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CHAPTER 2: Aku. Soku. Zan.
He pulled out a cigarette and lit it, walking out of the house and sitting on a rock in the garden. He puffed on his cigarette again, exhaling a cloud of silvery smoke.
I don't trust that guy. Saito thought to himself. He seems to just want to use Miss Tokio. But why am I thinking about this anyway?! I hardly even know Miss Tokio and she's already captured my-
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" a scream sliced through Saito's concentration and he looked up. He walked around to the back of the house and saw Tokio, clutching both her wet and dry clothes to her bare body, trying to kick the man from the house away from her. He grabbed both feet and began to advance. Meanwhile, Myu was also unclothed and helping the man get to Tokio.
"You!" Saito yelled, unsheathing his sword. Saito spat his cigarette onto the floor, crushing it under his heel. He thrust his sword at the man, executing a perfect Gatotsu. He killed the man instantly. Saito tossed the body onto the grass next to Myu.
"You.you killed him! WHY?!" Myu screeched, clutching the man's dead body.
"Aku. Soku. Zan." Saito hissed at the girl. "Kill. Evil. Instantly. I live by those words and what you both were doing to Miss Tokio was evil. I must kill you," Saito flicked his sword and the blood splattered off and landed on Myu's cheek. The blade glistened in the light.
"Don't kill me! I wasn't doing anything!" Myu squealed.
"You're pathetic. You're not Tokio's friend. You wouldn't help that man use her body. Goodbye." Saito raised his katana and was about to skewer her when Tokio jumped up in front of Myu.
"Don't kill her! She's my friend. She wouldn't really have helped that guy, but she is drunk. Don't kill her, please," Tokio begged, her clothes pressed against her body. Saito stared in disbelief. Then, he sheathed his sword with a soft metallic sound.
"Fine," Saito grumbled a bit. "Both of you get your clothes on." It was a command, not a request.
"Yes, Captain," Tokio bowed her head to hide the deep flush on her face. She turned and began to dress. Myu, however, didn't make a move to get her clothes on. She sat on the grass, hiccuping up a storm.
"He was killed." Myu groaned, staring straight ahead at the wall. ".Killed by Mibu's Wolf."
"Whatever," Saito sighed. He turned to see Okita standing at the door.
"Saito-san? Why are you out here?" Okita asked, the smile never leaving his face. "Having a good time yet?" The smile widened and became devilish.
"Um.NO?" Saito said sarcastically. He gestured to the body on the floor and Myu sitting on the grass.
"I see." Okita nodded. "Well it seems you have been drinking too much. You're killing the guests."
"I am not," Saito said. "I have been executing the law of the Shinsengumi: Aku. Soku. Zan. That is all I'm doing."
"You're taking that a little too far, Saito-san. How much have you been drinking?" Okita asked.
"I haven't been drinking at all!" Saito yelled at Okita.
"Okay, okay, I get it," Okita grinned, his eyes closing. He walked back into the partying house without saying another word.
"Captain?" Tokio's voice brought Saito back to the moment.
"Hm?" He asked, not turning to acknowledge her.
"Thank you again," she said. "I really must be getting home now. There isn't any point in staying." Tokio walked past Saito and out of the gate. Saito shot a glance at Tokio's friend, then hurried off after Tokio.
"Miss Tokio! Wait!" he grabbed her shoulder.
"What?" she turned, eyes alight.
"I just thought I'd see you home," he said. She stared at him. His narrow, amber eyes staring into her golden ones.
"I-I can see why they call you the Wolf of Mibu," Tokio commented. His face was quite wolf like and half resembled her own. Unconsciously, she moved to him and wrapped her thin arms around his waist.
"Miss Tokio? Don't you think we should-?" he began, but realized that she was crying.
"I was so scared." Tokio sobbed into Saito's already damp clothes. "I thought that I'd. oh captain." Tokio sniffed. She felt his hand on her head.
"You'll be okay, but you've got to get home. Your parents will worry and- huh?" Saito felt her grip tighten.
"I have to find a man to marry tonight or my father will pair me up with someone that he thinks is fit and he'll choose a terrible man. He only wants the money from my marriage," Tokio cried.
"Umm.." Saito thought hard. What could he do? None of these men would treat Tokio the way she wanted them to.
"Could you. pretend to be the one who I'll marry?" Tokio asked quietly. "I could find the right man while marriage plans are being set. I promise you won't regret it!" Tokio said, pulling her tearstained face from Saito's body.
"But. well. I don't know." Saito said.
"Please?" she asked.
"No. I'm sure your parents will understand after you explain the situation. They'll give you more time," Saito said, unwilling to stay with this girl until she found a true lover.
"You think?" she asked.
"Yes. Now why don't you get home so you can explain? Hurry up." Saito said.
"But what about walking me home?"
"I have something to do now. I'm sure you'll be fine," Saito said, turning from her. He didn't want to stay with her anymore. He felt weak when she was around and he didn't like the feeling. It wasn't one that he was used to.
"What do you have to do?" Tokio asked, drying her face. Saito scowled. Her questions were really annoying him.
"Shinsengumi business. I can't tell you," Saito said. He walked away from her, leaving her standing in the lantern light. Good. Now I'll never have to deal with her again. Saito smirked. He turned into the house to join Okita at a table.
"Hello, Saito-san. How's it going?" Okita smiled.
"Fine, Okita. Just fine," Saito sat down next to his friend. Still, the thought of Tokio still haunted him the rest of the night.
A/N: I'd like a few reviews. please? ^_^ I've already got this typed, but I just haven't gotten around to. well. posting the whole thing. Oh, and thanks to all of those people who did review. And sorry to Anonymous for having the text be a little messy earlier, but I fixed it.
