I was assigned to be one of Riku's retainers which was basically 'this person is your boss and you also have to train with them, protect them, and be loyal to them'. Sagara was well, the monkey and shoe bearer I kid you not he was assigned to be the monkey and shoe bearer I laughed so hard when I found this out.
Me and Sagara have a place we like to talk at it was on a cliff it had a great view of the town below. He was also living in a shack with an underage ninja with a lisp and a bunch of men who are into little girls work for her I think her name was Goemon he also got introduced to the daughter of an Inn owner who was just a little girl I was laughing so hard when he told me that.
I became Riku's retainer because Nobuna thought I was a match for her well. I was I managed to beat her in most of our sparring session I win all the time because I use dirty tactics it also helped that I was pretty tall I was taller than everyone here. I remember this this one time where I grabbed onto one of her boobs. To that day every time she looked at me she had a blush on her if you're wondering I don't regret it even though I ended up with a armored foot to the crotch afterwards. I was recalling what I was doing before we got onto that battlefield we ended up in.
Me and my regiment were in a live fire training session then all of a sudden a live grenade landed in the middle of our squad I don't know who threw that grenade but I ended up jumping onto said grenade to prevent everyone else from dying but when I said that to him that's when it hit me. I AM SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD D.E.A.D! Sagara was also in shock, how am I here if i'm dead it hit me hard... ya know everyone I knew or loved thought I was dead. I was not one of those people who go like 'if i'm still alive here maybe I can go back'. I could not believe I could go back how do you survive having a grenade go off right under you. But yet i'm still here how am I still here alive I can still see,hear,taste,and feel after realizing that I needed some time alone.
This all happened yesterday to be honest i'm still a bit shaken today but I was not the type to 'get depressed and take up 10 whole chapters of being depressed before having someone snap me out of it person'.I understood that I had to keep going not just for everyone I cared about but also myself. Today I was training the men under Oda's command in Drill and Formations. "SPEARS FORM A LINE IN FRONT OF THE MATCHLOCKS." My voice boomed through the countryside. We were training outside
Nobuna,Sagara,Riku,Maeda Toshiie the little girl that was wearing the tiger fur and Niwa Nagahide she was the woman in the council room who used points. We were training against bamboo targets "SPEARS FORM SPEAR WALL!" The spear men in the line present their spears and braced like they would for an enemy charge. "MATCHLOCKS FIRE FROM THE GAPS IN THE SPEAR WALL, FIRE AT WILL!" The of
matchlocks began to fire volleys of fire into the targets I had the spears in 3 ranks while the matchlocks were in 2 ranks behind the spear wall. Smoke began to become more dense on the field as the matchlocks fired away. "MATCHLOCKS HOLD YOUR FIRE!" As the smoke cleared the bamboo targets were utterly destroyed. I ordered the men to hold their positions I walked up to the hill everyone was camped on"So did you all like the show?". Oda looks at me and asks "What is the formation you used called?"
"I just call it pike and shot because it uses a combination of spears and matchlocks." I look towards the men on the field and yell "MEN! DISMISSED!" my loud tone causes everyone to flinch. I just smile and let out a short laugh. "interesting and very new 75 points," Niwa closes her fan and looks at me "I know almost every tactic there is in Japan but this one is new where is it form?" I simply look at her "It comes from Europe almost every nation there employs this tactic." I think they do at this time what is it 14s or 13s hundreds something like that I can't recall i'll ask sagara what year it is now later.
A Few Hours Later
It was around midday I decided to walk around town. I was getting weird looks from everyone from how tall I am and what i'm wearing but I did not let it bother me. I got back to the castle and got to my room. I check my watch 4:41 PM I began to go through my backpack again "let's see here map,compass, extra radio ,batteries, MREs, GPS unit,Laptop,First-Aid, and extra socks." I pull out my mp3 I had in my vest. have not used it should be full battery... yup I should give the extra radio I have to Sagara I just hope he does not end up losing or breaking it but he seems like a responsible kid. I pull out my dog tags 'Private First Class. Salvador Elacion blood type A+' I left my backpack in my room as I decided to find a balcony I just wandered around sooner or later I found one I looked out into the sunset wow you don't get ones like these back home it must be because of all the pollution in the air. The view was stunning it was like someone took a paintbrush and painted the sky a range of oranges and yellows but soon those colors gave way to the dark blues of the night sky as thousands of stars light up the sky seeming to dance as the moonlight shines down from above a simile graces my lips you DEFINITELY don't see this sort of thing at home...
Author's notes: i hope i'm improving form my other chapters i'll try to put 1,000 words into chapter.