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Yoritomo & Yoshitsune - Chapter 4

-----Part 1-----

(The relationship between Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama....but it might be a selfish idea for me to try to do something about it, isn't it?)

----When I was having these troubling thoughts in my room....

*BOOM*

Yoshino: "Woah what the!?"

Suddenly I heard something like an explosion from outside.

(No way, another attack from the underworld!?)

..........

I quickly hurried to the garden, where I heard the sound and....

Yoshino: "What? What the hell is this hole?"

The ground is deeply gouged and garden stones and trees have been blown over.

Morinaga: "Oh good morning, Yoshino. It's a beautiful day isn't it?"

Tamamo: "Are you out for a walk? There were some beautiful flowers blooming this morning by the pond."

Kurama: "I have no use for a boring little puss. Go away."

Ibuki: "Kurama being Kurama again and ordering people around. You're the outsider here, she's the resident."

Yoshino: "....Wait. Why is everyone acting so normal? There is a hole in the ground. Don't you think it's strange?"

I asked fearfully.

Morinaga: "Ah, you mean this?"

Yoshino: "Yeah..."

Morinaga: "Actually...."

Morinaga: "It was a casual question I asked that kind of got things going a bit."

Yoshino: "Question?"

According to Morinaga-san's explanation-----

It seems that Morinaga-san was standing around talking with these three demons who bumped into him in the corridor this morning.

-----FLASHBACK-----

Morinaga: "----By the way, there's something that's been bothering me for a while."

Tamamo: "What? Morinaga."

Morinaga: "Who is the strongest of the three of you?"

Kurama and Ibuki: ".........."

Tamamo: "......."

Kurama: "Me."

Morinaga: "Wow."

Ibuki: "Aww, the baby chick hasn't even hatched from its egg yet and it's already calling itself the mightiest. You need to live for another 1000 years if you want to get close to my power level."

Kurama: "You be careful to not lose your teeth and horns, Grandpa."

Tamamo: "You two need to stop your sterile squabbling."

Tamamo: "By the way, I'm the most beautiful among the three."

Ibuki: "No one asked that."

After that, they all discussed their powers, ability, combat style etc....

In the end, they all exhibited their own strengths, and no one give an answer on the spot as to who was the best....

Morinaga: "I'm still hazy about such conclusions."

Ibuki: "Oh"

Tamamo: "Oh."

Kurama: "....."

Morinaga: "If you fight a hundred battles, there are a hundred different winners."

Morinaga: "But don't you still want to risk everything just once today, to play the game that decides who is the strongest?"

Kurama: "........"

Morinaga: "Time, place, circumstances...there are many factors that determines who wins and who loses...."

Morinaga: "Some people think that the real strong man is the one who has the luck of the hour!"

Kurama: "----You."

Morinaga: "Hm? Where is this wind coming from?"

Kurama: "I like you, Adachi Morinaga. I permit you to join Yoshitsune."

Morinaga: "I'm honored, but in this life, my lord will only be Yoritomo-sama... Also, this is the first time I see a tornado inside the corridor."

Ibuki: "Why are you reacting like that?"

Tamamo: "I have a feeling it's going to be messy."

Kurama: "Now let's decide who's the strongest."

----At the same time as the words, a blade of wind was released from Kurama.

----FLASHBACK ENDS----

(So that's what happened)

After listening to the words, I could not help but relax.

Morinaga: "We managed to get him out into the garden quickly."

(That's why nobody came except me when I heard such a loud noise)

Yoshino: "So a brawl broke out here and the result was this disaster..."

Tamamo: "That's the result of Kurama creating a tornado and Ibuki amusingly manipulating its sand with his thunderbolt mutations."

Ibuki: "Don't blame everything on us. You've been putting out foxfire too."

Tamamo: "That was just self-defense. Right? Morinaga."

-----Part 2-----

Tamamo: "That was just self-defense. Right? Morinaga."

Morinaga: "Hmm? Well, they say the attack is the best defense."

Yoshino: "Somehow I understand that there was no one to stop it."

Yoshino: "Kagetoki-san is going to get angry...."

Ibuki: "Originally, it was Morinaga fault for firing Kurama in the first place."

Morinaga: "It's every man's dream to be the strongest, so I just went for it."

(Or rather, Morinaga-san who is so unconcerned about being mixed in with these three demons, is really no ordinary person)

Kurama: "Hey, we haven't decided on the results yet."

