Samurai Warriors: Crimson Samurai chapter 8
Finale: Part 1
"Nobunaga!" Magoichi fired several rounds at the Demon Lord, all of them easily evaded and slashed away from the Demon Lord's awesome sword. Keiji lunged for him, but Ranmaru fell from the roof and defended him, Yukimura charged at Nobuyuki, but he was bashed away by his spear. Inahime readied an arrow for Yukimura, but Kunoichi interrupted it with her blades. A battle erupted, Magoichi fired several rounds at Nobunaga, who was able to evade the sniper's shots, Keiji was coeur-de-coeur with Ranmaru's nodachi, and Kunoichi was slashing violently at Inahime, leaving Yukimura to fight his brother.
"Brother, this is the last time you will ever see your whore again, you'd best say good bye to her!" Nobuyuki taunted, swinging his spear around fiercely, Yukimura was on the defensive, his spear was being hacked at, and he had to quickly dodge by lunging to the ground and somersaulting and raising his spear to defend himself. Magoichi was slashing with his bayonet at Nobunaga, occasionally blasting at his armor with his musket. Keiji's speed was keeping Ranmaru on his toes by swinging his spear aimlessly. Ensuring that Inahime would be unable to fire an arrow, Kunoichi kept bashing at Inahime, but she continued to block with her bow.
Suddenly, Nobuyuki had knocked Yukimura's spear away and was preparing to run-through his own blood. Keiji saw this out of the corner of his eye, he jumped into the fray, striking Nobuyuki's back, allowing Yukimura to reach for his spear, but Ranmaru came back, striking Keiji, pushing him to the window. Magoichi, shooting Nobunaga off-guard, he fired at Ranmaru, Keiji erupted with power, he began swinging his pike with more force, more energy, Ranmaru's sword shattered into many pieces. Ranmaru was forced back again, but Keiji was left weakened. Magoichi had neglected Nobunaga for a few seconds too long, Nobunaga was almost to Magoichi, but suddenly the ninja girl that had slapped Magoichi before, fell into the fray, bringing more reinforcements. She guarded Magoichi, allowing Magoichi to fire several shots into Nobunaga's chest; the ninja had then proceeded to help Kunoichi, who had been bashed away as Inahime had quickly strung an arrow at her. Yukimura was fighting with all he had, his muscles sore from disuse. Nobunaga became a madman, his sword-skill had increased dramatically, he was more precise, and his blade moved faster. Magoichi was having a hard time keeping up, Nobunaga was killing more and more ninjas faster then Magoichi could ready his gun and fire at him. He eyed the ninja girl that had protected him earlier, he move into a defensive position beside her, assuring her of his protection, she grinned at him. Nobunaga's troops were arriving from the stairs; Yukimura and the rest were having a hard enough time fending off their targets, much more trouble fending off the troops as well.
Keiji, having disarmed Ranmaru, left him and began clearing the other troops that hindered his group, it was a massacre, Kunoichi's Strike Ninjas and Sky Ninjas were being killed mercilessly, and they were easy targets for Nobunaga, who had no particular target. Suddenly, enemies had stopped entering, screams came from outside of the doorway, Mitsuhide had entered, his blade drawn, blood dripping from it. Ranmaru gazed at him, his pale face, his long black hair; his armor was glimmering in the room's light.
"Lord Yukimura, I am here to assist you!" He began fighting valiantly against Nobunaga, assisting Magoichi and Yukimura; Ranmaru witnessed this, his mentor, again fighting his lord, to the inevitable death. He wondered if he should this time fight against Nobunaga. He went to the wall; he had brought many of his swords with him. He began fighting alongside Mitsuhide, Nobunaga became overwhelmed by the three attackers, Magoichi shot him off-balance, Mitsuhide and Ranmaru took it from there. Magoichi then turned to his ninja, who was assisting Kunoichi, both were heavily injured, Inahime was firing arrows faster then Magoichi could pull the trigger on his musket. Barely they were dodging and rarely were they deflecting the arrows.
"I'm sorry, but I'm a changed man, I can't put chivalry before conviction." Magoichi aimed his rifle and fired at the unaware Inahime, her left arm was pierced by the bullet, Nobuyuki, who up until that time, was fighting ferociously; he then tried to disengage with his brother. Yukimura, whose wounds had been re-opened by the stray strikes, was fighting with the samurai's spirit. Inahime had managed to pull herself up against the wall, Kunoichi stared at her, her blades ready, suddenly, an injured Nobuyuki had struck her, limping toward Inahime, but before he made it he was shot through the chest, falling at the feet of his injured betrothed.
