CHAPTER 5: The arrival of Eiji
"Goodbye, Hajime!" Tokio called as the carriage took off down the street. "Good luck! Take care of that Shishio quickly so that you can return and we can continue what we started last night!" She smirked. That should get his attention.
Inside the carriage, a slight pinkish hue slithered across Saito's face. He closed his eyes and his mouth formed a satisfied scowl. Tokio could be so embarrassing sometimes. Why did she say that? Saito sighed. He wanted to just strangle her for saying that.
Tokio walked back inside the house, grinning. Oh how I wish I could see his face when I said that... She mused and giggled slightly. Quickly, she began to clean up the house, trying to determine if she should follow him to Kyoto.
A few days after Saito left, he returned. Tokio was making herself lunch and was getting ready to go shopping. The door to the house opened.
"Hajime? Home so soon?" she asked, pouring herself a cup of tea and walking to the door. She took a sip, then set it down on the table. She saw Saito in the doorway, standing there with a little boy who couldn't be older than thirteen in front of him.
"Tokio, take care of this boy. His name is Eiji. I picked him up at a village that Shishio had taken control of and Battousai wouldn't allow him to stay at the village," Saito said, pushing Eiji forward. Tokio's eyes narrowed slightly.
"And so you decided to dump him on me?" she hissed into his ear coldly. She grabbed Saito by the arm and before he could object, she dragged him into the bedroom, leaving a bewildered Eiji standing alone in the living room.
"What, Tokio?" Saito asked, pulling his arm out of her hand.
"You expect me to do everything, don't you?!" she cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "Does Aku. Soku. Zan. Really mean more to you than I do?!" Tokio whirled around and poked his chest. "Does it?!"
"Tokio, I-" Saito began, but she cut him off.
"Why give a little boy to me? Let the Battousai's woman take care of him!" Tokio gave him a glare that would kill if looks could.
"Tokio..." Saito sighed. It was no use arguing with a woman who was just as stubborn as he was. She was the only one who could tame the Miburo.
"Hajime, could you hold me?" Tokio asked, walking toward him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and he did the same to her. "I just wanted you back and when you returned only to give me a boy, I just... thought that you didn't really care..."
Eiji followed the couple down the hall and stopped outside their room. He stood outside quietly and watched the shadows inside the room. He listened to their conversation.
"Will you stay for tonight, Hajime?"
"I don't know... I really do have to get to Kyoto," Saito's voice said. Eiji watched his silhouette stroke the other's hair.
"Just for tonight. I promise I'll let you go first thing in the morning," Tokio begged. Eiji sighed. He knew he shouldn't eavesdrop on the people who were so kind to let him stay in their house. He tiptoed away from the bedroom door and back into the living room where he busied himself by looking at the paintings on the wall.
"Why, Tokio?" Saito asked holding her head against his jacket. "Why do you want me to stay just for tonight? So we can finish what we-" Tokio slapped a hand across his mouth before he could finish and felt his lips curl into a smirk-like smile.
"Yes, Hajime," she said, playfully elbowing his ribs. "I want to."
"Okay. I'll stay, but you have to promise me that you'll allow me to leave first thing in the morning," Saito said, looking into her eyes.
"I promise," Tokio grinned. "Now, let's go PROPERLY greet our guest." She took his hand and led him out of the room. They found Eiji sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall. When they entered, he looked up.
"Eiji, this is Tokio. You'll be staying with her for a while," Saito said.
"Hello, Miss," Eiji bowed. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Eiji," Tokio said, also bowing. "You must be hungry! Here, let me get you something..."
"No, it's okay," Eiji replied. "I'll be fine. I'm just a little tired from the journey."
"Here, I'll take you to your room and you can rest a while. Then we'll go out and get you some nicer clothes," Tokio said, leading him to his room. "It is getting late. I'll meet you in bed, Hajime..." Tokio smirked, giving him a wink. Saito felt his ears turn a light shade of pink. Tokio and Eiji walked off down the hallway.
"And this is your room," Tokio said to Eiji, finishing off the tour of the house. "Tomorrow I'll bring you to the market with me and we can get you some clothes, but for now you can wear Hajime's clothes. They'll be big, but at least you won't have to sleep in these rags..." She gave him a pair of pants and a shirt.
