Trope Pantheon: Date Masamune, God of Eye-patches
Path A: Chapter 2
Previously: Date Masamune, The One-eyed Dragon of Oshuu, defeats Sanada Yukimura. Afterwards, he is approach by a man who goes by the name of Guan Yu, who reminds him that God is after his soul. Then, a day later, Masamune is met by a young samurai named Flynn. An intense battle, Masamune surrendered, leaving Flynn victorious. A dangerous path awaits the One-Eyed Dragon…
In his temple within House of Personal Appearance, Date Masamune is determining the location to scheme his next move against Ishida Mitsunari. 'Where will that bastard plan his next move...?' The One-Eyed Dragon decides to go to his temple. '…If only Kojuro was here…' Before he makes another move, he was approached by a God.
"You've displayed such great skill. Why did you surrender?" Having high hopes in Masamune, The God expressed disappointment at the sight of The One-Eyed Dragon giving up on such an intense friendly battle.
"Aren't you that guy from before?" Remembering who this God was, the Azure Dragon let out a sigh. "Although the kid was strong, I just wanted to keep my swordsmanship skills sharp, and besides, there's this one man I must even the score with." Turning his back on Guan Yu, Masamune then takes his leave.
'Be careful…One-Eyed Dragon.' Supporting Masamune in his battle against the God, he then takes a deep breath, and exhales. 'For now, I'd best drink tea and head for the House of War.' And with that, Guan Yu departs for the House of Food.
In his own temple, Date Masamune tries to think of a plan to defeat Mitsunari, but fails. Running out of ideas, he then decides for the House of Combat to train there.
40 minutes later, Masamune arrives in the House of Combat, once again heading for the training room to practice. "Start simulation!" The training room transformed into that of a dungeon-like cave with only one light-bulb. 'Tch! Let's get this over with.' Already having his six swords in tow, Masamune proceeds to ready his guard, preparing for the worst. Truly enough, 30 humanoid lesser demons have emerged from their prisons to kill Masamune. Confident, the One-eyed Dragon slaughters the demons with minimal effort. Then, 500 more lesser demons, coming in many forms, arrived into the cave. Masamune sheathes away fives swords and charges all of his energy into one sword. As the demons assault him, the One-Eyed Dragon of Oshuu then unleashes a very strong strike, knocking most of the demons away, killing them in the process. However, the strikes slightly tires out the Oshuu leader, allowing one of the demons to strike him with it's claws and another to knock him to a wall, causing him let his sword slip out of his hand. Backed into a corner trapped, Masamune then takes out two of his swords, holding them in each hand. As five of the demons assaulted Masamune, he slashes them. "Crazy Storm!" With multiple strikes, the One-eyed Dragon successfully plows over multiple demons, leaving them in to a small amount. As Masamune strives to get the blade, a few demons get in his way. Bringing out two swords in one hand, he strikes them down and continues to recover his blade into three hands. As he manages to reclaim his sword, 4 greater demons enter the cave. Surprisingly, they were strong. Before Masamune could make a single move, the demons' movements were very fast as they ganged up on him, while he himself barely made it to get the blade, luring two demons into hurting each other. With three swords now in one hand, Masamune then proceeds to go for the Beast-type greater demon. "Magnum Step!" Stabbing the beast who is assaulting him, The One-eyed Dragon impales the beast-type demon through it's mouth. However, the beast-like demon wasn't about to go down without a fight, allowing the demons to land some heavy on Masamune. The Date Leader wasn't about to give up here. Once again, he puts all of his energy into one sword. With the remaining vitality he has left, he only has one shot at this. As demons came closer to strike him down, he then unleashes a heavy blow, eliminating the remaining lesser demons, and weakens the Greater demons, with two of them on the verge of death. However, with the use of Testament a second time tired him out; an exhausted Masamune tries to think of a plan to defeat the demons. However, the greater demons retreated from battle. 'Better end this simulation before more of them come.' With the inability to muster up any more energy to fight more of them, he ended the simulation "End Simulation!" The cave returned back to the training room. Tired, Masamune then decides to head for the House of Food to rejuvenate himself from the pain.
