Chapter 9: The Alliance pact
Ever wondered why the three 'Kings' were untouchable, under the protection of the pact? The three countries of the southern province, the lands of Seiho, Senshinkan and Shinkyo. It was recorded in historical books of the incident that made humans form an alliance. An incident that had almost wiped out the existence of humans several hundred years ago. Yes, and it was tomorrow, happens to be the anniversary of the day the alliance pact was formed. This was the tale humans who had lived through the ancient times.
It was about four hundred ago, human know no lands, no resources, and no capital. Humans had lived in peace, were ignorant of many things, obeying the sacred teachings of the Gods and traditions. Teiko had stood strong and controlled the vast lands of mother nature, were vanguards towards survival and development. Teiko were worshipped and respected. On the day of the new moon, spiritual mediums and priests, sacred messengers of Gods received a warning. The Lord of Earth had descended from the heavens. The Lord had gifted human knowledge and power, in hopes and wisdom, believing humans can struggle and yearn with a pure heart like the way humans are.
But the Lord was mistaken.
Humans began to seek conflict. Lands were divided, humans ruling over each other. Humans had become too powerful. The discovery of metal weapons had changed the flow of conflicts. They bare their claws against the Lord of Earth. The Lord of Earth had lost hope, had died from depression. Only his remains were left, before long, his existence was forgotten. The spiritual realm had wept and mourned for their brother's loss. Consumed by desire and greed, humans had forgotten the sacred teaching of the heavens. Only the elders had displayed respect towards the Gods of heavens, the guidance of fate and destiny. Conflicts had brewed in cycles, age and periods. Again and again, humans rise to conflicts, without hesitation and compassion. A cold-blooded killer.
The loss of the Lord of the Earth had angered the master of Teiko. Humans were forbidden from entering the lands of Teiko, defying the sacred teachings result in deadly consequences. Once there was a man who defied the teachings of God. He stepped foot into the lands, and was branded as an outcast. He forsaken the teachings of his elders, and seek power for his self-interests. He was cursed to walk the earth of immortality. A mind of a human trapped in a body of monster. The man was given the task to protect the balance of the spiritual realm and humanity. With nowhere left to go, he capitulated his will to the master of Teiko.
That man was the man who would become the first master of the Kuroko clan, Kuroko Tetsujin.
That is the beginning of the long history of the Kuroko clan. He ended the warring lands of Kirisaki Daiichi, Josei and the southern districts of Senshinkan, Shinkyo and Seiho. The legendary feats of the man Kuroko Tetsujin would be the origins of rumours, curses, myths and legends. The lands, their resources exhausted had agreed to peace, the southern district would never war against the lands of their weaker counterparts. Seiho, Senshinkan and Shinkyo had signed and became part of an alliance pact, vowing to protect the promise under the sky of heavens.
In time, when the war was finally over, Kuroko Tetsujin's duty was finally over. As if his sins were repented, he rescued a princess of the spirit Kyoka Suigetsu, which would one day become his wife and continue the cursed bloodline of the Kuroko clan. Their journey together to the lands of Teiko had created a pathway of affection and compassion. The princess would become the first wife of the Kuroko clan. The master of Teiko relieved Tetsujin of his duty, bestowing him words of wisdom.
"Preach the way of the pure, abandon the evil of the devil. There will come one day you will come back to me, survivor of the Kuroko clan."
The master's parting words had left the man baffled and nonplussed. Kuroko Tetsujin and the princess returned to the human lands, settled themselves at the border of Kirisaki Daiichi and Teiko. He helped and took in outcasts, eventually became his disciples. Kuroko Tetsujin developed the mastery over spirituality energy, which he discovered humans who possessed strong spiritual powers since birth have the powers to fight against spirits. He preached on importance love and compassion will be the key to unlock powers to levels beyond.
Producing water out of thin air. Conjuring fire from nothing. Sudden surge of winds. Thunderous storms of lightnings. Kuroko Tetsujin discovery did not stop there. He discovered the potential of spiritual energy used for divination, seeking guidance and exterminate shadows and malice, taking forms of monsters. People of the Kuroko clan serve and preach strongly the sacred teachings of Gods, the messengers of the divine spirits. These monsters were capable of possessing humans and driving them insane, stirring conflicts against each other. The people of the Kuroko clan under Tetsujin's tutelage are the only ones capable distinguishing supernatural phenomenon from human doings. Fearing the unseen enemies, the Kuroko clan were called again and again to exterminate evil and deal with unnatural mischief of the spirits. Wielding spiritual weapons, renamed demon-slaying weapons.
As the Kuroko clan grew larger and stronger, people began to fear them. The negative energies humans harboured were expanding larger and larger. The Kuroko clan were viewed as the brethren of the monsters and devil, the cannibalism of killing their own kind. Their influence had become a nuisance to the rulers of the land. Soon, the Kuroko clan were shunned and were outcasted from the human society. Before long, without the Kuroko clan, the human lands were manifested with monsters and little devils. The feudal lords of the lands had panicked. They finally realized the truth. No one was superior than the Kuroko clan, in dealing with supernatural phenomenon than Kuroko clan. They are a clan of veterans specializing in knowledge and skills of the spiritual realm.
