CHAP 6: METEOR SHOWER
Gintoki: "Summing up the previous chap: after being forced to get married, Okita and Kagura had a chaotic wedding…"
Otae: *rap his head* "Isn't it such a cursory summary? You must specify it. Let start from the reason for their contractual marriage"
Gintoki: "How the hell could I know it? I didn't show up in chap 1 and 2. And the author only give me a few scenes in chap 3, she even let you step on my foot….AWW!
Otae: "Tsk, useless. I guess I have to do it now. Okay, so here's the summary: Once upon a time, a very very long time, there was a populous and rich continent named: Kintama, oh wrong, it's Gintama…"
Shinpachi: *appear from some only-God-know where* Aneue, you're overdoing it, you're telling the whole story.
Otae: "Oh, Shin-chan, I didn't sense your existence over there" *continue babble* "This continent was dominated by the two strongest families with their best warriors and plentiful…"
Gintoki: "Shut that crap already"
Otae: *lose her inspiration* "You shut up, perm hair"
Shinpachi: *sigh* "You two didn't even mention the main part"
Gintoki: "Ma~…. Okay, let me sum it up again: After the wedding, the young couple walked to their bedroom hand in hand…"
Okita: *unsheathe his katana*
Kagura: *fire her parasol*
*PONG PONG CLANG CLANG*
Otae: "Stupid perm hair, you've just spoiled 1/3 of the new chap"
Okita: 'Danna, don't get me that perverted"
Kagura: *smirk* "Stop playing dumb, jerk*
*Fiercely stare*
Author: "This is so stupid a part, cut"
…..
So, after the chaotic and strained wedding of Okita and Kagura, everyone leaving constantly gossiped about the just married couple:
"This is the weirdest wedding I have ever joined. The atmosphere was so anxious, bride and groom is like cat and dog. And didn't it content too much violence in taking off the bride's veil? Rumor is totally not wrong, this prince is a hard-cored sadist."
"Tsk, but this is a contractual marriage, so their acts are understandable"
" Ohh~! Why are you guys so negative? You know what they say: The more you hate, the more you love"
"Oh yes, maybe you're right"
"In addition, they are the prince and princess of the two strongest families, so they must love each other or else war will break out"
….
*Krang*
"Grr… why does it always like that?" Kagura_ beautiful in her wedding dress_ was punching the church's wall in her intense anger, though she still tried not to break it with her monstrous strength.
"Arara, Kagura-chan, your wedding is so fun. I really wish mine could be like yours" the brown-haired lady standing beside Kagura politely covered her mouth while giggling "And you shouldn't vent your anger on that wall. It's innocent"
"It's not fun at all. I had to wear this silly and unpleasant dress, walk in a silly melody and moreover, let that jerk…" All of a sudden, Kagura felt her face heat up to mention this part. The moments she had together with 'that jerk" in her engaged party crossed her mind…
"…He…seems to be more handsome"
….
"No, no, no! I mustn't fall for him. Mustn't. Mustn't"
"Kagura-chan, you're talking with yourself again. Are you ok?"
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, Anego"
"Oi, Kagura-chan, have you…meet Okita-san before?"
"Huh? No no no!" the Yato princess profusely shook her head, but when her blue eyes met Otae's suspicious face….
"Y…yes, I have"
She confusedly looked down, admitted with a can't-be-tinier voice.
"Huh? I thought you weren't allowed to meet him before your wedding. Ne, Kagura-chan" the imperial nanny lightly patted Kagura's shoulder "Do you still remember the traditional rule I had told you? It's not a normal rule, object it, you'll surely be punished"
Those words suddenly sent a chill to the red-haired girl's spine, but quickly, she took back her own arrogance.
"Bwahahaha…what are you talking, Anego? Why the hell should I be afraid of that rule? It's their rule, not ours."
"Uhm, okay~! Get changed, Kagura. We are staying at Okita's palace tonight."
"Overnight? Wh…it means…"
Engaging…marrying…husband and wife….
WEDDING NIGHT
"No…no way" wrapping her hands around her head, Kagura trembled in fear.
"What's up, Kagura-chan? Isn't it a normal thing to a just married couple?" Otae giggled.
"Bu…but, I can't. Anego, can't I sleep with you?"
