Chapter 1: Chapter 1-Prologue: How It All Began Part 1

It was the year 1452, and Japan was currently going through a time of strife. Not only were wars happening between humans, but the lands were filled with dangerous beasts and monsters. 

This was a time when everyone was just doing their best to survive, but the death toll only piled higher with every passing day.

On a lonely prairie, a humble village full of farmers tending to their crops and housewives knitting or basket weaving could be seen. The people in this village were poor, hungry, and pitiful due to all the wars around them. 

The nobles or samurai often took their food to feed their armies due to the current strife in the country. 

Inside one of the houses in this village, a husband is anxiously waiting outside the room his wife is currently in. He could hear his wife screaming inside the room as she was giving birth.

One of his wife’s friends was also there, helping to make sure the process went smoothly, and she gave birth to a healthy baby.

Many hours passed by, and the wife finally stopped screaming. Not too long after, a baby could be heard crying.

The man slammed the door open and ran inside to find his wife currently holding a little baby girl.

“Congratulations, Hina and Kenji, for giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. Have you already decided on a name for her?” The midwife asked with a sweet smile.

“Mika. Akino Mika.” Both Hina and Kenji answered at the same time. 

Kenji walked over to his wife, Hina, and hugged her while putting a hand on his new daughter.

The two of them felt blessed that they were able to have a moment of such bliss in these trying times.

They promised they would do anything they could to make their daughter happy.

***

A few years later.

In the same village, there was a young girl, who couldn’t be older than 3 years old, walking around with a stick in her hands.

This little girl had shiny black hair and deep black eyes filled with curiosity. However, the most notorious thing about her was the stick she carried.

This stick wasn’t just some random stick. No, this stick was in the shape of a katana, though it wasn’t sharp or pointy and only had a similar shape to a katana. 

The child wouldn’t go anywhere without this stick. She’d eat, sleep, play, and even sometimes train with this stick, but that last part was a secret.

She would always hear stories about samurai, beasts, katanas, and other things from her parents, but her favorite thing to do was learn about katanas.

There was just something special she loved when hearing about how a warrior fought on the battlefield with nothing to trust other than their sword. These warriors trained, studied techniques, and dedicated their lives to becoming betters warriors. 

Ever since hearing those stories, the little girl always dreamed of becoming the best swordsman and understanding the essence of the sword! 

It was almost like she knew that this was her calling in life.

Over the past few years she’s been able to see a few rogue samurai pass through their village and sometimes a noble will stop by with a small legion of samurai to collect their food.

This little girl is Mika and although she doesn’t understand that these people are basically starving their village, she doesn’t seem to care. The only thing she ever pays attention to is the katanas hanging by the samurai’s sides.

Mika did what she usually does and patrolled around the village looking for other kids to play with, but unfortunately for her she couldn’t find anyone today.

This is because the other children are too scared of her. She always plays too rough and ends up beating the other children with her wooden toy katana.

Her parents tried taking away this wooden katana as punishment, but Mika cried without stopping until she got it back. Without it she wouldn’t eat, sleep, or even poop, which worried her parents immensely.

Mika shrugged and saw that the sky was turning dark as clouds started to roll in. A dense fog was approaching the village in the distance, but Mika didn’t notice this. 

She decided to go back home for the day.

“Welcome back, sweetie! How was your day? You didn’t beat anybody up, did you?” Hina, Mika’s mother, questioned with a smile.

“Hehe~ Of course not, Mama. I couldn’t even find someone to play with today.” Mika answered sweetly.

“Sigh… That’s because they are all scared of you. Of course, they wouldn’t want to play with someone who beats them up!” Hina scolded lightly.

“Hmph!” Mika snorted and walked forward to hug her mom.

After the two embraced each other, they walked toward the dining room since it was almost time for dinner.

Hina walked back to the kitchen to finish making dinner as Mika silently played with her wooden katana.

A few minutes later, Kenji entered the door after finishing a day’s work.

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He walked straight towards the table Mika was sitting at as he waited for dinner. 

