Koushiro

Koushiro! Part 3

"I sentence you to two months hard labor!" The policeman yelled.

"Sir, is that really necessary? He looks ill. Be easier on him." The gentleman said.

"He's most likely just doing it to get some mercy." The policeman said. Koushiro winced. It was all over. He'd be branded a thief for the rest of his life and he really didn't want to go back to Taichi's. In the crowd, the woman with the scar grinned. Koushiro was ruined. That was all she needed.

"Wait! Don't convict this boy! He's innocent!" A neat little prim woman yelled, running up to the crowd.

"Who are you ma'am?" The policeman queried.

"Miss Eliza Sellers sir. I'm a clerk at this here bookshop. I saw the prisoner loitering outside my shop with another boy and a girl. The other boy took this man's wallet, handed it to the girl, and walked away. This boy is innocent." Miss Sellers explained.

"Oh, you're free to go then boy." The police officer said.

"Poor boy. He looks ill. My name is Gennai and I'd like to take you in. Would that be all right with you my boy?" The gentleman asked Koushiro.

"Yes sir. My name is Koushiro." Koushiro said.

"Very well. I'll summon a taxi." Gennai said, whistling for a taxi. He told the cabby to take him to Pentonville.

"Rats. He's innocent. No matter. I'll just have to hire that Taichi man." The woman with the scar said and made her way to Taichi's Den.

Back in Taichi's Den, Taichi was shaking TK yelling at him. Sora and Yamato were sitting alone.

"Are you hungry Yamato?' Sora asked.

"Of course I am! Do me the honors Sora! Now cut me a wedge of that loaf, and no skimping." Yamato said and pulled Sora onto his knee. She smiled and cut him some bread.

"Taichi, let that poor boy be. I know of a way to get young Koushiro back." The woman with the scar said as she walked into Taichi's Den.

"What? Who are you? How did you get here?" Taichi asked.

"I have my ways. I call myself Miss Monks. Now Koushiro was taken to live with a gentleman. I heard the man say he lived in Pentonville. Take this bag of gold. I will pay you a second bag with double the amount if you get Koushiro back and make him a thief. If you need to contact me, I'll be staying at an inn called the Three Cripples." Miss Monks said. She gave the bag of gold to Taichi and left.

"Don't do it Taichi. He's better off where he is." Sora said.

"What talk is that? He could blab to the police about us and within an hour we'll all be wearing nooses. There's no point in wasting time, you'll go and grab him, Sora." Yamato said.

"I won't go. He's better off living that way." Sora said. Yamato grabbed her roughly.

"I say you'll go! He's more likely to come along quiet with you." Yamato barked. Sora winced in pain.

"You're hurting me Yamato. All right. All right. But only if you come with me. There's people like Taichi who would rape and rob me." Sora said. With that, they left, ready to snatch Koushiro back.