Saiga

What? He hasn't asked mom because she is too famous. Wouldn't bringing her in would push OSNF into the spotlight.

"But why though?" I ask him, "Quite simple, your mom is famous enough that some may simply join to get her protection, tutelage, or any other thing, I need OSNF to grow, before asking such a high-profile martial artist." Still don't fully get it.

"And dad, has he said anything?" I wonder about dad's opinion on this.

Saiga laughs, when I asked him about dad, "Nah, you know father, he has, his own way of trying to change the world."

Changing the topic of conversation Saiga asks me, "So could you tell me the truth about why you want to learn my disguise technique?"

Huh, I mean yeah, never planned to fully lie to him. "Sure, one, I want to have fun with, it, and before you start, no, nothing evil, nefarious, or dangerous." I see him sigh in relief, "And two?" He asks me.

"Two, I want to keep myself hidden." Saiga's face questioning my reason, "Why?", He adds, "Mom will never say anything about me, nor dad, neither will you, the only other person that knows is my sensei and he is in Korea and knows how to keep his mouth closed." I whisper to myself, "He better, that bastard of a sensei."

"But why?" He asks once again, getting tired of not receiving a complete answer. "Apart from the people I mentioned no one knows, Hayato Fūrinji has another son, let´s say I want to surprise people." Specially Ryōzanpaku, besides, I trust Saiga enough to not have said anything about me to Akisame, they should have met by now.

I look at him smiling, his face, the complete opposite of amusement, "Really, that's your reason?" He asks, again, augh.

"Yes, besides, dad's too high profile." I send a quick apologetic glance at him and continue, "You are kind of a loner, so you don't mind."

He narrows his eyes. I roll my eyes at him, "Really bro? Tell me, when you lived with dad, how many times did someone come here? To: challenge dad, begging him to teach them, or beg him to teach them one of the techniques." I deadpan at him, waiting for an answer.

He awkwardly laughs, "Hundreds of times, seriously, only when you were living with us, dad had to kick out tens of people." Giving Saiga a -Duh-hu- look, "You see, I don't want any of that in my life for the moment, he is...he is too legendary." Nice pun.

He just stares, not really believing I just did that.

"And speaking of a loner, any special ladies out there for my big brother, eh-eh." I waggle my eyebrows at him.

The greatly confused Saiga answers "Huh? What? Not really." He finishes, embarrassed.

What? how? Is the son of a bitch lying to me, or I misremembered the ages?

"Really, not even oneeee." I once again, push for an answer.

"Really, I swear." He says, starting to get annoyed. "Fineeeeee, so that disguise technique?", Glad about me stopping the interrogation, he begins "You start by…."

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I kind of understood, his explanation about the disguise, everything but the mask I got. Change your mannerisms and way of speech, and if you are disguised as somebody else, learn them. If not, it doesn't matter, just change yours.

Ignoring the mask, the most important aspect is having amazing control to mask, reduce, and contain your ki. Normal people can't feel ki, but as you enter master or grandmaster class, you begin emitting ki subconsciously, for the disguise to work you have to master how your ki feels to others. That may take some time.

The mask, that's another subject, the damn mission impossible-looking masks, I don't get how to make, Saiga did try to explain, but to me, it sounded like witchery. So, I just asked him if he could make me some and he did.

I have five masks, I don't plan to change my physical appearance, I only need the masks. Two of them are of your average Japanese man, one is a copy of Sephiroth because I can. The other is how I looked when I worked in the government, so only black hair, but at least ten years older looking, and some alterations on the facial structure to not make it obvious. The last one is of myself, but a little older.

For some reason, your hair also changes, if you want to.

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I had around eight months to prepare. I continued working with the government, I will need an alibi soon. And I dived into missions again, as the months crawled forward, I was getting nervous, the shit I was about to pull may change the world that I know of, everything may change.

My plan may mess all of OFNS merging with Yami, which means no Hongō, no Gaidar, no Yomi. No Kenichi in Ryōzanpaku, no strongest disciple.

In other words, the story ceases to exist. God only knows what needs to happen for me to travel to the next world, if the story gets so rerailed it doesn't exist anymore I may never be able to leave this world.

That's hoping I don't lose my memories first, but, at that point "me" would have died. So yes, no destroying the timeline.

Mom not being pretty much a psychopath, and me existing may already have changed enough.

I have a plan. Right?

Right

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Saiga and Shizuha had met less than a year ago, Saiga having appeared to have reached Kuremisago territory, by accident or in purpose, only he would know.

There was almost an instant bond between the two, Shizuha's kind nature, braveness, and selflessness, matching with Saiga's calmness and comparison. Soon they fell in love, even getting the blessing of Shizuha's arranged fiancé.

However, the clan refused their union, Shizuha being the most extraordinary woman of her generation in the clan, needed to marry the most extraordinary man from the clan, their son or daughter, pushing the clan's martial arts forward or so tradition demanded.

