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Yorozuya Side-Love Comedy: Futari no Sadists

Chapter 5

Okita Sougo scanned around his surroundings, finding himself in a large white hall with numerous rows of seats before him and he himself was standing on a pedestal near an altar. On the right rows of seats, Sougo's eyes furrowed slightly when he scanned across the seats, he could find his acquaintances from Yorozuya, the glasses guy, the giant dog, and the two old ladies and the robot girl from the bar below, wearing formal outfits for wedding ceremony. He also spotted several other familiar women, Tsukuyo, Sarutobi Ayame, and Yagyuu Kyuubey were seating on the same row behind the Yorozuya, wearing their respective outfits.

Sougo scanned the other rows and he found his fellow Shinsengumi were sitting with some of them cheering and shedding manly tears. However, his eyes widened when his eyes landed on the front row of the seat right beside the row where the Yorozuya was. He saw someone who was very dear to him, but at the same time, was not supposed to be here, wearing her usual light brown kimono and her beautiful reddish-brown eyes were shedding tears of joy. Sougo muttered in disbelief as the beautiful woman waved at him after wiping her tears.

"Ane-ue (sister)?"

Sougo looked to himself that he was now wearing a white suit of tuxedo, when he turned to his side, he spotted Kondou Isao, Hijikata Toushirou, and Yamazaki Sagaru were standing beside him, three of them wearing matching black suits. His commander was sniffing to hold his tears from pouring down, while the other two were simply smiled in content.

"What in the hell…?"

Before Sougo could think any further, his thoughts were interrupted by a piano playing a wedding song, which confused him even more. At the same when the music was played, the large gate at the end of the hall slammed open, revealing Tokugawa Soyo (surprisingly enough) and Shimura Otae in a white dress and carrying a flower, acting like bridesmaids and Sakata Gintoki in a suit guiding a small figure of a girl in a white beautiful wedding dress, her face was covered with a veil that strangely enough was thicker than it supposed to be.

Before Sougo knew it, he and the bride were standing side-by-side as the priest, who shocked the hell out of him, spoke the speech about marriage and stuff. The reason Sougo could not process himself properly was because the priest was none other than the shogun, Tokugawa Shige Shige himself.

"Now, I announce you man and wife… You may kiss the bride."

At this sentence came out from the shogun himself, Sougo was even perplexed than before.

"Wait, what? Kiss? We haven't said the vow, yet! Hell, why are we even having a wedding in the first place!?"

He turned to see the bride who was now facing him, with her veil still covering her face. Swallowing a lump, the Shinsengumi first division captain slowly pulled up the veil to see the face of his bride out of curiosity, only to see a familiar girl with red-vermillion hair and ocean blue eyes staring back at him.

Sougo's eyes were widened in horror as he let out an agonizing scream.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Sougo's eyes shot out as he breathed heavily, his face, despite being pale, felt somewhat hot and sweats were drenching his body. He looked around to find that it was already in the morning. Sougo himself was back in his bedroom in the Shinsengumi Headquarters, the man himself still wearing his usual casual outfit that he always wears to sleep. He let out a heavy sigh of relief and he found someone was standing beside his bed.

When Sougo looked at the man standing before him, it was Hijikata with a shocked face, presumably from Sougo's scream right in the morning.

"What the hell's wrong with you?" Hijikata asked as he recomposed himself.

Sougo stared deadpanned at the vice-commander before he let out another small sigh. "Just freaked-out from meeting you first in the morning, Hijikata-san…"

Hijikata stared at the moment sceptically, then he sighed and he lighted up his smoke before he turned around to leave. "Just hurry up and dressed yourself properly. Morning assemble is gonna start and I'll have you do seppuku if you dare to be late", Hijikata ordered as he slid close the door of Sougo's room.

Sougo only clicked his tongue in annoyance and he slumped back to his bed and ran his hands through his flushed face and damp hair. His mind was brought back to his dream earlier.

"What the hell, China…"

X

Meanwhile, in Yorozuya…

"What the hell, Kagura-chan!?"

Shimura Shinpachi yelled as he was looking at Kagura whose face was beet red and sweating, the yato-girl herself was breathing heavily, as if she just saw something horrifying. Apparently, when Shinpachi was about to wake the girl up as usual in the morning, Kagura suddenly screamed just when Shinpachi opened the door of her room (closet), and it shocked Shinpachi out of his wits.

