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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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Chapter List
- 5
- 6
The Liaison of Little Ones
Part 2
Disclaime: I do not own Samurai Champloo or the characters within. I do not make any money from this writing. I do own Eien and now Kaoru but thats it.
A/N I'm not even going to give excuses for being so late with this. *hangs head* Thank you to my most stunning, brilliant and dashing *hehehe dashing* beta Scarlotte O'Hara. I am in awe of your grammatical skill.
Eien concealed himself behind the garden wall as he looked at the girl. Kaoru sat on the same wooden bench she had earlier, waiting for him as the light of the early evening moon shone down upon her making the little girl appear angelic. He took a deep breath and mumbled to himself. "K, swagger, gotta have swagger." He stood tall, moved around the wall and walked towards the girl confidently with his hand draped over the hilt of his sword.
"Hello Eien." Kaoru said as he approached.
"Sup babe?" She looked surprised for a moment but giggled as her cheeks became tinted with a pink flush. Eien internally jumped for joy pleased that the advice he had sought out was working but as her long lashes fluttered over her sparkling eyes, he began to stammer again. "Uh so, um, what ya wanna do?"
She smiled mischievously and said "There is this really big tree just past the coy pond, bet I can climb higher then you." She didn't wait for his reply and took off running down the path as Eien stood dumbfounded watching her dash off. He quickly pulled himself together and caught up with her easily.
The tree was huge with branches dipping so low they almost touched the ground as others soared up towards the sky. Kaoru started climbing immediately, swinging her small body up onto a branch that was dangerously high off the ground she smirked down at Eien. Not to be out done he began climbing and as he moved past the branch that Kaoru was seated on he gave the girl a wink. Positioning himself on the branch above he curled his legs around it tightly and swung down so that his face was level with hers.
"Hehehe you're a monkey." Kaoru giggled at the upside down boy.
Eien reached up with his hands and let go with his legs so that he could maneuver himself onto the same branch as Kaoru. He sat down beside her and nudged her with his shoulder. "Monkey, eh?"
She blushed furiously and turned away as her hands fidgeted in her lap but her smile remained. "How old are you Eien?" She asked quietly.
"Six, I'm gonna be seven soon."
"Oh." She replied in a whisper.
He took note of how quiet she had become but decided to ask anyway. "How old are you?"
"I'm eight." She answered again in the quiet voice she had taken on.
Eien looked towards the small girl at his side and pondered his response. Once again taking the advice he had been given he said casually. "S'ok I like older women." Kaoru's smile beamed up at him and she giggled once again.
"So tell me Eien, where are you and your family travelling to?"
His family? He shrugged not wanting to get into the details of whom everyone was and answered simply. "Nagasaki, you?"
"We are travelling to Edo, my father has work there."
"That's cool. I kinda like travelling. Never done it before but so far I really like it." He had finally relaxed and was enjoying talking to her. The two youngsters sat in the tree sharing stories of their respective homes, both amazed at how different their lives were as the moon moved higher in the sky.
"It's late, I should go so as not to worry my mother." Kaoru stated sadly.
Eien smirked and swung himself down on to a lower branch, then scurried the rest of the way to the ground so he could watch as Kaoru made her descent. She cautiously climbed down and as she stood just above him, he offered her his hands in assistance. She took them and jumped down but as her feet hit the ground, she did not let go. The two children stood facing each other in awkward silence, each with a smile on their face. Kaoru's hands were suddenly ripped from his and Eien stared at his now empty palms. Looking up he saw her struggling against a tall, broad man who held her firmly in his grasp as two others flanked him. The evil glint in their eyes sent shivers running up and down Eien's spine but he stepped back remembering what Jin-ji had taught him. He pulled his small sword from its sheath and took his stance,the men laughed at him but he remained firm. The man to the right pulled his sword as the other two made off with Kaoru. Eien watched helplessly as the girl was taken in the direction of the inn but had to shake his head and focus on the man before him.
"You drew your weapon kid, I have every right to cut you down." The brute growled as he lunged. Eien parried, turning to make his own strike. "Damn kid!" The man yelled out in surprise. He used his considerably larger body weight to knock Eien to the ground and hit him hard on top of the head. The world swam before Eien's eyes as the distorted and blurry figure of the man ran off to join his consorts.
Eien stood on shaky legs trying to focus, his brows knitted together and he took off towards the inn.

