Fic Post: KanetsuguxMasamune and Cao PixNagamasa
The first set of drabbles/flash fics were done for a music meme and the second is for the warriorslash50 challenge
Fandom: Samurai Warriors/Warriors Orochi
Pairing: MasamunexKanetsugu
Notes: crack pairing combined with some short songs combined with the fact that more often than not managing a three line paragraph a day=colossal writing effort on my part resulted in… well this. Also I slightly cheated. I paused some songs at the start so that I could look up the lyrics, because I have a lot Jpop/rock songs on computer. Also, some of these pieces have nothing to do with the songs at all. Also, the last piece has mentions of suicide, because it's kinda canon for Kanetsugu and… Dir en Grey has this really disturbing fascination with things like suicide that makes me wish I'd never understood what their lyrics meant… >.>
The Meme:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Put iTunes or equivalent media player on random.
3. For each song that plays, write something related to the theme you picked inspired by the song. You have only the time frame of the song: no planning beforehand: you start when it starts, and no lingering afterward; once the song is over, you stop writing. (No fair skipping songs either; you have to take what comes by chance!)
4. Do 5 of these, then post
Song: One Step Beyond by Karsh Kale
Length: 6:06 minutes
It wasn't something he needed to do. Masamune had no obligation to Kanetsugu--quite the opposite--yet he still found himself entering the moron's tent just to make sure he was alright. The fool hadn't taken a bullet for him on purpose, yet that didn't change the fact that he'd saved Masamune's life--accidentally. Seeing the fool laying there, unconscious, pale and sweating was filling him with disgust. People were going to think he owed the bastard now. Especially because he had gone in here--dammit it all!
Squatting down, Masamune looked at him, feeling the hate growing with every shallow breath Kanetsugu took. Why was he even here? Just to stare at the honor freak while he slept? What did he do when the idiot woke up? If he woke up. He'd thank the gods for small favors, but then he'd have to deal with the jerk dying for him.
Song: Cancer by My Chemical Romance
Length: 2:22 minutes
Why follow Orochi? Kanetsugu wondered about that long after Masamune had left and long after Shingen had stopped grimacing. To stop chaos? The cancer that still plagued the land could be fixed by the one who had caused it? The boy was daft.
Song: Kasou L'Arc~en~Ciel
Length: 5:13
It's crazy, it's insane and yet somehow, Masamune Date had just allowed Kanetsugu Naoe to fuck him senseless. He supposed he shouldn't have been surprised at the honor freak's appetite. No one who ranted about honor that much could have been getting laid that often. Or could have possibly had any sort of normal kinks either he grimaced to himself as he felt a few of the bruises that had formed. Masamune should have ripped Kanetsugu's throat out, but honestly, he hadn't gotten any in a long time either and the way Kanetsugu is sprawled out on the futons, looking so satisfied for once in his life is something he just doesn't feel like ruining. Yet.
Song: Epitaph from the .hack//liminality sound track
Length: 3:00
"Don’t you worry that no one will mourn you at your funeral? That all they will remember is the rotten man you were in life? Wouldn't you rather be mourned as an honorable man?"
"What about you? Do you want people to remember you as a close minded moron who babbles about justice because he's too afraid to be honest with himself?"
They both pause and look at each other long and hard, sake cups in hand, just moments away from pouring the contents over the other's head. After a few minutes they each look away, as if pretending they weren't scared by what they saw there, taking a long drink, looking up at the moon.
"This is depressing."
"For once, I agree."
Song: Machiavellism by Dir en Grey
Length: 3:16
Kanetsugu apparently made a habit of trying to kill himself. That was the only explanation Masamune could come up with for the number of times he'd walked in on the moron trying to commit suicide. He'd have told Ieyasu what a fucking liability the honor freak was if not for the fact that it was such an annoyingly personal thing.
Really, the fact that Kanetsugu had yet to successfully bring himself to commit suicide was pathetic, let alone the fact that he constantly set himself up to be caught by Masamune. No one wonder Keiji had dumped the idiot.
Title: Tension
Characters/Pairings: One sided Cao Pi/Nagamasa
Prompt: 012. favoritism
Summary: Nagamasa's new lord is showing a little too much interest in his personal life. Takes place between the first and second games.
