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Disclaimer: Would I be typing this up if I did own this? Answer: probably... But I still don't own Samurai 7...
Okay, little side note: There will be singing of songs that I do not own! Okay, here's the key, but this is the only time I'm putting it up;
"Singing" (sometimes, there will be multiple parts, but that's going to show before the actual show
Coma-Induced
Chapter 2
I lied there for a few minutes, wondering on how the hell I had ended up in one of my animes, how the hell I had two swords strapped to myself, and how the hell I felt like I was run over a million times.
Well, I could see that I was run over, but I couldn't fathom how I ended up here with two swords strapped on my person. I groaned and buried my head into my hands. I was utterly confused, since I was thinking in English while I could talk in Japanese apparently. I carefully got up and walked out of the alleyway and was hit with bright light and busy people in a market.
There was barely any room to walk; it was like a Black Friday in a really expensive mall! I shuddered at the memory of that event; God, that scared the living Hell out of me. 'Note: Don't ever think of that event AGAIN!' I thought to myself. I stepped into the crowd and was glad that people gave me a little room. Maybe it was the swords that warned them I was dangerous.
I weaved through the crowd, looking for someone to explain to me about where I was. Sadly, I couldn't find someone that would give me information for free. I huffed and stopped a bit, leaning against a vacant wall for a bit. 'Okay, so let's narrow it down a bit. First, it's crowded, so I'm probably in a huge city where business is booming. Second, money is tight, so that could narrow it down to about four large cities or the capital. Now,' My eyes scanned the rooftops until it landed on a large palace off to the left of me. 'Maybe that proves that I'm in the Capital.' I dug my hands into my pockets and walked back out into human traffic.
I was surprised when my right hand clenched around a small, rectangular object with a long cord winding from it. I grinned, immediately recognizing the small object in my hand. I was mentally thanking every God and Goddess for leaving me with my Ipod and earbuds for this insane adventure I was going through.
That would probably be the only thing that would be keeping me sane in all of this.
Jake's POV
I held the hand of my sister, hoping that she would wake up soon. The doctors had placed a mask over her nose and mouth to allow her to breathe more easily. Needles were stuck in her main veins, feeding her and keeping her alive. The beeping from the heart monitor kept me somewhat sane, allowing me to know that she still breathed life in her.
I weakly chuckled; Serena hated hospitals more than a normal person would. She would freak out if she ever found out I brought her here. I clenched the hand a bit, willing the tears to back off from the bitter-sweet memories that barged into my mind. They spilled out anyways.
Please, Serena, come back. You know I can't stand to lose you, too.
End of POV
I looked at my right hand, feeling as if somebody else was clenching tightly onto it. It reminded me of my brother, Jake, my only other family member that I actually liked for a change. I pushed the wave of tears back that threatened to pour forth and continued on through the sea of people and the market stalls that were laid out here and there.
I, at the moment, was looking for a job. Amazingly enough, I found out that I could also read the Kanji here. It looked English to me, so I couldn't be sure. A sign caught my eye, but it was only in my peripheral vision, so I had to stop and take a closer look, my ponytail whipping dangerously around me.
Waitresses needed
Please come inside for interview
Well, it was simple and it stated what I needed, so I walked in and went up to the counter. A man with slick black hair and bright green eyes was standing behind the counter. Frankly, he disturbed me to no end, with the way he was clearly leering at me, but I seriously needed a job. Especially since I knew nothing of this economy.
"Hello, I was wondering about the sign outside." I jabbed a thumb over my shoulder for emphasis. "I wanted to know if you still have spots open." The man grinned, showing ugly yellow teeth. I had to fight in order not to show my disgust.
"Sure, just follow me, please." I sighed and followed him behind the counter into a conjoined room. There was an oak desk and two chairs, one on either side of the desk. "Have a seat." I scoffed and flopped down into the seat. "So, you want this job, correct, miss..."
"Adrian." I responded immediately. Hey, I might be stupid, but I'm not as stupid to give out my real name to people I didn't trust!
