“But of course.” Hayabusa said, and without hesitation, proceeded. “The main reason being to find you. After you pulled the stunt in which you did, he became furious, mainly because he was the one who stuck his neck out to steal the scroll just to hand it over to you. My brother is the type to get even, with interest. At the time, we had speculations that you and the other gentleman were being hidden there. His intentions were to take the village and renegotiate terms for my scroll.” Hayabusa smiled. “I can’t say it was all a waste. He got to have a battle unlike one he had ever had. And, he’s battlelusting. To find somebody who can match his combat the way that man did; it was exhilarating to him. He’s just itching for a rematch, I’m sure.” Hayabusa paused for a moment.
“Anyway; between the pursuit of you, and gathering of potential intel of nearby landmarks, Taki had been a nice starting point. But, in the end, I eventually got what I wanted. With the return of Shadow Country to my Gesshoku Empire, it’d be as if nothing ever happened. It was good motivation for me to get stronger. If I know your clan name, and how easy it was to find you, I would’ve come a long time ago…”
[223|1657]
(OOC: I cannot leave a paper trail confession)