Chapter 1
Nene was bored, very bored. She was sitting in her chair while listing to a suitor for her hand brag about how great it was to marry someone like himself, how rich she would be, how it would benefit both their lands and how he will make her happy for all eternity ,she had heard enough of his bickering she raised her hand for him to stop talking "thank you for your offer but I will have to say no thank you to your hand in marriage" Nene said in a bored tone being a single queen of ninja's was not easy, "but milady I can make you very happy and give you a lot of beautiful children" the man begged "I said no! Kunoichi remove him at once" Nene ordered as her best ninja removed the man from the room, the man kicking and screaming for Nene to change her mind 'as if I would ever marry the likes of a spoilt brat like him' she thought as she got up to leave as soon as she turned her back she heard the doors open "for the last time I said no" she screamed her eyes were closed so she looked a bit childish doing so but she still had no idea who it was "is this how you treat your guests nowadays?" a voice asked as Nene opened her eyes to see a very old friend of hers "Yukimura?" she gasped "in the flesh" Yukimura replied as the two men behind him smiled noticed this and asked "oh sorry but who are you two?" as soon as she asked that two arms wrapped around the two strangers strangling them "Yukimura… help" one managed to gasp out as Yukimura heard chuckling from the nearby shadows "show yourself" Yukimura shouted as a figure stepped out of the shadows his arms connected to Yukimura's comrades "Kotarò put them down please" Nene asked as Kotarò only nodded as he released his captives "cough why didn't you seal the arms Kanetsugu?" asked the smaller one of the trio "because I did not see it coming Ranmaru" the now named Kanetsugu replied as he and Ranmaru stood up "well Ranmaru, Kanetsugu welcome to my kingdom" Nene said with a happy smile on her face "you never change do you Lady Nene" Kotarò said darkly as he stepped back into the shadows "come let us have dinner" Nene said as they went to the royal dining hall.
At the dinner table Nene's only samurai warriors MItsunari, Masonori and Kiyomasa introduced themselves and the everyday royal feast began like normal Masonori stuffing his face and MItsunari telling him off about it Kiyomasa was having a very interesting talk with Ranmaru and Kanetsugu while Yukimura and Nene were talking about the current war "so I suppose you came here to tell me this and not just to see me" Nene asked as she sunk into her chair at the end of the table "yes I apologize for only coming to see you to tell you such news but my clan really needs your help" Yukimura said with a look of hope in his eye "look as much as I want to help you Yukimura I can't we are one man short" Nene said as Yukimura's looked down in disappointment "but Lady Nene we may have one option" Kotarò chuckled as he stepped out of the shadow's making Ranmaru choke on his drink "and what would that be Kotarò?" Nene asked as he sparked her interest" an old friend of mine, a fellow ninja who served the Daimyo till he died" Kotarò said "what's their name?" Nene asked taking the words out of everyone's mouths "Hanzò Hattori" Kotarò said as everyone gasped.