Chapter 1, departure
"Are you sure you want to leave to a different dojo?" Kaoru asked a worried look on her face. Misao closed her bag. Kaoru grabbed Misao's pillow handing it to her, Kaoru hated to see Misao leave like this, not when she was so good. She could've competed in the new championship of fighters that the town was going to start.
"Its just for about a month, remember. I might even come back earlier." Misao seemed kind of happy, but at the same time there was a far and distant look in her eyes as she looked out on the porch, Kenshin was sitting there drinking his tea. He had decided to rest a bit after a big ordeal with Kaoru screaming in his face.
"Come back soon Misao, if you don't I'll have a fit." Kaoru had a trace of a glint in her eyes, they embraced and then Misao turned quickly for the journey ahead of her.
She turned her head to wave to Kenshin, the others were out. She decided not to tell them, mainly because Megumi would have to kill her. So she looked around nerviosly into the shop windows, restaurants, food stores, and action weapons. No sight of them yet, so Misoa quickened her pace, soon to break into a run. Soon she crossed the city border into fields and fields of crops. She walked straight across them, the path brown and little bugs scuttling across it.
The sky shone not one cloud in sight, so Misao didn't feel troubled at all. Until the sun began to beat down on her neck. She grabbed out a piece of bread and began to eat. Everyonce and awhile finding a nice tree to sit under. "I wish that the walk was shorter. Not until dark fall will I find the city, and the dojo." She began to feel her legs aching by the time the sun started to set, she found a nice tree and sat down for her dinner. Bread, and water. She watched the sunset, reds, pinks, and purples swirled together. As if they were dancing in a circle, the sun went down just behind some hills. "Hills." Misao said to herself. "Over those hills is the dojo!" she got up and felt a surge through her legs, trees sheltered her in rows and she regained her normal self.
The hills were not very rounded. They were like ovals rolling over eachother, and everyonce in a while a loose root will set Misao back a few feet. And then she reached the top, the dojo was right below her. Darkness had crept upon her in the meantime and the stars were bright, she decided to wait alittle while longer. Thinking about the people that were expecting her. That she didn't even know. She lay down on the top of the hill and she looked up at the sky, every star seemed to try and twinkle brighter than the other. She yawned. She the most rest she had had was twenty minutes in a continues block. The rest was probably about five minutes. Misao began to take out her pillow she buried her face in it, breathing in the sweet fragrence of the old dojo. But they had said they needed somebody here. Something about attackers at the village.
"Are you the girl who came to help us." it was alittle girl, her big brown eyes were innocently looking at Misao. Brown pigtails down low and short, she was wearing a blue kimono.
"Why yes I am, my names Misao. And who are you?" Misao felt a smile creep onto her lips. She decided that this place wouldn't be to bad. So she got up and dusted off her bottom grabbing her stuff and walking carefully down the hill, helping the little girl along.
"I'm Kimi and my mom's dead, now Ruri takes care of me. My dad is also dead. Some people killed them, we still don't know who they are." the girl sounded very bright.
"Hello, I see you've met Kimi." Kimi ran to a women with dark purple hair and bright blue eyes. "I'm Nori." Come in, make yourself at home. Sleep for tonight, Ruri is out patroling the grounds. And Kiyoshi is sleeping. But the only other awake is another resident here named, Miki. Hes alittle to adventuress for his own good. Hes by Kiyoshi's friend.
Misao stepped inside the dojo. It was just like home. "You'll be sleeping here." Nori slid open a door to a wonderful room. So Misao flopped onto her bed and lay her pillow out moving the other aside. She looked behind Nori and saw a injured man, who she guessed was Miki.
"Oh, he got alittle curios one day and went to see what was going on. He was strocked across the chest with a reverse blade sword." Nori shook her head. Misao pictured the crimson blood specking everything. A man falling back with a petrified scream to join in with everyone elses. She shook her head. "Runi will be back in the morning." Nori left and closed the door. Misao spread across her bed.
'This isn't to bad.' she thought inside her head. 'Just like home, and anyway I still get lots of adventure. With all these killings and stuff, and out of all things that cut across Miki's chest was a reverse blade sword. How strange.' and slowly Misao drifted off into a wonderful sleep.
