A large, grand fortress made of stone. A large sqaure wall surrounds the tall fortress. On each corner there is defensive tower, equipped with a cannon. The walls are thick, with gaurds regullary patrolling them. Its a very big fortress now. Moritsune's little trip to his shadowy master ensured high increases to his budget. With a bigger barracks and yard, and overall more territory. More troops as well. This fortress is located at the base of the Kuro mountains, with some forest surrounding it. Infiltrators beware - the back forests are even more gaurded then the open front. For obvious reasons, of course....

Its a large fortress for a man with an even larger appeteite for dominance.

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Moritsune and his army finally entered into his fortress. Along with a few more guys carrying more supplies of gunpowder and other things. Moritsune recieved more funds from Yojinto.....and he was going to put them to use.

Moritsune got off his throne / carriage thing and cracked his neck. Walking through the courtyard while all his gaurds lined up. Bowing. Moritsune walked on by not even acknowledging them.

"Mugatou, give status report." Moritsune always did this order at random times just because he felt like it.

"our scouts told me the information as we were traveling through town, just as you ordered. Our reports indicate a increase in crime while we were away with our....meeting....with Yojinto-sama. It also seems general Hiroki has gone missing."

Moritsune gritted his teeth and nodded. He shot a glance to his favorite red headed pyscho.

"Zhentig, been bored?"

Zhentig had a devlish grin. "For a long time......Very."

"I want you to track down criminals. Destroy them. There shall be no rebellions to my rule, or any filthy criminals. Understood?"
Zhentig chuckled. "Hai....." Moritsune calmly smiled and put a hand on Zhentig's shoulder.
"But overall, just have fun......" Zhentig chuckled again.
"....hai...!" The redhead began to walk away, chuckling to himself.

He has so many mental problems, it amuses even me....
Moritsune chuckled himself and calmly walked alongside his son, Tetsuo, and Mugatou.
"fath....err I mean, commander....do you have any orders for me?"

Moritsune shot a glance, and shook his head. Tetsuo grinned.
"Then may I go rest for a bit. Traveling around those low life peasents...tires me. And I smell bad. I think I'll go bathe..." Tetsuo then mumbled something under his breath, which Moritsune heard. "....with a few harem girls...."

Moritsune chuckled again. "Go...."
He becomes more like me each day....heheheh....

Only Moritsune and Mugatou walked side by side now, entering the castle.
"I have acquired even more....gifts....from Yojinto-sama. I spent my share of the budget increase on new things for research, that I think you will find very beneficial, Moritsune-sama." Moritsune nodded. Not interested, but pretended to be.

"Go get settled in that dark basement of yours, and do...whatever." Moritsune said. Mugatou smiled, and bowed lowly. "The perfect specimen has been acquired. My latest creation I have planned will prove to be very satisfactory for our future objectives...." Mugatou began to walk back into the shadows. Moritsune nodded yet again. The good doctor slowly walked to his basements.

I bet its another one of his inhuman freaks....oh well. More strength to my army.

Moritsune walked through the halls. Finally getting through to his resting areas. There he sat on his overly comfortable throne, and chuckled to himself. The warlord was going to spend a few hours drinking, planning, resting. He did have work to do, but of course a man as great as him didnt need to do it now.

Whatever he was going to do however.....couldnt be good. And that was the whole point.
Moritsune laughed slowly.

Tetsuo's platoon marched forward. With their new found, captured, prisioner. Who was being carried, due to the fact that she didnt have a sword, and she was beaten quite badly. Tetsuo walked through the fortress, not even bothering to greet the gaurds or the fortress regulars. Why should he even have to? He's ranked higher then that.

There....Tetsuo knew exactly what to do. He was going to ask Moritsune on what exactly he should do. So the son, walked up to the father....Kneeling lowly before the warlord.

"Fath....Moritsune-sama. I have capture Amethyst....." Tetsuo said.

Moritsune sat on his usual throne. Thinking of things to do with Aki, the newly aquired general. Upon hearing this new, the warlord got a wide grin.

"Very, very good Tetsuo! You are indeed worthy of your rank." Tetsuo smiled.
"What should we do with her?" Moritsune grinned. He just thought of something horrible to do.

