Chapter 2: I'm Keiji Maeda!

Yukimura winced as his spear connected with armor and pierced through splaying blood all around him before pulling away. The soldier let a choked out gasp escape him as he fell adding to the multitudes of bodies he had cleaved life away today. "Come my spear is death." He shouted only to be met by two others who wished to die quickly. He only gave a quick swing of his cross spear which clashed against their neck plates of armor and sent them both flying into their allies. He couldn't keep this up forever. Already the sweat was beading along his headband and he barely dodged a spear that had been thrown from a short distance. Blood was beginning to drip down his hand from holding his spear to tight. He dashed foreword through more of the soldiers occasionally swinging his spear and slicing soldier's necks as he headed towards his steed.

Hideyoshi was having worse time of it as he spun his pole staff into the skull of one of the Takeda's cavalry men. A quick turn and the second piece of the staff flew outward connecting to the man's skull that was standing behind him. He had of course found a way to get himself stuck in a predicament he couldn't get of. That was when the child of all people came in. Ranmaru leaped from what appeared to be nothing as an enemy's sword was cleaved in half along with the enemy. "R-Ranmaru!" Hideyoshi called taken aback by the display.

"Nobunaga wants you alive…if it weren't for that you'd be dead." Ranmaru mumbled diving to the ground for a quick moment and coming up with a swing his sword which again chopped a poor soul in half. This kid was scary when he was calm…

Nobunaga let a dark demon laugh out as he turned his head left and right at the carnage before him. Soldiers all lined up to be slaughtered by his men and they all expected that honor would help them win. Nothing would save them…not from their fate. His hands went up into the air which signaled the musketeers to get ready and line themselves up. How good a plan could work if he did everything right. His tongue traced his lips continually calming him down as excitement flooded his systems. "Ieyasu I have a question for you." Nobunaga asked staring at the red sky above them.

"What is it my lord?" Ieyasu asked hefting the cannon spear onto his back and turning his face to look at him.

"If you had a canary that wouldn't sing what would you do with it?" Nobunaga asked as he watched the musketeers loading their weapons.

"Simply wait for it to sing. It will when it's ready." Ieyasu responded tilting his head.

"Your patient." He responded.

"As are most that are in my position. What of you my lord?" Ieyasu asked turning to look at Nobunaga.

"Simple. Kill it. There is no use for something with no purpose." Nobunaga responded as he pulled his horse behind the musket men. Keiji and Ieyasu followed him their weapons lifted into the air.

Yukimura leaped atop his stallion turning left and right before lifting his cross spear as high as it would go into the air. His eyes began to glow a fiery red and he let his spear hang limply in his hand as he activated his second form for the third time in his life. The cavalry men burst from their hiding spots forming up on him in an instant and charging foreword his steed moving the fastest out of all of them. The fire burst from the ground as his horse's hoof beats hit the earth creating flaming geysers in the ground. Yukimura let an excited battle cry burst from his lungs as he charged towards the Oda army.

"They are heading right for us…what a bunch of idiots." Noh mumbled looking up at Nobunaga expectantly. He smiled and nodded to the musketeers lifting his hand up and then lowering it. The lead squad fired on command sending a barrage of bullets speeding into the coming cavalry. Yukimura was the first to get hit the bullet slamming into his head band and knocking him off of his stallion slamming himself into the ground and rolling as he was knocked out. His fellow cavalry members however faired no better as the bullets pierced their armor and killed them on their horses. Those that got by were stopped by the horse gates. Keiji through all this watched with slight anger as he saw how much destruction a single battle could do. Nobunaga only laughed in response as he watched the destruction unfold in front of him. That warrior…was the strongest one of them all and yet he had been slaughtered under the onslaught of bullets hitting him. He couldn't just stand here and do nothing…could he? Matsukaze neighed under him and he patted his neck in an attempt to calm his steed.

Yukimura groaned and snapped open his eyes as he heard the thunder like sound of another round of musket fire going off. His cross spear lay in front of him and his fire had begun to smoke off of him. He groaned in agony and pulled himself foreword aware of the pain in his skull for moving without resting. "Have to…get away…before the next…round." He groaned planting his head into the ground for a bit before lifting his head back up. Keiji growled and steeled himself for another murder. Yes…murder. This wasn't war this was butchery and it was designed for his lords entertainment. Yukimura reached for his spear again his hand just out of reach of the spears staff. He heard the cocking of the muskets as they aimed towards the last of his cavalry and the priming of the gun powder. The shot…would be his end.

The wood splintered under Matsukaze's leap as Keiji broke from ranks stampeding towards Yukimura. The signal to fire was met and the bullets started flying. With a quick arc of his great spear eight bullets were blocked from hitting Yukimura and the first thing the samurai in red saw was a giant and his hand reaching to him. From then on he was carried in the giant arms bouncing up and down with Matsukaze's speed to balance him. Nobunaga blinked and let out a disinterested sigh as he lifted his blade up to the sky before pointing it towards the tattered remains of a camp.

Yukimura fell to the ground as he was dropped onto the sandy earth by Keiji. The giant turned his mighty steed around tossing him the beautiful cross spear and watching him catch it. "I am Keiji Maeda servent of the Oda. Except…I just changed affiliations so now I'm a regular guy." He chuckled placing his spear onto his shoulders.

"What's your name kid?" he asked.

"Yukimura…Sanada." Yukimura repeated through ragged breaths.

Keiji let out a hardy chuckle and turned himself around towards the battlefield again and tossed his head back and forth.
"Let's make it through this Yukimura!" he shouted as Matsukaze charged back to the battlefield. Yukimura could only stare in awe at Japan's wildest warrior.