Hi this is Benji Himura. I am now starting a new fanfic. Is a Sakura Taisen story. I don't own Sakura or any of the characters. Some anime or manga characters might show up in the story I also don't own then. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.
Signed: Benji Himura.
Author pre-story notes:
Well I am going to try a new thing to spice up my fics. I am adding songs to certain scenes. Like Sakura Taisen did. For example the episode nine when Maria recalls when she meet her captain. I have showed Benji humming, singing and hearing to many songs, in different occasions. Well I just love hearing musing when I am on the computer, when I got outside my house I always carry my CD player so I can listen to it when I walk, when I am not watching TV or anime on my computer I always have the winamp on with my favorite playlist. For example if I stay too long with out hearing music I began to think on music or sing. I will place the songs that suit more the scenes. Try hearing it sometime. If you can listen to the song when reading the scene might be even better. Sorry for taking too long. Now we can return to the normal fic.
"Text" Talked or thought sentences.
(Text) Talked sentences in a foreign language. As English when everyone else speaks Japanese.
;Text; Title of the scene song.
:Translations of a sentence in a language that isn't English, and small observations during the story:
Chapter one: Two flowers
It is a dark night in Teito. A heavy rain falls over the city soaking the streets, houses and any person who is careless enough to be walking with out an umbrella. By the late hour the streets in front of the imperial theater would be empty. But two slender figures run out from the theater. A tall woman with short blonde hair wearing a long black coat. And a shorter woman with short brown hair wearing a purple kimono.
On the right hand of the taller one there is a black revolver. And on the left hand of the shorter one there is a naginata. And they free hands are wrapped tight against the hand of the other. Inside the dark halls of the theater shouts can be heard. But the duo doesn't stop. They only stop many blocks away when the shorter girl slips over the wet stones of the street and fall. With the blonde help she gets up and they rest on an empty alley.
"Maria-san what is going on?" the shorter woman asks. "I don't know for sure Sumire." Maria replies to the shorter girl. "But I know that Ogami, Kaede and Kayama are trying to kill us." Sumire nods recalling of the event that leaded to the desperate escape from the place where she called of home.
Two hours earlier
Maria is on her room. The theater is in silence. The blonde is carefully cleaning her revolver. The storm outside rages with its fury. She chuckles aware that Sakura must likely shivering on a corner scared of the lightning's and thunders. She considers if she should go to the brunette room and comfort her. But because of the late hour Maria decides to not go there. Finishing cleaning her revolver she reloads her revolver and places it on her nightstand on her reach. She sighs removing her jacket and places it on her closet. She is about to open her shirt and undress when a quiet knock sounds on her door. Leaving open the two top buttons of her shirt and moves to the door.
"Sakura, you really should…." Maria stops talking seeing that it is not the brunette in front of her door. But a very scared looking Sumire. The chestnut haired girl pushes Maria inside of her room and closes the door behind her. Then Maria notices that Sumire is holding her naginata. "What is wrong Sumire?" Maria asks concerned with her friend and companion.
"I don't know. But Shoui is trying to kill me. And Kayama-san and Kaede-san too." Sumire replies. "Wait. You just said that Ogami, Kaede and Kayama are trying to kill you or I understand it wrong?" Maria asks sounding confused.
"I said that. I don't understand what is happening but they are trying to kill me." Sumire replies. Maria can see the fear on the shorter girl and see that she isn't lying. She peeks by her door opening just a small crack. Maria can see Ogami running by the hall testing door by door. And he is holding his swords. Maria closes and locks her door before Ogami reaches it and holds Sumire and covers her mouth.
Sumire obey the silence order of not moving and not speaking, letting herself relax a bit on the taller woman arms. Ogami steps moves away. Maria let Sumire go and motion to the brunette sit on her bed. Sumire accept the offer and Maria sits close of her. "What happened Sumire?" Maria asks. "It is not like Taisho act like that."
Sumire nods agreeing. "I don't know Maria. Honestly. I was sleeping and I woke with the sound of my door being unlocked. When I looked was Shoui entering holding his swords ready to strike me." Sumire says with tears on her eyes. "I could feel his assassin intent!" after the last remark Sumire begins to cry and Maria holds the sobbing girl to comfort her. Like Sumire she doesn't understand why of the attack. But she won't allow him to just kill Sumire.
Present time
Maria covers Sumire body with her own and pressed her against a wall. Her long black coat covering her entire body melts with the darkness of the alley. Maria lowers her head enough to her hair is covered by the coat collar. With the right angle they just vanished on the darkness. A car passes by the alley. Sumire holds her breath praying to them not be found. After the car leaves and move away Maria let go of Sumire.
The chestnut haired girl releases her breath. "We need to found new clothes. And change our appearances." Maria says. Sumire is shivering with the cold. Maria rubs her shoulders with her gloved hands, cursing herself for not considering that Sumire was only with her normal kimono. And even that now she is using the kimono covering her usually naked shoulders that clothing still gets cold with the rain.
