Middle Aushin Kingdoms – 3 years ago

Under the white snow of winter three children play in the courtyard of a great castle, three children whose destiny is totally different from each other, one of them with very red hair and green eyes will be a king in the future, but not just a king, the supreme king , the king of all human kingdoms. The little girl with very orange hair and purple eyes has an unimaginable hidden strength, and a destiny as uncertain as the second boy of the trio, a little boy with very dark hair and scarlet eyes whose strength derives from a long-held mystery. lost time and a future of many tragedies that awaits him.

The girl who used to run with a snowball in her hand lets it fall, stares into the eyes of the dark-haired boy asking;

“You know Kaido, have you heard about the Obake clan?”

“Obake clan?? I've never heard of that clan, are they from here in the human realm?”

“Well daddy said they were a clan remnants of demons, he says that somehow they evolved to the point of disguising themselves as humans and living in a community, but they were all exterminated by the intra carnem cult many years ago, since then no demon was ever seen again.”

The red haired boy listening to the conversation crosses his arms saying;

“Ahh you want to know what I think, this clan never existed and it was probably an invention of the cult to be able to create the venators and so they have some kind of power to be able to take over the kingdom, but daddy is much smarter and stronger than these cult idiots, what do you think Kaido?”

"Err I don't know, my parents never told me about this clan in fact they don't talk much about the past to me so I don't know anything about these demons."

In the distance, a noise of laughter coming from a dark passageway behind the children, soon revealing themselves to be two adults, one of them with a very long red beard and a clearly noble dress and the other with clothes that resemble a soldier's uniform with a white blanket covering your arm.

"Hahaha, this kind of subject is not for children, leave it to the adults".

Says the man with the long red beard.

The other man nodding in agreement says;

"Let's go Kaido it's late and we have to go back to the village, your mother is probably worried about us".

"Ahh no, Uncle Sakai let Kaido sleep here in the kingdom with me and Akai."

Says the girl making a pout with her mouth.

Clearly baffled by the situation, the man with long, almost black hair called Sakai laughs gently.

“I'm sorry Akane but Kaido and I need to go back to the village, I brought him with me today for you to play with while your father and I resolve matters in the kingdom, but it's already very late and his mother must be very worried, I hope you understand. ”

“Hahaha, don't worry my dear, Kaido will be back here more often and you and your brother can go to Aurin to visit him whenever you want, so there's nothing to worry about.”

Says the man with the red beard, interrupting his companion.

The two children with red hair like the sunset, but distinct, nod their heads in agreement. Both saying goodbye to their friend Kaido say a warm goodbye in unison.

Moving away from there, Kaido, accompanied by his father, take a carriage and soon depart from the kingdom of Aushin towards his village Aurin, which is a few kilometers from the supreme reign, being the closest fiefdom village and commanded by the boy's father, the king’s  hand, considered the greatest strategist of the entire human kingdom, belonging to the court of five, a group of kings from different fiefs who serve the purposes of human reign.

The night is dark and cold, the road rutted and muddy... when in the middle of the bushes at the side of the road an apparently quadruped creature appears, it is a venator, it crosses the path of the carriage, the horses are startled causing Sakai to have to stop the carriage abruptly.

Right out of the darkness from which the creature emerged, as in a flash of lightning, a knight in light colored armor and golden details appears, apparently a very bright grayish white with golden adornments.

With a few swings of the sword, the knight decimates the creature by slicing it in two.

Sakai watching those agile sword movements looks quite surprised.

How can him... I didn't even see him drawing his sword he's extremely fast, who is this man?... this armor he's a sakura knight but I don't know him.

"I beg your pardon my lord, for showing myself so abruptly by eliminating this creature in front of your son, it was not my intention... I have been hunting this beast for a while and it suddenly ran away from me."

Sakai is a little suspicious of the words of that man with long hair, how that simple creature could run away from a man with such speed, listening to the man's excuses Sakai asks.

"What's your name... I see you're a sakura knight, but I don't know you..."

“I apologize, my lord, I did not introduce myself.”

