http://unsheathedsword.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] sixwordstories2008-03-01 02:45 am
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*locked from Tomoe*

I must protect her. Deserve her.
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[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
He was silent for several moments, as if considering this.

I don't know.

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
What have you done that makes you consider you are a lousy protector or undeserving?

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
More than a few things.

I have tied her fate to me. That could be condemning her.

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Why am I offering relationship advice? I don't become involved with this sort of thing for a reason.

You are unbridled, you need someone to hold you back at the elbow, someone to help you choose your battles. Many a samurai has had a lady, we are not doomed to loneliness.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Another long pause and then a slight, slight sigh.

There was trouble in Kyoto. We left because there was no choice. If we are found...

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You did just as you planned, then. Aligned yourself against the Shogunate and now the Shinsengumi is after you?

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
And one of the gods decided to push her into the matter, into my path.

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
This is why I told you to wait.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Katsura-sama thinks that we will be safe here.

A druggist and his wife...

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
If there is ever trouble, you know where to find me. My home is open to the pair of you, if you are in need of protection.

But I confess, I would hardly think a druggist was the hitokiri with the sword that makes blood fall.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. If it comes to it.. I may have to bring her to you, to make sure she is safe.

Quietly, not quite speaking to anyone. That brings the rain of blood.

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
As you will.

You sound as if your analogy troubles you.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
She used it... when we met.

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
And yet she stays with you, at your side.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
And so I have to protect her.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
...Love? I...

I could not say.

[identity profile] tasteofgoodsake.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
*smirks some, as if content with the answer*

So you're playing house like small children to escape the Shogunate?

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I am doing what must be done.

[identity profile] djustd.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I know the feeling.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
He looked at the stranger, wary. Something was wrong, but he could not name it. His voice was quiet, understanding, more of a confirmation than an actual question.

Danger follows you?

[identity profile] djustd.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
*He stares back, amber eyes just barely visible from under the his hat, an emotionless expression on his oddly pale, sharply featured face*

One could say that.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
He rested his hand lightly on his sword, watching the stranger cautiously.

Are you with the Shogunate?

[identity profile] djustd.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
*He did not seem to be going for his weapon, only watching the other rather closely, it appeared*

No.

[identity profile] unsheathedsword.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The hand moved, not drawing out the sword, his arm laying flat against his side to show that he was no threat.

There are dangerous times. One must be certain of who is a foe and who is not.
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