Journey of a Ronin Ninja 9
One year after Naruto left the Toyotomi with Satake, he received word that his ally Hideyoshi needed aid in a battle and wanted Naruto's help. Naruto that he could go off and aid them but what of the people in his power? He couldn't leave them alone could he? No, no he couldn't, and it was because of this that he ordered Satake to stay behind with Nabutsuna while he took a legion of ninja to aid the Toyotomi.
Naruto left a week ago and still had not arrived at Shizugatake, the battlefield that was currently being used for the battle. He took at least fifteen shinobi with him when he left including one of his new friends Kashin Koji, a battle ninja and a good ally; almost bodyguard. As they continued with the journey towards Shizugatake, Naruto couldn't help but think about the enemy; Oichi and what was left of the Oda clan and their allies.
'Someone who spent more time in the wars then I should be able to tell that she will fail. She fights out of resentment and anger because of her husband's cowardice. If she would just stop then she could live…but that seems too far for her mind to grasp.' Naruto thought as he rode towards his ally.
"She seems to have the same ideas you had just last year Naruto. I seem to remember that you were like her in a sense; vying for revenge and power to do so." The demoness spoke as Naruto ducked a low hanging branch.
'Yes she is; but I know when to stop for the most part. I also have more dreams than just the death of Oto and the torture of Sasuke. I want to live and gain a family, one that will aid me throughout my days left on this earth.' Naruto thought as he and his forces came to a small cliff where the smell of blood was heavy on the plains.
"So it seems that we are a bit late." Naruto mused as one of his shinobi came forth.
"Uzumaki-Sama, what are your orders?" Koji asked.
"We wait for now, and then we will strike the remains of the Oda army when they least expect it." Naruto answered as the nin went to spread the word.
However hiding in the trees; two onlookers watched not knowing of each other as the small force left their horses tied to trees and walked in on foot towards the mess and blood drenched fields.
'That boy is cunning; he could be a threat to my Master.' One thought as he jumped off to keep tabs on his prey.
'He is just as smart as he was last year, maybe I should join him?' the other thought as she jumped back to her mission at hand…stealing and looting.
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"My lord, the Oda resistance is advancing again!" a captain yelled as he entered the main camp.
"Rally the troops! I want Oichi alive, I must ask her a few questions!" he yelled as the captain went ran out and told the other captains and officers that were just sitting down to eat a meal.
"Hideyoshi!" Magoichi called out as he stepped towards the map where Hideyoshi moved an officer piece towards his main camp. "It has been almost a week and no assistance from any of our allies, what do you think happened?" he asked.
"I don't know; the letters could have intercepted and thrashed before they got to their destinations. I all I can say is that Oichi hate me for some reason and I must ask her why." Hideyoshi said as Magoichi nodded.
"I don't know Hideyoshi, I don't know." Magoichi said as he turned to go to his own troops to help with defense.
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Out on the battle field, Mitsunari was having trouble with the defense of the southern garrison that he recently conquered. The enemy was relentless as they started to pour into the newly raised fences and caltrops that had been laid on the ground to halt their approach. He had his own men firing off rounds from both bows and muskets as his spear men made a line of defense incase horses were used in the siege.
"Don't let any of them through! Make sure when you aim you aim for the chest so if they are moving you might strike their heads!" Mitsunari hollered to his men as a course of 'Hai!' came from the defenders.
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"Alright!" Magoichi said as his musketeer squads and swordsmen were ready for a fight to the death. "I want everyone to pick off two men for every one of ours that falls!" he hollered as his own men cheered as a small line of men from the Shibata company ran forth to attack.
"On my signal!" Magoichi said as he took aim at a captain. "BOOM!" the shot rang out as the man dropped seconds later before a hail fire of shots sprang forth as hot lead and metal fired into the advancing line dropped considerably from the volley. "Charge!" he said as the swords men ran forth to block the advance slicing men in half and taking damage from counter attacks.
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"Hideyoshi-Kun," Nene said as she walked towards him as he donned his armor and picked up his 'Bone Crusher' "Toshiie and Oichi used to be our friends, is what we are doing right?" she asked as Hideyoshi turned to look at her before turning his head towards the door way.
"Nene, what I am doing is for the good of Japan, not just for myself, I want to create a land where everyone is free and happy. Smile Nene, I want to see you smile." He told/asked her before he looked at her face. She looked at him and felt the burning desire to aid the people and stop the fighting and couldn't help but smile as his own face adorned a smile.