Later in the House of Food, Masamune eats up a bowl of Gyūdon, along with 3 Yakitori and 6 pieces of salmon sashimi, already finishing with the Yakitori. 'This stuff's pretty good. The chefs know how to fill up my spirits.' Lying back in his chair, Masamune takes a deep breath, and then begins to eat his food more slowly. '…This pantheon… It makes the battlefields of Japan look small in comparison. I hope that Lancelot guy is taking good care of my original position.' Smiling, The One-Eyed Dragon then proceeds to finish his food. As he eats, he sees a guy in a leather shirt and leather pair of pants eating a bar of chocolate, a girl in a green sweat coat and bike shorts running towards some steak, A guy with blonde hair who looks like he's treating a redheaded girl dinner, a guy dressed like a butler taking some food somewhere, an orange cat being a glutton, and a boy in robes with a lightning shaped scar on his forehead. After he looks at those people, he was now finished eating his food. Before he departs the House of Food, he grabs 4 more pieces of yakitori to take back into his temple. 55 minutes later, in his temple in the House of Personal Appearance, the One-Eyed, in his hakama uniform was about to go to sleep. Laying on his back, The One-Eyed Dragon looks up at the night sky, noting how beautiful it was. 'Such a beautiful night…' Before he closed his eyes, he suddenly hears heavy footsteps came into his house as if it was an earthquake. Waking up from his bed, he tracks down the noise of the heavy footsteps, culminating an encounter with a knight. "Who are you?" Demanding a response from the knight, The One-Eyed Dragon sensed that he wasn't too friendly either. 'Shit! I can't fend him off like this.' Locked into a tight situation with just one sword, this battle wasn't looking too well for him.
"So this is the One-Eyed Azure Dragon. The Demon King of the Sixth heaven has told me about you. I'm going to depower you here." Ignoring Masamune's question, the knight then proceeds to run towards him and swing his sword. Masamune reacts fast enough to dodge the strike which caused the floor to be destroyed. Drawing out his sword, he then goes for an attempt to strike the Knight, who blocks it with his blade, followed by a thrust to push Masamune away from him.
'Nobunaga's here too, huh? Tch. How surprising. An ensemble of Demon Kings would sure be a great hour at this moment. ' Masamune then looked at the cursed sword. 'That sword makes me uneasy somehow…' Preparing to charge his sword, Masamune runs out of his temple to find a wider place to fight this knight. The two are fighting in the House of Personal Appearance 45 feet away from each other.
"Foolish Dragon! I'll make sure you'll suffer depowerization at my hands!" The Knight then charges towards Masamune, ready to strike him down.
"Just try it, Knight! Hell Dragon!" With his sword charged at maximum power, Masamune unleashes it forward at the knight as an attempt to damage him. Unfortunately, the knight deflects the energy ball right back at Masamune, prompting him with no other choice than to block the attack. Suddenly, pillars of fire caught the knight by surprise. The person responsible for the fire is revealed to be a woman with long black hair wearing a dark blue dress with a breastplate worn on top of the dress.
"You can still stand up, yes?" Ensuring the One-Eyed Dragon's recovery, the woman then faces the knight. "You… Are you an ally of Dracula's?"
"Do not associate me with that wretched vampire, insolent woman!" The knight denied any connections to the vampire lord "I, Nightmare, will devour your souls!" With no sign of mercy, he then proceeds to attack the woman. However, Masamune blocks the hit, but gets knocked 24 feet away from him. Nightmare then proceeds to strike the woman down.
"Scutum!" Magically activating a shield to block Nightmare's attack, the woman then activates another attack "Lapiste!" Summoning a giant fist made of stone, the woman directs it at the knight, knocking him into a wall breaking some of the mirrors in the process. "Leave now or I'll call the others to deal with you."
"….Very well, but the next time we meet, I'll strike either of you down without warning." Reluctantly, at the woman's request, Nightmare left the House of Personal Appearance.
Later, before Masamune and the woman went to their temples…
"I owe you one there, miss. If you hadn't intervened, I'd be depowered." Smiling at the woman, Masamune thanked her for her intervention against Nightmare.
"It's no problem. Say, aren't we roommates? Ah yes… I haven't introduced myself to you. My name's Shanoa; Goddess of Sexy Back." Smiling back at the One-Eyed Dragon, the woman introduced herself. "I'm glad to meet your acquaintance
"Shanoa, huh… The name's Date Masamune." He introduces himself. 'She's beautiful… This woman reminds me of the Demon King's sister.' Slightly taken aback by her beauty, he tries his best to not let it get the best of him. "The same goes to you."
Giving Masamune a handshake, Shanoa reaches into her pockets to give him something. "Here. Take this potion." Shanoa gave Masamune a potion to heal his wounds.
"You can keep it. I have some food at my temple." The Head of Oshuu turned down her offer. "…Until we meet again."
"Yes…" The two roommates parted to their own temples, going in for some rest.
