Sunlight through water (Wammu)

"My clothes!" You snapped up from skinning a rabbit! You'd completely forgotten about it! Putting your knife down you flew to the door of your small little hut, "Tomoe! Ravenger!" You let out a high pitch whistle for your two companions. Above you, the sound of large wings flapping and the clawed paws digging into the dirt let you know they were quickly gaining up on you.

You couldn't believe you'd forgotten about your clothing down by the river like that! It was getting dark meaning the vampires would be here soon and you would not let your furs get destroyed like that!

Jumping onto Tomoe's back the giant Wolf picked up speed as your red-tailed hawk flew silently behind you.

By the time you reached the stream the sun had already set, "good thing I left my basket" you sighed and started collecting all of your stray clothes, some were scattered about, most likely from the wind, "wait.... where my belt?" You looked around the bank but couldn't find it, did the river wash it away? It was getting darker by the second and you didn't bring your torch with you. Stepping into the river you touched around the bottom until your finger came across something firm and hard, "there it is!" Pulling your belt out of the water you turned back to your village only to see that it was currently on fire.

"What the" you could see figures emerge from the forest, leaping and jumping like humanoid tics or fleas, judging by their stilettos it must have been an arm of vampires! "Tomoe let's go!" Leaving your clothing behind you sat on the growing wolf's back as he took off again to towards village, "why aren't they fighting back?" You wondered if your tribe was full of Hamon users! So where were they?!

The moment you set foot in your village a vampire lunged at you Ravenger, dived and sunk its talons into its neck while you decapitated it with a small short blade you kept on your hip. Grabbing a nearby spear you immediately started slashing through vampires like a hot blade through the ice.

"Kanna!" You yelled out for your friend, he was a dutiful hamon user! So where the hell was he?!

Ravenger lifted another vampire off an unarmed child as you sent a burst of Hamon through its chest, turning it to dust.

"Go hide" you pushed him off towards a small gathering of women and men who'd managed to take up arms," Tomoe! Fine Kanna!" You yelled, cutting the hand off a female vampire.

Tomoe started sniffing around, looking for Kanna until he came across the banquet hall. Tomoe let out a howl, catching your attention, "did you find th- KANNA!" blood, there was so much blood! The food and goblets on the tables had been knocked over and covered in bile," were they poisoned?!" You shifted one of the guards over, Pona was his name. You could see puke running down his mouth and his pupils were blown wide," who the hell did this?"

Looking over the visible faces you noticed that they were all healthy young men. Young men who were learning how to use hamon and defend to the tribe, young men who had been deceived and murdered.

"___! Oh, thank- NO!" Klee, one of the many mothers of the village had come crashing into the banquet hall and screamed once she saw Kanna, her oldest son, dead on the ground," My baby!" She wailed, trying to reach out to him, but you stopped her before she could.

"You need to go, your daughters need you more than ever right now," yous stood in front of his body and forced the older woman to look you in the eyes, "I'll be sure to keep their bodies safe, you need to go, now!" You could sense a powerful presence coming. Pushing Klee out of the banquet hall you continued hacking and slashing away at any and every vampire you came across.

Behind you, the woman and children had been loaded up and were currently being taken away by cart and horseback to a secret safe spot.

"___!" Moore yelled, cleaving a vampire in half with his broad sword," what happened?" He and a few other Hamon users were clearing out the horde of undead people.

"Poison, the banquet halls meals had been poisoned and Kanna was murdered," you allowed yourself a short moment to grief over the loss of so many men, some of them weren't even 15 yet, "I can't imagine who would do such a thing!"

"You know what? This afternoon I saw the chief's right hand leave on his mule with several bags on its sides" Tori said, pulling her hair into a ponytail," I asked him where he was going and he said 'I'm going to the city to trade my goods' but he never told me what he was trading"

No one said anything.

Monty was an old bastard of a man, he was snobby and rude to just about everyone so you'd never actually had a real conversation with him. If Tori was hinting at what you thought she was then-

"I'll spill his guts" you hissed, if you found out the had betrayed his clan for a pouch of gems and gold then you would personally hunt him down and hang him by the testicles, "I will clean up here, you can protect the rest of the tribe" you wrapped the belt you'd shoved down your shirt around your hand.

"Stay safe then,__" and they left, they would protect the rest of the tribe until the sun came up.

"Tomoe, find" you tore off a coat from a nearby hanger you knew Monty wore often. The gold-eyed wolf took a deep sniff and howled, taking off, waiting for you at the edge of the village. You kept a nice pace behind the wolf as it led you closer to the mountain. The closer you got the more undead you came across," that son of a bitch" your grip on your hamon-infused spear tightened as blood rained down on you from the four vampires you decapitated. If Monty had been killed then Tomoe wouldn't still be going higher up near the mountain,you would have found his corps by now.

It did take long for the forest to give way to a clearing. The mountains surrounding your village loomed ominously as Tomoe came to  a stop,barking and snarling.

"MONTY!" you could see the bastard trying to get his mule's foot out from under a rock.

"___?! What are you doing here?! It's dangerous!" The old wrinkly ass yelled back, pretending to care.

"Traitor!" You lunged with your spear, ready to tear him limb from limb when a powerful gust of wind knocked you several feet back.

"It seems you will not get getting out of this unscathed," a deep voice said, somewhere higher up on the mountain a man stood,his fists by his side with a blank look on his face.

"Pillarman" you hissed, you knew of him and his friends, they'd been known to wipe out entire villages in their hunt for something. You didn't know what they were looking for but it didn't matter, you had a traitor to kill.

He jumped from his spot and lifted the rock holding the mule's foot down, "go" Monty didn't hesitate in fleeing.

