The Samurai RP Thread

Nakamura examined this samurai... he seemed normal, and he must have good intentions if his guards saw it fit to let him through. What could he want? He stared at the riceball he had thrown onto the ground, and then looked back at the samurai, "I'd like to hear your name, and your intention of coming into here armed like that. Do you plan to assasinate me? If you do, I'll be happy to kill you." He said, a thin smile forming over his face, he knew this samurai did not want to kill him, but it was a test to see how he would react. Nakamura slowly took a sip from his tea cup. The taste was delightful, and calmed his nerves. It was a special remedy his father had invented, and it invovled different spices that were rare to Japan. He took one more sip before resting it back on the table, if this samurai tried to strike him, the samurai was dead... but of course, was this samurai stupid enough to attack him?

Thus far, Orin had received a single bit of useful info from the Utenzaki camp. He needed to meditate now... Become centered again and calm down. He sighed and shuffled away from the bushes, deep into the forest. He went silent, and began to become one with everything around him.

"I am Lord Junichi of the honorable Ito clan, and as I rode alone here without armor, I saw it only fit to carry weapons, and, now that you know who I am, I'm sure you realize that I must not be an assassin, as only the most extremely foolish of leaders would attempt to assassinate another leader in person. Though I may state that I might not be as easy to kill as you would think, but that is not what I am here for. You see, I have learned from gossip among my servant, not that that is the most reliable of sources, but I believe that it must be true, that your castle was under attack from ninjas of the Moto clan. If that is so, the same fate befell myself personally as I had to deal with a few of them. I would like to ask you for an alliance against the Moto, so that we should both minimize our losses and benefit from the mutual alliance. So what do you say to that Lord Utenzaki?"

Nakamura Utenzaki sat silent for a few moments, and then spoke up, "All I know is that my castle has been raided by ninja. Do you think that they could be Moto? It would make some sense." He looked over at his tea cup, and took one more sip, Empty... He turned towards Junichi, "Well, if they are Moto, we should both prepare ourselves for a war." He called in one of his guards to inform all nearby Clans. He bowed and ran off to grab his horse. He then turned back towards Junichi, "Lord of the Ito, eh? Then you must forgive my previous behavior to you." He bowed and stood up, "Now, I must go inform the rest of my forces that the Moto may be invovled in this... I suggest you do the same." Once more, he bowed and ran into his officers tent... they had two fronts to hold after all, here comes the long run.

"Your previous behavior to me is quite alright, I realize I am not dressed in clothes befitting those of a leader, and yes, it is time for me to leave as well." Junichi rose, returned the bow and turned, walking back towards the stable in which he had arrived, and began the ride back to his castle. He thought how in his haste he had forgotten to tell him of the Moto attack on his scout, but thought it irrelevant. He observed the beautiful scenery around him, the land of the Shinzi was the purest, he thought, untainted by war. He wondered if he should've offered help for the Utenzaki against the Inuzuki, not that they needed it, he laughed, thinking of how they had been taken by surprise and how that just as easily could have been his town burned to the ground.

Kuro-u remained within the streets of the Shinzi village, watching as Lord Ito and the Uzentaki mounted up and prepared to leave the village. Something quite important had taken place as of recent and she was glad that it happened here rather than anywhere else.
The neutrality of the Shinzi's reputation would surely last.

Jiang walked out of the Utenzaki camp and looked around the streets he walked over to Lady Kuro-u and asked "are they leaving already?"

Kuro-u nodded, "It seems something quite important has come to pass in our village today and that it needs to be acted upon at once." She turned to Jiang smiling a little, "I am glad this happened here...our status as a neutral clan shall surely be upheld with what has transpired."

He noded in agreement and smiled back at Lady Kuro-u,

Kuro-u sighed and looked to the sky, "We must rest now...I have a feeling this village no matter our status maybe on the edge of war."

