Battle of the Black Demon Woods

Yamada, Sho Mitsogi, Yakenzo, Gen. Foster, and troops arrived at the edge of the Black Demon Woods after a two day trek from the CM Team Base. Backup personal Jill Matsmoti, Jack Yakama, and Valerie Fox were carrying up special strategic positions. It was about 8:30 AM on a cloudy late November day, the scent of the fall weather, changing seasons was everywhere. Yamada ordered the troops to stop and take up positions before entering this dark and lengthy woods. The CM soldiers were very hyper and eager to "greet" the Demon/Fire Ninja. Then Yakenzo rushes over to Yamada and says, "Sir, I found something that you should see." Yamada and Yakenzo run over to the edge of the forest and notice two wooden spikes with, each with a head on the top. Yamada peers at the heads and then recognizes them as the heads of Grandmasters Uebioto and Kamahoto. Yamada shouts, "Damn it!" and starts swinging his sword wildly in the air, cursing. Then Yakenzo notices a note on the back of Uebioto's head, he picks it up and reads it.

"You all have met your doom. You have violated the territory of the Demon Ninja Clan and our allies the Zantogi Fire Ninja. Those of you who wish to save your worthless lives should run now. By the way, if you're reading this, that means we are currently watching you.", the letter states. Yakenzo reads it to Yamada who then orders his troops to enter the Black Demon Woods with caution.

Demon Keyoto has been keeping a treetop lookout post position of the arrival of the CM troops. With him are Gen. Hiroto and Zanatogi. Yellow Demon, Demon Vlad, Red Eye Lee, and Bridgette Shane have been keeping a silent positions within the woods floor with the troops, awaiting the attack orders from the lookout post. Gen. Hiroto whispers to Zanatogi, "When they enter the woods I'll give the signal to the north ridge troops to start the fire." Zanatogi turns and says, "Good, when Yamada has entered the woods a few miles and the north ridge of the forest is ablaze, then the east flank troops will begin to start their fires, his (Yamada's) troops will be trapped. Only the west end will be open and he has to go threw us it get there." Demon Keyoto turns and states, "Vlad will take care of the south flank, it will be a bloodbath down there." Two minutes later a Fire Ninja scout arrives at the lookout post and declares that Yamada and troops have entered the eastern edge of the forest. Keyoto gives the order to start the fires.

As the CM forces enter the forest Sho Mitsogi yells at Yamada saying the forest is being burned from the north and east. Gen. Foster orders the troops to enter the woods quicker. Then a rain of firery arrows hit CM positions as Yellow Demon and Red Eye Lee order their soldiers to attack. Hundreds of Demon/Fire Ninja appear and the battle begins. As the attack begins, the CM forces find it difficult to move their large weapons into the woods because of the Demon/Fire Ninja's blocking the few trailways with freshly cut trees, come burning. Yellow Demon orders the dropping too of explosive gas bombs onto CM positions.

As the fires are set to the woods, Demon Keyoto leaves the lookout post and goes to the forest floor to lead his forces. His chief personal mission is to confront Yamada and Sho Mitsogi head to head. Over a range of several square miles the battle is under way. With the smoke from the east end fire, Keyoto has difficulty finding his way threw the forest. A few CM soldiers attack him but he easily cuts them down. The cries of pain and rage abound the forest as the fighting gets deep. Vlad and Shane have kept together throughout the early battle, Vlad turns to Shane and says, "I have to have some fun now Bridge, keep an eye on my back sweetie." while laughing. Vlad darts into the fighting and starts cutting CM soldiers down while laughing. Yellow Demon keeps a watchful eye on the whereabouts of top CM personal such as Yamada and Mitsogi.

After a few hours of fighting, Gen. Foster and Yamada decide to break up the force into groups to better handle the fire. Both are alarmed at the rate of CM deaths that are occurring. Valerie Fox and Jack Yakama go onto higher ground, Sho Mitsogi and his Spider Ninja go into the trees to spot troop movements. Jill Matsmoti and her Black Ninja follow up the rear of the CM force and focus on an exit. Gen. Foster and Yamada decide to lead the troops who are engaged in battle. Meanwhile Demon Keyoto and Yellow Demon are overseeing the burning to the woods and both help burn and bring down trees. Gen. Hiroto and Zanatogi arrive at a forest bunker to monitor the fighting. Demon Vlad is helping the Demon/Fire ninja troops in battle.

Demon Keyoto soon spots Sho Mitsogi and a few CM Spider Ninja near the west end of the forest. He picks up a huge log and starts to travel in Mitsogi's direction. Mitsogi sees Keyoto running toward him and orders to of his troops to attack him. Keyoto smashes them with the log and picks the log back off of them and yells to Mitsogi, "It's you I'm after Mitsogi! We have some unfinished business to discuss." Mitsogi attacks Keyoto with a series of chops and punches, trying to make Keyoto drop the log he is holding. Keyoto laughs and grabs Mitsogi by the neck and says, "I have grown even more powerful since the last time we met. My strength continues to increase by the day. Your strikes have no effect on ME!" Keyoto, with one arm pushes Mitsogi to the ground and says, "This was long overdue!" as he slams the log onto Mitsogi's chest.

