Sun Touched Embers

Chapter 1: Nighttime Attack

(Taki's point of view)
The moment we got back to the house after a long day of selling charcoal to the residents of the nearby town, Nezuko, Takeo and I saw a man with slitted red eyes standing outside focusing on our parents and siblings. "Crap! This person is a demon!", I thought. l grabbed the hatchet from Takeo and darted forward to defend our family from the demonized man. "Nezuko, go get our family's sword from where it's laying! It's the only way we'll be able to drive this demonized person off!", I said. "So you can see what I am.", the man said as Nezuko ran to the back of the house to grab our family's sword from the shrine. After she came back to the front of the house with the sheathed sword in her hands, I took it from her and handed the hatchet back to Takeo. "That sword! It can't be!", the man said with a bit of fear in his voice. "If you seriously think I'm going to let you kill my family, you better think again!", I shouted as I pulled out the sword and tossed its sheath aside. "So be it.", he replied. After at least twelve minutes of battling, he grabbed me by my neck and lifted me up off the snowy ground with his right hand. I dropped the sword to the snowy ground and placed my fingers around his hand. "Flame Breathing First Form: Unknowing Fire!", another voice suddenly said and I dropped back down to the snowy ground. I then looked up to see a swordsman standing in front of me. "Are you alright?", he asked as he looked down at me. "Yes.", I calmly answered as I grabbed the sword and stood up. After another several minutes, the person retreated into the night and I turned to the swordsman.