Notes: Warriors Orochi gave me the really strong impression that Cao Pi actually thought very highly of Nagamasa, which pinged in a really strange way to me, since Cao Pi doesn't seem to impress easily, especially with goody two shoes types. Also, I think Cao Pi becomes an idiot when faced with pretty things (as proven by his first meeting with Zhen Ji).
Maybe it was just the fact that Nagamasa was used to being his own Lord and thus hadn't known the favor of another. Yes. That had to be it. That explained why he felt so uncomfortable whenever Cao Pi devoted attention to him. The way Cao Pi questioned him about Omi, the Azai, Nobunaga, Oichi, his family, his favorite foods, his honor, sex… Okay, it wasn't normal. But it wasn't his place to say. The man had defeated him and dened to spare his life. Nagamasa knew the consequences of not repaying a debt and wasn't going to renege on one of the most ruthless men in all of China. Still, he would have liked the space. Or for the man to stop accompanying him on his patrols.
"It truly is impressive that the peasants have settled in so well. One would think there would be more panic," Cao Pi mused as they passed a local tea shop where Japanese and Chinese patrons alike were busy betting on a game of Shogi.
Waving at a few of the men as they continued their walk through town, Nagamasa nodded. "With you and your father around, they have nothing to fear," he said, admiration creeping into his voice, despite himself. His Brother could have learned a thing or two about governance from the Cao clan. They ruled with a strong hand, but knew that cruelty didn't garner respect.
"No, my friend. Not us alone. It's people like you who truly put their hearts at ease," Cao Pi said it with that strange smile that Nagamasa had come to realize was reserved for only a select few people, himself. It was something that was both pleasing and discomforting, though more the latter than the former.
By now they were leaving the town and entering farmland that been left fallow and thus was empty of workers. They were dangerously alone. "I do not believe I have accomplished all that much. I just do what I can," Nagamasa said it with a blush, not quite sure if Cao Pi had ulterior motives.
The twist of Cao Pi's mouth seemed to answer that question. "Nagamasa, you are a man of Wei now. Do you think we'd keep you around if your talents were meager?"
It wasn't the way the words were said that caused Nagamasa to halt but the look Cao Pi was giving him. The other man wasn't talking about Wei at all, but about himself. There was a tension in the air that was ready to snap and Nagamasa found himself choosing his words carefully.
"My lord… I shall serve you as best as I can. But… understand there are things that my honor will not allow," it was said a little too boldly, but Nagamasa felt firm in his conviction.
The tree that suddenly met Nagamasa's back and the hands bracing his shoulders wasn't the response he'd expected. "Is it always about your honor? Your honor and your love? Is there so little honor in serving me?" The smile was gone and there was now anger and resentment there. Nagamasa regretted what he said, but decided to stand firm.
Carefully reaching up, Nagamasa pried Cao Pi's hands from his shoulders, being as gentle as possible. "My lord, I would not serve you if my honor did not dictate such. I just meant that there are things that my honor doesn't require me to do. But, before you ask, never once have I been ashamed of serving you," he said as he finally Cao Pi's hold, looking him straight in the eyes. They held gazes for what seemed a century before Cao Pi threw a hand up in the air and laughed, causing Nagamasa to flinch.
Turning away, Cao Pi continued laughing for several moments, until he mastered himself. When he finally looked back at Nagamasa, Cao Pi's smile was lighter. "Despite what others say," he brushed a hand through his bangs, 'you are truly a difficult man to deal with." That same almost gentle smile now grace Cao Pi's face, one that was long suffering, but glad for it. The strange tension was gone and Nagamasa was actually more unnerved than before.
"My Lord?"
"Do not worry about it," Cao Pi waved dismissively. "Even I have difficulty understanding it. Let us put this behind us, hmm?" It wasn't really a question, but an order as Cao Pi had started walking down the path again.
"Y-yes My Lord," Nagamasa said as he fell in step beside him. Time passed in silence before Cao Pi stopped abruptly, forcing Nagamasa to halt and look at the strangely.
"This is beginning to bore me. I think we shall part ways. For now," Cao Pi smirked as he turned back. "Oh and Nagamasa? You are not off the hook." And the tension was back in the air again, though Nagamasa didn't have the guts to call Cao Pi on it.
