They were traveling towards the west as they hear the clouds trembling above them. Thunder was starting to occur as they sees that heavy rain can occur anytime as the wind was starting to bit blowy.
The wind is getting strong. The fog is becoming denser and darker as time passes in the west. Rourke Kurowe and his leader were carrying Kurokushima towards the west to help him with his wounds.
They both feel peace in the west for the first time. They were shocked to see the peace in the west. They smell the trees and the beautiful flowers below them and around in front of them.
They were jumping in the tree branches of the big trees towards the west to easy travel and don't leave any footprints in the dirt on the way below them.
"We got too reckless that package supposed to be in the right time, but we're just gonna delivered it tonight it is supposed to be a while ago," Rourke Kurowe said as the leader looked at him and he suddenly went silent.
"I know... But to only get away with this we need this man," Harukozo Miroshu said as he looked straight and sees the fog got thinner. He suddenly got shocked and sense two people far behind him at a distance at great speed.
"What the... Someone is fast following us from behind, no! They will catch to us if we keep up with this speed, those two behind has aren't normal," he said in his mind frighteningly as he suddenly senses the two unknown people in front of them.
The fog suddenly goes away and two swordsmen show up in front of them both glowing eyes and wearing a strange pattern kimono and unknown blades on their back and waist.
They're suddenly in front of them as Harukozo Miroshu and Rourke Kurowe suddenly stop in a giant tree branch, they're stepping on it same as the unknown swordsman in front of them in a distance. Underneath the giant tree branch is a long fall. The two unknown swordsmen were wearing a different kinds of masks on their faces and their masks had a symbol.
They're wearing a kimono with a long coat and a cape and a bag with a sword in there backs and another sword on their waist. They were all calm except for the young Rourke Kurowe who is sweating in fear as he feels the swordsmen in front of him are more powerful than any of them both or even combine.
"What a wonderful day isn't it?" the unknown swordsman ask in front of Rourke Kurowe who said it happily and giggled. The unknown swordsman was staring at Rourke Kurowe.
"Yeah... It's a wonderful day," Harukozo Miroshu answered. "Good thing someone talks for me once, not like the other travelers that I talk to!" he said as he pointed back his left finger behind him.
"What do you mean travelers? We are not travelers we are the swordsman of the west," Rourke Kurowe said as he looked at the unknown two swordsmen who suddenly stares at his leader.
"Huh!? First, off we'd like to say that, we're here because of a direct order from the heads in the east and south the hidden ones orders," the unknown swordsman said.
Harukozo Miroshu and Rourke Kurowe were surprised as they heard the word the hidden ones' orders. They were idle as they suddenly stares at the unknown swordsman.
"We'd also like to take things a lot seriously... That swordsman you're holding and that package you're holding... Those are from the east, and that scythe that's from the south..." the unknown swordsman said in front of the leader as he pointed his right hand and left finger at Harukozo Miroshu.
"So? So what?! They're from the east, we've been assigned to deliver it to the west and the hidden villages, and this man, or swordsman or whoever he is, he found him in the southern part of the north, heavily wounded, and... If you're there you two must've seen those dolls," Harukozo Miroshu said as he looked at the two unknown swordsmen who looked at each other.
"... Yes...! That's right ... We've been there, we'd like to take him from here, his partner is dead, crushed by a giant tree, we will travel towards the east, you both will continue to your journeys as nothing happens! Make sure that is the real thing that happened... Nothing," the unknown swordsman's said in one voice as the wind suddenly blows at them.
"The last time we saw him they were both walking out in the east front gate, wearing normal kimonos with a normal sword now They're part of the special swordsmen but I can't believe that is the place they died and those are the things that killed him... We are expecting gratitude from you both when his partner at a funeral..." the unknown swordsman said in a serious tone.
"No problem... We could do it anytime we want just fly a birth towards the west messengers they surely send the messages to us, or travel then accordingly," Haru Miroshu said as he nodded and smiled.
They all flew down. The two unknown swordsmen approach them both as they step on the dirt on the ground and grab Kurokushima who is still unconscious. As they grab Kurokushima Makure they both quickly step aside as Haru throws the package towards Rourke and catch it using his left hand.
The unknown swordsman's from the east nodded as they suddenly vanished in front of them both. They were suddenly not in front of them and Kurokushima we're also gone. Suddenly Rourke remembers something and slowly turns his head to the right looking back. He sees that the scythe he grabs from the man that is heavily wounded is not in his back. It was suddenly gone.
"The scythe is gone... They're fast! They're sure are fast! Good thing we got that man out of the way and saves ourselves if not we could've been in a predicament," Rourke Kurowe said in a terrified voice.
