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- He is a Karasu Ronin
Shinjirou has always been a talented swordsman that has far exceeded anyone's high expectations. One day, he ran into trouble with an ominous stranger that heard a lot of rumors about Shinjirou being the strongest swordsman around and wanted to test their skills by challenging him. Shinjirou wasn't much of a person that liked looking for trouble or to fight without reason, but when meeting the stranger, he had no choice but to accept because they attacked suddenly, which forced him to battle. In the end, it was a very close fight, but Shinjirou had lost, nearly dying in the process. During the battle, Shinjirou had left a big scar across the stranger's back as a last hope of winning the fight, but in the end lost anyways, but never the less they fought a good fight.
Before Shinjirou lost consciousness from the blood loss as he falls to the ground, the stranger appeared from behind him to catch him from falling, as he covers Shinjirou's eyes with their hands and whispers into his ear, " You were indeed a worthy opponent and have earned my respect but I'm not done playing with you yet, so I shall leave behind my mark with you until we meet again. Become stronger, learn to hate me, and come after me." As the stranger chuckles and Shinjirou finally became unconscious as he hears the stranger's last words, the stranger places Shinjirou peacefully on the floor and takes their leave.
Soon after, someone found Shinijrou unconscious on the ground, bleeding out and decided to take him in to recover. When Shinjirou finally woke it had been 3 days since his fight with the stranger. As the owner of the home that Shinjirou was recovering at began to talk to him, he asked him what is with the weird marking around his right eye. Shinjirou was clueless about what he was talking about and asked him, " What marking? I don't have a marking around my eye." So the owner asked his wife to please get Shinjirou a mirror to see what he is talking about, and as the wife gave him the mirror she had said, " Yes it was quite surprising to us as well, after we had treated your injures suddenly that marking on your face had appeared before us. We have no clue what was going on with you before we had found you, so we figured we should ask you when you have finally woken up. It appears though that you yourself does not know why though."
As Shinjirou looks at himself through the mirror, he was indeed surprised and was speechless for a few seconds, but came to accept that now he has a strange marking on him and knew what he has to clearly do from now on, and that was to search for that stranger. He had explained his story to the owner and his wife and thanked them for their hospitality. They were quite shocked about the story but came to accept it and hoped that everything will work out towards the end. They also said they didn't mind helping and that if he wanted to stay over a bit to recover a bit longer, then he is more welcomed to if he wants to. Shinjirou kindly accepts their offer and helps them out a little with meals, chores and playing with their kids. He had enjoyed his stay with them, but after 2 days had passed Shinjirou decided that he must take his leave and start his long journey. They wished him a fair well, best of luck and provided him some essential necessities such as food, clothes, etc. as he takes off. Shinjirou after all didn't really have a place to live and just slept where ever he wanted, so he though of the owner, his wife and kids sorta as a family. Shinjirou may not know how the stranger exactly looks because as they fought, the stranger was cloaked but its okay, but he will surely know who the stranger is when he feels that same presence he felt that night, along with the big scar that he left on the person too.
- He is a Karasu Ronin
Shinjirou has always been a talented swordsman that has far exceeded anyone's high expectations. One day, he ran into trouble with an ominous stranger that heard a lot of rumors about Shinjirou being the strongest swordsman around and wanted to test their skills by challenging him. Shinjirou wasn't much of a person that liked looking for trouble or to fight without reason, but when meeting the stranger, he had no choice but to accept because they attacked suddenly, which forced him to battle. In the end, it was a very close fight, but Shinjirou had lost, nearly dying in the process. During the battle, Shinjirou had left a big scar across the stranger's back as a last hope of winning the fight, but in the end lost anyways, but never the less they fought a good fight.
Before Shinjirou lost consciousness from the blood loss as he falls to the ground, the stranger appeared from behind him to catch him from falling, as he covers Shinjirou's eyes with their hands and whispers into his ear, " You were indeed a worthy opponent and have earned my respect but I'm not done playing with you yet, so I shall leave behind my mark with you until we meet again. Become stronger, learn to hate me, and come after me." As the stranger chuckles and Shinjirou finally became unconscious as he hears the stranger's last words, the stranger places Shinjirou peacefully on the floor and takes their leave.
Soon after, someone found Shinijrou unconscious on the ground, bleeding out and decided to take him in to recover. When Shinjirou finally woke it had been 3 days since his fight with the stranger. As the owner of the home that Shinjirou was recovering at began to talk to him, he asked him what is with the weird marking around his right eye. Shinjirou was clueless about what he was talking about and asked him, " What marking? I don't have a marking around my eye." So the owner asked his wife to please get Shinjirou a mirror to see what he is talking about, and as the wife gave him the mirror she had said, " Yes it was quite surprising to us as well, after we had treated your injures suddenly that marking on your face had appeared before us. We have no clue what was going on with you before we had found you, so we figured we should ask you when you have finally woken up. It appears though that you yourself does not know why though."
As Shinjirou looks at himself through the mirror, he was indeed surprised and was speechless for a few seconds, but came to accept that now he has a strange marking on him and knew what he has to clearly do from now on, and that was to search for that stranger. He had explained his story to the owner and his wife and thanked them for their hospitality. They were quite shocked about the story but came to accept it and hoped that everything will work out towards the end. They also said they didn't mind helping and that if he wanted to stay over a bit to recover a bit longer, then he is more welcomed to if he wants to. Shinjirou kindly accepts their offer and helps them out a little with meals, chores and playing with their kids. He had enjoyed his stay with them, but after 2 days had passed Shinjirou decided that he must take his leave and start his long journey. They wished him a fair well, best of luck and provided him some essential necessities such as food, clothes, etc. as he takes off. Shinjirou after all didn't really have a place to live and just slept where ever he wanted, so he though of the owner, his wife and kids sorta as a family. Shinjirou may not know how the stranger exactly looks because as they fought, the stranger was cloaked but its okay, but he will surely know who the stranger is when he feels that same presence he felt that night, along with the big scar that he left on the person too.