I heard them before i saw them. There was two of them waiting in the edge of the forest, waiting for the right moment to launch their attack on me.
I was not alarmed i hoped up and stretched, i made out as if i didn't notice them, i listened to their breath and their beating hearts race, the adrenaline running through their veins and then with lightening speed they attacked. Everything slowed down i could see them clearly in the fading moonlight, one behind one in front i had enough time to study the first one he was in black ninja garments and his face was not young but it wasn't wrinkled with age he also had a scar running across his right cheek.
He rushed at me with a short katana, darting side to side almost like a blur, in an effort to confuse me, while his partner had jumped in the air ready to strike me in the back. I side stepped the second assassins attack from behind he landed crouched inches from where i was standing, before he had time to react i drew Jato from its resting place and sliced upwards under him he dodged just in time to save his life but caught the blade on his arm slashing his arm open it spurted blood he screamed in pain and tried to stop the blood, the first attacker had materialised behind me like a shadow he went for my throat, i spun out of the line of attack his blade missing by millimeters, i was standing right beside him i slashed Jato in a sweeping slice my sword went straight through his image as if it was mist and then dissapeared "Shit,the Tribe" i said as i heard the whizz of the shuriken flying towards me i summoned a tornado from Jato around me negating the effect of the shuriken which fell to the ground at my feet. He paused out of swords reach from me. "What affairs does the Tribe have" i asked him.

The Tribe are a group of highly skilled assassins with special skills running through their blood skills only the Tribe posses. The Tribe consist of five family's the Kikuta, Muto, Kuroda, Kudo and Imai the deadliest being the Kakuta who were the better assassins they could create second images of themselves like my assailant they could also go invisible for short amounts of time and hear exceptionally well among other talents. The other families didn't have as many talents and were mainly used for spyng and information collecting.
He stood silent studying me, his partner had presumably lost consciousness due to loss of blood he was clearly not from the Tribe.
"Who sent you" of course i knew i was not going to get an answer.
He went invisible "Shit" i could hear his foot steps. I could feel the hunger from Shinigami "Ok, ok just be patient" I summoned her from her clip and sent her off spinning into the shadows
"Go find you victim" i said.
"You missed" I heard the assassin say as he re-appeared to my side striking at me quickly, i just dodged his attack.
"Or did i" i said to him just as Shinigami came flying out of the shadows and thudded into the back of his neck. The force of her hitting him threw him to the ground. He died instantly. I could feel her satisfy her hunger as she returned to her place on my back.
I walked over to the second assassin, i checked his pulse, he was dead as well either from loss of blood or ingesting a poison capsule.
I sheathed Jato back into place, the roosters were starting to **** to the rising sun the village stired to the begining of the day.
"Thanks for your help" i sarcastically thought spoke to Shadow.
"I knew you could handle them yourself, so why should i have to get my feathers dirty" he spoke mockingly in my head.

My plan to reach Nobunaga was to to work my way through his loyal retainers one by one, that way I would get his attention, enough to draw him out. I had a informant in the village that i was going to visit, but i didn't like sleeping in the villages. I would rather the company of the stars and the moon to that of drunken men so i usally slept on the outskirts of town.
"Ok lets go" i said to shadow and headed into town.