chapter 3.
Title :: Let me Live Free or Let Me Die. [Chapter 3//???]
Author :: ninja_x33 // meehhh.
Rating :: R for now?
Warnings :: Strong History Refrence, Language, Violence, Arranged Marriages, Feminene Men, ManxMan Relationships, Smut, Attempted Rape, Character Death. (Most of these will only happen if I continue..It's up to you guys.)
Pairings :: ShouxHiroto. KaixNao. ToraxSaga? (More to come..)
Characters :: Alice Nine, the GazettE.
Summary :: It happened in the Heian Era. Running from years 794 to 1185, Named after the capital city of Modern Kyoto.
Disclaimer :: I own nothing except the ideas I type down for you to read. I wish I owned them though. <3
The sun rising over the mountains, greeting all the clans' children with a bright dusk. The clouds pure white, and the sky a pure baby blue. A Calm, peaceful day to show it should be a happy day for at least two of the clans on a journey.
[ Ogata Clan ]
Hiroto was sitting on a rock, had a blanket around him as he watched to sky for the sunrise. Kohara got up as he heard birds chirping a soft song, and he rubbed his eyes. He noticed Hiroto was not in his bed, he got up, and saw that Hiroto sat upon a rock, staring at the sky. Hiroto didn't hear Kazamasa come out of the tent, he took out a paper, his caligraphy brush and ink, he started to write a small poem.
"Where the sun shines upon us,
A new day begins.
When the moon glows on us,
The day comes to an end.
Where does the moon and sun meet?
When the stars are the only ones filling our sky."
Kohara leaned over Hiroto and read the poem "That's beautiful." Hiroto got startled and looked at Kohara above him "Ah, Good morning! Um..uhh..I wrote this for you! It's not that great..but I wanted to give you something! I'll write a better one next time.." Kohara patted the younger man's head and smiled at him "I love it, It's great." He folded it up and put it in his case of things he kept with him, and handed Hiroto a colourful marble. Hiroto blinked and held it in his hands "This is so pretty! Thank you!" Hiroto smiled happily, and put the marble in a pouch of his. Kohara nodded "It's no problem at all.." Hiroto felt strong, warm arms wrap around his body. Leaning back in the embrace, Kohara held Hiroto as they both watched the sunrise together. Suzuki was scratching his stomach and got out of the tent, seeing Hiroto and Kohara together "hmm?" He shrugged it off, going to the nearby river and washed his face. Kouyou finally got up and was smiling at Hiroto as he was walking around cleaning and made their breakfast. Kazamasa watched over Hiroto for whatever he was doing, Kouyou broke his train of thought "Hey, Kohara-kun! Do you like Hiroto or something? You can't get your eyes offa him!" Kohara blushed lightly as he was caught red-handed, Suzuki scrowled and walked off, putting the tents away as he overheard what the two was talking about. Hiroto walked over to Akira and smiled at him "Need any help? I just finished breakfast." Akira shook his head "Oh no, Hiroto, It's fine, Don't worry about it. Don't let your pretty hands do so much work." Hiroto giggled and nodded, bowing his head "Thank you, Akira." Kouyou crossed his arms, and smiled at Kohara "I knew it." Kazamasa covered his face "I know, I like him. I love his poems..I fell in love with him by what he wrote..Is that wierd?..odd?" Kouyou shook his head "It's kind of romantic actually." He chuckled and Kohara joined in finally. "Thanks, Kouyou." Kouyou nodded "Of course, Take your chance with him. I'm sure he likes you too." Kohara smiled, "Sometime..soon, hopefully. Thanks again." Akira was yelling for them to come back and help put the last of their things away. Hiroto was giggling, and they set off after eating their breakfast.
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
Takashi woke up smelling a wonderful scent coming outside of his tent. He saw Murai and Yutaka cooking something as they we're speaking to each other. The sun was up, bright and glistening. Takashi yawned and looked at the food, "That smells delicious." Murai smiled "Thank you, Takashi-sama." Yutaka nodded in agreement "I'm sure you'll love it. We need it for energy today, we got lotta' land to cover." Takashi chuckled and nodded "That's right." Murai was now making their plates, and they ate their breakfast, happily together as they talked story. After they had finished, Yutaka cleaned the plates, Takashi and Murai was taking down the tents and putting their things away. As Yutaka came back, they put on their bags, and set off to their adventure to Nijo Castle, which they should arrive in 1 or 2 days.
