Of Gunshots and Sorrow

Chapter 9

The Truth Is

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Fuu dipped the dirty cloth in the bucket next to her, sighing to herself. It had taken four hours to get two cities away, only because they were between two cities already. After the first hour Mugen passed out and Fuu had to drag him with small intervals where she would stop and sit down for a minute.

After all that time she managed to get them in an abandoned warehouse. Luckily there was a pharmacy a couple blocks away where she got a bunch of bandages, rubbing alcohol, and other medical supplies to heal Mugen with.

His eyebrows furrowed at the feel of the rugged and cold cloth against his chest again. Fuu noticed his reaction and frowned, "You know, this is all your own fault."

He opened his eyelids tiredly and glared at her, "The hell is your problem?" She flinched like he'd just slapped her. "I'm only hurt because I saved your sorry ass from being kidnapped. Just like the last time, and the time before that."

Fuu turned her eyes away from his and continued to clean off the dry blood all over his chest, pretending that the words he'd just said didn't bother her in the least. "I don't ask you to risk your life."

"And I don't ask you to get kidnapped or run slow either, but 'ya still do." He countered closing his eyes, unable to look at the look that crossed her face. She glared down at him but continued to clean his wounds.

Momo watched the two impatiently and barked, as a reward getting yelled at by Mugen to shut up. Fuu was still lost in her thoughts as she began to put the antibacterial lotion on his deepest chest wound.

She couldn't understand how he could possibly willingly put his life out in on the line to save her all the time. She knew he wasn't a very carrying person, well at least not as much as risking his life for some 'stupid brat' he met in an alley. "I just don't understand why."

Mugen groaned and propped himself up on his elbows, painfully, to glare at her straight in the eyes. "Will 'ya just drop it?" He rolled his eyes with a set scowl grazing his lips. "You're alive another day, you're safe, right? There's no fuckin' reason for 'ya ta even care. I don't get why yer giving a rat's ass about why I'm even doing this fer 'ya!"

Fuu glared back at him, understanding that he was getting angry but knowing she couldn't back down. So she just did what she did best, she argued. "Mugen, you keep getting hurt because of me!" She snapped back. "Do you understand how bad that makes me feel? Even worse is I know I can't stop you! 'Cause you'd be damned is someone told you that you're wrong!"

"Hell yeah I would!" He yelled back at her. "Especially some flat chested, weak, and stupid brat like you!"

She was hurting by every word and she knew now was when she should stop. "Sometimes I wish you wouldn't be the tough idiot you make yourself out to be!"

"Yeah, well sometimes I wish you weren't so fucking loud!"

"Sometimes I wish you wouldn't have ever rescued me!"

"Yeah? Well, that makes two of us!" Mugen snarled, in the background Momo whimpered and watched the two people in the room argue ferociously. "But, 'ya wanna know something girlie? You're stuck with me, 'cause you know if you leave you'll die."

Fuu felt tears prick her eyes. "Yeah, well," her voice was forced out and she felt herself retreat into the insecurity she had when she first met the vagabond. "At least you wouldn't."

Then the room became devoid of screaming, only whimpering and shaking caused from anger and sadness. Mugen turned his eyes to the side and groaned. Had she not learned anything yet? Did she not realize he was destined to die during his journey? Why the hell does she even have ta care? After this is all over I can take her somewhere safer. Somewhere away from me. "I'm not scared o' death."

"I am." She said as steadily as she could. "Mugen, I just—I don't want you to die because of me."

He rolled his eyes, "Stop worryin', it won't be cause of you."

She took a deep breath of air to calm down. She dared to ask again, "Why are you doing this for me?"

"Shut up."

"Why are you risking your life for me?"

"I told you to shut up," This time he raised his voice in anger.

Fuu persevered and glared at him, "Why didn't you just let me die."

"Girlie, I swear if you don't--"

"What could you possibly gain from--"

"I'm in it for the action, I told you that al--"

She shook her head, "You would've been fine by just chasing Mukuro."

"No," he said trying to convince himself as well as her.

"Why are you doing this?"

Silence. Mugen furrowed his eyebrows and clenched his teeth. Why the hell was he doing this? It's not like he wanted her for her tits or anything. Right? It couldn't be money either, cause she was just as bad off as him. Hino? Jin couldn't possibly be right. He knew that. That was too damn long ago. And I never even think of 'er when I'm with her.

Fuu watched him patiently. "Mugen?"

"Shit, Hino, just leave me--" His eyes widened when he realized what he did. He turned to Fuu and saw, to his shock, that she just nodded.

"I remind you of her. That's why, right." The sentence was meant to be a question but she didn't need to make it into one.

He glared at her, "It was a fucking mistake. It doesn't mean shit, got it?"

Fuu shook her head, "It's okay if I remind you of your sister." She felt her heart clench, probably due to the truth. "Shino told me what happened, and it makes sense. When you see me you--"

"That's not why! Shit, can't you fucking listen to me for once?" He snapped again at her. He laid back down on the cold ground with a hand over his face. He spread his fingers to let himself look up at the ceiling. "There's no fucking way that that's why."

"But Jin and Shino--" She stopped, her nerves going up, her breath cutting short, and a tingling feeling on her hand when she felt his grab hers.

He relaxed, seeing that he finally got her to stop talking for awhile. "That's not it, ok? It just can't be it. I mean, at first it was I guess. I know fish face is wrong though, 'cause I ain't doin' this 'cause of her anymore."

Momo stopped his whimpering making the silence in the room more present. Fuu stared at his barely visible slate eyes and felt sympathy for him. "Then why?"

His slate eyes peered over at her momentarily, "Damned if I know." He smirked lightly at her and her lips curved upward like his before their crooked half smiles defined themselves on their lips better.

They stayed in comfortable silence for the next few minutes they spent together quietly. She bandaged all of the injuries along his chest, arms, and legs until she moved on to the small and few scratches on his face.

She leaned forward, closer to his face and pressed a band-aid on the worst injury on his left cheek. He watched tired as he awkwardly realized how horny he was since even she started to look good. "I need money," He said simply and she glared. Knowing that look he sighed, "I'll just go out to a bar."

"Mugen--"

"Unless you feel up to it," He smirked knowing that'd get her. She scowled and put a couple bills on his chest slapping down on his injuries to spite him.

Fuu rolled her eyes and crossed the warehouse to where her stuff was and turned her back to him. "If your wound open, don't you dare wake me up." With that Momo padded over to her and snuggled by her as the two tried to sleep while the lecher in the room struggled to stand.

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Fuu grimaced at the smell of alcohol on his breath as he kept insisting. She made sure her hands were keeping him at bay and tried to evade his attacks. She wanted to give in at times though. She reasoned it was just the fact that he was actually kind of attractive that made her think that, not any other feelings.

He smirked against her skin and chuckled deeply. "It's more fun if you try," He informed moving back to her bruised lips, licking the top one open.

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