~The Hidden Cove~

[Iron Ronin]

"No....I never got to be his son in life. Perhaps this is my chance to in death." he looked down and laughed a bitter and angry laugh. "Who knows. I may even live. What a cruel irony that would be."
He hoisted the spear in his right hand and his left made a gauntleted fist. Two foot and a half long blades extended with a sudden shhinnk! The sound resounded like a shotgun blast around the Cove.
" If I do...live....i hope you aren't related to me. Pretty girls around here have a bad habit of being part of the family."
He walked across the water in the lake, his booted and armored feet hardly making a ripple. Turning on his heel he bowed formally to the girl, saluting her with his spear raised high and sank back into the water, vanishing from sight.

[Arretsu]

She laughed to herself at the irony of his hope. For being who she was meant that he was her nephew. But she had not told him this tid-bit of information, and now thought maybe she should have.

For a moment she stood there silently, staring at the spot where he had vanished from. Finally, she sighed heavily and turned. With the sword being held in her hands, she strode towards the house, and soon vanished within.