A 3-Z OkiKagu Fanfict
Hey you guys! I'm sorry for not keeping my promise for the 2 week update. There had been a mishap at school and this took a bit longer than I had expected. ^_^ll
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"It's snowing..."
Kagura was in her room, looking outside through her fogged up window. It's weird. It's already Christmas day but it doesn't feel like it. Her brother was downstairs making a Christmas dinner, but... her dad still wasn't home yet.
Umibozo said that he would be here in an hour or so. But she wasn't sure whether or not he'll fulfill that statement. That old man breaks too many promises these days.
With her pointer finger, the redhead drew a circle on the window. It had already been a week since the snowball fight and the unknown question is still trapped in her head. Her frown deepened.
Stupid sadist...
It's all his fault that he let himself get hit by a snowball right when he was about to say something.
She sighed. She wished that she could forget. But no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't.
As her thoughts continued to run through her head, the circle soon turned into a name. And before she knew it, that name was 'Okita'.
Huh...? Okita...?
Her eyes widened when she realized what she had done. Flustered, she immediately tried to erase the name she had unconsciously wrote on the window with her hands. In left of it was a jagged swipe in the middle of the blurred window.
Kagura looked through the clear opening. The snow today was not like a blizzard, nor was it like a drizzle for rain. It was the perfect amount, at the perfect speed, and on the perfect holiday. Each snowflake delicately fell into the plush snow. The sky was nearly dark but the colorful Christmas lights brightened the afternoon.
The redhead's face softened. She had always wanted to see snow like this...
"Kagura!" called out a voice from behind the door, "Can you come here for a minute?"
The girl stood still for a moment before reluctantly leaving the window. With a silent groan, she opened the door and closed it behind her as she started nonchalantly into her brother's blue eyes.
"What?" she wants this to be quick. She doesn't feel like talking to her brother right now.
He gave his usual closed smile, "Can you help me prepare the food?" he asked warmly.
She didn't even respond as she began to walk past him and to the kitchen. She took a cucumber and began to cut it until her brother stopped her.
"Just wash the vegetables for me."
The glutinous girl glanced him a look before going to the sink. There was a long silence until she started the water.
Kamui took the cucumber Kagura started. He seemed hesitant before opening his mouth, "You know..." he paused for a moment as he began to chop the cucumber, "You've been pretty quiet lately," he finally said.
She stared at the lettuce head she was rinsing, "...Can't a girl have mood changes?" she answered. That was partially true at least...
"Well yes. Of course," he agreed, "But, this has been going on for... several days now" he explained in a slight worrisome tone.
The girl lifted her head to survey her brother, "What are you trying to say?" she questioned. She was getting a bad feeling about this. Does he know something he shouldn't have found out?
"...Do you have anything you want to tell me?"
She raised a brow, "Not really."
He frowned, "Are you sure?" he urged, "Nothing suspicious at your school?"
She couldn't believe her ears, "Nii-san!" she bellowed. "Do you not trust me?!"
"Of course I trust you," he assured, "But... I'm worried that something is bothering you and that you're not telling me."
She frowned. What is up with him? Normally he doesn't ask these kind of things. So why? Why is he suddenly all tense?
"You're sounding like papi," she confessed grumpily.
"I only sound like him because I know that you're hiding something from me," her brother responded.
Kagura stopped washing the vegetable. Did he say what she think he said? She doesn't get it. How does he always know when she hides things? Can he read minds or something? Either way, no matter what, she's not going to tell him. Even if he bribed her with sukonbu...
or anything for that matter.
"Just tell me. All I need is to know."
She mentally rolled her eyes. Oh c'mon, she knows that if he says that he is not going to do anything about it, he will at some point do something about it. No matter how many times she tells him not to.
"...It's none of your business..."
He grinned seeing that he had just tricked his little sister, "Oh! So there is something!"
Her eyes widened in realization. Damn it. I should've just lied and said nothing was up...
"Is it about your grades? Friendship problems? A boy?" he asked eagerly.
She winced at the word 'boy'.
"So it's a boy?" he predicted. His grin turned into a stiff face, "There's a boy isn't there."
"There's no boy!" she bluntly lied. Uhg, why do I have to be so easy to read?
