The Tattoo chapter thirty-eight
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krystalkatzficz“You know him?” Ohno asked softly after Yoshida had left to relieve himself and Nino hung his head nodding slowly while chewing on his lip waiting for the hit that he knew was about to happen. They had spent the last two hours with the older lord and Nino could tell that he was exactly the way that he could remember him and almost like his father with his great booming laugh and the way that even the smallest thing appeared to be a wonderful joke. He hadn’t been able to stop himself from relaxing around him and laughing along with him. Nino swallowed a little a shiver running down his spine as he whispered his apology;
“I apologise…I did not mean to be so…”
“Tiger, please relax, I will never hit you…” Ohno whispered his hand moving up and down his back gently and when Nino looked up he saw that there was a smile on the handsome face “I was just curious…I have never seen you so at ease…It is a good thing, tiger…So how do you know Lord Yoshida?”
“He is my uncle, my lord, my mother’s elder brother…We met only once when I was but a small child…To meet now…I…”
“Your uncle? Then…Is he an assassin?”
“He is my mother’s brother…” Nino shrugged slowly anything was possible the art of the serpents blood was a tradition passed from mother to daughter but he had always suspected that the Yoshida’s had other talents that nobody ever spoke of. Even the Emperor was kept in the dark about their skills their methods were always employed through somebody else. He had never been sure how Sakurai had known it but his lord had ways of finding out about things. He had only met his uncle once many years ago but he could remember that he was a kindly man that seemed fonder of horses than people but meeting him here seemed to be more than a coincidence “But...If you will permit me, I will tell him who I am…My uncle and my mother were close and you will need allies and this is a good place to begin…”
“Then speak…” Ohno agreed as the Yoshida lord returned to their table. The older man smiled a little as Nino poured him another drink encouraging him to smile and clear his throat before saying softly;
“My lord Yoshida…Forgive me but earlier you said…You said that I share the name of somebody…”
“My nephew…” The lord sighed leaning back against the wall nursing his drink a little looking older than he was “He was lost to me many years ago along with my sister’s family…”
“The Ninomiya’s my lord?”
“Yes, that is right…” Yoshida nodded slowly his head tilting to one side and his eyes narrowing as they ran over his face taking in every detail “How would you know…”
“I am Ninomiya Kazunari my lord, I am your nephew…” Nino told him and then waited with baited breath as an odd strained silence settled around them. He kept his head bowed and he was glad that Ohno’s hand sought and held his linking their fingers and soothing him more than he could have imagined. Yoshida hummed loudly his fingers drumming on the table for a minute or two and then said in an almost amused voice;
“My nephew? I see…And can you prove this?”
“I have no physical proof that I can give you that my claim is good” Nino answered honestly his heart sinking that he wouldn’t be believed. In all his years of service to his lord he had never thought of his uncle or had even thought to go to him to tell him he was alive, why would the man just believe him because he said that it was true. “…but…I…I remember that the last and only time I saw you, you gave me sweet cakes though my mother forbid them and allowed me to ride on the back of your horse…”
“…It…It is you…” Yoshida hissed his breath whistling through his nose as he exhaled deeply his whole body shuddering and Nino looked up with relief smiling just a little.
“…People that knew her say I have the look of my mother…”
“I…You do, I can see…” Yoshida nodded slowly reaching up and stroking his face turning it to different angles his eyes blown wide his face pale as his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down “My own sweet sister…I was blind to…You really are…But…How…?”
“I was taken from the home of my murdered family and sold as a slave…” Nino answered after his face was released turning to look at the prince and giving a smile not even thinking about what came next before saying it “My love Satoshi he found me and has protected me since…”
“I see…But I witnessed the slaughter at your home, how could you survive that?”
“The beast that committed it…He took me and kept me for many months...I had never thought to see you again uncle…”
“And I had never thought I would look upon your face in this life again…” Yoshida whispered cupping his cheek again with his weather worn hand a calloused thumb a tearful look coming into his eyes as his mouth parted into a gasp but his eyes moved over to Ohno who had stayed very quiet during their exchange “…And with the prince no less...”
"My uncle...” Nino whispered noting how happy the older man seemed to be as he said that giving him hope that they would not be against each other but he knew better than to take things at face value “I...we have been attacked once already...are you in the employ of the emperor?"
"I am but a simple farmer...when your mother died...I could not even fathom how to wield a weapon again, before even then I had taken little pleasure in taking life...nor the skill that your mother possessed...you, I think, hone that now..." Yoshida said with a smile though Nino could see the shadow in his eyes and noted that they had lost some of their spark. "Of all the lives you could and should have had, my nephew, that is not the one that I would have wished for you..."
"I did not wish it either uncle but it is my fate, it has made me strong..." Nino muttered sinking down against the prince ashamed by the words. Yoshida’s hand slid over the table again gripping his tight.
"Forgive me nephew I meant not to offend you with my words, you should take pride in it my sister would have done...” He told him softly reassuring him a little “But I have always been a man of peace and you were always my favourite nephew..."