[ Amano Clan ]
The team woke up late morning, hence the fact they stopped their travel really late the night before. Yuu cooked some food for energy they could have when they walked. "Fuck! Fuck this shit!" Matsumoto cried out in anger, Yuu sighed and shook his head. "This was the best I could do! I can't fucking cook!" Shinji was cursing as he was poking at his food "Dammit Yuu, Look at this, It's like Takanori's brain!" Takanori spat out the food he managed to chew "What?! My brain you say? So, Your saying, I have burnt ass shit for brains?!" Yuu spat out food he took a bite of "Oh fucking hell, This is horrible." Takanori got out some sushi he got made before their trip and frowned, "There we go, some real food!" Yuu's eyes widened as he saw the sushi, Shinji also "Oh shit dude!" They all ate the sushi and kicked off the burnt food on their plates that Yuu made. "Never cook again. I'll cook next time." Shinji was pissed off, he wanted to get to the Imperial Castle already, at least they would have real damn food. The three put their tents away and walked off together towards the imperial castle, talking about the different varieties of the guns in the trade market.
[ Sanjusangendo(Sakamoto Home) ]
Iiji and Eeri Sakamoto, sitting in their tea room, the breeze was blowing in gently. Suddenly, Tekasu and Kuri made their entrance by blocking the light from the sun. Iiji looked up from his tea as he drank the pinkish with a hint of green, cherry blossom tea. Tekasu sat in front of him, pouring a cup of tea for himself, and his wife who sat before Iiji's wife. They both sipped their tea, "That's delicious.." Iiji got to the point immediately "So, When do you plan on giving up and leaving?" Tekasu smiled at Iiji "Oh persistent are we? Well, I plan on leaving when it's the right time to leave." Tekasu chuckled and kept the smile on his face. "Well, If there's no reason to be here, why be here?" Iiji asked Tekasu, as he sipped his tea again. Kuri tilted her head to Eeri, and smiled at her "Do you think that it's not that easy to just join us, and we'll leave." Eeri frowned and shook his head, "I don't make the decisions here, my husband does." Kuri looked over at Iiji and sighed, drinking her tea now. Iiji looked at his wife and shook his head "I think you should give up, You're not going to get anywhere if you stay here and do nothing." Tekasu smirked to himself and told himself mentally, "Really, I am doing something my friend, Iiji. It's part one of my plan."
[ Imperial Castle(Ogata Home) ]
Fuushiko walked over to his husband's briefing room, talking to the army generals. Takuhiro dismissed them from the room as they we're bowing to the empress. She nodded her head back and looked at her husband. Takuhiro sighed and shook his head "We have to be ready at all times, we do not know when Amano clan will get here." Fuushiko frowned and nodded, "You're right. I just wanted to ask if there was a way to figure out if our son is allright." Takuhiro frowned, "There is a way. But he'd have to get to Nijo Castle first." They both sighed now and looked down at the floor.
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
"Walking through this is like punishment" Murai whined out, he drank the last of his water from his bottle. Takashi did the same. Yutaka looked at the worn-out men, he smiled and nodded "Well, This looks like a good place to stay for the night." The field of grass right next to a running river, with clean water and fish to catch for dinner. Yutaka put their things down, "I'll make the tents, Murai will cook after we all have some fun time fishing." Takashi and Murai smiled, and nodded "Yeah! Fish for dinner!" They laughed together. After Yutaka made the tents, and put their stuff away also making their beddings. He walked over to the two other men, chatting by the river bank. "Ready for some fishing?" They all rolled up their pants, and stepped into the water, they looked around for fish. "Time to fish!" Murai called out, and they all did their thing, suddenly water splashed onto Takashi's face. Everyone silent, then they all began to laugh together, splashing each other, and catching some fish at the time.
[ Amano Clan ]
Yuu, and Takanori watched Shinji plop down onto the floor as they we're right by a river bank. "We're stopping, I'm too fucking tired to go on." Yuu looked around and nodded, "We're making good land." He put his bags down, and Matsumoto was about to say something but a bottle met his head. "Shit! Who threw that?!" Shinji laughed, "Me, I wanted to tell you to make the tents. Yuu did it the last time, I'll cook after Yuu goes to get some fuckin' fish from the river and our water filled." Yuu looked shocked and his jaw dropped "Why the fuck do I have to do it?!" Shinji glared at him "Do you want to eat shit again?" Yuu looked to the side "Oh whatever" He walked off to the riverbank and looked at the fish inside of there. "How much fish do I get?" Shinji looked over at Matsumoto, 3 for each of us, so 9 total." Yuu scrowled and started to roll up his pants to go catch fish. Matsumoto finally finished with the tents, plopping down onto the floor and laid there for awhile "I'm hungry." Shinji got up and looked around "I'm going to check for any wood for the fire." He walked off into the forest, and heard splashing when he got abit deep into the forest, he looked over at the riverbank, seeing 3 men splashing each other, then stopped getting out of the river, laughing together. "Hmm? Who is that??"
