After retreating from the battlefield of Kawanajima and entering Oshu, Masamune helped me off his horse and decided to hold a war council, to determine the Toyotomi Army's next move. Kojuro sat on Masamune's right, while myself, who is honoured to gain his trust so quickly, sat by his left.
The map of the whole country was laid in front of them. I was the first to speak. "I honestly think that they knew we were at Kawanajima in the first place, since they ambushed us in the first place. Maybe we need to sniff out the intruder now before it's too late" I said, staring at the map of where they might strike next and remembering the Toyotomi strategist, Takanaka Hanbei. "Yeah, well, that's good and all, but how did you know the bastard was there anyways?" Masamune asked, looking curiously about my fluffy tail. I noticed and blushed slightly. "Due to my heightened senses of smell and hearing, of course. I may look and appear human, but I also have the spirit of the wolf" "I see. Oh yeah, we haven't introduced ourselves yet, wolfgirl" Masamune replied, more curious than the first time we met. "That's right, we haven't! My name is Kitsuna but I do go by another name" I said, politely but cursed myself for saying that last remark.
After the war council, Masamune found me staring at the cherry blossom tree. "Yo, Kitsuna. What'cha doin?" I turned and found him in his plain white and blue garments. I was wearing a white robe, from after having a hot spring bath and had my brushed long red hair with black streaks down, which almost reached the floor. "Not much. Just admiring the cherry tree here" I said, still in aw and admiration. "Somethings been bothering me after the war council. You mentioned that you go by another name. Which other name do you go by?" I flinched slightly but I decided that I really shouldn't hide any secrets from if I were to ever gain his trust completely. " You're right. I shall reveal my true form..." and turned into my old self. I was still wearing the white robe but my eyes are crystal blue. I still my fiery crimson wolf paw tattoo on my right arm while a blue dragon was on my left arm. My hair, however, is the same as my persona: long red hair with black streaks. "My true name is Keira... Keira Langston" I said, kinda flinching at what his reaction might be. I was sort of scared of he might do and I was shaking badly.
Masamune never flinched but instead, went to me and grabbed me into a big, but gentle bear hug. I blushed so hard, that my face turned the second colour as my hair! "Are you... are you not mad?" I whispered while my face was nearly buried into his chest. "No, of course not. I am glad you told me the truth about yourself. If you would've shown me later on, I may have gotten angry. However, I like this form better. It shows that you're not hiding anything. A dragon can see through anybody's disguise" Masamune replied gently, looking his grip slightly and I looked into his eye. Our gaze to one another were reflective. Masamune the broke our silence "I remembered that all the rooms are full so... you can sleep with me, if you want. I swear I won t attack you in the night" he grinned and I blushed again and laughed a bit. "I guess you know what'll happen if you did.
You'd end up like that monkey General, hehe" I replied, both knowing that we wouldn't do IT at a time like this. Afterwards, we got into this huge futon and Masamune rested his head on top of mine, while my head was on his right shoulder. He had his hand over the quilt and whispered "Good night... Keira" and kissed my forehead before dozing off. "Mm"... was my response before I concked out.
Little did we know that something bad happened to Kojuro, and may end in chaos...
- A/N: Hey there everyone! Apologies for not writing an author's note but I figured that I'd write one here now. Hope you are enjoying these two chapters of my first proper Sengoku Basara fanfic! I may... MAY... write my own Borderlands original story here too! 8D So do keep an eye out for that! The comic book version of issues 1 and 2 are getting a major digital revamp and I will use the written version to help out. Gonna leave you guys at this cliff hanger in the meantime.. mwuahaha! XD