Bloodshed and Love

Chapter 13: Savior of Stone

"We're going to save her. We're not going to take this anymore!" The Shinsengumi will no longer be taken as a fool by the Choshu clan! We will attack tonight, as soon as the sun sets." Mr. Hijikata stated looking upon his clan. Everyone nodded in agreement.

-With Kanna-

She was in a basement; it was dark, dirty and damp. She tried looking around but to no prevail it was far too dark. Kanna could feel her hands and legs were bound by rope and her mouth was gagged by a piece of cloth. 'Please hurry… Shinpachi…' She thought with tears forming in her shining golden eyes. She closed her eyes and tears ran down her pale cheeks and fell onto the ground. 'What if they don't come at all? I have to find a way out on my own.'

-Back at Headquarters-

Everyone was getting ready for the mission later that night. Kiba, Kanna's trusted friend and dog, sat next to Shinpachi as he cleaned his sword. Shinpachi glanced over at the dog whose ears were down and his face showed sadness. "I miss her too." Shinpachi said kindly as he patted the dog on his head. Kiba whimpered and lay down close to Shinpachi. "I'm going to save her. I promise."

Shinpachi sighed and stood up, walking towards his room. His footsteps making a deep patter noise onto the wooden floors. 'Kanna…' He thought as he reached his door, sliding it open slowly.

­-At Sunset-

The captains watched as the sun started to set, its yellow glow turned to an orange one. They were waiting for the gates to open, people sighing, as they grow impatient of waiting. Kiba growled as he waited with the others, he growing as impatient as the others. "Do you know when the gates are going to open?" Todo asked as they saw a black shadow jump over their heads.

"The must be opening soon." Sano said glancing up, "They wouldn't send Yamazaki out unless we were about to leave."

Shinpachi nodded in agreement with Sano. Suddenly the gates slowly opened as the captains that were leaving gave a small smile, as they were happy to do something besides stand around. They all headed out lightly running towards their destination. However, Kiba began running ahead of the group Mr. Kondo turned to his right looking at Shinpachi and saying, "Get the dog, boy."

"Yes, sir!" Shinpachi said attentively and started running faster after Kiba. "Kiba!" He yelled and whispered at the same time. Kiba just ran faster, giving small sniffs to the air as he did so. "Bad dog! Kiba stop!"

-With Kanna-

She sat there still, with no plan on how to escape. Every plan she came up with was shut down with men running after her with swords. 'Maybe if I just sit here and be good they'll allow me to leave! Yeah! That's the plan!' She gave a small idiotic smile at the juvenile plan. She moved her hands, feeling her fingers becoming swollen because of the tight rope. Kanna wanted to free her hands before they turned purple so she started wiggling her hands more and more and tugging them towards her but it was no use. The ropes were simply to tight for her hands to even loosen.

She jumped as she heard people walking around over here. Spouting things such as "Did you hear about that stupid girl getting captured?" or "Mr. Yoshida has plans for her." She sighed as she wished she knew what they were talking about. What plans they really had for her or was she just some sick game of fetch?

Kanna stopped thinking when she heard footsteps coming down the stairs; stairs that are connected to the room she's in. The lock became unlocked fast and the door opened slowly revealing a boy with silver hair. Kanna looked at him because he seemed to glow until she looked him over and saw a sword. She began giving out scared squeals and trying to move away from him. The boy began inching towards her, his head held down as if he felt guilty about something. 'Oh please no! God, please no!! Not like this!' Kanna kept running through her head as she watched the boy come closer to her. Kanna was now trying harder to free herself.

Her wrists bleeding from how much she's moved them in the rope. A curtain of tears clouded her eyesight. She screamed, now, with the cloth gag still in her mouth. The boy now putting his right hand on the grip of the sword and he lifted his head and stared at Kanna, unsheathing the sword a little to show not even an inch of the metal that made the sword. "No!" She yelled but it was still muffled.

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