Unexpected encounter

( Before starting the story I wanted to say that sorry for the spelling mistakes, English is not my first language)

  Feudal Japan divided into 4 different empires, shima empire known for its wealth and crops, nagaza empire known for its strength and victories, misuki empire known for its medicine and research and  tsuki empire known for its weaponry.

  The story takes place between the two Shima and Nagaza kingdoms, where a war will take place after a breach of agreement that left the empires on alert with a possible war on the way, the emperor known for his natural beauty and his long, straight colored hair black, has a plan in mind to call one of the strongest Samurai of the time to fight in the war.

  Emperor Kishime sat on his throne with one leg propped on the other, his head propped up as the samurai entered

  Through the doors of the hall, a samurai man with a short frame takes off his helmet showing messy black hair in a pointed style, with a black samurai costume with a painted skull and pale skin with a scar on his blind eye and another on his mouth, with his eyes yellow. deep, with a calm and deep voice he called asked the emperor

  - Did you call me emperor?

  Teiden was known for being violent on the battlefield and for being the king of the Samurai, he fought several battles and killed several samurai in the path respected between samurai and swordsmanship.

Kishime  smiled as he turned to see the samurai that stood before him.

  -Teiden, I really called you, I'm surprised you actually came. Will you do everything I ask?"

  Said the emperor as he looked at his queen with a mischievous smile as he sat on the throne, looking at the samurai now with interest.

  The samurai didn't like taking orders from the royal family or nobles, so he responded coldly

  - it depends, I don't usually obey spoiled people, and if it's about the war against the Shima Empire I'm already aware of that

  The emperor responded politely as he adjusted himself on the throne

  -It is for war that you are known, You are my weapon, aren't you? You are needed for this.

  He smiled

  -I trust that you will not fail me

  He placed his hand on his queen's lap and held it there for a moment before turning to the samurai.

  Interpreting the wrong sentence, the samurai got angry and sighed, speaking with all his patience

  - I'm not a carrier pigeon that delivers messages, I'm a warrior, a samurai, I'm not a weapon or an object, so if you want to make an agreement with me, talk to me straight

  The emperor smiled at this, amused by the samurai's words, but he had a cold, dark expression in his eyes when he spoke.

  -You are everything I want you to be. Don't forget your place. Do you want to be punished for your words? Can I make my Queen do this

  He smiled at his queen.

  - Would you like that, my queen? To punish you for being out of line?

  Teiden didn't like the threat at all and raised his voice.

  - if you try to arrest me or attack me I swear I'll make mincemeat of your queen, you know I have no pity, so don't you dare touch me, know that I don't have an agreement with you

  The emperor  laughed darkly at the samurai and smiled at him.

  -My God, you are an insolent, samurai. What makes you think you deserve it? That you can threaten an emperor?" He laughed. I am the one who chooses who lives and who dies. You will not touch her. You belong to me. Understand?"

- I'm not an insolent samurai I'm >THE samurai< and you think you're better than people but in the first war you hide among your guards afraid of even touching your hair, and don't underestimate me sir kishime

  His smile disappeared as he spoke with a cold gaze.

  -You're right, I wouldn't want to underestimate you, but if you continue to act like a defiant child, I will punish you as if you were a child.

  He placed his hand on his queen's lap once again and looked at the samurai with a dark expression in his eyes.

  - And now?

  The samurai, now out of patience, responded for the last time before leaving the main hall.

  - when you treat me with more respect and want an agreement, you come to me, otherwise you won't get any agreement

  The emperor smiled and gave a small laugh as the samurai turned and walked away.

  -He may have attitude, but he is a formidable enemy on the field. I still need it.

  He turned to his queen, looking at Teiden before speaking again.

  -He will come to his senses eventually. The emperor laughed once again.

  The samurai leaves the hall taking his two samurai, the samurai takes the path to the samurai district which was nothing more than a camp, everyone had their houses and tents, everyone was training and preparing themselves in case there was a war.

