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Consortium of Continuation	By : fuusunshine Category: +S to Z > Samurai Champloo Views: 3500 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N I promise this will be an adventure, just hang tight. Once again a huge thank you to the best beta ever Scarlotte O'Hara
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Truculent Tendencies
Fuu looked up nervously as her door slid open and Eien entered, a scowl on his face. He had run off shortly after Mugen made his escape and Fuu was relieved to see him, the tension in her posture easing some as she took a tentative sip of her tea. Jin nodded to the boy as he sat down cross legged in front of the table snatching up a dumpling and shoving it into his mouth.
“Eien, where did you go?” Fuu asked nervously.
“Haft a chef smothin.” The boy replied with his mouth full.
Fuu gave him a piercing glare and he swallowed his dumpling audibly and answered again. “ Sorry, had to check something.” He looked up from under his long dark eyelashes hoping he would not be reprimanded for his poor manners.
Fuu simply nodded, she was distracted and her son’s table manners were not of the upmost concern for her in this moment, however she made a mental note to approach the subject with him later.
The silence inside the small home was becoming unnerving and Fuu began to tap her fingers lightly on the table in an unconscious attempt to ease her tension. Jin’s eyebrow twitched slightly at her nervous gesture but he remained silent and patient as always.
“Eien, that’s enough, leave some dumplings for everyone else.” Fuu scolded almost out of habit.
The boy sighed but obeyed as he leaned back on his hands in a carefree manner, watching the two adults sip their tea as if the cups themselves held the answers to the universe. In the distance, footfalls could be heard in a clip clop approach towards the door. The sound stopped on the steps for a moment before the door slid open harshly, rattling in its frame.
Mugen stood on the threshold looking from Fuu to Jin to Eien, his head twitching like a confused bird. Then with confident strides he moved towards the table and sat down cross legged, reaching for a dumpling he shoved it into his mouth whole and began to chew.
He sat on the far side of the table, Eien beside him, Fuu could not help the small giggle that escaped her lips even though the situation was rather tense. All eyes turned to her in this moment and she quickly attempted to regain her composure and put on a serious face.
“Dif oo telf herf?” Mugen mumbled around a mouthful of dumpling drawing the attention away from Fuu’s small outburst.
“No I have not.” Jin said solemnly.
Fuu looked between her two former bodyguards questionably, she decided to follow the flow of conversation and not touch on the revelations that occurred previously.
“Please Jin, go ahead.” She almost whispered.
“Hey, how come he can talk with his mouth full?” Eien piped up.
“Cuz I’m a grown up.” Mugen said proudly giving the boy a victorious smirk. The boy scowled and looked to his mother for reinforcement but received none, sighing he let it go.
“Perhaps we should discuss this later.” Jin quietly stated as he pointedly looked towards the young boy sitting across from him.
“No. I will not hide anything from Eien, if this concerns him then he has as much right to hear it as I do.” Fuu said with authority.
Nodding Jin began to explain everything that had come to pass within the short time he had been away from Fuu.
“I have been ambushed three times since last we spoke Fuu, all of them sent by the Shogunate. Although they were lower level assassins unlike Sara and Kariya the frequency of the attacks had left me more then concerned. I have sent Shino to stay with her cousin’s family near Hamamatsu as she has of yet not been targeted, I ventured into the city to see if I could possibly learn anything of the Shogun’s movements which is where I came across Mugen.”
Mugen nodded in the affirmative and stuffed another dumpling in his mouth as Eien watched him, scowling at his lack of manners or perhaps more for his lack of scolding for said lack of manners.
Jin continued. “He has informed me that in his travels he has come across similar experiences and the number of attempts on his life has greatly increased in the past few months. We spoke at length, comparing notes on the assassins sent after us and we both agree that the events are all related. That is when we happened upon this.” He said holding out a piece of parchment for Fuu to peruse.
It was a wanted poster, a well-drawn picture, a small description and at the bottom in bold print the amount for the bounty. Fuu stared at it not sure, how she should react. The well-drawn picture was of her, a younger version of her but still easily recognizable.
Eien snatched the poster from his mother’s grasp and gawked at it. “Wow Okaasan, this is, you’re a, wow this is so cool.”
“Eien!” Fuu grabbed the paper back from her son. “This is not cool, this is serious.”
Eien’s bottom lip stuck out in a small pout but he conceded to his mother and remained silent once again as Jin resumed his explanation.
“Fuu, the government is not passively seeking you as they were previously, they are searching for you in earnest and you cannot hope to remain hidden for much longer. We need to move now.”
Fuu looked at the serious glint in Jin’s eyes and felt her stomach drop out from underneath her, she had made a home here, she had begun raising her son here, this was home but if she was in danger then Eien was as well. For Eien she would, no had to do everything in her power to keep him safe.
“Where do we go?” She asked quietly.
“Nagasaki.”
Everyone turned towards Mugen as he spoke, Jin nodding, Eien gawking and Fuu wide eyed. He stuck his pinky in his ear and swished it around before he continued.
“Remember that guy, the big tall one with red hair and blue eyes, he dragged our asses all over Edo so we could get Four Eyes’ swords back? Well wasn’t he some merchant from Holworld.”
“Holland.” Jin corrected
“Yeah that place. Well I figured he’d have ships right, he could help us get you outta Japan, he owes us for all the trouble he put us through.” Mugen leaned back on his palms with a smug look on his face at the amount of thought that had went into this conclusion.
“I have already discussed this with Mugen and I feel that it would be wise to attempt to make contact with Jouji or Issac I believe was his name.” Jin filled in.