"Were going to let Mugatou play with her. Then we'll set her free....and meet with her again. Take her down to the doctor's lair!" Moritsune barked the order.

Tetsuo followed. Dragging Ame down to Mugatou's chambers....where some doctors chained the woman to the usual wall.

Since the beating wasn't anything worse Ame could've experienced, she slowly came too on que RIGHT whilst being chained.. Though her breif unconscious struggle could've easily been taken care of. The chaining was complete..

Ame glared out at the blurs around her.. she hurt all over... Crap, what was she doing the last day? ... Oh yeah.... Sighing, the woman muttered out a rather groggy, "Must've been some sake..."

She moved to put a hand to her head and rub it. But vaguely found herself unable.. Awe well, she could rub her forehead later.. The hat was probably in the way anyway.. Continued her self conversation.. "That russian asshole sure knows how to make that shit power....... " Ame slowly came to realize something was extremely wrong here. "ful..?" She pulled listlessly at the chains... Glanced at them as if those evil chains did something hateful in the past...

"the ******?" she pulled at the chains a bit more... Damn straight, they wouldn't come loose and were attached most begrudgingly to her.. damn those chains..

gave a hard tug - which didn't do much besides make her wrist redden slightly.. she glanced peeringly around the lab, slowly coming to realizing that something wasn't just wrong.. it was VERY deja vü... "The ******!?"

Finally realized something that previously evaded her grasp.. She was in Muga's lab! "THE ******!"

.. the hat falls over her eyes... which would've brought on controversy of how it stayed here the entire time.. but that wasn't as important as how the ****** she got here..

A small set of groaning could be heard in the background. Doctors run here and there, doing this and that. Thieves, bandits, the former hebbi-no members....Mugatou was working on his latest set of children. But then, the doctor immediately stopped working on it as soon as Tetsuo informed him of...'the plan'. Mugatou grinned. His 'daughter' had just come back for another visit.

Adjusting his eyeglass, the good doctor slowly paced towards Ame. Smiling, as always.

"Hello there, Amethyst....". Mugatou giggled a giggle, hinted with the edge of evil. Anticipating, what he was going to do.....

Ame would've glared hatefully at Mugatou. With grave reminder of all the crap he's done to her previously. However something very important was keeping her from doing so.. The hat stayed over her eyes, the long feather on it hanging limply over her shoulder. At first found no resolution in glaring at the inside of the hat that was as grand enough as glaring at Muga til he was in spitting range. So attempted to blow it off. Sadly, the air she breathed wasn't strong enough to move the heavy hat... glared at the hat for a while..

Finally tilted her head up to the point where she could at least see Muga's feet.. So went on with glowering at them.

"Piss off you Mori ******ing asshole" the woman replied after glaring towards a part of the man was achieved.

Giggling once again, the good doctor moved forward to Ame. Brushing the hat off of the woman's eyes, so he could see her face. And she could see his smiling one of sadism.

"My....its good to know my favorite daughter still has her personality and touch....heheheheheh....."

Now that the hat was tilted up, Ame glared hatefully at the rest of Mugatou. snarled slightly.. gathered backwash... And spit. Soon after, roaring out in such a way as to make a few doctors look in her direction, "Don't degrade me to the point of being part of your sick bloodline, jerk... Now let me go so I can finish painting the ******ing town in your damn blood and finish my day in some damn sake-indulged Peace!" Of course, her line of words wasn't as pronounced as typed, but at least it's the general idea of what she was saying.

Mugatou laughed at Amethyst. The other doctors shrugged, and continued to go back to work.

"Wow....your still full of energy....despite all these horrid lacerations!" Mugatou had looked through Ame's body...seeing all the cuts, scars, brusings, and other things.
"I'll have to treat these, you know I will..."

Mugatou began to go for some blades, and other sharp objects. Needed for 'the plan'.

"oh...by the way, Amethyst. The whole sake beserk tripping, was a -side effect- of one of my drugs. Did I forget to mention that? My mistake..."