Mitsogi gasps as his chest is crushed from the weight of the log. Keyoto repeats this smashing two more times until Mitsogi is lifeless. Jack Yakama spots Keyoto and orders several CM soldiers to go after him. Jack also gets Valerie Fox's attention and she shoots several arrows into the log Keyoto is holding. Keyoto flings the log away and rushes away as the soldiers arrive to see Mitsogi. Jack and Valerie both find that Mitsogi is mortally wounded and is near death. Jack orders three of the soldiers to inform Yamada of this. Mitsogi soon passes away in the arms of Jack and Valerie. Yamada and Gen. Foster are informed of this and order the full fighting force to capture or kill Keyoto. Yamada arrives to find the dead body of Mitsogi. Jack says, "Keyoto crushed his chest with this log.", pointing to the log. Yamada snaps back angrily, "I'll lead the hunt for Keyoto myself." Valerie and a few CM soldiers wrap Mitsogi's corpse up and she orders them to immediately take the body out of the forest as soon as possible. Both Jack and Valerie then dart away.

Demon Vlad has been following the movements of the CM soldiers for a few hours. As the fire burns Vlad climbs to a higher grounded area within the forest and to his amazement he discovers a few Black Ninjas. Two attack him, Vlad defends himself from their attacks with his Ninja sword. After a period of sword fighting, Vlad cuts them down. He then turns toward the third Black Ninja, one he can't see too well. He walks threw the bushes and shrubs on the forest floor and come up upon the third Black Ninja. He then is somewhat shocked and laughs evilly as he notices this Black Ninja is a female, their leader Jill Matsmoti. Vlad cries out, "Oh, I see I finally meet the Queen of the Black Ninja, Jill Matsmoti." He looks her up and down while laughing. Jill stands there silently and while gazing upon him with determined focus. Vlad then says, "What true ninja would follow a female, fight me little girl, I'm going to have fun cutting you up." Jill then says, "Oh no, the fun will be mine." Vlad throws a sword thrust at Jill who then blocks it. Vlad then tries to bare down on his swords position, trying to make Jill back down under the pressure. Discovering this will not work, Vlad then quickly grabs Jill and they both wrestle on the ground as their sword fall from their grasp. Vlad is laughing but soon discovers Jill is much more powerful then he has realized. Jill and Vlad continue to roll around, trying to out wrestle one another. While trying to hold Jill down, Vlad says, "My my Jill, you are quite a little wrestler aren't you?" Jill continues to fight on. A Fire Ninja sees this and asks Vlad if he needs help. Vlad angrily yells back, "No, get out of here. I'll finish her soon!" The Fire Ninja runs off but decides to inform Gen. Hiroto of this.

Vlad and Jill continue to wrestle. To Vlad's amazement, the more he wrestles Jill, the more enraged and powerful she becomes. She then manages to grabs him around his neck with her thighs and exerts incredible force. Vlad tries to pry her legs apart but the force is very great. Jill then grabs a small dagger and shoves it into his left kidney. He howls with pain. Vlad then manages to roll over enough to knock Jill off his back. He staggers to get up, leaning on a nearby tree, coughing. Vlad than screams a series of vulgar insults toward Jill and furiously demands her to fight him with honor. Jill responds to his screaming by tossing him his sword and says, "Demon Vlad, you have demonstrated you have very little honor and absolutely no respect for me. You're getting what you deserve." This angers Vlad even more as he moves toward her, growling with fury. Jill grabs her sword. Vlad raises his sword but Jill blocks it as he bares down. She then quickly slashes his chest armor. He then laughs but Jill then make a slight swipe of her sword to his feet. He jerks back as he notices the tops of his feet have been slashed. As he recoils, she make a quick flurry of sword swings, the first taking off his right fingers. Vlad tries to defend these attacks but then she slices his abdomen, he buckles over. While doing this Jill make a perfect "execution" swing, taking off Vlad's head. Jill then lets out a sigh of relief.

At a forest bunker, Gen. Hiroto is soon informed by the Fire Ninja of Vlad's fight with Jill Matsmoti. He becomes very angry, "That fool, he should have known better. Matsmoti is a Master Ninja, he doesn't stand a real chance against her. Get a few troops and notify Keyoto of this, Vlad will need our help." Bridgette Shane, who has been with Hiroto hears this and starts asking more questions. Hiroto tells her to calm down and stay nearby. Shane screams, "I have to help Vlad. I'm not going to let Jill Matsmoti kill him. You can't tell me what to do like a child." Hiroto turns and slaps her and says, "you will do as I say. Your life depends on it." A few minutes later a Fire Ninja and two Demon Ninja return with the broken mask of Demon Vlad. Both grim faced. Hiroto is told that they found the mask and a lot of blood but no bodies. Shane than cries hysterically. Keyoto soon arrives and is notified of this. "HE NEVER LISTENS!!!", Keyoto screams as he kicks over a table. Hiroto returns, "He may still be alive master." Keyoto responds, "No, he's dead.......Trust me, his arrogance has finally caught up to him. He never respected female fighters and the CM has the best around." Keyoto then looks around at the bunker and says, "our troops have been doing great but it seems about a quarter of them have vanished....deserted. Anyone else notice this?" Zanatogi answers, "I ordered a group to attack Mitsogi's tree sites and those troops never arrives to confront them. I'm very puzzled. I do agree our troops are fighting superbly, but the number of CM soldiers is greater that we first thought." Keyoto, Zanatogi, and Hiroto walk into a small room and discuss an exit strategy. Keyoto says, "the fire will 'pen them in' along the forest's borders but if they can find an exit they will escape." Zanatogi questions, "Our escape tunnels are well guarded right? They will not find those will they? "They are but even if they find them, only a few can go threw at a time. The fire will still trap many of them." Keyoto responds. As they continue to talk they are informed that CM soldiers have discovered the bunker. Keyoto orders everyone to prepare an escape.