The next day later, recovering from the fight, Masamune is practicing in the back yard of his temple with one of swords. Closing his eyes, he thinks hard to determine his next move. He is then approached by a man in a ponytail wearing a samurai-like gear. "Hey! Long time, no see!"
"Oh, it's you..." Masamune knew who the man was. "It's been some time indeed… Maeda Keiji." Remaining calm, the One-Eyed Dragon seemed slightly pleased to see him here. "What brings you here, Pretty Boy?"
"Just here to give you visit. It's been quite a while since we've last meet." Smiling with his arms behind his head, Keiji then departs. "See ya later!" 'Tch! Typical of Lady Killer to come through here uninvited.' Masamune decided to stop practicing with his weapon. Running out of ideas, He heads to his room and takes a nap to pass the time, but then changes his mind. 'Alright… Time to head for the house of War.' As an attempt to improve his improvisation skills, He then heads for the destination.
Later, after arriving in the House of War, Masamune decides to visit Yukimura's temple for a match. "Kid, I just want to have a sparing match with you!" The One-eyed Dragon knocks on his door. Unfortunately, there's no response from him. Sighing, he decides to head back to his temple. 'At least the other guys here want to party…' He attempts to find someone to spar with, but with no luck; either some are busy or away. However, one man, in a weird costume, armed with something similar to swords, appears.
"Tch… Better get in shape before next mission comes." Stretching his head, the man spots Masamune. "…You! With the blue armor and helmet! You're in for a fight?" Grinning at him, the man then sees Masamune unsheathing his swords.
"Any challenge is welcome by me!" Now wielding his six swords, The Azure Dragon runs forward at the man, attempting to strike him down. In retaliation, the man parries the strike, followed by an attempt to slash Masamune, who evades it.
"Not bad!" complimenting his opponent, he strikes his opponent, followed by a leap forward. "Phantom Dive!" Creating an electric shockwave towards his opponent, it knocks him away for a bit. However, the man with the claws held his ground. 'This is getting impressive. It's time to cut loose and get fired up.' Charging at his opponent once more, he proceeds to unleash a fury of attacks "Crazy Stream!"
"You're good, bub." Complimenting Masamune as he dodges and blocks some his strikes, the man with the claws looked for an opening. As soon as the One-eyed Dragon partially tired himself from the flurry of attacks, he attempted to kick the latter. Unfortunately, Masamune blocks it in time. As the fight ensued, Some Gods from the House of War returned to watch their fight as spectators. "Heh… It looks like we've attracted some customers."
"I don't mind the spectators at all. Let's continue our little show, shall we?" Ignoring the spectators, Masamune focused more on his opponent.
As the match intensifies, the two exchanged blows to each other, showing no signs of stopping. The clash ultimate culminates with their weapons locking together. "You're a really good opponent. Truly like the ones back in my world." As they continued with the blade lock, Masamune praises his opponent for his skills.
"Same thing goes to you. Besides, I've faced much worse guys than you." In the midst of the lock, he then tries to take down Masamune with a head-butt. Unfortunately for him, the latter steps back to escape from his head-butt. "So have I." The One-Eyed dragon said as he recovers his breath. "Let's finish this!" The One-Eyed Dragon charged at the clawed man.
"You asked for it, bub!" He then follows suit. The two charged towards each other. As they've gotten closer to each other, they landed the decisive blow…
A few minutes later after the final blow, Masamune's armor was damaged and in turn, the man with the claws received some cuts. However, to the surprise of Masamune, who turns to his, he heals the wounds, closing cuts.
"You… You're no ordinary human…" Surprised at the healing procedure that this 'man' went through, Masamune is stunned. "…What the hell are you…?"
"I'm a mutant. Let's call this draw. Let's get rematch some other time." As he leaves, the mutant looks back at the One-Eyed Dragon one last time. "It's been fun fighting you, mate."
'A mutant, huh…? We'll indeed meet again sometime soon, mutant. For now, take care.' Respecting his opponent as he takes his leave, Masamune decides to head for the House of Food to eat. He was approached by a certain man with two spears.
"Masamune! I'm greatly impressed by your skills against that guy!" Approaching him was none other than Yukimura, who words of support made Masamune smile. "Cool down, kid." As he's patting Yukimura on this head, Masamune lets out a sigh. "Do you want to eat with me in the House of Food?"
"As much as I'd like to do so, I'm pretty busy at the moment." Declining the offer, Yukimura is going inside his temple. "I have a few errands to do. Maybe next time..." Yukimura then closes the door behind him. 'Still waiting for that master of his to join… I'll drop by your temple later some time.' As he mounts his horse, Masamune sets out to reach the House of Food.
To be continued…