Month: October 2022
A Train Goes North…
The movement of the train has rocked the others to sleep… Makoto, her mouth open, head lolling against Tsutomu-kun, whose head rests against the window.…
What?!?
I think it’s the middle of the night but Yukiko-san wakes me up and we’re going to Aizu! Right now! I’m supposed to help and…
Packing Up
I stop, for a minute, to look at Ai-chan, sleeping contentedly. For a moment, just watching her, she’s so peaceful… Makoto-chan was squirmy, even in…
The Niece
Yukiko: I awake with a loud voice, of a woman but not Yagi-san’s. I go down the stairs and peek into the kitchen hearing Yagi-san’s…
After Midnight (12/27)
After dropping Aioi, it’s around midnight when I secured Miyagawa and had Dr. Tenma tend to his injuries. The doctor having worked with me for…
Guard Duty (12/26 earlier Sunday evening)
(Kenshin) When I knock on the door, Yagi-san’s face is the one that peeks out, pale in the winter moonlight. “The guards have been removed,”…
Like the Oni Fukuchou? (Sunday PM 12/26)
The carriage waits outside the Department of the Interior. I had read the letter that was delivered to the pig Miyagawa and unlike his initial…
Cleanliness (Devil’s hour – 12/26)
I smoke like a fiend as I wait for her to clean herself. I took her to the sento bath that I’ve been frequenting, the…
By Special Courier (12/24 Saturday Afternoon)
“Delivery for a Yagi Hide!” Suddenly there is a man in uniform who comes out. What the hell? Is Yagi Hide a “he”? “Who are…
At the Future Tokyo Museum (12/24 Early Morning)
While I’m in Tokyo I decide to try to make it a point to go to my second job as a caretaker of Japanese swords.…
Elation, an exhilarating Joy! (12/24)
Naito:It’s almost that time. Just four more days. I look at the calendar, crossing off another day. December 28. My body -burns-! Finally! Finally! Sister…
Cat and Mouse (12/23 Afternoon-Evening)
Saitou:I’ve done everything I can at the precinct and so that only left Aioi this afternoon. The truth was up until I got to the…