Project E

Chapter 3: The Betrayal

It's a sunny day in the east. Gurushina Nirikure and his friend are running towards a specific area outside the oak wood village in the east carefully in the forest as they see insight the army of the oak wood village on the left side of them. 

The forest is dense. "The forest will become denser over time we need to finish the job or else another war might occur, I don't know what the heads are thinking but we have to do it we have to trust them, it's better to trust than regret it later instead of not trusting and regretting it, move!" Gurushina Nirikure said to his other swordsman to his right as he run faster than his current speed.

"I wonder what's the chief of the oak wood village up to," the unknown swordsman said who is on the side of Gurushina Nirikure as they slowly vanished insight into the distance in the middle of the forest far outside the oak wood village. Gurushina Nirikure suddenly stops as he feels something strange in the air in the distance as the forest got denser and foggy both of them vanishing insight. 

They're in a forest as straight up ahead are giant mountains and cliffs. Far beyond the comprehension of human eyes. The army is marching as the leader of the army signal to his men to stop.

All of them stop as a messenger swordsman reaches them. A man in the shadow in front of them a swordsman long black-haired man is slowly appearing in the shadow as the leader of the army goes down on his horse and approached the messenger swordsman.

The leader of the army reaches the messenger swordsman as they both stand up straight to each other and look high at themselves.

"I've got a message from the heads that they're dismantling every guard swordsman in the oak wood village, I supposed that the leader of this guard swordsman is Kurishna. The duo fox Swordsmen's, Gurushina Nirikure, and Zukori Gakure... You know that these swordsmen's power combined can beat Project D, in short, the project destroyers of the west..." The messenger swordsman said as he hand over a scroll that is from the heads of the far east.

"So th-they're already in the village... That's... Impossible they were in the far region in the north last they ago... How did they get here quickly?! They must've taken the steam train! Right?" The leader of the army said in shock and ask the messenger swordsman as he slowly opened the scroll.

"This swordsmen's won't use steam trains, I haven't heard any one of the higher ranking swordsmen's uses the steam train, but they could've used a special technique to get here, or they must've run all the way here, the heads of our village, the east also fear this duo fox swordsmen's, the other swordsman's that on the same level as them is hidden throughout all the ages, kingdoms, knowledge... Sometimes knowledge is just for a show. Well, that's all I'm done here, you don't need to go there, look for the chief instead he has half of the whole army in the village, he must be looking forward to knowing the swordsmans that on the hands of the heads and also the... Known projects of the heads," the messenger swordsman said as he slowly walk backward back into the shadows. They're also in a wilderness, full of big trees at least two hundred feet high trees and covering them because of the giant leaves and branches of the trees.

The leader of the swordsman nodded as the messenger swordsman quickly vanished on his spot. He turned around and signal his army to retreat to the oak wood village as he slowly walk back towards his horse as he holds a scroll.

"We will go to the dark redwood village, one of the old villages around the east were gonna be looking for the chief, there we could find a clue or he must be there with the army, if not we will go to the redwood village," the leader of the army said as he quickly hops back in his horse as they look at there leader who looks like fearing of something.

He signals as the army started moving as only half of the army is riding a horse and the other half of the army is walking. They started going back towards the oak wood village first before going to the dark redwood villages.

The army started marching back towards the oak wood village. They speed up and speed up minute by minute as they started running and fast speeding their horses. The soldiers that are running are trained in the east region.

They passed the big trees around them as the sun lit up brightly in the sky. After a couple of minutes, they pass the forest as they are now on a clear straight path where there are no trees or houses or any other things.

The leader of the army still fears something inside of him. He feels in his bone that something terrible would happen anytime now. He lowered his head down as he slowly look straight again, his sweat dripping on his forehead.

They're fastly moving back towards the oak wood village as some of the soldiers that are running sense different aura's in the distance of them in the left where there's another forest. 

The soldiers in the army are also swordsmen same as the men who are riding the horses. Five swordsmen are on the far left and far right sides of the army. The far-right and far-left sides of them are a whole another forest, at least two hundred feet high big trees.