Morinaga: "Ah, then how about we settle this with a kemari match or a sumo?"

Yoshino: "Let's not cause any more tragedies."

But as I watched the big hole in the garden and the four mavericks.

The problems I have seem strangely small.

Yoshino: "....Maybe I should also try something drastic like this."

Kurama: "The chances of you getting strong are slim, so give up."

(Easily disappointed!)

Yoshino: "No, that's not it."

Morinaga: "Is something...troubling you, Yoshino?"

Yoshino: "Hmmm..."

(What should I say?)

Tamamo: "You've been looking a bit pale since you came. I'm worried too."

Ibuki: "Wasn't that because there's a hole in the garden?"

Ibuki's words were brushed off and Tamamo thumped his chest in a good-natured manner.

Tamamo: "Sometimes things work out better when you talk to someone with more life experience than when you're on your own."

Tamamo: "On the other hand, we demons, the three of us together have...2200 years worth of experience right?"

Ibuki: "Huh...was it not 2300?"

Kurama: "I don't know."

Ibuki: "Look at Morinaga. He's got a smug look on his face. Like he's about to call himself everyone's big brother."

Ibuki: "I bet you could use some advice."

(I would certainly like to hear what these four people have to say....)

After a moment, I opened my mouth.

Yoshino: "I'm actually worried about Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama..."

Yoshino: 'Even if the two of them are fighting together, is it still difficult to truly trust each other?"

Tamamo and Morinaga: "........."

Kurama: "----Uninterestingly, Yoshitsune used to miss that brother of his excessively."

Kurama frowned angrily.

Kurama: "It's a stupid thing to do. Leaning on others is what weak people do."

Kurama: "If he had not trusted him blindly, he would not have felt betrayed."

Kurama: "Now that Yoshitsune knows his own mistake, he will not become attached to Yoritomo again."

(I guess so...)

Ibuki: "Love and hate go hand in hand. He's a ruthless big brother to betray his pure-hearted younger brother, right?"

Morinaga, who was listening to us in silence...

Morinaga: "I've been serving Yoritomo-sama for a long time...."

Morinaga: "That time, that man was more conflicted than I had ever seen him before when he decided to kill Yoshitsune-sama."

Tamamo: "---That arrogant and insolent man, who orders everyone around?"

(Seeing Yoritomo-sama behaving perfectly as a Shogun, it is hard to imagine him suffering from his troubles)

(...The Yoritomo-sama I know is certainly a man of blood)

Morinaga: "Yoritomo-sama was destined to bear too much."

Morinaga: "So even if it's his only brother, he was not allowed special treatment. That's how I see it."

(Morinaga-san...)

Ibuki: "----Let's assume that your prediction is correct."

Ibuki squints wickedly.

Ibuki: "In the end, Yoritomo did abandon Yoshitsune despite his conflicted feelings. So who's to say he won't betray him again?"

Ibuki: "Yoritomo's side also has to be constantly on the lookout for Yoshitsune to smack him in the back."

Yoshino: "...Fighting with each other all the time is also dangerous."

Kurama: "---Let them both battle each other till death and make the top and bottom clear. Of course, Yoshitsune will win."

(Top and bottom...)

It is natural, but I can never imagine either Yoritomo-sama or Yoshitsune following someone else.

Tamamo: "Kurama's proposal might not be bad, but ignore the battle to the death part...."

Tamamo: "It might be a good idea to let Yoritomo and Yoshitsune fight it out once."

----Part 3----

Tamamo: "It might be a good idea to let Yoritomo and Yoshitsune fight it out once."

(Eh?)

Yoshino: "But they argue a lot."

Tamamo: "That's just a superficial exchange of words that masked real emotions."

Tamamo: "Yoritomo, who is dexterous when dealing with people he is not really interested in, provokes Yoshitsune very calmly every time."

Tamamo: "I don't know if it's a calculated move or half-aware, but he's trying to get Yoshitsune to not forgive him."

(....Why?)

Morinaga: "Maybe because both of them don't even know how to fight. Because if you think about it, both first met each other when they were adults."

Morinaga: "When I was young, I and my siblings used to fight a lot...."

Morinaga: "Sometimes, if we didn't share our feelings as much as we wanted, things would backfire and we wouldn't be able to make up."

(Sibling fight?)

(Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama certainly don't say what they really think when in front of each other)

(..It's not just about negative emotions...)

In their hearts, they recognize each other's competence but never try to communicate it to each other.

Yoshino: "How can we get the two of them to be able to properly put their feelings on the line for each other."

Morinaga: "How about getting them to work on one thing together?"

Morinaga: "It's a way of building camaraderie and having things in common through working together."

Yoshino: "I see...."

Tamamo: "In the case of those two men, their position as generals makes it so that they would give up on their personal feelings. It would be better to do something that has nothing to with politics or war."

(That's not a bad idea...)

Kurama: "How about a duel?"

Tamamo: "That's something you want to see. This is about how they both feel not about finding who is the strongest."

Ibuki: "Well, so far I can only see a bleak future for Yoritomo and Yoshitsune, no matter what kind of games they play."

Yoshino: "I'm going to slow down and think about it a bit. Peaceful collaboration..."

Seeing only a glimmer of light, I thanked the four of them for their advice.

.............

(However...both of them were really busy and it seems like the opportunity I was looking for was near to impossible)

Yoritomo: "Yoshitsune, have you dispatched the fast horses to the countries under your jurisdiction regarding the matter of the dead?"

Yoshitsune: "No problem. We have informed our neighbors that we are fully prepared for battle and that we will cooperate with each other without conflict of interest?"

Three days after that....

They had developed various measures to prepare for the case of corpses in remote areas or simultaneous attacks.

(Even though the air remains acrimonious, you don't neglect their duties)

(As Tamamo said, they are putting their personal feelings aside)

I was mixed in with their meeting and listened silently to the exchange as it proceeded unobtrusively.

Yoshitsune: "We have also sought cooperation from Sueharu and have arrangements in place to send supplies and force support to various locations."

Yoshitsune: "The plan was drawn up and carried out by Kagetoki from the Shogunate and Yasuchika from the Imperial Court."

Yoritomo: "Yeah. At the same time, I've ordered those three men to collect information from all parts of the country."

(A combination of a black merchant, the shogunate councillor and a genius onmyoji seems to be impossible...)

Yoritomo: "Nevertheless, some countries that don't realize the threat of the dead will take the situation lightly."

Yoritomo: "We need to meet regionally as appropriate and share information."

Yoritomo: "Morinaga would be the right man for the job."

Yoshitsune: "Then from me, I nominate Benkei."

Yoshitsune: "I'm going to ask him to go back to protect Hiraizumi with Kurama while he travels around the rest of the country."

Yoritomo: "That's fair. His majesty and Ibuki will also return to the capital once and prepare for emergencies."

At that time....

Kagetoki: "Yoritomo-sama, Yoshitsune-sama, please excuse me."

(Ah, Kagetoki-san!)

Kagetoki-san appeared in a hurry.

Yoritomo: "What's wrong?"

Kagetoki: "We have just received word that corpses have appeared in a certain country."

Yoshitsune: "Finally."

(....Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama have to fight again)

Yoritomo: "Yoshino, sorry----"

Yoshino: "I'll come with you. Please."

I hide my anxiety and answered right away.

(It was a good thing that I already prepared the medicines and fresh cloth beforehand)

Yoshitsune: "----Yoshino, you're so brave."

----Part 4-----

Yoshitsune: "----Yoshino, you're so brave."

Yoritomo: "Of course, otherwise, she wouldn't have fought you on the battlefield."

Yoshino: "Thank you both of you."

(Both of them are working to save Hinamoto while putting aside their personal problems)

(So, I'll help them in any way I can)

That thought burned in my heart quietly.

They gathered enough troops and left the next day.

A few days later-----

Yoshino: "The sun has completely gone down again today..."

(Tomorrow we're going to reach the country where the corpses are going to attack)

Fortunately, thanks to the advance notice of Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama.

Countries that have been attacked by corpses are also holding out in cooperation with neighboring countries.

At the encampment today, as the soldiers were preparing for the dinner...

Yoritomo and Yoshitsune: "Yoshino."

(Ah)

Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama each came from either side and called me at the same time.

Yoritomo and Yoshitsune: ".......!"

(What a coincidence...)

Yoshino: "Thank you for your hard work today, both of you."

Yoritomo: "No, I think the one who is working hard is you..."

Yoritomo: "Why are you stirring the pot?"

Yoshitsune: "Who forced you to do the chores?"

Yoshino: "No no, that's not it."

