DISCLAMER: I don't own Utawarerumono or Onimusha. Utawarerumono belongs to Aquaplus and Onimusha belongs to Capcom.
Peace. What a concept it is, it's what most rulers strive for, a peace for their kingdom and it's people, trully, a concept worth fighting for.
But, it is not without it's faults, eventually, the people become to accostumed to it, to the point were they forget the struggles it took to acheive it.
Indeed, for while peace is something we wish for, it cannot exist without the concept of war, death and misery.
But that is a matter for another time, for now, let me tell you a story, one that i believe most people would never expect to read or hear of, a story that envolves the fate of the world and it's people.
The story... Of the Black Oni reborn... And the destiny of a new Oni Warrior.
Prologue: A new dawn of dreams and nightmares for the world.
It was like any other day in the Capital city of Yamato, it's people, after for so long having to endure strife from powers far beyond their understanding, they have known peace thanks to their new Mikado, because of her, the people were able to rebuild from the chaos that had happened last year, and they were able to endure the grulling winter that had passed, they were even able to formally create an alliance with the nation of Tuskur.
Surely, this ment that the peace would last forever more.
...If only that were true.
All of the sudden, there was a massive earthquake that hit the entire land, this had caused many a buildings to crumble under the pressure, this made the people panic, for never were there an earthquake in the land ever.
The roads that hand crumbled were barely populated, just by a few lucky survivors that didn't get crushed, they were all trying to help the ones that weren't so lucky in getting away, along with the soldiers from the capital.
"Man, what a disaster this was" said one of the soldiers.
"Indeed, but why didi this even happen? There was never an earthquake like this in the capital ever" said another soldier.
"I guess there's a first time for everything" said the first soldier.
But this was manageble, with some resources and time, they would be able to fix this mess and stand tall again.
...But this was just the beginning.
They all then felt a tremble in the ground, and when they looked at the direction of the tremble, what they saw horrified them.
Soldiers, all decomposed, some more armored than the rest, and all of them charging at them with swords at hand.
They all fled, and who wouldn't at this sight, the ones that couldn't went to hide in the houses and buildings that were still standing, but some weren't so lucky and were tramplet and killed by the horde of undead soldiers.
A soldier was racing towards their commander's side to warn them of the invasion, and so they got to them.
"S-sir, this is an emergency, enemies are invading the capital!" said the soldier hurrinly.
"What?! By what banner do they fly by?" asked the commander.
"N-none, sir, i'm not even sure their alive!" said the soldier.
"What do you mean 'not alive'?" asked the commander.
"Exactly what i mean, these things look like monsters!" said the soldier, clearly in a panic.
"What's going on here? What do you mean 'monsters'?" said a man with an imposing voice and stature.
"G-general Mikazushi!" said the commander, and he two knelled towards him.
This man was Mikazushi, Imperial guard of the left, and loyal follower to the Mikado.
"S-sir, we are under attack by these... Things, and there heading towards the palace" said the soldier.
"Are they attacking the people?" asked Mikazushi.
"No sir, they are attacking them as they go, but they do not seem like their priority" said the soldier.
"So their probably after the Mikado... Verry well then, rally the men and form a perimiter, we will not let them take the capital!" said Mikazushi.
"Yes sir!" said the soldier and commander, and they dispersed.
"Still, an attack right after the earthquake? This cannot be a coincidence" said Mikazushi, "but even so, i will not allow anyone or anything to take the capital".
"Mikazushi!" came the voice of a woman, when he turned, he saw who it was, this was Munechika, one of the Pillar generals.
"Munechika, well met, is her majesty safe?" asked Mikazushi.
"Well..." said Munechika hesitently, but...
"I am right here" came a new voice, Mikazushi turned and saw who it was, it was a little girl, but not just any little girl, this was Anju, the divine scion of Mikado, and the ruler of Yamato.
"My Leige, it's best that you return to the castle, we will handle it" said Munechika.
"No! I will not stay behind while you two fight of this invasion" said Anju as she took out her sword... If you could call it that, it was to big, wide and thick to be called a sword, and far to heavy for someone of her stature to lift, let alone weild efficiently.
"(Sigh) as you can see, she is more than willing to stand in this battle" said Munechika.
