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By: Mizu- chan a.k.a Vanilla_fox Summary: Sujirou finally finds the one for him- but she can't settle down- or get attached. She's running away from her past- and a lot of people. Of course, the dear boy is to help, isn't he? Btw, read and suggest a title pleese! Notes: This is my first ever Ruroni Kenshin/ Samurai X fic. And they haven't shown ANY of the movies on tv, in English, except for the one where Musashino dies... sob... Disclaimer: Ruroni Kenshin, all characters and related incidia are property of someone else. They don't belong to me!
It was a cold night, to say the least. The autumn wind was blowing hard and strong, making the trees, mostly strong pines, sway. Seta Sujirou looked at the darkening sky with an ever-present smile on his face. "Yare- yare... I guess, I'll have to walk faster to the nearest inn, then." With that thought, his pace quickened. About fifteen paces from where he was earlier, a loud roar was heard, that of anger and pain, most likely. His eyes and features suddenly sharpened, and he changed course, heading for the trees and the sound. (Yare- yare= Oh, boy)
The sight was an unusual one. He had jumped up to the trees and loked at the scene from above. He saw a cloaked man, holding out his hand towards a group of bandits, who had a woman in their midst. Crying, he saw. The man was most likely either trying to save the girl, or trying to take her away from the bandits, to use for his own purposes. But the battle aura he saw in the cloaked man was not as strong as he assumed. And besides that, he seemed to be slightly scared. Sujirou smiled wider as the fun began.
"You son of a..." The gang leader's voice was drowned out by somehting that came out from under the man's cloak. Something that took the men's weapons from them immediately, and brought them to the ground far away. It was a whip. Sujirou watched on in fascination. "Let the woman go." The voice under the scarf was slightly high, for a man. Frightened, most of the bandits fled, except for the largest. He picked up his fallen sword and walked up to the whip- wielder. "Try me with your whip, then." And with amazing speed for such a large man, he charged towards the cloaked figure. He barely had time to dodge the rusted sword. But his hands were out of their hiding places, and he held his weapons of choice in them.
"Ikusou!" They both rushed towards each other. Sujirou noticed that there was something obviously wrong with this picture. He was right. The whip- master flipped with precise agility above the man, and in a split second, was holding the much larger man with his whips. Again, with his unusual agility, he jumped onto the trees and flipped the bandit around, to slam him on the ground. He was knocked unconscious. The cloaked figure then turned to the girl, and with contrast to his previous actions, he held out a hand. And with a gentler voice than Sujirou could imagine, he spoke to the girl, who ran away nodding and smiling and waving and thanking him. The cloaked figure waved back and turned around once the girl was out of sight. Then he turned to Sujirou's hiding place. (Ikusou= Let's go)
Thinking he was discovered, Sujirou was poised to run, before the man chuckled as a rabbit came out. "You scared me, little one. I thought someone was spying. Run along before a fox comes, then." The rabbit hopped away, and the man disappeared. Sujirou looked on in amazement. At the cloaked woman who just came his way. At that particular moment in time, large drops of water fell onto his face, and he sighed as he looked up. "Time to use Shukuchi for more practical purposes, then." With that, he was gone.
Across the trees, the cloaked figure walked away. "Shukuchi- Tenken No Sujirou." She smiled, long grayish- balack hair covering her eyes.
===== Next Town=====
"Domo arigato gozaimasu." Sujirou said, and took the key to his room, and the hot meal he ordered. It was along one of the western rooms, in an inn curiously called Barrel of Peace. He went in, and lay down his pack and things. "Anou, this room is pretty nice." He said, looking around. It was a small room, and the wall paper was almost opaque, but it was comfortable, with a desk, a futon and a small chest. He sat down, and noticed the towels and wooden pail on the table. "Of course! They have hot springs here, I forgot!" Still smiling, he ate his meal and picked the wooden pail up. (Domo arigato gozaimasu= Thank you very much)
Everyone looked at the open door, which just let in a crisp gust of autumn wind. But most of them turned back, seeing that it wasn't someone important, or of any interest. But some of the men kept their eyes on the woman, watching her rent a room and buy a hot meal. "Konbanwa, Oba- san. Where exactly is this room?" The old woman looked at her smiling face and couldn't help but smile back. (Konbanwa = Good Evening, Oba- san = Aunt, I think.)
"It's along the northern part of the compound, perpendicular to the last room on the western side. It looks small, dearie, but part of it is hiden behind the last room on the west side." The woman nodded her thanks and walked away, still smiling and carrying a feeling of peace around her. She looked down at the name the young girl called herself. "Yumemiya Aoi." Smling, the old woman's mind went back to that of the younger man who came in earlier. "Maybe they're related..."
