard a new voice emerge.

"Damn...I missed...you're slippery, toots..." came the scratchy voice of rugged young man as he emerged from the bushes, twirling another dagger in his hand.

Amaya narrowed her eyes a little bit, still holding her wound a bit. "Hn...I don't wish to fight with you...please, let me pass..."

"Ah~. See I would but..." the young man grinned. "Ya know, I got distracted by that glamour ya got hanging around your throat, sweetheart...I wish I had somethin' like that...c'mon...hand it over. Don't you know sharing is caring...?" he asked cheekily.

"Sorry...but this isn't for me to give away...nor is it for sale...so please leave...!" Amaya spoke firmly, only to blink as she heard some snickers from around and watched as more thieves seem to work there way out of hiding spots. About 10 of them, surrounding her.

"Aww, now why you gotta be so rude, girlie...you flaunting that around must mean ya got tons of loot to just buy more right? So don't be stubborn and hand it over, ya know, before me and my boys get mad. And you don't wanna see us when we're mad!" he threatened.

[LeonTekashi]

Not far from the ruckus that's currently happening is the blue-haired swordsman, Leon Tekashi. It has been a grand total of 2 weeks since Leon moved into the household of her current maternal figure, Stella. Within those 2 weeks, Leon's mindset has changed a bit as now he's watching over himself so that he'll be able to work more efficiently in wanting to be worthy of being able to protect those around him. He has also been teaching himself the Niten Ichi Ryu thanks to a book provided by Stella.

"Hmm.. There should be a town called Zugaishi somewhere according to the guild... but where is it?" Leon wonders as he looks around his surroundings. Suddenly, he hears a lot of footsteps coming from his left. "Those footsteps I'm hearing.. Sounds like a lot of people moving. I wonder what's up?" Leon decides to follow the sound of those footsteps. He moves through the bushes and the branches in his path. However, as he was maneuvering through, he stops as he spots multiple people that are dressed as thieves, circling a young brunette that appears to be wounded. "Really...? Jeez, these folks just love picking on folks that can't seem to properly defend himself..." He sighs as he walks closer to the ruckus.

Background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M42oppB2KHc&index=36

"Alright you guys, what's going on over here?" Despite the urgency, Leon chooses to be easygoing about the situation with his hands in his black pants pocket. Although, his facial expression is serious as he glares at all of the thieves. "If I were you guys, I would stop what you're doing right now. You don't want to continue this."

[Sardonyx]

Leon's arrival and easy going attitude pretty much threw everyone, especially Amaya for a loop.

The brunette's eyes widened lightly as she stared at the boy as he came in. Completely flabbergasted. What, was he stupid? Or was he just THAT cocky? Just walking into a pool of thieves so leisurely without being as so much as armed. What, was he trying to look cool?!

At the same time, the band of thieves could help but stare at him from all sides, before the evident leader suddenly began to snort and break out in clear laughter, which garnered confidence in his men as they started laughing too.

"Ahahahaha~! Just what are YOU supposed to be, tough guy?! Some cop in training?!" he found the prospect of this hilarious. "Telling me I don't wanna continue...you've got some serious balls on ya, kid...but I don't like your attitude...!"

Then he smirked and raised a new dagger. "But I'll tell ya what...I'm in a forgiving mood, so why don't you and the girl hand over everything worth a damn, and nobody gets cut...!"

Amaya narrowed her eyes. "You people are the worst kind of scum..." she remarked as she moved her now bloodied left hand from her still bleeding arm, and moved said arm down to her holster. "You're not taking anything except a severe thrashing if you come closer...!"

"Oh-ho! Someone's eager! That's fine! You heard 'em boys! Rough 'em up a bit!" the leader ordered, causing the thugs to snicker as they approached the two.

Amaya sucked her teeth and moved her wounded arm down to her holster and unhooked it, drawing out her chain whip.

[LeonTekashi]

Leon sighs some more as he reaches for both his Katana and his wakizashi with the former his his right hand and the latter on his right. With both hands on the hilt of his two swords, he notices the brunette wielding a chain whip and nods at the gesture, thinking that she can probably hang in there for a bit longer despite her condition. "Well, I warned you guys." Leon comments as he gets in his stance. Time to my practice of the Niten Ichi-ryu into proper use. My current muscle memory should be enough to take you guys down, so come. Give me your best shot you guys." He begins to smirk while taunting the thieves to rile them up in hopes of letting their own emotions control their movements.

