After hearing of what happened to Kojuro, I cursed, after telling him not to wander out in case Hanbei would kidnap him during the night. The spy was killed of course, but after seeing Kojuro's sword, I was a little upset but never cried as I knew we'd get him back soon. I studied the sky and felt the wind blow while Masamune cursed at the bad news of Oshu being in an uproar and started to become chaotic. I then suggested for going into one of the areas to get it under control as I know I can run quite fast. Masamune nodded and I headed off to get changed into my battle clothes.
As soon as I got changed, Masamune knocked on the wood, saying: "Hey, Kitsuna... you gonna be careful out there, right?" "Of course I will.. it should me asking that question" I replied and he laughed a bit. "Heh, yeah, you're right." He walked towards me and strangely wrapped his arms round me from behind. "Promise me that you reach me safely once you've dealt with the area you're gonna deal with." I closed my eyes and whispered, "I will".
Afterwards, I summoned my giant wolf friend, Kaede, and rushed off to gain order and control in one of the three areas that was getting out of hand. We killed the Toyotomi troops and went through each area with ease. Masamune was in the last area when Hanbei encountered him on the fourth area and started a fight.
Kaede and I were too far behind and never knew what would happen next. As soon as we reached the last area to look for him and the boys, we saw Hideyoshi about to go against the boys but Kaede rushed forward and I jumped off, with my arms out to stop him. Hideyoshi stopped and saw that we were defending him and he had a small flashback of when we was being defended by a long lost friend. He turned and walked the other way.
A few hours later, I tended to Masamune's wounds and he woke up a couple of hours later. All the boys were called while I rested with Kaede in front of a fire made for us that never gave off any smoke. I was purely exhausted. When Masamune felt like he can move about, he went outside and saw me sleeping. He walked over and sat beside me, his arm gently over my shoulders and making my head rest on his chest and he wrapped a blanket over us. He whispered: "Thanks, Keira..." and kissed my forehead gently before resting his head on top of mine. A few hours later, I woke up to find him beside me and I smiled, thanking the gods that he was okay.
Before the sun rose over the horizon, we arrived back in Oshu. Most of the guys looked very sad as Masamune's jacket was slashed on the back. "We are so sorry, big boss. We tried to find the last sword but it was no use." "Don't sweat it boys, these ones will do me just fine." Masamune said and noted to me to follow him..
A-N: Aww... I couldn't resist using that scene where Kitsuna and Kaede protects Masamune-sama from the big gorilla Toyotomi. :D Shows that wolves can be fearsome indeed. X3
Anyhow, hope the next chapter will be just as cool as this one... and heart breaking at the same time. :'(