Torn Between Worlds

Annoying Sanemi Is Fun

Sanemi sighed in relief and turned to yell at Yuki, "Now listen here girl!-"

Sanemi stopped in his tracks when he saw Yuki sitting in the snow with a grown tiger's head in her lap. She was stroking its fur lovingly and looking down at it sadly. The large cat was too weak to fight back and was dying. Yuki knew it was going to die, but in its last moments, she wanted the large cat to be comforted and go peacefully rather than in fear. She whispered down to the beast in a loving tone, "it is alright now....they're gone....you can go now" The four swordsman watched as this small girl showed no fear in the arms of a large beast, dumbfounded by her bravery.

Soon, the large cat moved slightly to show a small white tiger cub. The tiger, or tigress as she should be called, was only trying to move her cub to safety when she was attacked. She never meant any harm, just wanted to move peacefully. This caused Yuki to tear up and sniffle as the large cat used her giant paw to push the cub towards her before closing her blue eyes for the last time.

"I will make sure they won't come and skin you," Yuki said determined to herself as she coated her hands in the tiger's blood and smeared it all over her fur. If the fur was ruined, they wouldn't take her skin. She then buried the tiger under the snow, using her hands to shovel it on top of the large cat. Once she was done, she knelt in front and clapped her hands together to pray for her. All this time the four men watched her. Their eyes filled with a mixture of awe, shock and inspiration. Once she had finished her prayer, she grabbed the tiger cub in her arms as it baby roared at her. She smiled and booped its pink nose with her finger before taking the ends of Giyu's haori and wrapping them together in it to share body heat.

Sanemi stepped in front of her, "woah woah, where the Hell do you think you're going with a tiger?"

Yuki blinked at him, "where ever it is you are taking me?"

"You are not bringing a tiger with you," Sanemi said with narrowed eyes.

"Oh....then not going," she said stubbornly as she sat on the cold ground cross-legged.

Sanemi smacked himself in the face with his palm, "do I really need to fight you on this? First, you steal my sword. Second, you can't even use a sword. Third, I saved your cute little ass from being cut up into tiny pieces. And now you want to argue with me about bringing a dangerous animal along with us?"

Yuki gasped in a sarcastic and teasing way, "you think I'm cute?"

Sanemi's eye twitched as he stared at her. Throwing his hands up in the air he yelled towards the sky, "that's it! I'm done!" causing Yuki to giggle.

Kyojuro chuckled as Sanemi was heard stomping off and muttering curse words. He reached his hand towards her and she took it so he could help her stand as she cradled the tiger cub in her arms. "You're not going to come along nicely without that tiger cub are you?"