Kagura walked out of the Yorozuya, staring out at the familiar, yet unfamiliar outdoors and then headed down the steps. Near the bottom of said stairs, a green haired android was cleaning up outside of Otose's Snack House, Kagura recognized her from Shinpachi's description. Tama. Kagura smiled as the android looked at her and asked, "ah, Miss Kagura, are you heading off to the park again? You are leaving a bit later than usual, aren't you?"
The redhead shrugged, unsure of what time she usually went out. She wasn't even sure where the park was. She was planning of just wandering around and seeing where her feet took her. Not in the mood to explain the whole situation, she simply smiled and waved goodbye to the android, then headed onwards with no idea where she was going.
In the park not too far away, a sandy-haired man clad in the Shinsengumi uniform was sat on a bench, hand clutching the hilt of his sword, prepared for a surprise attack from his rival, whom had not yet shown up. He sighed, wondering where she was. "China is usually here by now," Okita muttered to himself, inaudibly. He was used to her being her before he arrived, so where was she? He realised that she was probably out on a job. The Yorozuya did actually do some work on the rare occasion. Deciding she wasn't coming, he frowned and started to walk back to the Shinsengumi complex. He had waited quite a while for the China girl so Hijikata had probably noticed he had been on his break for hours. However, Okita Sougo was somewhat irritated that the red haired woman had not shown up and decided that if the Vice Commander came anywhere near him today, that smoking bastard would die an unnatural death. Although imagining the many ways he could kill his superior cheered the Shinsengumi captain greatly, a thought lingered on. Why was he so upset about the fact China hadn't shown up? He was so lost trying to understand that thought that he bumped into somebody at the entrance of the park.
"Oh, sorry, uh-huh" a familiar voice spoke. He glanced down at the owner of the voice.
"What's this? China apologising?" He sneered at the redhead who he had bumped into. "That is a bit ladylike for a pig like you, isn't it?"
Kagura's legs seemed to have walked her to a park as if they had gotten used to walking there. She somewhat remembered it and, for some reason, felt that she might have damaged the property here before, but she couldn't understand how. Gin-chan and Shinpachi had told her that she was a gentle, polite girl. Surely she would never damage any property? The girl they told her about, the girl who did all the cleaning and always fed and walked the dog, Sadaharu, the girl who she was would never ever do anything like that? Unless they lied to he-
Her train of thought was interrupted as she walked right into a stranger. After quickly apologising, she got a response that she had not expected.
"What's this? China apologising? That is a bit ladylike for a pig like you, isn't it?" A voice mocked. The tone was harsh. She turned her gaze up at this rude stranger, sandy-haired, handsome and wearing a police uniform. He spoke as if he knew her, but nobody who Otae, Gintoki and Shinpachi informed her about fit that description. She frowned, trying to work out who he was. Gin-chan had said that they weren't always on the best terms with those… what did he call them…? 'Tax Robbers,' so that might have been why the guy was so impolite to her… The situation didn't really make much sense to her. The two stared at each other in silence, one wondering why the other hadn't retorted and the other trying to work out who it was they were looking at.
After some time, Kagura spoke. "I am sorry, yes, but who are you?"
Sougo stared at her blankly for a while, trying to comprehend what she had said, before saying in a monotone, "what do you mean 'who are you?' and why are you being polite to me?"
Kagura raised an eyebrow. There was something about this guy which was bothering her. Just looking at him made her kind of frustrated. "I mean, who are you? I have no idea who you are, yes? And what is wrong with me being polite, you stupi-?" She replied, cutting herself off. What was going on? She was about to call a stranger a 'stupid brat'… Something about this guy made her want to be rude, want to argue, want to fight. She had to get away from this man. "Um, I am sorry for bumping into you, yes? I must be getting back home, uh-huh…"
As the 18 year old Yato turned to leave, a hand fell on her shoulder and gripped her tightly. "How can you not know me, China?" Kagura heard the man's voice ask. He sounded a little hurt. "We have seen each other every day for months."
She quickly turned around, pushing his hand away and said, "I am sorry, but you must be confusing me with somebody else, yes?"
"Oi, China, what are you doing? What is with all this apologising? You're acting out-of-character right now," he deadpanned, trying to piss her off and get her back to normal. "You do realise this is the kind of thing that'll lose you votes in the next character poll… I guess you'll be even lower in the rankings than that plain guy you work with. Perhaps, you'll end up in 18th place and join the group of gorillas. That's good news though, you'll fit in there… Oh, maybe-" The policeman was about to continue when the girl's fist smashed into his face, knocking him to the ground.
She spoke harshly, angrily in her retort as he got back up. "Listen, you idiot brat. I do not know who you are and, from the way you have been speaking to me, I do not think I want to know who you are, uh-huh. Just leave me alone, yes?"
"China…"
"Do not call me that! I don't want a nickname from you, you stupid… sadist! I hope I never see you again, uh-huh!"
She turned to run away, infuriated by what had happened and the man's words. However, something worried her. The word 'sadist' had just slipped out of her mouth and, she didn't know why, but it made her heart flutter. Running down the street, she decided she had to go home and talk to Gin-chan or talk to one of the Shinsengumi members… Whatever she did, she had to find out who that guy was.
Author's Note ~ Thanks for reading - please review if you can! It'd be a great help!
I'm not entirely sure where I am going with this story, but it's fun making it up as I go along. xD
I feel like Okita's pretty OOC in this (I struggle with writing him anyway...)
I'm continuing my other fic, 'A Mission Between Rivals' soon. I just wanted to write this one as well, heh heh.