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
Takashi, Murai, and Yutaka carried their fish and laughed as they got out of the river bank. "Ahahaha! That was so fun!" Takashi chuckled and plopped down onto the floor, and Murai took the fish to the fire pit, cooking the fish now. Yutaka sat next to Takashi, and smiled. "Today was so fun!" Takashi nodded "Yeah, Alot." There was rustling in the bushes, and Takashi looked at the bushes. "Did you guys hear that?" Murai and Yutaka nodded, and looked at the bushes. Takashi got his bow ready and got it ready to shoot an arrow. Murai held knives, and Yutaka with his sword as the rustling came more frequent. They all yelled as a tall, male with dark hair popped out of the bushes. Takashi fell back and looked at the man, his bow hit the ground and his bow flew out to the side. "Ah..Wh-Who are you?" The dark-haired male grinned, "Call me 'Tora'." Tora helped Takashi up and Takashi bowed polietely, he was abit red as the taller male was attractive. "I'm Takashi..and this is Murai, and Yutaka." They bowed at Tora and smiled, "Out on an adventure? Want to join us for dinner?" Murai asked. Tora nodded, and smiled at Takashi. "You're beautiful, Takashi-kun." Tora wrapped his arms around Takashi, and kissed his cheek. "You should be with me." Takashi blushed lightly and bit his lip, he was shy as Murai and Yutaka watched the two hugging. "Uhh~ Dinner time?" Yutaka looked at Murai, and Murai nodded "Yeah, It's done." They all ate their fish as Tora talked about where he came from, and they we're laughing all together as the night grew on them.
[ Ogata Clan ]
Halfway to Nijo Castle, They stopped in the middle of the forest, they we're all pooped out. Hiroto whined as he fell to the floor after everyone laid their things on the floor. Kohara laid next to Hiroto and smiled at him, wrapping his arms around Hiroto, pulling him up to his chest. Hiroto laid ontop of Shou's chest and giggled as they gazed at each other. "Hiroto..You're so cute you know that?" Hiroto blushed deeply and giggled again, "Thanks Kazamasa..I love your smile..It's so cute..It makes me smile too." Kohara smiled happily and nodded "Only for you my beloved." Hiroto gasped as Kohara laid him down on the grass gently, he ran his hand down Hiroto's arm and smiled up at Hiroto. "Do you want this as much as I do?" Hiroto looked up at Kohara and blushed deeply, and nodded slowly. Kohara chuckled and kissed Hiroto's lips gently. Hiroto responded to the kiss immediately, and closed his eyes gently as they kissed under the moonlight. Kouyou whistled and the couple broke their kiss, "Yoohoo! Lovebirds! Come over and eat some grub! Akira actually cooked something good!" Akira was turned away from the scene, abit pissed off, he looked over at Hiroto who smiled at him and bowed his head. "Thank you Akira" Hiroto was holding Kazamasa's hand, and the smaller male sat in the older male's lap. "Let's eat~!"Akira huffed as he sat next to Hiroto and Kohara. They all ate together, and was talking amongst themselves.
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
"That was a delicious dinner, Murai-kun." Tora smiled at the chef. "Oh, Thank you Tora-kun." Takashi chuckled and nodded his head "Murai, It was amazing." Yutaka yawned and smiled after "I'll go fill the water bottles." Tora looked at Yutaka and stood up with Yutaka "Let me help you, Yutaka-kun." Takashi saw Tora and Uke walk off to the riverbank. Murai looked at Takashi "You have a crush on Tora don't you?" Takashi blushed deeply and laughed, then shrugged "Maybe~" They both giggled like idiots when they saw Yutaka and Tora get back, Takashi got up and walked over to Tora, chatting with him and helped him bring the water bottles back. Yutaka smiled at Murai and whispered into his ear that the two flirting, liked each other. They chuckled together, taking their water bottles and started to get to their tent, "See you guys tomorrow. Good night." Takashi looked at Tora after Murai and Yutaka went into their tent to sleep. "Well, Do you want to stay with me..or do you have to go?" Tora sighed and looked down, putting his hand on top of Takashi's head "I'm sorry, I got to be going." Takashi frowned and looked down "I'll come back, will you be here again?" Takashi looked up at Tora, and shook his head "N..No..I'm not, I got to go to Nijo Castle to meet up with my childhood friend." Tora smirked to himself in his mind "Oh..I see, I hope we can meet again..Someday.." Takashi looked at Tora and shook his head again "W..Wait..N-No..I..What if we don't see you again?" Tora caressed Takashi's cheek and frowned, he brought their lips together, and Takashi kissed him back gently. They broke their kiss, and Tora kissed Takashi's forehead. "We will meet again, don't worry. I'll see you til' then. Bye, Takashi." He gave Takashi one last kiss, and hugged him tightly. Takashi sniffled and waved Tora off as his back slowly retreated into the darkness. He climbed into his tent and fell asleep slowly that night, all he thought about was Tora.