Later that day the samurai takes a break eating his favorite sushi while he hears the noise of the royal carriage approaching so he finishes eating and gets up to see what was happening, the emperor was inside the carriage with his queen as they talked he saw the carriage approaching the Samurai district after the carriage stopped he came out with his queen from inside the carriage and soon saw the samurai in front of them with a frown and not at all happy with them there.

  The emperor  faced the samurai, looking at the samurai with a smirk as his queen stood up and stood beside him.

  -I want you to join me, kishime  spoke the words with confidence while looking at the samurai.

  His queen also looked at the samurai, her eyes scanning him before speaking.

  -You will do whatever he asks. Do you understand?" She asked with a stern look on her face.

  The samurai who was not known for his patience and politeness spoke with a short and thick voice

  - shut up you stupid bitch, I don't obey anyone from the nobility, it doesn't matter if they're an emperor or a feudal lord, and I don't work for free so don't threaten me otherwise I'll kill you both.

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  Kishime chuckled at the samurai's response and smiled darkly.

  – You will learn to obey me...”

  Kishime reached out to his Queen and grabbed her by the wrist, pulling her as he turned to the samurai with a mischievous smile on his face.

  -If you don't do this, I will make her punish you."

  His Queen shook her head and glared at kishime

  Teiden holds his sheath where his katana is known for having a thin and light cut called a bloody katana, he pulls his katana towards the emperor silently threatening him

  Kishime  looked at the katana and smiled.

  -You may be a samurai, but I have magic on my side. I doubt you can get it right.

  Kishime chuckled darkly, turning to his Queen to look at her.

  -What do you say?... Do you want to try to punish him or not?

  His dark eyes turned to the samurai.

  Teiden moves his hand in a gust of wind, causing part of Kishime's hair to fall to the ground, leaving his hair down to his shoulders, while Teiden puts away the katana, speaking in a calm and sweet voice to the feudal lord, but deep down being ironic

-you look prettier with short hair

  Soon teiden gets serious and starts walking

  - follow me if you want this damn deal

  Kishime laughed at the samurai's words and reached out to feel his hair, feeling the wind blowing through his hair now that it was much shorter. Kishime turned to look at his queen, who stood there with an upset expression on her face as she glared at the samurai.

  Kishime watched the samurai silently as he walked away, then turned to his Queen.

  - Follow him..."

  He told his queen.

  The three walk to a tent with skull symbols and when they enter, the room is well organized with several samurai armor in their proper places, books, maps and even a collection of katanas organized and stored well, the samurai sits down with the two emperors waiting for any sentence that comes out of their mouths

  -What do you want now?

  Kishime asked the samurai, looking at him with dark eyes.

  -I accept your agreement to fight alongside you in the bloody battle against the Shima Empire, however...

  Teiden looks at the two emperors

  - I want half the riches and half your army, take it or leave it

  -Hmm

  Kishime  looked at the samurai and then turned to his Queen with a smirk before speaking.

  -That can be arranged. You will receive great compensation for your service, samurai."

  He turned to face the samurai.

  -You have a deal, samurai

  His Queen's eyes widened for a moment before he turned to Kishime, anger in his expression.

  -This is my offer and I want to add a rule, don't rape women and children, don't kill children, women and good citizens, if you conquer the empire, don't touch these people, let them live their lives, and if I know that someone raped or touched a woman without her consent, I will not feel sorry for beheading her

  Teiden talks about his rules while drinking homemade peppermint tea

  The empress let out an irritated groan and kishime  raised his hand towards her as if to stop her from speaking.

  -That's a given, samurai..."

  kishime spoke the words and gave a small nod.

  - We only take soldiers and warriors to fight among us, no innocents.”

  He looked at the samurai for a moment longer with his fingers laced together on the front of his armor.

  -Is it a deal then?

  -If you break this rule I swear to Buddha that I would hunt you down and behead you It doesn't matter if you are emperor, noble feudal lord it doesn't matter but we have an agreement

  Kishime gave a small chuckle at the samurai's words, looking at the queen with a mischievous smile before speaking to the samurai again.

  -We have an agreement, samurai.

