Hitomi Reju's Return
by Yokoshimo
A story after the War in the Heavens, when Hitomi ascended and Crane won the Warpcon 2000 tournament for the Return of a Fallen Hero. Doji Reju was selected to be redeemed, but there was a certain faction who tried to make out that the Shadowlands had somehow caused the Crane victory.
A man appears on the doorway, his face burnt like ash, his hands were almost obsidian black... he walked like a brainless zombie -- struggling with his wiry, skeletal thighs as they slammed against the wooden shoji. He started to opened his mouth. Green ooze flowed from the corners... then he mumbled something.
Everyone ran. Everyone knew who he was... Doji Reju. Or to be more precise, Hitomi Reju. But rumours had spread... he had dealt with Maho...black magic...
They had not seen him for an eternity. They had judged him dead, or lost in Hitomi's shadow. They never thought about seeing him again... and never...never like this. They screamed. Screaming out of fear. They ran away, fearing the evil that may be inside the blackened man may devour them.
Only one maid stood. A courageous young woman. She rose and faced the devil by the wooden shoji. She rose alone. A graceful figure against the black zombie that decorated the entrance.
"Brother, what do you seek from us?", she asked. Her voice traced by fear and angst. She shook, but she stood firm.
Reju touched his forehead, transparent liquid oozing from it. "A bath." he answered "Those Dragon mountains are damned hot!"
And Reju becomes clean... and lives happily ever after.
A story after the War in the Heavens, when Hitomi ascended and Crane won the Warpcon 2000 tournament for the Return of a Fallen Hero. Doji Reju was selected to be redeemed, but there was a certain faction who tried to make out that the Shadowlands had somehow caused the Crane victory.
A man appears on the doorway, his face burnt like ash, his hands were almost obsidian black... he walked like a brainless zombie -- struggling with his wiry, skeletal thighs as they slammed against the wooden shoji. He started to opened his mouth. Green ooze flowed from the corners... then he mumbled something.
Everyone ran. Everyone knew who he was... Doji Reju. Or to be more precise, Hitomi Reju. But rumours had spread... he had dealt with Maho...black magic...
They had not seen him for an eternity. They had judged him dead, or lost in Hitomi's shadow. They never thought about seeing him again... and never...never like this. They screamed. Screaming out of fear. They ran away, fearing the evil that may be inside the blackened man may devour them.
Only one maid stood. A courageous young woman. She rose and faced the devil by the wooden shoji. She rose alone. A graceful figure against the black zombie that decorated the entrance.
"Brother, what do you seek from us?", she asked. Her voice traced by fear and angst. She shook, but she stood firm.
Reju touched his forehead, transparent liquid oozing from it. "A bath." he answered "Those Dragon mountains are damned hot!"
And Reju becomes clean... and lives happily ever after.