A Guardian
I own no one except Blade Jin Ishikawa. All other characters are property of Sega, Sonic Team, Archie or whoever else claims legal ownership of them.
Enjoy, and remember- It is not within the star that hold our destiny but within ourselves-William Shakespeare
Chapter 8: The Last Sun for Echidnas
The army of Echidnapolis along with those from Knothole readied themselves. A defensive wall of spear placed on short stakes covered a great distance. The spears were not truly effective but would cause the enemy to walk instead of charge. Behind the spear wall was three rows of musket men. The first row would fire, then the second and the third would hand the row stepping back loaded muskets and then load the discarded ones.
On raised dais were cannons set in spread out points to rip the enemy about. The remainders of the cannons were past the spear wall. The other troops were set in front of the spear wall in flanks of different divisions. Blade had twenty troops with crossbows and katanas at the ready a few strides away to give him time if needed be for what he called, The Last Plan.
An officer of the Echidnapolis army rode forth on his white steed. He had curved horns on his helmet with a white tail made of feathers woven together. "General Blade!"
"Yes?" Blade asked without looking at him as he still studied the field.
"We are ready. The Dark Legion moves toward us with four hundred thousand strong!" The officer didn't bother to dismount to approach his commanding officer as he knew he would be off in seconds to spread orders.
Blade looked on. The Dark Legion army grew stronger as people within his own ranks had begun to desert after the Ambush of Mushroom Forest. He shook his head. "Order the troops to form up and have all muskets and cannons fire as soon the enemy force comes within fifty yards. Only fire once then have our troops move in. Once the fight is underway I want the muskets, cannons, and arrows to fire onward into the approaching ranks. Have our best shots target their officers."
"Yes sir!" With that the officer rode off. Soon Blade saw smoke raise from the nozzles of the muskets and barrels of the cannons and then he heard the sound of the gun powder exploding. He saw rows of Dark Legionnaires fall and saw bodies fly into the air. Some fell with arrows in them.
Blade watched the troops run forth and heard the sound of metal collide. Screams rose into the air. He then heard and saw the muskets fire again and again and again. The cannons fired with a twenty second delay in their bombardments. Arrows flew into the sky and came back down like deadly locus. Hours passed and soon rain fell down in waves. The only advantage to this was Blade's arrow men fired unseen arrows.
Blade was winning in the tactics but body count he had a huge disadvantage. He was fighting 400,000 with 20,000. He saw that most of their men were still holding position and ready to march. Suddenly a cry of victory went up. He noticed his men and killed the first wave which had to have had 30,000. He lost 268. Blade then changed tactics. He stood up and placed the war fan down. "I'm going into battle. All of you hold your position. I'll be back." Blade's guards nodded. Blade walked down the altar drawing his katana out. He mounted his red haired horse and quickly spurred it to the field of battle.
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Blade came charging from the opening in the defensive wall howling like a mad man. His men cheered aloud to see him coming forth. In mere seconds the Echidnapolis army and Dark Legion collided. The Dark Legion had deployed 70,000. This left three fourths of the Dark Legion standing.
Blade brought his katana through one attacker's neck and sent the head flying back into the charging force. He then sliced another and then another in fluid motions, never once giving himself time to rest. His blade was always slicing through necks or torsos. He grabbed the shaft of a legionnaire's spear and pulled it out of his grasp. The man fell and was crushed by his own men. Blade found a perfect target. Xenin was in this charge. Blade sheathed his katana and then began to use the spear to slice men down faster. After twenty kills he turned his horse to his target, flipped the spear so it was ready to throw, and hurled it with force. Xenin turned in time to see the spear hit him in his mechanical eye. The spear went through his head and nailed one of his guards near by through the throat. Xenin fell lifeless off his horse.
