The unexpected daughter

Finding dad

i sat beside my mother's grave, tears running down my face in streams. my mother was very sick for the past three years. because of this i have been in charge of getting food and helping anywhere i could since i was four years old. the head of the village nelt beside me. "you can stay here and be married off when you come of age if you have no family to take you in Nina." i wiped my tears away and glared at him. i will not be married off to some stranger like other girls in the village. "im going to be leaving the village to find my father." he sighed "Nina you won't last a day outside the village, your only seven a demon will find you as a perfect meal before you even get to the next village." i stood up and dusted off my blue kimono. "then i guess you won't need to find me a husband now will you." i walked back to my mother's hut before he could say another word. who is he to think he can just choose that i will be married off in a few years. i pact a small bag with food and clothes i then grabbed the only thing my mother left me, her fan swords. they were purple just like her kimono, i looked around the hut and remembered the day i had asked about my father.

flash back

i walked up to mother while she laid in bed. "mother who was my father, and why have i not met him?" she smiled weakly "sit down my daughter and i will tell you of your father." i nodded and sat by her "your father is not a kind man but he is strong, he has eyes that seem to see the truth in everything." i saw my mothers eyes shine with adoration when she spoke of him. "he is bald but very smart, i met him long before he started the job he is in now." "mother what is his job now?" she looked at me sternly "your father is a mercenary for the band of seven. and if you ever meet them i want you to tell them strait out that you are his daughter other wise they will kill you on the spot." i was shocked to learn this but i did not mention my father again.

flashback end

I put the fan swords in a holder on my back. I left the hut and turned around and with the last look I will have of my old home I headed off into the forest to find the band of seven and my father along with them.

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It's been three days now and I have yet to find my father. "Ugh for a bunch of killers they sure are hard to find." I sat in a tree and watched the stars. "I won't give up mother I will find him." I was then grabbed out of the tree by a giant man! "WHO ARE YOU AND PUT ME DOWN!" I screamed he just gave a loud chuckle before a boy with long black hair braided down his back walked over to us. "Who are you?" I glared at him "shouldn't you tell me who you are first." He chuckled "I could just let Kyokotsu eat you." He has a point "my name is Nina and I'm looking for my father and the group he travels with." He stood there for a moment in thought. "What group is your father with?" I lifted my head in pride "my father is a member of the band of seven, now LET ME GO!" He smirked "ok then Kyokotsu bring the others I'll watch over the girl until you get back." I was then lowered to the ground and the giant Kyokotsu walked away. "Who are you?" He did not answer but smiled instead. We waited for a while till a group of six walked over. "I am the leader of the band of seven Bankotsu." I stood there shocked. "If you are the daughter to one of these men you will live but if not I will let Kyokotsu devour you whole." I nodded and walked over to the group of six scanning each one to see who matches my mothers description. One man had matched her description perfectly, I walked over to him and looked him straight in the eye. " is your name Renkotsu?" He looked at me and smirked "yes why?" I smiled "because I'm your daughter." Everyone was silent, no one even breathed. " I am not your father girl I have no children." I stared at him hurt by his words. Did my mother never tell him that he was a father? " my mother was the fan dancer Yuki, you were with her for one night." He looked at me and shook his head "I don't remember a fan dancer you must be mistaken." I was so angry I pulled out my mothers fan swords opened them and placed it against his throat.

Pic is of the fan swords but the blades on her's are retractable and her's are purple