Life of a Rurouni
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the rurouni kenshin characters…we all very well know who
does…soo….Happy Reading!!!
Now… on with the story…
Getting ready
"Ah, Momiji. Tadaima! Did you deliver the letter?" Kage asked as the girl let herself fall
to the bed.
"Hai. I delivered it to the boy and the girl as you asked." Momiji propped herself up on
her elbows.
"I see. Good then. You had better get some rest. The day after tomorrow is going to be a
little hectic." He said as he made his way to the door.
"Ano..." Momiji said as she stood up once again on her very tired feet.
"Aa. Is there something you want to ask?" Kage turned around to face the girl.
"Hai. Not really. But..." She cut herself off as she stared at her feet.
"Maa maa. Sit down and we will talk about it." Kage gestured for her to sit down on her
bed as he sat down beside her.
"Ano. Its just that. Tonight, when you asked me to play this girl's sister, there was
this boy with her like you expected." She paused for a while not knowing what to say.
"Aa. Go on." Kage was starting to worry. 'Does she remember?'
"Well, He kept calling me Yuka-chan, and some part of me responded to the name. As if it
really is mine. Who am I?" Momiji asked as she looked up.
"You are Momiji. My right hand person. You hit your head during practice one day and lost
your memory." He said. 'At least half of it is true.'
"Then why? Why am I..." She was cut off by Kage saying it was time for her to rest. That
the reason she felt this way was because she was tired.
Kage stood up and motioned for her to go to bed. He walked towards the door. As he opened
the door, He blew out the candle which had lit the room. Slowly, he shut the room's door
behind him as he walked down one of the many halls in his estate.
'Then why do I have these dreams every night? Why do I feel that I could be related to
the girl in some way? Why do I feel like I did know the boy?' Momiji thought to herself as
he stared at the door which was open just a while ago.
She slowly moved under the blankets to fall into the world of dreams. Little did she know
that the things she called dreams were actually memories.
~*~*~*~
Soujirou woke up with a start. He had another bad dream again. But, he brushed it aside
when he noticed that Kaede was gone and the futon was folded up nicely and placed by the
table.
'Maa, she could have just gone back to her room.' Soujirou tried to go back to sleep.
Unfortunately, he couldn't as something was tugging at his mind. There was something he
needed to do. He just couldn't figure out or remember what.
'Ahhh...It's so frustrating when something like that happens.' He looked up and brushed a
hand through his hair. He noticed that there was a piece of paper on the table.
'Soka!' He stood up and walked towards the table where he kneeled down. He picked up the
note and read it. On it, there was only an address, time and date.
'I suppose that they expect us there.' Soujirou folded the piece of paper and walked
towards the window.
He opened it to let a little morning breeze in, even though it still held that rotten
smell it had when he had first set foot in this town. Soujirou needed something, anything,
to prove that this was not all just a bad dream. That maybe he was still leading the life
of an assassin with Shishio-san.
"Ohayo Seta-kun." Soujirou was pulled back to reality as he heard a girl's voice.
"Aa. Ohayo Kaede-chan." Soujirou turned around to face the young girl.
"Ano...Seta-kun. About last night..." Kaede stopped in mid-sentence as she placed the
tray on the floor between Soujirou and her.
"Daijoubu. Eveything is going to be okay. I promised you that I will help you get your
sister back and I will." Soujirou assured Kaede.
"I know. It's just that. After yesterday night. I think that my sister would prefer it
there, and maybe I..." Kaede said as she lowered he head.
"Chigau! You can't give up. Not now when Yuka-chan needs you most." Soujirou knew how she
felt. After seeing your loved one like that, how could you not give in.
"Wakatta. Demo..."
"You still have doubts?" Soujirou said.
"Hai, just a little." Kaede said as she lifted up her head to face Soujirou.
"I'll help you through them like I promised, ne." Soujirou said as he smiled at her.
"Hm! Arigatou gozaimasu! Seta-kun." Tears were sliding down her cheeks. Soujirou could
not tell if she was happy or sad.
Kaede stood up wiping her tears away with the back of her hand. She was going to walk out
when she turned around.
"Ano, Seta-kun. You really should learn how to express yourself more freely." She then
turned to walk out of the room.
"Huh?" All the young boy could do was sit there and stared at the entrance as he wondered
what Kaede meant.
~*~*~*~
Kaede giggled as she walked down the hallway. The image of a very confused Soujirou in
mind.
"MAYUMI!!" The voice of her boss pulled her back into reality.
"H Hai!" Kaede hastened her pace.
"MAYUMI!"
"Aa. Matte." Kaede said as she hurried down the stairs.
