Hanzo kneeled down at his Lord's side. His men rushed pass them into the battlefield to fight the mercenaries that the Buddhists hired. A tactician listened to Tokugawa's words that came from his lips. The tactician nodded his head and bowed to his Lord and he ran off with a group of soldiers. That tactician broke through the enemies' lines and went forward to set fire to the selected temples. Tokugawa smirked and he turned his head to the battle then his eyes shifted to his protector that kneeled before him. He said something to him but the protector could not make it out. There were loud cracks and huge booms into the air. Tokugawa screamed and started to flee from the moment at the sudden fire. Tokugawa yelled out to Hanzo to go forth and protect the main camp while Tokugawa went back to hold his position as commander. Hanzo nodded his head and jumped and disappeared in darkness. Tokugawa saw his disappearance and sighed at the unknowing loyal friend of his.

Akane ran into battle with the fellow ninjas. In this battle she did not know if she would be able to see Hanzo or even Magoichi for that matter. She kept those thoughts out of her head as she slashed men down. Her and her group fought hard upon the enemy and kept their hold until they were allowed to advance further. Akane used her kunai upon the men to take them down and the sword she was given by the Tokugawa army. She sliced men in half, cut off their limbs, she stabbed and threw, and she did whatever she had to do to push back the enemy from heading to the main camp and Lord Ieyasu. She jumped back with the red liquid specs upon her face. Her and her group pulled their swords up and ran into the men stabbing whoever got into their way. Akane stabbed a troop and she forced out the sword out of his side and sliced another troop to her left. She spun around cutting the hands off of one soldier and turned quickly around thrusting up her sword into a troop's chin. She jerked the sword from his face and let the blood spray from his body upon her and the ground. Akane raised her stained sword and her fired eyes met a troop's. She ran into the enemy slashing away┘

Hanzo ran quickly to meet up against the fire. He let his kusari-gama out of his hand and slashed at the men that stood before him. He jerked the chain back getting the fleeing men down. He caught the sickle in his hand and did that movement once more. The men that carried the firearms fell into the red dirt. Hanzo smirked and marched on without any assistance. More men came at him; he jumped doing a 360 in the air and letting the ball at the end of chain hit the men in the heads. He landed on his feet and pulled back the ball; he caught it in his free hand and threw it once again. This time he stirred the ball about using the sickle as the guide. The ball was able to break the ribs of troops, knock down their weapons and flee, knock the troops out, break their faces, and push the enemy back. Hanzo pulled it back as he saw it slowing down; he caught it once more but he let it drop and caught the chain not allowing the ball to hit the floor. He ran further into the battle slicing down his enemies.

Magoichi stood in the middle of the temple pacing about. He heard what Hanzo and a young maiden were doing and he thought it was reckless. He clenched his fists and walked forward to the priests that stood at the main camp looking out to the mercenaries running to fight. Magoichi touched their arms and told them they should just surrender or something bad will happen to their own city and themselves. The priests did not listen and only waited in eager. Magoichi could not do a thing but wait till it was his turn to go out and show the opposite force that he had been waiting for them. Magoichi touched the bruises upon his cheeks and the swollen of the cuts. He slid his fingers off his face and let his hand drop to his side. He whispered that Hanzo would pay for doing such a thing┘but inside, Magoichi was scared and did not want to step into the field with Hanzo on it.

The tactician's group broke pass the enemies lines and was able to make it to the first temple. The troops killed off the messengers and the troops that were in the temple. They had captured the priests and pushed them out of the temple. The tactician ordered his group to light the temple. The temple went into flames and the smoke risen high to the skies. The smoke covered the tops of the field. The tactician pulled back and snuck further into the city going to set fire to the other temples that they were assigned to be placed up in flames.

The main camp only thought of the smoke as a malfunction of the firearms or something had happened with the ammo. They didn't care much for the smoke that was lifting into the clouds. Magoichi stood outside the temple and the main camp looking in awe at the rising smoke. He knew that wasn't something of firearms, the smell of the burning wood gave it off. Magoichi ran back to the priests and told them to halt their attack. He told them that Tokugawa's army was setting flames to the buildings. He told them once again to surrender to the enemy and give up their path along the road for Nobunaga. They did not listen to him and only laughed at Magoichi's mistake. The gunman growled and grinded his teeth; he grabbed his gun and ran into the field trying to end this battle for good.

Tokugawa got word of the first temple being set on fire. He got the thought of it when the smokes of the flames were on the clouds. He nodded and sat back looking up at the Heavens that was being covered in darkness. He smirked and whispered to himself this: Hanzo do not fail me. Even though we have succeeded on our fire plan the battle is not over yet. Keep fighting to the last man and do not fail me!

Hanzo saw the flames but that did not distract him from his attacks. He kept swinging his kusari-gama around getting any man that stood before him. He threw his sickle forward getting a troop's head and he jumped throwing the hidden kunai from his garment down at the men who did not see it coming. Hanzo landed on his feet and ran back into his advance. He kept his head strong and his mind even stronger. The thing that slurred through it was battle, fight, kill, win. He did not think of anything else, no he was too smart to be thinking about anything else other than the battle at hand.

