Ezio X reader 6

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    The Barracks was secured. The men were proud of the victory over the French and were finally able to concentrate on The Borgia. Yet despite the victory, some felt they lost something precious.

   It was two days after the battle.

    It was morning when Bart and Pat were talking to the doctor. Ezio was sitting in a spare room with you in the bed. You were asleep recovering from your injury "How could I have let this happen?" Ezio said looking at you.







Flashback


    Then all of the sudden a dying Octavian weakly aim his gun to Ezio and Whispered "Die....Assassin...." BAM

    "EZIO!" You said pushing Ezio out the way. The bullet went straight through your left shoulder. You fell with a thud. Ezio got up seeing you pass out from the shock.

    "____!" he said seeing blood oozing out of your shoulder.

     "Get her out of here! I'll finish up here!" Bart said.

    Ezio snapped out of it and nodded. He picked you up bridal style carefully and headed back to the Barracks.







Present

    Ezio was in deep in thought as he watched you.

    "Why? Why am I so concerned with this girl? Every time I'm with her is like everything about me goes out the window. I can't even function! Caterina never made me feel..." He stopped when Caterina came to mind.

    "If I want a future with Caterina then I can't babysit ____.  As soon as she wakes up I'll return to the Timber hideout. She'll be safe to recover here. I'll let Niccolo keep an eye on her when she's healed. I can't keep my promise to Leonardo to watch her anymore." He thought out loud.

    He got up and stroked her cheek as she slept. He looked at your wound and sighed. He still hated the fact that he was an experienced assassin, yet you saved him instead of him protecting you which he promised Leo.

    "Forgive me ____. I wish I could be stronger to handle this. Please be safe il mio amico coraggioso. I could never forgive myself if something happened to you." he whispered. 

    You moved  a little." Did she hear me?" He thought.

    "Ezio...look out." You moaned.   

    He felt extremely guilty. He was about to leave you here and you was still thinking about helping him.

    He sat back down and continued to watch over you. 






    Pat and Bart were worried about you but Ezio never left your side.

    The doctor was amazed that your injuries were healing. Since your body was from the future you can recover a lot better than people in this time. Regardless that the injury wasn't that damaging you still needed a lot of time to rest.

    "Its amazing! I never saw anyone with this injury heal so quickly. Still, I would recommend she stays in bed for a couple of weeks to be safe." The doctor said to Bart and Pat.

    "Thank you, Doctor," Pat said paying him as he left.

    "She must really like Ezio in order to take a bullet for him," Bart said as he and Pat walked to your room.

    "Believe me, she's more than smitten over him. Povera ragazza " She said to Bart. "Even a blind man can see how she feels." They stopped at the door to the room.

     "Then Ezio must be blind as a bat! How can the ultimate ladies man can overlook a girl like ___?" Bart said confused.

    Pat shook her head. "He's not sure how to react to her. He's been through a lot an-"




    "She's waking up!" Ezio's voice echoed. They both quickly entered seeing you moving. You tried to move but winced when a throbbing sharp pain shot up your left shoulder.

    "Ahg! Man that hurts! What's wrong with me!?" you said grabbing your shoulder. Ezio got out of the chair and quickly went to you.

    "You were shot ____. The doctor said you should be resting for a while." Ezio said making you lay back down like you were a fragile doll. Your whole left arm felt awful.

    You looked to Ezio who had a very angry look on his face. Looking at your wound made the whole incident come back to him.

    "___ what were you thinking?! You could have died!" Ezio snapped.

    You looked at him for a moment then got angry.

     "And What was I supposed to do?! Let him shoot you!?" 

    "What type of moron jumps in front of a bullet?! The least you could have done was-" 

    "Ezio now is not the time for this!" Pat said. Ezio was silent for a moment then left the room without a word.

    "I'll go talk to him." Bart said following him out.

    Pat sighed.  

