Kagura woke up in the room that used to be hers when she was still living with the Shimura siblings.
For more than three years, she had slept every night and woke up every morning between the walls of this tatami room. Back then, she really enjoyed the space compared to the closet of Gin-chan! Now, she noticed how little was the room compared to her new one at the Yamato building.
Because her new place was much farther than the dojo, she slowly took the habit to get up early in order to get on time –or at least not too late- at the Yorozuya.
Taking off the yukata that Otae had lent her to sleep, she realized that both the bites and the hickey from yesterday had disappeared within the night. How convenient to be a Yato! Now she wouldn't have to worry about anyone seeing it!
Even if it was already too late for the Sadist...
Today was the 6th day of training, or was supposed to be because she doubted he would even show up...
Well, perhaps it was for the best.
After all, Kagura didn't really feel like meeting with him for now. This situation was... awkward.
How did it become like this by the way? When did she begin to feel like this around him?
Also... what about Kamui? How should she react when she would come back this evening?
Act as if nothing happened? Be her usual self just like him?
So many things going on at the same time...
She let out a long sigh and changed into her white dress.
-Oh! You're already up! That's unusual of you Kagura-chan, stated Shinpachi.
-If I don't wake up early, it's certainly not that idiot brother who'll wake me up! She complained.
-Heeeeh~ So Kamui-san is even worse than you? Ha ha! You two sure are heavy sleepers, right?
She snorted while crossing her arms.
-Where's breakfast?
His shoulders and smile slumped.
"and heavy eaters too…"
-6:00 PM-
Kagura left the Yorozuya.
On her way back home, she decided to take a little look around the park...
Just to check.
Really!
Glancing discreetly around her, she climbed the tallest tree and sat on a branch, waiting for the flaxen-haired to possibly come.
-6:30 PM-
No signs of that damn tax robber... and the Yato easily understood that it would probably not change if she waited any longer.
"Tch! That bastard! How dare he stand me up like this!?"
Upset but also a bit disappointed, Kagura left the park of Kabukicho.
Dragging pensively her feet along the streets, the sound of a very 'sadistic' voice brought her back from her daze.
Catching sight of the policeman, Kagura quickly turned at the first corner to hid herself into a back alley.
Well, well~ That so busy high-ranked officer had no time to waste with her but could still waste it in buying some random flowers~?
Wait...! Flowers?!
Was that slacker going on a date, or what?!
"That fuck—"
She stopped her mental cursing at some unexpected realization.
Could it be... could these flowers be for her?!
Thinking clearly, it did make sense.
Neither Kagura nor Sougo was a kid anymore, so perhaps the guy realized that his previous behavior toward her was a bit harsh? That he had gone a little overboard by leaving like this?
Or perhaps he wanted to make up for being so late today?
Or maybe all of it at the same time?!
Somehow, the possibility that the Sadist was buying her flowers made her heart race and her cheeks blush.
"No way! I'm sure they must be carnivorous or toxic plants! It's obviously a trap, right?!"
But... if this -so beautiful- bouquet wasn't for her... then, who was it for...?
Curious like never, she followed the man to discover the truth.
Much to the Yato's surprise, her little spinning led her up to the O-Edo cemetery.
The Sadist was standing in front of a grave while she was hiding behind a tree. Since when that guy had respect for dead -or alive- people!?
Then, he gently put the bouquet at the stone's base as an offering for the one resting.
-I have no excuse, but please, forgive me for coming so late, Aneue.
Kagura froze at the word, her eyes growing wide as saucers.
Since when the Sadist had a sister?!
Wait! Had he others siblings?!
But... where was his family, then...?
So many questions she had never thought of before...
"How is she dead?" "When did it happen?" "Who knows about it?" "What was her name?" "Did the Gorilla and the Mayo-lover knew her?"
After all these years, there were still so many things that Kagura didn't know about the famous Captain Okita Sougo.
While she listened to his low talking, her throat tightened painfully. Eyeing him from afar, she managed to read the dates of birth and death.
"Oh my God…!"
Only four years ago.
Kagura knew oh too well the pain of losing a loved one. She had lost her mother when she was still a child and despite the long years and her cheerful nature, there were times where it was hard and painfully lonely.
Yet, that guy had lost his sister only four years ago and never, had she noticed him being sad, gloomy, or even a bit lost in his thoughts... not even once.