Yamada and Gen. Foster are informed of the bunker and they both travel to the front of the battle lines. The smoke from the fires are quickly engulfing the area. The trees are alive with fire and the heat is increasing as the fire races closer. As Yamada is discussing an entrance attack to the Demon/Fire Ninja bunker, Jill Matsmoti and some of her Black Ninja arrive. Yamada questions her about her actions in this battle. She then displays the head of Demon Vlad and the Black Ninja fling Vlad's corpse at Yamada's feet. Yamada is temporarily speechless. The soldiers around them cheer and Gen. Foster ordered the body of Vlad to be hoisted onto a giant cross as a trophy. Yamada inspects the head of Vlad and returns it to Jill and says, "Well done." Then suddenly the occupants of the bunker come out fighting. Yamada turns and orders the soldiers to attack. A fierce fight ensues.

Demon Keyoto makes his way toward Yamada , smashing and throwing CM soldiers around. Yamada slices and stabs all the Demon and Fire Ninja that come before him. Gen. Hiroto orders a group of Fire Ninja to burn everything it the forest. and prepare the exit tunnels. Then a sea of CM soldiers wrestle Keyoto to the ground. Keyoto falls under the force of about thirty CM soldiers on him. Yamada runs up and says, "I'm going to have your head next, fool!" Keyoto struggles as the CM soldiers begin to tear and hang onto his body like leaches. Keyoto feels as some of the soldiers are sticking knives into him. Keyoto than lets out a furious roar of rage as he lifts four of the soldiers attached to his arms up, well into the air. As Keyoto roars, Yamada kicks Keyoto in the groin. Keyoto buckles as the soldiers leap onto him. Yamada order the soldiers to tear him apart. A few seconds go by but Keyoto is totally hidden from the mass of soldiers on him. Then Yamada hears a deep, animal-like roar come from under the pile. Then a sudden explosion occurs. Several soldiers are flung off in the air. Keyoto appears, snarling like a savage animal that has been cornered. He is very blooded as he brutally crushes the heads of the soldiers around him.. He then leaps onto Yamada and pounds his face and torso with fury. Yamada is pummeled around like a rag doll. Keyoto tries to grab Yamada's neck but several CM soldiers whisk him away from Keyoto's grasp. Keyoto's fury intensifies. Keyoto then rips out of what's left of his shirt and lifts his arms into the air and lets out a enormous roar, one that echoes throughout the forest.

Zanatogi and Gen. Hiroto then order an evacuation of the forest as the blaze engulf almost every corner. An injured Yamada is brought an area near the West end and where Jack Yakama has found an escape tunnel. Jill, Jack, and Valerie decide to order an escape as well. As the blaze continues, trees fall everywhere. Yamada is safely whisked away with Valerie, Jill, and Jack threw an exit tunnel. A few hundred CM soldiers follow but many remained trapped, still fighting the Demon/Fire Ninja. Zanatogi orders that Keyoto is brought out before he is trapped too. Soon, the Demon/Fire Ninja meet at a safe location outside of the forest. Many more remain inside the forest. Zanatogi and Gen. Hiroto order a count of heads, who safely escaped. Yellow Demon soon appears with Red Eye Lee and a prisoner, CM General Foster. A few minutes later a group of Fire Ninja appear with Bridgette Shane. Then finally Demon Keyoto come from out of the smoke, with a few Demon Ninja. Zanatogi is informed 361 Demon Ninjas had escaped to safety and 228 Fire Ninja did the same. They all watch as they Black Demon Woods burns and screams can be heard from within. Keyoto, who is still bleeding and hoppling slightly, raises his arms and cries, "Your deaths will not be in vain! We remain strong! This is our warring to you, the Commando Massacre Empire, that we will only become stronger. Your scarifies will be honored for all times! I will see to that!" Then all the remaining Demon/Fire Ninja cry out in support.

Yamada, Jill, Valerie, and Jack watch too as the Black Demon Woods burns. Jack then asks if anyone knows the whereabouts of Yakenzo. Jack than decided to call off any attempt to search for him. Yamada is still badly injured from his fight with Keyoto. Jack orders the remaining troops to ready themselves for the journey home.

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