CHAPTER 5: Saito's Determination
Saito sat in silence at a table in a restaurant, letting the smells of freshly cooked food wash over him. He stared at his full bowl of kake soba, feeling lost.
"**** you, Suzuke," Saito swore. He took the katana that had been in Tokio's belt out of his own. He remembered picking it up after Tokio was out of sight and then taking Okita to the hospital downtown. Okita was still there, running a terrible fever. He stared at the smooth sheath and then pulled out the katana its self. The blade glimmered in the dim light.
"Tokio. It was my fault," Saito mumbled. He slid the sword back into its sheath and heard it click. Then, he stood up, paid for the uneaten soba and wandered out of the restaurant. He walked down the deserted streets of Kyoto. Everyone was staying inside for fear of getting killed in a battle between the Shinsengumi and the Ishin Shishi. He walked to the hospital where Okita was still in a feverish sleep, tossing and turning and muttering names.
"Okita." Saito whispered. The boy still had a terrible fever and his skin was hot and clammy to the touch. "You're leaving me on my own!" He touched the boy's cheek, which was flushed and hot. Then, he left the room and walked out into the cold night air, wandering aimlessly through the streets until he heard voices. He unconsciously walked toward them not really paying attention to the conversation until five intriguing words reached his ears.
"We caught a Shinsengumi girl!" one of the voices said. Saito recognized it as the voice of Suzuke's friend. Saito could never forget those men.
"Really?" another asked. Saito couldn't recognize that voice.
"Yeah, and we were planning to squeeze all the information she's got out of her, but since she won't talk, we've decided to starve it out of her instead," Suzuke's friend chuckled. Without thinking, Saito drew his sword and attacked the two men, feeling his sword go through one man, then the other.
"Where is she?" Saito asked the injured men. "Where?!" His cold eyes were glimmering and induced even more fear into the men.
"W-w-who?" Suzuke's friend stammered. Obviously he wasn't as cocky as Suzuke himself.
"The Shinsengumi girl!" Saito snarled, pointing the blade of his sword at the man's face. The man cowered from it and trembled all over.
"I won't tell you!" the man shook.
"Maybe you just need a little persuasion." Saito sliced through some crates of goods next to the wall and many bags of rice tumbled out. Then, he stabbed hole in a barrel of water and watched it spill out slowly. "That, my friend, will be your head if you don't tell me what I'm looking for." The man shook.
"I don't know." the man whimpered. Saito walked over to the other man.
"Even more persuasion?" Saito asked, looking at the other man. "It appears, my friend, that your friend here has sold your soul to the devil!"
"NO, DON'T KILL ME! PLEASE!" the man cowered. In a flash of blue, the man was dead, out cold in his own blood.
"Now will you tell me?" Saito asked. Suzuke's friend whimpered some more then pointed down the road.
"The restaurant down that way! The headquarters of the Ishin Shishi are." the man clapped his hand over his mouth.
"Ah, I see. Well, thanks for your help, good friend!" Saito smirked. He turned to walk off.
"Whew. I thought you were gonna kill me." the man gasped.
"I was," Saito replied, sheathing his sword. "After all, I live by Aku. Soku. Zan. But I figured that after your friends find out you're a traitor, they'd do something much more painful than I could even imagine. Then, they'd kill you. It does seem like a better end for scum like you, don't you think?" He headed for the restaurant where the man had pointed.
"Hope you die, Saito Hajime!" Suzuke's friend spat, clutching his injured leg. "I hope the rest of the Ishin Shishi kills you before you get to your girl!" Saito smirked. Not a chance, he thought. Not a chance.
A/N: Yeah, I know, a really short chapter, but the next one will be longer. (At least I think so ^_^)
Koneko: Just give me your idea through review. It's easier for me! I thought I was actually going to lose my leg there... hahahahahahahahaha... you weren't kidding were you? :: backs away nervously ::
Saito sat in silence at a table in a restaurant, letting the smells of freshly cooked food wash over him. He stared at his full bowl of kake soba, feeling lost.
"**** you, Suzuke," Saito swore. He took the katana that had been in Tokio's belt out of his own. He remembered picking it up after Tokio was out of sight and then taking Okita to the hospital downtown. Okita was still there, running a terrible fever. He stared at the smooth sheath and then pulled out the katana its self. The blade glimmered in the dim light.
"Tokio. It was my fault," Saito mumbled. He slid the sword back into its sheath and heard it click. Then, he stood up, paid for the uneaten soba and wandered out of the restaurant. He walked down the deserted streets of Kyoto. Everyone was staying inside for fear of getting killed in a battle between the Shinsengumi and the Ishin Shishi. He walked to the hospital where Okita was still in a feverish sleep, tossing and turning and muttering names.
"Okita." Saito whispered. The boy still had a terrible fever and his skin was hot and clammy to the touch. "You're leaving me on my own!" He touched the boy's cheek, which was flushed and hot. Then, he left the room and walked out into the cold night air, wandering aimlessly through the streets until he heard voices. He unconsciously walked toward them not really paying attention to the conversation until five intriguing words reached his ears.
"We caught a Shinsengumi girl!" one of the voices said. Saito recognized it as the voice of Suzuke's friend. Saito could never forget those men.
"Really?" another asked. Saito couldn't recognize that voice.
"Yeah, and we were planning to squeeze all the information she's got out of her, but since she won't talk, we've decided to starve it out of her instead," Suzuke's friend chuckled. Without thinking, Saito drew his sword and attacked the two men, feeling his sword go through one man, then the other.
"Where is she?" Saito asked the injured men. "Where?!" His cold eyes were glimmering and induced even more fear into the men.
"W-w-who?" Suzuke's friend stammered. Obviously he wasn't as cocky as Suzuke himself.
"The Shinsengumi girl!" Saito snarled, pointing the blade of his sword at the man's face. The man cowered from it and trembled all over.
"I won't tell you!" the man shook.
"Maybe you just need a little persuasion." Saito sliced through some crates of goods next to the wall and many bags of rice tumbled out. Then, he stabbed hole in a barrel of water and watched it spill out slowly. "That, my friend, will be your head if you don't tell me what I'm looking for." The man shook.
"I don't know." the man whimpered. Saito walked over to the other man.
"Even more persuasion?" Saito asked, looking at the other man. "It appears, my friend, that your friend here has sold your soul to the devil!"
"NO, DON'T KILL ME! PLEASE!" the man cowered. In a flash of blue, the man was dead, out cold in his own blood.
"Now will you tell me?" Saito asked. Suzuke's friend whimpered some more then pointed down the road.
"The restaurant down that way! The headquarters of the Ishin Shishi are." the man clapped his hand over his mouth.
"Ah, I see. Well, thanks for your help, good friend!" Saito smirked. He turned to walk off.
"Whew. I thought you were gonna kill me." the man gasped.
"I was," Saito replied, sheathing his sword. "After all, I live by Aku. Soku. Zan. But I figured that after your friends find out you're a traitor, they'd do something much more painful than I could even imagine. Then, they'd kill you. It does seem like a better end for scum like you, don't you think?" He headed for the restaurant where the man had pointed.
"Hope you die, Saito Hajime!" Suzuke's friend spat, clutching his injured leg. "I hope the rest of the Ishin Shishi kills you before you get to your girl!" Saito smirked. Not a chance, he thought. Not a chance.
A/N: Yeah, I know, a really short chapter, but the next one will be longer. (At least I think so ^_^)
Koneko: Just give me your idea through review. It's easier for me! I thought I was actually going to lose my leg there... hahahahahahahahaha... you weren't kidding were you? :: backs away nervously ::