"Shi-Shinpachi…" Kagura turned to her glasses friend with teary eyes.

"A-are you okay? You looked like just having a nightmare…" Shinpachi asked with concerned tone as he looked closer at Kagura.

"What the hell's that?" Gintoki asked in incredulous tone as his head poked out from the bathroom.

Then, Kagura lounged at Shinpachi, crying and saying things about marrying the most horrible sadist in her life.

(Scene break)

After a bit time of cleaning themselves, Tsukuyo, who was doing her quick-visit like usual, was now sitting beside Gintoki on the couch across Kagura and Shinpachi, with the former was wolfing down her breakfast while her face was still flushed from her 'nightmare'. Last night, while Tsukuyo was talking to Kagura about the 'groping', Gintoki and Shinpachi was scared out of their wits as they muttered about being killed by a certain bald alien hunter if the said hunter ever got a hold about what happened to the girl. It took few hours until Gintoki and Shinpachi managed to calm down enough to be able to sleep without fearing for their lives.

Burp.

The others, also had finished their breakfast, laid their eyes on Kagura who just put her giant blow on the table.

"Huff… Thanks for the food, yes", Kagura said after taking a deep breath.

"Um… How do you feel now, Kagura-chan?" Shinpachi asked first.

Kagura remained quiet as she stared blankly at the table. Her lips churned down slightly as she placed her hand on her chest and she nod down, obscuring the look in her eyes with her bangs.

"I… I don't know, yes…" Kagura meekly replied. "It still feels… warm somehow…"

The others raised their eyebrows when they spotted a faint blush on Kagura's face. The vermillion haired girl's body shook a bit then she quickly raised from her seat, grabbed her umbrella and dashed outside. Sadaharu automatically barked and he ran following his master.

"I'm going out for walk, yes!"

Hearing Kagura's voice as the girl ran out like that, the three occupants of the room only sweat-dropped as they more or less thought a same thing.

"This has become somewhat complicated…"

After a moment of silence, Shinpachi was the second to rise up from his seat. "Well, I have a shopping to do for my sister, so Gin-san, you'll be the one to take care of the house and our clients today", Shinpachi said as he gathered his dishes and Kagura's to the sink. After that, he walked towards the door and he turned one more time to Gintoki and his girlfriend. "Tsukuyo-san, I'll leave Gin-san to you if you don't mind. Have a nice day, you two!" Shinpachi said as he left.

Few seconds after Shinpachi had left, Gintoki sighed as Tsukuyo moved to clean up the dishes. After rubbing his head for a moment, the silver haired samurai stood up from the couch and he caught up with Tsukuyo in the kitchen. The woman was washing the dishes in the sink.

Gintoki spoke up as he joined to help the woman with the dishes. "So? What did you tell her last night?" Gintoki asked as he dried a bowl with a cloth.

"Like I can tell ya that…" Tsukuyo remarked as she washed another plate.

Gintoki looked at his girlfriend for a bit before he realised what she was implying. "Err… You can leave the groping part, you know…"

"Oh", Tsukuyo paused her hands for a second, before she continued washing a mug. "Well… Seems like that Kagura-chan and Okita-san are goin' through that phase."

This time, it was Gintoki who paused before he resumed. "What phase?"

"Y'know, like us. Before we met with Kyouko-chan."

Gintoki only nodded as his mouth letting out a silent 'ooo' in understanding. "Man, the end of the world sure has come closer…"

"C'mon, now… It can't be that bad."

"No, no, no, no, no… Have you forgotten who we're talking about again? And do you remember who Kagura's old man is?"

"Yes, yes, I'm well aware about who we're talkin' about here. Still, I'd say that it won't be that bad…"

"Okay… But still, Tsukki…" Gintoki replied with Tsukuyo's playful nickname. "I guess it's still fine if we're talking about another guy here, but this is that Okita-kun we're talking about, y'know? I can't even imagine what will those two do if they were ever to hook up."

Tsukuyo sighed as she finally finished with the last dish. After she cleaned up her own hands, she turned towards Gintoki, who also turned towards her after drying the last dish, and she pressed her finger on his chest.