"What took you so long." The tubby man asked.
"I was serving a customer upstairs." Kaede said.
"Is it that boy again? Why are you always serving him all the time? When the others want
to, you step in to take his orders or bring him drinks." The man said knitting his eyebrows.
"It's none of your business." Kaede said.
"Fine! Now get back to work." The man turned around to walk away.
"That is what I want to talk to you about." Kaede drew her courage for his shouting.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Well, I want to ask you if I can get a week off or something. Could I?" Kaede said with
pleading eyes.
"What?! A week off?" He paused awhile to think.
"But..."
"Alright. But you will have to work extra hard after that one week. Plus, if you are late
one more time after that, I'm cutting your pay." With that, the porky man turned around
and waddled down the hallway.
'Phew. What did he mean? I was only late three times because I was tired. Maa. At least
I got a week off to look for Yuka.' Kaede hummed a tune as she went back up to tell
Soujirou about her break.
~*~*~*~
"Momiji! Wake up! It's time for breakfast."
"Another five minutes please." She couldn't help but say.
Suddenly, a strong ray of sunlight shone on her face.
'Someone must have opened the curtains again.' Momiji cursed under her breathe as she sat
upright on her bed.
"Ah. You are finally awake. Eat your breakfast then take a bathe and change before you go
for your training." A boy not much older then herself said as he made his way to the door.
He paused in his footsteps as he felt a pillow connect with his head.
"What did you do that for!" He said as he turned around.
"That's for waking me up, Yuji" Momiji stuck her tongue out at him.
"I only did what my father asked me to." He said as he reached for the pillow on the
floor.
Yuji was Kage's son. His wife had passed away when Yuji was born.
Suddenly, knocking could be heard from the door.
"Momiji, have you seen..." His eyes literally popped.
Momiji was on the ground with Yuji on top of her hitting her again and again with a
pillow in his hands. When Yuji realized that his father was at the door. He stared at his
father. Pillow still in his hand which was raised above his head. He stayed like that for
awhile. Suddenly, he brought down the pillow once last time and hit Momiji hard in the face.
"Itai!" Momiji said rubbing her nose.
"Aa, otosan. Gomenasai, I was caught up in something." Yuji stood up from where he was
and walked towards his father.
"Yare yare." Kage said as he smacked his forehead with his palm. "Anyway, go down and
start training. Your trainers told me you were late again."
At this, Momiji lifted her pillow and was about to hit Yuji once again when...
"Momiji! What do you think you are doing?" Kage said.
Yuji turned around to find Momiji behind him with a pillow raised above her head.
* whack *
"What was that for!?" Yuji said rubbing his head.
"For hitting me the last time." Momiji said sticking out her tongue at him.
"That's it. Yuji, go down and train now. Momiji, eat your breakfast and take a bathe. As
soon as your are done, go join your trainer down in the field." Kage said as he turned
around and walked out of the door.
Yuji followed slowly behind his father. Momiji took one deep breathe and started gobbling
down her breakfast.
~*~*~*~
It was the day now. It was finally time to go meet their enemy. Soujirou stared at the
stars which shone so brightly in night sky. He knew this would be the last time he would
see them if he failed to protect both Yuka and Kaede. It was either he would be killed or
recruited into the Kage ryu.
'I would rather die.' He thought to himself as the thought of joining them crossed his
mind.
"Seta-kun? Daijoubu?" Kaede whispered to him as they walked towards the town's entrance.
According to the letter, they said that the town guards would guide him to the place from
which they would meet a guide.
"Hai." Soujirou managed to relpy between his thoughts.
'Kaede-chan has improved a lot. In three days, she has almost mastered the shukuchi.'
Soujirou thought as he remembered how long it took him.
'My arm too has not healed fully from the training. I wonder if it will hold up long
enough for me to fight.' Soujirou thought as he continued walking.
"Ne, Seta-kun. Everything is going to be alright. You don't have to plan so much.
Basically, all we do is meet them, beat them up and then rescue my sister and get away.
Right?" Kaede was trying all she could to try and make Soujirou lighten up. Unfortunately,
all her efforts were going to waste.
"Hai. That is mainly what we are suppose to do." Soujirou lowered his voice as the
entrance came into view.
"Well..." Kaede was soon cut off.
"Shhh..." Soujirou pulled her to a space between two houses.
"Are you ready?" He said as he checked himself to make sure that he has everything he
needed.
"Hai!" Kaede said.
"Well, Let's go." Soujirou said as both of them walked towards the guards.
~*@*~
Well, I'll stop there for now. Pls r&r and let me know what you think of this story so far.
