"Oi, Sougo, you better get down here soon, I've spotted Katsura," Hijikata-san had said. Who cared about that? Who cared about Hijikata-san, that bastard?
All Okita Sougo could think of was that his rival, a girl he'd been fighting with for four years could apparently not remember him at all… and she didn't want to.
Maybe it was a good thing really… It'd get rid of that distraction. It's not like the girl meant anything to him, she was just there for his amusement. Toying with her was more fun than patrol anyway.
"Sougo, I'm serious, you better get down here! We might finally catch this guy."
But if he didn't go down there, then Hijikata-san and Katsura might end up in a fight and Hijikata-san might finally die… Wishful thinking…
Although it'd be no fun if Hijikata-san managed to catch Katsura and took all the glory. Besides, if anyone was going to kill that smoker, it'd be Okita himself.
Strange. That was a good way to describe how Kagura was currently feeling. She, the girl who Gin-chan and Shinpachi had described as the 'sweet, polite angel of the Yorozuya' had just bumped into a policeman, insulted him and even punched him in the face, and stranger still, it felt natural to do so. Being rude came so easily to her, she couldn't imagine herself being as good as her co-workers had told her she was. She didn't understand anything at all. Ever since she had lost her memory, everything was wrong, distorted. Especially since that guy appeared. That guy… just who was he to her? He gave her a strange feeling. He was good looking, of course, but that pretty face just irritated her. She wanted to punch it repeatedly. And then kick it. And then punch it again.
And why did he insult her so casually? If he knew her well, Gintoki, Anego or Shinpachi would have at least mentioned him, right? The only thing she knew about him was that he was a dumb brat and that she most certainly did not like him.
The redhead walked up a street in the Kabuki district, unsure of where she was going and what she was going to do in this predicament. How could she work out who that man was? She couldn't ask Gintoki or Shinpachi as what they said earlier about her was seemingly a lie. She, the girl who had probably just broken a policeman's nose, was neither gentle nor polite.
"Oh, Leader, what are you up to?" Came a voice and Kagura soon realised that the question that had been said was directed at her. A long haired man wearing an elaborate pirate disguise was looking at her, a smile on his face. This was the man Gin-chan called 'Zura', right? He was one of their friends… and a complete moron according to the other Yorozuya members.
"Zura," Kagura replied, remembering snippets of her conversations and antics with the samurai. Grinning at the man, she questioned his attire. "What is with the outfit, huh?"
"It's not Zura, it's Captain Katsura!" He retorted swiftly, before carrying on to explain. "The Shinsengumi Vice Commander is around here, he spotted me earlier."
'Zura is a fugitive, the tax robbers have been trying to capture him for years.' That's what Gin had told her earlier. That's why he was hiding using a disguise…
"Oh, Zura!" the young woman said upon a sudden realisation, "where is that tax robber? I need to ask him about a man I saw earlier, uh-huh!"
"You want to speak with the Demon Vice Chief? As expected of Leader, a plan to question the enemy... That was quick thinking! When Gintoki officially joins the Jouishishi, you can become a member too!"
"If you call me Leader, I should be the leader of the Jouishishi rather than just a member, yes? Anyway, where is the tax thief, hmm?" 'The Demon Vice Chief' was the guy that megane told her was second in command of the Shinsengumi, right? Hiji-something-san?
"He's coming down the street now," Katsura answered, edging himself into a nearby alleyway. "Good luck, Leader! Tell me if you find out some useful information from him!"
With that, the longhaired man was gone, muttering on about how noble a youth Kagura was, boldly interrogating an enemy samurai, unarmed! The Shinsengumi member continued down the street, a lit cigarette in his mouth as he glanced around the area. Kagura headed up to him.
"Oh, if it isn't the Yorozuya's China Girl… Is Sougo around here then? He usually skips out on patrol to hang around you, right?" The black-haired man said as soon as he saw her. She raised an eyebrow, perplexed by his statement. Who was this Sougo guy? And this guy called her 'China' as well, just like the other guy did… "As much of a pleasure as it is to chat with you or any of your Yorozuya members, I have work to do. Have you seen that bastard Katsura around here?"
"Wait, who's Sougo?" The red-haired girl asked, ignoring his other question. Gin-chan, Anego and Shinpachi had definitely not mentioned a 'Sougo' as they tried to jog her memory the other night.
"What do you mean who's Sougo? Very funny, you're just going to play dumb after you've distracted him from his work on a daily basis. I don't have time for this, I know Katsura's in this area. Anyway, I called that lazy idiot Sougo down here a while ago, so you can find out who he is when… if he gets here," The man teased.
"Oi, tax robber, I really don't know who 'Sougo' is," The redhead yelled, grabbing the Shinsengumi member's arm. "I'm not playing dumb, yes! Who is Sougo?!"
"Hey, China," a man said, placing a hand on the woman's shoulder and spinning her around to face him. She recognised him from earlier, that sandy blond hair, that arrogant look, that bruise on his face from her punch. Hijikata took this as an opportunity to shake the girl's arm off of him and get back to work. "I'm Okita Sougo, and you're not playing dumb, you are dumb."
"Oh, great," came her sarcastic response, "you again."
Author's Note ~Thanks for reading - please review if you can! It'd be a great help!
I am so busy at the moment is school but I found the time to write this little chapter… Sorry the chapter lengths are so short T.T For some reason I can't write long chapters.
I might rewrite this fanfiction once it's done because I don't think it's going well so far and I think I could probably do better… Hm, anyway, let me know what you think!
I will try to post new chapters as often as possible, but yeah, super busy at the moment.
