That story was... intersting. I'll tell it to some of my friends and watch them think I'm even more insane than they think I am now.
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Ouch. Not a very pleasant way to leave this god-forsaken earth, is it?
I'll drop you a PM, Meiji.
I'll drop you a PM, Meiji.
More gore, eh? Japan certainly has an.. interesting history.Originally posted by Meiji-Tenno
Wait until you hear about the other samurai..
Originally posted by Meiji-Tenno
And how insane is that?
Very. One can easily fake insanity. Just say you are a god, that you are going to take over the world, and talk about more intelligent things than the local person, and you will be thought insane.
Actually, from my experience I've learned that only the last of those is required. People just aren't all that bright.
Originally posted by Oleg
More gore, eh? Japan certainly has an.. interesting history.
Well, Uesugi Kenshin's rival, Takeda Shingen had a rather interesting death. It wasn't very disgusting, like Kenshin's, though
Takeda Shingen was pushing westward, and was defeating the Oda Clan (Then under Oda Nobunaga). He won the battle of Mikatagahara against Tokugawa Ieyasu. In that battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu had about 11,000 soldiers, about 3,000 of them were Oda troops. And in that battle, Takeda Shingen had about 30,000 troops.
After winning this battle and other battles against the Oda, Takeda Shingen died of age. His son Takeda Katsuyori then became Daimyo in the middle of the war. He attacked Nagashino, where the Takeda cavalry repeatedly charged the Oda guns, and lost the battle and many men and horses.
So, Takeda Shingen didn't die at a very good time
Meiji-Tenno
Ahem.. Here comes a surprise for everyone!
Wow! This thread has been dead for nearly two months!
Wow! This thread has been dead for nearly two months!
Chapter LXXXI: Bikkuri! Chibaka no Oukou.. Shuukou!: Kaishi
(Surprise! Chibaka's Voyage.. Circumnavigation!: Beginning)
Back in Oda Nobunaga's new castle, which he had spent months building. Well, having his men build anyways. While he enjoyed himself at a ski resort in one of the northern provinces...
Shinden and his adopted son Chibaka arrived at the new fortress. The dark, secret, hidden fortress, built in the darkest corner of a forest in Tohoku, heavily populated by sneaky little Tanuki, of course, stood in plain sight.
"Hmm... Where is it?" Chibaka asked, staring at the shiny, bright, golden castle.
"Maybe it's somewhere over there" Shinden replied, puzzled at the secretness of the Shogun's fortress.
The two continued on. Soon, they walked right into some ashigaru guards, who were about eight meters away from the entrance to the castle, deeply involved in their game of Go. "Ah! Look Father! I have found the entrance!"
"Ah! I see!" Shinden jumped up and clicked his heels. "My son is so smart!" he exclaimed, an ear to ear smile on his face. While, jumping, he accidently threw his sword, which he had been waving violently in the air for no apparent reason at all, and accidently killed on the the ashigaru guards. The other one looked up, his face then flushed purple with anger. The low-ranked, short, almost unarmed, and poorly trained, badly armoured ashigaru then walked up to the high ranking, strong, well armoured and equipped, Shinden, and yelled in his face (Standing of his toes to be a bit closer), "BAKA!! You idiot! You killed my buddy Kenji! I'll have your head! I demand that you finish this game of Go that we were playing, before you rudely interrupted while killing my friend.
Shinden stuttered, "Bu- But sir! We are late for a meeting with his most glorious majestic, invincible, delicious Shogun Oda Nobunaga. We can't stop to waste our time wi--"
"No complaints, little one! Now, come play this game!"
Shinden was forced to sit down and play the game of Go with this ashigaru. He pushed the dead body out of the way, and began to play. Chibaka sat down next to the two to watch.
After about four hours of play, when the sun began to sink beyond the horizon, out of nowhere, for no reason at all, the ashigaru said "I am a devout follower of Confucius"
Shinden looked up from the gameboard. "Then why are you playing Go?"
"Because it involves thought, and helps me complete my work"
"But Confucius found the game a waste of time." Shinden said back at him.
The ashigaru paused trying to think of a retaliation, "Ahh-- It is the "game of the gods", my little friend", he gave a mystical look, then ignored Shinden's comments on that, intently staring at the game board. Shinden soon joined back into the game in this same intent way.
Night came. Shinden looked at the man's face through the light of the fire that they had lit. "Don't I know you?"
The man half jumped in surprise. "Ah.. No!! No!!!"
