Assassin's blade

    Peace is all that I see right now. People just talking to each other , smiling, laughing. Children happily playing with each other. People working on the beautiful land while the sun is shinning and the wind is breezing. I like seeing my village like this and I will do everything to keep it that way. Or my name wouldn’t be Artemis after all I’m the daughter of the leader of this village. I’m Artemis the daughter of Arakile. Arakile is the leader of this village for many years right now. Before I was born our leader got killed, but many people told me that he was a really bad leader. Everyone feared him because of his power, he wasn’t fair to anyone and the people of this village lived in poverty. Maluma was the name of the leader. He trained our people into assassins and forced them to kill and steal from the people from the other villages nearby. Our clan got a lot of hate because of that and we were feared a lot. Because of Maluma  we lived in poverty and people started to steal and kill without finding it terrible. One day a group of people had enough of it all, they didn’t wanted to follow a monster. With the skills they got trained with, they succeeded in killing Maluma. Around that time my dad was the clan chief of the army. He was always nice and helped everyone out, so they appointed him as the new leader. I was 2 around that time, and things changed ever since. We lived peacefully and even earned back the trust of the other villages. I looked down  at my clothes  my fingers slowly gliding over my clan's symbol thst was on my uniform. ''Iga'' I spoke my clans name softly , a smile appearing on my face.''Artemis get down!'' a male voice screamed and my happy mood slowly faded away. I jumped off the branch i was sitting on and landed on my feet back on the ground. ''Aaron'' I said irritated while i eyes him from head to toe. Aaron was a guy around my age, he was the strongest of my clan and favored by many. Including my father. Ever since my mom died my dad started to train me. Not as my dad but as leader Arakile. He trained me very strictly, he was always my leader first and second my dad. But I knew he was only doing this cause he wanted me to protect myself. He already lost someone precious to him and he didn’t wanted to lose me either. I trained everyday and very hard just to make my dad proud. I was the strongest in out clan until    Aaron came. He was found when he was 8 in the forest nearby. He was unconscious and covered with scars. Our clan took him in and my dad raised him as his own son. Before  Aaron came into our clan my dad would only look at me. How well I learned everything and how strong I was. But ever since  Aaron came all eyes were on him. Cause he learned faster then me and was stronger then me, it hurt my pride. And that stayed, no matter how hard I practiced , how strong I became. Aaron was always a step ahead. Now my dad was the leader and he assigned Aaron as the chief of our clan. And I… well I was the second chief.  ''What do you want?'' I asked irritated making him chuckle. ''Your dad wants to see you'' he said seriously. i walked past him to go see my dad not wanting to stand longer eye in eye with this person. Aaron was wearing his uniform just like me, was he back from something? I was wearing my uniform cause i had to train the children of the village in a bit. It made me curious. Aaron always got to do the exciting jobs and knew about everything. While i wasn't even treated as a chief. I only needed to keep an eye on the village and train the kids. '''Dad you wanted to see me?'' I asked entering the enormous room in the palace. well. of course. it's enormous he is the leader.I saw my dad standing in the room in his practice outfit while he was holding a katana. My eyes widened when I saw how clean were his movements while his eyes were closed and he held the katana with both hands firmly. He slowly brought it down while opening his eyes. '''How many times do i have to tell you not to be so loud and always knock Artemis?'' my dad asked as he walked to the wall with the beautiful katanas hanging on it. He hangs the katana he used back at its place and turned around to face me. ''How are you feeling?'' he asked making me arch my eyebrows because of the weird question. ''Uhm... good'' i said awkwardly= ''Í'm serious Artemis focus. Did you had pain anywhere on your body lately out of nowhere?'' he asked and i heared that he was realy serious. One thing i knew is not messing with my dad when he is in this state. I straightened my position and cleared my throat. ''No dad i didn't have any pain on my body lately'' I said speaking clearly. I saw him looking mad and quickly corrected myself. ''I mean leader Arakile'' I said softly while lowering my head. I felt so afraid and small in front of my own father. I heard him sigh  and clenched my eyes shut afraid that he was mad. ''Alright tell me immediately if you don't feel well'' he said and i noded my head. ''Now go. Your lesson is about to start'' ''Alright i will now excuse myself''' I said bowing my head before leaving the house. ... ''Alright everyone again! 