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She had fallen asleep and it was quite a peaceful sleep until she felt like her mind became under control in her dream.

~*Dream*~ The man who had been after them the whole time was standing before her. He was dressed in all red and he had long black hair tied into a low ponytail, however, his face was covered with a mask to hide his identity. He placed his hand firmly under her chin, tilting her head back and kissed her on the lips. "I'm coming for you...and you will be my queen...." ~*End of the Dream*~

She woke up breathing heavily and she wiped her forehead on the back of the sleeve of her gi. She looked up, noticing the tent flap open, and the man from her dreams was standing there, his arms crossed in front of his chest. He took off the mask, revealing his pale skin, crystal blue eyes, and charming smile. Before she could scream out for anyone, the man swiftly sweeped her off the bed and into his arms.

They vanished from the campsite and when she opened her eyes again, she was in a rather large castle. The man tied her wrists tightly and left her to sit there sobbing. He got control of Kyo's mind and sent the image of Rin to him.

Kyo sat up in his bed suddenly. He had had the most terrifying dream ever. He had seen RIn, bound and gagged in a castle. He put on his armour, and walked outside his tent. The camp was quiet most of his army being asleep, in the vast campsite. The sun was just rising although it was still dark. he could hear a symphony of crickets, playing their concert tot he new day. The guards out side of his tent snapped out of their dozing and stood at attention. Kyo immediatly walked over to Rins tent. The guards were still alert and watchful, but he entered expecting to see her sleeping peacefully, but saw only an empty bed. He ran back out and questioned the guards, who stood agast at the empty tent. He immediatly odered the musicians to sound the call to arms, and suddenly the camp was full of activity suddenly. Soldiers pulled down their tents and ran into formation. Kyo stodd in front of his troops,"Men...the enemy infiltrated this camp last night and kidnapped the lady Rin. This is an insult to the presitgei of these legions. Will you follow me to thier castle and redeem your honor?" the soldiers looks angry at this afront to their prestige and 50,000 voices echoed the afirmative. They formed lines and marched past Kyo and hsi generals. Kyo took out a map and put a dot. "We are here. the lady rin went missing approximately 5 hours ago. That emans they can be only in this radius, EVEn if they transported magically. ther is only one castle in this entire area. I intend to sieze it and search it for her." the Generals saluted and rode off. Kyo watched his soldiers marched by in perfect lines.

(( u know shes right, there aint s**t all happening in this forum, so untill this place gets its act together there aint much pointing in trying to develop off the subject plots. keep the peace ppl asnd i'll still b on to see how everything is going))

Kyos army came in sight of the castle. It was located near a small famring town called Sekigahara. Kyo sent 2 of his 6 legions skirting around to the back, 2 to the right and so on until the castle was completely encircled, he sent a messenger to the castle with a message for its surreneder, but the rider was shot down at the walls. Kyo waved his hnd staring tat the walls, and the siege enginse rolled up. the massive Trebuchets, and the smaller mangonels and the balistas, as well as the archers from each legion. The Trebuchetes would knock down the walls, while the mangonels launched loads of rocks into the castle, doing damage tot he garrison. The balistas would fire large arrows, that ignited anyhing they hit with fore temporarily, the archers would deal with the soldiers on tha walls, and provide covering fire. Kyo rode along the front of the troops who stood solembly watching the fire storm hitting the castle. Flames were billowing from the courtyard, and the whistling of arrows was evident above the sound of the creaking of the siege weapons. Kyo than motioned for the legions to march against the castle. Some would enter throught the main gate which was now reduced to splinters, and other would ruch the castle with ladders and scale the walls. They marched forward solembly, and Kyo led them through the gate. Simultaneously, Kyo could distincly hear the archers cease shooting, in danger of hitting the infantry. They entered the castles inner courtyard and were astounded by how few of the defender remained standing. Those left in the castle put up fierce resistence, and suddenly several hundered more came screaming out of doors surrounding the courtyard. Despiste their small numbers they forced the few legions in the walls to form a tight circle around Kyo slashed abd hacked at any enemies he could reach. It was than he saw him, standing on the field staring at him. It was the commander of the rebels. He was wearing intricatley orderned Oyori style armour, and carrying a Katana. Kyo stood, the battle raging around him and achknowledged the individual combat with a nod. He tied his face mask, which protected his face. Kyo lunged with his No Daichi at the commander who parried it easily, and sliced at Kyos neck, almost taking it off, had Kyo not been bumped into by a pair of dueling samurai, which caused the blow to miss but knocked Kyo to the ground. The commander sliced at Kyo shile he was lying on the ground, but Kyo parried it with difficulty. Kyo from his floor shouted,"LIFE IS SHORT, BURY STEADY SWORD!" and the ame icicles fell from the sky forcing the commander to jump back to avoid the attack. Kyo leapt to his feet, and steadied his body before saying,"Sugisaru seifuku-sha." and he appeard to run through the commander at a high speed. Th commanders eyes were wild before he fell the the ground without moving. The battle had been won but it had been costly, and Kyo dashed intot he keep looking for Rin. He found her lying on the ground at the bottom of some steps, bloody and cut. "Kyo ran over to her follwoed by a doctor and severl dozen guards. He cradles Rin in his arm and said,"Rin...are you alright can you hear me...?"

