The bright young japanese girl Chiyo Yuamai bounced into her house after a full day picking flowers out in the field. She loved to pick flowers.
"Chiyo!", her mother Shico Yuamai called to her. "Yes mother?" Chiyo age 5 asked. "I think you have enough flowers dear." Shico smiled. "Oh ok..." Chiyo ran off to find a vase dispit her mother's statement.
Chiyo looked out the window into the eve as the sun set. Strange men in black....all black....walked the path to the only house around, her's. Their katanas shown in the red sun.
"Mother!" She shouted as she ran to the kitchen,"Men are outside. They carry Katanas! They scare me."
Her father, Keason Yuamai, heard her cries in the small family room. He stepped into the even smaller kitchen and set a hand upon young Chiyo's shoulder.
"Hide, Chiyo. Shico it is time." he said. Instead of disagreeing, Shico nodded her head in agreement,"Yes, Chiyo. Here, take this." Her mother pulled out a scroll. Chiyo was to young to yet read the symbols, and she was not taught to read. Frightened, Chiyo took the scroll and put it in her obi. Her mother and father gave her a quick hug and told her to run off.
Chiyo hid in her closet as she heard the screams of her mother and father. She stiffled the tears in the sleave of her Kimono.
She stumbled out in an hours time. She saw the bodies of her mother and father sprawled out on the floor, covered in blood. "Mother, Father!!" Chiyo screamed over their bodies. The young 5 year old was in shock.
She scooted across the floor, staring at the bodies. The realization of the death could not sink in to her young mind. She was not safe anymore.
She ran to her parent's room to gaze at the Katana her father had kept on a shelf. Why hadn't he used it'
The young Chiyo climbed up onto the shelf and knock the katana on the floor. It landed with a loud crash. She jumped down to the floor, skinning her knee. She let out a cry, yet no one was there to sooth her alement.
After her bit with her knee, she looked to the katana. It was forbidden for a women, yet a child, to touch one even to wield it. She lightly touched the blade, careful not to cut herself. She picked up the heavy katana. It then was nearly twice her size.
Chiyo sheilthed it and gingerly put it in her obi near the scroll of her mother. She walked to her room and layed on her bed. She quickly fell asleep.
In the morning she thought she heard her mother speak to her. When Chiyo opened her eyes no one was there, only the light of midmorning. She had forgotten what had happened.
"Mother?", she called as she stepped into the family room,"Mother!!!" She remembered as she saw the bodies. She ran out the door and onto the path to the nearest village. It was almost 6 miles away.
When Chiyo finally made it, she fell on the foot of a small house.
An olderly women came out. "Child" What happened?" and rushed Chiyo into her house. "My parents...." she panted,"were killed." The lady gasped then said,"You....You....must be tired. Here, rest." She led Chiyo to a small bedroom. Chiyo slept and awoke to the nice olderly lady and a man yelling. The muffled yells were heard.
"She can not stay here. She might be lieing! Her parents might have not wanted her. If they didn't wanted her then she has no place here!" The man yelled. Such harsh words from a man she didn't know. "She looked tired and dispret. Please let her stay one night." The lady pleaded. "Feed her and she is gone." the man replied.
The olderly women walked in with a large bowl of rice. Chiyo gazed at her with tears in her eyes while she sat up. The lady kneeled at the bed with the bowl and chopsticks in hand.
"You heard, didn't you young one?" she asked Chiyo. Chiyo shook her head yes. "I'm sorry. Just....Just eat." the lady said with remorse in her voice. Chiyo took the chopsticks and bowl of white rice. She started to eat as the lady left the room.
"I woke her and she is old enough to feed herself." The lady told the harsh man. "Good." he said stubbornly.
The lady came back a short time later. "Child, are you done?" she asked said sadly. "Yes ma'am." Chiyo told her looking at the ground. The lady stepped towards her and kissed her on the forehead. "My best wishes to you. Here." the lady gave Chiyo a small cloth bag," It is food for the next few days. Don't eat it all at one time, there is only a small bit. Come now."
The lady led her to the back door of the small house. "Here you go." she pointed a path to Chiyo,"Take this to a big city, someone will be kind enough to take you in there." She gave Chiyo a hug and Chiyo was off.
She walked the path and made it to the city. No one took her in.
For the next 2 years she made it in life by stealing and kind people. The kind people we not kind enough to take her in as their own.
