Samurai Warriors: Crimson Samurai Chapter Five
The Thankless Thief, the Elegant Dancer, and the Sleep-over
"...Make sure to look out your window when the moon peers through." Kunoichi said to Yukimura, who was yawning uncontrollably. Kunoichi kissed his forehead and left out the doorway, just as Magoichi entered. He looked the Yukimura, who, like a child, needed a lot of rest if he was to over- come his injuries. "So what is happening when the moon peers through your window?" Magoichi asked.
"...Oh...Uh..." Yukimura covered his mouth as he yawned, "She's going to...Uhh...Go up on the rooftop directly across, disrobe, dance, and then go skinny dipping..." Yukimura laid his head against his pillow, and pulled his blanket over his shoulder as he turned on his side and closed his eyes. Magoichi was just about to leave when Kunoichi had appeared on the rooftop, her body shadowed by the bright moon, just as Yukimura said, Kunoichi danced around for a while, meaning to entice and entertain Yukimura. Magoichi stood with his mouth gaping open, Keiji entered as well, both of the guys unable to stop staring.
Kunoichi danced freely, happy, knowing that she had Yukimura back, she turned to look through the wind, the moonlight revealing all in the room. Suddenly she screamed, covering herself as she noticed the Keiji and Magoichi were peering through Yukimura's window, quickly, she grabbed her clothes, and vanished using her ninjitsu.
"Wow!!" Magoichi gawked in admiration, "If only I could meet a girl like that!"
"Yea...Yukimura's got some girl!" Keiji said loudly, apparently his voice had disrupted Yukimura's sleep as he threw a pillow at Keiji. Magoichi and Keiji then took the initiative to return to their rooms, where their rewards were. Magoichi, actually had his, and lost it, offending all of Kunoichi's ninja girls, getting slapped several times as he said things he knew better then to say to a woman. Keiji had shared a room with Okuni, as there weren't enough rooms for everyone, Goemon on the other hand got the unlucky straw and was forced to sleep outside, and also for the fact Kunoichi didn't trust him inside Yukimura's castle.
Kunoichi returned to Yukimura's room, finding him asleep, sighing to herself, she lay down beside Yukimura, pulling some of the blanket over herself, falling asleep with her arm around Yukimura's abdomen. When she woke up, she found that, although limping, Yukimura was dressed him his red armor and was waiting for Kunoichi to wake up so they could go down to breakfast, where everyone was waiting for them.
"Did you get to see me last night?" Kunoichi inquired, knowing what his answer would be.
"I'm sorry; I had fallen asleep shortly after you left..." Yukimura said apologetically. Kunoichi got up, still in her underwear, "...So you didn't see Keiji and Magoichi last night?" She asked again.
"Were they dancing with you?" Yukimura asked with a grin on his face. Kunoichi got up and got ready, taking her time spitefully, saying to herself, "If you think you have the right to spy on me, I have the right to make you wait a long time to eat" She grinned as she looked in the mirror, combing her hair. Yukimura attempted to hold her hand on the way down to the dinning hall, only to see Kunoichi look spiteful, unaware to her that Yukimura was watching her as she imagined grinding Magoichi and Keiji in a giant machine. They finally reached the dinning hall, everyone, including Goemon, was waiting.
"Do you dare make one who came to your rescue wait to be served?!" Goemon yelled, being beaten down by Katsunaga who sat beside him. "You do not talk to the person who lets you stay in his castle like that!" He said respectfully bowing to Yukimura as he sat down. Kunoichi glared at Magoichi and Keiji as she sat herself down beside Yukimura and Okuni, who was situated by Goemon, who sat next to Katsunaga, who was seated across from Hideyori, but next to the Saika Mercenaries, who sat next to Magoichi, who was beside Keiji, who was beside Hideyori, and finally was beside Yukimura.
"I trust you all had a good sleep? How was the dance, you two?" Yukimura said inoffensively to Magoichi and Keiji, both took it extremely out of hand, surprising Yukimura and the others. "We didn't mean to, it just captivated us!" Keiji said, with a tone of fear in his voice, "Please don't take my head!" Magoichi on the other hand, was silently kicking Keiji, whispering, "Shut up, their staring at us!" This startled Yukimura, "What seems to be the matter? I was informed that you three danced together." Yukimura said innocently.
"Actually those two were looking out your window!" Kunoichi shouted, stabbing a dagger into the table, Yukimura took a few minutes to process this, but Kunoichi took it a bit out of hand, he thought, soon breakfast turned into a slug-fest, Kunoichi was strangling both Keiji and Magoichi, one with her bare hands, the other with her feet. Hideyori cleared his throat, "I must confess: I apologize if you take this the wrong way, but I had no idea it was you dancing on the rooftop at night." Kunoichi settled down, Yukimura, not offended by Kunoichi's attack on Keiji and Magoichi, nor Hideyori, Magoichi, and Keiji's viewing of Kunoichi's strip-tease.
"People, people, let's just calm down and eat our food, we should all be thankful that we survived Tokugawa's assault, I owe you all a debt of which I will never get the chance to pay in full, but for now, let us enjoy this meal." He said with a giant small on his face. The entire group ate silently, except for Yukimura, who attempted to start conversations, only to be silenced by the silence. "So...How did the Saika gun team get started?" "Where did you learn to dance, Okuni?" "Have you found any good treasure, Goemon?" "Lord Hideyori, what are you going to do now?" Yukimura said over the course of an hour, always being stared down with a sulky gloom, his smile diminishing as well with each glare. Apparently, now that all confessions had been made, everyone was disappointed with one another. Yukimura hadn't any idea how to break the silence, so he just sat staring at his food. When everyone was finished, they stared at him, knowing that it was disrespectful to rise above the ruler of the castle, Yukimura, sulking and gloomy, dismissed all of them with a wave of his hand, sighing sadly as they all disperse.
