Shadow Light
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And here is chapter twenty seven! Enjoy!
Prev: "We're leaving now. We don't know where we are going to, but we'll see… Farewell." He turned around, still holding Sora and they walked away. "Everything will be okay Sora." Sojiro was all she had in her life now. "The Battousai will die before he kills the only thing I have…"
Weeks had passed since the death of Shishio. Sojiro and Sora stayed nearby Kyoto cause Sojiro had promised to pay a visit to the other Juppongatana. So one day they did. Thanks to some sources, they had found out that Chou worked for the police. To disguise themselves they were wearing cloaks that covered their faces, only revealing their eyes, and body till the knees. As they neared the police station Chou walked out like he had felt that someone needed him. They walked to him and Chou stopped in front of them, thinking they wanted to ask something.
"Yes? Is there a problem?" Chou asked looking at the two figures before him.
"Chou-san. Long time no see." Sojiro said smiling behind his cloak.
Chou raised an eyebrow. "Do I know you two?"
Both smiling, Sojiro and Sora pulled their cloak down to show their faces. Chou opened his mouth surprised, looked around quickly and then looked back to the two youngsters in front of him.
"What are you two doing here? They are still looking for you guys."
"Don't worry Chou, they won't catch us." Sora said.
Sora had become happier the last days and the pain of the deaths of Shishio and Yumi had gone more to the background. The fact that she and Sojiro were together and supported each other helped a lot for the both of them.
"Can we talk somewhere quiet Chou-san?" Sojiro asked.
"Sure. Follow me." He turned around and started to walk away. "We'll go to my place. I'm done with working for today."
Sojiro and Sora let their cloak cover their face again and they followed Chou. Somewhere in the centre of Kyoto they stopped at a very little house that was big enough for one person to live. Chou opened the door and they walked in. Sojiro and Sora got out their cloaks and sat down at a little table. Chou sat down too and stroked with his hand trough his hair.
"I'll be in big problems if someone discovers you two were here. But anyway, what brings you guys here?"
"Do you know what happened to the other Juppongatana?" Sora asked laying her cloak next to her on the ground.
"We already know that Iwanbo fled after the fight at the Aoiya." Sojiro informed Chou.
"Ya, that's correct. The fat guy is somewhere in the mountains. I don't think we'll see him back again."
"And what about the others?"
"Henya, Fuji, Saizuchi and I work for the government. Anji is in jail…"
"Did they caught him?" Sojiro asked.
"Na. He turned himself in. He'll be in jail for twenty five years."
"That's a long time…" Sora said. "And what happened to Kamatari?"
"He wanted to kill himself after he heard Shishio-sama was dead. But I convinced him not to do it. Now he works for the government too as a spy."
"Poor Kamatari." Sora thought looking at the table. "He loved Shishio with all his heart. It must have been a big shock when he heard he was dead."
"Where is he now?" Sora asked pulling her gaze away from the table.
"He's somewhere here in Kyoto too. I think he's still in the hospital to recover from his wounds."
"We'll pay him a visit too." Sojiro said to Sora. He turned back to Chou. "And what happened to Houji-san?"
"He killed himself in jail."
"I already thought Houji-san would do something like that." Sojiro said.
"Ya, he was really obsessed with Shishio-sama. He follows him everywhere, even into dead."
Then it was silent for a moment. Everyone was in his own thoughts till Sojiro broke the silence. He stood up and took his cloak.
"We'll leave now Chou-san." He said getting the cloak on while Sora followed his example. "We've got all the information we wanted. Staying longer then it has too can result to trouble for all of us."
Chou nodded and stood up too to open the door. "Where do you live now anyway?"
"We're travelling together." Sora said smiling.
"We don't know where we are going to yet. We'll just see." Sojiro said also smiling.
Chou opened the door. "Well, I wouldn't do such a thing. I'm fine here in this house. But hey…" He grinned. "It's your problem, not mine."
Sora laughed and stepped outside followed by Sojiro.
"We go and visit Kamatari now, and then we'll go away from Kyoto."
"Good luck with it. Watch out for the police, they are still looking for you two."
