Caged Heart

Summary: Post-Sekigahara. Mitsunari was captured and his loyalty was tested. Ieyasu didn't believe that Mitsunari loyalty was without limit.

Pairing: one-sided Ieyasu/Mitsunari (I know I'm sick! XD), Kato Kiyomasa (Sengoku Musou 3 new character)/Mitsunari, others/Mitsunari (basically almost everyone loved Mitsunari)

Warning: Yaoi, uncommon pairing, torture, humiliation, Mitsunari abuse

Sengoku Musou © Koei

Ieyasu often envied Hideyoshi for having a vassal like Ishida. No matter what kind of torture inflicted upon him, he refused to submit.

He first met him as a boy no more than 15. He was smart and good looking that he had attracted Nobunaga. Nobunaga asked him to be his direct vassal, but he refused. Since then, Ieyasu had taken several boys to be raised as his pages in hope that they would turn into someone like Ishida Mitsunari. But none of them could match the young man's loyalty, intelligence, and beauty...

Now, the boy was kneeling in front of him, completely at his mercy. He was bloody and beaten, yet, he still refused to submit. All he needed to do was to beg for forgiveness and Ieyasu would spare his life. It would be such a waste if he let a talent like him to be killed just like that. That's why, he did everything he could to make him submit... Torture him... But soon he realized physical torture could not shake his determination. The boy would remain stubborn even if he were to be skinned alive.

"Mitsunari..., do you have enough?" he asked the boy.

"I should be the one to ask that, do you have enough of torturing me?"

"Shut your mouth!" one of Ieyasu's vassal kicked Mitsunari's head. Blood sputtered from his mouth.

Ieyasu sighed, "Mitsunari, I'm being generous to you. Admit your mistake, Yodo-dono's mistake, Hideyori's mistake and I'll spare your life."

"The Western Army was doing what Taiko-sama told us to do. We are doing the right thing."

"Hideyori-sama is too young to be able to rule this country. Besides..., how can we be so sure that he's Hideyoshi-sama's son?" Fukushima suddenly spoke.

"Hideyoshi-sama had made it clear that Hideyori-sama is his successor! Are you doubting Hideyoshi-sama's judgment?!" Mitsunari asked angrily.

"Stop wasting your energy in useless fighting, Mitsunari! Or should I crush your reason to fight?!"

"You cannot destroy honor, Ieyasu..."

"Why don't we try it? Guards!!" he called the guards.

He would destroy his will to fight if it was mean to save his life.

"Strip him naked and display him in front of the castle!"

Notes:

Yodo - also known as Azai Chacha. Hideyoshi's concubine. And yup! She's Nagamasa's daughter.

Hideyori - Yodo's son.

Kanpaku-Taiko - Title given to Hideyoshi by The Emperor. He was often called Kanpaku-denka (denka is something like His Highness), Taiko-denka after he had retired. Taiko means Retired Kanpaku.

Kato Kiyomasa & Fukushima Masanori - Hideyoshi's retainers who join Eastern Army because they didn't like Mitsunari.

I don't think I need to explain -sama or -dono meaning. But in case you don't know. They mean lord/lady. The difference is they use -dono when they speak with someone in the same rank (example: Yukimura called Mitsunari Mitsunari-dono), while -sama is for someone with higher rank (example: Mitsunari called Hideyoshi Hideyoshi-sama). I'm not good at explaining, if you still don't understand ask Uncle Google.

*gasp* all the quotation marks were gone when I uploaded this!!!

I apologize if I have made some grammatical errors. Also, I noticed that this chapter is really short! I promised a longer one next time.

Have you seen SW3 new character? I would like to pair Mitsunari with Kato Kiyomasa. He and Mitsunari were fighting against Tadakatsu in the trailer. And the white knight with western Sword and shield? There is a speculation that he is Konishi Yukinaga. Konishi is a Christian daimyo who was executed together with Mitsunari. Kiyomasa loathed him a lot. I intend to add him to this fic, so both of them will fight over Mitsunari. Lol. However, I'm not sure whether I should add him or not since I got a feeling the white knight is actually Otomo Sorin. Tell me what do you think?

Btw, I made some Sengoku Musou mobile themes for Sony Ericsson. If your phone is Sony Ericsson, you can download it from my blog (check my profile page) in mobile themes section

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!