Sujirou gave a content sigh as he slipped ino the warm spring water. [When was the last time I went into a spring like this?] He smiled and sat down on the stone steps. [Probably... right after I abandoned Shishio-san.] He sighed and shook his head to clear himself of any more bad thoughts. [It's been a long time ago. I shouldn't think of it.] With another sigh, he leant back and enjoyed the full moon.
Aoi looked at the reflection of the moon on the water and sighed. [What's the point of all this? I'll never be able to run away from them.] She sighed again and splashed some water on herself. "I shouldn't think about it." Giggles came from the other side of the spring, where a few other women were. She sighed and looked up finally at the moon itself. [Changing my name will only hold them off for a while.] She stood up and was about to leave, when a knife slipped out of the shadows and pinned itself on the flimsy wooden wall seperating the women's side from the men's. [Oh no... my weapon!] All the women screamed and dashed out, and Aoi had a thought of screaming and running with them. But they were gone.
She stood in the middle of the spring, half- naked, steam all around her, and dripping wet without a weapon. [Surely, if they sent an assasin to me, they would have killed me- unless....] Aoi faced the trees from which the throwing knife came from, and retrieved the knife from the wall. Just as she had thought. "Yukimi! I will not return- it is too late for me." She turned around, and walked out of the springs.
Sujirou woke up suddenly, and looked around. There wasn't anyone- but there had to be something that had woken him- He looked out the door opening tho the garden, and closed it. There was nothing there. But as he turned around to return to his futon, his eyes narrowed at the shadows made by the moon on the wall. There were two figures standing up, and loud whispering was coming from the room. "I cannot return- they have already sent assasins after me! There's a price on my head already, and even SHE is lookin for me!" then, the other seemed to turn around. "Tsukishiro- she wants you alive. She wants to end your life personally, slowly and painfully."
The figure on the right slumped down onto the floor. "Yukimi- don't do this for me- it's not really worth it. If she finds out, or if anyone else finds out, you will die with me." The one called Yukimi sighed, and turned around. "You know I can't help it- I have to. I can't just stand by. But from now on, I won't be seen with you- Sore ja." With that, she was gone, leaving the girl called Tsukishiro alone. "Sore ja." (Sore ja= See you, or Bye)
A/N: Please, you guys, review! I'm begging you all who read this. I haven't completed this ic, and I'm just writing it as I go along, so it's gonna be hard for me. Can you all please review? Then I'll post up a chapter. I'm not the type who forces people to review, but I will if I have to.
Ja! Mizu- chan
By: Mizu- chan a.k.a Vanilla_fox Summary: Sujirou finally finds the one for him- but she can't settle down- or get attached. She's running away from her past- and a lot of people. Of course, the dear boy is to help, isn't he? Btw, read and suggest a title pleese! Notes: This is my first ever Ruroni Kenshin/ Samurai X fic. And they haven't shown ANY of the movies on tv, in English, except for the one where Musashino dies... sob... Disclaimer: Ruroni Kenshin, all characters and related incidia are property of someone else. They don't belong to me!
It was a cold night, to say the least. The autumn wind was blowing hard and strong, making the trees, mostly strong pines, sway. Seta Sujirou looked at the darkening sky with an ever-present smile on his face. "Yare- yare... I guess, I'll have to walk faster to the nearest inn, then." With that thought, his pace quickened. About fifteen paces from where he was earlier, a loud roar was heard, that of anger and pain, most likely. His eyes and features suddenly sharpened, and he changed course, heading for the trees and the sound. (Yare- yare= Oh, boy)
The sight was an unusual one. He had jumped up to the trees and loked at the scene from above. He saw a cloaked man, holding out his hand towards a group of bandits, who had a woman in their midst. Crying, he saw. The man was most likely either trying to save the girl, or trying to take her away from the bandits, to use for his own purposes. But the battle aura he saw in the cloaked man was not as strong as he assumed. And besides that, he seemed to be slightly scared. Sujirou smiled wider as the fun began.
"You son of a..." The gang leader's voice was drowned out by somehting that came out from under the man's cloak. Something that took the men's weapons from them immediately, and brought them to the ground far away. It was a whip. Sujirou watched on in fascination. "Let the woman go." The voice under the scarf was slightly high, for a man. Frightened, most of the bandits fled, except for the largest. He picked up his fallen sword and walked up to the whip- wielder. "Try me with your whip, then." And with amazing speed for such a large man, he charged towards the cloaked figure. He barely had time to dodge the rusted sword. But his hands were out of their hiding places, and he held his weapons of choice in them.