Fandom: Samurai Warriors/Warriors Orochi
Pairing: MasamunexKanetsugu
Notes: crack pairing combined with some short songs combined with the fact that more often than not managing a three line paragraph a day=colossal writing effort on my part resulted in… well this. Also I slightly cheated. I paused some songs at the start so that I could look up the lyrics, because I have a lot Jpop/rock songs on computer. Also, some of these pieces have nothing to do with the songs at all. Also, the last piece has mentions of suicide, because it's kinda canon for Kanetsugu and… Dir en Grey has this really disturbing fascination with things like suicide that makes me wish I'd never understood what their lyrics meant… >.>
The Meme:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Put iTunes or equivalent media player on random.
3. For each song that plays, write something related to the theme you picked inspired by the song. You have only the time frame of the song: no planning beforehand: you start when it starts, and no lingering afterward; once the song is over, you stop writing. (No fair skipping songs either; you have to take what comes by chance!)
4. Do 5 of these, then post
Song: One Step Beyond by Karsh Kale
Length: 6:06 minutes
It wasn't something he needed to do. Masamune had no obligation to Kanetsugu--quite the opposite--yet he still found himself entering the moron's tent just to make sure he was alright. The fool hadn't taken a bullet for him on purpose, yet that didn't change the fact that he'd saved Masamune's life--accidentally. Seeing the fool laying there, unconscious, pale and sweating was filling him with disgust. People were going to think he owed the bastard now. Especially because he had gone in here--dammit it all!
Squatting down, Masamune looked at him, feeling the hate growing with every shallow breath Kanetsugu took. Why was he even here? Just to stare at the honor freak while he slept? What did he do when the idiot woke up? If he woke up. He'd thank the gods for small favors, but then he'd have to deal with the jerk dying for him.
Song: Cancer by My Chemical Romance
Length: 2:22 minutes
Why follow Orochi? Kanetsugu wondered about that long after Masamune had left and long after Shingen had stopped grimacing. To stop chaos? The cancer that still plagued the land could be fixed by the one who had caused it? The boy was daft.
Song: Kasou L'Arc~en~Ciel
Length: 5:13
It's crazy, it's insane and yet somehow, Masamune Date had just allowed Kanetsugu Naoe to fuck him senseless. He supposed he shouldn't have been surprised at the honor freak's appetite. No one who ranted about honor that much could have been getting laid that often. Or could have possibly had any sort of normal kinks either he grimaced to himself as he felt a few of the bruises that had formed. Masamune should have ripped Kanetsugu's throat out, but honestly, he hadn't gotten any in a long time either and the way Kanetsugu is sprawled out on the futons, looking so satisfied for once in his life is something he just doesn't feel like ruining. Yet.
Song: Epitaph from the .hack//liminality sound track
Length: 3:00
"Don’t you worry that no one will mourn you at your funeral? That all they will remember is the rotten man you were in life? Wouldn't you rather be mourned as an honorable man?"
"What about you? Do you want people to remember you as a close minded moron who babbles about justice because he's too afraid to be honest with himself?"
They both pause and look at each other long and hard, sake cups in hand, just moments away from pouring the contents over the other's head. After a few minutes they each look away, as if pretending they weren't scared by what they saw there, taking a long drink, looking up at the moon.
"This is depressing."
"For once, I agree."
Song: Machiavellism by Dir en Grey
Length: 3:16
Kanetsugu apparently made a habit of trying to kill himself. That was the only explanation Masamune could come up with for the number of times he'd walked in on the moron trying to commit suicide. He'd have told Ieyasu what a fucking liability the honor freak was if not for the fact that it was such an annoyingly personal thing.
Really, the fact that Kanetsugu had yet to successfully bring himself to commit suicide was pathetic, let alone the fact that he constantly set himself up to be caught by Masamune. No one wonder Keiji had dumped the idiot.
Title: Tension
Characters/Pairings: One sided Cao Pi/Nagamasa
Prompt: 012. favoritism
Summary: Nagamasa's new lord is showing a little too much interest in his personal life. Takes place between the first and second games.