Magoichi, seeing that the strongest foes had almost all been eliminated, he decided to assist with clearing the room of the unworthy ones. He fired several shots, sprays of bullets, indiscriminately hitting the enemy troops, Yukimura had gone to Kunoichi, holding her up, he held her close to him, her cold body was warm, she looked at him apologetically; she wrapped her arms around his neck, whispering, "Lord Yukimura...I don't want to die..." Yukimura held her close to him, Magoichi, and Keiji were clearing the room, Mitsuhide and Ranmaru were fighting a demonic Nobunaga, his power was somehow becoming stronger, and he didn't seem to be weakening, even though Ranmaru and Mitsuhide had all but run him through. Suddenly, time slowed, all the opposing troops were transformed into dead bodies, Magoichi had run to the ninja girl, he had recognized her by the fact that her face had been nicked by a blade. Keiji had turned to look at Yukimura, who seemed entranced with Kunoichi, but Inahime was there, struggling to pull the bow string back, a final arrow aimed toward Yukimura's head. Nobunaga finally fell, everyone turned to see the sight, they were torn between trying to save Yukimura, and wondering if it would cause the arrow to hit its target. Kunoichi turned to see Inahime, then fearfully looking at Yukimura, who still looked at her, passion in his eyes. Magoichi, decided to take action, firing one last shot, his last bullet, and its mark was where the bow met the arrow. A bead of sweat fell from his forehead, and he took the shot, time froze at that very instant, everyone was watching at the single bullet slowly inched toward Inahime, her right hand directing the arrow, her left arm quivering under the stress of her previous wound.
Time resumed, the bullet instantly shattered the bow, the arrow, and pierced through Inahime's hand. Everyone rushed toward Yukimura and Kunoichi, in order to treat her wound, Yukimura quickly carried her outside, the wound was straight across her back. Quickly he pulled out bandages, he assisted her by gently, but with great haste, lifted her shirt over her shoulders, Nobuyuki's spear had three prongs, each a few inches apart, and Yukimura moved as fast as he could, he began bandaging her up, despite his own wounds. He had finished tying the bandages when he again passed out; he himself was in need of treatment.
Yukimura awoke, his body was tingling with pain, and he feared opening his eyes to a sight worse then Hell, itself. His senses came to, he felt someone lying next to him, their arm around his chest, he opened his eyes, Kunoichi, her chest wrapped in bandages, her soft skin rubbing against his wounds, caressing them, that feeling in itself was like an anesthesia, vanquishing the pain. Her hair was strewn about, her blue eyes, baby blue crystals that radiate their own light, sparkling fantastically. Her pink lips pursed as she closed the distance between them both. "Yukimura...I'm so sorry..." She said as tears nearly erupted from her beautiful eyes, her pale face, ghostly. She blamed herself for causing his injuries, Yukimura read her like a book, "Don't be sorry...I would've done the same." Yukimura kissed her over and over again, enticing her to warm up to him. Her body quaked of fear; she didn't want him to reject her later on.
"Lord Yukimura...will you...would you...please consider marrying me?" Kunoichi asked in almost a whisper, unable to meet his gaze. Unaware of the other presences in the room, he tilted her head upward, trying to see her eyes; she tried to look away, but finally gave in. Yukimura pulled her closer, minding her injury, his warm body embraced hers. "I will marry you, I will fight for you, I will live for you, and I will die for you." He said, her eyes quivered, his face full of passion, he kissed his lovingly. Magoichi and Keiji were both covering Ranmaru's mouth, he was baffled by the lovers who had not paid any mind to their guests, slowly they inched out and downward to where Mitsuhide, Okuni, and the ninja girl who, although affectionately kissing Magoichi upon his entrance, she still refused to reveal her name. Mitsuhide was playing the part of the gentleman, Okuni was unfaithfully making various passes at him, all of which he missed.
"Mitsuhide, you didn't explain how you, Ranmaru, and Nobunaga each survived the battle at Honnouji." Magoichi said, Ranmaru and Mitsuhide, although able to explain it simply, they were forced to pull out hand puppets, drawings, and such to have everyone fully aware of how they escaped.
"Oh Lord Mitsuhide...You are such a valiant stern man to have braved the flames of Honnouji..." Okuni swooned over the sage. Keiji scratched his head, "That still doesn't explain how Nobunaga and Ranmaru survived it."
Ranmaru drew a poor but adequate picture of two stick figures running out of Honnouji through the northeast exit on horse back. Everyone sighed as Keiji nodded in agreement of knowledge of the simple action, which Keiji made seem so difficult.
End of Chapter 8
Authorial Notes: So guys, one more chapter till its all over, you're probably wondering what happened to Inahime, correct? Well let me show you through an adequate picture, Here's a poor representation of Azuchi (a triangle), and here are a lot of evil fiery flames that consume Azuchi (lots of diagonal lines that go vertically and horizontally over the triangle), any questions?
Random man: I have one!
(A gunshot roars, shattering the short silence, and a body is heard, being dragged off to the meat grinder, where all of the others are placed.)