Kunoichi with Okuni, both avoiding Keiji and Magoichi, Hideyori came and apologized to her once more before being forgiven. The Saika Mercenaries disperse to overlook the Sanada army's training as asked by Yukimura; Magoichi and Keiji came back to the dining table to apologize to Yukimura, who still sat staring at his food, which by that time was on the verge of becoming ice-cold. "Yukimura, you're probably mad at us for ruining your breakfast, and as it was the first time you have been able to come down here and eat, but...we are extremely sorry, and we will be willing to...umm...give you possession of Goemon Ishikawa...and do whatever else to make amends to both you and that ninja girl of yours." Magoichi pleaded, Yukimura remained silent, poking at his breakfast with his chop-sticks.
Everyone returned at dinner time, only to find Yukimura surrounded by a warm dinner, a cold lunch, and a barely edible breakfast, there Yukimura sat, nibbling at his breakfast, not wanting to waste it. "By this rate he'll have finished his breakfast around breakfast time tomorrow!" Katsunaga said, staring at the group who stood gawking at the depressed Yukimura. Everyone turned to Kunoichi, expecting her to make things better for all of them, quick on her feet she kneeled behind Yukimura and began whispering loving, yet crude things into his ear. Everyone sat in their original seats, hoping to see more energy from him, even though everyone was on ends with the other; they all managed to try to speak decently to each other.
Okuni, though trying to bring Yukimura's spirit up, ended all of the talking by asking, "Master Keiji, Master Magoichi, how was her dancing?" This received an emotion for Yukimura, but not one everyone wasn't expecting, he looked up from his food, rolled his eyes and watched as all Hell was about to break loose. He felt Kunoichi glaring at the two, as well as seeing their responses, "Well...she umm...is a good dancer!" Magoichi replied, as he began sinking under the table, Keiji quickly shrunk with him as Kunoichi specifically eyed him. Kunoichi release Yukimura as she felt him getting up and quickly turning and heading for his room.
Everyone, except Kunoichi, Magoichi, Keiji, and Goemon got up as Yukimura did. The mercenaries looked at Magoichi, Kunoichi looked at Goemon who seemed to be sneaking off, and Okuni stared at Keiji. "You had better apologize, or I will look for a new sleeping companion." Okuni said displeased at the chaos caused by Keiji, the Mercenaries needed only stare at Magoichi to force him to apologize, Kunoichi followed Goemon, who was looking for any treasures in the castle he could swipe. Hideyori looked at Katsunaga and said, "I feel I must go and plead with Yukimura for forgiveness, I feel it is what I owe him." He said as he, Keiji, and Magoichi followed the path to Yukimura's room, where the candles were blown out and Yukimura was already in his bed.
"Mister Yukimura..." Keiji said in a melodic tone, "Would you mind, maybe, if you had the heart, to find it in, and forgive us?" Magoichi looked at him and said, "Would you possibly mind if we stayed with you for tonight? We don't have any rooms to go back to." Magoichi silenced Hideyori with his hand, he knew Hideyori was going to tell Keiji and Magoichi to both sleep outside with Goemon. Yukimura rose out of his covers, "If you desire, you may all use my quarters if you truly haven't a room to return to." He noticed that the sun was going down, the moon would be up, "She wouldn't do it again, not now anyway" Yukimura said to himself, he really only watched to humor her before, but now he felt that he really missed it. He sighed and pulled out a couple of extra pillows and blankets for his three companions, unbeknownst to him Katsunaga and the generals on the Saika Mercenaries would also join him, doing so, while bringing many bottles of sake with them.
"You really have to go now!" Kunoichi said, grabbing Goemon and throwing him out of the castle into the damp soggy area outside the castle. She glared at him as he scurried away, taking one of Yukimura's first haiku, she stuck her tongue out at the fleeing Yukimura as Okuni came up behind her. "Miss, it seems the men have all gone into Master Yukimura's room." Okuni gave Kunoichi the details, which gave her a plan, Kunoichi told Okuni and they proceeded. "Operation: Enlighten Yukimura, and kill Keiji and Magoichi is underway!" Kunoichi shouted, fitfully creeping to the rooftop with Okuni before the moon fully lit Yukimura's room up...
End of Chapter 5
Note: Well, there wasn't any spoilers given away as to the plan, but let's just say, I hope you all have a good mental image of Okuni's second outfit and Kunoichi's as well, I can describe Kunoichi's, but not without using words I am uncomfortable with, I'll have to go play as Okuni tonight and figure out how to describe it more. But that's all I'm telling you all about that. I would like to thank my fifth reviewer Phoenix something or other (sorry) but last night, while listening to some really depressing music and writing in my greatest journal account, I felt very depressed, yes, I am a depressed person, you all are probably wondering, "How can a depressing person write about romance in this way?" Well think of all the other romantic stories, mine must contain action, or I fall asleep, but yes, back on subject, thanks Phoenix, and I hope you all like this chapter, if you must, in order to see this and the next chapter in view, think of all the characters in chibi anime forms, it will put the perspective on these two chapters and it will also probably give you a laugh or two.