Lesson 2: Help someone out if they're a little bit short of change


[KAGURA]

Sunny days were not good for Yatos but as long as they had their trusty umbrella they could prevail. The vermillion haired girl was walking through Edo and the last few weeks of summer was just passing through and soon the heat would die down, it was something that she looked forward to. Kagura stopped by a convenient store just to cool down. She walked over to the cashier to pay for her drink, she wanted to buy more but the coins in her pocket prevented her from otherwise.

"That'll be 150yen please."

She dug through her pocket, damn, only 25 yen short. The cashier looked at the girl with sorry eyes and shook his head. Already short tempered from the heat, she was about to burst but she grabbed the bottle to put it back. She would have to give Gin a scolding when she got back home.

"Hey little girl."

Kagura turned around to see a woman at the cashier with a basket full of food. Her ocean blue eyes met with her red ones, a similar colour to Kagura's dress. She looked at the woman curiously, she was above average height, not too tall, although her knee high, heeled boots added more height. If Gin-chan saw her he would be ogling. Yup. He would be ogling.

The woman was wearing yukata like clothes except her sleeves stopped at her elbows and the end of her dress stopped just above her knees. Her yukata like dress did not fold at the chest but had a collar that was pinned down with gold buttons. The top had a zipper which she left it open at the chest, revealing a white undershirt. The dress was dark red with gold trims. Around her stomach was a red obi with a thin black belt tied around it holding her katana although the sword looked smaller than an average katana. Overall, Kagura concluded, it was quite plain but she looked very nice in it.

"I'll buy you your drink, if you'll let me see your umbrella for a second."

Kagura was a bit suspicious but the woman seemed nice enough, plus, she really wanted that drink. The woman invited Kagura to the park where they sat on the bench and shared the food that she bought. While Kagura ate quickly the woman ate at an average pace, eating onigiris after onigiris. The 14 years old girl noticed that the woman was gloves- how strange, her hands must be really sweaty.

"Are you full?" She asked the girl who jumped at the sound of her voice. They had been eating in silence the entire time and she was so engrossed in her food that she forgot to speak.

"A little. Why did you share it with me?" She asked, chewing on more bread.

"I just felt like it," She replied, crossing her legs, "Now, our deal?"

Kagura looked at the purple umbrella beside her. The woman beside her didn't seem threatening at all but the little girl chuckled, "It's not a normal umbrella, it's pretty heavy."

The woman opened up her palm and gave her a smile in which Kagura returned with placing her umbrella in her hands. The black haired woman stood up but the umbrella still was touching the ground- that was to be expected, Yato umbrellas were used for combat and were extremely heavy.

The red eyed woman gripped it tightly and lifted it up effortlessly, Kagura's eyes widen. It was impossible! Humans had a hard time lifting it unless they were truly strong and that was extremely rare! The woman in front of her examined it, gently stroking the umbrella before handing it to the girl.

"That is a fine umbrella. You best take care of it."

"Who are you?" Kagura asked, quickly getting into a defensive mode as soon as she got her umbrella back.

"Me? I'm just a passer-by who's looking for someone. Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."

"Who are you looking for?"

"A girl, her name is Haru. The last thing I know is she was sold to Yoshiwara. Tell me little Yato girl… can you help me?"


A/N: So second chapter :) I like writing in the different perspective of the characters. I hope this fic is alright so far. I've writing a bunch of chapters but now it's just going back and refining it. Like I said, this will be a long fic so bear with me. As always, leave reviews and what not, I really do like them!