"Someone, call the Kuroko clan!"
"Sir, the Kuroko clan had refused to answer our call. We have no ways of contacting them." The first advisor of the Kirisaki Daiichi had reported.
"Then send someone to their headquarters!" The first lord of Kirisaki Daiichi had snapped. The advisor had shaken his head, it was a path of the dead end. No one holds the knowledge of the mysterious Kuroko clan. Humans cannot walk in without a guide, those who seek their presence would get lost in the mist of labyrinth, died out of hunger.
The lord had snapped, the table was chopped in half. This was their retribution. Their retribution for throwing away the Kuroko clan. The Kuroko clan had known this day would come. Monsters and devils manifest where negative energies surround. The human lands in covered in negative energies, making it very conducive for monsters to manifest.
The princess had sighed as she watched the lands manifested with evil and negative energies. "Is this alright? Not helping them." She asked her husband. His husband shook his head.
"They cannot save themselves if they cannot separate their energies and possess a pure heart. No matter how we help, one day when we're gone, will be their demise." said Kuroko Tetsujin. He took his wife into his embrace. "There is also another thing to worry about. I can't get my family involved when you are already pregnant with my child. I don't want my children to be involved in their petty dispute."
"Master." One of Tetsujin's disciples greeted their master. "The human won't last any longer." Tetsujin nodded.
"Tell the others to get ready for battle."
His wife chuckled. "Despite what you say, you're still such a kind soul." Tetsujin kissed his wife.
"We're going to teach them a lesson this time. I'll be back soon. Kagami-kun, I'm counting on you." His disciple nodded and bowed at the faded shadow of his master.
The princess had chuckled. "Get up, Kagami. Isn't he such an endearing soul? It makes you wanna follow him."
Kagami's expression had brightened. "Yes!" The disciple of the Kuroko clan named Kagami would become the ancestor of a boy named Kagami Taiga in the far future, which would be a story for another time.
The lords were greatly relieved the Kuroko clan had made their appearance one second before the monsters had taken over their hosts. "Cleanse them," Tetsujin had ordered his disciples he had brought along with him.
"You damned Kuroko... how dare you leave me to die?! I am your master!" The first feudal lord of Kirisaki Daiichi was seething in the face of Kuroko Tetsujin. The feudal lord's anger had no effect Tetsujin's deadpan expressions. The humans had begun whispering and spreading abominable rumors of the Kuroko clan.
"Is that so." Was Tetsujin's only reply. "Well, it can't be helped since you tried to assassinate my disciples. I thought you didn't need my help anymore."
The feudal lords were furious. They had brought this on themselves. It had pried their senses open. Only the Kuroko clan had the strength to deal with abominable beings manifesting of evil. Normal weapons do not hurt them. They're a mass of feelings, you cannot damage them. The Kuroko clan is special. That was the last time they saw the gallant view of Kuroko Tetsujin and his disciples. That man had taught humans the truth of those monsters. It was their defiled thoughts of evil that had attracted monsters towards themselves. From that point, the feudal lord Kirisaki Daiichi had reached out to the lords of lands, making efforts to repair broken bonds and letting go negative energies, cleansing the lands with pure energies.
It was several hundred years later, Kuroko Tetsujin had become weak despite his curse, and time was encroaching upon him. He had ordered his disciples to travel the world, and spread his teachings. With their master fallen into a deep sleep, the princess had vanished, as if following her husband into the afterlife. Their son would become the next head of the Kuroko clan, passing on the traditions of his parents, and their unfinished tasks. When Kuroko Tetsuya was born, the clan had felt he would be the one they had been waiting for a long time. They had believed he would be the reincarnation of the first master, Kuroko Tetsujin. With his deadly knowledge and skills, he and his half-brother had led a miserable life.
Times had changed. A dispute of siblings had led the downfall of the Kuroko clan. The dying members of the clan had claimed Kirisaki Daiichi the puppetmaster pulling strings behind all those incidents. Kuroko Tetsujin's unfinished task was far from done. No one knows the true identity of the one who controlled the monsters of manifestations. And no one for sure knows the true mastermind was Kirisaki Daiichi, when the the enemy of the Kuroko clan was a professional at trickster. At the age of seven, he would be returned to the lands of Teiko, just like the master had prophesied a millennium ago. The feudal lords had been consumed by evil and greed. Kuroko Tetsujin had failed to seal the mastermind who controls the monsters of manifestations, and the brother-in-law of the thirteenth heir had been tricked and led ashtray, bringing the demise of the Kuroko clan, a massacre of family members. Kuroko Tetsuya and Mayuzumi Chihiro who had been taken hostages, believed their disciples would one day return, when destiny is upon them. The enemy knew that the members of the Kuroko branch family easily fall into their traps. They do not emphasize their focus on purity, are easily filled with anger and jealousy.
Kisaragi Amaya had fallen into their hands.
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