"Yeah! Good thing that how it works but I'm sure they already know what's inside the package, they're strong and fast, they're suddenly behind us, I didn't even detect them, I detect them when they suddenly turn their presence like they're a plant, calm, and also unbelievable, those men's must've trained to the death to reach those state," Harukozo Miroshu said in a serious voice as he turns around and looks at the at they're heading.
"They're heading to the east... They're fast they could reach the east village before dawn," he said in his mind as he turns around and begins to walk. He was serious and calm, he was quickly on guard and watching his back all the time. He was a leader who knows whenever he was outside or inside the village danger can occur.
Rourke Kurowe begins to walk after waiting a couple of minutes and inhaling and exhaling. He was calm and happy, he was even smiling as he begins to walk with Haru. They both feel the peace near the west. It was peaceful and they both hears the birds chirping around above them. It was turning late, the sun is setting.
"Lead, should we be worried? Those aren't normal dolls that we find, and you, you were bleeding lately you spit out blood are you good?" Rourke Kurowe asks as he sees Haru continues walking.
"Yes, I'm fine, don't worry about me you should worry more about yourself, he's right those aren't normal dolls, those were the Guards of the Projects but suddenly got turned around," he answered carefully.
"Who made those dolls?" he asked.
"I don't know and trust me if I know it you don't wanna know, I only know a little bit of it, I only heard those dolls were mechanical dolls that passed the technologies of every nation, those dolls were the guards of every existing project, if no mechanical dolls are guarding it they probably got destroyed or no longer working on its own, that's how it works," he answered as he looks around him.
"I see, so those dolls were the replicas of possibly the powerful ancient swordsman that exist one thousand times more powerful than us,"
"You're young Rourke... You have a lot of things to understand in life, don't ever think again about the past, ancient is ancient, and past is passed once it is gone it can never be brought back but... You can make a new one like that," Haru said as Rourke was mesmerized looks like he learned something new in life. He goes completely silent as he walks with him on the right side of Harukozo Miroshu.
They were walking in a forest, with giant leaves and dry leaves on the ground. They were looking around and asking themselves why there were a lot of dead leaves on the ground. It's not dry season yet, they were completely serious and watching their backs as they see that it was getting late and soon dangerous animals will be lurking around pretty soon.
"Lead, we should hurry," Rourke Kurowe said as he sees the lead nod. He looks straight and suddenly they began running. They were focusing on their breathing as they run so that they can fast and long. They're heading towards the west.
They're wearing a kimono with a coat. They hear thunder above the clouds and feel the leaves smell. "It could rain anytime put your coat on," Haru said as he shouts at Rourke Kurowe behind him as they were running. They passed tens of tens of giant trees.
As they run the forest was becoming denser again and the fog are starting to occur. There's a mist and light rain. They couldn't feel the light rain because of the giant trees and leads covering it. The leaves can be two times bigger than a seven-year-old kid. It also can be long and wide and bigger than a human.
They're both in a hurry as they feel the thunderstorm is coming. "Oh, I remember something... This was like that time, the project I occur, the second to last Project ever gonna build in the west, it was built to strengthen their physical body, mentally, spiritually and lungs, in terms of strengthening the organs, it will be different kinds of Projects," Harukozo Miroshu said in his mind as he was focusing on his mind and doesn't see that the village is already in front of them both.
The fog was slowly going away as they reaches the front gate of the west village. They quickly get in as the guards see them that they're from the west. A certified swordsmen of the west. There was a mark on their swords where is in the handle. There was a mark on the handle of his sword Harukozo Miroshu.
They walk into the village as the guards ignore them both because they already know the two in front of that village. Suddenly the rain begins. It was heavy rain with thunder and lightning in the clouds above them. They stop running and begin to walk toward the capital.
In the southern part of the north. The two unknown swordsmen we're carrying Kurokushima on their shoulders towards the east. They were carrying him as he slowly gains consciousness because of the rain.
The rain we're getting him wet as the two unknown swordsmen were just jumping in the tree branches towards the east. They're both calm as they feel Kurokushima's aura trembling in anger as they both hold him.
They know it, they know how it feels. They were just calm as they see that the rain suddenly drops from above. It was passing the giant leaves above them. Kurokushima was slowly opening his eyes as he sees that his on top of a tree branch with two unknown swordsmen on his sides.
They both stop on a tree branch, it was giant and can support ten people. It was wide and thick, connected to a giant tree to their side. They slowly put down on the log Kurokushima Makure as he slowly gained consciousness.
As he opens his eyes he feels his body heavy and dizzy. He heavily breathed as he feels a pain in his chest and doesn't remember what happened. The two unknown swordsman's looked at him confused. They were both staring at him, he was slowly lying down on the tree branch.
Suddenly as he opened his eyes, the two unknown swordsmen widen as they realized who is in front of them. His scythe was on the other side of the swordsman on his back hanging. Their eyes widened as they sees that he manages to live through that wound and heal it himself. His face was familiar to them.