Sumire sighs with pleasure with the warm comfort that her partner is giving her, now that the adrenalin has settled she is beginning to feel very cold. Maria looks around the alley and found a door. She breaks in, smashing her revolver butt on the padlock. The duo enters on the door. In the partial darkness they can see that they are in a store.
Maria and Sumire move to the clothing section and search for clothes on they sizes. "Pick something practical Sumire." Maria says to the shorter girl. "Pants, a jacket and a coat. We aren't here for fashion. Also pick a pair of sturdy shoes or boots." Sumire nods with the taller Russian orders. After few minutes Sumire is wearing a loose pair of jeans pants, a brown pair of rubber soles boots, two shirts, white and a red one, a leather jacket and a long black trench coat. She is fasting the belt.
Maria moves to the girl that is not being able to fast the belt and hold the loose pants on her body at the same time. Maria holds the belt and Sumire picking the cue hold the pants. "Tell when is enough." Maria says while tightens the belt. "Enough." Sumire says after a while. Maria sighs seeing that Sumire enough is very far from the last hole of the belt. After all they are in a men cloths store. Maria picks on her pocket a small pocket knife and carefully opens a new hole on the belt on the place where Sumire wants.
After fasting the shorter girl belt Maria picks her own choices of clothes and undress for her own and dresses herself. Sumire blushes a bit. But they are women and they shared a bathtub many times before.
"Gather your old clothes too Sumire. Pick everything up. Found a bad pack or a shoulder back and stuff on it. We will be taking it with us so they won't found that we changed or outfits." Maria says. "Understood." Sumire says. She moves to another part of the store and picks a large sturdy looking bag pack. She picks it up and she picks one to Maria too. She returns and found the blonde already fasting her own belt. But unlike Sumire, Maria is not having trouble.
Maria is now wearing loose jeans pants, a white shirt, a leather jacket and a black trench coat. Unlike Sumire jacket that is also black, Maria is wearing a light brown one. She moves to pick a pair of boots to herself. "Where are your clothes?" Sumire asks. "Over there." Maria points to a counter. Sumire moves to the counter and fills the bag pack with Maria used and wet clothes. And she notices that as herself Maria changed even the underwear.
The chestnut haired girl fights her embarrassment and continues to place the clothes on the bag folding them to not fill it up. "Place the wet clothes in one bag. The other you pick two more sets of clothes for yourself. Over that chair there are two more sets for me." Maria says tying her newfound boots. "Hai." Sumire replies.
She can tell that Maria isn't happy. They broke in a store and are stealing clothes from it. That by itself turned them into criminals. Not counting the mysterious reason of the attack on herself that extended to Maria. The blonde picks a brown hat and puts on carefully arranging her hair inside it to disguise herself even more. Maria picks a black hat to Sumire and moves to her.
"Let's move." Maria says placing the hat on Sumire head. Sumire nods and Maria picks the bag pack with the wet and heavier clothes. Sumire fix her hair like Maria did and they leave the store. She can't help in feeling happier now, she is warm under the rain and the clothes are protecting her from the water and the cold. Sumire moves to her naginata. Maria is about to say something when she sees the chestnut haired girl removes the blade from the staff.
Under the blade there is space for one and a half hand hold. It part of the main Sumire wraps the blade with a leather belt that she took from the store tying firmly, but light enough to the sharp blade not to cut the leather. She hangs the blade on her belt hidden by the long coat. She breaks the long staff in three smaller parts and tosses the parts in a garbage can.
"Now they won't found it." Sumire says. "But that wasn't a passed for you as a family heritance?" Maria asks. "It was. But right the staff is not important. It is only wood. Ancient wood. But only wood. Can rot. The blade is the important." Sumire answers to her friend. "We can discuss this later."
Maria nods and they move away. "What we do now?" Sumire asks as they walk. "I don't know." Maria replies. "No offence intended Maria. But with your background you should know what to do on a situation like this." Sumire says to Maria. "If this was New York you would be right. But this is Teito. I never thought that I would need to run or hide here." Maria says in a sad tone.
"I am sorry. I also never thought that…" Sumire says in a sad sorrowful tone. "It is okay Sumire. I know that you didn't meant like that." Maria says giving a light squeeze on the shorter girls shoulder. Sumire shots back a sad smile to the taller girl. "What about we go to a hotel?" Sumire asks.
Maria smiles sadly. "Well all the money that I had I left in the story to pay for the clothes and the padlock." The blonde says in a low tone. "It covered most of it." Sumire smiles sadly. "It is okay. I think that it is better that way. At least we didn't stole those." Sumire replies. Maria nods.
They walk in silence for a while. "What about we go to my family house?" Sumire says. "I know that it is a obvious place to go. But even thought I know a way to sneak in. And my family will for sure give us some aid."
Maria looks at Sumire. "You understand that by doing that we might be running straight to a trap?" Maria asks. "If I was chasing you, I would go there first." Sumire nods confirming. "But unless we want to steal money to get a room it is the only way to proceed." Sumire adds. Maria nods.
"Then we need to move very carefully." Maria says and Sumire nods to her. Far from there a clock began to tell the hour. On the empty streets the three bell rings echoes. For the running duo that is only a sign that the night is not close of ending yet.
End of the chapter one.
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