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"Chouji!!" The young samurai turned his head to face a voice he knew all too well. A childhood friend, now a trained geisha, was trotting towards him with a surprising grace considering the overbearing garb that clothed her. He admired her for a moment before realizing that her face was distorted with a sorrow that he was quite sure he'd never seen on her face before.
"Ino-chan, what's wrong?" He immediately asked, walking to meet her. She crashed into his arms and looked up into his face, her eyes tearing up. He felt disarmed and suddenly, entirely helpless.
"Tell me it's not true Chouji!" She begged, and he felt a twinge of sorrow tug at his heart at the expression on her face. "Tell me the rumors they're speaking are just that! Please!" For a moment, he was confused. What was she asking about? And then it hit him.
"I can't Ino-chan." He said slowly, holding her in his arms to steady her. "I have an obligation. I leave tonight. I was going to tell you." Ino's face paled and for a moment, he feared that she was going to faint. But she set her face in determination and looked at him, her eyes still shining with yet unshed tears.
"You can't Chouji, you can't!" She argued, her mouth, always something he'd admired from her, getting in the way of her training. "Its dangerous! This war has killed more people than it has saved! I- I-" But it seemed she couldn't continue, for the tears finally began to give way and her perfectly placed makeup began to run. She began to shake and she clutched his garment with such strength he was sure she would never let go. He clasped her wrist with one hand and Placed another on her cheek, gently rubbing the tears away as gently as he could.
"You know why I have to." Chouji said softly, looking at her the way he always had. "There are people I need to protect. It's my duty."
"You can perform your duty here!" Ino argued, tears still running freely. "Please Chouji, please, don't go!" He felt his heart breaking every second more that he stood by her, and his resolve was breaking down before his eyes. He took a deep breath and steadied himself. He had to do something.
"Ino-chan." He said. He waited until she looked into his eyes before he continued. "I have to go. Because... I want to protect you." Her eyes became wide and the crying abruptly stopped. She was silent as she waited for him to speak again.
"There's no other way to do it. The village is important, but to me... you are more so." He continued slowly "I need you to promise me something Ino. Please wait for me. Because I will come back, and I will take you as my wife. That's a promise." Ino blinked and looked at him pointedly.
"You know Geisha don't marry Chouji." She said, rubbing more tears from her cheeks. "We're not meant to be anything but an escort. I would never be allowed to love you Chouji, and I want to so bad." She hiccuped and Chouji found it most endearing. He cupped her cheeks in his hands and forced her to look him in the eyes.
"I don't care about the Geisha you portray." He said, holding her gaze with his own. "I care about the woman who stole my heart so many years ago. You will never have to be the part you play with me. Because to me..." He paused, smiling for a moment, a memory coming to the for front, "You will always be my beautiful little Angel."
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Alright, so this is the prize for first place, going to
For her piece here (Which you should definitely read, it's awesome!) [link]
Hope you like! Gave you a little extra there with a story!
"Ino-chan, what's wrong?" He immediately asked, walking to meet her. She crashed into his arms and looked up into his face, her eyes tearing up. He felt disarmed and suddenly, entirely helpless.
"Tell me it's not true Chouji!" She begged, and he felt a twinge of sorrow tug at his heart at the expression on her face. "Tell me the rumors they're speaking are just that! Please!" For a moment, he was confused. What was she asking about? And then it hit him.
"I can't Ino-chan." He said slowly, holding her in his arms to steady her. "I have an obligation. I leave tonight. I was going to tell you." Ino's face paled and for a moment, he feared that she was going to faint. But she set her face in determination and looked at him, her eyes still shining with yet unshed tears.
"You can't Chouji, you can't!" She argued, her mouth, always something he'd admired from her, getting in the way of her training. "Its dangerous! This war has killed more people than it has saved! I- I-" But it seemed she couldn't continue, for the tears finally began to give way and her perfectly placed makeup began to run. She began to shake and she clutched his garment with such strength he was sure she would never let go. He clasped her wrist with one hand and Placed another on her cheek, gently rubbing the tears away as gently as he could.
"You know why I have to." Chouji said softly, looking at her the way he always had. "There are people I need to protect. It's my duty."
"You can perform your duty here!" Ino argued, tears still running freely. "Please Chouji, please, don't go!" He felt his heart breaking every second more that he stood by her, and his resolve was breaking down before his eyes. He took a deep breath and steadied himself. He had to do something.
"Ino-chan." He said. He waited until she looked into his eyes before he continued. "I have to go. Because... I want to protect you." Her eyes became wide and the crying abruptly stopped. She was silent as she waited for him to speak again.
"There's no other way to do it. The village is important, but to me... you are more so." He continued slowly "I need you to promise me something Ino. Please wait for me. Because I will come back, and I will take you as my wife. That's a promise." Ino blinked and looked at him pointedly.
"You know Geisha don't marry Chouji." She said, rubbing more tears from her cheeks. "We're not meant to be anything but an escort. I would never be allowed to love you Chouji, and I want to so bad." She hiccuped and Chouji found it most endearing. He cupped her cheeks in his hands and forced her to look him in the eyes.
"I don't care about the Geisha you portray." He said, holding her gaze with his own. "I care about the woman who stole my heart so many years ago. You will never have to be the part you play with me. Because to me..." He paused, smiling for a moment, a memory coming to the for front, "You will always be my beautiful little Angel."
--
Alright, so this is the prize for first place, going to
For her piece here (Which you should definitely read, it's awesome!) [link]Hope you like! Gave you a little extra there with a story!
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