Hi guys! It has been SUCH a long time, huh? So... are we cool? Are you not going to lynch me? Um... I'll take your silence as a definitive "no" menaing that you'll probably lynch me sometime after seeing this and next week. Now, let me explain some things. I haven't updated in a long time, such a long time, that I had to log into this site... again. That should probably tell any newcomers the situation as my lynching is in progress. Furthermore, I have ample other stories that I could continue, so why did I start a new fanfiction, and of a fanfiction that I already did? (This is my second fanfiction of this anime/light novel/possibly manga?) Now, for the first one, which I did like, I used mainly the anime to write it. But for this... I have the first volume of the light novel. I am using it, and only it. I also skipped the ending of the first chapter when writing this - and yes, each chapter here, is a chapter there... unless I decide to over extend, or shorten it down and continue into the next chapter. Which means, a lot of scenes will be similar, as I will be using them. I saw F U to all of you who get pissed, but they will be different! Especially the main character, who is not weak like Sagara. I dislike weak main characters in things like this. Now, I started this at about 6:40 PM of 7/26/17 and it took to about 12:50 PM to finish. Right now it has been ten minutes, as I had to get a picture to use for this and write this top, and bottom part, so it will probably be out in a couple more minutes. Either way, each chapter - when I get down to writing it - will only take several hours, so yeah!

Now, why did I decide to write this, besides the fact that I felt like it and I saw it in a dream, and because I then dreamt of me appearing in a different world with the four swords of power (Excalibur, Clarent (which is my favorite of the four), Durandal, and Joyeuse), and then doing epic shitz in that world, which then led me to believe I could write an actual good story for once, no, it is none of those reasons! It is instead - because I recently had to reset my computer :( this was, like, a month ago though. So, yeah. Lost everything. Again. So there has been two resets and one flood since making this account, which caused me to lose so much... so yeah me?

Anyway, I think I have forced those who wanted to read this to wait too long... for those of you who skipped past this, then you're the smarts ones, but you're also very rude. If you want to ask me a question, such as which college I'm going to next month, or what classes I will have, or if I'm updating this monthly, or yearly, please send it via PM, or review if you feel like it, and if you want to point out some mistakes, please list in in an orderly way, from when it appears, so that I may correct my failures - since I have not edited this whatsoever. Too lazy for that. You know what time it is? It's 1:05 AM! ...Anyway, I'll let you read now.

Ambition of Jun Nerone
Chapter 1: Becoming the retainer of the Oda

Nerone Jun, first name Nerone, last name Jun. Though as he lives in Japan, he introduces himself as Jun Nerone, though he was born in Romania.

Nerone, of course, refers to Nero, the Roman Emperor. Nerone, on the other hand, isn't much like the supposed crazy Nero, who burned Rome down in order to rebuild it, as he learned in history class. He was more of a stoic-type. Cold and cynical, he was raised to put himself first. If his house caught on fire, and his grandfather, who raised him his entire life, were to be trapped within the house, Nerone would abandon him with hardly a thought. Then again, even if Nerone were to save his grandfather in that situation, he would be yelled at for not listening to the old man who told him to put himself first. Though he may be like this, he is also fun and loves to joke around. He actually likes to talk to others, but at the same time, he was raised as a fighter.

"Do not be the one to strike first, but be the one to kill first." Is Nerone's favorite quote made by his grandfather. Though the word "kill" could be looked at to be figuratively, it could also translate as being literal. If it was a life-or-death situation, Nerone would kill. If it wasn't, then he won't "kill" but knock them out.

However, there comes a time in someone's life, that there is no other choice but to kill. Whether you're taking a hike through a forest or mountain, and come across a beast, or when you're flung back in time, to the time period of Feudal Japan. There are times, where the only option, is to kill. Whether it is a beast, or a man… is simply left to the situation.

-Line Skip in Process-

"Where… am I?" I spoke, looking left and right. I seem to be in a field, with a bit of a fog about. I could hear the shouts and screams of men wearing armor, and carrying swords and spears. I could hear the blasts of guns being shot. I could hear the roaring of hooves hitting the ground. Looking around the field, I could see some trees through the fog, or is it mist? I couldn't really remember the difference between the two.

I looked down at my appearance, to see if something changed, but it was the same as a few moments ago when I was sparring against that old man.

Unkempt, onyx black hair nearly fell down to my shoulders, and though it seemed to be spiky, it wasn't. My ears were partially covered, and my bangs were cut short, with a strand of hair falling down over my forehead and nearing my eyes. I have azure blue eyes, which caused me to be stared at most of the time in Japan, due to most everyone having black or brown colored eyes. Or at least in the area I lived in, it was like that.

