A/n: Bwahaha! I loved the way the previous chapter ended! My sadistic senses are just tingling xD
Also, I wanted to mention, that the Older Kagura might be OOC. It depends on your view of her because if you ask me, she's already kinda OOC in the Anime. Also I'll be bringing out my sadistic side in her so don't sew me xD
Oh yeah! From here on, it'll mostly be Older Sōgo x Younger Kagura and Older Kagura x Younger Sōgo. There are two main reasons for that:
-The first would be that in order to make younger Kagura and Sōgo actually be into each other, they'd have to be OOC to some extent. Cuz unlike GinTsukky where the couple is clearly hinted by even Gori- Sorachi, it isn't the same for Sogura [Okigura? SoKagu?].
-Second, since nothing much is known about the Older versions, its easier to make them interested in each other. [I will admit the idea of the older ones teasing the younger ones is mainly my reason but as I mentioned I'm a sadist so hell xD]
P.s the title of the chapter can be related to the previous chapter's title: three is a crowd. Its actually related to the contents. Go figure x)
Too long a note!
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Recap:
"Who the fuck are you." Instead of reacting the way he expected her to, she simply smiled again and stood up.
"I guess I can't hide it anymore huh?"
Sōgo's eyes widened.
This voice…. I've heard it somewhere before…..
The woman walked towards him. He tensed and prepared to attack. But she stopped a few feet away and reaching up, pulled back her hood. Her long vermillion hair spilled down her shoulders and her crystal blue eyes laughed at him. He stared open mouthed, as she took off her cloak to reveal a perfect body dressed in a small red blouse and a red skirt with deep slits on both sides. Her stockings ran up to her thighs and she had a purple parasol on her back. She adjusted the goggles on her head.
"You don't look very good Sō chan~" She crooned, inching towards him. He clenched his teeth and took a step back, only to trip over a rock and fall. He looked up to see a hand extended towards him. He glared up at her as she looked down at him, a mocking smile on her face.
"What the hell happened to you….. China monkey."
Chapter 6
Four is just asking for trouble
Kagura's tinkling laughter echoed inside the empty building.
"Ah~ I forgot how cute you were when you were little~" She said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"And you seriously had a major metamorphosis. Is it like Carbon turning into a diamond? Is the concept the same?" Sōgo said, trying to piss her off like he knew it would her younger self. Except he seemed to have miscalculated, because the Older Kagura simply gasped and pinched his cheek saying:
"Are you saying I'm a diamond? How sweet~"
Sōgo watched her put on her cloak. She started to walk away and then turned around and looked at him.
"Aren't you coming? Sō~ Chan~?"
This woman is definitely worse. Its not gonna be my fault if I blow her fucking head off .
Tick marks appeared on Sōgo's face when Older Kagura held out her hand like one would to a little kid. He glared at her, but the young woman simply smiled back, her palm outstretched.
Sōgo showed her the finger and stomped away. Older Kagura watched him go and chuckled to herself.
A~ah. Looks like teasing the little Sōgo is much more fun. Coming back here and risking my life was totally worth it. She giggled as she skipped after him.
Elsewhere: (Or rather in a field of sunflowers, don't ask me why.)
"Uwaa! It's a snake! I've never seen such a tiny snake before! The ones I saw while travelling with Pappy were always huge!"
"Oi hurry up China brat, or I'll leave you behind."
"Coming~" Kagura smiled as she skipped behind Older Sōgo, her hands full of sunflowers. For some reason, unlike the other stupid-idiot-useless-good-for-nothing-Hijibaka-obs essed-mini-sadist, she quite likes the Bakaiser version of him. He seemed more… The Yato shrugged and ran to catch up with the older man's long strides.
"Ne~ Bakaiser~"
"Call me Sōgo."
"Eh? Why? I don't call that idiot by his name so why should I call you by yours?"
"Coz we're the same?"
Kagura blinked up at him and Older Sōgo sighed.
"Well never mind. Call me Bakaiser for all I care. You're still China monkey after all." He smirked as she pouted and threw a seed at him.
