The Pirate City

A Storm and a strange spiritual disturbance caused the eventual landing of the ship the travellers had been using. The group eventually found themselves at a Pirate City that was still operating in spite of strict blockades imposed by the Akako, who were gaining more and more power by the day.

Things happened fast as the Pirate City was assaulted by the Akako. The group took over control of a restaurant and rebuilt it as a sword shop and tea house, and eventually sold swords to the Pirates, the Akako, and even a group of mysterious warriors following an old Kuieh Yosei officer called Ookami, or the Wolf. They also collided with Shinden who was wounded saving An'ya from a gruesome death at the hands of magical giants somehow employed by the Akako to crush the town. In their time in the Pirate City, they also met Fortune, a mystic who told fortunes in the tea house to bring in money. They also attracted several spirits, and a few people from the boat they had come in on were still with them.

At one point, Jinji was kidnapped while in recovery and taken to an island far away where he was tortured by a fallen monk. Chirikun led the group and Takusen directed them using his sway with the spirits to find Jinji. They arrived on the island and were attacked while getting Jinji out of the mansion by the monk. He kept insulting Jinji and kept magical sheilds so that the others had dificulty fighting him. The others attacked again and Jinji's willpower returned for a moment and he snapped, allowing himself to use his most powerful sword skill to kill his tormentor in a single thunderous blow. They returned with him in terrible shape and Chirikun spent hours by his side, taking care of him.

Some time later, they watched a ninja fight a monk outside of town. Both were incredibly powerful but eventually the Ninja won out. Shinden had been dueling the Wolf at the time over some issues they had with each other from the Period of the Warring States but upon seeing the monk beaten, they turned and the ninja fled. The group took in the monk who revealed his name to be Mugen and the ninja was his sister Raijin. She had a powerful evil aura about her. Many battles were fought with her and as the Akako prepared to destroy the city, her evil minions came to the tea house and began wreaking havoc.

During their escape from the Pirate City, Jinji and Kojiro (Shinden's real name) fought side by side as An'ya used bombs and grenades to take on the giants who had wounded him so badly. The group also encountered Jisuru in their chase across the town to their waiting ship. He was surrounded by Akako and told them to flee, after which he removed four swords from the Akako belts and began a rampage that allowed the group of the Michiko Tea House and Sword Shop to escape safely.