Arigatou!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the rurouni kenshin characters…we all very well know who
does…soo….Happy Reading!!!
Now… on with the story…
Getting ready
"Ah, Momiji. Tadaima! Did you deliver the letter?" Kage asked as the girl let herself fall
to the bed.
"Hai. I delivered it to the boy and the girl as you asked." Momiji propped herself up on
her elbows.
"I see. Good then. You had better get some rest. The day after tomorrow is going to be a
little hectic." He said as he made his way to the door.
"Ano..." Momiji said as she stood up once again on her very tired feet.
"Aa. Is there something you want to ask?" Kage turned around to face the girl.
"Hai. Not really. But..." She cut herself off as she stared at her feet.
"Maa maa. Sit down and we will talk about it." Kage gestured for her to sit down on her
bed as he sat down beside her.
"Ano. Its just that. Tonight, when you asked me to play this girl's sister, there was
this boy with her like you expected." She paused for a while not knowing what to say.
"Aa. Go on." Kage was starting to worry. 'Does she remember?'
"Well, He kept calling me Yuka-chan, and some part of me responded to the name. As if it
really is mine. Who am I?" Momiji asked as she looked up.
"You are Momiji. My right hand person. You hit your head during practice one day and lost
your memory." He said. 'At least half of it is true.'
"Then why? Why am I..." She was cut off by Kage saying it was time for her to rest. That
the reason she felt this way was because she was tired.
Kage stood up and motioned for her to go to bed. He walked towards the door. As he opened
the door, He blew out the candle which had lit the room. Slowly, he shut the room's door
behind him as he walked down one of the many halls in his estate.
'Then why do I have these dreams every night? Why do I feel that I could be related to
the girl in some way? Why do I feel like I did know the boy?' Momiji thought to herself as
he stared at the door which was open just a while ago.
She slowly moved under the blankets to fall into the world of dreams. Little did she know
that the things she called dreams were actually memories.
~*~*~*~
Soujirou woke up with a start. He had another bad dream again. But, he brushed it aside
when he noticed that Kaede was gone and the futon was folded up nicely and placed by the
table.
'Maa, she could have just gone back to her room.' Soujirou tried to go back to sleep.
Unfortunately, he couldn't as something was tugging at his mind. There was something he
needed to do. He just couldn't figure out or remember what.
'Ahhh...It's so frustrating when something like that happens.' He looked up and brushed a
hand through his hair. He noticed that there was a piece of paper on the table.
'Soka!' He stood up and walked towards the table where he kneeled down. He picked up the
note and read it. On it, there was only an address, time and date.
'I suppose that they expect us there.' Soujirou folded the piece of paper and walked
towards the window.
He opened it to let a little morning breeze in, even though it still held that rotten
smell it had when he had first set foot in this town. Soujirou needed something, anything,
to prove that this was not all just a bad dream. That maybe he was still leading the life
of an assassin with Shishio-san.
"Ohayo Seta-kun." Soujirou was pulled back to reality as he heard a girl's voice.
"Aa. Ohayo Kaede-chan." Soujirou turned around to face the young girl.
"Ano...Seta-kun. About last night..." Kaede stopped in mid-sentence as she placed the
tray on the floor between Soujirou and her.
"Daijoubu. Eveything is going to be okay. I promised you that I will help you get your
sister back and I will." Soujirou assured Kaede.
"I know. It's just that. After yesterday night. I think that my sister would prefer it
there, and maybe I..." Kaede said as she lowered he head.
"Chigau! You can't give up. Not now when Yuka-chan needs you most." Soujirou knew how she
felt. After seeing your loved one like that, how could you not give in.
"Wakatta. Demo..."
"You still have doubts?" Soujirou said.
"Hai, just a little." Kaede said as she lifted up her head to face Soujirou.
"I'll help you through them like I promised, ne." Soujirou said as he smiled at her.
"Hm! Arigatou gozaimasu! Seta-kun." Tears were sliding down her cheeks. Soujirou could
not tell if she was happy or sad.
Kaede stood up wiping her tears away with the back of her hand. She was going to walk out
when she turned around.
"Ano, Seta-kun. You really should learn how to express yourself more freely." She then
turned to walk out of the room.
"Huh?" All the young boy could do was sit there and stared at the entrance as he wondered
what Kaede meant.
~*~*~*~
Kaede giggled as she walked down the hallway. The image of a very confused Soujirou in
mind.
"MAYUMI!!" The voice of her boss pulled her back into reality.
"H Hai!" Kaede hastened her pace.
"MAYUMI!"
"Aa. Matte." Kaede said as she hurried down the stairs.
