Asakurii The Destroyer

Part 3: Nitashira of the Stream

Hello again.

It's been a while.

Or so I've heard.

Up here.

Are you ready?

To learn?

About Nitashira?

She is important

in Asakurii's tale.

Nitashira was born wealthy.

Very wealthy.

She was the daughter of Se-Tun

Leader of the Zoh Dynasty

A dynasty that has escaped

The mention

Of your school books.

But then again,

So has Asakurii.

When she was a child

She gave up her life

Of wealth and fame

To live among farmers

Learn what it was like

To be a peasant

Under her fathers rule.

Under his wrath,

His anger.

By a stream, she waited.

Waited for the end of Se-Tun

For his demise.

She waited,

Unknowingly

For Asakurii

His plan

His wrath

His love.

They met by accident

A pull of the strings,

Of faith.

Or so they say.

She was collecting water.

He was herding Vetashi's cows.

A coincidence?

Maybe to them.

Not to the gods.

She attacked him

Afraid he was one

Of her fathers soldiers.

Instantaneous love

The kind you read about

In books.

But no books mention this love.

The tragic love

Of Asakurii and Nitashira.

"Your eyes?" She asked

One morning,

Collecting water of the spring.

"An act of faith." He replied.

"Much like our love." They kissed.

Passionately.

The kind of kiss that romances

Cannot describe

With justice.

"Will you have to leave me?"

Innocent eyes pleaded,

To go with him,

Aid him in his quest.

She could be a warrior.

A destroyer, like he was.

"No." He answered.

"You will never leave me.

We are meant to be together."

Two years later

They waited for their plan

To fall into action.

Asakurii had gained himself

A role in society

Under a pseudonym

Under Vetashi's name.

Se-Tun was unaware

That his doom was inevasible.

Se-Tun sat pretty

In his robes of Red and Gold

But unaware to him

Asakurii was revealing himself

To certain people

His identity was gaining followers

Powerful to Asakurii

Deadly to Se-Tun

Revolutionary for China.