"Monty you bastard! Get back here!" You  yelled,climbing back to your feet.

The blond-haired man turned around sent another powerful gale of sand inflicting wind toward you but you were ready.

"Ravenger! Go hunting!" You sent your hawk off in pursuit of the traitor.

The massive man aimed one arm at you and the other at your hawk,a mistake on his part. Charging you popped the water-filled container over you and Tomoe's head and sent a thin layer over Hamon over his fur. Flanking him on either side you slashed his arm while Tomoe bit into his leg making his leg buckle.

"Just what are you bastards looking for?"

"That is none of your concern!" He reached to grab you but you slid between his hand. You were still too close to him and he used his sandstorm twister to try and tear you to shreds!,"Iv never seen a Hamon warrior who uses Hamon through an animal like this," he  was impressed, he'd seen countless hamon warriors uses water and clothing to their advantage but never animals!

"The traitor needs to face his punishment!"

"I understand your anger, young warrior," he ducked your spear's thrust and  used his fist, swirling with the wind to suckered punch you right in the sides. You could feel your ribs crack but it  was worth it,you had the blond hair man right where you wanted him!

"Imposter triangle!" Between you,Tomoe and Wammu, Hamon bounced between you three. This was a move specifically created to box in vampires, and with the metal sticking out of his nose and other body parts,Wammu was the perfect conductor! The Hamon tore a massive hole in his body, splitting him in half.

You fell  to your knees, wheezing from the cracked ribs and damage you'd taken.

"Interesting, Iv never felt an attack like that before," you gasped and turned around,the pillarmen was quickly pulling himself back together, seemingly unphased,"I can still feel your Hamon ripple throughout my body, had you been a more experienced warrior, that actually might have done some damage"

Shit! He was starting to, quit literally,pull himself together!

"Tomoe!" You jumped on your Dire Wolfs back,"Go find the traitor!" The massive dog howled and was responded with a loud shriek that belonged to ravenger. Above the tree line you could see her redtailed feathers gleam,"there he is Tomoe!" By now the pillarman was nothing more than a spot in the distance but then you saw him get up and his spot was quickly becoming colorful figure!

'How the hell is he so fast!?' You patted Tomoe on his neck,"good job Moe,your almost there"

"I will not allow you to kill him"

"!?" When did he get so close!? He was keeping up with Tomoe like it was nothing!

He tackled both you and Tomoe over,sending both of you tumbling down the
Mountain side.

"You bastard!" You grit out,at the rate you were both falling there was no way that you be able to catch the traitor! When you finally stopped falling via tree trunk Tomoe whimper and whined,"you ok boy? Nothing broken?" You grunted and rolled over on your side.

Tomoe stood up on shaky legs but seemed ok for the most part,he licked and nugged your face,trying to help you up,"thats my good boy" you winced in pain,holding on your ribs. That fall definitely didn't help your condition. Somewhere in the surrounding thicket of pine trees you heard the crunch of a twig snapping. Tomoe started growling,was that man still after you?! But something didn't seem right,from what you could tell the blue haired man was a seasoned warrior,he valued honor and skill above all else so it was safe to assume that he was also a skilled hunter;So why would a potential skill hunter like him make such a amateur mistake?

No hunter worth a lick of salt would ever make such a loud racket! So the question is,what was the pillarman planning? We he trying to sneak up on you? That wouldn't make sense though if he was right in front of you,hidden in the shadows then why make that sound? Unless-

You felt a cold presence behind you-

"SHIT!" There were two of them! You weren't able to doge the massive body in time. The vampire easily pinned you to the ground with just leg,he knocked the wind out of you,which was a death sentence to any Hamon user.

"Is this the tyke you were have trouble with? Wamuu?" A new voice asked. You struggled under his weight and His leg started crushing you as a warning,"call off your puppy,its barks are getting on my nerves"

You made the sign to 'stalk pray' but Tomoe looked at you with his big yellow eyes,clearly not wanting to leave. You made the sign again,this time with more aggression and the Dire wolf ran back up hill.

You dropped your hand into the soft,pine covered ground. The one you had previously fought emerged from the shadows,"Master,apologizes for making you wait"

"I figured you'd found another oppent, tell me,did this little tyke entertain you?" You hated that condescending tone in his voice.

"She was a talented warrior,had she more experience She would have been a threat"

How dare they talk about you like you weren't even there! How dare they! You glanced at your weapon,if you could grab it then your hamon output would be increased! You always did have a hard time controlling your hamon...just a little bit...more! "Oww!" Something scalding dropped onto your hands

"Ah ah ah, not so fast" a hand reached down to pick you up by you throat,"you made Wamuu very late meeting up with us,your lucky it was just me who came,Karz would have popped your head like a cherry"

"He...wouldn't get the chance!" You gasped out. Digging your nails into his hand.

"Your going break her neck Matser,it would be a shame for a promising warrior to die so early on"

His grip relaxed and It was bit easier to breath.

"What? Have you taken a liking to this tyke? Or is it that you wish to groom her for battle?"

"I just enjoy a good fight is all,Master Esidis"

The man holding you suddenly dropped you,letting you land on your broken side,"well then keep her,as a pet or a concubine"

"I- an not Anyones Pet!" You wheezed,the cracked ribs were starting to take a toll on you Before you eventually passes out right then and there.

"Shes very determined,she'd make a perfect concubine or gladiator,prime in her youth,perfect for entertainment too,here catch" he tossed her body over to the younger pillarman,"enjoy"

"...thank you,Master Esidis"

By the time the sun rose there was not a single trace of either vampires. The only thing left was a Hawk,a wolf and a spear.

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