"What took you so long." The tubby man asked.
"I was serving a customer upstairs." Kaede said.
"Is it that boy again? Why are you always serving him all the time? When the others want
to, you step in to take his orders or bring him drinks." The man said knitting his eyebrows.
"It's none of your business." Kaede said.
"Fine! Now get back to work." The man turned around to walk away.
"That is what I want to talk to you about." Kaede drew her courage for his shouting.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Well, I want to ask you if I can get a week off or something. Could I?" Kaede said with
pleading eyes.
"What?! A week off?" He paused awhile to think.
"But..."
"Alright. But you will have to work extra hard after that one week. Plus, if you are late
one more time after that, I'm cutting your pay." With that, the porky man turned around
and waddled down the hallway.
'Phew. What did he mean? I was only late three times because I was tired. Maa. At least
I got a week off to look for Yuka.' Kaede hummed a tune as she went back up to tell
Soujirou about her break.
~*~*~*~
"Momiji! Wake up! It's time for breakfast."
"Another five minutes please." She couldn't help but say.
Suddenly, a strong ray of sunlight shone on her face.
'Someone must have opened the curtains again.' Momiji cursed under her breathe as she sat
upright on her bed.
"Ah. You are finally awake. Eat your breakfast then take a bathe and change before you go
for your training." A boy not much older then herself said as he made his way to the door.
He paused in his footsteps as he felt a pillow connect with his head.
"What did you do that for!" He said as he turned around.
"That's for waking me up, Yuji" Momiji stuck her tongue out at him.
"I only did what my father asked me to." He said as he reached for the pillow on the
floor.
Yuji was Kage's son. His wife had passed away when Yuji was born.
Suddenly, knocking could be heard from the door.
"Momiji, have you seen..." His eyes literally popped.
Momiji was on the ground with Yuji on top of her hitting her again and again with a
pillow in his hands. When Yuji realized that his father was at the door. He stared at his
father. Pillow still in his hand which was raised above his head. He stayed like that for
awhile. Suddenly, he brought down the pillow once last time and hit Momiji hard in the face.
"Itai!" Momiji said rubbing her nose.
"Aa, otosan. Gomenasai, I was caught up in something." Yuji stood up from where he was
and walked towards his father.
"Yare yare." Kage said as he smacked his forehead with his palm. "Anyway, go down and
start training. Your trainers told me you were late again."
At this, Momiji lifted her pillow and was about to hit Yuji once again when...
"Momiji! What do you think you are doing?" Kage said.
Yuji turned around to find Momiji behind him with a pillow raised above her head.
* whack *
"What was that for!?" Yuji said rubbing his head.
"For hitting me the last time." Momiji said sticking out her tongue at him.
"That's it. Yuji, go down and train now. Momiji, eat your breakfast and take a bathe. As
soon as your are done, go join your trainer down in the field." Kage said as he turned
around and walked out of the door.
Yuji followed slowly behind his father. Momiji took one deep breathe and started gobbling
down her breakfast.
~*~*~*~
It was the day now. It was finally time to go meet their enemy. Soujirou stared at the
stars which shone so brightly in night sky. He knew this would be the last time he would
see them if he failed to protect both Yuka and Kaede. It was either he would be killed or
recruited into the Kage ryu.
'I would rather die.' He thought to himself as the thought of joining them crossed his
mind.
"Seta-kun? Daijoubu?" Kaede whispered to him as they walked towards the town's entrance.
According to the letter, they said that the town guards would guide him to the place from
which they would meet a guide.
"Hai." Soujirou managed to relpy between his thoughts.
'Kaede-chan has improved a lot. In three days, she has almost mastered the shukuchi.'
Soujirou thought as he remembered how long it took him.
'My arm too has not healed fully from the training. I wonder if it will hold up long
enough for me to fight.' Soujirou thought as he continued walking.
"Ne, Seta-kun. Everything is going to be alright. You don't have to plan so much.
Basically, all we do is meet them, beat them up and then rescue my sister and get away.
Right?" Kaede was trying all she could to try and make Soujirou lighten up. Unfortunately,
all her efforts were going to waste.
"Hai. That is mainly what we are suppose to do." Soujirou lowered his voice as the
entrance came into view.
"Well..." Kaede was soon cut off.
"Shhh..." Soujirou pulled her to a space between two houses.
"Are you ready?" He said as he checked himself to make sure that he has everything he
needed.
"Hai!" Kaede said.
"Well, Let's go." Soujirou said as both of them walked towards the guards.
~*@*~
Well, I'll stop there for now. Pls r&r and let me know what you think of this story so far.
Arigatou!!!