Immediately, without warning, Mugatou grabbed a clamp, and pryed open Ame's mouth. He then proceeded to pour the sake drug down the woman's throat, to put her in a strange state of induced sleep...so she would not only have her memory of the events that were about to happen, disorted....but she wouldnt feel any part of the operation as well.

damn those drugs ~ side note

Ame had been to a clinic many a time... And not once in her memory of having wounds treated did she see the need for so many blades. It put her on an uneasy side of things... She struggled and pulled at the chains to no real advantage. So instead of bothering with that, she waited for the right moment to strike.. like a snake measuring up for attack.. If only one could accompany Ame with the tail rattle...

At first resisted the clamp as Muga tried to use it to keep her mouth open.. and instead of succumb to it, she did the opposite.. Turned head sharply to take a bite out of the man's hand - as it was awkwardly close.. Roars out after that, " I Already know you that ******ing assho-" by now the clamp is inserted.. She's given the drug.. trying desperately not to swallow, however having no choice.

After a moment of intense blurriness and other ugly sudden sideeffects the woman fights against it. And it took quite a while before she slowly fell under the drug's power.

Mugatou winced in pain, and quickly pulled his hand away. A bite mark now appeared on the doctor's hand. Cracking his neck slowly, and then adjusting his eye glass once again, the doctor merely shrugged it off.

"Thats no way to behave, daughter....". Mugatou spoke, even though he knew Ame wasnt able to understand anything he said. Mugatou got his blades out, got some needles out, and began to go to work...

slowly un-opening each and every little scar, wound, sew, and other injury the woman had. He didnt completely unopen them all the way....he just made it so loose that the woman's body would fall appart (almost literally ) if she were to strain herself too hard. After doing the work...the good doctor chuckled, and called for the medical team to go drop the woman off somewhere.

"Put her at the teahouse....next to a bottle of sake. In fact, drug the sake....with my special addiction drugs. She was about to have it completely out of her system, and we cant have that now can we?"

The doctors nodded, and followed the orders. Taking Ame out of the fortress, and onto the streets. To the teahouse.

*He nodded to Moritsune, still smilling slightly. He was starting to feel a lot better about his decision to join Mori now. They liked his ideas, unlike a certain ronin.*
*He then turned to Tetsuo, ready to follow him off to see his battallion.*

*Aki had been taken to the medical area to have his wounds looked at. A nurse stitched up his arm and patched up the long, but small scratch on his back. He was still a bit stunned over the position he'd been given, still trying to take it all in. He was in the fortress and they weren't trying to kill him, it was going to take some getting used to.*

Moritsune sat in his throne. Zhentig, kneeled right before him. Akisu was far away somewhere resting....Moritsune was planning. The first phase of 'the plan' had been completed. Akisu was seduced to the power and wealth of being an evil general.

"Zhentig....you performed...splendidly...." The warlord said to the red-head pyscho. Who giggled pyschoticly, and nodded.

"You shall get greater freedoms during your....'criminal termination sessions'." Moritsune grinned. He knew Zhentig loved murdering masses of people, and the best reward to give him was 'greater freedoms'. Meaning...Moritsune wouldnt care if the red-head were to 'accidentlly' kill a few he wasnt supposed to.

"....you did very, very well. But now it is time to start the other plans in motions...make sure Akisu is quite comfortable, then bring him in here to see me...."

Zhentig nodded, and relayed the orders to some messangers. While Moritsune leaned back in his throne....still grinning at the things he could do in the future.

*A messanger came by and told Akisu to follow him to the thrown room. Aki got up and followed the man. The man stopped and showed him the entrance to the room. Aki then walked cautiously in.*
You wanted to see me?

Moritsune had his hand on his chin, thinking.....who knows. The man's mind was so evil it was way past the edge of scary. Seeing Akisu walk in, Moritsune smiled. A slow, sardonic smile, probably edged with evil as well.

"Hello there, Akisu. I'm sure you've gotten quite comfortable...." Moritsune glanced the boy from head to toe. Looking at his clothing.

" I know this can all be a little much to take in all at once. But its well, well worth it. I'm sure you'll get used to your new lifestyle, very, very easily...."

