Trials of the Heart Part Three: Confessions
As everyone else filed into the stables to put their horses away for the night, Masamune turned towards a different direction, I had no idea where we were going but it looked like he was heading for the camp his scouts stayed at. He held me close as he rode on, I was placed in front of him so he would know if I would possibly fall off the horse. We didn't stop until he reached a pond just outside of the camp where his scouts were stationed. He dismounted the horse and then helped me off it, taking my hand he led me next to the pond. "This lass is one of my favorite spots here," he told me as he looked at me and then at the stars. I smiled at him," It's beautiful," I agreed looking around.
"It pales in comparison to you," he told me as a serious expression appeared on his face. I looked at him in shock," oh, I doubt that," I said laughing it off. He shook his head at me," You have no idea how beautiful you are to me," he told me as he pulled me closer to him, my face flushing red and my heart racing. He looked at me with that blue eye of his, it was almost like it was blue lava with the passion I saw in it. Despite how close we were, oddly I didn't mind it so much. Our eyes locked onto each other for a moment, then I looked away not sure how to respond.
Without a word, he pulled me by my chin, so I was looking at him, then he bent down as he pulled me against his body and kissed me. He surprised me at first, but I found myself leaning into his kiss. Recalling what the maid told me, I realized that she was right. As we parted and gazed at each other, he asked," Be mine, lass," his voice rugged, you could hear his desire. My face flushing red, I nodded at him smiling," I thought you would never ask," I whispered to him wrapping my arms around his shoulders and neck as he grinned and kissed me once more.
Without a word spoken, I found myself pushed to the ground with part of my hair draped into the pond water, leaning over me he kissed the side of my neck. Letting out a small moan, I looked up at Masamune," Sorry lass, I couldn't help myself you look too beautiful tonight," he told me with a raspy voice thick with desire. I shook my head smiling at him red in the face," You don't need to apologize," I whispered as he leaned back down. He moved down my body with kisses, leaving a trail of burning desire with each kiss. Opening my kimono, he let out an audible gasp," So beautiful," he whispered as he dragged his palm across my breasts, causing me to jump at first.
He leaned over further wrapping his mouth around one of my nipples, squeezing the other nipple between his finger and thumb I arched m back crying out in pleasure. Seeing my reaction, Masamune smirked as he twirled his tongue around the base of the nipple, I moaned as he did this and looked at him with a pleading look," Is this teasing too much, lass?" he asked with a teasing tone releasing my nipple. He picked me up so he could reposition me, placing one of my legs at ninety-degree angle and pushing my other leg away from my body a little, giving him more access. He moved his hand down my body dragging his fingers across my skin, as he neared his goal, he looked at me as if to ask for permission once I nodded at him, he dipped his finger into me.
I let out an audible gasp surprised as his finger entered my body, he started moving his finger back and forth, as he pushed deeper into me I moaned. Smiling a mischievous smile, he used his other hand to pinch the tip of my clit, he then inserted a second finger into me and like with the first pushed it deep into me causing several moans to escape. Releasing my clit and placing his spare hand on the ground for better balance, he leaned over and licked the tip of the clit instead, this caused my body to clench around his fingers tightly as I let out a cry of pleasure. Feeling my body clench, he put in a third finger my moans became more rapid as my body clenched more frequently around his fingers, he moved them quicker knowing what to expect. I cried out louder as my body arched above the ground clenching tighter around his fingers, my breathing ragged as my body lowered back to the ground. He slipped his fingers out licking the moisture from his now wet fingers with a smile.
Looking at me full of desire he removed his kimono as I helped with his hakama, once they were off, they dropped to the ground by his feet. In a wild frenzy, he scooped me up in his arms with his fingers supporting the back of my legs and pushed me against a nearby tree, looking me in the eye he carefully slid his shaft into my body, at first it surprised me and hurt but he didn't move for a few seconds, letting my body adjust to his size. Once he felt I was ready, he moved back and forth in a slow and steady pace. Once I was used to it my cries of pain turned into moans of pleasure. As he heard the change, he quickened his pace, in doing this my moans quickened and grew in volume.
As he continued thrusting I could hear a moan from him here and there though it wasn't very audible, I soon felt his shaft swell causing me to throw my head back against the tree letting out a long moan, hearing it seemed to arouse him more as his speed increased and he was now slamming into me as I was lifted into his muscular arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck letting out moans as he thrusted, my head falling back with my hair sticking to my back from my sweat. My body clenched tighter around him as I got closer to my climax. He groaned from the tightness around him," So tight," he muttered through his groan causing him to swell that much more.
