wingedtiger | OPEN RP POST

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i told u i wuz hardcore

[What

the fuck just happened?

Skilled as Date Masamune may be when it comes to swordplay, he doesn't win every match against Sanada Yukimura; his rival is equally talented with his spears, and it's a true struggle to determine the victor each and every time - if the outcome can even be determined at all. And that's just how Masamune likes it.

But the thing about putting everything you have into something is that one wrong move can lose it all, too. A slight misstep, a delayed reflex, even blinking at the wrong moment... one small mistake and now Masamune's flat on his back, the wind knocked out of him, pointed steel pressed right to his throat. Yukimura seems so far above him right now, looking down on him, looking down on his equal.

If he can even be called that, at this moment. This is exactly when Yukimura should take the kill, as he deserves for taking the Dragon down. But will he do it? The realization that he very well could die right here and now is... terrifying. A dread Masamune isn't actually familiar with. But if anyone gets to kill him, then who better than his beloved rival? This has always been their goal.

His pulse pounds deafening in his ear, and his wide and wild-eyed gaze fixes on Yukimura, a mix of fear and challenge both in his slitted pupil. Seconds stretch into eternity and the world beyond them fades to white. He forgets to breathem Do it, do it, kill him!!]

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FUCKING DESTROY ME

ROLLS UP SLEEVES

[ The scene plays out over and over in Sasuke's mind. Their faulty intel, the trap sprung by that bastard Matsunaga, his haunting words, the explosion, the flurry of sword strikes, Yukimura's body falling to the ground... Sasuke screaming Yukimura's name...

No no no no! Focus damn it!

They escaped by sinking into darkness and emerged only when Sasuke feared it would be too much for Yukimura. Sasuke has been on the run with Yukimura limp in his arms ever since. By sheer luck, he carries Yukimura to a familiar isolated hut. It's the same hut they took shelter in during the storm. There's no mistaking it. The woodpile is just how they left it along with everything else they used from their last visit. (Sasuke gave the place a quick cleaning as thanks in case it wasn't as abandoned as they thought.)

Sasuke gently sets Yukimura on one of the blankets and immediately starts tending Yukimura's wounds. He cleans away the blood and dirt, sets broken bone, stitches together the cuts, applies salves to the burns, and then bandages everything up. The second blanket covers Yukimura's body to keep him warm, and Sasuke fold his own camouflage poncho for Yukimura to use as a pillow. Yukimura's clothing is in a pile awaiting cleaning and mending.

Yukimura has gotten through worse than this, right? He'll wake up soon.

Except Yukimura hasn't. He hasn't woken up yet.

Sasuke starts a weak fire with trembling fingers to make some rice porridge. Yukimura will be hungry when he wakes.

Except Yukimura hasn't. He hasn't woken up yet.

Yukimura's clothing is mended because Yukimura really can't go around wearing only bandages when he wakes.

Except Yukimura hasn't. He hasn't woken up yet.

Sasuke doesn't sleep. Every moment he starts to nod off, he startles awake by any sound or even the lack of it. He's a mess, pale and half dressed because he sacrificed his own clothing for Yukimura's comfort or as a change of bandages. His face paint is mostly wiped away from the many times he rubbed his watery eyes to clear his vision. He's only cleaned up because he needed to be as he tended Yukimura's wounds.

Curled up beside Yukimura lying supine, Sasuke clutches the end of Yukimura's ponytail and holds it close to face, as if in prayer. He doesn't dare cling to Yukimura in case he reopens a wound, but Yukimura has never felt so cold and far away... ]

... Don't... leave me too... Don't make me human... and then leave me...

[ He chokes back a sob. He can't fall apart. Yukimura needs him to... to... do his job...

Except Yukimura hasn't. He hasn't woken up yet. ]

[ The three days come and go quickly. Sasuke has been busy at work with both taking care of Yukimura, getting things ready for dango roulette, and slowly returning to doing his own job. It helps the soldiers' anxiety over both of them not quite bouncing back to action as fast as usual. Shingen also had a few tasks for him to take care of, and Sasuke can't exactly deny him those. It would look badly on Yukimura and himself.

It's a crisp, cool night when Sasuke whispers softly at Yukimura's door. ]

Master Sanada, I'm entering.

[ He doesn't wait for a reply as he slips through the door and quickly closes it behind him. His movements are feather-soft like he sneaked into enemy territory. In his hands, he carries a tray with the plate of dango, some tea, and some sake. (He's giving Yukimura a choice of beverage to enjoy with his dango.) That's hardly any reason for Sasuke's haste and secrecy.

However, fulfilling an earlier request of Yukimura's does call for ninja skills. Yukimura will see Sasuke in that green kimono again. Sasuke is doing his best not to blush. He doesn't have a real "excuse" to blame his dress on; he feels so exposed. But... he also understands he feels less like a ninja (more human?) dressed like this. It's worth exploring more even if Yukimura hadn't wished to see him in this again.

Kneeling down, making sure to sweep the kimono underneath his legs and not expose himself, Sasuke begins to arrange the items more pleasingly on the tray. ]

Have you finished the book?

[ Water.

It's what makes up most of the planet.

It's everywhere.

In a country where the ocean is never far away, it's preferable not to dislike it. And Yukimura never used to. But one-too-many disconcertingly realistic nightmares have left Yukimura wary of deep water.

He knows how to swim, and he can even swim well. And yet, as he looks out at the ocean, he feels like he might forget. Like all of a sudden his mind will go empty and even instinct won't save him.

But running from the water won't solve anything, and that's why Yukimura is here -- with Masamune.

This beach episode is more like a trek through the Water Temple for Yukimura. He's glaring at the ocean like it's going to rise up and wash him out to sea or something.

Wait. Waves can do that!

That's fucking scary!

He glares harder. ]

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