reigned around her, but something was disturbing her calm and she looked. Behind a bush she saw two strange looking figures who turned out to be shadow beings, shadow beings are soldiers of the demon Aron who wants to rule the earth but he can only do that if he masters all the elements. And he can only do that if he has defeated all lords of the elements and has robbed them of their powers, but until now he has not defeated or ever found any of these lords, because you cannot find them, they find you. Azuma was about to destroy them when they suddenly said something that worried Azuma: "You have now arrived at this hut and are still waiting."" Don't you want to attack? "" Only when something happens, but also if, they'll beat everything there anyway, hey, hey, hey.
Azuma was very perplexed when she heard this and ran back to the hut as fast as she could.

In the meantime with Nigori and Aja.
Aja was just about to finish the meal when she asked Nigori for the salt: "Nigori, could you please give me the salt !?" Nigori, who was lying with her head on the table and looked over at Aja, gave her the salt and then asked again: “Who was that now?” Aja: “I've already told you, you'll find out for yourself.” Nigori: “She is good at sword fighting, she must have a very high rank.” Aja : "Yes, she has that, she is already a master." Nigori looked at her startled and then said: "What, she is already a master? But she is still so young, I always thought the right masters were already 60 Years old. "Aja looked up at the ceiling and then reminisced," Yes, that's funny, but she's also a special master."She put her head back down and seasoned the food, put it on two plates and then said:" Come and eat something first! "Nigori followed and ate it all up.

A little further away, at a safe distance, several people were talking to each other: "When do we finally want to attack?" "Be patient a little longer! If something stirs, we will strike."

In the meantime, Nigori had finished lunch and wanted to continue training, although the sentence from Azuma did not get out of her mind. Nigori babbled to himself: "This one ..., oh ..., she has no idea ... but why was the stump on fire ..., I don't understand all of this ... and why Aja doesn't want to tell me anything. ..? "
But on one of them the sound of a bush: “Come on now!” And dozens of shadowy beings jumped out of the bushes. They all lined up around the house and around Nigori. Nigori looked around and shouted: "Aja, I think we have against visitors!" Aja came out and asked: "What is wrong now?Ah. "Aja was startled and let the plate fall which she was holding in her hand and drying it. Aja:" What are you doing here? "The one who was not a shadow lifted his head and you could see exactly that it was a person and he said:" It's nice to see you against Aja! "Aja replied:" It's also nice to see you against. "Nigori approached Aja and wanted to whisper to her:" I think they are not very comfortable, I will ... "But Aja intervened and said:" Nigori, I think it is best if you go into the house now ! "Nigori:" But Aja. "Aja:" No, don't argue, you go into the house immediately! "She followed that and went back into the house. From inside she watched the whole thing.
Aja: "What do you want here, Hetaro?" Hetaro replied: "I know that Azuma was here. And I also know what she was looking for here." Aja: "Oh yes, you know that? I've got her recently no longer seen and what should she want here? "Hetaro:" Quite simply, she wanted to make this girl her new student."Aja started back and then put on a fake laugh and said:" Yes, of course, but don't you think that the little one is still a little too inexperienced? "Hetaro:" I'll find out. But now I'll take care of you first. "
Aja picked up the sword from Nigori and attacked the shadow creatures, she managed to defeat and destroy each one. They formed very sharp swords from their arms and they were also good at handling these swords, so it was very difficult for a normal person to destroy them. When she had done everything and Hetaro stood there and clapped her hands she looked at him panting and said: “You see, I'm still as good as I was then.” Hetaro replied: “Yes, but I'm better.” Hetaro pulled slowly took out his sword and attacked her with it. She tried to hit him, but he always dodged too quickly. When he got bored of this "game" he said: "Now we will put an end to it all." And with a short push, he put his sword in her stomach.He pulled it out again and Aja staggered a little, fasted to her stomach, slowly let the shear slide out of her hands and fall to the floor and then fell to the floor herself. Nigori ran desperately to Aja and ripe: "Aja, Aja, say something! Aja, say something!" But Aja only made a face contorted with pain. But suddenly she made a completely different face, it was suddenly so lovely, and yet you could see the pain that ran through her limbs. She said in a very low voice: "You ..., you must never give up! Believe in yourself. You have to go to Azuma!" Nigori, who was already in tears, said: "But where can I find her? "Aja:" You will not find her ....., she will find you. "And with this sentence she closed her eyes and all strength left her body and disappeared. Nigori was very calm, she made no sound, she just looked ahead, but with a stare, as if she couldn't see at all. Because she saw in herself, she saw all the beautiful and also sad, funny and moving moments that she went through with Aja.Hetaro looked at her and then said with a nasty smile on his face: "She wasn't good enough for me anyway. That was child's play and now it's your turn." Nigori looked at him and then looked at the sword where still the blood of Aja stuck to it and suddenly a feeling of hatred streamed through Nigori that gave her a strength that she had never felt before, she lifted the shear that Aja let fall and ran towards him with full force and wanted to hit him but made it not because he kept evading until she met him. Blood flowed from a wound on his face and there was a cut on his cheek. He took hold of it and said angrily: "How dare you shed my blood? You will pay for it." He ran up to her and hit her, he met her very often, she got many injuries, had on her arms she already had several cuts and also on the legs. He dealt her a heavy blow on the left ankle. She fell and passed out.Hetaro laughed and wanted to strike the decisive blow ...
Another Schwärt prevented his blow. It was Azuma, her sword hovering close over Nigori and Hetaro's was over it. Hetaro lifted his sword and said: "Azuma! How nice to see you again, I didn't think you'd come here, oh no, I knew exactly, you would do anything for Aja, but this time you're too late and next it's the little one. "Azuma raised her head and said:" Only over my corpse. "Hetaro:" That's how I imagined it, by the way, the two shadow creatures that you let escape are just now on the way to a village on the edge of the forest. I think you know this village, as far as I know, the children were brought to safety during the attack. That means, all the people who live there are the children who were killed back then . But this time they won't have a lumberjack to warn them. "
Azuma was shocked and Hetaro said: "So what do you want to do?Save the little one and leave the village in the lurch or run away and always have the feeling that you have forgotten someone? "
Azuma looked at him with an angry and at the same time pleased look and said: "Both."
And with the end of the word, she raised her sword and whirled it around in front of him and suddenly a whirl of fire developed and Hetaro had to recoil. Azuma took advantage of this moment and disappeared. When Hetaro noticed that the vortex of fire was gone, he straightened up and put his sword away. He took his bag in front of which he was wearing on his belt and strewed the sand out of the bag. It banged and hissed and on one of them a picture emerged above the scattered sand, but Hetaro probably knew it very well. Hetaro: "She is on the way to the village with the girl. If she sees the little girl as her student we will strike. Aja is dead, she was not a problem, and Azuma will fall into our trap as planned.Ha, ha, ha. "

Will Azuma recognize the trap and will little Nigori become her student and what is actually going on here? You will learn that and much more in the next episode of Azuma Guardian of the Forests.

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