"Heh, verry well then, just be sure to stand by us, it seems like there here specifically for you" said Mikazushi.
"Fine then" said Anju.
Just then, a soldier went to them and knelled "My lords, the enemy is heading this way" he said.
"So it begins, fine then, get everyone in posicion, we go to battle!" said Mikazushi.
"Sir!" said the soldier, and so he left.
"We'd best get ready as well" said Mikazushi.
"Understood" "Got it" said Munechika and Anju, and they all went to battle.
The warriors of Yamato stood in place, ready to fight in the name of the people and the Mikado, commanded be her, Munechika and Mikazushi, they all stood at the ready to confront to enemy.
But what they saw shocked them, not only were the enemies undead soldiers, but now there were also a gigantic, fully armored sentinels that had a sword the size of a montain, and it was walking over the walls and into the city, this made the soldiers of Yamato quiver in fear.
"Look at the size of that thing!" one of the soldiers said.
"No way... There's no way were gonna win this!" another soldier said.
"Were all gonna die!" yet another soldier said, making the rest consider running away.
"Stand tall, soldiers of Yamato!" yelled Mikazushi, "we have faced odds far worse than this, and we have prevalled, do you really think now is the time to douth yourselves or the Mikado?".
The soldiers considered this for a moment, then one yelled "NO!" then the rest followed as well, and with renewed courage, they stood still, ready for battle.
"My Leige, stay behind me, this may be difficult" said Munechika.
"Verry well" said Anju, "still though, what ARE those things? Even after everything i've seen, i've never encontered them".
"Neither have i unfortinetly, still, the soldiers don't seem all that strong, so we should be able to take them" said Munechika, "it's those giant one that worry me".
"Yeah, how do you even fight something like that?" asked Anju, "still, we have faced far worse than this in the past, so i beleive we can do this".
And so, it began, the undead soldiers began their charge, with the intent to kill everything that stood in their way, the soldiers of Yamato stood at the ready, prepared to endure the storm.
And so they got closer, and closer, and closer...
Then suddenly...
*BAM* *WHOSH* a cloud of dust arose, blinding everyone on the vicinity.
As the dust dispersed, they saw that some of the undead soldiers had been evaporated, and in their place, stood a lone man, clad in blue armor, and having two swords on his back.
The warrior looked back at the soldiers of Yamato, along with Mikazushi, Munechika and Anju, gave them a reasuring smile, and said "Leave them to me".
And so, he took out a sword from his back, and began to attack the undead soldiers, a single swing would take out many of them, and so they would fall, this continued on until he was met with the giant general, it looked at him with distain as it roared at him and began to swing it's sword at him, but the warrior simply smiled, and flew towards the giant general, cutting it's sword in haft and cutting into it, and, after a moment, killing it in the prosses.
The giant being then disintegraded into a cloud of smoke, and from it emerged the warrior, he began to walk towards the group of people, but his actions had left them both at awe and terrified of him, so when he got closer, everyone stood at the ready to face him, both the pillar general and the imperial guard of the left prepared to fight him in case he tried anything, but then Anju emerged from the crowd and began to walk towards him.
"My leige!" said Munechika with worry in her voice, but Anju just continued to walk towards him.
The two continued to walk towards each other, then they stopped when they were just a few feet away from one another, they both stared at one another for a while, then the warrior asked "Can you even understand me?".
"I seem to be able to understand you loud and clear" said Anju.
The warrior looked around the city for a bit, then he looked at Anju again, "You know, it's funny, centuries have passed since my time, but when i look around, all of this... Reminds me of a home i've long since left" he said.
"Makes me wonder, you know... If i can call this land my new home".
"Your time? Do you mean to say that you are a...?" Anju was about to ask, but the warrior cut her off.
"A human being? Or as you call them, the Utawarerumono or Onvitaikayan themselves?" the warrior said with a grin on his face "pretty much, yeah... Or at least part of me is".
"And before you ask, my other part is called 'Oni' a different kind of human with the power to absorb souls of demons... Speaking of wich" the warrior then seaminly began to focus for a bit and his right arm began to glow, then the sound of something being sucked was heard for a bit, and after a while, it stopped.
