Sengoku Berry chapter 1

I do not own Bleach or the Ambitions of Oda Nobuna

Total confusion.

That was the condition of Ichigo's mind as he ran across a field of tall grass with his two companions, the sounds of battle all around them. The last thing he remembered was going home after been at Urahara's place, then turning a corner and bumping into a guy, the very same one that was running next to him, and then…this.

The boy that he had bumped into has somehow realized where they were, Ichigo having heard him mumbling something along the lines of Sengoku era and the orange-head was rather inclined to believe him, everyone around them wearing old armor. It was either that or they have somehow ended in the biggest cosplay convention ever. Yoshiharu Sagara was his name, a brown-haired boy wearing what Ichigo would call a middle-school uniform.

Their third companion was a young adult, wearing armor lacking any markings. It was as they were running that this adult in question suddenly fell forward, face first into the dirt. Ichigo and Yoshiharu instantly kneeled by his side as he has saved their lives, Ichigo putting a hand on the mans' breast plate.

"To die by a stray bullet… what a stupid way to go…" mumbled out the man.

So far, the due has only been running, barely taking in anything around them. Yet now, with blood staining Ichigo's hand it was beginning to click in that this was all too real.

"Hang in there, old man!" shouted out Ichigo, pressing the wounds through the armor with one hand while undoing the armor straps with the other.

"Your name is… Sagara Yoshiharu? My dream of wealth, castle and women… I want to pass onto you…" said the man taking the boy's hand in his own.

"What are you talking about…?! Hang in there!" responded Yoshiharu.

"Run… Yoshiharu, Ichigo…"

"Don't you die on us! Hang in there! I don't even know your name!"

"My name is… Kinoshita Tokichiro"

"Tokichiro… TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI?!"

"What?" said Ichigo, his eyes wide in disbelieve. He was a long shot from an A in history, but he knew just who Toyotomi Hideyoshi was.

"Don't die! Otherwise history will be all messed up!" yelled Yoshiharu, taking the dying man by both his shoulders.

"You must serve Nobunaga and unify Japan!" continued the brown-haired boy.

"Nobunaga? The head… of the Oda clan… is Oda Nobuna…" were the man's last words and it would seemed that only Ichigo registered them. All his time spent around the recently deceased has made him aware of when it was truly over. He could almost feel it.

Yoshiharu screamed before suddenly, in a strange change in demeanor he got up with a smile on his face.

"I see! This is a dream! I just love Nobunaga's ambition so much, I must have fallen asleep while playin-"

Before he could finish, he was brought to the ground by a horse, revealing a blond girl riding it.

She jumped from her horse and bisected a rider, who, just like her, appeared out of nowhere. Suddenly, another armed man appeared, aiming to slice the girl in half from head to toe, the blond brining her sword up to block, only to have it shatter in two.

Ichigo did not really want to get involved. He swore not to let innocent people get hurt, but she has already killed a man, in front of their eyes no less. And to top it all… he forgot his badge at Kisuke. Yet before Ichigo can make up his mind, Yoshiharu did it for him.

"Hold up just a second! You cannot let pretty girls get killed just like that!" yelled out the blond, coming to stand in front of the girl with his arms spread wide.

"Oda soldiers? Very well, then…" said the armed assailant in orange armor, raising his sword, another of the same faction coming to stand behind him.

"Are you going to stop me with bare hands?" asked the armed man.

"Who cares? Finish them off!" said his companion. As the footman charged, Yoshiharu began rummaging through his pockets with a frantic look on his face while Ichigo just as franticly was looking around for any sort of weapon.

With a shout, Yoshiharu brought his hands forth and played something on the phone that he held, screams and shouts coming from it.

"Nobunaga's ambitions free download soundtrack!" he said with a smug look on his face.

The enemy soldier stopped dead in his tracks.

"Does he have an entire army in that tiny box? Is he a magician?" whispered the disbelieving enemies.

"Who knows? I just might be-" and then… the phone battery died.

"KILL THEM!" shouted once again the enemy rider.

Yoshiharu brought the girl to the floor, shielding her with his body and awaited his end before a clang of metal on metal resonated above the pair. Looking up, both he and the girl saw Ichigo holding off the assailant, a blood-stained katana in his hand.

"Get lost!" shouted out the orange-head, pushing the enemy back and not a second later, riders appeared around the trio, ignoring them and heading for the enemy, a feminine shout prevailing above the thundering of hooves.

"Run! It's the Demon Shibata!"

"And we almost killed the Oda general…" complained one of the running enemies.

As Yoshiharu was looking back and forth between the downed girl and the retreating warriors, mumbling something, Ichigo fixed his gaze on the approaching rider, the very same one that led the cavalry.

"Are you alright?" asked the rider, looked at the blond on the ground.

"I am fine. Keep advancing towards Imagawa!" she responded. As the horsewoman rode off, the blond shifted her gaze to Yoshiharu.

"And you… when will you get off!" she shouted before kicking him off of herself.

"How dare you bring the head of the Oda clan to the ground." She said, standing up and dusting herself before looking at her advancing forces." Atleast you could have picked up a sword like your companion." The blond continued, casting a momentary glance at Ichigo who was eyeing her curiously.

"So Oda Nobunaga is head of the clan…" said Yoshiharu through a pained grunt.

"Who is this Nobunaga? I am the head of the Oda clan, Oda Nobuna!" the now named Nobuna said, striking a pose.

Ichigo on the other hand was scratching his head, confusion written all over his face.

"Come again?"

"So, your trick back on the field was not magic." Stated Nobuna.