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The Dark Legion had deployed ten waves. Their ranks numbered now at 14, 381 while Blade's troops numbered at 1, 986. Blade had slain 2,347 troops and killed Xenin and ten other officers. Blade was now in the same condition as his men. Tired. The enemy had begun sending waves in, pulled them back, and sent in fresh waves. Blade couldn't do such as he needed all the men possible. His muskets were beginning to run out of balls and gun powder, he had only two hundred shots in the cannons left, and the arrows men could fire four shots each. Blade had lost his right shoulder guard, his helmet had been cracked in half, and his chest armor was hanging on one strap.
Blade had been stabbed in his right shoulder with a spear. He had been shot in the left thigh and the head of the arrow was still in his leg as he had quickly broken the arrow off to keep it from being imbedded further. He had been sliced in the forehead. The cut wasn't deep but had produced a lot of blood which had blurred his vision.
He was sitting on his horse waiting for the next enemy charge. The men and women standing about him looked no better if not worse. Finally the heard the enemy charge but it wasn't what they head expected nor were going to be able to stand against. The enemy was charging forth will all their men. They were planning on making this the final charge of the war.
Blade moved his horse so he could be further ahead of his men. He turned it about and stood in the saddle. "Men, women, lend me your ears! We stand here today on the greatest battlefield ever! The odds are against us and I won't lie to you as we have slim chances of survival! But are you going to let them kill us?"
"NO!" His troops replied. Blade was doing what he had hoped, rallying the troops.
"Then let us charge today into the greatest charge that shall ever be known! People shall speak of us in the future of the charge of Sekigahara!"
"YEAH!!!"
"I want each of you to kill three of them and more! I shall take down fifty myself before I die! What about you?!"
The army roared loudly as they shook their weapons and stomped their feet. Blade wanted to get their adrenaline flowing and to get them itchy so that they would attack like beast with strength of no limit.
"Less we win we go with a warrior's death! To battle we charge! And so shall we charge to glory!" That's when Blade turned his horse about and spurred it forward. All his men charged forth with him toward the enemy. The cannons and muskets fired off as a screen. Legionnaires fell to musket balls and then the cannons. Just as the dirt was high enough the Dark Legion saw the enemy running them over. Blade's steed leapt over the spears and onto the enemy. Katanas flashed about wildly. Spears cut the air with force. Blood fell to the ground.
Blade sliced about with out eye. If it had black on it fell. An officer of the legion came charging forth with a musket in hands. He was about to fire it if Blade hadn't sliced his head off. Blade then grabbed the musket and blew the head of a legionnaire clear off.
The rain settled but lighting and thunder roared and flashed just like battle cries and metal flying about in the air.
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General Blade had been pushed back to the shrine where he now fought off anyone that dared come near the Chaos Emeralds. He had only a handful of troops left to aid him and they were falling. One enemy charged forth with a yari in hands. Blade grabbed the shaft and then pulled him forth. A quick slice and the man fell down still holding the spear while his legs fell off the steps of the shrine.
Blade picked the yari up and flung it through two men. Blade flipped one woman off the shrine and onto her own spears. Blade caught an arrow between his index and middle finger before it reached him. He then stabbed it in the neck of an attacker. One woman almost got to the emeralds but she was soon sliced into four bits: head and right shoulder to arm, torso, left arm, and legs.
Blade was being back to the emeralds and soon he would lose. He then ran to the emeralds and raised his katana over them. A hush fell on the cheering legionnaires. They stopped their advance. Moritori Rex walked up to the three quarter point of the stairs and stopped. "Son. We have won the battle. Join your family and we shall crush Haven together!" Moritori Rex was smiling with a clenched fist. "Come." He extended his clenched hand out to his son ready to pull him into an embrace.
"I shall do no such thing father." Blade said trembling slightly. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes.
"What?" Moritori Rex was confused like his men.
"My job as general of this army is to protect the people of Echidnapolis. I shall hold true to that task for it is my sworn duty as commanding officer."