A soldier runs to the side of the lead quickly, as he sees the lead is stressed out and getting slowly depressed. "Lead, we've got company around us," the soldier said to the leader as the leader doesn't hear him. The leader continues to overthink as he didn't know that they're getting surrounded by ten unknown swordsmen.

The soldier touches him on the back and suddenly the whole army stopped as they looked around them not noticing the danger.

"What?!" The leader shouts at the soldier as he heavily breathes. "We're getting surrounded by ten unknown swordsmen I don't know how powerful they are but... We need to leave! I'm sensing something different in the air," The soldier said to the leader who quickly looked around them as he looked left and right. 

He straight looks to his right where there's a dark forest covering shadows as he sees in the far distance in the forest a swordsman with blue eyes glowing with particles around his eyes like smoking blue.

The unknown swordsman in the dark forest look menacingly as the leader didn't see what sword was the swordsman holding. The unknown swordsman is just sitting on the big tee branch is his sword is getting hidden by another side tree branch with giant leaves.

Suddenly four more swordsmen show up behind the swordsman who was sitting on the branch. The four swordsmen who show up behind him show shadows with their swords menacingly. Four shadows are the only ones who can see insight because of the lead.

"Those shadows it can't be...! The west Project D!" He said furiously as he's fingertips are trembling in fear looking at the right side of him as he was riding his horse not moving. The leader has a special ability who can see far but can't sense. He can see far distances, far than normal eyes can do.

The leader's hands trembles as he can't remove his eyes from looking at the swordsman. "Looks like that leader can see us, as we expected. Should we end their sufferings?" An unknown swordsman said and ask in the forest standing on a big tree branch. The tree is a hundred plus high.

"Matsuri Hakuzo, you should watch your mouth, or else I'll cut that myself," an Unknown swordsman answered that is also standing on a tree branch but on the other side where there's another swordsman in the middle of them separating them both.

There's a total of five swordsmen standing on the big tree branch as the other one is sitting on the side as he watches the army and the leader.

"Oh don't be mean, brother, after all, you're just the same as us... Paid swordsman of the west like the other swordsman get. We suffer for a long time hiding in the shadows eating garbage and getting treated like dogs in the-! I- I just don't get it why people need to treat people like that like they're the same it's just stupidity to argue with like they just got lucky they live in a house with a bed with food every day, a comfy couch, toys, a nice shower. And now other swordsman says this when we kill, `why would you rob them,` like I don't understand this world," Matsuri Hakuzo said as he heavily breathes and slowly sits down on the tree branch with the other swordsman who is leaning and eating round rice secretly.

"You need to understand that for yourself you're not the only one looking for answers... Where here to protect our home, we work for others to give. That benefits us, no, both of us. All of us," One of the swordsmen said who is in the middle of the five.

"Lead, Harukozo Miroshu... We suffered enough and we fight for a better... For a better world for a better place," an unknown swordsman said on his left as the leader who is in the middle of them look straight in the distance looking at the army.

"I know, but me, I seek not to fight, remember this, fight only causes war, loss of loved ones, destruction, unhealable pain! And... Suffering," the leader said as the swordsman on his left becomes quiet and did not comment on anything. He lowered his head down as he slowly understands why he was there standing with the others.

"The two of us will leave, the three of you take care, kill those... Men's, me, and Rourke Kurowe will go inside the east village and find the thing that is ordered us to get, the order is to kill all of those in the army and bring back the package, now, let's move!" The leader said as he suddenly vanished. 

The sitting swordsman who is eating the round rice is named Rourke Kurowe, he slowly stands up as he signals using his right hand to the other three to take care and stay safe. He quickly vanished following the lead. Where he vanished a wind blows at them as the big leaves around the three move because of the force that Rourke Kurowe leaves.

"Now where we're we..." Matsuri Hakuzo said as he slowly step aside to the left where he leaned to the big tree as he looked at the leader of the army to see what his next move was.