[ Amano Clan ]
Finally arriving back at his own camp, Yuu and Takanori saw him "Hey! Bitch! Where the hell we're you?!" Matsumoto cried out "I had to fucking cook. At least I can cook decent food." Yuu scrowled at Takanori "Squirt, I'm going to hit you to next week tuesday." Shinji shook his head "I just got a valueble piece of information. Takashi and Hiroto are meeting at Nijo Castle..I need to tell my father." Shinji was writing a note to his father, and tied it to his crow, letting it fly to the Sakamoto castle. He smirked to himself "Takashi, was so easy." He told himself, and Matsumoto and Shiroyama looked at each other, confused on how Shinji was able to get a hold of that information. "So where are we going now?" Yuu asked, "To the imperial palace right?" Shinji nodded "Yes, we're still going there. I'll use this information against the Ogata Clan.." They all chuckled "Good job man. Well, I'm hitting the bed." Matsumoto walked off to his tent, and Yuu put out the fire this time. "Night Shinji." Shinji nodded his head, watching the fire go out, his mind filled with thoughts of Takashi, he haunted him. Shinji held his head "Shit.." He walked over to his tent, laying down and thought about Takashi all night, till sleep took over him.
[ Ogata Clan ]
"Oh my god! That was delicious!" Kouyou whined out playfully, Hiroto giggled with him. "That was a wonderful meal, Kouyou!" Kohara had his arms around Hiroto as they finished their dinners, Akira was glaring at Kohara secretly, and sighed down at the floor. Kouyou heard the sigh from the silent man, and looked at Akira "What's got your nuts in a knot?" Akira kicked at Kouyou's leg "Shut up." Akira got up and grabbed everyone's bottles, going to fill them up. Hiroto blinked at Kohara and Kouyou got up, chasing after the angered man. "Hey! Akira! Why are you so fed up?" Akira scrowled as he noticed Kouyou following him the whole time. "God, I'm going to fill the water, Go away." Kouyou crossed his arms "Don't tell me, You like Hiroto too?" Akira stayed silent and Kouyou gasped "What? You like Hiroto?!" Akira looked back at Kouyou "Shut up!" Kouyou frowned as he was told to shut up "That's not very nice Akira." Akira shook his head as he finished filling the water and walked back to camp, Kouyou walking next to him. "Are you going to ask him out?" He looked at Akira's face as he asked. Akira kicked the nosy man again, and ran away to his tent after dropping the water bottles. "Dumb..Coward." Kouyou said as he watched Akira, he looked at Hiroto and Kohara's confused looks. "Something's bugging him, but won't tell me what." Hiroto pouted and Kohara frowned also, Kouyou patted their heads "Don't worry, He'll be fine." Kouyou yawned "I'm going to bed, Goodnite lovebirds." Walking to his tent and zipped up the entrance after looking at Akira. "Tell me do you like him?" Akira was awake, he growled as Kouyou got into the tent. "Yes! God dammit, I love his innocence. He's so cute!" Akira growled out, and Kouyou smiled to himself "Aha, Knew it. Thanks for telling me!" Kouyou fell fast asleep now. Akira looked back at Kouyou who was fast asleep "Nosy bastard." Kazamasa and Hiroto was standing by the campfire, and the moonlight shined beautifully, Kazamasa held out his hand to Hiroto. "May I have this dance?" Hiroto giggled and nodded, Kohara took Hiroto's hand into his, and his other hand rested at Hiroto's waist. Hiroto's other free hand at Kohara's shoulder, and they danced the waltz under the moonlight for awhile. They we're now giggling and laying down on the soft grass, looking up at the stars and moon. ''It's a beautiful night, ne, Kazamasa?" Kazamasa nodded "It is, and so are you." Hiroto blushed deeply, and saw that Kohara got on top of him like earlier today. "Hiroto..." He said softly, and kissed Hiroto's lips softly after leaning down. "K..Kazamasa..?" Hiroto blushed deeply and wrapped his arms around Shou's neck, "You're beautiful and amazing, Hiroto." Kohara brushed Hiroto's hair out of his face and kissed him again. Hiroto blushed still and smiled happily. "T..Thank you.." Kohara smiled back "I mean it..I really do think that." Hiroto nodded and they hugged each other tightly, Kohara gave Hiroto another kiss, and helped him up. "Let's get to bed, We need our energy." Hiroto nodded and giggled as they both laid in their tent now, together, They kissed one last time that day, and held each other as they fell asleep.
Author's Note :: Don't know how well this one came out. I was kinda "half" asleep and I had a cold (and still do) while I wrote this so it's late, I'll make the next one better. I promise. <3 Thank you for reading, please leave comments, critism, or questions. Thank you again!!