Finale: Part 1
"Nobunaga!" Magoichi fired several rounds at the Demon Lord, all of them easily evaded and slashed away from the Demon Lord's awesome sword. Keiji lunged for him, but Ranmaru fell from the roof and defended him, Yukimura charged at Nobuyuki, but he was bashed away by his spear. Inahime readied an arrow for Yukimura, but Kunoichi interrupted it with her blades. A battle erupted, Magoichi fired several rounds at Nobunaga, who was able to evade the sniper's shots, Keiji was coeur-de-coeur with Ranmaru's nodachi, and Kunoichi was slashing violently at Inahime, leaving Yukimura to fight his brother.
"Brother, this is the last time you will ever see your whore again, you'd best say good bye to her!" Nobuyuki taunted, swinging his spear around fiercely, Yukimura was on the defensive, his spear was being hacked at, and he had to quickly dodge by lunging to the ground and somersaulting and raising his spear to defend himself. Magoichi was slashing with his bayonet at Nobunaga, occasionally blasting at his armor with his musket. Keiji's speed was keeping Ranmaru on his toes by swinging his spear aimlessly. Ensuring that Inahime would be unable to fire an arrow, Kunoichi kept bashing at Inahime, but she continued to block with her bow.
Suddenly, Nobuyuki had knocked Yukimura's spear away and was preparing to run-through his own blood. Keiji saw this out of the corner of his eye, he jumped into the fray, striking Nobuyuki's back, allowing Yukimura to reach for his spear, but Ranmaru came back, striking Keiji, pushing him to the window. Magoichi, shooting Nobunaga off-guard, he fired at Ranmaru, Keiji erupted with power, he began swinging his pike with more force, more energy, Ranmaru's sword shattered into many pieces. Ranmaru was forced back again, but Keiji was left weakened. Magoichi had neglected Nobunaga for a few seconds too long, Nobunaga was almost to Magoichi, but suddenly the ninja girl that had slapped Magoichi before, fell into the fray, bringing more reinforcements. She guarded Magoichi, allowing Magoichi to fire several shots into Nobunaga's chest; the ninja had then proceeded to help Kunoichi, who had been bashed away as Inahime had quickly strung an arrow at her. Yukimura was fighting with all he had, his muscles sore from disuse. Nobunaga became a madman, his sword-skill had increased dramatically, he was more precise, and his blade moved faster. Magoichi was having a hard time keeping up, Nobunaga was killing more and more ninjas faster then Magoichi could ready his gun and fire at him. He eyed the ninja girl that had protected him earlier, he move into a defensive position beside her, assuring her of his protection, she grinned at him. Nobunaga's troops were arriving from the stairs; Yukimura and the rest were having a hard enough time fending off their targets, much more trouble fending off the troops as well.
Keiji, having disarmed Ranmaru, left him and began clearing the other troops that hindered his group, it was a massacre, Kunoichi's Strike Ninjas and Sky Ninjas were being killed mercilessly, and they were easy targets for Nobunaga, who had no particular target. Suddenly, enemies had stopped entering, screams came from outside of the doorway, Mitsuhide had entered, his blade drawn, blood dripping from it. Ranmaru gazed at him, his pale face, his long black hair; his armor was glimmering in the room's light.
"Lord Yukimura, I am here to assist you!" He began fighting valiantly against Nobunaga, assisting Magoichi and Yukimura; Ranmaru witnessed this, his mentor, again fighting his lord, to the inevitable death. He wondered if he should this time fight against Nobunaga. He went to the wall; he had brought many of his swords with him. He began fighting alongside Mitsuhide, Nobunaga became overwhelmed by the three attackers, Magoichi shot him off-balance, Mitsuhide and Ranmaru took it from there. Magoichi then turned to his ninja, who was assisting Kunoichi, both were heavily injured, Inahime was firing arrows faster then Magoichi could pull the trigger on his musket. Barely they were dodging and rarely were they deflecting the arrows.
"I'm sorry, but I'm a changed man, I can't put chivalry before conviction." Magoichi aimed his rifle and fired at the unaware Inahime, her left arm was pierced by the bullet, Nobuyuki, who up until that time, was fighting ferociously; he then tried to disengage with his brother. Yukimura, whose wounds had been re-opened by the stray strikes, was fighting with the samurai's spirit. Inahime had managed to pull herself up against the wall, Kunoichi stared at her, her blades ready, suddenly, an injured Nobuyuki had struck her, limping toward Inahime, but before he made it he was shot through the chest, falling at the feet of his injured betrothed.
