Samurai War (Kyux & namelesshero)

[Kyux]

Tsuneo raised his eyebrows as he herd Tsubaki's voice raising up. He snickered a little and then sighed, figuring that she wasn't upset for nothing. When she walked out she was red. He sighed and looked at her."somewhere else sounds good, come on." He then turned and headed towards a small pond he spotted when they were led to the house.

As they reached there Tsuneo sat down by the pond and folded his legs together."So. What made you that angry with your father? What did he say? If it's not personal." He said calmly and looked at her.

[namelesshero]

She frowned at his question. "No, it's nothing, it's just that...he forbid me to search for my sister. I...I can't just do that," she looked up to the bright, full moon hanging in the sky. The stars could be seen clearly as clouds were nowhere in sight. "I can't forgive my sister for doing that thing...I want to confront her myself."

[Kyux]

Tsuneo glaned at her and sighed. He knew how she felt. She wanted her revenge and so did he so he understood her. He smiled a little."Hey, you ran away once, who said you can't run away twice?" he asked and smiled."I'll help you. And if it's needed I'll try and convince your father. ... What did she do anyway?" He asked and looked at her.

[namelesshero]

She smiled on his suggestion. He's always a bit naughty like that...she wondered how bad his influence to her already was. His next question threw away that smile, replaced by a face filled with sadness.

"She killed our mother," she glanced away toward the sky, memories of the past coming back at her. "When I saw it, she's standing there with a knife on her hand...our mother, sickly as she was, laid there with blood gushing out of her chest. I was so stunned by it she managed to get away. After that, the rumor of her killing Kuukai leader's wife land her a position in the Emperor's army." Her hand clutched the railings so hard her fingers grew white. "She betrayed my clan. She betrayed my father. She...betrayed me..." a drop of tear trickled down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away.

"...But that's our family's problem. You have your own things to do, Tsuneo-san. Please focus on that," she managed a fake smile, trying to mask her sadness. "You have an emperor to kill, don't you?"

[Kyux]

Tsuneo sighed and looked at her. He saw the sadness in her eyes as she spoke and took a deep breathe. "Sure I have an emperor to kill, but it doesnt means I can't help you." He said and then looked down at her. He pulled her into a hug, seeing that she's holding herself from crying in front of him."It will be okay don't worry."

[namelesshero]

She didn't reject his touch. The warmth of his body blanketed her in a comfortable hug. She felt safe within his embrace, as if she could live without worry, without calculating the good and bad of each steps she would take. More tears fell down silently with memories of her mother rushing into her mind. She tried to be strong, to stop the tears.

She slowly looked up into his eyes. She could feel on her hair the slow, rythimic tempo of his breath. She couldn't hold the temptation growing within her, the heat creeping up all over her body. She slowly moved her lips closer to his, leaning closer and closer...

"..." she abruptly pushed him away. It was purely by reflex because she felt a presence close by. Kurozuka Tengu was standing there across the corridor, his eyes looking sharply at the two.

"...geez, father..." Tsubaki frowned. "Tsuneo-san, I'll see you tomorrow. Good night," she slowly shook her head while walking away into the house.

Tengu approached Tsuneo, his eyes still locked on him. "As our master had stated, you'll stay in my house for tonight. I've prepared a guest room for you. Please call me if there's anything that you need."

[Kyux]

Tsuneo let her take out everything she had, and when she was about to kiss him he wouldn't reject-never, but then he felt her, pushing him away. He stumbeled back and looked at her confused, untill he saw who she was speaking with. His cheeks went slightly red, ashamed of her father seeing them together. It was a great disrespect, he should've asked for permission from him before he'd do anything like that in his territory.

He nodded a goodnight to Tsubaki and then glanced , and then he looked at Tengu."Y-yes.. I'm sorry for... Er.. Sir please understand I do have strong feelings to your daughter, it doesnt comes from disrespect, I hope you understand. "he said and glanced at him.

[namelesshero]

Tengu didn't say anything, just his usual nonchalant eyes studying Tsuneo up and down. "...I bet Tsubaki had told you about her sister's, Ayame's, situation. I believe that your willingness to help her stem from good cause, however...I must ask you personally to leave it as it is. This is our family...our clan's problem. You have nothing to do with it. We don't want to burden you. To be blunt, we don't want to be burdened by unnecessary help," he sighed. "I'm sorry if my words hurt you, but I speak nothing but the truth."

He didn't wait for a reply. Rather, he quickly turned away from him, retracing back his steps from before. "Oh, young samurai," he turned his head slightly so his eyes could reach Tsuneo's. "My beautiful flower is not to be taken by a dying spirit. If the spirit could not stop his desire to die, my steel fence won't allow him even a slight touch," he turned away, resuming his walk. "Remember that."

[Kyux]

Tsuneo sighed and listented to the man asking him not to help. Fine, he understood and he respected it. it was exactly as when he asked them to not get involved with whats going on between the emperor and him. But when he spoke about Tsubaki , that what truly hurt. He felt as if his heart was torn into two pieces.

But her father was right. It wasn't fair towards her if he'd go there and make her worry, and he'd die. She will be just suffering. But on the other hand... He frowned and nodded."understood. "he muttered under his breathe and sighed.

He started walking towards where he needed to sleepand stopped there, sitting down. He glanced up at the ceeling and frowned. Having no idea what to do. At the moment, he wished to not have taken her with him back then, how could he know something like that would happen?

[namelesshero]

Up in the ceiling. Just like every houses, there was spaces between the roof and ceilings. This was dark, damp place usually left for naught except air ventilation. There's no one interested in going there, precisely, there's no reason to go there. The only time someone went up there was to repair the roof.

However, ninjas were peculiar beings interested in the dark. Or so the myth, romanticized version of stories told by people in the country, had said. Truth nevertheless, at the moment rustling sounds was heard up there, stomping, sounds of clothes rubbed surfaces of hard wood.

Suddenly, the ceiling tile opened. Someone clad in dark clothes jumped down from it, ignoring the danger of height. In mid-air, however, the person somehow lost balance, causing what was supposed to be an elegant jump into a smack face-first toward the tatami mat.

"Owowow..." the person laid on the floor, twitching from the pain. It was a feminime voice coming out from her mouth.

"Ehehe...sorry for that," she scratched the back of her head, embarrassed from her failure. "Nice to meet you, I'm the one assigned as your bodyguard."