I'm in trouble, thought Kenji, but that wasn't anything new - you get used to trouble when you're the Japanese Mafia's most notorious hired killer. Kenji retreated back into the shadows and unsheathed his katana, the katana that has earned him the respected name 'Shadowblade' among his peers. The reason for this was twofold: before a kill he would blacken his blade with the smoke from a candle to prevent the brightness of the steel …showed first 75 words of 776 total…

…showed last 75 words of 776 total…sword and slicked the blood off it with his thumb and forefinger, before sliding it into the sheath on his back. He took one last look at the bodies and sighed, "All in the job description" he thought to himself, and then he turned his back on them and went home. He would be facing another threat just like them tomorrow. Such was the duty of the Yakuza's hired killer. Word Count: 768 word Patrick Whyntie