A/N: This is a rather weird fic, so bear with me. I just felt lonely when I
saw Sayo died, leaving my Sano alone... (Okay, okay, so I'm getting a
little emotional here...)
Sano: Hey, will someone could please lend me with a whacker, to whack this bug off...
Yahiko: I'll be glad to, Sanosuke! Here... (hands his bokken)
Sano: Arigato, Yahiko. Now, Aruki... get ready if you make me like an idiot on this fic...!
Aruki: Maa, maa... Don't worry, I won't... *sniggers* Saa, read on!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, (Sano and the others...) they are of Nobuhiro Watsuki...
Sunset
Prologue:
'Sayo... don't leave me... Please, you need to live...!' I frantically thought. She need to live... 'Sayo, you musn't give up... I need you...'
"Don't worry.. don't lose hope... I'm going to get you to the doctor. Be brave..."
I must do this... Why? Because she need to live. She can't just be wiped out of this world. There are still people who wants to be with her, to see her... there are still people who loves her, not because she's a Christian, but because of who she is--a devoted Amakusa Sayo; and I am one of those people...
* * *
As we reached the other side of the river, I saw a carriage going to our direction.
"Sayo, wait here, now we're going to be there in no time."
I laid her down on the ground, leaning on the tree trunk. I then turned to stop the carriage, to let us hitch a ride. Fortunately, it stopped and a doctor familiar to me stepped out of the carriage.
"Dr. Elsten?"
"Yes, it's me, Sanosuke Sagara-kun," he replied.
"Hayaku, I need you to cure this lady at once." I led him to Sayo, breathing fast and coughing in the place I laid her down.
"Where's Himura Kenshin-kun?"
"He's at the Holy Mountain, trying to hold off Shogou Amakusa. He told me to give you this information that Kayo-san betrayed him... You might be able to stop this, doctor."
"I'll try my best.."
"Wait, how is she?" I asked as I looked at Sayo, now evidently weak...
"She must be rushed to the nearest hospital, her sickness is getting fatal by the minute,"
"WHAT? We don't have much time! Why can't you cure her at the moment? You're a doctor, aren't you?!" I shouted back at him. I just can't let Sayo die like this!
"I don't have enough instruments here, and she must be treated accordingly."
"Kuso!!!"
* * *
A moment then... a gunshot. Someone fired a gun!
I looked at her, now a weak lump on the ground.
"SAYO!!!!"
I gazed hard at Santou holding a revolver in his hand. "DAMN YOU!!!" I lounged at him, avenging at what he has done.
A punch. Then another. And another.
'I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'm not going to let you live for what you have done to her!'
Another came in my way, trying to get back at me.
"Oh no, you don't! You won't stand a chance, you freak!" Instead of him getting after me, I used his way against him. "I won't let you get away with this! YOU WILL PAY!!!"
* * *
I rushed at Sayo, too scared to be left at the moment by her. "Sayo, don't leave me. Please, you need to live... I promised Shosou that I will take care of you and never to leave your side. Sayo...."
"Sanosuke, you've been very kind to me..."
With her words, memories of our first meeting rushed back to me: the way she have forgiven the policemen who tried to get her medallion. Then I saw her again after I fell in the steep stone while I was busy trying to get her necklace.
She healed my wounds, bandaged them and 'took care' of me. During that time, I somehow felt she's not just an ordinary woman. She cared for others, forgave others, and helped those who need it. She thinks of others not merely herself.
"Please give this letter to Shogou..."
With that, as I held her hand to receive the letter, her hand dropped limply to the ground meaning one thing-- she left me at the moment...
"Sayo... SAYOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
My voice pierced the still afternoon air, asking why, of all people who would be leaving at the moment, why does it have to be her? Why do you have to go to the Kingdom of God and leave the people you love behind? It's too early... I know you do not deserve this... Of all people to acquire the disease, why... why does it have to be you? Why?
