Insanity, and fear, that's how we lived out our lives every day
Note: Rurouni Kenshin doesn't belong to me; it belongs to Watsuki Nobuhiro however the Characters Himura Sakurai Shinohara Inoue and Pablo belong to me.
I know what you all are thinking, "where's Kenshin" well I wanted to do a story about a (made up) relative of Kenshin who lived in our time, so enjoy!
Insanity, and fear, that's how we lived out our lives every day. The people wished for a champion, who knew that their champion would come straight out of the gutter. Actually it would be better if we said he escaped from prison.
The day started out like the days in prison usually did. I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes and I picked my self up off the floor. Then I looked around to confirm that I was still in jail. Yep I was still in jail, this was a sad fact but I got over it. You had to get over it, there's no use in whining about things like that, it could get you killed in here. The prison guard let us out of our cells and we went to get washed up and checked for weapons, oh joy another cavity search.
After that embarrassing little mishap with the corrections officer, you know the mishap where they bust your friend for having some weird thing in his ass, you go down to mess hall to get your " Grub" yeah I said it, Grub. Prison food, (if you could call it that,) it looked like, well you wouldn't want to eat it even if I told you what It looked like. It wasn't much and it wasn't tasty but it was food, and I have been living on this crap for the last six months. Yeah I'm a new guy when it comes to this prison thing. To tell you the truth though, I'm not really supposed to even be here I was framed. I'm just biding my time so I can escape but don't tell any one. Oh and by the way my names Himura Sakurai. This is my story.
As I walked to my table with my food tray a guard called me into his office, I wondered what he wanted.
"Himura! I would like to be the first one to tell you the good news" said the guard as a smiled appeared on his ugly mug. They were probably going to tell me my execution date has been moved up or something like that ( oh I didn't tell you, I'm set to be killed for a crime I didn't commit)
"Your death is scheduled to take place a few hours from now " said the guard who started to laugh; I looked at him with complete shock. A few hours from now that wasn't fair.
"My lawyer said that I could appeal the case, there was a chance that I wouldn't have to die for this, I could have had life with no parole" there was no way that I was going to die, he was lying he had to be.
"Yeah you could have been spared, but the family of the victim pushed for death my friend. In a few hours you will hang Sakurai" I left the guard's office. I had to think fast, there was no way in hell that I was going to die, not me not before I get my revenge on the Yakuza that did this to me, the man who was really responsible for this crime.
"I can't let these bastards kill me, I'm running out of time" I walked back to my cell to think about how I was going to do this.
"I have nothing else to lose, and it's not like I'm going to kill any one so… I guess this is the only way" Himura sat back on his bed and waited for sun down, when everything gets interesting.
"Dinner, oh and Himura, its time for your last meal come with me." Said the guard I walked with him to the room where all the death row inmates go to have their meal. It was a nice spread, cheese burgers steak and pizza piled high, just the way I liked it.
"This isn't going to eat itself Itadakimasu, this is going to be great." I dove into my food mountain. It was pure bliss, I had never eaten so much junk in my whole entire life, and when they trucked in the ice cream I was one happy camper. I finished my food and sat up, I belched loudly.
"Ah that's the good stuff that was really something" the guard looked at me with a sly smile that had a hint of malice behind it.
"Now that you're happy its time for your last rights, the priest is at the site of your death, come with us." The guard led Himura to the site; there he saw the priest and the noose swinging nicely in the night breeze.
"Is this the one condemned to die," asked the Priest looking somberly at Himura.
"I'm very sorry Father Pablo" I said and winked at him, he smirked back, he knew that I had something up my sleeve.
The priest looked over at the guard and the guard led me over to the noose, the guard then nodded. Father Pablo nodded back and started to say the prayer.
"In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, please forgive this sinner so that he may join you in heaven after…" I looked at Pablo with a sly twinkle in my eye.
"He…," this better work I thought as Pablo nodded slowly.
"Dies! Here Himura Catch" said Pablo as he threw a scabbard at Himura who had already undid his shackles and caught the scabbard.
"Oh Sakabatou how I missed you" the guards who were holding me pointed their guns at me, I grinned now this was a fight that I wasn't going to lose.
"Heh I have been waiting for this day for six months now, and I'm not going down" I spun around and hit the guards with the hilt of the sword with amazing speed and power.
"Kill the Priest, then Kill Himura, don't let them leave alive" The guards aimed their guns at Pablo I rushed at them and blocked the shots with the swords blade saving Pablo.
"Thank you father, this plan wouldn't have worked with out you! Do you have the other thing I asked for?" I asked Pablo he nodded and smiled at me
"Don't worry my son I wasn't going to let them kill you, I know that you were innocent. I know your family there is no way that you was involved with her murder" I smiled as Pablo handed me a smoke bomb.
"It's been fun, Thanks for the meal, sorry but I have to run!" I threw the smoke bomb down and ran the smoke filled the area and the guards couldn't see us anymore. The alarms sounded and the dogs were let out. I ran with Pablo breaking the window that led to the outdoors and to my freedom.
"Pablo where did you park it," I asked looking around for my Motorcycle, Pablo looked around and pointed right at the Red Kawasaki Bike.
"I missed you baby, did you miss me" I hopped on the Bike and Pablo held on to my back.
"Well I'm sorry to break up this peaceful moment, but they are coming" said Pablo in my ear. I revved up the Motorcycle and sped away as bullets started to fly.
"Ha-ha, I'm free, now lets go back to Tokyo" I sped off into the sunset it got dark and the Guards couldn't follow me anymore. When we were far enough away from the prison I said to Pablo over the roar of the engines.
