The Samurai's Past

Age 1985

The Battle Between the Enforcers And the Samurai...

Zero ran forward swinging his blade out as he charged towards his goal! It sliced through the Enforcer in front of him easily. As he ran forward he easily cut another Enforcer down with a second swing.

All around him the sounds of battle echoed out!

Everyone was battling, as blades met blade. It was utter chaos around the young Samurai, but despite all of that, he managed to keep his head down, and simply ran forward. He swung his sword out catching the flesh of whatever person got in his way.

He was a young, naive, Samurai, fighting not for what he believed in, but fighting for what he was told he should believe in.

Zero sidestepped a large metallic spike that was thrown at him. He watched as the spike shot forward impaling straight through a fellow Samurai just a few meters away. The Samurai let out a loud gasp as he fell back falling into a ditch.

Zero ran forward jumping down into a ditch as a beam of light pierced the air exploding in a massive pink wave of heat, and power. "Shimmer stars..." Zero spat out as he frowned. "Seems they've resorted to dropping bombs on us..." He growled out. He peeked out from over his hole watching the war rage on around them. He jumped back down into the ditch as he turned to look at his injured comrade. "You okay?" He questioned as he reached over poking his alley.

"I... I have a hole in my chest..." The Samurai said coughing up.

Zero reached over undoing the man's helmet and pulling it off. "Ahh... So it is you One..." Zero said smirking slightly. "I was looking for you all over the battlefield." He stated easing the man onto his back. "Damn... This looks bad..." He said hissing slightly when he saw the wound.

"I... I know how bad it looks." One gasped out pressing his hand down the wound. "Zero... Listen to me." He gasped out as he stared at his comrade. "We're losing this battle..."

"Bull! We are destroying them-"

"Don't be stupid..." One hissed out. "We are losing... The Enforcers out number us. They out power us. They outgunned us. What reason do we even have to keep this fight going... Our ancestors are the ones from the Land of White... We are simply leftovers..."

'Smack!'

Zero's hand back handed the Samuria with a loud slap. The man gritted his teeth as the image of a young girl came to his mind causing his rage to boil even more. "It is our duty. Our honor. Our will. We must win this war. We will win this war! I will avenge my daughter! Those bastards won't get away for what they did!" Zero screamed out. "The Enforcers... They know not of the chaos they cause by existing... All they do is kill." Zero stood up grabbing his blade once more as he flicked it through the air sending flakes of blade off of it. "So stay here One... Don't bleed out."

"What the hell are you going to do?" One asked numbly as he placed his back against the wall. He breathed heavily as he rubbed his hand over the hole. It was clear he didn't have much more in him.

Zero peaked over the edge watching the battle. In the distance, he saw a single man battling several Samurai at once. The man blasted them all away, and held a cold look on his face. He wore a black business suit and had brown messy hair, and cold piercing forest green eyes behind a pair of round glasses. That single man was the biggest problem on the battlefield.

One of the four sacred animals of Master Storm. Part of the highest-ranking position in the Enforcers...

Ward... Or as he is more commonly known as the Green Turtle, or the shield of Storm.

"Zero... You can't seriously be thinking of fighting that man..." One asked when he saw the look on his friends face.

"Of course I am One..." Zero announced unsheathing his blade. "That man... It is his will that is causing the Enforcers victory... Cut off the head of the creature and the body becomes useless... If I eliminate him, then the other Enforcers will have suffered a great loss. I will avenge my baby girl..."

"Zero there is no way you can fight him alone. That man is one of the four strongest people in the Enforcers... He'll kill..." One coughed out as he stared up at his brother in arms.

"If it is my fate to die on the battlefield then I shall except that truth..." Zero said speaking calmly as he stepped forward. "Honestly. I don't really know why I'm still alive."

"Zero... I'll see you in the next life my friend."

Zero didn't wait for his comrade to say anything else. He instantly charged forward now set on his goal. 'I'll defeat him!' Zero's mind screamed out as he slashed his sword.

The Enforcer named Ward turned and simply held his hand out as a green barrier suddenly appeared in front of him blocking the blade easily.

"Oh my another one?" The Enforcer said giving a large smirk. "You guys are like insects. You just don't die? Was me burning down your city not enough?"

"Ward!" Zero announced proudly as shifted his grip. "You're time has come! My comrades have fought well to get me to this point! I'll personally slay you with my own blade." He screamed.

Ward stared at the man in confusion for a few moments. "Uh... Who the hell are you?"

"I! What?"

"You're acting like I should know you?"

"I... I'm Zero... The greatest Samurai here who has given you Enforcers trouble..."

"Trouble?" Ward said raising an eyebrow. "Oh, that's cute! You think your little resistance is actually causing us problems! Ha. Adorable! You're miss understanding the situation. You see you Samurai aren't even remotely a threat. The only reason we are out here currently destroying you, is because I thought it would be good practice for some of our Recruits. I also just wanted to show them, how an organization shouldn't act, and well... Your little group is so weak I knew I could do as I pleased-"

"You lie!" Zero bellowed swinging his sword out.