"A'right, I'll tell ya this", Tsukuyo said and she looked straight to Gintoki's eyes. "Kagura-chan's gonna be fine. And I know ya can tell that those two've been at each other fer a while now…"

Gintoki let out a sigh as well and he leaned forward, pressing his forehead against Tsukuyo's. "Fine… I'll trust you this time…"

Tsukuyo smiled in content and she leaned forward to give a quick peck on Gintoki's cheek before she moved over towards the door. "Okay, now I haf'ta go back to Yoshiwara. You behave yerself and don't just laze around, ya hear me?" Tsukuyo said as she put on her shoes. Gintoki simply waved his hand in compliance as he sat back on his desk.

X

It was just another day for Shinsengumi to do their daily duties to protect Edo and its people. Thanks to Sougo's update regarding the remnants of Chidori pirates, the Shinsengumi was conducting an operation to capture all of the remnants across the Kabuki district. The operation did not last long, by few hours, the first division managed to round up all the targets quite easily.

While Sougo was watching his subordinates rounding up the pirates into the truck, his mind was actually drifting to the incident yesterday, and unconsciously he made a groping motion in his hand as he stared at a blank space.

"What are you doing with your hand?" a voice startled Sougo and he quickly snapped his head towards the source of the voice. Upon that, he met with his commander, Kondou Isao, who was smirking at him.

"Kondou-san", Sougo said as he quickly straightened himself. The commander only shrugged and held out a hand.

"Just take it easy, Sougo… We're about to finish here, after all…"

Sougo relaxed, then he noticed something. "Kondou-san… Aren't you supposed to be at the HQ or… stalking anego around?"

"I left things there to Toushi this time, so I decided to take a look at this side", Kondou replied as he turned to look at his men's work. "And I'm going to check on Otae-san later for your information."

Sougo only snorted at Kondou's reply. "Well… I don't mean to be rude, Kondou-san… But what are you doing here, actually?"

Kondou shrugged again. "Just want to see if you need someone to talk to about last night."

Sougo took a glance at his commander again and let out a faint smile. Despite his commander's childish and perverted behaviour of stalking people, Kondou Isao is still a leader who looks after his men. This side of him is the one who makes Shinsengumi loyal to him. Sougo looked left and right and hesitated for a second, and he let out a sigh.

"Then… Can I ask you not to tell anyone about what I'm about to say, Kondou-san?"

Kondou raised his eyebrows before nodding.

Sougo took another deep breath before he finally spoke, "Well, you see…"

(Time-skip, few minutes later)

"Kondou-san… It's fine if you want to laugh you know…" Sougo said menacingly as his hand gripped the hilt of his sword dangerously.

His commander officer was holding his stomach with one hand and his other hand was over his mouth, muffling his laughter as his body shaking from amusement.

Kondou took a breath a couple of times to ease himself. Then after few more chuckles, he finally relaxed.

"Your sister would have laughed as well if she ever got a hold of this…" Kondou commented, still smiling.

"I guess so…" Sougo replied as he smiled at the memory of his departed sister. "Well, other than funny, what do you think?"

Kondou looked up at the sky. In his mind, Kondou was really amused since it was rare for his subordinate, Sougo nonetheless, to ask him for advice of all people. The first division captain tends to be a loner and chooses to deal his problems on his own. However, having Sougo to ask him about a girl was definitely something. Toushi will love to hear this.

"Well… I don't know."

Sougo only snorted in understanding. He appreciated his commander's concern, but he did not expect that he could give him answers. I mean, what kind of solution can he expect from a gorilla guy whose only hobby is stalking a girl who even will not look at him?

"But I can tell you this…" Sougo turned his attention again at his commander's words. "You should talk things out with that China girl again."

Sougo's eyes widened at this answer. After what occurred between them the first division captain did not even know how to look in his rival's eyes again. He had become way too conscious about her. How could he see her, let alone talking to her, when things had escalated like this? However, on the other hand, part of him knew, that avoiding his own problem definitely would not solve anything.

Noticing that the rounding up the pirates had already finished, Sougo ruffled his hair and he started to walk away. "Kondou-san… I'd like to take an earlier break. Can you take over from here, please?"

Kondou stared at Sougo's retreating figure for a moment. Technically, it was supposed to be the division captain's duty to lead back his men back to the HQ after a mission, but Kondou only smiled. Despite his second-in-command would not be happy about it, Kondou tends to make a lot of exceptions.

"Yeah, leave it to me."