Moritsune clapped his hands and two very attractive women came walking in. In one servant's arms, she carried a long, black, fine trench-coat type of suit with dark purple trim. The suit looked very stylish, and very elegant. She also carried similiar style undershirt and pants to go with it, as well as some very nice black boots.

. The other woman carried some nice, durable, armor. Dark black, dark purple of course. The armor was purposely NOT samurai style, but a unique style in its own. Of course, this also came with a cool looking helmet of the same colors.

"One suit if for your casual duties. The other, is your war armor....you are to wear it if the certain situation were to arise where you would need it....."

*He looked at the clothes and the armor, glad to see that it wasn't in the style of the samurai armor at least. The colors looked good, too. He turned back to Mori.* I don't really know how to fight with armor on, though. Besides, I think it would slow me down too much.

Moritsune grinned, and nodded.

"Keep them anyway....they'll be a nice decoration for your room...heheh. I'll have these two escort you to your room, where you can get dressed and all of that. Also, take a look around at your new chambers...I'm sure you'll find them quite suitable. Afterwards, come back down here so we can actually discuss the future plannings. It will be a meeting, of course....."

Moritsune waved, the women servants bowed, and began to walk somewhere. Then they stood, awaiting for Aki to follow them. While they did that, Moritsune was getting messangers to summon the other generals for a meeting.

*Aki followed the two women to his room, looking them over a bit on the way there. They reached his room and Aki took his clothes and armor inside. It was a very large and expensive looking room, Aki just had to stand there staring at it for a bit. After that, he placed the armor down and off to the side and started getting dressed in his nice suit and new trench coat. Then he left the room and went back to the throne room.*

Moritsune gathered all the generals up. Mugatou adjusted his eyeglass, Zhentig looked around the room aimlessly, while Tetsuo looked very bored and sighed. They were all sitting at a table, surrounded by candles, with Moritsune sitting at the head. Of course, there was a extra empty seat for Aki to sit in.

-Before Akisu arrived-

"Project 'perfect child' will be completed within a few months..." Mugatou said calmly.
"Along with that, we have captrued 26 new criminals, and ronin. We are already converting them to a more....suitable....form." The doctor added. Moritsune grinned, and nodded.

"I have good plans to use the batch of 'children' you've already created...keep up the good work. I cant wait to see what 'perfect child' is....." Mugatou nodded, and went silent.

Then Akisu walked in.

"Ah...Aki. Please, have a seat. The meeting is just beggining."

*Aki walked in and sat down at the extra seat. There was one guy who looked a bit like Haya there, though he didn't know who he was. He did know who the other two generals were, however. Zhentig, who he'd fought just earlier, and then Mugatou, who had the pleasure of torturing and drugging him before. Aki had to keep himself from glaring at him.*

Moritsune looked around at his squad of four generals. Knowing that Aki and Mugatou would not like each other, and that Tetsuo may have not been known to the former thief. Moritsune decided to take this oppurtunity to introduce him....

"Tetsuo, son, give a budget report will you?". Tetsuo blinked, and nodded. Going over all the finances and what not for a long time. That wasnt really important, Moritsune knew the budget. He just wanted Aki to know that Tetsuo was his other son.....and the warlord anticipated the reaction (if any) Aki had upon learning that knowledge.

~Son?! Well, that explains why he looks so much like Hayate, though now that I look at him, he looks like Mori, too.~ *Looking at one to the other. He didn't talk yet, still watching and listening to what was going on.*

Moritsune was looking at Aki, unnoticiable with one eye. Knowing the look of suprise, and mentally chuckling at it. Afterwards, Tetsuo was done with the report. Moritsune nodded slowly, and then waved to Zhentig.

"Zhentig, your duties were to find out information about rebel activities....what did you find out....?"

Zhentig looked up, and shrugged.

"Not find nothings bossy." Moritsune glanced around, then looked at Akisu. Smiling slowly.

"Akisu....perhaps you could help where Zhentig failed. Preferably...on a certain topic with a certain ronin...." Moritsune wanted to see how much Aki hated Hayate, and if the boy had any good ideas to take him out. Or if he could just give him information....or a mix of both.