Author :: ninja_x33 // meehhh.
Rating :: R for now?
Warnings :: Strong History Refrence, Language, Violence, Arranged Marriages, Feminene Men, ManxMan Relationships, Smut, Attempted Rape, Character Death. (Most of these will only happen if I continue..It's up to you guys.)
Pairings :: ShouxHiroto. KaixNao. ToraxSaga? (More to come..)
Characters :: Alice Nine, the GazettE.
Summary :: It happened in the Heian Era. Running from years 794 to 1185, Named after the capital city of Modern Kyoto.
Disclaimer :: I own nothing except the ideas I type down for you to read. I wish I owned them though. <3
The sun rising over the mountains, greeting all the clans' children with a bright dusk. The clouds pure white, and the sky a pure baby blue. A Calm, peaceful day to show it should be a happy day for at least two of the clans on a journey.
[ Ogata Clan ]
Hiroto was sitting on a rock, had a blanket around him as he watched to sky for the sunrise. Kohara got up as he heard birds chirping a soft song, and he rubbed his eyes. He noticed Hiroto was not in his bed, he got up, and saw that Hiroto sat upon a rock, staring at the sky. Hiroto didn't hear Kazamasa come out of the tent, he took out a paper, his caligraphy brush and ink, he started to write a small poem.
"Where the sun shines upon us,
A new day begins.
When the moon glows on us,
The day comes to an end.
Where does the moon and sun meet?
When the stars are the only ones filling our sky."
Kohara leaned over Hiroto and read the poem "That's beautiful." Hiroto got startled and looked at Kohara above him "Ah, Good morning! Um..uhh..I wrote this for you! It's not that great..but I wanted to give you something! I'll write a better one next time.." Kohara patted the younger man's head and smiled at him "I love it, It's great." He folded it up and put it in his case of things he kept with him, and handed Hiroto a colourful marble. Hiroto blinked and held it in his hands "This is so pretty! Thank you!" Hiroto smiled happily, and put the marble in a pouch of his. Kohara nodded "It's no problem at all.." Hiroto felt strong, warm arms wrap around his body. Leaning back in the embrace, Kohara held Hiroto as they both watched the sunrise together. Suzuki was scratching his stomach and got out of the tent, seeing Hiroto and Kohara together "hmm?" He shrugged it off, going to the nearby river and washed his face. Kouyou finally got up and was smiling at Hiroto as he was walking around cleaning and made their breakfast. Kazamasa watched over Hiroto for whatever he was doing, Kouyou broke his train of thought "Hey, Kohara-kun! Do you like Hiroto or something? You can't get your eyes offa him!" Kohara blushed lightly as he was caught red-handed, Suzuki scrowled and walked off, putting the tents away as he overheard what the two was talking about. Hiroto walked over to Akira and smiled at him "Need any help? I just finished breakfast." Akira shook his head "Oh no, Hiroto, It's fine, Don't worry about it. Don't let your pretty hands do so much work." Hiroto giggled and nodded, bowing his head "Thank you, Akira." Kouyou crossed his arms, and smiled at Kohara "I knew it." Kazamasa covered his face "I know, I like him. I love his poems..I fell in love with him by what he wrote..Is that wierd?..odd?" Kouyou shook his head "It's kind of romantic actually." He chuckled and Kohara joined in finally. "Thanks, Kouyou." Kouyou nodded "Of course, Take your chance with him. I'm sure he likes you too." Kohara smiled, "Sometime..soon, hopefully. Thanks again." Akira was yelling for them to come back and help put the last of their things away. Hiroto was giggling, and they set off after eating their breakfast.
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
Takashi woke up smelling a wonderful scent coming outside of his tent. He saw Murai and Yutaka cooking something as they we're speaking to each other. The sun was up, bright and glistening. Takashi yawned and looked at the food, "That smells delicious." Murai smiled "Thank you, Takashi-sama." Yutaka nodded in agreement "I'm sure you'll love it. We need it for energy today, we got lotta' land to cover." Takashi chuckled and nodded "That's right." Murai was now making their plates, and they ate their breakfast, happily together as they talked story. After they had finished, Yutaka cleaned the plates, Takashi and Murai was taking down the tents and putting their things away. As Yutaka came back, they put on their bags, and set off to their adventure to Nijo Castle, which they should arrive in 1 or 2 days.
