My name is Horie... Horie Kohaku. I am a 17 year old with an unknown purpose of living in this world, even I don't have any ideas why I exist. I come from the Kohaku clan, a clan so disgusting and cruel with their weaker members that it twists my stomach upside down just by thinking of it.
This clan would only train men that looked like they have potential, and they were treating women and the weak like slaves... I am one of the victims, until I reached the age of 7, they would force me to do the duties around the house, and if I didn't obey, they would abuse me. Most of the times dad would come home, always drunk, mom would quickly tell me to hide inside the closet and he would always argue with my mother and beat her...
Once my entire family found out about me, they would mock and pity my appearances, I looked... too feminine and weak to them. The men with no potential in the clan would get slaughtered on the spot, it didn't matter if the members were adults or not, the clan only cared about one single thing, their reputation.
This cycle of filth continued without end, until I grew tired...
One day, the clan, seeing that I am of no use decided to prepare their execution tools, so I took everything I needed and ran as fast as I could, my uncle ran after me but I decided to run through the narrow paths of the forest so he won't reach me, I could feel my body trembling and my arms freezing, but there was nothing I could do, and I escaped... but before I knew, I fell unconscious...
As my eyes flickered open, I woke in an unrecognizable place, it was dark and kinda cold, and I felt presences around me... as my vision brightens, I see a pack of wolves, I slightly shiver in fear but then I have realized the animals had no bad intent...
I tried to deny it, but as time passed, I have figured it out that... these canines... they were more human than my clan could have ever been.
The beasts would always hunt on other animals and bring food, and share the meal with me.... when it was too cold, they would cover me with their fur, and for the first time, I felt... assured, happy...
But all of that happiness always ends, when I have reached the age of 11, my uncle, Jubei Kohaku, would find me and my pack from the distance, and with his rifle, he has killed every single one of the wolves, I fleed and found a small wooden shed so I went inside and hid, my heart was beating so fast I felt like dying in anticipation, and before I could think of a plan, my uncle kicked through the door and he was searching for me. I was hidden under the table, as I looked by my side, I have seen a pipe and I slowly took it in my hands, sneaked behind my uncle and hit him from behind, making him fall down, and out of anger and despair, I hit him one more time in the head, and he fell unconscious.
I thought he died, and I have realized what I have done, almost choking in my guilt. I slowly stepped back and I ran away again wherever the fate could take me to.
I was about to die again but then... an old man has found me and took me with him...
I woke up in a dark bedroom, and he was sitting across my bed, the only thing enlightening his face being a candle, he had a very soft expression... he asked me of why he found me that way, and what happened for that to happen... I explained every single thing to him, and he just nodded.
I felt kinda shy explaining all of that to him, but he understood and told me that he is going to train me and make me a samurai to be reckoned, and I felt kinda... happy. All I ever had in my mind is how I could return to my clan and make them pay for their actions, as the time of my life from there on was all wasted on vengeance and violence..
Years pass and I would grow stronger, strong in fact that I would become a myth for the villagers from Shainihebun.
3 days ago, my mentor has passed away from young age and I was given the role to rule The Unseen Court.
Today it would be the day for me to finally fulfill my vengeance against the people that have made me go through all of the pain and suffering, I will avenge both myself and the victims of the Kohaku clan...