"My name is Yami, I'm new to the order of sakura knights... I'm replacing the post that was held by Regulos... the young man... unfortunately he's no longer with us."

Sakai's face of doubt turns into a mixture of surprise and fear.

As Regulos is dead, he was the youngest knight to enter the order, he would not die easily for a venator... that's impossible I trained him to enter the order myself... I was absolutely aware of his abilities and capabilities and the boy was really extraordinary.

“May I ask… Yami, how did he died?”

Yami slowly raises his eyes from the floor, looking directly at Sakai with a cold, apathetic expression.

“Apparently young Regulos was investigating the steps of an order called the Black Market, that's all I know my lord...”

“Sorry for the rudeness in my words, but how did you become Regulos' replacement so quickly… Yami?”

Leaving the interior of the carriage and stumbling on the steps, the small boy falls to the ground with a face that looks like a mixture of fear and tears.

“Daddy… where are we?? I'm really hungry... and I'm scared..."

Yami looks into the little boy's eyes and says.

“There is nothing to fear my little one... I have already eliminated the creatures...”

Gulp...

Kaido, without knowing why, swallows hard the man's words, he had never seen him before, but he had a horrible feeling about him.

“If you'll excuse me, young man, I have to get to my village... my wife and little baby are waiting for me.”

"Of course my lord, if it is in your interest I can accompany you and serve as a guard for you and your son... these roads are full of dangers, we don't know what awaits us when we dare."

Yami says these words in a cold and uninviting way. In sequence Sakai answers him.

“Not the need. I'm not the king's hand for nothing... I can protect myself and my son no problem, don't get me wrong, but I don't need your help.”

Sakai returns to the carriage without taking his eyes off the man and quickly leaves as fast as he can whip the horses.

Every time Sakai walked away from the man the more chills he felt, he didn't know why else there was something very wrong with that knight he just couldn't understand what, lost in his own thoughts only one thing was on his mind.

Something about that man named Yami... something about him isn't human...

Aurin Village – a few hours later

With an extremely strong slamming of doors Sakai enters with Kaido on his back holding his hair, then Sakai lets out a very loud scream.

“DARLING I’M HOME III !!!”

Expecting a warm welcome from his wife, Sakai enters the house shortly after giving his scream when suddenly he is hit by a frying pan right in the face, the frying pan slowly slips from his face until it falls to the floor.

“DO NOT SCREAM… CAN'T YOU SEE I'M PUTTING YUNA TO SLEEP!!!”

Making a pout with his mouth Sakai replies softly and with fear:

“Hmm... But now you're the one screaming...”

And then from the shadows of the room where the woman was, two big and thirsty eyes could be seen, a very big murderous intention hovered in the air.

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And then in a weak, tremulous voice, as a small cornered animal Sakai says.

“Hehe… sorry dear…”

Slowly Sakai picks up Kaido and lifts him off his back putting him on the ground.

Kaido then runs into the room where his mother is, a woman with short golden hair and an expression of peace and solemnity.

The woman crouches to the ground and opens her arms, the boy runs towards his mother giving her a strong hug. Right behind Sakai appears leaning against the doorframe watching his wife and children with a slight smile on his face.

“And then since it was there in Aushin, it took you quite a while this time you brainless… how can a family man leave his wife and young daughter to fend for themselves in this house full of dangers and hardships.”

The woman says this by putting the back of her hand to her forehead, clearly making a scene.

Sakai slightly lowers his head to the right side, narrowing his eyes and with a disguised smile says.

“Dangers and adversities huh??... haha... let's face it love, if there really was any danger in this house, that danger would be called Kanami... hahahaha”

The woman named Kanami stands in front of Sakai and lightly punches his shoulder saying.

“Pranks and jokes aside, I was really worried my love…I don't know why else I just had bad feelings…you know I have heightened senses.”

Sakai changes his face becoming more serious, lifts his chin looking at her and responds.