"I am your only nephew and we met only once..." Nino pointed out with a chuckle that was soon drowned out by the loud hearty laugh of his uncle who nodded in agreement;
"And you wrapped me around your finger with no effort..."
"Your nephew has that effect, my lord Yoshida...From the moment that I met him I have been tightly wrapped around his fingers and happy to be so…” Ohno chuckled lightly while Nino flushed his eyes falling away from his uncle as a confusing happy bubble rose up inside of him refusing to be pushed aside. He knew that the prince was saying it for his benefit and not just his uncle and he suspected that it was all true. He could feel that Yoshida was giving him a pleased smile but he couldn’t bring himself to look up positive that if he did his cheeks would burst into flame “But forgive me for saying, it is strange that we should meet here…"
“Ah I have been found out...” Yoshida laughed a little rubbing his chin and pouring them all another drink “That I meet you here on the road is not all coincidence, I admit prince, the truth of it is, I was tending to one of my horses when I saw that beast you rode in on, nephew...I was hoping that you would consent to allow him to sire a foal, that you are going to the palace is fortunate...I have a beast for the emperor that he had been expecting days since...I had not expected this...a happy reunion with my nephew long since dead...”
“You still favour horses over people uncle…”
“They are a better judge of a man’s worth…Plus they make a hell of a lot more sense…Come we drink to celebrate this happy occasion and then you shall come with me…You cannot stay here you must join me for the night in my home...We shall travel forth to the palace tomorrow…”
TBC
A/N: Nino’s got an uncle…I hope you like him…^_^ It's not fair! My birthday present from my brother arrived early this morning and I'm not allowed to open it until the actual day, I've never had that much patience >.<
“I apologise…I did not mean to be so…”
“Tiger, please relax, I will never hit you…” Ohno whispered his hand moving up and down his back gently and when Nino looked up he saw that there was a smile on the handsome face “I was just curious…I have never seen you so at ease…It is a good thing, tiger…So how do you know Lord Yoshida?”
“He is my uncle, my lord, my mother’s elder brother…We met only once when I was but a small child…To meet now…I…”
“Your uncle? Then…Is he an assassin?”
“He is my mother’s brother…” Nino shrugged slowly anything was possible the art of the serpents blood was a tradition passed from mother to daughter but he had always suspected that the Yoshida’s had other talents that nobody ever spoke of. Even the Emperor was kept in the dark about their skills their methods were always employed through somebody else. He had never been sure how Sakurai had known it but his lord had ways of finding out about things. He had only met his uncle once many years ago but he could remember that he was a kindly man that seemed fonder of horses than people but meeting him here seemed to be more than a coincidence “But...If you will permit me, I will tell him who I am…My uncle and my mother were close and you will need allies and this is a good place to begin…”
“Then speak…” Ohno agreed as the Yoshida lord returned to their table. The older man smiled a little as Nino poured him another drink encouraging him to smile and clear his throat before saying softly;
“My lord Yoshida…Forgive me but earlier you said…You said that I share the name of somebody…”
“My nephew…” The lord sighed leaning back against the wall nursing his drink a little looking older than he was “He was lost to me many years ago along with my sister’s family…”
“The Ninomiya’s my lord?”
“Yes, that is right…” Yoshida nodded slowly his head tilting to one side and his eyes narrowing as they ran over his face taking in every detail “How would you know…”
“I am Ninomiya Kazunari my lord, I am your nephew…” Nino told him and then waited with baited breath as an odd strained silence settled around them. He kept his head bowed and he was glad that Ohno’s hand sought and held his linking their fingers and soothing him more than he could have imagined. Yoshida hummed loudly his fingers drumming on the table for a minute or two and then said in an almost amused voice;
“My nephew? I see…And can you prove this?”
“I have no physical proof that I can give you that my claim is good” Nino answered honestly his heart sinking that he wouldn’t be believed. In all his years of service to his lord he had never thought of his uncle or had even thought to go to him to tell him he was alive, why would the man just believe him because he said that it was true. “…but…I…I remember that the last and only time I saw you, you gave me sweet cakes though my mother forbid them and allowed me to ride on the back of your horse…”
“…It…It is you…” Yoshida hissed his breath whistling through his nose as he exhaled deeply his whole body shuddering and Nino looked up with relief smiling just a little.
“…People that knew her say I have the look of my mother…”
“I…You do, I can see…” Yoshida nodded slowly reaching up and stroking his face turning it to different angles his eyes blown wide his face pale as his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down “My own sweet sister…I was blind to…You really are…But…How…?”
“I was taken from the home of my murdered family and sold as a slave…” Nino answered after his face was released turning to look at the prince and giving a smile not even thinking about what came next before saying it “My love Satoshi he found me and has protected me since…”
“I see…But I witnessed the slaughter at your home, how could you survive that?”
“The beast that committed it…He took me and kept me for many months...I had never thought to see you again uncle…”
“And I had never thought I would look upon your face in this life again…” Yoshida whispered cupping his cheek again with his weather worn hand a calloused thumb a tearful look coming into his eyes as his mouth parted into a gasp but his eyes moved over to Ohno who had stayed very quiet during their exchange “…And with the prince no less...”