Yoshino: "I volunteered to do this."

Yoshitsune: "..But why?"

Yoshino: "If I just sit ideally, I might get nervous thinking about tomorrow."

I smiled at Yoshitsune-sama, who had a face that was confused.

Yoshino: "Besides, it's better to get to know the soldiers a little better before the fighting starts."

Yoshino: "It makes it easier for me to help as a pharmacist in times of need."

Yoshitsune: "....."

Yoritomo: "---You are always like this."

(I remember I used to do miscellaneous work for the Shogunate during the last war)

I recall that Yoritomo-sama has done me a lot of favors for my actions.

Yoshino: "I know a lot of people in the Shogunate though."

Yoshino: "But I have not spoken to Yoshitsune-sama's men at all."

Yoshino: "I wish I could get to know them a little better now...."

(Even just a little, because I don't think they have a good impression of me, because I was on the enemy side)

Yoshitsune: "....You."

Yoshitsune: "You even care about my people?"

(Ah)

Yoshitsune-sama suddenly approached closer and took my hand.

Yoshino: "Um, Yoshitsune-sama...?"

Yoshitsune: "Thank you for caring about my precious people."

The eyes are frighteningly clear and shined brightly.

Yoshitsune: "I apologize for my lack of consideration. I will introduce Yoshino to the soldiers and ensure that there is no impoliteness."

(That's too much!)

Yoshino: "..Y-You don't have to go that far."

Yoshitsune: "No, I----"

(So close)

Yoritomo: "Don't touch her so easily, Yoshitsune."

(Ehh)

Yoritomo-sama snatched my hand from the side and pulled me away from Yoshitsune-sama.

Yoshitsune: "...Yoritomo, I was talking to her."

Yoritomo: "Don't get all carried away, Yochi-tune-chama."

Yoshitsune: "...."

Yoshitsune: "You're also not letting go of Yoshino's hand."

Yoritomo: "I'm more close to this woman than you are, so I can't help it."

Yoshino: "Wait, Yoritomo-sama!?"

As if to provoke me, Yoritomo-sama pulls me closer.

(Mm....)

Yoshitsune: "---It's hilarious that you're so proud of yourself without knowing that it's about to turn around."

Yoshino: "Wait..."

Yoshitsune-sama hugged my shoulder and talked straight back to Yoritomo-sama.

Yoshino: "Wait both of you!"

I impatiently distance myself from both Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama

----Options----

Please don't get angry...(Yoshitsune +4/ Yoritomo+ 2)

I'm no child

----------

Yoshino: "Please don't get so angry about weird stuff, I'm having trouble figuring out what to do..."

Yoshitsune: ".....Trouble?"

Yoritomo: "She's talking to you, reflect on your actions."

Yoshitsune: "I don't want to hear that from you."

Yoshitsune: "How about I chop your head off as a way of reflecting on my actions?"

(Oh no! Death threats again...!)

(If this continues----)

Yoshino: "Ah ouch ouch, my stomach hurts..."

While clenching my stomach, I started a half-baked little play.

Yoritomo and Yoshitsune: ".....?"

-----Part 5-----

Yoritomo and Yoshitsune: ".....?"

Yoshino: "This is bad. I wanted to cook rice, but now I can't do it by myself. What's going to happen now...."

Yoritomo: "Hey."

Yoshitsune: "I don't know anything, but if I can help with something...."

Yoshino: "Help? You two will help me!? Oh my god!!"

I held both of their hands raising them up before giving them the chance to reject.

Yoshino: "Yayy!!Let's work together!"

Yoshitsune: "Yayy...?"

Yoritomo: "Your face is still expressionless."

Yoshino: "Now now, we're running out of time! Let's talk while we cook."

Yoshitsune: "Okay, I'll help, Yoritomo can leave."

Yoshino: "No no! I need TWO people!! I can't finish this without TWO people!"

Yoritomo: "........Both Yoshitsune and I don't know how to cook."

Yoshino: "That's fine. I'll teach you. Anyways, the special ingredient when making any kind of food is sincerity."

Yoshitsune: "...............If Yoshino says so."

(There was a long pause)

Yoritomo: "I don't understand what you're plotting, but looks like we have no choice."

(Great! I was a little afraid of asking these two for help)

(Like Morinaga-san said if I can create an opportunity to get them a little closer by working together on one thing...)

