A/N: God, I love you people, keep on reading, and why not, for the hell of it, read one of my other fan fics. Come on, go over to the FFVII section and look me up…And for the whole time question. The SC kids are still in present time, which would mean, they are in the village, like I said before, when we go back in time I write a little thing that looks like this One Year Before…..or a thing like this, Present Time…alright…ok…keep reading lovlies

Well the awsomness that is Samurai Champloo belongs to ….. that guy….what's his face….yeah, well they don't belong to me.

With Broken Wings.

Chapter Five: Lullaby Angel

One year Before

He sat on the floor, his eyes closed and his hands at his sides. He slowly opened them, looking into the courtyard. A small smile crept on his face. It had taken him some time, but he rebuilt the remains of the dojo, of course he didn't have any students, but he was happy none the less.

Happy

That was what he told himself, he was happy.

"Jin-san, I have a message for you."

Jin looked up at the young boy running toward him, he stood up and met the boy half way, "What is it Kiko-kun?"

The boy stopped and tried to catch his breath his short black hair falling into his face, "Well…Jin-san, a letter came in from the isle that Shino is."

Jin perked his eyebrow up and grabbed the small parchment from the boy's hands. He gave the boy a small nod and headed back into the dojo.

Present day

The three of them sat at the table, it reminded Fuu of the old days, the three of them shoveling food into their mouths and thinking about where they were going to stay for the night. But unlike those days, they had a place to stay and enough food to keep them all happy.

Fuu looked up at the two men that she shared her table with; she gave them a small smile. In her heart she was happy that they were back, she knew that she would feel different in about an hour, but for now she was happy and content.

"What are you grinning about?" Mugen looked up from his bowl and gave Fuu a small scowl.

She blinked a few times and forced a nervous laugh, she hated to get caught staring at people, "No, nothing is wrong, so," she looked at Jin, "What have you been up to?"

"Nothing much." He kept his eyes down cast as he stared at the rice in his bowl.

Mugen looked over at him, flashing a quick smirk, "Aw, come on, what about that trick you had, you know the one you let go."

"I do not appreciate you talking about Shino like that."

Fuu tried her hardest to smile, "So what is up with Shino?"

One year Before

Jin read the letter one more time, just to make sure that he wasn't imagining anything.

Dear Jin,

I'm sorry, but I will not be returning to the mainland, thank you for all your help. I hope that you find a person that will make you as happy as you have made me.

Shino

He eye twitched, he couldn't believe it, this couldn't be the end.

He stopped and grabbed on to his chest, it was a strange feeling.

The feeling of his heart breaking.

Present Day

"I'd rather not talk about it." He took a sip from his cup of tea.

Mugen looked at him and scratched his ear, "Well I think that she dumped you."

"Aw, is that what happened Jin?" Fuu gave him a sad look and placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder.

Before he could retort, there was a knock on the door. Fuu looked up and walked over to the door, slowly opening it. She peeked her head out and saw Akira, standing there, a sad look in his eyes.

She quickly turned to the other guys, a small frown on her face. They looked at her quizzically. She turned back to the door and slowly opened it.

"Uh, hello Akira-san. Is there any thing I can do for you today?" She forced a smiled on to her pale face.

He brightened up when he saw her, "Ah, Fuu-san, I was wondering, if you had no complaints, if I could spend a few moments with you."

"Well you see, I had a few companions over and …" She was cut short but an arm thrown over her shoulder. She looked up and saw Mugen smiling.

"Of course we would love for you to come in and have some dinner, I'm sure that Fuu can throw together something for you." He looked down at Fuu, giving her a small smirk.

She felt her face grow hot. She looked up at Akira, who was staring intently at Mugen, she sighed in defeat, "Come in Akira-san, I hope you like fish."

Akira nodded and walked in, pushing past Mugen and sitting down next to Jin, he looked up, "So, Fuu-san, who are these fine men, you haven't introduced us yet. Are they you're brothers?" He quickly glanced over Mugen giving him a quick glare.

Fuu laughed nervously as she pushed Mugen's arm away from her, "Well no, you see, these were the men I was traveling with about a year ago. They are nice and, well, they came to visit me….I guess." She put a slender finger to her chin and turned to Mugen and Jin, "Why are you two here?"

Mugen shrugged and Jin continued to eat his rice.

"They were your traveling companions? I see." Akira looked down, his brown hair covering his eyes.

Fuu stared at him, confusion on her face.

Later that night.

Mugen and Jin laid on the think mats placed on the floors. They laid there in silence, until Mugen turned around, facing Jin, "So what do you think about her?"

"Hmm."

"I mean, she sure has changed over the year, have you seen her…..she can hardly fit into her Kimono." Mugen gave a quick chuckle.

"Hmm."

"Come on fish face, I know that you must have something that resembles guy parts under all that fabric." Mugen leaned on his side.

"I do not think we should speak of Fuu in such a manner."

"Gods, you act all high and mighty, but I bet that if she were to ask you into her bed, you'd be all over that like a fat kid on candy." Mugen snorted and rolled over.

"Why do you bring her up anyways."

"I dunno, I guess it's because I have a bad feeling about the little rich prick and her."

A/U: Not my best work to date, been kinda sick, so this is just a little filler chapter, I'll update as soon as I can. smiles