Disclaimer - I do not own any of Sengoku Basara, I am not making any money of these fanfcs, and any original characters are my own, though if you ask nicely I may allow people to use them.

Notes:

Argh, this was even harder than the last one, I know what I wanted to do, who would be involved etc, but nothing seemed to work, until now, I hope this worked

Summary:

When Date Masamune plays a joke on Sanada Yukimura things don't quite go to plan. Now the One Eyed Dragon is trying to win Yukimura over, only fate has other things planned.

Pairing: MasaYuki

Genre: Romance/Humor

Rating: T, though it may go up later, depending on what happens.

Chapter 4 - The King

The sun blazed down over Takeda, the haze making people drowsy and listless. Two guards stood at the gates to the manor trying to keep cool and hydrated. They did nothing to stop one rider passing into the manor, and once out of ear shot one spoke up.

"Well, there goes the peace and quiet."

"Yep, with General Sanada back things will be mayhem before we know..."

"OYAKATA-SAMA, I have..."

CRASH!

"Well, least we don't have to clear up the mess."

"Any particular reason for that oyakata-sama?" Sasuke asked as Yukimura pulled himself to his feet, recovering from the punch.

"It's been too quiet around here the last week." Shingen said in a matter of fact way.

Sasuke sighed, some things never changed.

- Much shouting; several punches and a few demolished walls later -

"So you met Yoshihime, what did you think of her?" Sasuke asked Yukimura as he put ice on a particularly nasty bruise.

"She deserves her reputation, luckily she did not stay long."

"Ah, apparantly she was chased out of Oshu, any idea why?"

"Masamune-Dono took the fact she tried to poison me, rather badly."

"SHE WHAT!"

"I'm fine now, they had some antidote to hand."

Sasuke calmed himself down, "She tried to poison you, why?"

"We never found out, I think they had to physically restrain Masamune-Dono from taking her head there and then."

"Sheesh, so she really is an evil bitch."

"They call her the Demon Queen of the Oou."

"With good reason from what you've just told me."

"Hmmm."

"Anyway, you look ok, any more jokes while you were there?"

Yukimura went red, remembering the second kiss.

"You've told Shingen haven't you?"

"He found it hysterical."

"SASUKE!" Yukimura sulked

"Hey come on, it could have been worse, they could have been in your room."

"What!" Yukimura studied Sasuke for a moment, but the ninja seemed to have only been playing with him, unaware of the truth.

"You're so easy to stir up danna, try to keep cool once in a while."

Yukimura sighed, "I know, anyway, I'm tired, and it's getting late."

"Yeah, I'll see you in the morning, want a wake up call?"

"Nah, night Sasuke."

"Night Danna." and the ninja was gone, leaving Yukimura to his own thoughts.

Yukimura lay in his bed drifting off to sleep, the familiar noises and smells lettting him slip into unconciousness.

Lips pressed against his in a searing kiss; hands roamed all over his body making him gasp and moan; there was a rustle of fabric as his clothes hit the floor. He couldn't see, his eyes covered with a soft fabric, though he knew who his companion was; it could only be one person. The kiss deepened, bare skin moved against bare skin and a hand ran down his chest to his waist, then lower. Yukimura tensed when it reached its destination, then cried out as it began to move again. Back and forth creating the most intense feeling Yukimura had ever known. Something was coiling up inside him, tighter and tighter, more and more. Soon the feeling was too much and Yukimura felt like he was going to explode. Then release found him, he went rigid, moaning loudly into the kiss. "Mmm, Ohh, Aaahh!"

He sat up in his bed panting, his body covered in sweat. He was trembling slightly, the dream still fresh in his mind.

"What was that?" he murmered, he felt something wet under the covers and lifted them up to check before putting them back down quickly, blushing furiously. He knew men often had this reaction when fantasising about women, but he had not been dreaming about a woman.

'He's going to drive me insane if I don't do something.' Yukimura thought, 'But what can I do? What should I do?'

He decided he needed some air and crawled over to the door, and slid it open a crack. The sun had just risen casting long shadows everywhere. The air was still cool and the ground covered in dew, he breathed deeply, the fresh morning air calming him down.

Once he was sure he could stand properly, Yukimura got dressed and went to practice his martial arts, he'd not practiced in two weeks, if he was not careful he would lose form, and it took his mind of his emotional situation.

The messenger arrived a few days later.

Shingen took the letter and read it in private, he soon emerged still laughing,

"Tell him we'll be there."

The messenger nodded and left.

As they left they passed Yukimura, who blinked a couple of times in confusion, then double checked it was what he thought.

"Oyakata-Sama, what that a messenger from Oshu?" he asked.

"Yes, The One Eyed Dragon is bored apparantly, and is inviting a lot of people to a party, it's big, and if he can have all the Daimyos in one room for the night without war being declared I'll be impressed, but it should be a good one regardless, far more antics than normal."

"Why?"

"Do you know what the Europeans use Mistletoe for?"