It is the age of the civil wars. The land is divided by powerful warlords, who constantly fight each other. Any internal power struggle is an invitation for your neighbors to attack. So it is decided that the firstborn child, regardless of gender, would become the head of the family. The result of this was the birth of the Princess Generals.

Disclaimer: I own nothing about Ambition of Oda Nobuna or Kamen Rider. The only thing I own here is my OC.

Eleventh Slice: Imagawa's Finale

Bujin Decade's day could have been going better.

His battle with Bujin OOO the previous evening had gone a bit differently than expected. Considering that the other Bujin Rider had only woken up not too long before the encounter, Bujin Decade figured that he would not have had the energy to pull off an actual Full Combo. Instead, Bujin OOO's dedication to the Oda clan had given him enough willpower to pull it off a Latoratar Combo and use the Liodias light to briefly blind Decade before making a run for it with his high speed.

While he was a little bothered at the fact that he failed to seal Bujin OOO, he already knew where that other Bujin Rider would be heading. All he needed to do was to trail Nobuna and that monkey for a while until Bujin OOO showed up eventually.

'And speaking of that monkey…'

His green optics picked up the sight of the yellow banners belonging to the Oda clan forces. It looked like all 3,000 of their soldiers were marching somewhere for a serious military campaign.

'Guess I better see what all the commotion is about.' Summoning his version of the Machine Decader, he took off on the road that would eventually connect with the route that the Oda army was currently using.

The war drums had been beaten and the army prepared to mobilize. And once Nobuna had recited the infamous verse from the Atsumori, which Motoharu remembered as a Japanese Noh play, she was ready to go.

During the army's march to Okehazama, Motoharu's men along with Inuchiyo, Goemon and the two Bujin Riders rejoined them after reporting the sudden withdrawal of the Imagawa Ninjas. The young Japanese man figured that Hanzo had something to do with it and made sure to use whatever influence he had on the Oda warlord to ally herself properly with Motoyasu once everything was finished.

He did find himself a bit puzzled when Nobuna decided to take a small stop at a temple along the way. It must have been an act to boost her soldiers' morale and appeal to their religious beliefs by asking the Gods to bless them for the upcoming battle. Instead, he got something a little different and a little more familiar with the history he remembered reading.

"I know what all of you are thinking," began Nobuna as she addressed her troops. "Imagawa has 25,000 soldiers. Yes, they outnumber us greatly. Some retainers wanted to surrender. What if we do surrender? Will you be content with losing your life that way? Other retainers suggested that we fortify ourselves back at home. So we hold on to the castle, lock it up, and wait until the Imagawas lose appetite and stop the siege and go home?"

Even though no names were mentioned, Shibata had the decency to look embarrassed which indicated that she had suggested that second idea.

"We could probably prolong our lives for five or ten days, and what we cannot defend will still be lost. So I admit that right now, things are looking bad. But you can't deny that this current life is not interesting. And the way I see it, this is a chance of a lifetime. I can't afford to miss this. Do you really want to spend your entire lives praying for longevity? We were born in order to die! Whoever is with me, march forward to the battlefield! Whoever is not, just stay here and watch me win it!"

Her words sparked the spirits of her soldiers as they all roared, itching to go into battle. Even Motoharu couldn't help but shout his approval as well.

"Princess, since we're here at Atsuta Shrine, why not offer a prayer to the Gods for victory?" suggested Niwa on the side.

"Have a few words with the Gods, huh?" Nobuna smiled at that idea before defiantly turning to face the religious statue with her hands on her hips. "How long are you going to leave this country a mess? From now on, I'll take over for you and protect the people. If you understand that perfectly, then make sure I win!"

At that moment, a lightning bolt flashed above the sky as if Heaven itself responded to the Oda warlord before rain began to fall. With a satisfied smirk, Nobuna turned back to her troops. "The Gods sitting in the back of the shrine tell us that victory is ours for certain! This rain will provide cover as we attack! All forces to Okehazama!"

"Such intense energy from the Princess. One hundred points!"

"Ara… it's raining hard. I can't even play with my ball," noted Imagawa from underneath the umbrella set up near her sofa. She then noticed how most of her soldiers seemed to be out of it, either recovering from the sake or just exhausted from joining in all that singing and dancing with Nobusumi and his friends. "Where did Nobusumi-chan and his friends go?"