I was wearing my black windbreaker, which has a white collar, around my waist, as the sleeves were tied tightly together. Underneath the windbreaker, I would normally wear a white t-shirt, but as I was in the middle of sparring, I had taken it off. I tied it around the back of my windbreaker, so I didn't have to worry about losing it by accident. I had on black, straight jeans and black sneakers with white soles, and white streaks on the sides.

On my left, between the jacket and my body, was a wooden sheath. However, the katana which fits into the sheath was in my right hand, as I was currently in the middle of a spar.

As for my body, well I was ripped. Not as ripped as a body builder, but I had some good muscles, as it wasn't too big to restrict my movements, but it wasn't small enough to be considered weak. A few scars decorated my body, with three being on my right arm, two on the left, four on my chest, and two on my back. I had none on my legs or anywhere else on my body.

If I had to describe my appearance, it would be one that was strong and handsome, but then again, I never really cared about any of that.

But anyway, my appearance hasn't really changed, but then why am I here? I originally thought that I somehow accessed my past life's memories, or something. I was part Japanese due to my dad, so my ancestors were probably samurai or something, which led me to believe that I was relieving a past member's life. However, I was in my body. It even felt the same, almost as if I was just grabbed and dropped off into the past, or perhaps this is a dream? Did that old man hit me so hard I started to dream about the past?

I doubt it, but if that was the case, I'll have to return the favor later.

But for now… I was currently being attacked.

Two men, wearing similar armor, approached me. The one on the left held a sword, whilst the other had a spear. They approached me at a run, though they were still being cautious.

There were three more approaching from a different direction, but they were still some ways away.

Then… I guess this can count as self-defense?

The man wielding the spear lunged forward, but I sidestepped the attack. As I did so, the katana-wielder stepped forward, and sliced down at my head, but I parried it easily with my own katana, causing the man to trip forward. I then twisted the sword around, and slammed the pommel into his windpipe, causing him to start to gag, as he fell to the ground, dropping his weapon.

I then ducked as the spear went flying over my head, and lunged forward. Stabbing my katana into his right forearm, I turned the blade to the side, and sliced it suddenly. His arm flopped to the ground, and he screamed as the blood poured out of his arm. I quickly kicked him in the gut, and he fell down. I then turned to the three others approaching, which all held spears.

Picking up the fallen spear, I aimed it at one of the three with my left hand. Then, pausing for only a moment, I tossed it forward, and into the skull of the middle spearman.

The two at his side were surprised, but they didn't stop. They all wore the same armor, so they were probably on the same side. Which means, that if I can find someone wearing a different set of armor, then I can set myself up as someone on the other side, and thus, I can gain some allies.

Thinking this, I sprinted towards the two. The lifted their spears, and stabbed down at me, but, lowering my body to be closer to the ground, I narrowly avoided the tips of the spears. I slashed towards the left, and through the spearman's armor on my right, and then down towards the one on the left. As the blood poured out of their body, I brought my katana back, and stabbed it into the left's neck, and then sliced it towards the right into the other's head.

Though my face was partially covered in their blood, I was relatively okay with it. It was my first time killing, but I didn't feel much from it. I didn't know them, and they tried to kill me. That old man would yell at me if he saw me acting bad towards killing, so I was fine. Meeting his expectations was much better than feeling depressed at killing, anyway.

Picking a direction, I ran towards a hill. Running up the hill's slope, I cut down two more men. They both wielded spears, and the same type of armor as the others that I faced. Seeing trees, I thought about running towards them.

If I remember correctly, in Feudal Japan, which I must be in as they've been shouting at me in Japanese, and the fact that they were using Japanese swords – the katana – and the spear – the yari – then if I run into the woods, I might have a good chance at finding their commanding headquarters. Or a trap, as several arrows were shot out at me.

I cut down the first arrow that reached me, ducked underneath the second, blocked the third with the flat of my blade, and then rolling towards my side, I successfully dodged all of the arrows. Clicking my tongue, I retreated from the spot, as several samurai came out of the woods, wielding the yumi, or the bow. At their sides, they had sheaths contain8ing katana, or the shorter version, the wakizashi.

Though my skill should be high enough to fight each of them, I wasn't confident at facing ten opponents at once, who could attack me at close-quarters, or long-quarters. Five could use the bow, while the other five could attack me straight up. It wasn't a fight I necessarily wanted to face. And so, I retreated eastwards, where there was a riverbank.

The samurai yelled at me as they saw me retreat. "To show your back to the enemy – a coward!"

Scoffing at their words, I yelled back. "Face me one on one, and I'll show you who's the coward!"

