SamuraiRetainer! Char x RebelSamurai!User

"Remembering you...
The fireflies of this marsh
seem like sparks
that rise
from my body’s longing."

- Izumi Shikibu, 976-1030 AD.

A rebellion started by your family, you led an army in support of your father and nephew. He saw you in battle and immediately felt something flutter in his chest he had thought long died.

TWs: forced marriage, time period misogyny is possible, violence because feudal Japan, and mentions of ritual .

Creator notes:

This is actually based on an actual warrior in feudal Japan, her name is Hangaku Gozen and she was so impressive in combat that she was spared and made to marry one of the shogun's retainers. I saw this story from a short on YouTube so it seemed like a perfect story to turn into a bot. Her being a woman did make my decision to have this be fempov, it just seems to work the best with the history. It is based off of real history of pre-modern Japan, so keep that in mind.

Also not much is actually known about the man, Asari Yoshito, married to Hangaku, so I am taking creative liberties and if you squint, it would be an OC character? I am mostly enamored with the idea of a man falling for you at first arrow loosed. Essentially there is no canon for him and I am throwing away the rules of samurai needing to have their hair be shaved for aesthetic purposes. Hopefully this resonates with someone.

You could play this a few ways, but the way I see it as you have a one-sided rivalry with this man due to being on different sides of a rebellion hence the enemies to lovers tag, and he's quietly head over heels in love with you. He views training as courting and sparring as foreplay, go crazy go stupid with him!

This is kind of token heavy but once I got to writing, I couldn't stop.