"Yes, yes!! I remember now! You are that silly little Ashigaru from the wars in Sinai! Yes, that's it! And your name was "The Complaining One"! I remember well!"
"Bah! You caught me.. Now, let's get back to the game please."
"Hai, hai.." and the two got re-absorbed into their game.
Meanwhile, a figure in black slowly approached the three. It was a ninja.. The ninja, who was a rather poorly trained one indeed, snuck up behind Chibaka, and snatched him. Being poorly trained, he grabbed Chibaka around the waste, and didn't cover up his mouth. Furthermore, he was right in front of Shinden and The Complaining One.
Chibaka screamed at the top of his lungs. "HELP! HELP!!"
Shinden waved his hand in irritation, "One minute, one minute.. I am thinking. Very very busy.."
The ninja snickered loudly, and tramped back into the woods, his feet loudly rustling the leaves on the ground. He carried him right through the woods and then turned around, walking back to where Shinden and The Complaining One were. The entire time, Chibaka was screaming as loud as he could.
Shinden and The Complaining One were still playing their game of Go, and didn't seem to hear or notice when the Ninja, still guffawing, tramped right into the entrance of the castle. The ninja walked through the castle hallways, laughing loudly, while Chibaka screamed, also very loudly. The guards in the castle just stood there, and yawned, as the two fools charged past them.
Eventually, the Ninja made his way to a giants golden coated door on the northern wall of the great palace, which had gold flowing down the roof as well. The door opened, and inside, Chibaka and the Ninja paused in silence, except for a bit of snickering coming from the Ninja, the two saw a room, full of gold, finely dressed courtiers, much gold, the Shougun himself seated on a golden throne, and um... a little, well, actually a lot more gold.
The Ninja slowly approached the great throne of Oda Nobunaga, and, very suddenly, threw Chibaka down on the ground in front of the Shougun. Chibaka looked up at Oda Nobunaga's "face of stone" in surprise and awe. Nobunaga's face then changed into disgust, "You there!! Bow before me, your almighty Shougun, Oda Nobunaga!!!" he spat as he spoke, so a small puddle had formed on the ground in front of Chibaka, who immediately did as he was told.
Nobunaga looked at his golden clock for a few minutes, and then called to one of the courtiers. He whispered a conversation with the courtier, and it became apparent that he was asking him what the clock said. Chibaka could hear the courtier saying on his way back to his golden seat, "Yes, yes, you are almost there sir. Soon you will be able to read the clock!"
Chibaka held back his laugh. Oda Nobunaga then roared, "You are late!!" The room trembeled.
"Boy, that was great!" Oda thought to himself.
"Oh, yes, you are the greatest the almighty Shougun of us all, the ruler of the universe, chosen by the gods to be our noble and glorious leader. You didn't assasinate the Mori leaders. They were evil, and, uhh... They were suddenly taken by a sudden breath of poisoned air, --Oh! Of course you had absolutely nothing to do with it -- which was their fate, so that you could complete your ever-so-divine mission" Chibaka telepathically told the Shougun.
Nobunaga smiled with warmth for a moment, then said, "Bring out the sake! We shall feast all night!"
A courtier then scuttled up to the Shougun, "Oh wise and munificent Shougun" he bowed his head to the ground multiple time, "Those sneaky little Tanuki broke into the sake cellar, and stole all of our sake!"
"Argghhhh!!" Nobunaga slammed his fist on the arm of his golden throne, "Those Tanuki are always stealing my sake! Bah! Forget the sake! We will enjoy delicious water instead!"
The Shougun motioned to a servant, who walked up to him, "O mizu wo onegaishimasu!" the Shougun yelled out as the servant approached. (He asked for water. "Water please")
"Hai, your wish is my spine-cracking labor. I shall seek fresh spring water from the closest mountain range. I suspect I will be back by next week, as long as I am not torn apart and eaten by the blood-thirsty man-eating wolves, and peasants, that inhabit the area." the servant bowed and ran off.
Now, the conversation between Oda Nobunaga and Shinden Chibaka begins...
"So," began Oda, "Wasn't there two of you? Where is my magnificent General Shinden?"
"Oh, he is outside the entrance of the castle, playing Go with one of your guards, as bandits and tanuki sneak in and rob you."
"Ah, I see" the Shougun seemed to care not. "Now, before I begin, do you have any questions?"
"Umm.." Chibaka thought, "Why is your castle so possessed of gold?"
