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Sanada Chozaburo had a simple wish : Have a heir to succeed him.
Two times, the fate decided otherwise.
Two daughters.
For a man of tradition such as Chozaburo, this was a shame, if not a disaster.
No male would bear the name of the venerable and aged house he was now leading.
Not from the main branch, at least.
It would have been a mistake to say that Chozaburo didn't love his daughters.
But, secretly, he was blaming them to have come to this world as females.
Unconsciously, he was punishing them to not have met his wishes by rarely showing them any affection.
Now, the only thing he could hope for was that they join a good lineage; that they do a good marriage.
As the far-sighted and self-willed man he ever was, he quickly made the arrangements, using a tactic that always benefited the old clan.


The younger daughter's marriage was quickly disposed of.
Fuyuko always was an easy child and she turned into a frivolous lady before Chozaburo could even put a finger on this change.
At the age of sixteen, she followed her husband Hanawa Jirokichi, a man who, despite his disgracious appearance, had the good fortune to belong to a very influential clan in the Samura keiretsu.
Chozaburo was planning to bind the elder sister, Junko, to a powerful clan linked to Kishiro.
However, things were more difficult on this side. Way more difficult.

Junko was an unusual child.

She never seemed to accept the role her birth granted her, nor did she seem to be thankful for the princely life she and her sister were having.

At the age of nine, she refused to wear women's clothes and boldly claimed she would never ever wear any of those again, to her ladies-in-waiting much embarrassment.
She then often ended grounded for thrashing some of her playfellows, or to get over the wall.

Then, one of her favourite pastimes became to cut her hairs and hide her curves by wearing large enough clothes.
This done, she could then infiltrate boys classes and participate to the various courses given to them.



Girls had instead tiresome courses like etiquette.

She could never have stood that course in particular.
In fact, Junko quickly began to enjoy to make people unsteady by using irony, sarcasm, sophism or plain illogicality to the point one could never know when she was serious.

This often caused havoc, and in the end Chozaburo decided to have her checked by psychiatrists, wondering if his elder daughter was insane.

But the medics couldn't find anything wrong. She just had an acute mind.
They suggested him to allow her to receive another kind of education to take advantage of it.

But Chozaburo had others plans for his daughter.

Junko simply wanted her father to recognize her and to quit treating her like a fragile stupid little thing unable to understand anything.
But sadly, despite all her efforts, her intelligence and her will, he never stopped to.

The pressure of the traditions in their social circles was simply preventing her to be anything else but a woman of unassuming character, doing what she was told like a good puppy.

The hell with that!

Junko always had hard times to conciliate the role she was asked to play and what she really was.
And with time, things were getting borderline unbearable.

And so, when at the age of eighteen, she finally heard about Chozaburo's plans regarding her, she flew into a fury and forced her way to her father, who was actually in the middle of an audience with some distinguished guest and a few vassals.

The indignant expression of those men, and above all of Chozaburo, when this young lady wearing Hakama, Kimono and Kataginu, entered in fury inside the room was indescribable.
"Father" She started "How dare you to order me to marry that man!"


The vassals gazed with embarrassment at the venerable Chozaburo, wondering how he would react to such an invective.
But he quickly assumed back a neutral expression and just observed her calmly during a few seconds.

Finally, he replied in a reasonable but yet no-nonsense tone : "You are my daughter and you will do what i say."
At which statement Junko laughed and replied in a mocking tone "Not going to happen, Ooo-touuuu-san."

The lady turned her head and, quickly locating Kitagaki Sanzaemon, who was actually the father of the man she was asked to marry, gazed at him while stating :
"I don't like Kiyomori. His attempts to court me were pathetic. And besides, he smells terrible."

The poor old man coughed in indignation, forcing Chozaburo to tell his daughter off and to lecture her about her behavior.
"I bowed to a lot of your whims, Junko. I let you do what you wanted to do. In return, i expect you at very least to respect our guests and to obey me when it is needed."

As a response, Junko just planted herself in the middle of the room and, raising her head, stared at him while crossing her arms in a stubborn manner.

The stare battle between the father and the daughter lasted during a short while. Finally, Junko, annoyed to not see her father looking away before her, puffed and walked her way out.

She stopped when Chozaburo said in a commanding tone : "Junko. If you brave me, you will face the consequences of it."
The young lady stood still during an entire second and finally just walked away, without even favouring him with a backward glance.

The next weeks in the house were uneasy, at best.
The father and the daughter were royally ignoring each other when they met.

The wedding was approaching quickly.
But Junko had her plan.