AN: Hello everyone, once again I am so sorry for the short delay because I am always pretty busy ... Anyway here is now chapter two already and once again I would love to thank my beta reader for taking her time to edit my fanfic.

Disclaimer: Please look at the first Chapter.

Chapter Two

[April 1st, 1552 (Tenbun Year 21) - Owari, Nagoya Castle]

Jenna sighed as she looked over the gardens of Nagoya Castle from her bedroom window. She was sitting on her futon, still recovering from the wound on her arm. It was just yesterday when she suddenly ended up in the past. She still couldn't believe that she was now staying inside of Nagoya Castle, the home of Oda Nobunaga himself; the same lord who would set out to conquer the whole of Japan before his death. But that Nobunaga was a very busy man. She knew that he was still busy with his duties as lord of the castle.

She slowly got up from her bed as the sliding door opened, revealing three males who looked to be around her age. They were staring at her and she stared back. She raised an eyebrow at the trio.

"Is there anything you need?" she asked the three of them curiously.

They stared at her with different kinds of expressions – one was looking at her suspiciously, while the other two were staring at her curiously.

"Uhm... Excuse me, are you the woman that our lord took in yesterday?" One of the boys asked her. "As his guest?"

Jenna noticed that he was really pretty for a guy. He added a whole new level to the word 'bishounen', just like from the anime/manga that she had seen or read. This male talking to her was prime example of it. He had long brown hair that reached his waistline, which was tied into a ponytail. He was also wearing light blue robes.

"Yup, that's me and you three must be his closest attendants, was I right?"

"Yes, we are his attendants…"

He gave her a nod, while the boy with short white hair approached and glared at her, then he placed one of his guns between her eyes. Jenna blinked in confusion and held her hands in the air on reflex, since that's usually what people did whenever a gun was pointed at them.

"I don't believe that this woman is here as a guest!" he snapped. "She must be spy or an assassin from another clan here to try to hurt our lord!"

Jenna felt her eye twitch with annoyance at the white haired male in front of her. She quickly slap the gun away from her face. How dare this brat accuse me of being an assassin! It's obviously I'm not!

"Hey! Do you mind? Watch where you point that thing!" she snapped back at him. "For your information, I am not a spy or an assassin, you jerk! Your lord gave me his permission to stay here inside the castle!" Then she grabbed boy's gun, twisted it out of his hand, and tossed it to the side as she head butted him.

The three boys flinched in surprise as the boy hit the floor, holding his head. Jenna stood over the white-haired boy, cracking her knuckles and scowling at him.

"Woah, you are amazing!" One of the boys exclaimed happily with his eyes were sparkling. "She managed to beat Kura that easily."

"Yeah, I've never seen a woman like that.." The brown-haired bishounen said as he observed Jenna. "A woman who knew how to defend herself."

The white-haired boy picked up himself from the floor, while rubbing his head in pain. That woman is so strong and a bit scary for a woman.

"Damn bloody woman!" he said loudly, still massaging his head.

It seemed that one of Jenna's eyes had developed a twitch at his remark towards her, oddly reminding her of Ronald Weasley from the Harry Potter series. She rolled her eyes at him and crossed her arms in front of her chest with a huff, while the brown-haired boy approached her with a very calm expression.

"Please, forgive Kuranosuke. He's suspicious of everybody when he first meets them. It's clear you're not an assassin, but would you mind telling us who you are?" He said, smiling politely.

"Oh right, I'm Kawaguchi Jenna Louise Izumi, but you can just call me Jenna. I'm not from around here, so I got a little lost and somehow ended up here. The lord was kind enough to allow me to stay here in exchange for working for him," Jenna said. She hoped they bought it. The brown-haired boy looked a little skeptical, and the boy named Kuranosuke had a blatant disbelief written all over his face. Well, after being hit like that, she didn't think he'd be her biggest fan.

"Oh, so that's why you look so strange with your strange hair color! You're a foreigner." The other boy said, smiling. "Nice to meet you, Jenna. I'm Inuchiyo, and that's Gorouza and Kuranosuke!" He said, introducing himself and pointing to the other two.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you, too," Jenna said, smiling and bowing politely

Unknown to them, Nobunaga witnessed all of this from outside of her room. He smirked while leaning on the door. His arms were crossed in front of his chest. It was good to know it wasn't a lie that she could fight even though she was still injured. She was an impressive woman. He wondered if he should make his presence known to the four of them. But he decided to wait and see if anything interesting would happen next.

