CHAPTER TWO
Sano awoke in a tent. His head and stomach hurt like hell and he was oblivious to where he was. Sano stood and crawled out of the tent.
He was introduced to the cool night air and inky darkness. Three lone figures sat on the ground around a campfire.
"Katsu?" Three heads turned to look at him.
"Sano, come sit," Katsu said.
"Shinta," Souzo said to the other Seikoh-tai, "Can you give us a moment?"
"Hai." Shinta said and left as Sano came up and sat down.
"Sano," Souzo said warmly, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay."
"That's good," Katsu said, "You were delirious when we were treating you hand."
"Why? What did I do?"
- - - - - FLASHBACK - - - - -
Sano lay in the tent as Souzo bandages his hand. Sano awakes from his unconscious state and looks startled as he looks from Souzo to Katsu. He motions for Katsu to come closer and Katsu does so.
"Katsu..." Sano whispers into his ear, "Am I dead?"
"No! Sano, why would you think you are dead?"
"Cause I see an angel."
"An angel?"
"Yeah. Soo beautiful...."
"Where is it?"
"Right there!"
Katsu's eyes widen as he relizes that Sano is pointing to Souzo.
- - - - - END FLASHBACK - - - - -
Before Katsu had the chance to reply, Sano blushed slightly and spoke again.
"The village is destroyed... Katsu... The Senkioten is gone, what'll we do now?"
"I-I don't know..."
Souzo looked between the two sad boys, "You can stay here if you would like, with the Seikoh-Tai... If not, we will take you a village so you at least won't starve to death."
"I'd like to stay with them Sano," Katsu said, "But I don't want to leave you, so it's your choice."
"I'd like to... but..." Sano sighed, clenching his fists, "There are soo many fucking complications!"
Sano stood, leaving them and walking over to the lake.
"What's wrong with him?" Souzo asked Katsu.
"Like he said, Boos Sagara," Katsu replied, as he stood to join Sano, "Complications."
"How much complications can a kid have?" Souzo wondered. A picture flashed through his mind of Aliadar kicking Sano. "Aliadar. It must have something to do with Aliadar..."
"Sano, it's okay... you don't have to show him anything..." Katsu soothed, wrapping his arms around Sano, "You can keep the secret... I promise I won't tell him anything."
"Thankyou Katsu..." Sano gave him a weak smile.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Souzo sat on the edge of the lake later that night. The other Seikoh-Tai had long since gone to bed.
"Boss Sagara?" came the voice of Sanosuke.
"Eh?" Souzo turned and spotted Sano, his body bathed in pale moonlight and dull stars twinkling in his eyes. "Something wrong Sanosuke?"
"No... not at all," he replied quickly, "It's just that... there's something I need to show you..."
Souzo nodded slowly.
"After I show you this... if you still want me to be Seikoh-Tai, I'll gladly accept, alright?"
"Alright."
Sanosuke removed his white jacket and dropped it to the ground. Slowly and with shaky hands, he untied the bandage around his stomach and unwound it.
Souzo's eyes went wide as Sano's chest was revealed. A multitude of scars of all sizes covered it. There was a large bruise on him where Aliadar kicked him.
"I'm too weak to be a Seikoh-Tai," Sano said, quietly, "But if you still want, you can have me..."
Souzo said nothing and Sano, letting his head drop, felt tears come pouring over his eyelids and streaming down his face.
"I...." Souzo was at a loss for words, so he reached up and pulled Sano into his tight embrace. "Gomen Sanosuke..." Souzo said, his own tears mixing with Sano's, "Gomen..."
A/N: more angst... ah but i LOVE sagara souzo...... if anybody knows any stories with souzo in it, please tell me!!
Sano awoke in a tent. His head and stomach hurt like hell and he was oblivious to where he was. Sano stood and crawled out of the tent.
He was introduced to the cool night air and inky darkness. Three lone figures sat on the ground around a campfire.
"Katsu?" Three heads turned to look at him.
"Sano, come sit," Katsu said.
"Shinta," Souzo said to the other Seikoh-tai, "Can you give us a moment?"
"Hai." Shinta said and left as Sano came up and sat down.
"Sano," Souzo said warmly, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay."
"That's good," Katsu said, "You were delirious when we were treating you hand."
"Why? What did I do?"
- - - - - FLASHBACK - - - - -
Sano lay in the tent as Souzo bandages his hand. Sano awakes from his unconscious state and looks startled as he looks from Souzo to Katsu. He motions for Katsu to come closer and Katsu does so.
"Katsu..." Sano whispers into his ear, "Am I dead?"
"No! Sano, why would you think you are dead?"
"Cause I see an angel."
"An angel?"
"Yeah. Soo beautiful...."
"Where is it?"
"Right there!"
Katsu's eyes widen as he relizes that Sano is pointing to Souzo.
- - - - - END FLASHBACK - - - - -
Before Katsu had the chance to reply, Sano blushed slightly and spoke again.
"The village is destroyed... Katsu... The Senkioten is gone, what'll we do now?"
"I-I don't know..."
Souzo looked between the two sad boys, "You can stay here if you would like, with the Seikoh-Tai... If not, we will take you a village so you at least won't starve to death."
"I'd like to stay with them Sano," Katsu said, "But I don't want to leave you, so it's your choice."
"I'd like to... but..." Sano sighed, clenching his fists, "There are soo many fucking complications!"
Sano stood, leaving them and walking over to the lake.
"What's wrong with him?" Souzo asked Katsu.
"Like he said, Boos Sagara," Katsu replied, as he stood to join Sano, "Complications."
"How much complications can a kid have?" Souzo wondered. A picture flashed through his mind of Aliadar kicking Sano. "Aliadar. It must have something to do with Aliadar..."
"Sano, it's okay... you don't have to show him anything..." Katsu soothed, wrapping his arms around Sano, "You can keep the secret... I promise I won't tell him anything."
"Thankyou Katsu..." Sano gave him a weak smile.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Souzo sat on the edge of the lake later that night. The other Seikoh-Tai had long since gone to bed.
"Boss Sagara?" came the voice of Sanosuke.
"Eh?" Souzo turned and spotted Sano, his body bathed in pale moonlight and dull stars twinkling in his eyes. "Something wrong Sanosuke?"
"No... not at all," he replied quickly, "It's just that... there's something I need to show you..."
Souzo nodded slowly.
"After I show you this... if you still want me to be Seikoh-Tai, I'll gladly accept, alright?"
"Alright."
Sanosuke removed his white jacket and dropped it to the ground. Slowly and with shaky hands, he untied the bandage around his stomach and unwound it.
Souzo's eyes went wide as Sano's chest was revealed. A multitude of scars of all sizes covered it. There was a large bruise on him where Aliadar kicked him.
"I'm too weak to be a Seikoh-Tai," Sano said, quietly, "But if you still want, you can have me..."
Souzo said nothing and Sano, letting his head drop, felt tears come pouring over his eyelids and streaming down his face.
"I...." Souzo was at a loss for words, so he reached up and pulled Sano into his tight embrace. "Gomen Sanosuke..." Souzo said, his own tears mixing with Sano's, "Gomen..."
A/N: more angst... ah but i LOVE sagara souzo...... if anybody knows any stories with souzo in it, please tell me!!