By Shirogami
Chapter 8: Trust your encouragement, Ayame-san.
After saloon, Oogami continues towards Balcony, he sees Ayame, in her usual kimono, is staring at the evening street. Walking towards Ayame, Oogami greets her.
"Good evening, Ayame-san. Sorry to disturb you, but what are you looking at?" Oogami asks curiously.
"Ah, good evening, Oogami-kun. It's nothing much, I just looking at the Teito that we need to protect, isn't it beautiful?" With a weak crimson sunset, it shines upon Ayame's face, and her sorrow too.
"Ayame-san, is that everything troubles you?" Oogami concerns about her and tries to offer help, even though she is his superior officer, but he tries to help as her friend as well.
"Oogami-kun, sometimes I just wonder, what makes us stronger to make some action that is out of our mind? Is it orders? Destiny? Or it just like some sort of fate?" Oogami listens and maintains silent for a while, then Ayame continues.
"Even I am dedicated in doing this job, but still, sometimes I feels like I am forcing myself too much and I starts to think that am I really suits this job? Once when I was in the Kouma Elimination Team, I always thought that justice is all we need for the rest of our life, we fought wars over wars, even had slashed the demons, over thousands of them, even Kazuma had sacrificed himself for the sake of Teito. But still, they are alive until now. I just wonder that were our effort really useless all this time?" Ayame cannot stops herself from thinking of her past.
"No, Ayame-san. You are wrong." With a determined voice, Oogami replies Ayame.
"Oogami-kun..." Hearing a surprise answer, Ayame turns and looks at the serious-looking officer.
"Even though you might not taking the job as my superior officer; even though you might not the companion for Colonel Kazuma and Sir Yoneda; or even though you might be just a normal citizen of Teito, it is your nature that you want to protect Teito from being harmed, no matter either how powerful or how powerless you are. If it isn't you, it could be another person who will hold the burden you do right now. In fact, we should feel honored that we are chosen to take such a task." Oogami stops and continues, "If the evil arise, we will fight back, it is not what kind of position, weapon or people we are, it is our strong will that empower our body, I remembered someone said to me before, "Someone can be success, and courage is all in need". May be they keep endanger us, but as long as our encouragement still burns like fire, we sure will win." Through his spar with Sakura, Oogami now speaks with more determined mind and expression.
Ayame maintain silent for a while. After listened to Oogami's words, she realizes that Oogami got a word, which she almost forgot: COURAGE. Now, her mind flashed back when she started to join the Kouma Elimination Team, it is her encouragement to push her to; When Kazuma sacrificed himself for the sake of Teito and his daughter's future, it is his encouragement to push him to; When all of the Hanagumi fight without fear, it is also their encouragement to push them to.
In the mean time, Oogami realizes that he had talked too much and less respect to his superior officer, he apologizes to Ayame, "I am sorry, Ayeme-san, I... I talked too much"
"No, not at all, Oogami-kun, I should be the one who apologizes because I keep depressing and almost influence others as well, and... thank you, Oogami-kun, I feels better after talking to you, now I should go to meet Commander Yoneda, please excuse me." After thanking to Oogami, Ayame starts to leave balcony. "By the way, who told you about the quote you spoke just now"
Rubbing the back of his head a bit, Oogami speaks, "Hmm... it is one of my old schoolmate from the NAVY Academy."
Author's Note:
Greetings, everyone! Shirogami here and I would like to thank you all for keep reading this story.
Thank you sakuramiko, I will consider your review. It's a challenge for me after all.
I don't owe any of Sakura Taisen' character, but I hope you enjoy the story.
Next chapter is up soon, please R&R, Thank you.