Blue Macaw Tribe

Macaws in the cave were fixing weapons and armor, others were setting up the surprise Blu had planned, some were gathering food, others were putting up the facade of a normal tribe.

All key parts of a plan that will decide whether or not this 'rebellion' will succeed.

Blu walked along the forest floor, Eduardo and Roberto with him, "Support from my allies should be here soon, all we have to do is hold out against the inevitable attack from Shinkuzu until then. How many birds do we have battle ready?", asked Blu, a look of worry plastered over his face.

Roberto did some quick math, "About 75 devoted warriors, but the rest of the tribe can fight, so about 200, give or take".

Blu sighed, "Well, we need an idea on how many soldiers are coming for us, I would assume a small force, as they expect you to turn me in".

Eduardo nodded, before a guard flew up to him, "Eduardo! AN EMPIRE ARMY IS INCOMING!".

"How many soldiers!?", asked Eduardo, "About 3,000!".

Blu looked at the soldier, "Alert the tribe, tell them to set up the barricade and get into the cave!", the guard nodded before flying off.

Blu turned to the 2 other birds, "We need to get back!", he yelled, taking off quickly.

Eduardo and Roberto followed, getting back to camp first thanks to a lack of armor and alerting the people.

"GET THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN INTO THE CAVE, EVERYONE ELSE! INITIATE THE PLAN!", screamed Eduardo, as the village became a mess of flying birds.

Many flew into a cave next to the waterfall, being sure to cover up the thin ropes that lead from the cave to the 'surprises' in the trees.

This mess is what Blu landed into, escorting women and children into the cave, he ran into Jewel.

"Jewel, when the plan goes into action, you and the kids need to keep soldiers from the cave entrance, so we can retreat if needed", she nodded, flying off.

Blu looked around him, the area slowly emptying of all life as every bird retreated into the cave, leaving only a faint dust cloud in their wake.

Blu could hear it now, the sounds of 400 birds marching through the jungle, Blu turned to look at the tree line, faintly seeing the outlines of the armored birds, bringing sword and shield to battle, that now marched towards them.

Blu turned around, slowly marching back to the cave, nodding at 4 birds next to the entrance, who quickly put up a thick glass pane at the cave entrance, although no one could see it cause… well.

Birds can't see glass.

Outside

The Emissary looked at the 'open' cave in contempt, "Those fools, they think they can stand against our might! SEND IN THE FIRST WAVE!", he ordered.

200 birds of all different types, each wearing a helmet and chest plate with the Hojo symbol (Look to Shogun 2 total war for symbol) and armed with a simple sword, charged forward, believing there to be an easy victory at hand, a slaughter of innocents and capture of Blu Gunderson.

But when they reached the cave, the first line stopped, impacting an unknown force repelling them from the cave.

They could see Blu laugh as he walked up to the glass, "As I used to say to the geese in Moose Lake, I'm protected by this invisible wall known as glass".

Blu turned to some 6 groups of birds inside, each group was holding a rope leading outside, "SPRING THE TRAP!".

The birds nodded, quickly pulling the ropes.

Nothing seemed to happen for a few seconds, until a loud BANG was heard outside, followed by 7 of the Hojo soldiers being torn apart, another bang, another 10 birds dead.

In reality, the ropes lead to the triggers of shotguns in the trees, armed with birdshot, and every time they pulled the rope, the gun fired.

The Hojo soldiers were being cut down, wings torn off midair, eyes obliterated, and mountains of dead piling up.

The glass window now had blood covering most of it, parents covering their kid's eyes, while Roberto got the 90 or so soldiers there prepared for battle, giving them each a wooden shield and steel sword, then a metal helmet.

In only 45 seconds, 150 Hojo soldiers had died, their dead piling up in mountains, then Blu ordered phase 2 to be enacted.

(Find me When You Wake Up from the Edge of Tomorrow soundtrack starts to play)

Using his katana, he stabbed the glass wall, the barrier shattering beneath the blade, "ALRIGHT MEN! GIVE THEM NOTHING!", he turned to look a the enemy Hojo while lowering his helmet and mask onto his face, "BUT TAKE FROM THEM! EVERYTHING!, he started running outside, with Roberto and the rest of the men following, their armor glistening in the Amazonian sun.

One Hojo soldier was writhing on the ground with a missing wing, but Blu gave him mercy via a quick death.

The blood leaked on the ground and stuck to his blade, the same story for the rest of the tribesmen, who were killing the soldiers who were nearby.

Roberto blocked a strike from a surviving Hojo soldier, before stabbing the soldier's belly with his sword, he heard a yell behind him, and turned to see a Hojo soldier about to stab him, but the soldier was stopped by Tiago's sword, which was poking out of the bird's front.

"The soldier fell to the ground, "Thanks Tiago", said Roberto, to which the adolescent macaw simply nodded, going on to continue fighting.

Roberto turned about, decapitating another soldier as he did so, before coming face to face with another soldier, who he fought.

Jewel and her kids kept the cave entrance open, so they could retreat if needed so, Jewel and Tiago were using sword, while Bia had a bow, which she used with deadly accuracy, and Carla had an axe and shield.

Blu charged forward, leading the 75 macaws in a forward charge against the 2,500 or so Hojo Soldiers that stood.

