The sun halfway arose radiating its ray onto the stronghold, the darkness still reigning the lands in the forest. The path leading to the foot of the mountain begins to glow as the sun continues to raise. It is now morning and not quite noon yet. We find ourselves following Fumikage through the forest, onto the foot hold of the mountain, we can still hear yells and arrows raining from the stronghold as we charge towards the objective. I can hear the thuds of the dummies on the other side of the stronghold, they must be running out of arrows with that continuous fire. We creep ourselves out of the shadows of the trees. Fumikage ties a rope to the back of one of his kunai, and flings it to the top of the stronghold, I suppose climbing is a sufficient way to infiltrate. "Stay here Fumikage and I will open the gate from the other side and well be able to flood them it seems like our plan is working for the moment. "I say looking back at them dismounting my horse, moving my hand signaling him to stay as well. I grab the rope right after Fumikage does letting him climb up a bit, before I follow up, he pulls the rope flinging himself over the top of the gate. Meanwhile I have to grab over the rampart and pull myself over, and I pop up looking around. I see a frail looking dark skinned man, with white hair limping his way through the main courtyard, his vision most likely blurry, you can see welts on, well that means this plan went out the window and its time to siege. That was Zexis no doubt, but the most likely scenario is he tried to lay down arms, and they branded him a traitor, either way that means I get one of my comrades and some good bloodshed along the way. "Fumikage open up the gate, I'll go grab our friend over there, he's beat pretty bad but no doubt he tried to surrender. "I sprint down the stairs to the courtyard as I say that to him. These steps seem to go on forever, I move to the beaten up Zexis extending my hand, and he looks up at me with his cobalt eyes and a unamused look on his face smacking my hand away. "You think its funny, you Chitsu bastards have some nerve!" He roars which its understandable If I was in his shoes, I'd be dead for decapitating my lord. "You have it all wrong friend, in fact I'm the one who promised you a better future, the master of Waibo, the ninja who made a visit I'm sure?" I say to him but also questioning if Waibo did his job since we've had no contact. "Yeah he did and now look, your soldiers are dropping like flies and I'm beaten to a pulp and probably listed for seppuku for my treason." He says and I just smirk and quickly interject. "Have you seen the battlefield for yourself, do you know what's going on because I don't but I plan to see." I grab his hand forcefully pulling him up and dusting him off "Besides you have people who want to see you as lord of this land and I know you'll treat them properly, deal still stands if you want it?" I inform him and ask him all at the same time.
He takes my hand and shakes as he's being pulled up looking dead into my eyes and he sighs a bit "It feels like I just signed a deal with the devil, but its a hell of a good one. Yeah I believe we still have a deal. I wont be much use in battle as of now." I smirk a bit as he says this and I nod in agreement. "Yeah your pretty useless right now, but you have folks willing to put their lives on the line." I take his arm making him lean on me as I guide him from the way we came in, Fumikage and the others make their entrance and all the villagers have a sudden joy on their faces seeing both their leaders, their lord in the village and their battle commander. I look over at Zexis a smile spreads across his face, and tears almost form around his eyes. "You guys want me as your lord but why when I'm so different?" He asked them looking them in the eyes. One of the villagers walk up and places a hand on his shoulder, its a older looking man, with long hair and rugged beard. "My boy you've always protected us even if it meant you getting treated like dirt, and we never helped you we were to scared but this time were here for you. This young man here, our commander will establish you I'm sure all we have to do is finish this battle for you. This battle you've been fighting for a long time." He says while nodding and pulls him into a hug and I smile and nod. "You villagers can wait outside, leave this to me and my men besides I think its about time for me to make my grand entrance, just take Zexis and move out ill give you this stronghold by sunset." I pass him off to the man that just hugged him and I wave my hand dismissing them before any of them could speak up to sway my mind. Fumikage and I with the few men we have stealthily make our way across the courtyard onto the ramparts, we peek over them and see the cloaked dummies falling apart, watching the enemy freak about the arrows and how our soldiers wont go down. "T-t-they're demons I'm telling you no matter how many arrows we put into them, they keep riding closer. Zexis was right we should have surrendered!!" They scream as their morale drops with each fired arrow. A giant of a man, with veins barging out of his muscles screams with a booming voice that strikes like thunder. "Keep fucking firing or I'll feed you to the demons, Don't you morons see its a illusion they will die like any other man, how come they haven't attacked or fired back doesn't something seem off to you simpletons!!!. He belittles his troop, he's scaring them more than our tactic, that's one way to lead.
I look at Fumikage and nod my head, and lean over whispering to his ear "Launch they firework now, we must signal the attack while we take out the archers on the rampart. You troops go down below with Fumikage and open the gate so our troops can flood in once they signal goes off." I send them on their way with those words. I unsheathe my Katana and move quickly to the top of the ramparts, Swiftly making my way to the first archer slicing quickly through his neck sending blood spraying all over, before his head would fly off you'd hear a "Guahhhhhhh!!!" He screamed as he reacted to my blade coming towards his neck. All the soldiers turn to me as I quickly slash my blade flinging their ally's blood across the rampart. I quickly sheathe my katana then sprint full speed using a quick draw through the next one, a couple of soldiers decided to rush towards me. The first one swings, and I quickly evade bringing down my blade slicing his arm clean off, as it gushes red juices like a squished grape. The other two soldiers who decided to rush attack me at the same time, I quickly evade their attacks they string together. Midst swing I grab one of them and use them as a human shield, taking the slash and I push him forward into his ally, while I pierce them both with one thrust of my katana. Almost abruptly, You see bright fireworks shoot into the sky forming the symbol of the Oda clan, in a far of distance you hear roaring and yelling. You see multiple flags off in the distance climbing up the foot of the mountain, that's the infantry sprinting ahead to the now open gate. I switch my attention to this huge boulder of a man swinging his axe down in front of me which I block with my katana but I get lifted up into the air from the swing and pushed back getting smashed into the wall on the rampart.
