SPIRIT OF LIFE
PROLOGUE.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, but how I wish N.Watsuki could give Kenshin to me....STOP DREAMING! Suzume no baka....WARNING! Tomoe's fans, this won't be nice for Tomoe....but if you wanna read, no problem! The more, the better....! Enjoy, my 1st fic'!
The 2 months end-of-year holidays (that's school holidays in Malaysia, but just think that this is happening in Japan, ok? Here in Malaysia they don't even call it high school. Yeah, I know, I'll stop the blabbering & get on with the story.) had just begun. A flaming-red haired teenager with his long hair tied up in a ponytail was walking along the bright streets of Tokyo alone.
"Tomoe-chan, where are you?" Himura Kenshin wondered aloud (but unheard in the busy streets of Tokyo, of course!). He had been wondering why his girlfriend Yukishiro Tomoe had stranded him, now that the holidays had started. He had been planning of dating with Tomoe now that they were free, but why had she been leaving him alone? Every evening, she would leave saying "Ken-sama, I've important business, bye" & all these same lines were getting more & more expressionless every single day.
Kenshin had been alone almost all his life, until he had met Tomoe in high school. She was like an angel to him, keeping him company every single minute, but now?
"Yukishiro, you're beginning to be a little devil."
Kenshin kept on walking alone..........until he reached an alley.
"rrrrrr.......MEO...............WWWWW!!!!!" "(hiss-hiss) RIOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!" A pair of alley cats was fighting like mad. After seeing the cats, suddenly.....
"Oh gosh, I'm having a hunch; let's hope nothing will go wrong." And Kenshin continued his lonely walk down the alley.
Yukishiro Tomoe, a very cute and popular girl in high school, and girlfriend of the most popular guy in school, Himura Kenshin, was beginning to think that 'Ken-sama' was getting a little boring these days.
"NO DATES! NO ROMANTIC MOMENTS AT ALL! WHAT KIND OF GUY IS HE?" thought Tomoe, not knowing that he actually had plans up his sleeves. "At least I have Hikaru-san now." Looking at her watch (9.31pm), "Where is Hikaru-san?" when a guy came running and panting towards her.
"Gomen ne, To-chan, I'm late for our date...." said Hikaru (just a guy I made up, he's only in this chappie).
"NANI?! Are you out of your mind? You asked me to wait in this dark alley, and now you are calling this a DATE?" said Tomoe, who was half-screaming.
But Hikaru's arms went around her waist, which stopped her from attracting attention from outside the alley. "Shh, shh, you'll 'invite' people here....." he said in such a tender voice, barely whispering.
"But Hikaru-san —"
Tomoe stopped her speech after she turned around to face her guy. She looked deep into his orbs, that were full of tenderness, and love....
"Stop the –san. Call me Hikaru. Just Hikaru."
"Hikaru......." Then she felt something she had never felt before; lips brushed against hers, & Tomoe felt herself blushing strongly. Hikaru, what are you doing?
"Aishiteru, Tomoe...." whispered Hikaru, and he pressed his lips on Tomoe's. Oh gosh, Tomoe was damn charmed! Oh Kami-sama, am I in heaven? Why this has never come from Himura before? Why am I falling for Hikaru? Hikaru.....
Somewhere in the alley, Kenshin was still walking alone. Nothing to think of, mind so blank, his dark past came flooding again......Ah forget it! Now's present, stop thinking of the past, Battousai! No, I mean Himura!! STOP!!!! Then, soft sounds of "Ahh" & "Ohh" stop his thoughts. What was that? He took all his courage and went on to find out.
When Kenshin reached a dead end at the alley, his hunch turned out to be true. After all his sufferings, after he found the person he thought was an angel, in front of him stood Tomoe & Hikaru, still deep in their 'love-making'.His usually purple eyes transformed to a glimmering a gold-amber colour.
PAK! Tomoe awakened from her 'date'. "Hikaru, what was that slap for?" she murmured irritatingly. But when she looked up, she saw a terrified Hikaru.
"Hey what's wrong Hikaru-" When she turned back to see what had made Hikaru scared, what she saw was a pair of amber eyes, full of anger, hatred.... "Kenshin!" So he was the one who slapped her!
"YUKISHIRO TOMOE, HOW DARE YOU BETRAY ME?!" shouted Kenshin, whose heart was galloping of anger, eyes shining pure gold. Tomoe was terrified, and she hid behind the MORE terrified Hikaru. Who's this scary dude? thought Hikaru.
"H-hey y-you, d-d-don't you g-go s-sc-c-aring m-my T-t-tomoe," said Hikaru with all his bravery(which had became 0! x)
"WHAT?! THAT TOMOE'S YOURS?! YUKISHIRO, EXPLAIN NOW!" shouted Kenshin, who felt like he could tear up to pieces.
Tomoe had had enough of this. "Yeah, so what, HIMURA? Huh? When I accepted your love, I refused all the much better offers of other guys in school, all for YOU. Yet, you are sooo boring, you only caress me with words, and all that matters to you was your studies! I want MORE, & you are LESS, so now that the holidays had started, I'm free! I can look for someone better than YOU! Someone like HIKARU!" exclaimed the now angry Tomoe. Kenshin's eyes were still amber, but Hikaru was beginning to be angry too. Things began to make sense to him....
"YOU WERE MY GIRLFRIEND! BEFORE THIS, I'D PLANNED MANY THINGS FOR US TO DO DURING THIS HOLIDAY! DATES, DINNER, FLOWERS, TRIPS, EVERYTHING! IT WAS MEANT TO BE A SURPRISE FOR YOU, BUT NOW YOU GO DISAPPEARING EVERYDAY, AND WHAT? YOU BETRAYED ME, YOU GOT ANOTHER GUY!!" Kenshin finally spitted, amber eyes now in narrow slits. Tomoe was nearly in tears.
"Mou ii!(That's enough!)" Hikaru joined the argument. "So, Yukishiro Tomoe, you LIAR, you told me you had no other guys with you, but who's this? Your boyfriend? Yeah, you know what? WE SEPARATE HERE. Dude, (Kenshin) take this liar with you if you like." With that, he walked out of the alley. Now Tomoe was really in tears.
"Kenshin," whispered Tomoe to Kenshin, whose eyes were still amber.
"Yukishiro Tomoe, you child of a bih, how dare you call me by my first name? On this very minute, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER. Don't let me see your face ever again," said Kenshin with a voice that was full of hatred, anger and sadness. He turned his back and started walking away, when Tomoe replied.
"So, Himura, you think you are so great, huh?" she said in a seething, malicious voice. "Mark my words, Himura Kenshin, MARK MY WORDS, I SHALL RETURN FOR REVENGE."
"So what do I care? As if you could. Now it's your choice. Go after your new guy or see whether I'm more important," said Kenshin, barely a whisper. And he started to leave the alley. He was going to cry, but he controlled the tears from falling.
OK, Tomoe was mad. She was left in a situation to choose between 2 stupid choices (at least it was stupid to her). But she was madder at Kenshin, who went away from her, and also made Hikaru go away.
In the end, she decided to go after Hikaru (in her view Hikaru was better, right?). Before that, her last words: "Mark my words, Himura, I shall return."
AN: Readers, I know this is short, but this is only a prologue! Chap.1 will be up very soon,but PLEASE review this prologue, ok? Make the Sparrow happy! Ja!
NEXT CHAPTER: What will Kenshin do in his despair? After that, he meets up with a drunk girl in a bar, but can that girl change his future?