What If
By Charmed Wolf
This is a story about what if Aoshi was in better circumstances and met Kenshin and the Kenshingumi in a better situation; still losing his best men, my disclaimer is still the same as before, I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. Nobuhiro Watsuki owns Rurouni Kenshin, well, since he was the one that had created the manga series.
""-Talking.
''-Thoughts in Italics.
Spring 1878.
Aoshi sat on the veranda of the Kamiya Dojo watching Kenshin; he knew he met a friend in much better circumstances. Sometimes Aoshi helped Kaoru with training Yahiko; it was a good idea to leave with Kenshin than to hold ill feelings toward the wanderer for what Takeda did. "Himura, where did your spiky haired friend go?" Aoshi finally asked as Kenshin hung up the last of the laundry that was washed, Kenshin didn't know where Sanosuke was at the moment. Sanosuke finally showed up to an irritated Aoshi, in Sanosuke's hand was a pair of dice. "You're late, Sagara, and I don't care where you were," Aoshi hid his irritation under a calm exeterior well; Sanosuke really didn't know what Aoshi had in mind. Kenshin just smiled and went back to washing the laundry; Aoshi took Sanosuke to the dojo with something in mind for Sanosuke to do-Aoshi was being a really tough teacher.
"But, Aoshi, I need a break…" Sanosuke whined at the well trained ninja, with Aoshi, he wasn't going to hear it. Ayame and Suzume liked it when Aoshi and Kenshin would play with them for awhile; it always brought good memories to Aoshi when he was around the girls. "Wow, Aoshi was sure irritated with Sano," Yahiko told Kenshin and Kaoru while laughing at Sanosuke, Aoshi was making Sanosuke to repeat a move Aoshi had been teaching Sanosuke over and over. That was making Sanosuke look at Aoshi as if he had another head, which that was made Aoshi more irritated.
"Aoshi, aren't you a little hard on Sanosuke?" Kaoru asked looking at a very sweaty Sanosuke and about turned green; Aoshi shook his head and knew he was about done with Sanosuke.
Kenshin had gotten the bath ready for Sanosuke, the irritation that Aoshi had had finally dissipated as Aoshi started to relax. "Where did Sagara get that idea that he could gamble?" Aoshi asked looking at Kenshin, who just shrugged going out by the well to finish up the laundry.
Flashback
Aoshi was on the floor with bullet wounds in his thighs, it was painful for him to even think about getting up. "Aoshi, are you okay?" Kenshin asked stopping as Takeda stopped shooting the Gatling gun, Aoshi really deceived Takeda without saying that he was working for the police. Takeda Kanryu didn't even realize that Aoshi had teamed up with Himura Kenshin, it didn't make a difference to Aoshi what he was doing with the police or with his new friend, Himura Kenshin.
"Yes, Himura, I'm fine," Aoshi wasn't finished as Sanosuke and Shikijou came running to see if they could help. Sanosuke saw that Shikijou was worried that Takeda was going to kill Aoshi for the deception, Kenshin saw that Shikijou was running toward Aoshi before Takeda started to shoot again.
"Okashira!" Shikijou yelled as he reached Aoshi the moment Takeda started shooting, it snapped Aoshi as the bullets hit Shikijou's back as they flew from the Gatling gun.
But for Aoshi, he wasn't going to let it affect him; Kenshin knew what Aoshi was doing at the moment. "Hyottoko, I appreciate the back up from you and the others," Aoshi said as his men lost their lives to defeat the Gatling gun, now it was up to Kenshin to finish the rest what the men started.
Aoshi looked at Kenshin as if to say to go get Megumi, he was going to catch up later at the dojo. "Himura, go up to the observatory and get Takani Megumi," Aoshi started to say to Kenshin, Sanosuke and Yahiko; "I will catch up later at the Kamiya Dojo." Kenshin nods as he goes up to the 3rd floor observatory, there was Megumi as what Aoshi said where she would be.
"Sagara, Yahiko, what are you doing here?" Megumi started to ask, "Ken-san, you're hurt, those wounds…but where is Aoshi?" Kenshin was about to tell her when the police showed up Keishi really did a number on Kenshin, Aoshi didn't kill Keishi with the intended attack. It was just to knock him out when he tried to attack Kenshin; it did the trick at a small price to Aoshi.
