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Chapter 5

For a moment everything in the room froze. Yoruichi stared in shock at Soi Fon who stood motionless. Suddenly she grabbed Reiko's shoulders and pushed her away. Reiko lost her balance at the sudden movement and started to fall. She caught herself and started to back away from the couple.

Soi Fon slowly turned her eyes to meet Yoruichi's. No longer was she the aggressive, hot-headed woman who had argued with her girlfriend that morning. Now she had reverted back to her teenage self; quiet, submissive, and timid. She lifted her hand in a pleading offer of peace. "Please Yoruichi," she begged. "It isn't what it looks like."

The caramel skinned woman crossed her arms. They were shaking. "Really," she asked, her voice quivering slightly. "Try to explain it to me then." Soi Fon dropped her hand. She looked at Reiko who was trying not to be involved by staying off to the side. The stupid girl had brought it on herself. A subordinate trying to kiss her captain was crazy enough. But attempting it when said captain was already involved with someone else? The girl was insane. She looked back to Yoruichi.

"She tried to kiss me!" Soi Fon exclaimed while extending her arm to point at the girl in the corner. Yoruichi scoffed. "You really think I would believe that?" Her voice cracked in the middle of the sentence. She covered her face with her hands. To hide her disappointment. Her sadness. But mostly her anger.

"Yoruichi-sama," Soi Fon pleaded reverting back to her old habit. "Please, you have to believe me! I have no romantic interest in the girl." Yoruichi didn't move from her spot. The Chinese woman walked over and tried to put her arms around her lover, hoping they could put this behind them. She slapped them away.

"Don't you dare touch me," Yoruichi said angrily as tears streamed down her face. "How can you accuse me of cheating and then go and do something like this?" she shrieked.

"I never did anything," Soi Fon argued. "That's what I've been trying to tell you!"

"And give me one reason why I should believe you."

Soi Fon stopped for a moment. How could she convince Yoruichi that she never touched Reiko? My god, she barely even knew the girl. To Soi Fon she was just another subordinate that needed to be trained and kept in line. Then she had an idea. She walked over and took Reiko by the shoulder. She brought her over in front of Yoruichi and pushed her out in front. "Reiko," she urged. "Tell Yoruichi what happened."

Reiko did her best to keep from smiling. This was it. This was her big chance to do the honors of breaking up the deserving couple. She made her cheeks blush as she looked up into the face of the woman whose guts she hated. "I'm sorry Yoruichi. I didn't know what happened. I was in the barracks when Soi Fon Fon-taicho came in and grabbed me. I'm so sorry." With that she burst into tears and buried her face in her hands.

Soi Fon's face turned bright red with anger. How dare she lie like that? But a more important question was why would she lie like that? What could the girl possibly gain from doing such a thing?

Yoruichi looked at Soi Fon with disgust. Her tears continued to flow as she angrily brushed them away. "I'm going back to your house to get me things. And with a final glance back at her lover she shunpoed away.

The moment Yoruichi was gone Soi Fon grabbed Reiko by the shoulder and shook her angrily with as much force as she could muster. "What the hell was that?" she yelled.

Reiko looked up at her idol adoringly. "Why else would I do it Soi Fon Fon-taicho? I'm in love with you." She raised her hand to caress the captain's face. Soi Fon pushed her away with such a force that Reiko landed on her back.

She moved her foot to Reiko's white throat and pressed down. "Is that why you lied?" A shock of realization hit her. "You," she breathed. "You knew how she would behave if she went drinking with you we would get in a fight." Reiko nodded as well as she could with the captain's foot on her neck. "And you were the one who encouraged her to drink so much."

Again the girl nodded. Soi Fon removed her foot and bent down as if to help the girl up. When she took her hand Soi Fon slammed her against the delicate wall of the shoji screen. It collapsed and sent the young girl falling back with it.

Soi Fon stood over her and glared down. She slowly drew Suzumebachi out from its sheath, prepared to kill the girl right then and there. Never mind the consequences. A flash of Reiatsu interrupted her thoughts. Yoruichi. She put the sword back into its scabbard before a trembling Reiko. "I would kill you for what you've done. But if you excuse me, I have to go stop the person I love from leaving." And with that she vanished.

Reiko sat up on the rubble and rubbed at her raw neck. "Why taicho?" she whispered. "Why aren't you happy with me?"


Soi Fon arrived at the entrance of her house. The noise coming from the inside of the house told her that Yoruichi hadn't left yet. She took a deep breath and opened the door.

When she reached the bedroom she found it in complete disarray. Yoruichi hurried around their room grabbing her personal objects. She took clothing from the closet and began to stuff it into her suitcase. Soi Fon noticed that it was the luggage Yoruichi had brought her clothes in. She remembered how excited the two of them had been on that day when they moved in together. A happier time.

"Yoruichi," she started. The woman turned to face her, startled. When she saw the person who had uttered her name she turned her attention back to packing. "What do you want?" Yoruichi asked disdainfully. Soi Fon closed the door and walked over to her goddess.

"I came to stop you from leaving," she explained. Yoruichi rolled her eyes and continued packing. That was the last straw for Soi Fon. She exploded. "Why are you acting so immature?" she yelled. "First you go out and get hammered to defy me. Then I try to explain myself and you ignore me completely. Why are you acting like this?"

Yoruichi spun around to face her girlfriend. "Goddammit Soi," she cursed. "This isn't going to work out." Soi Fon looked confused. "What do you mean?" The other woman sighed. "We've been fighting over the stupidest things for the last month. And it kept escalating until-"Her voice cracked. "Until I go out and act like an idiot and you go to the comfort of another woman."

"But I didn't," Soi Fon responded pleadingly. "Please you need to hear the whole story! Reiko was lying."

Yoruichi looked back at her as if Soi Fon was a small, stupid child who couldn't understand their ABC's. "So that girl, Reiko would just lie like that? What would she possibly have to gain by that?" She slammed the suitcase down and fastened the lock. "I'm sorry Soi," she said unapologetically. "But I have to go."

She picked up the suitcase and walked out the door. Soi Fon stood still in shock as she heard the front door close. Then she slowly lowered herself onto the bed and gripped the pillow that Yoruichi had slept on that night. She inhaled the scent. But it did nothing to calm her down. And so she cried in the same spot that Yoruichi had been left in that morning.