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Wassup NB, so I'm writing a book and would like some reviews from you guys, thanks. It's about.....well, read the first 3 paragraphs and you'll know if you like it or not. But I heard its good, lol....please read


I'll come out with one every week, thanks again for reading:D




Chapter One: The New Generation

“ Many, many, many, years ago the world was encountered with a great evil in the form of a man. His name was Yan. Yan and his army was taking over the world with brutal force. Taking nations and rights aways from the people. There use to be 5 nations in all. . They were called the Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, and Earth Nations. Each nation resembled the type of swordsmen in that nation. Yan was close to achieving his goal of conquering the world until 3 legendary swordsmen with special abilities went against his power and were able to defeat him and his army. They returned love and prosperity back into into the world. Due to the divisions and destruction of the Nations from this short war they decided to combine all the 5 Nations into one. Thus creating The United Nations.”

“What happened next mom?” The boy said with interested eyes.

“Well, peace was brought back to the land,” the mother said as she continued reading. “ After creating the United Nations and new balance,1 of the legendary swordsmen noticed that all the worlds evil did not vanish with Yan. It was born inside men kind in the form of hatred, greed, and lust for power. And if fomented it could become a threat again. So they warned the United Nations hierarchy of this new evil presence and to seek them in their youth whenever the time came....-”

“Youth?” The boy said interrupting his mother.

“Yes, youth.” The mother replied. “Many people don’t understand this but most researchers said it means in there reincarnated forms. So basically they’ll be reborn again.”

“Oh, okay.” The boy snuggled under his blanket again.

The mother continued reading.

“Without knowing what this meant the United Nations continued on with their new lives. Even though things still looked good after the deaths of the three swordsmen greed, territory, wealth, and power divided the United Nations. This caused them to slip back into Elemental Nations. But one nation, the Lightning Nation, couldn’t just have their own land. Instead they pillaged other Nations for gold, land, and power. And as their power grew the numbers who feared them did too. To this day they are longing to have all the Nations under their control. With only the Fire and Earth Nation to go there mission was near completion. So the monks of the Hiruzen Fire Temple gathered and began to question what the 3 legendary swordsmen meant by “seek them in their youth” many years ago. Only until one of the monks named Master Wu came to the answer that it would most liking mean the 3 swordsmen were reincarnated into the new youth or children of the new generation. With this as their only hunch the search began. The monks traveled around the world for years in search for the new children. The search for the new legendary swordsmen is still underway to this very day.”

“I liked that story mom.” The boy said. “Thanks for reading it to me.”

“Anything for my sweetie pie.” The mother replied as she began to tuck the boy to bed.

“Why do you look so sad mom?” the boy said

“Sad?”, the mother said in a laughbale voice. “Mommie isn’t sad....I’m just tired.”

“Okay......” The boy said as the women kissed him on the forehead and walked toward the door. “ Get a lot of sleep so you won’t be tired tomorrow.Goodnight....”

“ I will baby. Goodnight.” The mother said as she turned off the lights and walked out of the room.

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I’m hiding. Hiding from what or from whom. I can’t tell you my current position or why I hiding. Just know I’m hiding. I can’t make any sudden movements or I’m............... I’ll just leave it at that.

I’m trying to feel if anyone is skulking around the boulder I’m hiding behind. No one. I then tell myself not to peek or look but I couldn’t control myself. My body stiffened as I slowly turned to peek around the boulder and I saw a dark figure run from one tree to another. My heart skipped a beat and my right leg moved. Even though I knew it wasn’t loud, in my head it sounded like a tree collapsing.

“Who was that?” I said to myself. “Did they find me?”

Then I heard a noise that I thought was a wild animal but was best fit to be soft footsteps heading in my direction..

“Ah, man.” I whispered softly. “I have to run for it.”

The footsteps were getting closer. My instincts told me to run and be able to live for another day but I didn’t move. I eased over to see who was there. Twenty feet away was a person. Our eyes met or at least I thought they did but that didn’t matter because my cough gave me away right after that. A soft cough but enough to give away where I was hiding.

“Holy shit.” I said to myself. “ I have to move now!”