"Alright then, Adrian." He pronounced my name slowly, as if testing out the foreign word on his tongue. "How about you follow me and we'll discuss your pay and days to work." I grinned. So it was this easy to grab a job? Sweet!
I got up and followed him into another conjoined room. It was dark and damp, but before I could say anything, something hit the back of my head. Everything went black.
Samurai Group
"Hey, Kambei, where are we?" Kambei slid his deep brown eyes to the big hunk of machine that walked in the back, also named Heichachi. Kambei sighed and continued moving on without answering him. "Hey, don't ignore me!" Kambei shook my head. It had been a few days since he saved Serena from falling to her imminent death, and he couldn't keep her out of his thoughts, along with the questions that accompanied her with every thought.
Within those few days, though, Kambei, Lady Kirara, and Komachi gathered six (two of them probably aren't considered samurai) samurai to help Kirara's village get rid of the nobuseri. Granted, they didn't seem to be samurai at first glance, but their hearts made up for that, in many ways. "Great Samurai Kambei..." Kirara's voice snapped Kambei out of his musings. He looked over to see that Kirara was looking at her water crystal, which was glowing brightly and seemed to be pointing behind the group.
"What is it, Lady Kirara?" Kambei asked politely. He didn't want to scare the poor girl out of her wits about what he saw. Besides, it was better to hear some things from an honest person's mouth. Kirara furrowed her eyes a bit, confused on why her crystal sensed someone worthy of the task set out for the water priestess.
"I am not sure what it is, but it seems that my crystal has sensed that there is one more person who should help my village." She turned and, concentrating solely on the crystal, took several unsure steps forward, but then continued on her way. Most of the samurai showed their confusion, but followed her anyways. They have, after all, vowed that they would protect Kirara until their services are no longer needed.
"Ai ai ai,
I'm your little butterfly!
Green, black, and blue
make the colors in the sky."
The sweet singing voice was cut off by a soft thump and a loud, "Ow!" The yell was feminine, so it was safe to presume that the same voice was singing the strange verse earlier.
"Shut up, bitch!" Kirara's eyes widened and covered Komachi's ears from the horrendous word.
"Make me, man-whore!" Was the sharp retort from the woman. Then a brown cart came into view of the frozen surprised group. The image quickly jarred everyone into action; this basically meant that they all hid on the side of the road. The crystal tried to rip itself from Kirara's wrist as the cart grew closer. "Oh, look, big, ugly, and stupid doesn't know what to say to me!" A taunting laugh rang after that.
'Is the woman really the one that the crystal wants?' Kirara thought, staring at said crystal on her wrist. Kambei, on the other hand, was staring at the cart in confusion, to say in the least. He swore he heard the voice before, but couldn't place it in his memory.
The cart soon came upon the group and halted to a stop in front of the samurai group. Two men climbed out of the front, both of them looking like they needed better hygiene. One man, he had dirty blond hair and was missing quite a few teeth, went up to attend to the chestnut horse that was pulling the cart while the other man, this one with black greasy hair and yellowing teeth, went to the back of the cart.
He flung open a door and stuck a hand, which he promptly brought back out, cursing insanely. The laugh from earlier was brought back, except a little louder. "I told you, that I will pay you back! And I'm not even through with you two!" The man froze. Apparently, the woman wasn't supposed to know that there was another person there with him. "Oh, you really thought that I'm not immune to drugs and shit like that? Really, where do men get there manners these days? Now, I can tell you a story of how a man saved my life-"
"Shut up!" He flung his arm in and brought out a black and red bundle. He dragged the bundle behind him, giving the samurai a good view of who it was. She had pretty long red hair and extremely pale skin, criss-crossed with scars of all sorts, some of them still bleeding. She was laughing insanely with her eyes closed shut, not giving them a really good view of her eyes, but Kambei knew very well who she was.
She finally stopped laughing, which resulted in the opening of her eyes; they were an extremely dark stormy gray, making it one of the rarest looks ever on a woman. It was Serena, the woman that Kambei saved several days ago.