However, the ten continued to chase me down, as the fired arrows at me. Though they didn't hit, they did come close at some points. However, because of the difference in equipment and actions, whereas I had on light equipment, and they had on heavier equipment, and where I just ran and dodged, they stopped to shoot arrows, I was able to put distance between us.

I was able to reach the riverbank relatively easily. I jumped towards the water, and made a big splash, and then I pushed against the current. Though it wasn't that strong, I was able to get to the other end quickly. But the samurai giving chase will have a much harder time, as they wore heavy armor. Realizing this, the ten decided to stop their chase, and try their luck at shooting arrows instead.

Aware of this, I hurried up and ran forward and away from the river – but it was there that I made a mistake.

I ran straight into a stronghold – the headquarters of the side that kept trying to kill me, as judging by the armor of some of soldiers stationed here, I quickly realized my situation.

However, I was surprised for a moment, by a peculiar sight. A girl, seemingly young, sat elegantly on a chair, wearing several layers of clothing. She has long, dark brown hair, and amber eyes. Though she wore many layers of clothing, and was sitting on a chair, I could tell that she had a small frame.

A banner with a white background was situated near her, which was of a black circle with two black lines placed horizontally in the middle. That banner seemed to be familiar somehow, but I couldn't recall from where, so I ignored it.

"Ara." The girl spoke, facing me, as she flapped close a fan. "Who are you? You are wearing quite the strange clothing." Of course, she spoke in Japanese. Responding likewise, as I did with the samurai, I smiled and jokingly said-

"Just a simple man, wearing simple clothing, with a simple strength – so, how 'bout it? Why not we calmly sit down, and have a simple chat about the future? Let's first start off by introducing ourselves. I am Nero-, oh, wait. Japanese does last then first, almost forgot about that. Sorry for that, I am Jun Nerone. And you are?"

"Hmph. That you would need to hear my name from my own lips – what kind of backwards village did you spring from, to not know the name of I?" Though, contrary to her tone, she was smiling as if she thought this was funny. "Very well; I shall grant you the honor. I am Imagawa Yoshimoto, head of the Imagawa clan. So how is it? Impressed?" What? Imagawa Yoshimoto is a girl? Well, you learn something new every day.

"Very. But what is the Daimyo of the Imagawa doing out here? Who are you fighting anyway?" Though I said the first question more to myself, I spoke up with the second.

Yoshimoto chuckled, and responded as she flapped open her fan. "Fighting the Oda; what else?" I shrugged my shoulders in response.

"Just to inform you, I am neither on the Oda or the Imagawa side. In fact, I could certainly join your side as a retainer; I'm pretty strong myself, with intelligence to boot. So how 'bout it? Will you skip out on this great offer, or do I have to repeat it to some other Daimyo?" Dream or not, I still wanted to ally myself with a side, though I originally planned to be with the side that didn't attack me, we all can't get what we want, after all. Though, by now, I should stop trying to see this as a dream, but as reality. I was definitely sent back in time, but for Yoshimoto to be a girl; this has to be some kind of alternate reality. Either or, allying with a strong force is my current goal. What happens after, happens after.

However, Imagawa Yoshimoto giggled, as she fanned herself off. "Why on earth would I employ someone as suspicious as you? Covered in blood like that, who did you kill in this area for that to happen? Mayhap you killed my soldiers?"

"Well, they attacked first. Can you blame me for responding back? If not, I would surely be dead, and that isn't good for my life."

"Then, in that case, Motoyasu-san, finish what my men couldn't do!"

At her words, a smaller girl stepped forward. She has short, dark green hair, and amber colored eyes. Wearing green clothing, and some light armor over her left shoulder and chest, she drew a katana and pointed it at me.

"Understood~!" She responded. Seeing this, I raised my own blade as hers was swung down at me. Though she was much smaller, she was surprisingly strong! I took a step back with my left foot, and then, using more force, I pushed her back. She stumbled backwards, but she didn't trip.

So? Should I stay, and fight? Or should I retreat? Later down the road she could serve as a good foe, or a good ally, and so can be said of Yoshimoto. But if I were to kill Motoyasu here and now, I'll damage my relations with Yoshimoto forever – though there is a chance that that won't happen.

Though I wasn't much of a history fan, I did know some things, though it was mostly centralized towards Roman history. What if this young girl becomes an important character later on? Or what about Yoshimoto? Killing possibly large players this early on is not a good idea, so the best choice would be to retreat. However, I introduced myself as being "strong" so to show the image of that, I might as well take out a few soldiers, and beat this young girl before me. This will show Yoshimoto what she could've had, and will improve my standing – most likely.

