She was raised by the warrior clan in Kageyama village, after the Royal clan, make sure the warrior clan has your back.
She was found by Lord Kurogane in the forest after a wild animal launched an attack on her mother, with her father nowhere in sight he took her in, not as a daughter but as a warrior.
Akira was the best among those in her time, no one could match her poweress, the way she quickly master the Fallen petal steps, the Bloom guide and the Ghost turn amazed everyone including the master,Kurogane.
Akira broke records set by Kurogane as the youngest to master these skills. But instead of admiration, hatred grew for Akira. Despite her strength, Akira always put her emotions first, she thinks about her actions before carrying them out, sounds really smart until one day.
The Warrior clan are not just warriors, they are secret killers that work for the Royal family, not everyone in the family knows this and Akira was so unlucky to have known.
" I'll show you the clan secret" Lord Kurogane told her one night.
He took her into the rooms under the house, he showed her the weapons, the masks and the real purpose of their training, she was frightened and shocked. She could not do it, her emotions will not let her.
At first she agreed, she convinced herself she was going to adapt and she thought she did until the Master hands her a duty. Akira could not carry our her assignment,.she could not assassinate a man who was guilty of death just because he asked for his rights, she could not kill a man who had a heavily pregnant wife and a little child.
So she fled.
She ran away because now she knows the clan secrets, and yet she could not carry out her assignments. Her master already told her
"Akira, if you fail to carry out this assignment, you will be killed, your soul for his soul". His eyes widened as he said it, she knew he'd keep his threats. After all, they're nothing to him but puppets.
Akira knew better than to run in circles, she knew they'll get to her quickly, so she planned. She planned to stay in a nearby village because they will never think she will do so.
But she can not just run there and start afresh so she changed her identity, she tied a robe tightly around her protruding chest and wore her robes, she cut off her hair in the best way she could. She did everything she could to make sure she looks feminine.
Everything she could to make sure she looked like Ryuu.