Taking a break from the seriousness of the main story to deliver this chapter to you. Please enjoy.

Omake 3: The Dragon can get insecure too

One hot summer day, Masamune and his men were having a long break from the morning practice. They were laying lazily all around the dojo and under the trees in the courtyard. Three maids were moving from one man to another with cups of green tea. As Masamune sat up to get his cup he heard a man behind him ask one of the maids about some woman, and inquiring if the maid knows about her whereabouts, but the maid told him that she does not have any new information about the subject. Shortly another man joined the conversation and mentioned a familiar name. Masamune knew at once that they were talking about Minoru, one of the best soldiers that Masamune ever had. Now he was curious. He turned to the two men behind him and asked "Did I just hear you guys talking about Minoru?" They nodded.

"Is something wrong? He didn't show up for like three days now"

"The thing is, his wife ran away with some other man"

"And poor Minoru is so heartbroken. I visited him yesterday and he looked like a ghost"

"His wife ran away with another man? Seriously!"

"It's unbelievable, right? But I heard that this is like a new trend among women. We married men should keep a close eye on our wives from now on"

"Yeah, exactly. There were other two cases like Minoru's. The young merchant who lives next to me, he just got married four months ago, and his wife left him couple of weeks ago. I heard that she ran away with his older brother"

"What the hell! What's wrong with women these days?"

Both men shrugged.

"All women are crazy, hitto. You never know what they're really thinking. And you can never predict their mood swings. Their hearts beat faster than men's too, that's why they easily fall in and out of love. Better make up with Mego-chan quickly or she might leave you"

"Shut up! She won't leave me like those sluts. Show some respect to her or I'm gonna kill you!"

Masamune barked and got up on his feet. But before he starts walking away he sat down again and asked the man "Wait wait wait, how did you know that Meg and I had a fight?"

"Well, it's pretty obvious, hitto" the man answered with a mischievous smile.

"Yes yes. You have never been skilled in hiding your feelings and emotions, hitto. It shows pretty well on your face. And on top of that, Mego-chan doesn't even try to hide it. She's obviously ignoring you when she comes by or walks past you" that other man said and patted Masamune on the shoulder as to console him. But Masamune shoved his hand away and got up on his feet once more. Without saying a word he walked away furiously. When the break ended, Masamune let all his men have a taste of hell, by making them go through the harshest training they ever had.

Three days ago the walls of the castle were shaking due to the fight that Masamune and Megohime had. It started as a small quarrel over some missing battle report. Masamune was out of patience as he looked for it around their room after turning his office upside down earlier and leaving Kojuuro cleaning it up. As he stormed into a room he asked Megohime if she had seen the report, but never bothered to hear her answer, instead he started emptying the drawers and sending both his writing desk and Megohime's writing desk into complete mess in his quest to find the report. While doing so Megohime asked him couple of times about what he was looking for, but he never answered and kept on cursing right and left. After the room was in complete mess as if a whole army invaded it, Masamune turned to his wife and asked her if she saw the report. Megohime told him that she already answered that question with the little patience that she had left.

"You answered? Then what did you say? I didn't hear you. Are you sure you answered?"

"If you waited a little bit before attacking the drawers you could have heard my answer. And while you were wreaking havoc all around the room, I asked you few times about what you were looking for, but you didn't even answer me and kept on doing whatever you were doing!"

"That's not the answer I asked for, and that's no way to talk to me, Megohime!"

"Oh really? Then what about yell louder at my face to teach me how to talk to you?"

"You just crossed all the lines, little lady. What's wrong with you?!"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you! You ask questions and never wait to hear the answers, then go creating all this mess and throw my stuff all around the place and come yelling at my face demanding answers that I gave you already and then telling me that I'm being unrespectable to you! I can't believe you, Masamune-sama!"

"What? You can't believe me? You have been married to this Date Masamune for how many years now? This is me. This is how I always had been. If you had a problem with my personality you could have stated that a long time ago, ya know!"

"I always had problems with your attitude. Problems. With an's' at the end. Do you want me to state them now? Or is it too late? Or you're too busy to hear them?"

"Not at all, throw them at me" he said and folded his arms challengingly.

"First of all is this anger problem of yours. Learn to control your anger, will you? I had enough! I'm not here to contain your anger for you. Why should I sit quietly while you yell nonsense at my face? I don't do anything wrong and you just come in fuming and start yelling at me! Second; your attitude. Third; your stupid and silly pride. Fourth; you're simply irritating. Oh and let's don't forget that you're childish and provoking. Sometimes I feel really worried about your men and Oushuu. Your recklessness never ceases to amaze me."