"Oh my" Otae sighed understandingly "But you're a princess, grow up, act mature"
Umibouzu - in his black vest and bowler- showing up unexpectedly from only-God-know where came behind Kagura, patted her shoulder approvingly:
"That's right, Kagura-chan. Though you have to act mature, you mustn't sleep with that brat. Let come to my room and sleep together"
Kagura- half fear half angry- unhesitatingly aimed a fatal kick at her father's face (but he dodged it easily) and stuck her tongue out:
"In your dream, I'd rather sleep with that jerk"
Then, swiftly, she ran away
"Acha, this girl…she's so alike to her mother" Umibouzu sighed and hurryingly chased after his daughter.
*Thump* *Thump* *Thump *
*Huff* *Huff* *Huff*
"Sh, you think being a king means you're mature? Don't make me laugh, Papi, you're just a kid, no more" Kagura smirked to watch her father running afar… suddenly, Otae's and the female fortune-teller's who she had met years ago words popped up in her head…
"….Curse and Karma…"
"A cha cha, you are unfortunate, that the worst lot."
"It doesn't work on me, does it? It's simply a stupid rule of a stupid country". The red-haired girl shook her head, to shake away her vague fear "But if it punishes that bastard, I'm willing to believe and thank it, hehe"
….
"Phew, finally, it's over" The sandy-haired boy steeped out of the church, slightly tousled his hair in relief, but his contentment soon disappeared when he heard some girls giggling from afar:
"Look! Look! It's Okita. He's handsome!"
"Yeah! Oh my God, he's looking at me, aww!"
"Girls! Stop daydreaming, he has a wife already, and she's not only beautiful but also strong, you stand no chance against her."
"Oh, you're right! And though their marriage was arranged, they'd met each other before"
"Ah, yes, I do remember, the news that they had met before their wedding had spread throughout the two countries, right? Oh~, we lost to her"
"Of course, they are so in love with each other ~"
*Bang*
Yeah, ladies and gentlemen, we have one more crack on the church's poor wall now.
"Sou-chan~"
Okita turned around, only to see a brown-haired lady with bright smile standing behind
"Aneue!"
" You did well in your wedding, though it's not what I had expected…"
"Re…really!?" the sadistic prince confusedly scratched his ear while blushing lightly "I'm glad you're satisfied"
"But, you and she had met before, hadn't you?"
The happiness had just been raised in Okita's bottom quickly faded away. Apprehensively, he gave his sister a certain look:
"How…how could you know that?"
"Who doesn't know?" Mitsuba giggled "Seeing you and her together makes everyone feel like you are meant to be."
A tiny rosy hue was formed on the sadistic prince's cheeks, memory of the dance he had with her days ago briefly popped up in his head.
"…That midget…is kinda beautiful, to be honest…"
"The hell am I thinking? No, she's nothing but an annoying brat. Yes!" Okita murmured insanely, tousled his hair in unpleasantness.
"Sou-chan! I thought you weren't allowed to meet before wedding?" Mitsuba's smile disappeared, a suspicious look showed up instead.
"You mean…"
"The Akako's curse" She whispered "Remember?"
Okita stopped himself suddenly at his sis' words. It's true that he'd fallen asleep when Mitsuba came to the end of Akako's love story, but he knew the curse very well. Therefore, Mitsuba's words somewhat scared him, but quickly, he shook off that alien feeling and answered her with his usual arrogance:
"Don't worry, Aneue, it had happened since a long time ago, so it must have lost its effectiveness now.
Not really noticing her brother's answer, Mitsuba took a quick look at her watch, uttered in hurry:
"Oww! We gotta home now, quickly, our guests of honor are waiting"
"Guests of honor?" asked Okita, totally being dumbfounded "Who?"
"Oh my, don't tell me you've forgotten them already. The Yato's members, they are staying overnight in our palace. Of course we should show them the warmest welcome."
"Overnight?"
"Aren't you and Kagura husband and wife?" Mitsuba rolled her eyebrow in disbelief, it's not usual for her to see Okita be that dull.
Step by step, her words clicked the sadistic prince's mind…
Engaging…Marrying…husband and wife…
WEDDING NIGHT
"WHAT?"
"Oh, you got the point here, didn't you" The Okita Queen burst into giggle seeing Sougo's dumbfounded face.
Suddenly, while Mitsuba still giggled and Okita stood dumb with dazzle, came behind the queen a greenish black- haired man.
"Mitsuba-sama, we gotta go home now"
"Toshi…!?" Her smile quickly disappeared, so did Sougo's silly expression, a decent and dignified façade showed up instead
"Okay!"
