Here is chapter 3

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Hijikata found the normal bear limping away to lick his wounds. Once he was gone Hijikata called out for her. "Chizuru!" He stayed quiet, listening for a signal. He finally heard a cry, a human cry from the north east direction. He walked, well limped to the direction of the cry.

He found her at the river bank. She had blood everywhere. She was covered in it, her blood and the bear's. He sank to his knees beside her. "Chizuru, can you hear me?" He called out, but he didn't get a response. She was barely breathing and it looked like she had coughed up blood.

Hijikata pulled out his phone and dialled. "Isami speaking." Isami answered. "It's Hijikata, it's Chizuru, she is injured very badly. I'm injured, send someone to get us quickly." Hijikata gave him directions and then hung up. He picked Chizuru up an held her as he leaned against a tree, tell her to wake up. "If you want to find your brother, you have to wake up and stay awake." Even that didn't work.

Finally help arrived. Shinpachi helped him in to the car while Isami carried Chizuru in to the van. "Give her to me." Hijikata demanded. "Please. She saved my life." Isami stared at his second in command and to the girl and back again then nodded and gently placed her in Hijikata's arms.

They raced back to the base. And when they got there Kenji took her to her room with Hijikata right behind him. Kenji striped Chizuru of her cloths to her bra and examined the wounds. Then went to work.

When he was done, Chizuru had drips attached to her and breathing tube down her throat. "This is all I can do for now. It has to be her choice to wake up." Kenji whispered as he looked at Hijikata's wounds. "You need to rest to give your wounds to heal. Hijikata reached for a pen and paper and wrote down something and gave it to Kenji. "Do you have those?" Hijikata asked. Kenji looked at the list and nodded. "In my office. I will go get them. But they won't work on Chizuru." Kenji knew what the list was for.

"Okita, Saitou." Hijikata called out. "Yes sir." They said when they came in. "Go with the doctor." Hijikata ordered and they left. And it didn't take long for them to get the ingredients and come back.

Hijikata made the medicine. He made and drank it. And went to sleep.

That night Okita and Shinpachi were one of the groups searching for Kaoru and also patrolling the town when they were just about to turn around a man about Chizuru's height grabbed Shinpachi by the arm. "Someone said that you have my sister." Shinpachi frown and lifted the hood away from the man's face and revealed Chizuru's twin Kaoru.

"Kaoru?" Okita asked and Kaoru nodded. "Come with us." Shinpachi said but Kaoru shook his head, "No, they are following me. They are looking for Chizuru. They are planning to use me to get her. Just tell me, is she alright?"

Shinpachi looked at Okita who nodded. "She is badly injured. We don't know what by, our boss wouldn't tell us, and he is a sleep right now. Maybe you should come and see her." Okita said. Kaoru shook his head again. "Just tell her that I'm fine. And that father is working for them." And with that he was gone.

Okita and Shinpachi looked at each other and ran back to the base and told Isami what had just happened. "Well good. Hijikata just woke up and told me what happened. She risked her own life to save Hijikata's. She is no longer a prisoner, but a guest. She can help us work the magical cases. Now Kenji said that Chizuru might be able to hear us so go and tell her what her brother said."

Okita and Shinpachi ran up to Chizuru's door and knocked. "Come in." The doctor said. Shinpachi came in with Okita behind him and sat on a chair next to the bed and whispered very gently, "Chizuru, I just wanted to tell you that we bumped in to Kaoru tonight. And he said to tell you that he is alight but he can't see you at the moment because he said that they are watching him and they will use him to get to you. And that your father is working for them. Isami said that you are no longer a prisoner, but a guest and he-we would like for you to work with us on magical cases." Shinpachi said and there was silence in the room waiting for something from Chizuru...

Hijikata watched from his bed and saw a single tear run down her cheek. He didn't know if she was crying for her brother or about her father's betrayal. Hijikata was happy that Chizuru was no longer a prisoner. In the last couple of days he had grown to like her.

"Kaoru?" She said in a raspy voice. Her throat was dry. Shinpachi smiled his charming smile and nodded, "He said that he is fine." He repeated. Chizuru smiled and went back to sleep. "Shinpachi, take Okita and Shouji and find out who Kaoru is talking about. If you bump in to Kaoru, bring him here. Hit him over the head to knock him out if you have to." Hijikata said, making Shinpachi and Okita jump. They didn't know that he was a wake, or even there.

The next day Hijikata went in to see how Chizuru doing. She was sitting up and smiling. Her godfather was hand feeding her since her fingers where all bandaged up to her wrist. "Let me." Hijikata said to Kenji who nodded and stood up and gave him a bowl full of chicken soup. Sat in Kenji's seat and lifted a spoon full of soup. "I wanted to thank you for saving me yesterday. I am grateful.

You have changed our thoughts about you and your people. I mean you could have let that bear finish the job but you didn't, you risked your life to save mine. I'd be honoured if you'd be my working partner."

Chizuru smiled and nodded. "I have to convince my people that they can trust the police here. That won't be easy. I will have to-" Chizuru stopped in mid sentence as she looked up in Hijikata's eyes. "Have to uh..." She tried again but when she caught his eyes again she was lost for words. So was Hijikata, he wondered if those lips were as soft as they look. For some strange reason he wanted to- Hijikata broke out of those thoughts and reached over and ran his thumb over her lower lip as if there was soup on them. They felt smooth.

Once Chizuru had finished her soup Hijikata stood and helped her lay back down. "Get some rest." He whispered and left. Chizuru stared at the ceiling. Was he going to kiss me? Chizuru asked herself and then fell asleep, with a thousand questions going through her head.

What was I thinking? Hijikata said as he walked in to his office and sat on the couch. I actually thought about kissing her.

OMG.

I wasn't going to put the last part in until later in the story but that was the only thing I could come up with.

I'm sorry if it was boring. Let me know if you liked it by

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Bye bye for now. *waving.*