Chapter 9

A week had gone by since Tsukuyo was in the prison. She was never taken out of her cell, but she saw all the other women be taken out of their cell multiple times a day. She filled her heart with determination to help free them. As she was deep in her thoughts her cell door unlocked.

"Yo blondie get up. Nara wants to see you," a man said while standing in front of her cell.

Without a word Tsukuyo got up and walked out of her cell.

The man whistled. "What a fine ass body. What I would do to get a taste of you."

Tsukuyo's face remained emotionless. Don't say anythin' Tsukuyo. Ya'll only be givin' inta him."

The guy snickered. "Giving me the cold shoulder eh? Makes me want to make you cry and beg for me."

Tsukuyo and the guy walked out of the prison. As soon as they exited they were in a small room with no doors or windows. The guy whipped out a remote from his pocket and clicked a button. Suddenly the wall in front of them slid open. The small room led to what appeared to be a basement. There were tables everywhere and men were being forced to create drugs. A lot of the men looked either malnourished or seriously injured. They were chained to the floor to prevent them from running away, not that it mattered anyway. The man guided Tsukuyo out of the basement. Outside the basement was a narrow hallway that led to an elevator. The elevator was the only way to be able to leave the basement. The guy inserted a card into a slot and the elevator door opened. Tsukuyo looked over to the buttons and the third level was the highest. The guy pressed on the button that led them to the third floor. *Ding* The elevator stopped at the third floor and the doors opened. The third floor was a long and wide hallway. There were many doors. Loud music, sounds of moaning and screaming could be heard. The guy and Tsukuyo stopped in front of a grandiose door.

The guy knocked on the door. "Enter," could be heard from the inside. The guy opened the door. "Boss, here's the girl you requested."

Nara turned around in his chair. "Good, leave."

The guy bowed his head quickly and left closing the door behind him.

Nara motioned his hand to sit on the couch. "Have a seat miss."

Tsukuyo refused to sit and stood there.

"Very well. Suit yourself. There's a reason I brought you here." Nara stood up from his chair and leaned his body against his desk. He looked Tsukuyo straight into her eyes and said, "I found out about you Tsukuyo-san. Are you Miyoshi Takuma and Miyoshi Ayaka's adopted child?"

"It's none of yer business," Tsukuyo spat back.

Nara broke out into laughter. "Ahahaha. You talk just like her. You two may not be related by blood but you sure talk just like her."

Tsukuyo kept on giving him a cold look and didn't speak.

"Relax Tsukuyo-san. I'm not here to harm you. I actually need to keep you safe from harm and make sure no one is able to lay a finger on you," he said as he lit a cigarette. He inhaled the cigarette and exhaled smoke. "I just need to get revenge on your adoptive father. That damn bastard took away my woman. She was perfect. I almost was able to make her completely mine, but she was damn lucky to have found a way to escape. Heh. He happened to be nearby and ran to him for help. He ruined everything. I found a way to pay him back. You." Nara threw the cigarette to the floor and stomped on it to put out the fire. He had an abnormal aura. He flashed Tsukuyo a twisted smile as he started walking towards her.

Tsukuyo didn't even flinch. She spit at his face once he was close enough to her.

"You whore!" Nara yelled out. He flashed a small knife and was about to stab her. Just then an ear piercing shriek could be heard clearly amidst all the noises. "What the hell?" Nara was distracted.

Tsukuyo quickly took this opportunity and punched the air out of his lungs.

"Ack!" Nara dropped the knife, clutched his abdomen and fell to his knees.

Tsukuyo quickly swiped the knife and grabbed Nara by the neck from behind. She flashed the knife towards his neck. "Where are ya keys an' card?"

"Hah. As if I'd tell you," he retorted.

Tsukuyo slowly pressed the knife into his neck a little and started squirming around the knife so he would be in pain. "Ah'm not afraid ta stop."

"AH! THAT HURTS YOU SADISTIC SLUT," he yelled.

"Ya took away these women an' men's valuable lives away. Yer disgustin' an' don't deserve ta be called a human." Tsukuyo pressed the knife deeper into his neck. More blood started trickling out of the cut. "I won't be askin' fer tha third time. Where are tha keys an' card?"

Nara was in excruciating pain. Damn she's stronger than I thought. If this keeps up, I'll lose my life. Heh. This is so pathetic. I entered the trafficking business just because I couldn't grab a hold of the woman I obsessed over. What have I become of?

Flashback to 20 years ago

A young woman was frantically running through the woods trying to escape the man who was chasing her. Her clothes were torn apart and she looked like she got beaten up pretty badly.

"Ayaka-san! Ayaka-san! Please don't run away from me! I mean no harm!" the man yelled at the woman.

"G-Get away from me you monster!" the woman yelled back. How can I get out of this forest?! I'm starting to run out of stamina at this rate he'll catch me. Who knows what he could do to me?! As she was running she saw fire softly glowing in the area ahead of her. There's light! Someone must be there. She mustered all her strength and ran towards the fire. "HELP ME PLEASE IS ANYONE THERE?" she screamed out. A figure of a man could be seen as soon as she yelled. She ran towards the man. "Please help me!" she begged the man.

The man could tell she was trying to run away from danger. She looked like she needed medical attention. "Come stay by me." He outstretched his hand towards her and she took his hand. He gently took her hand and led her to his camp. He hid her in his tent. "Stay here. You'll be safe here." Then someone bursted into the camp.

"Hand over the woman!" Nara yelled.

The man stood in front of the tent. "I don't know what your relationship with the woman may be, but you need to leave." The man drew out his sword letting Nara know he was willing to slice him down if he needed to.

