Sho started searching something in his shirt. He held it and pulled it out, it was a locket. A diamond shaped locket and it was shining. Sho gently placed his thumb on the locket and opened it.
The locket was having two photos. First, Sho's dad. Sho gently placed his hand on that photo while looking at the sky he saw stars shining and said "D…Dad I don't know how I could train Kaito… He seems too childish. He always gets exhausted and he doesn't even know about Ensho a trader giving gifts and treating him like his small brother. He cares about Kaito more than me. He helped Kaito get shoes, fruits and money. He is not an ordinary person. But I always think that K… Kaito is getting strong and smarter day by day. B… but I don't want to make him a trader or chores boy or other than that. I… I need him to become a strongest person of this village!"
The other photo was Kaito's. He closed the locket and wore it. He climbed down the ladder and entered the tree house. He went towards the drawer near the table.
He opened it and took out a comfy mattress and he took out a cloth. He placed the mattress down on the corner near the window. He lied down closing his eyes.
The festival was not going end that easily. The village was happy due to the people who lost many of resources and grains have been recovered. Laughter echoed in every alley, lanterns swayed like fireflies above the crowd, and drums thundered with life. The missing had been found, the storerooms filled once again. This wasn't just celebration. It was gratitude painted in light and sound. Reizan breathed again…
They named this festival "Festival of Revival." The people were happy the laugh of the people echoed everywhere the children enjoying the bread and running down the alleys. The merchants stood up and smiled for that they shared their grains, honey, and fruits for the celebration.
But, Sho slept without even caring about the festival, the food, the happiness… He slept.
NEXT MORNING
Kaito woke up and he started murmuring while rubbing his eyes and yawning, He said "Sho…Sho! I… I'm awake."
He walked towards the door and opened it. The door made a loud creaking noise. Kaito walked ahead and fell down. He stepped on something…
He held himself up while dusting his clothes. He saw a box, it was big in size and it was decorated and a note was also stick on the box.
He read it and smiled. It was written "Dear Kaito, I wish you a great health and prosperity. The village is now bloomed with happiness and we gift the people who are most close to us. So, I Ensho give you this for you and wish your best this year."
Kaito held the box tight and lifted it… Kaito started to struggle the weight of the box made him fall 3 to 4 times. Somehow, he took it inside the house. Kaito rubbed his hands and opens the box.
Kaito was left astonished. It was a pair of white cloth and a letter.
Kaito's face bloomed with happiness. He jumped and wore the clothes. It was a hakama.
Meanwhile Sho woke up and climbed down he was ready. He wore a black hakama and took his wooden sword and went towards the village. He started thinking about Kaito. He realized that he didn't give him a festival gift yet. He checked his bag and saw that he only had seventy Shells. (Shells is a currency)
Sho started looking here and there roaming shops after shops. He found a shop selling Lockets. He checked the types of locket. But he didn't find the suitable locket for Kaito. Sho was walking out and the shop keeper held his hand and said "I also have this…" He was having a dark oval shaped locket with dark coverings.
Sho loved this and said "I have only seventy Shells! Is it enough"
The shopkeeper smiled and placed his hand forward and he took the seventy Shells and gave the locket to Sho.
Sho rushed outside and saw Ensho struggling to keep a big steel set alone. Sho helped him but struggled.
Ensho said "Hey Sho! Here take these One Hundred Fifty Shells. This is for your work I didn't gift you anything so please except it."
Sho smiled and looked at Ensho and said "No thank you sir… But you already helped my brother a lot by gifting him tons of things and making him happy. That is my gift I don't want anything other than this…"
Ensho tried to say something before that he tried to run but Ensho grabbed him and silently kept the One Hundred Fifty Shells in Sho pocket.
Sho rushed towards Kaito and was happy to know that he can give that locket to Kaito and now he would be happy.
Meanwhile Kaito was training himself he was wearing the hakama which Ensho gifted him. Kaito was sweating and he stopped for a while he took out a bottle from his sack. The bottle contained lemonade which Kaito loved a lot.
Kaito was training himself at the back of his house. He was enjoying the lemonade.
Kaito looked up in the sky he saw something shining it was sparkling and eye-catching.
The sparkling vanished and all of a sudden a giant blast happened in the middle of the Reizan Village. The pressure of the wind increased and sent everything flying in the sky.
Kaito got shocked and held his wooden katana tight. He knew that something terrible happened and he saw two white tall coat people flying and they are destroying the village.
Kaito knew something he rushed inside and looked up. On the top there was a box. Kaito with his katana he pushed the box and grabbed it tightly.
He started pulling the punching the box. The box opened and he saw a ...