Sojiro smiled. "Thanks for warning us. Now, goodbye Chou-san!"
They both covered their face again with their cloak and walked away while Chou closed the door behind him.
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"Good morning miss. Could you please tell us in which room Honjou Kamatari is?"
Sojiro and Sora had arrived in the hospital. Not knowing where Kamatari was they asked a nurse who passed them in the hall. The nurse looked at them studying.
"Are you two friends or family?" Asked the nurse.
"Friends. Could we visit him please?" Sojiro asked.
The nurse still looked at them like they had done something wrong. "And what are your names may I ask?"
"Ah crap." Sora thought.
"I am Takato Ishida." Sojiro said. He pointed at Sora. "And this is Hikari Satoshi."
The nurse wrote the names down quickly and started to walk away. "Follow me please."
They followed her till they stopped at a door. "This is Honjou Kamatari's room. I'll be back in about ten minutes."
"Thank you miss." Sojiro said smiling behind his cloak.
The nurse walked away and disappeared out of sight. Sora and Sojiro both pulled their cloak down.
"Hikari Satoshi and Takato Ishida?" Sora asked with a grin on her face.
"That was the first thing that popped in my head." Smiling he laid his hand on the door. "Let's go inside miss Satoshi."
Sora hit him on his arm playfully and laughed. "Okay mister Ishida."
Sojiro opened the door. Kamatari was lying on a bed with his back at them. He pulled the blanket over his head.
"I said I didn't want to see anybody!" He yelled. "Go away!"
"Kamatari-san calm down." Sojiro said taking a step forward.
Kamatari quickly sat up and looked at them with a surprised look written on his face. His eyes were red and swollen of crying and his voice shook a little bit.
"Sojiro-chan? Sora-chan? What…?"
"We're here to visit you." Sora said walking closer to the bed with Sojiro next to her.
Kamatari rubbed his eyes and looked sadly at his knees. Sora sat down on the bed and Sojiro kept standing next to it. The silence was terrible and Sojiro asked a question.
"How long do you have to stay here Kamatari-san?"
"I leave this place tomorrow. My first day as a spy for the government will begin then."
Kamatari suddenly clinched his hands together to fists and slammed with them on his knees. Sora and Sojiro looked at Kamatari surprised.
"Shishio-sama had never accepted this! I can't work for the Meji! It feels like I'm betraying him!"
He wanted to hit himself again but Sora stopped him.
"Kamatari stop!"
"Let go of me!"
Kamatari managed to get loose from Sora's grip but Sojiro quickly held his shoulders.
"Kamatari-san! Please, calm down!"
Kamatari stopped struggling. He covered his eyes with his hands and started to cry again. Sojiro carefully let go of his shoulders and sat back.
"You don't know what I am feeling… Y-you don't know…" Kamatari said trough his hands
Sora carefully laid her hand on his knee to comfort him. "No we don't. But I don't think that Shishio-sama would appreciate it either that you just sit here and cry."
Kamatari said nothing but laid his hands back down next to him. He looked at his knees like he hoped that the solution of his problem would appear there.
"I don't want to upset you more Kamatari-san," Said Sojiro with a serious tone in his voice. "But Shishio-san is dead. You don't have to change your life for someone who isn't here in this world anymore."
Kamatari looked up. "I know you are right Sojiro-chan. And you too Sora-chan. But it's so hard to think of that when the only thing I can think about is how I am betraying Shishio-sama…"
"You aren't betraying him Kamatari-san." Said Sojiro. "You are acting weak now."
Sora and Kamatari both looked at Sojiro a little bit shocked.
"Sojiro, he…" Sora tried.
"No Sora. He is acting weak right now." Sojiro interrupted and he looked back at Kamatari. "You're acting weak while you must be strong. Shishio-san wanted you to be strong but you aren't."
Kamatari looked at Sojiro with big eyes.
"Be strong and continue living Kamatari-san. Be a spy and start your life over. Without Shishio-san."
Another silence fell down in the room. Kamatari looked away, closed his eyes and opened them again. Then he looked back at Sojiro.
