Shinsuke stared down at his sister's body which lay on the floor. Katsura had knocked her out from behind her back.
He then raised his eyes to glare menacingly at Katsura who picked Shineko's body and held her over his shoulders.
"We're taking her," said Katsura, "you all are bad influence on her."
Shinsuke, Kamui, Abuto, and Bansai just stared as Katsura began to leave with Gintoki.
"Zura," Shinsuke called from behind. Surprisingly, Katsura did not correct him but stopped dead on his track. "Do you remember back when you said I'm just a beast and I have nothing to protect?" Katsura said nothing but waited as his ex-comrade continued. "I was wrong. You were wrong. I do have something to protect." Shinsuke unsheathed his sword and appeared in front of Katsura. "Give her back to me."
His voice was dripped with hatred and anger. Katsura had nothing to do but to watch as Shinsuke stabbed him into his abdomen and take Shineko's body into his arms and jumped up to the Harusame ship.
"Takasugi!" Gintoki and Katsura yelled as they had realized what had happened.
"This is something... or someone I need to protect. And I would never let her into some one's arms except me," said Shinsuke as his eyes bored into his ex-comrades'.
Gintoki cursed under his breath as he glared up at Shinsuke.
"She's not yours!" he yelled.
"And she isn't yours, either," Shinsuke said back to Gintoki, "she has never been yours, Gintoki. Even when you..."
Cutting Shinsuke off, Gintoki suddenly appeared behind him and picked Shineko out of Shinsuke's grip then jumped down into the sea.
Kamui was irritated.
He was angry.
He had done nothing when he had the chance.
He had just watched as they took Shineko away.
Kamui punched the wall in his office in frustration, making a whole in between his room and the room next door which Shineko was supposed to be.
I could have done something. And I didn't do anything.
He crushed the front part of his hair.
Why am I even bothering about this? I should have been glad she's not here. ...why did I tell her I missed her? Why am I even frustrated in the first place? What was that silver haired perm guy to her? What was she hiding from me?
...why am I even bothered about this?
...how am I going to get her back?
Kamui opened his eyes and stared at the wall in front of him.
I can always go to Kabukichou.