Blu raised his sword, the pristine silver blade shining in the sun, bits of crimson blood flying from it.

This would be the last time for a long time it would be in such a shiny state, for it would soon be stained with blood.

Blu jumped in the air, bringing his sword down, feeling the brief resistance that came with a blade's impact with flesh, before it inevitably ended, signalling another dead Hojo Soldier.

The macaw samurai spun around, achieving another kill with the swing of his blade.

Roberto and the rest of the 75 macaws began cutting through the Hojo soldiers, who began to break, scattering in every direction as Blu slaughtered them.

Blu stabbed one soldier in the face, jumping up as another tried to stab him from the back, but the stab entered another soldier's chest, before Blu landed behind both soldiers, decapitating both.

The fighting continued, but Blu's 100 men couldn't stand against 2500 Hojo soldiers, so as he fought on, he yelled for his men to return to the cave.

Blu's soldiers crumbled into nothingness as they flew, ran and limped back to the cave entrance.

Blu himself was embraced by Jewel as he entered the cave entrance, "Hey hon", he greeted.

Blu heard Eduardo give out an order to form a shield wall at the cave entrance, which the soldiers did, spears sticking out of the holed in the shield wall, giving it the appearance of a hedgehog.

Blu frowned behind his mask, "This was a bad idea", he murmured, before he heard a voice come from outside.

"BLU GUNDERSON! BY IMPERIAL ORDER! YOU ARE TO BE TAKEN TO LORD SHINKUZU TO BE EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON!", yelled the Emissary, standing at the front of his army.

Blu growled internally, but Eduardo walked out to the front of the spear wall, "I'M SORRY! BUT WE'RE FED UP WITH YOU AND YOUR FALSE KING!".

The Emissary chuckled, not noticing the faint beat of drums emanating from behind him, "WELL? WILL YOU HAVE PEACE OR WAR!?".

Blu walked out with Eduardo, silence ringing around the battlefield, until a ringing sound was heard, before an arrow struck the ground in front of Blu, but the arrow was strange.

The feathers were yellow and black, with a black lotus symbol on each fin.

The symbol of Clan Oda.

Blu turned to Eduardo, "Clan Oda has arrived", he whispered, a smile on his beak.

Eduardo looked, before hearing the war drums that now filled the air, Blu rose and stood, "We will have war!".

A roar of battle rang from the woods, where 1600 Oda soldiers charged out, their yari type spears and katanas slicing through the brutally unprepared Hojo light infantry.

Blu spotted Ryuiji the fish owl leading them

About 300 of the Hojo soldiers decided they had a better chance against the macaws than the samurai, so they charged the shield wall, with Blu and Eduardo caught outside.

The 2 birds looked at each other, Blu drew his Mizukachi and Katana now, wielding one blade in each hand while Eduardo unsheathed a basic short sword.

Roberto, Jewel and the rest of the tribe's fighters running out to join them, before returning the charge from the Hojo soldiers.

Later

Blu fell into a pattern, dodge, swing, block, dodge, swing, block, over and over again for hours now.

His armor had small dents where lucky foes had struck him, and his wing had a smal gash running down the length of it, but those who had done it to him had all fallen.

Right now, the remaining 500 Hojo soldiers faced the might of 1500 Oda and Macaw men, who were cutting them down with ease.

Characters such as Blu and Ryuiji caused havoc among what was left of the enemy forces, balancing masterfully on the mountains of dead enemies.

But groups such as he Gunderson offspring were doing very well,with Tiago and Carla covering for their archer, Bia.

Jewel and the rest of macaws on the other hand, had formed a Phalanx like formation, meaning that not one enemy bird could get close enough to cause damage.

Every enemy line that clashed against them hit like a wave over a wall, simply washing over and receding backwards.

The Emissary could only watch as his forces practically evaporated into a mist of blood and feathers, into a symphony of screams and roars.

The Emissary's eyes were glued to his 4 banner holders, standing in the fray, but, one after another, they all fell, replaced by the black and yellow lotus flags of Clan Oda.

He slowly started to realize, he had lost.

As the odds of victory began to dissipate, he made a decision, perhaps running from the battlefield, is not always bad.

As such, the cowardly bird took flight, fleeing the battle, which was quickly turning in our friends favor.

The once shiny silver armor of the macaws no longer gleamed in the sun, covered in dirt, mud, blood and debris.

Few in the army had the luxury of a silver weapon anymore, most of them being covered in dirt and blood.

Blu stopped fighting, with Ryuiji running up next to him, "You havent been gone for 3 weeks, and you already got into another fight", deadpanned the owl, before engulfing his friend in a hug.

Blu returned it, before the duo watched as the last couple hundred Hojo soldiers were slaughtered by the blue macaws and Oda forces, but those dozen or so who ran faced another enemy in the woods.

Scarlet and Military macaw clans had joined the battle, killing those soldiers who were routing from the battlefield.

With their help, the hundreds of left over soldiers turned into dozens, then tens, then nothing, and the battle was won.

Ryuiji smiled as the last Hojo soldiers died or were captured, before turning to Blu, who raised his sword in the air, "VICTORY!", he shouted.

The now 3000 soldiers returned the cheer, raising their weapons and screaming in joy, they may have won the battle, but the war, was far from over.