"Sh! Bold-faced bastard. Who the hell did invite him?" the male sadist grumbled, but immediately, his cross face turned into the rape one, he had remembered having hidden a bazooka behind a bush before coming in the church "Well, time to have some fun"
A smirk full of sadism tugged on the prince's handsome face. Placing the bazooka on his shoulder, he fire
"Die, Hijikata bastard ~~"
*KABOOM*
Skillfully, he'd managed to let the bullet only hit the general, leaving the angelic Mitsuba completely unscathed. Yeah, not even a cut hurt her, but the explosion had turned Hijikata's hair into a burnt ruffled fluff clot, burned his clothes and made his body smoke intensely.
"Bleh" Okita stuck his tongue out defiantly.
"SOUGOOOO! STAY RIGHT THERE!"
The mayo-lover wasted no time chased after Okita, such a worth-to-watch antics they became then.
"Haizz, it's again" Mitsuba sighed maturely, but soon then a gentle smile tugged on her delicate face as she's watching Hijikata unsheathe his sword, try to slice her little brother into pieces and how Okita managed to dodged all while still keep displaying his annoying sadistic smirk and then "accidentally" "presented" the mayo-lover general a blast with his bazooka. Giggling, Mitsuba softly whispered:
"Well, but that's the way they are, right?"
However, then, she couldn't help letting out a worrying sigh:
"Hope…there'll be no any curse"
…
The sky was so blue, beautifully blue, as it often was, some clouds were floating sluggishly as wind gently blew and teasingly twisted soft some grasses and leaves, such a pretty day we could say. All passers-by, too focused on their own business_ totally didn't notice a single woman with immaculately white complexion, wearing a deep azure gown which covered half of her face, were standing hidden behind a tree. a deep sigh escaped from her hearing what people were gossiping about. Taking a look at a prone lot in her palm, the woman bitterly shut her eyes, on that lot, "Curse and Karma" written in red was displaying cruelly.
"Is there really no way to prevent it!?"…
Fate would never change, she knew it very well, she could see a heart-rending future awaiting. But, having witnessed Okita (after failing to kill Hijikata with his bazooka) and Kagura staring fiercely at each other, trying to beat the other to death made her only can sadly tell herself:
"At least, let them enjoy these peaceful and happy moments before everything come to its end"
Then, as a wind, she disappeared with no trace left.
….
Night fell down, sky turned pitch dark_ a crescent-mooned night with many stars shining up above. The Okita's palace was standing out imposingly and stately from surrounding landscape, bright yellow light displayed through its window. The more time passed by, the more light went out. In the end, it seemed like dark and silence had taken over the whole place. Everything lulled in a deep sleep…
But no
*THUMP* *THUMP*
The sound of footsteps echoed loudly throughout the huge castle, completely ruined the serene silence that had been ruling.
"OUT OF THE WAY, YOU SICKOOO!" Kagura yell at the top of her lung at Okita. Her voice filled with frustration and exhaustion soaked in her breath. Ignoring them all, she kept dashing as fast as she could to the newly-wed room. She must get there before Okita.
"It's you who should get out-of-the-way" Okita reached out his hand, intended to block Kagura, but Kagura quickly wriggled under his arm to continue running "This house is mine, of course that room is also mine!"
"Huh, don't even dream about it!" Kagura speeded up, tried to outrun Okita, but failed.
"Too bad, I'll go ahead then~" Okita smiled, a smile that was so annoying to Kagura. The red-headed girl felt uncomfortable, and though her feet were all worn out, she tried to speed up.
"I can't lose to him! C'mon!"
Flashback:
"Phew, I'm stuffed! Hey, anymore of this?" Kagura, who had just finish a Soba bowl, lifted her head to ask the maid, who was completely puzzled over the red-headed princess's bottomless stomach.
"Milady, if you are to eat more, I'm afraid that there'll be no ingredients left for tomorrow."
"Then buy more!" Kagura replied.
"Ignore her, it's a waste of money to feed people like her " Okita looked at Kagura with disgust "Fat will affect your Yato power sooner or later."
His words triggered her huge ego and arrogance, the red-headed girl put down her bowl, struck her hands on the table, making the maid ran away in fear, then she yelled:
"What did you say?! Who getting fed is a waste of money? I tell you what, even if I eat all this country's backup foods, I'll still have the strength to defeat you."
"Oh, really…" Okita slightly smiled, his eyes filled with undervaluation "How about a race?"