"There's no point in lying," he said, "I already know the look you make when I get something right," He slowly slid closer to her, "So what's up with this guy? Who is he and what did he do to you?"
She squeezed the lettuce. Her brother is seriously starting to annoy her. "You said that you just needed to know..."
"That's right," Kamui replied, "I need to know in full detail. Now tell me everything," he demanded.
"I don't wanna," Kagura insisted.
"C'mon, it's Christmas," he coaxed.
"That's what I should be saying."
"Just tell me."
"No."
"Tell me."
The redhead dropped the vegetable into the sink "That's it!" she stomped to grab her coat and umbrella, "I'm going for a walk."
"Hey, you can't go!" he ordered, "It's cold outside!"
"I'm still going," she stormed as she swung the door open.
"Wait, Kagura. Kagur-"
Slam!
There was a long silence. The male redhead gradually dropped his hands and let them hang beside him as he stared at the quiet door. When Kamui finally understood that his sister has no means on coming back for awhile, he sighed as he stared at the sink, the tap water still running.
"Have I gone a bit too far...?"
Kagura strolled down the solemn street, having her umbrella in one hand and some sukonbu she found in her jacket in the other.
It really is a beautiful christmas...
Too bad my stupid nii-chan had to ruin it.
The greedy girl came across a white field that was so pure with snow that it seemed to have only been touched by the air itself. With an idea in mind, she began to walk on top of the snow and to the middle of the field. She looked over her shoulder, seeing the footprints trailing behind her. Well, the snow had to be tampered at some point in time.
She scooped up a bundle of snow and carefully formed it into a ball. She stared at it for a moment and then started to pile up more and more snow onto the ball. When it slowly became bigger, she placed it on top of the untouched snow. She then made another one just like it except smaller and placed it on top of the bigger ball and poked two holes to represent the eyes and a "U" shaped thing as the mouth. She took a step back and observed it with an unencumbered smile on her face.
"I'll name you Sadaharu no. 26," she chirped. She surveyed the creation she made for a while as the white fluffs slowly descended from the sky. Soon her grin transformed into grimace.
I wish I can show this to you mommy...
…
"Hey... what's your dream Kagura-chan?" her late mother asked as she laid in her bed like usual. She stroked her daughter's hair who was sitting on her knees like always.
The six year old stood before her, "My dream?" she thought long and hard, "I have many many dreams."
"And what are one of those many many dreams?"
She grinned triumphantly, "To beat Nii-chan!"
The mother chuckled, "Is that so?" She smiled, "What a nice dream..."
"What about you mommy?" the little girl asked with her bright blue orbs, "What's your dream?"
The lady seemed surprise for a moment before she recovered to her old self, "My dream you say..." she solemnly looked up at the ceiling, "Have you ever heard of snow?"
Her face looked curious, "No," she confessed. They lived in a city where all they have is rain. She cocked her head to the side, "What is it?"
Her mom was silent for a moment, "Snow..." she began, "Snow is white... Very, very white," she explained, "... and beautiful..."
"Like me?" Kagura asked with a wide smile on her face.
The mother gave out a slight giggle as she pat her little daughter on the head, "Yep..." she answered, "Almost as beautiful as you..."
The small child smiled cheerfully, "Then someday I'll see this snow with you mommy!" she decided. She brought herself to a closed smile and her eyes closed as well, "So get better okay?"
The sick one nodded as her mouth weakly curved upwards. She then caressed her sweet little child on the cheek, "Snow..." she began, "is a wonderful thing..."
…
Tear drops fell from the tip of Kagura's chin and pierced the snow one by one. She forced a stern face, thinking that it will somehow stop her from wailing out loud.
I will not cry...!
Her lips began to quiver but she insisted on keeping the face.
Mommy wouldn't like that!
She tried to smile but failed when all she did was twitch her eyes and mouth. She stared at the little snowman she made while doing so.
"Oi," hollered a voice, "What's with that ugly face?"
Her eyes widened as she jerked her head to where the voice was coming from.
Don't tell me...
The redhead plastered on a calm face, "I was smiling, damn it."
He blinked a few times as he continued to stare at her, "That was a smile...?"
"Shut up you sadist. I don't wanna talk to you right now," she retorted, "Shouldn't you be at home, suffering with your little concussion?"
