《Ronin Affliction》 Roots and Dirt (If you see any errors,just let me know.I''ll fix them.Thanks) Kyagie was only fifteen years old.He held his younger sister close to him to keep her warm.Sheri was only nine years old.All they had to keep them warm was their old wooden barm and bundles of hay.They were sitting in the corner of an empty horse tall.The only light they had was an oil lamp.It only lit up a very small portion of area.Their parents never let them stay in the house unless it was to eat,or bath. Kyagie was barely five feet tall and was extremely malnourished.The only bright side to his small weight i it helped him run away quicker and sneak around better.He had long black hair that flowered down to his lower back and golden eyes.His parents and people in general always treated him like he wasn''t human because of his eye color.His pale skin was covered in bruises that were all in various stages of healing. His little sister wasnt much better off.She was also malnourished.She didn''t have as much bruises thanks to her older brother protecting her the best that he possibly could.She had brown eyes and medium length brown hair.Her kimono was torn,frayed,and was starting to become to small for her to wear.She let out a long spell of hacking as she had a coughing fit.Her cough seemed to be getting worse this year.The frigid cold weather at night irritated her lungs more. "It will be alright.In a few more days you will feel better."Kyagie smiled at her under the light of the flames.He took off his outer blue robe and covered both her and himself.She didnt say anything,because she didn''t understand words and didn''t talk.She had severe brain damage due to an accident when she was three years old.She had been trampled by a spooked horse that saw a mouse.She happened to be in front of the horse when it reared it''s feet up and rained hooves among her frail body.It was a true miracle she survived.Her own mother didn''t even try to save her.Instead their mother dug a hole and buried her alive in it.Kyagie went behind his mother''s back and dug her out of the grave.Her managed to revive her and return her breathing to her.He hid Sheri in the barn,but it didn''t take his parents long to find out.This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. They had been furious and beat him within'' an inch of his life.However,they realized after beating him that they could use Kyagie''s weakness for his sister against him.They decided to let him nurse his sister back to life.Instead of responding she just smiled and nodded her head.She hugged him tightly and snuggled into his shoulder.It was still too cold.He grabbed a hunk of bedding and laid it on top of the both of them.Eventually,they both fell asleep in the early am hours.The next afternoon Kyagie and his sister were woke up by a cold bucket of water.Luckily,it was alot more warmer now,so they didn''t have to worry about freezing to death,or getting sick.He cowered in the corner of the stall and pushed his little sister behind his back to shield her from harm.His father stood in front of him at 6''7 and with cold black eyes.His father looked alot like himself.The eye color and height was the only noticable difference. "I expect you to bring back 5,000 today.Ifyou don''t,then you little shits dn''t get to eat tonight.You got it?"He glared satisfied when he didn''t get a response and accepted that as consent.He stopped away angrily.Kyagie made sure Sheri had dry clothes before leaving to do his daily chores.His sister always stayed in the barm and waited faithfully for him to return.They lived on a two acre farm,so Kyagie had to ride to town every day on his horse.His horse was a white and brown paint named Brownie.Kyagie had a more unique talent as he could ride his horse bare back.Despite all that he was forced to endure he could still appreciate the beauty of mother nature.His favorite season was cherry blossom season.His eyes always sparkled while he watched the blossoms fall from the trees. After some time he arrived at the town of Hokkaido.He hopped off his horse and wasn''t worried about Brownie abandoning him.His horse was whistle trained to come to him when summoned.He spent all day and evening pick pocketing people and sneaking in to homes.He would only still small valuables as they were easy to hide and transport.It was starting to get dark and he felt his heart beating nervously.He was consumed with a very unsettling feeling.He couldn''t explain it."Sheri...Please,oh please..Tell me you''re alright."He whistled for Brownie and clumbed on top of his back.He wasted no time as he rode the poor horse fast and hard all the way back home.As sooon as he made it near the barn he jumped off before the horse even came to a stop.He ran in the barn and let out a sigh of relief.His sister was just fine.He didn''t know why he overreacted.All he knew is he''d be lost without his little sister.She was the only reason he had to live. (Chapter 2:Pain,Revenge,and Solace.) Pain,Revenge,Solace He hugged his sister and held her in his arms.The air was already returning to it''s frigid temperature.He made his way to their house and knocked on the door.He heard his father yelling at his mother through the door.A minute later his mother opened the door.She sneered seeing her two children.She hated them with all her heart and blamed them for ruining her youthful good looks. "You better have brought something worth a damn,or I''m going to beat your worthless asses."She spat at them. "Yes mother.5,000 and a few extra."He responded nervously and watched her with caution. "Eat and get out.Leave everything on the table."She barked before pulling her son in by his hair.He stumbled and he almost dropped Sheri.He regained his footing and rushed hurried to the kitchen table.He heard the door shut and his mother''s foot steps behind him.His father was sitting at the table eating.His father was intoxicated and continued to drink while he ate.Kyagie sat his sister down on the empty chair near him.He pulled his coin pouch out and laid it on the table.His mother picked it up and started to greedily count the coins.He fished out several pieces of jewelry and daggers on the table.His mother nodded in approval when she added all the coins up. "Hurry