[ Amano Clan ]
The team woke up late morning, hence the fact they stopped their travel really late the night before. Yuu cooked some food for energy they could have when they walked. "Fuck! Fuck this shit!" Matsumoto cried out in anger, Yuu sighed and shook his head. "This was the best I could do! I can't fucking cook!" Shinji was cursing as he was poking at his food "Dammit Yuu, Look at this, It's like Takanori's brain!" Takanori spat out the food he managed to chew "What?! My brain you say? So, Your saying, I have burnt ass shit for brains?!" Yuu spat out food he took a bite of "Oh fucking hell, This is horrible." Takanori got out some sushi he got made before their trip and frowned, "There we go, some real food!" Yuu's eyes widened as he saw the sushi, Shinji also "Oh shit dude!" They all ate the sushi and kicked off the burnt food on their plates that Yuu made. "Never cook again. I'll cook next time." Shinji was pissed off, he wanted to get to the Imperial Castle already, at least they would have real damn food. The three put their tents away and walked off together towards the imperial castle, talking about the different varieties of the guns in the trade market.
[ Sanjusangendo(Sakamoto Home) ]
Iiji and Eeri Sakamoto, sitting in their tea room, the breeze was blowing in gently. Suddenly, Tekasu and Kuri made their entrance by blocking the light from the sun. Iiji looked up from his tea as he drank the pinkish with a hint of green, cherry blossom tea. Tekasu sat in front of him, pouring a cup of tea for himself, and his wife who sat before Iiji's wife. They both sipped their tea, "That's delicious.." Iiji got to the point immediately "So, When do you plan on giving up and leaving?" Tekasu smiled at Iiji "Oh persistent are we? Well, I plan on leaving when it's the right time to leave." Tekasu chuckled and kept the smile on his face. "Well, If there's no reason to be here, why be here?" Iiji asked Tekasu, as he sipped his tea again. Kuri tilted her head to Eeri, and smiled at her "Do you think that it's not that easy to just join us, and we'll leave." Eeri frowned and shook his head, "I don't make the decisions here, my husband does." Kuri looked over at Iiji and sighed, drinking her tea now. Iiji looked at his wife and shook his head "I think you should give up, You're not going to get anywhere if you stay here and do nothing." Tekasu smirked to himself and told himself mentally, "Really, I am doing something my friend, Iiji. It's part one of my plan."
[ Imperial Castle(Ogata Home) ]
Fuushiko walked over to his husband's briefing room, talking to the army generals. Takuhiro dismissed them from the room as they we're bowing to the empress. She nodded her head back and looked at her husband. Takuhiro sighed and shook his head "We have to be ready at all times, we do not know when Amano clan will get here." Fuushiko frowned and nodded, "You're right. I just wanted to ask if there was a way to figure out if our son is allright." Takuhiro frowned, "There is a way. But he'd have to get to Nijo Castle first." They both sighed now and looked down at the floor.
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
"Walking through this is like punishment" Murai whined out, he drank the last of his water from his bottle. Takashi did the same. Yutaka looked at the worn-out men, he smiled and nodded "Well, This looks like a good place to stay for the night." The field of grass right next to a running river, with clean water and fish to catch for dinner. Yutaka put their things down, "I'll make the tents, Murai will cook after we all have some fun time fishing." Takashi and Murai smiled, and nodded "Yeah! Fish for dinner!" They laughed together. After Yutaka made the tents, and put their stuff away also making their beddings. He walked over to the two other men, chatting by the river bank. "Ready for some fishing?" They all rolled up their pants, and stepped into the water, they looked around for fish. "Time to fish!" Murai called out, and they all did their thing, suddenly water splashed onto Takashi's face. Everyone silent, then they all began to laugh together, splashing each other, and catching some fish at the time.
[ Amano Clan ]
Yuu, and Takanori watched Shinji plop down onto the floor as they we're right by a river bank. "We're stopping, I'm too fucking tired to go on." Yuu looked around and nodded, "We're making good land." He put his bags down, and Matsumoto was about to say something but a bottle met his head. "Shit! Who threw that?!" Shinji laughed, "Me, I wanted to tell you to make the tents. Yuu did it the last time, I'll cook after Yuu goes to get some fuckin' fish from the river and our water filled." Yuu looked shocked and his jaw dropped "Why the fuck do I have to do it?!" Shinji glared at him "Do you want to eat shit again?" Yuu looked to the side "Oh whatever" He walked off to the riverbank and looked at the fish inside of there. "How much fish do I get?" Shinji looked over at Matsumoto, 3 for each of us, so 9 total." Yuu scrowled and started to roll up his pants to go catch fish. Matsumoto finally finished with the tents, plopping down onto the floor and laid there for awhile "I'm hungry." Shinji got up and looked around "I'm going to check for any wood for the fire." He walked off into the forest, and heard splashing when he got abit deep into the forest, he looked over at the riverbank, seeing 3 men splashing each other, then stopped getting out of the river, laughing together. "Hmm? Who is that??"