Nearing his own limit he pushed me against the tree again though still holding onto me, I felt his shaft go deeper into my body, my body convulsed from my climax and I wrapped my legs around him as it did crying out in pleasure, not long after I felt a warm liquid shoot up into my body, strangely it felt pleasurable to me causing one last moan to escape. Breathing hard, he slid my body down his own and held me close to him kissing my temple as he moved my hair out of my face. I leaned against him for support as I caught my breath, feeling deliciously sore.
He leaned down and grabbed our clothing, handing me mine so that I could get dressed. Once we were dressed, he took me by the hand and led me to his horse, he mounted the horse and then helped me up. I draped my legs over the side of the horse as I sat on his lap leaning into his chest. He snapped the reins and tapped his heel into the horse's side and rode off to the stable where he then put the horse so that the horse could rest and eat. Afterwards, he took my hand and led me to his manor," You didn't think I was going to allow you to sleep in your room tonight did you, lass?" he asked with a playful smile on his face. I returned the smile with one of my own as I followed him to the manor. As we arrived, we were greeted by a tiger cub that let out a small meow in greeting.
Masamune bent down and picked the tiger up," Shogetsu, how sweet of you to greet us as we arrived. This is Tsubaki, be sure to treat her the same as you do me," he told the tiger. Shogetsu let out another meow in response, he pet the cub and placed it on the ground, and it was then running in the other direction. Masamune then grabbed my hand once more and led me into the manor closing the front doors behind us. He motioned for me to sit somewhere as he went to the kitchen and started to cook something for us to eat. Once it was finished, we talked and laughed while eating and went to sleep soon after.
When I woke the next morning, I found his arm wrapped around my waist and felt his breathing on the back of my neck. Smiling, I rolled over onto my back and looked over at his face. I traced the scar above and below his eye that was normally concealed by his patch. He then opened his good eye watching me amused, he took my hand into his and placed a light kiss on it," Morning lass," he said as he smiled at me. I sat up and returned the smile," Morning, Lord Masamune," he put his finger to my lips and shook his head," You don't need to say lord, you are my woman so you can just say my name, lass," he told me as he grabbed either side of my face and leaned in and kissed me.
He then got out of bed and got dressed, then he headed for the kitchen pulling his kimono sleeves back, so they didn't get in the way while he cooked. As he cooked, I cleaned up the futon folding it up and putting it out of the way. Once I finished, I met him in the main room where he was placing our food on the table. Like last night, we shared a meal and enjoyed each other's company. Across the castle grounds, a young maid dashed to the castle in a panic, running into the main hall she bowed to the generals sitting with Nobunaga," Forgive my intrusion m'Lord I can't seem to find Lady Tsubaki, she never came back home last night," she informed him in a panic.
He looked over where Masamune normally sat seeing that it was still empty, he laughed shaking his head a little," Don't fret, I assure you that she is safe where she is. If you look around there is a warlord missing," he told the young maid with an amused expression. The young woman looked around and saw what he meant," Lord Masamune is late, this is unusual," she said in surprise. Nobunaga nodded," Indeed, I assure you where he is, she is with him," the young maid flushed a red color nodding and bowed to excuse herself going back to her duties. Once Masamune and I had finished eating and getting ready, we headed out going our own ways. He went in the direction of the castle and I went to the market.
While exploring the market as I often did, I conversed with several different women that always greeted me. I ended up stopping by the tailor looking at some of the new fabrics he had in, he bowed to me and I smiled at him and returned the bow. Not seeing anything I wanted to buy immediately I walked to a weaponry and examined the bows they had displayed, there were some that were long and some that were short. I ended up buying a longbow to go with my short bow and a breast guard and an outfit to go with it as well as gloves. Finished shopping I walked with a skip in my step back to the castle.
Making my way up a steep hill, I heard something behind me I turned around and looked around stopped to listen for anything out of the ordinary, but I didn't hear anything. Hesitantly I continued up the hill still paying attention in case I heard something. I passed by an alleyway and out of nowhere someone grabbed me, I let out a scream as my things dropped to the ground right in front of it. I fought to get loose of whoever it was that was holding my arms to my sides. I moved my head trying to get a good look but had no luck. I heard a grumble sound and then felt something hit the back of my head and that was when I lost consciousness.
As I came to, I felt ropes tight around me, I lifted my head and looked around trying to see where I was. It looked like an abandoned shack, a fire was going in the middle of the room. I heard footsteps coming from outside, I looked up and saw a man with a scar across his face. He had black hair and golden yellow eyes and wore monk clothing, he also had a monk's staff. "Ah, you're awake," he said as he entered the room. I watched his every move as he came and sat a good distance away though in my line of sight. "Who are you? And what do you want?" I demanded shooting a glare in his direction.