"Race?"
"Yeah, and the goal is our wedding room" Okita stood up "the loser is a big-headed piggy with a tiny grape-like brain" -Then on impulse, he ran away, his footsteps quickened, making the clack echoed on the floor, headed to the bedroom's hall.
"What? Eh! Stop you cheateeeeeeeeer!" kagura, after snapped herself out of the surprise, finally stood up and ran after Okita immediately.
The wooden door of their wedding room, covered with crimson velvet and was repainted with yellow at the margin, appeared more and more clearly at the end of the hallway. The two youngsters had already tired, but neither of them wanted to be the "big-headed piggy with a tiny grape-like brain" so they tried their best to the goal.
BANG!
The poor door was mercilessly struck by two humans with strengths as monsters. Because the repulsive force was too strong, and also because they were both exhausted from running, the two lost their balance and fell down the floor. But it's not just that simple, Kagura, with her slimy body, had insinuated herself into his arms, and the result was that, when they fell down, Okita was pressing her under his body…
One second of silence passed by…
"AAAAAAAAAA! Hentaiiii!" Kagura didn't care about the race anymore, she just wanted to escape from "his hold", who she hated the most. Okita seemed to realized that as well, he immediately stood up, and while Kagura still hadn't got up, he flung himself at the bed, lying in a way that spare no space left to Kagura.
The red-headed princess who was slowly getting up and started to gain her consciousness, realize she was in a room painted in cream color, mixed with the deep deep blue of sky invaded the room through a white window, where placed a bowl of fake blue rose. She even noticed the suave scent of a heart-shaped candle on a white vanity. Her gaze kept shifting around the room in ecstasy, from the shadowy painting of Akako the Goddess on the wall in the dark to the white wardrobe with roses imprinted, but when she saw Okita took in all of her place in the white bed with blue blind, Kagura was completely roused, she flung toward the bed and gave her best to push him away. Before the lad could lay back to his former posture, Kagura had dropped herself on the bed, used her back to push Okita off the bed. Okita himself was no better, he was doing the same thing as Kagura. The two kept pushing and shoving, no one intended to give up.
"Off… to…the floor…you…bas….tard…!" Kagura was out of breath as she tried to push Okita.
"Not…a…chance…you…piggy…!" Okita was just as spirited. But his words once again had triggered Kagura's anger. She took a deep breath, and pushed.
"GYAAAAAAAAA!" Kagura was so close to pushing Okita off the bed thanks to her strength and attempt. But they both suddenly stopped when they heard the knocking sound outside.
"Sou-chan, I know that doing "that" can't be quiet, but can you two restrain yourself a bit." The tender and anxious voice of Mitsuba resounded, in just a moment, Okita's face was steaming hot, as if someone had put burning coal on his face.
"Kagura-chan, why are you moaning so loud? Did that guy do something wrong?" This time, was the anxious and angry voice of Ota, like Okita, Kagura's face reddened, even more than the color of her hair, she was speechless.
Although the two just wanted to cream out that it was just a misunderstanding, but afraid of making any more unwanted noise, so when the room became quiet, the two women returned to their room.
After that embarrassing situation, Okita and Kagura decided to slit the bed in half, nobody touched each other, nobody did nothing, so that there would be no more misunderstanding, although that moment dragged on for hours, the silence was suddenly broken.
"Snort…Snort"
"o.O"
"Snort…Snort" –Okita snorted louder.
"=.="
"SNORT…SNORT"
"A"
"I can't take it anymore. Grrrr…"- Kagura sat up, turned her annoyed face to look at the soundly sleeping Okia, she then sighed.
"Why do I have to marry a guy like this?"
Kagura spleenfully gazed her eyes around the room, but she paused when she saw the white o'clock on the wall. "A! It's seem that tonight, there will be a meteor shower! I totally forgot!". Then she got off the bed, slipped her feet into the sandals, gingerly got out the room. Before leaving, she looked at Okita: "Sleep well! I condole with you on having unable to witness such a magnificent event. Gyahahahahha."
What Kagura didn't know when she closed the crimson door behind her back, was that Okita quickly came back to his former position, he peeked at Kagura as she walked away, smiled: "Hehe, got cha."
