Mamoriko: [That was a shocker, you resisted it.]
Everyone would be looking at Lucy with quite the shock on their faces.
Lucy: [Well yeah it was I just felt something suddenly come over me]
Daikenji: [Well regardless it was a show of your willpower that ability couldn't affect people with large amounts. And at that moment you showed a lot I'm impressed Lucy-san]
Daikenji would bow outta respect for the young girl.
Hayanobu: [Well good job Lucy but uhh I think we should get you a new weapon.]
Megumi: [Agreed.]
Tokihana: [You know what that means!!]
The group would look at her but before she gets out the next words she's stopped.
Megumi: [Before we go to our weapon smuggler we should discuss our countermeasures for the 7 saints of salvation.]
Everyone would look at her and kinda nod, Lucy looking the most serious by far.
Megumi: [We know how they got their powers they aren't like us, their better in fact as their powers are more direct.]
Lucy: [What do you mean by that?]
Everyone would be looking at Megumi waiting for her response.
Megumi: [Well this is info that I got from a person I know just like us though she refuses to join us]
Lucy: [Wait there's more like us?]
Megumi: [Did you think this was all of us? Probably a few tourists had children with powers.]
The group looked pretty dumbfounded by this information.
Mamoriko: [Well.... Uhh any other new info... we'd like to know..]
Hayanobu and Tokihana would nod their heads agreeing with Mamoriko.
Lucy smiled as she'd have more allies.
Megumi: [Well.... We understand how the saints got their ability and we know what triggers the ability in fetuses]
Lucy: [Lay it on us!]
Megumi grinned.
Megumi: [You see around 300 years ago roughly a group of friends all from different villages who prayed to the God of this world a very small religion only around 1,000,000 members though it is the only religion besides the ones that were forgotten like Greek and North.]
Hayanobu: [Does this God have a name?]
Megumi: [This God's name is Odamakura, they created this world, apparently this God spilled Holy water unto the earth which created that pond of ours, I've always believed that whoever gets into this water would be bestowed the blessing of power but my friend informed me it's more like its choosing, when these boys got into the pond the water trapped them and dragged them under and trapped them in and forced water apparently down their throats and when they got out they had powers, apparently they heard the words "prepare them" they would then live but the villages treated them like garbage so each one of them slaughtered their villages one night and all ran away together they've been terrorizing japan ever since.]
Lucy: [That is a lot....]
Hayanobu: [Unless your friend is omniscient why exactly does she know all of this?]
Mamoriko: [Yeah why does she possess such knowledge.]
Megumi: [She met with humility his name is Hokori Kenyko, and he exchanged his information.]
Tokihana: [Why the hell would he do that!]
Megumi: [he said to prepare he did not elaborate.]
Lucy: [The prepare thing again, who is "them" wait what if them is us.]
Mamoriko: [What exactly could they prepare us for?]
Lucy: [World domination or something I don't know] She'd say clearly quite stressed by the current situation
Aiji would put a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her down.
Megumi: [Regardless I've had a chat with a saint myself.]
Daikenji for the first time this meeting would have a visible reaction.
Daikenji: [Megumi-san when exactly did this happen why so reckless?]
Megumi: [It happened after I sent you away the day you fought gratitude.]
Daikenji: [He came back!]
Megumi: [Yes he did he come back after you made him flee and I sent you to the store, I'll tell you guys about it later let's get Lucy-san a new weapon.] glancing over to Tokihana.
Tokihana would open up a portal into a secluded place in the woods of Kyoto.
As the group walked through.
Lucy: [This place is weird ass heck it's all surrounded by vines.]
Mamoriko: [Oh... this is your first time..]
Megumi would walk over and knock on the door loudly.
??: [Who is it!!]
Megumi: [Your favorite customer duh I thought you would know this Souta-san] she would say teasingly
They hear heavy footsteps come close then a tall buff man opens the door.
Souta: [Megumi, Mamoriko, Tokihana, Aiji, Hayanobu, and the strongest Daikenji, what exactly do you need, oh and who's this new girl?]
Lucy: [My name is Lucy Minami I'm a brand new member.]
Souta: [Oh the one who defeated gratitude]
He'd give a slight bow.
Lucy: [No need for the bow just treat me like normal.]
Souta: [Understood, come on in.]
As they walked in plenty of swords, axes, and bows would hang on the wall.
