Samurai Warriors: Crimson Samurai Chapter 4
A Prelude to Chaos
"This is where it ends..." Yukimura said, he waved his spear with weakness, signaling his troops to charge forward beyond to the enemy. He charged forward himself, riding past hundreds of enemy troops, stomping them to the ground with relative ease. His armor had been cleaned up, he had written his last death haiku, the symbol of his bandanna gave him pride to go and die like a samurai. His long black hair wavered through the wind, his piercing eyes looked to the enemy, he knew that his brother was awaiting him, as was his sister in-law, Inahime, daughter of Tadakatsu Honda, one of Tokugawa's most esteemed generals. Muskets fired past him, he could feel the bullets in the air, tearing through the heavens, and his cavalry had all been shot down, except for him. Beads of sweat moistened his skin, his body was ice cold, and his hands struggled to keep the reigns and the spear. He jumped down upon a group of musketeers with his heavy horse, weakly slashing one he had missed, groups of samurai were coming to converge upon him, Yukimura had no space to escape, he got into a defensive stance, suddenly he heard a familiar, but bitter sound voice, "Oh dear brother, how it seems that even when you are so close to death, I still can not bear to see you die by anyone else." It was Nobuyuki Sanada and his wife, Inahime. A flaming arrow loaded onto her great bow; quickly she fired it into the crowd of samurai, setting them ablaze. Nobuyuki jumped onto equal group with his brother, thrusting his spear point at Yukimura, "You and father opposed Tokugawa, and so you will die!" Nobuyuki said as Inahime readied another arrow and aimed it at Yukimura.
"Very well...I will show you no mercy!" Yukimura said bravely, sensing the arrow. Nobuyuki grinned and laughed at the pitiable threat his brother made. Inahime let go of the arrow, Yukimura parried it back toward her, leaving himself vulnerable, as Nobuyuki rushed toward him, Yukimura fell off of his horse, Yukimura did it out of both planning and weakness in his abdomen. Nobuyuki struck the air over the horse, as Yukimura leapt upward striking Nobuyuki's horse. Then came a familiar and enjoyable voice, yet one of vengeance, "Nobuyuki, we have your woman!" Keiji gloated; Kunoichi had bound Inahime and had a dagger to her throat. Nobuyuki looked on with spite, putting his guard down as Inahime was thrust toward him without her bow, grabbing her with hatred, he pulled her along after saying, "Brother, next time, I will have your head!"
Kunoichi rushed to Yukimura's side, helping him up, Keiji was busy taking care of all of the samurai that wanted to rush to death. Magoichi was nicely perched upon a rock shooting down all of the musketeers too preoccupied with shooting at the Toyotomi-Sanada army. "Keiji, you came to my assistance?!" Yukimura gasped out.
"Well, you did assist me with Uesugi Kenshin's challenge, so I figured I owed you one." Keiji said, pointing out Magoichi, "You remember him, right?" Yukimura nodded. "Now I remember you're that Sanada boy, I didn't quite recognize you without your fierce personality, guess Hanzo got you good." Magoichi said, taking down more musketeers. Kunoichi helped the limping Yukimura, Magoichi and Keiji taking care of the small business with the enemy soldiers, leaving Kunoichi to bandage Yukimura's wounds and to explain her absence. "I'm sorry, Lord Yukimura, I tried to kill Tokugawa on my own, but only Hanzo was at the castle, luckily we got him..." Kunoichi said, thinking that she would be punished for going leaving Yukimura like she did.
"It's alright...You may do as you like..." Yukimura said joyous to see her again, "Will you..." He was interrupted, Kunoichi put a finger to his lips, she kissed him fervently, after bandaging him up, she stood him up, Keiji had gone onward to protect Hideyori and Magoichi continued to snipe the enemy battalions as they fought with the Toyotomi-Sanada army. Kunoichi helped him limp past the clearing made by the ridiculously powerful Keiji, with his spear used as a walking stick. Yukimura clutched onto Kunoichi, dropping his spear and embracing her, "I love you..." Yukimura said, as Kunoichi kneeled to the ground amidst the battle and the bloodshed, cradling him lovingly, she replied, "I love you too."
The battle turned in favor of the Toyotomi-Sanada with the arrival of Keiji, Magoichi, and Kunoichi, but it would not end there: Okuni, Goemon Ishikawa, and the Saika mercenaries arrived to decimate the entire Tokugawa army, Ieyasu was about to retreat, but two figures blocked his path, the readied Kunoichi, and the wavering Yukimura, both had taken out Tokugawa's defensive forces.
"Sanada Yukimura, please spare me! You are truly Japan's greatest samurai!" Tokugawa begged; Yukimura approached him, spear in hand, with a quick stroke, Tokugawa fell to the ground; a clean cut spared him unnecessary pain. "Finally...it's over..." Yukimura nearly fell to the ground, saved by Kunoichi who noted that he merely passed out, she herself, carried him as far back to the main camp as she could before Keiji assisted.