"Thank you Pablo, I really couldn't have done it with out you. You're a life saver man" Pablo grasped on to my back and whispered in my ear.
"It was the least I could do; after all it was your family that took me in when I moved here from the states, not to mention you taught me Japanese and the History of the country. You don't have to thank me at all, the city needs people like your family Mr. Himura" I laughed as we rode into Tokyo.
"So your going to Miss Inoue's to spend the night I presume" said Pablo, I blushed as I sped down onto my street. I was home finally.
"I guess I am, I mean I'm going to go check in with dad to see how he's holding up" I said somberly as I skidded to a stop. Pablo nodded.
"It's a damn shame, that he lost you and the love of his life at the exact same time. It must have been hard." I nodded as I walked closer to the door.
" Yeah, he practically disowned me when he heard that lie that sent me to prison, that I'm the one who set up the hit on mom by mistake" I knocked on the door. A man who was in his early fifties answered.
"So, they let you out eh, you son of a bitch!" the Man ran at me and Slugged me in the face, blood trickled down my face. I got up off the ground and spat the blood out of my mouth.
"It's nice to see you too dad, I see you've been well" I looked around at the mountain of empty beer cans and wine bottles, come to think of it he smelled of wine. He walked around me and snatched the Sakabatou from me. He then looked over at Pablo who had walked in with me.
"So I let you borrow my family heirloom and this is what you do with it, you give it to this blood traitor to get himself out of jail" he grabbed Pablo by the shirt collar and was preparing to punch him when I slammed my fists into my father's stomach.
He fell backwards into his mountain of beer cans; he staggered back up and looked at me right dead in the eye.
"I knew you would return to finish me off," started dad, I cut him off knowing what he was going to say next.
"Dad don't you start now, don't you dare say it!" Dad smirked at me; he knew I could see the next set of words in his mouth like some chewed up food ready to be regurgitated on the floor.
"You killed her, so now you want to finish me off, you couldn't settle for one of us" with that statement said I proceeded to punch my dad in the face and chest.
"I DIDN'T KILL MOM" I roared at the top of my lungs using each word as a punctuation mark.
"How dare you, I who made you will break you MY SON!" my father took out the Sakabatou and blocked my Left hand, he stepped back and used the force of my blow to his advantage.
"Taste the true Power of the Kamiya-Kasshin Ryu Ougi, the Hadome!" he pivoted his left foot back using the force of my blow to send me flying.
"You aren't fit to wield the Sakabatou, you soiled your hands with the blood of a loved one and you soiled the reputation of our families Kenjutsu, in short your not fit to Use the Kamiya-Kasshin Ryu anymore." Said my father who looked at me with cold hate-filled eyes, the hate he channeled filled the whole room.
"You make me sick, don't you ever return here, if you do ILL KILL YOU!" said my father as he threw me out of his house.
I sat up on the front lawn and after a while Pablo came out of the house. I ran to the Motorcycle and hopped on it.
"Himura, you know he doesn't really mean it. He is still recovering I think you should leave him alone for a while, he will come to his senses in time" said Pablo, I looked at him with blank-emotionless eyes.
"Yeah, I guess your right. I think I'm going to go to Inoue's, do you need me to give you a lift to the church." I asked, Pablo shook his head no.
"No I'll walk don't worry about me, you need to rest as soon as possible." Said Pablo as he walked away, I started my bike and sped away a few minutes after that, taking one last look at my childhood home.
"I'll show you dad, ill prove that I didn't kill mom, and I will make you proud of me. I want to show you that I am fit for the Sakabatou." I said as I rode away, my father who was inside the house looked at an old black and white photo of my great great grandfather Himura Kenshin the man who was known as the Hitokiri Battousai.
"What would you have said to Him Kenshin, Dad told me that you were the gentlest person that he knew, that even though you were a Samurai that you never killed people and that you fought for the good of Japan. That you and your wife promoted this sword style we now use; one that protected life not destroyed it" Said Himura's Father as the moon rose into the heavens.
A few Hours had passed since Pablo and I left my fathers house, I made my way to my long time childhood friend Shinohara Inoue's house. I was prepared for the worst; I had heard from some friends that when I had gotten locked up she took it really hard. I knocked on the door. I heard her yell from the inside.
" what the hell does some one want at this hour, if that's you Cho ill kill you I don't have food" I heard her foot steps get closer and closer. She opened the door and punched me right in the face, I blocked at the last minute.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WAN-HUH!!" said Inoue as I held her fist in my hand. I closed my eyes and smiled.
"Hey did you miss me, I mean is this the way you treat an old friend" I said as she stood there with tears in her eyes.
"Your back, I cant believe it, I heard that they were going to kill you" said Inoue crying I held her shoulder.
"You should know me by now; you know I wouldn't have died with out a fight" she slapped me in the face.
"Don't you ever do anything like that to me ever again" she let me into her house and sat me down on the couch.
"So do you know what you're going to do about the Yakuza, they probably know that you're out of jail." I looked at her and sighed.
"I'm going to rest, there's no use going after them, I would die if I went after them now" She looked at me and nodded.
"Just rest here for as long as you want Sakurai-kun" she let me sleep on the couch that night.
Meanwhile in an ally nearby,
"So he did make it out, well I think its time to pay my friend Himura a visit" said a man who walked closer to Inoue's door.
"Ill make sure he pays what he owes" said the man who lit a cigarette
So how did you like it, the first part of Rurouni Kenshin Himura Sakurai's Bakumatsu
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