The Easy Way

The Easy Way Part 1

"Injured or not, I'm still going to this battle. You can't stop me." Masamune glowered at Kanetsugu. The young Oshu's ruler's side and arm were wrapped, but he remained as volatile as ever.

Kanetsugu could understand his feelings in one way. No warrior liked to be kept from an important battle. But to ride into the fray injured was not only an endangerment to himself, but a possible liability to his allies. "There'll be another battle. Unless you get yourself killed, which is a definite possibility if you go tomorrow-"

"Imbecile! I'll be fine. I've fought with worse than this." Whirling away he retired to his tent.

"That stubborn..." Kanetsugu growled.

"Let me guess, Masamune?" A voice put in.

Kanetsugu looked over at Mitsunari and Keiji. "You can't miss the kid's big mouth." Keiji grinned. "So what's his problem now?"

"He's insisting on going tomorrow."

Mitsunari shrugged. "If he wants to die, there's easier ways. But it's his choice."

"That's what I'm trying to prevent." Kanetsugu scowled. "Why won't he listen to reason?"

"You're putting reason in the same sentence as Date. That's the whole problem."

Kanetsugu sighed. Since he'd been the one to convince Masamune to join them, he'd felt a responsibility to him. He'd always felt that there was a fine young man behind the youthful leader's bravado. And slowly, over the weeks of working with them, Date was proving him right. Even Yukimura had commented on that. But his reckless streak had not lessened one bit.

"Shingen will station you near him I'm sure." Mitsunari seemed more amused than anything about the situation.

"I want him to stay here, and heal. There will be other battles." He frowned at his friend, as if realizing something. "Why are you here? Finally decide to leave Wei?"

"You make it sound like I'm devoted to them." Mitsunari scoffed. "But if you must know, Wei and Shingen are working together this battle."

Kanetsugu managed not to roll his eyes. Mitsunari's devotion to Wei, or rather to Cao Pi, was obvious. To everyone but Mitsunari, apparently. "So there's even more warriors at our disposal. This will be easy. He should definitely stay."

"If you feel it's going to be so easy, why not just let him go?"

"Hey, if you don't want him to go, there's an easy solution." Keiji brought up.

Kanetsugu blinked, looking up at the blonde giant. "There is? How?"

"Can't sit, can't ride, can't battle. Make him too sore to sit for a week."

Kanetsugu's mouth fell open, and beside him Mitsunari was giving Keiji a wide-eyed look. "What are you suggesting exactly?"

Keiji blinked. "Spank him. Spank him so hard he won't sit for a week."

Kanetsugu felt his cheeks flush. It was, in all honestly, not the answer he'd anticipated. Mitsunari began to snicker. "Are you blushing, Kanetsugu? What were you thinking he meant?"

"I wasn't thinking...alright, since it is Keiji maybe I was thinking he meant something else."

Keiji didn't seem the least bit offended. "Well, that method works too. But I figured you weren't up for that. Now if Mitsunari wanted to keep his little prince from battle, then heck ya, I'd tell him to fuck him til he couldn't walk right. Cuz I know he'd do it."

"My little prince?" Mitsunari looked at Keiji, mouth hanging open. "Now wait a minute, first of all when did Cao Pi become "my little prince"? And second of all, when did fucking someone til they can't walk become one of my skills?"

"Hey, it's a skill to be proud of!"

"I don't recall claiming to have it, and what about my first question?"

"Give us some credit, Mitsunari. The whole damn camp knows he's your little prince."

"Well, "the whole damn camp" knows wrong." The other man insisted with a scowl, "And since I'd prefer to keep my head, maybe you can not say things like that quite so loudly? Seeing as his father runs the group and might take offense."

"Aw, come one, that guy? He's like Lord Nobunaga. If it suited his plans, he'd ask you to fuck his son so he couldn't walk himself."

"Can we get off the subject of fucking for one minute?" Kanetsugu interrupted in irritation.

"This being Keiji, I highly doubt it." Mitsunari replied. "His mind has three modes. Fuck, Fight, and Matsukaze."

"So how come I'm the one who had the best suggestion?" Keiji mocked.

"I wouldn't say it's the best one." Mitsunari spread open his fan, thinking. "However, it is very straight forward and effective. Typical Keiji. And given that it's Date we're discussing, it might not be bad to take the most forward option."

Kanetsugu couldn't believe he was even considering this to be an option. "Won't his men come running in to stop me?"

"Into their lords private tent?" Mitsunari quirked an eyebrow. "I highly doubt it. Besides, I have a feeling Date would rather die than be rescued by his men from such an embarrassing situation. My guess is, he won't call for help." He watched Kanetsugu eye the tent Date had disappeared into, debating. "Or, you could just let him ride into battle tomorrow and injure himself worst..."

Kanetsugu took a deep breath. "...right..." Pressing his lips into a thin line, he squared his shoulders. "I'll do it." He stomped over to the tent, storming inside.

"What do you want?" They heard Date demand. The question was followed by shouting and the sounds of a scuffle. Very few people even glanced in the tent's direction. Date and Kanetsugu had earned a reputation for not getting along. Two soldiers did run toward the tent, but Mitsunari and Keiji quickly blocked their way.

"Our friend and your lord are having a private conversation." Mitsunari insisted. "I think you should stay out of it."

"My lord, is everything alright?" One called. "These interlopers won't allow us entrance."

"Stay out if you value your lives, you imbeciles! I'll shoot you myself if you dare enter!" The threat was followed by a sound not unlike a yelp. The guards stared blankly, but slowly backed away and headed off - not willing to risk the threat of violence from their leader.

"Kanetsugu, if you don't unhand me-" They heard from behind them, but the words cut off in another yelp. "I will so make you pay for this - ow!"

Mitsunari snickered, glancing at the tent behind them. "So...care to make a bet that he won't stop at a spanking?" He offered Keiji.

"Heh. Why take a losing bet?" Keiji winked.

"Tell me, did you suggest that just to put them in this situation?"

"It's just a little push. They're both completely stubborn, but it is pretty obvious what's really behind all that posturing. Kind of like you and your little prince."

"I'm telling you, you're wrong about that one."

"Uh-huh."

To Be Continued...

Id-Chan

Based off of Warriors Orochi (Obviously) People aren't with the right forces for either game, but if they can switch forces in game, we can have fun with the forces in fanfics. LOL

And the scenario is blatantly stolen, I mean based off of something from a completely unrelated series. I just couldn't resist borrowing it for these two.