The empress smiled at the samurai's words for a moment, looking at Suguru once more before turning back to the samurai with a small nod.

  -We will begin preparing an attack soon.

  Kishime  thought for a moment and nodded.

  - Very good. We can arrange everything and have a meeting next week. Let's organize and prepare everything for war. We could even plan this for the next lunar cycle."

  He nodded as he spoke.

  -Is this acceptable?

  Teiden spoke

  -Yes, but not on a Friday, I have some commitments, but I will send my best samurai to check and study the area, I cannot start my invasions without a plan in mind  so I will send you information But some are just among the samurai, you can go see you in a week

  Kishime  nodded at the samurai's response, looking at his Empress before speaking again.

  -Then it's resolved

  He looked back at the samurai, looking at him with interest as he thought of what else to say.

  -The empress and I will return home and start planning everything on our side. The war will happen within a month. I will send my best men too."

  Teiden nodded, when the emperors left Teiden began to study a map of various places while orders three men to go and see the enemy territory and send information through their crows, meanwhile in the castle the lights went out while the empress and the emperor sleep in different rooms due to a fight between the plans, a traitor from the Samurai disguises himself as a guard and enters the empress's room without being noticed. He then looks at the empress and covers her mouth, cutting the empress's neck with a dull katana. noise and with the queen's last strength she takes off the suspect's mask and her eyes widen as he hears the louder noises and he stabs the empress in the neck again and runs away leaving the katana behind.

  The next morning, kishime arrived at the empress's quarters to see what had happened, wondering why she hadn't come to their shared quarters at this time. He entered the room and saw the empress dead on the floor with a large gash on her neck.

He placed his hands over his mouth as he stared at her lifeless body, looking around in confusion and despair.

  " My empress... " He spoke the words as he knelt beside her.

  Meanwhile, in the Samurai barracks, Teiden would be in his pajamas with his hair back and eating breakfast

  Kishime appeared at the entrance of his barracks, standing in the doorway early in the morning, wearing a black hooded cloak. While his face was hidden, his height and muscular body were clearly seen. Even though he was quiet, he stood there for a moment until his dark eyes turned to you.

  "Good morning, teiden." His voice came from under the hood, deep but calm

  Teiden chokes with fright and gives a little effeminate scream and looks at the emperor.

  - what are you doing here in the morning?

  Kishime chuckled darkly at his reaction to his appearance, approaching you with his hands behind his back. He came close and spoke.

  -My Queen was killed last night.. I think you know what happened..”

  kishime spoke the words slowly, letting his voice be heard beneath the hood he wore. His hood kept his identity hidden and his face invisible.

Teiden  pushes him away to have some personal space

  -Empress Hinata?

  Kishime looked at you as a mischievous smile formed on her face. Even with the hood covering her face, it was clear to see the mischievous smile on her face.

  “Yes, that is correct. The Empress is dead.”

  He walked closer again, reaching you.

  “And I think you know who killed her…”

  kishime  spoke, letting his voice be heard clearly.

  Teiden looked at the emperor confused by his words and finished his breakfast

  - I have no idea what you're talking about

  -No, I think you have some idea who did this... You were the only one who was allowed into the Queen's chamber last night." He spoke the words calmly, a mischievous smile beneath his hood as his eyes crossed you. “Don’t you think we should talk about this?”

  -Why would I enter your queen's room if I'm not staying in the castle and another is quite an accusation, in fact, do you have proof of the crime like the katana?

  -You are right.

  Kishime's voice was calm, as if he wasn't bothered by the question at all.

  -"But I'm not going to make any accusations yet. I just have my suspicions."

  Suguru took a step closer, standing behind teiden now as his voice could be heard coming from the shadows of his hood.

  -Besides, your guilt is shining on you."

  Kishime smiled, speaking confidently now.

  -I have proof that I was here yesterday and took the katana that you brought, which was proof that I don't use katanas with this material and design because the material hurts my hands and the design hurts my eyes and another, if I had died I wouldn't leave proof of the crime there

  ..I see..."

  Kishime let out a light laugh at that, coming up behind you as he placed a hand on your shoulder.