With this in mind, I smiled. Though the only one with a sword drawn was this girl, no doubt that once Yoshimoto sees that I'm holding my own, she'll send some more swords my way. This will properly show off my strength!

This time, I started the fight. I swung my sword at the nape of this young girl, and she blocked the blade splendidly. Surprised about this, I ducked underneath her counter attack. Then, placing a hand on the ground, I spun my body around, and kicked her legs out from under her. I jumped back, and waited for her to get up.

"Skilled~." She responded. Yoshimoto frowned, and pointed her closed fan towards me.

"This man is pretty skilled with the blade! Draw out three swords and finish him, now!"

At her words, three samurai drew their blades. They, on the other hand, will not be walking away from here.

The first to charge this time, was Motoyasu. She ran towards me, holding her katana towards the heavens. Once she was close enough, she slashed the blade down, but it was a feint! She twisted her hold on the blade, and from a downward strike, she switched to a lunge! As the blade neared my exposed chest, I sidestepped and countered. I slashed my blade through the air, and at the last second, she managed to jump forward, rolling against the ground. However, she didn't dodge, as a thin line appeared on her cheek, and blood spilled down from the small wound.

At that time the three samurai approached me. The middle one slashed his sword down at me, and I blocked horizontally. The one on my left lunged towards me, but, letting go of my sword with my left hand, I reached forward and grabbed his wrist, as I twisted my body out of the path of his blade. I then pulled him forward, and, using my foot, I forced him to trip forward and into the path of the last samurai. This caused the two to collide with one another, and to stop the attack of the third. I quickly made good use of the breathing room, as I smashed my left elbow into the first samurai's chin, causing him to step back a few paces in pain. However, not letting him get away, I ran after him, and grabbed him by the neck. I pulled him closer, and into my blade, which slid easily into his armor and between his ribs. He coughed out some blood, but I ignored it.

The two who I forced to collide were now coming towards me, with their swords raised, ready to strike once they were close enough. Using the samurai who I was still holding, I tossed him towards the two, causing the three to collide, and fall back down to the ground. A soft laugh escaped my lips for an instant, but I quickly shut up as a I had to quickly jump back and out of the way of Motoyasu's katana. Eyeing her carefully, I watched her put herself between the remaining two samurai as they scrambled to get up, and me.

Once they were up, they moved to be on either side of her, though slightly behind.

Then-

I ran forward, and met the three in battle.

I swung my sword at Motoyasu, who moved her katana to block, but with the same movement, I leapt forward and over her head, spinning around with the swing of my sword, I landed behind her, where I quickly attacked the samurai to my right. I charged into the man and bashed him in the face with my shoulder. He stumbled back, but I didn't let him go. I spun around in my spot, and slashed my katana through the air, with its end goal being his neck.

As the red liquid flew into the air, I sidestepped as the other samurai swiped his blade diagonally at me, and then ducked underneath the horizontal slash of Motoyasu. The other samurai then lunged forward, but that was a mistake. Using his attack to my advantage, I lightly hopped to the side so that Motoyasu was on the other side of the samurai. This caused her to be unable to attack immediately after him. She was surprised by this, and as she tried to go around the man, I went in the opposite direction. Seeing this, the samurai tried to move back so that Motoyasu could attack me, but I leapt towards him.

Seeing this, he swiped his sword at me, but I bent my head and body back, and fell against the grass, though because of my momentum, I was sent skidding a few feet towards the man.

At this point, I was close enough to grab his body with my legs – which is exactly what I did. Bending my legs up, I wrapped them around his thighs, just underneath his waist.

Then, using my free left hand, I picked myself slightly off the ground, where I then picked up the man using my legs, which was definitely a strain. Doing this with one arm wasn't a good idea, but I didn't want to let go of my sword.

I then – using my legs – tossed him over me and onto his back. I rolled towards my left after this, as Motoyasu stabbed her katana down at me.

Springing up to my feet, I parried Motoyasu's second slash, and kicked her in the gut. Though she hardly stumbled back from the surprised kick, I had to quickly deliver a second kick to her forehead to put her down.

This second kick, delivered by the same foot that kicked her in the gut, sent her sprawling down on the dewy grass below.

I faced the downed samurai who was trying to pick himself back up, and plunged my katana into his chest. With this, the three samurai were dead, and Motoyasu was downed, though she wasn't out of the fight. She was merely suffering from a slight concussion or something.

I turned towards Yoshimoto, who didn't look concerned, even though I had killed three of her men and downed Motoyasu in front of her. "With this," I spoke, gaining her attention. "I'll be leaving." Giving a short bow with my left arm, I spun around on the heels of my feet, and fled the scene. I think she said something afterwards, but I didn't clearly catch it.

