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by Skallagrim on Thu May 08, 2008 11:55 pm
Jiro Okawara sat as quietly, legs crossed, his hands resting lightly on his knees. The sounds of nature flowed to him, around him, into him. The merest ruffle caused by the gentle wind brought to an echo of life, sounds and more importantly information.
The silk hitatare, a rich blue color, billowed as the wind caressed his lean frame. His hair, wisped in the wind as the topknot held the rich blue-black hair in place, the few strands that flowed as the winds lifted them, seemed as in place upon his angular features as the swords that lay on the ground before him.
Jiro his eyes closed as his senses flowed out and embraced the world around him, becoming still and silent, his every breath seemed to coincide with the gentle rush of breezes that swirled around his form.
As the gentle gusts touched his flesh, Jiro focused on the wind, he was the wind, his mind unfettered as he contemplated the significance of the wind. As he did so, a sound, a brief rustle of cloth, a whisper of bark contacting flesh, a creak of wood. Opening the honey-brown eye, Jiro sat silently and waited. The answer would come soon enough, the source of the movement, would reveal the cause for it. The face, calm and smooth, betrayed nothing as the man known as Jiro simply waited.
Then it came, a burst of speed, a slash and blood. Cries and wails arose, yet Jiro remained still, the breeze carried all this to him. Crimson drops touched green; the faces of those who faced the horror that had descend upon them twisted in fear. Exhaling slowly, evenly, Jiro allowed the wind to continue the story. A Bakemono had made it’s presence known, indeed as had many other Yokai that had made the same mistake, this creature would be hunted and destroyed.
Closing his eyes again, Jiro began meditating to Izanagi, the senses of Jiro seemed to extend beyond normal, it was as if he were an apparition as he rose from his seated position and began walking along the winds towards the source of the disturbance. Before long, Jiro stood and watched the Bakemono slay the helpless, a sight that made Jiro lower his head in embarrassment as it seemed the vile creature had been once a Samurai.
Raising his head once again, Jiro simply stepped around the bodies, watching the creature as it moved, as it wield it’s swords of death. A grim line set along his lips, the honey-brown eyes bore into the demon, merely watching, merely watching.
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