"Raging Angel"

Piko was her nickname, and the only name she ever knew since the death of her mother nine years ago. With her small village on the far edge of civilization, lodged between a vast swamp on one side and endless rice paddies and peat bogs, it was far from the majority of bandit raids, but not far enough, nor was it defended. The raiders would come nearly every fall it seemed, raiding, pillaging and burning, causing hardships, pain and loss of life due to starvation. Growing up on the edge of the world where one had to defend themselves, she was a tough young woman who knew full well how to fight hard and work hard, but with the advent of the iron armor clad bandits, it was getting too much even for this spry young tomboy and all around ruffian Finally, at age fourteen, the spry and spunky redhead had had enough. She made an offering to the gods pleading for protection. And boy did they answer her plea When the angel finally appeared, it was right at the time of the end of the fall rice harvest when the raiders were preparing to make their best haul of the year. The angel passed judgment on the bandits in a most brutal manner. Not a one of them made it out alive. Fear spread throughout the land and the bandits decided to avoid the village, which made life much easier for one and all. But just when it seemed things were heading toward a happy ending, the angel declares that Piko must leave her happy home and go on a great inquest, and she won't even tell the girl why, only saying she may never see her beloved home again. Follow the young sake seller and her personal angel as she learns about the world, life and love 'angel style' as she battles villains, discovers her true past, her true identity and her true destiny decreed from the of time.