X

Kagura and Sadaharu, whom simply faithfully following behind her without barking at all, were walking across the Kabuki district without any particular destination in mind. The girl's mind was drifting back to her conversation with Tsukuyo about her previous experience with her sandy-haired rival. As she recalled what Tsukuyo had said about her dilemma, Kagura brought her free hand on her chest (her other hand was holding her parasol).

"I dun' even know myself, Kagura… But I guess it feels like I'd become slightly more aware about my feelings for him… Why don' cha go and talk with Okita-san again? Ya might find what yer lookin' for if ya do so."

Kagura's mind kept recalling Tsukuyo's reply after Kagura's confession about what happened between her and Sougo, and her eyes narrowed. How could she meet him, let alone talking with him? Kagura was afraid of what would happen if she were to encounter her rival again after all that occurred between them.

As if fate wanted to screw around her, Kagura found herself arriving at the park where she usually quarrel around with her sadistic rival. She did not think about it much about how come she ended up there, but after strolling around and arrived at the bench in the centre of the park, she met a familiar boy with a pair of reddish brown eyes and sandy-brown hair in his black, gold-trimmed uniform, a sword attached on his waist.

Both of them stared at each other at first, unsure of what to do, Sadaharu also decided to keep a safe distance for a good measure. After few moments of silence, both of them finally addressed each other to break the ice.

"China."

"Shitty sadist."

X

Now, Kagura and Sougo were sitting side by side on the same bench in the park they usually frequent to. Sadaharu was running around chasing butterflies and he soon laid down sleeping afterwards. Neither of two young sadists spoke any word all the time, and it became more and more difficult for them to break-off the awkwardness as their faces became redder by seconds.

""Well…""

!

Both of them startled when they said a same word at the same time. Believing himself to be a gentleman compared with the girl before him, Sougo quickly said in return.

"You go spit it out first."

Being prideful, Kagura reluctantly took his offer. "W-well? Aren't you gonna apologise for your harassment yesterday?"

Sougo, being too prideful and childish for his own good, grimaced on the thought of apologising to his rival. I mean, he could not help during that time at all, they were running for their lives, he did not really enjoy it at all, besides, if he took a look from another perspective, it was the girl who set them in that kind of situation in the first place. But still…

"Well, I guess my bad about your… starting-to-grow parts, but wasn't it you who set that whole situation in the first place?"

"Huuh…?! What are you talking about, yes?" asked Kagura in incredulous tone as she furrowed her eyebrows.

Sougo let out an exasperated sigh as he ran through his hair. "You could have picked a more spacious space instead of that cramped storage house for a hiding spot."

"Well, I was running for my life, yes!" Kagura snapped back.

"So was I. Really, good work on coming up with that idea, China", replied Sougo with mocking tone.

"Oh, so it's still my fault, now, yes?"

"I never said that. You just admitted that yourself, idiot…"

"Why you…!"

Kagura brandished her parasol as she took her fighting stance, and Sougo followed suit with his katana. Without saying anything more, the two clashed again as usual, running around with their weapons, destroying their surroundings with their blows and attacks yet again.

However, whenever they were closing at each other, their minds suddenly drifted to the time when they were pressed against each other in that storage house on the other day, causing their faces to suddenly heat up and their bodies to hesitate, resulting lots of their attacks and movements to be sluggish and inefficient. Only in few minutes, they were already exhausted, their breathings were heavy, their faces were flushed, their minds were clouded with so many doubts. Both combatants gritted their teeth in frustration as they tightened their grips on their weapons, but after couple of seconds, they let out a breath and they dropped their stances.

"Tch, I'm never in mood from the beginning to play around with you. I'm leaving", Sougo said after clicking his tongue and he sheathed his sword as he turned around and walked away.

"That's my line you stupid sadist…" Kagura replied back as she turned around and called her dog.

As the two walked away from each other, Sougo and Kagura's faces were blushing again as their hands tightened into a fist. The girl's fist, however, was brought on her chest.

"Dammit all…" both of them thought. "What's wrong with me?"

"It's all his fault…"

"It's all her fault…"

To be continued…

Okay, folks! I'm so sorry if this chapter is too short. But fear not, for the next chapter will be the climax of this story! Let's hope that I can come up with a satisfying ending for those two. Please review! No flame, please! Ahsoei, over and out. m(_ _)m