Note: Rurouni Kenshin doesn't belong to me; it belongs to Watsuki Nobuhiro however the Characters Himura Sakurai Shinohara Inoue and Tenjou Chousuke belong to me
Knock, knock, knock, your past is a-knocking at the door, what would you do? Would you open the door, or will you leave your past out in the cold?
"AARGH GOD DAMN IT, WHO THE HELL IS IT THIS TIME?!" Inoue stomped to the door, it was the second time tonight that she was awakened by a night time visitor, (well she didn't mind it the first time because I was at the door, she secretly has a crush on me she just doesn't know it yet.) she twisted the door knob ever so slowly, just then the door swung open and then the next thing that I felt was a man on top of me (I know what you guys are thinking, but I'm not into that kind of Yaoi thing so just leave me alone) all of a sudden the guy started talking, it was a familiar voice, I smirked as I pushed the bastard off me.
"So Himura, you thought you could sneak out of prison without me THE GREAT TENJOU CHOSUKE finding out Huh!" said the man as he picked himself up off the floor. I looked at him and laughed, after all it had been six months since I had seen the fool.
"Ha-Ha, since when were you Chousuke-sama, before I left I remember calling you Chou-chan" I stood up to shake his hand; he looked a little bit different, like a changed man. He was far from the "Chou-chan" that I knew. He looked taller and his face filled out a bit. His muscles had formed out quite a bit, he was stronger. I didn't even have time to finish my thoughts because I had felt an evil intent to kill in the room.
"Um, Chou, I think you should… well" I started to sweat like crazy and I felt the color leave my face. Chou however didn't understand why I was tweaking out.
"Himura, you look like you had just seen a ghost, that or Inoue naked, remember that one time-"he couldn't complete his sentence because Inoue had already taken him by his hair.
" I tried to warn you, you and I both know not to bother Inoue when she's sleeping, that's like having the Anti-Christ come to your house asking you for two cups of sugar, it doesn't happen" I looked on as Inoue put the pain on Chou.
"Who told you that I allowed, Visitors at this time of night?" asked Inoue with fire in her eyes, I think that Chou had soaked his pants because he couldn't even get a sentence out of his mouth.
"I-I Ju-Just had seen Hi-Himura's Bike and I wa-wanted to say Hiiiii Bwaah" Chousuke actually started to cry like a little baby, Inoue was the only human who scared our group of friends. She really was the mother figure to us all. She loved us and at the same time she was really really cruel and evil to us.
"Damn it Chou, couldn't it wait for tomorrow, he just got back and he needs to get his rest. Don't you understand that the cops are still after him you know?" Said Inoue and I nodded, I really didn't know what I was going to do, I know the cops were going to come find me, and when they did I wanted to go at them alone, I wanted no one else to get involved with my struggle.
"Guys, I'm going out, don't you follow me. I'm just going to the store, ill pick up some of that chocolate pocky that you like Inoue" I said as I put on my leather Jacket and made my way to the door. Inoue blocked my path with her body. She had a worried look on her face.
" I am not going to let you leave, our "family" just reunited with one of its missing members and I'm not going to let one of its Member's walk off to his death you hear me right" Inoue always knew, she always knew about what I had in mind, when ever I wanted to fight she was the only person who could either calm my anger or hold me back. She only wanted what was good for us, and I couldn't blame her for feeling the way she felt, the Yakuza took her family when she was younger.
We are the only family that she has, the only link to the past that she has left.
"Please Sakurai, don't leave, your going to die if you do" she looked at me with her soft eyes. She's been through a lot and I wanted to ease her suffering, but not tonight. I had to do this, no matter what the cost.
"I'm sorry Inoue; I have to break up this family once more. I promise however, that I'll be back tomorrow when you wake up ok" I walked towards the door pushing Inoue aside. I looked back at Chou who was looking down at the floor.
"Is this it Himura, are you just going to throw us away that easy. How can you walk out on your friends like this, haven't we been through enough pain with you? How is Inoue going to take it if you don't come back, DON'T JUST STAND THERE, ANSWER ME YOU BASTARD!" said Chou who by now was in my face gripping my shirt and baring his teeth at me
" I have one thing to say to you Chou, protect her for me alright" I walked out the door, I had nothing else to say to them, I wasn't ready to let them put them selves in harms way for me. I jumped on to my bike and rode away into the night. The smell of fuel filled the air.
Inside the house, Inoue sinks to the floor, feeling helpless she begins to weep.
"I wasn't able to stop him, I wasn't able to prevent every thing, and now he is going to…" Inoue hugged her knees; Chou stood next to her and placed his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
"Don't think that way, its going to be like he said. He's coming back to you tomorrow, and then he won't ever leave here with out you…and for that matter me" Chou bowed his head and said a little prayer for them.
Meanwhile, in the city knowing that the cops would be doing their evening rounds I stood in the center of town. The cops had pushed for my arrest with a fervid passion, doing this was suicide, hell it was more than that, but I didn't care, I didn't care one bit. If I could take out one squad id be fine with just that, a victory is a victory. Besides I knew full well what could happen if I was to fail. Failure wasn't an option at this point. I had to come out on top; I had to make sure the Yakuza knew that they messed with the wrong family. Just as I finished my thoughts a multitude of cops rushed to the center of town and pointed their batons at me.
"You There, are you that fugitive Himura Sakurai." Asked the captain, I calmly lit a cigarette and puffed the smoke into the air. I placed my hands behind my head and said
"That I am, I'm the fugitive you seek, what you want" the cop looked at me with hate in his eyes.
"I want your head, ill Kill you!" the captain and his men rushed at me and surrounded me, there was about 10 men ready to kill me.
"Get ready Sakurai, you will die today" said the Captain who went in for the first attack he rushed in with his baton at the ready. He lifted it over his head, he was ready to strike.
"DIE, you brat, ill splatter your brains all over the side walk" he brought the baton down but I side stepped him and hit him in the ribs with god like speed and strength. He spat up blood as his ribs cracked, this was my fighting style. Sure I used the Kamiya-Kasshin style when I had a sword in my hand, but when I was using hand to hand combat I used my street fighting skills, they worked wonders.
As their captain fell down, the rest of the squad came barreling in with their weapons at the ready, I blocked most of the strikes but they got some good hits in as well. One man tried to slam me with his baton from behind; I spun around and kicked him in the head. As this happened another man tried to grab me by the neck, ducked and slammed him into a wall. When the dust cleared I was the only man standing (if you could call it that,) I looked at the bodies that had littered the city, this would come back to haunt me, next time they would use guns.
" Before I go, I think I'm going to use these bodies for one last thing, they aren't going to be able to get up for a few days anyway" I said as I moved the bodies in position and then rode away back to Inoue's
When I got back the sun was coming up, the last thing I remember was hearing Inoue Scream my name as I collapsed from my wounds.
Meanwhile, in the center of town, the local Yakuza started their morning rounds; they saw the gift that Sakurai had left them.
"He's back eh, now things are going to get interesting around here." Said the Yakuza boss, looking at Sakurai's gift
"He either is really stupid or he has a lot of guts, writing the Kanji for his name using the knocked out bodies of the police force" Said the Yakuza who looked out at the Police force that littered the streets.
"Himura Sakurai eh, maybe this kid wasn't a push over after all, "he" will be pleased" said the Yakuza taking a picture of the Kanji.
who's "he" and why is Sakurai so bent on destroying Japan's Yakuza system, one can only wonder what the true motive in the shadows is.
I hoped you like Chapter two of Sakurai's Bakumatsu, Review and stay tuned for the next one