Isa stood up from behind the trash can. That lady was the Commander! How dare they kidnap her! She put on her aviators and grabbed her gun hanging from her belt. She then hoisted the gun over her shoulder and put on her game face.
"Let's do this."
One Day Can Seem Like Forever! -Part Two
"The criminal group currently barricaded inside Ibo Temple is a Jouiroushi group called the Tengu Party," the female reporter said. "It has been confirmed that they are the ones responsible for the recent serial abduction of women."
Then suddenly a citizen standing nearby cried out, "Wah! What the heck is that girl doing?"
People in the crowd quickly turned their heads.
"Hey camera man! Get a shot of that!" One of the reporters said.
Somewhere in the city, the Shinsengumi were watching the broadcast. And needless to say, they knew what was going to come next. After all, this is what the self-proclaimed Vice-Commander for a day would do. And sure enough there she was... holding a giant bazooka hoisted on her shoulder.
The cigarette currently resting between Hijikata's lips, promptly fell from his mouth. "What the hell! What does she think shes doing!"
"See Hijikata-san, this is what happens when we let her run off like that." said Okita.
"..."
"Boss!" A familiar female voice resounded from the broadcast. The Shinsengumi members looked back up at the screen.
"Isa-chan!" Otsuu called out from the top of the temple. "You really came for me!"
"Of course," she fixed her aviators. "They don't call me the Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi for nothing!"
Hijikata twitched at the screen. "You aren't the Vice-Commander and never will be!"
"Toshi! Otsuu-chan already appointed her Vice-Commander! Stop whining like a little pansy and accept it!" yelled Kondo.
Click.
Click. Click.
Isa froze. She forgot to load her bazooka.
Shit.
She looked around her nervously. What a bad time to forget to load the weapon that was supposed to save your beloved boss. Isa mumbled incoherent words under her breath and tossed her bazooka aside.
Whatever. She didn't need the weapon. After all, a real man uses his fists right? Okay, woman. ...I guess that works...
Then without warning, Isa charged towards the entrance of the Temple with her black tail swishing behind her. "I'm coming for you, boss!" she yelled.
And then the next three minutes was all a blur to her. She found the balcony where they were holding Otsuu captive, and tried to free her from the ropes that were binded around her body. In the end her attempts were futile, so she charged towards one of the men a few feet away from her who was holding a knife. But she lost that battle too. The man she attacked quickly tased her and she fell to the ground.
"B-Boss..." Isa extended her arm out in front of her towards Otsuu. "Hijikata... is actually.. a woman.." Her head slumped to the floor and she finally blacked out.
"No! Isa-chan!" Tears pricked Otsuu's eyes.
The man who tased Isa looked down at his hand and rubbed it. "She actually bit my hand..." he wimpered.
"Otsuu-chan, my lovely!"
Everyone on the balcony looked down and saw Kondo standing in the middle of the crowd with his hands cupping the sides of his mouth.
"Otsuu-chan! Are you okay, my darling-"
Thwack.
"Shut up! You're embarrasing us!" Hijikata rubbed his temple.
"I dont know about that, Hijikata-san." Okita put his hands in his pockets and walked towards them. "You just being in the Shinsengumi is an embarrassment."
Kondo nodded. "Hes got a point there."
Hijikata glared at them. "You two..."
"Everyone!" Otsuu called out from the balcony.
A man wrapped in bandages, obviously their leader, held her back. "So you finally show up, Shinsengumi. I hope you've done the paperwork for disbanding." He laughed 'evil-y'.
"Hey! What did you say?" The Shinsengumi called out to them.
"Everyone!" Otsuu bellowed out again.
"So you finally show up, Shinsengumi. I hope you've done... hey! Don't make me repeat myself! It's embarrasing!" The man yelled back.
Kondo held up a sign over his head written 'We can't hear you. Please write it down.'
The bandaged man read the words aloud and then held up a sign of his own. 'I hope you're doing something about the release of our comrades. If you don't listen to our demands, we will kill the hostages.'
Okita held up another sign saying that the writing was too small and they were unable to read it.
Then a figure suddenly popped up from behind Otsuu and yelled, "Mummy-man said that if you don't listen to their demands they'll kill the hostages!"
'Mummy-man' flinched at the name and started grabbing at Isa. "You! How did you escape from the ropes!"
Isa made a disgusted face from his touch. "Hey! Watch where you're grabbing!"
Isa smacked his hands away from her and backed up. But while she was backing up, she lost her footing and fell over the small fence that surrounded the balcony.
A few gasps were admitted from the crowd below and some people flung their hands to their mouths. Then in a flash, Okita quickly ran under Isa and was able to break her fall.
Sighs of relief from the crowd filled the air.
Isa slowly opened her eyes and found herself sprawled over the brunette. Her eyes sparkled and she latched onto his torso like a koala.
"Okita-kun! You're so manly!" Isa swooned.
"Don't run off again," he monotonously commanded.
Isa nuzzled into his chest. "Sure, sure!"
"...You can get off of me now."
"Fine.." She sighed and stood up. Then Isa grumbled when she saw an annoyed Hijikata walk over to them.
"You idiot!" Hijikata smacked the back of her head. "Why didn't you grab the girl if you were up there?"