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
Takashi, Murai, and Yutaka carried their fish and laughed as they got out of the river bank. "Ahahaha! That was so fun!" Takashi chuckled and plopped down onto the floor, and Murai took the fish to the fire pit, cooking the fish now. Yutaka sat next to Takashi, and smiled. "Today was so fun!" Takashi nodded "Yeah, Alot." There was rustling in the bushes, and Takashi looked at the bushes. "Did you guys hear that?" Murai and Yutaka nodded, and looked at the bushes. Takashi got his bow ready and got it ready to shoot an arrow. Murai held knives, and Yutaka with his sword as the rustling came more frequent. They all yelled as a tall, male with dark hair popped out of the bushes. Takashi fell back and looked at the man, his bow hit the ground and his bow flew out to the side. "Ah..Wh-Who are you?" The dark-haired male grinned, "Call me 'Tora'." Tora helped Takashi up and Takashi bowed polietely, he was abit red as the taller male was attractive. "I'm Takashi..and this is Murai, and Yutaka." They bowed at Tora and smiled, "Out on an adventure? Want to join us for dinner?" Murai asked. Tora nodded, and smiled at Takashi. "You're beautiful, Takashi-kun." Tora wrapped his arms around Takashi, and kissed his cheek. "You should be with me." Takashi blushed lightly and bit his lip, he was shy as Murai and Yutaka watched the two hugging. "Uhh~ Dinner time?" Yutaka looked at Murai, and Murai nodded "Yeah, It's done." They all ate their fish as Tora talked about where he came from, and they we're laughing all together as the night grew on them.
[ Ogata Clan ]
Halfway to Nijo Castle, They stopped in the middle of the forest, they we're all pooped out. Hiroto whined as he fell to the floor after everyone laid their things on the floor. Kohara laid next to Hiroto and smiled at him, wrapping his arms around Hiroto, pulling him up to his chest. Hiroto laid ontop of Shou's chest and giggled as they gazed at each other. "Hiroto..You're so cute you know that?" Hiroto blushed deeply and giggled again, "Thanks Kazamasa..I love your smile..It's so cute..It makes me smile too." Kohara smiled happily and nodded "Only for you my beloved." Hiroto gasped as Kohara laid him down on the grass gently, he ran his hand down Hiroto's arm and smiled up at Hiroto. "Do you want this as much as I do?" Hiroto looked up at Kohara and blushed deeply, and nodded slowly. Kohara chuckled and kissed Hiroto's lips gently. Hiroto responded to the kiss immediately, and closed his eyes gently as they kissed under the moonlight. Kouyou whistled and the couple broke their kiss, "Yoohoo! Lovebirds! Come over and eat some grub! Akira actually cooked something good!" Akira was turned away from the scene, abit pissed off, he looked over at Hiroto who smiled at him and bowed his head. "Thank you Akira" Hiroto was holding Kazamasa's hand, and the smaller male sat in the older male's lap. "Let's eat~!"Akira huffed as he sat next to Hiroto and Kohara. They all ate together, and was talking amongst themselves.
[ Sakamoto Clan ]
"That was a delicious dinner, Murai-kun." Tora smiled at the chef. "Oh, Thank you Tora-kun." Takashi chuckled and nodded his head "Murai, It was amazing." Yutaka yawned and smiled after "I'll go fill the water bottles." Tora looked at Yutaka and stood up with Yutaka "Let me help you, Yutaka-kun." Takashi saw Tora and Uke walk off to the riverbank. Murai looked at Takashi "You have a crush on Tora don't you?" Takashi blushed deeply and laughed, then shrugged "Maybe~" They both giggled like idiots when they saw Yutaka and Tora get back, Takashi got up and walked over to Tora, chatting with him and helped him bring the water bottles back. Yutaka smiled at Murai and whispered into his ear that the two flirting, liked each other. They chuckled together, taking their water bottles and started to get to their tent, "See you guys tomorrow. Good night." Takashi looked at Tora after Murai and Yutaka went into their tent to sleep. "Well, Do you want to stay with me..or do you have to go?" Tora sighed and looked down, putting his hand on top of Takashi's head "I'm sorry, I got to be going." Takashi frowned and looked down "I'll come back, will you be here again?" Takashi looked up at Tora, and shook his head "N..No..I'm not, I got to go to Nijo Castle to meet up with my childhood friend." Tora smirked to himself in his mind "Oh..I see, I hope we can meet again..Someday.." Takashi looked at Tora and shook his head again "W..Wait..N-No..I..What if we don't see you again?" Tora caressed Takashi's cheek and frowned, he brought their lips together, and Takashi kissed him back gently. They broke their kiss, and Tora kissed Takashi's forehead. "We will meet again, don't worry. I'll see you til' then. Bye, Takashi." He gave Takashi one last kiss, and hugged him tightly. Takashi sniffled and waved Tora off as his back slowly retreated into the darkness. He climbed into his tent and fell asleep slowly that night, all he thought about was Tora.
