It was a cold and snowy night, the snow falls as an army marches towards a village in the middle of the night. The army was then told to halt their march as one of their commanders approaches towards the front to inspect the disaster.
"My god" said the hooded man, as he surveys the village, the village itself was a massacre, townsfolk and guards alike, dead. As he looks onwards another man approaches a much more staunching figure, he waves his war fan as he grumbles at the situation, "humph, we march forty days and forty nights and we come upon...this?" his friend chuckled at his comment and told him, "Yes, hopefully the hunt will end tonight" he states as he ponders to himself, "Is that all you two can say about the situation?" both men looked behind them as they see the person in charge, it wasn't man, but a woman, her black hair, glimmering eyes, and jet black armor, the only symbol that is noticeable is on her cape it was an flower, "Ah lady Oda" the staunching man states as he gives a haughty laugh, "Lady Oda" said the hooded man as he bows, "Takeda. Uesugi." said Eden Oda as she begins observing the situation herself, "*sigh* Even in retreat these barbarian hordes can cause so much damage" once she was done observing she relay her orders, "Takeda you take the outer perimeter, Uesugi you take the inner sector of the village. Everyone! With me!". The army split into three sections, that is how they have been covering so much ground in the past month.
After the orders were given, the three generals departed from one another, Eden carefully observed her potential enemies, "Uesugi, he is a man of the people. Not only that but a religious fellow" she said to herself, she gazed over Takeda, "Ah the proud and mighty Takeda clan. A bunch of valley horseback riders, their cavalry will be an issue for me" as she ponders both of her opponents ironically, Takeda and Uesugi were doing the same thing. "Uesugi, my dear fellow. We have fought countless battles against each other. Ha! And for what? a scrap of neural land? And you. Eden Oda, a shrew politician, but a more diversify general. You are able to adjust to the battle situations as quick as the winds pass" Takeda says all of this as he waves his war fan and marching with his troops. Meanwhile Uesugi did the same thing, "My nemesis! You and I have quite a history, We both fought each other countless times and each time we fought it feels like a ballet performance. Ah, Eden Oda. The Snow White Queen, a cunning woman but a great general". Uesugi said to himself as well, as he ponders while patrolling his objective area.
An hour has passed and no sign of any life. Eden Oda frustrated and also sweating beneath her helmet, took it off and threw it on the ground, a solider asked her, "Why do you throw your helmet on the ground? It will only take an arrow shot to the face and you will be finished" the solider said, Eden laughed and turned her head towards the concerned solider and she said, "Helmets are for wimps, I tend to do better without my helmet as it gives me a much more clearer vision of the battlefield" she said, Eden laughed and continue waiting and pondering other matters that concern her.
Meanwhile, two solider of hers entered an abandoned house and was generally sweeping the area as they were commanded, "Clear" the solider said, but in a matter of seconds a barbarian solider rose up crashing through the pile of corpses and lunged at the two unsuspecting soldiers, after a moments of struggle however the soldiers manged to put down the dumb fool. "Ambush!" the solider screamed and in a matter of seconds the whole town came alive, barbarians and soldiers alike clashed against each other. "Hold the line!" shouted Eden as she gave command, "Takeda cavalry to me! Charge!" Takeda order his men to charge on through a crowd of barbarians, meanwhile Uesugi positioned his archers he brought along with him and order his men to take them out, "Fire men! Give my nemesis covering fire!" he gave the orders and let loose fire arrows, the town instantly became a war zone, Eden Oda and her troops marched right on in and supported Takeda who was struggling, Eden favored her rapier swords and a bow on horseback, when she saw Takeda struggle she let loose an arrow dead on center in the enemy's face.
After saving Takeda however she was ambushed from the rooftops and landed on the ground, She pulled out her two rapiers and attack her attackers, "C'mon! What's a matter scared of a woman!" she yelled, the barbarians rushed towards but was instantly cut down, she counter, riposte, and took out two barbarians that pinned her down while the third one was killed instantaneously as she threw a dagger towards the throat of her oncoming attacker. Soon the battle favored the alliance and soon the barbarians retreated to the forest.
"Victory! We have victory!" the alliance rejoiced but knew this was a small test for the much larger game afoot was to come. Soon the alliance returned to camp and the next steps lie ahead for only the leaders: Oda, Takeda, and Uesugi can truly see.
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