"Oh," Nobunaga said, "You see, the silly Europeans believe that our land is filled with golden palaces. We have read it in some book we stole from Spain, after the capture of Granada. I believe it was called, "The Travels of Marco Polo". Our translators found that they say our land is filled with golden palaces and other treasures. And so, I made this palace in the farfetched way that thet imagine it. Now, their ambassadors will be impressed!" Oda Nobunaga smiled to himself with glee, and kicked his feet around. "Now, any more questions?"
"Hmm.." Chibaka thought once more, "No."
"Good, good" the Shougun said, "Now, I begin. You see, you will be going on a special mission now. A great enterprise! You, dear Chibaka, shall sail around the world! Shuukou, my friend! Circumnavigation! In fact, a navy is set up for you on the eastern port of Tohoku. Now, make haste, make haste! Now more further discussion. No questions, rejections, no me telling you of how you are greatly risking your life, and will probably not return, and no else. OK? Now, go go, make haste, make haste! Win glory for the Empire!" and the Shougun pushed Chibaka out of the castle, muttering, "Go go, make haste make haste!" the whole way, as if in a trance.
Chibaka would sail around the world...
Next: Chapter LXXXII: Bikkuri! Chibaka no Oukou.. Shuukou!: Oukou!
(Surprise! Chibaka's Voyage.. Circumnavigation!: Outward Voyage)
(Surprise! Chibaka's Voyage.. Circumnavigation!: Beginning)
Back in Oda Nobunaga's new castle, which he had spent months building. Well, having his men build anyways. While he enjoyed himself at a ski resort in one of the northern provinces...
Shinden and his adopted son Chibaka arrived at the new fortress. The dark, secret, hidden fortress, built in the darkest corner of a forest in Tohoku, heavily populated by sneaky little Tanuki, of course, stood in plain sight.
"Hmm... Where is it?" Chibaka asked, staring at the shiny, bright, golden castle.
"Maybe it's somewhere over there" Shinden replied, puzzled at the secretness of the Shogun's fortress.
The two continued on. Soon, they walked right into some ashigaru guards, who were about eight meters away from the entrance to the castle, deeply involved in their game of Go. "Ah! Look Father! I have found the entrance!"
"Ah! I see!" Shinden jumped up and clicked his heels. "My son is so smart!" he exclaimed, an ear to ear smile on his face. While, jumping, he accidently threw his sword, which he had been waving violently in the air for no apparent reason at all, and accidently killed on the the ashigaru guards. The other one looked up, his face then flushed purple with anger. The low-ranked, short, almost unarmed, and poorly trained, badly armoured ashigaru then walked up to the high ranking, strong, well armoured and equipped, Shinden, and yelled in his face (Standing of his toes to be a bit closer), "BAKA!! You idiot! You killed my buddy Kenji! I'll have your head! I demand that you finish this game of Go that we were playing, before you rudely interrupted while killing my friend.
Shinden stuttered, "Bu- But sir! We are late for a meeting with his most glorious majestic, invincible, delicious Shogun Oda Nobunaga. We can't stop to waste our time wi--"
"No complaints, little one! Now, come play this game!"
Shinden was forced to sit down and play the game of Go with this ashigaru. He pushed the dead body out of the way, and began to play. Chibaka sat down next to the two to watch.
After about four hours of play, when the sun began to sink beyond the horizon, out of nowhere, for no reason at all, the ashigaru said "I am a devout follower of Confucius"
Shinden looked up from the gameboard. "Then why are you playing Go?"
"Because it involves thought, and helps me complete my work"
"But Confucius found the game a waste of time." Shinden said back at him.
The ashigaru paused trying to think of a retaliation, "Ahh-- It is the "game of the gods", my little friend", he gave a mystical look, then ignored Shinden's comments on that, intently staring at the game board. Shinden soon joined back into the game in this same intent way.
Night came. Shinden looked at the man's face through the light of the fire that they had lit. "Don't I know you?"
The man half jumped in surprise. "Ah.. No!! No!!!"
"Yes, yes!! I remember now! You are that silly little Ashigaru from the wars in Sinai! Yes, that's it! And your name was "The Complaining One"! I remember well!"
"Bah! You caught me.. Now, let's get back to the game please."
"Hai, hai.." and the two got re-absorbed into their game.