"Thank you, Miss," Eiji bowed his head.
"Please, call me Tokio," Tokio said. "If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Tokio smiled. She walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. She walked into her room a little way down the hall.
"Is he feeling at home?" Saito asked as Tokio closed the door. He took off his police uniform.
"I'm not sure," Tokio said, also undressing and getting into her nightclothes. "I hope so." She pulled Saito into the bed next to her and snuggled close to him.
"His big brother was killed in Shingetsu village," Saito told her.
"That's terrible," Tokio said.
"I feel kind of like it's my fault, though the idiot should have waited for my arrival before attacking," Saito said.
"I don't want you to leave, Hajime," Tokio said to him. She let a tear slip from her eyes, and then more began to come. Tokio could taste the salt of her tears on her lips.
"I have to, Tokio," Saito said, kissing her. He could also taste her tears. She continued to cry, kissing him back. Then, Tokio tasted another tear. She looked at him. Saito had allowed one silvery tear escape his cold amber eyes. She put her hand behind his head and pulled him toward her. Saito felt Tokio's lips on his, her hands ruffling his hair. And he just let himself sink into the moment, felt her hands caressing his body.
Eiji put on the clothes Tokio had given to him. He slid open the door to his room and padded through the hall to Tokio and Saito's room. He needed a drink of water. He opened the door a crack, but when he saw the scene inside, he decided to get it himself. He saw Tokio and Saito in a deep kiss in bed.
Who knew that the cold man I met at Shingetsu village could love someone? Eiji thought then slid the door closed and returned to his room.
The next morning, Tokio woke up to find Saito's nightclothes folded and placed on their bed. She rubbed her eyes, pulled her clothes tighter around herself and opened the door to the room. Eiji was sitting at the table eating an onigiri (rice ball). A plate of them was sitting on the table.
"Eiji?" Tokio asked, sitting at the table. "Where's Hajime?"
"You mean Saito?" Eiji asked through a mouthful of rice. "He left."
"WHAT?!" Tokio exclaimed, almost jumping out of her seat. "He's gone already?" That JERK! How could he just leave me like that?! He didn't even say goodbye...
"Mmm... yeah. He's gone already," Eiji said, swallowing the rice and then taking another bite.
"Did you make these?" Tokio asked after taking a bite. "These are good."
"Nope. I saw Saito making a whole bunch of them and he gave me these. The others he took outside with him," Eiji said, stuffing the rest of the rice ball into his mouth and hungrily taking another from the plate.
"Where did Hajime learn to cook?" Tokio wondered aloud. "And so well?"
"Beats me. I never thought he'd even have a wife the way he acted at Shingetsu... um..." Eiji quickly shut his mouth.
"I know he's cold, but he's only like that to people who he doesn't trust. I am one of the only ones who he trusts. In time, he will come to trust you and you'll see his true self," Tokio smiled. "I'm going to go get dressed." She quickly finished the rest of her onigiri and hurried into her room.
I'm coming after you, Hajime! There isn't any way I'm letting you do this without me! Just run off without a goodbye... I won't let you do that! Tokio thought. She pulled on a dark blue gi and threw on a pair of baggy pants. She pulled one of Saito's spare katanas from the closet and tucked it into her belt.
"Eiji! I'm going to be leaving for Kyoto!" Tokio called.
"What? Isn't that far away?" Eiji asked.
"Yes, but you can come with me," Tokio said, pulling him up from the chair. "Let's go."
"Okay," Eiji said. He grabbed the last onigiri and followed her out the door where she called up a carriage. They climbed in. A/N: So? How was it? Sorry that took so long. I was being a lazy good for nothing. Heh. EENYWAY, I'm almost done with this story, can you believe it? Short, huh? Ah, well... nothing I can do. I can try to make a sequel if anyone's up to it...
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"Goodbye, Hajime!" Tokio called as the carriage took off down the street. "Good luck! Take care of that Shishio quickly so that you can return and we can continue what we started last night!" She smirked. That should get his attention.
