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…
Confusion
"Dare da!" a guard saw both Soujirou and Kaede and went up to check.
"We are here." Soujirou said holding up the letter in front of the guards. He recognized
that amongst them was the man who tried to take Kaede away the last time.
The man walked forward to Soujirou as his men surrounded them.
"Tenken, I thought that you were not going to turn up." He said.
"Well, firstly, I don't go by the name of tenken anymore. Secondly, we are only late by
a few minutes. It's not like you have been waiting the whole night. Now, take us to where
you are supposed to." Soujirou said not looking up at the man.
"Hm! This way then." The man turned around to walk away.
Behind him, Soujirou and Kaede slowly walked.
"Seta-kun..."
"What?" Soujirou turned to face her. When she wasn't at his side, he spun around on his
heels and found her on the ground.
"Daijoubu?" Soujirou ran up to her.
"Aa. Its just that I think something tripped me. But when I turned to see if anyone did,
there was no one around." Kaede said as she stood up slowly and dusted herself.
"I think someone is trying to injure you." Soujirou bent down and picked up a thread.
It was a thin brown one, apparently, it was harder to snap then he thought when he tugged
at it to find out what it was made of.
"Oi, the two of you there. Move it or you'll be even lat..." The man was cut off when he
suddenly saw Soujirou standing in front of him.
"Wait a while. She's hurt her ankle." Soujirou said as he slowly walked to Kaede.
He motioned for Kaede to sit down, then he tore a piece or cloth from his gi and tied it
tightly around her ankle.
Kaede stood up and walked on her ankle.
"Better?" the boy asked.
"Hai. Arigatou." Kaede said as she picked up her katana which she had lay on the floor.
"Let's go." When Soujirou heard the man's voice again, he was finally loosing himself.
The only think that kept him from killing the man is the fact that he had to lead them
through the forest to who knows where and that Kaede was here.
"Seta-kun..." Kaede whispered softly as she noticed that he was clenching his fists so
tight that his hand turned white.
Soujirou did not say anything. He just walked.
Then , he stopped, turned around.
"Come on." Soujirou once again had the smile on his face again.
'This isn't a good sign. There's something about Seta-kun that does not seem right
tonight.' Kaede said as she paced herself with Soujirou.
The trip to the first meeting point was a very quiet one from there. Soujirou did not say
a word. He didn't need to. The smile on his face showed everything.
~*~*~*~
"When are they arriving?" Momiji said frustratedly.
"Patience is a virtue you know." Yuji said as he came up behind her.
"And so you have told me a thousand and one times." She said.
"Hn...Anyway, father said to wait. Even if they were on time, it would be mid-night
before they reached here."
"He is the tenken right? If he was, can't he just used his technique and just run here."
"If you are so restless, why don't you start warming up now?" Kage said as he approached
the two.
"Haha. Told you." Yuji said.
"You too." Kage said looking at his son.
Momiji snickered.
"Hn." Yuji then slowly walked to one side of the field to begin his practice.
"Fine." Momiji ran up to Yuji. He stood in front of him for a while then drew her katana.
Yuji saw this and knew what she was doing. He drew his too and they both started sparing
with each other.
Kage smiled at this sight. 'Both of them have become closer now. Hn. Yuka is definitely
no match for her sister, but I don't have any other choice do I?' Kage walked to the
entrance of the mansion, expecting Soujirou and Kaede soon.
~*~*~*~
When Soujirou had reached the second place where they were supposed to meet their next
guide, he wasn't there. In fact, no one was. The bad thing was that the old soldier and
already left them long before. All he told them to do was walk straight. And they have been
for who knows how long.
Suddenly, they reached the other end of the forest. Soujirou looked straight and saw two
horses tied to a tree. But there was no one there.
Both Soujirou and Kaede walked up to the horses. Kaede saw a note on one of the horses'
saddle and read it out loud to Soujirou.
"Get on the horse." Kaede said as she handed the slip of paper to Soujirou.