I quickly escaped from there, and I didn't really have an injury, so I was amazed at my skill. Though in the future, they'll come back stronger, I'll at least congratulate myself on getting through that nicely, if I do say so myself.

"That was a nice fight, boy!" A rather short man said from my side. Looking over, I noticed that this guy wore the same kind of armor as the first men that I downed. A foot soldier, judging by his yari, or spear. Technically, he was on the Imagawa side, but judging from the fact that he didn't try to poke me with his weapon, the he wasn't necessarily an enemy, in which case-

"Thanks old man!"

"O-old man!?"

"Call me a boy, ya get an old man." I clearly answered him. He stared at me, shocked, but he soon began to laugh.

"Ah, you're interesting lad!" The two of us ran through the forest, where there wasn't any of the Imagawa soldiers nearby. Meaning that there was plenty of time to talk, as there wasn't anyone nearby who would attack us.

"What's your story?" I asked the monkey-looking man.

"Ah, me? I worked for the Imagawa lord, however she hates poor shaped men, so I decided to shift sides to the Oda. Hey, are you on the Oda side?"

"Sorry to say, but no I am not. Though if you're going to the Oda, then I'll join you. The name's Jun Nerone."

"Name? Oh, yes! I haven't introduced myself, Jun-kun! I'm Kinoshita Toukichirou, pleased to meet you!"

"You too!" I shouted back, a smile on my face.

"But really, that was simply amazing! Your fight, I mean."

"Thanks, but that's nothing to the sparring matches I have with my old man."

"Oh really? I'd hate to be behind the blade of a man that makes you say so!" Laughing, Toukichirou seemed to be a friendly, light-hearted man. In a way, he was like me; I liked to talk with others, and joke around, so we could quickly become friends. However, it was then that his face turned serious. "I'll tell you my dream, since it seems like we'll be friends from now on. If you can gain achievements in battle, you can get promoted. My dream is to become the lord of a feudal domain!"

"A nice dream." I responded, causing Toukichirou to smile and laugh.

"Yeah, you got it! Becoming the lord of a castle is great; especially since you'll be popular with the ladies!"

"I guess." I responded with a short laugh. Then, without warning, Toukichirou stopped and forcefully clasped my hand.

"You understand, don't you!?" He very nearly shouted, and it looked like there was a tear in his eye.

"Uh, yes?" Though I didn't quite understand his behavior, I can understand the sense that with power, comes responsibility, but also the ladies. Or at least that was what my perverted old man said – as he tried to spy on the women in the bath when we were at a hot spring.

Of course, not to mention, he was caught, and we were forced to leave. My regret was not being able to drink milk after the dip in the hot springs, so I properly scolded him afterwards.

"Ah, you understand!" Toukichirou, who wasn't finished, properly exclaimed, nearly jumping in his shoes. "Then, kid. In celebration of finding someone who expresses the same view as me, become my Otoutobun!" Huh!? How did he arrive at that!? Why am I, as a new friend, going to be treated as the younger brother of this monkey-looking old man? It must be because of what I said… Though I didn't really want to, it would be beneficial to accept. After all, if I were to be treated as his "younger brother" then it is possible that I would share in the resources he gains in the future. For example, if he were to have a large sum of money, I could ask for some of it, which would be easy on me, in several ways. The same could be said of people. For those who swear to follow him, then once he dies, they would swear to follow me. Of course, as we will essentially be like younger brother and older brother, then I wouldn't want him to die, plus he's also my first friend, so his death should be far off and due to old age. But, since this is a warring period, who knows what might happen? He might die in this battle.

Of course, I'm not doing this to take advantage of him, but to build a bond. It is better to have allies, after all.

"Yes!" I responded with enthusiasm.

With that, we were now connected and we have become younger and older brother. Of course, in the records It will be written as me being "treated" as his younger brother and him as my older brother – but not related, even by adoption. That was what Otoutobun means. To be a friend, treated as a younger brother.

Carrying on like that, with high spirits, we approached the edge of the forest. As we ran out, and appearing in an area similar to the field from earlier, Toukichirou suddenly coughed, and fell down to his hands and knees.

Stopping instantly, I crouched down next to his body. He was shot – by a stray bullet, too.

"Dammit!" I cursed. To actually have him – my only ally – die so soon!? "Are you okay?" Though I asked that, I knew he wasn't. The bullet pierced his armor easily, and escaped through his back. The course of the bullet led it through one of his lungs. If this was the modern age, then he might have had a chance at survival, but in this time? I doubt anyone would know how to save him.

His chest was dyed with the crimson red of blood. I shifted the position of Toukichirou so that he was lying down on his back.