"I must speak with Toshiie before things get too far along though, maybe he can see to reason with me rather than Oichi can." Hideyoshi said as he left to join the defense as Nene looked at the ground for a moment before rushing to aid her own troops as well.
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"Well it seems like the Toyotomi is handling themselves nicely against the Oda resistance. We will aid the Toyotomi in the early hours when the Oda are tired and weak!" Naruto said as his shinobi nodded and jumped into the trees for a series of short naps as some stood guard for the night.
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'Just a few more hours and then I will show Hideyoshi who is boss!' Yamaji Shogen thought to himself as the resistance marched into a trap and blew into bits by rifles and arrows. 'Damn that Youkai Ninja! If he didn't show up then Magoichi would be dead now!' he thought as the rifles would explode tearing apart his allies as they tried to take the garrisons down below.
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The Next Morning
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Naruto woke up along with five of the others in his group as the other five were given another half an hour or so to sleep due to late night watches. As soon as the others were awake the nins put on a different suit so they wouldn't be seen by the Oda incase of later attacks if something happened. The suits were gray and white much like Naruto's first real suit, he later changed into all brown uniform as did the others in the army.
They slowly crept to the battlefield as the rivers and streams were filled with blood and bodies from the attack. As Naruto thought the Oda army was tiring out faster due to the constant pushes from the onslaught they ran through while the Toyotomi just aimed and killed many men that ran into the fire of bullets and arrows.
"Don't attack any Toyotomi unless they are traitors, and don't kill Oichi, from what I have learned from Hideyoshi is that he wants to talk to her and find out why she is trying to stop him from completing his goal which was Nobunaga's original goal; kill the Oda resistance and that's it!" Naruto said as a course of 'Hai' rang out softly as the nins took three different paths.
"Koji, I want you to come with for back up purposes. You might learn one of my techniques that you seem to be so interested in as well." Naruto said as the younger nin nodded. Naruto knew that Koji was from a small clan that had once upon a time loved him until the wars broke out. At the age of seven however, he was sold to a man who trained him to be a shinobi.
Koji had been a very good immature ninja during the early wars between Takeda and Uesugi. He loved to learn and by the time he was nine he was already a celebrated ninja among his masters, who where later killed in a fire by the Hojo clan. Now at eleven years old, he was almost like Naruto thought the Oto four might have been to Orochimaru, a life or death bodyguard that tried very hard to get the job done.
He had only one technique now and that was a small lightning attack that only worked when he was within four feet of his victim, which paralyzed him or her for an easy target. Naruto tried to learn it as well but couldn't grasp the ability as Koji smiled for once in his shallow life. Naruto thought of him as more of a younger brother than a student.
"Koji, do not attack the yellow female, she is a friend, and at the very least an acquaintance." Naruto said as Koji nodded before they jumped off into the woods and moved towards the third garrison that the Toyotomi had been trying to take over for about a day during the previous attack they launched at the Oda.
Luckily for the two, there wasn't very many men awake at the time the reached the garrison and only had to jump on the outer lying parts to hop on to the palisade top of the walls and look in. Using hand signals, Naurto told Koji what to do; the duo split up and engaged some of the troops while most of the men were dead tried from the fear of a counter attack from the Toyotomi.
Koji only used a small katana and crept up on some unsuspecting men while they fell in and out of sleep. There were only eight or so in front of him at the moment and did the quickest thing to kill them. He took three shuriken out from his holster and hurled them that different targets as the screams were muffled by the blood that flowed from the wounds into their throats as they died.
He then took his katana and slashed through one mans neck immediately stopping the scream. However the thud from the head and body let the other four know that something was going on. Quickly backing off to stay hidden, Koji jumped onto the palisade ramparts and sat in dark regions of the corners until things calmed again, though that could take a while right now though.
Naruto was working his way around the sides of the garrison hurling shuriken at any guard that he could see near his route. Counting only ten shuriken left in his holster, he dropped down and took out his twin blades and started to carve men in half as their have screams reached the air for but a moment as they were ripped in two and fell dead with blood amassing on the ground around them.
Naruto was working his way towards the middle when he barely saw Koji holding a mirror and reflected a small early solar beam towards him signaling movement. Naruto turned and slashed a man who decided to wake up at the moment and then jumped up to the palisade wall and darted over to Koji for the report.
