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Three leaves in the wind / Chapter 3

Title: Three leaves in the wind
Author: haruka_lantis
Fandom: Original
Rating: NC-17
Notes: ambientanta in Japan in 1687 or during the Tokugawa era, to Edo (Tokyo currently is). Clear references to homosexual acts with minors (but it was a common practice in many civilizations of the past and have sixteen years in the seventeenth century is not like them nowadays).
Written by: my table on 24h prompt 07:00 Overcome
Disclaimer: my idea, my characters, my story, please remember, if it were looking for inspiration!



Year 1687, February

Edo Palace Chiyoda

Now Dragon

It was a cold winter and the humid climate of Edo made even more difficult attempts to warm up a bit 'when was forced to get up before dawn and get in the square in the east to the martial exercises. Sojiro had grown in the district of Kamakura, south, and was not used to seeing roofs covered with snow. His room was heated by a small brazier, placed near the table or while studying at the futon before bedtime, but the humidity could pass through walls, doors and clothes to freeze the bones. Samurai knew how to endure the hardships of winter and not having to get scared when the sky was still black, but the new arrangement was to weaken the spirit, life at court was hard, ruthless and violent, behind those screens and decorated clothes are fine silk ordivano pitfalls and political games that fatigue could understand. Sato-sensei always followed, as had been said, watch and learn, but he understood more of that microcosm, the more he regretted not having been sent to war in Korea. Extricate ladies nobles, courtiers, and spies nenja required a firmness of nerves he had not.

That morning, like others, ran through the corridors leading to the private rooms of his master, keeping his eyes open and ears alert: despite Masanori Sato was a respected man in court, you could never rule out an attempt on his life and he, as a squire, also had to play the heavy task to act as human shields for his older brother.

Masanori walked with his brisk but stylish, wearing an expensive blue silk kimono decorated with lozenges darker, kept alive by a black and gold obi, from which hung the swords: katana and wakizashi, the symbol of the aristocracy warrior. He always had an air of sly, even seemed distracted, but Sojiro had learned quickly that it was just a tactic to distract opponents: Masanori actually had a mind as sharp as a knife blade.

entered the small room, the bronze brazier was iridescent due to the burning coals in it, the morning light was hard to illuminate every corner of that environment, shielded from the cake of rice paper on the windows but the breakfast was smoking already in the bowls neatly placed on trays.

"I have a hunger" said Sojiro, happy to be able to warm up a little in front of the brazier.

"What you would ask?" Said Masanori sitting down at kotatsu.

Sojiro waited for the servants were laid off before speaking.

"Master, last night I witnessed a scene that gave me great concern. After you had withdrawn in the rooms of your wife, Matsumoto-san asked me to accompany him to attend a performance of dancers from Kyoto. While I was busy enjoying the sweet music of flutes, without meaning to, I listened to the conversation of two pages, which unwisely confided secrets of their master. As was mentioned my name, I was listening. "

"You know who was the ruler of these two?"

"Asahi-san, the Mori clan"

"What have you heard?"

"The other one was confident that Asahi-san had repeatedly mentioned the name of a young man recently in Chiyoda thought this was by far the most fascinating of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, when he was in the flower of her prime. When the second page he wanted to know the identity of this rare beauty, do not think anyone in the world could never exceed the attractiveness of Yanagisawa-sama, the other did my name. At that point I turned to them and they scared silent "

" They said Asahi-san who had made such a confidence? "

" No "

" You are not happy with the comparison, Sojiro-kun "

" Teacher, do not think I can appreciate such claims, moreover, are not even true "

Masanori laughed, hiding her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono" When I arrived at Edo, Yanagisawa-sama was no longer the Shogun's favorite time, but I got to see it up close several times and her beauty was truly legendary. Therefore, as I feel Asahi-san, a man of quality and good taste, I would toss in such bold comparisons. What is certain is that Asahi-san is not the only one to decant your virtues, Sojiro-kun! You do not n'accorgi you, in your infinite ingenuity, but half the men of Chiyoda devours you with his eyes and just because it Togukawa-sama is very busy with his current wakashu that you have not been invited to a feast in the palace of Yanagisawa-sama! "

" Master, but I ... "

" Come, come, Sojiro -kun will soon have fifteen years, is now beginning to think about your political career! "

Sojiro scowled and said no more miso soup that was cold.