"…Kid, this is it for me… You should go by yourself, from here on."

"Old man… No, Toukichirou. Do you have any last words for me to hear?" I leaned in, so that I would hear his final words. He smiled and chuckled, though it made a groan pass his lips. He raised his hand up towards the heavens.

"Ah, yes… Final words are… important *cough*. Then… Live for me. Become a lord – a Daimyo. Get a beautiful *cough* *cough* wife… Do it… for me… Jun… no, Nerone… Do it for me."

"Yes, I promise." With one final smile and chuckle, he closed his eyes. His hand fell to the side, and his breathing stopped. His heart no longer beat. He was dead.

I sat there in silence, staring down at his body. It wasn't like I was attached to him, but he was my first friend, my first ally. He was a remarkable man, one with the face of a monkey. Though beneath that monkey-like face, was a smart mind. He properly had a goal that he wanted to achieve, and not a flimsy one like mine.

In honor of his memory, I'll take up and achieve his dream for him. I'll become a Daimyo. Though the beautiful wife doesn't exactly matter much to me, I'll try to be picky.

Gazing down at him one final time, I let loose one last phrase directed to him.

"Rest in peace, my Otouto." Standing up, I prepared to move on, but a voice from behind me stopped me in tracks.

"I see; Kinoshita has died… May he rest in peace."

I spun around, shocked. I quickly spotted the ninja girl standing a few feet before me. Though she was small, a petite girl who looked like she was ten or twelve, she was actually incredibly skilled. Case in point; she appeared behind me with me being none the wiser. If it wasn't because of what she said, or because I didn't sense killing intent from her, I would've attacked her immediately.

How did Toukichirou know this girl; or rather, how did they meet? Questions for another time. But, for now-

"Who are you?" With my question, the small girl shifted her stare from the dead body of Toukichirou, to me.

"My name is Hachisuka Goemon. From now on, instead of Kinoshita, I will serve wyou."

I blinked in surprise. True, the girl in front of me was young. But to think she had a lisp! Though that was undoubtedly cute, I couldn't let my guard down with her near me, even if she was an ally of Toukichirou.

"Ah, yes. I am Jun Nerone. Pleased to meet you."

"And I wyou." She responded with a light nod. I then asked her if she was friends with Toukichirou. Though it was obvious that she was somehow connected to him, but I wanted to know the exact relationship between the two. Perhaps he was into that, or maybe he actually had a daughter? Well, the latter was definitely not true, given the name and the looks being completely different. I mean, she has short silver hair and bright pink colored eyes, and he had brown hair and eyes, but the case was moot, I guess. Life was weird – I mean, if Imagawa Yoshimoto was a girl, then who is to say that Goemon isn't Toukichirou's daughter? Well, probably not, but still.

"I am a companion." She answered me, raising her arm and opening her hand. "The foot soldier Kinoshita is the trunk and I the shinobi stay in the shadow of that tree, so we join wour forces, and try and get pwomoted together, that was the promise." She continued her movement, where she made a fist with the same raised hand, and then lowered it back down once she was finished, though the look of admiration remained.

"Oh, that is a good plan." I responded.

"Yes. Then, from now on I will lead your vassals the Kawanamishuu (Kawanami group) and work for Jun."

"Alright, but please call me Nerone, Goemon."

"Then, pweased to work with you, Nerone." She gave a short bow, and with a laugh, I responded.

"You too, Goemon. But I can't really give you a salary; At the moment, I'm broke."

"It will be fine if you serve the Oda clan. They have good salaries."

"I guess so, but I guess that depends on if I am able to work for them. I'd rather be a retainer than a foot soldier, so…" I stopped talking to think about my options, but before I could finish, Goemon interrupted me.

"Nerone, I will have one hair of yours." She quickly reached forward, and before I could stop, she plucked a hair from my head.

"Sure, but why?" I asked her afterwards as she pulled out a doll made from straw.

"For the contract for becoming out master." She spoke, stuffing the piece of hair into the doll.

"Strange contract, but okay." Shrugging at the bizarre way to do a contract, I turned away and started to access the battle. Luckily, nobody was nearby, so we were able to have a long conversation, but that won't stay forever.

"I'll have Nerone get promoted as my trunk without fail. That was the pwomise with Kinoshita, right?"

I sniffed, and looked down as I closed my eyes. I placed my hands on my sides, just above my windbreaker tied around my waist. "Yep, I wouldn't have it any other way! Then, let's see if I can serve under the Oda clan!"

At the edge of my vision, I could see Goemon nod. "Nerone, the battle is still continuing. It would be better to march while holding the spear with the flag of the Oda clan."

