Hello, guys! Here's the third chapter where Kagura remembers how her middle school was with Sougo. This focuses only in the important moments to their relationship. Sorry for the long chapter but I hope you enjoy it 3
Gintama and it's characters don't belong to me, they are Hideaki Soachi-sensei's.
"That bastard. Second time we saw each other and he just fucking hit my head." Kagura laughed a bit before getting up to prepare herself a cup of tea, and by cup she meant half a liter.
Kagura leaned against the island in the middle of her kitchen as she waited for the water to boil. She looked around her house: there were boxes and boxes that contained almost everything her fiancé owned in them. Her blue eyes wandered around the room, looking at weird little details and comparing them to her single life or what she liked to call it "Pre-sadism life".
She started by looking at the door: nothing had changed; the key hanger: Before there were only her motorcycle and house keys and now there were Sougo's car keys, her house keys and car keys since she upgraded it to a car last year; the old living room couches were replaced by Sougo's ones since hers were too old; the t.v was upgraded by Sougo when he moved in about 3 years ago.
He moved in for her 21st birthday, he showed in her front door with a suitcase and his portfolio. Kagura smiled as she unfolded her arms, her gaze fixed in the ring that she had been wearing for a year and a half. She looked at it from a far, stretching her hand, just how she did when he first gave it to her. It was a simple white gold band with a rainbow moonstone in the center. She loved how the colors shifted with the light.
She turned her attention towards the pot boiling in the stove. She prepared her cup of tea and sat in the single couch, her legs crossed. She rested her head against the soft leather material as she recalled some more memories, now from her middle school days.
-Flashback.-
"C'mon, Kagura-chan! Wake up, we're running late!" Shinpachi yelled into the bathroom door.
"Shut up already, Four eyes!" Kagura yelled back as she looked at herself in the mirror, her new bun covers already in her head.
"I haven't been late in the past two years of middle school and I'm not going to be on my last one because of you!" Shinpachi grabbed his backpack along with hers and started heading out. "See you later, Gin-san!"
"Stupid Pachi-aru. Bye, Gin-san!" Kagura yelled, heading out after grabbing her lunch bag.
Kagura jogged until she caught up with Shinpachi. She didn't say anything and she just left the angry guy carry her backpack. They were 20 minutes earlier by the time they got to school but Shinpachi still considered that to be late. Kagura rolled her eyes as her friend scolded her again.
"Yo, Pachi." a voice greeted them as they walked inside the building.
"huh? Okita-san. Good morning" the brunette greeted the blonde guy beside him.
"I see this is your last year in middle, right?" Sougo asked the brunette. "Congrats"
"Thank you, Okita-san. T-this is Kagura-chan, I'm sure you know her." Shinpachi pushed the girl in front of him.
"Oh, China? You made it out of elementary?" Sougo said, hiding his laughter.
"Shut up, sadist. Leave me alone-aru" Kagura said, crossing her arms and looking to the other side with a sigh.
"K-Kagura-chan!" Shinpachi scolded her silently.
"Leave her, we don't know if she will make it out of middle" Sougo said, turning his back.
"What the f-…heck does that mean, Sougo-aru?!" She yelled as Shinpachi tried to cover her mouth.
"Bye Bye, stupid China, Shinpachi-kun" the blonde waved as he walked towards the high school building, hiding his smile.
"That bastard-aru…" Kagura whispered as she wiped the inexistent dust from her uniform skirt.
"You two still fight? It's been 6 years since you met and every time you see each other you just…argue and fight" Shinpachi said as he walked beside the girl towards her classroom.
"I don't know. He irritates me-aru. By the way, I got a job-aru!" Kagura said as she jumped a couple steps ahead of her friend.
"A job? What the hell? Who would give a job to an almost 12 year old girl?" Shinpachi asked.
"Otose-san. I'm going to help her in the store after classes-aru. I want to buy Gin-chan a present for his birthday-aru." the salmon haired girl said as she waited for him.
"I see. Well here's your classroom, Kagura-chan. Be nice, don't go there yelling all sorts of curses, bad words, pay attention and I'll see you in the recess, Alright?" Shinpachi said with a smile, patting her shoulder softly.
"Alright-aru. Have a nice day, Shinpachi" Kagura smiled and patted him back before entering the classroom.
"Kagura-chan!" a girl waved her hand at the salmon haired girl.
