Such a small face of your own for you ^^
I hope you like it ^^
KNUFF
Isa


I eight different hearts

"Kyoko? Dear, where are you?", Plogo, the feudal lord of a small, insignificant, but prosperous province, went through the rooms of his palace and looked for his only and most beloved daughter. For him there was nothing more important than the well-being of his daughter, since her mother had already passed away. It had been an illness when Kyoko was eight years old. But today he didn't have a present for the apple of his eye, but a message that was difficult for him and Kyoko wouldn't really like it either, if he could finally find her: "KAGOME!"
"Yes sir?", Kagome rushed into the hallway and knelt on the floor in front of her masters. She was a simple village girl who went about her work in the palace. She was seventeen years old and had a pretty face, but it liked to be stained with dirt. That was because Kagome liked to work in the garden, but today it was raining and so she was in the house and had the job to take care of Kyoko.She wore her hair down and so her shoulder-length black hair always covered her face when she bowed.
"Where's my daughter? And finally tie her hair up!" Plogo groaned and looked down at her.
"Yes, I'll do it ...", Kagome assured and looked up carefully. "Your daughter is in her music room. She has lessons on the koto today."
"Right. Take me there!" Plogo ordered and examined Kagome more closely.
"Sir?" Kagome looked at him uncertainly.
"Why aren't you with my daughter? What did you do?" Asked the feudal lord angrily.
"I ... cleaned ...", Kagome stammered and looked after her master, who went into the room from which Kagome had come.
Plogo looked out the window. From here you could see into the training hall of the young samurai who were just still in training.
Plogos was proud of the samurai troops, and the younger ones in particular were extremely promising. The best of them was Shinji, a 19-year-old quiet boy who took his training very seriously.Whenever Plogo visited his troops during training, he found Shinji there, training like a man possessed. There was only one person who surpassed him in ambition, but unfortunately not in talent and ability. That was a newcomer to the group. He called himself Akira and was a year younger than Shinji.
"Lord?" Asked Kagome again.
"You shouldn't watch the samurai, even if you like them. Let's go!", The feudal lord smiled friendly at his servant: "I know that you are still standing alone."
"Hm ..." Kagome blushed slightly: "Sorry ..."
"It's okay," Plogo passed Kagome: "Come on!"
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"Very good, mistress. You are a natural!", The Koto teacher praised her student, even if she feigned. Kyoko was interested in a koto, like a night owl for the day, and was accordingly terrible.
"Thank you ...", Kyoko put the instrument she hated so much aside and sighed: "Can't we leave it for today? I still have to change for dinner and I also want to bathe.""But ... Mistress Kyoko-sama, please. Your father wanted you to be able to play the koto, don't you want to practice a little more?" Asked the teacher, who saw her job dwindling more and more.
Kyoko pretty much didn't care what this woman wanted. After all, it was only a quirk of her father that she should play this instrument. Should he bring a geisha into the house if he wanted to hear the clink. She really had other things to do now. For example, having her beautiful, long, ruby ​​red hair groomed and styled so that she could present her family appropriately.
"I don't want to. I don't get any benefit if I can play an instrument, at least not this geisha instrument. I'm not a living work of art that is used to entertain men!"
"Mistress ...", the teacher just sighed: "I ask you very much not to give it up. You know that the young men appreciate it very much when their wives can also show musical talents.""A talent that I really don't consider necessary. I have enough money to play for me and I hate a man who values ​​it!", Kyoko snorted. She had endured more today than she really wanted.
"Kyoko!", Plogo entered his daughter's room after Kagome had opened the doors: "I have to speak to you urgently. Leave us alone!"
"Of course!", The teacher immediately left the room and Kagome wanted to go too.
"Kagome-chan, stay," asked Kyoko: "Father, just speak to her, she's a friend after all, or is it a secret?"
"No, my dear. Please sit down. Kagome, close the door!" Plogo asked and also sat down on one of the pillows. He waited until Kagome closed the door and sat down on his knees next to his daughter.
"Father, what have you got? I can see from your face that it is something serious ..." Kyoko looked at her father questioningly. She didn't know him like that, so serious about her and also a little sad."Well, as you know, it has recently become more and more difficult to keep up with the fighting power of the neighboring provinces ..."