"Guaaahh!!!" This sound escapes my lips, as the impact from the smash forces saliva to come out my mouth causing me to spit on to the ground as I climb my way out of my own imprint in the way. "Talk about a fucking cheap shot you giant oaf!!" I say frustrated looking up at his towering man rotating my shoulders cracking them and popping my knuckles and neck. The shock of the impact must have made me drop my katana as I drop down picking it up keeping my eyes locked on this man. "So what's your name dead man walking, or would you prefer being known as Dying Chitsu Dog?" I swing my katana a few times, before switching my stance, to having my hands up to my face with my sword angled at him, and my legs spread evenly apart. He finally speaks up after landing that heavy hit on me "The name is Shohei. Shohei Chitsu, son of the daimyo of Miwa." He introduces him self as he wields that two handed great axe with one hand demonstrating his strength. "They son of a daimyo huh, I guess we have that in common, your worthy of being my kill don't worry I'll take care of your head when I send it back to daddy" I say arrogantly, I've faced a dozen people just like him. He does pack one hell of a punch, my arm is still shaking from the vibration of that block. "You talk a big game but your just a frail small child, after I finish with you I'll take care of that traitor that let you in, whatever you promised him you wont even be able to obtain. He's easily replaced anyway you could just buy another of his people, so why go through all this to obtain him, just for strategy?" He asks and I just break out in laughter my eyes glowing brighter while I lick my lips. "You'll just buy another of his people you say? your despicable, no I didn't obtain him just for strategy, I did it to piss you and your clan off. You guys are the filth of this land and I will cleanse you. Enough talk I'm already behind schedule." I feel this fire burning in my heart this hatred, this piece of human filth talking about human lives as if they are property.
I grip my katana tightly changing my stance moving forward, I wield my katana with one hand. My eyes burning a bright ruby red staring at my enemy, my vision become to glow red and I lose my ability to think with strategy. I charge at my enemy, and he swings at me trying to interrupt my path I slash at his weapon pushing it back leaving him wide open. I leap into the air grabbing the back of his head bring it down onto my knee drilling it straight into his face pushing him back one again but this time with blood dripping out his nose. I can feel the air of wrapping around my blade as I swing it trading blows with his axe. Normally a axe like his would break a katana in half but the force of my blows are knocking the impact back. Both our blades are being chipped away at with each swing. I see him go for a vertical swing down, I side step and slash away at his ribs, moving in a full circle cutting like a ribbon dance. He gives into his own anger as well this time going for a horizontal swing, I see it coming and I leap over the blade instinctually, as I'm about to land on my feet I swipe vertical with the tip of my blade slicing through his muscle like fresh sashimi. He stumbles back frightened and amazed at the same time, as his hand slowly slides down before his eyes, which proceeds to spray blood. "Guaaaaaahhhh You bastard, you fucking piece of shit how dare you!!" He screams at me as his blood sprays in my general direction while he grips his wrist trying to stop the bleeding looking directly at me. A devilish smile appears across my face, As I lick the blood he left around my lips taking delight at the taste of the blood of my enemy. "Y-you, you really are a demon!" He screams in fear as he starts to shiver in my presence. "A demon perhaps, I'm not your average demon, I'm the fucking king of them but you see me and buddha we have a deal, I'm his instrument I cleanse his land, of scumbag like you, now if I remember my pal your so called traitor was beaten to a pulp, karma comes around." I drop my katana slowly walking towards him. He backs away in fear, crawling leaving a trail behind a trail of blood from his stump that hasn't been closed. I grab his ankle pulling him back, stepping on it hearing the crack and crunch as I start to break down in laughter. " Mwahahaha I believe people live for a reason and die for a reason, so if you survive this your mean to live, my friend maybe spread the word of the demon king Junichiro." I proceed to do the same thing to his legs, and his arms, before turning him over, and slamming my fist into his face over and over. His broken legs moving up every once in a while, his nose broken, with only a few teeth remaining he can scarcely breathe. My hands covered in someone else's blood, this is the battlefield and as far as I'm concerned he deserved it. I get up off him after beating him a inch from away from death. I go and grab his axe removing his hand and I chuckle a bit. "Next time ask daddy for a hand, and if I ever find out you buy another one of his people, it wont just be you who pays the price it'll be your family" I throw the hand down on his chest. "Were done here the acting commander has been defeated, deliver this trash to Miwa castle. My father and his army shall now pass freely" I say wiping my hands onto my hakama getting rid of the blood. Everyone had become frightened of who I was becoming, except my most loyal retainers but the soldiers even the enemies stopped and watched that animosity. I have some problems to fix but it will have to wait for this war to conclude.