Talking with your mouthful is rude in all countries
Chapter 24: Next chapter
Charlotte: We certainly gone a long way haven't we?
Irish: Yeah you've been a good OC; I wish I could have done more so maybe I'll do some one-shots here or there.
Charlotte: Now we can only hope the anime returns next year.
Irish: I don't own Gintama
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They say if you love someone you'll let them go if they come back then they're yours if they don't then it was never meant to be (or something like that).
That would work if you're a normal person but for me it doesn't work. Personally I think being normal is the worst thing ever, in my mind normal means boring that doesn't mean I don't force myself to do weird things like ostrich riding and eel massaging I just don't give a shit when people call me weird-what was I talking about again? Oh yeah that saying and how it doesn't work in my situation. For me it's; if you love someone you'll fight them to the death and uh I'm not really sure after that. I really shouldn't make up a saying until if I have thought about it all the way through. As I have done for most of my life I'll make it up as I go.
"You ready Daydra?"
Kamui said in an almost sultry voice.
The whole thing amused him. I'll show him, I'll beat the shit out of him. That way he hurt Edo and I can still be with him without feeling guilty. He took that crazy Yato battle stance and I took mine.
"Get ready Daydra here I come!"
Kamui said before he charged toward me, a fist ready to meet my gut.
I quickly dodged, if he gets one good hit on me I'm done for. After seeing him fight I knew how to attack him without getting seriously hurt. I would have to dodge or parry his attacks and the only way I could do damage is through counter attacks. The main problem is that I was taking more damage than I was giving. I would have to attack fast and hard.
The loser of this battle isn't going to be the weakest but the one who gives up first.
As I was dodging his attack I spun around and kicked him in the back. This sent him into some storage crates, which splintered around him like styro-foam. That would have hurt a normal person even someone like Gin (it would hurt only a little for him) but to Kamui it was just a light tap. He stood up dusted of his clothes and then he was gone.
But I knew where he was; this was the same trick he did in the park that night after the party. I looked up; he was right above me I waited for the right moment to roll out of the way. I knew Kamui stopped half way during that attack; if he used his full power the hull would break and we'd all die. The moment his foot touched the ground he used that momentum to add power to his charge at me but I was ready. Master always said that if someone charges at you, you a spinning attack and uses a charge attack when someone uses a spinning attack (weird I know). When he came into range I did a spinning back kick to his head. Sadly he grabbed my foot and used to both regain his balance and send me flying into some crates.
My whole body stung but I could let something like this stop me. This pain is nothing compared to the pain the citizens of Edo will feel if I give up.
"This is pointless Daydra, if you surrender now I promise I'll punish you gently"
Wait how does get gently punished-oh that pervert!
"Fuck off!"
I screamed as I threw a piece of crate at him.
While the wood distracted him I ran up dropped down and kicked him across the ankles (or a dragon tail for those who know martial arts technique). As he was now horizontal to the ground I raised my leg up and axe kicked him, I was aiming straight for the gut. It doesn't matter how strong you are, you can't train your organs.
I didn't get to his organs, he caught me leg and flung me upward. My body was spinning around like a fucking pinwheel but that wasn't the problem, if I were to hit something hard like the walls of the ship I would die.
I was caught not by cold hard steel but caught by a warm hard Kamui. He softly put me on my feet and punched me right in the gut. I now knew what it felt like to have a tiny train blow through your gut. I vomited blood my knees stopped working and I fell to the ground. I was on my hands and knees watching the blood drip from mouth. I had never been hit that hard before or maybe I have and I just don't remember.
"Just give up Daydra you'll end up killing yourself"
I saw my reflection in the blood I looked like shit. What would Gin do? What would Goku do? What would master do? Gin would do something crazy, Goku would over power him and master would use proper technique I couldn't do any of those things.
It doesn't matter! What matters is what I do!
"No! I made a promise that I would protect Edo!"
