02 Session - The Oni

I'm going to title this game "The Oni."

While in the cellar the boys were able to lift the door enough to slip the sword they found under it to get some leverage on opening it. Melo's hand slipped and cut his palm pretty badly, his screams of pain caused mom to uncover and open the door. Del-yin took the opportunity to escape while Melo was being bandaged. Melo then tricked mom into looking out the window long enough to make his escape.

Del-yin and Melo messed around in the field, again. This time with the sword which turned out to be rather unimpressive. Piko summoned an imaginary dragon which Del-yin fought, but could only defeat after Melo intervened and speared it in the side.

The boys met up with their father at Ichi's house. They still had the sword, though they shouldn't have, but Del-yin hid it rather well, until they were back home and they had to reveal it to their father. The boys got a stern talking to and as punishment had to clean up the cellar and then kneel on rice during lunch. The rest of the day was uneventful.

The next morning the boys and their father woke up extra early to meet up with the rest of the men in town to leave for the Azuma. It was a long and boring two day walk. During that time father was trying to enplane what he did for the town and why, but he was rather unsuccessful. Piko who over heard the conversation spoke up and gave a rather surprising but very good explanation. The first night after camp was set up father lead the group in practice with bow fighting giving the kids their first exposure to combat training. The fathers spared with each other after and father defeated all the other father in one on one combat.

Late in the second day of travel they arived at the Azuma's town, the light the lantern at the waiting post and sat waiting for a messenger to arrive and welcome them to the town...