"They left shortly before the rain storm. They probably didn't want to worry their families by being out in this weather," replied an aide from the side.

"Well, we would have sheltered them from the ra-" Imagawa got cut off by a flash of lightning in the sky, spooking her enough to drop her ball and have it roll away from her. As she walked forward to get it, her eyes spotted something yellow at the top of the hill ahead. 'Yellow…?'

"What's that up there?" asked a general in a weary tone.

She looked up and upon seeing the sight of dozens and dozens of Oda clan banners, she froze. "W-what's going on? Is that…?"

"It's the enemy!" shouted one of her generals, confirming her worst fear. "All forces intercept!"

"What forces?! Almost everybody is too drunk or too tired to fight and we can't fight in this rain!" countered another man.

'This can't be happening…' Imagawa Yoshimoto froze in fear as her remaining men in the camp began to flee while the Oda soldiers outside made quick work of the disorganized Imagawa soldiers stationed outside the camp. 'Everybody's gone…! I'm all alone!'

Just as that thought crossed her mind, the outer banners of the Imagawa clan snapped with a few men thrown through it courtesy of the mighty Shibata Katsuie, armed with her giant halberd. "Imagawa Yoshimoto, prepare to die!"

"No! I don't want to die!" She dropped her umbrella and tried to shield herself as best as she could.

"Your life is mine. That's the way of the world!" Just as Katsuie raised her weapon and went for the final blow, it was promptly blocked by Bujin Gaim's Daidaimaru. She looked up in surprise to see the Rider preventing her from ending all of this.

"That's enough."

"Saru, what are you doing?! Are you siding with the enemy?!"

"No, Shibata-san. I simply prefer that this does not end in a meaningless death." Inside the armour, Motoharu knew this was going to be a major pain and cause ripples in this timeline. From his history lessons, Imagawa Yoshimoto was depicted as a strong male daimyo. He figured that even if the gender changed, this Imagawa would be the same and be a strong warrior like Nobuna. Instead, she was clearly unarmed, defenseless and genuinely afraid for her life. In other words, the type of person he had a duty to protect as a Rider. "Now that we have control of the situation, let's think our next steps through carefully and not do anything rash."

"W-who are you?" asked the young female noble as he fetched her umbrella and gave it back to her. This strange armoured man had saved her even though he seemed to be an enemy soldier.

"Nobuna's retainer, Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim. Imagawa Yoshimoto, this war is over. It would be in your best interests to surrender."

"I don't want to die… but I don't want to surrender to a bunch of Owari monkeys! Oh, I know!" Imagawa scooted over to where the miniature treasure box sat on the table. "How about I have a face to face negotiation with your Lord? I'll even give this treasure box to Nobuna-san as a gift of friendship! It's even full of strange relics that I hear your Lord likes to collect!"

'Since when did Imagawa collect stuff like that?' Motoharu found that a bit puzzling.

"You have the nerve to think you're in a position to negotiate! Don't screw with me!" In an instant, Shibata's halberd split open the treasure box, scattering the contents into the air for Bujin Gaim to see. There seemed to be a few European musical compositions, a small Christian cross… and a Lockseed that had just turned active thanks to his comrade's impulsiveness.

As soon as that Lockseed hit the ground, it transformed into a red magical circle and engraved itself on the ground along while a voice in the air began chanting.

FLAME PLEASE! HI-HI! HI-HI-HI!

A humanoid in a black bodysuit then appeared above the magic circle. He had a silver belt with a hand serving as the buckle on his waist and a small collection of rings dangling on his left side. The chest was covered in red gem–like armor and the shoulders were covered in black armor with silver edges that were decorated with dragon–like crests. From the waist hung a robe–like waist covering which was red on the inside but black on the outside. The wrists and ankles sported bands that were the same ruby red as his chest plate. Finally, his head was concealed by a silver helmet which had a ruby red faceplate decorated like the ring worn on the left hand, sporting metal lines making it appear as if it had large eyes with antennae rising from the forehead.

"Shibata-san, look what happens when you do something rash," muttered Bujin Gaim in a flat tone while Imagawa was flabbergasted upon seeing the trinket Motoyasu had given her some time ago summon an armoured warrior here.

