Ode to the Samurai

In our village, boys have been trained to be samurai since they were young. To the girls, it seemed like something terrifying, for the boys could perish in battle. But not to you. You were the only girl samurai in your village. Your partner was Oda. He was second in rank after Sikken, but you were no less powerful than he was. Oda always treated you with sarcasm; he saw you not as an ally, but as a rival.

Oda always saw me as a rival, not an ally, and always competed with me in everything.