Lucy: [So you make all our weapons?]
Souta: [Yes, I assume you've come for one.]
Lucy: [Yes mine broke.]
Souta: [Funny joke my entire power is making perfect unbreakable weapons how did you manage that?]
Lucy: [All I did was throw it at Daikenji-sama.]
Souta: [.....Of course, that's what happened] Sadness in his voice.
Daikenji would look up whistling seeming quite embarrassed.
Souta rolls his eyes walks over the his smithing table sitting down.
Souta: [What do you want kid?]
Lucy: [I like sickles but I also want a range like Aiji-kun, I want a Kusarigama]
Aiji: [Wanna be just like me huh, good girl]
Lucy would kick Aiji in the shin and fall over.
Aiji: [uhh...]
Souta: [Well..... I'll start.]
Souta would form a hammer in his hand and an unknown substance in the other he dropped it onto his smithing table and beat it, he was gonna cold forge it he beat until he shaped the sickle. He would then grab a long piece of this substance beating it into a chain he then forged them together handing it to Lucy.
Souta: [How do you like it?]
Lucy: [Nice but how do I use this?]
Aiji: [Hmm I don't think I know.]
Souta: [Me neither.]
Daikenji: [I know how Lucy-San I can tell you.]
Lucy: [Yes please Daikenji-Sama]
Daikenji: [Well there's the chain (Kursai) and the sickle type weapon (Kama) In battle the kusari is normally swung in wide sweeping arcs to distract and entangle the opponent and the kama is used to deliver a fatal strike.]
Lucy: [That's awesome can I use the Kursai to swing on stuff.]
Souta: [Well your chain extends on that thing so yeah]
Lucy: [Awesome!!]
Daikenji: [Well actually allow me to add one more modifier please Lucy-San]
Lucy: [Sure do whatever it's Souta-San's call]
Souta: [What do you want me to add Daikenji-sama?]
Daikenji would walk me over to him.
Daikenji: [Well..]
*Later at the ice cream shop*
Storekeeper: [So how's it going?]
Lucy: [Good]
Storekeeper: [You and Mamoriko-chan are my favorite customers I'm glad you brought your friends]
Mamoriko: [Your welcome ma'am]
The storekeeper would walk away to clean off some tables.
Lucy: [Anyway tell us the story of Nusumi Megumi-chan]
Megumi: [It's been 6 years but let me tell you what I remember...]
The group would lean in.
February 1st, 2016
As of the current moment in a much different location than where Lucy first arrived, Megumi was sitting at her desk, simply enjoying a nice drink of her favorite tea. She had her feet propped up on the desk when suddenly she heard a loud bang outside at the current time only she and Daikenji were members of the strikers.
She'd rush outside, only for her to see the one we know as Nusumi.
Nusumi: [why attack me when I wasn't doing anything I simply wanted to speak with your leader] he'd say with genuine annoyance
Daikenji looks collected but slightly agitated
Daikenji: [you are one of the seven Saints of salvation as you mentioned you are the entire reason Megumi-san started the strikers in the first place so why exactly would I let you anywhere near her?]
Nusumi: [if I reveal it, it would make you only want to kill me more it's not to my advantage to speak to you, but to your boss]
Daikenji: [well then I suppose I'll have to strike you down]
As Daikenji raised his sword, he was swinging releasing a humongous amount of energy bolted directly at Nusumi he had been blasted back but had managed to halt himself.
Nusumi: [wow that was a close call man you could've killed me] he had to say with a slight grin.
Daikenji: [no way you survive my attack head-on with no damage taken either saints are.....]
Nusumi had realized this man was far too powerful for him in every way shape or form so it would be best for him if he ran away. which he did immediately runninginto the distance which he did it immediately.
Daikenji was about to chase him when he heard.
Megumi: [Let him go we don't know his abilities. It's not worth the risk to chase him.]
Daikenji would bow.
Daikenji: [Understood]
Megumi: [but can you do me a favor?]
Daikenji had been caught off guard by the sudden switch of topics and requests.
Daikenji: [Sure, what is is Megumi-san?]
Megumi: [I've been loving these new yogurts they've been putting in the shop, go get like 20 more.]
Daikenji: [Didn't you already have 20 yesterday and the day before.]
Megumi would grow flustered.
Megumi: [shut your mouth hurry up]
Daikenji would chuckle.