"But our samurais are the strongest in the whole country!", Kyoko interrupted her father.
"Yes, my child, I know, but we are not exactly big and our men and troops are unfortunately outnumbered. So I have to come up with something. Well, Kyoko, you are already eighteen years old, beautiful and it It's time to find a husband for you .. ", Plogo sighed and looked up at his daughter.
Kyoko stared at him. A man? Should you marry?
Kagome dared to look up, too, which came as a surprise to her too, even if Kyoko had long been of marriageable age.
"So ... Father ...", Kyoko paused: "I don't want to get married ... In the end you choose a poor man for me just because he has a big empire and enough men. No, I refuse. That's my right!"
"The one I have chosen for you is already on the way here.He is the second son of a great and strong province. They are not poor either, on the contrary, they have more than enough gold, silver and jewels in their treasuries ... "contradicted Plogo.
"And if he does! Then he is surely ugly or has a bad character! I will not just get married like that! Father, I am a person and your daughter!", Kyoko exclaimed artificially.
"I don't want that at all!", Plogo assured: "That's why I asked him to come here. So that you can get to know each other. He will live here in our castle for two months until mid-March. I ask you to give him a chance . If you absolutely don't like him, I can always send him home. "
"Oh ..." Kyoko looked at Kagome: "What do you think of that?"
"Me?", Kagome sighed: "I don't know. I don't even know the young gentleman and I'm just a servant myself. But if you wish, I can ask around his servants, whom he brings with him.They certainly know a lot to tell about their masters, which could be of interest to you. "
"A good idea. Well, father, I'll have a look at it, but don't get your hopes up ... I'm too young to get married!", Kyoko gave in faster than expected.
"Nice!", Plogo nodded and stood up: "I'll leave you alone again. Kyoko, he will come tonight, please make yourself up properly."
"Sure!", Kyoko promised and waited until her father left: "Kagome-chan ..."
"Yes, Kyoko-sama?"
"My father ... I don't want to disappoint him, but can't you take my place?", Kyoko looked at her friend with a grin.
"No, you know that your father will be there. He would notice it immediately and he also promised that you can turn him away too. Don't worry. If you like the young gentleman, then it is very good if not, then you just have to say ", Kagome smiled mischievously.
"You're right ...", Kyoko got up and went to the window: "How about you?Have you already told Shinji that you liked him? "
"What?", Kagome blushed: "How ... how do you come up with that, Kyoko-sama? I ... well I ..."
"Kagome-chan ... you can tell. When you say Shinji, your eyes light up and you always watch him. You are in love with him. I can understand it. He looks cute when his blond hair is in the brown Eyes droop. He's really nice too, so don't worry about it and finally get him. The only luck you have is, that until now he was more into samuraism than girls ", Kyoko explained and smiled hers Friend to: "Dare to ..."
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"Akira! Shinji!", The leader of the samurai group went to his two students and looked at them.
"Yes!", Shinji and Akira immediately lower their swords and bow to their sensei.
"There is an assignment for Akira. Ride to the frontier of our empire and take the fourth troop with you. You will accompany our guests, the young lords of the neighboring province to the palace and of course his entourage.The best thing to do is to get started right away! Shinji, you're helping Akira, but you're not going to ride. You set free for today. Tomorrow you will be needed in the palace, "ordered the sensei.
"At your command!", Shinji replied and looked at Akira, but waited until the Sensei was out of earshot: "Aki, what is it? You always wanted more responsibility."
"Yes ... but not like that ... Brother ... Please come with me. I don't even know what to do. I just wanted you to go with a patrol or something, but not such a big mission right away. If that Gentlemen, what happens, then I'll be dead! ", Akira chattered:" Please, if I am out with a bunch of men, then I'm sure to be blown up ... "
"Aki please calm down. This is half a day's journey and you won't even have to change. So don't worry. This is your first assignment, so keep calm. No unreasonable acts and above all, no bad words about ninjas" Shinji tried to calm his sister down.Akira had sneaked in here, since she would never have been accepted here as a girl, she had simply disguised herself as a boy. Her hair, of course, was always trimmed to an inch and just as blonde as her brother's. She was a year younger than him and her biggest fear right now was being exposed as a girl. Shinji had always covered her and so he too would be held accountable if she lost her cover.
"What do you mean? I HATE those