We began to mourn, but then thought of the village, but none of the men there would want to come. We began down the road; Leader was balling his eyes, out. We decided to go back to the village and sleep, the villagers fed us, gave us drinks, let us use their most luxurious beds.
We thanked them and began down the road and crossed the bridge, we were pretty well over it, Leader stood by that bridge with a blank stare at the dead Kappa, we all thought he was going to jump, so we hurried him across the bridge and down the road until we reached our next battle. Death Winds and Tengu were there, the Tengu had swords and axes, and the Death Winds had the wheels to shoot lightning balls.
Brick went for the Tengu, their skill had noticeably increased, they cut off Bricks arm, and then slit his stomach open. Berserker killed three of them with a Lightning Kanji, but he was then killed by a stray Inferno Strike shot by Wizard, his chest was ripped open, the dangling flesh was on fire. Wizard shot another Inferno Strike and knocked a Death Winds head off, he started to attack in melee, he stabbed two, and impaled one. Leader was killed by a Death Winds lightning blast. Archer shot an arrow into the final ones head, it ripped right through.
We regenerated our comrades and began nearer to the Tokugawa Castle; we could smell the blood of the samurai, fresh on our swords. We reached the castle about ten minutes later, the outer citadel was filled with enemies, everything we've encountered in castles and villages. When we walked in, we went straight for the closest thing to us, but it was Ninja. We guessed that there was a portal gate down there, and we assumed Shenerite came down to pray for him.
We fought the Death Squads first, we killed most of them with ease, but the Black Winds were harder than the average Death Wind, one killed Wizard and Leader with one Earth Strike. Brick, Berserker, and Swordsman started to kill them with their secondary weapons, Swordsman used a bow and arrow, and Berserker used a long spear, and Brick used two katanas to block and kill the Black Winds.
Ninja was fighting the Majin for a very long time before we got there. Wizard cast his dragons and relating spells, Archer was dead by a Lava Seeker in the stomach. The dragons were kind of starting to look like they were attacking Ninja, but the Majin cast his own dragons plus three, the seven dragons immediately slaughtered Wizards dragons and went after us, Wizard used every spell he knew on the dragons but only killed two, Brick cut ones head off, but one came up behind him and returned the favor.
Swordsman used all of his spells and killed two, Berserker was about to but he ran out of Ki, so he ran in to kill one with a long spear into its heart. Ninja killed one by slitting its throat. We ran through the outer gates and regenerated our men, when they busted through the door, the three samurai killed themselves only to be regenerated by their comrades to full health. We ran back through the door and began to fight the Majin, Brick impaled him, Wizard blasted him with a Lava Seeker, and Berserker chopped off his head.
Neanderskulls and Thunderskulls waited for us nearer to the door, Archers arrows didn't affect them that badly, so he took out his Wakizashi. Brick tripped a Neanderskull on to another; they were both crushed by each other's hammer. More dragons summoned by Wizard mutilated the rest, he concealed the dragons and we entered the castle, the first floor was pretty empty. We walked through all the rooms, not a single enemy's remains. We must have been too confident in no enemies being there, because Wizard's head fell off and Ninja was nowhere in sight. We stood as alert as a bird watching its young, then Bricks head flew off, along with Swordsman's head. Berserker and Leader started to swing around like crazy until they hit something, we all started to swing at it but it was still invisible.
We regenerated our comrades and ran up the stairs across the hall. The next floor was a battle zone, many people were still alive, fighting the monsters, we noticed three certain men, going around and killing their own soldiers, we stared at them and realized it was the Tokugawa samurai. We rushed in to save the remaining soldiers; they were much stronger than us. There were only three but they killed five of us, we fought and killed two of them with spells, but the other was very weak from killing. We decided to run up the stairs and regenerate our men and fight the battle later. We took the portal gate and walked up to Leyasu himself. "You and Mori are fools to oppose the dark warlord, you know you can never defeat him!" He pulled his sword from behind him and jabbed it into his stomach.
We watched as Leyasu's blood ooze from under him, the katana sticking from his back reminded us of Oda, lying in a pool of his blood, shed by the Tokugawa samurai. That was when Ninja stabbed Swordsman in the back, shoved his katana all the way through, he didn't pull it out. He raised his hand, his skin began to rip apart and revealed his new form, he had become Kain, he took Swordsman's weapon and cut open Berserkers stomach. Brick went to kill him but Kain took Berserkers long spear and stuck Brick to the ceiling. Kain lunged for Wizard and bit his neck, Wizard became pale and blood spurted from his mouth and down his armor. Kain's mouth was drenched in blood, he looked over at Archer, Archer fled to the portal gate and transported himself over to his castle.
Leader screamed and started to run but Kain caught up to him, ripped open his neck, and had another feast of blood. Archer prayed and prayed, but they wouldn't come, Shenerite helped out, the came in ten minutes. They healed each other and went back to the castle, Kain had went downstairs, when we got down there he was holding a soldier, stuck his hand into his chest, and ripped out his heart, and ripped his head off. Brick went for him first, Kain looked up and went invisible, we looked around for him, when Archers head was ripped from his body, we swung where he stood.
The soldiers were dropping left and right, gashes deep in their necks, one tried to run but fell over with a sword in his back. Leader was punched into the wall; his crushed heart caused his death. Kain became visible again, a soldier came up behind him and stabbed him in the back, Kain turned around and smiled at him, the soldier went pale and ran, Kain shook his hand, the soldier picked up a sword and cut off his comrades heads, ran into the middle of a thick battle, only to be slaughtered by his own men. Kain turned back to the samurai, waved his hand again and Archer shot a lightning bolt into his head, his head exploded, his blood soaked the walls around him. Kain took out his new sword, and began the melee battle of a lifetime.
First Brick came up, Kain waited for Bricks attack, their swords pierced our ears, Brick blocked a stab by Kain, and went to chop his stomach when Kain pounced on him and ripped open his chest. Swordsman and Berserker came in at the same time next; Kain was beyond the rank of grandmaster of the Nitou technique. Swordsman went for his legs at the same time as Berserker, Kain jumped over them and jammed his claws into their backs. Leader sliced off his arm, but watched in horror as his arm grew back, Kain jabbed his sword into Leaders head. The battle was the most intense thing anyone in the room could have imagined. Wizard and Archer went in, Kain threw a metal shaft into the ceiling, and Wizard on to it. Archer turned Kain around and began to summon a blasting wind from his hand and shot Kain in his chest. It sent him into the wall opposite of them, he landed onto a spike.
His skin began to burn away, and revealed a natural cage formed around his heart, blocking any stab attacks. Archer began to regenerate everybody, when he was done, Wizard's body began to convulse, and this time, a stream of liquid fire sprayed from his mouth. We went to the next room to help the soldiers, the Death Squads were stronger, torturing the residents of the castle. We helped the soldiers fight; the Death Squads killed Brick and Leader. Swordsman cut one in half, but was stabbed in the back by a trained ninja.
Wizard had an intense swordfight with one of the Death Squad leaders. Leader killed three with an Incinerate; their bodies flew as the smell of burning flesh filled the air, the fire cutting through the body and burning straight to the soul.
