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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 managed to loose the beta'd copy of this and I did not want to bother the amazing Scarolett O'Hara to re edit because the woman is soooo busy. She is freakin amazing I don't know how she does it. So I tried to edit it myself, so if it's not perfect I sincerly apologize. Well on with the show! I also could not come up with a good title for the chapter. Its lame hahaha
Kidnapping Kerflafull
Mugen's eyes opened alert and scanning, he turned to meet Jin's gaze. The ronin's expression was serious and he gave a nod in affirmation. Turning his head he looked at Fuu and the kid sitting just on the other side of the burnt out fire as his hand languidly moved to grasp his sword. The light of the early morning sun was desperately trying to shine down on them through the trees, it left a spotted broken pattern of shadows across their faces as they sat unaware of the danger lurking not far away. Sword now in hand Mugen athletically flipped to his feet, jerking his head from side to side to stretch out his tight muscles, staring off into the trees he smirked. "Ya gonna hide in the shadows or are ya gonna come out and play?"
Fuu and Eien both looked up at his sudden outburst as Jin moved beside him, hand twitching ever so slightly over the hilt of his sword. Fuu's expression changed from confusion to understanding quickly as she stood and moved the boy in front of her, hands placed protectively on his shoulders. Mugen itched for the fight; he could already feel the adrenaline seeping into his veins as a small shiver of anticipation ran down his spin. "Well?"
Moments stretched out, the tension grew, the sound of twigs snapping, and leaves rustling permeated their ears until finally a group of men emerged from the shadows the trees created. Mugen could tell in one simple glance that these men were useless, thugs at best, roadside bandits who thought of nothing but robbing weary travelers. This was going to be a very easy morning workout, he counted, then stopped not caring, more then ten but he didn't care.
"I've said this before but meh, forget all that formal crap about com'in at me one at a time, I'll take all you bitches on!"
He glanced to the side to see Jin pull his sword from its sheath, the sound resonating throughout the campsite. Then he turned his eyes to the brat and the kid. She knew, she had been through this before, she took several steps backwards out of the way and stood firm. Mugen turned his gaze back to the men in front of him and his lips spread into a mocking grin as his hand tightened around his hilt, he waited for them to make a move.
The men in front of him said nothing as they drew their weapons and ran headlong into battle. Jin moved with fluid grace beside him, ducking, dodging and slicing. Three thugs ran directly in front of Mugen and he laughed to himself at the stupidity of their tactics. He swiftly dropped to the ground supporting his weight on his shoulders and twitched his hips, feet spinning in a whirlwind of confusion but that confusion was precise and dangerous. Two of the thugs were lucky enough to step back but the third received a bone shattering kick to his face. The sound of bones crunching was followed by a wail of pain as the thugs jaw was broken and teeth shattered. With awe inspiring dexterity Mugen returned to his feet and swung his sword, slicing deep into the bowels of his enemy and spun stabbing backwards to impale the third as two more men ran at him with angry roars. His focus on the battle was momentarily interrupted by high pitched shriek. His head snapped around to see the kid sprawled out on the ground with skinned knees and Fuu struggling but to no avail to release herself from a net. The more she struggled the more entwined she became. Two rather fat thugs quickly made their way towards her and Mugen made to stop them but was halted as more of these useless idiots stood in his way. He would have to slice through the bastards to get to Fuu. Jin was also in a similar circumstance, the men were not skilled swordsman but their numbers were a hindrance. Mugen could only watch in glances trying to hurry these idiots into their graves as the two fat asses pulled the net tighter over Fuu.
"Seriously, I am not getting kidnapped again." She snarled
The kid stood up, pulled his little bokken out, and ran at them with his teeth gritted. The larger of the two stood ready to grab him but he hit the ground and slid between his legs, bringing his bokken up at the perfect time to crash the wooden sword into the tub of lard's balls. The man yelped and bent over cupping himself gingerly as the kid returned to his feet. The other bastard was a bit smarter and as the boy ran towards him, he swung a heavy foot around connecting with the kids face. He lifted the now tightly wrapped up Fuu over his shoulder and pulled on his partners sleeve to move. They trotted off with Fuu thrashing helplessly.
Mugen and Jin had cut down almost all of the thugs; it would only be another minute until they could chase down the two that had Fuu so Mugen returned his full attention to the dead man in front of him when his focus was once again interrupted.
"Eien!" Jin yelled as he pierced a man through the neck.
The kid had stood up on slightly wobbly legs, shook off the kick to his face and taken off running in the direction his mother had been taken, his bokken gripped in his tiny white knuckles.
"Shit!" Mugen snarled as he pulled his blade out of the last idiot and ran in the same direction, joined immediately by Jin.
It didn't take them long to catch up to the kid. He was sitting on his behind, legs sprawled out in front of him looking down at the two halves of his bokken, it had been sliced clean through. Mugen stepped in front of him and pulled him up by his bicep. Tears had built up in the corners of the boys eyes and were threatening to spill over but the kid was pretty tough. He sucked in a deep breath through his nose and looked to the path the thugs had run down with a very serious scowl on his face.
"No time for that runt." Mugen said as he took the wooden pieces and tossed them off into the trees. Mugen turned his back on the boy and crouched down, "C'mon we gotta go get your mother back."
The kid paused for a moment and looked to Jin. Of course, four eyes had no expression on his face but that didn't surprise Mugen, he simply nodded to the kid, then the boy climbed up onto Mugen's back and locked his thin arms tightly around his neck. Both Mugen and Jin took off running to save a once again kidnapped Fuu.

