How will Kyra get out of the Zoroki ship? Enjoy!

-Kyra's POV-

First, I was kidnapped by the Zoroki crew, then I was pretty much forced to wear this thin fabric that only covered my "below parts" and my breasts. But it wasn't like I was embarrassed, because it felt comfortable to wear! Hell, it actually looked cool!

The next day had come. Or should I say, the next night. I was still stuck in this jail cell, and I was never so sure when Suri was going to get me out! But I would never blame her, because she recently became friends with me. Hold on, I believe we became friends last night, since she's willing to escape with me when I get out of this hellhole.

But as I gave out a yawn, I saw Suri running towards the cell.

I blinked my dark green eyes, and asked, "Am I finally getting out?"

She nodded as she answered, "I'm getting you out of here right now. And then, we'll escape from this ship together."

"Suri-Chan, are you friends with me?"

She widened her brown eyes, but chuckled, "Of course I am, Kyra-San. In fact, you're the first friend I've ever had. The men in this ship were nothing but complete idiots."

I rolled my eyes as I replied, "Believe me, I've met some idiots as well."

Suri laughed once more as she put the key in the keyhole. Seconds later, she was finally able to open the cell door. As the door was completely open, I quickly grabbed my kimono, and bra, and walked out of the door. There, Suri closed the cell door, and quietly said, "Shall we leave now?"

I nodded my head fast. "What kind of question is that? Yes, we should leave! Let's go!" I pointed in front as Suri gave out yet another laugh. She nodded her head at me, and gave me a sweet smile. To be honest, she was the first actual friend I ever had. But maybe that was because I would always go crazy, and scare kids away (From when I was a kid).

I gave her a nod once again, and then held her hand, running away from the cell. My sandals were already on my feet, so I didn't worry about that.

When I was nearly running too fast, Suri exclaimed, "K-Kyra-San! Please slow down!"

"I want to, but we need to get out of here before those Zoroopo bastards come get us!" I exclaimed back, informing her.

She replied, "Looks like you're messing up their name on purpose."

"Of course! It's funny!" I laughed out loud.

The two of us were out of the hall to the jail cells, but now, we had to figure out a way to get out of this ship without having those members come and attack us. Though, I'm not afraid to fight, despite not having any weapon on me.

I let go of Suri's hand briefly, and adjusted the fabric that was over my breasts. I then gave a sharp nod to myself, and held my new friends' hand again. But before I could run again, she pulled me towards her.

I nearly exclaimed, "What's the matter, Suri-Chan?"

She landed her finger on top of her lips, signaling for me to be quiet. I blinked in confusion, but she pointed at a few Zoroki members. I widened my eyes, but smirked a bit.

I turned my head to see her, and told Suri, "Don't worry, Suri-Chan. I'm not afraid of them, and I'm pretty sure I can kick their asses in a few seconds."

Suri stared at me for a second, but then closed her eyes, giving out a sigh, "If you insist, but we must get out of here before either of us gets hurt."

"I know, I know." I turned my head once more, and smirked again as I squeezed Suri's hand, thinking, 3, 2, 1...

Widening my eyes, I began to run really fast, pulling Suri along. She gasped, but I ignored it. Somehow, I felt wind blowing my hair backwards. Maybe the "front door" in the ship was opened. I smiled more as I heard some of the Zoroki members yell at me, "HEY! STOP RIGHT THERE!"

I tilted my head slightly, but was not going to stop. I yelled out as well, "MOVE IT, BITCHES! ME AND SURI ARE LEAVING THIS HELLHOLE!"

I saw Kumo a little far beside us, but I gave him a glare right before Suri and I were out of the ship. I stomped on the wooden board as I heard the members continue to yell.

My friend asked me, "Kyra-San, what if they come after us?!"

I answered without looking at her, "Then I'll kick their asses!"

After a few moments without saying anything, we ran into the bushes, and looked to see if any of the Zoroki members were trying to find us. And since we were pretty far away from them, I could barely see the ship.

But Suri broke the silence by saying, "It looks like they're not going to try to find us."

I shook my head. "I guess not. Well, at least I can head back to the Shinsengumi Headquarters safely!"

The orange-haired woman gave me a small smile as she replied, "True. We should go. I'm glad to get out of the Zoroki ship."