- So... Do you have proof that they were involved in the Queen's death?"

  He spoke with a sterner tone now. He approached you and pushed himself against you.

  - I'm starting to understand why I like you...

  You always have evidence to prove your points."

  Kishime smiled and spoke with confidence in his voice now.

  Teiden rolls her eyes at the emperor's flirtations

  - the question is how they got into the castle if they are with the shima empire they did it so the war could start earlier however they killed the queen as a way of showing power and saying that they are sneaky but that is just theories, the big fact is There may be a spy among the samurai, have you had any allies recently?

  - No, I don't think so..”

  Kishime then stepped forward to hold teiden by the chin again, his close to his. "

  -Just admit it... You like me, right?"

  As kishime spoke, the smile on his face grew wider and wider as he spoke with confidence in his voice.

  Teiden spoke short and thick

  -I don't like you, and you know why, we are here for an agreement, there are no feelings here, we are not here for a romantic relationship but to prepare for war

  --

  Oh, that's right.. You keep saying that.. But it's not true.."

  Kishime pressed his face against hers again, speaking with a calm smile on his face.

  "Just admit it.. You love me.."

  kishime spoke calmly as he placed his hand on his head. "

  -Or just admit that you want me to kiss you..~"

  Teiden looked at him coldly and pushed him away.

  - I still haven't forgiven what happened even if years have passed I won't forgive you anytime soon

  Teiden exits the tent kishime chuckled darkly at the response, moving to chase after him.

  But I'm sure you still want me to kiss you, right?"

  His fingers grabbed the back of his armor, pulling teiden back as he charged in the direction the two were heading. Suguru brought his face closer to his, opening his mouth as if he was going to kiss you.

  Teiden kisses with kishime and then he breaks the kiss with trembling lips and tears threatening to run down teiden's face deep down he loved kishime but his fear of it all happening again didn't let him return to kishime's arms the memories and traumas They made him stronger, he wouldn't accept it all happening again, even if he had a small slip-up.

Kishime moved his hand to wipe the tears from teiden's face  and placed his hand on his cheek.

  "Shh, it's okay... I won't hurt you..."

  Kishime slowly leaned over and placed her other hand on the back of his head. He raised his lips to touch the teiden's neck and his warm breath could be felt on the teiden's neck he shuddered

  “Just you and me..~”

  Kishime whispered to teiden, but teiden didn't want to trust and didn't want to believe so he quickly pushed kishime away

  - you already hurt me once I don't want it to happen again I don't want it. Suffer again, I don't trust you

  -But you can trust me now..” kishime  whispered softly, his mouth just a foot away from your neck.

  “I want to be with you again..~”

  Kishime let out a sigh and slowly brought his lips closer to his neck.

  “Please just tell me you will be with me again..~” he whispered now.

  Teiden walked away

  Kishime I'm not second choice and I never will be, we just work together, I'm not going back to you, it hurts to love you, just leave me alone and don't talk about it

  Teiden starts to walk out of the tent again but determined Kishime goes after Teiden.

  Kishime let out a sigh and reached out to teiden as teiden  walked away from him.

  “I'm not leaving... Not until you say those words..”

  Suguru followed teiden  and grabbed teiden  by the shoulders, turning you around to face him.

  -"Please.. Just say you want me. Please..."

  Kishime begged

  -"I'm sorry about what happened before.. I'm not the same man you met before.."

  Teiden feels the familiar pang in his chest that he felt years ago and holding back tears he spoke in a broken voice.

  -There is no more us, it's just you, I'm not the same man you knew either, I'm going back to work, the meeting and the war are approaching,

  Teiden leaves with tears spilling down her cheeks as kishime

  Hang on..!"

  Kishime shouted as teiden left. His eyes watched him for a moment before turning away from him, tears welling in his eyes now.

  His heart broke at the feeling of teiden leaving him again, the feeling of teiden not reciprocating his feelings and him being alone once again.

  "Just... come back... please... I need you..."

  He whispered and then fell to his knees in the dirt...

  To be continued