“A venator crossed the road and stopped in front of our carriage…, but before I could react against the creature a sakura knight appeared in the blink of an eye and split the creature in two, but this guy… I don’t know he was different, he exuded a murderous feeling all the time... his gaze was cold and mostly... he reminded me of you!!”

“To me ??... what do you mean by that?”

"I mean, he didn't seem fully human to me."

Kanami lowers her head taking a few steps back, looking at the floor with a panicked expression. With a trembling voice she asks.

"You think...?? Do you really think there are more demons like me left out there??”

Sakai takes a deep breath and inflates his chest with air and in a firm, rumbling voice responds.

"It doesn't matter what you are... what matters is that you are who you are... my wife, mother of my children and the strongest person I've ever fought, never forget those words Kanami."

“And that man was different… at the same time he reminded me of you, he was different…, but I can't say for sure why I have this strange feeling about him.”

Interrupting the two, Kaido pulls his parents pants pointing to the small bed where a tiny girl resided.

The little girl who was much shorter and petite compared to kaido starts walking towards them with open arms with a very happy and smiling face, although she doesn't seem to be able to say anything because she is so small.

“…Ow my dear, did your noisy father wake you up??”

Sakai awkwardly puts his hand behind his head in an embarrassed gesture and laughs.

Kanami takes the little girl on her lap and caresses her in a gesture of affection.

"Mommy... mommy can I hold Yuna, can I??"

Says Kaido pulling Kanami's pants.

“Okay, ... but promise me one thing, little one.”

“Yes mom, anything you want.”

Says the boy extremely excited.

“I want you to promise your mom that you will always look after and protect your little sister, she is very small and needs her big brother's protection, hihi.”

Kaido in an attempt to imitate his father inflates his chest fills him with air and before any words come out of his mouth he chokes and starts coughing.

Wiping a bit of drool from the corner of his mouth after coughing Kaido replies his mother.

“Yes mom, I will protect you at all costs no matter what.”

Sakai in a laugh responds.

“Hahahaha, that's my boy, soon you'll be a great knight and when your old father dies you'll be the greatest king's hand that ever lived in human reign.

The boy's eyes were filled with happiness and enthusiasm for his father's words, he couldn't stop nodding his head.

Sakai then puts his hand on kaido's head in a gesture of affection, bringing it down to the boy's face saying.

“I have high hopes for you my son…no matter what choices you make in the future I know they will be guided by the good heart you inherited from your mother. One day possibly you will gain a very special gift, a strength that you inherited from your mother... maybe at first you think that this is a burden or a curse on you, but believe me my son you have a heart strong enough to push away any darknesses laid to you.”

Sakai ends his speech closing his eyes with a smile on his face, while the boy looks at him without quite understanding what it all means.

Sakai slowly opening his eyes, looking at the floor recalls a memory from the past.

Sakai feels a lot of pain in his chest...

He looks down at his chest...

His chest is torn in a great scar scorched in a black fire...

With tired eyes and almost blacking out with fatigue he sees Kaido in a non-human form, he looked like an irrational beast that exuded hatred...

Before completely passing out, Sakai can see Kanami running past him and heading towards Kaido.

Everything goes black...

Lost Tales #1 Two Brothers

Somewhere there were two brothers united by the bond of blood and brotherhood, tragedy always involved them until the end...

Do you believe that your actions can be justified by your past?

Do you think we are defined and shaped by our past?

How deep was that abyss where she got lost...

Document written by the sage;

Hashira Saemma

Still on the road where Sakai and Kaido have just passed, there is a man with long gray hair almost white with faint blue tones, his eyes are bright blue and his expression is cold.

Yami brings his hand to his head as if a sudden pain has gripped him... a memory he recalls.

A large empty space, there is Yami...

Kneeling raises his head looking up he sees...

A naked woman with long, snow-white hair and pale blue eyes, her expression is cold and uninviting, she says...

You exist at my pleasure... my wishes you will fulfill... part of my desire and strength you will inherit... remember, from me you came and to me you will return.

Yami comes to, recovering from this sudden memory that came to him.

He turns and walks back to the realm.