Okehazama: Supply Depot

[Amakusa Takehiro]

"Maki, take the others and go with Toshiie. I'll handle these two."

Takehiro stabbed his glaive into the ground, then removed his weights from his ankles. In a powerful heavy, both would be thrown, one toward the man and one toward the woman. Either anklet weighed 600 lbs, and in their weakened state, they would serve as more than enough of a distraction to the two Date officers.

Using his incredible new speed (on top of the distraction, the poison, and the weighted bolts), Takehiro would retake his glaive in his hands and dash toward the two officers. His foot would crash into the man's chest to send him flying back, but before he could get far, Takehiro would thrust the glaive into his waist. He would then rip it out, spin in a semi-circle and slash down at the woman, from her shoulder all the way to her waist.

[Kuroshi Maki]

My help seemed to be needed somewhere else as Tak would take on the two alone, Leading the men around us I would rush straight for the tower, as the two enemies were sick they would not be able to stop my speed in the tracks, wish I was the one killing that girl but seems I was going to take that tower instead. As I approached the tower. They didn't seem to noticed the chaos from the distance.

Being close enough I would give the order to charge and the men would roar, this would create a scare and down the moral of the enemy troops, the 20 or so standing at the bottom were going to go down first. Rushing in spinning the Guan Do around me it will pick off the enemy one by one and end by spinning it around my waist to later slam it down hard in front of me to finish the combo off.

" Lets take this tower! "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella saw as the combined forces of the Oda and Amakusa, ripped apart what was left of the Imagawa soldiers. Lowering her gun she would aim it down again at Jina. If they were moving on in order to take the tower, Gabriella would make sure she didn't escape. As it seemed the soldier were to involved in moving to take a nearby tower. Casually she would lean back into her horse. Watching Maki go to work. If she needed to step in again she would do so, for now she would watch over him, as he did for her. 

[Ichimura Ryunosuke]

It had seemed that the Imagawa forces were wiped out after the devastating attacks of the Oda and the Amakusa, and when Ryunosuke turned the chariot again with another arc, he saw that the soldiers are all dead, mountains of flesh and blood were only left of them, save two people who were fighting the daimyo of Totomi, and one who got pinned by Gabriella. One of those who fought Lord Amakusa seemed to be Naotora, and the one who have gotten pinned down was... Jina? He just swung his head as the chariot moved towards the next destination, an enemy lookout near the supply depot. There were some people on top of the wooden tower as well as ground troops, but since it was a lookout it would be difficult to kill those on the top of the tower without informing the main camp of the Imagawa of their presence. That said, he would fire towards the ground troops to shake them into disarray, so that the other people could defeat them fast and try to take the tower from those who were at the top of the tower. While they do that, he would stand guard near the tower, waiting for further developments while evading arrows and gunfire from the tower.

[Kyoya Naotora]

The explosion of dark energy made Naotora fall to her knees, as it was almost too much for her body to bear. She threw up all over the ground, but managed to force herself to her feet. Before she could do much, though, the weight thrown by the Amakusa officer crashed into her chest, flooring her. It made her throw up a second time, and she felt incredibly weak.

Whether or not Keisuke was able to get away from the attack, Naotora would do her best to defend herself. As the glaive came her way, she would hold out the chain of her weapon to catch it. She would then wrap the chain around it, turn to her side, and hip-toss the officer over her shoulder. If that was successful, she'd strike at him with her ball-and-chain, looking to crush him.

[Ikeda Keisuke]

Though they managed to destroy the dark sphere, the resulting explosion made Keisuke drop to one knee, his hammer literally the only thing keeping him up right now, as a familiar feeling of nausea hit him. Oh god, it was Numa Castle all over again... Unable to hold back his nausea, Keisuke would empty the tank before shakily forcing himself to his feet, but before he could even do anything, the other weight thrown by the Amakusa soldier slammed into his chest, flooring him.

Emptying the tank a second time and coughing from having all the wind knocked out of him, Keisuke felt incredibly weak, and could barely react in time as the soldier suddenly appeared in front of him and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying. He would bring his hammer up to try and block the glaive, and would block part of it, but the rest of the glaive would thrust into his waist before being ripped out, as Keisuke's eyes widened. Landing on the ground with a thump, he'd go sliding along the ground for a bit, before finally coming to a stop. Bleeding from the waist, he had managed to prevent being horizontally bisected, but he was still bleeding rather heavily. He'd struggle to climb to his feet, before trying his best to help Naotora and swing his hammer at the Amakusa soldier, but he was losing blood, fast.

[Zhuo Jina]

Jina watched as the woman pointed the gun at her. She had no intentions of dying today and would do exactly what the woman said unless she was 100% sure that she could get away. She didn't want anything more than to just get off the battlefield. She sat there as instructed, her body still feeling poisoned, nauseated and unwilling to move. Jina was scared.

[Oda Nobunaga]

Due to Maki's and Ryunosuke's efforts, the ground troops were defeated in a matter of moments! Toshiie led the Oda forces up the lookout to claim it quickly, and they began battle at the top!

A patrol from the Imagawa main camp was heading toward the lookout, and spotted the battle! The patrol is now running back to the main camp to inform their lord! STOP THEM!