"Oi, Hime-chan. Don't say my name that loud, you embarrass me!" Kagura shushed the girl as she sat beside her.
"S-Sorry" Soyo pouted before receiving a pat on the back.
"Just kidding, Hime-chan" Kagura smiled. "So, where did you go on these vacations?"
"Well, you see…"
The girls talked about their vacations as they waited for the teacher to arrive. A couple hours later the bell rang, meaning it was time for their recess. Kagura and Solo walked down with their lunch bags to the playground, looking for some shadow. They finally sat in a bench near an old tree, where they would also carve out "Sadistic Sisterhood Three" with another girl a couple years later.
"H-Hey, can I sit with you guys?" a female voice said, making Kagura and Soyo look up to her.
"Sure-aru. Here. What's your name-aru?" Kagura asked as she sat closer to Soyo to make room for the girl.
"Imai Nobume. Yours?" She asked back in a monotone voice.
"Yato Kagura, this is Tokugawa Soyo-aru." Kagura introduced with a brief smile before returning to her extra large bowl of rice.
"Nice to meet you, Nobume-san." Soyo greeted with a gentle smile. "Are you new in town?"
"Yeah, I moved here a couple weeks ago so I basically don't know anyone." Nobume said, a small blush creeping up her static face.
"Don't worry, Nobume-chan, not even I know everyone here-aru." Kagura said as she chewed a piece of sukonbu, making the girls laugh.
"Kagura, right?" Nobume asked, making the girl nod. "Do you know that guy?" She pointed her finger discreetly towards a sand blonde guy.
"Who?" Kagura squinted her eyes since the guy was kind of far from their bench.
"The one with sand-blonde hair, average height and a superman hoodie. He's been looking this way since the start of the recess. I'd even dare to say he's been looking at you, Kagura-chan." Nobume said before biting into her sandwich.
"Oh no…" Soyo sighed.
"What? Is there something wrong?" Nobume asked, covering her mouth politely as she spoke.
"That bastard-aru." Kagura whispered as she chewed her sukonbu. "I'm going to bite his freakin' head off one day-aru"
"Oh, so you do know him" Nobume said.
"He's her nemesis, Nobume-chan. They've been fighting since the day they met each other." Soyo explained with a gentle but worried smile.
"Nemesis? Nah, I think he likes her." Nobume said bluntly.
"What?!" Kagura spit her water. "No way that idiot likes me-aru! He just wants to bother me for his dear life"
"See, Kagura-chan, Nobume-chan thinks the same." Soyo said, patting her friend's back.
"Do you like him too, Kagura-chan?" Nobume asked.
"No way in hell I'm ever going to like that bastard. He punched me the first time he met me-aru!" Kagura said, crossing her arms.
"Kagura-chan, don't say that. You will end up marrying him one day." Soyo said, crossing her arms proudly.
"I second that" Nobume raised her hand.
"Just shut up already, you two-aru. If that were ever to happen, remind me to treat ya'll to the movies for a whole month." Kagura said, getting up and walking towards the soccer court.
Nobume and Soyo sighed and continued eating as they looked at Kagura playing soccer with the guys in their class. She wasn't the most feminine girl of them all, she was the least feminine in fact, but they could see the new guys getting charmed by her tomboyish attitude after all.
Some time passed and Kagura still worked in Otose's shop, it was her last year of middle school. She did almost everything she could to help the old woman that had been her friend since she came to town. It was a Friday 13th in the afternoon and Kagura was organizing some tuna cans on top of a shelf while Otose did some shopping. She was wearing her sweatpants and a cropped shirt that would show her tummy whenever she stretched.
"Fucking period, why was I born a girl-aru? I could have been born a boy like Kamui and not have to worry about all of this fucking girl stuff: cramps, blood, bloating, pads, tampons, hormones! Fucking shit…" She spoke to herself as she wiped the surface of the shelf with her rag before organizing the other cans. She didn't notice a special someone entered the store.
"Oi, China, you still workin' here?" the voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Welcom-…oh, it's you, aru. What do you want, bastard?" she looked at him with her peripheral vision.
"Do you have the special edition jump?" he asked, scratching his nape, bored.
"Nope, I sold the last one a couple minutes ago-aru. Do you need something else?"
"Fuck. Then, do you have…let me see…maxi pads with wings?" he asked, reading the little piece of paper that his sister gave him.