Having been fed up with tradition, Shizuha, with Saiga's help, and her ex-fiancé's turned best friend of her beloved began a revolution.

Creating the liberationist faction to go against the traditionalists, a war began, like-minded individuals joining the factions that represented their beliefs.

The Kuremisago clan, one of the oldest, most powerful clans in the world, was a mess, the two heirs, turned traitors.

And so.

Conflict began around the world. Clan members killing clan members, sons killing fathers, fathers killing sons.

It was a massacre on both sides.

One man had had enough, killing his father, even if by accident, seeing tens of his clan members die, it was time to stop this war.

And so, he went to his opponents, the traditionalists, the ones that wanted to force his beloved hand in marriage, even if to himself.

And made a deal.

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Senzui had had enough, death and misery filled his clan, so, only asking in his mind, for his best friend to find it in his heart to forgive him, he begun, disguised as him killing skilled members of the liberationist faction.

Soon rumors started circulating in the faction, Saiga Fūrinji was out there killing his own allies. By this point, Saiga's and Shizuha's cute little daughter, Miu, had been born.

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-In a meeting between the liberationists-

"We have a traitor?" Saiga exclaimed, not believing what he was hearing. "What kind of man is he? How could he have killed some of our best?" Shizuha said, in part anger, part unwillingness. How could they have been betrayed? And if the information is accurate, this person is strong.

The subordinate that gave the news to the group hesitates, not knowing what to say, "... by our accounts…... the traitor seems to have a striking resemblance to.... Saiga-dono."

The instant he finishes, Shizuha jumps from her seat, waking her newborn daughter, "Impossible! This has to be a trap by the traditionalists?" The rest of the people present nodding their heads, "We know!"

Saiga was still seated, with a calm look on his face, thinking. "Is it possible they suspect me for being the One Shadow?" He starts talking, giving a speech on his ideals and the purpose of OSNF, how it's meant to be a non-aggression pact, and his goal to change the world.

Saiga, looking at all the members in the room, "I want none of you will trust me, from this point I will move alone, never be in groups, if you see me out there, it means that's not me." Shizuha looks at saiga worriedly, going out alone will be dangerous.

While all of this was happening, Senzui was seated beside Shizuha, contemplating, his decision.

If all this death was caused by the idea of merging the strongest bloodlines... then he shall eliminate the other ideal bloodline, he... must kill Shizuha and her child.

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-An undisclosed amount of time later-

The night dark, and white, filled with snow, the liberationists were being attacked. This time it was different, they were extremely organized and directed as if knowing who, when, and how to attack them.

They were outnumbered, the liberationists, at their end. Shizuha, rushed to battle, different from normal, her battle clothes consisted of a tight kind of leotard, that hugged her normally hidden remarkable figure, with protection in the shoulders, forearms, and legs, leaving her hands uncovered.

She started battling, her allies asking her to leave, but being the kind of woman she is, she stayed, until the end.

Ending the battle quickly and retreating.

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"Hello?" A voice was heard over the phone." Hey, how are you?" The caller asked. "What do you need? You almost never call, you most need something."

"Sorry, sorry, I've been busy, but yes I need something."

…

"I need you in Japan in two weeks, bring your equipment."

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Shizuha is seen running with Miu in her arms, she feels a presence nearby, quickly burying her daughter in the snow, leaving a small breath hole, she runs at the presence she felt.

It was only some people with guns, no masters or above, quickly incapacitating them, she tries to return to her daughter. Stopping on her track, a powerful ki behind her. Attacking immediately, without being able to see her opponent, her move creating an explosion, pushing dust and snow in the air, readying her stance she waits.

The dust and snow begin to clear. Shizuha is astonished at what she is seeing, while quickly running at her attacker, he asks, "Are you okay Shizuha?"

Reaching him, she...hugs him, with a smile on her face. "My…. Beloved" She says to the now revealed Saiga. She is so happy to see him, they were attacked, she had to hide Miu, fearing something may happen to her daughter. At least her love is here now.

Saiga grabs Shizuha's face with his hands and deeply hugs her, surprising Shizuha, not that she'll complain.

As they separate, Shizuha brings her hand to Saiga's face, touching it with affection. Her love for him clear on her face.

Saiga smiles at her, his smile slowly turning to indifference, as he thrusts his hand forward, aiming at her stomach, before his hand can impale Shizuha, a small rock hits Saiga's hand, altering its trajectory, but still hitting Shizuha.

As Shizuha falls, to her death, she weakly whispers, "My…. be…loved?", her hand, on Saiga's face, clenching, ripping apart the skin, revealing Senzui in a mask.

Once Shizuha falls, Senzui's face morphs to anger, someone tried to interfere, it redirected his attack, but judging by the amount of blood in the snow, it was still successful.

"Show yourself!" he shouts hurriedly, he needs to confirm Shizuha's death and leave, soon.

A hooded man slowly walks out of the forest, "Ma-ma, that was not nice masked man-san."

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter

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