Notes: Warriors Orochi gave me the really strong impression that Cao Pi actually thought very highly of Nagamasa, which pinged in a really strange way to me, since Cao Pi doesn't seem to impress easily, especially with goody two shoes types. Also, I think Cao Pi becomes an idiot when faced with pretty things (as proven by his first meeting with Zhen Ji).
Maybe it was just the fact that Nagamasa was used to being his own Lord and thus hadn't known the favor of another. Yes. That had to be it. That explained why he felt so uncomfortable whenever Cao Pi devoted attention to him. The way Cao Pi questioned him about Omi, the Azai, Nobunaga, Oichi, his family, his favorite foods, his honor, sex… Okay, it wasn't normal. But it wasn't his place to say. The man had defeated him and dened to spare his life. Nagamasa knew the consequences of not repaying a debt and wasn't going to renege on one of the most ruthless men in all of China. Still, he would have liked the space. Or for the man to stop accompanying him on his patrols.
"It truly is impressive that the peasants have settled in so well. One would think there would be more panic," Cao Pi mused as they passed a local tea shop where Japanese and Chinese patrons alike were busy betting on a game of Shogi.
Waving at a few of the men as they continued their walk through town, Nagamasa nodded. "With you and your father around, they have nothing to fear," he said, admiration creeping into his voice, despite himself. His Brother could have learned a thing or two about governance from the Cao clan. They ruled with a strong hand, but knew that cruelty didn't garner respect.
"No, my friend. Not us alone. It's people like you who truly put their hearts at ease," Cao Pi said it with that strange smile that Nagamasa had come to realize was reserved for only a select few people, himself. It was something that was both pleasing and discomforting, though more the latter than the former.
By now they were leaving the town and entering farmland that been left fallow and thus was empty of workers. They were dangerously alone. "I do not believe I have accomplished all that much. I just do what I can," Nagamasa said it with a blush, not quite sure if Cao Pi had ulterior motives.
The twist of Cao Pi's mouth seemed to answer that question. "Nagamasa, you are a man of Wei now. Do you think we'd keep you around if your talents were meager?"
It wasn't the way the words were said that caused Nagamasa to halt but the look Cao Pi was giving him. The other man wasn't talking about Wei at all, but about himself. There was a tension in the air that was ready to snap and Nagamasa found himself choosing his words carefully.
"My lord… I shall serve you as best as I can. But… understand there are things that my honor will not allow," it was said a little too boldly, but Nagamasa felt firm in his conviction.
The tree that suddenly met Nagamasa's back and the hands bracing his shoulders wasn't the response he'd expected. "Is it always about your honor? Your honor and your love? Is there so little honor in serving me?" The smile was gone and there was now anger and resentment there. Nagamasa regretted what he said, but decided to stand firm.
Carefully reaching up, Nagamasa pried Cao Pi's hands from his shoulders, being as gentle as possible. "My lord, I would not serve you if my honor did not dictate such. I just meant that there are things that my honor doesn't require me to do. But, before you ask, never once have I been ashamed of serving you," he said as he finally Cao Pi's hold, looking him straight in the eyes. They held gazes for what seemed a century before Cao Pi threw a hand up in the air and laughed, causing Nagamasa to flinch.
Turning away, Cao Pi continued laughing for several moments, until he mastered himself. When he finally looked back at Nagamasa, Cao Pi's smile was lighter. "Despite what others say," he brushed a hand through his bangs, 'you are truly a difficult man to deal with." That same almost gentle smile now grace Cao Pi's face, one that was long suffering, but glad for it. The strange tension was gone and Nagamasa was actually more unnerved than before.
"My Lord?"
"Do not worry about it," Cao Pi waved dismissively. "Even I have difficulty understanding it. Let us put this behind us, hmm?" It wasn't really a question, but an order as Cao Pi had started walking down the path again.
"Y-yes My Lord," Nagamasa said as he fell in step beside him. Time passed in silence before Cao Pi stopped abruptly, forcing Nagamasa to halt and look at the strangely.
"This is beginning to bore me. I think we shall part ways. For now," Cao Pi smirked as he turned back. "Oh and Nagamasa? You are not off the hook." And the tension was back in the air again, though Nagamasa didn't have the guts to call Cao Pi on it.