Loyal Blood | Sano Manjiro

01: Scar

"Y/n stay here okay?" You nodded as you sit down behind the huge boxes to hide yourself from the threat.

You peeked at the side as you watched your brother slowly approaching the group of men who was following you two earlier. You saw him get a grip on his katana that was hidden on his back and on the blink of an eye, one of the bad guys have fallen to the ground blood splattering everywhere.

You gasp wanting to join your brother but realized that you shouldn't disobey your brother for he was protecting you and coming out of your hiding spot might make things worse.

You watched him swing his katana around along with the painful scream of his enemies. You just covered your mouth trying to stop yourself from making noise as you watch from the scene your witnessing right now.

You don't want this to happen... you don't want them to get hurt.. but at the same time you also don't want you and your brother get hurt if ever that you don't fight back.

Having a brother that takes care of you and fighting anyone who comes on his way attracts a lot of threats on both of your lives. Mentioning the threat you both are encountering right now, they're probably the men of someone your brother encountered while trying to earn money. And what does he do you ask? He work for different people, sometimes mafias or gangs that doesn't want their hands getting dirty.

You both knew that these stuffs have consequences but you have no choice but to follow along. That's how the both of you will survive the world in shambles.

You were about to turn your back into the scene and sit there waiting for your brother because you couldn't handle watching the blood splatter around your brother when you saw a shadow of a big man on your side grabbing your wrist pulling you to the battleground.

"Look what I found" the man spoke still holding your wrist firmly.

"Y/n!" You're brother shouted as he glanced at you worried on what the man might do.

"Bro! Look out!" You informed your brother seeing a man behind him and tackled him on the ground as another man grabbed his katana and walked around him.

"Hmm let's see how sharp is this.."

Your eyes widened when you saw the katana slide across your brothers mouth making him scream in pain as you struggle to break free from the other mans grip.

"Bro! No! Stop it please!!" You bursted out crying watching your brother struggle with those bastards as the other man slides the katana on the other side of his mouth. You felt a pain in your insides wanting to break out of your chest as you watched their every move.

"That's for attacking our boss"

"You deserve it"

"What are we gonna do with his little princess?"

You were staring at your brother as he looked at you with concerned eyes. "Run" he managed to whisper without anyone of you hearing but you understood his words and tried to break free but the guy wont budge. You tried every basic self defense your brother taught you but it's still no use. You started to lose hope and fell on your knees as you looked at the man.

"Im begging you.. stop torturing my brother...I-Ill do anything you ask me" making the man smirk and stop the other guys from doing anymore to your brother.

"Look, we got ourselves a slave" says the man and he threw you near where your brother was laying down all bloody.

You looked at the group of men infront of you and processed how will you manage to protect your brother this time. There's three guys in total, not including the other guys that was knocked out that will eventually regain their senses. You looked at your brother and smiled.

"N-no, run" your brother spat with a very low voice as he couldn't open his mouth more because of the pain. You patted his head and whispered "I'll be back, wait for me okay?" He just stared at you hoping you would just run instead of doing what you have in mind.

You stood up and walked slowly at them with innocence and fear on your face.

"I-if I come with you, will you let my brother go?" You looked up at them while you slowly ran your hand behind you on your belt feeling the hard material that your brother gave you in case of emergency.

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"Y/n keep this" your brother stated handing you a scabbard with a knife perfectly sized for your fragile hands.

You looked at your brother curious

"Why?"

"Because, it's dangerous."

"But I'll be with you"

"I know, but use it in case of emergency. When I'm not there to protect you okay? " He smiled while ruffling your hair.

"Yeah, okay."

"Use it wisely Y/n.. Don't use it when not necessary"

"Yeap! promise!"
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"If you do as we say"

"We'll have fun tonight kitten"

"Come with us"

Keeping the innocence you slowly went to them and when you're near enough, you swing the knife to the man that hurted your brother and managed to have a slit on his neck as you jump towards him and swinged the knife again making sure to make the slit deep enough for him to feel your brothers pain. You laughed seeing him fall with a shocked face.

You smiled at the other guy and walk up to them while the guy that tackled Sanzu stood still processing the fact that you were all afraid and vulnerable earlier as you walked passed him smiling at the pervert that grabbed your hand earlier. They thought you're coming for the pervert when it's actually just a show as you shoved the knife on the guy's abdomen that tackled your brother.

You are walking rather slower to the last man standing as your smile grew bigger. You stopped infront of him and looked up to him with a worried face.

"What's wrong? Not the fun you're hoping for huh?"

He's standing there frozen not knowing what to do. You grabbed his left hand and giggled as you run the knife on his wrist making deep cuts that might or might not damage his pulse.

"Isn't this fun?" You asked looking up to the man

You quickly jumped out from his reach when he started to regain senses tried to grab you but fell down instead because of his vision becoming blurry. You stood there smiling watching the three bleed to hell.

"Y-y/n!" You heard your brother tried to shout and just about time when you turned to him, a bottle was hit onto your head making you fall along with the shattered pieces of glass.

'One of the bastards is still alive'

Just when you're about to lose consciousness, you saw two man in black standing in front of the bloody street. One tall man with the sides of his head shaved and one short man eating dorayaki.

"Ken-chin, my Dorayaki is gone"

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A/N: This was written before it was revealed that Mikey did Sanzu's scars. 🤧