Daikenji: [fine but don't blame me when you gain weight those yogurts are purely sugar. You didn't even get one of the healthy ones]
Daikenji would run in the direction of the store was his superhuman speed, making it quite easy.
Megumi: [wow he's amazing huh?]
As Megumi would sit at her desk after coming back in the doors were open and she would see once more Nusumi.
Nusumi: [hello there I have something I wish to speak to you about]
Megumi would sigh
Megumi: [what exactly is this thing? Also, what is it that you were gonna do that would make him want to kill you more?]
Nusumi would chuckle.
Nusumi: [I simply wanted to test how strong the "strongest"truly was.]
He'd walk over and pull a chair in front of her desk.
Nusumi: [Ready?] he'd say taking a deep breath.
Megumi: [Sure hurry before Daikenji comes back.]
Nusumi: [You seem quite trusting, why so?]
Megumi: [I don't know intuition.]
October 15th, 1724
Nusumi Tadashi was born to a Nobel Samurai family they were the smallest of the clans but had the most money, so you'd expect someone like him to have been spoiled but it was quite the opposite.
As Nusumi would sit reading over a samurai textbook he had stolen from his father's Libary as he had nothing to do he hadn't eaten and his mother was disappointed in his performance with a sword against his brother.
As he would read he would hear footsteps as the door would open.
Father: [Nusumi why exactly have you stolen my manuals?]
Nusumi: [Otōsan forgive me I was only bored]
As he walked over, his steps halted in front of the coffee table where Nusumi had placed his manual on.
As his father would strike him directly in the face.
He would begin to cry just as his older brother would walk in.
Older brother: [Did Otōto-chan cry again, awe so sad little crybaby]
Nusumi: [(Nusumi didn't mention his brother's name) Take your brother outside and spar with him and beat him into shape)]
Older brother: [Understood]
The older brother would slightly bow and grab Nusumi by his currently brown hair dragging him into the back yard.
Older brother: [Get up you the disgrace to this family I'm gonna beat you into shape] he'd say with venom in voice.
He'd throw Nusumi and bamboo weapons as he would grab his own.
Nusumi would stand, raising his sword and getting into a weak stance.
Older brother: [pathetic actually I'm just wondering why mom and dad even have to have you?] he says not with just animosity but with disappointment with hate.
As the older brother rushed over, he hit Nusumi with a barrage of swings, each easily penetrating through Nusumi's stance, but when Nusumi fell, his brother did not stop, his brother continued to beat him, making his head bleed, nearly shattering his nose, making his eyes cry liquids you know as blood. Nusumi would try to cry out, but his brother would only stomp his head to the point where Nusumi lost consciousness as his brother dropped his sword on Nusumi's unconscious body and walked inside.
Hours later.
As Nusumi gained consciousness, he would hear a noise
??: [hey hurry up this is a noble samurai family. If they catch us around here they'll surely behead us]
??: [sorry but it's kinda hard jumping over such a humongous fence]
As the group of nearly 6 hopped over, they saw poor Nusumi who had just stood up.
??: [Yo are you ok?]
Author note: "Hello my wonderful readers I would just like to say Nusumi did not give the details of his teammates. These people are indeed the members of the seven saints of salvation, but I will give y'all these details as this is what he did mention"
(1) humility, (Hokori)
(2) charity, (girl)
(3) chastity, (girl)
(4) gratitude, (boy)
(5) temperance, (boy)
(6) patience, (boy)
(7) diligence. (boy)
Chasity: [yeah seriously are you OK?]
Nusumi would walk over to them.
Nusumi: [well my brother just nearly beat me half to death in our spying session]
Patience: [wait a second this kid must be the son of the Lord of this place]
Nusumi: [no need to worry they don't care about me anyway, you guys could probably kill me right now and they won't even bat an eye]
Temperance: [hmm well all of our families are kind of bad as well, so that's why we all ran away. All of us are from different villages in one day we met up in the woods in between them. you can come to hang out with us if you want.]
Nusumi's eyes would light up full of joy.
Nusumi: [yeah of course I wanna join you guys let's go!]
Diligence: [It's wise of you to]
As The new group of seven with a hop over the fence, they ventured outside of Nusumi's village into the woods they had just mentioned earlier they would go to a spot in the middle that the children had already made before there was a mini shelter that had been put together. It was surprisingly constructed well.