*He had no problem talking about Haya's plans, his anger towards him still fresh.*
He hasn't found anyone, though he insists that he can find warriors, who fought against you in past wars to help him.
*Aki then paused for a moment, then smiled evilly.* Though if you really want to get to him, I say give him his warriors. I'm sure we can find a few people who could play the part.

Moritsune sat back, letting all this sink in. Interesting...

Hayate wants to unite with other failures to fight against ME? Sounds just like the baka....

Moritsune continued to look and listen at Aki. Realizing that the boy was indeed, telling the truth...and that the boy hated Hayate very much. Whatever he did, the warlord was thankful for. Then Aki said the idea...Moritsune grinned.

deceptive, low, dishonorable....perfect!

"oooohh? Is that so....? Hahahahahahahaha! I like the way you think, filled with intelligence and wisdom....we shall proceed with this plan.....keep in mind, you may have to go back to him and use some skillful deception....but that wont be a problem, now will it?" Moritsune grin was wide. It was a good idea making Aki general, after all.

No, a fake appology or such should work just fine. *still with the same sly smile.*
As for the plan, perhaps one of these 'warriors' could over hear us talking about how to defeat you in the tea house or such, and then help Haya find the rest of the 'warriors' he wants.

Moritsune nodded again, looking at the other generals. Grinning very widely, putting his hands together.

"Very nice, very nice indeed. With this plan that little bastard will surely die for good...."
Tetsuo's eyes seemed to glean up, and Zhentig chuckled. Mugatout showed no reaction, as always. Moritsune looked over at his generals again, and then spoke.

"Opinions?"
"Its perfect..." Tetsuo said with a smrik. He wanted to get even with Hayate ever since the day the two dueled.
"Hehehehehehehehehehehahaha!" Zhentig simply gave a pyschotic laugh. Blood was going to be spilled, and Zhentig wanted to spill Hayate's for quite some time.
"It is ingenius...." Mugatou said, adjusting his eyeglass slowly. Moritsune nodded.

"Zhentig, Tetsuo, and your unit will be the ones for this mission. General Mugatou, you are to continue with project 'perfect child'....whatever that is." Moritsune looked at Aki again.

"we'll begin the operation in a few days....you can relax and rest as well. However, if you want, Tetsuo here will show you the battallion you are to be in charge of..."

Tetsuo bowed to Moritsune, and nodded to Akisu. Slowly the man led Aki around the fortress, out into the main courtyard. There, quite a good amount of fully armored samurai were dressed. Tetsuo nodded to them, and to Aki.

"You get 8 battallions of 25 men each. They are assigned as default, battallions....1-8. However, you are free to re-name each battallion to whatever you want. You can also enroll them to specifically train them with whatever weapon. Over there, you can see that I have some battallions trained with bows and arrows, some with spears, while others with the defualt sword. You can of course, also customize their attire....and you can even decide if they wear armor or not. Unarmored troops die easier, but are very quick if you train them to be."

Tetsuo chuckled for a moment.

"But...come to think of it, while they are strong....they do die easily without armor. So better to keep it on....anyway, you can assign orders, paper work is over there....if you want my suggestion, I suggest you order them to train.....in whatever. So go to it....General Akisu."

*He looked from Tetsuo, then to the men in front of him. He thought for a moment, then cleared his throat.*
Battallions one, two, and three, I want you to train in katanas. Four and five are to train in polearms. Six and seven are to train in archery. Battallion eight, I want you to train in light armor with light weaponry and throwing weapons.
*He then turned back to Tetsuo for approval and to make sure he wasn't screwing up horribly. He spoke quietly, so only the other general would hear.* Does that sound alright?

Tetsuo smiled. "Very balanced, very nice....its good to have such a versatile army. I have a smiliar set up to mine, as well. Zhentig is odd....he usually picks the pyschotic members, then gives them no armor. I think he likes watching people bleed in combat. Its alright though, the truth is Mugatou usually takes care of Zhentig's army for him. Which is good...we all know that red-head couldnt lead anything....heheh"

Tetsuo looked around then looked at Akisu.
"Now that you've assigned the orders and what not...you can relax or do whatever. Or train, or create strategies....the possibilites are endless. I prefer a good, long session with my harem...but ah thats just me. " Tetsuo grinned, and then chuckled. Beggining to walk away, Testsuo snapped his fingers.