I looked at him giving the smirk of a lifetime. He had to see that no matter how hard he hit me I wasn't going to stop.
"A promise? Whom did you promise to?"
What you jealous?
"To no one but myself!"
I jumped up grabbed his shirt and punched him across the face. I kept punching him until I felt more blood needing to come out of mouth. Gin told me how he defeated Hosen he attacked him relentlessly so he couldn't even react. I swallowed the blood in my mouth and kept attacking. I saw blood on my knuckles and I was happy to know it wasn't mine. Before the blood left my mouth I was kicked into more crates. Kamui was showing me no mercy and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I rubbed my side; he had broken three ribs all on the same side. I had to make sure he didn't hit me there again or those broken ribs will crash into my soft organs. A dark shadow loomed over me, I was pushed back down. I felt a presence over my body. His arms secured themselves around my head to make sure that I wasn't going anywhere. Soft pink hair was tickling my cheeks. I looked to see two piercing blue blaring into mine. We looked at each other, neither of us trying to say anything through our eyes we just looked at each other.
"This battle this battle makes me sick"
He finally said.
"Kamui?"
"Is it because I am fighting you that it so terrible?"
I didn't say anything I just let him talk. He just seemed so confused about something? I wonder if it's the same feeling that I felt about him in what seems so long ago.
"It hurts me to see you hurt. It hurts even more for me to hurt you. It shouldn't hurt! Why does it hurt? Answer me Daydra answer me!"
I said the first thing that came into my head.
"Maybe it's because you care about me"
"Then why can't I fight you?"
I reached up and stroked his cheek. He seemed to lean into my touch.
"When you care about someone you don't want to see them hurt"
I said softly.
"But I'm upset with you! You want to leave me! Yet every time I strike you it feels like I'm striking myself"
My heart was suddenly filled with love for him. Love? Yes that's right love. He cares about me; he doesn't want to see me hurt. I'm in love with him and I don't care how bat shit crazy he is. I'm in love with a crazy alien pink-haired jackass. You can judge me if you want because I don't give a fuck!
"I love you"
"What did you say?"
"I love you"
He made a face that made me think that I had stabbed him in the heart. Was it too soon? Did he not want me to love him? I'm so confused right now! I think I fucked it up really badly! Aw man where's a sniper bullet when you need one?
"Did I say something wrong?"
I asked.
You must ask these things because maybe you could (not fix) patch it up or make it suck a little less.
"You can't love me"
"Why not? You have been working so hard at it, do you really dislike me or are you just in it for the thrill of the chase?"
"Yato are meant to be on the battlefield the only emotion we know is hate"
It was such a deep question but right there it felt like the easier question in the world (next to do you love me?).
"If there is hate then there must also be love. You can't have one without the other, if you can hate someone than you can love someone too."
I smiled at him; even if he were to kill me right then and there I would be okay with it. I would have no regrets (I would afterwards you can bet your ass I will) none at all. I really have to stop living in the moment sometimes but I digress.
"I should kill you, you're making me weak and vulnerable. Being with you goes against everything I have worked for."
Dents were starting to form on the floor from the pressure from his fists.
"Is that such a bad thing? Everyone has to show some weakness if you have to show them to someone then why not me?"
His body collapsed on top of mine. He wasn't that heavy about the size of an average human but he was trying to kept most of his weight of me but something in him just seemed to I don't know shut down. His face was buried in my collarbone as if any second now he was going to motorboat me. My body moving on its own put one of my hands on his back and other on the top of his head softly stroking his hair. He tries to be so strong but sometimes I think that deep inside he's very fragile.
I always had this theory that the reason that he's this way, the reason that he's so obsessed with strength and Yato blood is that he's trying to protect himself. When he confronted his father about his constant absence he was beaten so badly that he's now trying to become so strong that no one will hurt him again. He's trying to push everyone away because his father left him, his mother died and I guess his master left him to the Harusame. I believe this is a case of a extreme tsundere and I find it totally adorable. If he starts crying I won't be able to stop myself from going "Kyyaaaa!"(Like how Gaara started crying after that speech from his dad I felt bad for him but he was just so fucking cute!).