He looked over at me and let out a sigh," My name is Kennyo and what I want is Nobunaga's head and you are how I will get it," he said with a smirk. I looked at him and laughed," You think YOU can kill Nobunaga? You have got to be kidding me, if you want me to help you, you can forget it," I told him as I continued to watch him. "You will if you want to live, no one is going to come for you, they don't know where you are," he told me with a smirk. My smile hadn't left my face as I tilted my head," I believe that he will come for me, I will let you use your imagination on who it is that I mean though," I said as I looked away from him. He shot a glare at me and every so often he would try to get me to answer questions, but I refused. I had said what I meant to say and refused to talk to him anymore.
I watched out the window as the sun was setting, one of the maids that work with me at dusk were bound to run and tell someone about this I thought to myself as I tried to loosen the rope around me. It was tight, so I wasn't having much luck. Kennyo left for a while and came back with some food, he tried to offer it to me, but I turned my head away. "You need to eat something," he coaxed. I didn't budge at his words." You are by far the most stubborn woman I have ever met," he told me in almost a growl. I shrugged at him and returned to looking out the window. After some time, I had fallen asleep sitting up it was the only way to escape the pain wracking my body.
The next time I woke it was morning, Kennyo was just walking through the door as I opened my eyes. The moment I saw him, I glared. This was the routine that went of for three days, each time he tried to feed me I refused. I knew I was growing weaker because of it but I didn't trust his food not to be poisoned. One morning, when I woke and looked around everything seemed so sluggish and I felt so hot. My breathing had been rugged, and I felt so weak for some reason. It had almost been a week now, I prayed they would find me soon I missed Masamune.
As if thinking about him summoned him to me, the door was kicked in and I saw him standing there in the doorway. "Tsubaki!" he yelled as he saw me bound to a chair. "Masa..mune�" I said weakly, my vision was blurring though I fought it so that I could see him. He turned his attention to Kennyo," This is your doing huh?" he growled at him as his hand went to the scabbard to his sword. Kennyo looked surprised by his sight," You're not Nobunaga, I was sure he would be the one to come for her," he mumbled in surprise. Masamune laughed, "You thought she was his woman? You really need to pay better attention," Masamune told him laughing once again.
As Masamune stepped forward, I saw Hideyoshi and a few soldiers flood through the room behind him. Masamune, not concerned about them walked over to me, untied me and picked me up." You have a fever lass, let's get you back so you can rest," I heard him mutter and after that I was in and out of consciousness. I remember being carried back and hearing people come and go around me. Then I felt myself being put on a futon and a wet rag being placed on my forehead. I heard Masamune talking several times as I was between conscious states. When no one was around, I heard him talk to me and check my fever. I felt cherished for the first time in my life, I didn't know how to explain the feeling, but I didn't want to be alone. As I felt him move to get up from the futon, I grabbed his arm with my hand," stay with me", I pleaded. He looked back at me with a smile," Of course, lass," he responded as he sat back down next to me running his fingers through my hair.
The next time I woke, I was by myself I didn't see Masamune anywhere. I looked around and saw Shogetsu sleeping next to me, I stroked behind the tiger cub's ears. Just as I sat up and was about to get out of bed Masamune walked into the room," I don't think so lass, you stay put. I am glad you are awake though, it's been about a week since I saved you," he told me. "I slept for a week?" I asked wide-eyed. He nodded as he knelt over the futon checking my temperature," Looks like your fever broke, lass," he told me with a look of relief. I returned the smile, though I didn't tell him that I still didn't feel very well for some reason.
Masamune made me some food and for the first time in a while we ate together. He was stricter than I had thought he would be when I got sick, but it wasn't a bad thing I thought to myself. Shogetsu woke up from her nap after we finished eating and was jumping all over the place playing with Masamune. I couldn't help but laugh as I watched them. After a while of watching them, I drifted back to sleep. By the time I woke up again, night had fallen, and I felt more refreshed this time.
Little did I know, when I was out with my fever Masamune had my things moved to his manor. I had been surprised when I saw my belongings put away neatly in a corner of the room. I suppose Nobunaga saw no point in my having a separate room if I was here at the manor all the time anyway. Looking outside, I got out of bed and walked outside and looked up at the stars spread across the night sky. My hair was in a braid, I figured it was Masamune's doing which caused me to smile while I touched the end of the braid. I heard someone running through the manor, so I turned around and at the door I saw Masamune with a now relieved look on his face.