"Yep! Those assholes won't make your life miserable again! At least, I don't think you were miserable in the first place. Man, time went by fast. And by that, I mean that I'm going home in a day and a half. I will admit, when I go home, I'll miss Hijikata-San."

"Why? Do you like him?" Suri asked with a tease.

I wasn't embarrassed by her question, so I answered, "Just as a friend."

Then, we were walking out of the bushes, and were finally going back to the Headquarters. I wasn't holding Suri's hand anymore, but I was still holding my clothes. Boy, was Hijkata going to be happy when I got back. Wait, no, he wouldn't be happy. He would just be in shock.

-Hijikata's POV-

I gave out a sigh as I was still wondering where the Zoroki crew was. They kidnapped Kyra, and the Shinsengumi and I haven't seen her since yesterday! I was getting really frustrated.

I was sitting on the porch, smoking my cigarette, as usual. My legs were crossed, and so were my arms. Kondo walked towards me, and told me, "Toshi, we can't find Kyra-San anywhere. We've been searching for her since yesterday, and we still couldn't find her!"

A sigh escaped my lips again as I replied to the Chief, "I know that we still haven't found her, but she must be found before her parents get back. Kondo-San, you know that time goes by so fast, you don't even know it's been the next day. Her parents will scold us forever if we don't find that brat by Sunday."

Kondo sat next to me, only he didn't cross his legs. He said, "I don't know what to say or even think anymore. Sure, she's been getting on almost everyone's nerves, but we tried to protect her for a reason."

"I know that reason already, Kondo-San. You don't have to tell me."

When Kondo was about to speak, we heard loud noises coming from the front gate of the Shinsengumi Headquarter. The voice was shouting out, "LET ME IN, YOU BITCHES! IT'S ME! KYRA THE CRAZY GIRL!"

As the voice called out the name, my blue eyes widened in shock. Could it really be her? I stood up quickly, and ran towards the front gate. Kondo ran behind me, so he was basically following me.

I ran until I was at the gate. The voice shouted again, "DID YOU ASSHOLES NOT HEAR ME?! I SAID OPEN THE DAMN GATE!"

I rolled my eyes as I finally opened it. Then, I saw Kyra. She gave me a mad look on her face, and there was another girl beside her. When I saw her, I sighed in relief, and was glad that she was alright.

But when I looked at the outfit that she was wearing, I asked her, "Kyra-San, what the hell are you wearing?"

She looked down at the weird looking outfit that was only covering her "private parts". Kyra answered, "The leader of the Zoroki bastards made me wear this. But I'm not embarrassed to wear it! In fact, it's quite comfortable!"

Just by seeing a lot of her skin, my face was starting to turn red. How could she not be embarrassed by wearing such fabric?!

I turned my head to the side, and told her, "Go change into your normal clothes!"

"Fine, fine," She said. "But I'm keeping this fabric because I actually quite like it."

With that being said, she and the girl walked in the Headquarters. But I landed my hand on the girl's shoulder, and when she turned around to see me, I asked her, "Who're you?"

She answered, "My name is Suri. I was part of the Zoroki crew, but I wanted to leave so bad, I decided to go with Kyra-San."

I narrowed my eyes at her, and told her, "Don't let Kyra-San break anything. And you do know that you're not going to live with the Shinsengumi members."

The girl named Suri narrowed her eyes as well, replying, "I figured. I'll see if I can be with Kyra-San and her parents."

"Good luck with that," I muttered sarcastically. She knitted her brows, but followed Kyra as the two were pretty much going to Kyra's room.

I landed my hand on my forehead, and thought, At least the brat's back. Now we don't have to worry about her parents coming.

The next night, the Shinsengumi, plus me, Kondo and Sougo, were in the huge room, having a party for Kyra's return, and a little bit for her leaving the next day. We did it tonight because Kyra said it was too late last night, plus the party was her idea. I didn't want to throw a party at first, but I had second thoughts, and figured that I would be able to drink some same anyways. All the Shinsengumi members were wearing casual men's-wear kimonos.

Kyra was in her normal clothes again, but she said that she would keep the fabric. I still didn't understand why she wasn't embarrassed by wearing something that reveals a lot of her skin, but I guess I'll never know.

As some of the Shinsengumi members were drinking sake, I saw Kyra grabbing the bottle of sake, and she exclaimed to Yamazaki, "Yamazaki-San, I want some sake!"