But before that action found time to go along with the thought I felt a shadow over me. Suddenly a hand grabbed my shoulder. I let out a loud wail as my voice echoed throughout the forest. I sat still as the figure chuckled and said these very clear words, “Finally got you Clash.” I jumped away from the his grip and flew backwards on the ground. Only until I looked at the guy face did I smile.

“Charm, come on!” I yelled jokingly. “You didn’t have to scare me like that.”
“Yes I did,” Charm replied laughing. “ I didn’t want to take it too easy on you. I mean you scared the shit out of me last time. Jumping from a tree and tackling me. We were only playing hide-and-go-seek.”
“Whatever, did you find Victoria yet?” I said as I dust off my shorts and stretched.
“Nope, but I think I know where she’s at.” Charm said in his Mr.Obvious voice.
“Think, we know where she’s at.” I said smiling as we walked to find Victoria.

Charm was my teammate as well as my friend. His blue eyes and blonde hair made him very attractive to a woman’s eye. We both studied the art of the sword under Master Wu. Master Wu was our sensi. He was chosen to train us secretly with the monks from the Hiruzen Flame Temples in the middle of the Iza Forest.

“So who do think is going to get the lightning-flamerita sword?” He said kicking dirt as we walked. “Master Wu did say today he was going to choose who best fit it. Personally, I like the lightning and fire combo idea. Hopefully either you or I get it.”
“Yeah, cause if Victoria gets the two type sword hell is going to break loose.” I replied laughing. “ But you seem to be more of the earth type swordsmen you know. What’s it called, the uh, earth, earth-something.”
“The Wind-earthrita sword.” Charm said correcting me. “But I’m not that much into earth. I like complete force and striking first. And that quality fits the lightning-flamerita sword. We’re suppose to meet Master Wu at the temple when he rings the bell right?”
“Yeah,” I answered as we turned west and went in that direction. “I bet Victoria is gonna get the Aquarita sword. She’s going to get the lamest element of all.”
“Water isn’t that lame bro.” Charm replied.
“Okay, so I’m going to slap you with a water blast.” I said. “Wow, I’m so wet. So cool. Hell no.”
“True, true.” Charm replied. “ It seem to be the weakest element unless you can really use it. That’s probably why the Water Nation fell first.”
“Probably.” I said looking up to see if we were close to the spot Victoria always hide at. “And the two strongest nations still stand. Fire and Earth. Fire represent all day bro.”
“Repping the Earth Nation all day too,” Charm said throwing up the Earth Nation symbol.
“Whatever.” I said nodding my head. “We’re here.”

By here I meant the tree she climbs and hide in every time when we went off to play games. It was a rather large tree that had the names “Charm + Victoria” carved into it. The names were rather big, like she wanted someone to see it. Charm leaned against the tree and looked up. I looked up too.

“Oh where or where is Victoria?” Charm said in a funny but fake voice.
“Yeah!” I added. “Is she in this same tree on the same branch looking down on us in the same spot.”
“You found me Charm!!!!” A feminine voice yelled from above.

Then suddenly, Victoria jumped from the tree and landed in front of Charm. Her blackish -blue hair smelled good as it straightened itself out.

“Found?” I asked. “More like targeted.”
“Was I talking to you?” Victoria said in a rude voice. She then turned back to Charm. “How did you find me?”

Charm backed away even though Victoria tried to seduce him by pressing her body against his. This was typical. If I was Charm, it would have been a different story.

“You already know how.” Charm said shaking his head shamefully. “No point in hiding in the same spot.”
“Treated,”I said under a quick cough.
“Clash, just uhh.” Victoria said ignoring me. “Charm, but seriously, I hide in a different tree. Did you see the carve I did, its in a different spot. So a different tree.”
“No,”I said. “Same spot equals same tree.”
“Lets go guys.” Charm replied leaning up from the tree. “We should be heading for the temple soon. The bell sound should be-.”

Suddenly a loud bell rung loudly. It ringed out about 3 times and that was it. My ears were still ringing after it.

“Damn,” I said. “Looks like we got a psychic here.”
Charm smiled. “Guess I am.”

We started to walk away with Victoria walking behind Charm. As we walked through the forest I realized that it wasn’t as scary as most people say it is. It’s actually interesting. Wild life is great. But then Victoria started to say something. And whenever she talks it’s either about her love for Charm or how much she hate me.