"Hey! You! Kuro! Good thing you finally woke up! Get ahold of yourself, we have things to do, what happened?" the unknown swordsmen ask. He was lying down as he feels dizzy and heavier.
"The Hidden Project E... It's on the southern part of the north, it was they're located, and... Finished all of those dolls or else they will end us, those dolls aren't normal, I've seen those dolls before and they're not that powerful... They killed Hiro!" he answered frustratingly, he was tired.
"He can barely speak! We should wait for the backups before making a move, they should be here any time by now, they deployed that man alone, and the other men said to be he has better things to do in his messenger bird than he deployed to us, I can't believe him that he's that kind of a guy." the unknown swordsman said to the other swordsman. Kurokushima we're trying to stand by all himself and the two unknown watches him.
"You can barely stand, wait for the others, and remember who you are, you are Kurokushima Makure one of the Scythe Defenders of the east and south, the only one alive..." he said in shame.
"You know, everyone has someone behind nor are you a villain or not," Kurokushima Makure said as the two swordsmen feel the peace in his mind. They both want to tears but they cannot.
"You will live. Don't lose hope, you have us, and the kids you left in the village, the orphan you build... They need you, you can retire after this, and we will avenge Hirokushima and find that traitor who change the mechanism of the mechanical dolls!" the unknown swordsman said furiously as Kurokushima smiled as he looked up in the sky and sees the light in the sky slowly fading.
It was the sun setting, as he was on the giant tree branch he was slowly regaining his strength. He was breathing normally as he suddenly relaxed his body and feels no more pain in the other part of his body except for his chest and left shoulder that is wounded.
"We gotta bring you to the medics, that wound can still be open, be careful next time my friend!" the unknown swordsman said as they both smiled behind their mask.
They both sat down on the giant tree branch, Kuro goes back to lie down on the tree branch as the unknown two swordsmen feels someone was coming. It was coming towards them, they come to the east towards the west. And they smell something strange like it feels something burning.
They both stand as they are quickly on guard and their senses and auras. Their killer intent aura was shown as when you come towards them you will feel the hit burning around them.
They both sense them coming from the east. They both turn that way as they both stand up straight.
"They're fast..."
"Yeah,"
"Three of them, there's one in our front and our left and right, they're spreading, they're cornering us, they're moves rare different like they're not human," the unknown swordsman said in one voice. They're both on their ground as they suddenly don't feel the upcoming unknown people or unknown or probably enemies.
They suddenly vanished in their senses. They both slowly pulled out their swords as they looked around them. They're about to get serious, but suddenly Kurokushima slowly stands up and picks his scythe from the unknown swordsman back.
The unknown swordsman stands on his ground as Kurokushima joins the two. "I can barely stand but I can fight if these are enemies, those menace dolls I'll make sure I'm the one who will kill that traitor," he said in his mind furiously as he holds his scythe in anger.
His scythe blade suddenly starts turning bright red. Kurokushima stands in the middle of the two as they look for the unknowns around them. They're in a dense forest in the southern part of the north. They're near Hirokushima, but they didn't know that his sword is no longer on his palm.
"If these are the dolls I can save them both, these cannot be stopped by my Scythe... Only Hirokushima's sword will do the trick, I leave it in his palm... I know it's a bad idea but I have no choice," he said in his mind as he looked around and suddenly they senses someone underneath them three.
Suddenly the wind blows underneath them, a mechanical suddenly shows up holding a thread sword, she pierces through the giant tree branch towards them.
They all three jump high as the two unknown swordsmen, quickly step into a tree sideways with both of their feet as they flew toward the mechanical doll. They're about to reach the doll, and they swing their blades, as the blade slowly reaches the neck of the doll, a thin thread, thinner than their swords shows up next to the mechanical necks stopping their blades from getting near the neck of the doll.
"I can't cut through... What?!" Both unknown swordsmen said furiously in one voice. They quickly kick the thin thread using their left feet and flew back. They both landed on the ground as Kurokushima were still above them.
He positions his scythe up towards down. He was about to fall as the doll that has six arms kicked him in the chest. The mechanical doll that has six arms was above him the entire time.
The doll kicks him making him fall faster. He was about to land on the top of his head killing him. Suddenly the other unknown swordsman was fast and manages to save Kurokushima just in time.
He manages to grab and catch Kurokushima in the air before he reaches the ground and kills him. The unknown swordsman was carrying Kurokushima on his shoulder unconscious.
"This is bad, one of us is wounded... This can't be happening, how the hell is this I'm even possible." the unknown swordsman said furiously in his mind who is carrying Kurokushima. His scythe was in the distance stabbing the ground as its glowing bright red color.