Chapter 3

Hello again, internet-surfers! It's been a long time since my last update of this rom-com crap. It's been quite hard for me while looking for ideas, I also had to keep up with lots of stuffs. So, without further ado, I'll present you chapter 3 of my first OkiKagu!

Kagura in a bad mood could be said as an understatement. The yato girl feels that today is at least one of her worst moments in her life. She was betrayed (in a sense) by the man she considers as her father figure, declared to be lost by the person she hates the most, and right now she had to spend her time with the said person. Not to mention, when the hated person was dragging Kagura around, he somehow managed to place a weird-looking handcuff on his and her hand, forcing Kagura to remain by Okita Sougo's side. The girl tried to break the chain or the cuff with her brute strength, but the cuff would not flinch, even she could not summon any strength to drag Sougo around, as if her power just disappeared for some reasons.

"Why! Won't! It! Break! Dammit!" shouted Kagura trying to break free from the handcuffs.

Kagura once tried to blast the chain away with the gun at the tip of her umbrella, but thanks to her and the sadistic commander brawl earlier, her umbrella gun has ran out of ammo, so she could not rely much on her umbrella to break her free. Sougo looked over his shoulder as he kept walking ahead pulling Kagura behind him.

"Just give it a rest, China… This handcuffs is a custom-made specifically for amanto with huge strength like you yato. Around the cuff there's a needle that keep injects a special muscle-relaxant in order to keep your strength at bay. In other words, as long as you wear those cuffs, you are no different than a normal human-being", said Sougo with his usual deadpan tone.

"Why you, sunnuvah… Let go this cuff off me, then!" said Kagura enraged as she tried to swing her umbrella, only to be caught by Sougo with ease.

"Pipe down, girl. Shouldn't you feel fortunate, for once in your life time you will experience how it tastes to be a normal human being, unlike a china-beast you usually are?" replied Sougo as he let go of her umbrella and kept walking.

Kagura finally stopped struggling, she opened her umbrella to cover her from the sun, and walking at same pace beside Sougo, cursing her fate at the same time.

"That shitty perm-head… I'll never forget this, yes…" said Kagura grumbling as she gazed at the ground.

"Let it go, China… Danna just stating the fact", said Sougo nonchalantly.

"What fact? The fact that you just bought your so-called victory over the queen of kabuki district, yes? I know how much of a looser you are, sadist. So I guess I can accompany the pitiful you on this 'date', yes", said Kagura huffing to the side.

Sougo flinched slightly at the girl's remarks, but he managed to hide it.

"Damn this china bitch… Since when she got better on making a sarcastic remarks?" thought Sougo as his eyes keep looking forward.

"I didn't 'buy' my victory, China. I 'claimed' it rightfully. What I did back there just simply asked danna to be the witness, that's all"

"Asking him by making me to spend my time together with you? That's not very convincing, sadist…" replied Kagura with her eyes half-closed, not buying any word.

"Be honoured that I see an ugly girl like you as a trophy. Besides, this can serve as a punishment for you for your mockery towards us men earlier", said Sougo bringing up what Kagura said right before their brawl.

"Tch, whatever then. Just finish whatever shit you want to do and let me go already", said Kagura in half-resignation.

"Hm. That's more like it", said Sougo in content.

X

After walking around the busy street (and ignoring the stares from lots of people) for a while, Kagura felt uncomfortable as she looked at her right hand that is cuffed to Sougo's left. Since Kagura is right-handed, she felt having her dominant hand's movement to be limited doesn't sit well with her.

"Oi sadist, can you at least switch my hand? It pisses me off having my right hand to be restrained, yes", asked Kagura in irritated tone.

Sougo stopped walking, turning around to face the girl, and he took a glance at their 'connected' hands. After a moment of silence, he turned his gaze from the hands towards Kagura again.

"Nice try, china girl. But I'm not gonna let you run away with lame excuse like that", replied Sougo as he started to walk again.

"Aw, come on! I'm not gonna run away! I'm a woman of my word, yes!" said Kagura with a slight groan.

"A woman? You? Really, now?" asked Sougo arching his eye-brows.

"Just do it already… Is it that hard, yes?" said Kagura in slightly more pleading tone.

"… fine", replied Sougo with a sigh as he reached out to his pocket.

"Huh, it's strange…" said Sougo as he moved his hand to his other pocket, while Kagura's eyes showed a bit of concern and worry mixed together.

However, after ruffling every pocket in his attire for a minute, Sougo's eyes widened at a realization that came to his head.

"Er… Looks like I lost the key", said Sougo without any hint of remorse.

Kagura's eyes widened in horror for a second, then she moved closer to Sougo's body with her hands reached out to his clothes.

"You've gotta be shitting me, yes!? Let me take a look!", said Kagura in annoyance as she started to body-check the Shinsengumi captain.

"Oi, cut it out China! Or I'll arrest you for harassing a police officer!" said Sougo trying to pry Kagura off his body.