"Don't worry, I didn't go far I just wanted to see the stars," I assured him with a smile. "Why are you panicking so much though?" I asked him confused. "You were really sick when we got you from Kennyo," he explained to me," I was worried you wouldn't make it, you almost had pneumonia," I blinked in surprise hearing that. I hadn't realized I had been that sick. "I feel a lot better now," I told him with a smile. He walked over to me and held me close," I'm thankful for that, lass. I was worried I'd lose you," he told me as he placed his forehead to mine, I hugged him around the waist as he did. He ran his hand through my hair and held one of my hands once he straightened up.
"Tsubaki, when this war is over, will you come with me to Aoba Castle?" he asked me with a serious expression on his face. I took his other hand in mine and looked up at him," Masamune, anywhere you go, I want to go with you," I told him with a smile. He returned the smile and pulled me close grabbing either side of my face and kissed me. "That makes me happy, lass. I don't want to be without you," he admitted with a slight flush to his cheeks. I smiled at how cute he looked but I didn't want to let him know I thought he was cute. Taking his overcoat off, he wrapped it around my shoulders and walked with me back inside.
It had been a few weeks since I woke from being sick, I was back to normal and now Masamune and I were enjoying the stars by our special pond. There was a full moon out and the stars were so beautiful. This was my favorite thing to do with Masamune, I was leaning into his shoulder, he had placed his overcoat around my shoulders earlier so I wouldn't get cold. Holding his hand, I gazed at him smiling, he returned the smile though he had that sly look in his eye. Out of nowhere he picked me up," I can't take it anymore, it's been a week," he muttered as he carried me all the way back to the manor. I was left speechless not sure what to say to him. He placed me on my feet and the second my feet touched the ground, he pulled me to him and kissed me deeply.
"So, this is what you were looking so hungry for," I muttered as I returned his kiss. He just smiled as he removed his overcoat from my shoulders and then started at my kimono. As he undressed me, I took off his kimono and was working on his hakama and once it fell to the floor, I found myself pinned to the futon as he brushed kisses across my body. Starting at my neck he moved down inch by inch. He stopped at my collar bone, reaching for a one of my breasts he pulled it into his mouth, and I let out an audible gasp as he did. Twirling his tongue around the nipple and he used his spare hand to pinch my other nipple a little. He soon switched to the next one doing the same thing smiling as I moaned in response. Moving between the two he let his free hand glide down my skin with each lick of my nipple, I was all but crying out from his teasing.
As he reached my hips, he stroked them with his fingers on either side before he took his hand and stroked the tip of my clit causing me to gasp out in pleasure and arch my back. He smiled his smug grin as he stroked it a few times causing me to moan more. Then, he changed his tactics pulling my body closer to him placing my legs over his shoulders he leaned down and inserted his tongue into me, this I had not expected. A loud cry of pleasure escaped, and he lifted his head checking my reaction and bent it once more to do it again. Another few moans escaped as he continued, using my legs to balance my body he used his hands to stroke my sides or play with my nipples. As he did this my body started to tighten around his tongue. He delved it deeper causing me to moan louder, I felt my body grow that much tighter I was grabbing the futon with both of my hands until they were nearly white. I felt like I was going to go crazy from his teasing, just as I thought my body would give away my body jolted as it convulsed.
Masamune allowed the liquid to drain into his mouth licking his lips as if he liked it. He looked at me with his eye full of heat and desire he laid my body back down on the futon and spread my legs, easing himself into me, as he entered, I moaned closing my eyes from the feeling. Once he was in, he picked my hips up into his hands and started to thrust slowly at first. With each thrust my moans grew louder, once he felt I was ready he started to speed up and began to slam into me causing my breasts to bounce from the impact. My moans grew louder, and I started to cry out in pleasure reaching up and clinging to him, pulling him down to me. Smiling he adjusted himself, so he was pinning me to the bed and began thrusting more once again. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his shoulder and neck burying my head into his chest all while letting out moans and sounds of pleasure.
Soon, my body grew tight around his shaft causing him to shiver in pleasure. He leaned over a little more and started to thrust harder, not expecting it I let out a cry of surprise. He smirked at me as he continued. I felt his shaft swell inside of me and my body began to tighten around it causing him to groan in pleasure, he started to hit the deeper parts of the walls of my uterus which felt oh so good. I moved my hands in a frenzy across his back grabbing at him lightly, then my body jolted for the second time. I let out a loud cry of pleasure as my head went back, he took the opportunity from that to push himself deeper and released his seed into my body. I let out a final moan as he lowered me onto the futon and laid next to me covering us both with a blanket. He kissed me and moved my hair from in front of my face. Then he wrapped his arm around my waist and we both drifted to sleep.