If someone like him was standing here right now, Kagura knew that meant he did care for his sister at some point.
How did he do to hide his grief every day? How is it that she only learned about such an important matter now? Weren't they closer than that?
"Exactly, China: Nothing. Nothing about you is my business."
Ah, right.
That simple fact was so true and yet, she had almost forgotten about it; they were not close, much less friends.
She used to feel concerned about him sometimes -as in the affair with Kirie-chan*- but it was a bit different and... after all, he had summarized their relationship perfectly well: nothing about one was the other's business, right?
Not back then, not now, and probably not in the future either...
How... sad.
Though Kagura was really feeling bad for the Sadist right now, many other 'sad' memories came back to her.
She had the chance to still have her father -not Gin-chan but her Papi, as she called him- yet because of his job, she almost never saw him. Actually, the last time she had seen him was... When? Like three years ago? When she had stopped both him and her idiot brother to kill each other?
Clearly, a family is far from being always full of sunshine... especially when you're a Yato!
Hopefully, after that incident, Kagura had been able to make up with her long-lost brother, Kamui. Well, it still took him three years to finally show up before her, but to be honest, she didn't look for him either...
At least, that idiot was back to his old brother-like self! And more than that, he was the only family that Kagura had at the moment and she truly was happy to live with him.
But...
What if he wasn't here anymore?
What if he happened to disappear once again while leaving her behind? What if he fell sick like their mother? What if he suddenly got killed by one of his numerous old enemies?
What if...
She was left all alone?
And to think that a few hours ago, the only thing that was worrying the girl was how to face him! But now, she couldn't care less about the fact he had bitten or even kissed her.
Okay, he may be a Sadist and a Siscon, but he was alive. And above all; he was with her, living peacefully like the old times without trying to beat her, to kill their father or even her friends.
Kagura treasured their current relationship and had the firm intention to make sure it would remain like this.
Since a certain time now, Sougo had the feeling to be spied on.
Of course, by respect for his sister, he feigned to be aware of it and ignored the eyes and ears listening to his prayers.
When he had bid farewell to Mitsuba, the young Captain decided to lure his stalker and catch him on the spot. To his disappointment, the only thing he found was a perfectly normal and silent tree.
"Ah."
Looking better at the trunk, he noticed a lone hair of a very familiar vermilion color stuck to the bark.
He let out a long and tired sigh. Did the noisy Yato girl felt so bad for the poor little policeman that she ended up deciding to give him some privacy?
Well, perhaps it was better like this...?
With this, he wouldn't have to explain something he didn't want to talk about and even less when it was with the China girl.
If there was one person in this world that Sougo didn't want to talk with about his life, it was without a doubt -after Hijikata the bastard- the happy Yorozuya girl...
Slowly, he let the hair drift away with the wind, and walked back to the compound with his hands deep in the pockets.
Back to living their little life their separate ways? Not caring about the other unless they're facing each other? Not interacting with the other unless it's for killing each other?
"..."
At least, she would keep quiet for some time.
Kamui was laid on the sofa ready for his favorite show to begin.
Eyeing quickly the clock, he wondered when his sister would come back, and jolted when the entrance door abruptly opened.
Curious, he glanced over the backrest. Kagura walked slowly.
She entered the living room without saying anything, the head low and hair curtaining her face.
-…You okay…? He asked, slightly surprised.
Still silent, she pursued her way up to him and stood in front of the sofa.
For the first time, he couldn't decipher her strange aura and way-too-quiet behavior... until he saw her face.
She looked at him with eyes on the verge of tears.
Immediately, he sat up to ask her what happened when the girl suddenly threw herself at him, forcing him to lay back. He blinked, wondering what was going on while she hugged him increasingly tighter with her face nestling against his chest.
For some unknown reason, Kagura kept mumbling something about not wanting to be left alone. Kamui wasn't sure to get what she meant, but he couldn't let his cute little sister like this, right?
-Heeeh~ Did you miss me that much~? He trolled playfully.
Like the Tsundere that she was, she ordered him to shut up and told him he was but an idiot.
He laughed at her casual sass, but the way she desperately tried to muffle her trembling voice when she spoke... he wasn't that idiot either.
She may try to hold her tears back, he knew her too well to recognize the crybaby from their childhood.
