All Around Ito Shizuoka (12/28/23 – All day)
Saitou:I awake and ask myself how long I’ve been asleep. I reach into my pocket and remember with a bit of disappointment that i don’t…
The Son of the Best Spearman of Aizu (12/28 All day)
Naito:I wait first thing in the morning. Up here in this hill where my sister and nephew lie. But I should’ve known… A man like…
Going Back to Ojii-san’s place (12/28 – AM)
Tsutomu:“Oh my son you’re already leaving? Why not stay another day?” My mother implores of me in front of Midori. We just finished breakfast and…
Returning the Favor (12/27 PM)
Chief Adachi:On one hand I’m glad those two finally left. The young kunoichi takes everything too seriously and Fujita’s man Shindou? Well he too doesn’t…
Nighttime Tea (12/27, very late)
I actually slept for a bit but the weird dreams started up again. I woke up, forgetting where I was. On a clean futon, with…
Plans at Takikawa Nurseries (Evening-Night 12/27)
Saitou: I get back to the Takikawa nurseries as the sun is setting. It reminded me a little bit of my previous life here, not…
Meeting Sugiyama (12/27 Afternoon)
Saitou:I had to meet with Takikawa-san before coming here, mostly to explain why I had to leave so suddenly with no explanation. Also to tell…
Night Activities (12/27 Nightime Duh!)
Tsutomu:I wait for mother to say -something-. I told her -everything-. How my good for nothing father moved out of Yagi-san’s house and how he…
People in Ito Shizuoka 12/27 (All day)
Saitou: I got a head start. I look out the window, thinking that Shindou probably just delivered the message to the weasel. That should keep…
A Ninja Goes to Yokohama (12/27)
(Misao) I don’t have to look behind me to see that he’s still following me. I’ve made no effort in shaking him because I want…
Preparations for Ito (12/27 Morning to Mid-morning)
My first stop was at the infirmary. I wanted to ensure that my prisoner will not escape and what if anything else I can get…
Mother! Oh Bother!
Tsutomu: We finally enter the central part of town and it’s high time because we’ve been walking quite a fair bit. It would’ve been fine…
That Afternoon – A Friend Visits
Kanbee:Leaving the horse and cart tied outside, I let myself in to the yard. Normally I’d call out but I’d rather Yagi-san and the children…
In the land of pure white…
It’s cold. Much too cold to live. The wind bites eventhough the sun shines brightly and I sit under a tree. I lift my head…
Cold and Quiet (12/27 Afternoon)
After lunch, I go out on the back engawa. Snow… so much snow. And Aomori is even further north, and Hokkaido even more. How much…
Mama-Sama Waits
(Mama-sama) As an old woman, I have learned to be -patient-. As an old woman, though, do I have time? Why do I pursue these…
Weary Travelers 12/27 Morning
It’s early in the morning when the conductor calls out that the next stop is for Aizu. Hoising Ai-chan, who woke up about an hour…
The Brat is a Young Man (12/27)
Saitou:I stick a cigarette to my mouth and light it. They’ve left. I’m relieved. They can… move on. Getting back to the house, it’s dark…
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…
Coming Clean (Friday After lunch)
I didn’t waste any time this morning sending the message to Muriyama to find my previous employer Miyake. That man would know everything that is…
Rewards for a Just Man! (Friday night 12/23)
(Miyagawa) Ah, ever since I returned it’s been perfect. As if I had jumped on my own would-be assisin, a crippled old man, for the…
A Woman on Fire (early Friday morning, 12/23)
Hands… his hands… all over me. I moan and gasp as his lips find the places on me only he knows… warmth spreading through me,…
Too Late (Friday 12/23 AM)
Seeing Makoto off, she runs inside the building. Well that’s it. I think to myself but I hear a cough behind me. “Nee-san.” I turn…
Not Enough (12/23 Friday Morning to After Lunch)
It was past midnight when I got back to the machiya but Aioi wasn’t there. As expected she was still working at the Hachirou and…
Meeting the Witch (12/22 Thursday PM)
Saitou:I gave Sugiyama time to go back inside while I surveyed the perimeter of the Onsen noting the entrace and exits, most are closed and…
The Onsen’s Landlady 12/22/1886 Thursday
(Sugiyama Usagi) “It was a wonderful stay, thank you,” says the well-dressed man. I bow in thanks. The woman, his new bride and quite a…
Meanwhile, in Mibu Village… (Weds Night)
ARG. I’m the bookish one. I should love this, but I like learning, not researching. I also somewhat like teaching, even to the unruly monkeys…
A Place of Respite (12/22 Thursday Night)
I didn’t eat much. I wasn’t hungry so I excused myself and headed straight to my room. It’s been quiet without Eiji-nii around. We didn’t…
Once Again in Ito (12/22/1886 Thursday All Day)
Saitou:Who would’ve known, I’m traveling back to Ito. We were run out of this town. No way I would’ve left mother and child here after…
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