A story about a girl, who grew up in a very wealthy family, which recently started losing their fortune. The only way for them to stay among the royalties is for their daughter to marry the richest guy in the whole country. The years is 1877 and bei...
🍒 Every battle is worth it for love 🍒 Hanma's pov:
I collected all the man I had and I walked to the front gate. I opened my doors wide to see none other than Mikey himself, Draken and all of the Toman members including the ones, who work for me. Or I thought they did. My whole shirt was covered, or should I say soaked in blood and my vision was blurry, but I didn't want to give up just up. I put a cigarette between my lips and lit it up, then I screamed:
"Is that all you got, Mikey!".
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Mikey and his gang started walking towards us, the guards were right next to me. Their guns pointing at the intruders. They weren't a big group, but they were strong. Kisaki pulled out his gun ready to shoot, but I stopped him.
"Let's do it old fashioned way", I said and I put down all the weapons I had in me. Mikey did the same threw his jacket aside.
Mikey started running toward me and after him were all of his people. Mikey came closer to me and tried to kick me in the face, but I stopped him by putting my hand in front of my face. Then I grabbed his ankle and I threw him as far as I could. I almost fell, because I lost a lot of blood, but he wasn't too strong too, so we were equal for now. Mikey got up and again tried the same attack, but this time it was only a distraction, because when I stopped his leg he hit me in the stomach making me spit blood.
"Where is my sister, Hanma?", he asked me and took a step back, "give her to me and I'll leave you to live", he threatened me.
"I won't let you get her, Mikey! She's everything I have!", I scream and I punch him in the face making him lose balance and he fell in my legs, I began stepping in his face till he caught my ankle and pushed me off him.
"She doesn't belong with you! She deserves more than you can give her!".
"I'm trying to give her the world!".
We started running towards each other and we punched the other at the same time. I fell back and my nose was now bleeding too. My blood was running out and I couldn't keep it up much longer, but I won't let him win. As I was getting up to finish him, while he was still laying down, I felt someone pulling me back and I turned around to see y/n. She was crying and she squeezed my arm.
"Stop it! Immediately!", she said and pushed me back away enough from her brother, then she bend down to help him get up. Mikey got on his feet and he looked at me, "are you two crazy? Why are you fighting?".
"Tell her, Hanma! Tell her or i will", Mikey demanded from me and y/n looked at me.
"Tell me what?", she came closer to me and I looked away. Y/n grabbed my hand and that's what got my attention, I looked back at her and her teary eyes were locked on me, "Shuji, you can tell me everything", she assured me.
"I'm scared you'll leave me, my dear".
"I would never!", she squeezed my arms and was now ready to cry again, my heart was tearing apart by looking at her. That's maybe the biggest test for her love I can do, but I have no choice now.
"I lied to you, y/n. I lied about everything. I'm not a good man, i don't own a oil company and I do unspeakable thing to provide money for you and our family. I kill people, I drug them and I have a gang called Walhalla", I started to explain to her and I let go of her hand, "I know that a woman like you would never marry a man like me, so I made sure to steal all of your family's money, so you won't have a choice and agree to marry me. Im sorry I didn't tell you the truth from the beginning. I was scared".
She stepped back and she looked at me with horror in her eyes. I can't even explain to you the way she looked at me, it was my worst nightmare. Mikey grabbed her hand and pulled her back and pointed a gun at me. I could see he squeezed her wrist tight.
"Be careful, she's pregnant with my child!", I shouted at him and put my hands in the air next to my head. Mikey looked at me, then at his sisters in shook.
"Please tell me he's lying", Mikey let go of her hand and put the gun away from me.
"He's telling the truth", y/n looked down and then she took a deep breath turning to me, "what you did doesn't matter. My love for you is stronger than anything else. I'm ready to forgive you, if you promise to stop".
I nodded my head in agreement and y/n then pushed Mikey aside hugging me tight. I hug her too and I lifted her up. Mikey was just standing there watching at us still in shock, then he raised the gun again, but instead of me, he pointed the gun at his head.
"Mikey, stop!", y/n shouted at him, "don't do it, please...we can work thru this".
"I see", he smiled at us, "love is really the most dangerous game you can play. She makes you forgive everything no matter how hard it is".
"Don't be stupid, Mikey, put the gun down", I shouted too, because I knew I have to stop this before it gets out of control.
"Take care of her and my niece or nephew, Hanma, and promise me you'll never lie to her ever again", Mikey continue to smile.
"Mikey, please!", y/n fell on her knees and started begging him to stop. Mikey looked at me, he was so happy at that exact moment and his smile was generous. For the first time in years I saw Mikey happy like he used to be, when we were friends. I understood, that he wanted for a long time.
"Promise me, Shuji", Mikey said one more time and put his finger on the trigger. I nodded my head and put my hand over y/n's eyes, then I closed mine too. The last thing I heard was the sound of the gun shooting.
I opened my eyes and I was Mikey's body laying on the ground, his blood was covering his face and his smile was still there. Y/n pushed my hand away and let out a scream out of agony. Everything went quiet after that. I walked to the now dead body and put my jacket over Mikey's head.m, then I hugged my wife, who was still crying uncontrollably. I got what I wanted, but was this the price? This was the last day, that I ever associated with gangs and fights. After that we did a small ceremony to send our friend away. We buried Mikey's body in the garden, that was now completely ready. And we never spoke about that.
Nine months after that y/n gave birth to my beautiful baby girl Alissa. I was the happiest man alive, I had the most perfect wife, I had two healthy kids and now we have a small, but successful family business. We opened the first book store in our city with every book that I bought for y/n. We kept our house and y/n was taking care of the gardens and Mikey's grave. Looking back at my life I have no regrets, I have nothing to change, even if I had the chance to. I'm leaving in peace with the love of my life, raising two beautiful children.
It's true..love can't be forced, but at the end ours was true. Love can't be forced, but it can blossom...just like the cherries. Y/n, if you read this, I love you! I'm so happy I had the chance to be by your side all of these years. Thank you for everything you gave me, thank you for making me a better man. I wrote our story down, so you can pass it to our grandchildren, tell them about our love. Tell them how our forced love blossomed into the most beautiful thing ever existed! I miss you, I can't wait to meet you again in our next life. ~truly yours, Shuji~ Born on: 1849 Died in: 1986
