Author's notes:
Yes! I have 1 review…at least I know someone is actually taking their time to read my story and I'm thankful for that. Anyways at last here's chapter II of my weird story, which by the way was created during one of my…sad to say, boring classes. I was spacing out in my English class so I decided writing this instead of listening to some play Socrates made, so here it is.
Chapter II
Warnings
As the night continued the men of the Shinsengumi continued their merriment, drowning in over 20 bottles of sake and of course harassing their female hostesses with their boorish manners. Even the stoic ninja, Yamazaki Susumu was not being his ice cold self all perhaps due to the fact he was forced to drown in one too many cups of sake.
"When will they ever leave? They're starting to cause a ruckus!"
"Hush! They might hear you"
"Its getting too late and majority of them are intoxicated perhaps they'll be turning in now?"
The female hostesses of the inn the mibu men currently occupied whispered in low voices, clearly disgusted by yet again their rowdy behavior.
"As if Hajime Saitou's party wasn't enough, it cost the Sakura Inn a lot of money to repair the damages you know!"
"Oh yes, I've heard about that…what exactly did those idiots do?"
"Apparently doing a reenactment of some battle…who knows…"
Finally after consuming their last bottle of sake and munching on their last dango the men of the Shinsengumi found it best to retire back to their base, the only problem was all of them were too intoxicated to stand. Perhaps the only ones semi-sober enough to walk were the Ichimura brothers, the effeminate Okita Souji and the eerie 3rd division captain, Saitou Hajime.
"What a party…" Tatsu sighed
"You had a great time didn't you Tatsunosuke-kun?" Okita giggled.
"Hai, hai…but I still think it wasn't necessary for them to go to such lengths…I mean this party must have cost a fortune!"
"The three comedians may have had their ways"
"Eh, Tatsu-nii how exactly are we going to get them home? They're too drunk to stand!" Tetsu whined as he attempted to wake a very drunk Susumu.
"Stop poking me nee-san…five more minutes…"
"Nee-san? Five more minutes? Hey you eyebrow deprived jerk who you calling nee-san?"
"Looks like we have no choice…Okita-san you're in charge of the commander and vice-commander, Saitou-san please assist Nagakura-san, Harada-san and Heisuke-san and Tetsu you take care of Yamazaki-san"
"Hell no! Why am I always stuck babysitting no eyebrow freak?"
"Just shut up and help him up!"
"and just who the hell are you in charge of?" Tetsu retorted huffily
"All of you…now get to work!"
After bidding farewell to their hostesses Okita, Saitou, Tetsu and Tatsu with their drunken comrades made their way back to the headquarters.
"Thank god that's over"
"I thought they'd never leave"
"Hush, they're still watching so just smile and wave...and act as if you'd want them back..."
"But we don't want them back..."
"Just act it out damn it!"
"I just realized something"
"What now?"
"They forgot to pay their bill"
"WHAT!!!!!"
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"Hey…hey…why do we have to leave right away…Tatsu didn't even get to see his present yet…I bet she got dressed up for nothing." Shinpachi slurred
Upon hearing this Tatsu almost fainted
"Yeah…why the heck would you want to leave right away when you know a gorgeous girl waits behind those doors" Heisuke added on
"Hey Sano…what was her name again?"
"Whose?"
"The woman we had set up for our favorite Tatsu-nii"
"It started with a K…or was it… an S… or maybe it was a D…oh wait…no…oh wait…still no…jeez Shinpachi! Don't…hic… make…hic… me…hic… think…hic… when…I'm…hic…drunk…"
"Eh…what does it matter anyways…they're all alike…girls, all they do is look pretty and they get sold…who cares" Heisuke retorted smugly
"You…you…shouldn't say that Todou-san…" Tatsu said sheepishly
"Why not? I'm entitled to say what I want…and yes women are all the same…they flaunt their looks, men chase after them, they get into trouble, good doers save them…they're just trouble!"
"And they stink too!" Sano chimed
"Actually Sano that's just you…"
"Really? you mean all this time...wow...that just shocked some years out of me"
Out of nowhere a woman appearing to be around her 50s approached the drunken crowd. (AN: I couldn't think of any other way)
"So you cocky bastards think that women are all alike eh?"
"Huh? Who the heck are you?" Heisuke demanded as he squinted his eyes in hopes of getting a better look
"You men are all alike…a bunch of moral deprived pigs…"
"Do i stink that bad?" Sano asked
"Who you calling a pig, you wrinkly faced hag"
"Wrinkly faced hag? Ha! I've heard better retorts..."
"Whatever wrinkles...just keep yapping...like i care..."
"It sickens me to see that men like you are walking these streets…you should be ashamed of yourself!"
"Yeah, yeah…save your stories for others who care…"
"Cocky, self-centered and arrogant…if I were you I'd watch my tongue…you wouldn't want to spite someone…"
"Tongue? Hey anyone here knows how to fold up their tongue?"
"Oh I do! Want to see?" Tetsu said cheerily as he folded up his tongue
"You stink at it…never mind"
"Am not…look…look…it's folding…you see?"
"That's exactly what I'm talking about! Just you men wait…time will teach a lesson to all of you…"
"Huh? Did you say anything wrinkles?"
"I think she said something about time...time...time...time...eh she lost me..."
"That's it…I give up!!!! You'll just have to see what its like to be in someone elses shoes" without another word the mysterious woman stomped her way off, leaving the sober and the drunk men to watch with a confused look.
"I wonder what she mean by that…" Tatsu thought
"to be in someone else's shoes? did she plan to stuff us in a shoe or something?"
" Once again...she lost me..."
Unbeknownst to the men, wrinkles parting words were actually words of warning...
So that concludes chapter II and yes if you are cool and nice enough to stick around to read Chapter III and the rest I will glady appreciate it...anyways here's a sneak preview of what's going to be in Chapter three...whoa...rhyme time moment...
NEXT CHAPTER: CHANGES
The boys find themselves...well...not quite theirselves...dun dun dun...