"Report." Naruto said as he hunched over next to Koji.
"Both the Toyotomi and from what I can see from here the Oda resistance are making their way here as we speak." Koji said emotionless.
"Good and bad, I was going to use a trap but now it seems I can't, damn!" Naruto cursed the armies timing. "You are going to help me take the rest of this garrison and then we leave for the next objective; let's move." Naruto said as Koji nodded and jumped after him.
They both landed on the ground as more men had awakened and stared at the many deaths of their comrades as they found disembodied heads and limbs with some of their side attached to them lying around, even with one man how was kicked into a spear through his neck.
They turned around as Naruto and Koji landed and fell upon them like fire on oil. The men tried to put up a fight but it turned fruitless as many of the others fell by the blades of the two ninja who arrived in the night.
Naruto took his two blades and held them in a position as three men ran at him yelling all the while and let the built up pressure in his arms go as the blades sliced trough the three men as blood sprayed every where.
Koji let two men come in close before opening his palms and electrocuting them to death as the other men started to back away from the human storm. He then launched towards them and sliced their heads of and then jumped sideways as two men came charging him from both front and back effectively letting them kill each other.
Naruto raised his hands when he had the time and quickly ran through some hand seals for an attack "Da-ku Zekkyou no Jutsu!" Naurto said as a scream lurched from his throat and sped towards the enemy troops who were now definitely awake from the screams of battle. The jutsu slammed into a large group of men that included the officer in charge of them, killed them all instantly; throwing bodies into other men as they were tossed from where they once stood.
Koji stared at the technique for a moment; it was something he wanted to try to learn but knew he didn't have the powers to do it yet. He liked the way the bodies were thrown from their standing places and landed on the ground with a sickening thud. He would have to train when they returned from this battle and hope there wasn't a battle to keep their own land when they got back.
He turned around as the last few men on his side ran for him and raised his weapon and attacked the men as they came, making blood fly from the wounds and guts fall from the stomach strike he lashed upon them. One man turned and blocked the attack from Koji which initially surprised Koji, and then forced more lightning through his blade which scrambled his foe's brain killing him instantly.
Naruto turned around and saw only ten men left as they were tying a bomb to stick and then waved the stick with a white flag signaling surrender but did not move closer to them. The men had already lit the fuse on the bomb and were stupid enough to wave the flag around which prolonged the explosion as Naruto walked towards Koji who listened to Naruto and jumped up to the palisade walls and waited for the light show.
Just as the enemy army and the Toyotomi army reached the garrison, the bomb exploded sending guts and blood into the air and scaring men on both sides. It was the Toyotomi who were the first to get over the explosion and charged the enemy, but not after sending a message to Hideyoshi first, as did the Oda resistance.
Short and bloody, I am breaking this battle into more than one chapter for a few reasons. One is the amount of time it would take for me to write the whole thing, and two; I want the story to be long, and if is do every thing one chapter then there would only be about ten or more chaps. before I reach the invasion.
Bo-staff: 1
Takagi and nekode:
Pistol: 6
A chain with two morning stars (A spiked ball and chain, they used them in the medieval era in Europe and Korea I think): 3
I am throwing in Hanzo's scythe and chain as well because it is light weight and small: 2
Exploding knives: 3
Toothpick: 2
Thank you for reviewing my fic, I haven't responded to anyone for a while I know my bad, but for some reason my e-box dumped my messages, OH well.
PirateCaptainBo: This will not be a harem, just one or two for Naruto, and Sasuke will not be Hokage until he is around twenty.
Thenewguy15: You helped me finish this chap. by the way; I was having a little bit of trouble on how to start it. The ninja idea I had thought about but I wanted to use Satake for a bit more before leaving him in the cold for a few chaps. though it seemed to work for now. Naruto isn't wearing his clan symbol for a reason, he doesn't know if anyone else from the Countries have arrived and doesn't want to be a suspect if they did. I might have him have a team later on, but for now it will be his brother figure Koji.
flaming kitsune 666: No I will not be adding anyone from Dynasty Warriors into this story mainly because they are all dead; save for when Koei put Lu Bu into the original Samurai Warriors for fun; not that I have unlocked him though, but I have heard and seen it before. No, no Dynasty Warriors sorry. Just for favs. Zuo Ci is one of my favorites though.