Gently, he hugged her back and stroked her long hair.
-There, there...
As if his words had broken the last wall restraining the waves of her piled up emotions, Kagura was now sobbing into Kamui's arms.
If he had suspected her behavior to change after the recent events, he certainly would have never imagined this outcome to happen! Did he miscalculate something, or what?
Kagura winced when she woke up. Somehow, her head felt ready to explode anytime... well, after all the tears she had shed earlier, it wasn't that surprising, right?
Lifting her face from her cushion, she realized she was still laying over Kamui who seemed to have fallen asleep. No wonder her cushion was so hard with his muscled chest! However, the warmth of his body and the loud thumps of his heart had something comforting, if not soothing.
He also had a faint smell on him which she couldn't describe. It was a bit like...
Well, you know, that peculiar scent of one's own house? The same scent that one can't even smell anymore because one's so used to having it every day in its nose trills? The scent that one can only remember after being away from home for a long time?
Kamui had that smell on him. The smell of a once forgotten but always longed-for home. The smell of her home mixed with a hint of nostalgia.
To be honest, Kagura felt good where she was. Not physically of course, because clearly, the sofa where they were laid on wasn't made for two people to sleep together! No, actually, she felt good inside. Being held in her big brother's arms, it felt good.
Despite the fact that she couldn't refrain from blushing because of their embarrassing position, her heart was at peace. She admitted that lying on top of Kamui was undoubtedly weird considering they were siblings –and that they had kissed…- but then again, because they were siblings, maybe it wasn't that strange to be so close to one another?
She tried to get up when he yawned. Still a bit uneasy –especially after having shown him her weakest side- she stiffened.
-So? Feeling better, now? He inquired tiredly.
-…my head hurts…
He laughed before to pat her head again.
On the next evening, Kamui was genuinely shocked to see that after his bath, the girl had voluntarily decided to sleep with him.
Without asking him prior, she had casually slipped under his blanket, waiting for him to join her.
If many things popped into his mind at that time, her puffy eyes soon wiped them all. As if he could think of something else when she was in such a state!
Kagura on her side couldn't stop the flow of so many years of wounds and loneliness...
A part of her was also purposely taking advantage of the situation to act like a spoiled child, but life was so short and precious that Kamui's affection was more than welcome. Truth is that for now, that was all she really wanted: to be pampered by her big brother and showered with love she never really had.
That's why, when he got into the bed at her side, the girl naturally snuggled against him like a cat asking to be petted.
Kagura assumed that her current mood was partly due to her playful hormones. After making her feel hot and horny, they were now making her sad and gloomy.
Before, she only wished to rape the man she had set her eyes on, and now she was desperately looking to be comforted. Somehow, the Yato pitied all the pregnant women who had to bear with hypersensitive emotions...!
Hopefully, that also meant that she wasn't lusting after her brother anymore and if he was supposed to be the one having a sister complex, anyone unaware of it could think that it was actually the other way around as she kept clinging to him like a baby to its mother.
After that one night though, the girl had returned to sleep into her own room as if nothing ever happened. Well, this time nothing –aside for her never-ending needs of attention- had happened after all. The siblings had just shared a bed to sleep in.
Since the day he had let the girl alone in the park –after some kind of quarrel- Sougo hadn't met with her.
He knew she had more or less followed him to the cemetery and if he expected her to make an appearance at some point, the fact he hadn't seen her for days didn't surprise him more than that either.
He assumed she might feel awkward about his sister's death as well as their previous fight... And in all honestly, himself felt a bit... relieved, to be far from her.
He didn't have to bother anymore with her training –how tiring it was against a Yato like her!- and Hijikata –that bastard- finally decided to let him be.
In short, The Sadist and the China girl had returned to their own lives and -purposely or not- avoided to meet with each other at the same time.
*Kirie-chan is a daughter's samurai accusing Sougo of having murdered her father in the Rokakku case (ep.186-187)
Everyone has its own secrets... Especially Sougo and Kagura~!
Will these two even talk to each other again?
Has Kagura's lust completely disappeared?
Is Kamui a cannibal Siscon or not!?
Like always:
1- Review!
2- Stay tuned (and patient)
3- Keep calm and watch the new Gintama Anime ;)
4- It's optionnal, but you can always drink some strawberry milk as you wait ^^ (I prefer banana flavored milk tho)