Light and Darkness: Barimah's Odyssey

Iron to break a Heart.

It’s late afternoon at The Barimah’s house, Aku enters followed by Flint both looking exhausted, tired and dirty, covered in brown stuff. Each has a stick strapped to their side, and a leaf shield or just a big leaf on their back. Licia met them at the door, she looks up to them uttering the only words, “You Stink!” the words stab the 2 like knives as they stumble, Licia runs away covering her nose.

Flint tries to explain, “Li! Wait, its training!” tears threaten to fall but he holds it in, he turns to look at Aku.

Tears flow from Aku’s eyes as she forces not to let them, “2 weeks, 2 weeks that spoiled brat used us like toys. First, it’s 100 swings, 500, 1000, then we fought monsters WITH A STICK! THEN A SHIT BATH!” She throws her sword onto the floor. “THAT DEMON’S TRYING TO KILL US!!!” She yells as a red aura surrounds her but she doesn’t notice it.

Flint gives a wry smile as his thoughts, “True making us fight monsters with these things is madness.” He remembers a scene where Aku’s