"Hmph, you said you were going to work here—what kind of work? Cleaning?" Kuranosuke said, grinning evilly. If it was cleaning, he'd be sure to leave behind a big mess for her to clean up. Nobunaga slowly entered the room silently. It seemed that Jenna had noticed his presence. She raised an eyebrow as he moved behind the trio. The young lord looked amused by this.

"Hmph, that's part of it." Nobunaga said, letting his presence be known to them. The three of them looked up at him in shock. "She'll be doing a lot of odd jobs around the castle, but she's primarily going to be working with you three as a fighter."

Inuchiyo and Gorouza looked a little surprised at the young lord's own words. Kuranosuke froze in shock. No way was he working with that she-devil! She was scary.

"What...?!" Kuranosuke asked, unable to contain his surprise.

Jenna smirked as she place her hands on her hips.

"Wow, you must be strong if our lord is letting you fight~!" Inuchiyo said cheerfully. "You want to spar with me?"

"Why don't we help her get settled in first?" Gorouza suggested, smiling. It was unusual for a woman to be a warrior, but Nobunaga was a good judge of character, so she must have something special for him to have let her join them.

"Okay sure, guys... After all, I am still recovering from my blasted wound. Do you mind giving me a tour around the castle?" Jenna said agreement. "Since I never had a chance to go around because I was not allowed to get up from the bed…and I just arrived yesterday."

"Of course, Lady Jenna. We will give you a tour around the castle." Gorouza said. He turned to Nobunaga to ask him if it was alright for them to give her a tour. He gave them a nod, while Jenna watched them curiously.

"But afterwards, bring her back to her room to let her rest because she still needs to recover from her injury. Got that?" The young lord commanded them in a no-nonsense tone.

"Yes my lord!" the three chorused while bowing at once to him.

"Good, now off you go!" he said, making shooing motion with his hand, letting them know that they had been dismissed. The trio bowed again, then Gorouza gestured to Jenna to come with them.

"Come on, Lady Jenna, Let's us start the tour right now."

Jenna nodded as she and the three fools began to the tour around the castle, while Nobunaga went back to the audience room to deal with all of his paperwork. He waited until they were out of sight before he proceed to begin his work.

[A few minutes later…]

Nobunaga still continued to go through a lot of important paperwork, one of the jobs he hated dealing with. He took one of the reports that was submitted by one of his vassals to start reading it. He felt his left eye twitch with annoyance. He really did hate it when someone screwed up in their report and he could barely understand the whole thing. He quickly put the paper away and massaged his temples. His head was already throbbing because of the bad report.

The young lord slumped on his seat and glanced outside. It was a dark gloomy day, just enough for him to feel a bit sleepy. He quickly shook his head to keep the sleepiness off of him and he stretched his arms. He was officially done for the day. He let his thoughts wander to yesterday. A lot of things had happened the day before, especially with the sudden arrival of that woman Kawaguchi Jenna, or Jenna for short, a young woman who was from the very distant future. The same future that he was yet to see. No… He really wanted to see that future, that very peaceful world.

However, it was too far for him to reach. But he could work on it, starting with his goal of uniting Owari under his rule, and he needed Jenna's help to achieve it. He was also curious on how well she would fight in a real battle. After all, he did saw her bring Kuranosuke down earlier. She was indeed a very interesting woman, so he was looking forward to seeing her fight in the battlefield by his side. Suddenly he heard his stomach growl, causing him to realize that he was already hungry and it was almost dinner time.

He quickly put all of the papers away to the side and he heard some voices in the distance which were heading towards his location. He recognized the voices as Jenna and the three fools. He realized that they were talking about his castle so he listened as they came closer.

"This castle is much more different than the one I saw before..." Nobunaga heard Jenna say. "It is wider, cleaner and bigger inside than the one back home, not like a museum."

"Really?" He heard Gorouza's voice this time.

