AN: Hi guys! You might remember from 'The Art of Triangles', which I scrapped off thanks to my writer's block. Therefore, I bring you guys with this one, which I think would be more OkiKagu-risque. I'll probably be playing around with writing styles too. Do let me know if you enjoyed it with a review! :)

The night of Edo is silent, its darkness blanketing the whole forest of the mountains. Leaves rustling, a slim figure darts out of the darkness at a rapid pace.

Kagura kept her eyes open the entire time – just because she arrived in the middle of the night didn't mean her enemies were not around. Huffing out short breaths as she ran, her large blue eyes scanned their surroundings cautiously.

Her pursuitors would get here in no time. She still remembered the wretched men back on her planet, their smiles stretched into a maniac grin. Their much bigger figures towered over hers and they laughed mockingly – like she was helpless.

Thinking about them made her the pit in her stomach gurgle with anger but she was still relieved with her narrow escape. Right now she could only focus on running – the Yato was not one to be messed with.

The incoming branches barely left scratches against her sensitive skin and they were feeling slightly heavier as she ran. The weight was starting to make her exhausted from all the running. Kagura prayed that she'd see somewhere she could hide soon.

Rising slightly above the thick canopy above her, she could see a dim outline of gray smoke.

Smoke. Humans were here, weren't they? She was suspicious about it being a trap but by calculating the time they took to arrive, there was no way they would have arrived yet. She had to find somewhere she could hide by sunrise, or they'd definitely be back.

Changing her direction towards the smoke and pushing her legs to run faster, Kagura managed a small smile. They'd be welcoming towards her, right? There was no way she'd be rejected.

"What's a little girl like you doing here? We don't need little girls to stand in the way of our training here!"

A burly man dressed in some sort of uniform guffawed. Kagura watched the men who were most likely guards standing by the wooden gates, a bored look on her face. Tossing her long pigtail back, she raised an eyebrow and cracked her knuckles.

"Ooh, what's she going to do?" One of the guards said to his friend. "I'm so scared." The friend laughed and was about to respond, when the latter got sent five feet away from his original position.

Meanwhile, the Yato smirked as she stood with her arms folded. She was never good with persuading people nicely, anyway.

The other guard shouted with alarm and charged towards her, only to be caught by the collar and grabbed to face a Yakuza-like face (which was nothing like a "nice little" Kagura) that threatened: "If you don't take this poor little girl in, she'll have to beat all of you up."

*break*

"Sougo-sama! Sougo-sama!" A man shouted as he limped into a rather large tent lighted up with a lamp.

"What is it? You're really noisy."

Slowly getting up, Okita Sougo yawned and lifted up his red sleeping mask, rubbing his sleepy eyes. He was the one in charge of the training camp held in the Shinsengumi grounds at the mountain.

Hijikata had (preferably died) stayed back at the Shinsengumi HQ to look over the place together with Kondo, so he was placed to look after the new brats who had just joined Shinsengumi.

Personally, he couldn't care much about a bunch of newbies. He didn't really understand why they had to put him in charge of something so trivial but it was a job nonetheless.

"We have an intruder!" The rookie shouted, which made Sougo dig his ear. An intruder was pretty strange since there was usually nobody strolling around the mountains. "She's been beating up a lot of our officers!"

Now, wasn't that interesting. Taking the sword lying next to him as he got out, this mysterious intruder, who was a girl, made the boy quite interested in her. She definitely hadn't heard of the great Prince Sougo from Planet Super S, he thought. A girl who would've been able to take out so many people…

The mental image of her was some big, muscled woman with a moustache. Maybe, she was some Amanto who had lost her way or was plain aggressive. Either way, he'd have to take care of her.

As he walked further towards the entrance, Sougo was more than surprised to see the back of a girl donned in a red top with a Chinese design and long red skirt that ended at her calves. Her hair was tied in two long twintails that swayed as she jumped around and a gray scarf wrapped around her neck.

He also took in the sight of her clothes hugging against her nice curves and the little slips of her milky skin through the slit of the side of her skirt as she fought off his officers with ease. Holding a purple parasol in her hand, she defended and maneuvered it with ease, using it as a weapon.

If she sat still, he was sure she was a man's dream come true.

