Gintama Fanfiction・Long-Term・Okita Sougo
I got a lovely idea for a fanfic from an Amember, Sadaharu-sama!
She visualised a story for me from Arashi's song "truth".
To word this idea of a story with the visual image of this song, I will like to try my best at writing this long-term fanficヾ(＠^▽^＠)ﾉ

The OC's name is Shiratori Tsubasa.
Her pairing is Okita Sougo.

I don't have much confidence in myself... but I would be really happy if you will try and give it a read (*^▽^*)

Okay, so let's start^^! -Hirari

A Light That Never Disappears 1

It is the midnight where everybody is fast asleep.
Continuing on from today's rainy weather, the sky is pasted with clouds, without a single star visible.
This is mission to accomplish an internal investigation within the Shinsengumi, instructed by Takasugi Shinsuke.

Shiratori Tsubasa is my name.

Working under Takasugi, I have successfully entered Shinsengumi and had started the investigation that I put my lifeline upon.
If I am found out by even one of the Shinsengumi members, it's over.

To complete the mission, I kill my presence and sneak right into the internal parts of the Shinsengumi headquarters that keeps its utter silence.

I slightly shiver at the somewhat cold air as I rush into investigation of what I am here to do.

"Investigation I say... but it probably means assassination, by his definition," I mutter quietly to myself and sigh.

And to make a girl like me do such a task...

"That's how highly he's respects, and trusts you," is what Bansai-san had reasoned me, but to me it's just an utter troublesome matter.

Kondou Isao, Commander of Shinsengumi
Hijikata Toushiro, Vice-Commander of Shinsengumi
And lastly, Captain of the First Division in Shinsengumi... the one known with the highest swordsman skills... Okita Sougo.
These three are ones I have to be especially cautious of, is what my mates have had told me.
I have confidence in my swordsman skills, but that doesn't mean that I, a girl, should be assassinating that Shinsengumi.

I really hate bloodshed... so why on earth did I accept this mission?

I slump my shoulders with full of regret before moving into the room in front of me without a sound.
I then withdraw my sword slowly.
As if on cue, this is the time my hands always starts shaking.

I hate holding my sword... and I really hate killing.
But I have to do this.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath.
My heavy eyelids then open up to reveal a pair of far-off looking, emotionless eyes.

I'm going to take in action for the Shinsengumi assassination now.
Cast away unnecessary emotions.
Grip tightly onto your sword...

That's what I say to myself strongly in my mind, before moving into the room.

In the first pitch-black dark room, no one is there.
I had come here once before in an investigation, and if I recall correctly, this should be the Shinsengumi's commander's room.

Was I wrong...? Or else...

I feel something off and I have a bad feeling.

...it's eerily quiet.

"They...found me out?" I murmur as I feel a presence behind me, and I turn around.

...Iwasright.

There's a line of Shinsengumi forces with their swords aimed at me.

"Reveal yourself, intruder!"
As expected of Shinsengumi, the commander must've already noticed my presence and had removed himself from this room.
I grimace slightly and smoothly remove myself out of the room too.

"Hold it, intruder!"
I swiftly dodge the forces and their blades and jump onto the roof.
Many more Shinsengumi members start filing out of different rooms by now, making a racket.

This is an utter failure.
I wonder when it was that they noticed my presence... I think with a pale face.
Well, putting that matter aside, first I have to get out of here!

I detect an area with the fewest members of the Shinsengumi members and I glance down to see if the coast is clear.

It's dim and dark... No one seems to be there.

I take a deep breath and jump down from the roof...
...and that's when I most unfortunately had let my foot slip.
Along with a dull thud, I really quiet choking cry comes out of my mouth that is suppressed to my best extent at this point in time.

"Ow... I really don't have any luck today..."

Fortunately I don't seem to have broken any bones but just a searing pain at the hip when it had contacted the ground.
As I try to ease the pain, I feel a presence beside me and I stand up in an instant.
But that's when I realise that I had also sprained my ankle.
It hurts too much that I can't take any step forwards or backwards.

This is bad... at this rate, I'm going to get caught...!

