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By Sujakata
Sacred Sword
Prologue: Batousai
Bakumatsu 1864 Japan, Kyoto
Sakura Tea House
Kenshin Himura, better known as the Batousai sat in the corner of the rather disgusting, in his opinion, whore house. He was waiting until Katsura Kogorou called for him, in one of the back rooms that served for where the Ishin Shishi held their meetings. A few of the geishas tried to come over and 'give him a good time' but the fifteen year old Hitokiri gave them an intense amber eyes glare and they went quickly to the more accommodating men in the tea house.
Sipping some sake the young teenager looked around the room, trying to see if there was anyone that shouldn't be there, as the Sakura tea house was a notoriously high class whore house in Kyoto and many of the more richer men came here for some fun, there were a few of the Shogunate samurai's scattered about and so that set the young Batousai on edge, he thought that a more discrete meeting place would have been better for the Ishin Shishi, but Katsura said that a place such as this would never cross anyone's mind as housing the important members of the underground clan.
The doors of the Sakura tea house slammed open and all inside turned to look at the new comers, in between them was a struggling, gagged and bound the young women was wearing a black hakama and shirt with a white undershirt, it was very strange indeed to see a women dressed in men's clothing, her hair was tied up into a high pony tail just as the young Hitokiri's was, and she had the most piercing blue eyes he had ever seen. There was an uneasy silence in the tea house and the Batousai saw a few of the men started to whisper.
The girl's eyes darted around the room and realising where she was recoiled in shock, surely they didn't mean to sell her to be a whore? Rage overcame the young woman and she kicked out at the closest man effectively making him fall to the ground, then twisting in the other mans arms she succeeded in making him go off balance, crouching the placing her bound hands onto the floor she swept the unbalanced man's feet from underneath him. The last two men drew their swords and the young girl darted back as they swung at her, however this seemed to be invitation enough for the rest of the male population inside the Sakura tea house to start fighting as well and before the swords of the men who had brought the young woman in could be drawn back for another swing around ten men had surrounded them and the rest had already begun to fight with each other.
The young girl, seeing this as her chance to escape sidestepped the many fighting men and ran for the door, though not quite making it as the man she had hit down first now stood in her way to freedom. Pulling the gag from her mouth the young girl glared.
"get out of my way" she said through gritted teeth, she couldn't defend herself against a sword with her hands tied together, and she sure as hell wasn't going to get any help from the fighting men in the tea house.
The man just sneered, no one hurt his pride and got away with it, no matter how much money he could have gotten for that fire spirit, she was going to die. The man held out his katana and lunged at her, Kaoru would not cringe from death, but nor was she stupid enough to just stand there, twisting to the side she waited for the blade to come past her, but for some reason it didn't. looking back she found a red haired boy, just a little older then herself now standing over the dead body of the man. The girl stood there, breathing heavily and waited for the youth to turn around.
The Batousai couldn't believe what he had just done, for some reason his body had just gone on auto pilot and killed a man, for no reason, ok well he did have a reason, he was protecting the girl from being killed, but never before had he killed out of an assignment, or out of self defence, he had never killed to protect someone else. He could feel the girls eyes on him, and he turned watching as her eyes widened in shock. She uttered the one word she probably shouldn't have
"Batousai" and then she turned and ran into the throng of people fighting. The Batousai stood there for a moment in shock 'how did she know who I was? I have to find out' and so the Batousai raced after her, pushing people out of his way, in the back of his mind he realised that they were headed for the back rooms, and that was where Katsura was, but he continued his chase 'she is fast, but not fast enough' he caught up to her in a leap and flung her against the door and held her there with his sword. The girl stared defiantly up at him, and he noted with some surprise that he was taller then someone.
"who are you?" he demanded, his eyes that intense amber and his face only inches away from hers. She said nothing for a while, as if she was contemplating saying anything at all.
"I wont tell you, so just kill me and get it over with" The Batousai was shocked, not because the girl had defied him, but that she was not afraid of death, as most people were in this era. He was about to say something when the door behind them opened and Iizuka came out of it. The older man smirked at the scene before him.
"come, Himura, and bring the onna" Kenshin turned around to Iizuka and looked at him as if her were crazy, he wanted him to bring some unknown women with him to see the leader of the Ishin Shishi? Iizuka rolled his eyes and walked back into the room, not bothering to wait for the Batousai, however he was having problems holding the still bound girl still, she seemed to think they were going to do something worse then kill her in that room, shoving her none too gently he pushed her inside the room and closed the door behind them.
There was an audible gasp and the Batousai turned around to see Katsura's slack jawed face, as he looked at the girl
"Kaoru? What are you doing here?"
~()~
Sujakata: hmm, I'd say that was a cliff hanger, what do you think?