     "He's the most ungrateful jerk I've ever met! I Take a bullet and he gives me nothing but a hard time!! Ow!" You said massaging your shoulder.
   
     "Don't take it personally. He's just worried about you. You know he never left your side when you were out." Pat said sitting next to you.  You froze then blushed at the thought.

    "Really? He did?" 

    Pat giggled at you.

    "Yes. He was so worried for you when you were shot. Poor man didn't even sleep or eat until he made sure you were ok."        

    "Then why does he act like he hates me so much? I don't understand." You said. It wasn't just Ezio's behavior you didn't get. It was yours. Why were you so offended? Isn't this what you wanted? To avoid getting involved with him? 
  

   

    Meanwhile, at the horse stable, Ezio was trying to cool off. Bart was on his way to the stables as Ezio brushed ____'s horse.

    "I didn't do a very good job protecting your master (horse name)." Ezio whispered to the horse. (Horse name) neighed sadly.

    Ezio noticed Bart was coming but he didn't turn to look at him.

    "You got it worse than I thought ladies man. Why else would you act like this? When they took her You felt helpless didn't you? You wanted to rip everyone involved in her capture to pieces. " Bart said breaking the silence.
   
    Ezio refused to look at him. "I told you I-"

    "I felt the same way When I thought it was my wife. Why are you holding back?" Bart said in a serious tone. "She cares about you and its more than obvious that you-"

    "Abbastanza! I'm just looking after her for Leonardo's sake. That's all! I...there's nothing between us......because..." he trailed off.

    Bart thought about it for a moment. Then it all was clear to him.

     "Is it Caterina?" he said. 

    Ezio stopped brushing for a moment then continued.

    "Ezio you really think that she wants to-" 

    "I'm going back to the hideout. Now that ___ is out of danger I can go back to the Borgia," he said trying to repress all emotion in himself.

    "You're kidding, right? Are you just gonna leave her? Perché? After everything that's happened to her?" Bart said stunned. Ezio was always a sucker for helping women but when it comes to ____ he's completely off. 

    "As long as she's with me she's in danger. At least here she can be protected." Ezio stopped brushed and went to his own horse. He patted his horse and sighed.  "Take care of her. I can trust you. If anything happens, contact Niccolo." Ezio said preparing his horse to leave.

    "What about you? What do I tell ___?" Bart said to him.

    "Tell her...." He paused. "Look, our relationship is strictly platonic. It's better for both of us to stay that way." He straddled his horse but
Bart got in his way.

    "Ezio you can't be serious! I know I'm clueless when it comes to stuff like this but I know what I can see: You two need to be together. Let Caterina go and give  ___  a chance. You need her!" Bart said with a harsh tone.  

    Ezio was silent. Then he said, "Make sure she's Safe." He rode off the Barracks. 

    Bart shook his head.

    "Ezio..."






Later that day...


    You were eating when Bart returned to your room. Pat had gone off after she made sure you had a nursemaid with you to get you want.

    Bart couldn't help but feel bad coming to give you bad news. He knocked on your room door.

    "Come in." You said. 
 
    He came in. He grabbed a chair to sit next to you.

    "Can you give us a moment?" he asked the maid. She nodded and went off.

    You looked behind him.

    "Uh? Where's Ezio?" you asked. 

    He sighed.

    "He went back to the hideout. He'll come by soon when you're better! You know Ezio always trying to take on the whole world by himself!" He lied laughing.

    "I see," you said sadly. You stopped eating and played with your food sadly. Bart saw that his attempt to cheer you up failed.  
    
    "I'll tell you what. After you recover I'll teach you some of my combat secrets huh? What'll you say?" he offered.

    "Combat secrets?" You said looking up at him curiously. He nodded.

     "Just some moves that can help so you don't get kidnapped again. As fun as it was to get you, we don't want you snatched up again," he said.

     You giggled.

    "That sounds really good. I'll take what I can get." You said. Truthfully you wanted anything to get your mind off of Ezio leaving you behind.






