The two men where at the door of the brothel, Saskue was stiff, his hands were shaking violently, he felt something warm wrap around one of them.
He looked down and saw one the the Ninja's hands intertwined with his in an attempt to comfort him.
Saskue smiled at him before letting go. They jumped up to a second story window and climbed inside the inside of the brothel was dark, only lit by the moon light flooding through the windows and a few lanterns. They hid into the shadows as a samurai passed and turned a corner, out of earshot.
"Ok Saskue" Rikimaru started "Where would the brothel owner Shintaro be?"
Saskue shrugged then raised a hand and limply rolled it in a circle. Rikimaru raised and eyebrow
"He's never in one place for long? " he guessed, Saskue nodded once.
The ninja let out a gravely sigh and looked around. Another samurai was coming, Rikimaru looked down and saw a trap door on the floor. Both men hid inside, Rikimaru waited until the samurai's foot steps were off the trap door and poped up, grabbing him by the ankles, pulling him inside, once inside, the ninja slit his throat before the slit his throught knew what was going on. They got out from under the floor and hid in the nearest room. It was one of the enslaved prostitute's rooms. And sitting on the mat was one of them.
Her name was Yuka, and she was only 15 years old. She sat on her mat quietly her long brown hair styled up showing her pretty face, which was covered in makeup. She wore a elaborate kimono that looked alot like the one Saskue whore, but pink with white cherry blossom petals. She turned her head to the sound of the door being slid open and was relived to see Saskue instead of another client, he was crouching down looking out the door for a second before closing it. She jumped up and ran to him, hugging him. "Your bac-" she started loudly but was silenced by a hand over her mouth. It was Saskue's, he brought a finger to his lips and shushed her. Yuka moved back a bit "Sorry" she whisperer, She looked up at Rikimaru who was looking out to the hallway through the slightly opened door.
"Who's your friend?" She asked "Is he a ninja?" Saskue nodded, Yuka's eyes wined "Oh" she said standing up, heading toward the taller man "I've never seen a ninja before" Her hand reached out to tough him but she was pulled back by Saskue, who looked annoyed, "What?" she said, Saskue sighed and shook his head.
"A bit spirited for a slave aren't you?" Rikimaru whispered, closing the door and turning around.
Yuka giggled
"They will never brake me" she said and looked back to Saskue, who was still looking annoyed "Sorry" she said
"Anyway, what are you doing back here? You know it's not safe for you here, now more then ever, a lot of girls were killed just because Shintaro thought they knew where you went." Saskue gritted his teeth and clenched his fist.
"Control your anger Saskue" Rikimaru said simply, knowing his sixth sense is clouded by it.
Saskue took a deep breath and calmed down, it was hard to go agents the Ninja's deep voice.
"Saskue,is that your name?" Yuka asked
He looked back at Yuka and nodded then raised one of his hands, the one with the healing symbol. He tapped the symbol with a finger of his other hand. That was a single he used with the girls to ask where his friend was. They all worked together to keep her safe, not wanting her to suffer the same fate they did.
"Oh, I know where she is" Yuka said, Saskue's eyes widened and leaned foreword, silently asking where.
"She's in Ayumi's room behind the removable wall, I hid her there when I was... entering watch her so, she offered." Saskue looked at Rikimaru who looked back at him Yuki cleared her throat to get Saskue's attention. They both looked at her
"She's still there, though I believe Ayumi is with a client right now"
"Do you know where Shintaro would be right now?" Rikimaru asked her
"Yes, right know he's in the sitting room down stars, he's with a friend now,looking to sell some of the girls"
Saskue smiled her, Yuka smiled back "Be careful ok?" She said and hugged him, he hugged back and nodded.
"Saskue, it's clear" Rikimaru said and started out the door.
"Good buy" Yuka said waving, Saskue waved back as he followed the ninja out the door. Once back in the hall, Saskue started to the machined room, Rikimaru walked up to his side
"Is this friend for yours the reason you came back here?" He asked, Saskue nodded
"Well ok, but after we find her we look for Shintaro and make him pay, for what he did to you and to meany innocent girls." Saskue smiled and nodded as they walked. Rikimaru smiled back. He herd someone coming and stopped, putting up and arm to stop the other man
"Someone's coming" He said.
He grabbed Saskue's hand and hid in the shadows. Another samurai walked by, sword on his solder, not a care in the world, he had just raped one of the girls, Rikimaru knew that just by the look on his face, he had no dough Saskue knew that to. Once the samurai walked by, the ninja stepped out of the shadows and stabbed the isoi through his heart in one, fluid motion. The samurai fell down, dead before he hit the floor. The ninja hid the body in the shadowy area he emerged from, Saskue walked on to his destanshon, Rikimaru sighed
"Persistent aren't you?" He said dryly and followed him.
The rest of the walk was relatively easy, only one more enemy hindered them, which was taken care of easily. The duo finally reached the room and stepped inside. The room looked like all the slaves rooms there was a small vanity with a mirror in a corner and a sleeping mat, outer than the girls' belongings scattered around, there wasn't anything else to see. The room's owner Ayumi was still gone. Rikimaru closed the door behind them
"Alright, find the girl so we can get the hell out of here" He said.
Saskue nodded and looked around the room and walked over to one of the walls. Rikimaru walked over as well
"She's in there?" he asked, Saskue diden 't respond, he removed the wall, where his friend was hiding. She looked up and happily jumped up flying into Saskue, who gave her a crushing hug
"I knew you'd come back for me!" She said happily, Saskue ran his hand down the girl's silky black hair. Rikimaru just stood there in shock.
"Oh my god" he said finally. The girl looked up and gave an equally shocked look
"Rikimaru?" she said
"Princess Kiku" he replied