"Well, we should start killing them what else do we have to do, I believe those two will be safe and Rourke Kurowe is a scythe user but he uses a sword currently he's waiting for the new scythe it's currently getting forged in the swordsmith village. And he must have hidden his other scythe in his back and we have more swordsmans on the other side, five of them, signal to them tell them to let's start, Hirohoshi Hakuzo. The brother of Matsuri Hakuzo," unknown swordsmen said who is on the far right of them.

They positioned themselves. The three of them stand up straight as they step on their left foot and fall to the big tree. The three of them reach the ground as they first land with their feet as they landed on the ground quietly as they suddenly flew toward the army.

They running but it looks like they're flying. The other two look like gliding as they go toward the army as they step their left and right feet to go to the side so they can dodge the big trees. Their footsteps are so quiet as they run. 

The three of them are wearing a coat and a hidden sword inside their coat, as they flew towards the army the wind blows at them quietly. The other five swordsmen on the other side of the forest standby on the big tree branched watching them from far.

"Lead! They're coming! We need to run or we all be wiped out!" The soldier said who is holding a flag as the leader's sweat dripped on his forehead. "Run as fast as you can!! Move! Move! We will go to the oak wood village and ask for backup!" The leader said as he pointed his right hand towards the oak wood village.

They started moving their horses as they quickly speed up. The other swordsmans who are running pulled out their swords as they run wild they were actively looking left and right of them. 

The leader of the army looks to his left and sees that the other five swordsmen are still not moving in the forest as the leader fast speeds up his horse. "Faster! More speed! Don't stop or you'll die!!" The leader of the army shouts furiously to his men as they started speeding up more of their horses.

The running swordsmen were somehow faster than the horses. "This swordsmens I can't believe they're from project A, these heads and messenger soldiers... What are they thinking," the leader said to his mind as he look straight but he still can't see the village's insight.

"I haven't seen any of the following conditions, all I know is that we are supposed to kill this army," Matsuri Hakuzo said as they reach the flat land finally as they see the army insight at least tens of meters away.

"Look... They thought running is gonna take them somewhere, yeah I know it will take you somewhere but against as? Haha!" Matsuri Hakuzo said as he ask and laugh. He giggles as he positions his left foot and step it on the ground again and flew toward the army as he slowly pulled out his sword from his left. He grabs his sword using his right hand from his left.

The other two swordsmans are behind him same as his brother who is holding a Nichirin sword. "All of the swordsmen in this world are holding a Nichirin sword or just a normal blade, the sword guards symbolize what kind of swordsman are you... Getting forge in the hidden villages, five of them has a swordsmith village some are hidden some are nowhere to be found," the unknown swordsman said in his mind who is with Matsuri Hakuzo and Hirohoshi Hakuzo.

As Matsuri Hakuzo flew by the big trees around him he step onto the ground again that has grass and flew up as he was currently holding his sword. 

He looks at the army in the far distance that is rushing toward back the village. He jumps a little in the airtight using his left foot and raises his right foot and uses his left foot to flew toward them.

He reaches the ground where the flat land is. Suddenly he shows up behind a soldier who quickly turned around and pulled out his sword. "Dang! Your brother is still faster than you!" The unknown swordsman said as he gazes.

"He's special unlike me, lets's go!" Hirohoshi Hakuzo said as both of them suddenly step they're left foot heavily destroying the ground and flew towards the army.

The sword of Matsuri Hakuzo collided with the soldier who is at the very back of the line. Their swords collided as they both swing their swords heavily but the soldier flew a little back because of the impact that Matsuri Hakuzo did. He quickly comes in and stabs the soldier in the chess and pulled his sword again as he steps onto the shoulder of the soldier and flew up.

"Ahhh! You bastard!" One of the soldiers shouts to who is riding one of the horses. Suddenly his two other swordsmen come in gliding towards the soldiers as they have their swords out slaying tens of them. Blood splattered on the ground as they both continued swinging their swords.

The soldiers don't have time to react as some of them jump up to dodge the death of a sword. A couple of soldiers stop where they are and fight the two of them. "Gukushi Karoshi let's do the move!" Hirohoshi Hakuzo said as they both flew backward as one of the soldiers swings its sword at Hirohoshi Hakuzo but didn't make it in time.