1!2!3!'' I screamed loudly enough for every student of me to hear while i walked in the front. Everyone screamed with me while slapping  the air with their bokken.  ''Is everything going okay?''  Aaron asked me giving me a heart attack because i didn't notice his presence. ''Geez you gave me a heart attack'' I said seeing him laugh. I noticed that all my students were getting excited when they saw him. '' And how is everything going?'' ''Why do you wanna know?'' I asked while focusing my attention back on the students to see if they were doing it right. ''I'm the chief i need to know?'' he said making me mad. He always does things like this. He likes to annoy me  with tha fact that he is stronger then me and that he is higher then me. ''Well i'm also the chief''' I said turning myself around to face him. ''The second chief'' he said getting in my face emphasising 'secong'. ''Where did you go?'' I asked changing the subject into something i actually wanted to talk about. ''Thats not something for you to know'' he said and i knew he wasn't going to tell me. I turend myself around focusing my attention back on the students. I started walking past them and Aaron was following me. ''Mija don't forget to hold it like this'' I said while moving Mija's hands a little apart from each other so she was holding it correctly. ''Also don't forget your positing. You need to stand stable, the best way is having your legs a little apart'' I said and she nodded her head. I walked further and unfortunately, Aaron started to talk. ''You are wrong. You don't realy have to have your legs apart to stand stable'' he said making me turn around. ''Uhm yeah you do'' I said and he just shook his head. ''Wanna bet?'' he asked smirking. ''We will have a match and i will show you how stable I am without having my legs apart. If you win i will tell you where i went.'' ''And if i lose?'' I asked not fully trusting him. ''You have to obey one thing i tell you to do'' he said and i nodded my head. I could live with that. He threw me a bokken while he got himself one too. I took my positin my legs slightly apart and bending while i held the bokken firmly in my hands. Aaron just stood like he was going to win this easily and it was making me mad. He was clearly looking down on me. ''Ready? he asked and i nodded my head. Before i knew it he came at me in fast speed. I quickly blocked his bokken and spun lightly on my feet to get away from him. He smirked before he came to me again. This time i'm not going to back away. I easily dodged his attack by stepping to the side, i lifted my bokken ready to hit him but he quickly turned around and blocked it easily. He was actually standing chill not even in a stable positon. ''You can give up if you want'' he said smiling making fun of me. ''In your dreams'' I said back while wanting to hit him again. This time i aimed for his legs who weren't protected. But it was a mistake in a blink of an eye i felt my wrist with the bokken being grabbed. Aaron twisted my arm making me let the bokken fall on the ground. He put my arm on my back while he brought his face next to my ear. ''i won'' he said softly before letting go of me. Just as i expected even tho I am a woman he didn't go easy on me. Not that i wanted him to go easy on me it would meke me feel weaker. I shook my wrist a little because of the tight grip he had on it. ''Okay so what do i need to do'' I said irritated. ''I'm not going to give you a task right now. I'm going to save it for when i really need you to do something'' he said making me roll my eyes at him. I grabbed the bokken from the floor and placed it back where it belonged. All my students weren't feven focusing on theirstudy anymore. They were staring with amazed looks at Aaron. ''Okay that's it for today you guys are all dismissed'' and they all ran instantly to Aaron, asking him to teach them. I gtitted mt teeth and walked away. Midnight came, the sky was beautiful dark blue color almost black and stars were fillimg the sky. I was walking around the village to check if everything was going alright together with some other members of my clan. ''Aaaah'' i heard a scream coming from afar and i quickly ran up to it with my katana firmly in my hands. My other clan members came and we all stood there our eyes widened and hands trembling.