Fuu was unceremoniously dropped to the floor, one of the fat thugs held her roughly in his sweaty arms as the other cut the net off. Her hands were then bound behind her back with a coarse rope that dug into the tender skin of her wrists. She twisted and turned in her bindings nonetheless trying to get out of the rope as it burned and sliced at her. She was frantic, Eien had been knocked down to the ground hard as the one bandit swung his sword down oh her son. In that moment, her heart had stopped but the only thing that had been cut was Eiens small bokken. She had to get back to him.
The door to the extremely foul smelling room in which she was being held slid open and a short squat greasy looking man walked in holding a piece of paper. With a slight jerk of his head, the other two left the room sliding the door closed behind them. The man walked lazily towards her and crouched down grabbing a handful of Fuu's hair. He turned his head from her face to the piece of paper in his hand.
"Well, well, looks like I hit the jackpot, you're gonna make me a ton of cash." He sneered as he showed Fuu her wanted poster.
Fuu glared at him, wishing her hands were free so she could snatch her tanto from within its hiding place in her kimono. Instead, she stabbed him with words. "You're already dead."
The man bellowed in laughter. "My boys have taken care of your friends." He peered down at her with a lecherous gaze and brushed the pink fabric so that part of her shoulder was exposed. "You are worth more alive then dead but this paper doesn't say anything about damages."
A loud guttural cry of pain rang through the halls outside the room followed by several thumps. The greasy man turned his head, standing as the door was kicked in. Mugen stood just inside the now defunct door sword pointing at as crimson liquid slowly dripped from its tip. Jin stood just behind him surveying the room. Eien's head poked over Mugen's shoulder as he made eye contact with his mother.
"Okaasan!"
Mugen looked at Fuu as she still lay bound on the floor, her kimono falling off her shoulder then he looked to the greasy man with a smirk the devil could be proud of, took two steps forward and ran him through.
Eien jumped down off Mugen's back and ran quickly to Fuu, immediately trying to untie her. He struggled with the knots but could not undo them. Mugen stepped in and easily sliced through the rope. Fuu sat up gently rubbing the red torn flesh of her wrists for a moment then wrapped her arms around Eien and pulled him close to her chest.
"Mmph camf breeffff." Eien muttered into Fuu's chest. Fuu released him as a tear slipped from her eye.
"We should vacate the premises immediately; we should also forgo the town ahead and stay off the road for a time." Jin stated in a hurried voice as everyone moved to follow him.

Fuu, Eien and Jin sat around the campfire as Eien retold the events of the day for the third time. He detailed everything animatedly and his mother smiled proudly at him. Jin nodded and would utter a well-placed hnn every now and then. Mugen had left for town earlier even though Jin strongly advised against it with a rough, "I'm go'in out." He walked away. Eien's ramblings were interrupted by a loud growl from his stomach, followed by one from Fuu. Having stayed off the road and skipping the town, it left them in need of provisions. Eien took it in stride and did his best to ignore the loud clamor from his empty stomach.
A twig snapped not far off silencing the boy, Jin stood hand hovering over the hilt of his sword. Out of the shadows, a form moved towards the camp, as it approached the light of the fire illuminated its features.
"Mugen." Jin said flatly relaxing his stance and sitting once again.
Mugen dropped a cloth bag in front of Fuu and muttered. "It's food." He sat down cross-legged and stared into the fire.
Fuu tore into the bag and began handing out shared portions to everyone. She squealed in delight as she filled her stomach.
The sounds of chewing were interrupted by Mugen's harsh voice. "Hey runt." The boy turned and looked at him as Mugen tossed an object wrapped in cloth to him.
Eien removed the tattered cloth and stared with wide excited eyes down at what was in his hands. It was a short sword, its hilt intricately wrapped in black and its sheath was a dark midnight blue. He pulled it from its sheath and stared at the silver blade. Turning towards Mugen still wide eyed he said. "Thank you."
"He is not ready." Jin spoke up in a matter of fact tone.
Mugen turned a piercing glare towards the ronin and bit back. "Well that stick he had didn't do him any good, did it?"
Jin closed his eyes and nodded, conceding to Mugen. The pirate stood and stalked off angrily into the trees.
Fuu had watched the proceedings, and though it worried her to have Eien carry a weapon she realized that even she carried one, small as it was. She stood silently and moved into the trees after Mugen.
Mugen leaned his back against the rough bark of a tree and scowled off into the distance. He normally wouldn't even care what four eyes had to say but it just irked him so much. He pulled in his anger and turned his head towards the person approaching. "Dammit girly, your as quiet as herd of cattle."
Fuu stepped in front of him with her cheeks puffed up. "Yeah, well you smell like a herd of cattle."
Mugen's eyebrow rose and a small laugh escaped his lips. "Jeez, that's all you got, your loosing your edge."
Fuu smiled helplessly and shook her head. "Thank you Mugen."
"Whatever."
They stood, neither speaking as Mugen fumbled with his hands. Fuu jumped as her fingers were grabbed roughly and Mugen smeared something cool and creamy on her wrists. "What are you…" She never finished her sentence as she felt the soothing tingle of the cream. The pain of her swollen burned wrists seemed to cool exponentially as she looked up at Mugen. He didn't make eye contact but he placed a small jar of the cream in her hand and walked back to camp. Fuu's eyes went wide with surprise at his uncharacteristic behavior as she sighed shaking her head. "Completely unpredictable."
Eien: *swinging new sword recklessly*
Fuus: Jeez Eien c'mon you cut my favorite t-shirt, be careful.
Mugen: Atta boy,
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