Eternal Fires: Chapter One

These times are dark, my boy. What lay before you is hardship. These wars will not cease, and death will soon be second nature to you. You are the last hope for this dying nation. There are many like you do not let those people.......

This half finished letter, left for a child with astounding power, was left as a blessing but became the curse of a civilation. The man who wrote the letter was struck down that very night by the very people whom he was trying to save with the boy. By dawns morning sun, the town had been that of a slaughter. The child, witnessing the murder of the man who found him, the man who protected him from the danger of the villagers, the man whom he called father, became enraged and murdered the village that shuned him for his power. By this night, the boy chose his destiny. In his views, what he was going to do, would be the salvation of his nation. Ten years have passed since that night.....

Chapter One
"WAKE UP!!!!" a females voice rang through the house, "Kanetsu, their here again! After last time, if they find you here, their sure to take you and force you to fight in their war." A scruffy looking man sitting on the floor with a katana resting agaist his sholdier, opened his eyes and looked at the beatiful, young women standing before him.

"So what if they find me, I'll just take them out if they try to force me to go."
"And what happens when they don't return, and send their army here to destory us? What then, you gonna fight them too? You're strong, but you still have limits, look at how you were when you came to this place!"

Kanetsu shrugged at those comments, but he knew that they were true. Six years ago, on this day, he came to this small village, half alive and barely concenous. He told them he had no memory, few belived him but they let him stay. For six years it was this way, he lived and worked for the village, was beginning to settle down with his soon to be wife. The tax collectors arrived, and proceeded to collect the taxes untill they came upon his home, he hadn't the money to pay, so they set ablaze his house with knowledge that his fiancee was asleep inside. The law had stated: Taxes shall be paid, those who cannot pay, will suffer in any means.
Showing something, no one in the village had seen before, Kanetsu placed his hand near the fire, the fire lashed out, but instead of scorching him, it moved from the house to his body, and disapated.

"For six years, I have lived a lie. Hoping my past would never find me again. From the first time I entered the village, my time here was borrowed. Last week I had no choice, let you die, or let this happen. I am sorry for these troubles, but I have to leave. I only hope that when I return, we may continue where I must leave us now."

Kanetsu stood up, kissed the now crying women and headed outside. He saw two soliders talking to a group of the villagers. Kanetsu knew he had no choice, he threw a knife and watched as one of the soliders fell.

"HEY, DICKFACE, I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOUR LEADER. TELL HIM THAT HIS FRIEND, THE ONE HE LET ESCAPE DEATH, IS NOW COMING BACK FOR HIS REVENGE."

Kanetsu dashed out of the village, and then hid. He knew that what he did could destory the village if he hadn't stayed. So he would watch the village from a far for a while, then proceed with his plan. If an army was sent, he would decimate it. Though he knew it wouldn't come, he would hope it would come.