Chapter 11: Love on a Battlefield
Starlite: This chapter will be longer than the last chapter thank goodness. I only own the characters that you don't see in the anime/manga. STOP CALLING ME!!! Hehe!
Jine was laying in his bed that the Shinsengumi had provided for him for his service there. It had been raining all night and the thunder was keeping him awake. He thought about the letter he had read from Ann-chan the night before. Risako couldn't be dying. She was so young and she was going to be a mother. What could have happened? Why was this happening to him. He couldn't leave. He had to stay there where he was needed. But was he needed more back with Risako? Ann thought that this had something to do with him and she said she was going to be visiting soon. If Risako died because of him, he'd really go crazy. But how long did it take for that letter to get here? Wouldn't that mean....
"Udo Jine!" a man outside yelled. Jine ran outside and snapped to attention. "You are needed in Captain Motosawa's office immediatly."
"Yes sir!" he said as he ran to his bosses room.
When he got there his captain was not there. Just a hooded figure, who sttod up from the chair they were sitting in and approached Jine. He put his hand on his sword as this mysterious person came closer. As soon as they were standing about three feet away they removed the cloak. It was a woman. She had long blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. She looked very familier, but Jine couldn't figure out who it was.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Jine, listen....As much as it came to my surprise that my hair color changed I don't think I have changed that much. It's Ann-chan. After all these years of fighting with Dad I got my punishment. I look like the female version of him! And you aren't helping my anger any by laughing..."
"Uhuhuhuhuhu!!! That's what you get! Oh my goodness...Daddy's little twin are we?" he laughed at Ann's irony.
"Anyway, all things aside, what I have come to talk to you about is NOT a laughing matter. Risako has fallen into a depression that is eating away at her as the days go on. Everyday she looks worse, but also, she's gaining weight. Jine, you have to talk to her. Not just for her. For her unborn child. If something happens to it I think she'll kill herself. Her marriage with Tasuke is doing very well and she seems to be content only when he is around. She is hallucinating and is suffering from insomnia. Jine, go to her. If you don't she will surely die. Do you want the blood of Risako and her child on your hands?"
"No. I can't let that happen! You stay here until I get back. You have to or I can't get Risako!" Jine yelled as he ran out the door. "I'll be back in a week or two!"
"Oh God...I'm stuck here....For a week or two.....Oh well! I'm sure there are a few cute guys around her!" she smiled
Ann wandered around the base. Somehow she managed not to get caught by any improtant people for several hours, but it didn't take long after she removed the hood again. An big official looking man walked up to her.
"Miss, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at home cooking?" he glared.
"Actually sir, I was here to apply for the cooking job over there." she said as she pointed to a sign that said "Help Wanted".
"Oh, go right ahead then." he got out of her way.
"That was luck..." she murmured.
After she applied for her job, she wandered around and found Jine's tent. She started going through his things.
"Hmmmmm....Here's a picture of Risako. I wonder what he does with this when he's alone in this tent....Oh look, its some letters she wrote him. Oh look! Sake! Woo hoo!" she said as she grabbed a bottle. Unfortuantly it was still attched to Hiromu's hand from a hard night of drinking. The noise woke him up.
"Jine, this one's mine I already told you...Whoa! You're not Jine! You're hot!" he exclaimed.
"Yes, I'm aware of that. My name is Ann. But you can call me Ann-chan like everyone else." she smiled.
"My name's Hiromu. Pleasure to meet you! Hey! Aren't you Jine's woman's sister?" he remembered their convorsation from the other night.
"That would be me."
"Are you the one with all the children with different fathers?"
"That would be me..." she said with less enthusiasm. "So I take it you are Jine's roommate?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Oh. Ok! Your my roommate now! I'm taking Jine's tent for a while, until he gets back."
"Whoa! Did I get killed in battle? I think I'm in heaven. Hehe! Wait..Where's Jine?"
"He went to keep my sister from commiting suicide."
"Oh...Sounds like fun...Soooooo, what do you want to do?"
"Show me around. This tent smells like a man."
Meanwhile back with Jine...
It took him a few days to get to Kyoto. When he got there he knew his way around almost instantly. The first place he went was the Kitagwa restaurant. When he stepped inside all the waitresses stared at him. But someone was overjoyed to see him there.
"Jine!" Andi ran up to him. "Jine you're back!"
"Hello Andi." he smiled. "Where is Risako?"
Andi became somber. "Sissy is upstairs in her room. Be careful though. Tasuke doesn't like it when we visit. He won't even let me and Iwa see her."
"Tasuke can't stop me from seeing her." he said.
He walked upstairs to her room and knocked on the door. He heard footsteps and then the door opened. There standing in front of him was Tasuke. He didn't look happy for Jine's presense.
"Get out of here. Get out, now! I do not want you around MY wife or MY developing child! Go back to where you came from!" Tasuke yelled.