"If you tell anyone about this I'll kill you"
He said his voice muffled in my shirt.
I bet he was blushing when he said, too cute.
"Your secret is safe with me"
We stayed like that for so long. I didn't enjoy a moment like this from before, there was so much that needed to be done. All this talk would get us nowhere, we would understand each other better but understand doesn't save Edo. We're stuck in this limbo one of us try to do the things that need to be done but the other pulls us back into this purgatory. We're together and happy but we're miserable at the same time. It's like that stupid song from that boy band whose name I can't remember. I feel with or without you. I wonder what's worse purgatory or hell? You're not suffering but you'll never be happy either. I'm so confused; I've said that a lot but I am. I don't know what to do? I want to stay with him but I can't.
Some please help me? Give me some advice anything that would make this decision any easier. God I've asked for a lot of things over the course of my life; a pony, master to lay off, bringing my master back to life all those things are peanuts compared to this.
Please give me a sign.
It doesn't have be neon pink with howler monkeys with bazookas on it. It just has to be something. It could be even vague but not that vague I'm not very perceptive, as you already know.
Nothing, no thunderclouds or screaming or anything that could help me. If I weren't so busy petting Kamui (that sounded really weird) whose hair was as soft as puppy ears I would have screamed waving my arms around like psycho.
BANG!
A crate fell over empting its contents all over the floor. Kamui didn't seem to notice it at all. On a pirate ship you'd expect there to be crates of things like guns bullets and rum but water bottles? I guess water is necessary there's none in space except for space ice. Why don't they just get there water from the ice-I'm getting off topic. One of the bottles tipped over spilling water all over the floor (not really all over but you get the idea). Seeing the water flow across the ship made me think of the rivers back home. I was finally hit with in the head with an arrow known by some as a sign.
There's a time to fight the current and there's a time to ride the waves.
It's a saying back home but you guys already know this since most of the people reading this can speak English. Anyways I finally understood what I needed to do.
"Kamui"
I lifted him off my chest and sat him up straight.
"There's nothing you can do to stop me from protecting Edo and there isn't anything I can do that can stop you from attacking so Edo. So let's just let each other go"
"What? No! You're staying here!"
"Kamui lets postpone our battle for now. When you set foot on earth soil I will find you and I will do everything in my power to stop you."
"I can't-"
I silenced him with a kiss pushing him to the ground. He instantly responded to the kiss wrapping one arm around my waist and the other against the back of my head deepening the kiss. Usually I would call myself a slut for doing this but since I wasn't going to see him for a while I'll let it slide.
"Kamui"
I said breaking the kiss only to be forced into another one. I let myself be kissed but I ignored the tongue running across my lips. This wasn't the time for a make-out session.
"Sorry Kamui"
"Daydra?"
Before he could react I held down on a pressure point on his neck for a few seconds. My grandfather taught it to me. It's an old trick soldiers used to force themselves into getting some sleep. He maybe a Yato but his body structure was just like a humans. In only three seconds he was out like a light. I know it's a cheap shot but what else am I supposed to do.
"I'll make it up to you I promise"
I whispered in his ear.
Standing up I picked him up (like a princess) and placed him in a nice comfortable position. So it looked like he was taking a nap instead of passing out. He had such a cute sleeping face; I'm going to miss him. Pushing those thoughts aside I got onto a ship and somehow flew myself home.
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It was summer once again. It was hot, muggy and those damn cicadas wouldn't shut up. Still it was refreshing to have a peaceful day after all the crap I've been through. Flying a ship is a lot harder than it looks. I sadly crashed into so large building but on the bright side it got me in direct contact Shinsengumi. Hijikata yelled me at a lot and I was hit with a chair a lot. Once he finished his rant on what a dumbass I was he finally listened to what I had to say.