Meanwhile, a figure in black slowly approached the three. It was a ninja.. The ninja, who was a rather poorly trained one indeed, snuck up behind Chibaka, and snatched him. Being poorly trained, he grabbed Chibaka around the waste, and didn't cover up his mouth. Furthermore, he was right in front of Shinden and The Complaining One.
Chibaka screamed at the top of his lungs. "HELP! HELP!!"
Shinden waved his hand in irritation, "One minute, one minute.. I am thinking. Very very busy.."
The ninja snickered loudly, and tramped back into the woods, his feet loudly rustling the leaves on the ground. He carried him right through the woods and then turned around, walking back to where Shinden and The Complaining One were. The entire time, Chibaka was screaming as loud as he could.
Shinden and The Complaining One were still playing their game of Go, and didn't seem to hear or notice when the Ninja, still guffawing, tramped right into the entrance of the castle. The ninja walked through the castle hallways, laughing loudly, while Chibaka screamed, also very loudly. The guards in the castle just stood there, and yawned, as the two fools charged past them.
Eventually, the Ninja made his way to a giants golden coated door on the northern wall of the great palace, which had gold flowing down the roof as well. The door opened, and inside, Chibaka and the Ninja paused in silence, except for a bit of snickering coming from the Ninja, the two saw a room, full of gold, finely dressed courtiers, much gold, the Shougun himself seated on a golden throne, and um... a little, well, actually a lot more gold.
The Ninja slowly approached the great throne of Oda Nobunaga, and, very suddenly, threw Chibaka down on the ground in front of the Shougun. Chibaka looked up at Oda Nobunaga's "face of stone" in surprise and awe. Nobunaga's face then changed into disgust, "You there!! Bow before me, your almighty Shougun, Oda Nobunaga!!!" he spat as he spoke, so a small puddle had formed on the ground in front of Chibaka, who immediately did as he was told.
Nobunaga looked at his golden clock for a few minutes, and then called to one of the courtiers. He whispered a conversation with the courtier, and it became apparent that he was asking him what the clock said. Chibaka could hear the courtier saying on his way back to his golden seat, "Yes, yes, you are almost there sir. Soon you will be able to read the clock!"
Chibaka held back his laugh. Oda Nobunaga then roared, "You are late!!" The room trembeled.
"Boy, that was great!" Oda thought to himself.
"Oh, yes, you are the greatest the almighty Shougun of us all, the ruler of the universe, chosen by the gods to be our noble and glorious leader. You didn't assasinate the Mori leaders. They were evil, and, uhh... They were suddenly taken by a sudden breath of poisoned air, --Oh! Of course you had absolutely nothing to do with it -- which was their fate, so that you could complete your ever-so-divine mission" Chibaka telepathically told the Shougun.
Nobunaga smiled with warmth for a moment, then said, "Bring out the sake! We shall feast all night!"
A courtier then scuttled up to the Shougun, "Oh wise and munificent Shougun" he bowed his head to the ground multiple time, "Those sneaky little Tanuki broke into the sake cellar, and stole all of our sake!"
"Argghhhh!!" Nobunaga slammed his fist on the arm of his golden throne, "Those Tanuki are always stealing my sake! Bah! Forget the sake! We will enjoy delicious water instead!"
The Shougun motioned to a servant, who walked up to him, "O mizu wo onegaishimasu!" the Shougun yelled out as the servant approached. (He asked for water. "Water please")
"Hai, your wish is my spine-cracking labor. I shall seek fresh spring water from the closest mountain range. I suspect I will be back by next week, as long as I am not torn apart and eaten by the blood-thirsty man-eating wolves, and peasants, that inhabit the area." the servant bowed and ran off.
Now, the conversation between Oda Nobunaga and Shinden Chibaka begins...
"So," began Oda, "Wasn't there two of you? Where is my magnificent General Shinden?"
"Oh, he is outside the entrance of the castle, playing Go with one of your guards, as bandits and tanuki sneak in and rob you."
"Ah, I see" the Shougun seemed to care not. "Now, before I begin, do you have any questions?"
"Umm.." Chibaka thought, "Why is your castle so possessed of gold?"
"Oh," Nobunaga said, "You see, the silly Europeans believe that our land is filled with golden palaces. We have read it in some book we stole from Spain, after the capture of Granada. I believe it was called, "The Travels of Marco Polo". Our translators found that they say our land is filled with golden palaces and other treasures. And so, I made this palace in the farfetched way that thet imagine it. Now, their ambassadors will be impressed!" Oda Nobunaga smiled to himself with glee, and kicked his feet around. "Now, any more questions?"
