Nameless Hitokiri: Chapter Six
Disclaimer: They say that education allows you to be happy in life, but somehow I don't own RK, just ten truckloads of homework.
A/N: I got a review mentioning the thing I said about Eiga being a "trained liar to the core" I'm sorry I haven't brought that into play in this story, I just don't want Eiga to lie to Souzou.
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Eiga and Souzou eventually got down from the cherry tree (through slipping and arguing) as soon as they reached the ground Souzou pulled out the gleaming dagger that he always carried with him and cut two pieces of rope, each slightly larger than his hand, and gave one to Eiga and kept one for himself. "After the river incident you chose a name to concrete that moment in our memories, I want something to remember how we were in that cherry tree." He smiled and so did Eiga.
~*~ Later That Day
The new couple strolled into the Sekihoutai camp hand in hand much to the surprise of the milling crowds of the Sekihoutai who had gathered around to greet their captain. They were hesitant when addressing Eiga, wondering if she had really gained the captain's favor or if he was just being polite. Many of the Sekihoutai doubted that their captain could truly love a deserting hitokiri, but an equal many expected a wedding ceremony to occur in the near future and hoped beyond all else that Eiga and Souzou would become happy newly-weds.
~*~ At the Riverside (Later)
The sun went down in a fiery defiance, the last rays, that pulled the blanket of color with them, set fire to the trees, the cherry blossoms, and the swollen river by which Souzou and Eiga sat together. Souzou, with the shadow of a kind smile playing on his face in the light cast by the moon, stars, and fleeting fireflies, met Eiga's gaze and softly spoke, his voice musical like the flute and noble like a trumpet, "Why did you refuse my first kiss here? Did it have something to do with whatever haunted your dreams?"
"I can't tell you Souzou, it's just something I can't tell you, it haunts me throughout my waking hours; but the true malice of the memory waits until I sleep when it stops whispering and screams in my head." Eiga put a hand on her face to hide her crying.
Souzou brushed away her tears with a gentle hand and said softly, "Can you just tell me, I won't like you any less if you tell me. I want to know what troubles you, why don't you trust me with your secret?"
Eiga looked up at him with adoration, she wanted to tell him what weighted her heart but in a way she was hesitant to speak, "The night I left the Choshu something happened, I was summoned to my general's tent for a meeting of officers. Before I entered they required me to leave my weapons outside, when I entered I found my general and two other officers who I was to meet with. One of the two officers offered me a drink, and I accepted it, soon after drinking it; I realized that it had been laced with opium and I fell unconscious. When I awoke, I realized what had happened, I had been raped while I was drugged. That's why I ran away from the Choshu, that's why I swear that I'll kill the three men who raped me." By the end of her story Eiga was sobbing furiously and Captain Sagara placed his hand upon her shoulder.
~*~ The Next Day
Souzou summoned his officers to meet "We are NOT going to return Eiga to the Choshu!" He shouted in rage, "She had EVERY right to leave them, they betrayed her in the least honorable way! I have summoned you here to hear what you say on the matter!"
"She's still a deserter, we are obligated to return her to her clan to await punishment, you shouldn't let your heart replace your reason." Said one officer who I shall call Kazuaki for the time being.
"Sometimes it's best to listen to what you think to be right than to follow orders, Kazuaki." Pointed out an officer called Riichi.
"If you don't turn her in then we'll be accountable for insubordination." Replied Kazuaki, "Is one girl really worth our whole clan's annihilation?"
A/N: Oooh cliffhanger, what will Sagara choose? Now that he knows the truth of why Eiga deserted can he mend her broken heart?
Sagara fan girls: Find out how our sweet piece of man deals with the girl he loves in Chapter seven.
Lady: You mean MY sweet piece of man! R&R
Disclaimer: They say that education allows you to be happy in life, but somehow I don't own RK, just ten truckloads of homework.
A/N: I got a review mentioning the thing I said about Eiga being a "trained liar to the core" I'm sorry I haven't brought that into play in this story, I just don't want Eiga to lie to Souzou.
~*~
Eiga and Souzou eventually got down from the cherry tree (through slipping and arguing) as soon as they reached the ground Souzou pulled out the gleaming dagger that he always carried with him and cut two pieces of rope, each slightly larger than his hand, and gave one to Eiga and kept one for himself. "After the river incident you chose a name to concrete that moment in our memories, I want something to remember how we were in that cherry tree." He smiled and so did Eiga.
~*~ Later That Day
The new couple strolled into the Sekihoutai camp hand in hand much to the surprise of the milling crowds of the Sekihoutai who had gathered around to greet their captain. They were hesitant when addressing Eiga, wondering if she had really gained the captain's favor or if he was just being polite. Many of the Sekihoutai doubted that their captain could truly love a deserting hitokiri, but an equal many expected a wedding ceremony to occur in the near future and hoped beyond all else that Eiga and Souzou would become happy newly-weds.
~*~ At the Riverside (Later)
The sun went down in a fiery defiance, the last rays, that pulled the blanket of color with them, set fire to the trees, the cherry blossoms, and the swollen river by which Souzou and Eiga sat together. Souzou, with the shadow of a kind smile playing on his face in the light cast by the moon, stars, and fleeting fireflies, met Eiga's gaze and softly spoke, his voice musical like the flute and noble like a trumpet, "Why did you refuse my first kiss here? Did it have something to do with whatever haunted your dreams?"
"I can't tell you Souzou, it's just something I can't tell you, it haunts me throughout my waking hours; but the true malice of the memory waits until I sleep when it stops whispering and screams in my head." Eiga put a hand on her face to hide her crying.
Souzou brushed away her tears with a gentle hand and said softly, "Can you just tell me, I won't like you any less if you tell me. I want to know what troubles you, why don't you trust me with your secret?"
Eiga looked up at him with adoration, she wanted to tell him what weighted her heart but in a way she was hesitant to speak, "The night I left the Choshu something happened, I was summoned to my general's tent for a meeting of officers. Before I entered they required me to leave my weapons outside, when I entered I found my general and two other officers who I was to meet with. One of the two officers offered me a drink, and I accepted it, soon after drinking it; I realized that it had been laced with opium and I fell unconscious. When I awoke, I realized what had happened, I had been raped while I was drugged. That's why I ran away from the Choshu, that's why I swear that I'll kill the three men who raped me." By the end of her story Eiga was sobbing furiously and Captain Sagara placed his hand upon her shoulder.
~*~ The Next Day
Souzou summoned his officers to meet "We are NOT going to return Eiga to the Choshu!" He shouted in rage, "She had EVERY right to leave them, they betrayed her in the least honorable way! I have summoned you here to hear what you say on the matter!"
"She's still a deserter, we are obligated to return her to her clan to await punishment, you shouldn't let your heart replace your reason." Said one officer who I shall call Kazuaki for the time being.
"Sometimes it's best to listen to what you think to be right than to follow orders, Kazuaki." Pointed out an officer called Riichi.
"If you don't turn her in then we'll be accountable for insubordination." Replied Kazuaki, "Is one girl really worth our whole clan's annihilation?"
A/N: Oooh cliffhanger, what will Sagara choose? Now that he knows the truth of why Eiga deserted can he mend her broken heart?
Sagara fan girls: Find out how our sweet piece of man deals with the girl he loves in Chapter seven.
Lady: You mean MY sweet piece of man! R&R