CHAPTER 2: Aku. Soku. Zan.
He pulled out a cigarette and lit it, walking out of the house and sitting on a rock in the garden. He puffed on his cigarette again, exhaling a cloud of silvery smoke.
I don't trust that guy. Saito thought to himself. He seems to just want to use Miss Tokio. But why am I thinking about this anyway?! I hardly even know Miss Tokio and she's already captured my-
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" a scream sliced through Saito's concentration and he looked up. He walked around to the back of the house and saw Tokio, clutching both her wet and dry clothes to her bare body, trying to kick the man from the house away from her. He grabbed both feet and began to advance. Meanwhile, Myu was also unclothed and helping the man get to Tokio.
"You!" Saito yelled, unsheathing his sword. Saito spat his cigarette onto the floor, crushing it under his heel. He thrust his sword at the man, executing a perfect Gatotsu. He killed the man instantly. Saito tossed the body onto the grass next to Myu.
"You.you killed him! WHY?!" Myu screeched, clutching the man's dead body.
"Aku. Soku. Zan." Saito hissed at the girl. "Kill. Evil. Instantly. I live by those words and what you both were doing to Miss Tokio was evil. I must kill you," Saito flicked his sword and the blood splattered off and landed on Myu's cheek. The blade glistened in the light.
"Don't kill me! I wasn't doing anything!" Myu squealed.
"You're pathetic. You're not Tokio's friend. You wouldn't help that man use her body. Goodbye." Saito raised his katana and was about to skewer her when Tokio jumped up in front of Myu.
"Don't kill her! She's my friend. She wouldn't really have helped that guy, but she is drunk. Don't kill her, please," Tokio begged, her clothes pressed against her body. Saito stared in disbelief. Then, he sheathed his sword with a soft metallic sound.
"Fine," Saito grumbled a bit. "Both of you get your clothes on." It was a command, not a request.
"Yes, Captain," Tokio bowed her head to hide the deep flush on her face. She turned and began to dress. Myu, however, didn't make a move to get her clothes on. She sat on the grass, hiccuping up a storm.
"He was killed." Myu groaned, staring straight ahead at the wall. ".Killed by Mibu's Wolf."
"Whatever," Saito sighed. He turned to see Okita standing at the door.
"Saito-san? Why are you out here?" Okita asked, the smile never leaving his face. "Having a good time yet?" The smile widened and became devilish.
"Um.NO?" Saito said sarcastically. He gestured to the body on the floor and Myu sitting on the grass.
"I see." Okita nodded. "Well it seems you have been drinking too much. You're killing the guests."
"I am not," Saito said. "I have been executing the law of the Shinsengumi: Aku. Soku. Zan. That is all I'm doing."
"You're taking that a little too far, Saito-san. How much have you been drinking?" Okita asked.
"I haven't been drinking at all!" Saito yelled at Okita.
"Okay, okay, I get it," Okita grinned, his eyes closing. He walked back into the partying house without saying another word.
"Captain?" Tokio's voice brought Saito back to the moment.
"Hm?" He asked, not turning to acknowledge her.
"Thank you again," she said. "I really must be getting home now. There isn't any point in staying." Tokio walked past Saito and out of the gate. Saito shot a glance at Tokio's friend, then hurried off after Tokio.
"Miss Tokio! Wait!" he grabbed her shoulder.
"What?" she turned, eyes alight.
"I just thought I'd see you home," he said. She stared at him. His narrow, amber eyes staring into her golden ones.
"I-I can see why they call you the Wolf of Mibu," Tokio commented. His face was quite wolf like and half resembled her own. Unconsciously, she moved to him and wrapped her thin arms around his waist.
"Miss Tokio? Don't you think we should-?" he began, but realized that she was crying.
"I was so scared." Tokio sobbed into Saito's already damp clothes. "I thought that I'd. oh captain." Tokio sniffed. She felt his hand on her head.
"You'll be okay, but you've got to get home. Your parents will worry and- huh?" Saito felt her grip tighten.
"I have to find a man to marry tonight or my father will pair me up with someone that he thinks is fit and he'll choose a terrible man. He only wants the money from my marriage," Tokio cried.
"Umm.." Saito thought hard. What could he do? None of these men would treat Tokio the way she wanted them to.
"Could you. pretend to be the one who I'll marry?" Tokio asked quietly. "I could find the right man while marriage plans are being set. I promise you won't regret it!" Tokio said, pulling her tearstained face from Saito's body.
"But. well. I don't know." Saito said.
"Please?" she asked.
"No. I'm sure your parents will understand after you explain the situation. They'll give you more time," Saito said, unwilling to stay with this girl until she found a true lover.
"You think?" she asked.
"Yes. Now why don't you get home so you can explain? Hurry up." Saito said.
"But what about walking me home?"
"I have something to do now. I'm sure you'll be fine," Saito said, turning from her. He didn't want to stay with her anymore. He felt weak when she was around and he didn't like the feeling. It wasn't one that he was used to.
"What do you have to do?" Tokio asked, drying her face. Saito scowled. Her questions were really annoying him.
"Shinsengumi business. I can't tell you," Saito said. He walked away from her, leaving her standing in the lantern light. Good. Now I'll never have to deal with her again. Saito smirked. He turned into the house to join Okita at a table.
"Hello, Saito-san. How's it going?" Okita smiled.
"Fine, Okita. Just fine," Saito sat down next to his friend. Still, the thought of Tokio still haunted him the rest of the night.
A/N: I'd like a few reviews. please? ^_^ I've already got this typed, but I just haven't gotten around to. well. posting the whole thing. Oh, and thanks to all of those people who did review. And sorry to Anonymous for having the text be a little messy earlier, but I fixed it.