He was quiet for a moment. He had already recovered from when the killing machine threw that snowball (more like a cannon) at him. When he woke up from that painful experience, he remembered exactly where he had left off before he fell unconscious. He knew that he was about to ask her question. He would ask her again, but he feels as though now is not the time. He doesn't know why, he just felt like it.
No, actually he does know. He knows that he shouldn't ask it now. Not when china is like this.
Not when she makes a face like that.
He knows that her smile right now is fake. And her anger as well. It doesn't have that usual vibe to it. He knows that she is hiding something on the inside. Something that she is not telling him. But why hide it? Why make such a fake smile? He wished that she can just come out and say it. So she can go back to her normal self. The smile she makes when she is truly happy. The one that pierces his cold heart. The one that she never truly gives him.
Completely ignoring the redhead's question, he looked down at the snowman, "What's that?"
She glared at him before answering the question, "It's a snowman of course," she informed, "What else?"
He stared at it for awhile, "It looks stupid."
"KORA!" she roared. There she goes again, "What gives the right to say that?!"
He stayed silent as he eyed the thing blankly. Secretly, he actually thought it was pretty cute. And since Kagura made it, it makes it all the better. He kneeled down and stuck out his pointer finger so he could touch it until Kagura scooped it up protectively.
"Don't touch it if you don't like it!" she exclaimed angrily, "You're going to kill it!"
His red eyes gazed into her blue ones, "Aw, c'mon. I'm not all that bad."
The glutinous girl continued to frown as her hands slightly shook. His strong eyes makes her feel all hot inside even though it's so cold out here in the snow. She doesn't like this feeling. Why? Why does she feel all jittery when there's nothing to be nervous about? All he's doing is looking at her.
Just looking at her.
Though it feels like he's looking into her soul.
As she was still in daze, the boy pointed at something behind her, "Oh, look," he observed emotionless.
With a soft 'hm' the redhead curiously turned her head.
Immediately after she spun her head, with no hesitation, the sadist swiftly flicked the top of the little snowman's head as if he was flicking a tiny bug off a table.
"Waddya talking about?" the girl looked back, "There was nothing-"
Her eyes widened when she saw the headless snowman in her hands. She shook as she clenched her teeth. She shot her head up with angered eyes.
"YOU SADIST!" she roared, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
He smirked devilishly, "That's what you get for not letting me touch it."
"You bastard..." she clenched her teeth as she twisted her body so her back was facing the sadist's face. She still clutched onto what was left of the snowman. He felt pretty proud of himself until.
"Mommy..."
His devious grin was quickly replaced with a not so happy one, "...Mommy?" he mumbled questionably. What's she saying? Is that her mom or something?
He shook his head with a deniable smile on his face. No way. How can a snowman be her mom?
Before he could agree to the statement he made in his head just now, he caught a glimpse of her face.
Right then, his heart dropped and his mind went blank. She looks like she is about to cry. It almost seems that she is mourning over that thing as if it was dead.
Remorse suddenly ate the sadist up. What should he do now? He feels as though he is in a really awkward position. He quietly looked down and stared at the snow. Suddenly a light bulb lit up in his head.
"China," he deadpanned.
She turned her head, "What?" she grumbled.
He hesitated before he frowned and awkwardly handed her another mini snowman, "Here."
The girl froze for a moment, surprised of what was happening just now.
Is this seriously happening? The sadist is doing something... nice for once...?
Is that even possible?
Unsure, she took the object from his hand and cupped the base of the ball with her two hands. She stared at it for awhile before twisting around.
She glanced to her right before she squirmed around, "Th-thanks..." Kagura mumbled over her shoulder.
He eyed at her crouched back before forming a slight grin on his face, "Oh... so the monster can be nice for once."
Her eye twitched before she turned her head around, "Whaddya talking about? I'm always a nice person," she argued, "Just not to you."
I should be saying the same thing. She also wanted to say.
"And I'm only nice to you today because it's Christmas." she continued as she placed the snowman down in the snow, "Be happy that I decided that."
He raised a brow, "Oi, oi... that last sentence wasn't very nice though."
"Shut up you sadist."
Heh, that wasn't very nice either... His eyelids lowered as he scooted closer to the redhead. He was quiet for a moment and Kagura was beginning to think if she went a bit too far until she felt something familiarly warm on her right hand.
