My Family's Bloodline?

A year has passed since, Fumikage has started living with us, everyone else has grown accustomed and normally I would have to, If it wasn't for the clock ticking down to my Father's death. I suspect the time must be coming soon, to which I will have to save my Father's life, and if I fail, time will continue as it has. Feels as if I'm being crushed by this burden and yet it something I must carry alone. I stand in front of my own birthday feast which marks the date January The Twenty-Fifth. The house servants bring out cooked fish, with rice and new years soup which contains rice dumplings and kimchi buns. I officially turn seventeen today. Father and his retainers brought out the large vases of liquor, apparently everyone is getting drunk tonight. Fumikage's birthday was also a couple weeks before now the Thirteenth I believe. The trip here, definitely fun to say the least.

Fumikage, My father and I we all took a trip up to the mountains for training, I needed more strength training, I carried buckets of water from the river without spilling a drop or id have to start all over again. I fought with Fumikage in our sparring sessions. Whenever I did have free time outside my training, I admired the beauty of this land, and it always reminded me of what I fought for what I traded my moral's for. The beautiful trees that outline the course of the river, the koi fish that follow along the rivers course. This beautiful sky that guides all the people under it. The taste of liquor out in the wilderness tastes much better according to my Father. Reserving my taste for liquor just so I don't build a immunity to it you never know when I will need it. At night the beautiful moon dragging me back to memories I have with Shiho, with its beautiful glow, almost aimed directly at me, such a sight could be taken as a message from the gods. Often at times I wonder if she's looking at the same moon at the same time. I think back to when we first met, how could I ever forget. It was the summer of when I was just turned eighteen, my confidence was soaring, I had just got settled in as the new fresh daimyo, nobody knew what to expect of me. Her father was testing me for diplomatic situations, but the moment I laid eyes on her, our eyes locked my ruby red eyes, locking with her beautiful hazel eyes. So difficult to explain their beauty just the most wonderful combination of colors, like a firework of beautiful colors.

Her yellow and black kimono, wrapped elegantly around her curvaceous body. I readjust myself as its disrespectful to stare at a lady, who is not arranged to marry you. I sat down in front of the kotatsu. A small table with blankets and padding around it for warmth, I sat on the pad, with my legs crossed bowing my head to the daimyo of the Ishiro. Out of the corner of my eye I could still see her staring at me, but I had to focus on this meeting, alas it was too late he had already realized. "Fancy my daughter do you." The deep voiced daimyo spoke, this person is no other than her father Hekamu Ishiro. Our marriage in the future united these two clans indefinitely but there were some steps along the way. "Yes I do my Lord Ishiro, she's very beautiful, more beautiful than I've ever seen." I say in a calming voice, looking him directly in the eyes. "Got some balls on you don't you boy, you think all because your a daimyo you can just come in here and eyeball my daughter." He says arrogantly half expecting me to back down but his intimidating factors didn't bother me. "Yes I do my lord I cant help but speak the truth, I do however my lord apologize for harassing your daughter with my eyes." My look turns over to her and I couldn't help but notice Shiho turning red at the comment. "My lady I do apologize if I caused you any grief." I say to her and then turning my gaze back at Hekamu. "hahaha I'm starting to think I prefer you over her arranged partner, however your clan isn't reputable enough for me to cancel the engagement" he says expecting disappointment from me. And yet even till this day I don't know what possessed me to say "What if I prove myself to you, even if you marry her off, ill just rip her from the hands of her beloved, the gods favor me you shall see." I speak with utter confidence still staring in the abyss I call his eyes. "What shall you do to prove my favor, are you planning on wiping out a clan just based on lust?" He questions after hearing my words. "If that's what it takes then yes I will wipe out this poor fool's clan, for lust maybe but this is more than lust, its love and the principle of taking what I want I suppose I'm a fool who believes the fairy tales of love at first sight." I exclaimed with my chest out.