Unanswered questions still lingered in my head even as I held her close to mine... 'Why?'
Sano: Hey, will someone could please lend me with a whacker, to whack this bug off...
Yahiko: I'll be glad to, Sanosuke! Here... (hands his bokken)
Sano: Arigato, Yahiko. Now, Aruki... get ready if you make me like an idiot on this fic...!
Aruki: Maa, maa... Don't worry, I won't... *sniggers* Saa, read on!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, (Sano and the others...) they are of Nobuhiro Watsuki...
Sunset
Prologue:
'Sayo... don't leave me... Please, you need to live...!' I frantically thought. She need to live... 'Sayo, you musn't give up... I need you...'
"Don't worry.. don't lose hope... I'm going to get you to the doctor. Be brave..."
I must do this... Why? Because she need to live. She can't just be wiped out of this world. There are still people who wants to be with her, to see her... there are still people who loves her, not because she's a Christian, but because of who she is--a devoted Amakusa Sayo; and I am one of those people...
* * *
As we reached the other side of the river, I saw a carriage going to our direction.
"Sayo, wait here, now we're going to be there in no time."
I laid her down on the ground, leaning on the tree trunk. I then turned to stop the carriage, to let us hitch a ride. Fortunately, it stopped and a doctor familiar to me stepped out of the carriage.
"Dr. Elsten?"
"Yes, it's me, Sanosuke Sagara-kun," he replied.
"Hayaku, I need you to cure this lady at once." I led him to Sayo, breathing fast and coughing in the place I laid her down.
"Where's Himura Kenshin-kun?"
"He's at the Holy Mountain, trying to hold off Shogou Amakusa. He told me to give you this information that Kayo-san betrayed him... You might be able to stop this, doctor."
"I'll try my best.."
"Wait, how is she?" I asked as I looked at Sayo, now evidently weak...
"She must be rushed to the nearest hospital, her sickness is getting fatal by the minute,"
"WHAT? We don't have much time! Why can't you cure her at the moment? You're a doctor, aren't you?!" I shouted back at him. I just can't let Sayo die like this!
"I don't have enough instruments here, and she must be treated accordingly."
"Kuso!!!"
* * *
A moment then... a gunshot. Someone fired a gun!
I looked at her, now a weak lump on the ground.
"SAYO!!!!"
I gazed hard at Santou holding a revolver in his hand. "DAMN YOU!!!" I lounged at him, avenging at what he has done.
A punch. Then another. And another.
'I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'll kill you...! I'm not going to let you live for what you have done to her!'
Another came in my way, trying to get back at me.
"Oh no, you don't! You won't stand a chance, you freak!" Instead of him getting after me, I used his way against him. "I won't let you get away with this! YOU WILL PAY!!!"
* * *
I rushed at Sayo, too scared to be left at the moment by her. "Sayo, don't leave me. Please, you need to live... I promised Shosou that I will take care of you and never to leave your side. Sayo...."
"Sanosuke, you've been very kind to me..."
With her words, memories of our first meeting rushed back to me: the way she have forgiven the policemen who tried to get her medallion. Then I saw her again after I fell in the steep stone while I was busy trying to get her necklace.
She healed my wounds, bandaged them and 'took care' of me. During that time, I somehow felt she's not just an ordinary woman. She cared for others, forgave others, and helped those who need it. She thinks of others not merely herself.
"Please give this letter to Shogou..."
With that, as I held her hand to receive the letter, her hand dropped limply to the ground meaning one thing-- she left me at the moment...
"Sayo... SAYOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
My voice pierced the still afternoon air, asking why, of all people who would be leaving at the moment, why does it have to be her? Why do you have to go to the Kingdom of God and leave the people you love behind? It's too early... I know you do not deserve this... Of all people to acquire the disease, why... why does it have to be you? Why?
Unanswered questions still lingered in my head even as I held her close to mine... 'Why?'