[Ako POV]

One year has passed... me and the two bandits have completed our training and we are prepared to launch our final assault, against the Hidden Lotus clan.

"This is it, we are going to eradicate the rest of the Hidden Lotus clan," I say to them both.

"So, what's the plan?" a focused Yashin asks me.

I then reply, "It's simple, we will hit them, when they least expect it, but there is one catch... I have to let them think, that I am going to surrender." Pai and Yashin look at me shocked.

"Surrender? Why is that?" asks Pai.

"It's a long shot, but if it works, you guys can attack the rest of the ninja's, setting them apart from their leader." I reply.

"You want Orocshon to yourself... sounds like a good plan to me." says Pai.

"So we take out his pawns, make sure he has no backup, while you shoot straight for the king... perfect game plan." Yashin says.

"We have trained for over a year, pushed ourselves to the absolute limit, for this moment. It's time to payback the Hidden Lotus, for all they have taken from us, now we take their lives and we send their souls straight to hell!" I say with authority in my voice.

One hour later, I am looking at the moon, remembering the talk that me and my sister had, a year ago to this day.

"They say that the ones who love us, never truly leave us. But he put you and our family in a grave... so now I will do the same to him." I say to myself.

Yashin walks up to me and says, "Everybody is getting ready. So, after this is over, what next Ako? What do you do after this?"

I then look at the moon again and I say, "I don't know... the way of the ninja is a mysterious one, I have no idea where my path leads after this. But I know one thing, If I die... all of the Hidden Lotus, will be coming to hell with me!"

Yashin then says to me, "No prisoners, no mercy."

I nod and say, "We leave later in the night!"

[Yashin's POV]

I stand outside and I look at the moon. They say that the moon and clear night sky helps you think about your beginnings, where you have been and your future. But right now, I think about tonight, our mission, our goal. We hit back against the Hidden Lotus, we get revenge for all of the atrocities they have committed against us, our clans and our families.

"Are you okay?" asks Pai.

"I'm just a little nervous." I reply.

"All creatures feel fear, but I believe that is our strength. We can use that fear to accomplish this mission." says Pai.

"Whatever happens next, we will face it together." I reply to Pai.

[Ako's POV]

It is three hours past midnight and we prepare to go to the Hidden Lotus stronghold. We find out that it is located in the island of Okinawa, 10 miles near the Temple Of The Dragon. We find some horses, in a pen behind the temple and we ride out to the stronghold. When we get to the stronghold, we find that the grounds are filled with hidden lotus ninjas.

"Looks like Orocshon is expecting us." says Pai.

"No, he is expecting me." I reply.

"There's Orocshon. Time to execute the plan." I say.

"Ako... be careful." says Yashin.

"I will." I reply. I teleport downward to the entrance way and I am suddenly surrounded by Hidden Lotus ninjas.

"Orocshon, I am here to seek an audience with you." I say with an authority in my voice, that even the leader, of the most dishonorable clan in Japan, cannot deter.

"Ah, just as I thought, you are still alive. You think you deserve an audience with me? Half of my forces are dead because of you!" says Orocshon.

"Your forces... had it coming to them. You never should have trifled with a ninjas clan and family." I reply.

"So what are you here for? Vengeance? Blood? Destruction?" Orocshon asks me sternfully.

"I am here to surrender myself, to the Hidden Lotus clan. I lay down my arms, Orocshon." I say. Orocshon then quickly takes out a kunai and he puts it to my neck.

"So you have finally come to your senses..." he says to me.

"Guards! Take her into the main hall of my dojo, I want to have a little chat with my new pet." says Orocshon. The guards tie me up and they take me inside of the stronghold, into the main dojo.

[Yashin's POV]

"It worked!" I say.

"Okay, now we need a distraction, that way we can set up a surprise attack." I say to the others.

"So, I gotta be the distraction? Great, I always get the easy stuff." Pai says sarcastically.

"Pai, you will pose as a beggar, while I set up these incindary kunai's from above. I will silently plant the explosives around the perimeter. The timer is set for ten minutes." I say to her.

I sneak behind the temple and I begin to place the explosive Kunai's into the ground. As I set up more explosive cluster traps, on the rooftops, I keep an eye on Pai.

"I see that she is having some fun being the beggar. I just hope she can keep it up for ten minutes." I say to myself.

[Pai's POV]

I attempt to fool the Hidden Lotus, all while wearing this ridiculous costume. I'm am very much going to kick Yashin's ass for this!

"Who are you? Why are you trespassing here?" One of the Hidden Lotus ninjas says to me.

"Me? Oh, I'm just a lowly beggar. By the way, can one of you point me to the nearest bar?" I say, faking a drunk accent.

Another ninja then interrupts me and asks, "Who are you?!" A nervous expression slowly begins to cross my face.

I then say to myself, "Okay Pai, you have to think of something quick!"

I tell the ninjas, "I have a message for your leader Orocshon, tell him that, the darkness will soon be evaporated by flames of light." One of the ninja's approaches me with a sword and he puts it to my neck.

"You dare threaten us with idle words?" the ninja asks me angrily.

"No, not a threat, a warning. Just use wisdom and try to heed it." I say to the ninjas, before walking away. The ninjas go to warn Orocshon about my message. Suddenly, an explosion is heard in the distance and it is followed by many more. Soon after, the whole village is engulfed in flames.