Immediately after that, I feel a ice cold chill run down my spine.

"...who are you?"
At this time, just when my body had started shaking from the danger I felt, I hear this quiet voice and I bravely turn around to face the person...

...and it then feels as if time had stopped.

In the darkness I see the chestnut hair and the beautiful, well-structured face beyond perfect that takes away my breath...
But even from his slightly dulled posture, I still feel the killing aura he consumes himself with.

Unintentionally, I find myself staring at him, fully mesmerised by his appearance.

He wears his casual kimono robes and his sword leans over his shoulder as he holds it dully.

I wonder if he had been just woken up because his face expression looks a little tired...

...which means my intrusion is the reason he woke up.

If I get caught by this person, it's all over I think but I can't move myself away from this person.
I can't... avert my gaze.
Before I realise it, my heart starts beating rapidly.
I become confused with this feeling that I've never felt before.

No! No! No! I have to throw away unnecessary emotions when I'm on a mission!

Or that's how it's supposed to be, but just staring at this person makes me bring back my emotions that I had thrown away.

"So you're the intruder... Give up and surrender. It's your fault that I got woken up at this hour," he says and then takes a step towards me.
That's when I get my senses back.

If I don't run away now, it's all over!

I turn my back to the guy and try to break into a run... when I feel a thin ice-like weapon against my neck.
The silver sword against my neck gleams silver as I feel the presence of the guy right beside me.
Before I know it, I'm captured by this guy and in a position that if I move one more step forward, I'll get sliced.

"...if you move, I'll strike."
I hold my breath as I hear the voice right beside my ear.
My heart starts beating wildly from fear and nervousness.

A drop of cold rain falls from the sky...

The morning subtle warm sun rises and casts its rays over the headquarters that surrounds with the sound of birds lively chirping.
I open the fusuma (Japanese traditional paper door) to the quiet room and take a look inside.

I sigh and stare at the chick soundlessly sleeps even with her hands tied behind her back.
This is the chick I had captured yesterday and had imprisoned her in this room.
It happened to be around midnight...

flashback

I wake up at the sound of thundering footsteps of the Shinsengumi members and their loud voices that's making a racket just past midnight.
I groggily take off my eye-mask and rub my sleepy eyes when my fusuma is wrenched open with a loud thud to the wall.

"Wake up, Sougo!"
The one that shouts loudly in the middle of the night is the bastard Hijikata.

"What? Think what time it is before you start screaming, Hijikata," I say dully that makes Hijikata-san furrow his brows.

"There's an intruder. By the looks of the intruder sneaking into Kondou-san's room... it's probably an assassinator," he says and the click his tongue and ruffles his hair, annoyed.

"Okay, then I'll hand in my Hijikata-assassination request to that person."
I force myself to stand up and grab my sword in hand.

"Then I'll hand in my Sougo-assassination request to that person before you." Hijikata-san's glare shows his irritation towards me so I keep my face calm and continue.

"Then before your 'before' that, I will-" I start, but then get interrupted by a few squad members that rush into the room.

"I'm deeply sorry, vice-commander! The intruder has escaped!"
By the looks of the sweat these guys seem to have, they probably chased the intruder.

He~...He seems to be fast on his shoes when it comes to escaping.

"Tch! Fine... but the intruder must still be somewhere in the headquarters. Block all passages to the outside and find the intruder. Sougo! You too!" Hijikata-san says and then leaves my room.

...how bothersome.

I consider crawling back into my futon, but the opponent's aim is to assassinate. The problem there is that I might be one of the targets...
So I have no option but to get out of my room with a sword in hand.

When I take a step outside the cold wind seeps through into the robes, making me shiver.

Just when I consider a second thought of returning to my room, I hear something fall.
A dull thud accompanied by a much muffled sound of a person's voice.
I walk over towards where the sound had come from.

"...who are you?"
In the midst of darkness I see... just one chick.

She wraps herself in a black kimono that hides her in the darkness...
The pitch black hair is tied in one bundle at the back...
Her eyes that stare right into mine so intensely...