up.Your face is disgusting."His mother told him and walked over to her husband.She kissed him and laid in his lap.He was happy to let her make out with him.Kyagie grabbed two bowls and two sets of chopsticks.He filled the bowls up with miso soup and took the seat next to Sheri.He assisted his sister first since she wasn''t able to eat on her own.He fed her the tofu first and then held up the bowl to her lips to held her drink the soup.This was a fatal error.Sheri''s body was raked with uncontrollable coughing.She spit most of the soup all over herself,Kyagie,the table.She panicked and reached for anything to study her body.She ended up knocking the soup bowls off the table and the substance quickly spread across a large area of the floor.He frozed as he watched his parents stare at him in what appeared to be shock.His father tossed his mother to the floor and stormed over to his two children.His mother got up off the flow storming over as well.She was twiced as pissed since her good time was interrupted and she was discarded to the floor like trash by her own husband.He covered his ears while his parents cursed and yelled hateful things at the top of their lungs. "It wa an accident.I promise.I''ll clean it up.I promise.We''ll be more careful.It''s my fault.Not hers."He repeated frantically. "Shut your mouth you good for nothing devil trash!"His mother yelled while back handing him.She snatched him up by his hair and threw him against the wall.His back and head painfully collided with the wall and made his head spin. "Such a useless bitch.She''s not even going to be good enough to fuck later."His father slurred angrily.Sheri was laying on the ground panting and still trying to catch her breath.She didn''t like the look on her parents faces and weakly got up,so she could run to Kyagie for protection.She was knocked back to the ground by her father.Kyagie tried to run over to her instead,so he could shield her,but his mother grabbed ahold of his arm,and then used her own body to keep him from moving forward.His father started kicking and stomping his sister with all his force.He was out to hurt the girl as much as possible.Kyagie yelled and continued to beg his parents to stop.His parents paused long enough to laugh and taunt him.His father continued his assault,hitting her in the ribs,head,stomach,back,and arms.Kyagie crumbled to his knees as he watched his sister become unresponsive.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. His mother didn''t release her hold on her son until she was sure her husband was done.He ran over to Sheri and pulled her body to lay on his lap.Her eye starred at him lifelessly.Her body was already cold.He picked her hand up and pressed it to himself.She made no response.He placed his hands on her chest and felt no heart beat.He couldn''t hear any signs of his sister breathing.Tears began to spill down his face. "That''s what you get for being such a waste of time and one giant mistake.You were lucky we let you keep her hunk of ugly weak flesh around for this long."His father yelled at him while glaring coldly down at him.He didn''t have any sympathy for his son.In fact,he was very satisfied by his son''s tears.He loved the broken look upon his son''s face.Kyagie panicked as he continued to see no sign of life from Sheri. "No,no! Please save her!" He looked up at his dead pleadingly. He knew it was useless,but he still had to try.He couldn''t lose his sister,especially not like this. "She''s dead as a door nail beast boy!" His father laughed and then looked over to his wife. He flashed her look to cued her for a command. "Don''t worry.This isn''t the end of your punishment."His mother said calmly.Kyagie was horrified.This wasn''t punishment enough?He looked behind her to brace himself for whatever attack she had in store for him.This was his second mistake for the night.While had his back turned his father grabbed the sharpest dagger off the table.He brought it down on his son''s back multiple times.Kyagie felt the piecing sting of the blade several time.His eyes starred at his mom widely.She giggled as she could see the life seeping out of his eyes.His was frozen in pain and felt his body going into shock.He tasted metal as blood seeped out of his mouth.He could barely breath and his limbs trembled weakly. "Mother help me."He reached out towards his mother for help.She kicked him backwards and his arms gave out from under him.He was looking at the ceiling as the bright light was glaring down on him.The impact hurt him,but he didn''t appear to register it.He could no longer move. "Finaly,we can live normally again!"He heard the voice of his mother,but it sounded faint for some reason. "We should''ve just rowned them at birth."His father responed and the sound of him kissing his wife could be heard.He knew his parents hated him,but he didn''t know they felt this much contempt towards him.The edges of his vision started turning black and he could hear a female humming a soft tune.He concluded he must be dying.Would he see his sister again? He woke up barely conscious.His body was cold and wet.He had cold mud clinging to his body.He was laying face foward in a ravine.Looking up,he could see pink blossoms littering the ground.He had the urge to movee his arm forward and grasp one of the petals. "Do you want to live?"He heard a voice inside his soul.It startled Kyagie.He couldn''t tell if it was female,or male.He doubted if was even human.Maybe he was just losing his mind.His head throbbed as he tried to recall what happened last.He was alarmed he couldn''t seem to remember anything."Do you want to live?"He hesitated to answer this voice. "I have no reason to live.Just let me die."He responded with a flat voice. "Not even for revenge?" "Revenge for what?Leave me alone." "They killed Sheri."Suddenly a million flashes of his life,his parents,his sister being beat to death filled his vision.His mind was blinded with hate and self loathing. "They...She''s dead."He responded desparingly.He couldn''t stop his tears and cried for hours.He let out a few laughs and went silent. "Are you done now?D you want to live? For Revenge?" "I will kill them if I survive this" "Very good.I will make sure you don''t die pathetically." (Next Chapter 3:I''m home)