This could be a stupid idea, but it's better than doing nothing.

Yoshino: "Thank you both of you! Then, shall we get started!?"

Thus, both Yoritomo-sama and Yoshitsune-sama started cooking..."

Yoshino: "Yoshitsune-sama, can you also chop these greens into small pieces?"

Yoshitsune: "Okay."

(Wow, so fast)

I was amazed looking at how fast Yoshitsune-sama is chopping the vegetables.

Yoshino: "Wow! You're so fast. Do you really don't know how to cook?"

Yoshitsune: "No. This is my first time chopping vegetables. But I'm great at chopping---meat."

(Hm? Why are you giving a side-eye to Yoritomo-sama?)

Yoritomo: "Stop giving me death glares."

Yoritomo: "....Also, if you keep chopping like that, it will start to look like powder."

Yoshino: "Eh? Oh, Yoshitsune-sama, that's enough."

Yoshitsune: ".....I guess I used all of my strength."

(Yoshitsune-sama might be a skillful person, but why is everything so extreme?)

Yoritomo: "Anyways, Yoshino. Is this okay?"

Yoritomo-sama puts a small amount of soup into a bowl and handed it to me.

Yoshino: "Mm...Ah! It's delicious."

Yoritomo: "I put in the ingredients in the right order, starting with the ones that seemed to be hard to boil. Can I turn off the fire now?"

Yoshino: "Yes. The soup tastes so perfect that I have nothing to say...."

Yoshino: "To be honest, I secretly hoped that you would so something wrong and mess up everything."

Yoritomo: "Even though I've never done it myself, I've seen Morinaga make them when I was a kid."

Yoritomo: "Then I sort out ingredients that can be cooked in terms of hardness and the way they are cut..."

Yoritomo: "I just seasoned it to make sure I got the right amount of salt and sake and stuff for the amount of water."

(Perfection has been demonstrated in all these places...)

Yoshitsune: "........"

Yoshino: "Yoshitsune-sama, would you like to try some?"

Yoshitsune-sama received a bowl with a small amount of soup in it.

Reluctantly he drinks it.

Yoshitsune: ".............I can't feel any sincerity."

Yoritomo: "Don't makeup complaints if you don't have any."

Yoshino: "Ah, Next! Let's make rice balls."

......................

The three of us sat together and started making rice balls.

Yoshitsune: "............"

(Yoshitsune-sama's face looks serious and fully focused, but...)

Yoshino: "Um, Yoshitsune-sama, your rice balls are a little...big..."

Yoshitsune: "I want to make sure my men are healthy and have plenty to eat before going for the battle? ....Am I doing something wrong?"

(W-When you look at me like that, what can I say?)

Yoshino: "No, not at all! You're doing great!"

Yoritomo: "How is it going to fit in their mouth, if you make it that big?"

When I looked at Yoritomo-sama's direction...

I see a line of perfectly shaped rice balls which was the same size as I made.

(You can do anything after all...)

Yoshitsune-sama also pressed his lips in an uninterested manner.

Yoshitsune: "....Hmph, my men are going to eat a lot more than yours."

Yoritomo: "What are we even fighting for this time?"

Yoritomo: "Also how big are you planning to make that rice ball? You have to make many rice balls, not just one."

Yoshitsune: "...."

(Oh no! Yoshitsune-sama is angry. He's really getting angry! I can see it even though he's expressionless...)

Yoritomo: "And don't sprinkle too much salt in everything you see.."

Yoshitsune: "Shut up."

Yoritomo: "If you do tha---muff.."

The big rice ball was shoved into Yoritomo-sama's mouth.

(No!)

Yoshino: "Are you okay!?"

Yoshitsune: "Of course, he is."

Yoritomo: "......"

Yoritomo-sama glares without saying anything because his mouth was filled with rice.

Yoritomo: ".....Yoshitsune."

After finally swallowing the rice, he called in a low voice.

Yoritomo: "If you do that again, I swear you and your men will eat all the rice balls that I made."

Yoshitsune: "Try it, I dare you. I'll just exchange it with the ones Yoshino made."

Yoritomo: "Stop joking. Yoshino's rice balls is only and only for the Shogunate members."

(Hm? Hm?)

Yoritomo and Yoshitsune: "..............."

Both the man who were glaring at each other, suddenly looked at me.

Yoritomo and Yoshitsune: "----Yoshino, what do you say?"

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