"Sure, they're in aisle 2-aru" she pointed towards the aisle.
"Aren't you supposed to get them for me, stupid China?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You're not a costumer, you're a bastard-aru, go get them yourself." She smiled sarcastically.
"Kagura-chan. Be nice" Otose said, making Kagura jump.
"You scared me, old witch!" Kagura scolded the old lady as she placed her hand over her beating heart.
"Go get this guy his maxi pads, you brat!" Otose yelled as she opened the door that led her to the back room.
"Alright, sheesh…" Kagura sighed as she left the last can of tuna in the shelf.
The Yato grabbed onto the ladder and she accidentally missed a step. As she felt the sole of her sneaker rub against the metal step of the ladder she could swear she saw her life passing by: she never had a dog, didn't get to give Gin-chan the jump special she asked Otose to discount from her payment, she didn't had her first kiss, she hadn't eaten a whole packet of sukonbu in a day. 'Goodbye, Gin-chan, Shinpachi, my sadist sisters, Sadist…wait'.
Kagura opened her eyes to find herself in her nemesis' arms. Sougo had her in his arms, bridal style. She blushed as he saw a concerned look in his face. Blue met Red. Bright blue orbs met Dark Crimson ones. They blinked. Kagura swore, years later, that she saw Sougo blush for the first time.
"You okay, China?" he asked worried. His tone caught the Yato girl completely off guard.
"huh?" was all she managed to say, still processing the beautiful crimson his eyes were.
"Are you okay, dumb China?" he asked again, settling her feet in the ground. "You almost died in front of my eyes. You know how much of a trauma that could have been?"
"I-I'm…what? This is your fault-aru! If you hadn't come here to buy your stupid pads I wouldn't have fallen down the ladder, bastard!" she walked towards the ladies aisle.
"You're welcome, stupid fuck" he whispered, trailing behind her.
After Kagura gave everything he needed to Sougo she walked towards the back room limping. Sougo looked at her trying to hide his concern as Otose checked the items into her old cash register.
"You do worry about her, don't you?" the woman asked him, a wise smile
"Nah, I don't care." he shrugged.
"Don't lie to an old woman's face, young boy. I've lived at least four times your age and I know damn well you like that brat" Otose said calmly as she bagged the items.
"I have a girlfriend anyways." he tried to shrug it off again as he paid for his sister's stuff.
"You are not denying it? alright, boy. It's your love life, anyway. Have a nice day" Otose waved Sougo away.
Kagura came back, still limping, and sat beside the old woman, leaning her head against her employer's shoulder. Otose wrapped her arm around the girl's shoulder, patting it softly as she lit her cigarette.
"What's gotten into you, brat? Do you need a pay rise or something?" the woman asked, still patting the girl's shoulder.
"I'm on my period, maybe you don't remember being on yours but it's awful-aru" Kagura said, picking her nose.
"Are you Gintoki's daughter or something? Grab a napkin, brat!" Otose said, blowing out the smoke form her cigarette. "Oi, Kagura-chan"
"Hmm?"
"Wouldn't you like to be more feminine?" the woman asked gently.
"Why-aru? Feminine girls are always weak, they cry for everything. I can do as much and more as guys can do-aru." Kagura said, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"I'm not telling you to cry or to be weak. You have a nice body, you're cute in your own unique way and I'm sure if you put just a bit of effort in your appearance you soon will find a guy that likes you. Don't you want something like that?"
"Well…When I see those cute girls in the t.v I wonder how does it feel to wear flowy dresses, going out on dates and even…kissing" The Yato was as red as a tomato by the end of her sentence.
"Then, why don't you try it? I mean, I pay you well and you don't spend a lot of money since your sukonbu is fairly cheap and your father gives Gintoki money for your care taking every month. Go out with your two friends and buy some stuff, they sure can help you more than an old lady like me" Otose smiled as she got up from her seat. "C'mon, brat. Help me close the shop so I can open up the snack shop"
"Alright, old witch." Kagura chuckled as she got up to help the lady close up.
-end of flashback.-
So...did you like it? Hope you did! Btw, I won't be mentioning Mitsuba (Sougo's sister) because I might write a fanfic about her and Okikagu inspired in a picture I saw online. Also, the name of this chapter and a certain "scene" is inspired from Hotel Transylvania, which is like, my favorite movie ever.
Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention this but I got my inspiration from a picture I saw online too -w-
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