End of Flashback
"Aoshi, I appreciate you helping me to train Yahiko," Kaoru said think of a way to repay the well trained ninja, Dr. Gensai returned after a successful delivery. Aoshi lets Ayame and Suzume run to their grandfather, the girls' joy reminded him of what he missed on the account of his uncle.
"Say, we should go and celebrate the healthy and successful birth," Dr. Gensai said smiling brightly, the girls laughed as they ran around. Aoshi watched the girls knowing something was amiss when he looked at Kenshin, he knew he wasn't the only one with a past. 'What is going on these days? It's not like me to think of the past,' Kenshin thought falling behind the others, minus Sanosuke, who was trying to change clothes and mooch off Kaoru. Aoshi looked back at Kenshin thinking something was wrong seeing Kenshin zoned out; Kaoru let Aoshi go on with the others as she and Kenshin catch up in a bit at the Akabeko. 'There is something going on, it's not like Himura to be zoned out like the way he was,' Aoshi thought as he ate lunch with the others, he noticed that Kenshin wasn't eating a whole lot that was there like he'd normally would be doing or seeing Kaoru fight with Sanosuke.
Meanwhile, at the dojo, Sanosuke had finally arrived at the time he said, but the others had already left to go to the Akabeko. "They better not have gone to the Akabeko, that's the easiest place to skip out on," Sanosuke whined as a man with narrow amber colored eyes, resembling the wolf's eyes, Sanosuke thought there was something odd going on. 'Okay, this is odd, there is a man here resembling a wolf,' Sanosuke started to think, 'I bet I can take him on, I know I'm strong enough.'
The wolf like man came into the courtyard to introduce himself to Sanosuke, but the young man knew that this wasn't his place and something wasn't quite right. "Hello, I'm Fujita Goro, a pharmasist from Tama," the wolf started to say, "I sell the Ishida Powder, it's great for bruises and broken bones." Sanosuke gets and looks at the wolf closely, there was something rather odd about this wolf, it seemed that this wolf once had been in the Shinsengumi-but Sanosuke didn't know that. The chicken headed fighter grabbed the wolf by the wrist; just to take a closer look at the man resembling a wolf.
"Hey, You have some squintty eyes," the Tori-Atama said looking a little closer at the hand, "Nor do pharmasists have sword callouses." the wolf smirked looking at the bird brain, Sanosuke had really figured it out. "How observant, Sagara Sanosuke," Saitou said now facing the Tori-Atama, Sanosuke starts to get ready to punch Saitou in the face.
When Sanosuke rushed forward to make his punch connect to Saitou's face, but the punch had no effect on Saitou. "Sorry there, I had gotten serious there," Sanosuke said moving back some, Saitou gave his trademark smirk. "That punch works well in this weak age called the Meiji Era," he started to say, "But in the Bakumatsu, that puch would just so weak." Sanosuke was surprised that Saitou had found out about his past; this time it was Saitou's turn to attack. Out came a sword and with the agility, Saitou slid into his Gatotsu stands and lunged at Sagara Sanosuke. "These cane swords have all the durablity of toys" he said throwing the broken sword, Sanosuke was getting to his feet with a piece of the sword in his shoulder. "Hey, it's not over yet, your weapon may be broken, it's not over," Sanosuke said standing up when he should have stayed down.
Saitou wips around Sanosuke very fast; it was over in an instant. "Sleep," Saitou said as he slammed Sanosuke to the dojo floor, and he started to take his leave as the others were coming back from the Akebeko. Kenshin noticed something wrong followed by Aoshi and Kaoru, Megumi got to work on Sanosuke as Aoshi brought in more light with Yahiko. "Well, his life isn't in any danger and no vital area's were hit," Megumi said washing up a little, Aoshi thought it was a good idea to wait until Kenshin's mood changed.
Something else was coming, it sounded like the wolf was going to return and face Kenshin. "Megumi-san, the bath is free if you wanted to take a bath, I'll watch over him for you," Kaoru said sweetly sitting with Megumi; Aoshi was in the courtyard with Yahiko.
Kenshin's mood started to change gradually over time, it was clear that something big was going to hit. 'It just occurs to me that whoever attacked Sagara will be back and with vengence,' Aoshi thought when looked at Kenshin for a moment; Megumi was pleased that Sanosuke was out of danger. The next day proved Aoshi right, in the deguise of an actual police officer, Saitou came to the dojo late that afternoon.
This is a new Fanfic, sort of a look at Aoshi, sort of an Aoshi centered look. Please tell me what you think of this; also my desktop crapped out on me, so now I have Lappy.