Hitoshi (II)

Please note: This article is about the Mantis. For other uses of the term, please see Hitoshi (disambiguation).
Hitoshi was a bushi of the Mantis Clan.
== Family ==
Hitoshi was not aware the he was the bastard son of the famed master sensei of the Kakita Dueling Academy, Kakita Toshimoko. The Topaz Championship (Beginner Game adventure) Toshimoko had another son, Kakita Ichirō. Roar of the Lioness, by Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda
== Station ==
Hitoshi was tall, lean and flexible, who in his youth served on a number of Mantis ships, such as Fortunate Turtle and Susano-o (being known at that time as Susano-o no Hitoshi), The Mantis Clan becoming an expert archer. In 1123 he was invited to participate in the Topaz Tournament, arranged by certain members of the Scorpion Clan. The Scorpion would like to create a conflict between Crane and Mantis, up to and including Hitoshi's death at Crane hand, and then reveal the truth of his parentage. Hitoshi did not know that he was also being overwatched by the ghost of Doji Satsume, the late Emerald Champion and Toshimoko's brother-in-law. Satsume wanted to see that Hitoshi would become a samurai worthy of his father. Hitoshi was the front-runner in the arechery contest, judged by Kakita Naomori. During the dinner's feast Hitoshi had an outburst and challenged Kakita Toshimoko, a duel which the Mantis quickly lose. However, Hitoshi made through the iaijutsu dueling competition, but he was badly injured by Kakita Riku, who inadvertently was wielding a real blade. She was saved from committing seppuku when Bayushi Sugai, the runner-up of the previous Topaz Tournament, was found guilty of replacing Riku's training sword. 
Category:Mantis Clan Members (TCG)