Hirohoshi Hakuzo and Gukushi Karoshi positioned themselves as they both step onto the ground again heavily breaking it apart. "Secret move! Dark step omen swung!" They both said in one word as they suddenly vanished in their spot and destroyed the ground more heavily as it suddenly created a tail of broken ground towards the army. 

The ground is getting destroyed by the move technique of Hirohoshi Hakuzo and Gukushi Karoshi. Suddenly it reaches the army that is rushing back towards the village. It reaches the army making the soldiers killed and flew up in the sky as some of them quickly come down dead.

Matsuri Hakuzo glides down as he watches them both killing the army with a deadly precision technique. "It's been a long time since I see this, it's still mesmerizing up here," Matsuri Hakuzo said as he glided towards the front of the army.

Some of the soldiers of the army that is running stopped and pulled out their swords as they quickly got killed and slash the side of the chest of the soldiers.

"Tsk! We have nowhere to go, the village is just too far away! Our army in the backline is getting wiped out!" The leader of the army said in his mind as he turns his head around and see his army getting wiped out.

He stopped the whole army and signaled to stop. Suddenly the technique of them both stop and they both appeared in the sky. They slowly fall landing on the ground smoothly. The ground behind them is heavily destroyed and has dead soldiers. Swords are there standing and stabbing the ground. Blood splatter on the ground behind them at least a hundred soldiers are dead.

"Pulled out your swords! We won't make it to the village! Fight to the death!!" The leader said as they all stop and pulled out their swords, the leader quickly pulled out his sword. Matsuri Hakuzo reaches the front line as the leader faces Matsuri Hakuzo.

He jumped out of his horse and pulled out his violet-colored blade from his left. They both currently holding their swords on their right as Matsuri Hakuzo smiled at him as his sword has blood on it. He swings his sword to the left to wipe off the blood on it.

"You must be the leader of this army," Matsuri Hakuzo said as the leader of the army ignored him and turned around. "I'll take care of him, try killing those two soldiers!" The leader of the army shouts at his army as they all turned around at Hirohoshi Hakuzo and Gukushi Karoshi. 

Suddenly Matsuri Hakuzo appeared in front of the leader and swing his sword at him as he slowly turned around at him. The leader got in a defensive position and manages to defend himself as he flew a little back. He managed to defend himself using his sword.

"Don't you ignore me while I'm talking, you filthy idiot," Matsuri Hakuzo said as he shows his deadly aura in front of the leader as the army is charging right at Hirohoshi Hakuzo and Gukushi Karoshi.

The leader of the army charges right at Matsuri Hakuzo as he stops his fear and still hears his heartbeat pounding. He suddenly got kicked in the face throwing back and falls to the ground. There's blood dripping from his nose as he let go of his sword and flew far to the right side of him.

"You're weak as hell," Matsuri Hakuzo as he stabs the leader in the chest killing him. Suddenly he looked in front of him and sees Hirohoshi Hakuzo and Gukushi Karoshi standing on the sides of the bodies of the soldiers the sides of them were dead. The army got wiped out as the five swordsmen's that is their teammates slowly appeared behind them as the wind blows. 

The three of them pulled back their swords and looked at the five. They slowly appear clapping at them three. "Well down! Well done! You three wipe out an entire army! Well done! I'm impressed... Now where we're we, oh yeah right the package where's the package...?" An unknown swordsman asks as the other four swordsmen are behind him standing menacingly taller than the one who is talking.

The three of them remained silent. "You won't answer? Fine, we will answer!" The unknown swordsman said who is in the middle of the five. He pointed his left finger at them as the two swordsmen behind him flew toward Hirohoshi Hakuzo and Gukushi Karoshi.

The two swordsmen who flew toward them had swords bigger than heads and long enough to kill in a single hit. They both flew toward them as Gukushi Karoshi jumped up and dodge and see the unknown swordsmens that were, teammates, trying to kill them. 

"What is this madness?!" Gukushi Karoshi said furiously as he look at the swordsman who flew at him. He slowly turned his head to the right seeing Hirohoshi Hakuzo stabbed in the chest with a big sword as blood dripped.