"Hmm.." Chibaka thought once more, "No."
"Good, good" the Shougun said, "Now, I begin. You see, you will be going on a special mission now. A great enterprise! You, dear Chibaka, shall sail around the world! Shuukou, my friend! Circumnavigation! In fact, a navy is set up for you on the eastern port of Tohoku. Now, make haste, make haste! Now more further discussion. No questions, rejections, no me telling you of how you are greatly risking your life, and will probably not return, and no else. OK? Now, go go, make haste, make haste! Win glory for the Empire!" and the Shougun pushed Chibaka out of the castle, muttering, "Go go, make haste make haste!" the whole way, as if in a trance.
Chibaka would sail around the world...
Next: Chapter LXXXII: Bikkuri! Chibaka no Oukou.. Shuukou!: Oukou!
(Surprise! Chibaka's Voyage.. Circumnavigation!: Outward Voyage)
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I spent about an hour this morning and an hour tonight (now) writing that chapter, and used much dictionary for good words I hope you all like it. Thank you.
And I hope that you were all surprised at me suddenly going back to this AAR
Meiji-Tenno
I hope you all like it. Thank you. And I hope that you were all surprised at me suddenly going back to this AAR
Meiji-Tenno
Emperor san, this is a surprise indeed!Did I see some undercurrents from MIB-II, or is it just my imagination... mind control scene and stuff...
That scene with the game of Go and Ninja was hillarious! Great writing.
And I learnt a new word: Circumnavigation (my, took me forever to type it)
I am glad you are back with it, honto desu ne! This has been one of my long-time favourites!!!
Originally posted by Gaijin de Moscu
Did I see some undercurrents from MIB-II, or is it just my imagination... mind control scene and stuff...
That scene with the game of Go and Ninja was hillarious! Great writing.
And I learnt a new word: Circumnavigation (my, took me forever to type it)
I am glad you are back with it, honto desu ne! This has been one of my long-time favourites!!!
Arigatou gozaimashita!!
Iie, I didn't copy anything from "MIB-II".. I never even heard of that before..
Yes, I learnt the English word circumnavigation only now too. Just looked up "Shuukou" in the English-Japanese dictionary this morning, when thinking of the chapter title
Yes, that is a BIG word! Yes, I was getting tired of writing of elsewhere in the world, and simply had to get back to this
Manchuria can wait.. Thank you very much again
Now going to eat and sleep
--Meiji-Tenno
Ah! Great, Meiji-Tenno! I'm glad you went back to this, since the other AARs are really good, but this one is undoubtedly the best.
Now, just don't slack off for two more months.
I'm glad you went back to this, since the other AARs are really good, but this one is undoubtedly the best. Now, just don't slack off for two more months.
Hahaha.. Thank you very much, Eochaid!
Yes, praise me
Oh, and I hoped you liked the Ninja scene: It was your request of Ninja in this AAR that made me create that scene. Thanks
Thank you, Oleg, the savior of this AAR (No, I am not crazy. For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, go back to page 3
)! Yes, don't worry: I won't slack off for two months... I will slack off for four!! Just joking!
I will stay on this AAR until it is complete now. However, I am very busy lately, so there might be some times that I post a bit less. And there will be others in which I post more Meiji-Tenno
Hallelujah! To add to the praise, the ninja bit was very good.
MIB-II is an abbreviation for Men in Black II. It's an american movie about the men in black. *duh, says Meiji-Tenno* Various wackos have it that there is a secret government agency that deals with aliens that are here on earth. They are called the men in black, due to their clothes.
MIB-II is an abbreviation for Men in Black II. It's an american movie about the men in black. *duh, says Meiji-Tenno* Various wackos have it that there is a secret government agency that deals with aliens that are here on earth. They are called the men in black, due to their clothes.
Everyone, I planned to post a new chapter today, for the Emperor's birthday, but it is taking longer than I thought. So, tomorrow night (Nippon time ) I will post the new chapter. I am very sorry..
) I will post the new chapter. I am very sorry..
Sorry everyone!!
I have not been able to update for so long, and on the Emperor's birthday as I had planned.
I have been so so busy..
But, now I have a new chapter!
Sorry again..
Meiji-Tenno
I have not been able to update for so long, and on the Emperor's birthday as I had planned.
I have been so so busy..
But, now I have a new chapter!
Sorry again..
Meiji-Tenno