"Listen you impotent bastard! I don't know what you've done to make MY Risako unhappy, but the only thing stopping me from ripping your ass to shreads it that woman and her child in there!" Jine rebutted.
Their screaming woke Risako up. "Jine? Is that you?" she said weakly.
"No Risako, it's someone else. Go back to sleep." Tasuke lied through his teeth.
"No. It is Jine. He's come back to me. Let me see him." she said as she approached the door. Jine didn't hesitate to knock Tasuke aside like a ragdoll in order to talk to Risako. She fell into his arms. "Oh Jine. I've missed you."
He kissed the top of her head. "Risako, I have a question."
"Yes?"
"Come and live with me for a while. Ann-chan said you weren't doing well and so I want you to come with me."
"I will. I'm not happy here. I'm sure I would be happier with you." she smiled and looked to make sure Tasuke was unconcious. "But first, I need to tell you something."
"Yeah?"
"Jine, I only married Tasuke because I knew that my father wouldn't let me marry you after that. And I was afraid to bring shame to my family. I needed a husband and fast. Jine, the child I'm pregnant with is yours."
"What?! Really?!"
"Yes. I'm positive. Jine, lets leave."
"Yes Ma'am!" he said as he started packing her things.
About halfway out of town a strange man asked Risako for directions into Kyoto. She simply told him that she wasn't sure why he was asking because he was already most of the way there. He looked fairly young and seemed to be very strong. Then Jine, being very overprotective, told him to get away from her if he wanted to be able to father any children anytime in the future.
"Jine, that wasn't nice...." Risako sweatdropped.
"Sometimes you can't be nice. Nice just gets you pushed aroruund and raped. Now stay right here for a second. I gotta take a leak." he said. When he got back, Risako was gone and a note was left where she was standing. It said:
Dear sir,
Don't bother trying to find this lovely lady. By the time you find her she wll have been dead for days. We'll see how rude you are next time!
Your friendly neighborhood rapist.
"Dammit! Can't that girl do anything right!" he yelled.
Meanwhile back with Ann-chan...
After being left alone with a man for several days Ann had already slept with him. A strange feeling had come over her. Was this the end of her searching for the perfect man? She breathed in deeply as she brushed his ebony hair out of his face. He was knocked out cold. She really did a number on him the previous night. She had never felt this kind of satisfaction before in her life. As he awoke he saw her staring at him. "Is something wrong? I haven't scared you, have I?" he asked.
"No, definatly not. I think I'm in love with you. I've never felt this way with a man. Besides I have two children and they need a father figure. I want you as my husband. Please. I know we've only known each other for a few days but I know in my heart that I'm in love!" she smiled.
"Ann-chan. I will marry you. But I must do two things before that." he said.
"What might that be?"
"First, I need to write a letter to my wife, telling her that I want a divorace. Then, I want to replay last night almost identically except in a few different positions."
"Sounds great!" she smiled.
Meanwhile back with Risako...
She had never been tied to a tree, nor did she ever want to be tied to a tree, but no matter how you look at it she was, in fact, tied to a tree. The strange had a knife at her throat and was kissing her neck. She was worried. She had thrown off a few things so Jine could find her but it was only making things easier for this creep. He backed off for a few minutes. "Oh...I'm just going to take my time with a pretty one like you. I don't want you to miss a thing. Heh heh heh!"
"Oh...Joy..." she growled.
"I'm glad your happy cause I know I'm going to be in a few minutes. Heh!" he said as he grabbed her ass. She spit in his eye.
"Get away from me!"
"Oh I'm sure you aren't pure are you? I certainly couldn't see that happening? Are you afraid to lose your purity?" he snickered.
She looked and saw that he was getting hard just by talking to her and kissing her. "Hell no! I haven't been pure since I was eightteen! And all the guys that I've fucked have been WAY bigger than you!" she yelled, her daddy's attitude was coming out in her.
That really made the man mad and just as he was about to tear off her kimono Jine rushed in with his sword drawn. "Get the Hell away from Risako! NOW!" he was furious.
"If you take one more step I'll kill her! Don't think I won't! and just to make sure you are taking me seriously I'll just cut her a little bit. You just stay back and let me do what I'm going to do." the strangrer growled.
"Jine! Just leave! I don't want you hurt! I'll be fine! Hnnnnn... " she tried to suck up the pain as he cut her from her collar bone down to the top of her breast. That made Jine livid. That man was touching and hurting Risako! But what could he do? The man would kill her if he tried to get close enough and rape as he stood far away. What could he do? Suddenly he got an idea, but it would have to work the first time.
"Hey you bastard that's handling MY woman!" Jine yelled.
"What did you call me?!" the man said as he directed his attention to Jine instead of Risako. Just as the man looked at him, Jine sent pounding waves from his eyes that froze the man in place so Jine could slice him up into a hundred million pieces. When he untied Risako, she kissed him and simply said "I love you."
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