“Looks like a nasty storm is coming in. It’s about time we got some rain!” Kenji started talking. Mika ignored him while Hina talked with him from the kitchen.

A few minutes later, dinner was served, which was the usual bowl of rice and a few vegetables. It wasn’t much, but it was just enough to get by.

Not long after finishing dinner, they started hearing a loud rumbling sound outside. 

*Pitter Patter*

It started raining shortly after that, which only worsened as time passed. Thunder and lightning became more frequent, and it sounded like the sky was about to fall. 

Then a dense fog rolled in, to the point where even the vision inside their home was becoming limited.

Mika gripped her wooden katana tighter and started to become scared as this was the first time she’s experienced something.

Hina and Kenji ran over to their daughter and started comforting her by telling her it’ll be alright.

An hour passed and the storm was still as unrelenting as ever, but the ground started to shake this time. At first they thought it was just the storm, but as the ground shook more they realized this wasn’t the case.

“AHHHHH!”

“RUN!”

“MONSTERS!”

Muffled screams could be heard outside their house, which only caused Mika to shiver uncontrollably as she buried her face and wooden katana into her mother’s embrace.

“It’s going to be okay… It’s going to be okay… It’s going to be okay….” Hina kept muttering this to not only Mika but herself as well.

Tears were already streaming down Mika’s face as she heard the screams of people getting closer.

*ROAR*

A loud roar was heard not far from their house and the foul beast started trampling houses and eating people.

Hina and Kenji didn’t know what to do since they’d never encountered a situation like this before. Both have only heard of monsters and beasts in stories but have never actually seen one.

The beast grew closer to their house until they could hear it right outside. The beast swung its paw with a loud roar and smashed part of their wall and roof to bits.

“AHHH!” Hina screamed in fright as her mind raced on what to do. 

A colossal beast-looking creature with red eyes glared at them while showing off its teeth. 

“Hina, take Mika and run!” Kenji yelled with determination as he prepared to face the beast.

“But-” Hina wanted to speak up but was interrupted.

“Now!” Kenji roared and began flailing his arms to distract the beast.

Hina didn’t say anything else knowing that Kenji had already made his decision. She gritted her teeth, picked up Mika, and started running away. She turned around to see Kenji running in the opposite direction while doing his best to dodge the beast’s attacks.

Although Kenji was just a mere farmer, that didn’t mean he was weak. On the contrary, they were actually relatively strong and had decent endurance. It was nothing compared to a samurai, but he had a better chance of surviving than both Hina and Mika if the two of them weren’t with him.

Hina ran through the village but was shocked to see more beasts running amok, destroying houses, hunting down, and eating people. All she could do was do her best to stay out of sight.

Mika was still crying, but Hina covered her mouth with her hand to ensure she didn't draw any unwanted attention.

A few minutes later, Hina heard a different set of noises. She heard very masculine voices yelling, followed by the sound of metal clinking and beasts shrieking.

She didn’t know what was going on at first, but then she caught sight of a samurai dueling with a beast. Her fears started to lessen when she saw this scene, but at the same time she knew that samurai weren’t good people. Who knew what would happen to her and Mika after this was all over? She could only pray and hope that Kenji lived.

Mika was also able to calm down slightly and ended up looking around. Much to her surprise, she was able to see the most beautiful sight in the world. A scene that she’d never forget throughout the rest of her life. She saw a bright and shiny katana being wielded by a lone samurai in a battle against a ferocious beast. 

It sliced through the air, cutting the rain, wind, and beast all in one fluid motion. The way the samurai handled the blade was both ferocious and everchanging, like fire and water. It was steady as a rock but smooth like the wind. The blade gleamed coldly in the cloudy moonlight and struck as fast as lightning.

The terrifying scene contrasted with the beautiful swordplay was like nothing she’d ever seen before, and the dream of recreating this scene was ignited at this moment. 

She wanted to use the katana like that! She wanted to fight monsters with a katana! She wanted to go on adventures with nothing but a katana!

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