Akane spotted the fire in the clouds and smiled. That was their sign to push further and take down the enemy as they went. The main camp surroundings were barren from enemies and their own troops stood to keep guard. Akane and her group cut through the men that were in the way of their path. Akane and her group of female ninjas only came in contact with spears and swords but no firearms┘yet. As they marched forward they heard the infamous boom, but this boom wasn't from a gun, no it was much bigger and louder. The crack was heard even from the main camp and even Hanzo heard that loud crack in the wave of many sounds. The frightened ninjas screamed and jumped back to search for the object that made the horrid sound; Akane, frightened herself, looked about the land in front of her to see nothing but dirt. Her eyes went everywhere to search for that object. The group stepped back slowly; everyone was searching for that object. The crack was heard again and something came in the middle of Akane's group and sent them flying. Many of her troops did not survive; she and few others were on the ground straggling to get to their feet. Akane's eyes went to the source of the noises and found a hill with lush bearings. The crack was heard once more and the same exploding object hit the remaining of her troops. Akane stepped back in fear of her death but something kept her going. Her superhuman strength pulled her to run into the lush. She slashed continuously through the leaves and branches until she made her way to a large metal object with men at the end of it. Akane stared at it in awe for a moment then she went on with her attack. She was able to kill the men at the firing object quickly but she managed to obtain a large slash on her back and bruises at her arms. Akane crawled out of the lush quietly and low; she remained low and waited to see her own troops coming from the main camp. She called them out and they came to her aid. She told them to tell Tokugawa that the enemy has hidden weapons in the lush and told them to warn the rest. The men did what she asked and ran back to the main camp. The wounded Akane pulled back into the hidden lush and rested upon the weapon.

Hanzo was in the middle of the two camps. The many men he wiped out laid behind him in bloody mud. He panted heavy as he waited the enemy to charge at him. His mind started to drift for a second and that pain that came to him before slashed at his mind. He fell to his knees holding back screams and his teeth grinded into each other. His eyes were uneasy; he heard Akane's cry within his head and he screamed. The fearsome ninja pulled up slowly and began to swing the kusari-gama everywhere. The men that caught up into it screamed in horrid ways and their bodies were now chopped upon the dirt. Hanzo knew the witch craft and he would not stand it any longer. He was up against the men that bewitched him and he wasn't going to let them take control and kill him. Hanzo ran forward with his back arched slicing the red sickle at the men he came to. Hanzo was now the demon he was named for, he was the worse nightmare of every soldier, and he was out to get anyone that stood in his way. That was the reason why Hanzo was pushed out first and alone; he would kill anyone...

Magoichi pushed through the hired men and forced his way to the enemy. He fired most of them down but then he had to use his kicks and gun for the close combat. Magoichi took down few men as he could; he fought but he didn't think killing through the battle would help anything or anyone. He knocked most of the men down with the butt of the gun and kicked the others away. Every now and then he would have to use his firearm to force a group down and away from his advance.

The tactician was at the second temple, he and his group lit it up in flames. The enemy did not come after them since they did not care. The tactician went on to the third one with their flames readied. As they spotted the third temple they also spotted something else; there was a large group of heavy armored men coming at them. They stood their ground and fought them back but they weren't able to pass them to make it to the third temple. The tactician had to make the third temple light up in flame somehow but he could not push his way through. As his men fought off the surprised attack the tactician found something that was upon the ground; the item was a stick. That stick was used to put the temple to ashes. He grabbed it and ran out of the way of the enemy; he was able to make it to the sidelines where he began to work on the thing that was called dynamite. He craved a hole into the stick and poured the gunpowder into the hole. He sealed the stick up by shoving leaves into the opening and then he lit the leaves. The tactician knew if he wasn't quick enough he could blow himself up and everyone around him but that did not stop him. He ran closer to the temple and threw the stick at the temple. He fled as it cracked and exploded the temple up. The men around it were killed or pushed over to the ground unconscious.

Tokugawa saw the explosion and knew that it was it and that's all the tactician could do. He smiled and prayed for the tactician's soul to be lifted into the Heavens with no regret of dishonoring his family or his Lord, he had done well. Tokugawa ordered the advance with everyone to take down the enemy and force their way to the main camp. The troops followed his orders and they went forward into the battle and ending it quickly.

Magoichi heard a mans scream; on reflex he spun around seeing the Shadow crouched down panting. Magoichi stepped back to see the evil look within his eyes. Hanzo stepped forward seeing the victim of his next prey. Magoichi held his ground shaking. Hanzo held his ground aching for a kill. Magoichi finally pulled his gun up and aimed it at Hanzos head. Hanzo yelled for him to do it but Magoichis finger could not force himself to do it. Hanzo screamed for him to do it once again; Magoichi began to sweat seeing his death in Hanzos eyes.

"DO IT!"

