Accidental Fate

Chapter 9

Souji POV

I hissed, spitting blood from the corner of my mouth, "What the hell do you bastards want, huh? I'm up for a fight but don't expect me to let you live." I spoke huskily. One smirked. "Where's your little whore? She run off?" He grinned like he knew something. A jolt of panic went through me. "Where is Kazuhi you son of a bitch!" I lunged and pressed my blade to his throat.

"We got her! Ha! Tell your vice commander and that soft dumb commander of yours-" flipping to the sharp edge of my blade I pressed it down, cutting through his neck inch by inch as blood sprayed onto my face. His head rolled away from his body and I stood up, a demonic smirk on my face.

"Anyone else want to tell me where she is?" I grinned with wide eyes. They trembled, however, their pride got the best of them and they ran at me; swords swinging as they screamed profanities.

I walked out of the once peaceful Shimabara, bloody footsteps behind me as they twelve lay bleeding on the tatami. "You're too...late." A man choked out and drowned in his own blood. "Like hell I am." I sneered and bolted, running, pushing my muscles to burn with speed.

"KONDO-SAN! HIJIKATA-SAN!" I barked and threw open the door to Kondo-Sans room. The tea Hijikata was drinking spilled and he scowled, "WHAT SOUJ- WHY ARE YOU COVERED IN BLOOD?!" He grabbed my collar but I shoved him off angrily. "Someone took Kazuhi, twelve men attacked me in Shimabara and I'm pretty sure at least ten went after her."

Kondo-San jumped up, grabbing his swords. "Toshi-" he started but Hijikata cut him off. "What direction did she go?" He rumbled in his baritone voice. His glare was deadly, it sent a shiver down my spine, "She headed home." His hand wrapped around my collar, "You let a young girl walk home alone by herself this late at night?" He seethed at me.

"Are you mad cuz she a girl or because she's your daughter?" I chuckled. He threw me to the side and took off running. "Souji go with him, I'll get the others." Kondo San urged me and I nodded, running after the idiot vice commander.

"Souji what's going on?" Harada caught me just as I ran out the gate, "Kazuhi's been a taken." I said. "WHAT?!" He roared and ran after Hijikata with me.

Toshizo POV

Anger coursed through me, it's my damn fault. Who else's damn fault could it possibly be? She has my name, I'm the Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi, why didn't I think about this?!

"Hijikata-San!" Looking to the side, Harada was on my left and Souji was on my right. "We're coming with you." He said, there was a strange look of determination. I can think about that later.

Reaching the street of Kazuhi's shop and home I noticed some crates toppled over near the entrance of an alley and what looked like scuff marks, although I couldn't see well in the dark. "Well Kazu-Chan was definitely here," Souji said and pointed to a man, there was a gaping hole in his stomach and beside him was a women hair comb. "She killed him?" Harada asked.

"She's his daughter." Souji pointed to me. "SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU IM TRYING TO THINK!" I roared into the silent street and they stopped talking. "Souji where were they from, did they have anything on them that indicated a place or have to you seen them before? Who are our closest enemies..." I mumbled to myself.

"They were Choshu guys for sure. I've seen one or two them hanging around Ikediya before." He said. All three of us took off running again.

Kazuhi POV

My head hung as blood gushed from my nose and lip, my eye was swollen shut and I was bruised everywhere. There was a little man with a fucking drum in my head, battering my brain giving me the most intense headache of my life. A balding, muscular meathead of a man spat at me, "I'm going to ask you again and every time you lie I will cut off more hair."

Oh yeah, and my hair is now only six inches long. "Fuck you, I already said I don't know ANYTHING ABOUT THE MOTHER FUCKING WOLVES OF MIBU SHINSENGUMI GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL YOU DAMN MORON!" I yelled.

Shing

Welp, now I have a pixie cut. Only he didn't stop there. He took out a knife and pulled my leg out from under me, "GET OFF-" another wrapped a rag around my mouth. He began carving lines into my leg but I stayed silent, "What the fuck is she even human?" They growled, pointing the knife to my neck, "Well she's not going to say anything. What a waste of time, just kill her." The man dropped the knife and got up.

Slumping on to my side, my head was dizzy from yelling and the bleeding in my leg; I was exhausted. Angrily I glared on the floor around me as tears gathered in my eyes. No, I will not cry. Not because of them.

"Look at her, why don't we keep her around? She looks pretty young," the younger man smirked and knelt beside my face, "Yeah I'd like to have fun with you-"

The door burst open, three men covered in blood with mad expressions suddenly appeared, "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!" The one and only Toshizo roared, my ears rang at his voice and the two men who had been torturing me were suddenly on the floor dead.

Souji kicked the dead bodies, Harada seethed with rage but Toshizo dropped his sword, landing with a thud on his knees. He untied my hands gently, brushed my badly messed up hair away from my face and wrapped his arms around me.

"I'm sorry Kazuhi, I'm so sorry for everything. Your mother, abandoning you both, and now this. You've been through so much pain because of me." His hand was on the back of my head, his other around my torso.

With wide eyes, I was frozen in his arms. Tears slowly slipping down my cheeks. He was sorry...he's feeling the pain I always wanted him too...why don't I feel better?