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Fuu stared at the church, she was back here. She was back at her own personal hell. The place where she was raped, beaten, and almost murdered. The place she was before she lost her father... The place where she lost her innocence and she began to see the world for what it really was.

Fuu knew why she was back here... It was because she wanted to get some familiar thought of Mugen...

It's been two years since the traveling trio parted ways.

Jin, he was like her big brother. Protective but not too meddling. He was there when she was in inner turmoil. Jin was there for her emotionally. She has seen Jin at least once a month since two years ago. He's married to Shino, that woman they met at the brothel. Fuu's very happy for Jin and she adores Shino. Shino is like an elder sister.

But Fuu hasn't seen Mugen since that night two years ago... That night he made love to her and then left her... She never thought of Mugen as family, she thought of Mugen... Well she was in love with him. She didn't know it at the beginning, but she has been since she first set eyes on him.

When he turned around without a second thought, she swore she would never let another man get as close as he did. And she didn't by choice...

Fuu shook her head. No, she's not going to get into that right now.

Fuu looked ahead, staring at the church. This church held a lot of painful memories. She sighed and looked up at the sky. "No matter how hard I try... I can't forget you." She muttered. She suddenly felt angry with herself. "I wonder what you're up to, Mugen."

Mugen staggered forward, irritated and hungry. He was getting tired of this little game his mind was playing on him.

It's been two years since he last saw the girl and she was plaguing his thoughts.

It started with that night, the night she sang to them. She has such a strong voice, then when she left Mugen followed her. He wanted to know what happened to her and she confessed that the brother, Umanosuke, had raped her. She told him that she felt dirty and cold...

"I just feel so dirty and I hate everything... I hate what he did to me, I hate that I feel this way... I feel so ugly."

And Mugen did the only thing he knew to do... He kissed Fuu. She was surprised and considering the experience she just went through, he half expected her to push him away. But she melted into the kiss and it all happened so fast.

Mugen was touching her everywhere, untying her obi and taking off her kimono. Next thing he knew, they had sex and she had said that she always loved him. Mugen panicked and told her that what they did was a mistake. He left her there, crying to herself, and he felt like shit.

So when they parted ways, he did everything he could to get her off of his mind. He drank all the time, he had sex, he traveled, he lived... But every time he drank, he would think of her drunken state that he had once seen her in. Every time he went to a brothel, he picked a whore with brown hair and brown eyes. When he traveled, he'd sometimes turn back to say a snarky comment to her only discover that she wasn't there anymore.

He hated it.

"The bitch is ruining my life."

Mugen isn't stupid, he knew he loved the stupid girl. He's just stubborn. So he decided to search for the girl that's been on his mind, it's been a year since he began to search for her and he couldn't find her anywhere.

Mugen had met up with Jin and couple of weeks ago though...

"It's been a while Four-eyes." Mugen said grinning at the man.

Jin chuckled and stared at the man before warmly. Mugen was shocked to see such warmth in his eyes, it must have been the woman with him. Mugen knew the woman, it was the whore from the brothel. So JIn decided to take her as his own, huh?

"Hello, Mugen." Jin said.

"Who's the broad?" Mugen asked, picking his ear with his right pinkie.

The woman smiled brightly at Mugen, already knowing how he was. Jin had talked a lot about the vagrant and the girl who speaks of sunflowers. "Hello, Mugen. I'm Shino, Jin's wife. He's told me a lot about you." Shino said politely.

Mugen's eyes widened slightly as he turned to look at Jin. "So ya grew some balls and married her, didn't know ya had it in ya Fish-face." Mugen joked. Jin just smiled.

"Sorry for his language, Shino." Jin said to her quietly. Shino just smiled.

"It's okay, dear. I feel like I know Mugen and Fuu already by your stories." Shino said.

Mugen froze at her name and tried to look like he didn't care. "So, how is the girly?" He asked, trying to sound nonchalant. Jin looked up at Mugen, his face suddenly serious.

"I see her about once a month, we meet up in Edo and catch up on old times... But Fuu... she's not the same girl we knew back then. She's different and cold... She's changed." Jin admitted.

Mugen's eyes widened slightly. "Whaddya mean?"

"If fate should decide, that's something you have to see for yourself."

Mugen sighed and looked ahead. He wondered what Jin meant by that? What had happened to Fuu?