"Spear? Well, I've been trained in it. Sorry, Toukichirou. I'll be taking your weapon now." Though Toukichirou was originally on the Imagawa side, he had found one of the Oda spears, so he probably took it up, throwing his own down. From there, we had met sometime later as he started his desertion from the Imagawa clan to the Oda clan. Now, I finally sheathed my own blade, and picked up the yari that held the flag for Oda. With this, I'll be able to get across the battlefield with the Oda not fighting me – though it will cause the Imagawa to attack me, but they were already attacking me, so it was okay.

"Fufun, it seems you'll meet Kinoshita's expectations."

"Of course! To not do so – would be disrespecting his name! Now, let's go."

Without saying a word, Goemon made a strange hand seal. Immediately afterwards, the leaves at her feet scattered upwards, and she disappeared from sight. Even when the leaves fell back to the ground, she was nowhere to be seen.

I attached the Oda flag to my back, by slipping the end through where my shirt was tied to my windbreaker, I had it pointed up so that the Oda would know I was on their side. The Imagawa, on the other hand, would see me immediately as their enemy, on the other hand.

Holding the spear with both of my hands, I took off on a soft jog forward. As the enemy foot soldiers approached me, I slashed the spear to the side, and forced them back. If they get too close, they might lose an eye – or worse, their life.

However, though I was trained in the spear, it didn't mean I was as good with it as my sword. My old man was simply a weapons enthusiast, so he had trained in multiple weapons from a young age. I was simply taught by him, but we mainly focused on my favorite weapon, which happened to be the sword. My favorite type, was the katana, though after that, would be rapier.

So my experience in using the spear was limited, but it didn't mean I was bad at it. I was actually pretty gifted in the use of weapons, ya know!?

Stabbing one soldier who got to close in the eye, I slashed from there, to the right, and through the neck of another foot soldier. As one approached from behind, I spun around and slashed down at his wrist, causing the spear's blade to cut through, and his hand to fall to the ground.

The spear was a good weapon, but it wasn't particularly well when the enemy gets too close, as it is a long-type of weapon. Which means, that my best choice would be to keep them away, and attack from a distance. Of course, if that fails, I can simply toss the spear down and use martial arts to defeat them, or pull out my sword to do to job, but for now, let's continue on with the spear.

As time passed on, it seemed as if it has been an hour. At that moment, though I was getting a little tired, a large shout was heard.

"Everyone, gather courage! One more push remaining!" The voice came from a woman who looked to be about my age, who was riding a horse and wearing armor. She held a European-styled halberd in her right hand. "Foot soldiers! Someone return to the headquarters, and protect the Lord!" She shouted afterwards, however, from what I can see, most of the foot soldiers decided to join her in the push, which means that the Oda headquarters was mostly undefended. Following the woman, was a cavalry unit, and leading it, as well as the foot soldiers who followed after her, she delivered a strong blow to the Imagawa soldiers were looked ready to retreat.

Then, since nobody wants to do it, I'll go and protect their Lord, perhaps even get a job as a retainer out of it, that would be nice.

As I ran towards the Oda headquarters, I saw a supposed "suicide squad" of the Imagawa attacking the headquarters – which was virtually empty. Seeing this, I hurried up.

I came to the scene of who must be Oda Nobunaga in girl form, of course, being surrounded by several soldiers of the Imagawa. Though the soldiers looked a bit frightened to actually attack, one of them from behind Nobunaga charged in. Seeing this, as I was on the opposite side of the circle, could do nothing…

Except throw the spear. I lightly jumped, and stopped in my tracks as I skidded against the grass a few feet forward. I pulled the spear back, and took aim. There really isn't much breathing room, so I'll have to be precise. Sorry Nobunaga! I might be too slow, or I might hit you by accident! If so, then I'll take your head and deliver it to the Imagawa and force them to make me their retainer!

Throwing the spear, it sailed pass the group of soldiers in front of me. It flew true, and it landed in the neck of the soldier who was attacking her from behind. Seeing the spear fly past her, Nobunaga looked after it, and saw the soldier get impaled by it.

Though I was impressed by this action, I had no time to think much about it. Nobunaga was still surrounded by at least fifteen other guys, so I have to take immediate action!

Drawing my katana, I quickly cut down two of the soldiers before they properly noticed me, and then moved on to a third, but my strike was well blocked. I kicked him in the shin, then kneed him in the throat, in which I quickly grabbed him and tossed him in the path of a sword, which resulted in his death.

I then attacked the samurai who panicked at having accidentally killing his fellow soldier, and decapitated him splendidly.

At this point, Nobunaga the girl started her own counterattack.

But I didn't have the room to pay attention to her fighting, as I was quickly surrounded by five other soldiers, all of which wielding spears. So they're going to surround and stab me, huh?