"You're right. I'm acting weak. I mustn't do that." He rubbed his eyes with the backside of his hands. "Thank you Sojiro-chan for letting me realize that. I'll be a spy and start a new life here in Kyoto."
Kamatari smiled causing Sojiro and Sora to smile too.
"But enough about me now. Where are you guys going too now?"
"Travelling." Sora said.
"For ten years and then we'll see what we do." Sojiro added.
"Sounds great. Let me know when I can visit you two."
Sora laughed. "We will. Don't worry about that."
Sojiro stood up while Kamatari and Sora continued talking. He walked to the window and looked outside.
"I knew it…" He said.
"What?" Sora asked looking at Sojiro.
Sojiro pointed outside and Sora stood up. She gasped when she looked down. The building was surrounded by police men with guns. Another big group entered the building.
"That nurse has warned the police." Sojiro said turning his back to the window.
"We have to get away from here." Sora said.
"How are you going to do that?" Asked Kamatari who had stood up too and had seen the police. "They are everywhere."
"We have to be quick." He picked up his cloak and threw Sora's to her. "Put it on quickly, we can't lose time."
While he got his cloak on Sojiro turned to Kamatari again. "Sorry Kamatari-san. But we must go now. Remember what we said and we'll let you know something once in a while."
Kamatari nodded. "Don't worry about me. The only thing you have to worry about now is how to get out of here."
"We can't go trough the halls." Said Sora who had her cloak on. "We must surprise them."
"The window." Sojiro said. "We aren't that high so we can jump out of it and run. We're quick enough."
Sora nodded. The sound of running footsteps could be heard in the hall.
"Goodbye Kamatari." Sora said pulling the cloak before her face like Sojiro did.
The door went open on that exact moment Sojiro and Sora jumped out of the window. The glass shattered around them and Kamatari jumped away. One of the policemen screamed in anger and ran at the window.
"Shoot them!" He yelled.
Sora and Sojiro landed on their feet and started to run. The bullets flew around them while they ran further approaching the wall of policemen. Knocking some of the policemen unconscious to get trough they finally had a free road. The bullets chased the two fighters but didn't hit them.
"Damn that nurse for calling the police!" Sora said angry while they were still running.
"Even with our false names she didn't trust us. She probably warned the police because we were wearing cloaks and visited an ex-Juppongatana. And the police is searching for a girl and a boy around the age of 16. She had enough reason to warn the police." Sojiro explained his thoughts.
"Even these cloaks don't protect us for being discovered. We have to be more careful."
They both ran till they were out of Kyoto. The journey could begin...
Sora M: "So that was chapter twenty seven. Not really interesting either but…"
(Noise on the background)
Sora M: (Walks to the noise and sees Shishio getting things in a backpack)
Sora M: "Shishio-kun what are you doing?"
Shishio: (Closing backpack) "I'm leaving."
Sora M: "WHAT? WHY?" O.O
Shishio: (Pulls backpack on his back) "I can't stay with someone who hates me, so I'm leaving."
Sora M: (Dives at Shishio's legs and grabs them) "NOOOOOOO!"
Shishio: (Shaking his leg) "Let go of me!"
Sora M: (Still holding legs) "NO! I can't let you go!... You're my obsession! I have 259 images of you on my computer! DON'T LEAVE ME PLEASE!"
Shishio: (Stops shaking) "I'm your obsession?"
Sora M: (Nods)
Shishio: (Smiles) "It's nice to hear that I am an obsession of people."
Sora M: "So… you'll stay Shishio-kun?"
Shishio: "Well I guess…Yes…"
Sora M: (Jumps up and hugs Shishio, almost breaking his back) "Thank you Shishio-kun!"
Shishio: (Slightly twitching) "It's… nothing… really…"
Sora M: (Let's go of Shishio and gets a box with pocky out her pocket) "And look what I have for you and me!" n.n
Shishio: "POCKY!" n.n
Sora M: (Opens box and gives one to Shishio) "Here ya go Shishio-kun!"
Shishio: (Smiles and eats pocky)
Sora M: (Gets a pocky too and turns to reader) "That was more OOCness of Shishio-kun! I hope you liked the chapter. Till the next one!" (Waves and eats her pocky)