Definition of Terms
Tantou - a dagger used for self-defense
Uchigatana - a type of sword that has an average size.
Yari - spear
Oodachi - a very long sword. Only became legal until the end of sengoku period.
Btw this will take place after the Sengoku Basara The Last Party
P.s. man in the picture is Mikazuki Munechika. He'll be the first tkrb character to appear in this chapter.
P.p.s. please do point the mistakes that I wrote here xD
"Oyakata-sama!" A soldier ran towards the place where Takeda was sitting. The soldier bow down and reported.
"M-master Sanada is engaging in a heavy fight with Date Masamune!"
"Hmm! Leave them alone! They have their own enjoyment. Let's focus on the real enemy." Takeda gripped his fan and stood up. On the hill, he saw Uesugi Kenshin atop on his horse. Behind him was his massive army.
"Hm! As I thought, trying to get his followers to join him again." Takeda readied his axe and walk slowly while staring at Uesugi's figure.
"Fighting with all of my strength is an honor for the Takeda clan."
Uesugi Kenshin reached for his tachi. Removing it from its sheath.
"This will be the last clash. We will determine who'll win this fight." Uesugi can feel the excitement of facing his long time rival again.
Uesugi slowly make his sword slowly trot towards the Takeda daimyo.
Soldiers on both sides made a way for the two warlords.
"Nice seeing you again Shingen Takeda."
"Hmm! It's nice having to fight you again Uesugi."
Readying their stance, the two Lords will now start the battle.
But...
An inhumane roar stops all of the ruckus.
No one dared to move, they tried to search the mysterious roar.
"Ah! Over there!" A soldier of Uesugi pointed on a certain part. A grotesque group of creatures of six was seen.
The first one had a body of a skeletal snake. The skull's shape was a bit irregular, in the creature's mouth is a *tantou.
The other ones wields either a yari or an uchigatana.
"What are those creatures doing in this war!?" Shingen's fury worsened as he and Uesugi's fight got interrupted by an uninvited group.
"I sense malice." Uesugi sheath in his sword and ushered his horse to approach the unknown creatures.
"Who sent you here?" Uesugi points at the group.
But it seems like they didn't understood a thing or two about his question. Instead, one of them roared and immediately charged at Uesugi.
Thanks to the monk's fast reaction, he immediately countered the powerful attack. He immediately took a few steps back with his horse.
"Then, a fight is a fight." Uesugi grabs his sword and pointed it on the unknown creatures.
"Do not start a fight without me Uesugi!" Takeda Shingen rushed towards the group and swung his axe.
Some of them had a moderate injury but most of them nearly only had a light scratch.
"Keh! Impossible!"
"T-Takeda Shingen's blows are very powerful... how can those creatures withstand that.!?" A soldier squeaked.
"It's because it cannot be beaten like that easily." A female voice breaks their trail of thoughts.
"They were created with so much negative spirits thay even a stab in the heart cannot make them diminish." The unknown hooded girl unsheathed her pair of sai and dashed on the one wielding a yari. She continuously strike every part of the creature's body, her fast moves wasn't predicatable like the others. The opponent cannot read it.
The woman jumped back and did a fighting stance. "Diminish in this world!" Her weapons shined and she did a finishing blow on the yari.
"Sugoi..." Everyone was amazed on how skillful the unknown woman is. Even the two daimyos.
"The five remaining." She pointed and five men charged.
"Hey... those clothes..." Takeda is wondering.
"Heian jidai..." The Bishamonten monk muttered under his breathe.
"Why would a group of samurai wear an old-fashioned clothes?"
"They give off a clean aura... are they perhaps..?"
"They're spirits." The cloaked maiden approached the two lords.
"May I know your name?" Uesugi took off the horse and smiles gently.
"Akira..."
"Akira... how can you summon such spirits? Are you perhaps a saniwa?"
The maiden only nods.
"Such a skillful one to be sent here in this messy place. Are you sure you aren't lost?" Uesugi's cool and gentle demeanor didn't made her stoic facade melt.
"May I see your face?"
"Uesugi Kenshin, what are you doing?"
The monk glanced at Takeda and raised his brow. "I'm trying to befriend our new ally against the new enemy."
"For now..." the maiden bowed and rushed towards her comrade's aid, protecting them.
"Are we going to be allies again?" Uesugi chuckles and gazed at the immense battle. Takeda laughed.
"And I thought this will be the end..."
"Mitsunari..." A man clad in a golden battle clothes muttered his ex-comrade's name as he study the man in front of him.
"Ieyasu..." a silver-haired man muttered in a agitated tone and is slowly reaching towards his sword's handle.
The two young warriors readied themselves.
"M-MITSUNARI-SAMA!!!"
"IEYASU-DONO!!!"
Two soldiers in different factions approached the two warriors. They bowed as to excuse.
"What is it soldier?" Mitsunari, upset that his final battle with his rival got interrupted decided to hear out his soldier's message.
The two messengers glanced at each other, silently debating on who should go first. Finally, Ieyasu's messenger spoke.
"Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin are forming another alliance."
