"What's the matter? No good women in Echigo? You have to come here and try to seduce ours?"
Y/N recognizes the voice all too well. The sword slid back from view.
"I'm disappointed you stoop so low to be sneaking around and kidnapping, Yukimura." The sinister in the man's voice sends chill down her spine as excitement gleams in his one dark-blue eye.
Because she recognizes the man all too well, she feels her body trembling in fear for Sasuke and his friend here.
The door was thrown wide open, Masamune stood on the other side, sword at the ready. Next to Masamune is Nobunaga with his icy expression. Unlike Masamune, there is no excitement, or any hint of emotions display in his eyes. No one could read what is behind those orbs.
"Let's get one thing perfectly straight, I was not trying to seduce this woman or man, whatever you call this person." Yukimura has his sword unsheathed, held firmly in his hand.
Sasuke interposes himself between Y/N and Masamune. He draws the sword on his back.
"W-Wait, they didn't come here to harm me or Toshiie, Masamune. It was a misunderstanding." Y/N tries to explain the situation.
Toshiie is still lying unconsciously on the tatami mat. Making the scene just more suspicious.
"Y/N, is it? If you want to live, don't make any unnecessary moves." At the same time, Yukimura grabs her from behind.
Her heart races against her chest when she spots the small cut on Sasuke's neck. Even she knows that an inch closer or a mere second later, Sasuke would have been lying on the floor lifeless right now. She breaks out into a sweat, keeping her eyes fixed on Masamune and Nobunaga.
"Do you want to fight in this packed space, Masamune? You might hurt the girl." Yukimura takes his stance.
"Don't get the wrong idea, lass. We're not here to see whether you are harmed or not." Masamune ignores Yukimura's warning as his eye shows that murderous intent.
Before her is a different person. He is not the Masamune she thought she knew, but a hungry beast, eyeing his prey in hunger.
"Move." Nobunaga speaks directly to Y/N, his tone is threatening and menacing.
She could see the cold ferocity she knew was a part of him in that pair of eyes. Nobunaga's sword is still sheathed on the side of his waist. It is obvious now to her that Nobunaga and Masamune had been in Kyoto all along.
Y/N couldn't move, not because she doesn't want to, but she can't find the strength in her to do so. But as Masamune takes a step further into the room, she flinches involuntarily. Fear spread in the pit of her stomach. Her pulse starts to race faster and faster.
In a blink of an eye, Masamune closes the distance between them and swings his sword at Yukimura. However, Yukimura blocks the attack with his own sword, using his strength to shove Masamune's merciless blade away.
The sound of steel was still echoing in her ears.
"Hostage. Shingen should have taught you better than that before he died off on you, Yukimura." A sinister smirk plays on Nobunaga's lips as he joins in the fight and strikes his attack down on Yukimura.
"Y/N!" Sasuke quickly pushes Y/N away from her original spot before he dodges a swing coming from Masamune.
Y/N slides on the mat a few feet away from them. Her breath caught in her throat. A sword was now where her head had been; Nobunaga's sword.
Masamune swings again. Sasuke quickly pulls out his dagger, and with his sword, block Masamune's blade.
"Thought you'd be more of a spy than a fighter, ninja. But you're good." Masamune smirks.
Their blades are still crossed, and Sasuke is being pushed to his knees by Masamune's sheer strength.
"You actually thought a hostage could stop me? I was ready to take all of you down." Masamune's words left Y/N speechless.
In another corner, Nobunaga is clashing mercilessly against Yukimura.
Y/N holds herself up in horror and fears. Every cell in her body is screaming as they know death was just a second away. Within just a few seconds, she had escaped death thanks to Sasuke and Yukimura, who she had just met a few minutes ago.
"You're right. I'm not used to taking hostages to my side." Yukimura pushes back Nobunaga and cut down an Oda soldier that came running in to defend their lords.
Blood stains the tatami mat.
"S-st-stop..." Y/N mutters in fear and horror.
She sits there still as if she has been frozen in place, yet her legs and hands continue trembling uncontrollably. All the noises around her are muted and everything is black and gray, except for the dark red stain of blood on the floor and the lifeless body of the soldier.
"You put up a good fight, Shingen does have some talented people to take after him, doesn't he?" Masamune smiles, leaning into the strike.
The blade draws closer to Sasuke's neck.
The excitement in Masamune's eyes when he fights is completely different compared to the person Y/N is used to see in Azuchi. Nobunaga, on the other hand, is ruthless just as the rumors say. He cut down one of his soldiers who happened to step in the wrong spot in front of Yukimura, yet there is no sign of sympathy, regrets or any emotions in his eyes.
It is the first time she sees the leader of the Oda forces fight in a real battle. But instead of finding herself in awe and amazement because of his swordsmanship, she is left in utter fears.
Pulling together all her strength, she runs up to Masamune and wraps herself around his right arm to give Sasuke that second to escape from his blade.
"Stop! Stop Masamune! Stop!" She screams in desperation.
"What are you doing? Let go, Y/N!" Masamune is caught off guard by Y/N's sudden action.
Despite his protest, she continues to cling tightly onto his arm.
"I'll kill you if you don't let go!" Masamune threatens her as Sasuke throws several shuriken toward Masamune.
The one-eye daimyo shoves Y/N away single handed before he shields himself with his left arm. The shurikens pierced through the skin, on the back of his shoulder and arm.
"Sasuke!" Yukimura yells from the other side of the room as he dodges Nobunaga's swing.
A small trail of blood runs down Yukimura's hand. During the chaos, he has been injured.
"Y/N!" Sasuke calls out to her and they share a single nod.
Sasuke and Y/N simultaneously throw down a smoke bomb in the room. The smoke fills the area, giving Sasuke and Yukimura the chance to escape. They cannot afford to stay any longer because more reinforcement will come. Sasuke looks back at her for just a moment as he crossed the threshold, and she knew he hates to leave her.
As much as he wants to take Y/N with him, he cannot convince her to leave. And if he stays any longer, he will just put her in more harms. Even as skilled as he is, he cannot protect her and fight against Masamune at the same time. Masamune stood up to his reputation and how history had described him to be, a genius with swordsmanship and the lust for battle only make him more dangerous.
Sasuke and Yukimura take the chance and jump out the window on each side of the building, leaving the battle scene behind.
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Cherry Blossom | | Ikemen Sengoku | |
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