Why the hell couldn't you stay this cute. You had to go and become one sexy-loud-mouthed-smartass didn't you. (A/n: -wolf whistles- Sōgo: ._.)
"Where are we going Bakaiser?"
"Somewhere."
Kagura ran in front of him and kicked him in the shin. While older Sōgo rolled on the ground gripping his leg, she hmphed and ran ahead.
Ok I take that back. This stupid brat is gonna die. He growled and followed her.
Finally after what seemed like hours of walking, the reached a slight raise in the field. The sunflowers had started to droop as the sun started to set and since they were so far away from the city, the stars and galaxies could be seen as clear dots and vibrant coloured streaks. Kagura exclaimed in joy as she spun in slow circles, looking up at the sky. Sōgo climbed up the slope and waited for her to join him.
"Ne Bakaiser, this is really nice and everything, but if I don't get back Gin chan will get worried and-"
"You don't have to worry about that. Danna will be too occupied to worry about some snot nosed brat."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SNOT NOSED YOU SADIST MONKEY!" Sōgo looked down at her and simply said:
"If you don't come up here right now, I'm going to strip you and hang you upside down from that tree." Kagura blushed and ran upto him.
"As if I'll let you, you stupid sadist. Besides what's so special about this place anyw-" The young Yato stopped mid-sentence as she reached the spot beside Sōgo.
"Wh-What…. What is…" She gripped his shirt as tears came to her eyes. She suddenly jumped away and swinging her parasol, started to thrash and shoot at him. Older Sōgo merely, side stepped her attacks, caught her by her ankle and held her upside down as she struggled to punch and kick him.
"Stop struggling you stupid brat. I won't tell you anything if you keep kicking me." Kagura gradually settled down as the blood rushed to her head and she became pink faced. Older Sōgo dropped her and she fell with a thud. Rubbing her head, she sat down and hugged her knees to her chest. She sat and stared at the white marble stone in front of her as tears welled up in her eyes once again. Sōgo looked down at her and sighed. At this rate he wouldn't get anywhere. He turned around and was about to head back, when she grabbed his ankle and glared up at him through her tears. Running a hand through his hair, he sat down beside her. He watched as she let go of him and sobbed into her knees.
"Ugh. You maybe annoying and I may wanna beat your ass up, but seriously kid that doesn't mean I'm sadistic enough to laugh at a little girl's tears." (A/n: Sōgo ku~n) Kagura sniffed loudly and looked away from him.
Finally after a time, she calmed down. She looked down at Sōgo (A/n: I'm just gonna use his name without the Older, because the probability of all four appearing together right now is nil.) who was sprawled on the ground, staring at the sky. She sniffed loudly. He ignored her. She sniffed again. He ignored her. She poked him in the side. He successfully didn't wince. She sucked in all her snot and was about to blow her nose when he smashed her face into the ground.
"Seriously kid, atleast TRY to act like a girl." Veins popped on his forehead as she stuck her tongue out at him from under his hand.
"Are you going to keep crying or can I start?"
"Can we let the author talk about the other Sōgo for awhile?"
Sōgo raised an eyebrow.
"Absolutely no-"
(A/n: Sorry Sō chan but no matter how big a sadist I am, I can't say no to Kagura chan's tears. Sōgo: OIIII! ARE YOU JUST GONNA IGNORE ME?!)
Kagura watched as little Sōgo kept up his pace, occasionally tripping in the dark. She didn't bother to tell him he was going the wrong way, so she could rub it in his face when he realized he was lost. They kept walking for another hour or so, until Sōgo stopped in front of a wall. He turned around abruptly and glared at the big bosomed woman in front of him. Kagura returned the glare with a sweet smile as she waited for him to speak the words she, oh so wanted to hear.
"I think we're lost." Trying not laugh, she walked up to him and ruffled his hair, promptly earning a string of curses from the younger sadist.
"No way Sō chan. We aren't lost." He stopped straightening his hair and blinked at her.
"Of course we are, see this mark on the wall? I put it here the last time we passed it."
"Of course you did." Sōgo's face started turning red, his eyes bulging and his veins popping as Kagura smiled even more sweetly at him.
"ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ME YOU STUPID BITCH?! OF COURSE WE'RE LOST!" Kagura's smile faltered at the tone he was speaking to her with. No longer smiling, she marched towards Sōgo, causing him to back up against the wall. Pointing a finger right in his face, making him go cross-eyed, she snapped:
"WE are not lost you damn brat. YOU are. If you'd stopped acting oh-so-smart and asked me where we were going, we'd have reached our destination a loooooong time ago. So don't go raising your voice at me just because your little brain couldn't get over itself."
Sōgo gaped at the woman in front of her. He let out a low whistle and said:
"Seriously, what happened to you? You went from being China monkey to China Chunky." He said, groping her. Kagura raised an eyebrow, unimpressed by his attempt. She spun on her heels and started walking away, but not before she said: "YOU happened to me, you damn-sadistic bastard." Loud enough for little Sōgo to hear. (Sōgo: Why am only I LITTLE?!)
Unable to come up with a good enough retort to that, he followed her. Soon they were walking through a deserted village, the houses nearly ruined, the fields burnt and the smell of rotting flesh was pungent. As they reached the edge of the village, Kagura pushed open an ancient wrought iron gate. Sōgo winced at the piercing sound that echoed in the silence. (A/N: Is it just me, or is writing about Grave yards at midnight freaky?) He followed her in, his eyes slowly adjusting to the darkness.
He noticed the graveyard was completely full, as though the entire village was buried there. Fog enveloped the ground as he shivered in the cold. The female Yato looked back at him and after examining him for a second walked up to him and dumped her cloak over his head. Sōgo stared after her. He would have normally thrown the cloak in her face and remarked about treating him like a kid, but it was chilly and he was thankful for the cloak. Not caring that the older version of a certain super-strong-monkey he knew looked slightly cold in her meager outfit, he sighed at the warmth from the cloak. Kagura suddenly came to a halt and Sōgo nearly rammed into her back.
"Oi what's the big idea? What kinda treasure did you hide in a place like this anyway?" He said, as he stood beside her. He couldn't see what expression she was making, as her face was thrown into shadows. Shrugging, he looked down to see what she was staring at and read what was written on the tombstone. Then re-read it. Then read it a third time. His breath caught in his throat, as his eyes grew wide. He looked at Kagura, as if to confirm whether what he was seeing was true or not, only to see her lips pursed and her arms wrapped around her body. Anyone would have thought it was from the cold, but he could swear she was crying. He knelt down in front of the pure white marble as he ran his hands across its carved surface. It was a beautiful piece of art, even for a tombstone. The edges were carved in the shape of creepers and at every corner of the rectangular stone, were intricately carved white roses. Not to mention someone had grown a rose bush around the stone, so that when the moon came out from behind the clouds, the white roses and the marble would give off a mysterious glow. He ran his hand across the lettering on the stone as he read it aloud.
"Here lies the man known as the White demon. May his silver hair always remain permed and may his soul always shine as brightly as he did. In memory of Master Sakata Gintoki, a friend to us all." (A/n: I wanted to mention that here I've just used like a normal burying thing than the traditional Japanese burial since well, I wanted to write it that way.) Sōgo then laughed, a silent sound in his throat, as he stood up and said:
"Which idiot came up with something like that anyway."
"I did." Sōgo gulped and apologized sheepishly. Kagura abruptly turned around and exited the grave in a swift rush of red cloth. As Sōgo caught up with her, he saw her leaning against a wall, her lips slightly parted as she took in gulps of air. She was sweating despite the cold and the moon made her alabaster skin look translucent. She looked at him without turning towards him, the eerie light giving her eyes the colour of ice. A cold, chilling blue.
"So….. What exactly was that? He asked, though the answer was obvious.
"Interference with the natural flow of time."
"Eh?" Ok THAT he didn't expect.
"Did you read the date?"
Sōgo shook his head.
Kagura sighed and wiped her hand across her bro. Sōgo blushed lightly and then mentally reprimanded himself. Sliding to the ground, Kagura kept looking at the stars as she started her story.