When I told them that the Harusame/Kiheitai were coming to Edo they were like fuck no and I was all like (America) Fuck Yeah. After several minutes of trading no's yeah's and fuck's back in forth they finally understood that I was serious. Of course there was nothing I could really do to help for I didn't know when or how they were going to attack. I was sad that I couldn't offer more (Hijikata was yelling at me) but Kondo said that knowing that they will come is more than enough. It means that we will just have to be on our guard. He is a very nice man I can see why is the commander. I told Gin but he told me to buzz off the weather lady was on and I couldn't tell Kagura about it. He had his serious face on so I kept my word.
Daisuke, Reiko and Ryusuke were glad to see me home. They yelled until my ears bled about how worried they were but I didn't mind. I missed them too; Reiko even bought chocolate cake to celebrate. I even truly told them about Kamui and stuff. Daisuke was shocked, Reiko was glad that I had finally found a man but was shocked about the whole Harusame trying to kill us thing and Ryusuke was jealous that I was playing big sister for someone else.
The final battle? It was fucking awesome. There were explosions, sword battles, epic one-liners man you should have been there. Gin was standing in the mist of it all looking like the badass hero I knew he was. Where was I? I fought too of course, Kagura and I fought Kamui. It was really hard and he shattered my right leg, he was pretty pissed at me for leaving him like that. Event truly we all passed out and the Harusame being asshole shot us after that. I was in the hospital for two months while Kagura the lucky bitch was only in they're for two days The Kiheitai had fallen but so had the Shogun. Japan was now a purely democratic country with the royal family being only there for the same reason the English royal family was still around. Edo was now Tokyo why? I have honestly no idea but it sounds better than Edo (don't tell Daisuke I said that).
And Kamui? I haven't seen him since the battle but I have a feeling that I would see him very soon. A dark shadow block my vision, a tall male figure with bandages covering his entire face came in through my window.
"Hello there Umibozu-san, aren't you supposed to be retired on your home planet?"
It's true Kagura's dad retired to his home planet but strangely "Umibozu" was still out there hunting aliens for money.
"That isn't very funny Daydra"
'Umibozu' took off his hat and bandages to reveal his light pink hair and bright blue eyes. He swished back his cloak over his shoulders showing the blue sleeve less shirt he wore underneath. Dropping his super heavy umbrella on the floor he sat down next to me (I was staring out the window). I crawled into his lap, snuggling up against him. You miss the little things more than anything, their smell the sound of their heart beating.
"You've been so mean to me lately Daydra"
I reached up and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"I'm sorry I'm so so sorry"
He just smirks turning away as I tried to kiss him.
"You should be you even gave me this scar across on my shoulder"
He pulled back the sleeve on his right shoulder to show a dark mark. I remember how I gave it to him, he had Kagura under his foot and in desperation I grabbed a piece of metal and shoved it into his shoulder.
"How could it scar you're a-"
Then it hit me; he let the wound become a scar. He had said so himself that when a Yato allows a wound to scar it means that they care deeply about the person who gave it to them. It means they were theirs and no one else's.
It was his way of saying he loves me.
I felt tears dripping down my cheeks, I've wanted him to say that for so long and now that he has I just didn't know what to do.
"No tears no tears"
He said whipping the tears away.
"I love you"
"I know"
We kissed and it was the best kissed I ever had.
"You'd better speed this up Daydra"
"Hey! I will go at my own pace!"
"I have to leave tomorrow I'll be gone for two weeks"
"Maybe I could come with you?"
"What about-"
"I'm a grown woman I can do what I want"
He simply chuckled before kissing me again. Edo-I mean Tokyo handled them for a month without me I think they can do it again. I'll still be here to protect it but I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a few days off to be with the one you love.
"As you wish Daydra as you wish"
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Irish: That was a tough ending
Charlotte: It's not really an ending if you're going to write a bonus chapter
Irish: Not right now I need some sleep.