Hanzo and Magoichi stood alone on the field filled with bodies and blood. The gun was pointed at Hanzos head. Hanzo crouched down panting. The two men stared into each others eyes and felt each others emotions. Hanzo could feel the anger and fear that grew inside Magoichi. Magoichi could feel the anger and hate growing inside of Hanzo. Magoichi wanted to end this battle and show everyone that the Shadow has been slain but then the thought of Akane slipped into his mind. That girl he thought he loved, the girl who he wanted her to be happy, the only girl he thought he could love. That girl made everything stop for Magoichi but that girl made everything start for Hanzo.

Hanzo ran forward with his sickle to his cheek. Magoichi froze for a split second as Hanzo was in quick pace at him. In that second he pushed himself to move backwards and he was able to block off the attack from Hanzo. Hanzo jumped in the air when his attack was thwarted; he threw down the ball at Magoichi but the gunman made his defense. He knocked the ball away with his gun and quickly fired at chain breaking the connection of the weapon. Hanzo landed near Magoichi and his eyes shifted to the ball that was rolling away. Hanzo ran forward still having half of his weapon. His next attacks were close range; he slashed at Magoichi but the gunman blocked or dodged the swift movements of the ninja. The gunman fired a shot at Hanzos hand; the bullet hit the weapons handle and knocked it away from his hand. Hanzo watched the weapon fly then he made his next attacks with his fists. Magoichi blocked them with his gun and was able to push a kick into Hanzos side. The ninja was pushed back then he ran back forward kicking the gun into the air. Magoichi watched it fly high; he watched it for a moment then he was punched in the stomach. Magoichi was forced back but he maintained his balance and jumped to the side of the ninja then he jumped behind him. The ninja watched as the gunman moved to the back but saw no attacks. The gunman smirked then he held out his hand; the falling gun was caught. Magoichi flipped it around and fired at Hanzos arm. The ninja wasnt quick enough; the bullet went into his arm and forced him to the ground. Magoichi stood there panting and watched the heavy breathing ninja lying on the floor.

"Done..."

"Master Magoichi, the priests have surrendered to Tokugawa!"

The gunman turned around to see a troop smiling and waving his arms around.

"Good..."

Magoichi turned back to see the ninja had fled.

"That was a great fight Hattori Hanzo. We shall meet again" Magoichi whispered to himself.

Authors Notes:

Yep this is the battle scene! Im sorry all you Hanzos fans for the loss of Hanzos battle with Magoichi but it is pay back right? So Magoichi did not defeat Hanzo but only managed to see how the famous Shadow fights in battle. As placed up in the chapter Magoichi can not kill Hanzo for the infatuation for Akane still rests in his heart. So yep, Hanzo got away, Magoichis army lost due to surrender, and Akane and Hanzo are going to talk about the battle or at least Tokugawa might while they heal. Oh yeah, one more thing (uncle from Jackie chan adventures) the bunny from last chapter, well the bunny is my power animal while the butterfly are beautiful, graceful, free, elegant, and all the things Im not! Hee hee sorry but yeah thelonelybunny wouldnt sound right and I saw a butterfly that day┘

Zomg Time!

Just to let people know that I am not following the path of Hanzos story in Samurai Warriors I or II, I cant, I just cant sighs and shakes head- Well two reasons why! Akane is in here and she messes up the story line big time and there wont be the same battles happening at the same time. See, the first battle was against Toyotomis Army or also known as Hideyoshi. The first battle was only with Hideyoshi and he did not yet join up forces with Nobunaga; see, not going in the same path as in the game, sorries to the people who were hoping that. And the second reason why is because I dont wanna play Hanzos story line because I already have him at max (kudos to me) and I have other people who need to be at max so why do it? And an addition to the second reasons is because me and my brother (mostly I am) are trying to beat Liu Beis or at least Cao Caos story line in Chaos mode on Dynasty Warriors 5. That thing is hard man! On the first level Liu Bei (bro) and Guan Yu (me, I dont like being Zhange Fei) who are both at max and who had their health taken all out but a tiny bit by Zhang Baos stupid rocks! MEH! So unfair! Ah well, those are the reasons. Sorry to people who wanted the story line on perfection but I cant do that since Dynasty Warriors...

Question Time!

Yay! Question Time! Well I have a question from OrochiWarriorx and its to Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Do you think you can use Akane to your advantage? Maybe use her to get to Hanzo, to reveal to you about his past?

Tokugawa: I would never thought of doing such of a deceiving thing! He is my loyal guardian and he is the true protector of the Tokugawa Clan! I cannot use him as a puppet, you should know that Hanzos power is to fight for me and I shall not use it against his will. He trusts me and I trust him, he gives his life for me and I shall at least give him something in return such as respect. I am sorry; I cannot deal with such an evil thing┘But, as his Lord and Master I should at least know something about him. Something that I should really know but, argh! Do not tempt me any more!

Author: Wow┘WAY TO GO OrochiWarriorx! You made him a huge part of the story! I really thank you for asking that question and it was truly amazing! It makes me wonder if Ieyasu would do something such as that to get to Hanzo but I need to look up on his profile history before making that a plot in the story. Thank you anyways and please ask more questions like that! It makes me really think.

Author and Tokugawa: -waves at the readers- See you next chapter!!