"Anyway..." the warrior went little closer to Anju, and bent down a bit to meet her eye to eye, "I know the general imformation about some stuff, like, this land is called Yamato, and it's rulled by a god's decendant, so i gotta ask, is it supposed to be you?".
" "Is it supposed to"? Of course it is! I am the divine scion Anju, the Mikado of Yamato" she said, a bit irritaded by this man attitude.
"Heh, well ain't you a cute little ruler?" said the warrior as he began to pet Anju in the head, then began scraching her ear, and thoulgh she didn't want to admit it, Anju was enjoying it.
"A-hem!" a stern grunt came from Munechika as she approched the two of them, this caused Anju to straighten up and compose herself as the warrior stoped scraching her and lifted himself up.
"in any case, we thank you for your assistence in this conflict" said Anju, "but i'm afraid i have to ask, who are you? What were those things? And for what reason would they attack the capital so brazenly?".
"Straight to the point, huh?" said the warrior, "well, to awnser your questions in order, my name is-".
But they were interrupted by a large noise coming from the east, when they looked, they saw that more of the undead soldiers were being hurld towards the city, and another gigantic general was on his way.
"Think we'll have to save this discussion for later, because from the looks of it, the Genma aren't done yet" said the warrior in blue.
"Genma?" asked Munechika, confused.
"Another time" said the warrior, then he went towards Mikazushi, "you the leader of these guys? Then tell them to surround them and keep them confined, to stop them from spreading".
"And what do you plan on doing?" Mikazushi asked.
The warrior then turned towards the giant general, "I'm going after the big guy, with him gone, the rest should disperse" he said.
"Is that so? Verry well then" said Mikazushi, then he turned towards his men, "you know what do do men! Keep them surronded, don't let them get to deep into the city!
The soldiers roared at this command, and they dispersed into the city, Along with Mikazushi.
The warrior was about to go on ahead, "Wait!" but was stopped by Anju's voice, "we are going with you".
"No, my leige, it's to dangerous" said Munechika.
"Actually, this is a good oppertunity. It's best that you see in person just what you are dealing with" said the warrior, "but can you even fight?".
"Of course i can" said Anju, then she pulled out her gigantic sword.
"(Whistle) and i thoulght i had the bigger sword, you must be really strong to lift that thing with ease" said the warrior.
"Indeed i am" said Anju, "any more objections Munechika?".
"(Sigh) Just be sure to stay by my side, my leige" said Munechika.
And so the three of them went into the city, with the goal to slay the giant general.
(Insert ost: Prologue blue oni theme)
The buildings were in different states, some were still standing tall, some had broken supports, but could be rebuild with some time, and others were completely in peices.
But that mattered little to the people that were there at the moment, for as the warrior killed one of the Genma swordsmen in front of him, his intent was clear to the rest of them, he would not stand by as they destroyed the city and killed it's people.
The warrior then tapped his sword over his shoulder, showing that he did not think of them as a threat and mocking the undead soldiers in front of him.
"Man, it's good to be back" said the warrior, then he looked over his shoulder to see his new allies coming, armed and ready, "hope you two are ready, 'cause this is were to real work starts".
"Please, this is hardly my first battle" said Anju.
"I am also ready for battle" said Munechika.
"Alright then, let's get started!" said the warrior, then he entered a fighting stance.
The warrior opened with a thrust towards one of the swordsmen, then a lift, and then a slash foward, killing multiple of them at once.
Anju proceded to swing her gigantic sword towards to soldiers, she swing foward, then sideways, then she jumped and slammed her sword into the ground, creating a shockwave that sent them fliying and killing them.
Munechika slammed her giant gauntlet hammer into the ground, making the earth shatter foward into the enemy, and then she punched foward, wich also sent them fliying.
One has fallen, without realising his final hope...
They continued foward, killing the Genma as they came, there were many, but none could stop them.
One has fallen, clinging to his faith...
The soldiers continued to advance towards them, but as they came, the warrior began to roar, then said "NOTHING!" then he stroked with his sword filled with electricity foward, then he did a string of Isshins against the enemy, blood erupted from them as they disintegrated, and the warrior absorbed their souls.
"Huh?! W-what was that move?" asked Anju, bewildered.