Kyo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw he open her eyes and sigh. The doctor rushed forward and began to examine the her body for injuries. Apart from some serious bruising and a broken ribe, and the cuts on her hands, she was in working order. The doctor forced fomr blue liquid down her throat that helaed her injuries. Kyo looked down at her again and siad,"Rin...say somthing...are you alright?"

As Rayne approached the docking area of Japan, he notice that the day was beginning to grow weary as the clouds were accumulating, advancing in the air and many were starting to form more abstract shapes. He docked his boat by dropping the anchor into the ocean and gave a slight tug on it making sure that it have hit the bottom. Rayne walked out of his boat and stretched for a moment, since he have been on board of the boat for almost half of the day and it didn't take him too much time because of the spell he have cast. He looked around to see if anyone was there to show him some directions.

He spotted a nearby figure that seem to be the owner that kept watch in the docking area and decided to approach him to ask for directions. After he have received the information that was needed, he went off swiftly and faded away into the background. As the owner stood there sighing with a weary look on his face and was about to call it a day, he spotted a nearby boat docking into the area. As the boat was docked into the area, a mysterious figure walked out of it and approached the owner. The owner looked at him curiously and spotted many more members getting off the boat. At last silence was broken by Ikura when he said " Have you seen a swordsman that pasted by here."

The owner replied " Yes, yes I have and he is a dark elf I believe." Ikura looked at him for a moment and said " Where was he going ?" The owner replied " Well if I heard him correctly I believe he is going somewhere near Hokkaido and perhaps he might also go to Edo, but that is uncertain." Ikura replied " Thankyou that is all I need to hear." As Ikura told the members of the Ten Kenkaku kei ( Heaven Swordsmen Group) to move out , Makura asked Ikura " So where is the Hitokiri Ten Hinote going this time? " Ikura responded " I'm hoping that he is not going to the Azuchi ruins, but where he is going I'm for sure that he is not attempting to do any of the sort of reviving the Odah." As they stopped discussing the matter of Rayne going to the Azuchi ruins, they too have faded into the background.

The owner stood there in shock and was starting take deep breaths as he thought to himself The Hitokiri Ten Hinote ...was just right in front of me....I thought ...he was gone after those five years... He stood there knowing that he have gotten weary during the day , he closed up the registeration and docking area. He started to walk in the same path and shrudder for a moment as though he have gotten goosebumps knowing that he was walking on the very path of the Hitokiri Ten Hinote was walking on. All he knows that it will be a frightening place , since there is a wanderer out there wandering through the area of a unexpected town carrying the name Hitokiri Ten Hinote.

Rayne started to wanderer to a nearby village and have notice that he was being followed every since the beginning of his journey to Japan. He decided to let them follow him and knowing that it was the Ten Kenkaku kei ( Heaven Swordsmen Group), he allowed them to follow him. He started to approach nearby town and decided to look around the place. As he wanderer through the village and notice there were many people who were still in their shops. As he stood there in silence contemplating upon the situation he was in, Ikura was crouching down on a nearby roof as well as many of the other members. Ikura whispered " We might be here for awhile,since he might not be going anywhere soon." Makura responded quietly " Yes, I believe that we aren't going to be going anywhere for awhile, but we should stay at a comfortable place." Ikura nodded at Makura.

One by one the members of the Ten Kenkaku kei ( Heaven Swordsmen Group) faded away into the shadows of the background , Makura stared at Rayne and said quietly " We'll meet again Ten Hinote and I believe sooner than you think." After he said this, he too have faded away into the shadows. Rayne started walk away from the area and gave a small chuckle and muttered " So we will...so we will , but I will not fight , yet I must in order to stop them from killing many people and even those that are innocent."