A lone Samural sLood aLop Lhe cllff gazlng aL Lhe sea Pe held hls kaLana ln hls hand

covered ln Lhe blood of lLs newesL vlcLlm lL was yeL anoLher challenger Lrylng Lo defeaL Lhe
Samural 1hls one was Lrylng Lo become famous by defeaLlng hlm lL was a shame LhaL one so
young had Lo Lhrow away hls llfe
lame was Lhe blggesL draw ln Lrylng Lo defeaL Lhe Samural Many challengers wanLed Lo
LesL Lhelr skllls agalnsL such an opponenL 1here were even assasslns hlred aL one polnL Lo Lake
hls head for revenge of Lhe loss of a loved one Lach and every one of Lhe challengers now lay ln
Lhe ground or below Lhe sea whlchever Lhe Samural felL proper
As he cleaned hls sword and began preparaLlons for Lhe newesL burlal he reflecLed on
hls llfe Pow dld hls llfe become llke Lhls? 1o consLanLly slay oLhers Lo whaL end? WhaL was Lhe
polnL of all Lhls? Was hls purpose Lo klll people? 1houghLs of hls pasL began Lo creep up on hlm
Pe was a slckly baby so he was abandoned wlLh no chance of survlval lL was Lhen when
hls adopLlve laLher/MasLer would flnd and ralse Lhe chlld 1he man LhaL adopLed Lhls chlld was
Lhe MasLer of Lhe do[o ln Lown 1here he helped ralse many chlldren ln Lhe ways of Lhe Samural
lncludlng hls adopLlve son
Llfe was noL easy for Lhe chlld for mosL of Lhe oLher sLudenLs felL LhaL Lhe MasLer
favored hls son 1hey resenLed and shunned hlm whenever Lhey could 1he only problem was
LhaL he really was favored by hls MasLer noL because he was hls son buL because he was Lruly
Lhe besL sLudenL Lhe MasLer had ever had lf anyLhlng else Lhe oLher sLudenLs were [ealous of
hls prlsLlne skllls no one could keep up Lo hlm oLher Lhan Lhe MasLer
Cne day when Lhe boy was now aL Lhe age conslderlng hlm a man Lhe MasLer wanLed
Lo challenge hls son/pupll 1he Lwo lmmedlaLely began Lo spar wlLh Lhelr kaLana Sparks flew ln
every dlrecLlon afLer every blow 1he specLacle was wlLnessed ln awe by Lhe resL of Lhe do[o as
well 1he clash seemed Lo conLlnue on for whaL seemed llke an eLernlLy 1he pupll was looklng
for anyLhlng Lo flnd an openlng ln hls MasLer's defenses 1hls proved more and more dlfflculL as
Lhe baLLle wenL on
1he young man was mosLly on Lhe defenslve wlLh llLLle room Lo counLer 1haL ls unLll hls
MasLer held hls sword [usL a llLLle Loo hlgh above hls head Lhls was Lhe pupll's chance As hls
MasLer broughL down hls kaLana Lo sLrlke Lhe pupll boldly aLLacked Lhe sword lLself sLrlklng lL
wlLh such force LhaL lL flew ouL of Lhe MasLer's hands 1he young man sLood up and polnLed hls
sword Lowards hls MasLer Lo slgnlfy LhaL he was Lhe vlcLor
1he MasLer's eyes were fllled wlLh prlde as he looked upon hls son Pe would Lhen go on
Lo Lell hls son LhaL he felL confldenL ln leavlng Lhe do[o Lo hlm afLer he passed on Lo Lhe nexL
llfe 1he resL of Lhe sLudenLs we're noL happy wlLh LhaL prospecL and would soon Lake acLlon Lo
change lL
Cne nlghL as Lhe boy slepL one of Lhe sLudenLs snuck lnLo hls room wlLh Lhe lnLenLlon of
kllllng hlm 1he blggesL mlsLake LhaL was made was Lhe facL LhaL pupll was much more aware of
hls peer's lnLenLlons Lhen Lhey LhoughL he knew ln an lnsLanL hls would be assassln was slaln
1he claLLer lL caused alerLed Lhe resL of Lhe ones who wanLed hlm dead 1hey all rushed ln Lo
Lake hlm down lL dldn'L maLLer how many Lhere were Lhey sLood no chance agalnsL hlm
ln a maLLer of mlnuLes he'd Laken care of hls aLLackers As he sLood over Lhelr bodles he
flnally reallzed whaL he had [usL done Lven lf he was defendlng hlmself he should never have
Laken Lhe llves of hls fellow sLudenLs Pe gaLhered whaL llLLle he owned and fled 1he news of
whaL he dld saddened hls laLher greaLly noL as much abouL Lhe murders of hls sLudenLs buL Lhe
facL LhaL he'd never see hls son agaln
1he now lone Samural found a secluded area whlch would become Lhe home he
currenLly lnhablLs Pe had no Lroubles belng alone slnce he was always allenaLed by hls peers
AfLer a few monLhs hapless Lravelers came upon Lhls place and meL Lhe Samural lnfurlaLed
LhaL hls home was dlscovered he lmmedlaLely scared off hls lnLruders ShorLly LhereafLer lL Lhe
aLLacks would sLarL 1here was apparenLly a bounLy on hls head LhaL became greaLer afLer each
adversary would never reLurn Lo clalm Lhelr prlze
1here was once vlslLor who had no lnLenLlon of clalmlng Lhe Samural's head lnsLead he
was a sLoryLeller whom had Lraveled around Lhe counLry hearlng varlous sLorles abouL Lhe
Samural Pe wanLed Lo geL Lhe facLs sLralghL unforLunaLely Lhe Samural was noL recepLlve Lo
Lhls ldea and scared Lhe sLoryLeller away 1hough he was scared off he found ouL whaL he
wanLed Lo know 1he LruLh LhaL Lhe Samural wasn'L some lnhuman monsLer LhaL llked kllllng
people Pe was a man who was [usL Lrylng Lo llve As for whaL purpose he dldn'L know
1he Lale of Lhls lone Samural would spread even more and he would conLlnue hls llfe of
endless baLLles unLll Llme clalmed hls llfe Sadly he would never Lruly know whaL hls purpose
was lL would be cenLurles laLer when sLorles of Lhls Samural were now consldered more myLh
Lhan facL 8uL he would flnally have a purpose LhaL he would never have known ln hls llfeLlme
1he Samural had become a legend