Her eyes perked up as her face immediately burned up. All of the sudden, her whole body began to harden.
"K-Kora!" she sputtered, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
He smirked. He loves seeing her all flustered, "Giving you your punishment," he simply answered.
"Wha...?" She gritted her teeth as her face continued to get hotter. What the hell? She still feels uncomfortable when he touches her. She tells him to go away, she gives him so many signs...
so why won't he just stop?
"Let go." she demanded stiffly.
She felt her hand being squeezed tighter, "No."
Kagura's eyes widened before she looked down on the ground, "...Why not?"
"Because it's your punishment," He looked at her with his usual eyes,
"Be glad that I'm not doing anything more."
The redhead could feel her face burn up when he said that. What the hell is this guy saying?! She wants to punch him. She wants to kick him... But she doesn't want to touch him any further. Although... if it prevents him from holding her hand, then maybe...
She suddenly felt the warmth traveling up her arm. She gave a little jolt and immediately, with her free hand, she grabbed the sadist's sneaky hand and flipped him over, having his back slam into the cold snow.
Okita slowly got up as he carefully rubbed his head. Pain was written all over his face. "Ow..." he muttered, "what was that for china?"
Without any hesitation, Kagura bolted up and began to walk away. But before she walked any further, she turned around and stuck out her pink tongue.
"You suck!" she bellowed.
She twisted back around and began running towards home.
"Oi, china," he called out casually, "Don't you want to bring the wonderful snowman?"
She continued running, leaving the sadist behind with his usual face. When she was almost out of sight, he sighed in disappointment.
"Whatever, I'll take it then..." he mumbled to himself. He began to look around but then he raised a brow, "Huh? Where is it...?"
After a few more glances around the perimeter. He slowly began to smirk, realizing where the snowman was.
"Accepting my gifts already? Ara ara..." his grin got bigger,
"it seems that you've already started to fall for me..."
Kagura closed the front door with her back and stood there for a moment as she read the time on the wall clock.
8:54pm...
She inwardly sighed before she glanced down at the cold object being cupped in her hands.
Why did I bring it...?
She didn't know why, but it seemed that her body naturally took the snowman before she left. Maybe it's because she didn't want the thing to belong to the sadist since it's sure that he'll probably smash it when if he took it back to his place. Who would want such a fate? Anyways, she already accepted it. And it was the least he could do for beheading her last one.
Even with that conclusion, her stomach felt empty. With a pout, she pulled the handle on the freezer and placed the mini snowman in it.
It's not like she wanted to keep it.
Although she had to admit, it was kind of cute.
Right as she closed the freezer door, the front door swung open and a tired yet enthusiastic man came barging in.
"Daddy's home!"
Kagura peered over at the familiar voice and her face immediately lightened up which instantly disappeared to replace an angry one. Before the old man could do anything, she ran over and kicked her beloved dad in the face.
"HEY YOU OLD MAN!" the redhead stormed, "Do you know what time it is?! You said you'll be here over 3 hours ago damn it!"
Umibozo scrambled to get on his knees and nervously pressed his worn out hands together as he begged for forgiveness, "I'm sorry, Kagura-chan. But daddy had some last minute work and I had to finish it before I got home."
"Che, like I haven't heard that before."
He held out a bag of goodies hoping it would be a good peace offering, "I brought presents."
Kagura glanced at the wrapped presents inside of the plastic bag. Her face slightly perked up. How many present were in that bag? Five? Six? Seven? And those were only the ones that she could see.
She crossed her arms to make it seem that it was a hard decision to make, "I guess I can forgive you today since I'm such a good daughter," she decided.
He smiled as he gently placed the bag on the ground. He then spread his arms as a gesture for her to come over and hug him, "Merry Christmas, Kagura."
She eyed her father as she tried hard not to smile with glee, "I'll say it after you give me the presents," she said. He had no idea how happy those words made her feel inside.
Her father dropped his arms and laughed with amusement, happy that his Kagura-chan hadn't changed a bit, "Where's your brother?" he asked calmly.
"Kamui?" she was thinking for a moment, "He's..." The redhead was about to answer the question when she realized that she too didn't know where her baka-nii chan was either. Now that she thought about it, she hadn't seen him at all since she came back home. The house was quiet and the only new thing here was the food on the table. She turned around with a puzzled look on her face.
