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Patience of the Tokugawa – Prologue Pt. 1

Forest outside Hamamatsu Castle – April 1560

We first see a young lord and of his two retainers on a hunt in the nearby forests, little did Ieyasu know, he would find a little boy that would change the Tokugawa's fate in the long run.

Ieyasu lets loose an arrow from his bow at a deer that was busy grazing, unfortunately though the creature was smart and ran away before the arrow came to close.

"Huh, I guess we won't be enjoying any meat tonight, my lord, said Tadakatsu, a large man in silver armor as he was standing beside his master Ieyasu Tokugawa.

"It would seem the bow is not your forte my lord, said Hanzo, a ninja who is the leader of the Iga ninjas of the Hattori.

"Ha, ha, I guess so, but I think I now see the reason why Lord Yoshimoto enjoys archery so much. It is quite a calming feel as you hold the bow in your hands. But we have plenty of fish and vegetables from our other excursions, so we should be fine for know let us… huh?"

Near an apple tree, the young lord hears what seems to be a pained groan, a hand near the tree the deer was grazing at, curious the lord went to check to find a young boy, asleep and his clothes covered in mud and dirt.

"Oh my, its seems this little one is burning up, we must immediately hurry back to the castle, Hanzo." Ieyasu order his best shinobi.

"Yes, my lord" Hanzo sternly replied as he took the child into his arms and rushed back to the castle to find a doctor.

Hamamatsu Castle Town – Mikawa

Hanzo comes to close a small wooden house and knocks several times, until an old man with a bit of white to it.

"Oh my, Lord Hattori, what seems to be the problem?", the old doctor asked the ninja. He then sees the child in his arms and realizes what is happening. "Oh my, what happened to the young lad?", the doctor asked. "A fever and it seems he has a few cuts and scrapes under some of his clothing.", Hanzo answered.

The shinobi brought the child inside the house and laid him on the bed. "I will look after the boy for now, if you will please wait, I believe Lord Ieyasu was out hunting with you and Lord Tadakatsu, best the boy knows who his saviors were.", the old doctor

Hanzo nodded and waited for his lord.

2 hours later

Ieyasu and Tadakatsu arrived at the doctor's home, to see Hanzo waiting patiently for his lord and fellow comrade.

"Hanzo, is the boy okay?" Tadakatsu asked in a somewhat calm, yet stern voice. "Yes, the doctor says the boy's fever is gone, right now he is fast asleep." Hanzo replied in turn, his same serious tone ever used.

Ieyasu then chimed in between his retainers, "I see, let's see to our young friend inside, shall we men?" Ieyasu calmly replied.

All three men knocked on the door and were greeted by the doctor who was watching the child resting on the bed. "Oh, Lord Ieyasu it's so good to see you, the young boy you brought here is doing much better, right now his fever is gone now." The doctor told the young lord. The four in the house walked over to the young man's bedside.

The young man was fast asleep, however; the constant sounds of people moving woke him from his deep and peaceful slumber, he awoke to hear the door open and see three men walk inside, one of them was a giant of man, wearing a deer horn helmet and large silver armor adorned will bells, another was a man of a rotund size with a kabuto mon helmet with a white and blue plume on it, the last to enter was a small, man covered in armor the boy could only see the man's eyes and mouth and thought that he had to be a ninja.

"I see you are wide awake my young friend, how do you feel?" Ieyasu inquired of the boy. Having just heard the man though the child, could only feel intimidated by the other two in the room as a looked at Ieyasu, but couldn't seem to get an answer out. Ieyasu noticing this silently with a nod to his retainers, getting the idea both Hanzo and Tadakatsu left the room, now only Ieyasu and the boy were left. "I know them seem intimidating, but they mean well, to be honest, now can you answer my question young man?" Ieyasu asked once again.

"I still feel a little groggy, but I still feel better than a while ago." The young man answered the Lord of Mikawa. "Excuse me sir, but what's your name and, where am I?" The young man now asked the warrior lord. "Oh, I see, I've forgotten to introduce myself, my name is Ieyasu Tokugawa, and I am the lord of this domain and you are in Mikawa province, young one?" Ieyasu answered. The young man's eyes widen in surprise, standing before him was a Daimyo of Japan, to think he would be speaking to such a great man.

"I can see that you seem overwhelmed with what you know now." Ieyasu calmly replied to the boy. "Now can you please tell me your name, young one?" Ieyasu asked in the same tone as before. "Hidetaka" The child replied to the daimyo. "Do you have no family name?" Ieyasu inquired. The boy shook his head side to side, the answer seemingly on his face.

"I see, this boy has no family and by the looks of him he has been alone all his life, this chaos is always vexing." Ieyasu thought to himself as he watched the boy.

"If you would excuse me Hidetaka, I will speak to my men for a little while and come back in a few minutes." Ieyasu told the boy.

Hidetaka nodded to the lord still feeling all the sadness was over him of the times of being alone and no where to go at times. As Ieyasu left the room, he looked back at the child one last time and exited the house.

"Tadakatsu, Hanzo if you would please summon my wife Senahime to the main hall of Hamamatsu Castle, please and tell her I have something urgent to discuss with her." Ieyasu ordered his vassals in a rather rigid tone.

Hamamatsu Castle Main Hall

"My dear, what is that you've called me here for." Lady Sena, Ieyasu wife and Yoshimoto's niece. Wearing a green traditional dress and shoes with a Imagawa insignia on the shoulder of her dress. Her stomach large due to expecting another child. Hanzo and Tadakatsu sat behind the door to behind an enclosure to listen to their conversation.

"I wished to discuss a personal issue with you alone, it's a rather important topic to me." Ieyasu answered his wife's inquiry. Lady Sena proceeded to sit in front of Ieyasu on her knees and listened as her husband explained, "While we were out hunting we found a boy in the forest, we found out he had a high fever and he was hurt when we found him, Hanzo brought him back to the doctor and he has a seemingly made a full recovery, but he told me he has no family and he doesn't know his full name, so I have a solution I wish to tell you, I believe we should adopt the lad into the family." Ieyasu explained in a patient tone to his wife.

"It seems the lad seems to have struck a nerve with our lord, it would seem, Hanzo." Tadakatsu whispered to his comrade. "Yes, I believe he would bring a great change to the Tokugawa, he may be a great warrior to come." Hanzo replied with a rare smile on his face, whispering just like his fellow warrior.

"It would seem you have been taken by this young boy, I believe Nobuyasu and the new one would like to have a big brother with them to look up to. I hope I can meet this young man, to see if he's like what you say." Sena replied to her husband.

"Then we agree, my dear, we shall adopt Hidetaka and he shall take the name Tokugawa as our adopted son." Ieyasu replied with a smile on his face.

AN: Hey guys, Author of Mystery here. Welcome to my new series, Patience of the Tokugawa, following a young boy as he is raised by the future shogun of Japan, Ieyasu Tokugawa. Join him and his comrades, as they face the Warring States in a bid to see a land of peace under the Tokugawa.

AN2: I would like to give thanks to EpicZL, his story Bond's of the Hojo inspired me to write this and a Dynasty Warriors story I 'm almost done planning with.

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