Ok, I do not own any of the Rurouni Kenshin characters, they belong to Sony and Watsuki Nobuhiro, and some other companies, but I do own Nobu Shimawara and Eiji Etsuriko, plus some characters that the reader will meet later in the story. Please review me, and go easy! It's my first try ^_^x. this is the second try, so please don't be angry with me =/.
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History repeats…
By: Undutchable2000
All was quiet out in Kyoto on a chilly December morning in Kenshin Dojo, the silence only broken by the leaves rustling along the grass by the wind. All of a sudden, the leaves are not rustling anymore, and the grass is suddenly crushed by a dark figure that climbed the high wall surrounding the Dojo. The figure is entirely cloaked in the shadows, his presence not sensed by anyone in the Dojo, the figure moves forwards with surprising stealth. Then a light came on in one of the rooms of the Dojo, and the figure stood absolutely still, not twitching a muscle. He saw a shadow move within the building, pacing about restlessly, and then going back to the sleeping position. The figure waited until the lights had dimmed before moving further. Slowly he pushed open the door and quietly made his way around the halls, until he stopped by a door. The figure put an ear to it and hear the soft sound of little girls breathing, he pushed open the door and crept in. When the figure entered the door he crept up to Ayame and Tsutsume quietly and stroked their hair softly, then gently kissed each of them on the forehead. Then the door suddenly opened again and a dark figure with long flowing hair stood defiantly in the doorway.
"What are you doing here?" the figure asked, in a tone not menacing, but more querying.
"Paying a visit to an old friend's daughters" the other figure replied back, softly, so as not to wake the children.
"What are you talking about? Who are you?"
The man in the doorway looked at the figure, but couldn't see his face, nevertheless, he could feel the figures eyes burning on him.
"You'll find out soon enough, Battousai"
The man in the doorway flinched, just a little, at the sound of that name, like old wounds being re-opened.
The figure chuckled, seeing Battousai flinch was more than he had hoped for, but Battousai now started moving towards him, sword in hand, but the figure raised his hand.
"Not in front of them" he said, pointing to the children, still fast asleep. With that the figure moved out of the house silently, followed by Kenshin.
Once they got to the garden at the end of the house the figure stopped and turned to face Kenshin, his face still clouded in darkness.
"I once met this girl while I was out making a living for myself as a contract killer, I was assigned to kill a man named Nobu Shimawara, but his fiancée, Eiji Etsuriko, was with him when I killed him. I couldn't bring myself to kill her, so I fled from Tokyo to Kyoto, taking her with me, and it was there that she had her children, named Ayame and Tsutsume. We put the children on a doorstep and fled again, but after 2 years of running, we were caught. I escaped, but she was killed." Kenshin was now studying this figure carefully, noticing that whenever her spoke about her, his voice was overflowing with emotions, "The last words she said to me were that I had to find her children" the figure said finally.
"So what you're saying is that we have her children?" Kenshin asked
"I heard a stories about two sweet little girls, and that they were living with a powerful swordsman in Kyoto" the figure went into a crouching position, "You must guard them now, Battousai. Men are looking for them, the same men I was affiliated with when I killed Nobu, and they are after them, I will go now, but I will be watching them constantly. Goodbye Battousai" the figure said , then jumped from the crouching position over the wall and ran into the city. But Battousai did notice something about the man before he disappeared out of sight: he wore three rings on each finger.
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History repeats…
By: Undutchable2000
All was quiet out in Kyoto on a chilly December morning in Kenshin Dojo, the silence only broken by the leaves rustling along the grass by the wind. All of a sudden, the leaves are not rustling anymore, and the grass is suddenly crushed by a dark figure that climbed the high wall surrounding the Dojo. The figure is entirely cloaked in the shadows, his presence not sensed by anyone in the Dojo, the figure moves forwards with surprising stealth. Then a light came on in one of the rooms of the Dojo, and the figure stood absolutely still, not twitching a muscle. He saw a shadow move within the building, pacing about restlessly, and then going back to the sleeping position. The figure waited until the lights had dimmed before moving further. Slowly he pushed open the door and quietly made his way around the halls, until he stopped by a door. The figure put an ear to it and hear the soft sound of little girls breathing, he pushed open the door and crept in. When the figure entered the door he crept up to Ayame and Tsutsume quietly and stroked their hair softly, then gently kissed each of them on the forehead. Then the door suddenly opened again and a dark figure with long flowing hair stood defiantly in the doorway.
"What are you doing here?" the figure asked, in a tone not menacing, but more querying.
"Paying a visit to an old friend's daughters" the other figure replied back, softly, so as not to wake the children.
"What are you talking about? Who are you?"
The man in the doorway looked at the figure, but couldn't see his face, nevertheless, he could feel the figures eyes burning on him.
"You'll find out soon enough, Battousai"
The man in the doorway flinched, just a little, at the sound of that name, like old wounds being re-opened.
The figure chuckled, seeing Battousai flinch was more than he had hoped for, but Battousai now started moving towards him, sword in hand, but the figure raised his hand.
"Not in front of them" he said, pointing to the children, still fast asleep. With that the figure moved out of the house silently, followed by Kenshin.
Once they got to the garden at the end of the house the figure stopped and turned to face Kenshin, his face still clouded in darkness.
"I once met this girl while I was out making a living for myself as a contract killer, I was assigned to kill a man named Nobu Shimawara, but his fiancée, Eiji Etsuriko, was with him when I killed him. I couldn't bring myself to kill her, so I fled from Tokyo to Kyoto, taking her with me, and it was there that she had her children, named Ayame and Tsutsume. We put the children on a doorstep and fled again, but after 2 years of running, we were caught. I escaped, but she was killed." Kenshin was now studying this figure carefully, noticing that whenever her spoke about her, his voice was overflowing with emotions, "The last words she said to me were that I had to find her children" the figure said finally.
"So what you're saying is that we have her children?" Kenshin asked
"I heard a stories about two sweet little girls, and that they were living with a powerful swordsman in Kyoto" the figure went into a crouching position, "You must guard them now, Battousai. Men are looking for them, the same men I was affiliated with when I killed Nobu, and they are after them, I will go now, but I will be watching them constantly. Goodbye Battousai" the figure said , then jumped from the crouching position over the wall and ran into the city. But Battousai did notice something about the man before he disappeared out of sight: he wore three rings on each finger.