20/40 Lookout soldiers slain.
Patrols running to warn Lord Yoshimoto of the Oda attack!

[Amakusa Takehiro]

Takehiro would hold his ground, tugging back on the chain to prevent the woman from getting the upper-hand, though he did also notice the man charging his way. With a powerful kick, Takehiro would send the weight that first hit the woman toward the man's chest, to prevent him from swinging his hammer. In the event he failed, Takehiro would use his superior strength to pull the woman around in an arc so that the hammer would strike her instead, and he would then throw her into the man. Once they were both on the ground, Takehiro would fire a poison bolt into the stomach of either one and allow them to sit there and die.

[Kuroshi Maki]

Defeating the troops in front of the tower, I spotted a patrol walking this way soon turn around and head back for the main camp. Not waiting for long I would call my horse and hop on to him with ease and made a sprint towards the men running. Having a horse I would soon catch up with them and charge to there front and turn around stopping them in the tracks. Hoping some men would have followed me they would be able to pinch them from behind.

Swinging the Guan Do striking those in front of me forcing the rest to step back, hoping they would be driving into men fighting at my side. We could not allow them to alert the main force as we had low numbers. We had stronger fighters at this point but we could be easily overrun if we did not play it safe.

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella noticed Maki break off from the attack on the tower and looked to see why. A patrol had come by and way trying to flee. "Crap." She muttered to herself. "Stay here" She growled down at Jina, before jumping back on top of her horse. Riding closer, she moved her horse so she could get a clear shot at the patrol. Before raising her gun, and shooting for the legs. She couldn't risk a man being able to run still if that shot wasn't a lethal one. 

[Ichimura Ryunosuke]

"Oh damn," Ryunosuke muttered as he saw the patrols while they were taking the lookout, and at the sight of their army, they ran to attempt to inform the main army. That's what Ryunosuke would not let them do, for when the main army was informed, it meant huge disaster.

He urged the horses of his chariot, and the chariot moved to pursue the running patrol. He then would aim his howitzer towards the direction to where they would be running, and when the howitzer would be fired, it would make an impact explosion towards their front so that the patrol would think twice about escaping. But Ryunosuke would not relent on firing his howitzer, that time when the soldiers stopped he would fire towards their front, finishing up those who had the greater chance of escaping, and shaking the patrol into disarray.

[Kyoya Naotora]

Feeling sick, there was little Naotora could do against this man's superior strength. She could feel herself being thrown, presumable into Keisuke, and at that point she felt a sharp pain hit her stomach and she screamed in pain. That same poison feeling from before, it was now much more potent and she could feel it spreading throughout her body. It was like hell, and there was nothing she could do about it.

Provided the officer left the two to their own devices after the poison bolts were fired, Naotora would begin to quickly fade in and out of consciousness. "K... Kei..." Just before she blacked out, Naotora's eyes fell to her comrade, to make sure he was okay.

[Ikeda Keisuke]

Another set of weights sent flying into Keisuke, the same Amakusa soldier kicking the weights that had bowled Naotora over, he would end up floored a second time and sent flying backwards through the air... only to have pain shoot through him as Naotora was thrown into him. Landing hard on his back, ending up as a cushion for Naotora, he'd cough from all the wind knocked out of him again, a sharp pain shooting through his body with each cough... only for more pain to shoot through his stomach, causing him to roar in pain.

The poison feeling from before felt even worse from this, and he could feel it spreading through his entire body. Now not only was Keisuke even more poisoned, he was still bleeding heavily from his wound, and he was barely staying conscious as he heard Naotora call out his name faintly.

"N... Nao..."

Turning his head to her, he'd weakly drag himself over to her, fading in and out of consciousness, and stretching his hand out to her, just barely manage to grab her hand, before blacking out, his hammer held loosely in his other hand. He was definitely anything but okay.

[Zhuo Jina]

Jina was finally starting to get it together. The hell-like sickness had seemed to pass and she was able to stand. The woman with the gun had left her and Jina looked over at Huī. He appeared to have no major injuries and was too able to stand.

Happy that he was okay, and also fearing for her life, she coaxed him to his feet. Promptly, she jumped on his back and began to run the opposite way of the battlefield. Not only did she want to get as far away as possible from these demons who called themselves men, but she was hoping to circle widely around the camp and see if any of her fellow Date needed assistance. She did not see Kei and Nao before she left.

After she had gotten a far enough distance away to where none could see her, she arched her horse in a wide circle.

[[Ooc: Jina is attempting to ride to the Armory or the Main camp, too afraid of the Amakusa to stay in the battlefield. If she is allowed to return to either of these locations, she will. If not, then her part in the battle is over. She fled.]]

[Oda Nobunaga]

Toshiie's men rode on the lookout and claimed it, just as the Amakusa men slew the patrols, preventing the Imagawa from being alerted! Keisuke and Naotora would fall unconscious, and Jina would ride away from the battle field just as the storm seemed to dissipate. This was the time to take the main camp, and it was pure luck they'd taken the supply depot just in time!

Jina would find that, by the time she circled around, the main battle would have already begun, so she had to choose to fight or flee!

[OoC: Supply Depot: Completed. Participants will resume posting in the Main battle thread upon the beginning of the second round. Supply Depot locked.]