I just stand and stare right back, captivated by her appearance.
Between us a silent wind makes its way through.
Before I realise it, my heart starts thumping loudly and makes me at unease, although I keep my face expression calm so she won't notice my restless emotion.

How pointless... she's an enemy after all.

"So you're the intruder... Give up and surrender. It's your fault that I got woken up at this hour," I say and lazily walk over towards her.
As if she had suddenly felt herself in danger, she turns around in a flash and tries to escape but I move right up to her from behind, effortlessly, and I put my sword against her neck.

"...if you move, I'll strike," I whisper right up close as she holds her breath.
The quiet night sky then starts showering us lightly with rain...

end of flashback

Closing the fusuma door without a sound, I quietly make over towards the sleeping chick and sit right beside her.

Such a breathtaking face... I think as I stare until I realise that I can't take my eyes off her.

...is this what people call "love at first sight"?

Realizing my own feelings towards this chick, I feel my cheeks start to burn up.
I move closer towards the chick who sleeps soundlessly.
By the time I feel that I want to touch her, my lips had only been only a few cm away from hers when...

"Captain Okita~~!"
A loud voice calls my name.

...tch! That bastard interfering...

"...Captain! I brought the girl's breakfast!"
The one who had slammed the fusuma door open and had come right into the room is Kamiyama, the one with swirling lenses for his glasses.
Since he seems to have run all the way, the contents of breakfast on the plate is a big mess.

"I was wrong to ask you for it," I sigh deeply.

"To be kind enough to give breakfast regardless of the person being an enemy, it's just like... wow! It's just like you to do so, captain!"

He's not listening at all...

"I'm done with you. Just hurry up and scram. Just leave that here and disappear for eternity."

"Yes, sir!"
He greets me in a way like a soldier before rushing out of the room.
I take the breakfast that Kamiyama had brought in hand and shake the chick awake who hadn't woken up from that loud Kamiyama's voice.

"Oi, wake up," I call her, and the chick then furrows her brows as she lets out a small groan.

"Mm..."
She then opens her eyes wide and glances towards my way widening her eyes furtherer.

"Wa-w-w-wha...!"
I can't help but feel an upwards pull at the edge of my lips as I see her opening her mouth and shutting it numerous times, extremely flustered.

"Did you sleep well?" I ask with a curve of a smirk forming at the edge of my lips as I gaze down at the chick lying down.
Her flustered actions is so amusing to watch, that it makes me chuckle lightly.

"Here, your breakfast," I say and I bring the plate of breakfast forward towards her.
She grimaces as she finds that she can't sit herself up, presumably because of the tied wrists.

"...can you untie the ropes, please?" she murmurs quietly that becomes a fuel to my sadistic mode.

"No way. Eat it with your own strength," I tease, and then once again, the chick grimaces. She glares at me strongly before looking away.

"Then I don't need it!"

...how boring.

I show a slightly sulking expression towards the chick who now faces her back towards me.

Fine, fine... I think and help her sit up.
She twitches her shoulders up to my touch.

I scoop some egg porridge with a spoon and bring it to the chick's mouth.

"...here," I say in a bored tone.
She then blushes a little and looks this way.
Her surprised stare towards me makes my heart thump.

"I-I don't need it..." she says after realizing she had been staring and quickly averts her gaze.
She then stays downcast and she leaves me no choice to retreat my hand that holds the spoon.
I then carry it all the way back to my mouth instead.
And then I cup the chick's cheek.

"W-what are you...mmngh..."
I press my lips against the flustering chick's lips and then transfer the egg porridge from my mouth to hers.
When these lips part from hers, I take a lick upon her mouth.

"Eat the rest by yourself," I mutter before I stand up.
I turn around and quickly remove myself from the room to hide my blushing face, even though it had been me who initiated upon the action.

The room becomes quiet after the sound of the fusuma door closing.
Both heartbeats were thundering in their ribcages...

How was it~~? *sweat*
I reread it to myself and then thought maybe it wasn't such an interesting fan-fic...
Hirari is very worried and not confident with this (-"-;A

But this story will still continue on, so I will be really happy if you would continue reading this and support me＞＜

-Hirari