Beauty does strange things to man, whether it be the beauty of a woman who can make men rush into battle for them or the beauty of nature that makes them reminisce about life. Once again snapped back into reality, I see myself presented with a feast, I start digging into my food almost burning my tongue. The food is just too good I must devour it all, watching those around me on this night. Fumikage is out there dancing with the house servants, along with his younger brother who came for a visit. I didn't even realize they had a younger sibling I guess it slipped my mind, but supposedly their family is pretty large but most of them live normal lives outside the soldier ranks. His younger brother his name is Enuki Orushu. At least it seems like they are having a good time. He's probably about twelve years old, maybe he'll join the army of Oda later on. I turn my focus to my Father, who's currently out drinking all of his retainers, but I begin walking over to him regardless of that fact. "AHAHAHAHA MY BOY COME ON COME ON LETS HAVE A DRINK!!!!" He practically screams he's drunk off his ass that's for sure. I sit next to him but I refuse his drink and I look up at him. "Father, I would like to accompany you in your upcoming battle, thinking I need this experience for the future with tactics and all." Lying through my teeth, I'm trying to protect you, you were definitely a drunk and yet I guess I missed your obnoxiousness. "I don't see why you cant come, your right you do need the experience after I'm gone you'll be next in line and its important to succeed where I fail." He admitted to me. "However since your first battle, you've seemed different, changed or more mature, I know what battles can do but it doesn't cause this much change." When he's saying this my heart is skipping multiple beats but i think to myself he's just my father if I cant tell him who can I tell. "Its as if you went through a whole lifetime of trauma, your a different person and yet you have those eyes, so I know your not imposter that's the one way I know." He keeps talking without giving me a chance to interject, I never had this experience before I've changed the future if even a little.

What did he mean by the eyes, I know I've never seen anyone with my eye color but what does he mean by that, I just thought it was birth deficiency. "Your eyes they come from your grandfather's side, long ago he spoke of something that's like a gift from the gods, our bloodline was gifted, with the potential for war, and battle. Your grandfather didn't win the civil war with the martial arts he created though it worked for peasants. The reason why he led and the reason why he won was because of the bloodline it increases our strength you feel in the rage on the battlefield, but neither me or your grandfather have the eyes. His great grandfather had the eyes and it was said he was a great general achieved peace across the land, and so strong that he could kill a bear with a single strike from his palm. You were chosen to change this world when you were born with those eyes you better live up to it." He explained and for me it was hard to take in all this new information I never knew, could this be connected to how I could go back in time I need to ask. "Father do you think these eyes you spoke of could allow someone to change time?" He damn near spit his drink out across the room before bursting out in laughter. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GODDAMNIT BOY IM TRYING TO BE SERIOUS!!!" He yells out loud about to choke on his liquor when he finally collects himself. "The answer to that, well I would ask your mother about it, the closest thing to time related subjects is that of the spirit, your mother excels there. If she doesn't know well you could always talk to our ancestor through your mother, she's good with rituals, that's why she's a priestess. "Unfortunately you don't have time to visit her right now, were about to move out tomorrow to prepare for the battle with Shinjitai. If you want to come you better get to bed then, as far as this whole time business and bloodlines, if I do believe your from the future and I died there it must've happened for a reason, to progress you and your story just know if I never said it that I'm always proud of you no matter who you became and that I always loved you."

Those words echoed in my mind and I nodded my head but I couldn't stop the few tears dropping from eyes, its been so long since I cried, I lost of lot of people and barely shed a tear yet a few words from my father caused this perhaps its something I needed to hear. I didn't know he suspected me, but he does have good intuition, somehow he knew but I guess he's right there's just something you cant change, but that wont stop me from trying I'm still going with him. I get up and hug my Father and he returns the feeling and he kisses the top of my head, and ruffles my hair lightly but I quickly wiped my eyes and headed to my room deep in thought. This twist in my gut, and just a shiver across my whole body like a eerie feeling, a ominous aura of what's to come. I open the sliding door to my room, going in front of mirror undoing my hair tie watching my hair fall to my shoulders. The red eyes in the mirror, the questions left unanswered, Its just one thing after another lately, after this battle I have to go visit my mother, she should be somewhere in Miwa land, that's a few days travel at least. For now I need to focus on the battle at hand I suspect that these battles to come wont be easy, were dealing with one of the powerhouses in this land. I have a few trips up my sleeve I better pull them out at the right times and not overshow our hand, but that's only if my father allows me to formulate strategies. I need to stop thinking about it I have to wake up early tomorrow. I take my sash off, and my kimono falls to the floor, and the cloth holding my hakama up I slide off, staring at myself in the mirror for a moment. It would seem that training paid off, I can see how bulky I've become, my body looks toughened. My pecs have gotten bigger, and I now have a stomach but its not completely fat, there's plenty of muscle. Mission accomplished now I should be able to take hits now seriously time for bed. I kneel down next to my futon, looking up at the ceiling before rolling onto it with my chest up, in the silence I could cicadas outside a good noise to knock you unconscious for sure. My eyelids flap a few times before I find myself shrouded in darkness.