Murder was not a problem for me. Enemy NPCs did not matter. They seemed like they both had some nice gear on them, but it was probably not the best quality. There was a big feeling of accomplishment coming from Keisuke when we killed them. He was able to loot the bodies. I was not in the mood for that. "Look at that spear! I'd never be able to afford them on my villages coin." he said. "Then take it." I told him. Keisuke took it and was happy. The trip was fine until we got a few days in. That was when we found that the Akaime Clan had more members willing to track us down. It was an assassin. We had to kill her too. Keisuke felt really conflicted to hurt a woman. That was not something I shared. We knew better than to stay in the same area. We had to leave the inn we had been staying in. "How much longer is it to your village?" I asked. He looked concerned. "At the way we're going, it'll be another..." he trailed off as he rubbed the back of his head. I just looked at him. "How long did it take to get here!?" I asked. "Another week or so?" he answered. That was a concern for me.
In order to escape the heat from being openly on the roads, we decided to go into the forest. It would take longer, but it would let the animosity from the Akaime Clan die down some. As we made our way through the trees, we heard some grunting. "Tell us the code, slut!" a man said. "Never!" was the defiant response we heard coming from a few feet away. We could not see them past the thick trunks of the trees and low canopies of the branches. It was high time to get the hell out of there. Nothing we could gain would be worth the risk. Both Keisuke and I turned around to leave, but it was too late. I stepped on a twig, and it alerted the ninja in the area to our presence in a big way. He glared at me. I could only silently apologize as a trio of ninjas surrounded us. "Looks like you 2 are in the wrong place at the wrong time." one of them said before they all attacked. They were level 7. We were able to kill them. Keisuke got some good use out of the spear he pilfered from the corpse. Louder grunting was still going on. I tilted my head that way. Keisuke nodded and we went over there together.
Neither of us were pleased to see what we were seeing. Behind the bushes, we saw 3 ninjas were being shover around. 2 that looked identical were being pushed hard against a thick tree and were being raped. A younger boy was being held down. He was forced to watch. "Goro! Rokuro!" he called out to them. One of the brother's had a gag in his mouth. The other one was the one that was grunting so loud. "Don't worry Juro! It's okay! We're going to be fine! Rokuro and I aren't going to give up the code." he said desperately between thrusts of the man yanking on his ponytail. The gagged twin could only nod as he got his pounding. "You brats think you can ride it out, but what will we do when we go for little Juro next?" the man with Goro said mockingly. All 3 tried to struggle, but it was futile. They were not going to be freed unless their captured let them go. Or we rescued them. It seemed that they were too busy with them to notice their comrades were dead. "Let's go." I whispered to Keisuke. He agreed. We went out and were able to get a sneak attack on the ones holding Juro down.
