YURI:IS THIS THE END?

PROULOUGE

        I am sitting on a wooden chair at a yatai(food stall) near my house or more likely...castle? I guess you can call it that .Apparently, I am descended from a king who is my ancestor. But, I don't consider myself as a princess .Furthermore ,my family doesn't rule Japan. In addition, my father is not a king. I can say that my lineage is wealthy that's why I'm living in a castle looking house.Unfortunately, I live there without my father because he sadly died years ago when I was only 3 years old. He died while serving in the military. Because of him, I find myself practicing sword fighting everyday. I started learning 4 years ago where I was only 15 years old. The thought of protecting people gives me dopamine. Anyways, back to the yatai I ordered my favourite meal there which is their ramen. Then, the sutoruhoruda(stall holder) hands me the ramen bowl 2 minutes later. I thank her and start enjoying my meal. After a while, I hear a woman's voice screaming "TASUKETE!!(HELP ME!!)" I completely forget about my ramen and start running towards that voice.There, I see a man strangling her. I hit the man's hand off of her and hold him in a position where I look like I'm handcuffing him.Thankfully, the woman's fine. One of the guards who works for my mom comes towards me and the man as expected.My mom always "secretly" sent a guard to look out for me from far away when I'm outside on my own. His(the guard) name's Kenji. Kenji immediately take the man away from me. He's(Kenji) taking him somewhere.The woman thanks me for saving her.I give her a smile."What's your name?" she asks me."Yuri..Yuri Amaterasu" I tell her."Thanks Yuri" "happy to help".I have a bunch of questions to ask her for instance "who is that man and why was he strangling you?" but I'm an introvert. 

CHAPTER ONE

      It's 8 a.m and I'm at my training spot which is known as my house's backyard with my sensei(teacher).Our backyard's large it even has a river beside it.There are plenty of sakura trees here.You can also find a hut here.The river is decorated with stones that you can walk on,lily pads and water lily.In fact my first name means Lily.My sensei's name is Haru.He's teaching me some defence moves using my katana."Woah, you're getting better and better every time Yuri" he says."I couldn't have done it without you.Since my mom hires you to become my personal trainer,you've been helping me so much.It'll hurt to see you leave soon" I say.For context,he's retiring and moving to China soon.Rather than a teacher he feels like a friend to me.He makes me feel comfortable enough to share almost anything I want to him.He's like my best friend.Being homeschooled does makes me feel lonely sometimes.I almost cried when I heard that he will be moving to China with his family soon.However, I know that moving there is a dream come true for him that's why I held back the tears. I wonder who'll be my future coach.I'm kind of hoping for a female coach this time.Why you may ask?It's a silly reason.I need someone to help me fix my hair after training.Mr.Haru is not good at that but he's not alone I'm not good at that myself which is..well.. embarrassing.Atleast in my opinion.I have a long black hair it reaches all the way to below my waist.I can take care of it properly though.So,as long as it's not damaged I don't want to cut it.I take it as one of my charms.After training,I hear my mom calling me to come eat breakfast.I rush to the dining room with Mr.Haru.Once I got there I see my mom sitting beside the kotatsu all warmed up.It's always pretty chilly in the morning here.Plus,my mom is sensitive to cold weather.Unlike her,I'm doing just fine."Please,help yourself Mr.Haru you're welcomed to join us.I made sure the chef cooked extra just for you.Yuri told me that you like tamagoyaki(rolled omellet)" says my mom "Aww..that's very sweet of you Mrs.Ayaka.Thank you" .We have a nice meal together.

A few minutes later...

     "Alright Yuri,make sure you remember those moves and as I said before only use your skills for self defence or protection and not for evil understand?" says Mr.Haru."Ofcourse I've memorized what you said already" I reply "That's the point" he say with a grin and leave the house.As soon as he left,I gather my books and start studying 'I should probably start with Bahasa Melayu first since I left it unfinished last night' I've been studying Bahasa Melayu on my own because it's hard to find a tutor for that subject here.I chose this particular language because my mother is half Malaysian and so am I.I wish I could visit Malaysia someday.Ahh..would I be married by then? Will I have a child at that time? Who would be my husband? How old will I be? Or will I visit it by myself?. Thinking about it is so thrilling.Anyways,I have a lot of work to do before my mom gets angry at me.