Disclaimer: I cannot covet something that is someone else's. Rurouni Kenshin included.
This one is short, but has a lot of sadness in it.
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Kaoru sat with Kenshin in their room, a few days later. "Kenshin, you have to tell Keiko-chan, or else she'll find out the hard way, and it'll be that much more painful!"
"This one knows. But this one doesn't want to see Keiko-ne sad any more than this one has. Keiko-ne is very sensitive to subjects such as these and though she has recovered from Hiko-san's death, hearing about what has happened to this one will break her more than this one could possibly bear to see."
"But Kenshin, she has to know you have a disease that you could die from! It's a high possibility that you'll die in the coming years!"
There was the sound of breaking glass from outside the door and then hurried footsteps. Kenshin opened the door and looked around, seeing no one, then a broken bottle in front of him. "Keiko-ne…"
Kaoru shook him. "Kenshin, what're you waiting for?! Go after her!"
Kenshin ran to Keiko's room and opened the door, only to see it bare except for her futon. A paper fluttered to the ground and he picked it up.
Kenshin-nii, I'm sorry, but I can't stay.
Sayonara.
His eyes widened and he ran to the dojo gates, seeing nothing, yet feeling for her familiar chi. It was getting farther away by the second, and he could tell that she was using the speed of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu to escape. He reached out into the night and cried, "KEIKO-NE!"
Keiko ran to the outskirts of the city, then fell to her knees, sobbing her heart out. Kenshin-nii…why are you going to die?! WHY?! I could barely endure having to lose Seijuro, but now you?! I have to get as far away from here as possible, so they don't find me!
She got up and let her hair down, tying it with a ribbon in a low ponytail. She slipped her kimono off, then pulled on a crimson gi and white hakama. She bound her chest as tightly as possible and slipped Winter Moon into her sash. She stepped into straw sandals and started running again.
I can never go back, after what I've heard. Never.
So Keiko decided to run away because she couldn't bear to see her brother die... I think I would do that, rather to remember someone while living instead of dead.
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