"S-shut up!" Shibata prepared herself to fight against this new arrival. "Who are you?! Are you an ally of Imagawa?!"

"I am Kamen Rider Bujin Wizard," introduced the new Bujin Rider while briefly taking in his surroundings and noting those who were present in the area. "And no, I cannot say I'm an ally of this Imagawa… but considering I am a Rider who protects the helpless, I suppose that would make me your opponent since you two intend to harm this young defenseless lady here."

"Actually, you won't be their opponent," chirped in a new voice from behind Shibata and Bujin Gaim. Both turned around to see Bujin Decade just as his invisibility effect wore off. "You'll be mine."

'And this goes from bad to worse,' thought Motoharu.

"So you're going to fight beside us against this Wizard?" asked Shibata cautiously to Bujin Decade.

"Not really. I'm planning to take him on myself. I don't suppose you two could take five and leave this one with me?" asked Bujin Decade.

"He's our enemy! We'll fight him!" argued the busty general.

"So you should just leave him to us," finished Bujin Gaim.

Bujin Decade sighed and took out two cards. "Well, I did try to ask nicely. Guess I'll do this the other way." One card slipped into his buckle before announcing something odd.

ATTACK RIDE: NATSUMIKAN

Just as the belt finished announcing that, he jammed a thumb into Shibata's neck which caused her to laugh uncontrollably and nearly collapse to the ground. Bujin Gaim moved over to quickly check up on his comrade. "Shibata-san, are you okay? What happened?"

"Laughing Pressure Point. It'll wear off in a few minutes." Bujin Decade then slipped one more card into his belt.

ATTACK RIDE: STRANGE VENT

It seemed to process something briefly before spitting the card back out with a new design. "Hm, this'll work." The card then went back into the belt…

ATTACK RIDE: FREEZE VENT

... And before Bujin Gaim knew it, most of his body was frozen in ice and left him unable to move thanks to the passing by Bujin Rider. "Freeze Vent? That belongs to Kamen Rider Tiger! How did you do that?!"

"You can dwell on that for the next few minutes while the ice holds you," replied Bujin Decade before he turned his attention to his opponent and switched his Ride Booker to sword form. "Sorry for the wait. Let's get started, shall we?"

"As you wish." Without wasting a moment, Bujin Wizard scanned the ring on his right hand on his belt…

CONNECT PLEASE!

… And drew out what seemed to be his personal weapon. It didn't seem like a long sword and that weird hand as the guard did look a bit goofy but if it was anything like the Daidaimaru, it probably could pack a good punch. "Now it's showtime."

With both Riders ready, they leapt at each other with their weapons clashing and generating sparks which frightened Imagawa to the point of crawling over to the frozen Bujin Gaim to use him as a shield much to his annoyance. "Geez, I can't believe this…"

"I don't want to be anywhere near those things!" protested the noble woman.

Motoharu ignored her and the laughing Katsuie while trying to focus on moving his limbs. The ice seemed to be weakening which made sense since Freeze Vent is only active for a short while. If he could reach his buckle to activate the Cutting Blade, the Daidaimaru would be able to get charged and help him break free.

Meanwhile, Bujin Decade and Bujin Wizard continued to cross swords. Wizard's footwork was very good which is only natural for someone who prefers using kicks in their combat style and his acrobats allowed him to dodge some of the incoming strikes but his swordsmanship was not as great, compared to his opponent's. Bujin Decade seemed to be aware of this and used the surroundings around him such as the puddles and the spilled furniture to distract Wizard briefly enough for a few strikes to land.

The damage seemed minimal as he immediately switched rings on his left hand before switching the buckle hand to the other side and scanned the ring.

WATER PLEASE! SUI-SUI! SUI-SUI!

A blue magic circle swpet over Bujin Wizard and the red components of his armour changed to blue while the helmet slightly altered itself to resemble the shape of the ring more. One more buckle and ring change was made just as Bujin Decade went in for another slashing attack.

LIQUID PLEASE!

The Ride Booker sword strikes hit nothing but water. A second later, the reformed Bujin Wizard tried to grapple him from behind but the other Bujin Rider had other ideas as he slipped a card into his belt.