He looked over to see one of his blond, blood-red clad companions looking at him with a critical eye, like he always did. "Kyuzo, I know who the woman is," Everyone in the group that could hear him turned to him with mixed expressions. "But I need your help in getting her out of there." Kyuzo looked at him for a very long second before nodding and disappearing into the woods.
End of POV
Serena's POV
"Now, I wonder if I can annoy you enough to hit me with some actual strength." I mused out loud. Frankly, I said it out loud just to piss off the two men that kidnapped me when I was just looking for a job! Then I was struck with a stupid, yet brilliant idea. "How about the most annoying song in the world?" I asked with a huge smile on my face.
Both of the men looked at me, a little curious and afraid (I nearly laughed at that one) of what I was about to do.
I opened my mouth and sang the one song that annoyed everyone on the face of the planet.
"Oh,
this is the song that never ends
the most annoying song in the world,
my friend,
and this is how it goes;"
I don't know how long I sang, but it was long enough and distracting enough for a white clad man and blood-red clad man to come and knock them out. The one in red came behind me and cut the rope binding me to the tree. I turned to him and thanked him. He didn't say anything, just stared coldly at me and waited for something.
"So, you are still alive." I turned to see the man that saved me several days ago, Kambei. I grinned.
"Alive and kicking as always, Kambei-sama." He smiled softly at me and chuckled. I looked around before going into the carriage that I was stuck in with minimal food and water (which I stole to survive) to find my twin katanas. "Hell yes!" I yelled, spotting them in a far corner leaning up against the wall. I grabbed them and hopped out of the train, only to be surprised to see other people there.
There was a large red machine with blond hair coming from the helmet. The machine had a small brown-haired girl hanging off of him laughing at something or other. Next to them was a black man with white hair chatting happily with an orange-haired man leaning against a sword. Across from them was Kambei, who was speaking with a man with blond hair in three pig tails and looking like he was rich. Sitting next to them was a young merchant boy with bright green hair. He was defiantly glaring at me, somewhat shielding a pretty brown-haired girl who was trying to see who I was.
"So, you brought a whole party with you?" I asked Kambei. This caused everyone to quickly draw their swords and point them at me. I rolled my eyes. "Jeez, such pointy objects! You shouldn't be pointing them at a lady." Granted, I was being an ass, but I was being myself, so give me a little credit, dammit!
Kambei smiled at me, a little spark of humor going through his eyes. "You just got kidnapped and saved, and you crack jokes like this." I shrugged. It seemed like he was going to be the older brother that I left in my real world, so why not go along with it.
"You saved me while I looked like I got ran over by a carriage; what do you really expect of me?" I asked hotly. Kambei chuckled a bit before he started to introduce me to the woman that was behind the merchant boy.
"Serena, this is Lady Kirara." I bowed with a small smile on my face. "She would like to speak to you." I looked down at her with a smile on my face, waiting to see what she wanted.
She fiddled with her blue dress a bit before standing tall and showing me her right wrist, which was bound in leather with a very beautiful blue-ish tear-drop shaped hanging off of it. My eyes widened as I saw that the crystal was glowing brightly and basically shoving Kirara's arm towards me. I raised my eyebrow and poked it.
"Is it possessed or something?" I asked, faking stupidity to see her reaction to what I just said. Basically, she widened her eyes and backed up from me, which made one of my infamous creepy laughs come out. "Oh, come off it, I was just kidding! I know what it is," I grinned. "Water Priestess Kirara." Her brown eyes widened even further. "I've been looking for you actually. I was wondering if I could help."
"How do you know?" She whispered. I tapped the side of my head.
"I'm psychic." I said, just to be weird. Man, this is too much fun! She looked at her crystal in doubt for a bit. I sighed and told her the truth. "There have been rumors going around the market, and now that you have caught the eye of the magistrate's son, you are the item of gossip as I have heard." In retrospect, I didn't really tell her the whole truth, but she was the main item of gossip as I was being carted through the entire town.
I then yawned. "Well, I gotta go." I began walking away and waved behind my back. "You'll know where to find me if you need me!"
Okay, I spent THREE DAYS typing this chapter up, and I do hope you're happy that I actually spent that time to do so! Well, I do hope you guys did like it.
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