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of children playing. He saw a town up ahead, the same town they separated in. He grinned to himself. Maybe he could get some food and some sake.

Mugen hurried ahead, suddenly finding strength at the thought of food and booze. He ran ahead into the village, he stopped and looked around. The place hasn't changed one bit..

"Hey lil' girly. I heard you sing in the bar, how about you and me hook up?"

Mugen turned his head to see a man grabbing a girl's wrist. The girl looked familiar but not really familiar.

She was pale and skinny, scars seen on her body... lots of scars. She wore a short yellow kimono that ended mid-thigh and had sunflowers on it, she wore blank shorts under the kimono that was the same length. Two long daggers rested on each of her thighs, one of them had blue prayer beads. Her long brown hair was pulled up in a bun with chopsticks and a jade earring was on her left.

Mugen touched his right ear, a jade earring missing. He gave it to Fuu before they left.

After Mugen and Fuu had their little incident, Fuu finally came back to the two men. Mugen was really quiet and so was she. Jin had noticed Fuu's sad expression and gave her his blue prayer beads. She seemed so touched by that simple gesture it annoyed the hell out of Mugen.

Fuu then gave Jin one of her red beads off of her chopsticks and Mugen bugged Fuu for one saying it wasn't fair. Fuu had just rolled her eyes and gave him one, he surprised her by giving her one of his jade earrings.

Mugen touch the red bead that hung on his sword and stared at the girl. Who was that girl?

"I'm giving you one warning to let go." The girl said coldly.

Mugen's eyes widened. He knew that voice. There was no mistaken it...

"C'mon you little bitch! I just wanted to get to know you!" The man said, yanking her arm roughly.

Mugen saw red, nobody hurts her. He pulled out his sword and was about to kill the man, until he just stared in shock.

The girl pulled out one of her daggers and Mugen instantly recognized it as his old tanto he couldn't find. It was lengthened to be a long dagger. The back of the blade rested against her arm as she sliced the man's arm, giving him a cut that would need stitches. The man screamed out but that was soon interrupted when the girl rested the blade against the man's throat.

"You should be thankful I didn't cut your arm." She said coldly. Mugen could see the smirk on her face. "I despise men like you... Thinking you can take what's not yours. I warned you to leave me alone. If you leave me alone, I just might not kill you." She said threatening.

Mugen's arm fell limp to his side as he stared at her in shock. It couldn't be the same girl? Not this girl...

"I'm sorry!" The man shouted fearfully.

The girl pushed the man roughly. "Get before I change my mind, you fucking idiot." She warned. The man ran away with his tail tucked between his legs. "Fucking perverts." She mumbled.

Mugen stared at the girl in shock. "Fuu?" He asked, before he could stop the words.

The girl spun around, her face in a glare and her brown eyes narrowed as she lowered into a defense position. When she saw who it was, she straightened out and stared at the man in shock. It was just as she remembered him.

His black hair was bushier than she remembered, his gray eyes seemed shocked, he still wore that red gi, and a huge sword rested on his back. There he stood, the vagrant who stole her heart.

"Mugen." She whispered, shocked.

Fate would have done this to her now, one the night of her father's death.

"What the hell, Girly?!" Mugen exclaimed shocked. "What's with the get-up? And when did you learn how to handle a weapon?!"

Fuu sighed and rolled her eyes. "Shut up, you're too loud. What are you doing here, Mugen?" Fuu asked, sounding cold.

"Well... um..." Mugen couldn't say that he was looking for her. His pride wouldn't let him. "Ya gotta place 'round here?" He asked changing the subject.

Fuu sighed and looked away from the pirate. "Yeah... My father's place, follow me." She mumbled, before walking away.

Mugen followed her, staring at her back. She's changed... She's gotten so many scars now and she's skinnier than he remembered. Has she been taking care of herself? Mugen glanced at her weapons. He concluded that one of them used to be his, but the other was her old tanto.

She seemed colder than he remembered, too. Her eyes used to hold a light and she would look at him with adoration. But now her eyes were dull and cold, she glared.

Mugen sighed.

What happened to the girl he fell in love with?

Well that's it! Mugen and Fuu are reunited and it's not a good reunion.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! Lemme know what you think!

Until next time!

Moe