Once upon a dream (Hakuouki fan-fic) (Hijikata x OC)

Chapter 3

Victoria's POV

It was early morning when I finally woke up, I had been bound in ropes and gagged just like Chizuru beside me. She had yet to wake from falling unconscious the other night, I can't blame her last night was quite a night, at least she'd be well rested when she woke up unlike me who after being tied up and left in this room had tried to break free of my restraints but I had no such luck, I only managed to free my mouth of the gag. I had refused to let myself sleep while in such a vulnerable state but alas sleep deprivation took over and I found myself involuntarily dozing off. Even if I had freed myself from the ropes it's not like I had anywhere to go so it was unlikely that I'd run off but they didn't know that. I was so against being tied up, I tried to convince them I wouldn't run away but to no avail, I was tied up anyways, I can thank Saito for that.

Flashback to the night before...

After walking for who knows how long we arrived in front of a gated complex, the gate was unsurprisingly guarded by men with haoris identical to the 2 captains and their Vice-commander. "Welcome back, Sir" One of the guards greeted the expressionless Hijikata, in response he simply nodded towards the guard and continued on his way. "What should we do with them, Hijikata-san?" Saito asked in an emotionless tone. Hijikata turned to face his Captains. "It's too late to do anything with them tonight, it'll have to wait until tomorrow morning. Find them a room and keep them there for the night" He said dismissively both Captains nodded. I sighed as I was forced to continue walking but before we got far Hijikata spoke up again. "Oh and...tie them up" I swear I saw him smirk at me. 'That bastard' I was nudged forward. "Hey! Watch it!" I snapped at one of Okita's men, the man flinched but glared at me in an attempt to intimidate me but it had no effect on me what so ever. We arrived at a room and Souji set down Chizuru on the floor, he came over to me and eyed me curiously. "Do we have to tie her up?" Souji questioned his purple haired companion, he then pointed to Chizuru as he continued to speak. "I understand that one, he's unpredictable and might try to escape when he wakes up but her?" He pointed to me. "Come on~ She's just a harmless girl. She knows that if she runs we'll kill her, how much trouble can she be?" He underestimated me that much was clear but I'd agree to anything to avoid being tied up. To my dismay, Saito saw right through my innocent act. "This harmless girl took down a Rasetsu all on her own" Saito responded coldly. 'Damn! He saw that did he?' Guess there was no playing innocent with him. Souji's eyes went wide. "Wha? That was her!? I thought you took em all out" He exclaimed as he stared down at me in shock.

Saito came over to me rope and gag in hand, my eyes went wide and I growled at him in protest. "I'll try her up" Souji offered to which the Kuudere Samurai shook his head and replied, "No, there's no doubt she'll try escaping tonight, I'll tie her restraints" Just as he said that I saw the glint in his eye that told me 'If you run I'll kill you' I believed him. Souji shrugged and went to tie up the unconscious Chizuru. I hope he doesn't figure out that she's a girl while trying her up with that being said I began to grumble under my breath about how stupid this situation was and how I imagined this happening differently. I'm pretty sure Saito heard a few of my strange mumbles but kept it to himself. After tying my hands behind my back which I protested against stating that 'that was just plain mean' He didn't respond. He then had me sit on the floor while he tied my ankles together, he went to tie my upper thighs so that I couldn't thrash around but he stopped when he saw my bare skin. My skirt covered a good portion of my upper thighs but apparently during this time in Japan any exposure of a woman's leg was considered lewd and thus explained Saito's reddened cheeks and his hesitation to come anywhere close to my legs. I rolled my eyes and mumbled lowly, "Wimp" He heard that and glared at me harshly. he was no longer afraid of tying up my legs and it was to my dismay that I had taunted him because he wasn't showing any mercy on me now. He took the rope and tied it just above my knees, he pulled it tight to the point where I yelped. "Hey! That's too tight" I whined. No F's given. I huffed. "You jerk you're gonna cut off my circulation" I complained as he began tying up my torso just as tightly might I add. When he pulled the ropes I gasped as I felt it suddenly become harder to breathe.