    After two weeks your shoulder was healed. You were hurt that Ezio hasn't made any contact with you at all. You wrote a lot but you needed to vent out your emotions. 

    Pat and Bart came by often to check on you. Bart cheered you up with his sense of humor and Pat read to you often. 

    Luckily Bart followed through with his promise to teach you a few combat moves. That afternoon after lunch Bart made the men set up a training area for you and him. They had wooden swords and shields with straw dummies.
   
    "Today is your lucky day ____!" Bart shouted. You were in men's clothing but you didn't mind. You couldn't very well train in a dress. The loose tunic and pants gave you more room to move.

    "Alright let's begin! One of you come here for a demonstration!" Bart said. One of his men came to him. 

    "Pay attention. Say you are unarmed and a solder comes at you directly. Your arm brace can counter blades." He said as he signaled the man to come closer. As the wooden blade came Bart blocked the blade by clashing it with his arm brace.  
   
"It doesn't matter what direction you move it as long as the enemy is caught off guard opened to a counter strike." He explained.

    You nodded. "Alright your turn!" he said giving you a spare arm brace.

    "Wait, what?" You looked at him horrified.
    
    "Nothing is better than the real thing so come at me!" he said excitedly.

    "Alright! Charge!" he called to the man.

    You were scared. It was true that Claudia taught you some defense moves but Bart was more direct, aggressive, and that made you very nervous.

    The man was running towards you to hit you with his wooden sword. You were so scared that you couldn't find the strength to move. You froze when he stopped with the tip of the sword inches away from your nose.

    "I'm...sorry. I...can't. I can't do it. I'm not a soldier." you said sadly. You looked at the arm brace then dropped it to the ground. "I wish I was stronger than I am now. I'm a coward," you said about to cry looking at the ground.

    Bart walked towards you and picked up the arm brace.

    "Great...he's gonna yell at me now." you thought.

    "You're kidding right?" he smirked.

    You looked up surprised.

    "Huh?"

    "A woman who takes a bullet, let's herself get captured to protect my wife, and manage to escape a French commander has enough courage to fill a whole army." he said placing the brace back in your hand winking at you.

    You were speechless. His words inspired you and were touched that he said something so nice. You smiled and put the brace on your arm.

    "Let's do this!" you said getting into a fighting stance.

    "That's the spirit __!" Bart said also riled up as the training continued. He then taught you tricks like hitting vital areas on the body to take advantage of. 

    "Alright another trick is dodge after blocking the blow," Bart said. Another man charged after you.

    Then you remembered some of the self-defense moves you took back home. A surge of energy filled you.  You stood your ground and blocked the sword again. Then you forced the hard part of your hand up the man's nose as hard as you could, breaking it.

    "AHG!" The man dropped the sword and placed his hands on his bleeding nose.

    You gasped. You felt awful! You didn't mean to actually hurt someone. You ran to the man and said. "I'm so sorry!"

    "Ah don't worry about him. He's been through worse than that. That'll teach him to expect the unexpected. " Bart said chuckling. 

    "Still I rather not have him bleed out. Go on and fix your nose." He ordered the man. 

    You still felt guilty.

    "You'll train with me so I can have my army in tact." he joked. You blushed but you nodded. You were back in fighting stance.

    "Next I'll teach you..." 

    





    Bart had taught you many tricks to defend yourself on a more solder like offensive. You were both enjoying the training that the whole day went by in a flash.  Pantasilea came out to tell you both it was time for dinner.

    "Wow. It's already night?" you thought. 

    "Fantastico! Wonderful! I'm starved! Make sure you make a huge banquet for my prized pupil! Not even my bravest man can compare to ___!" Bart said pointing to you. You blushed.

    "Alright, I think that's enough excitement for one day. We don't to reopen that wound would we?" Pat said coming to you. You nodded as you went in.

    Pat went to Bart.

    "How's she doing love?" she asked.