"Where is he...?"
Kamui was speed walking aimlessly around the town. His little sister was gone for over an hour. And like any older sibling, he got worried and went out to look for her. It's been who knows how long but there was still no sight of her.
"Kagura! If you can hear me answer me!" he bellowed at the top of his lungs. He waited for a moment but there was no response. Snow descended from the sky and Kamui was getting the chills. He started getting all of these unnecessary thoughts in his head. What if she is being buried under the snow? Or she got injured? Or worse! She got kidnapped?! He shook his head. No no no... that would never happen. She must be sitting at a park bench or something...
He upped his speed walk to a run and his head was looking all over the place.
"Kagura! Kagura are you here? Kagu-"
thunk!
His right shoulder bumped into someone else's. Unhurt, he vaguely turned around to see who he bumped into.
"Sorry," Kamui apologized half heartedly. He was about to walk off again when the person replied.
"Oh? Another guy around my age walking around in this time at night?" the person commented, "Should I be suspicious about this?"
The male redhead eyed the person more closely than before. The boy, who seemed to have sandy brown hair, is saying very unneeded things. Suspicious? I should be the one being suspicious!
"No, nothing obsure about anything. I'm actually looking for someone." he explained. Kamui stood for a moment until he got an idea, "Hey, have you seen a girl with reddish-orange hair and blue eyes like mine?" he questioned hopefully, "She's my sister and she seemed to have ran off somewhere."
The boy raised a brow in surprise before returning to his old look, "A girl with red hair?" he restated, "Are you sure such a person exists?" he even brought his voice to a whisper, "Did she dye it?"
Kamui was getting slightly defendant, "No," he answered stiffly, "It's her actual hair. And, yes, such a girl does exist, she's my sister." He's starting to piss Kamui off. Out of all the people in the world, why the hell did he have to run into this guy?
The sandy haired boy was silent for a moment, his face still, "A girl like that huh...?" he bluntly thought for a moment as his crimson eyes looked upward, "Then nope, never seen such a girl."
His eye twitched a bit, realizing how much time he had wasted with this bastard, "I see..." he started to show off his fake smile, "Well sorry for the bother."
"Oh wait."
What now? Kagura's brother paused for a moment and turned to look at him again with his smile, "Yes?"
"Well, if I were to see such a girl then I will tell you. But I can't really do that if I don't know your name." the sandy haired teen implied.
"Kamui." the male redhead simply stated. His smile slowly started to break into a devilish smirk, "And yours?"
"Okita Sougo," he grinned.
"...Good to know. I'll be sure to find you some time," the sibling walked off, his back facing him as he waved, "Well, I guess I'll see you around then."
With a smirk, the sadist buried his hands in his pockets and turned towards the other direction. As the boy started walking off, Kamui observed him in the corner of his eye.
He chuckled. That guy...
Annoying, arrogant, and stupid. That man has all the traits that Kamui detests the most in a person. What are the odds that he actually found a person like that?
Even though he seemed innocent. Even though he said that he never saw her. He doesn't know why but... for some reason he has this small intuition that...
No.
He doesn't just feel. Every single thing about him was suspicious.
That man knows.
The guy most definitely saw his precious Kagura not too long ago.
Now to think why he would want to hide it from him...
He better not be doing anything suspicious around her.
Kamui closed his eyes and his lips curved upward.
"Okita... Sougo..."
What an interesting boy.
So interesting that...
it almost annoys him.
Author's Notes: Yeah, finally Kamui starts to notice about what's going on with Kagura's love life~ XD
So what do you guys think of the story? Any suggestions? Questions? If yes, please do comment. It'll make me very happy~
I'm warning you, it's going to take awhile before the next chapter is up. Maybe a bit more than a month? But don't worry, it'll be long!
To make up for my lateness, I decided to make this:
One thing what everyone got for Christmas:
Kondo: Pictures of Otae
Otae: Baagan Dash maker
Hijikata: Mayo poster
Kyuubei: Fake ****
Kagura: Sukonbu filled pillow
Okita: Cursing Kit
Shinpachi: Glasses cleaner
Ginpachi: Two tickets to the candy factory
Katsura: Extra soft shampoo and conditioner
Otose: Anti aging cream
Love you all~
- Sahara