Seeking a Master.

Part 0: Beginning of the end...

Arc 3: The Rogue Reaper.

(3 days later)

(A rainy grey sky day)

(In a fishing village in the south of Japan)

(Isabel is walking around the village wearing a hoodie to hide her face for safety)

(Isabel buys food from the market in the village and walks to a small house in the village)

(Isabel knocks on the door)

Sam: (From the other side of the door) What's the password?

Isabel: Aozora. (Blue Sky)

Sam: Backup password?

Isabel: A glimmering light, admits the grim dark. (She lets out a small giggle) Can I come in now?

(Sam unlocks the door from the other side and Isabel comes in)

Sam: Were you followed?

Isabel: (Places the bag of food on the bed) No I'm sure.

Sam: Anyone suspicious?

Isabel: No, not from what I can tell.

Sam: Listen, we got to get out of here... I don't know where to, but we got to go somewhere.

Isabel: I know! A small town in West Virginia... Point Pleasant is its name!

Sam: Isn't that where Mothman was sighted?

Isabel: Yeah, It's a perfect small town, no one will find us there.

Sam: Problem is; how do we get there? This town hasn't exactly got a boat and that Magica Stone is out of juice. And if they come after me... I'll be too weak to protect us. And they will come...

Isabel: I know, but you won't be fighting them alone. This may seem like a cliché thing to say but I'll be with you until the end.

Sam: Thank you... what are we gonna do? I need to get stronger, I need someone to train me...

Isabel: Wait... I heard from someone in town about a man, who lives near here on the mountain, he used to be a warrior and now he's resting "Waiting for the right student"... or something like that.

Sam: From who'd you hear it?

Isabel: Some old lady told it to her grandson... I don't know is it worth checking out?

Sam: Yeah... where exactly does he live?

Isabel: I don't know (Reaches her hand out to a hopeless Sam sitting on the bed) What do you say we go find out?

(Sam takes hand and Isabel helps Sam off the bed)

(Sam puts on his Black hooded cloak over his Grey shirt and goes outside with Isabel)

(Meanwhile)

(The familiar dark castle in Transylvania)

(Dracula is sitting in a dark room on his throne)

Dracula: (Shaded by the darkness) So Reyes has been banished and betrayed... and is currently hiding on Earth...

The Vampire that attacked Sam 2 years ago: Yes my lord.

Dracula: This makes eliminating him easier, do it properly this time.

The Vampire: Yes, I will restore my pride, I will not let him defeat me again!!!

(The Vampire storms out)

Dracula: Hahaha, the overconfidence of these fools.

Alucard: (Sitting in the throne room reading a book) You're one to talk, brother... if you were imprisoned and defeated by a normal human years ago, a Reaper will make swift work of you. You just wait, wait until you realize you made the same mistake as years before... history is bound to repeat.

Dracula: History? Haha, this loop of history will be changed!!! The Infinity Plan will succeed!

Alucard: There's the chance the Infinity Plan won't even work.

Dracula: It will succeed and on that day, you will worship me like a god!!!

Alucard: And know you've developed a God-complex... (Gets up and takes his book) I will enjoy the day this backfires, brother...

(Alucard leaves the room)

Dracula: Hahaha, soon the Van Helsing bloodline will be wiped out!!! Nothing can stop me then!!! I can feel the adrenaline through my undead veins!!!

(Back at the fishing village. Sam and Isabel were lead to a path by the old lady)

Sam: So we follow the road up, until we reach the sakura tree on the left of the path, turn right and keep walking until we reach a Minka, where he lives? Am I correct?

The Old Lady: (Nods her head and bows) Yes, as long as you don't act hostile when approaching, you will be fine.

Sam: "Don't act hostile" What do you mean?

(The old lady walks away)

Isabel: I guess we'll find out on our own...

(Sam and Isabel continue walking up the road until they reach the Sakura tree)

Sam: (Looks to the right of them) I guess we head that way, until we reach our location?

(Sam and Isabel walk to their right, through the middle of the forest)

(They reach a Japanese Minka in a clearing, still surrounded by the forest)

Isabel: (Tired from the hike) So do we just walk towards it and knock?

Sam: I guess so...

(Sam walks over to the door of the Minka and knocks on it)

(They door opened at near the speed of light with no one at the other side)

Sam: Huh... must be automatic.