Her idiot brother had just killed a thousand people by trespassing into some super rich Lord's house. He was the Shogun's second cousin removed twice after marriage to the Shogun's fourth cousin re- Anyway, Kamui had heard that this Lord possessed an illegal weapon that was considered so dangerous that anyone who was suspected of possessing it was instantly wiped out along with everyone who were connected to him. But Kamui had acted before anyone else could and had murdered every single one of the Lord's soldiers, attendants, maids, family, relatives, pets and even the Lord himself. In the end, it turned out that the weapon had already been transported somewhere else and a strange Amanto was in possession of it. So Kamui had gone hunting for that 'strange' Amanto, in order to kill him and steal the weapon. But things turned out differently when he found out that Amanto was the only one capable of controlling the weapon. The 'thing' was actually a living, growing being that needed love and affection to grow. Along with a strong soul. The weapon, Kamui called it Venus, as it reminded him of a Venus flytrap he had seen during his visit to earth. As the parasitic creature fed on the old Amanto in order to grow. Soon, Kamui got obsessed with the creature and when he heard that there were two of its kind, his greed escalated and he went looking for the other one. But obviously by then various organizations, including the Harusame had gotten news about Kamui's latest exploits and he had to lay low. As fate may have it, it turned out that the person who found it was Sakamoto Tatsuma, leader of the Kaientei and friend to Gintoki. He had immediately spread news of it to his former comrades on earth. And the people who were sent to capture it and bring it back to earth were Kagura, Sōgo, Gintoki, Tsukuyo and a modified Tama. But that had been the worst decision they had ever made and the second they got hold of the creature, everything turned horribly wrong. And the first of the horribly-wrongs was Kamui's travelling back to the past using the creature that had the ability to time travel. But even if you time travel, there are some rules that must absolutely NOT be broken. Kamui broke every single one of them. And that was the start of the worst. In order to revert what Kamui had done, someone had to be sent back in to the past, to capture or defeat him and save the natural flow of time. And the people who were selected for that mission were-
"Danna and Tsukuyo."
Kagura looked at Sōgo and nodded slowly.
"They never came back did they."
Kagura tucked a strand of red hair behind her ear and bent her head, Her bangs covering her eyes. Sōgo looked up at the stars and marveled at their beauty.
"And I suppose you came after them?"
Kagura shook her head and picked up a rock by her feet.
"Not exactly, no." Sōgo didn't bother asking her for the explanation to it, as he expected her to give one anyway.
"We came to stop Kamui from killing this time's Gin chan."
Now, Sōgo turned to look at the Yato woman.
"WE came? And why would Kamui want to kill the Danna from this time?"
"Yes, me and you." Sōgo snorted, as his suspicion had come true.
So the guy back then was me..
"And the reason Kamui wants to kill this time's Gin chan is because….." (A/n: Okay Kagura says something absolutely epic now. I died when I imagined her saying it.)
Kagura stood up and turned to look down at Sōgo, the moon outlining her body, giving her a mysterious glow.
"…. The future is based on the present. You may die in the future, but you are alive now. And as long as you are alive NOW, there will be multiple futures to choose from, and depending on your choices, you don't necessarily die. But if you are killed NOW, then there is no future. The past doesn't matter and neither does the future. It is the present that matters. As long as you're alive and live to see another day, what happens in the future doesn't matter one bit."
Sōgo watched open-mouthed as Kagura stopped talking and took a breath.
What the hell happened to you China girl….. Now I'm starting to wonder why I didn't notice you before…
A/n: Kyaaaa~ / Kagura is so awesome 3 -sighs dreamily- Of course Kagura and Sōgo are perfect for each other :3
WASN'T THE ENDING AWESOME?! HUH!? HUH?! DIDN'T SHE SOUND SO MACHO!? :3
Anyway :P Yeah I like adding twists. Mostly cuz I like writing suspense (this has nothing to with my sadistic desires ok?) Also i think some things are starting to connect now right? (Especially the prologue. It makes sense now.)
Well I'm sorry for the swearing but it comes so naturally for Sōgo I can't do much about it. Anyway stay tuned for the next chapter!
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