"You're already arresting me! Now stay still so I can find the f**king key!" said Kagura still looking around the clothes.

"Like I said, it's nowhe… Oi! Where the f**k are you touching!? That's obviously not a f**king key! Can't you tell from simple look!?" shouted Sougo in surprise as Kagura starting to look around his… private parts.

"Shut up, yes! At this rate anywhere is possible! You probably way too dumb for yourself to forget where you put the damn key!" said Kagura still searching.

"Who in the right mind… Like I said, stop touching! Seriously! If you don't stop now I'm really gonna charge you for sexual harassment!" said Sougo with slightly flushed face as he tried to gain distance.

After a while of 'body-search' (while ignoring more stares), Kagura and Sougo finally standing on even ground. Both of their eyes were obscured by their bangs as they were facing each other.

"So are you saying that we're gonna stuck like this forever? Are you f**king kidding me?" said Kagura angrily.

"… (sigh) Calm down, China. You know that the key is not the only key on the planet…" replied Sougo deadpannedly.

After another moment of silence had past, suddenly the two of them moved, only to find that they walked to an opposite direction.

"Where the hell are you going?" asked Sougo staring at Kagura.

"That's my line, yes. Where do you think you're going?" asked Kagura back.

"Carrying on your punishment. It's not that we're in a life and death situation. We can get the key whenever we want", replied Sougo as he pulled Kagura towards his direction.

"Well, I say that we go to your tax robbers dent and get the damn spare key already! Just give me back my freedom and justice already, yes!" replied Kagura as she pulled back in retaliation.

"We ARE going to the station, but I prefer to take different route. Just shut up or I'll charge you again for disobeying a police officer!" said Sougo pulling the chain again.

"F*ck you! Like hell I'm gonna spend the rest of my day like this! I know you like me and all, but this is already too much of abuse of authority, you asshole!" said Kagura as she pulled harder.

"Well for one note… Wait, what did you say just now?" said Sougo slightly shocked.

"I said this is abuse of authority, you ass…!"

"No, no. Before that. What was that again about me liking you?" said Sougo with bemused expression.

"I know you've been liking me ever since chapter 44/episode 27 in the original canon, so you went through all that crap to take me into this your so-called date!" replied Kagura in annoyance.

"Huuh!? The hell are you talking about!? Rather, I'm impressed you're still holding that assumption since that long ago until this fanfic. Seriously, China… I have no idea you're really looking forward to me liking you…" said Sougo in mocking tone.

"Like hell I am! Whatever, just let me go to your dent already, yes!" said Kagura flushed as she tried to pull harder.

But with her strength gone due to the drug infused from the handcuffs, Sougo this time can easily overpowered the yato girl, pulling him to his direction.

"…(sigh) You know what? Your bullshit earlier managed to ruin the mood, I still want to look around, so I guess I can take a bit short-cut…" said Sougo in exasperated tone as he started to walk into nearby alley, pulling the reluctant Kagura behind him.

While walking through the alley, with his face looking away from the girl walking behind him, Sougo managed to supress the ever-showing blush on his face.

"Shit… That china beast is getting better at hitting the spot… I'll get you back for this, china…" thought Sougo as he kept walking forward.

On the other hand, Kagura felt herself lucky that the man in front of her did not turn around to see her blushing face as well.

"Damn that sadist…. Making me aware of all those craps, yes… I swear when I took off this cuff I'll…" thought Kagura clenching his umbrella tighter.

X

When the two finally arrived at bigger area, Kagura unconsciously walked faster so she can walk at Sougo's side, while Sougo only regarded her at the moment and turn his gaze back to the front again. After few minutes of walking, they found themselves surrounded by familiar hostile faces.

"Hoo… Fancy to meet you again at place like this. Although we feel kinda bad for interfering with your date…" said one of the thugs with threatening tone.

Sougo and Kagura looked at their surroundings. It was the former who was able to recognise some of their attackers after few glances.

"You guys are from Yoshiwara back then…. Remnants of Chidori pirates…" said Sougo with serious tone as his free hand reached out the hilt of his katana.

Kagura got her umbrella ready immediately as soon as she heard the name of the organisation she and her friends fought back then, but she can feel that her grip on her umbrella and her stances are weaker, thanks to the drug from the handcuffs.

"Yeah, glad you remembered us. We managed to barely get away after you and your friends cut down quite number of us. Sorry, but we feel obliged to kill you here. Not to mention your girlfriend here can be prized at the high price", said another one of the thugs as the other enemies started to reveal their blades and weapons.

Sougo, with his sword unsheathed and Kagura stood back-to-back as they were preparing themselves for the upcoming battle, despite their current state.

And… done! That's all for the update. Sorry for the cliff-hanger, but I promised I'll update as soon as I have time. Now I understand that upating a fanfic is much more difficult than I thought. I'm so sorry for other writers who had to bear with my rumblings on update whenever I review theirs. Then, see you on the next update! Next chapter I plan to give more romance (more fluff if possible) between our sadist duo! Ahsoei, over and out.