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Tears of Blood
By : SultrySundina
Category: +. to F > Blade of the Immortal
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Tears of Blood (My Story Arc: Finale to Blade of the Immortal):

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Chapter 21: Kings and Pawns

Rin cleaned herself off and dressed quickly. She tied her hair into her usual braids. Manji was faster to dress than she, but waited and watched her, a smirk plastering his face as he made quiet remarks to how if he had his way she wouldn't be dressing at all. Rin just chuckled to herself. He was not acting like his usual snide self. She liked this side of him better, however his cruder side appeared again as soon as she was ready and opened the fusuma to speak with Suzume-chan.

"That idiot brat son of hers probably got himself killed. Fuck I am starting to hate this place." Manji scowled.

"Manji-san, stop it! They are still very dear to me!" Rin scowled back at him.

Rin entered the dining area and Manji followed behind her. Suzume noticed the scowl on his face and wondered if he must just go to sleep and wake up in a constant fowl mood. She watched as Rin entered the room, something was different about her but she didn't have time to worry about that. Right now, there were more important things to discuss.

"Rin-chan gomen for waking you but it is about Washi-chan; he left on horseback shortly ago, I saw him leave. He did not see me and left the town in such a hurry! I am very worried for my son. What could have caused such distress? You don't know do you Rin-chan?" Suzume's voice was cracking with her almost silent sobs.

Rin tried to soothe the distraught woman, "Suzume-chan please calm down. I am sure he had his reasons. Please if we are patient I am sure he will return. Please Suzume-chan, it is still not quite dawn. Perhaps he had an urgent errand he had to attend to and did not wish to alarm you. I am sure he will return shortly."

"The brat's prolly just gone to get himself some cheap whore from another town. The ones here look damn expensive." Manji's words were almost under his breath but loud enough that both women could still hear, and they gasped.

"MANJI-SAN! Washi-chan is not that kind of man, and how would you know if they women here were expensive or not!" Rin's voice bordered anger, but her eyes flashed hurt and betrayal.

"Aw, come on Rin don't look at me like that...it's not like I'm looking around! He's still a man, and like hell I'm gonna let him get it from you! He prolly just went to blow off some steam."

Rin's eyes shot open at Manji's last statement. "I would...I would never Manji..." but her voice trailed off before she finished and Suzume interjected.

"I can assure you my son is no male dog samurai-san."

"Oh yeah woman, he's got a reason to don't he? Or he is too much of a pussy to even know what it's for, or does he only like to cross swords?" Manji grinned in the corner of his mouth at his last comment.

"Samurai-san do not insult my son with your vile tongue!"

"Screw this, if I wanted to be harassed by the likes of you I would have gone to a whore house."

"MANJI-SAN!" Rin had enough of his vile words herself, "LEAVE!" Rin pointed to the shoji and Manji huffed at her but simply grunted out that he had to piss anyways and told Rin to not move her scrawny ass from the room until he returned. He had enough of both women and was pleased with insulting Washi as he had. The brat wasn't even here and he was pissing him off. Was he ever going to catch a break?

As soon Manji closed the shoji behind himself and Rin heard his footsteps reach the stairs at the end of the hall she apologized to Suzume for his actions, "Gomenasai if he has offended you Suzume-chan. He...he is really insufferable sometimes." Rin sighed and frowned.

"Rin-chan why do you involve yourself with his sort? He is beyond suspicious to say the least! Even though you may not question his abilities I am beginning to question his self restraint."

"Suzume-chan you do not need to worry about him. As course as he may seem he's...he's really quite caring." Rin could not hold back the blush that enveloped her features.

This had not gone unnoticed to Suzume, "I see. Then I can assume you will not accept my offer to be with my son?"

Rin was startled by Suzume's question for a brief moment but realized the weight of Suzume's words, and she bowed her head. She bowed not in shame or regret, but in slight sadness that she could not accept Suzume's offer, or Washi's; for she did not feel the same for him as he obviously did for her. "Hai."

"I will take my leave then Rin-chan. I am sorry but I had hoped you would rethink your previous refusal after Washi spoke with you. I see not even he could change your mind." Suzume's words were tinged with bitterness and sadness, "I will wait for his return as you suggested." With that Suzume left. Rin could not lift her head for she was distraught that she had caused her dear friends such sadness but she knew that it was for the best for everyone.

It had been quite some time since either Manji or Suzume had left the room, and as she sat in silence she realized her own need to relieve herself was growing, and Manji had still not yet returned. "Where is he?" She thought, "I am not a stone! He's not the only one who has to..." Rin decided she would just get up and go to relieve herself, whether Manji had told her to stay put or not. She quickly made her way down to the ladies' toilet room so she could relieve herself and get back to the sleeping quarters, hopefully before Manji returned to the room.

The pieces were falling into place. Things had been set into motion that now would not be undone. Habaki looked down, in his right hand he held two shogi pieces. He stared at them with intent. He rubbed his thumb along their wooden texture and black ink. His eye gleamed with intent, hatred and malice. "Kings and Pawns," he imparted to no one in particular, "We are all just Kings and Pawns..."

"Sir?"

Habaki turned to see one of his subordinated looking at him quizzically. "Bring me the kenshi, alive." He commanded, coldly.

"Hai!" Came the ring of five men that were in the small, dimly lit room with him.

Suddenly a slender figure stepped from the shadows. It was a woman's voice, soft but menacing. As the figure stepped into the light her features could be made out a little more plainly, except her face was still hidden, shrouded by her sugegasa. She wore a long black cloak over a heavy blue kimono. She slowly lifted her head, her skin was pale and she was enthralling. "That won't be necessary. I will bring her myself."

Habaki half glared at the woman in front of him. He knew all too well what her presence here meant. He half whispered her name, as if it were venom on his very lips. "Tada Suzume."
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Tears of Blood	By : SultrySundina Category: +. to F > Blade of the Immortal Views: 1863 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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