"Tch." Nara had no weapon on him and had to run away for his life.

"He's gone," the man said.

Ayaka stepped out of the tent and bowed her head. "Thank you so much uh…"

"Miyoshi Takuma. My name is Miyoshi Takuma. What is your name?" he asked.

"Iwanari Ayaka," she replied softly.

"Iwanari Ayaka. That's a pretty name. Do you have a place to stay?" he asked.

She shook her head.

"Let's go get you to a hospital first. We'll discuss things afterwards."

She nodded and said, "Thank you Miyoshi-san."

Couple of years went by and Nara found out that Ayaka had gotten married to the man he encountered in the forest. He felt furious and an unexplainable darkness just snapped inside of him. In the corner of his eye he saw a pretty young woman walking by herself. A dark smile formed on his face and he made his way towards her. She was his first victim for the business he was about to enter. This was only the beginning.

End of flashback

"In the end I lost everything." There was a bitter smile on his face. "You win." He tossed the keys and card onto the floor. "Before you go kill me. There's no point of me living this kind of life anymore."

Tsukuyo took the knife off his neck and picked up the keys and card. She made her way to the door. Before she left she turned back to him and said, "Ya don't deserve such an easy death."

"Hah. You two don't even have a single drop of blood mixed together, but why? Why do you remind me so much of her?" Nara lied down on the cold and hard floor as blood was slowly spilling out of his neck.

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Gintoki and Katsura were finally in Shimabara. After being in Shimabara for a couple of days they were able to pinpoint Nara's exact location. They were staking out in front of a high class restaurant.

"Oi Zura. Are you sure that's where Tsukuyo and your men could be?" Gintoki asked while looking through binoculars.

"Zura ja nai. Katsura da! And yes, I'm pretty sure Tsukuyo-dono and my men are in the establishment. We just don't know exactly where," Katsura replied.

Gintoki stood up. "Yosh let's go."

Katsura and Gintoki were making their way to the establishment when all of a sudden bunch of men and women came running out. One of the men running out noticed Katsura and Gintoki.

"Oh Katsura-san! You came for us after all!" he yelled.

"Oh Katsuie-san, Elizabeth and I were just on our way to break you guys free. What's going on? Why is everyone running?"

"This lady with blonde hair beat up a ton of guys and freed all of us. She's fighting with the boss's son in the basement right now. He won't let go of one of the women," he said.

Katsura turned to Ginoki. "Gintoki that must be Tsukuyo-dono!"

Gintoki nodded. "It sounds just like her. Where's the basement located?" Gintoki asked.

"When you enter the restaurant head straight into the kitchen. Once you're in the kitchen go all the way to the storage room, you'll see an elevator. It'll take you to the basement."

"Got it. Zura stay here with your men, I'll go get Tsukuyo." Gintoki ran inside the restaurant. He followed Katsuie's instructions and he finally made it to the basement. There were bodies all over the floor. She kicked all these guys' asses! S-She's still a badass! He saw Tsukuyo bloody and breathing heavily. She looked tired from all the fighting she had done. Couple of meters away from her was a built man holding onto a woman by the neck.

"Heh, you're pretty strong for a rich girl," the built man said.

"Let go of Mia. She ain't yer woman anymore. A coward like ya don't deserve a strong woman like her," Tsukuyo said while panting.

"Mind your own business. Mia is my property I do whatever I want."

"Tsukuyo-san leave me...You've already done so much," Mia said softly.

Tsukuyo looked at Mia and said, "I promised ya ah'm gonna break everyone outta here. That includes ya," she said with a confident smile. She glared back at the man. "Ya're just as much as a coward as yer boss. Men like ya disgust me."

Something snapped inside the man. He threw Mia to the side and he gripped his sword hard. How dare she badmouth father. She's the one that did that to father. It's all her damn fault! She's going to pay for this with her life. "You bitch. You can talk crap about me all you want, but don't you dare badmouth my father." He yelled and ran to Tsukuyo with his sword up in the air.

He's comin' right at me! I needa dodge that attack. Tsukuyo thought to herself. Just as he was about to strike Tsukuyo down, a wooden sword met his face and sent him flying. What?! All of a sudden a silver-haired man stepped in front of Tsukuyo.

"Yo Tsukuyo, sorry I took so long," he said.

How does he know my name? Who is this man? "I, uh, thank ya," she said. She came back to her senses and ran towards Mia who was finally free.

"Tsukuyo-san," Mia said.

"It's alright. Ah'm here. Let's get ya up." Tsukuyo put Mia's arm around her shoulder and helped her get up.

"Tsukuyo take the woman and get out of here! I'll hold this guy up!" Gintoki yelled.

Tsukuyo couldn't explain why, but her heart wanted to stay by this man's side. She shook her head. "I can't leave ya alone with this man!" She turned to Mia and asked, "Mia-san are ya able ta walk outta here?"

Mia nodded. "I'm good. I wasn't hurt anywhere I can get out of here. What about you?"

"Ah'm gonna stay here an' help take this guy down. Ya get outta here, ya hear?"

Mia nodded. "Stay safe Tsukuyo-san!" She ran out of the basement to escape.

Tsukuyo stood next to Gintoki.

"Oi, oi. I told you to escape with her not stay by me. What am I going to do with an injured woman by my side? Get going," Gintoki said lightheartedly.

Tsukuyo readied her small knife. "Let me stay by yer side, please. I wanna help ya out as much as possible."

Gintoki smiled when he heard her say those words. Heh even in a situation like this you still think of others. "Yosh, playtime's over mister son," Gintoki said with a sadistic smile.