“So Charm,” Victoria said. “ I want you to get the lightning-flamerita sword. You’ll be able to beat the Emperor with it.”
“Oh hell no!” I said getting a little angry cause I heard this about 50 times already. “Why do Charm have to get the sword. I’m just as good as he is. Damn, you’re ignoring as hell.”
“Clash, in your dreams you are better, wait. Not even in your dreams are you better than Charm.”Victoria said while rolling her eyes.
“You know what, I don’t give a shit anymore.” I said. “Go ahead and talk about ya love for Charm. Like it’s not obvious he doesn’t like you.”
“Victoria,” Charm said. “I’ not feeling it right now. Damn guys, stops arguing. And Victoria, I know you want me to get the sword. You’ve been saying that for the past month. Can we get there first. Sheesh....”

Victoria became quiet after that comment. In silence we continued walking. I guess the pressure of what sword we were going to get was getting to Charm because it was surely getting to me. Basically 2 of us are going to get a sword that had 2 types while the other gets the lame water type. Hopefully Victoria gets that one.
Once the forest started to opened up we started to get a view of the temple. The Caiz Temple was surround by the forest we were in now. And since the temple was in the middle of it, it was a great spot to stay hidden from the Emperor. Plus it wasn’t even marked on any map which made it better. As we went downhill toward the temple we started to see the gates and brick wall that surrounded the it. Once we got there, we walked through the gates and into the Courtyard. The Courtyard was where we trained. That included running and fencing. It was filled with our training equipment also. Just seeing this made me shake because I was nervous. My life was about to be determined in the next 20 minutes. I managed to continue walking.

“Lets check the main hall.” I said since Master Wu said the Monks would also be here. They agreed and we walked into the temple doors. The temple itself wasn’t that big. It was about 50 feet in height and the 100 feet in width. The courtyards were just 50 feet by 50 feet also. They had gardens and bushes planted to have a nice scenery. It seemed to have one of those ancient castle looks, with things made out of gold and expensive rugs, curtains, and couches. This temple was where one of the legendary swordsmen came to relax from the world in the time of peace. Good thing only the monks knew where this place was. Hell, I would steal from here.
We walked in we saw a 5 foot man with short white hair wearing a plain white robe. He was talking to 2 monks. Master Wu stopped as he motioned to us to come over. The monks turned and I recognized them. They were Karze and Olito. They had on their yellow and red clothings and were completely bald. I never understood the bald part but who cared. And because they were balded it was hard to tell the difference between them.They were two of the 5 monks that transported us to this temple. They were responsible of keeping us safe. This time they didn’t have their swords with them. But that was when I noticed they were carrying 3 swords in their hands, each of them in there on case. Olito had 2 swords in his hands, one had a shiny blue case while the other had a green and light blue case. Karze had the red and yellow case with the sword. The handle had an epic design. With the red and yellow engraved and going around the handle. The shine on the yellow made it look better. The other swords had their own designs on the handle too. So it was obvious to know which one was which.
Victoria, Charm and I bowed mid-way and the monks did the same.

“Hope you three been well.” Olito said smiling. “ It seems that way by the smiles on your faces.”
“You all waited for this day since last month.” Karze said. “And if your training with Master Wu has gone well then you surely will be able to use the swords you’re given.”
“We trained long and hard for this.” I replied. “ Can’t wait for the decision.”
“I’ve been well,” Charm said acting proper.
“Same here.” Victoria said.
“So let’s get down to business.” Master Wu said. “Should we start the decisions?”
“Yes, no time to waste.” Karze replied back as he straightened up. “Let’s start.”
“Master Wu,” Olito replied. “Since you know them better you can begin with the descriptions while we announce each when you are done. You can start with Victoria. Since you all are trained in the basics of swordsmanship the swords should recognize your energy and glow.”


That sounded weird but I stood still, holding in everything I wanted to say.Victoria jumped at the sound of her name but calmed down.

“Sure.” Master Wu said as he walked in front of us since we were all lined up. “But first let me review some things to you all.”

The monks nodded in agreement and Master Wu went on. The sun shined brightly through the window. Signifying that it was morning.

