Title: Red Robe
Author: mitsuki0tennyo (Mitsukino Tennyo)
Fandom: Naruto (SasuSaku_month 2011, FanArt Prompt)
Pairing: SasuSaku (Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura)
Rating: T (M-15)
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Word Count: 910
Summary: The sound of an fusuma sliding open awakes Sasuke from his musings. Looking up, he notices the scarlet shade moving closer towards the shoji screen which separated his bedroom.
In the darkness of his sleeping quarters, the young commander of the Uchiha shogunate sat on his large futon, waiting for her to make her nightly appearance. He didn’t remember when he seduced her first time but before he knew it, he had stolen her maidenhead. That she would prove to be the missing link in the Uchiha Clan’s quest for the domination of Hi no Kuni, had never entered his thoughts when he first took her. His father had called him a fool for tainting one of Tsunade-hime’s handmaidens and yet here he was… the first supreme ruler of Hi no Kuni!
She had been the child of Haruno Kaoru and an unknown mistress, his only child and heir as his wife had been unable to bless him with any form of offspring. The Haruno had been one of the many clans serving his former rivals, the now disgraced Senju of the Woods. The once great Senju were nothing more now then a dying clan, destined to be hunted down by his armies, like the beasts they were. Soon the Senju and any of their followers who refused to accept him as their new ruler would merely be names in the history books, after all they were rebels in his realm now.
He almost wished, that the bastard he called father could see him now… Uchiha Sasuke had succeeded were his great grandfather, grandfather, father and brother had failed. He had conquered all of Hi no Kuni, even the last stronghold of the Senju, Konohagakure. All because the daughter of one of their daimyo’s had fallen in love and was willing to do everything to be with him.
When his father had sent him to Konohagakure as a ambassador, he had been intrigued by the Haruno heiress, her actions fascinated Sasuke-him a Uchiha Warlord! A rare blossom like her shouldn’t be soiled by a fool like Rock Lee or Uzumaki Naruto, so Sasuke decided to taint her. Slowly but surely he infected her with his touch, his scent and his body until she couldn’t live without him. The sound of a fusuma sliding open awoke Sasuke from his musings. Looking up, he noticed a shade dressed in a scarlet kimono moving closer towards the shoji screen that separated his bedroom from the rest of his quarters.
“Uchiha-sama,”
The sweet sound of her voice preceded her form as she announced her presence. An old habit, a leftover from the days she served Tsunade, it was strange how that now seemed to be lifetimes ago. Silently she slides the door open and entered the room.
“Sakura.”
At the sound of her name, a sign of his acknowledgment, Sakura bowed respectfully to her lord and master before quickly sliding the screen closed. So fragile… so innocent despite all the things he had done to her, Sakura was still afraid what others’ thought about her. As if it mattered, he would eliminate anyone who dared to speak ill of her.
She heard him stand up, Sakura knew he could move silently like a ghost in the fog. It made her feel giddy inside that she was the reason that the Uchiha shogun made any kind of sound. Seconds later she felt his hands drifting over her neck and shoulders in a soft caress. Slowly he began to lower her kimono, placing soft kisses on each patch of newly revealed skin. Sakura couldn’t help but moan softly at his mouth’s gentle ministrations. Sasuke pressed his body against hers and Sakura couldn’t help but push back as she felt the proof of his arousal against the small of her back. His mouth busied itself, with marking her neck as his hands turned their attention to the elegant butterfly bow of her obi.
Sakura released a soft gasp of surprise what turned into moan of pain before she bit her lip, desperately trying to stay silent. Her hand found it’s way to his head, tightly gripping the unruly spikes as Sasuke removed his teeth from her flesh and stared at the result of his action. Placing his mouth next to her ear, stopping for a second to nibble on the shell of the pinkette’s ear before whispering.
“I love the way you wear my marks of possession, Sakura.”
One of his hands began to remove the kanzashi that held up her elaborate hairstyle, the other continued with its earlier task; the disposal of her obi. One by one the hair ornaments were dropped on the floor and finally… when he had removed all the pins and combs, pink locks cascaded to the small of her back, slightly wavy from hours of being confined in a ornate bun. Sasuke watched as her hair fell down her shoulders. Releasing the obi’s final knot, he slipped the kimono off her shoulders, watching as it pooled around her feet.
Sasuke lead her to his futon, sparing a final glance at the red fabric. It reminded him of the blood, Sakura had spilled for him. Tomorrow the swirling red robes and white circles of the Haruno clan would be gone. Replaced by the red and white uchiwa fans and dark kimono’s. Although he supposed, she could continue to wear red in the privacy of their chambers. Yes, the sight of Sakura in red would be for his eyes only after tomorrow. After all red was the color that suited her most… a visual reminder of the sins she had committed.
(Time Period Guide ←| Kuruizaku |→ Act 02 ~ Break The Ice)
Author’s Note: This written for a fan art prompt for the sasusaku_month 2011. I was inspired by the Sengoku period and the Tokugawa Shogunate, when I saw the picture for that particular fanart prompt. I might continue with this universe but for now it’s finished.
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