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Kuro looked at the man with some confusion "Yes. Kohama. Do you know the place? Also, your tea should be cool by now. Drink up." Assisting the man to drink up if I walked out of there and Mizu was still sober the girls would laugh at me and tear me down, now I didn't want that to happen "I grew up there." I had heard of an Onryo living there for the longest until the rumors stopped or the fact that I moved to Mihonoseki "If you are from Kohama why are you here? Far from home." "I would ask you the same thing. But my time here is done. Nice meeting you." He got up from his seat with not a single sip of his now-cooled tea, I placed my head down in shame and slapped my forehead "Why didn't I just force him." Mumbling to myself, with me slowly getting up I grabbed the small table and walked silently back to the dressing room I entered quietly and everyone still looked at me.
"No luck?" Ise sounded sarcastic, like always, and her followers laughed with her only if they all knew she talked about each of them with every client of hers. I yearned for Ise to stop being so rude and disrespectful but there's no stopping a witch. I soon wiggled the wave of embarrassment from Ise off as I knew Ise would never stop her bickering with me and went towards a nearby window, I needed to see some natural light after being in that room for so long, the heat and orange light made me feel sick it reminds me of my childhood that I try to forget every once in a while still there's just always something reminds me. I stared out the iced glassed window; I watched the sky as the once dark blue sky was turning dawn, the beautiful pinkish orange coming up under the dark blue pushing the blue away for a new shade of it was beautiful. While gazing and zoning out I could see Mizu appearing from the shadows and coming back towards Madame Kaji "You showed her the sign?" "What did she sign back?" Madame must've really cared about this girl if she was asking this many questions "She understood." Mizu's voice was trembling a little and I could see Madame was in pain, and my heart throbbed for her, I wanted to do something, but I couldn't, so, I just walked with a wave of helplessness floating around me.
I was in the back washing dishes when I heard a scream by the front door, I ran towards the front and found many of Hamata's men and himself Hamata, Mizu stood tall in front of all of them "Kill everyone, then burn it down." Hamata walked away and Mizu walked towards the men I looked away for a second and all of them were sliced, Mizu ran inside and locked the door "Get everyone to the cellular." He told Ringo while staring at me, I liked the fact he was protective it made me feel safe "You have murdered us all." Madame Kaji pulled us all away from the front room to the basement it was cold and dark I wanted to be comforted but knowing I only knew one person here I held that feeling to myself "Come on! This way, this way." Ringo was leading the girls into the room but I stayed back "I'll stay. Let me help protect." I stood firmly beside Ringo all I could hear was loud banging from upstairs, I pulled out the small knife that was hidden in my kimono. I could see the door being pushed open now, upon entering the room, Akemi remarks, "Now they have to overcome us three." Ringo replies, "You are the bravest princess I have ever seen."
The dust was falling from the ceiling due to the men collapsing hard on the floor above "He can't possibly hold that whole army off." The three of us all hear the door being banged into then we see it being opened slowly, two of Hamata's men come walking down "What do we have here? They cornered the samurai upstairs. Let's steal a little fun for us." The men got closer towards me and Akemi we both tried to attack them but they overpowered us, I looked over to Ringo pleading for help with my eyes "Get off of me!" I kick him off me giving Ringo a chance to cut off his two fingers but his partner doesn't like it so much "You little son of a" I stabbed him in his neck feeling an urge to protect Ringo "Thank you." I pat Ringo's shoulder and run up the stairs and quietly walked through the door