[ Amano Clan ]
Finally arriving back at his own camp, Yuu and Takanori saw him "Hey! Bitch! Where the hell we're you?!" Matsumoto cried out "I had to fucking cook. At least I can cook decent food." Yuu scrowled at Takanori "Squirt, I'm going to hit you to next week tuesday." Shinji shook his head "I just got a valueble piece of information. Takashi and Hiroto are meeting at Nijo Castle..I need to tell my father." Shinji was writing a note to his father, and tied it to his crow, letting it fly to the Sakamoto castle. He smirked to himself "Takashi, was so easy." He told himself, and Matsumoto and Shiroyama looked at each other, confused on how Shinji was able to get a hold of that information. "So where are we going now?" Yuu asked, "To the imperial palace right?" Shinji nodded "Yes, we're still going there. I'll use this information against the Ogata Clan.." They all chuckled "Good job man. Well, I'm hitting the bed." Matsumoto walked off to his tent, and Yuu put out the fire this time. "Night Shinji." Shinji nodded his head, watching the fire go out, his mind filled with thoughts of Takashi, he haunted him. Shinji held his head "Shit.." He walked over to his tent, laying down and thought about Takashi all night, till sleep took over him.
[ Ogata Clan ]
"Oh my god! That was delicious!" Kouyou whined out playfully, Hiroto giggled with him. "That was a wonderful meal, Kouyou!" Kohara had his arms around Hiroto as they finished their dinners, Akira was glaring at Kohara secretly, and sighed down at the floor. Kouyou heard the sigh from the silent man, and looked at Akira "What's got your nuts in a knot?" Akira kicked at Kouyou's leg "Shut up." Akira got up and grabbed everyone's bottles, going to fill them up. Hiroto blinked at Kohara and Kouyou got up, chasing after the angered man. "Hey! Akira! Why are you so fed up?" Akira scrowled as he noticed Kouyou following him the whole time. "God, I'm going to fill the water, Go away." Kouyou crossed his arms "Don't tell me, You like Hiroto too?" Akira stayed silent and Kouyou gasped "What? You like Hiroto?!" Akira looked back at Kouyou "Shut up!" Kouyou frowned as he was told to shut up "That's not very nice Akira." Akira shook his head as he finished filling the water and walked back to camp, Kouyou walking next to him. "Are you going to ask him out?" He looked at Akira's face as he asked. Akira kicked the nosy man again, and ran away to his tent after dropping the water bottles. "Dumb..Coward." Kouyou said as he watched Akira, he looked at Hiroto and Kohara's confused looks. "Something's bugging him, but won't tell me what." Hiroto pouted and Kohara frowned also, Kouyou patted their heads "Don't worry, He'll be fine." Kouyou yawned "I'm going to bed, Goodnite lovebirds." Walking to his tent and zipped up the entrance after looking at Akira. "Tell me do you like him?" Akira was awake, he growled as Kouyou got into the tent. "Yes! God dammit, I love his innocence. He's so cute!" Akira growled out, and Kouyou smiled to himself "Aha, Knew it. Thanks for telling me!" Kouyou fell fast asleep now. Akira looked back at Kouyou who was fast asleep "Nosy bastard." Kazamasa and Hiroto was standing by the campfire, and the moonlight shined beautifully, Kazamasa held out his hand to Hiroto. "May I have this dance?" Hiroto giggled and nodded, Kohara took Hiroto's hand into his, and his other hand rested at Hiroto's waist. Hiroto's other free hand at Kohara's shoulder, and they danced the waltz under the moonlight for awhile. They we're now giggling and laying down on the soft grass, looking up at the stars and moon. ''It's a beautiful night, ne, Kazamasa?" Kazamasa nodded "It is, and so are you." Hiroto blushed deeply, and saw that Kohara got on top of him like earlier today. "Hiroto..." He said softly, and kissed Hiroto's lips softly after leaning down. "K..Kazamasa..?" Hiroto blushed deeply and wrapped his arms around Shou's neck, "You're beautiful and amazing, Hiroto." Kohara brushed Hiroto's hair out of his face and kissed him again. Hiroto blushed still and smiled happily. "T..Thank you.." Kohara smiled back "I mean it..I really do think that." Hiroto nodded and they hugged each other tightly, Kohara gave Hiroto another kiss, and helped him up. "Let's get to bed, We need our energy." Hiroto nodded and giggled as they both laid in their tent now, together, They kissed one last time that day, and held each other as they fell asleep.
Author's Note :: Don't know how well this one came out. I was kinda "half" asleep and I had a cold (and still do) while I wrote this so it's late, I'll make the next one better. I promise. <3 Thank you for reading, please leave comments, critism, or questions. Thank you again!!