"Are you sure you want to leave to a different dojo?" Kaoru asked a worried look on her face. Misao closed her bag. Kaoru grabbed Misao's pillow handing it to her, Kaoru hated to see Misao leave like this, not when she was so good. She could've competed in the new championship of fighters that the town was going to start.
"Its just for about a month, remember. I might even come back earlier." Misao seemed kind of happy, but at the same time there was a far and distant look in her eyes as she looked out on the porch, Kenshin was sitting there drinking his tea. He had decided to rest a bit after a big ordeal with Kaoru screaming in his face.
"Come back soon Misao, if you don't I'll have a fit." Kaoru had a trace of a glint in her eyes, they embraced and then Misao turned quickly for the journey ahead of her.
She turned her head to wave to Kenshin, the others were out. She decided not to tell them, mainly because Megumi would have to kill her. So she looked around nerviosly into the shop windows, restaurants, food stores, and action weapons. No sight of them yet, so Misoa quickened her pace, soon to break into a run. Soon she crossed the city border into fields and fields of crops. She walked straight across them, the path brown and little bugs scuttling across it.
The sky shone not one cloud in sight, so Misao didn't feel troubled at all. Until the sun began to beat down on her neck. She grabbed out a piece of bread and began to eat. Everyonce and awhile finding a nice tree to sit under. "I wish that the walk was shorter. Not until dark fall will I find the city, and the dojo." She began to feel her legs aching by the time the sun started to set, she found a nice tree and sat down for her dinner. Bread, and water. She watched the sunset, reds, pinks, and purples swirled together. As if they were dancing in a circle, the sun went down just behind some hills. "Hills." Misao said to herself. "Over those hills is the dojo!" she got up and felt a surge through her legs, trees sheltered her in rows and she regained her normal self.
The hills were not very rounded. They were like ovals rolling over eachother, and everyonce in a while a loose root will set Misao back a few feet. And then she reached the top, the dojo was right below her. Darkness had crept upon her in the meantime and the stars were bright, she decided to wait alittle while longer. Thinking about the people that were expecting her. That she didn't even know. She lay down on the top of the hill and she looked up at the sky, every star seemed to try and twinkle brighter than the other. She yawned. She the most rest she had had was twenty minutes in a continues block. The rest was probably about five minutes. Misao began to take out her pillow she buried her face in it, breathing in the sweet fragrence of the old dojo. But they had said they needed somebody here. Something about attackers at the village.
"Are you the girl who came to help us." it was alittle girl, her big brown eyes were innocently looking at Misao. Brown pigtails down low and short, she was wearing a blue kimono.
"Why yes I am, my names Misao. And who are you?" Misao felt a smile creep onto her lips. She decided that this place wouldn't be to bad. So she got up and dusted off her bottom grabbing her stuff and walking carefully down the hill, helping the little girl along.
"I'm Kimi and my mom's dead, now Ruri takes care of me. My dad is also dead. Some people killed them, we still don't know who they are." the girl sounded very bright.
"Hello, I see you've met Kimi." Kimi ran to a women with dark purple hair and bright blue eyes. "I'm Nori." Come in, make yourself at home. Sleep for tonight, Ruri is out patroling the grounds. And Kiyoshi is sleeping. But the only other awake is another resident here named, Miki. Hes alittle to adventuress for his own good. Hes by Kiyoshi's friend.
Misao stepped inside the dojo. It was just like home. "You'll be sleeping here." Nori slid open a door to a wonderful room. So Misao flopped onto her bed and lay her pillow out moving the other aside. She looked behind Nori and saw a injured man, who she guessed was Miki.
"Oh, he got alittle curios one day and went to see what was going on. He was strocked across the chest with a reverse blade sword." Nori shook her head. Misao pictured the crimson blood specking everything. A man falling back with a petrified scream to join in with everyone elses. She shook her head. "Runi will be back in the morning." Nori left and closed the door. Misao spread across her bed.
'This isn't to bad.' she thought inside her head. 'Just like home, and anyway I still get lots of adventure. With all these killings and stuff, and out of all things that cut across Miki's chest was a reverse blade sword. How strange.' and slowly Misao drifted off into a wonderful sleep.