Background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qimVJSMapAo

[Sardonyx]

"Wipe that smirk off his face! And get me that necklace!" their leader commanded as the thieves charged both teens with intent to commit harm. Some were carrying blunt weapons, while others carried knives, and the rest came swinging with their fists.


Amaya took a deep breath and let her chain whip fly, swinging it in a fixed rotation about her form to ward half of the attackers who went for her. The other half went for Leon.


The girl had to not pay attention to the slight sting in her arm as she warded off one bogey who attempted to jab her with knife, but one whip actually caused him to be disarmed and lose a finger in the process, causing him to howl in agony.


This caused the others to try and keep their distance, while Amaya continued moving forward, keeping intense focus in her eyes as she continued to accelerate the movement of the chain while wrapping it around her body. All at the same time avoiding piercing herself in the process.

[LeonTekashi]

On Leon’s end, the other half of thieves all went towards Leon at the same time. Leon closes his eyes and begins to focus, picturing what he’ll do to them. With his plan in mind, Leon reopens his eyes quickly and unsheathes his wakizashi and parries the first thief that attempted to stab him directly in his heart with their knife. The parry catches the other thieves off guard as they watch Leon quickly use his arm muscle the thief off balance and counters by unsheathing his katana at a brisk pace, following with a horizontal slash directly towards the thief's entire waist, causing the body to be cut in half. The blade on Leon’s katana is now covered in blood with the blood dripping from the tip of the blade like a rain drop.

The site of a comrade being killed like that causes the other four thieves to stop what they’re doing in shock and looks at Leon with fear in their eyes. “See, this is why I warned you guys. There’s plenty more where that came from. Hell, maybe even worse.” Leon’s words combine with his serious expression pierced through the theieves as they backed away even further, lowering their morale.

[Sardonyx]

As the other thieves began to lose their bearings, their commander was growing restless. "What the hell are you pissing your pants for?! They're just two kids! Fucking kill them!" he hollered.

One of the larger thieves who finally decided to grow a pair, and was wielding a broadsword, decided to go in on Amaya, giving a battle cry as he gave an overhead swing.

He didn't even finished, Amaya was still in whip rotation, before she kicked her foot out in mid-rotation and launched the dart at the end of his whip straight up and into the brute's throat.

He gave loud wheezes as he dropped his sword as blood spilled from the wound and his lips, and he toppled over on to his back, causing a loud thud.

Amaya then pulled her chain back and glared at the leader while still keeping her rotation going for the whip. "You can stop this..."

"Tch...! Turn and run from some brats?! You think your fancy tricks are gonna frighten me?!" the leader growled as he reached into his holster and began to throw what knives her had at both Amaya and Leon. "Dodge this you runts!"

"Hmph..." Amaya was unphased and brought out her free palm, to which her eyes began to flash a ruby red and a barrier began to form in front, causing the knives to bounce of and fly in other directions.

[LeonTekashi]

While the other thieves are distracted by the brunette, Leon swiftly moved towards the leader but behind him. Carefully, he put his two swords in front of the leader and raises up to his throat to the point where the blades are touching his adam’s apple. “Like the brunette as said, only you can save your comrades. Last chance or you die along with them.” Leon warns as he carefully starts causing the leader’s atom’s apple to bleed.

[Sardonyx]

The leader's eyes bugged out of his eyes as he saw his projectiles just bounce off this new magic barrier that just appeared in front of the girl.


"W-What the hell-?!" he backed up, only to bump into Leon, as he grit his teeth as he brought his hands up to pull the blades away from his throat, though it caused his palms to bleed, a sweat bead falling down his face. "Why you...l-little punk!"


But as they grew closer, he grimaced. "Ugh! Fucking-a! Fine! Get off me!"

[LeonTekashi]

“You’re the boss, boss.” Leon pokes fun at the leader as he moves the blades away from his adam’s apple and kicks his butt with a lot of force with his right foot. “Now run along with your comrades and don’t let me see you picking on the weak or the wounded, or else.” Leon points towards the leader with his Katana as he glares at him some more.