"Ah! That reminded me...you do get your own harem, which has arrived. You can pick the girls you want to keep, or discard, and look through files to find women from all different parts of Japan, and even sometimes from foreign countires....I'm sure you'll have fun with that....heheh"

Ah... I'm sure I will. *Smiling a bit shyly.*
Oh, where do you eat around here? And do they have sake? *He asked Tetsuo before he got the chance to leave.*

Tetsuo looked up at the cieling for a moment. Thinking.

"Yes, we have sake around here, as well as good chefs who specialize in all sorts of cooking. No cost to eat, if your a general of course, and our menu is quite nice. We even have beef on the menu....although try not to eat too much of that. Its great and all, but Moritsune doesnt like it when a general eats beef more then 4 times a week...."

Tetsuo chuckled.

*Aki grinned* I'll keep that in mind. It's been a really long time since I've had beef, or any good food for that matter. Heh, I think I'm going to like it here.

Tetsuo smiled again, slowly.

"Oh yes...you will, you will...." Tetsuo stared ahead in the hallway. Remembering he had a harem waiting.

"well, time for fun....ja...." the young warlord-to-be slowly walked away.

*Sometime later, after doing a few of his new duties, he went back to his room and put on his older clothes. He was going to go start the plan he told Mori about. First he needed to find Hayate and give him a fake appology to get back in good graces with him. Aki then left the fortress, making sure to sneak out unnoticed by those outside. They couldn't know he was working for Moritsune just yet.*

A messanger came running in. Throwing off his disguise and hood. Kneeling down to Moritsune, the messanger spoke.

"General Akisu's plan to ambush Hayate....phase one - complete success. Currently, they are travelling to the specified mission point. General Akisu sent the signal to mobilize Generals Tetsuo, Zhentig, and Mugatou. Battallions will acompany...."

Moritsune grinned widely.

he's useful....just like his dad....

"YOSH! Generals...mobilize! Crush Hayate, but bring him back alive......" Moritsune chuckled evily. All three generals bowed, and moved out to execute Aki's diabolical plan.

*3 Fleet Ships with black sun insignia flag on the ships. These ships were high class ships that had heavily armed soldiers on the decks of the 3 huge ships. One of the ships were designed differently from the other 2, and it had the Kanji symbol of immortality on the black sun insignia. The fleet ships docked at the land nearest to the Kuro Mountains and the hull of all 3 ships open a giant door onto land and the soldiers ran out and form lines to clear the path. Suddenly, 2 hooded men come out of the main ship then a very built man with a bandaged mask and a long trenchcoat comes out. He looks around*

Fumetsu: So this is the Ryukami no ten fortress. Hmm, it is most impressive. I hope this trip wasn't useless.

General Jouka: No Lord Fumetsu it is not. It is to be one of the most powerful yet noble armies of Japan....

General Hidama: ....and Moritsune is known to be one of the great leader of this army.

Fumetsu: We shall see soon enough, my brothers.

Moritsune grinned very happily. Hayate had just been delivered to him....the mission Akisu carried out had been a complete success. As Moritsune continue to reveal in his victory, a scout came hurrying towards him.

"Moritsune-sama! A large army is walking towards us....though they seem no intentions of attacking.....what are your orders?"

Moritsune raised an eyebrow.

"Get information on who they are...send out someone to greet them if they are here on business. Organize our troops in case things have to get messy....."

The scout bowed, and quickly went to do the order.

*Without warning the massive doors to Moritsune's throne room. Lord Fumetsu and the 2 generals walk in*

Fumetsu: Pardon, I am alittle impatiant when it comes to matters such as this. *he smiles under his bandaged mask*

*The Izayoi Twins looked at each other and then looked at Moritsune*

Moritsune noticed the doors opening in his throne room. The warlord chuckled, and sat slouched back on his throne. Even though three unidentified men just barged in....Moritsune seemed very indifferent. Not scared, not shocked...almost amused at how they were able to get in.

Chuckling a bit, Moritsune spoke.

"You are pardoned. Now....what matters do you wish to discuss?"