Character Description - Shusaku
Nick Woerishofer
3/5/12
Author’s Note: This is a character description piece on my favorite character, in the book Blood Ninja by Nick Lake, Shusaku. This piece switches point of views, from mine to Shusaku’s. Enjoy!
Blood Ninja by Nick Lake is a great book. My favorite character is Shusaku. He is the ninja who saves Taro, the main character, from the bad ninja who were attacking his village. He is also Taro’s mentor and teacher, he is the one who turned him, and taught him how to be a ninja and how it is to fight with honor. In the book Shusaku where a cloak the whole time and a scarf that covers his face, in a ninja fashion, so you really never see his face and they don’t describe how he looks. He tattooed his whole body so he appears invisible to other ninjas. He is a ninja master and is the best. He used to be a samurai but after dying and being saved by the girl he loved, he became a ninja. He is the only ninja that fights with a samurai sword.
The scene is ancient Japan. I am sitting in a tree waiting for my victim to pass by. My dark black scarf covers my tattooed face. As I sit and wait I look up into the moon. It is dark and the moon is bright. I am hungry I haven’t eaten in days. I am what people call a kyuuketsuki. A creature, a monster, people say we don’t exist, but we do, they just don’t believe in us. We are very dangerous, especially me. We are your worst nightmare. As the victim approaches, I jump down from my hiding place in the tree; I throw a punch hard enough to shadier bones. The victim sank to the ground like the Titanic in the ocean. I sank my white teeth into the victim’s neck. I could feel his blood filling my body, swimming though every vain in my body. It was feeding me the nutrients and energy that I need. I didn’t want to stop but I had to or I would kill him. I never kill unless necessary. I only take enough blood needed to survive. I hide the victim in the woods no one will find him. I feel restored and revived.