“As you know there are 5 different types of elements that a sword can have.” Master Wu began as we nodded in agreement. “And for each sword there is a stone that is put inside each sword. But in these 3 swords there are no stones. Your power inside of you is stronger than any other.It just that you haven’t unlocked it yet. But that power will awaken the sword you’ll get. Even by having that power it’ll still recognize it. So don’t worry about it not being unlocked yet. Are you following?”

We all said yes in unison. The monks smiled and he continued.

“Now there are 3 levels to every swords. After each level is unlocked the sword transforms into its next form. This differentiate the weak from the strong. Level 3 is the strongest and its rare for most swordsmen to get to that level since it takes years to master a sword element. Your swords are in its level 1 stage because when the Greats died it transformed back, and the monks from that time hid them around the world. Even though are all will have a level one sword it is said that your abilities are even stronger than a level 2 swordsmen. It is said that it’s faster to unlock these swords than any others. The monks and I are all level 3 swordsmen, so you are well protected.” Master Wu breathed and continued talking. “Now there are also secrets to unlock the swords true power. That you will have to find out. But this is important. Even though you all will stop this new evil presence together. The one who have the lighten flame rita sword is destined to fight the Lightning Emperor. Why? Because only the lightenflamerita sword was able to fight Yan sword and win.”

“So you’re saying the other 2 are just back-up.” I said confused.
“No, I’m saying that the LFR sword is stronger than the others. And its power was the only able to match Yan’s sword.”
“Then it’ll be easier to defeat the emperor since he doesn't have Yan sword. We can all fight him and whup his ass.” Charm said giggling.

I agreed with Charm. If the Lightning Emperor went against all three of us he’ll lose. Its not like he had darker evil than Yan had himself.

“That’s where you’re wrong Charm.” Master Wu said. “He does have Yan sword. And since he can fully control all of his abilities, he can control its Dark Magic.”

“What!!!?” We all said together.

This just changed the everything. If he had Yan’s sword and unlocked the darkness power this was a different battle. The Greats were way older than us when they fought him, and 2 of them almost died. And as we speak Yan was conquering parts of the two remaining Nations. Our time was running out.
 
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Nice first attempt. A few things;

One, you're a bit too focused on the dialogue. Make sure you adequately describe your characters and settings. With a few small exceptions, I was left with no idea what any of your characters are supposed to look like and what environments these events took place in. These details are essential if you're gonna write a book, of any sort. (Remember, adjectives and adverbs are your best friends.)

Next, your story was kind of clustered. Consider adding more spacing between dialogue (putting more space between the lines of different speakers.) and placing more space between dialogue and narration.

Those were the two major things, but keep up the work.
 

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:rofl: Dude, you really do think you're awesome, don't you... You rig the rap contests in your favor, get banned multiple times and do all sorts of really strange things, and act like this makes you awesome. I'm never one to actually, truly do this, but someone needs to take your ass down a notch, homie. If you're going to even try writing a book, best sit yourself down and have a listen. You just can't do these things, Nemo.

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I'm not sure if this is another troll attempt at attention or actually legitimate, so you've called wolf a few too many times. If you are serious though, then come back and talk to me when your fingers are stubs from typing so much, and I'll help you out. I can't work with someone that still has fingers though, I need to see a bloody keyboard and ground bones first. ;)

Nice first attempt. A few things;

One, you're a bit too focused on the dialogue. Make sure you adequately describe your characters and settings. With a few small exceptions, I was left with no idea what any of your characters are supposed to look like and what environments these events took place in. These details are essential if you're gonna write a book, of any sort. (Remember, adjectives and adverbs are your best friends.)

Next, your story was kind of clustered. Consider adding more spacing between dialogue (putting more space between the lines of different speakers.) and placing more space between dialogue and narration.

Those were the two major things, but keep up the work.
Dude, well done, but you should elaborate more and dig deeper. Not on this maybe, a slow start is best when critiquing something that needs major changes, but get in there and find little stuff. Re-work sentences even, show examples of a sentence before and after you worked on it. You don't even need to tell them about it, but it's best if you do so they can learn as well, and as long as it's constructive criticism then you don't need to be worried about offending them.

This guy, I gave CC on his life and conduct, he needs to change that before he pursues a difficult task, so talking about his book would do no good. I'm really just here to critique you on your critique. ^_^
 
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