Though, he always had a stronger resistance against women, even beautiful ones. Taking a few steps forward, he shouted in a monotone voice.

"Put your weapon down, miss. Or I will have to disarm you by force. We wouldn't want to get ugly now, would we?"

Turning her head behind her shoulders, Kagura stopped as she met the gaze of red eyes that belonged to a rather handsome face adorned with brown hair. Her expression was blank.

This one didn't look as weak as the ones she had been fighting. Something in Kagura told her that he was fairly dangerous from the vibes she got from him. She decided to respond equally emotionlessly.

"By force? Can you?"

Sougo watched her eyes which were ocean blue and slowly let his gaze travel to her small, pink lips. If his first impression of her wasn't so bad, she might have been his type. The Yato started to walk towards him, her umbrella on standby in her hand. He held the hilt of his sword, just in case she'd strike.

She leapt forward swiftly and clashed her umbrella against his drawn sword. There was tension in the air. The rookies laid on the ground, panting while the two started to fight mercilessly, matching each others' pace.

This came to a shock to the both of them – Kagura, who thought she could win him easily despite knowing that he was strong; Sougo, who was getting more interested in this girl by the second.

The silence was interrupted by the sounds of their weapons clashing together furiously and when she slipped accidentally, he saw an opening. The male pushed his weight onto his sword and brought her to the ground.

His had his knee in between her legs and nailing down the cloth of her Chinese skirt, he disarmed her in one strike, sending her umbrella flying towards somewhere else with his own sword.

The two of them now without their weapons, watched each other with intensity. Kagura frowned while the other smirked. Then, still nailing her skirt, he motioned towards the officers who were standing by the side.

"I'm going to take this one back to my tent." Sougo ordered as he took the ropes that they passed to him and started to tie Kagura up.

"W-Wait! What the hell are you doing huh?" She shouted and started to struggle, though it was useless under the weight of the male.

Sougo, standing up, grabbed the rope that bound her arms behind and started to drag her back, getting her ready for an interrogation. Her umbrella would sit outside for awhile more, just in case.

Still attempting to struggle free from the ropes that bound her wrists and ankles, Kagura glared at her newfound captor who looked at her without expression.

"Why don't you take a seat and we'll talk."

"You brain damaged, or something? Do I look like I can 'take a seat'?"

Minutes into their conversation and Sougo was already starting to regret having thought of her shrewdly in the beginning. If he knew she was so rude and such a monster, he would've instantly grabbed her and thrown her out of their campsite.

"You came here for something. Now spit it out. If you're a spy I'll have you know we won't let you off easily." Ignoring her rude comment, he said blatantly.

Kagura eyed him warily. "Why do I have to tell you?" She spat.

"Because if you don't, I'll throw you back into the forest and leave you to the night teeming with creatures of the darkness that will suck your brains out and leave you limbless in the morning."

"Hah! T-That won't fool me. I-I'll just find a time machine or something yup." The waver in her voice made Sougo smile a sadistic smile. He took a few steps closer to her and leaned in, morphing his expression to a horrifying one. Kagura screamed and kicked Sougo back, shakincg her head vigorously.

"Get away from me!"

Groaning, the male rubbed his neck and shook his head. Her kick was going to leave a bruise, he could already feel his poor face swelling up.

Before he could say anything, the Yato started to speak again, shedding some dramatic tears. "I've been lost and a wanderer… repentant to my sins in this lifetime… life has been harsh on this delicate young maiden whose heart has been trampled on by the many men who have left my life."

"'Young maiden' my ass. You trampled on many of my officers' faces. Miss, if you're not going to co-operate, we'll have to-"

"I get it, I get it! Rather than be caught by those ass-wipes, please let me stay here." This time, Sougo turned to look at her face. She was looking at him pleadingly, still with some leftover crocodile tears in her eyes. Looking at the position she was in, he felt an overwhelming urge to tease her while she was weak.

Kneeling down, he leaned in and muttered. "If I report this incident to the higher-ups, you won't be spared, even if you're a girl."

Her cerulean hues looked back at him, unafraid and waiting. Sougo's lips curved into a slow, lazy smirk and he whispered.

"Let's have a bet, China."