    "Great! She's a fast learner! If she had a sword in her hand she'd be unstoppable!!" He shouted. Pat sighed.

    "I meant about Ezio." she said impatiently.

    "Oh right....she seems ok," he said.

    "Agh," Pat said walking back inside.

    "What? What I say?" Bart said confused.

    "Anyway, I received a message by bird from Niccolo," Pat said slowly walking to the banquet hall with Bart.
 
    "Really? Is it trouble? I hope it is!" Bart said smirking.  Pat rolled her eyes.

    "He said he's coming to collect ____ in the morning to bring her to the hideout," Pat said.

    "Why?" Bart asked.

    "He never said. I personally think Ezio requested it to keep her close." Pat said.

    "Losing ___ would be a huge loss for my army. molto deludente Such a waste. But I believe Niccolo can watch her. You really think Ezio asked him to do it?" Bart asked Pat nodded.

    "He's so in denial about ___. It's denial right?" Bart asked.  






    The next morning Niccolo came as promised. Pat told you to pack up to leave with Niccolo. He rode in greeted by Pat. "Welcome Machiavelli." she bowed. He got off his horse and he returned the bow.

    "Thank you Signora d'Alviano." he said.

    "Is she ready?" he asked. straight to the point as usual. Niccolo was never one for small talk.

    "She's getting ready. My husband is having a hard time letting go," she said giggling. 

    Niccolo was about to ask her what she meant but then you came out with Bart with you.

    "Make sure you practice every day. Can't get sloppy you know and make sure you eat properly to regain your strength." Bart nagged like an uncle.

    Pat smiled while Niccolo rolled his eyes.

    You giggled and hugged the man. Bart actually looked sad that you were leaving. "You better come visit! I'll hunt you down myself is you don't!" he said hugging you back.

    "Thank you signore and signora d'Alviano for everything!" you said hugging Pat too. "No need to be formal and Please write. I would like to keep in touch. Come by when you can." Pat said hugging back.

    "We must leave before dark," Niccolo said annoyed. 

    "Harsh." you thought. Bart and Pat didn't take it to heart knowing that's how he is.

    The man with a bandaged nose came with (horse name).

    "Thank you and sorry about the nose," you said going to (horse name)

    "Nah. No hard feelings!" he said helping you on (horse name). 

    Niccolo looked at you strangely but decided to ignore it.

    As you both started to trot away from them you looked back at them.

    "Bye." you waved to them happily. Pat smiled sadly as she waved too but Bart look like lost his puppy. 
    
    "Adiós mi valiente alumno!" he shouted waving like crazy.

    You smiled.

    "I hope I see them soon." you thought.

    You both were riding for at least thirty minutes in awkward silence. You knew that he was very serious and cold in the game but you wanted to at least try to talk to him.

   "Um...Signore Machiavelli?" you said nervously. He turned to you with a serious look. You swallowed hard and tried to calm yourself. "Since I'll be staying at the hideout what will I do since I'm not an assassin?" you asked trying not to sound scared.

    He turned to look straight ahead.

    "Well so much for-"

    "You'll be working for me with paper work. Ezio told me you have knowledge in the Latin language. Is this true?" he asked.

    "uh....yes." you said.

    "Can you repeat that?" 

    "Yes." you said louder.

    "Good! You start as soon as we get there," he said calmly. 

    "ugh...secretary gig." you whispered.

    "Did you say something?" he said turning to look at you with scary eyes.

    "uh...no...sir." you said quietly.

    "Say again?" 

    "No sir," you said louder. He turned back around.

    "Well this is going to be fun." you thought to roll your eyes.

    As promised as soon as you got there you had stacks of papers to either translate or double check for Niccolo. You had to admit this was the most boring thing you were ever forced to do. At least Leo made it fun.

    The only part that was decent was caring for carrier birds. The birds were really nice. You gave them you bits of your bread every time lunch. Then you started to talk to them since you're in Niccolo's office most of the time. This went on for three days. Niccolo was really impressed with your work. But he never told you.

