Dwa Światy- Two Worlds (Gintama)

Chapter III (Okita) - A visit (UPDATE)

Kagura opened her eyes, waken up by subtle elbowing. She stretched and yawned, slowly coming to her senses. She glanced at Shinpachi standing in front of her. She looked around, recognising hospital walls and staff's uniforms.

"How are you feeling?" asked Shinpachi, holding a can of some kind of a drink. Kagura ignored his question and not asking for permission, she whipped the source of liquid in form of a metal container off his hand. "Hey, it's not for you" Shinpachi noticed in annoyance, almost forgetting what Kagura was like in everyday life.

She breathed out a sigh of relief, having quenched her thirst. The empty can was immidiately crushed by her and handed to Shinpachi. He just sighed.

"How long have you been sitting here?" he asked, noticing empty pack of cookies.

"I lost the track of time" she growled angry and tired at the same time, looking at the door leading to the hospital room. Schinpachi sat next to her, looking at crashed can and sighing under his breath. He wanted Gintoki to wake up. Kagura was in worse condition than he thought she would be. He was worried that she could do something stupid. With her personality and strength, it would be a little armargeddon that could destroy her or her surroundings.

"Why didn't you visit him and just sat here for whatever reason?" he asked. He came to a conclusion that he didn't like that drink anyway. He got rid of crushed can, throwing it into a trash bin because he didn't see another purpose for it.

"Why? Well, it's not allowed to visit him yet." Kagura looked at Shinpachi as if he was an idiot. He was used to that so he didn't pay much attention to her glance.

"It is, actually."

"What?!" yelled surprised Kagura, grabbing his cloth. She was angry because no one had passed that very important information sooner. "Why has nobody woken me up?!"

"I've just done that!"

"Shut up, you brats. It's not a pub, it's a hospital!" yelled a plump nurse with glasses, giving them dissatisfied look. Someone reprimanded her that she's the loudest person in a current situation. Kagura let go of Schinpachi and ran into the room.

Otae was just preparing to leave the room. She fixed the flowers in a vase and placed a box with her fried eggs inside on the table in case Gintoki would woke up and got hungry. 

"Boss, how is he?" asked Kagura, suddenly paralyzed with fear. Otae turned around, surprised by someone's presence. Having seen Kagura the sadness appeared on Shimura's face and the woman sighed quietly. She approached the young Yato and smiled weakly. Kagura was hoping for some good news or words of comfort but all she got was the look full of compassion and pain.

Kagura opened her mouth to say something but she quickly closed it, glancing over to uncoscious Gintoki from above Otae's shoulder. Shimura hugged her but she was just looking at Sakata, feeling the tears appearing in her eyes. Kagura hugged her back, burying her face in Otae's shoulder.

Shimura left the room, not being able to say a word. Kagura was all alone.

Kagura came over to unconscious Gintoki. She almost forgot what color his eyes were and why they reminded every one of eyes of a dead fish. She missed that stupid expression on his face, him picking his nose and his lazy lifestyle. She sat on a chair and sighed deeply. She took his hand, interlacing her fingers with his.

She begged him to wake up. She wanted him to come back to her and recite his monologues about adulthood and man's desires. She liked those worthless lessons of his that had nothing to relate to.

She cried like never before. She placed hand on her mouth to muffled the sounds of her despair. The tears were running down her cheeks and landed on unconscious Gintoki's bed.

He didn't wake up despite of her begging. Things like that didn't happen.

***

Kamui stood under a big tree and waited. The minutes were passing slowly but he got the impression that instead of minutes there were at least hours. He didn't like when someone was late. He just killed these kinds of people for disobedience and impudence. Unfortunately, the latecomer was his sister so even if he wanted to take away her life, he couldn't. He sighed quietly under his breath.

Having seen his sister in the distance, he sighed with a relief. He smiled in his typical way and waited. Again.

"You're late" Kamui said annoyed when Kagura was close enough to hear him. She didn't care about her brother's comment though. She had too many much more important things on her mind than him not being happy.

"I'm not going to fly away with you" she said after a moment of silence. She had been thinking about it when she had left the hospital. The sight of his face and meeting with Shimura siblings had caused her to made that decision. She stated that Kamui wouldn't care if she was going to fly away. Kagura was sure he had made that offer because he was trying to be nice.

Kamui looked at her, surprised by her very categoric answer. He didn't know what had he expected. He was stupid thinking she would leave everything she loved for him, her brother who was a murdered. What had he expected when he made that offer?

"Are you sure?" he asked. "Similar opportunity may never happen again."

Kagura was gazing into the ground and thinking. She thought of everyone who she would leave if she flew away. So many memories connected to this place, so many sad, but also happy moments. The Earth was her home, she had everything here. But space? It was cold and foreign place lacking love and her friends. So why was she hesitating? Why was this decision so difficult to her?

But when she looked at Kamui, she understood. Her stupid, lonely brother. Kagura noticed sadness and disappointment on his face, although he was trying to hide it. She saw how his heart was sinking into the highest amount of darkness so far. She knew that expression on his face. Kamui was the same person as when he was spending time with their mother. Then he knew that her death was unavoidable, but now? Maybe he hoped that his beloved, little sister wouldn't abandon him, just as Kouka did.

"Kamui, I..."

"Take care" Kamui said without changing his voice. He had this stupid smile on his face which hid all of Kamui's pain. Kagura felt as if something just died inside her. She didn't want to change her decision, but after seeing his suffering, she began to have second thoughts. "I'm going then. Abuto complained that we should go. Ah! And remember to train. You're still too weak to be my relative."

Kagura didn't have enough strength to be angry because of his stupid way of hiding his feelings. She wanted to make things right, say something to comfort him but she didn't know how. Kagura felt helpless and weak again.

"Visit me sometimes, you stupid brother" she said. Apparently, it was all she got.

Kamui didn't answer.

***

"How was it?" - Abuto asked, seeing his captain. Kamui sighed quietly and put away his coat. He was annoyed because of that whole situation and his subordinate's meanness. Abuto was blatant enough to ask a question to which answer he knew perfectly. Kamui didn't know if Yato veteran wanted to make him feel worse, but he succeded.

"What do you think?"

"Damn. What about that cabin that I ordered to prepare?" Abuto mumbled, sighing heavily. It didn't take even five second for Abuto to regret his words. Kamui gripped Yato veteran's shirt and lift him up, gazing at him with one of his deadly look.

"I told you not to prepare anything"

"Ahh... maybe I heard wrong" Abuto said terrified, trying to calm down his captain. Kamui let go of him, deciding that killing one of his best and strongest subordinates wasn't his goal. He turned his back to him and moved towards his cabin.

"I told you she would refuse" whispered Kamui, but Abuto heard him. He haven't seen his captain in such condition before.