"Oh and about that warning... a beggar never lies." I say.

I begin to quickly kill the group of ninjas, that were guarding the temple. Two more try to attack me from behind, but I slice off their legs with my Dao sword.

"Pai, good work!" says Yashin.

"Next time, you dress up as a beggar!" I sarcastically say to her.

[Yashin's POV]

Me and Pai head to the east wing of the village and we see two elite Hidden Lotus ninjas, with archers on both their left and right flank.

"Kill them!" The ninja on the left says to the archers. We dodge and block their arrows as they fire them and we quickly dispatch them by flinging explosive stars at them.

"You let your pawns do your dirty work for you? Where's your honor? Fight us like true warriors!" I boast confidently. The two ninjas quickly charge at us and we engage in battle. The ninjas proved to be formidable opponents, but we managed to keep up with them.

During the fight, the ninjas knocked both of us down, by double teaming me and Pai. One of the ninjas uses the flames from the explosion, to set her sword ablaze.

"I'll take the one on the left, Pai, you take the one on the right." Pai nods at me and we charge at the ninjas again. As the fight raged on, both of the ninjas began to fight harder. I managed to block the female ninjas attacks with my Katana, but at the end of the exchange, she cuts my arm, with the flaming sword.

"Too slow." The ninja arrogantly says to me. I close my eyes and I listen to the wind whispering in the air, the roar of the flames as they burn the village, all of the sounds that enter my ear begin to amplify as I concentrate my energy.

"I must accept my power, be at one with my strength and my soul." I think to myself. I open my eyes and the ninja tries to strike at me, with her flaming swords.

I grab the ninja's arm and I kick her away from me and in the process, I take her flaming sword away. The female ninja then tries to strike me again, but I block her attacks, with her own flaming sword. I then kick the ninja in the abdomen and chest, multiple times, before stabbing her in the chest with my Katana. I then swiftly, as a cat catching a mouse, decapitate her, using the flamming sword I took from her.

"Too Slow." I mockingly say.

[Pai's POV]

The male ninja, that I am fighting, is armed with small hand blades. I begin to notice how quickly he moves with them, as he cut my cheek.

"Your fast, but I fought faster!" I say with intensity.

I then start to move around, in unpredictable fashions. As the ninja tries to strike me with his blades, I block and counter his attacks, with a flurry of attacks of my own. I then take the ninjas blades away from him and I stab them in his knees. As the ninja writhes in pain, I jump on his shoulders and I break his neck, killing him instantly.

"Rest in peace." I say to the ninjas broken body.

"Nice work!" says Yashin.

"Thanks, let's get rid of the rest of these ninjas." I reply. Just as we get ready to leave however, twelve more Hidden Lotus ninjas show up.

"Looks like they are here for blood!" I say to Yashin.

"Well, let's not disappoint them then!" Yashin replies. The Hidden Lotus ninjas then try to attack us, but we quickly dispatch of them one by one, as mutilated their bodies to pieces.

"Okay, now let's take care of the west wing." says Yashin. We then head off towards the west wing of the village to cover more ground.

[Pai's POV]

Yashin and I get to the west wing of the village and we see four Hidden Lotus, with Chained Sickle's, ready to pounce on us, like wild hyenas.

"Back to back!" I say to Yashin. The ninjas then charge at us, with sickles in hand. As they try to attack us, me and Takashiri then leap into the air and the sickles pierced through the ninjas instead.

"We got some more!" exclaimed Yashin.
Yashin and I begin to fight the entire Hidden Lotus elite guard. As we are fighting them, two more Hidden Lotus show up with a giant ninja, who appears to be over 7 feet tall and they set him loose on us.

I try my best to hold him off, but he overpowers me and throws me into a nearby dojo. I get up, moments later and I see Yashin in the giants clutches. I burst through the dojo doors and I catch the giant ninja in a Rear Naked Choke. Yashin tries to slice off the giants massive leg, but the giant kicks her away with ease.

The giant ninja throws me into the ground, he tries to stomp on me, but I managed to stab a Kunai in his foot. As the giant ninja writhes in pain, Yashin shows up and suddenly, the tide turns in our favor.

"Are you guys okay?" Yashin asks.

"Took you long enough." I reply.

"What do you suppose we do with this ninja?" asks Yashin.

"Like a tree in the forest, we cut him down to size!" says Pai. The giant ninja then tries to strike me with his sword, but I grab a chained sickle, from one of the dead ninjas and I used it to trap the ninja's left arm, causing him to drop his blade. Yashin grabs another sickle chain and she traps the giant's right arm with it.

Grabbing a hooked chain, that was on the ground, I throw it at it's legs,holding him place, long enough for Yashin to grab the ninja's sword and shove it into his throat. The giant ninja falls down to the ground, lying dead and motionless, in a pool of his own blood. We quickly eradicate the rest of the Hidden Lotus ninjas, as the village burned to the ground.

[Yashin's POV]

Morning came, as we both looked around to see the Hidden Lotus village destroyed, Pai then asks, "Yashin, what about Ako?"

I begin to wonder myself, what became of our friend. Did she perish along with the rest of the Hidden Lotus clan? Or is the last kunochi of the Rising Sun still alive, but vanished into the wind? Ako... what happened to you?

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