A Shogun's Fall

Chapter 3: Respite

Shortly after their defeat. The Renaisian soldiers continued to run away, their main base was destroyed and even most of their weapons -the Magi-Armor- were destroyed by the Shogun, even now they continue to run away from their hunters, the Samurai hunts them down relentlessly killing one soldier to the next, others fought back but were surrounded and were slaughtered, even now. The Renaisians continued to run while the Samurai continued to chase. Hunting them down on their own turf, there were other bases that the Renaisians used but were overwhelmed by the forces of the Samurai. The only one left leading them was Captain Livia and she struggles to keep the others safe. Right now, she along with a handful of soldiers were crossing a forest deep in the south of Narukami island.

'Damn it... Colonel Luna is dead... Most of our forces are dead... What are we going to do...?' She thought to herself while looking over at her men who were marching off. There was only one Magi-armor left in their pocket and it may hold them back but unfortunately, machines needed the energy to work and the energy from the Magi-Armor is running out.

Captain Livia knows this and had no choice but to destroy the Magi-Armor. As soon as they were safe from the Samurai, Captain Livia took what remained of the armor's energy core and destroyed the rest. "May the souls of our dead rest within this armor..." She said as she gave a toast to those who had fallen in combat.

"Captain, the men are ready to move. Just say the word." Reported one soldier who saw what the captain did to the Magi-armor.

"We move out, private... Find us a ship and retreat, these people aren't going to arrest us but kill us... Besides, we need to have at least need one person to live and report everything to the higher-ups. The power that we had witnessed with the Archon of Electro... It was a terrifying sight..."

"Of course, Ma'am."

After that, the Renaisian soldiers moved after a short respite. As they moved to the southernmost part of the island, the Samurai continued to hunt them all down. Their weapons were bloody, and screams and pain from both sides as they tried to recover from a wound, both severe and mild.

As for Colonel Kaiden Luna. Shortly after the battle, he was taken captive and was considered a prisoner of war. Right now, he was taken into the Kamisato estate. When the servants saw the white-colored horse from the patriarch, they knew right away to open the doors to the estate, and they did. One of the maids rushed through the whole corridor to inform the son and daughter of Kotaro. Knocking on the other side, the maid opened the paper-thinned door of Kotaro's son. Kamisato Ayato.

"Ayato-sama. Your father has returned." The maid said.

As soon as he heard the news. Kamisato Ayato was speechless, his eyes widen in shock as he rushed out of the room wanting to see his father soon as possible. While he runs, he saw his younger sister also running.

"Onii-sama, did you hear...?" Asked Ayaka.

"Yes... Father's here."

The two were excited and relieved to hear that their father had survived the war between Inazuma and the Empire of Renais. As soon as they heard footsteps, they saw the silhouette of their father but saw something peculiar. Opening the sliding doors, the first thing the siblings saw was their father and also the unconscious body of the Colonel.

"Father...?" Both asked in unison. They couldn't find the words to say after what they saw.

"Father, who is that?" Ayato asked.

"A guest," Kotaro answered. "Help me get him into the medical room, Ayaka. Be a dear and heal up his wounds."

"Yes, father."

With help from his son. Kotaro and Ayato then placed the unconscious body of the colonel into one of the rooms. The room had many futons set, putting him at one of the closest futons to the door. Ayaka then tended to his wounds. First was to wipe off the blood from his forehead, then sewn the wounds that had opened up. There was moaning and groaning from the Colonel but Ayaka had to ignore them and continued on with her task, after a few short minutes and many annoying groans and moans, Ayaka was finished patching him up and closing the colonel's wounds. After that, Ayaka went to the dining room to announce that she had finished.