    Then on the fourth day, Niccolo received word form one of his spies entering his office.

    "Ezio has Caterina! He's on his way back," he said. Niccolo nodded then the spy left.

    "____! Continue working. I'm going to check on Ezio. I'll be back soon." he said preparing to leave.

    "Yes sir." you said going back to work. After he left you stopped working. You Knew Niccolo would scold you for stopping but you didn't care. You felt mixed feelings about Ezio returning. He left you alone. Granted he did stay with you when you woke up. Still, why did it hurt so much if this is what you wanted?

    "This isn't what I want." you finally said walking to Niccolo's bird cage. "The more I stay here the more I feel at home. And what if I don't go home? Will I stay here forever? What will happen to my family and friends in my timeline? I don't know what to do!" you said sitting next to the cage. You opened the cage for one bird to come out. You pet the bird softly and the bird loved it. You sighed.

    The bird started to fly outside and landed on a tree then started to sing. You smiled.

     "Maybe I should go outside. Some air will do me good." you thought. You called to the bird and it came back. When you put it back into the cage you walked out the office. You stopped by to buy ink and a new journal from a nearby shop. Afterwards, you sat on a bench in the courtyard and started to write.

 
Dear Journal,


    Its been months since I did an entry. I left my old journal at the Rosa. I need to get it back but luckily I hid it in the floorboard so no one should be able to find it. I went to helping the whorehouse, then going to the general of mercenaries, get kidnapped by a French general, escape then get shot, then become a secretary in a few months I've been in the past.     

    The weird thing is I was hoping for a life of adventure. This feels so real that I don't like it. Death is near and I can't even imagine killing some one and so many things can happen not only to me but to those I became attached to.

     Then there's Ezio. He's just.....I don't know. What should I feel about him? Ezio rescued Caterina today and I should be happy but part of me feels jealous. My feelings for Ezio is growing out of control and I'm afraid what will happen if I give into them. 


     Little did you know you stayed out for a couple of hours writing. Caterina and Ezio come to the hideout but you don't see since you continued to write. You noticed that the sun was going down not sunset yet but enough to say its late. "I better finish my work or else Niccolo will have my head." you thought to return to the hideout entrance.




    You were on your way to Niccolo's until you heard something. It sounded like loud murmurs. Curiosity took over and you followed the sound you found the source of the sound behind a door. You put your ear to the door and listened.
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    "I didn't rescue you because you're valuable to the cause." You heard. It was Ezio's voice. "but because-

    "Don't say it Ezio." a soft voice answered. Must be Caterina. 

    "Why not?"

    "Because I can't say it back." You knew what was coming. You only wish you could spare Ezio of this pain.

    "You used me then." he said harshly.

    "That sounds a little harsh.

    "What words would you wish me to use?"

    "I tried to explain earlier."

    "You are a ruthless woman." 

    "I am a woman with work to do and a duty." she said calmly.

    "Then whatever serves your cause goes. he said coldly. 

    "I've tried to explain this to you already you must accept it."

    Then he said something you never that he'd say.

    "I'm coming with you," he said. Your heart sank. You wanted to walk away but something held you to that door.

    "No Ezio, your place is here. Who's going to lead the brotherhood if you don't?"

    "But you never really wanted me." those were his final words before a lethal silence filled the air.

    You decided that you heard enough and went back to Niccolo's office.




    You felt so awful that you couldn't focus.

    "Stupid Ezio! He knew she didn't love him! Why did he think it would work out between them! Stupid! It was doomed from the start!" you fumed. "Do you mean him and Caterina or him and you?" you thought. You shook it off.

"I shouldn't feel sorry for him! He asked for it Mr. Ladies man! It was bound to happen! GRR! Why am I so angry!!" you paced around in Anger. 