ATTACK RIDE: THUNDER

Invoking the power of the Thunder Deer Undead, Bujin Decade's body crackled with electricity and forced Bujin Wizard to back off and go for another ring change.

LAND, DRAGON! DAN DEN DON ZU DOGON! DAN DEN DOGON!

This time, Wizard's armour underwent a dramatic change. The coat section of the suit turned yellow and the shoulder armor had turned to silver square plating with square yellow gems in the centre. The helmet had also changed slightly as well with an additional yellow square gem in the forehead and the chest section somewhat resembled a dragon's face. While Bujin Decade went on the attack again with his Ride Booker sword, Bujin Wizard kept on the defensive with his personal weapon while prepping his next spell on his right hand.

VERY NICE! GRAVITY! FABULOUS!

A concentrated blast of energy was then fired from Bujin Wizard and caused Bujin Decade to get levitated in the air before being dropped to the ground with a sharp increase in gravity, leaving a sizable crater as a result. "This is the finale!"

"Is this Wizard guy going to win?" asked Imagawa on the side while Motoharu's fingers edged closer to that Cutting Blade on his buckle.

"It's not over yet!" Bujin Decade's strength had not been depleted from that last attack as he slipped in a card into his buckle.

ATTACK RIDE: ADVENT

At that instant, a large red mechanical Japanese dragon swooped down from the air to strike Bujin Wizard and send him tumbling back. With the spell effect broken, Bujin Decade got up and flashed a card with a yellow border before inserting it into the belt.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: R-R-R-RYUKI!

'He summoned Ryuki's Contract Monster Dragreder?! And he's using Ryuki's Final Vent move?! What type of Rider is Bujin Decade to pull off stuff like this?!' Seriously, that Decade guy was too much in Motoharu's opinion.

Once Bujin Decade got in the air, Dragreder snaked around him as the Bujin Rider moved in to kicking position. At the peak of the jump, Dragreder sent him flying forward with a blast of Drag Fire, with the intent of having Decade slam into his target with great force. Wizard on the other hand had a spell ready to elude the attack.

SMALL PLEASE!

The rapid shrinking of Bujin Wizard's body caused Bujin Decade to sail over him and destroy the back part of the Imagawa camp which thankfully had no friendly soldiers nearby. As he grew back to regular size, he pulled off another ring switch on his right hand just as Bujin Gaim found himself free of the ice and Shibata stopped laughing. "A Dragon for a Dragon then."

MIRACLE PLEASE!

Wizard's own mechanical Dragon came forth, in a gold and silver colour combination with red eyes. It immediately targeted the red mechanical Dragon monster and the two of them tangled in the air along with their respective Rider masters. It wasn't long until their fight moved further away from the camp and into the upper atmosphere where Bujin Gaim would not be able to pursue.

"Che… they're too far gone." Nothing else he could do here except finishing what he started. "So back to our discussion… will you surrender and find a new direction in life?"

"I-I suppose there's no alternative," admitted Imagawa. "I'll let you off easy just this time."

"Haaaa…" Seriously, dealing with this lady was a colossal exercise of patience. But at least this little crisis was resolved nicely and he was happy to report the good news back to Nobuna.

"With Yoshimoto's surrender, the rest of the soldiers will scatter and the Imagawa clan will fall from power. It's thanks to you, Saru."

Motoharu, now out of his Rider armour, gave a small sigh. "I'm sorry that I couldn't properly deal with those two Bujin Riders though."

"It was unexpected so don't take it so hard," replied the blonde warlord while seeing her other retainers busy themselves with checking on the rest of the men and getting injury reports. "By the way, you chose not to kill Imagawa. Explain."

"What's the point of spilling her blood? She was already defeated at that point and I have reason to believe that she'll be of use to us in the future," argued the time displaced Japanese man. "This reminds me of a quote attributed to Alexander the Great. 'To win, but not destroy; to conquer, but not humiliate: That is what true conquest is.'"

"Dearu ka." Nobuna mulled over those words for a while before smiling brightly at her retainer. "I think I might give that a try myself. True conquest that is."

He chuckled once. "I'm sure you'll do just fine."

TO BE CONTINUED…

That ends Light Novel Volume 1 (episode 4 of anime roughly) and it feels pretty good to get to this point. Got lots more ahead though so stay tuned.