But Okita couldn't continue his sleep, because it's hard for him to do that once he had already woken up, and also because the starlight was too radiant. Though he had planned to close the curtain, he realized Kagura was still out there in the attempt to watch the meteor shower, a thought crossed his mind: " I couldn't sleep anyway, might just as well go down there and make fun of her some more!~"
The stars' resplendent light shone on the pleasance of the Okita family. Unlike the Yato family, where placed a rosarium, the Okita family have their pleasance planted with cypresses, with banyans, which were all beautifully shaped, but of course, to Kagura, it was nothing compared to her country.
"Almost time, 5 more minutes" Kagura glanced at her watch "What should I do now?"
Okita, after having seen Kagura, sneakily hid himself behind a bush, planned to launch a surprised attack on Kagura, but his plan vanished, when Kagura's voice ascended:
If I can make my way to the other side of sorrow
Then I don't need warmth or tomorrow anymore
This dream had broken and sink in the darkness of silence
Who? Who was the person that brought red sunlight shone on my cheeks?
Why? There is no way to finish this fragile world.
I can only wish, that I can forget everything
It was a sad song, so lugubriously painful, but also so melodious, resounded in the still night, where was thought to only have gloomy winds. Okita's mind was blank for a moment, then he suddenly realize.
"It's… The Akako Godess's song? How does she know?" – while was lost in doubt, Okita carelessly stepped on a branch, made a small "Rak!" sound, but loud enough for Kagura to hear.
"Who? Who is there?" Kagura creamed, somewhat scared.
"Damn, guess I can't hide anymore" – Okita thought, moonlight danced on him when he stepped out and waved at Kagura with a bored face – "Hi"
"You! What are you doing here?"
"That was my line."
"It's none of your business!"
"Right, none of your business."
"You"… Kagura must have yelled at Okita's face if she didn't see a shadowy blue light appeared after the palace.
"It started!" Kagura shoved Okita to run after the light "Eh, why is it…?"
"Amateur. Who would watch meteor in a garden."
"Your garden's design is different from mine!" Kagura extemporaneously replied.
Okita looked at Kagura in mope, he then grabbed her hand, and dragged her away.
"Hey, let go of me, what are you doing!" Kagura struggled.
" You are so annoying" Realized that it'd be hard to easily drag Kagura away, Okita came up with an idea, … cradled her.
"LET ME GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
And he succeed, thought Kagura was dying to get out of his hold, she couldn't struggle much as she feared that she'd fall to the ground.
Okita took Kagura to a lofty crimson tower on the other side of the palace, where some meteor was crossing through the sky.
"This is the Startgaze Tower, where my ancestors used to watch the stars" Then he looked at Kagura, who was still blushing after having escaped his cradle "So, wanna come up there?"
"O-kay."
The two of them climbed up the stair, Okita was more used to it, since he had come here when he was still a kid. Kagura, on the other hand, had never climb such a long stair, was a bit clumsy, made Okita had to sigh, though he was almost reach the top of the tower.
"Hurry up! You gonna miss it!"
"Shut up! I'm not used to this stair!"
Kagura, was pissed from being underestimated, had tried her best to run on the stair, passed Okita, but when she was only a few steps away from her goal, she lost her footing and fell.
"AAAA"
Okita immediately noticed what was happening, he snaked his arm around Kagura's waist and pulled her back. Kagura blushing furiously, muttered:
"Thank-thank you…"
"Try to out-run me again" Okita teased.
Finally, the two reached the top, Kagura flopped herself to the ground, watching the blue stars flashing through the sky. Okita didn't sit down, he stood next to her, contemplatively looked at the sky. At times, he glanced at Kagura, who sometimes suddenly pointed to the sky and childishly shouted out loud that there was a big meteor just crossed the sky in a flash. He smiled, he thought as if he just saw himself in the past.
When father and mother were still alive…
The meteor finally stopped, that's when Kagura's watch pointed at 3. After coming back to the ground, without falling any time, Kagura sighed in content, and brightly smiled at Okita, a smile she'd never showed him.
"Thanks, Sadist!"
Okita paused for a moment, he couldn't believe the red-headed princess can looked that cute, with a smile that bright, as if a thousand meteors couldn't compare to it, but he soon recover his calm, and answered Kagura
"It's nothing, But hey, China."
"Hm?"
"You have a big belly, better go on a diet now."
Well, you know what happen next:
Embarrassing - Blush - Fight.
Bonus:
Location: The newly-wed room
Time: 4am
"Snort…snort…snort…Snooooooooooooort…"
Okita tiredly grabbed the pillow and covered his ears, mumbled:
"And she was so pissed off when I snorted."