Mugen towel dried his hair and threw on his shorts grumbling to himself. What the hell had he been thinking? The steam of the hot springs and the scent of Fuu's soap had enticed him, drawing him to her. An image of her from long ago, her back pressed to a wall and his arms braced on either side of her head flashed across his eyes. Heated memories of that night bombarded him and he grasped at the sides of his head reliving the moments he had shared with the small innocent woman. He straightened and walked in a daze to the room at the end of the hall. He paused just outside her door then turned and headed back towards his own room only to return to her door once more just as the kid had done to him earlier. He called to her in a quiet voice. "Fuu."
There was silence for what felt like an eternity then the door slid open as large innocent eyes stared up at him. "Mugen." She whispered as she stepped to the side and motioned for him to enter.
He walked in and turned to see her slide the door shut. She was still wearing the light yukata and her hair hung damp around her shoulders. The yukata was a bit to large for her and it slipped off her shoulder. Mugen took a step closing the distance between them, reaching his hand out to move the cloth back into place but paused. Fuu tugged the yukata on to her shoulder as a heavy awkward silence fell around them. Mugen never considered himself a deep thinker and the turmoil that was racing around inside his mind pissed him off. He should have just went to the red light district earlier when he had the chance then he wouldn't be standing here in Fuu's room desperately wanting to touch the soft pale skin of her neck but Mugen was Mugen. His pushed his anger and confusion away and tucked it neatly in the box he had built in the back of his mind and smiled lecherously at Fuu. Her eyes widened for a moment then her brows knit together.
"Pervert!" She yelled grasping the yukata at her chest for modesty.
Mugen responded in typical fashion. "Feh, don't flatter yourself girly."
Fuu's face reddened and her nostrils flared. With lightning speed that Mugen didn't remember her possessing she spun around, bent over, turned back and launched her shoe hitting him square in the chest. "You Jerk!"
"What ya do that for bitch?"
Fuu threw her hands up in the air exasperated and stomped her foot but their argument was interrupted as the door violently slid open with a crash. Eien stood in the doorway panting, a small trickle of blood ran down his forehead leaking out from his hairline.
"Eien?" Fuu ran to him quickly and tried to examine his head, worry clearly written on her face.
Eien ignored his mother and spoke to the pirate. "They took her, they're gonna hurt her."
"The chick?" Mugen asked.
"Yeah."
Fuu's head turned from her son to Mugen questionably. Mugen sighed deeply then walked out of the room, down the hall and into his own room. He returned within a minute with his shirt on and his sword placed on his back. He turned to the runt and said feigning indifference. "Show me where."

Fuu followed Eien and Mugen not knowing what was going on, she was clearly worried about her son but they were both ignoring her. They shared some sort of knowledge as to what the situation was and she was determined to find out. Eien took them to a large tree where Mugen squatted down examining the grounds surface and then looked off in the direction of the inn.
"That way?" He asked Eien as the boy nodded in the affirmative.
Once again, Fuu followed them back to the inn still uncertain of the dilemma. When they entered the front room, they were quickly thrown into a chaotic scene. People were milling about and the woman Fuu had smiled at earlier was quietly sobbing with her hand pressed tightly over her mouth. There was an official looking man talking with the woman's husband. Fuu looked hard at the official tapping her finger on her lips trying to place him. The large rather heavy man looked very familiar but she could not remember where or when she had met him. The distraught woman suddenly moved quickly towards Eien and looked down at him as fresh tears spilled from her eyes.
"Where is she?" The woman asked.
Eien looked at her but before he could answer the large official, looking man spoke. "Somewhere within the grounds of this inn, they would not take her far, they want their ransom, do not worry we will find her."
The woman's husband gently led her to a bench along the far wall and spoke in hushed whispers to her before returning and leaving with the official. Fuu was starting to put two and two together, Eien must have been playing with the woman's daughter when someone took her, that would explain the bump on his head and why he wanted to find the girl. What Fuu still didn't understand was how Mugen was involved.
"Let's go!" Eien shouted as he turned to follow the others out to search for the missing girl but Mugen grabbed on to the collar of his haori and pulled him back.
"Hold on runt." Mugen grunted
"What? No! I gotta find her!" Eien replied, his voice dripping with anger.
Mugen grunted but made no move to look for the girl. Fuu watched as he stroked the stubble on his chin in contemplation, as Eien grew more impatient with the pirate's lack of action.
"Okasan told me stories about how tough you were, how you always rescued her, did she just make them up? If you're such a badass help me!" Eien spit the words at Mugen venomously.