"That's all?"

"I can go all day if you want."

"No no no, let me tell you first about my problems with your beautiful personality. My list is way shorter, so I'll be over pretty quickly and then you can continue. My problems with your personality can be summed in one word, "everything". At the end of each day I realize that you're nothing but a pretty face. But now, I can clearly see that you lack even a pretty face."

"What?!"

And from that point on, the castle knew no peace until both of them went to bed. Megohime of course ordered that her things get moved back to her old room, and she spent the night there. To provoke her even more, Masamune carried some of her kimonos out of their room and put them in her old room. She answered him with throwing one of the kimonos at him and telling him that she doesn't need it since it was a gift from him in one of their anniversaries. If not for Osen the chief maid of Megohime's staff, the couple could have continued fighting till the morning.

Two weeks after their fight, they made up. Masamune apologized and Megohime accepted his apology. It was the longest fight they ever had. And because it was their biggest fight, some things still lingered. They knew it will take some more time for their relationship to be as smooth as it was.

While the waters of the couple were still troubled, Chousokabe Motochika paid Oushuu a quick visit. He was on his way to the sea of China, and instead of taking the south route he decided to take the north one to enjoy a cooler summer.

Masamune welcomed the Demon King of the West Sea with the usual annoyed expression he gave to Maeda Keiji and many more.

"You seem like having a foul mood today, Date-kun." Motochika said as he patted Masamune's shoulder.

"The only foul thing I'm having is you." Masamune answered and moved out of Motochika's reach. "Get in already. Drink your tea quick and get lost." He added.

Motochika shrugged in disbelief and sighed as he followed his host into the room.

Not long after that, Megohime joined the two men to serve them the tea. The norm was to sit silently and quietly as the tea is served, but Motochika was not following tradition; he kept on chatting with his hostess. He complemented her attire, hair, fingers, laugh, and almost everything else, hoping to get Masamune lose his cool. Megohime just giggled at his remarks and thanked him. Masamune on the other hand was getting more and more annoyed but keeping control.

"So what have you been up to lately, Motochika-kun?"

"Nothing in particular really. Just taking care of my six pack. Don't they look perfect?"

"Well…" Megohime started but couldn't find the words to describe the perfect muscular body of her guest. She quickly averted her gaze from the tanned abs of Motochika when she felt her cheeks go hot.

Motochika laughed at her and said "Why so shy, Mego-tan? A married woman should be used to such sight, no? Or could it be…" he smirked and looked at Masamune who was glaring back at him. And then he continued "that your husband lacks the body of a man on top of being short? Show me what you got, Dokuganryu."

Masamune put his cup down and took a deep breath. And just as he opened his mouth to answer that last insult of Motochika's, Megohime started talking "Well, I can't allow that, Motochika-kun. Masamune-sama's body is mine to admire. It's a private property" she said and made her two male companions fall silent for few minutes.

"Too bold" Masamune finally managed to say.

"Way too bold than I had ever imagined" followed Motochika and gave Megohime a thumb up.

Megohime smiled sheepishly and blushed as she moved slowly to sit next to her husband and hide her face behind his shoulder. She was very embarrassed of what she said. The two men laughed at her cute action of hiding herself behind her husband.

Motochika didn't stay long after that; he finished his tea, and reported few things regarding the southern lands to Masamune, and then left.

Later that evening while going through some documents, Masamune recalled Megohime's behavior during Motochika's visit, and thought that maybe she was already over their fight. He smiled in relief and put down the documents to head to his chambers and have some lovely time with his wife. He went in happily and looked for his wife. She was reading at her desk. Masamune slowly approached her and sat close to her. She turned to him after finishing the line she was reading, and blankly she said "What?" That was definitely out of the happy scenario Masmune imagined in his head on his way to see his wife. He scratched his cheek and asked "Are you still mad at me?"

"A little" Megohime answered and turned to her book pouting.

"How little? Like you'll forgive me completely tomorrow? Or maybe next week?"

"I don't know. I'm still irritated"

Masamune stayed silent for few moments. "You won't leave me and go somewhere with some other man, will you?" he finally said. Megohime turned to him in surprise and asked "What other man?" Masamune looked sideways and started to mumble, he told her about the stories of runaway wives that his men told him a while ago. Megohime stayed silent for few moments then took Masamune's face in her hands. With the most serious expression she told him that she'll never leave him, not for some other man or because of some silly fight or anything.

"You can be so stupid sometimes, Masamune-sama"

"What an insult! It's not my fault that I can't get you. Women are so complicated"

"No we're not" she said and kissed him.

Masamune argued no more and had his lovely time with his wife.