@YukimurasShadow —the one to essentially monitor the Ten.•
It is an honor to meet our Lord’s Shadow. I assume you must understand who it is has sent me and why I am here then?
•Kana then glanced around for others who might be close and was relieved to see nor sense anyone. Settling her—
@YukimurasShadow —who had given her such seemingly real smiles had only turned to do harm. But somewhere within Kana, she knew it was genuine kindness. Still, she did not smile with her lips. If anything, her eyes gave a hint of one. But it still didn’t make sense how she could be so kind to—
@YukimurasShadow •The voice of the person before her became more feminine when they spoke their true identity and grinned. It was hard to believe that this was actually the Shadow the Sanada Ten employed to keep their Lord safe. But how was she so accepting? The smile made Kana uneasy as many—
@Unno_Rokuro_ —arms as they began to walk out of the store, letting her eyes slightly slyly smile at him. It had been a while since she had gotten to see someone freak out over something absolutely avoidable and she was certain the man was fuming as her inability to speed up their leaving.•
—
@Unno_Rokuro_ —lady was appropriate and that he was going to have to keep it up until he changed his clothes. Clearing her eyes as she turned to the salesman, she dropped the coins needed to buy it and thanked him before placing it within her obi. Turning to walk out the door, she crossed her—
@Unno_Rokuro_ —man needed to learn a bit of patience before he did something rash and stupid. But her voice stayed soft, with a underlying hint of ‘stop whining’.•
Of course.
•Her sharp eyes communicated to him that though he was her superior, he was the one who decided dressing like a—
@Unno_Rokuro_ —responsible for the aftermath of blood and gore. Giving a small, insignificant leap, she snatched it from his hair and narrowed her eyes the slightest at Rokuro from his underlying tone of ‘please hurry up or else I’m going to go punch one of the men for leering at me.’ The—
@Unno_Rokuro_ •From where she stood, she could almost feel his anxiety over being fawned over by men. At least now he could feel exactly how she felt at times by men who thought she was somehow pretty or sweet. Kana was keen to let him sit here for a bit longer, but she did not want to be—
@YukimurasShadow —of Sanada for a short time.
•She would not reveal her mission until she could verify it was truly the Lord she served. Telling the wrong person could mean she was giving away precious secrets.•
@YukimurasShadow —last. With slow care, she rose up to stand in front of her Lord and dusted her hakama off. His question was one she fully expected and she gave a similar answer as she had given Rokuro with the same emotionless tone.•
I am Miyashita Kana, Milord. Sent to stay with the house—
@YukimurasShadow •As the voice of her Lord passed over her, she heard the commanding tone and heeded as she watched him from below, but it had a hint of femininity in it. The real Lord Yukimura hadn’t sounded so, but it could’ve been her mistaken listening when he had given a drunken speech—
@Unno_Rokuro_ —completely ignoring his expression or such, she nodded to the shopkeeper. This would make a good gift for her sister later.•
I’ll take this one.
@Unno_Rokuro_ —or someone had won the exercise.
•She wished that last sentence had been an exaggeration.•
But if you are hungry, we can stop and eat.
•This wasn’t Iga formed and she had no desire to be anything like Yuki, the sister of Saizo. Stepping back and looking at the pin,—
@Unno_Rokuro_ —she adjusted the pin so to not seem as though she just stuck it in his hair.•
I’ll get you out of here, but this isn’t finished. We’ve yet to even touch the second half of this game. Back home, you wouldn’t even be allowed off the training course unless you were nearly dead—
@Unno_Rokuro_ •Rokuro was surprisingly quick to comply despite his long pause, gracefully stepping into character as he did. At his plea, she had to hold back a deeper smirk from her eyes. Apparently he was getting sick of being looked at by the merchants. Her own quiet reply was swift as—
@YukimurasShadow —tense as she stared at this person. When it finally clicked that she was staring at none other than the lord she now served, Kana secretly slid the shuriken back into hiding before giving a deep bow.•
Forgive me Lord Yukimura. I did not realize it was someone of such high—
@YukimurasShadow •A stick snapped, as did her eyes open. Limbs were in motion before her mind could fully awaken. She had placed her small napkin with dried fruit and tied it at her hip, while a shuriken was at the ready in her hand, hidden from view, and her adrenaline enhanced muscles were—