Fuu was shocked at her son's outburst and a little concerned with the feral glint in Mugen's eyes as he looked down at the boy. "Muge…" She began before the pirate squatted down to Eien's height grabbing his collar and pulling him closer so that they were face to face.
"Look runt, if you go off without think'in you're not gonna find her, so settle the hell down!" Mugen released the boy and stood rubbing his hand over his stubble once again before turning back to the boy with a cocky grin and a wink. "And yeah, I'm one tough son of a bitch."
Fuu smiled to herself at the exchange shaking her head, the two of them were so much alike, from the messy bush of hair to the foul mouth. She made a mental note to speak to Eien once again about his language. Focusing back on the situation at hand, she walked around the room then out the open shoji doors looking for some sort of clue or idea as to where the little girl could be. Mugen appeared to be thinking as he slowly turned in a circle taking in the surroundings and Eien paced back and forth in front of him trying to be patient and think.
"There!" Fuu shouted pointing outside into the courtyard of the inn.
Both Mugen and Eien turned to look where she was pointing and muttered out a "Huh?"
"There's a small path cut out into the woods just beyond the courtyard that's the way they went." Fuu answered proudly.
Mugen looked at her and asked, "How do you know they went that way?"
Fuu snorted and responded seriously. "Look I know, if getting kidnapped was a profession I would be rich, trust me they went that way."
Fuu knew it for a fact, everything in her being was telling her that she was right as Mugen shrugged and motioned for them to follow him. Within in ten minutes of following the overgrown path they came upon an old shack. It had seen better days but it was obviously still in use and quiet shuffling noises could be heard from within. Eien moved towards the shack with determination in his eyes but Mugen stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.
"Stay behind me kid, a'right. Fuu you stay here."
Fuu watched as Mugen and her son approached the shack, questioning herself for letting Eien accompany the vagrant into such a dangerous situation. Mugen kicked the door down then he and Eien disappeared inside. The clanging of metal and rough curses filled her ears and she found that her heart was pounding in her chest. She had seen Mugen in action many times and she knew he would not let anything happen to Eien but her pulse still quickened as the chaotic sounds from inside the shack were replaced with silence. It felt like she had been gazing into the dark opening of the shack for an eternity, but just as she was about to go crazy Mugen walked out sheathing his sword on his back. Eien followed closely behind carrying a small girl in a green kimono piggyback style. Mugen looked down at Eien as Fuu watched and rumpled his already messy hair. Eien's small chest puffed out and his lips curled into a familiar cocky grin. She let out a long breath and looked up through the leaves to the sky above giving thanks.

Jin walked into the inn and was astounded by the scene before him. A large familiar looking man who appeared to be an officer of the law was talking with a man and woman while his men tied up the innkeeper and some of the employees who worked here. He ventured in a bit farther but his presence was ignored. He watched as the woman who had been talking to the officer slipped away towards Mugen, Fuu and Eien with a small girl in tow. Jin had no idea what had transpired in his absence but obviously, his travelling companions had once again managed to get themselves into a predicament.
The woman stopped in front of Mugen and bowed deeply thanking him as the pirate mumbled a gruff, "Whatever." With that, Jin had to suppress a small laugh as Fuu smacked him in the back of the head with an indignant huff. "Why'd ya hit me?" Mugen questioned as Fuu simply shook her head. The woman smiled softly at the display and moved back to stand beside her husband.
With a raised eyebrow Jin watched the small girl in the green kimono walk up to Eien and thank him. She stood on tiptoe and placed a small kiss on the boys cheek before speeding off to be with her parents. Eien's face heated up and turned a bright vibrant red but the boy was clearly pleased as a very large smile adorned his lips.
The stoic samurai approached his friends and before he could speak, Mugen greeted him. "Where the hell you been four eyes?"
Jin ignored the question and asked one of his own. "What has happened here, Fuu is everyone alright?"
Fuu smiled brightly up at him and answered. "You know Jin, the usual, a kidnapping, a fight and a rescue." With that she turned on her heel and began walking towards the doors of the inn motioning with her hand for everyone to follow.
Jin shrugged his shoulders following the others out with a quiet. "Hnn."

I Manzo the saw have solved another case. There will be no more kidnappings here in this wayward little town. The citizens and visiting travelers will no longer have to fear for their children and may once again enjoy the beauty and hospitality of such a wonderful community. It is with great thanks that I would like to share my appreciation to the civilians who assisted in locating the kidnapped girl however, it appears that they have disappeared into the mist as all hero's do. They brought such an air of familiarity into my soul, as if I have met them before… Hey! It was Them! Oh for Pete's sake!
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