AN: This will take place pretty much just after Testu joins the Shinsengumi, a lot of tradgedy will be in this story so I apologize in advance if any gets upset.
I highly recommend that you listen to the song called 'The Idol of Time and Space while reading this fanfic, it is what has inspired me to write this.


The woman's voice was so soothing, the hums ringing through the little girls ears, calming, ever so calming, like a never ending lullaby that the gods sung to get their children into slumber. She would always fall asleep to her mothers' humming, that was what she was accustomed to.

Her mother's silk kimono was something the little girls eyes could never forget, you see it was a radiant purple with numerous flower patterns sewn into it with silver weaving to make it shine ever so brightly, it even shined over her odd coloured hair that made her not able to stray too far from their small cottage as the villagers would grow weary at the sight. But it did not bother her mother, not one bit. She was happy to stay in the cottage and hum her daughter to sleep every night as she waited for her medicine peddling husband to come home.

He was as tall and as handsome as they came in that era, long black hair, striking dark blue eyes, and such a masculine body hidden away in a lazily tied black yukata. He always came home with a smile on his face at the sight of his wife humming their daughter to sleep.

The little girl grew in time, her chocolate brown hair growing almost as long as her father's, and sometimes she even got to wear her mother's favourite purple kimono she loved so much as a child. Her striking blue eyes showing that she was indeed proudly half Japanese.

Most of the time she would wake up early with her father to spar with him; she wanted to protect her frail mother so she wanted her father to teach her the way of the sword. He was happy to see her progress so fast, faster than he did when he was a child, that soon enough he gave her her own katana with its own purple scabbard and the blade as sharp as blades get,

"Now Kaine-" He began, "You must not use this to shamelessly kill others, you must use this to protect and nothing else. Do you understand me?" The girl nodded with a serious look on her face,

"Yes father, I understand." He gave her a grim smile and pulled her into a tight hug,

"I must leave now. We are to begin a faction that shall protect Japan from rebels, which means it's all up to you to protect your mother." She nodded into his chest in understanding, yet she wished he wouldn't go just yet.

As he pulled away he places his hands on the girl's shoulders, "I love you Kaine, and your mother."

"I love you too father."

"KAINE RUN"

"NO MOTHER!"

"IF YOU DON'T RUN NOW THEY WILL KILL YOU"

There was a clash and a gagging sound before the sound of flames began to engulf the cottage, the girl screaming as she watched her mother fall to the ground in her own pool of blood. As she looked up she saw a man in the shadows, a bloodied katana in his left hand and a sickening smirk on his face. She screamed as he took a step forward, stepping on her mothers dead body. The last thing she heard before she ran away was the word 'tainted' and she didn't dare look back as the cottage collapsed in flames.


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