They decided to track down Orochi to try and redeem themselves. They would learn from a merchant that someone called Orochi had bragged about knowing Dragon Eye himself. In the Spirit Trial, Akiko overcomes her inner fears, a host of vampire bats, with her guardian spirit, a pure white falcon, and afterwards is delighted upon learning of Jack's spirit being a lion.Īkiko as shown on the Way of the Dragon coverįollowing their expulsion from the Niten Ichi Ryū for endangering daimyo Takatomi's life, Akiko, along with Jack and Yamato, have been sent back to Hiroko's house to await the sensei's decisions on that matter. When one of the monks praises Sensei Yamada for his teachings, he remarks that this is not a skill he had taught his class, eyeing her with curiosity. In the Mind Trial, she managed to survive twice the required duration to pass, having been taught mind control as part of her lessons in the Way of the Ninja. As she watched, Jack would eventually make it to the Buddha by sheer force of will. As Yori is taken away for medical treatment, she tries helping Jack to the Buddha Statue, but is stopped. She witnesses Jack and Yori, both exhausted, making it to the temple. When the Circle of Three officially starts, she is one of the canidates to pass the Trial of Body by staying in the waterfall for three hours. She would pass the selection trials successfully, in particular passing the Trial by Fire with her first attempt. In book two Akiko signs up to participate in the Circle of Three, a test designed to push the body, mind and spirit to its limits to see who is worthy of place learning the Two Heavens under Masamoto. In the post-celebrations, she, Jack and Yamato confront Dragon Eye again when he attempts to poison Daimyo Takatomi, forcing him to retreat. In the contest itself, she loses to Moriko in the taijutsu segment owing to the latter's illegal moves which were unseen, but she gains revenge in the kenjutsu and kyujutsu segments by beating her soundly. Later on she is seen warding off Dokugan Ryu's attempts to steal the Rutter.Īfter Yamato's later (temporary) defection to the Yagyu Ryū, she trains along side Jack and Saburo in preparation for the Taryu-Jiai, a competition between two schools, in this case, the Yagyu Ryū and the Niten Ichi Ryū. Later on, she accompanies Jack and Yamato to Kyoto, again to Jack's immense surprise, to enroll in the Niten Ichi Ryū (One School of Two Heavens), a school for Samurai. She was also taking care of Jack's wounds after his spars with Yamato, who was at the time still hostile towards Jack. Afterward, she taught Jack the Japanese language and the ways of her people. He was nursed through a fever by her and another maid. Masamoto's reason for her to train in The Way of The Ninja-" In order to know the enemy, you must become the enemy." Also revealed mainly at the end of The Way of the Dragon, Akiko shows much affection for Jack that affection may have changed into love later on.Īkiko is first seen by Jack when he was aboard the Alexandria, later, after the wakou, ninja pirates, attacked the ship and everyone apart from him was killed. She is also spying on the ninja forces, revealed in The Way of the Dragon. She also is quite close to her cousin, Yamato, an example of this being when she instantly changed the subject during a conversation at the mention of Tenno, Yamato's older brother, by Saburo. She has defended and encouraged Jack when Kazuki or some other person was insulting him, telling him that they had no right to call him a gaijin. Women also fight in Japan, unlike in England. She had then proceeded to tell him that not only men fought on the battlefield. She, like a few women, is a warrior at heart, and was offended when Jack was surprised at her fighting skill.
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