Inside the carriage, a slight pinkish hue slithered across Saito's face. He closed his eyes and his mouth formed a satisfied scowl. Tokio could be so embarrassing sometimes. Why did she say that? Saito sighed. He wanted to just strangle her for saying that.
Tokio walked back inside the house, grinning. Oh how I wish I could see his face when I said that... She mused and giggled slightly. Quickly, she began to clean up the house, trying to determine if she should follow him to Kyoto.
A few days after Saito left, he returned. Tokio was making herself lunch and was getting ready to go shopping. The door to the house opened.
"Hajime? Home so soon?" she asked, pouring herself a cup of tea and walking to the door. She took a sip, then set it down on the table. She saw Saito in the doorway, standing there with a little boy who couldn't be older than thirteen in front of him.
"Tokio, take care of this boy. His name is Eiji. I picked him up at a village that Shishio had taken control of and Battousai wouldn't allow him to stay at the village," Saito said, pushing Eiji forward. Tokio's eyes narrowed slightly.
"And so you decided to dump him on me?" she hissed into his ear coldly. She grabbed Saito by the arm and before he could object, she dragged him into the bedroom, leaving a bewildered Eiji standing alone in the living room.
"What, Tokio?" Saito asked, pulling his arm out of her hand.
"You expect me to do everything, don't you?!" she cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "Does Aku. Soku. Zan. Really mean more to you than I do?!" Tokio whirled around and poked his chest. "Does it?!"
"Tokio, I-" Saito began, but she cut him off.
"Why give a little boy to me? Let the Battousai's woman take care of him!" Tokio gave him a glare that would kill if looks could.
"Tokio..." Saito sighed. It was no use arguing with a woman who was just as stubborn as he was. She was the only one who could tame the Miburo.
"Hajime, could you hold me?" Tokio asked, walking toward him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and he did the same to her. "I just wanted you back and when you returned only to give me a boy, I just... thought that you didn't really care..."
Eiji followed the couple down the hall and stopped outside their room. He stood outside quietly and watched the shadows inside the room. He listened to their conversation.
"Will you stay for tonight, Hajime?"
"I don't know... I really do have to get to Kyoto," Saito's voice said. Eiji watched his silhouette stroke the other's hair.
"Just for tonight. I promise I'll let you go first thing in the morning," Tokio begged. Eiji sighed. He knew he shouldn't eavesdrop on the people who were so kind to let him stay in their house. He tiptoed away from the bedroom door and back into the living room where he busied himself by looking at the paintings on the wall.
"Why, Tokio?" Saito asked holding her head against his jacket. "Why do you want me to stay just for tonight? So we can finish what we-" Tokio slapped a hand across his mouth before he could finish and felt his lips curl into a smirk-like smile.
"Yes, Hajime," she said, playfully elbowing his ribs. "I want to."
"Okay. I'll stay, but you have to promise me that you'll allow me to leave first thing in the morning," Saito said, looking into her eyes.
"I promise," Tokio grinned. "Now, let's go PROPERLY greet our guest." She took his hand and led him out of the room. They found Eiji sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall. When they entered, he looked up.
"Eiji, this is Tokio. You'll be staying with her for a while," Saito said.
"Hello, Miss," Eiji bowed. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Eiji," Tokio said, also bowing. "You must be hungry! Here, let me get you something..."
"No, it's okay," Eiji replied. "I'll be fine. I'm just a little tired from the journey."
"Here, I'll take you to your room and you can rest a while. Then we'll go out and get you some nicer clothes," Tokio said, leading him to his room. "It is getting late. I'll meet you in bed, Hajime..." Tokio smirked, giving him a wink. Saito felt his ears turn a light shade of pink. Tokio and Eiji walked off down the hallway.
"And this is your room," Tokio said to Eiji, finishing off the tour of the house. "Tomorrow I'll bring you to the market with me and we can get you some clothes, but for now you can wear Hajime's clothes. They'll be big, but at least you won't have to sleep in these rags..." She gave him a pair of pants and a shirt.
"Thank you, Miss," Eiji bowed his head.
"Please, call me Tokio," Tokio said. "If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Tokio smiled. She walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. She walked into her room a little way down the hall.
