Kingdom of Power, of Courage, and of Wisdom

Dragmire's War - Face to Face

-Ouki Mitagi's Army, Link-

The fifth day of marching the army of Qin was roused early. Link rose to find Ganon was already awake and ready, Hei was snoring, and Tou was rousing. Solitare was nowhere to be-

"AAH!" Link walked into someone and fell to the ground in a pile of limbs. He scrambled up to see Solitare under him. "Will you stop!?" Link exclaimed in shock.

"You walked into me. I was already standing here." The boy replied. His eyes spun a bit, dizzily.

"Well-I! You!" Link pouted. It annoyed him how the boy was constantly appearing out of nowhere! He may have walked into him but how was he supposed to know? Link mumbled, "Sorry."

He helped him up. "Are you ready?"

The boy nodded.

"Great." Link stepped up to get a better look. In the far distance was hills, but beyond the hills in the horizon was black smoke.

"That Bayou?" Link wondered.

"Most likely. Pity we could have made it already." Tou said. "Hope they held on..."

Ganon grunted, "And you would all be too exhausted to fight if we did. As it is, we will be spending most of the day walking before we fight. Wake your brother. The army is rousing. Make sure to stick together. The pup can sense me in a crowd if we get lost, and you-" he looked squarely at the Sheikah. "Stay near him. The pup can't seem to see you at all, so you will have to do it for him."

Kagami looked at him as if to say 'you can't sense him either...' Kagami could, being a wolf with a strong smell. He found it amusing how the rest kept being surprised when the boy was always in their midst.

"Who da hell you calling a puppy!" Link barked.

"You're the one that found being compared to a retarded puppy as 'cute'. You are just as loud as one too. No wonder no one wants to set their tent near us." Ganon referred to how other squads around were annoyed. They had quickly become a bit of a black sheep in the army.

The call went out for the army to gather and march. They passed over the valley and hills until the fortress of Bayou was before them. Link laid eyes on the army of Zhao sieging it on all sides. Smoke and fire was lit from the walls, but there was still enough movement on the walls to signify conflict. Bayou had held.

"They held..." Link breathed out in relief.

Ganon stepped up to see. "I'm impressed. Either this Harken is weaker than we expected, or Bayou is strong."

-Zhao-

The forces of Zhao sieging the city saw the army of Qin assembled on the hill.

"Th-they're here. It's time." Mangoku murmured.

"End the siege. Pull all of our forces together." Harken ordered the men around him. His eyes looked up at the hill, earnestly looking for Ouki amongst the masses.

"Yes sir!" His officers replied. Scouts on horseback spread the word quickly amongst the army. Zhao's forces left the walls of the city, and from the plains all around it, and gathered together.

Harken Dragmire as the High General of the army split the forces amongst the generals under his command, Chousou, Shoumou, Kouson Ryuu, Haku, Fuuki, and Mangoku.

"Sir, if I may." Chousou spoke up. "As your lead strategist, may I recommend moving to the east for this conflict? Our scouts report the Qin have a large cavalry force, and the plains east have many obstructions. If we fight here, Ouki will surely take advantage of Bayou's defences and final defenders against us. We will lose our advantage."