Samurai Warriors
Crimson Samurai
"Determination breeds victory..." Yukimura repeated this to himself over and over again, he wondered if his heart was truly in this. Atop the roof of Ueda castle he sat, thinking and contemplating the battle that would proceed, Hanzo had already wounded him severely, a bandage wrapped around his waist, drenched in the horrid liquor of blood. "If I go into battle tomorrow, surely I am finished, there is but one option now, I must find a place worth of a Sanada Warrior to die." His sickle spear beside him, he was able to kill Hanzo's guards but with minimal success. Knowing that a mere five of hundreds of Iga ninjas wouldn't even scratch the surface of Hanzo's defense, Yukimura knew his death was imminent, he just prayed that he could die the way a true samurai would.
Spying on Yukimura, Kunoichi stood looking onward, a tear fell down her cheek, "I couldn't protect him, Lord Yukimura, please forgive me!" Kunoichi was not in her usual flamboyant nature due to the fact she arrived all too late to stop Yukimura from confronting Hanzo. In his condition, Kunoichi knew that if he tried to fight in battle, surely he would lose his life, she remembered how she saw him earlier, and he was barely able to lift his spear above his head. Kunoichi decided to try and comfort him, she walked up behind him, kneeling down she wrapped her arms around him. She pressed her cold cheek to his, his body was warm, his cheek warmed hers, nuzzling him she said, "Lord Yukimura, I..." She was cut off by Yukimura who silenced her with a kiss.
She lay with him, his arm pulling her close to him, her arm grasping onto him, neither of them wanting to move. Silence filled the room, only the faint breathing could be heard. Kunoichi stared at him; his warm body holding hers, his slumber brought her peace of mind, "As long as he sleeps, I can hold him..." She said softly, embracing his body, she leaned her head to his chest; her dark brunette hair was matted down. Before she knew it, the sun had crept up on her; it peered through the windows, investigating the souls that it shined upon. Kunoichi felt Yukimura moving, she knew he was waking up, she held him even closer, wrapping an arm around his neck and the other around his waist, she cradled him in her arms tenderly. His eyes slowly opened and he looked at her calmly, he saw fear and anxiety in her, her body fidgeted, her arms shook, and she could not look him in the eyes. He touched her face, she grasped his hand and held it there, the feel of his skin, his touch, the taste of his kiss; she would miss them bitterly if he died in battle. "Lord Yukimura, please...please don't leave me..." She whispered solemnly.
Yukimura didn't move for many hours, they embraced each other tightly for fear of the other getting up and leaving. "Do you remember how we first met?" Yukimura asked, holding her hand, laying it upon her thigh. Kunoichi took a deep breath, she remembered it vividly, "Lord Yukimura, have you forgotten it, or do you merely wish to her it from my perspective?" She asked, a grim face overshadowing hers at the remembrance. "I remember it; I merely wish to hear it from your side." He replied, kissing her neck, attempting to get her to smile.
"I recall it was spring, it had been a rainy gloomy day, for both of us. I raced to this very castle, my master told me to come here because the lord's wife had passed away, he wanted information about it, as he was not the type to go without knowing about any detail of information he thought was vital. I was about eleven at the time, you were fifteen, and I had infiltrated this castle, only to see you, crying at your mother's side, your father wasn't there. I watched you, I don't know for how long, but someone had caught me, I fell through the door and landed at your side. The guard would've killed me, were it not for your kindness, you told him to leave, that I was an acquaintance and I had come to mourn your loss as well." Kunoichi had to stop to both wipe a tear from her eyes and from Yukimura's as well. Kunoichi had kissed him on the forehead, letting him rest his head upon her chest before continuing, "You had finished mourning and you invited me with you to have a cup of hot tea, soup, and rice, I remember it intensely, as it had been the first act of kindness I witnessed, we talked and played, but soon, too soon, we both had to go. You had training and I had to report back to my master with the news that you supplied me, we met everyday after that, until your father found us; he disliked me severely, he said you couldn't be seen with me because it would interfere with your training and that I was too low born for you..." She stopped.
