"Twin Seppuku"
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Created on: Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 07:15:24 PM CDT
Retrieved on: Saturday 31 of October 2020 03:30:30 AM UTC


3.     Twin Seppuku

Yumiko and I helped each other to remove the armor and the riding blouse underneath it.
Although she was supposed to be my elder sister, her birth predated me only by an hour as we were twins.
Now, we would leave the world on the same day too.
The Akigetsu army was routed.  As onnamusha, we decided to end our lives by committing seppuku.  There was no opportunity to change into shiromuku, the white undershirt would have to do.
“Hitomi, die bravely!”
“Hai, Ane-ue.  Hitomi will not disgrace the honor of the Akigetsu clan.
“Then, all is well.”
Yumiko began to slip her white undershirt down from her shoulders to her waist.  Under the white wrapping cloth that was wound around her chest, her bulging breasts with its sharp little nipples could be outlined.
“Ane-ue, you are so beautiful.” I said.
Yumiko smiled, then urged me to speed up, “Strip now. You do not want the enemy to think you are afraid to do it, do you?”
“Hai.”
I untied the knot that kept my undershirt in place and let the thing slipped down, then there was one more piece of garment next to my skin.  Only then my sister noticed that I had not wrapped my chest and the still budding breasts were shyly exposed to her sight.
She did not make any comment though and focused on tying up her left thigh with the leg part.  This was to ensure that after seppuku, our bodies would remain erect in the sitting position instead of falling into awkward and embarrassing pose.  Then, she pushed the waist part of her riding breeches down a few fingers’ length, exposing part of her pelvic bone area.
“You are sure you do not need me to act as your kaishakunin?”
“No need of that.  Hitomi will endure the pain and die bravely.”
“I see.  The first cut is the most important one.  Stab deeper so that it will cut into your internal organs.  Otherwise, you can reach only the surface skin and muscle part and it will prolong your agony.”
“I understand.”
We wrapped the blade of our tanto with rice-paper.
“Hitomi, do you have any last words, though there is no one around to hear it.?”
“I feel so fortunate to commit seppuku with you, ane-ue.”
“I see.  Yumiko feels the same way too.  It is a good life and the time we spent together was such a gift from the gods.”
I nodded and suddenly giggled.
“What is so funny?” My ane-ue asked.
“After we die, they will put our heads on the display rack.  Two identical heads, how strange that will look…”
Yumiko let out a laugh too. “You are right.  It is rare to see the head of a beautiful woman. But to see two at any one time and looking exactly alike is a bit strange, almost ridiculous…”
We giggled together for a while, then my ane-ue regained her composure and said, “Let us begin now.”
I nodded and concentrated my mind to guide my fingers trying to find the most suitable spot for the blade to enter.
She found it before I could.
“Then, I will do it first.” She said, plunged her tanto in.
I was unwilling to lag behind.  Taking a deep breath, I used both hands on the grip and plunged the tanto into my own body.
The muscles on my face immediately contorted due to the intense pain.
“The first cut is the most important one….”My ane-ue had told me.  So, I sank the blade as deep as possible.
Pain! I knew that my intestines had been severed.
No foul smell.  Now, I understood why Yumiko had told me not to eat meat several days before the battle.  She had anticipated the possibility of having to commit seppuku and the absence of meat from our diet would ensure we die with a clean smell.
“Um…”I bit my lower lip hard to prevent me from letting out any moaning.
Ane-ue had already dragged the blade across her whitish flat abdomen. I could see the translucent muscle being cut open, then the red line…
I twisted my body to the left a little so that it would add further momentum and then, I, too, guided the tanto to the right side.
The blade glided just two inches below the navel towards the right side until it almost reached the cleft of my backside; the abdomen had been cut open neatly…
I did it…
I looked at ane-ue but to my astonishment, I saw her halted a short while, then sat straight and rotated the blade around!
“Is she going to do the Cross-cut instead of just a simple straight cut?”
I had never contemplated doing the cross-cut which was far more painful.  Besides, the cross-cut would mean the whole belly part would be cut open and for a woman, it was not a very attractive state to be in…
But…
“I will not be beaten by my own sister!”
My blade rotated and my internal organs were messed with the movement.
I was sweating all over, the hands holding the tanto began to shake as well.
“Hitomi…do…not…force…yourself…just commit jigai…cut your jugular’s vein…”
“No!” The stubbornness in me refused to give up. “I will die exactly as my ane-ue…”
The blade had reached the spot just below the navel.  More intestines were severed and some of these were beginning to flow out from the wound… 
Ane-ue had begun her downward cut…
I imitated her every move…
The blade cut the cloth-belt into halves, then proceeded to cut open the upper part of the grass-green breeches and the fundoshi…
Then, we rotated the blade again, this time together…
The blade moved upwards…
Our wombs were cut open…
The navels were parted in the middle…
Still the blade continued its journey, upward…
The whole belly part was now flayed, deep…
It was then I felt a never-experienced-before ecstasy…
Both ane-ue and I had at some time been summoned by the lord to his chamber at night…But only now did I discover that the carnal pleasures there was not even distantly comparable to the orgasm I was having now…
The tanto reached the rib cage.
Ane-ue stopped…
It was enough.
We both looked at the intestines flooding out.
Ane-ue grabbed part of the slimy thing and pulled it out with both hands, before using the tanto to cut it away…
I sighed. I no longer had the strength to do so.
“Finally, you still beat me, ane-ue…”I said with a fading voice.
“Hitomi..you…have…done…well…”
We heard neighs of horses from afar.
It should be from the enemy side.
If we were found, they would decapitate us immediately, no doubt…
“I hope…not…too…soon…”I said.
“No…still…far…”
Yumiko’s head had drooped to her chest, and her hands balled into fists were placed on her knees. 
We knew we were dying.
“Good…”I said silently.  Then, I rested my head on my chest and prepared to die.
The sound of the cicadas singing was so sweet to the ears…