Ward deflected the blow easily as another green barrier surrounded him. "Am I?" Ward asked slashing his hand out and sending out a wave of crackling green energy that threw Zero back. Then in a flash, Ward brought his other back creating a barrier behind Zero that pulled the man forward and straight into Ward's fist! "Care to bet on that!" He called out as he slammed his fist into Zero's face, and slammed the poor man straight into the ground. "I'm a bit of a betting man you see!" Ward said kicking his leg out and sending the Samurai away from him. "I just love making-" Zero jumped up to his feet and charges forward swinging his sword to the side but Ward reached up blocking the attack with his finger. "-crazy bets you see."

Zero gritted his teeth as he jumped back. 'Damn it... They weren't kidding... He's barely even done anything, and yet I can feel just a massive wave of power coming off of him... But... He has an attitude problem.' Zero let out a heavy sigh as he gritted his teeth once more. 'I might be able to use that to my advantage... He's acting pretty cocky... Maybe...'

"So are you just going to sit there coming up with strategies all day?" Ward asked in a bored tone. "Because if so I'd rather kill you now and save the time."

Zero pointed his blade at the man. "Don't get cocky Enforcer. I've already figured out your Attribute... Meanwhile, you haven't even seen mine!"

"Oh, congrats. You've seen all the various ways I can kill you. So what? Do you really think you honestly know the full extent of my Attribute? Besides. You really are a fool if you think I would rely on my Attribute at this level of power... Everyone knows Attributes are useless if used without a proper equation of life."

"You are completely correct..." Zero said nodding his head as he just barely inched forward. "It can be difficult to balance it all out. But that doesn't mean we can't at least try..." In a flash, Zero charged forward and swung his sword down!

Ward lazily blinked creating a barrier between him and Zero, as the sword bounced up and left Zero's hands flying into the air!

"There goes your weapon Sam-" Ward stopped as he stared in shock as Zero slammed his hands together. "Shit! You know Mantra-" Before Ward could clasp his own hands together Zero threw out an Enhanced punch sliding the man back. Ward coughed almost throwing up, and the force of the punch actually slid him back a few feet!

'Damn! A solid enhanced punch to the gut, and he's still standing! He really is powerful. I'll finish him off with this next attack before he can recover!' Zero jumped up grabbing his blade. "Pero!" He announced as his aura surrounded the blade enhancing it even more! As he fell he began to focus all of his aura, and his power into the blade intending to enhance it. "Absolute-Execution!" Zero announced slamming the blade down.

Ward let out a yell as he threw his arms out creating a barrier!

The sword slammed into the barrier as an explosion of wind pressure fired out and a massive beam of white light fired into the sky.

"Geez! His barrier isn't being enhanced by his own equation, and yet, he's still able to block my strongest strike!" Zero let out a hiss as he focused every last drop of power he could possibly muster.

"Damn you!" Ward screamed out. "If I could active my own Mantra, you would be killed in mere seconds!" He hollered! His feet were pushed back through the dirt, as his green barrier began to fill with cracks.

Zero let out a scream of rage, and power as he pressed further down on the blade driving it in deeper into the barrier. "Will you just shut the hell up!" Zero questioned letting out another yell as the blade began to breakthrough.

"You! God Damn Samurai! None of you can see how pathetic you all are!" Ward screamed out!

'Crack!'

There was a shattering sound as the entire barrier exploded into what looked like shards of glass! They quickly vanished turning into green mist, before evaporating into nothingness...

Zero's sword slashed down slamming into Ward, as a mighty explosion of wind, was kicked up from the insane force of the attack!

Then in a flash, it all ended. Zero dropped to his feet as he let out a heavy exhausted breath. "I... I did it... That guy was insanely strong... Even barely powered up, it took my all to take him down... If I had let him power up any more, even by just a tiny bit, I have no doubt that he would have killed me-"

"You're correct..."

Zero froze as he stared up in shock.

Ward walked through the smoke, and dust, with a look of pure rage on his face. His suit was dusty, and ripped. There was a massive gash in his chest going down to his midsection, and he looked to be bleeding pretty badly. His glasses were cracked and broken on his face, and his messy brown hair, was even messier and covered in blood, and dirt. His forest green eyes now had a crazed look in them, and he had a sinister smirk on his face.

"It would seem I overestimated you..." Ward said slowly. "Even fully powered up, you were only able to scratch me." He said reaching up and placing a hand over his wound. "Though if it makes you feel any better, that attack will most certainly leave me a nasty scar... A scar you'll pay for causing..." Ward growled out.

Zero gritted his teeth as he jumped to his feet. "I! I'll kill you!" He announced running forward.

Ward gave a sinister smirk as he raised his hand. "Don't worry... I'll make it quick-"

There was a flash of blue lightning as something appeared in between the two men! Ward instantly dropped his hand as his eyes narrowed. Zero, who was confused and panicking lashed out with his sword, only to be stopped when a hand shot out and caught the blade.

Zero stared in shock as the smoke began to fade, reviling an old man.

"Master Storm..." Ward said frowning with disappointment.

Zero stared in shock at the old man, as the leader of the entire Enforcers Organization, simply smiled at him. His electric blue eyes seemed to sparkle with amusement, and he looked as if he would chuckle at any moment. And strangest of all was that in that moment, Zero didn't feel any fear, rather, he felt safe?

Finally, after what felt like an eternity of silence the old man finally spoke...

"I'm sorry... I can't let you do that."