about an hour later, Kenshin went to talk with amaya about his proposal. amaya at first disagreed but then started to see how he saw it. also if they didn't no one would and agreed to his plan. Haru was slightly confused
"how could crime ever be justified?" haru asked
fuyuko thought carefully about what would be the best response. "I guess it comes down to what is the greater sin. breaking a few rules or standing back while suffering continues when you could do something about it. sadly things are not always black and white there are also a lot of grays."
"In other words doing it out of selflessness not selfishness."
"as long as it doesn't get to the point of taking a life, but didn't your dad used to say something along the lines of sometimes things are better off being stolen?"
"that is true in some cases when dealing with hoarding and animal abuse."
Amaya and Kinshin learned from each other over a couple of days. it seemed like the heavens were smiling in favor of the two they found a couple abandoned crates in the woods. they contained one long leather trench coat, one velvet black hooded cloak,two pairs of boots and two leather messenger bags. Amaya put a shield on the bag just to be safe so that what ever curses might be on smaller pieces or medium sized sculptures wouldn't be able to effect them on the trip back or to the next location. when they got back to their camp two black mark less horses were waiting for them. They had not been shoed so they could only guess they didn't belong to anyone. it was a good thing they weren't shoed cause it would have created more noise.
that night was their first strike, they came in to town around 1;00 at night took separate parts of town. she took care of the temples he took care of the aristocrat homes. once back camp they stashed away the pieces they had managed to grab they knew the area most likely be paroled in the morning due to their strike. also they wanted to have as little contact with the pieces as possible until they could figure out how to best destroy them without letting the powers loose. the routine continued a couple weeks. Kinshin always had a crush on Amaya he confessed to her. she blushed and smiled at him she knew she her self had been falling for him. however, she was just about the only girl he knew. she would want him to look at other options before tieing him self down to her. (in those days 14 was marrying age) she told him she was flattered but she would feel better if he got to know a few more ladies before buckling down with her. Kenshin was a bit depressed both of them were supposed to go after The Black Wings tonight. the piece was supposed to be unfinished which would mean it was the best time to take it. before any magic would really affect cause it was unfinished either Amaya's father or and brother might be close by. that meant this would have to be a joined effort in order to garentine a success. as usual routine the two tried to get some sleep before the nights strike. however, Kenshin couldn't sleep he was too depressed and lost focus. he got up and rode off after the piece on his own. fuyuko and Haru fallowed the rider,right to a large mansion.
Kinshin dismounted and snuck into the mansion. already in the lobby was Amaya's younger brother now 13 with the same empty look in the eyes their father had. was now the middle some some kind of complicated incantation thought he was alone with the piece.
"you've been causing allot of trouble haven't you?" the young artist heard from the halls.
he pushed it out of his mind he had to stay focused if he was distracted who knows what would happen. Kinshin moved out of the shadows. seeing just one the artist panicked there were supposed to be TWO thieves targeting him and his father. he turned away from the work one second then the painting glowed before they could do anything the glow was so bright it filled the whole room in a blinding light.
"BLAST! NOW YOUVE DONE IT!"
"HIKARI WHAT IN HELL DID YOU DO?"
the two were arguing so much they didn't even hear the two other voices in the room screaming from pain. the voices disappeared, the light cleared and both teens were unconscious.
(this is it for tonight please review)