    You looked out the window to see the moon to cool off. Then you saw the saddest thing ever in the courtyard. Ezio was by himself staring at the moon himself looking like an abandoned child. You couldn't see his face but his whole body looked drained of life.

    "Hmp he deserves this!" you said but as you continued to look at him your heart was tearing in two.

    You cursed yourself for being compassionate. An Idea hatched in your mind. You grabbed a pen and wrote a small message. Then you went to the bird cage and grabbed a bird. You stuck the message to its leg then released it.

    "I hope I did it right. Otherwise, he won't get the message for three days." you thought.





    Ezio stared at the moon for who knows how long until a bird landed on his shoulder.

    "What's this?" he opened it and his eyes widened. He immediately went near the river bank as instructed and waited.  

    The moon rays cloaked everything around him and the breeze was a nice bonus for Ezio especially to night. 

    "Looking for someone? a familiar voice called. 

    He was in a fighting stance ready for battle.

    "Easy I come in peace." you said coming out behind him.

    At first, he was surprised, then he turned from you.

    "What do you want? What are you even doing here?! I'm waiting for Niccolo." he said coldly.

    "He won't be here I was the one who sent the message." you said.

    "Why? I thought this was an emergency!" he shouted.

    "In a way it is." you said playfully.

    "Do not play games with me I'm not in the mood!" he growled.

    "I just need help finding someone and I knew you were the right man for the job. Can't you take some time to help me." you pulled the puppy dog look. 

    He snarled then gave in.

    "What is it?" he said annoyed.

    "I dropped something really important here and I know since you got keen eyes that you can help me," you said.

    "What did you lose?" he asked.

    "Oh, you'll know when you see it," you said with a smile.

    "____ I'm not gonna-"

    "Trust me. It's worth it," you said. he sighed and began looking around the bank. Despite his good eyesight and the moon light, he could find anything. Unknown to him you were sneaking behind him.

    "____ I can not find any...HEY!" he shouted as you pushed him into the river.

    You busted out laughing.

    "Maybe it's in the river!" you laughed. He came up with an evil look.

    "Let's see how you like it!" he thought. 

    He grabbed your leg and pulled you into the river too.

    "AGH! COLD!" You said. Ezio looked your cold soaked body and laughed.

    "Hahahaha! That looks suits you ____!" he laughed.

    "Oh its on!" you said splashing him. He did the same. You both had a splash war for a couple of minutes until you both felt tired and got out.

    "Brr! Maybe we should do that around summer nights!" you thought. Ezio smiled at you. You were glad he cheered up. 

    "Thank you ____." he said.

     "For what pushing you in?" you joked.

    "For Helping me find peace and laughter tonight," he said.

    "I told you there were worth looking for," you said.

    You shuddered as the wind picked up.

    "Here let me warm you up," he said wrapping his arms around you putting you close to him. He rubbed your arm up and down to create heat. You melt in his embrace hoping he doesn't hear your heart. Then he stopped moving and just hugged you tighter. 

    Wondering why he stopped you looked up. He looked down at you. You blushed of how handsome he looked wet in the moonlight. His eyes shined brighter than any star.

    "Ezio..." You whispered as your heart started to beat faster.

    "La mia luna nella notte." he muttered bringing you closer to him.

    "No...we can't...this...is...too...dangerous-" you thought.

    Warm lips were all you felt then all thoughts disappeared. You wrapped your arms around his neck and brought him closer. He stopped to brush your wet hair away from your face.

     "____, "  he said bringing you into another kiss.

    "THERE ITS HIM! THE ASSASSIN. ARREST HIM." a group of guards came to surround you both

    Romantic moment.......

    Over! 
 




(The Caterina and Ezio scene was from the Brotherhood book.)

molto deludente= very disappointing  

abbastanza= enough

Perché= Why

 il mio amico coraggioso = my brave friend
 
 Povera ragazza = poor girl

Adiós mi valiente alumno= Bye my brave pupil

La mia luna nella notte= My moon in the night






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