Kagura in the Pleasure District (Gintama Fanfiction)

Time to Choose

Kagura stopped a second and looked at everyone's sad and remorseful faces. Kagura just didn't understand their situation and got angry because of it. She didn't know the rules of a Japanese pleasure quarter. There were only four of them in all japan, Yoshiwara in Edo, Sogenzoku in Rangetsu Islands, Shinmachi in Osaka and Shimabara in Kyoto. They were all similar and with the same rules. Even though Kagura lived near Yoshiwara in Edo, she didn't know the rules and the situation of the courtesans. She calmed down and Saeki came near, starting explaining why.

First he said that the courtesans can't go out of their place without permission, and worst out of the district. But Kagura couldn't understand that. They were all high-rank courtesans and she heard that they are given the permission to walk throughout the district and visit other courtesans in other brothels. But then he explained the other thing. Courtesans couldn't get hurt nor sick.

WHAT-aru? Kagura thought.

Why? People get hurt accidentally sometimes. That was an absurd rule. Saeki started saying that being hurt or sick makes courtesans lose their beauty and sometime snot work. And ugly courtesans doesn't work as one. When being a courtesan is the only thig you can, being sold to Sogenzoku made them work there until their contract was over (probably never). Where there scared about that? Kagura tried to understand, they were only following the rules, but that rules were so stupid. Why would the government or whoever is in charge of this thing put rules like that? They are basically slaves, no, they are slaves. Kagura couldn't help but feel pity for them. She looked down, but Kuroyasa touched her shoulder and gave her a smile, but she could still see his cold eyes.

"It's ok. You are staying a month with us, you'll get used to our rules and taboos soon." The black hair male said.

Kagura nodded, not sure if that was going to happen. Even if she did understand the rules, she would easily break it or make them break it because she was in complete disagreement. And understand EVERYTHING would be difficult. What the hell with the police of before? She had to ask.

"Hey, can you explain me the thing of the police of before-aru?" Kagura asked. The air became tense, but one of the people in the room was tenser than the others.

"Let's start from a long time before." Takao happily started. He loves telling stories. "Some years ago, the Rangetsu island were governed by a man called Sorajuuni Eno. He had two daughters called Sama and Misaki, his wife Meijiki Katara, a baby boy called Song, I think...and an adoptive son called Sorajuuni Kris. They lived in a big palace with a beautiful garden, prettier than all the places in the islands. But one day, they found the father and the family killed, the palace burned but the kid was nowhere to be seen. Rumors said that Sorajuuni Kris killed them and burned the palace, as revenge for the ways they adopted him killing his actual parents. They say he went to Sogenzoku and is dressed hear as a courtesan. That is probably why the police are here. You are going to be here one month. You should go to visit the ruins. They are near Sogenzoku and they say they are pretty." Takao told perfectly, explaining the story in a really childish way, like sort of reading a short traditional story to a little kid. Kuroyasa was tense and Kagura couldn't understand why.

She looked back at him and saw him shaking, like if his cool and calm attitude has vanished.
"We are all scared, Kuro," Saeki said. "It isn't funny to think that we have an assassin between us."
"Y-yeah..." Kuroyasa stuttered. Kagura wondered if he was really scared because of it. The Yato girl was always doubting absolutely everything in this place. Too much time being in Edo.
"W-we haven't got that many clients because of this." He pointed out.