"It is indeed a powerful ability" said Munichika.
"Heh, just something i learned in my travels and fights" said the warrior, "tell you what, i'll show you two how to do it another time".
One has fallen. Leaving the fate of the future to his companions.
They fought on, killing everything that stood in their way this continued on until they reached the general's location, the warrior entered a stance as he slidered his hand at his sword, Lamentation.
Once he finished, he ran up a fallen rooftop and jumped onto a nearby roof, with Anju and Munechika following suit.
History is riddled with the waves of destruction and rebirth.
The general spotted them, and began to make it's way towards them, just as well, more swordsmen made their way onto the roof.
The warriors fought with all their might, the Genma stood no chance against them, but as they were fighting, the giant general was about to attack, "Jump to the other building!" said the warrior in blue, and so they did, and as they didi this, the general, swing it's giant sword upwards, destroying the rooftop they were previosly in.
These waves roll onward far into the future.
More soldiers appered onto the roof, and so they were killed with due prosses.
"How many of these things are there?!" asked Anju as she blocked and swung at the soldiers.
"I'm pretty sure they won't back down until the big guy is taken care of" said the warrior, "but don't worry, i have a plan".
"And that plan includes?" asked Munechika.
"See that tall building over there? Were leading him there, he won't be able to simply nock it down, so he'll have to deal with us personally" said the warrior.
They continued to fight the undead soldiers, even more armored ones began to appear, but they fought on regardless, then the giant general was about to strike again, "jump!" he said, and so they did, just as the general swung again, destroying the building.
Much has been destroyed. Many have perished.
The three of them were atop the taller building, and so the general got closer, the building reached his upper torso, it roared at them daring them to do battle with it.
The warrior, deciding to get serious, went into an enclosed posicion in the air, then yelled as he bursted with power, the two looked on with awe in what they saw, the warrior's face was now black with his horns now visible, and his blond hair was now white and was flowing, and he had a purple aura around his body.
The general swiped it's sword, but the now powered up warrior blocked it's attack, it then swung his sword downwards, but it missed and got it's sword stuck, the three of them began to attack it, and with a large swing from the warrior, it's sword was sent fliying, the general, after realing from this attack, began to shoot out more swordsmen against them, and as they delt with them, it tried to slam it's arms at them, but they were able to block it, then began to attack them, seanding it back, it roared at them in anger, but then the warrior noticed one of it's arm was still on the roof, so he ran up it's arm, and attacked it's head, the attack shined white as the general was sent realing, it then began to detonate all around it's body, and as iit fell, it completely exploded.
And even as time moves foward undanted, fate has demmed that a history of misery and death must be repeted.
As the soldiers of Yamato fought the invading army, they heard a loud noise, and as the undead soldiers heard this, they roared and then dissapeared, everyone stood in silence, then one soldier yelled, "They've retreated!" and so, everyone else joined in his comemoration, yelling in victory.
The three of them looked onward at the victory cry from the soldiers, as the warrior powered down.
"Hmm, it seems like they have run away" said Anju, basking in victory.
"Indeed, my leige, defeating this thing seemed to have spured a retreat" said Munechika.
"As i said, after everything we've been through, there's no way we would lose to this" said Anju.
"I would not celebrate so soon, all of this, the earthquake? The attack? It was all to send a message" said the warrior.
"A message?" said Anju, "What message?" asked Munechika.
"That they have returned, and that there conquest begins anew" said the warrior as he looked onwards into the distance, "i suppose this semblence of peace was never ment to last".
"...You still haven't awnsered my questions, who are you? What were those things? And what is there intent?" asked Anju.
"My name... Is Soki, Oni of the ash" said the warrior, now reveled as Soki, "As for the rest of your questions... I think it would be best for you to call forth your most trusted allies and friends first, 'cause what i'm about to reveal will change a lot of things, for better or worse".
Can these warriors, new and old, hope to stop the incoming storm? No one knows...
Hey everyone, here with a new story, and one i wanted to release for a while, i mean, come on, these series go together so well, yet no one has ever released a crossover between the two, so let me be the first.
And so, "They" have returned, and an old warrior as well, in the hope that he can save this new world, but can he find new allies to help him?
Anyway, see you next time.