OKIKAGU ONE SHOTS

Reminiscence

Synopsis:

It's been a week since the shinsengumi moves out of edo after saving their commander. As they were resting from their harsh training, Sougo reminisce back the times he met and clashes with China girl.

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"Sougo, why don't you stop for a while? It's been hours already. You're gonna get dehydrated staying under the sun for too long." Kondo yelled in the distance. Both Kondo and Hijikata watched their youngest silently practicing alone on the training ground.

It's already the third person and this time it's Kondo. It'll be easier if it's Yamazaki again. Though he must be afraid from being chased again.

He finally stopped after the 4000th swing and rest his shinai on his shoulder. "Fine."

All the members were currently resting after their harsh training.

It's already been a week since they arrived here. Their home village. Never really thought that they're ever come back there again after years living in Edo. Since the current government is in dissarray and the fact that they make quite a chaos on kokujou island, It all make sense that they had no place left in Edo. Though it's not actually the case.

Their home in Edo was protected. Even when both Edo's biggest police force is crumbling. They stay there, even when their own life's is threatened, to protect and welcome them back. The comrade that they trust. A bond that formed from years of fighting and laughing together. Yorozuya. They were fighting right now. To protect their home.

Sougo walked towards the engawa. As per Katsura's suggestion, they need to leave or the government will catch on to them. Again, they revert back to their lives as Ronin. Being constantly targeted, though it's not really hard to escape their radar. That bastard Nobunobu may think that they're not a threat now since they had a lot of casualties during the aftermath of the fight.

Kondo was currently sipping his tea while Hijikata's inspecting his katana beside him. Both of them were currently discussing about matters in Edo.

Sougo doesn't have the intention to join the older men. Instead, he took a water bottle stacked near the engawa before walking towards the back of the dojo. There seem to be no one there and he took the opportunity to just lay down under a nearby tree.

He took a sip from his bottle before looking up at the blue sky. "Been a week, huh?"

'We don't need words of good-bye.' Her words ranged through his mind. The sky reminded him of her eyes. The time he looked up to her as she threw him from the bridge. The rain was pouring heavily and his body was still recovering. Yet, they battled. Which one of us is stronger?

He sighed. Since when did their relationship came to be? The first time they met, He doesn't have any second thought when he's paired with China for a game that he suggested. Sakura petals raining down on them. The tension is in the air. Everything went so fast and by that, he meant literally. Their game happen so fast and by the time they realized it, they're already abandoned everything and just full on beating each other up. For once, he thought that it was the first time someone actually keep up with him... and a girl at that. Not that it really matters either way. He did took interest in her since that day.

Their second encounter was a bit different. He was on a job of tracking the princess. He may or may not be excited when he saw the China girl with her. He can finally exact his revenge on her. If not for Kondo-san interfering, he would have shoot his bazooka on that girl. Though, he know damn well not to do it since the princess was with her and he was quite dissapointed by it. He promised himself that he will beat her up the next time.