Disclaimer: Ruoruni Kenshin is in no way, shape, or form mine, so leave me be. The exercise this fic is based on was found by Akai Kitsune.
Warning: POSSIBLE MANGA SPOILERS!!!
Sanosuke Remembers…
I remember the day it happened. I remember the feeling. I was so proud of myself, and so determined to live a better life. That's why I joined the Sekihoutai.
I remember that I wasn't the only kid there. That's when I met Katsu. He had joined a few days ago, for a different reason. His mother had died, like mine, and his father volunteered to be an Imperialist soldier. Katsu wanted to do the same and joined when he got the chance. We were fast friends.
I remember so much of those days; I remember the happy and sad. There are some things I'd want to forget though. Like Sagara Sozo's head mounted on a piece of wood for the world to see. But all the same, I don't want to forget seeing that. It is in his memory that I fight today; his wish for a country of equality.
I remember those days so well. I remember the real reason why I had joined. I joined for my brother and sister. My sister was only a few years younger than I was. My brother barely knew how to walk. I joined because I wanted them to be proud of their big brother. Maybe my brother wouldn't be old enough to remember, but I know my sister would tell him. I wanted my family to be proud to say, "Sanosuke joined the Sekihoutai for us to live in peace in the new era."
I didn't care if we won or lost. I just wanted them to be proud of me.
A/N: well, what do you think? Should I continue? This was done to help me get into sano's mind for a planned fic. I did this… a couple of weeks ago and I still haven't typed up that fic. Sorry about the bad grammer, this was taken directly off of my paper, and I didn't edit it so that you can see exactly what I came up with (that's why I misspelled Souzou) the only thing I did was add in paragraphs. And sorry if the manga stuff i put into it was kinda butchered... i only read the translations, but no pics to go with it. I just want to say again that this was based on this awesome writing exercise that Akai Kitsune found in some textbook (it's hard for me to explain) where you write this thing for 10 minutes (which is why the chapter is so short). Akai has a chapter similar to this to on Kendo no Go (ch 61) is you wanna see hers too. i'm not totally sure if i'll expand this to whatever anime i feel like, but for now it'll stay as RK. Arigatou Akai for the idea, maigo-chan for the manga translations (the link's on my bio) and to everyone for reading this fic and all of my useless rambling!