"Yup, a lot of things were displayed as well and it was pretty much rebuilt because of a certain event that happened long ago in my time."

He wondered which castle that was rebuilt in her time, then he heard three gasps at these words. The door slid open, revealing the four of them. They saw him and greeted him with respective bows before sitting down near him. The young lord took notice of Jenna's arm. He could see that the bandages were already bloody and he noticed that she was trying hard not to wince in pain every time she moved her arm. It seemed that Gorouza also saw this. He looked at her and smiled gently.

"It looks like I really need to change your bandages again," he told her. "So wait a second... I will get the medical kit so I can change the bandages..."

"Okay..." She nodded as he went out to get the kit from where they stored it. She glanced around the audience room curiously while waiting for Gorouza to come back. She felt Nobunaga's curious gaze on her, then the door slide open once again, this time it was the food being brought into the room by the servants.

"Ah, this smells great!" Gorouza said as he came back with the kit and sat down next to Jenna to start cleaning and changing her bandages. She winced in pain. Afterwards they began to eat the food. According to Gorouza, They often ate together with the lord, since it gave them time to relax and exchange information with Nobunaga at the end of the day before they retired. But this time Jenna joined their group and their conversation. She mentioned that she missed her cousins because they often ate together despite not living in the same house anymore. She noticed that it made them slightly confused.

"Well, I sort of grew up with them however in America, most kids move out of their parent's house by the time they reach eighteen years old." Jenna explained to them. "The legal age in America is eighteen years old, while the drinking age is around twenty-one years old. So in the eyes of the law, I am currently an adult." The men in the room continued to listen to her with rapt attention while they ate. They were so curious about the laws in her homeland after all. Especially Nobunaga, who was busy staring at her.

"Maybe we should have some law here to keep everything in place... What do you think my lord?" Gorouza asked the young lord who was still staring at Jenna while eating his food.

Nobunaga removed his gaze on Jenna and looked at him. A law to keep everyone in my territory in check huh especially some of my annoying retainers… He pondered to himself as he swallowed his food. "Okay, I'll still thinking about it... Now eat..."

"Yes, my lord."

Then everyone proceed to eat their dinner.

[A few minutes later..]

Jenna sighed as she flopped down onto the futon they had supplied her with. The same one that she used yesterday. Since she was a woman, it would've been inappropriate for her to share one of the rooms with the guys, so Jenna had been given a small room of her own. It was the size of a large closet, much smaller than her own room back home. But Jenna didn't mind since she was able to have some privacy.

It had been a long, physically and mentally exhausting day for her. After Gorouza and the others had given her a tour of the castle, she could feel her wound hurting and it was bleeding again, so Gorouza changed her bandages before bringing her back to her room. Then afterwards she bid the three of them an early good night. They even let her eat dinner with them, so she was slightly full. Not only that, she was not used to sleeping early. She often slept passed midnight. But now it looked like she needed to learn how to sleep early because she knew that she would do a lot of chores first thing in the morning.

Jenna glanced at her bag, which was just beside the shelves of her room, making her remember that she hadn't checked on her things since she arrived yesterday. So she once again slowly got up from her bed to get her things, then she returned to her bed and started going through her stuff. She found out that her things were still in good condition especially her iPhone, laptop and her other important items.

Wow.. I cannot believe that I actually brought some stuff from the future, stuff that shouldn't even exist yet, she mused, staring at them in surprise. Then she glanced at the time on her phone and noticed that the time was wrong. It looks like I also need to change the time and the timezone of my phone to GMT +9 hours, since I am still in Japan even though I am in the past.. As she began to change the settings of her phone, she also remembered that she changed the language from English to Japanese long ago. So the people wouldn't be able to understand her phone except for the ones who could understand the language well.

She gave out a long yawn, letting her realize that she was pretty tired already. So she place her phone next her as she laid down on her futon, then she covered herself with her blanket up to her head.

This was a very long day... I just hope I'll find a way home… That includes trying to help out the people in this era... she thought as she started to drift off to sleep on her futon. I am sure by the time I finally recover from my wound, Nobunaga will let me do a lot of chores around this castle and so on… Oh well good night world…

Then she finally drifted off to the land of dreams.

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