Chapter 1:
"Please! No! I'll do anything!" One redheaded girl struggled against her bonds as she was dragged onstage. Lettuce would have to be wary and see if her personality lived up to her hair. From the looks of it, she was a new one; she had tears running down her face, bags under her eyes but there was something about this girl...
Hope. That was it. It was in her eyes as she struggled. But she was going to pay for that later. Lettuce learnt that the first time.
She saw the children play around her, all staring curiously at the queue of slaves. When a small boy's eyes landed on her, she smiled.
He looked only about six as he trotted over to her, pretending to be a horse. "What game are you playing?" He asked.
"It's called The Slave Trade but I can assure you it's not much of a game." She smiled again but this time it was a sad one.
"Can I play?" He grinned, showing me his teeth. He'd already lost one of his front teeth and Lettuce giggled. She was about to decline when his mother dragged him away.
"You aren't allowed to play with dirty things, Sakuji!" His mother scolded and the green haired girl felt tears well up in her eyes. She looked away and up to the stage, where they finally had calmed the shaky girl down.
"We have here, Ichigo Momomiya. She's a bit of a firecracker as we've seen already. But I'm sure a few punishments will set her straight!" So that was her name. "Can we start the bid at 100?"
Many hands rose up and pushed the bids up with it. Ichigo's face looked sickened as they rose higher finally stopping with 600k.
"Going once... going twice... Sold to Mr Ikisatashi!" Oh dear. Ichigo paled. Even a first timer had heard about him. Lettuce prayed to God, she wouldn't get him. Anyone but him!
She pitied the girl who was lead off stage. Lettuce didn't see where she was going since she was up next. Unlike Ichigo, Lettuce went up without a fight. She put he head down, her green hair spilling over her face.
"Good girl." He patted her head like a dog. Lettuce internally scowled, doing anything couldn't help her. Just harm her. "This is Lettuce Midorikawa. She's well trained and was born into slavery. No fuss with this one, she'll just do what you want.
"Shall I start the bids at 100?" Only one person raised their hand. Lettuce sat feeling quite humiliated and only prayed it wasn't...
"Going once. Going twice... Sold to Mr Ikisatashi! You are on a roll today, sir."
No. It couldn't be! Lettuce was dragged away crying silent tears. She wanted to be free after slavery! It would come soon enough! But Pai Ikisatashi was known for using his slaves and killing them!
And Lettuce wanted... that to be with someone special. Someone who she loved. Not used as a common whore and tossed away after satisfaction.
Mr Ikisatashi - No, Master now - decided he'd had enough slaves for the day and shoved both Ichigo and Lettuce into a large box behind the carriage. It looked safe enough and was nailed to the back of the regal carriage.
After being loaded in, cramped but safe nonetheless, the two girls gave each other pitied looks and Ichigo grabbed Lettuce's hand.
"I'm scared, Lettuce." She whimpered, tears spilling over onto her cheeks. "How did we get here?"
Lettuce shrugged and squeezed her hand. "I'm sure everything will be fine." Ichigo smiled appreciatively. But that light in her eyes was slowly fading, she was slowly losing hope.
Don't give up yet, Ichigo. This will end eventually.Lettuce thought to herself. I may have accepted my fate, but I haven't given in to it yet. I just hope I'll survive long enough.
The word survive echoed non-stop throughout Lettuce's mind and she thought about home and her mother to calm her down.
There you go guys! First chapter. Sorry it's not long but I will hopefully post often. Please R&R and be nice. I accept constructive criticism but no flames. Thank you!