Yamazaki informed the girl, "But Kyra-San, you'll just hog off all of it."

"Like I give a crap!" She snapped at the man, making him flinch. Kyra lifted the bottle up, and landed the top of the bottle on her lips. There, she was drinking it. Even though she was old enough to drink alcohol, I don't think that she's ever drank sake before.

When the purple-haired girl stopped drinking for a moment, she smirked at the bottle, and muttered to herself, "This shit's good." She was drinking it again. I only had a small cup of sake, because I didn't want to get too drunk, like some of the members.

Sougo asked with a mischievous smirk on his face, "Don't you want to get drunk like Kyra-San?"

"Why would I?" I asked, caring less.

He laughed, "Because I can tell you want to kiss her."

"Don't be stupid," I retorted.

Kondo was reaching out for the sake bottle, while exclaiming to Kyra, "Give me the sake! It's not just for you!"

She yelled, "Beat it, Gorilla-Pooper!"

"It's not Gorilla-Pooper!"

"You smell like one, too!" I rolled my eyes once more, and could already tell that Kyra was not only ignoring Kondo, but she was also looking drunk since her cheeks were beginning to turn red.

As I was finished with my second cup of sake, I decided to stop drinking it for now. But I may drink another cup later.

I was only watching the party, instead of joining it. Probably because I wasn't into parties much, but then again, I've been to a few parties, including the time where a member joined the Shinsengumi, but that was a long time ago.

Soon, almost all the members were either drunk or tired. But the ones who were tired went home. As for the rest who were drunk, they were snoring kind of loudly. I didn't know why, but I was lying down on the floor, with my hands behind my head. I stared at the ceiling as I could hear groaning. I didn't have to look to see who it was. It was obviously Kyra. Her friend, Suri was sleeping in Kyra's room. Kondo was actually nice enough to hand Suri a futon, just so that she wouldn't have to sleep on the floor itself.

Kyra sort of crawled towards me. She muttered as she made a weird looking smile, "H-Hijikata-San..."

My eyes closed as she was getting closer to me. She hiccuped a few times, but soon, her hiccups were gone. But she was still drunk.

Her hands landed on my chest. She muttered again, "Hijikata-San...I'm drunk, aren't I?" I continued to close my eyes, and without an answer, she said, "I wish you would be the one saving me from those motherfuckers. And since you couldn't find me...well, I would hate you, but I don't."

She wasn't getting off of my chest. Instead, she landed her chest on mine. When I smelled her breath, it smelled exactly like sake. She continued to say, "Oh well, I managed to get myself, and Suri, out of that hellhole. I'd rather be here in this dump than to get stuck with creeps. Yep, they were the ones who made me wear that outfit..."

I finally opened my eyes, only it was half-way. I thought, I suppose she's going to tell the whole truth, if that's possible.

I stayed silent. Kyra said a little more quietly, "...but I still like the outfit. That isn't what I w-want to say, Hijikata-San...I...I never wanted to admitted it to anybody, but I'll tell you a little secret."

The girl leaned over, and whispered in my ear, "My secret is...I love you, Hijikata-San."

The second she said that, I widened my eyes in shock. I thought, She loves me? What is she talking about?

She whispered again, "That was the reason why I would always follow you, and why I would insult you. I...I refused to admit it to anyone, even the Shinsengumi morons. But you're the only member that I care deeply about."

As soon as she said that, she landed her lips on mine. She was kissing me. I widened my eyes once again.

I thought again, Wait a minute...

I was now having thoughts of what Kyra was saying to me while she was in the Headquarters.

"Don't think I won't try to talk to you later."

"Will it be okay if I peek into the bathroom you'll be going in?"

"Why didn't you come to the spot I saved you?!"

"Because you're funny!"

Thinking about it now, I've realized that she really does care for me. But she never wanted to admit that she liked me, more than a friend. Well, I can't return her feelings because I don't love her (Since she's a brat), but at least I'll have some piece and quiet when she goes home with her parents, and that other girl.

I'm not exactly warming up to her, but I'll definitively tease her about liking me tomorrow.

Kyra has done it. She confessed her feelings to Hijikata while she was drunk! XD Of course, she'll forget she even did that the next day, unless Hijikata tells her.

The next chapter will be the last. :P

Hope you enjoyed chapter 11! :)