Yukimura looked up; he saw that still she was crying, he leaned upward to kiss her and wiped her tears away with his thumb, he proceeded to push the locks of hair out of her face before he pulled her unto him, letting her body rest against his, kissing her passionately. "Do you remember what happened next?" He asked, ready to tell the rest of it, "When Shingen Takeda informed my father that he needed troops, and that I was ready for service, Shingen, himself met with me, I informed him about you, and your skills as a ninja. After proving your worth I begged him to put you under my command, where you did your best...I admit, we had grown apart, but I still felt a burning affection for you deep within me. I needed only to see you and I would become enlightened, even when things were hopeless...your face, your attitude brought me up and into victory..." Yukimura squirmed, Kunoichi remembered his injury, getting off of him, she attempted to hold him again, but he would not allow, he held her tightly, yet lovingly. The day passed by, and night came, they both agreed that they would have to get up, if they didn't they might find that they could never get out of bed. As their first meal they ate their dinner, the troops and the other generals were shocked to see Yukimura up, he was moving as if he hadn't received the injury, afterwards Hideyori and Katsunaga both requested to see Yukimura, who was accompanied by Kunoichi. He was informed that word was Tokugawa army was planning a full scale assault, against both Toyotomi and Sanada clans. To Kunoichi's dismay, Yukimura accepted to fight against the Tokugawa army...
End of Chapter 1
I know this is short, but there will be more chapters to come, and no, they will not all focus on Kunoichi and Yukimura; sometimes it will focus on one and then the other before focusing on both of them again. Please read and review, I would like to know how I'm doing as I have been a bit out of practice with writing. Yes, yes, this may end sadly, I haven't decided yet, as my writing style depends on the spur of the moment, please if you read a chapter that sounds totally out of whack with the rest of the story, please forget what you read as it is just an idea which probably went horrible. But remember, "The battlefield knows no remorse!"
Crimson Samurai
"Determination breeds victory..." Yukimura repeated this to himself over and over again, he wondered if his heart was truly in this. Atop the roof of Ueda castle he sat, thinking and contemplating the battle that would proceed, Hanzo had already wounded him severely, a bandage wrapped around his waist, drenched in the horrid liquor of blood. "If I go into battle tomorrow, surely I am finished, there is but one option now, I must find a place worth of a Sanada Warrior to die." His sickle spear beside him, he was able to kill Hanzo's guards but with minimal success. Knowing that a mere five of hundreds of Iga ninjas wouldn't even scratch the surface of Hanzo's defense, Yukimura knew his death was imminent, he just prayed that he could die the way a true samurai would.
Spying on Yukimura, Kunoichi stood looking onward, a tear fell down her cheek, "I couldn't protect him, Lord Yukimura, please forgive me!" Kunoichi was not in her usual flamboyant nature due to the fact she arrived all too late to stop Yukimura from confronting Hanzo. In his condition, Kunoichi knew that if he tried to fight in battle, surely he would lose his life, she remembered how she saw him earlier, and he was barely able to lift his spear above his head. Kunoichi decided to try and comfort him, she walked up behind him, kneeling down she wrapped her arms around him. She pressed her cold cheek to his, his body was warm, his cheek warmed hers, nuzzling him she said, "Lord Yukimura, I..." She was cut off by Yukimura who silenced her with a kiss.
She lay with him, his arm pulling her close to him, her arm grasping onto him, neither of them wanting to move. Silence filled the room, only the faint breathing could be heard. Kunoichi stared at him; his warm body holding hers, his slumber brought her peace of mind, "As long as he sleeps, I can hold him..." She said softly, embracing his body, she leaned her head to his chest; her dark brunette hair was matted down. Before she knew it, the sun had crept up on her; it peered through the windows, investigating the souls that it shined upon. Kunoichi felt Yukimura moving, she knew he was waking up, she held him even closer, wrapping an arm around his neck and the other around his waist, she cradled him in her arms tenderly. His eyes slowly opened and he looked at her calmly, he saw fear and anxiety in her, her body fidgeted, her arms shook, and she could not look him in the eyes. He touched her face, she grasped his hand and held it there, the feel of his skin, his touch, the taste of his kiss; she would miss them bitterly if he died in battle. "Lord Yukimura, please...please don't leave me..." She whispered solemnly.
