Author's Note: Hello Everyone! I'm back ^_^ sorry for taking so long for the first chapter but I'm here! I hope you'll like the first chapter

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Samurai Warriors' character! I only own my Ocs and half of the plot!

First Chapter

第一章

The Child of The Garden

庭の子供

Sonogami Chisa

園神智佐

Azai Army

"I don't really like the fact that you become a wanderer."

I pouted as I munched the sweet dango. Hinagiku sat beside me, giggling at my cute – at least I think, she thinks that my pouting face is cute – pouting face, munching her dango as she did so. I stared at the black haired woman who sat besides me. She is pretty, flawless if I might had. People had said that I have immense beauty, but I bet it was nothing compared to Hinagiku. Long flawless black hair that looked smooth like silks. Pale skin with pink rosy cheeks. Peach colored lips and kind grey eyes.

"This is the path that I have chosen for myself my lady. I want this. Walking freely like birds can fly freely in the sky."

Of course. Everyone want that. Especially in this state of war, able to walked around freely without being burdened by responsibility or something like that, things that I have yet to understand and sometime I wish I will never understand it. These days, it's hard for people to walk around, traveling freely like Hinagiku, especially when people don't know when war could strikes, when soldiers will marched towards field of battle, led by their lord and went back home with half of their number before, maybe less, covered in blood, wounds or maybe even barely alive. While I'm not worried about Hinagiku, knowing full well that she can defend herself, I'm more worried due to the fact that she's a demon, like me. Not all leaders out there are as kind as Nagamasa and I know for sure there are still so many humans out there hunting for us, demons.

"I know that, of course. However, I'm worried. There are still people who are looking for... us." I said in a very low voice, not wanting to be heard by anyone, in fact, my voice is barely above whisper.

Knowing what I was talking about, Hinagiku lean closer and whisper.

"None that I know of."

That's a relief. I finished my dango while Hinagiku finish didn't take long for her to stood, and went her merry way to her next destination. This had been my usual routine each month. Each month, Hinagiku would came and spent her time with me. She's indebted to me because I have saved her life when her village was destroyed and we have became a very good friends since then though she had to leave as she said she wants to travel around Japan, being free and all that things I have not understand yet.

Playing with my now empty plate, I tried to remember of how my life had been different than that of other demon. I was born and raised in human village, thus I have never harbor any hatred towards human being. True that some despised me because of my unique appearance. I remembered when I first came here, children calling me demon – which is technically true – and throwing stones at me. My parents were not there for me as that time they were already gone. My mother died during childbirth while I never knew my father as he had already passed away before I was born (One of the reason I went for a journey). Because I am a demon, I have more enhanced intelligence than that of human being. I knew right away that I'm not like them. I'm not human. I'm different. Thus, I know that's the reason I was bullied and treated differently. Of course, this is the story before I met Nagamasa.

Nagamasa was a kind man and benevolent ruler. At first glance, I know straight away that he is different than any famous ruler I have heard of. He has this kind glint in his eyes, those kind of eyes that made people feel safe and he's loved and adored by his people, he even helped me through those difficult time and let me became his retainer. Living among the Azai household, I've been trying my best not to let my power slips out of control. It's bad enough that my appearance already inviting some unwanted glances, I don't want my other powers to invited, not just unwanted glance, but also unwanted visitors. I knew that there are still so many people out there who hunted us down, that reason is enough for me to be very careful, thus I've become a bit of a paranoid. So far, I hid those facts quite well and I tend to keep it that way.

The sun has almost set now. I put the plate back and began to walk towards the castle. I was lucky that the dango shop isn't that far from the castle. I have a horrible sense of direction and I would ended up lost for days just to find my way back to the castle. Summer is almost here, I know because of the noises that the crickets made each time night came to greet us, also by the fact that the temperature began to raise and I notice most soldiers have began to get tired pretty quickly during their training and how they get thirsty almost every waking second. However, I didn't actually feel the summer like they do, since I'm a demon, this kind of heat didn't actually affect me, in fact, I feel as fresh as before and I silently pray that no one will realize this unimportant fact.

As I reach the castle, I the gatekeeper welcomed me with polite smile and I bow to them, giving them my famous bright smile to them and went into the castle. The castle is quiet, of course, for normal people, but for a demon who has enhanced hearing, even a small murmur from the second floor of the castle can be heard clearly. Judging from the terms 'Imagawa', 'Oda', and 'Alliance', I figured they are talking about the upcoming battle against the Imagawa clan. I heard Nagamasa has decided to join the fray, protecting the Oda at Okehazama. Murmurs can be heard and the sound becomes clearer as I entered the castle. I tried to find the room, only by depending on my hearing, since my sense of direction is horrible. The interior of this castle looked the same in each and every turn and I began to think that I'm starting to get lost until a hand reach out and tapped my shoulder. I jumped in surprise and found that it was just Nagamasa.

"Oh, it's just you Nagamasa." I said, trying to calm my nerves.

Nagamasa smiled kindly at me. "Good evening Chisa, I see that you've just returned from your walk?"

I nodded shyly feeling embarrassed that I didn't attend the war meeting. "I was walking around, trying to find the others since they said there's going to be a meeting…" I said honestly.

"Ah that, we were just finished actually." Nagamasa said as he patted my head. Of course, they always finished whenever I was about to join them and it's not like I did it on purpose I lose tracks of time whenever I'm outside, then again I'm still young so my opinion won't change the course of the meeting that much.

Nagamasa is a very attractive man. Unlike most of people here who have dark colored hair, Nagamasa's hair is much more lighter in color. It's brown but it's light brown, almost yellow. His eyes are the same color as his hair. He is tall and built, and his kind and caring personality is enough to make any woman to swoon at him.

"Oh… okay, so…" I trailed off, looking at him, expecting for an answer.

"We will help the Oda army at the battle tomorrow. As far as we have gathered, we lost in numbers. We have approximately 2.500 troops while the Imagawa has 25.000 troops, ten time than ours." Nagamasa said in grave voice. That doesn't sound too good.

"Do you think we can win?" I asked curiously. Hearing the difference between both sides already telling me that this is going to be a harsh battle.

"We have to win," Nagamasa said with conviction. "We cannot let a tyrant like Yoshimoto to conquer the land. Besides, I am sure Lord Nobunaga has come up with a plan, he is a smart man."

That's not actually calming my nerves.

"Alright then. I'm going to trust your judgment." I said, offering him a smile which he returned.

He then motioned me to follow him to the dining room as it was time for dinner now. I followed him and as I passed the open room which have the window open, I can't help but smell… rain. Rain…

Seems the sun is not going to shine as bright as today tomorrow.

To be continued…

Author's Note: And that's for the first chapter. I'm planning to make short introductions for my OCs on the first several chapters before going onto the main storyline. So, after Chisa, we're going to see Hinagiku in the next chapter ^_^ she's a wanderer so she's not bound to any lords. And yes, as you can see Chisa is a demon/oni so she has enhanced intelligent, hearing, and vision and one special power which I'm going to reveal later, but those enhanced power is a trait of being a demon, and no, I'm not intended of giving them enhanced physical power as they are going to be OP/Overpowered. I hope you enjoy this first chapter. I'm truly sorry if there's any grammatical error or typos, English is not my first language so bear with me.

See you in the next chapter~

Name Trivia:

Chisa (智佐) means "God's Answer" while Sonogami (園神I) means "God of the Garden"