Heavenly Sword Page #2

And just as it was written,

as the year of the firehorse

began,

our clan prepared for

this most fateful birth.

Our leader master shen

stood by his wife

during this torturous labor,

anxiously awaiting the arrival

of his magnificent child.

But something was wrong,

simply because no one expected

that firstborn son

to be a daughter.

Nariko was to live and grow,

but in the shadows,

away from her father's love

and attention.

How could he know

through those lonely years

that I, his trusted friend,

was silently creating

a warrior of my own?

And for that,

even in the shadow of death,

our people

will always have hope.

Nariko cold.

Kai!

Fished you out of the river.

You and... and that.

Kai, how did you...

nariko used the sword.

Sword bad.

I did what I had to, kai.

But how did you survive?

How did you find me?

Kai loves nariko.

I saw you on the cliff.

You jumped!

You followed me?

You left the clan

before bohan...

I had to come.

Kai will protect nariko.

I'm glad you're here.

Master shen, he's kai's daddy.

You heard bohan?

Yes, but mama already told kai.

Not kai's secret now.

You knew that we were...

Nariko and kai are sisters!

All these years?

Kai, why didn't you

say anything?

Master shen didn't want

to be kai's daddy.

I can't believe it.

You must have felt so alone.

Kai not alone.

Always have you.

And that man with the raven,

he said we have a brother.

You believe him? A brother?

The chosen one.

We should take it to him.

Yes. Yes, we must kai.

Bohan said a fishing village

to the north.

There's only one place

he could mean.

- It's on the dead marsh.

- We go there then.

A scout!

- No! I can't...

- shh.

Ugh!

Kai, I knew you were good,

but how did you...

nariko, shh.

Don't tell nobody,

but kai likes to make blood.

The village should be

east of here, beyond that Ridge.

Kai. I'd like to hear

about your mother.

I'm sorry. You don't have...

mama was strong and funny.

She sang to kai.

Kai remembers master shen.

He would give mama gold.

He said to help.

Master shen never looked at kai.

Always made kai very sad.

Kai remembers the fox.

- The fox?

- Flying fox.

He's not very big.

Mama, she knew.

She hid kai in a cave.

- She knew what?

- That fox had come to get kai.

Don't know why, but kai watched.

The fox and his men

make them bleed, nariko.

Then the fox hurt mama.

Kai wanted to help,

but kai was scared.

You were just a child.

We're too late.

No, no, no!

You think murdering

innocent people is funny?

Let's see you laugh

when your guts hit the floor.

The town's blacksmith.

I need to find him right away.

The other end of town.

Northeast corner. The big hut.

Go! Get your family

away from here.

Keep them close, keep them safe.

Bad man take our brother?

There's no body, no blood.

He could still be alive.

Maybe they took him prisoner.

Nariko.

Don't!

We mean you no harm.

We're looking

for the blacksmith.

You're looking at him.

You're too old.

And you're too thin.

Claude, they're here

to see loki.

I see your father in your faces.

Loki left over a year ago.

This village was always

too small for him.

Do you know where he's gone?

General whiptail and her army

destroyed our home,

wanting the same answer.

They're here to kill him.

Oh. And you want to see him

die an old man?

This sword is his destiny.

Hmm. Just what your father said.

Whiptail is nothing.

A cruel servant.

But her master is pure evil,

lighting a flame of terror.

And the world will burn.

Only your son can stop it.

Loki traveled to the northeast,

beyond the great mountains.

He was going as blacksmith

for a foreign king.

Went to find his fortune.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you.

King bohan can't wait

to meet your boy at last.

Sorry you're going to miss it.

Kill them all

and bring me the pretty sword.

Go. We're fine.

Stop that serpent hag

before she leads them to my son.

Never follow the spider

onto its web.

Die!

You're a fly, little one.

I will suck the life out of you

and take the sword to my master.

You think you've won?

I told the villagers

from that burning cesspool

that whoever informs king bohan

of the chosen one's whereabouts

will be rewarded

beyond his wildest dreams.

You see, you lose.

Our task is to deliver

this sword to our brother.

Maybe kai was wrong.

What nariko did protected kai.

Sword stopped

that horrid fish lady.

Maybe sword isn't bad.

Kai, I felt its power

flowing through me.

But as it did, I could feel

the sword tearing my soul apart.

The sword will kill the bearer.

It's only a matter of time.

It's too powerful.

Two sisters,

two warriors,

each with their strengths

and frailties,

who grew up alone

behind a wall of lies

their father had built for them.

Innocent children

who only knew betrayal

and disappointment at his hand.

This shame

will haunt him forever.

At least now

they have each other.

But for how long?

Man with the raven knows.

Kai and nariko too late.

Kai, I don't think he does know.

He'd be racing to get there,

wouldn't he?

We have to get there first.

It's going to be hard enough

trying to find loki

in a fortress that big.

Once bohan's army

starts destroying the place,

it'll be impossible.

Shall we race?

Kai!

Kai, look out!

Well, they started it.

Nariko make more blood than kai.

We're close.

You know what's strange?

I can feel it.

He's in there.

Nariko!

Sword is bad.

Very bad.

It wants to kill nariko.

The night is ours, at least.

Bohan's army won't attack

until morning.

We have to hurry.

Nariko.

I'm nearly there.

Why do I get the feeling

you're about to drop this rope?

Oh, no.

This is much worse.

The boy,

kai and nariko's brother,

the chosen one,

traveled to a distant land.

Blacksmith for a foreign king.

And?

Bohan isn't coming

to attack the fortress.

He's coming home.

Our brother's working for a king

who's desperate to kill him.

Unlucky, isn't he?

Or stupid as an ass.

Nariko, no!

Father.

He's alive, kai.

He's alive.

Man with raven lies.

If father's alive,

then perhaps the others...

Must be in prison or worse.

Come on.

Faster, old man,

or would you rather be

tomorrow's stew?

Hold still.

Nariko?

Kai?

We saw father.

What happened to him?

- Well?

- They tortured him.

Come.

He is guarded at all times.

They never leave his...

nariko, is it really you?

What have you done?

Why would you bring the sword

to this place?

Foolish girl.

I didn't ask to be rescued!

We're not here for you.

Little brother is here.

What is she talking about?

The chosen one.

All your hard work paid off.

You had a son.

He knows nothing of his destiny.

I... have a son?

So there is hope.

Yeah, thanks to the daughter

you ignored

and the daughter you rejected.

But don't you worry, father.

We'll deliver the sword

you worshipped

to the clueless son

you never knew existed.

I was doing the right thing

for the clan, for the world,

and I won't apologize

for the choices I made,

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