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The day is finally here, the last day of Akira Kagane. 

It is about noon time, as the crownd gathers in the courtyard for Akira's seppuku.  The sun blazes on as summer aproaches, not a cloud in the sky dares blocks the sun.  It is as if the kami themselves are watching, well one kami in particular...

Dressed in his white kimono, Akira steps up to the platform where he is to commit seppuku, Akita follows closely behind.  Kagane-san readys his mind body and soul for the task at hand by meditating, calming his nerves. 

When he awakens from his meditation, he looks around to see how much people came to watch this final act of courage.  He pans left and right, trying to get a feel of how many people are in the crowd and see if there were anyone that he reconized.  There was one person that cought his attention, he was in all black robes.  Akira wondered why someone would wear black on a hot day like this.

He signals to Akita that it is time, he is ready.  Akita unsheaths his sword, behind Kagane-sans neck. 

Akira picks up his white tanto, that is wrapped in paper up to about 3 inches from the tip. "I will make the three cuts, then Kawatachi-san, cut off my head."  With that he begins.

Starting from the bottom left side of his sturnum, he shoves the blade in.  Not making any shouts of pain or agony as blood begins to pour out of his body.  He begins to move the tanto accross his body in a straight line, blood begins to pour out perfusely as the blade goes through his midsection.  He then twist the blade up and begins to make the second cut upward.  The crowd began to grow tense as they wondered how far will he take it?  How much pain can this couward take?  Then out of no where a samurai from the Crab family shouted "YOUR COURAGE IS A TESTIMENT TO YOUR STRENGTH KAGANE-SAMA! I WOULD HAVE GLADLY FOUGHT BESIDE YOU IN THE FIELD OF BATTLE! GO ALL THE WAY, MAKE THE THIRD CUT!"  then the crowd began to cheer loudly, the noise was like a thunder clap eachoing throughout the mountainside. 

As the time passed, he began to grow dizzy from the lose of blood.  he turned the blade once more to the left this time, and began to make the final cut.  By now his kimono was turning blood red as he made the three cuts.  The pain he felt was so unbearable, so agonizing that only death would ease it.  the crowd begun to chant "DO IT ALL THE WAY! DO IT ALL THE WAY!" as he passed the midpoint of his body.

When he finished the third cut, Akita was suppose to cut off his head, but instead there was nothing.  The crowd grew silent in a flash, knowing that it should have ended by now.  Why does this man not behead Akira? Why must he make him suffer more then he already has? Why wont Akita end his senseis life?

Akita layed the katana down beside him and turned his back, "I'm sorry Sensei, but I can't go through with this.  I cant kill a man that i knew my whole life, the one that taught me everything i know... i am sorry." Akita walked off the platform, and ran as far away as he could as fast as he could, he knew that he had brought more shame on his sensei, and he had brought shame on himself.

Grasping his stomach in pain, Akira feels the three cuts, feels his life draining away with every second.  He hears the same familiar voice speaking to him " I am here to finish what is started, today you die an honorable man, tomarrow you join me!" 

1 day till the big event...

Akira wonders around his house thinking to himself who shall he choose to behead him when the time comes.  He pases around the room sipping some green tea, taking in all of the sweet freagrences and taste, for it will be the last time that he gets to enjoy such a simple delight. 

One of Akira's students Akita Kawatachi, best in class, always does what he commands him to do, always improving himself so that one day he may beat his master in an Iaijetsu duel.  Akira calls for his faithful student "Kawatachi-san! Kawatachi-san! Come here! I need to tell you something!"

Still passing back and forth in his room, still sipping his tea, he stops and stares at his daisho [a daisho is a pair of katana and wakazashi] mounted on his rack.  "My masterpeice" he said with a soft voice as he walks towards his beloved daisho.  "We have fought many battles you and I, although I have shamed my famiy and my Emperor, you have not shamed me.  I will call your you my friend from the other side, will you join me?"

The sword spoke to him in a soft child like vioce "yes master I will come to you by the fields of battle, we will be reunited, and i will wait for you."

A knock at the door, Akita stands out side breathing heavily becasue he was running as fast as he could to see what his master wanted.  "Sensei? What is it? I am here, may I enter your room Akira-sama?"

"Hai hai... you may enter" Akira says in a low voice.  "sit young one, for what i have to ask you may be too much for you to handle"  Akita sits down on the mat, and stares at Akira wondering what he will ask of him.  "Kawatachi-san, you have been like the son i never had.  I have watched you from when you first picked up the sword.  You have grown much since then"

Akita looks at him with a puzzled look on his face.  "So what is it you want of me Sensei?"

"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT INTERUPTING ME!" Akira shouted at his student.  Akita jumped back, shocked that his sensi's tone of voice.  It was like looking at the face of a lion roaring out his last commands.  "I have summoned you here to ask you a favor."

"What is it sensei? Akita asked.

He stands infront of Akita, stareing down at him, looking into his blue-green eyes.  "Will you do me the honor of..." he paused for a moment, choking on his words "... cutting of my head tomarrow at my seppuku?"  The room went cold dead silent, the only noise that was heard was the wind gentlely blowing against the trees out side.

Akita's face turns pale, he did not forsee this coming.  He knew about the seppuku, but he didnt think that he would be chosen to do it. 

Minutes pass as the two sit there staring at each other, wondering what the next few words that come out of eachothers mouth would be.  Minutes turn into hours, and just as Akira gets up and leaves from frustration, Akita gets up and stops him at the door, gives him a big hug, and wispers in his ear "i will do this favor for you."

"Arigatou Kawatachi-san.  Lets eat.  this will be the last time I get to eat dinner here." with saying that the two walked down to the dinning room table to eat the last supper...

(the next few post have nothing to do with real life situations, WARNING! may contain violent and bloody content. if you feel quessy just stop reading!)

"ls it time my Lord" Akira asked bowing down on one knee, with his face in the ground as if ashamed of something he has done. "I have disgraced your name by not showing up in battle when you needed me the most my Lord."

Pacing back and forth, Emperer Hantei the 4th looks down on him in discust.  Thinking to himself 'what should Kagane-san punishment be... send him in the frontlines to ceirtain death, na he may just run away again.  SEPPUKU! Thats it I will have him commit seppuku!'  Raising his right hand, signaling to all that is in his presents.  "By the power vested in me, Kagane Akira will commit seppuku to restore his family to honor in 2 days from now!"

Akira looks up at the emperor, with tears running down his face.  The crowd looks at him with shame in their eyes.  Akira looks around, wipes his tears off his face, and slowly begins to back away from the Emperor never riseing above his Lords knees.  As he leaves the palace, walking though the gaigantic steel doors, he turns around and bows very low to his Emperor.

"Some how I knew it would come down to this..." placeing his hand on his katana, remebering all the battles he had fought. remembering all his comrads that had fallen. 

Hearing a small soft voice in his head wispering to him "when you die, all your pain will be over, you dont have to fight for them, come fight for us, and feel the true power you were ment to hold." the voice began to fade away saying "your new body awaits you my friend will you take it?" and with those last words the voice was gone. Akira knew that it was still there, it just wasn't speaking to him.

Griping his sword as if it were the last time he would hold it he told the voice "i will join you"

"If things should go wrong... I will finish this" said the voice...

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