"What!?" Ieyasu was shocked to hear that his old mentor is forming another alliance with the old man's rival.
"It doesn't concern our current situation soldier!" Mitsunari got furious on the soldier's message. He removed the sword on it's sheath and was about to cut the head of Ieyasu's messenger when a gold knuckle prevented his blade to meet the poor head.
"Mitsunari! We should hear the other details!"
"Hah!? It doesn't concern our battle!!!"
"But with the other daimyo... there must be some sort of a big problem..." Ieyasu ushered the soldier to continue. Mitsunari's messenger was the next to send his findings.
"Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune formed an alliance."
"Even those two..." Mitsunari was getting confused and irritated at the same time.
"Just what happened..?"
"If you won't mind I'll give you all the details!" A muscular man landed and stab his oodachi on the dirty soil.
"Maeda Keiji..?" Ieyasu relaxes as he smiled gently at the vagabond.
"Sorry for interrupting your fight!"
"It's already been interrupted you vagabond." Mitsunari clicked his tongue in annoyance. Doing his usual glare at the Maeda vagabond.
"Hehehe~ anyways..!" He lifted his oodachi and carried it on his shoulder.
"There's a person responsible for all of this!"
"I thank you all for responding to my invite." The hooded woman bowed.
All of the lords participated in the war are currently seated in one room. Each one facing another lord.
"I do need to explain this. The creatures that attacked Uesugi-dono are History Retrograde Army. They're negative spirits that formed as six in each team to be sent in various historical timelines. Changing things that are already a part of a certain history. Since this is the present, they only interfere in one period which is the Heian period."
"You mean... they messes up some important things that happened in a certain period..?" One lord from a faction asked.
The woman nod. Everyone was shocked to hear her explanation.
"Just what is the meaning of this!?" Someone barged into the room and pointed the handle of his sword on Akira.
The woman seemed unfazed despite the fact that he gives a murderous intent.
"A clarification of certain things..."
"And what does that mean woman!?" Mitsunari was about to get his sword when suddenly, he can't move.
"You're too impatient my lord. Let me explain thoroughly."
"I don't need such useless explanation..!"
"Mitsunari!" Ieyasu finally took action and hold both of his hands, preventing him to charge at the woman. "She's a woman!!!"
"Now what!?"
The room was dead silent. No one uttered a single syllable. Mitsunari's rage and the sage's cool and not amused expression made it even more nerve wracking.
"I know you've used a binding spell on me! Let me out so that I can cut your pretty head of yours!"
"Just charging without even a clear motive and judgement won't help you get what you need." She snapped her fingers and finally he was freed from the binding spell.
"Khnnh... speak..."
"Of course I will, my lord."
She explained everything from the start.
"... we haven't found a reason on why would they interruptthe present. Future hasn't even been made."
"Uh... saniwa--" Ieyasu muttered but was cut off by her.
"Just Akira is fine my lord." She said in a surprisingly gentle tone. Everyone gasps.
That was a shock from Mitsunari.
"Ano... are you perhaps sent here from..?"
"From a citadel. I can't name my headquarters. I'm sorry..."
"It's fine." Ieyasu smiled in return and bowed in gratitude. He sat down as she continued to explain.
"The last mission that I was sent to was the time where Mikazuki was going to be smithed, they planned to kill Sanjou Munechika whom smithed Mikazuki Munechika. He was about to get erased in the history's beautiful sword because of his sword's pattern. But we prevented it."
The man clad in a royal Heian clothes laughed softly.
Female servants inside were either fanning themselves or batting their eyelashes at the man named Mikazuki Munechika.
Typical girls... Akira thought and opened one of the scrolls that she brought along.
"There's an intel that the History Retrograde Army formed an alliance. It has something to do with this ongoing war. According to the others, one of them came from the Oda clan."
"What!?"
"How!?"
"Just why!?"
Everyone keep on muttering the deceased clan.
"Akira-sama." Uesugi raised his hand. Akira granted his permission.
"Oda clan might be the one who started this History Retrograde Army."
"I can relate to that."
All of the lords was either okay to ally with the others, except for one.
"I won't participate into those stupid things!"
"Mitsunari."
He turn around and saw the woman earlier.
"Can I talk to you?"
Ieyasu was beside him. He too, was surprised. But a conclusion came into his mind. He pushed Mitsunari towards her.
"Enjoy~!" Ieyasu ran before Mitsunari can even argue.
"Can we?"
Mitsunari nodded.
"I know you still hate Ieyasu-dono..."
"Ah..."
They are on the hill, under the wilted old tree.
"I'm sorry for not introducing myself properly. I'm Akira Akasuna." She bowed at him and direct her gaze back to the moon.
"I didn't asked for your name."
"I'm giving it anyway." Mitsunari doesn't know to whether he'll be mad at her sarcastic remarks a while back or not.
"State your business."
She sighed and glanced at him. "Please, just give us a chance. After the Retrograde Army will be wiped out, you can continue your goal."
And Masamune's swords will make an appearance here. Even though they aren't the swords that Masamune had in the sengoku basara game, I'll still include them.