Otogizoushi (Tsuna/Urabe) Unspoken
Title: Unspoken
Fandom: Otogizoushi
Pairing/Character: Tsuna/Urabe
Author: Just_Ruth
Ratings: G
Warnings: none
Prompt: Otogizoushi: The not-quite courtship of Heian-era Tsuna/Urabe, with
"Raikou" as an important background figure (especially for Tsuna)
Summary: Much between the samurai Watanabe no Tsuna and the onmyoji Urabe was never said aloud
Symbols: _italics_
Notes: The renga or renko was a poetry game played among the nobility (and very likely the common folk) with as few as two or as many as one hundred players it was a back-and-forth of images and phrases. It always begins with a triplet in a 5-7-5-syllable scheme and is answered with a 7-7-syllable couplet. Cherry blossoms are symbolic of the samurai's transient life. Wild ducks and cranes are symbols of romantic fidelity.
This world is filled
With illusion and pain
We rise above it
The World Above the Clouds is
Bound in rules and ignorance
Rules of conduct teach
Dignity, Duty
And modesty
Bind a light behind a screen
It dies slowly in the dark
Duty relies on
The strength of ones loyalty
Hold secrets closely
Secrets are not always held
Not all eyes are shut or blind
Secret lost becomes
Dangerous for our master
I cannot allow this
Allies hold fast their secrets
Our master is most worthy
Lord Raikou's trust
Is a most precious honor
Very few can bear it.
Likewise precious is the Lord's
Loyal retainer and friend
Temptations come
To be rejected by those
Who serve and protect
Is it temptation only?
Or does duty have a heart?
I deny nothing
But duty must come before
A samurai's heart
Cherry blossom petals fall
But wild ducks fly together
Perhaps I will fly
But this current journey
I will finish first
I shall follow down the road
Until you finish the task
Two cranes may dance as one
Without duty between them
Satisfied at last
.
.
.
I come to the end
But there will be no verse
To answer my own
Fandom: Otogizoushi
Pairing/Character: Tsuna/Urabe
Author: Just_Ruth
Ratings: G
Warnings: none
Prompt: Otogizoushi: The not-quite courtship of Heian-era Tsuna/Urabe, with
"Raikou" as an important background figure (especially for Tsuna)
Summary: Much between the samurai Watanabe no Tsuna and the onmyoji Urabe was never said aloud
Symbols: _italics_
Notes: The renga or renko was a poetry game played among the nobility (and very likely the common folk) with as few as two or as many as one hundred players it was a back-and-forth of images and phrases. It always begins with a triplet in a 5-7-5-syllable scheme and is answered with a 7-7-syllable couplet. Cherry blossoms are symbolic of the samurai's transient life. Wild ducks and cranes are symbols of romantic fidelity.
This world is filled
With illusion and pain
We rise above it
The World Above the Clouds is
Bound in rules and ignorance
Rules of conduct teach
Dignity, Duty
And modesty
Bind a light behind a screen
It dies slowly in the dark
Duty relies on
The strength of ones loyalty
Hold secrets closely
Secrets are not always held
Not all eyes are shut or blind
Secret lost becomes
Dangerous for our master
I cannot allow this
Allies hold fast their secrets
Our master is most worthy
Lord Raikou's trust
Is a most precious honor
Very few can bear it.
Likewise precious is the Lord's
Loyal retainer and friend
Temptations come
To be rejected by those
Who serve and protect
Is it temptation only?
Or does duty have a heart?
I deny nothing
But duty must come before
A samurai's heart
Cherry blossom petals fall
But wild ducks fly together
Perhaps I will fly
But this current journey
I will finish first
I shall follow down the road
Until you finish the task
Two cranes may dance as one
Without duty between them
Satisfied at last
.
.
.
I come to the end
But there will be no verse
To answer my own