"... It isnt very much loyalty... its fear. I do believe in what shes doing to the world, but... shed kill me without hesitation." Grim replied.
"I just hope those two... heros... can stop her... Id very much rather just go home and forget all this shiz..." grimm looked slightly sad "I was doing everything for midori.... she was the only other survivor from my villiage and i thought of her as my sister... but now that shes gone, i have no reason to follow
kagehime anymore"
"And... her reason for following Kagehime was?" nel looked confused, and surprised that Grimm had opened up to her at all.
"She wanted to study kagehime's spectral presence, and collect knowledge on the anomaly."
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!!"
"Midori had an obsession on studying things and recording data. You know those profiles we had on all of our soldiers?
"Yes..."
"Midori collected all the data and wrote it down herself..."
Nel looked shocked, but this didnt surprise her as much as what grimm was going to say next.
"Kagehime is actually an old folklore that her parents had told her every night. Midori remembers the details exactly due to her photographic memory."
"Kagehime is a tale? Ive never heard of it..."
"I know the gist of it. Midori used to repeat it obsessivley..."
"The tale takes place in the time when alchemy was a brand new style of science and fighting technique. People used it to help others and not for violence...that was... until a dark mistress by the name of kagehime had created the philosophers stone..."
"Philosopher's stone?"
"Its a gem so rich with chakra and foul as a demon. It has the power to bring back the dead, grant immortality, create soldiers, and even destroy entire villiages in an instant. It was extremley dangerous. She created the stone in a horrible way..." Grimm started to look disgusted "It caused for massive human sacrifices.... she used orphans first... when there werent any around, she would seduce men and women and use them... Kagehime was the most feared person in the entire world... a master of deception and lies. She learned the ar of shape-shifting and even forbidden techniques lost to the ages. She had eternal youth, and lived for centuries."
Nel looked intensley at grimm, waiting for the next part
"After a while, she had gained the interest of shinobi. They wanted her destroyed... I dont know exactly how, but a shinobi by the name of Mizuko and a Demon by the name Kuro managed to defeat her using the techniques the other two had learned... the two heros. Kagehime's body disintegrated when her true age finally caught up to her, and the only thing left was the true philosospher's stone. The stone was said to have been sealed in a forbidden cave somewhere and renamed to the kagehime jewel. People think her soul was sealed into the stone... and is now out for revenge on the two she is battling now."
"THAT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE!!!"
"The two she wishes to fight apparently look exactly like the two that destroyed her in the first place. I even heard her fear when she learned that the two had the same jutsu abilities as her slayers. This is a fight of destiny. The vengeful spirit versus the reincarnations of its foes. We cannot interfere... and nel?"
"yes?"
"I never hated you..." nel was surprised by this too. GRIMM WAS CRYING. "I was just jealous of you..." nel looked on in scilence and nodded
The two had caught up to the battle. Nel realized that she would have to let the good guys kill her master.
"I just hope those two... heros... can stop her... Id very much rather just go home and forget all this shiz..." grimm looked slightly sad "I was doing everything for midori.... she was the only other survivor from my villiage and i thought of her as my sister... but now that shes gone, i have no reason to follow
kagehime anymore"
"And... her reason for following Kagehime was?" nel looked confused, and surprised that Grimm had opened up to her at all.
"She wanted to study kagehime's spectral presence, and collect knowledge on the anomaly."
"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!!"
"Midori had an obsession on studying things and recording data. You know those profiles we had on all of our soldiers?
"Yes..."
"Midori collected all the data and wrote it down herself..."
Nel looked shocked, but this didnt surprise her as much as what grimm was going to say next.
"Kagehime is actually an old folklore that her parents had told her every night. Midori remembers the details exactly due to her photographic memory."
"Kagehime is a tale? Ive never heard of it..."
"I know the gist of it. Midori used to repeat it obsessivley..."
"The tale takes place in the time when alchemy was a brand new style of science and fighting technique. People used it to help others and not for violence...that was... until a dark mistress by the name of kagehime had created the philosophers stone..."
"Philosopher's stone?"
"Its a gem so rich with chakra and foul as a demon. It has the power to bring back the dead, grant immortality, create soldiers, and even destroy entire villiages in an instant. It was extremley dangerous. She created the stone in a horrible way..." Grimm started to look disgusted "It caused for massive human sacrifices.... she used orphans first... when there werent any around, she would seduce men and women and use them... Kagehime was the most feared person in the entire world... a master of deception and lies. She learned the ar of shape-shifting and even forbidden techniques lost to the ages. She had eternal youth, and lived for centuries."
Nel looked intensley at grimm, waiting for the next part
"After a while, she had gained the interest of shinobi. They wanted her destroyed... I dont know exactly how, but a shinobi by the name of Mizuko and a Demon by the name Kuro managed to defeat her using the techniques the other two had learned... the two heros. Kagehime's body disintegrated when her true age finally caught up to her, and the only thing left was the true philosospher's stone. The stone was said to have been sealed in a forbidden cave somewhere and renamed to the kagehime jewel. People think her soul was sealed into the stone... and is now out for revenge on the two she is battling now."
"THAT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE!!!"
"The two she wishes to fight apparently look exactly like the two that destroyed her in the first place. I even heard her fear when she learned that the two had the same jutsu abilities as her slayers. This is a fight of destiny. The vengeful spirit versus the reincarnations of its foes. We cannot interfere... and nel?"
"yes?"
"I never hated you..." nel was surprised by this too. GRIMM WAS CRYING. "I was just jealous of you..." nel looked on in scilence and nodded
The two had caught up to the battle. Nel realized that she would have to let the good guys kill her master.
