Chapter 5.5: ~A Story of Kagura's Family~
"Kamui, Kagura, Kaede, we need to bring your mother away to get treatment. And they don't have enough space for a child that isn't getting treatment and not paying…" My father tells us, feeling guilty.
"My children… You'll be going to our friend's home. They're very nice." My weak mother, Kanade says quietly. We looked sadly at our mom. Kamui Nii-chan looks like he's taking it kind of hard.
"We can only take two of them… We don't have enough money to take any more." The mustached man tells my parents.
"We can make special arrangements to take another one with us… We can let them work at the clinic." Dad looks sadly at us. There's Kaede, 6 years old. Me, I'm 8. And Kamui is 13.
"We'll take the older ones in." The man tells us. Dad picks me and Nii-chan up, kisses us on our heads.
"Kaede…!" I call, and Kamui looks desperately at his sister being taken away from him. He cares so much about her, and so do I.
"Are you just going to abandon us, old man?! Kamui yells at dad, who he trusts so much. Dad grits his teeth, listening to his son scolding him, and his daughter crying to come.
"He's a nice man…" Dad smiles to his son. "You both will be safe."
"Papa…!!!" I cry. Kamui Nii-chan screams as we are picked up by the mustached man and brought inside the house. We are brought inside a damp, old room. It's getting dark, and it's been ten minutes since that man left.
"I'll kill that guy…!"
"Bro, Papa had no choice…!" I hold his hand.
"No, that mustached weirdo! He's so damn annoying! Someday, we should kill him, Kagura."
"Nii-chan…" I look at him sadly.
3 years later… Kamui really tried to kill Papi. And then I saw it. The blood inside of Papi boiled, and he tried to kill Nii-chan. I screamed. My one brother, would he die…?
"Papi, please stop…!" I cry and grab onto him, shivering. Nii-chan barely got away with his life. Not able to look me in the face the same way again, Kamui Nii-chan left on a journey. A journey for power…? I never knew. After that, I didn't have my stupid brother to talk with anymore. And Mami died a bit later, so I didn't have a Mom. And then finally, Papi always left me behind, so I didn't have a dad. I was all alone. I wanted that happy family back. My dad, Raizou, who was always spunky and made us laugh. My mom, Kanade, who was kind and gentle, always helping us when we fought, teaching us not to use violence. My big brother, Kamui, who taught me weird things about the outside world and usually had something interesting to talk about. And Kaede, my sweet little sister who always clung to us. She used to say, "I'm gonna marry Kamui Nii-chan!". Kaede was absolutely infatuated with him, and it seemed that even at his more mature age, he was too. I wanted to go back to those times. I really did… Even now. But I know there's someone here for me.
"Kagura?" A voice calls. A familiar voice.
"Gin…?" I look softly up at him. His muscular chest is right by me. I snuggle up to him.
"Were you having a bad dream?" He asks me, and I shake my head.
"I mean, it was bad at first, but it's OK now. I feel better." He smiles and kisses me.
"I'm glad. I don't want my wife being sad when I just got married to her only a month ago."
"No no, I'm really happy, trust me." I hug him softly, and through the silk of my pajamas, I can feel his warmth and heartbeat. I like it like this. I'm making a new family.