Patience: [this is the place me and (redacted=chasity) managed to build]
Nusumi: [Nice.]
It was already quite late, and there were mini pallets that the children were laid on in the morning when they had woken up. The children would go out and do many things they would fish, and they would attempt to hunt rabbits, but the rabbits would always get away overall they had an amazing time until it was around the middle of the day.
Nusumi: [I've had fun, but I must go back to my family]
Chasity: [why you said you didn't like them]
Nusumi: [yeah but I don't know that's just something in me. I don't know what but I have to go back.]
Diligence: [well you're gonna regret it, but if that's what you must do go do it we will be waiting here for your return]
Nusumi nodded and smiled as he ran off arriving back to his village rather quickly, he would've arrived at his estate, opening the door to which his mother brother, and father all were sitting at the dinner table.
Mother: [you're not worthy of being my son, Watashi no kao ni kizu wo tsukeru na.]
Nusumi: [but don't you guys miss me even a little bit?]
Father: [of course not you've always been a disgrace to this family]
Nusumi Even though he already knew they thought as much was still hurt by these words, they had never been this direct.
Nusumi: [....]
Brother: [Father I will take him to the woods nearby and discipline him.]
Father would simply nod coldly turning his head.
The brother would grab Nusumi bringing him to the woods into the exact location where Nusumi's friends were, there was a pond that mysteriously spawned 200 years back it was said that it caused the earthquake.
Brother: [are you ready brother this will be your last time here do you have any final words?]
Nusumi would simply lower his head accepting his death.
The brother plunged Nusumi's head into the water at first, he was drowning, but he also felt a strange warmth suddenly
Humility: [get off of him.]
As Nusumi would feel his brother's weight shift from him but now into the pond Nusumi felt as if he would fall too, but he was pulled up by Chasity.
Chasity: [are you OK?]
Nusumi: [I wish I was, but my brother tried to kill me]
As Nusumi looked over, he would see a mix of diligence, humility, and temperance all drowning his brother in the water unlike what you would expect from a child he stood there, with no emotion on his face as he heard his brother take his last gargle.
Nusumi: [Let's go for a swim.]
His group of friends would look at him as if he was crazy, which at this point he was, but they would all agree as they would walk over his brother, deceased body swimming in the pond, as suddenly the pond with a glow as water would come up and scuff down their throats.
They closed their eyes, the natural response, and when they reopened them, a gold figure stood in front of them who simply said
Figure: [prepare]
After this, all of them had gained abilities and they used said abilities to slaughter the seven villages in which they had been brought up in.
Present day
The entire group had a dull look on their face.
Lucy: [.....]
Aiji: [.....]
Mamoriko: [....]
Lucy: [Now I feel worse but better for being responsible for his death...]
Megumi: [Why so?]
Lucy: [he was a neglected child and abused child his mind was broken. He couldn't help it.]
Lucy appeared to be tearing up while saying this as Mamoriko and Aiji placed their hands on each side of her shoulders.
Mamoriko: [It'll be ok he killed lots of people and that's not justified]
Lucy: [we still don't know what that prepare thing means what if that told him to kill people?]
Aiji: [it certainly is possible.]
Lucy: [what do you think? Megumi-san?]
She would say this as she turned her head Megumi would it be getting her ear aggressively pulled by Daikenji?
Daikenji: [that was very dangerous. What if he killed you while I was away?]
Megumi: [I'm sorry I'm sorry I won't do it again.] she'd say.
Daikenji: [whatever.]
He released her ear.
Megumi: [well Lucy I do agree that it's completely possible but we don't know and he left out the door before I could even get any words out. I think we should go meet up with my friend. Maybe she knows more and then after we can go hunt down some more Saints sounds like a plan?]
Everyone would nod as they all got up and walked outta the shop.
Shopkeeper: [kids and their imagination.]
As suddenly her head would burst.
??: [that's a troubling amount of information about us unfortunately I can't let you live after hearing all that so I simply ordered your head to explode.]
More notes:
Otōsan (お父さん)
Meaning: Father
Tone: Respectful
Otōto-chan (弟ちゃん)
Meaning: Little brother
Tone: Affectionate or mocking (depends on context)
Watashi no kao ni kizu wo tsukeru na (私の顔に傷をつけるな)
Meaning: Don't disgrace me / Don't shame me
Tone: Angry, controlling