(Inside sits an old man reading through a emakimono quietly)

(Just as Sam steps inside his boots are off his feet and neatly placed outside)

The Old Man: (He looks about 67, with neatly tied long grey hair, a Japanese goatee and dark grey eyes, wearing a Green and Black traditional Kimono with 2 katanas held on the sides) You'd think for being a Japanese man yourself, you'd know to take off your shoes before entering a home, it is tradition.

Sam: (Stunned) What the hell?

The Old Man: (Stands up standing at 5'11ft) I'm assuming you're another lost soul, looking for training?

Sam: (Sam walks closer to him) Y-yes! Can you train me!? I mean with your old age and all!

The Old Man: A proper introduction please...

Sam: Oh! Samuel Reyes, everyone calls me Sam.

The Old Man: Strange name for a Japanese man.

Sam: I know and who are you?

Miyamoto Musashi The Double Bladed Saint: Miyamoto Musashi...

Sam: Wait... that Miyamoto Musashi?

Isabel: (Standing behind Sam) What do you mean "That Miyamoto Musashi"?

Sam: The most feared Samurai.

Miyamoto: Yes, that is me.

Sam: H- how are you alive...

Miyamoto: That is a story for another day, listen you want me train you, right?

Sam: Y-yes.

Miyamoto: Follow me.

(24 minutes later)

(Sam had explained everything that has happened and why he is here)

Miyamoto: (Sitting in front of Sam and Isabel) So let me get this straight... You're a Reaper, you were betrayed, you ran away with the lady you saved from a truck, you want me to train you. This may just be the strangest day of my life... but I understand you.

Sam: So, uh will you train me now or...

Miyamoto: Simple answer it has 2 letters. No.

(Sam and Isabel are suddenly at the front doorstep)

Isabel: How the-!

Miyamoto: (At the front door) I just want to live a calm life, so leave me alone!!!

(Miyamoto closes the door)

Sam: (Knocking on the door) Wait!!! You don't know what it's like to be betrayed!!!

Miyamoto: (Opens the door) Trust me kid, I do.

(Miyamoto closes the door and leaves Sam and Isabel out in the rain)

Sam: (Falls to the ground) Huh, I give up. How are we gonna convince him now...

Isabel: Well there is a tree that protects us from the rain right there, we do the cheap way.

Sam: And that is?

Isabel: (Walks over to Sam and takes their sleeping bags that they bought in town) We squat on his front yard.

Sam: Haha, just one more reason to love you.

(Sam and Isabel set their camping site underneath the tree)

Miyamoto: (Looks at them through his kitchen window) They are persistent I'll give them that... he kind of reminds me of a younger version of myself...

(Night time falls and Miyamoto is sitting inside his house meditating)

(As Sam is sleeping Isabel gets cold and moves closer to Sam for heat)

(Miyamoto thinks about his younger days, also betrayed, traveling and searching for someone wiser, truly becoming more than his master)

(An unknown woman calls out to younger Miyamoto: "Hey, you coming!? we've still got a long journey ahead of us!!!")

(As happy moments flash in front of his eyes, so do the dark ones; the woman he loved dying in his arms, him facing down his archenemy, forced to fight battles he wants no part in, a never ending cycle of misery and pain)

(Miyamoto looks at a drawing of him and his old friends, back in the day the name of their group was: "Shin no samurai" all who shared similar goals, and became more than warriors in arms, they became a family)

Miyamoto: (Stands up and looks at Sam and Isabel sleeping next to each other) (Almost as if talking to someone else) I'll let them sleep tonight, tomorrow I'll bring them in...

(Miyamoto walks away from the window and goes to sleep)

(The next morning at 7:30)

(Sam and Isabel are sitting next to each other in front of Miyamoto's front door step)

Isabel: Do you think he'll ever let us in?

Sam: Every man has his breaking point... he'll give in any minute now.

(Miyamoto opens the door behind them)

Miyamoto: You said, you wanted me to train you right? Well come in... we begin at 9 o'clock.

Sam: (Sparking with joy) Thank you!!!

(Sam and Isabel take off their shoes and follow him inside)

(Narrator: So begins this Reaper's training with a master who has seen everything there is to be seen... what is Dracula plotting? What is the Court of Reapers to do about the surviving Rogue Reaper? Only Fate and Time can tell...)

(End of Chapter 11)