The market was full of bustling people that afternoon. Sanosuke was
barely able to squeeze through the crowds to get to certain stands and buy
the food that he had to pick up. Finally, when he had everything he needed,
he decided to buy a well-needed drink.
"Hey, you don't look to be from around these parts."
Sanosuke looked at the old man sitting next to him, his glass raised halfway to his mouth.
"Well that might be because I'm not from around here." Sanosuke took a sip from the cup.
"Alright, alright. I didn't mean nothing by it. It's just that we don't get a lot of out of towners around here, what with the dangerous gangs and such."
Sanosuke raised an eyebrow at the old man. "Dangerous gangs?"
The old man looked a little shocked. "You didn't know about the gangs that reside here? Whoa boy, you are gonna want to pack up your bags when I am finished telling you about them."
Sanosuke smirked. "I doubt it but we'll see."
"Right, well, the Sunami gang, they are famous for being the best pickpockets around. So, if I were you, I'd be careful around the marketplace. Everyday at least fifty people end up losing their money to the Sunami gang."
"Yeah? Well I could take them on. They don't sound so tough."
"My, aren't we the cocky one."
"Hm." Sanosuke smirked.
"Well, I think I'll just continue on. The second gang is the Wakaba girls. They lure unsuspecting men into desolate places in town with their beauty and rob them blind. Sometimes they will even kill the men."
"I'm not worried about them either. I have a girl back home and nothing or no one would be able to change my feelings for her."
"Aw, that's really poetic, sonny."
Sanosuke raised an eyebrow.
"But if that's true, you might want to watch out for the last gang, the Hinageshi brothers. They are said to live on the outskirts of the village. What they do is truly horrible indeed."
Sanosuke seemed a little more interested in this gang. He watched and listened to the old man intently as he told about these foul people.
"The Hinageshi brothers are said to come upon women, rape them, and then kill them. But it is simply horrible the stories that are told from victims families on how the bodies of their daughters, wives, and sisters were found."
Sanosuke was now deep in thought. The old man said the Hinageshi brothers lived outside the village, and what they did to women, Sanosuke shut his eyes tightly in frustration. He would have to tell Kenshin right away. They were going to have to put much protection around Kaoru and Megumi. Sanosuke didn't want anything to happen to either of them.
"Are you alright there, sonny?"
Sanosuke snapped back to reality. The old man was waving a hand in front of his face, as if to snap him out of the trance he had been dragged into.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He set his cup onto the counter and stood up. "Thanks old man. See ya around."
"Goodbye," the old man called after Sanosuke as he walked towards the door.
Sanosuke slid the door open and stepped out into the bright afternoon sunlight, the bags of food were in his hands. He walked quickly back towards the cottage, thoughts of the terrible Hinageshi brothers still floating around in his mind.
A/N: Sorry if that gang thing was messed up. There will be a purpose for it coming up soon.
"Hey, you don't look to be from around these parts."
Sanosuke looked at the old man sitting next to him, his glass raised halfway to his mouth.
"Well that might be because I'm not from around here." Sanosuke took a sip from the cup.
"Alright, alright. I didn't mean nothing by it. It's just that we don't get a lot of out of towners around here, what with the dangerous gangs and such."
Sanosuke raised an eyebrow at the old man. "Dangerous gangs?"
The old man looked a little shocked. "You didn't know about the gangs that reside here? Whoa boy, you are gonna want to pack up your bags when I am finished telling you about them."
Sanosuke smirked. "I doubt it but we'll see."
"Right, well, the Sunami gang, they are famous for being the best pickpockets around. So, if I were you, I'd be careful around the marketplace. Everyday at least fifty people end up losing their money to the Sunami gang."
"Yeah? Well I could take them on. They don't sound so tough."
"My, aren't we the cocky one."
"Hm." Sanosuke smirked.
"Well, I think I'll just continue on. The second gang is the Wakaba girls. They lure unsuspecting men into desolate places in town with their beauty and rob them blind. Sometimes they will even kill the men."
"I'm not worried about them either. I have a girl back home and nothing or no one would be able to change my feelings for her."
"Aw, that's really poetic, sonny."
Sanosuke raised an eyebrow.
"But if that's true, you might want to watch out for the last gang, the Hinageshi brothers. They are said to live on the outskirts of the village. What they do is truly horrible indeed."
Sanosuke seemed a little more interested in this gang. He watched and listened to the old man intently as he told about these foul people.
"The Hinageshi brothers are said to come upon women, rape them, and then kill them. But it is simply horrible the stories that are told from victims families on how the bodies of their daughters, wives, and sisters were found."
Sanosuke was now deep in thought. The old man said the Hinageshi brothers lived outside the village, and what they did to women, Sanosuke shut his eyes tightly in frustration. He would have to tell Kenshin right away. They were going to have to put much protection around Kaoru and Megumi. Sanosuke didn't want anything to happen to either of them.
"Are you alright there, sonny?"
Sanosuke snapped back to reality. The old man was waving a hand in front of his face, as if to snap him out of the trance he had been dragged into.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He set his cup onto the counter and stood up. "Thanks old man. See ya around."
"Goodbye," the old man called after Sanosuke as he walked towards the door.
Sanosuke slid the door open and stepped out into the bright afternoon sunlight, the bags of food were in his hands. He walked quickly back towards the cottage, thoughts of the terrible Hinageshi brothers still floating around in his mind.
A/N: Sorry if that gang thing was messed up. There will be a purpose for it coming up soon.