"My uncle...” Nino whispered noting how happy the older man seemed to be as he said that giving him hope that they would not be against each other but he knew better than to take things at face value “I...we have been attacked once already...are you in the employ of the emperor?"
"I am but a simple farmer...when your mother died...I could not even fathom how to wield a weapon again, before even then I had taken little pleasure in taking life...nor the skill that your mother possessed...you, I think, hone that now..." Yoshida said with a smile though Nino could see the shadow in his eyes and noted that they had lost some of their spark. "Of all the lives you could and should have had, my nephew, that is not the one that I would have wished for you..."
"I did not wish it either uncle but it is my fate, it has made me strong..." Nino muttered sinking down against the prince ashamed by the words. Yoshida’s hand slid over the table again gripping his tight.
"Forgive me nephew I meant not to offend you with my words, you should take pride in it my sister would have done...” He told him softly reassuring him a little “But I have always been a man of peace and you were always my favourite nephew..."
"I am your only nephew and we met only once..." Nino pointed out with a chuckle that was soon drowned out by the loud hearty laugh of his uncle who nodded in agreement;
"And you wrapped me around your finger with no effort..."
"Your nephew has that effect, my lord Yoshida...From the moment that I met him I have been tightly wrapped around his fingers and happy to be so…” Ohno chuckled lightly while Nino flushed his eyes falling away from his uncle as a confusing happy bubble rose up inside of him refusing to be pushed aside. He knew that the prince was saying it for his benefit and not just his uncle and he suspected that it was all true. He could feel that Yoshida was giving him a pleased smile but he couldn’t bring himself to look up positive that if he did his cheeks would burst into flame “But forgive me for saying, it is strange that we should meet here…"
“Ah I have been found out...” Yoshida laughed a little rubbing his chin and pouring them all another drink “That I meet you here on the road is not all coincidence, I admit prince, the truth of it is, I was tending to one of my horses when I saw that beast you rode in on, nephew...I was hoping that you would consent to allow him to sire a foal, that you are going to the palace is fortunate...I have a beast for the emperor that he had been expecting days since...I had not expected this...a happy reunion with my nephew long since dead...”
“You still favour horses over people uncle…”
“They are a better judge of a man’s worth…Plus they make a hell of a lot more sense…Come we drink to celebrate this happy occasion and then you shall come with me…You cannot stay here you must join me for the night in my home...We shall travel forth to the palace tomorrow…”
TBC
A/N: Nino’s got an uncle…I hope you like him…^_^ It's not fair! My birthday present from my brother arrived early this morning and I'm not allowed to open it until the actual day, I've never had that much patience >.<
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Date: 2014-04-10 10:24 am (UTC)I like all of the gestures Ohno did to Nino to sooth him, like move his hands on Nino's back, link their hands together... :D
Nino is cute when he blushed XD and Ohno sure knows how to make him blush ;)
I know it's a pain to wait to open the present ne~ I don't have patience too Lol
Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 2014-04-11 09:17 am (UTC)he's really good at calming his Tiger down ne :D
lol he'll be making him blush a lot in front of his uncle :D
Hehe I can't wait to find out what it is, all I know its a large box with fragile all over it...He always buys me really weird gifts that I had no idea I wanted until I have it...I doubt anything can beat the gift he gave me 3 years ago which was my Aiba-chan :)
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-10 11:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-11 09:23 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-10 11:53 am (UTC)he's like Kristoff in Frozen..ahaha!!!
Thanks for the update!!
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Date: 2014-04-11 09:28 am (UTC)lol, i didn't think about that :D he's very brash and down to earth
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-10 01:05 pm (UTC)With this meet, Oh'chan can't make confused Nino more with his caress xD
(it's not respectful to the family, no ?)
I'm happy for Nino ! He has a big family slowly and gently ~
Thanks for this chap' ! XOXO
Ps : Haha it's hard to wait when your gift is front your eyes ><
Good luck ! You can resist !
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Date: 2014-04-11 09:42 am (UTC)lol, I think he'll manage to find ways to make him blush :D
yup, he has his son, and now his uncle...If he lets Ohno in he'll be a lot happier :D
yup more so with this particular brother he always gets me some of the strangest but best gifts so I'm really curious!
^_^
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Date: 2014-04-10 03:34 pm (UTC)Present!!! I like it XD well Who not, but You've to try mmm be patience mmm What will? mm It's hard ne
thank you for update!!jane!!
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Date: 2014-04-11 09:55 am (UTC)hehe I can't wait to open it! I'm like a big kid at christmas :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-10 08:40 pm (UTC)Somehow, he doesn't seem to be just a simple farmer!
Your birthday is coming! Enjoy your present, I promise not to tell him!
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Date: 2014-04-11 10:01 am (UTC)hehe with Nino alive I'm sure he'll figure out how to wield a weapon again :D
lol, I wish I could but I'm a lousy actor so I wouldn't be able to act surprised when he asked me to open it again on tuesday :D
Thanks for reading ^_^