(If you have played Kessen then cue Echoes of Sorrow. If not then a sad tune shall do)
"I swore upon my honor and the honor of my family that, that I would not fail the people!" Blade yelled out, tears flowing down his face. His voice began to tremble. "I could never let them down, nor, nor could I let Amy Rose down! My love for her demands that I do what I must to win!"
"Don't do this Blade. I am your father! I demand that you stand down!" Moritori Rex took a step closer. Blade raised his weapon hire which caused his father to stop in his tracks.
"No father! I shall not stand down! You stand down!"
"Please Blade, just lower the weapon." Now Moritori Rex was begging his son drop the katana to the hard stone floor of the altar.
"Father I ask only two things of you!"
"And that is?"
"That you love me!"
"I do my son!"
"And that you and all on this island forgive me!" With that Blade brought his katana crashing down onto the seven Chaos Emeralds. His weapon shattered along with the emeralds. Noise on the island ceased to exist. A ripple shot out and touched to the corners of the island and then returned to the center in Angel Zone. The ripples formed a wave in the ground.
The imploded and then exploded. Fragments shot out everywhere into the ocean below.
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Knuckles watched along with Sonic, Tails, and Amy as the Floating Island blew apart.
"NO!!!" Knuckles heard Amy scream out. She sunk to her knees and began to cry. He heard Sonic kneel down next to her and began to try to comfort her. Knuckles then fell on all four crying aloud as his home, family, people, and his love had just vanished in the blink of an eye.
(Cue Forever Lost)
Written by Blade-Echidna
Inspired by the untold tell of the death of the echidnas
Property of SEGA, and Archie Comics
Blade owned by Blade-Echidna
Music provided by Koei's Kessen and Windows Media Player
Dedicated to Chibi Linky, Shad_Luv, Yramesor Notfarc, Shadow's Girl12, Magnus the Hedgehog, and all that read this story.
Forever lost if never thought of, we live endless lives till we are forgotten. Death shall bind us only to ourselves if we let it.
It's not over yet, it's just gotten started.
And please read my other stories.
End
Please Review
I own no one except Blade Jin Ishikawa. All other characters are property of Sega, Sonic Team, Archie or whoever else claims legal ownership of them.
Enjoy, and remember- It is not within the star that hold our destiny but within ourselves-William Shakespeare
Chapter 8: The Last Sun for Echidnas
The army of Echidnapolis along with those from Knothole readied themselves. A defensive wall of spear placed on short stakes covered a great distance. The spears were not truly effective but would cause the enemy to walk instead of charge. Behind the spear wall was three rows of musket men. The first row would fire, then the second and the third would hand the row stepping back loaded muskets and then load the discarded ones.
On raised dais were cannons set in spread out points to rip the enemy about. The remainders of the cannons were past the spear wall. The other troops were set in front of the spear wall in flanks of different divisions. Blade had twenty troops with crossbows and katanas at the ready a few strides away to give him time if needed be for what he called, The Last Plan.
An officer of the Echidnapolis army rode forth on his white steed. He had curved horns on his helmet with a white tail made of feathers woven together. "General Blade!"
"Yes?" Blade asked without looking at him as he still studied the field.
"We are ready. The Dark Legion moves toward us with four hundred thousand strong!" The officer didn't bother to dismount to approach his commanding officer as he knew he would be off in seconds to spread orders.
Blade looked on. The Dark Legion army grew stronger as people within his own ranks had begun to desert after the Ambush of Mushroom Forest. He shook his head. "Order the troops to form up and have all muskets and cannons fire as soon the enemy force comes within fifty yards. Only fire once then have our troops move in. Once the fight is underway I want the muskets, cannons, and arrows to fire onward into the approaching ranks. Have our best shots target their officers."
"Yes sir!" With that the officer rode off. Soon Blade saw smoke raise from the nozzles of the muskets and barrels of the cannons and then he heard the sound of the gun powder exploding. He saw rows of Dark Legionnaires fall and saw bodies fly into the air. Some fell with arrows in them.