"Sojiro-kun," said Masanori meal at the end of realizing that the boy had not looked up from his bowl, but the food was still there "Oda-sensei told you about the Way of the young, right? "

" Yes, Sato-sensei. So what is the wakashudo and the benefits that this practice leads to education of a boy of my age "

" Virtue, honesty and beauty are the three cornerstones of our existence. The attendance in the bed of a young woman breaks down the spirit of the warrior, a samurai put up family still young will never get the positions of greatest prestige, the most dangerous, where he can showcase his courage and contempt of life. This is why the company encourages grown men to give the youngest male to the delight of color. "

" Buddha preached to avoid the Monte Imos priests who had found its way to their feelings in that way, because their hearts were neither stone nor wood

Masanori nodded satisfied.

"I fear, master, who was not a coincidence that I have seen that conversation last night, when you were not present. Asahi-san I think that you are throwing signals to make me understand that my involvement would not fall on deaf ears? The practice would like for me to take the first step ... "

" Asahi-san is a shrewd man, certainly you will feel compelled to convenience, "Masanori was funny tricks of his friend, but still most funny face was worried Sojiro-kun.

"Asahi-san I do not like much, actually ... "

" You are not obliged to do anything, Sojiro-kun! Basically you can choose from half the male population of a nenja Chiyoda to find that it appeals to you "

" Very funny, Sato-sensei, you are making fun of me! "

Masanori waved his index finger to his nose in front of giggling in Sojiro softly, "Are you who you take yourself too seriously, man,"

"Sato-sensei, can I ask you one last thing?"

"If I was the wakashu Oda-sensei?" Sojiro opened his eyes stunned empathy of the teacher, "The answer is yes, of course, and, as you know, Oda-sensei is a gentle man of great wisdom: stay at his side was an unparalleled experience. Then I made my transition into adulthood and our relationship has been lost "

" I guess the old master's strange to think in certain terms, I know him as a sprightly old man, but a lover ... We did not really see. She was attractive? "

" Not so canon, but it was a very cultured man: his mind was his greatest virtue in my eyes "

" Have you got a wakashu in turn, but ... "

" I prefer not to tie myself to no one in particular, There are so many young actors and dancers willing to give me a night in their thalamus, in the case of physical necessities, and then I'm trying to have an heir "

" You will see that your wife will not make you wait a long time, "smiled Masanori grateful for that greeting: Sojiro was still too young and unknown mechanisms of the court to know how to lie with a smile. It was a precious and rare gift, but Sato hoped he could keep the disarming purity for as long as possible.

If the teacher had appreciated his wisdom, was out in learning to love the innocence. Now he had only to wait for the next move, if that conversation was proof that Sojiro subjected him to consider his intentions, in short, the boy would be declared if it was simply a request for help, Masanori, was pleased to have been able to find the right key to impart this important life lesson.

Notes:
Nenjia: term that indicated in the adult male homosexual relationship between a man and a young man in medieval Japan.
kotatsu: low table, covered and heated, often used in Japanese homes, sometimes as the sole source of heating.
Chiyoda: the castle of the Shogun in Edo, the old Tokyo.
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu: was the shogun wakashu Togukawa Tsunayoshi for twelve years or so, starting in 1660, then became the fief of Kawagoe daymno and Kofu. He had an estate where they lived many beautiful young people who presented to the shogun when he came to visit him.
male Colors: "nanshoku" literally means "color men"; the ideogram for "color" in both Chinese and Japanese antique also meant "sexual pleasure", so nanshoku was one of the term for homosexual relations from the very 'Heian era.
Monte Imos: literary metaphor to describe the love for a woman.