Yukimura didn't move for many hours, they embraced each other tightly for fear of the other getting up and leaving. "Do you remember how we first met?" Yukimura asked, holding her hand, laying it upon her thigh. Kunoichi took a deep breath, she remembered it vividly, "Lord Yukimura, have you forgotten it, or do you merely wish to her it from my perspective?" She asked, a grim face overshadowing hers at the remembrance. "I remember it; I merely wish to hear it from your side." He replied, kissing her neck, attempting to get her to smile.
"I recall it was spring, it had been a rainy gloomy day, for both of us. I raced to this very castle, my master told me to come here because the lord's wife had passed away, he wanted information about it, as he was not the type to go without knowing about any detail of information he thought was vital. I was about eleven at the time, you were fifteen, and I had infiltrated this castle, only to see you, crying at your mother's side, your father wasn't there. I watched you, I don't know for how long, but someone had caught me, I fell through the door and landed at your side. The guard would've killed me, were it not for your kindness, you told him to leave, that I was an acquaintance and I had come to mourn your loss as well." Kunoichi had to stop to both wipe a tear from her eyes and from Yukimura's as well. Kunoichi had kissed him on the forehead, letting him rest his head upon her chest before continuing, "You had finished mourning and you invited me with you to have a cup of hot tea, soup, and rice, I remember it intensely, as it had been the first act of kindness I witnessed, we talked and played, but soon, too soon, we both had to go. You had training and I had to report back to my master with the news that you supplied me, we met everyday after that, until your father found us; he disliked me severely, he said you couldn't be seen with me because it would interfere with your training and that I was too low born for you..." She stopped.
Yukimura looked up; he saw that still she was crying, he leaned upward to kiss her and wiped her tears away with his thumb, he proceeded to push the locks of hair out of her face before he pulled her unto him, letting her body rest against his, kissing her passionately. "Do you remember what happened next?" He asked, ready to tell the rest of it, "When Shingen Takeda informed my father that he needed troops, and that I was ready for service, Shingen, himself met with me, I informed him about you, and your skills as a ninja. After proving your worth I begged him to put you under my command, where you did your best...I admit, we had grown apart, but I still felt a burning affection for you deep within me. I needed only to see you and I would become enlightened, even when things were hopeless...your face, your attitude brought me up and into victory..." Yukimura squirmed, Kunoichi remembered his injury, getting off of him, she attempted to hold him again, but he would not allow, he held her tightly, yet lovingly. The day passed by, and night came, they both agreed that they would have to get up, if they didn't they might find that they could never get out of bed. As their first meal they ate their dinner, the troops and the other generals were shocked to see Yukimura up, he was moving as if he hadn't received the injury, afterwards Hideyori and Katsunaga both requested to see Yukimura, who was accompanied by Kunoichi. He was informed that word was Tokugawa army was planning a full scale assault, against both Toyotomi and Sanada clans. To Kunoichi's dismay, Yukimura accepted to fight against the Tokugawa army...
End of Chapter 1
I know this is short, but there will be more chapters to come, and no, they will not all focus on Kunoichi and Yukimura; sometimes it will focus on one and then the other before focusing on both of them again. Please read and review, I would like to know how I'm doing as I have been a bit out of practice with writing. Yes, yes, this may end sadly, I haven't decided yet, as my writing style depends on the spur of the moment, please if you read a chapter that sounds totally out of whack with the rest of the story, please forget what you read as it is just an idea which probably went horrible. But remember, "The battlefield knows no remorse!"