Blade watched the troops run forth and heard the sound of metal collide. Screams rose into the air. He then heard and saw the muskets fire again and again and again. The cannons fired with a twenty second delay in their bombardments. Arrows flew into the sky and came back down like deadly locus. Hours passed and soon rain fell down in waves. The only advantage to this was Blade's arrow men fired unseen arrows.
Blade was winning in the tactics but body count he had a huge disadvantage. He was fighting 400,000 with 20,000. He saw that most of their men were still holding position and ready to march. Suddenly a cry of victory went up. He noticed his men and killed the first wave which had to have had 30,000. He lost 268. Blade then changed tactics. He stood up and placed the war fan down. "I'm going into battle. All of you hold your position. I'll be back." Blade's guards nodded. Blade walked down the altar drawing his katana out. He mounted his red haired horse and quickly spurred it to the field of battle.
*************************************************************
Blade came charging from the opening in the defensive wall howling like a mad man. His men cheered aloud to see him coming forth. In mere seconds the Echidnapolis army and Dark Legion collided. The Dark Legion had deployed 70,000. This left three fourths of the Dark Legion standing.
Blade brought his katana through one attacker's neck and sent the head flying back into the charging force. He then sliced another and then another in fluid motions, never once giving himself time to rest. His blade was always slicing through necks or torsos. He grabbed the shaft of a legionnaire's spear and pulled it out of his grasp. The man fell and was crushed by his own men. Blade found a perfect target. Xenin was in this charge. Blade sheathed his katana and then began to use the spear to slice men down faster. After twenty kills he turned his horse to his target, flipped the spear so it was ready to throw, and hurled it with force. Xenin turned in time to see the spear hit him in his mechanical eye. The spear went through his head and nailed one of his guards near by through the throat. Xenin fell lifeless off his horse.
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The Dark Legion had deployed ten waves. Their ranks numbered now at 14, 381 while Blade's troops numbered at 1, 986. Blade had slain 2,347 troops and killed Xenin and ten other officers. Blade was now in the same condition as his men. Tired. The enemy had begun sending waves in, pulled them back, and sent in fresh waves. Blade couldn't do such as he needed all the men possible. His muskets were beginning to run out of balls and gun powder, he had only two hundred shots in the cannons left, and the arrows men could fire four shots each. Blade had lost his right shoulder guard, his helmet had been cracked in half, and his chest armor was hanging on one strap.
Blade had been stabbed in his right shoulder with a spear. He had been shot in the left thigh and the head of the arrow was still in his leg as he had quickly broken the arrow off to keep it from being imbedded further. He had been sliced in the forehead. The cut wasn't deep but had produced a lot of blood which had blurred his vision.
He was sitting on his horse waiting for the next enemy charge. The men and women standing about him looked no better if not worse. Finally the heard the enemy charge but it wasn't what they head expected nor were going to be able to stand against. The enemy was charging forth will all their men. They were planning on making this the final charge of the war.
Blade moved his horse so he could be further ahead of his men. He turned it about and stood in the saddle. "Men, women, lend me your ears! We stand here today on the greatest battlefield ever! The odds are against us and I won't lie to you as we have slim chances of survival! But are you going to let them kill us?"
"NO!" His troops replied. Blade was doing what he had hoped, rallying the troops.
"Then let us charge today into the greatest charge that shall ever be known! People shall speak of us in the future of the charge of Sekigahara!"
"YEAH!!!"
"I want each of you to kill three of them and more! I shall take down fifty myself before I die! What about you?!"
The army roared loudly as they shook their weapons and stomped their feet. Blade wanted to get their adrenaline flowing and to get them itchy so that they would attack like beast with strength of no limit.
"Less we win we go with a warrior's death! To battle we charge! And so shall we charge to glory!" That's when Blade turned his horse about and spurred it forward. All his men charged forth with him toward the enemy. The cannons and muskets fired off as a screen. Legionnaires fell to musket balls and then the cannons. Just as the dirt was high enough the Dark Legion saw the enemy running them over. Blade's steed leapt over the spears and onto the enemy. Katanas flashed about wildly. Spears cut the air with force. Blood fell to the ground.
