Warriors Stories Plus

Tales of valor, friendship, hardship, love, and all around fun told in bite-sized 100-word stories.

Rivalry

Hojo Ujiyasu and Narita Ujinaga were more than simply lord and retainer—they were also very close friends. There was no man Ujinaga respected more than Ujiyasu and there was no man Ujiyasu trusted more than Ujinaga. Whether they were leading troops on the battlefield, receiving guests from other provinces, or even just lazing about: drinking tea or fishing; the two of them got along beautifully. They were of one mind and nothing would ever drive a wedge between them.

But, there was indeed one small matter they could never ever agree on.

"My daughter is cuter than your daughter!"

Pet

Kai was with some Hojo retainers on a hunting trip when she found him. They had just finished killing a bear when a little cub wandered into the clearing, and the guilt-ridden retainers instantly realized they'd just killed a mother. Knowing the cub wouldn't survive by itself, someone moved to kill it too. Horrified, Kai intervened and hugged the bear, declaring then and there that she would become its new mother.

Later, when Ujiyasu heard the story, somewhere between lecturing her and laughing his head off, he never actually said she couldn't keep the little guy.

Kai named him Ujikuma.

Weapon

Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, and Masanori were miserable. It was an extremely hot day and the kids couldn't find any way to cool off. Kiyomasa rested his head against the corner wall, Mitsunari absently fanned himself and Masanori complained. Loudly.

His whining made the heat more intolerable. The others tried to ignore it, but their patience was quickly running out.

"Shut up!" Mitsunari snapped and at that moment accidentally released his fan. It zipped around the room, smacked Masanori upside the head and then magically returned into its stunned owner's hand.

Kiyomasa broke the ensuing silence, "That could make a good weapon."

Savior

"No, please! Reconsider!" His final pleas fell on deaf ears and he found himself literally thrown out of the castle by a retainer who ordered him to quiet down before he was cut down. Toshiie was shaking. Exile! What was he going to do now!

He banged on the castle gates, not caring that the rain was beating down hard on him. He yelled until his voice was raw and his knees gave out. But he wouldn't move from that spot.

Suddenly, someone threw a straw raincoat over him.

"Come."

The extended hand belonged to Shibata Katsuie. Toshiie took it.

Prank

"Hide me!" Mitsuhide barely had time to acknowledge the words before a panicked Hanbei burst into his room and quickly stuffed himself into the closet. He understood moments later, when a red-faced Tatsuoki appeared yelling for the strategist.

An exasperated Mitsuhide was able to send him off, after which Hanbei poked his head out.

"What did you do this time?" Mitsuhide wasn't amused.

Hanbei laughed nervously. "I might've accidentally hinted to a couple of young ladies that our dear Lord Tatsuoki is somewhat… underequipped for a Lord, if you know what I mean."

Mitsuhide sighed. Next time he wouldn't bother.

Orders

"I'm afraid Lord Masamune is dreadfully ill today. He absolutely mustn't get out of bed. Please relate our sincerest apologies."

With those all too chipper words, Kojuro sent the Shogun's messenger on his way and returned to his Lord's bedside, a growing smirk on his face.

"Is he gone?" Masamune groaned miserably from under the covers.

"Yes, my Lord." Masamune's good eye peeked out.

"Good. Kojuro, this is an order: Wipe that smirk off your face. And never let me drink again!"

Kojuro just rolled his eyes, still smiling. Like he hadn't heard that one before.

"Of course, Lord Masamune."

Smile

He wasn't a handsome man, he didn't have status, and he was clearly a womanizer. At a glance, it was impossible to understand what Nene saw in him, and why she married him.

Nene wondered that herself. She was a smart girl and knew that Hideyoshi would be a troublesome husband, but when he asked for her hand, she couldn't say "No".

Because…

He wasn't handsome, but he was charming. He didn't have much, but he was a hard worker. He was flirtatious, but he could learn.

But most importantly, Hideyoshi made Nene smile. And that meant most to her.

Gamble

"CHESTOOOOO!"

With an all too familiar motion, Ginchiyo effortlessly repelled Toyohisa's latest ambush and gave him an unimpressed look. As usual, he praised her skill and promised to get her next time.

The brat was certainly persistent. This was what, the third time this week already?

From a safe distance away, Muneshige and Yoshihiro watched the scene with some amusement.

"What do you say, Devil? Care to wager when Toyohisa will finally land a hit on her?"

Yoshihiro shook his head. "My boy, there are losing odds, and then," he watched Ginchiyo send his nephew flying, "there are losing odds."

System

Motonari had a system. It made no sense to anyone else (his sons included) but it was there, and he took great pride in it.

He could locate any book in any of his giant stacks with absolute ease. It was one of his lesser known talents.

But having piles and piles of books lying around proved disadvantageous as well. As Motonari stared at the book avalanche he'd caused, he knew he was in for a dreadful afternoon of cleaning up.

The problem with having a system that only you knew, was that no one but you could maintain it…

Appearances

If there was one thing Hanbei was concerned about, it was who besides him could get along with Kanbei. Then in Tetorigawa, he was struck with inspiration.

"Hey Lord Kanbei, what do you think of Uesugi's Lady Aya? I think you two would go well together."

Kanbei was speechless. Hanbei continued,

"I mean, you're scary looking but are actually pretty nice, and she's nice looking but is actually pretty scary. Perfect fit, right?"

It then occurred to Kanbei that Hanbei and Aya may have been pretty similar themselves… and he may as well have been the Kanetsugu to Hanbei's Aya.

A/N: Thank you for reading :)

I started writing these back in June and have been slowly writing more and more of these until I had at least 1 for every character. So now I'll be slowly posting these in batches of ten. I'm hoping to have 100 at the end (since that's a nice number).

Some of these will be funny, some are sad-ish, some are cute, some are historical-based... and some are me making terrible jokes (like the voice actor joke above) or parodying something...I tend to draw ideas from pretty much everywhere: SW canon, seiyuu events, historical trivia etc...

I'm sorting these a bit randomly, so that I have a good mix of genres in each batch and use as many characters as possible but just for a bit of fun, I'll include the writing order # just as a reference for when each drabble was written compared to the others:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 19, 31, 24, 7

The reason I'm not posting them in order is because thanks to my biases, there'd would be several drabbles featuring the same characters in a row and I want variety. I left 1-5 alone though because I am way too used to having those in that order (after all that editing and reviewing...).

I'd love to hear any feedback and hope you keep reading :)