"Ikusou!" They both rushed towards each other. Sujirou noticed that there was something obviously wrong with this picture. He was right. The whip- master flipped with precise agility above the man, and in a split second, was holding the much larger man with his whips. Again, with his unusual agility, he jumped onto the trees and flipped the bandit around, to slam him on the ground. He was knocked unconscious. The cloaked figure then turned to the girl, and with contrast to his previous actions, he held out a hand. And with a gentler voice than Sujirou could imagine, he spoke to the girl, who ran away nodding and smiling and waving and thanking him. The cloaked figure waved back and turned around once the girl was out of sight. Then he turned to Sujirou's hiding place. (Ikusou= Let's go)
Thinking he was discovered, Sujirou was poised to run, before the man chuckled as a rabbit came out. "You scared me, little one. I thought someone was spying. Run along before a fox comes, then." The rabbit hopped away, and the man disappeared. Sujirou looked on in amazement. At the cloaked woman who just came his way. At that particular moment in time, large drops of water fell onto his face, and he sighed as he looked up. "Time to use Shukuchi for more practical purposes, then." With that, he was gone.
Across the trees, the cloaked figure walked away. "Shukuchi- Tenken No Sujirou." She smiled, long grayish- balack hair covering her eyes.
===== Next Town=====
"Domo arigato gozaimasu." Sujirou said, and took the key to his room, and the hot meal he ordered. It was along one of the western rooms, in an inn curiously called Barrel of Peace. He went in, and lay down his pack and things. "Anou, this room is pretty nice." He said, looking around. It was a small room, and the wall paper was almost opaque, but it was comfortable, with a desk, a futon and a small chest. He sat down, and noticed the towels and wooden pail on the table. "Of course! They have hot springs here, I forgot!" Still smiling, he ate his meal and picked the wooden pail up. (Domo arigato gozaimasu= Thank you very much)
Everyone looked at the open door, which just let in a crisp gust of autumn wind. But most of them turned back, seeing that it wasn't someone important, or of any interest. But some of the men kept their eyes on the woman, watching her rent a room and buy a hot meal. "Konbanwa, Oba- san. Where exactly is this room?" The old woman looked at her smiling face and couldn't help but smile back. (Konbanwa = Good Evening, Oba- san = Aunt, I think.)
"It's along the northern part of the compound, perpendicular to the last room on the western side. It looks small, dearie, but part of it is hiden behind the last room on the west side." The woman nodded her thanks and walked away, still smiling and carrying a feeling of peace around her. She looked down at the name the young girl called herself. "Yumemiya Aoi." Smling, the old woman's mind went back to that of the younger man who came in earlier. "Maybe they're related..."
Sujirou gave a content sigh as he slipped ino the warm spring water. [When was the last time I went into a spring like this?] He smiled and sat down on the stone steps. [Probably... right after I abandoned Shishio-san.] He sighed and shook his head to clear himself of any more bad thoughts. [It's been a long time ago. I shouldn't think of it.] With another sigh, he leant back and enjoyed the full moon.
Aoi looked at the reflection of the moon on the water and sighed. [What's the point of all this? I'll never be able to run away from them.] She sighed again and splashed some water on herself. "I shouldn't think about it." Giggles came from the other side of the spring, where a few other women were. She sighed and looked up finally at the moon itself. [Changing my name will only hold them off for a while.] She stood up and was about to leave, when a knife slipped out of the shadows and pinned itself on the flimsy wooden wall seperating the women's side from the men's. [Oh no... my weapon!] All the women screamed and dashed out, and Aoi had a thought of screaming and running with them. But they were gone.
She stood in the middle of the spring, half- naked, steam all around her, and dripping wet without a weapon. [Surely, if they sent an assasin to me, they would have killed me- unless....] Aoi faced the trees from which the throwing knife came from, and retrieved the knife from the wall. Just as she had thought. "Yukimi! I will not return- it is too late for me." She turned around, and walked out of the springs.
Sujirou woke up suddenly, and looked around. There wasn't anyone- but there had to be something that had woken him- He looked out the door opening tho the garden, and closed it. There was nothing there. But as he turned around to return to his futon, his eyes narrowed at the shadows made by the moon on the wall. There were two figures standing up, and loud whispering was coming from the room. "I cannot return- they have already sent assasins after me! There's a price on my head already, and even SHE is lookin for me!" then, the other seemed to turn around. "Tsukishiro- she wants you alive. She wants to end your life personally, slowly and painfully."
The figure on the right slumped down onto the floor. "Yukimi- don't do this for me- it's not really worth it. If she finds out, or if anyone else finds out, you will die with me." The one called Yukimi sighed, and turned around. "You know I can't help it- I have to. I can't just stand by. But from now on, I won't be seen with you- Sore ja." With that, she was gone, leaving the girl called Tsukishiro alone. "Sore ja." (Sore ja= See you, or Bye)
A/N: Please, you guys, review! I'm begging you all who read this. I haven't completed this ic, and I'm just writing it as I go along, so it's gonna be hard for me. Can you all please review? Then I'll post up a chapter. I'm not the type who forces people to review, but I will if I have to.
Ja! Mizu- chan