Blade sliced about with out eye. If it had black on it fell. An officer of the legion came charging forth with a musket in hands. He was about to fire it if Blade hadn't sliced his head off. Blade then grabbed the musket and blew the head of a legionnaire clear off.
The rain settled but lighting and thunder roared and flashed just like battle cries and metal flying about in the air.
*************************************************************
General Blade had been pushed back to the shrine where he now fought off anyone that dared come near the Chaos Emeralds. He had only a handful of troops left to aid him and they were falling. One enemy charged forth with a yari in hands. Blade grabbed the shaft and then pulled him forth. A quick slice and the man fell down still holding the spear while his legs fell off the steps of the shrine.
Blade picked the yari up and flung it through two men. Blade flipped one woman off the shrine and onto her own spears. Blade caught an arrow between his index and middle finger before it reached him. He then stabbed it in the neck of an attacker. One woman almost got to the emeralds but she was soon sliced into four bits: head and right shoulder to arm, torso, left arm, and legs.
Blade was being back to the emeralds and soon he would lose. He then ran to the emeralds and raised his katana over them. A hush fell on the cheering legionnaires. They stopped their advance. Moritori Rex walked up to the three quarter point of the stairs and stopped. "Son. We have won the battle. Join your family and we shall crush Haven together!" Moritori Rex was smiling with a clenched fist. "Come." He extended his clenched hand out to his son ready to pull him into an embrace.
"I shall do no such thing father." Blade said trembling slightly. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes.
"What?" Moritori Rex was confused like his men.
"My job as general of this army is to protect the people of Echidnapolis. I shall hold true to that task for it is my sworn duty as commanding officer."
(If you have played Kessen then cue Echoes of Sorrow. If not then a sad tune shall do)
"I swore upon my honor and the honor of my family that, that I would not fail the people!" Blade yelled out, tears flowing down his face. His voice began to tremble. "I could never let them down, nor, nor could I let Amy Rose down! My love for her demands that I do what I must to win!"
"Don't do this Blade. I am your father! I demand that you stand down!" Moritori Rex took a step closer. Blade raised his weapon hire which caused his father to stop in his tracks.
"No father! I shall not stand down! You stand down!"
"Please Blade, just lower the weapon." Now Moritori Rex was begging his son drop the katana to the hard stone floor of the altar.
"Father I ask only two things of you!"
"And that is?"
"That you love me!"
"I do my son!"
"And that you and all on this island forgive me!" With that Blade brought his katana crashing down onto the seven Chaos Emeralds. His weapon shattered along with the emeralds. Noise on the island ceased to exist. A ripple shot out and touched to the corners of the island and then returned to the center in Angel Zone. The ripples formed a wave in the ground.
The imploded and then exploded. Fragments shot out everywhere into the ocean below.
*************************************************************
Knuckles watched along with Sonic, Tails, and Amy as the Floating Island blew apart.
"NO!!!" Knuckles heard Amy scream out. She sunk to her knees and began to cry. He heard Sonic kneel down next to her and began to try to comfort her. Knuckles then fell on all four crying aloud as his home, family, people, and his love had just vanished in the blink of an eye.
(Cue Forever Lost)
Written by Blade-Echidna
Inspired by the untold tell of the death of the echidnas
Property of SEGA, and Archie Comics
Blade owned by Blade-Echidna
Music provided by Koei's Kessen and Windows Media Player
Dedicated to Chibi Linky, Shad_Luv, Yramesor Notfarc, Shadow's Girl12, Magnus the Hedgehog, and all that read this story.
Forever lost if never thought of, we live endless lives till we are forgotten. Death shall bind us only to ourselves if we let it.
It's not over yet, it's just gotten started.
And please read my other stories.
End
Please Review