[Disclaimer] I don't own Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja or Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi! All the credit goes to its creators.

[Author's Note] Anyway, this is a love story about Izuna and Yoichi from the anime "Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi." I think these two look so cute and perfect together, so why not write them a story? I hope you like it, but if you don't? Well, I'm sorry. I'm also sorry about any typos and other writing errors. I'm not the greatest writer out there, you know?

(Chapter One – Broken Leg, Broken Soul)

It was an ordinary day for the young samurai named Yoichi Karasuma. He was sitting down outside with his eyes closed, the nonviolent sounds of the wind and birds soothing his senses. He took a deep breath and then let out a sigh, the fresh air that traveled through his nostrils felt so invigorating. "The air is wondrous well," he said to himself, his face with a bright smile on it. His ears then caught the sound of a door sliding open, which meant that somebody was coming outside.

"Yoichi, dinner is ready," said a very feminine voice, a voice that belonged to none other than Ibuki Ikaruga.

The samurai turned his head slightly as he replied, "Thank you, Ibuki-dono." She then walked away and left the door open, and because of that, Yoichi got up and walked inside of the Ikaruga household, closing the door behind him. He walked inside of the kitchen and sat down next to the Ikaruga sisters. Well-prepared food awaited his tastes buds as he gazed down at the delectable looking meats and vegetables that were in front of him.

"S'wounds, the food looks delicious!" exclaimed Yoichi, his eyes lit with joy.

"He's been here for months and I still don't understand what he's saying sometimes," said Ayame with an irritated look on her face.

"Thank you for this wonderful dinner, Kagome-dono."

She looked over at Yoichi and smiled. "You're welcome," Kagome then replied, afterwards eating her food.

"All right, let's eat," said a happy Chihaya. They all then started to eat, and also had several conversations, as well. About 20 minutes later, dinner was over and now it was time for the dishes to be washed. Since Kagome and Ayame were washing the dishes, and Ibuki went to sleep in her room, and Chihaya was working on her newest manga, Yoichi decided to go back outside.

The sun was pretty much gone and the moon was on its way of showing up in the sky. The sky looked orange, yet red looking. "Beautiful," he whispered as he began to walk on the back porch, soon stepping off of it and walking on the grass. As he was enjoying this peaceful walk, he then heard a loud scream, and it sounded like the scream of a female. He now had a look of seriousness on his face instead of happiness.

He looked in the direction of where the shriek came from, his hand gripping the handle of his wooden blade very tightly. Yoichi began to run towards the trees, soon entering a forest looking area. He swiftly dashed through the trees, hitting low branches out of his way with his wooden vane. Seconds later, he stumbled upon a battle that was taking place, and it looked very grim. He saw a huge looking man with a helmet who was holding a very large katana in his left hand.

He wasn't wearing a shirt, he had on army pants, and he was wearing huge, spiky cleats. The man's katana was covered in blood, droplets of the red liquid dripping from off of the tip of the sword, staining the leaves that were on the ground. Yoichi then turned his attention toward the girl. He saw a very beautiful girl struggling to stand up on her feet who was also wielding a very large katana that was stained with blood.

She had big, green eyes, bright pink hair, and an outfit that showed off quite a bit of her womanly charms. Yoichi was quite shocked at what he was seeing. She looked like she was in no condition to fight anymore; he knew that he had to help her. The ninja girl then spat out a large wad of blood from out of her mouth and smirked at her opponent.

"What, are you done fighting already? You're such a wimp! I'm not even tired yet!" she loudly said to him.

The man pointed his blade at the injured, young girl and alleged, "Believe me, foolish girl; I have barely even begun fighting you. I will make sure that all of your blood will spill on this very ground." Izuna tried to stand up all of the way, and when she attempted this, she felt discomfort as if she pulled something, but she ignored the pain.

Yoichi wondered how this fight even started. Who was the bad guy here? Well, he believed that it was the man; he had to be the enemy in this situation. Izuna began to do her battle stance, sporting a very angry face expression as she glared at the giant.

She then yelled at him, "It will be YOUR blood that will paint this forest, not mine!"

"Any last words before your death?" asked the man.

"Kiss my butt, loser," was her response, a very rude one at that.

He then began to yell as he ran at Izuna, her body almost stiffened from fear at the moment. He swung his sword at her and she moved out of the way, later stabbing the guy in the right-side of his ribcage. Blood gushed out of the wound as he screamed in pain.

"Aw, did baby crap his diaper?" Izuna teased as she pulled out her katana and slashed him in the same spot, which caused more blood to shoot out. He then threw a punch at her, but she blocked his attack with her blade, which cut open his knuckles. Izuna then delivered a heavy and rough swing and hit him in the stomach; the attack practically cut his body in half. When he threw another attack at her, she ducked and began to backflip away from him; she was so agile. After she pulled off 25 backflips at a high speed, she jumped at a tree; wall jumped from off of it, and then began to spin around.

The man knew she was trying to confuse him, and he was ready for her. She then randomly threw her katana at him as she was spinning, and this kind of took him by surprise. With super quick reflexes, the enormous man hit the sword back at her. Thankfully, only the handle of her katana hit her in the leg, but because of the speed it was traveling at, it completely shattered her left leg.

The pain that she felt was so unbearable. She never once in her life felt something as painful as this before. She screamed, and she screamed loud as she descended from being in the air, landing roughly on her back. The man then threw his sword at her, but before it hit its mark, a beyond powerful gust of wind blew the weapon back at the man, stabbing right through his heart.

When the giant fell down dead, Yoichi then ran over to Izuna. Her vision began to blur, her breathing was becoming slower, and she felt like she was actually going to die. "I c-can't believe it ends h-here," she sadly whispered. Right before she passed out, she saw Yoichi standing above her head. "Huh? Who are… y-you?" After saying those words, everything went black, black and silent.

Well, that's all for now. I'll try my best to keep this story going until it's over. I don't plan on making this a very long story, but whatever. I hope someone out there will like this pairing, because I sure do ^_^.