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Sanosuke, still shaken, stood in awe of what to him was his savior. Captain Sagara lent a hand out to Sano and helped him up.
Sanosuke glanced at the bodies of his two younger brothers and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Are they d-dead?"
Captain Sagara knelt down next to Jyin and Myo and checked their pulses. He reluctantly shook his head no. Sanosuke's eyes shadowed out and he began to let his held back tears fall.
"Sanosuke…" Sagara started.
"How do you know my name?"
"I've been watching you for some time. I know how your father abuses you and your family."
"So, you know about me. What's your name?"
"Sagara Sōzō. Captain Sagara Sōzō."
"So, Captain, why were you monitoring me?" asked Sano.
"I need new recruits for my army." Sagara said patiently.
"And what army would that be?"
"The Sekihō Army. I wish for you to consider my offer, seeing as how you're only a minor and don't have a guardian."
Sano stood and thought about the offer.
"At least spend the night with us."
"Well, okay," Sanosuke finally said.
He quickly followed Capt. Sagara to the stairs. He looked back once more at the body of Myo and Jyin. He remembered how Jyin had looked up to him and how Myo always thought things were a game. He looked away and walked to the front of the house with Sagara. There he saw his mother lying in her bedroom with several doctors.
"Mother!" Sano cried.
He felt a reliving hand on his shoulder. "Do not worry. She is in good hands."
"S-So, you mean she's not dead?"
"Yes she will live."
They walked out of Sano's house to a carriage. Sano had never ridden in a carriage before. Sanosuke got in after Capt. Sagara and did not speak until they reached the Sekihō Army HQ.