"Yukimura...Yukimura...You are dead...this is Hell..." Said a mal-formed voice that giggled at the end, Yukimura's eyelids twitched, he felt like he was drained of all energy. His body ached, his bones felt as if they were all but stable, the weight of his body held him down. "Yukimura...Don't go back to sleep!" yelled an annoyed, but tender, loving, and caring voice. A hand waved over his head, brushing back the locks of hair that fell into his face as his bandanna had been removed, Yukimura grinned, tender lips fell upon his, kissing him tenderly. He opened his eyes to see Kunoichi's smiling face so close to his, she leaned over him from her kneeling on the floor; her eyelids hid her beautiful eyes. He wanted to hold her, he wanted to feel her silky hair, her soft skin, he wanted to caress her, and show her his true affection, but his body refused to move. His arms were almost as if weighed down to the bed. Her cool check and cold nose rubbed against his warm, bright cheek. He noticed how beautiful each part of her was when he was unable to move and focus on a different one each and every second. Her eyes sparkled radiantly as they opened to see his, her small hands, as pale as her pure skin, held to his face, their smoothness infatuated him, her eyebrows expressed perfectly each emotion, thinner then a reed of rice, her pursed lips as adorable as a puppy's smile, her petite body was accentuated by every limb, part, and feature. Yukimura managed to speak, as eloquently as he could, "You're so beautiful..." Unbeknownst to him his brother and sister in-law were planning an attack upon Yukimura when he was most vulnerable...
End of Chapter 4
Fans: Yea, I know what your thinking, 'How are you going to make this any better? Yukimura and Kunoichi are together, if Nobunaga is dead and Hideyori is alive, then Akechi Mitsuhide is dead. Ranmaru is dead, Tokugawa is dead, Hanzo is dead, who's left to oppose Yukimura and make this story interesting?! Well...I don't know, Masamune isn't dead, as well as Nobuyuki Sanada, maybe you'll find out why he and Yukimura aren't up in arms about seeing each other. Nagamasa Azai and Oichi are together, maybe a damn good reason to fight Sanada could come to me, or maybe not. I'll probably make the next few chapters just Romantic with a little Comedy to suspend you all a bit and to lighten the mood. It's not that I have writer's block, it's just I have so many ideas, I need to find which ones will accurately work.
A Prelude to Chaos
"This is where it ends..." Yukimura said, he waved his spear with weakness, signaling his troops to charge forward beyond to the enemy. He charged forward himself, riding past hundreds of enemy troops, stomping them to the ground with relative ease. His armor had been cleaned up, he had written his last death haiku, the symbol of his bandanna gave him pride to go and die like a samurai. His long black hair wavered through the wind, his piercing eyes looked to the enemy, he knew that his brother was awaiting him, as was his sister in-law, Inahime, daughter of Tadakatsu Honda, one of Tokugawa's most esteemed generals. Muskets fired past him, he could feel the bullets in the air, tearing through the heavens, and his cavalry had all been shot down, except for him. Beads of sweat moistened his skin, his body was ice cold, and his hands struggled to keep the reigns and the spear. He jumped down upon a group of musketeers with his heavy horse, weakly slashing one he had missed, groups of samurai were coming to converge upon him, Yukimura had no space to escape, he got into a defensive stance, suddenly he heard a familiar, but bitter sound voice, "Oh dear brother, how it seems that even when you are so close to death, I still can not bear to see you die by anyone else." It was Nobuyuki Sanada and his wife, Inahime. A flaming arrow loaded onto her great bow; quickly she fired it into the crowd of samurai, setting them ablaze. Nobuyuki jumped onto equal group with his brother, thrusting his spear point at Yukimura, "You and father opposed Tokugawa, and so you will die!" Nobuyuki said as Inahime readied another arrow and aimed it at Yukimura.
"Very well...I will show you no mercy!" Yukimura said bravely, sensing the arrow. Nobuyuki grinned and laughed at the pitiable threat his brother made. Inahime let go of the arrow, Yukimura parried it back toward her, leaving himself vulnerable, as Nobuyuki rushed toward him, Yukimura fell off of his horse, Yukimura did it out of both planning and weakness in his abdomen. Nobuyuki struck the air over the horse, as Yukimura leapt upward striking Nobuyuki's horse. Then came a familiar and enjoyable voice, yet one of vengeance, "Nobuyuki, we have your woman!" Keiji gloated; Kunoichi had bound Inahime and had a dagger to her throat. Nobuyuki looked on with spite, putting his guard down as Inahime was thrust toward him without her bow, grabbing her with hatred, he pulled her along after saying, "Brother, next time, I will have your head!"
