Trials and Restoration
A Soujiro/Misao Fanfic
Chapter 1: Chance Encounter
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters. If I did, Soujiro would not have disappeared, he'd have gone back to Tokyo with Kenshin and the others. Or at least have had a side piece in the final arc where he met up with them and helped them out with Enishi, and kicked some major ass.
Misao wandered aimlessly through the forest. It had been a month at least since she had left Kyoto, since that night……..
She walked on, ignoring the grumbling of her stomach, even though she hadn't eaten in days. Baka! You should have killed that rabbit, but noooooo, it was sooooooo cute that you couldn't bring yourself to do it! Now look what you get for it! She kept up the mental tirade for several minutes, before realizing that she was not alone in the forest.
Just up ahead, she saw a person sitting against the base of a tree. She approached warily. It was a young man sitting under the tree. He was asleep at the moment, and looked so peaceful she was loath to disturb him. He wore a tattered gi that looked like it had once been blue, but had faded to gray, and a matching formerly blue hakama. On his shoulder, he balanced a sword with a white hilt and matching sheath. She recognized the sword from the description she had been given of it by a rooster-headed friend of hers. "The Kikuichimonji Norimune! Then this must be that guy he told me about- Shishio's right hand man- the one who broke Himura's sakabatou, Tenken no Soujiro." She stared in wide-eyed horror at the person before her, a famed assassin almost as feared by those who knew of him as Battousai the Manslayer.
She started to back up, intending to slowly sneak away. She turned around, and slowly stepped away. She had gotten about three feet when she stepped on a twig. The loud snap made her flinch. She looked back, but he was in the same position. She continued to sneak away, glad that he was such a heavy sleeper, 'Which is kind of strange. I thought he'd wake up instantly at my presence, let alone the twig snapping.' she thought to herself. Just then she heard a metallic click, and felt something cold against her neck. "I could kill you right now if I wanted to, you know." Her eyes widened.
EXTREMELY short, I know, but that's because I wanted to leave it with some suspense. Besides, it's my first Fanfic, and I'm used to writing my books so the transition is a little weird for me atm. Don't worry though, the next chapter will be longer and better, and updated very soon, I promise, or else my sister may kill me….no really, she hates when I'm late lol.