wenyigo: I'm back~! Here is the 3rd chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Hakuouki, only Tsubasa(Tsuji), Kyouko and Daisuke.
Daidouji Tsubasa's POV
I feel everyone tense up. It must be one of the males here. I slowly look around and finally stop my gaze at Souji. No… not him. We're just reunited… I feel a lump in my throat but say the words. "You're the one, isn't it?"
He looks at me and nods. Knowing that there is a chance that he can't be cured, I feel my tears well up again. The shock was just too big and I pass out in Souji's arms…
A few minutes later, a feel strong arms carrying me. I slowly open my eyes and the first thing I see is Souji's worried face. He notices I'm awake and smiles at me. "Good morning, my love. How are you feeling?" I look down to see him carrying me. I look back at him. "A bit strange but you can put me down now." "No. You're sick; I'm going to carry you until we arrived at the headquarters." I sigh, when Souji has something in his head, it will be hard to get it out of him. "Souji, I'm not sick. I'm a doctor; I know when somebody is sick and I'm not." The purple haired man walks next to Souji. "Daidouji-san, you better listen to him. He might get angry at you." I glare at him. "I know how he is. We used to be best friends and even if he's angry, he won't stay like that for longer than three hours." The purple haired man looks surprised. "Maybe I did underestimate you. You know him better than I thought you would. To know him like that, you two must have been very close." Hearing that, my gaze softens and I turn back to Souji. He's grinning like a madman. I raise my eyebrow. "Tsuji-chan, you don't need to ask me to let you down. We've arrived at the headquarters, but I won't let you down until we reached the main room. The commander and the vice-commander want to meet you." I sigh and let him carry me to the room.
Once we arrive at the room, the purple haired man opens the door so Souji doesn't need to put me down. I sigh again and he just walks inside with still an enormous grin on his face. I look into the room, three men are sitting at the other side of the room, at the right and left sides are the boy I just defeated, the male who was with him and Harada-san. In the left corner of the room is a… girl? It's a familiar face, but I just can't place it….The purple haired man walks past us and sits down next to Harada-san and turns to Souji. "Souji, it might be wise to put her down now. She might wound you after it or even decline to cure you." "Hey, I might try to hurt him for leaving me behind, but I won't decline to cure someone. I have my pride as the head of the Daidouji clan and it's against the morals of my family." The oldest male sitting across the room looks at me and his eyes are full of respect, but the rest of them just look surprised or look with indifferent. Especially the male with long black hair, he has been staring at me since the moment Souji stepped inside. I look at Souji. The grin on his face has only grown bigger. "Don't worry Hijikata-san, even if Tsuji would try to hurt me, I wouldn't mind, because I know that Tsuji-can will nurse me if she's the cause of my wounds." Hearing that, I feel my cheeks getting warmer and I bet I'm as red as a tomato. Souji slowly puts me down and walks to the empty place to sit down.
"Please sit miss…" "Tsubasa, Daidouji Tsubasa." The male Souji called Hijikata frowns. "I thought Okita here called you Tsuji, so what is your real name?" "My real name is Tsubasa and I'm the head of the Daidouji clan. Souji called me Tsuji because the first time we met, which is about 8 years ago, he couldn't remember my name and put the last part of my surname and the first part of my first name together. Also, we were taught by the western people. I know all about their medicines, we both can speak and write in a few of their languages and know everything about them. So actually I'm used to people saying my first name first and then the surname. That explains why he calls me Tsuji." The men nod and the oldest male's face shows a small smile. "If that's the case, you're welcome to stay. I'm Kondou Isami, captain. Next to me is Hijikata Toshizo, vice-captain. Next to him is Yamanami Keisuke, he too, is the vice-captain. In front of me is Harada Sanosuke, captain of the tenth division. Nagakura Shinpachi, he's the second division's captain and Todo Heisuke. On the left side is Saito Hajime, the captain of the third division. You already know Souji; he's the captain of first division. The person in the corner is Yukimura Chizuru." I never knew Souji would be that important, but it explains why Matsumoto-san would search for me in the first place. "First of all, thank you for letting me stay, but I already planned that, Matsumoto-san asked me to come and cure someone." The eyes of all the males except Harada-san's and Souji's widen. Apparently, they didn't expect a girl to be the head of the Daidouji clan or that I am the doctor.
"So, you're the doctor who Matsumoto-sensei said that found a cure for the incurable disease and asked to send one of us to escort you here and let you stay until the sick person is cured?"
I glance at Souji and nod. "Yes, but he must do as I say or else it might end up even worse." Kondou-san nods. "That's obvious." I sigh after hearing his response. "No, that isn't. Knowing Souji for all those years I know he hate leaks and won't listen if I tell him to stop drinking alcohol or not to stand up and stay in bed." I glare at Souji, who has an innocent smile on his face. I continue. "Well, I know how to make him, if you would let me… I promise his condition won't get worse. He just can't go fight with you all, if he still needs exercise, I can practice with him." With that, their eyes widen again. This time the little boy, whose name is Heisuke, just glares at me. Kondou-san sees this and frowns. "Heisuke, is there something wrong?" "N-No there's nothing at all." Seeing this I smirk, from the corners of my eye I see Souji do the same. "Souji and miss Daidouji, would you like to explain why you're both looking like that?" I turn to look right into Kondou-san's eyes turning the smirk on my face into an enormous grin. "I don't think Todo-kun would like me to do that." Kondou-san turns to Heisuke whose face is even redder than a tomato. "Oi! What's your problem, just say it if you want to say it that much!" "I turn to Todo-kun. "So you are prepared for your pride to be hurt?" "Of course, I'm not! But, I lost and this is the price." Kondou-san and Hijikata-san look both very surprised. "What happened?" I turn to them and answer. "A little while after we arrived in Kyoto, we came across a group of your men patrolling. The little boy here offended me and all women by saying they can't fight. I just proved his statement is wrong."
And again, the males are surprised. "Wait… you defeated Heisuke, in a fight?" "Yes. It was very easy, I've been taught to fight since I was four years old. First from the same master as Souji, then from all the heads of the families from my clan. Why are you all so surprised? I am the head of the Daidouji clan. All previous heads of my clan have been able to fight well, because we must protect the people from our hometown. When I left to come, I gave the sign of my authority to my best girlfriend so the others won't fight to claim it." I sigh. "The girls aren't ready to be a doctor yet. The training they got until now was all the basic, I think they will send the other people here. So I don't think I'll stay here for long. After Souji is cured, I'm going to stay at Matsumoto-san's. He might need my help." The males nod and I see Souji's face sadden. "Very well miss Daidouji, I'll let you stay in the room next to Souji." I nod. "Thank you."
With that, I start living with the Shinsengumi and from then on, a new adventure started.
wenyigo: I feel a writer's block coming up, it might take a while again before I update, but I'll try to do my best.
See you next time!