Fuu furrowed her brow in concentration for a moment and looked to the young boy sitting across from her, he couldn’t stay here, it was only a matter of time before the Shogunate learned of his existence.
“When do we leave?”
“Tomorrow, pack what you need and close up your home but tell no one you are leaving, I’m sorry Fuu.” Jin said with a great amount of sympathy.
Fuu’s thoughts were in a state of turmoil, too much had happened in only a few hours. Mugen was here, Mugen and well that whole situation had remained unresolved but then to find out that her time here is over, that she had to leave, tomorrow. Fuu sighed heavily, leaving was one thing, she knew it was necessary and the safest course of action for her and her son but how could she ask Jin and Mugen to come with her? They had done so much for her in the past, risking their lives to help her find her father; but to ask more of them she could not. She knew Jin would not listen to her pleas, his sense of duty and honor would propel him to once again journey with her but Mugen was different. She had to speak with him, to tell him it was alright, that she understood, and that he had fulfilled his promise to her and she would ask nothing more.
She spent the rest of the day sorting through what she would need, all that had happened bogged down her mind, she went through the motions but her mind was elsewhere. She cooked the evening meal for everyone, burning herself twice because of her lack of focus. She placed the food on the table and called for Eien to come and eat. As she sat down at the table she was startled to see Mugen sitting across from her, his presence seemed surreal, perhaps she had imagined him being here. No, there he was right in front of her, chopsticks stabbed into the biggest piece of fish on the platter.
They ate in silence, each within their own thoughts until the last crumb was consumed and Fuu moved to clean up. Jin kneeled, working his sword over the wet stone in front of him as Eien watched. Mugen had left immediately after he ate but the occasional loud clang could be heard not far off in the distance. The sun had set and the hour was growing late.
“Eien, c’mon its time for bed.” Fuu said quietly.
“Awww okaasan , I’m not tired yet.” The boy replied with heavy lidded eyes.
Fuu smiled softly at him. “We have a big day tomorrow you need your rest, now no more arguing, bed.”
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A bead of sweat dripped down from his brow into his eye, stinging slightly, he brought the back of his hand up and wiped it away. He had removed his red haori and was about to remove his newly purchased black gi when he heard a twig snap not far away, his muscles flexed and his eyes darted towards the direction of the sound. In the light of the full moon, he saw the small pink form emerge from between the trees. Fuu looked at the carnage around him calmly, taking in the leaves, bark and branches he had massacred in an attempt to vent some of his confusion. Relaxing, he dropped to the ground with a thud and pulled the cool night air into his lungs before he turned to look directly at her.
She had not changed much. Her hair was still pulled up in a messy bunch at the back of her head, she still wore a kimono in the lightest shade of pink and her eyes were still large and full of innocence. Her features had matured slightly and now she resembled more of a woman then a girl. Mugen couldn’t help but notice that her once plank like figure had taken on a few curves and bends, but only a few. He removed his eyes from her form and yawned feigning boredom.
She moved slowly towards where he sat as if she was waiting for him to tell her to leave and knelt down next to him. They stayed like that for perhaps three minutes before Mugen could stand the silence no more.
“Sup.”
“Mugen, I…” He heard the tremor in her voice and thought that perhaps he should speak.
“The kid, he’s….” Mugen could not finish the sentence. Mugen was a man of action not of words. He sighed audibly and looked to his left in an attempt to remove her completely from his sight. He heard her take a very deep breath before she spoke.
“I- umm, you don’t have to come with us to Nagasaki.” She stumbled.”
“Huh.” This angered him, he wasn’t sure why but dammit he was pissed.
“What I’m not good enough, you don’t want to be seen with a lowlife like me?” He sneered as he leaned over inches from her face.
“What?” Fuu’s face had tinted an angry red as she stared down the pirate. “Are you an idiot?” Her voice rose in volume and took on the high squeaky sound of her nagging that he remembered so well. Mugen stared back at her and Fuu took his continued silence as affirmation that he indeed was an idiot. Her little brow furrowed and her nostrils flared as she built up a head of steam before yelling. “Mugen you jerk!”
They both remained silent as her loud words echoed throughout the sky and then it hit them. Mugen and Fuu both bent over laughing, their laughter could not be suppressed and they both wrapped their arms around their middles in an attempt to ease the pain their riotous laughter was causing. It took several minutes for both of them to regain their composure but after they did, it seemed that a weight had been lifted and Fuu began to speak once more.
“What I mean is, after everything, what you did for me, The Sunflower Samurai; I can’t ask you for more, it would be wrong.” She looked to the ground as if she was uncertain that her words made sense.
“Whatever girly, I’m going, you and four eyes won’t last a day without me, sides, I’m positive there’ll be a few decent opponents for me to play with.” He said and it was the truth, not all of it but still true.
The two sat there for some time enjoying the silence and though neither would admit it, each other’s company but it was getting late and they had an early start in the morning. Mugen suddenly stood up, grabbed his sword and haori and started walking back towards Fuu’s house.
“C’mon ya dumb broad, you need to get some sleep.”
He turned his head just enough to catch her lips press firmly together and her nostrils flare before her face softened and a small smile appeared.
“Fine, whatever Mugen.”
Eien: Hey Fuu am I gonna get to kick some bad guy ass in this story.
Fuus: Huh? Hey no swearing.
Eien: But that guy gets to. *points over his shoulder*
Mugen: *picking his nose*
Fuus: Umm….. just no swearing or I’ll tell your Mom.
Eien: *shivers*
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