"Is he feeling at home?" Saito asked as Tokio closed the door. He took off his police uniform.
"I'm not sure," Tokio said, also undressing and getting into her nightclothes. "I hope so." She pulled Saito into the bed next to her and snuggled close to him.
"His big brother was killed in Shingetsu village," Saito told her.
"That's terrible," Tokio said.
"I feel kind of like it's my fault, though the idiot should have waited for my arrival before attacking," Saito said.
"I don't want you to leave, Hajime," Tokio said to him. She let a tear slip from her eyes, and then more began to come. Tokio could taste the salt of her tears on her lips.
"I have to, Tokio," Saito said, kissing her. He could also taste her tears. She continued to cry, kissing him back. Then, Tokio tasted another tear. She looked at him. Saito had allowed one silvery tear escape his cold amber eyes. She put her hand behind his head and pulled him toward her. Saito felt Tokio's lips on his, her hands ruffling his hair. And he just let himself sink into the moment, felt her hands caressing his body.
Eiji put on the clothes Tokio had given to him. He slid open the door to his room and padded through the hall to Tokio and Saito's room. He needed a drink of water. He opened the door a crack, but when he saw the scene inside, he decided to get it himself. He saw Tokio and Saito in a deep kiss in bed.
Who knew that the cold man I met at Shingetsu village could love someone? Eiji thought then slid the door closed and returned to his room.
The next morning, Tokio woke up to find Saito's nightclothes folded and placed on their bed. She rubbed her eyes, pulled her clothes tighter around herself and opened the door to the room. Eiji was sitting at the table eating an onigiri (rice ball). A plate of them was sitting on the table.
"Eiji?" Tokio asked, sitting at the table. "Where's Hajime?"
"You mean Saito?" Eiji asked through a mouthful of rice. "He left."
"WHAT?!" Tokio exclaimed, almost jumping out of her seat. "He's gone already?" That JERK! How could he just leave me like that?! He didn't even say goodbye...
"Mmm... yeah. He's gone already," Eiji said, swallowing the rice and then taking another bite.
"Did you make these?" Tokio asked after taking a bite. "These are good."
"Nope. I saw Saito making a whole bunch of them and he gave me these. The others he took outside with him," Eiji said, stuffing the rest of the rice ball into his mouth and hungrily taking another from the plate.
"Where did Hajime learn to cook?" Tokio wondered aloud. "And so well?"
"Beats me. I never thought he'd even have a wife the way he acted at Shingetsu... um..." Eiji quickly shut his mouth.
"I know he's cold, but he's only like that to people who he doesn't trust. I am one of the only ones who he trusts. In time, he will come to trust you and you'll see his true self," Tokio smiled. "I'm going to go get dressed." She quickly finished the rest of her onigiri and hurried into her room.
I'm coming after you, Hajime! There isn't any way I'm letting you do this without me! Just run off without a goodbye... I won't let you do that! Tokio thought. She pulled on a dark blue gi and threw on a pair of baggy pants. She pulled one of Saito's spare katanas from the closet and tucked it into her belt.
"Eiji! I'm going to be leaving for Kyoto!" Tokio called.
"What? Isn't that far away?" Eiji asked.
"Yes, but you can come with me," Tokio said, pulling him up from the chair. "Let's go."
"Okay," Eiji said. He grabbed the last onigiri and followed her out the door where she called up a carriage. They climbed in. A/N: So? How was it? Sorry that took so long. I was being a lazy good for nothing. Heh. EENYWAY, I'm almost done with this story, can you believe it? Short, huh? Ah, well... nothing I can do. I can try to make a sequel if anyone's up to it...
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MissBehavin: Thanks for reviewing......... but you should really start updating on your stories, dangit! I'm waiting...... I love your stories! Thanks for the project note. I finished on time and everything went a-okay. Now I have time to spend on my fanfics! Isn't that great? Well, thanks!
JadeGoddess: Thanks for reviewing. Tokio isn't going to meet the Kenshingumi yet, but she will meet someone else later. Who, you ask? Well, you'll just have to wait and see......... ^_^