One day she stepped unknowingly into the Nexus Point and she found herself in Rhy Din.
"Chiyo!", her mother Shico Yuamai called to her. "Yes mother?" Chiyo age 5 asked. "I think you have enough flowers dear." Shico smiled. "Oh ok..." Chiyo ran off to find a vase dispit her mother's statement.
Chiyo looked out the window into the eve as the sun set. Strange men in black....all black....walked the path to the only house around, her's. Their katanas shown in the red sun.
"Mother!" She shouted as she ran to the kitchen,"Men are outside. They carry Katanas! They scare me."
Her father, Keason Yuamai, heard her cries in the small family room. He stepped into the even smaller kitchen and set a hand upon young Chiyo's shoulder.
"Hide, Chiyo. Shico it is time." he said. Instead of disagreeing, Shico nodded her head in agreement,"Yes, Chiyo. Here, take this." Her mother pulled out a scroll. Chiyo was to young to yet read the symbols, and she was not taught to read. Frightened, Chiyo took the scroll and put it in her obi. Her mother and father gave her a quick hug and told her to run off.
Chiyo hid in her closet as she heard the screams of her mother and father. She stiffled the tears in the sleave of her Kimono.
She stumbled out in an hours time. She saw the bodies of her mother and father sprawled out on the floor, covered in blood. "Mother, Father!!" Chiyo screamed over their bodies. The young 5 year old was in shock.
She scooted across the floor, staring at the bodies. The realization of the death could not sink in to her young mind. She was not safe anymore.
She ran to her parent's room to gaze at the Katana her father had kept on a shelf. Why hadn't he used it'
The young Chiyo climbed up onto the shelf and knock the katana on the floor. It landed with a loud crash. She jumped down to the floor, skinning her knee. She let out a cry, yet no one was there to sooth her alement.
After her bit with her knee, she looked to the katana. It was forbidden for a women, yet a child, to touch one even to wield it. She lightly touched the blade, careful not to cut herself. She picked up the heavy katana. It then was nearly twice her size.
Chiyo sheilthed it and gingerly put it in her obi near the scroll of her mother. She walked to her room and layed on her bed. She quickly fell asleep.
In the morning she thought she heard her mother speak to her. When Chiyo opened her eyes no one was there, only the light of midmorning. She had forgotten what had happened.
"Mother?", she called as she stepped into the family room,"Mother!!!" She remembered as she saw the bodies. She ran out the door and onto the path to the nearest village. It was almost 6 miles away.
When Chiyo finally made it, she fell on the foot of a small house.
An olderly women came out. "Child" What happened?" and rushed Chiyo into her house. "My parents...." she panted,"were killed." The lady gasped then said,"You....You....must be tired. Here, rest." She led Chiyo to a small bedroom. Chiyo slept and awoke to the nice olderly lady and a man yelling. The muffled yells were heard.
"She can not stay here. She might be lieing! Her parents might have not wanted her. If they didn't wanted her then she has no place here!" The man yelled. Such harsh words from a man she didn't know. "She looked tired and dispret. Please let her stay one night." The lady pleaded. "Feed her and she is gone." the man replied.
The olderly women walked in with a large bowl of rice. Chiyo gazed at her with tears in her eyes while she sat up. The lady kneeled at the bed with the bowl and chopsticks in hand.
"You heard, didn't you young one?" she asked Chiyo. Chiyo shook her head yes. "I'm sorry. Just....Just eat." the lady said with remorse in her voice. Chiyo took the chopsticks and bowl of white rice. She started to eat as the lady left the room.
"I woke her and she is old enough to feed herself." The lady told the harsh man. "Good." he said stubbornly.
The lady came back a short time later. "Child, are you done?" she asked said sadly. "Yes ma'am." Chiyo told her looking at the ground. The lady stepped towards her and kissed her on the forehead. "My best wishes to you. Here." the lady gave Chiyo a small cloth bag," It is food for the next few days. Don't eat it all at one time, there is only a small bit. Come now."
The lady led her to the back door of the small house. "Here you go." she pointed a path to Chiyo,"Take this to a big city, someone will be kind enough to take you in there." She gave Chiyo a hug and Chiyo was off.
She walked the path and made it to the city. No one took her in.
For the next 2 years she made it in life by stealing and kind people. The kind people we not kind enough to take her in as their own.
One day she stepped unknowingly into the Nexus Point and she found herself in Rhy Din.