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OCtober Day 14: Sakura

Most people would consider me lucky to have encountered the pink samurai and lived. I’d been hanging with a small time gang, the Street Soldiers. The name was a little generic, though with there being few gangs left I hadn’t the luxury of being picky.. One day, some of the members harassed me into joining them on a little expedition. Consider it initiation, they said. When I asked what we were doing, they explained the local legend of the ‘Blossom Challenge’ to me.  Within Gehenna lived a samurai, who’s strength outweighed any other. Her name is Sakura. She was considered quite beautiful, floating around the battlefield like a petal in the breeze. If you’re unlucky to be her target, you’d better pray quickly, as the last thing you’ll see is the light sparkling on her blade, and your guts on the ground. Her abilities made her an ideal mercenary. Many a gang or corporation had sought to hire her for themselves. However, she stood firm in her loyalty to her mistress, Mally and her com...

Gehenna's Rogue Gallery: Sakura

'You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back' ~Tommy Lasorda~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love the way her rainbow hair sprawls out over the pillow, every colour illuminated by the night-time neon. Even when laid beside Roux, the scoundrel I’m forced to be civil with, she is the sole focus of my sight. Her naked body is covered elegantly yet scantily by the blanket. Her arms are connected neither to me nor Roux. Instead, she is curled into herself, twitching lightly from undoubtedly magnificent dreams. I am blessed to have Mally as my love in my life. It must be two years now that we’ve been living here, the three of us occupying this apartment towering over the mayhem of the city’s media central. About two years now I’ve been operating under the identity of Sakura. Likewise with Roux, though I imagine Mally has been toying with he...