Chapter 2

Mego jolted upright from her sleep dripping in sweat and shacking. Something was wrong. She jumped up at once and ran for Aki's room.

"AKI! AKI WAKE UP!." Aki's chocolate brown eyes jolted open. "Aki somethings wrong, somethings wrong with Aneue I just know it. We have to go find her. Get up!"

Aki had never seen her most trusted friend so wound up before. She had learned through past experiences that when Mego was as hysterical about something as this it meant something was indeed wrong. Both the girls immediately geared up in their armor, weapons and kitsune masks and headed to the stables. Before long they were galloping out with the aid of Tsukiyo, the midnight black coated wolf with a crescent moon on her forehead, leading the search for their Aneue.

~~~~ Takeda ~~~~

News had spread like wildfire over the attack on Lady Hikari's carriage. At the time the one eyed dragon had been visiting Yukimura for one of their annual fights and also some business on the side. The terrible news came from Sausuke in the middle of a trade meeting. Shingen sat quietly receiving the news whilst Yukimura and Masamune shared an anger towards such uncivil actions.

"This is completely unacceptable!" Yukimura raged. "Attacking a defenseless woman like Lady Hikari in the middle of the night? The nerve!" Yukimura began to pace and throwing his hands up in the air in anger.

"Yukimura, you will take our best men and retrieve Lady Hikari."

"Kojuro, get the men ready. We are heading out as well."

As Yukimura and Masamune exited the room Shingen could only smile to himself recalling a private comment shared between him and Lady Hikari about certain twin Kitsune mask wearing warriors.

"Sausuke, I wager they will meet two mischievous Kitsune on their adventure. Go with Yukimura and upon your return inform me about them. I want to know what Lady Hikari has taught them."

~~~~ Battlefield ~~~~

Tsukiyo had traced Lady Hikari's scent all the way into unfamiliar territory. Mego signaled Aki to stop and take cover in the trees as the surveyed the area, they were the sound of clashing steel ringed through the battlefield. It appeared someone must have beaten them to the scene of the crime. Still, they weren't just going to sit idly by while their Aneue was still in trouble!

"Alright Aki, we're going to storm through and grab Aneue at the first possible moment. Once we do, we will retreat and tail it outta here got it?" Aki nodded her head.

"Lets show them what happens when you mess with the Kitsune Hime twins. Hyaaa!" They stormed into the battlefield well into full swing. Aki surveyed the area carefully before spotting the carriage which Lady Hikari was traveling.

"Mego look! It's Aneue's carriage! But look Mego, why is Takeda and Oshu here?"

"What do you mean Aki?" She looked at the curiously.

"Don't you reckognise the symbols on the flags over there?" pointing to her left. Mego looked over and to her surprise not only was it the Takeda and Oshu flags that were being flown but the General Yukimura and Lord Date had graced the battlefield with their presence.

"Aki this is serious, they've got the big guns here and we don't even know who took Aneue. We need to get her and get out of here, and fast. We are going to step it up a notch. Use whatever means we need to escape when we grab Aneue but don't stop for anything."

Charging through the ranks cutting down those who stood in their way, Aki and Mego got to the carriage only to discover and wounded and unconscious Hikari. Mego cursed under her breath.

"We have to get her medical attention soon Mego shes lost quite a lot of blood." Her face showing her clear anxiety of the situation.

"Aki put her on my horse, I'll be able to handle the extra weight." Aki threw Hikari over the horse and helped Mego secure her.

"Ok lets get the hell out of here Aki."

"Hold it. What do you think you're doing?" Mego and Aki flinched at the sound of being caught. As they turned around in Sync they were face to face to Sanada Yukimura, the young tiger of Kai and Date Masamune, the one eyed dragon and they weren't smiling.

Authors note:

Anyone who has read a Masamune X OC might realise that the bolded letter show Masamune speaking English. It's one of the things I love about Date's character since he loves foreign things and was one of the main supporters of Christianity when it first came to Japan. He funded a full voyage to Europe in regards to Christianity. Date was a cool person in real life and in Sengoku Basara :P I guess considering his interests in foreign objects I think it's great that he speaks some English in the Japanese dub.