Hours later, Jiro awoke on the ground as dusk approached, his horse still standing beside him. "What did he do that for . . .?" Jiro asked himself.

Suddenly, Jiro's eyes widened. "Someone is going to attack the village!" Jiro exclaimed.

He mounted his horse and pushed it to its limits back to the village.

I hope I'm not too late! Jiro thought to himself.

Two hours later, Jiro could see Samusa in the distance. The village was painted crimson with fire, against the black night sky.

After entering the town and seeing the slain people that were his friends and neighbors. Jiro found a soldier setting fire to one of the homes. Jiro screamed "Banzai!" as he raced his horse to the soldier and drew his katana.

The soldier never knew what hit him, Jiro's blade cut through his neck in a split second.

Other soldiers saw what Jiro had done to their comrade, and soon surrounded him and his horse. One of the soldiers drew an arrow from his quiver and lobbed it into the head of Jiro's horse. Both Jiro and the horse fell to the ground, the horse died instantly.

The soldiers that surrounded him soon captured the stunned Jiro. One of the men unsheathed his dagger and placed it to Jiro's throat then yelled in Jiro's face, "It's time to die, you slant-eyed son of a bitch!"

"Stop that now!" a raspy voice commanded.

"Yes sir, Commander Vlad!" the soldier replied. "Bring him to me." Vlad ordered. The soldiers obeyed and brought Jiro to Vlad.

Vlad grabbed Jiro by the hair and drug him to the gate of the Masamune residence. "Kazuyuki Masamune, come out now, or I'll rip this boy's head off!!" Vlad yelled at the house.

The door slowly opened as Kazuyuki and Suzuchiro walked out. "We're out, Vlad, just let the boy go . . ." Kazuyuki stopped as his eyes widened when he saw the boy was his own son.

Jiro looked at his father and brother, but didn't say anything. He knew if he said something that this man would know he was Kazuyuki's son.

Vlad looked at Kazuyuki and said, "You should have sent me your daughter like I asked, but you had to make things difficult. You think you can call me a bastard and get away with it?" Vlad turned to his soldiers and said softly, "Kill them."

Vlad�s men soon surrounded Kazuyuki and Suzuchiro, with their swords drawn. The two surrounded men each drew their katana and eyed their attackers. Kazuyuki turned to Suzuchiro and said, "I'm sorry, Suzuchiro, this is the end for us both." "I know, father, but at least we will die fighting with honor!" yelled Suzuchiro as he began his attack upon a nearby soldier.

Jiro watched from afar, still bound by Vlad, as his father and brother fought valiantly. Vlad turned to one of his captains, a female, and nodded his head. The soldiers, not engaged with the two samurai reached into their quivers and drew an arrow. They pulled back on their bows and aimed.

"Noooo!!!" Jiro screamed at the top of his lungs as he watched in horror as the two men's bodies were filled with arrows.

"Get the rest of them, Nina, I know they're hiding in the house. Then line them up in front of me." Vlad ordered his female officer.

Moments later, Jiro's mother Ayane, sister Yukio, younger brother Senzo, and youngest brother Shiro were lined up in front of Vlad. Vlad drug Jiro to Senzo, drew his long sword and thrust the blade into Senzo's stomach. Senzo fell to the ground screaming in agony, as his mother tried to aid her wounded son, also screaming.

"Shut up, you annoying bitch!" Vlad yelled, as he buried the long sword into Ayane's skull.

Vlad then stomped on Senzo�s head with his right foot, a wet crushing sound filled the air as blood oozed from the boy�s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

After a few useless gasps, Senzo died.

Then Vlad stepped up to Shiro, who was crying and slowly brought the blade of his sword across his neck. After Shiro�s eyes began to roll back, Vlad barbarically decapitated him.

Shiro�s head dropped to the ground with a wet thud, as the blood gushed from his neck.

He drug Jiro over to Yukio next.

"Are you still a virgin?" he asked her. She spoke with a frightened look in her eyes and replied "Y-Yes." "Hmm, that's good. I feel like having some fun, and you're still young and pure."

Jiro snapped out of his silent stupor and began struggling with Vlad.

"Let me go, you son of a bitch! I'll kill you!!" Jiro screamed, still in Vlad's grasp. "Ha, ha, ha, is that so, little warrior?" Vlad mocked. Vlad then turned his attention back to Yukio and said, "I�m going to show you how much fun you�ve been missing out on.�

He tossed the struggling Jiro to Nina, and she pinned him to the ground by twisting his arms behind his back, making him watch Vlad viciously tear the clothes off of Yukio, and lower himself on top of her naked body.

All Yukio could do was scream in agony as Vlad savagely raped her.

After Vlad was finished, he left Yukio there, crying. He then began to button his clothing. Nina let Jiro go, and he ran to his sister. Jiro took off his robe and covered her with it.

�You bastard, I�m going to kill you for this!� Jiro screamed as he drew a small dagger. He ran toward Vlad, but Vlad didn�t move, he continued to button his clothing back up. Nina stepped in front of Jiro and smacked Jiro�s hand, with that motion she released Jiro�s grasp of the dagger. The then thrust her knee into his chin with a jumping motion. Jiro then fell to the ground, on the brink of unconsciousness.

Vlad then finished buttoning himself, then he walked back to Jiro and drug him by the hair back to where Yukio was standing. She was horrified, but was frozen with fear. He drew his sword and showed the bloody blade to Jiro. �Watch this, little warrior,� he stated as he placed the tip of the blade between Yukio�s legs, the blood dripping down her legs mixed with the blood on the blade. �This will almost be as fun as earlier!� Vlad exclaimed as he brought the blade up, slicing her from between her legs to her chest.

Her blood splashed both Vlad and Jiro, as she fell to the ground screaming. "Can't you filthy whores die quietly?!" Vlad yelled as he kicked her throat. She died seconds later.

"Well, boy. How'd you like the show?" Vlad asked with a big grin on his face. Jiro stared at the dead body of his sister, but said nothing. "Should I kill you too?" he asked.

Jiro looked up at Vlad, with an twisted looking smile and said one thing; �I will make you beg for your life before I kill you.� Vlad smiled and asked, �Is that so?� Jiro didn�t respond.

After a few seconds of silence, Vlad released his grip on Jiro's hair. Jiro dropped to his knees, still silent. "Ah, the little warrior lost his will to fight." said Vlad, still grinning. Vlad then turned to Nina and asked, "Nina, what should we do with this child?" "Heh, we could just kill him." she replied. "Nah, he won't learn anything that way, Nina." Vlad retorted. "Sir Vlad, if you leave survivors, they might come back to haunt you in the future," she stated. "True, but he's only a boy. Ah, I know . . . just beat him to death!" he ordered his men, with a smirk on his face.

Nina nodded to her squad, and they walked toward the kneeling Jiro.

The soldiers encircled Jiro, then began taking turns brutally beating him; kicking and punching him repeatedly for several minutes while Vlad and Nina stood there watching, laughing hysterically.

Several minutes later, Vlad ordered, "Cease!" The soldiers obediently stopped. Vlad walked to the young boy on the brink of death, jerked him by the hair and said, "Know the power of the Kingdom of Drakkar!"

Finally, Vlad thrust his knee into Jiro�s face, immediately rendering him unconscious. "Hmm, I thought he would live, I guess he was weaker than I gave him credit for," Vlad said, frowning. "Perhaps it's for the better, milord," Nina added.

"We're done here, Nina, let's get back to the kingdom," stated Vlad. Nina nodded in agreeance and the Drakkar soldiers left. Having killed all the residents of Samusa . . . or so they thought.