"What!? Do you think the people who attacked the Ito and Utenzaki clans will come for us as well?" he asked "If they did they would surly beat us, are military is not as strong as Lord Ito or Utenzaki and they were both beaten" he looked to the sky

Kuro-u shook her head, "The enemy of any clan outside of our own would not risk entering Shinzi territory. We as a people have more to offer in the way of elite warriors than any other clan...so if we are to come under attack I assure you Jiang that the retribution for such an act will be swifter than the wind."

"Ahhhh" he breathed out and smiled "then let sleep easily!" he said loudly with a smile, he turned to Lady Kuro-u and bowed "Good Day M'lady" Jiang turned and began to whistle a happy tune as he walked through the streets

Junichi pulled the reins of his horse back as he entered the gates of Ito Castle. A stable boy ran up to him as he dismounted, and led the horse away. Almost immediately after that General Yoshitoki rode up to him, "Lord Ito," he said, "the forces are ready to move out at your command." "Very good." replied Junichi. "How long will our current stores of supplies last?" "Quite a while, sir, and I recommend we quickly proceed to the nearest of the Moto armies. The men are restless." "It is well that we have a good deal of grain and millet, but your men are not always right, General. First, we must have a council of war, gather the lords and tell them to meet me in my study.' With that the general responded, 'Yes, my lord." and rode off towards the samurai. Junichi himself approached his castle, and as he walked up the wooden stairs to the main entrance he couldn't help but wondering how Lord Utenzaki and his clan would fight two wars at once. Then remembering how confident he had seemed, he felt no need to worry. He slightly inclined his head to his guard when he entered the study and took a seat in his favorite chair to wait for the generals...

When the last of the generals stepped into the room, Lord Utenzaki had his guard close the door behind him. "Gentlemen," he said, "the Moto must pay for their cowardice in blood." There was an uproar of approval, and the Lord of the Ito continued, "Not only are they cowardly, but they are unhonorable, they attacked and killed all but one of the men from a scouting party. For that we shall move the army out within the hour, and see to it that the leader of the force that attacked them sees hell before the sun sets in the west. General Yoshitoki, leave now and see that it gets done." "Yes, Lord Ito." was the response, and Lord Junichi continued, "For the acts of the ninja, we will send our own to their Moto Castle, and see to it that Lord Moto dies a slow and painful death by way of poisoned shriken. "Lord Imamura," he spoke to his guard, "tell the ninja of their mission." "Yes, Master." He slid out the door and closed it behind him. "The rest of us will join the army now, and lead the way to the glorious battle that is to come." There was a murmur of consent and they all left and proceeded down the steps to their men. Junichi remained in his seat a moment, then he smiled, but not a happy one, he thought of committing seppuku right then and there, he hated speaking of revenge, and even less of ordering it. The generals and lords were foolish and stupid, they were not true Ito, they were greedy. Lord Ito then rose and joined the army. The sun was a glorious just before sunset yellow, and General Yoshitoki rode up to him, "Shall I order our boys forth?" Junichi with a raise of his hand signaled the army to march out of the castle, into the sunset, and to the bloodshed that was to come.

Nodding slightly to Jiang as he exited the immediate scene, Kuro-u allowed herself to meditate upon what was truly transpiring in the territories outside of their own and the thoughts that arose within her mind where quite disturbing. Never being one to rise quickly to anger or violence the thought of war turned her stomach.

((Im not going to be on for a week, going away, can some one control my character please))

((Not a problem...see you when you get back 🙂 ))

(Ok I'm back, thanks Dragon Woman, don't know what I would've done without you 🙂 but where is my character?)

((At Kuro-u's home or wandering around the town...I only used her once to leave a scene she wouldn't have fit into so its really all up to you hun. Good to have you back.))

(Ok and thanks again 🙂 )

Tomoko was still walking with the children around town. They sometimes stopped to play in the little river that passed through the village and they laughed and giggled. Tomoko looked over to where Kuro-u was and saw her very serious, she was speaking to the men she had just met. She only wondered what they were speaking about.