Since they surrounded me, I have no room to dodge them, unless I jump or crouch down, but in both cases, I can still be attacked if they're skilled enough. All five of them pulled back their spears, but just as they stopped doing so, I threw my sword into the skull of one of the soldiers, forcefully creating an exit. Even as the other soldiers stabbed towards me with their spears, and even as surprise was written across their face at the speedy kill, I jumped and rolled forward towards the person I had killed, and I only received two light cuts on my back because of it.

I quickly pulled out my sword, and spun around, slashing the necks of the two guys at my sides. This left two to fight.

Seeing me easily kill three other soldiers, these two became frightened, and they froze up. They were scared. Seeing this, I took advantaged and kneed one in the gut, and wrenching his spear from his hands with my left hand. I then spun the spear around to face the other foot soldier and stabbed it into his guts.

Then, using the same spear, I slashed through his side. I pushed the foot soldier in front of me back with my leg, and the spear I held cut through his stomach – though just barely. He'll still die. I should've pushed him back a little later, or at least with less power, so he'll have a slow death instead of a short one – sorry, not sorry.

Once that was over and done with, I assisted Nobunaga in taking out the rest of the Imagawa soldiers who attacked her.

Moments after we dispatched the final soldier, the woman from earlier rode towards us and shouted. "My Lord, it's a huge win for our allies! Were you alright!?"

As she came to a stop besides Nobunaga, she jumped off the horse and started to inspect her body, to make sure she was alright.

"I am alright Riku. It is thanks to this guy that I was uninjured." Riku then turned towards me and bowed her head, though only slightly.

"Thank you for saving my Lord!"

"It is no problem." I responded, holding up a hand. "Then, let's get introductions over with; I've had a long and I'd rather just lay down and rest. I'm Jun Nerone – call me Nerone."

"Ah, yes. Pleased to meet you, I'm Shibata Katsuie, and this is-" before she could introduce Nobunaga, she cut her off by raising her hand.

"I can introduce myself, Riku. I am Oda Nobuna, Daimyo of the Oda." Hold on, Nobuna? I thought it was Nobunaga… So, besides from her gender mysteriously changing, even her name had changed? Or maybe I was just remembering wrong…

Well, either way- "Pleased to meet you, Katsuie and Nobuna…sama." Nobuna nodded at my show of respect in addressing her as if she was above me – which she is, but it hardly bothered me. My goal has been shaped into becoming a Daimyo in the future, so showing a bit of respect for those who are already one at this point in time, is probably a necessary thing – especially if I want to become a retainer of the Oda clan. "I would like to be your retainer, Nobuna-sama." I said with confidence.

"Oh, really? And why should I let you be my retainer, instead of foot soldier?" she remarked. You've seen my skills in battle, do I really have to say why?

"Then, allow me to sell you the idea of why I should be your retainer… For one, I save your life with a well-placed spear throw. Second, I took out several Imagawa soldiers protecting you, and even more so on the way here. Third, I am also quite intelligent, so I would be handy in difficult situations – I'm actually better at strategizing than the sword, believe it or not; it is simply the truth. Fourth, I'm a nice guy all around, with no fear to kill. And five, who wouldn't want me as their retainer?" I won't mention how I gave the same offer to the Imagawa, and I was turned down… via trying to kill me.

I faced Nobuna, and awaited her answer. After a few seconds of silence… she suddenly jumped at me with a kick!

I dodged it nearly effortlessly, as it wasn't much of a serious kick. After she landed, Nobuna faced me with enthusiasm. She pointed at me with a large smile.

"Very well! I'll accept you has one of my retainers; but prepare yourself! I'll work you till your dead!"

I sniffed and smiled. "Fine; but I won't die even if you throw me at an army of ten thousand."

"Hou, I'll take that as a challenge then!"

With these words, the opening to Jun Nerone's story has begun. This was merely the first chapter of many telling of him; but how will the next chapters' fare? Will Nerone reach his goal of being Daimyo, or will he fall before then? Either way, history has him written down as one of the retainers to Oda Nobuna, and thus, even in the future, in a way, he is famous. As a man who once lived in modern Japan, but born in Romania, how will the events from now proceed here, in an alternate version of an alternate universe of the real world, as the tales of Oda Nobuna and Sagaru Yoshiharu, how will this take of this alternate universe go down, with Jun Nerone taking Sagaru's place? You can only find out by reading of his tale, in the Ambition of Jun Nerone – the clan of Jun, the Jun clan, will rise up within the flames of conquest, and blood will be shed for the one simple goal that all Daimyo share! To conquer Japan!

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