The army has returned to her castle a while back, and both Ichigo and Yoshiharu, along with Nobuna and her retainers were seated in a rather spacious room with a nice view of the gardens. There were two new faces in the room, a beautiful dark-haired girl in a crimson kimono and a child with a tiger's skin on her head.

"Is it some new foreign device?" suddenly asked the blond girl in excitement.

"You could say that… although it is useless since it ran out of power." responded Yoshiharu, bringing out his phone.

"Too bad, I was hoping for some entertainment." Said Nobuna, disappointment and boredom seeping into her voice.

"So, you want to serve the Oda family?"

"Yes, Nobunaga-sam-" he was cut off by a flying kick that reminded Ichgo of his old man, the orange-head barely resisting the urge to respond in his usual way.

As Nobuna was crushing Yoshiharu's head beneath her foot, she began yelling at him:

"What is this? You want to serve me, yet you cannot even get my name right. Are you an idiot? I told you, my name is Nobuna!"

"So, what are your names?" she asked, turning to look at Ichigo, who's hand was twitching. Before any of them could respond, the short-tempered blond started to smash Yoshiharu's head again.

"Answer faster! I hate waiting!"

"Sagara Yoshigaru!" said the boy, somehow managing to say it underneath her foot.

"Very well, I'll call you Saru. What about you?"

"Kurosaki Ichigo." Said the shinigami with a glare daring her to use THAT meaning of his name.

"For such a large man to have such a… fruity… name." said Nobuna before both boys exploded.

"My name is not Strawberry/Monkey!" they shouted at the same time. But before Ichigo could continue his rant, Yoshiharu started saying such nonsense that even Ichigo had the sudden desire to hit him. Thankfully, Nobuna beat him to it.

"Enough of your idiocies. You are Saru! That is the end!" said the blond clan head with an air of finality, leaving Yoshiharu a twitching mess on the floor.

"If this monkey is to serve us, he should have a duty." Finaly spoke up the beautiful girl that has been silent so far.

"You are right! It felt nice stepping on him so he will be in charge of my sandals!"

"Good decision. 70 points." Was the strange statement coming from the dark-haired girl.

"So, what about the strawberry?" asked Nobuna, turning to her advisors, completely ignoring Ichigo.

"My name is not strawberry! Ichigo stand for one protector!" yelled Ichigo annoyed at the blond infront of him, only to suddenly have to block a kick, courtesy of the very same girl.

"One…protector… princess, if I may. I saw Ichigo fight off one of the Imagawa soldiers. He was good, even if his style leaves much to be desired." Spoke up Katsue.

"That's because that sword was too short." Mumbled out Ichigo, yet everyone heard him.

"Oh? And what do you usually fight with? O-dachi? No-dachi? You are not a Date spy are you?" asked Nobuna, coming face to face with Ichigo, the teen pulling back from the sudden closeness.

"I guess Zangetsu would be close to a No-dachi size… wait, I am not a spy!" said Ichigo finally catching up with the barrage of questions. Nobuna eyed him for a second longer before pulling back.

"Katsue, find a proper sword for strawberry here… and maybe some armor. He did more than Saru, at any rate. Inuchiyo, show them to their housing after Katsue if finished." Said the blond, ignoring the audible teeth grinding coming from Ichigo.

Ichigo signed as he entered his new 'home'. His home was a single room in a large roll of single-story buildings, a garden with an almost hedge-like fence to the side. Still considering all the strange stuff that were happening around him, he supposed he could not complain, at this stage, anyway. Ignoring the fact that he was apparently in servitude to a feudal lord which he almost beat up on his very first day, the whole deal with going back to the past, only for it to not be exactly the past, then changing said past, ending in trying to fix the past only to screw it up even more was starting to get to his head.

Then there was his big mouth and now he was loaded with a massive sword and armor.

Sure, the sword was the length that he was used to, but normally he would simply enter his body and forget about it. Now, he had to drag that thing everywhere. Heck, the length made it almost impossible to draw if it was tied to his back or waist. It was no Zangetsu to have the bandages simply fall of and then rewrap themselves.

"I guess I'll just have to wear in in my hand all the time… just great…"

Then there was the 'great armor, which you should be grateful for', which was, in a word, lacking. In fact, it was only a chest piece with a single shoulder guard and the skirt plates. No hand guards, no leg guards and only a small, barely visible flower on the top of the left shoulder marking it as Oda armor. He would not be surprised if someone friendly attacked him just because it was that hard to spot.

Still, it could have been worse. It could have been Ichigo instead of Yoshiharu that was on shoe duty. Thinking about his new-found companion, Ichigo really did wonder about the boy and the way he was taking everything in so easily, but then again, it could be something wrong with the world itself considering how easily Nobuna accepted them as her servants.

In the end, Ichigo's priority was to survive in this world. He was sure that Urahara and his family would notice his disappearance and figure something out and considering this was a different world, there was not a single bit of that can of worms called time travel involved.

Ichigo's thoughts were broken by a banging sound next door and a few seconds later, another explosion went off into his own room, the orange-head realizing that it was a smoke bomb if the dense smoke was anything to go by. His forearm was suddenly grabbed by a small hand and Ichigo felt as if he was been dragged by someone doing a shunpo.

Keeping it short, I brought Yoshiharu along because the main plot revolves around having a geek that knows everything there is about the Sengoku period and Ichigo does not really fall into that category. There was not much of Ichigo in this chapter, but things are going to change. Furthermore, Ichigo is powerless or rather, he has no access to them, but he is experienced, so there is that for his state for powers.

For pairing, there is a poll on my page for that since there are just too many interesting characters that he could get paired with, but sadly I cannot write a different story for each one.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed it.

Thank you for reading :).