Kunoichi rushed to Yukimura's side, helping him up, Keiji was busy taking care of all of the samurai that wanted to rush to death. Magoichi was nicely perched upon a rock shooting down all of the musketeers too preoccupied with shooting at the Toyotomi-Sanada army. "Keiji, you came to my assistance?!" Yukimura gasped out.
"Well, you did assist me with Uesugi Kenshin's challenge, so I figured I owed you one." Keiji said, pointing out Magoichi, "You remember him, right?" Yukimura nodded. "Now I remember you're that Sanada boy, I didn't quite recognize you without your fierce personality, guess Hanzo got you good." Magoichi said, taking down more musketeers. Kunoichi helped the limping Yukimura, Magoichi and Keiji taking care of the small business with the enemy soldiers, leaving Kunoichi to bandage Yukimura's wounds and to explain her absence. "I'm sorry, Lord Yukimura, I tried to kill Tokugawa on my own, but only Hanzo was at the castle, luckily we got him..." Kunoichi said, thinking that she would be punished for going leaving Yukimura like she did.
"It's alright...You may do as you like..." Yukimura said joyous to see her again, "Will you..." He was interrupted, Kunoichi put a finger to his lips, she kissed him fervently, after bandaging him up, she stood him up, Keiji had gone onward to protect Hideyori and Magoichi continued to snipe the enemy battalions as they fought with the Toyotomi-Sanada army. Kunoichi helped him limp past the clearing made by the ridiculously powerful Keiji, with his spear used as a walking stick. Yukimura clutched onto Kunoichi, dropping his spear and embracing her, "I love you..." Yukimura said, as Kunoichi kneeled to the ground amidst the battle and the bloodshed, cradling him lovingly, she replied, "I love you too."
The battle turned in favor of the Toyotomi-Sanada with the arrival of Keiji, Magoichi, and Kunoichi, but it would not end there: Okuni, Goemon Ishikawa, and the Saika mercenaries arrived to decimate the entire Tokugawa army, Ieyasu was about to retreat, but two figures blocked his path, the readied Kunoichi, and the wavering Yukimura, both had taken out Tokugawa's defensive forces.
"Sanada Yukimura, please spare me! You are truly Japan's greatest samurai!" Tokugawa begged; Yukimura approached him, spear in hand, with a quick stroke, Tokugawa fell to the ground; a clean cut spared him unnecessary pain. "Finally...it's over..." Yukimura nearly fell to the ground, saved by Kunoichi who noted that he merely passed out, she herself, carried him as far back to the main camp as she could before Keiji assisted.
"Yukimura...Yukimura...You are dead...this is Hell..." Said a mal-formed voice that giggled at the end, Yukimura's eyelids twitched, he felt like he was drained of all energy. His body ached, his bones felt as if they were all but stable, the weight of his body held him down. "Yukimura...Don't go back to sleep!" yelled an annoyed, but tender, loving, and caring voice. A hand waved over his head, brushing back the locks of hair that fell into his face as his bandanna had been removed, Yukimura grinned, tender lips fell upon his, kissing him tenderly. He opened his eyes to see Kunoichi's smiling face so close to his, she leaned over him from her kneeling on the floor; her eyelids hid her beautiful eyes. He wanted to hold her, he wanted to feel her silky hair, her soft skin, he wanted to caress her, and show her his true affection, but his body refused to move. His arms were almost as if weighed down to the bed. Her cool check and cold nose rubbed against his warm, bright cheek. He noticed how beautiful each part of her was when he was unable to move and focus on a different one each and every second. Her eyes sparkled radiantly as they opened to see his, her small hands, as pale as her pure skin, held to his face, their smoothness infatuated him, her eyebrows expressed perfectly each emotion, thinner then a reed of rice, her pursed lips as adorable as a puppy's smile, her petite body was accentuated by every limb, part, and feature. Yukimura managed to speak, as eloquently as he could, "You're so beautiful..." Unbeknownst to him his brother and sister in-law were planning an attack upon Yukimura when he was most vulnerable...
End of Chapter 4
Fans: Yea, I know what your thinking, 'How are you going to make this any better? Yukimura and Kunoichi are together, if Nobunaga is dead and Hideyori is alive, then Akechi Mitsuhide is dead. Ranmaru is dead, Tokugawa is dead, Hanzo is dead, who's left to oppose Yukimura and make this story interesting?! Well...I don't know, Masamune isn't dead, as well as Nobuyuki Sanada, maybe you'll find out why he and Yukimura aren't up in arms about seeing each other. Nagamasa Azai and Oichi are together, maybe a damn good reason to fight Sanada could come to me, or maybe not. I'll probably make the next few chapters just Romantic with a little Comedy to suspend you all a bit and to lighten the mood. It's not that I have writer's block, it's just I have so many ideas, I need to find which ones will accurately work.