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Requiem of Destruction (1x1 with DarkMudkip)

Akihime spent her time away from Yukimura finishing up her little web she was wrapping Ren in. He was a far better servant than Mitsunari, much cuter too. She would have to find a way to keep him around even when Yukimura was awake.
One day, she approached Ren in his room with her usual sweet smile, "Ne, Ren-san...do you think Chosokabe is close by to receive your letter? Out of my reach?"
 
Ren was simply killing time by trying to teach himself a larger vocabulary when he wasn’t with Akihime. He looked up from a thesaurus, blinking before giving a firm nod. “Aye. I can send word using carrier pidgeon.”
 
Ren closed his book, expression serious now. “Aye.” He said, taking out a pen and paper to write to Motochika.
 
Ren concluded his writing, sending word to Motochika that Akihime had given birth mere hours ago, and after attaching the letter to the bird, he sent it off for the Fugaku.
 
"Aniki! Ren's carrier pigeon has been spotted on it's way!" The man taking Ren's post called. Motochika moved quickly to the deck and looked out to see for himself.
"Catch the damned thing! Is there word of Akihime's child?"
 
Nana, using her ability to move water, gently scooped the bird from the air with a ball of water, bringing it down to her hands and holding the confused creature gently. She pulled the letter from the small container and held it out to Motochika.
 
"Thank you, love.." He muttered and unrolled the paper, looking it over carefully. "He says she's given birth not long ago, she's weak and now is the time to strike! Let's go, men!"
"Aniki!" They all cheered as they headed through the route Motochika plotted for them.
 
By the time they made it to the meeting point and dropped anchor, it was well passed dark, and a hefty storm was starting to brew. Nana kept the waters around the Fugaku at bay, while Motochika and most of his crew headed for the shore, where the Palace overlooked the sea.
 
Motochika and his men moved cautiously toward the castle. Something didn't feel right. An arrow suddenly shot out and struck one of Motochika's men dead, and the ogre captain grabbed his club for when Nana was predisposed. "Archers!" He shouted and suddenly Akihime's men swarmed out to attack the unsuspecting pirates.
 
The pirates were quickly overtaken, driven back and slaughtered like cattle, it was almost like they were waiting for the pirates. That couldn’t be, Ren himself had sent the letter, unless, had the lad been found out? Was he still breathing?
 
It was just Motochika and a small handful now, surrounded on all sides. "Ohayo, Chosokabe~" Akihime greeted from the top of the wall, "Kt has been so very long~"
"What have you done with Ren?!" Motochika demanded. Akihime looked taken aback.
"You ask as if I would purposely cause him harm," she turned and gestured to someone, "Ne, Ren-san, Chosokabe wishes to see you!" Ren was alive then?
 
A slender figure came out from behind Akihime, it was Ren, only he was complete unharmed, and he wasn’t even in shackles. He said nothing to Motochika, and glaring hate at the Ogre.
 
"Ren! What's gotten into you, lad, what is the meaning of this?!" Motochika demanded. Akihime hid her smile behind her sleeve.
"Yes, Ren-san, what has he done~?" She asked innocently.
 
Ren scowled deeply, fave contorted in rage. “You lied, you’re a deserter and a liar, you’re nothing but a wild beast!” He hissed. “You abused Akihime-sama’s Hospitality and spit in her face for all of her kindness!”
 
Motochika's face scrunched as if he had fresh cow manure thrown at him, "Liar? Deserter? What nonsense has she filled your head with, boy?"
"I just told him how cruel and brutish you were when I offered you and your wife my home." Akihime said. Motochika nearly flew over the handle.
"You used the both of us! Sold Nana away to power a whole naval fleet on her own! Used me to terrorize Shugoku! I was cruel and brutish?! You ugly venomous she-viper, you should swallow your own words!" Motochika spat. Akihime's nails left marks in the stone wall but she never lost her smile.
"So rude you are...! Truly an ogre...!" She stated.
 
Motochika’s eyes fell on deaf ears, Ren only glared hatred, turning and leaving so he didn’t have to look at Motochika any longer.
The sound of the sea suddenly came rushing through the valley, the storm must’ve started, but wasn’t Nana keeping the waters at bay?
Two men came back up the path carrying something; someone. Behind them trailed about three dozen other soldiers, all covered in blood and drenched in water. The had captured Nana and the Fugaku.
 
Motochika looked back and death gripped his club. "Let go of my wife!" He roared angrily. Akihime giggled softly.
"Oh no, I have plans for Nana-dono~ take the ogre to his cage and put Nana-dono in the pond for now, I'll keep her tame." Akihime ordered.
"His men, Akihime-sama?" A guard asked. Akihime smiled wickedly.
"Kill them."
"Aniki!!" The pirates struggled against the guards as they separated Motochika from his men. The ogre fought against them but was overpowered by the sheer number of them. He was knocked out and dragged off while his men were taken to the executioner.
 
Nana herself was unconscious, a nasty bump on her head, blood dripping from her mouth, but by the way one of the men was cradling his bloody hand, showed it wasn’t her own blood.
When she came to consciousness next, she was in cool water, laying against a marble staircase that led into the small, but deciding sized body of water. She looked around, then scowled at the familiar feeling of metal around her neck, looking to see she had been collared once more, but this time, in a beautifully carved golden shackles. ”Motochika?” She called out, looking around for her husband.
 
Nothing. Dead silence. She was alone, it seemed, in this pond of sorts. Was she in the castle someplace? It was no where near the old housing she and Motochika shared.
 
Nana frowned more, slowly emerging from the water and floating across the surface to see more of the room. It was large, large enough to house the man-maid pond and stone floor around it as well. She stopped just at the edge of the water, the chain only allowing her so far, which made her scowl and pull on the golden chain.
 
Nana’s face immediately twisted into a snarl, raising up her hand and swinging it forward like she was throwing something at her, but nothing happened. Nana’s look or rage turned to confusion and she looked to the water, trying to move it once more, but the pond merely rippled.
 
"Forgive me, I didn't want you trying to run away, so I limited your abilities strictly to movement." She smiled sympathetically but it was as fake as she was, "This will be your home until your tank is ready." Tank? Like, an actual aquarium tank? No, that would be too kind of her.
 
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