krystalkatzficz | The Love of Lord Ohno Satoshi part 8

Satoshi had barely time to see the back of Ninomiya and Wind’s Honour before he was attacked by the guard. Of course the lord himself wasn’t there, he had others that would happily do his dirty work with a just reason and coin, Satoshi was angry with that. He had dealt with his own problems with his own sword never needing other’s around him to do it for him and he was disappointed that he wouldn’t be given the chance to run the man through with his sword once and for all.

“Leave the whore…We can deal with him later…” The mouthy spokesmen said and Satoshi growled with a flare of anger at the idea that these pitiful men might harm Ninomiya. He pushed the anger away as quickly as it had come though knowing that it had no place on the battlefield. Anger was a weakness like any other, second only to love in its destructiveness. Breathing deep he turned focusing on the movement of his own blade forcing away the haunting image of Ninomiya terrified face as he had been carried away on the back of his horse.

The first five or six men were cut down easily under the sharp edge of his blade. He took no pride in it, they were thugs, low lives that thought muscle meant skill, and he shamefully wouldn’t mourn the loss. The seventh man was tougher, he was older and the battle marks that marked his skin told him that he had won many battles. No man went through fighting and survived without marks of some kind on their body. Still he fell and Satoshi offered a prayer for his soul, he was scum but he had fought bravely and he deserved some honour in his death.

At last it was just him and the eighth man. He didn’t recognise him meaning that he had not found his brother very interesting. The man looked scared as he looked at his fallen comrades and Satoshi knew that he was going to run if given the chance but Satoshi had decided that he would not give him that chance. This man had threatened Ninomiya and that he was not going to allow to slide. He cut the legs of the horse the man was on, pity in his heart for the beast who could not help its choice in rider but given the welts on its flanks he imagined the beast would welcome a quick death. The jolt of the horse falling to the ground and neighing loudly in a panic caused his attacker to fall to the floor his eyes wide in fear.

Satoshi was not a man that spoke much in battle. His energies were best focused on the fight and he wiped his katana against his leg before adopting a fighting stance staring coldly at the man in front of him.

“Let me go…I have money…”

“As do I…” Satoshi replied with a shrug “I am not some bandit…You came for me…”

“Me…No, sir, not I, sir…You…Your name…Is black…” The man spluttered trying to scuttle away backwards on his hands and feet and Satoshi watched him holding his stance as he gave a disinterested shrug saying;

“That I already knew…”

“I mean there is a price on your head, My lord Ohno…”

“I may guess who from…Lord Anami Yuuma…I would tell you to take a message to him but unfortunately you are not going to be alive to give it…” Satoshi said coldly. He was half disappointed that he would not have a witness to the crimes of the other lord knowing that his word alone wouldn’t carry much favour in the court of his emperor while Anami was a favourite of the Emperor’s but this man had threatened Ninomiya and that was not something that he was going to let stand. The man shrieked like an injured animal and turned to crawl on his hands and knees and Satoshi frowned a little before pulling out a dagger and throwing it. It sank clear into the man and a gurgle escaped his lips for a moment before he sank into the floor.

After making sure the man was well and truly dead Satoshi took care of the horse apologising to the creature gently while stroking its neck and promising it a better life in the future. The beast stayed still as he plunged his knife into its heart and again he offered up prayers He knew that some might find his actions to be cold but he had always gotten on better with the beasts than he did humans. After turning the other horses lose he turned his attentions to following Wind’s Honour and Ninomiya. His horse was well trained and would take his whore somewhere safe and not too far away but finding that place may take a while and he had no idea of what state he would find Ninomiya in.

TBC

A/N: I suck at battle scenes…>.<