I Am The Sword Saint

0|Reincarnation

[Unknown Location]

Currently, in an unknown location sat a man in a cross legged position as he was lost in a thought, the man was naked, showing off his well refined body and scars from battling against many types of weapons. Surrounding him was pure whiteness for miles to come, the man sighs as he spoke to himself since he had no one to talk to.

Man: (sighs) "How pitiful my life was..."

He continued as he looked back on his life, reflecting his decisions, actions and choices.

Man: "If only I had not discarded my name..."

He was nameless, he was a person who discarded his very own name in pursuit of something.

Man: "If only I had stayed... If only I had not left my family..."

He abandoned his family, he discarded his name and abandoned his origin in pursuit of something.

Man: "If only I had picked a different path... If only I had not picked up the sword..."

He abandoned his family and discarded his name for what? His pursuit for the sword. He was someone who lived by the sword.

Man: "If only... Oh, if only I had met you in my youth...!"

Who was it that he had met? Was it his best friend? Lover? Mentor? No one knows except for the man himself.

Man: "But... Would my fate still change...? If I had met you in my youth... If you had shown me that there was more to my life other than my pursuit for the sword... Would my future still be the same...?"

He questioned, if he had met that someone in his youth or teens, would his fate still be the same? Would he still discard and abandon his name and family for pursuing the way of the sword?

Man: "Or would my fate still be the same...? Will I abandon you, like what I had done to my family...? Abandon you, who chose to show me that there was more to life other than my pursuit for the sword...?"

The sight was pitiful, the man stayed in his position as he continued to talk to himself about his regrets, he was someone who had many regrets. He was someone had made many choices that he wished he had not made.

Man: "..."

The man kept silent for a few minutes, before he fell on his back. Looking up, to the seemingly never ending white sky, the man spoke once more. This time not about his regrets... But his decision to let go and his final wish.

Man: "But... What is the point in looking back at what I had chosen in the past...? There is none, for I had already died once... But... If there is that thing they call reincarnation... I do wish to reincarnate once again... Not to redo everything... Instead, I wish to start a new... I wish... To live the life she had told me..."

With that, the man fell into an eternal slumber. Before the man fell to his slumber, he had wished to reincarnate. Not to redo everything, but to live the life 'she' had told him.

Then without any warning flashed a bright golden light that began to engulf the seemingly endless whiteness. All while his surroundings were being engulfed by the golden light, the man did not wake up, even after the golden light had engulfed everything around him including him.

[Japan, Kuoh Town]

Early in the morning, at the Town of Kuoh...