Magoichi, seeing that the strongest foes had almost all been eliminated, he decided to assist with clearing the room of the unworthy ones. He fired several shots, sprays of bullets, indiscriminately hitting the enemy troops, Yukimura had gone to Kunoichi, holding her up, he held her close to him, her cold body was warm, she looked at him apologetically; she wrapped her arms around his neck, whispering, "Lord Yukimura...I don't want to die..." Yukimura held her close to him, Magoichi, and Keiji were clearing the room, Mitsuhide and Ranmaru were fighting a demonic Nobunaga, his power was somehow becoming stronger, and he didn't seem to be weakening, even though Ranmaru and Mitsuhide had all but run him through. Suddenly, time slowed, all the opposing troops were transformed into dead bodies, Magoichi had run to the ninja girl, he had recognized her by the fact that her face had been nicked by a blade. Keiji had turned to look at Yukimura, who seemed entranced with Kunoichi, but Inahime was there, struggling to pull the bow string back, a final arrow aimed toward Yukimura's head. Nobunaga finally fell, everyone turned to see the sight, they were torn between trying to save Yukimura, and wondering if it would cause the arrow to hit its target. Kunoichi turned to see Inahime, then fearfully looking at Yukimura, who still looked at her, passion in his eyes. Magoichi, decided to take action, firing one last shot, his last bullet, and its mark was where the bow met the arrow. A bead of sweat fell from his forehead, and he took the shot, time froze at that very instant, everyone was watching at the single bullet slowly inched toward Inahime, her right hand directing the arrow, her left arm quivering under the stress of her previous wound.
Time resumed, the bullet instantly shattered the bow, the arrow, and pierced through Inahime's hand. Everyone rushed toward Yukimura and Kunoichi, in order to treat her wound, Yukimura quickly carried her outside, the wound was straight across her back. Quickly he pulled out bandages, he assisted her by gently, but with great haste, lifted her shirt over her shoulders, Nobuyuki's spear had three prongs, each a few inches apart, and Yukimura moved as fast as he could, he began bandaging her up, despite his own wounds. He had finished tying the bandages when he again passed out; he himself was in need of treatment.
Yukimura awoke, his body was tingling with pain, and he feared opening his eyes to a sight worse then Hell, itself. His senses came to, he felt someone lying next to him, their arm around his chest, he opened his eyes, Kunoichi, her chest wrapped in bandages, her soft skin rubbing against his wounds, caressing them, that feeling in itself was like an anesthesia, vanquishing the pain. Her hair was strewn about, her blue eyes, baby blue crystals that radiate their own light, sparkling fantastically. Her pink lips pursed as she closed the distance between them both. "Yukimura...I'm so sorry..." She said as tears nearly erupted from her beautiful eyes, her pale face, ghostly. She blamed herself for causing his injuries, Yukimura read her like a book, "Don't be sorry...I would've done the same." Yukimura kissed her over and over again, enticing her to warm up to him. Her body quaked of fear; she didn't want him to reject her later on.
"Lord Yukimura...will you...would you...please consider marrying me?" Kunoichi asked in almost a whisper, unable to meet his gaze. Unaware of the other presences in the room, he tilted her head upward, trying to see her eyes; she tried to look away, but finally gave in. Yukimura pulled her closer, minding her injury, his warm body embraced hers. "I will marry you, I will fight for you, I will live for you, and I will die for you." He said, her eyes quivered, his face full of passion, he kissed his lovingly. Magoichi and Keiji were both covering Ranmaru's mouth, he was baffled by the lovers who had not paid any mind to their guests, slowly they inched out and downward to where Mitsuhide, Okuni, and the ninja girl who, although affectionately kissing Magoichi upon his entrance, she still refused to reveal her name. Mitsuhide was playing the part of the gentleman, Okuni was unfaithfully making various passes at him, all of which he missed.
"Mitsuhide, you didn't explain how you, Ranmaru, and Nobunaga each survived the battle at Honnouji." Magoichi said, Ranmaru and Mitsuhide, although able to explain it simply, they were forced to pull out hand puppets, drawings, and such to have everyone fully aware of how they escaped.
"Oh Lord Mitsuhide...You are such a valiant stern man to have braved the flames of Honnouji..." Okuni swooned over the sage. Keiji scratched his head, "That still doesn't explain how Nobunaga and Ranmaru survived it."
Ranmaru drew a poor but adequate picture of two stick figures running out of Honnouji through the northeast exit on horse back. Everyone sighed as Keiji nodded in agreement of knowledge of the simple action, which Keiji made seem so difficult.
End of Chapter 8
Authorial Notes: So guys, one more chapter till its all over, you're probably wondering what happened to Inahime, correct? Well let me show you through an adequate picture, Here's a poor representation of Azuchi (a triangle), and here are a lot of evil fiery flames that consume Azuchi (lots of diagonal lines that go vertically and horizontally over the triangle), any questions?
Random man: I have one!
(A gunshot roars, shattering the short silence, and a body is heard, being dragged off to the meat grinder, where all of the others are placed.)