Read through by Kami (so blame her if there's spelling and grammar mistakes)
By Sujakata
Sacred Sword
Prologue: Batousai
Bakumatsu 1864 Japan, Kyoto
Sakura Tea House
Kenshin Himura, better known as the Batousai sat in the corner of the rather disgusting, in his opinion, whore house. He was waiting until Katsura Kogorou called for him, in one of the back rooms that served for where the Ishin Shishi held their meetings. A few of the geishas tried to come over and 'give him a good time' but the fifteen year old Hitokiri gave them an intense amber eyes glare and they went quickly to the more accommodating men in the tea house.
Sipping some sake the young teenager looked around the room, trying to see if there was anyone that shouldn't be there, as the Sakura tea house was a notoriously high class whore house in Kyoto and many of the more richer men came here for some fun, there were a few of the Shogunate samurai's scattered about and so that set the young Batousai on edge, he thought that a more discrete meeting place would have been better for the Ishin Shishi, but Katsura said that a place such as this would never cross anyone's mind as housing the important members of the underground clan.
The doors of the Sakura tea house slammed open and all inside turned to look at the new comers, in between them was a struggling, gagged and bound the young women was wearing a black hakama and shirt with a white undershirt, it was very strange indeed to see a women dressed in men's clothing, her hair was tied up into a high pony tail just as the young Hitokiri's was, and she had the most piercing blue eyes he had ever seen. There was an uneasy silence in the tea house and the Batousai saw a few of the men started to whisper.
The girl's eyes darted around the room and realising where she was recoiled in shock, surely they didn't mean to sell her to be a whore? Rage overcame the young woman and she kicked out at the closest man effectively making him fall to the ground, then twisting in the other mans arms she succeeded in making him go off balance, crouching the placing her bound hands onto the floor she swept the unbalanced man's feet from underneath him. The last two men drew their swords and the young girl darted back as they swung at her, however this seemed to be invitation enough for the rest of the male population inside the Sakura tea house to start fighting as well and before the swords of the men who had brought the young woman in could be drawn back for another swing around ten men had surrounded them and the rest had already begun to fight with each other.
The young girl, seeing this as her chance to escape sidestepped the many fighting men and ran for the door, though not quite making it as the man she had hit down first now stood in her way to freedom. Pulling the gag from her mouth the young girl glared.
"get out of my way" she said through gritted teeth, she couldn't defend herself against a sword with her hands tied together, and she sure as hell wasn't going to get any help from the fighting men in the tea house.
The man just sneered, no one hurt his pride and got away with it, no matter how much money he could have gotten for that fire spirit, she was going to die. The man held out his katana and lunged at her, Kaoru would not cringe from death, but nor was she stupid enough to just stand there, twisting to the side she waited for the blade to come past her, but for some reason it didn't. looking back she found a red haired boy, just a little older then herself now standing over the dead body of the man. The girl stood there, breathing heavily and waited for the youth to turn around.
The Batousai couldn't believe what he had just done, for some reason his body had just gone on auto pilot and killed a man, for no reason, ok well he did have a reason, he was protecting the girl from being killed, but never before had he killed out of an assignment, or out of self defence, he had never killed to protect someone else. He could feel the girls eyes on him, and he turned watching as her eyes widened in shock. She uttered the one word she probably shouldn't have
"Batousai" and then she turned and ran into the throng of people fighting. The Batousai stood there for a moment in shock 'how did she know who I was? I have to find out' and so the Batousai raced after her, pushing people out of his way, in the back of his mind he realised that they were headed for the back rooms, and that was where Katsura was, but he continued his chase 'she is fast, but not fast enough' he caught up to her in a leap and flung her against the door and held her there with his sword. The girl stared defiantly up at him, and he noted with some surprise that he was taller then someone.
"who are you?" he demanded, his eyes that intense amber and his face only inches away from hers. She said nothing for a while, as if she was contemplating saying anything at all.
"I wont tell you, so just kill me and get it over with" The Batousai was shocked, not because the girl had defied him, but that she was not afraid of death, as most people were in this era. He was about to say something when the door behind them opened and Iizuka came out of it. The older man smirked at the scene before him.
"come, Himura, and bring the onna" Kenshin turned around to Iizuka and looked at him as if her were crazy, he wanted him to bring some unknown women with him to see the leader of the Ishin Shishi? Iizuka rolled his eyes and walked back into the room, not bothering to wait for the Batousai, however he was having problems holding the still bound girl still, she seemed to think they were going to do something worse then kill her in that room, shoving her none too gently he pushed her inside the room and closed the door behind them.
There was an audible gasp and the Batousai turned around to see Katsura's slack jawed face, as he looked at the girl
"Kaoru? What are you doing here?"
~()~
Sujakata: hmm, I'd say that was a cliff hanger, what do you think?
Read through by Kami (so blame her if there's spelling and grammar mistakes)