Isa rubbed the back of her head."I got distracted...?" She frowned. How could she forget about saving her boss? Isa started tearing up and hugged Hijikata's leg. "I'm the worst Vice-Commander ever!" she sniffled.
Hijikata grunted. "What the hell!" He tried to shake her off his leg. "Get off me!"
Several people from the crowd started taking pictures of them on their phones and cameras, much to Hijikata's dismay.
Okita shook his head. "Hijikata-san, you're the worst."
The crowd who was taking pictures of them nodded in agreement.
"What?" He stopped shaking his leg. "What did I do!"
"Toshi! How could you make a young girl cry?" Kondo piped in.
"Forget it.." Hijikata sighed heavily and decided to get back to the original situation. "Second and Third Division, go around to the back of the temple!"
"You bastards! Are you making fun of us?" Someone shouted.
Kondo gave a stern look. "Pretend you can't hear them."
Back on the balcony of the temple, one of the other bandaged man read aloud the Shinsengumi's next sign. "They wrote 'We are consulting with the higher-ups regarding the release of the prisoners. But it's going to take some time, so wait.' "
Okita looked through his binoculars. "They said 'We want proof. Spin around three times and say woof.' "
Hijikata growled. "Those scumbags..."
Isa raised her hand. "I vote Hijikata!"
Okita raised a brow through his binoculars. "Good choice, because they also wrote 'Hijikata must do it.' "
"Liar!"
"It can't be helped Toshi. It's for Otsuu-chan."
Makoto-chan walked up to them. "Yeah, Toshi."
"Don't call me that!" Hijikata glared up at the bandaged men and twirled around three times. He then got down on his knee and said, "Woof."
Isa took a picture on her phone and laughed. "This will be my wallpaper!"
The crowd surrounding them were also saying things like, 'He tried to make it look cool, but it still looks embarrasing' and 'That was complete humiliation'.
Hijikata closed his eyes and tried his hardest to ignore them.
"Wait Hijikata-san, I got it wrong," Okita called over. "They actually wrote, 'We're hungry so make us curry.' "
"How'd you get that wrong, bastard!" Hjikata started chasing Okita. "That was a completely different sentence!"
Behind them, Kondo held up a sign that said 'Do you want it spicy or sweet?'
"Okita-kun!" Isa sniffled. "You better make it back alive from that demon!"
Hijikata glared at her. "What are you even talking about!"
And the next five minutes kept on going like that. The Shinsengumi made the Jouiroushi curry, Okita punched Hijikata and did the robot (Isa squealed and later glomped him), Hijikata tried to punch Okita and failed, and then they argued for a bit (like usual). Even Makoto-chan participated a little. Well, if you count eating curry with Kondo as participating, then yes.
It was all fun and games until one of the Jouiroushi held up a sign that said 'Kill Kondo.' Thats when things started to get complicated. It also put the Shinsengumi into a state of panic. Of course they wouldn't kill their own Commander, but if they didn't, the Jouiroushi would kill the hostages.
"There's no way we'll do that!" yelled a member of the Shinsengumi.
"If you don't," the Jouiroushi pointed their knives and spears at Otsuu's neck. "We'll kill this woman in Kondo's place."
Isa frowned. This was getting way too serious. From the way things were looking, someone was going to die.
"Yo!"
The Jouiroushi turned their heads towards the door.
"I'm here to deliever the curry," said Makoto-chan.
"What are you?" one of the guards asked.
"I'm a part-time mascot." Makoto-chan then smashed the plates of curry he was holding into the guards' faces.
Back down below, after a minute of thinking it over, Kondo agreed to the Jouiroushi's terms.
"All right, come at me!" Kondo yelled to his subordinates.
"Commander! What are you doing?" someone called out.
"Please don't joke around!" another one said.
Kondo turned his head at Otsuu and told her that he was sorry he wasted her efforts, and that the Shinsengumi are just a group of good-for-nothing, irritating guys. And he said that that kind of people can't change so easily.
"No matter how much people hate us, no matter how much we're ridiculed, we definately won't become the kind of men who can't protect the thing that needs to be protected!" Kondo concluded.
The men of the Shinsengumi drew their swords and charged them at their Commander.
Isa's eyes widened. "Gorilla-chan!"
Then out of the corner of her eye, Isa saw two people falling from the top of the temple. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was Yamazaki and her boss, Otsuu. But she had to stifle a laugh when she saw Yamazaki dressed as a woman.
Then she heard movement behind her and a couple of clicks. Isa turned around and saw the entire Shinsengumi holding their guns, aiming at the Jouiroushi. She was also relieved to see that Kondo was unharmed. Her gaze then traveled over to Okita who was standing beside Kondo.
Isa clapped her hands together. "Eeep! Okita-kun, your so cool!"
"Would you shut up already!" yelled Hijikata. "You're ruining our scene!"
"Oops.." she quickly covered her mouth.
Once when it was silent and all dramatic again, the Shinsengumi smirked. "Goodbye, Ramen Substitute."
And the last thing that was heard, was the giant explosion that hit the temple.
Okay, yes, i've already wrote this on ch 1 but, again, i'd really appreciate it if someone could write an honest review. PLEASE, I want to know how I can improve my writing. If you like it, tell me why. If you hate it, tell me how I can fix it. Flames are welcome.