"Looks like we can't do anything else right?" Soujirou said as he untied both of the
horses and handed one of the reins to Kaede.
"But how do we know where to go?" Kaede said as Soujirou helped her onto her horse.
"I don't know, I guess that they want us to trust out instincts or something." He got on
to his own horse and realized that it started moving ahead.
'But I didn't motion it too, did I?' Soujirou asked himself as he held on tight as the
horse began to raise its speed. He looked back to see if Kaede was alright. From where he
was, Soujirou thought that she looked a little green.
'What is this?! I didn't think that riding could be so...urg...I feel like I'm going to
throw up.' Kaede held on tighter to the reins as she bent down to rest her head on its neck.
The bumpy horse ride helped Kaede a little. Through the whole journey, she did not worry
once about Soujirou, or if he was going to kill anyone tonight. All Kaede could think about
was not to throw up on the horse. She shut her eyes and just let the animal take her to
wherever she was supposed to be.
~*~*~*~
"Are they here yet?" Momiji came up behind Kage and stood by the gate waiting.
"Not yet. But they should be here soon though." Kage said.
"I guess I should go back to spar with Yuji again." Momiji turned around to walk away.
"No, save your strength for later." Kage said as he straightened.
"Huh?" Momiji confused as she was got her answer when she turned around.
Soujirou and Kaede had arrived. Both Kage and Momiji saw two shadow figures approach from
the gates.
"Aa. Tenken no Soujirou. Welcome." Kage said as he stretch out his right hand.
"Yes." Soujirou shook his hand and looked behind his back and saw Yuka.
"Shall we begin now?" Kage asked.
"Hai." Soujirou followed closely behind Kage. When he walked past Momiji, he sensed
something different about her from the last time he saw her. She was hesitating about
something.
Behind Soujirou, Kaede walked slowly as she tried her best not to show them that her
ankle was injured.
Behind her, Momiji followed closely. Keeping an eye on her to make sure she does not try
anything.
In the shadows, Yuji followed them slowly.
'What did father mean when he said that this was not my fight? Momiji is like a sister
to me, and if anyone wants to take her away, they will have to get past me too.' Yuji
slowly followed them till they had reached the field.
"Well, Seta-kun. Do you know what will happen to you if you lose against me?" Kage asked
the boy.
"I don't need to know because I won't give up even if I am losing." Soujirou said smiling.
"You have not changed much since I last saw you with Shishio, have you?" Kage asked.
"You are wrong. I've change more then you think." Soujirou said in reply.
"Oh really, then let's see you fight." Kage said as he brought Soujirou to the centre of
the field.
Momiji and Kaede followed closely behind. The older sister took her place beside Kage.
Kaede stood beside Soujirou and waited for him to say something.
"Well, I don't think you would want to stand so close to someone who is about to fight."
Kage said.
"Why do you care?" Kaede said.
"We can't have our new member injured can we?" Kage answered.
"Kage. If you have anything to say, don't say it." Soujirou said.
"My my, I think I preferred you when you were with Shishio. At least then you knew what
to say and what not to say." Kage answered.
Soujirou's reply was another smile.
"Well, can we begin?" Kage asked.
No answer came from Soujirou.
"Well then, Yuji, why don't you come out here and judge this for us?" Kage said as he
looked over his shoulder towards some bushes.
'How did he know I was here?' "Hai." Yuji said.
Yuji walked between the two pair of fighters. "HAJIME!" He shouted and while both Momiji
and Kaede had already drawn their katanas and started battle, Soujirou and Kage just stood
there. Looking at each other.
It was Kage who had initiated the battle. He took a step forward and disappeared. Soujirou
stood there with his eyes closed.
'A shadow attack, expected that he would try that first.'
When he felt someone coming in for the attack, he opened his eyes and blocked the attack.
"Is that the only trick you know? Well, I know how to do something close to that."
Soujirou tapped his foot once one the ground and used his Shukuchi and Kage lost sight of
him.
"If you want to play it that way, come and attack me." Kage yelled.
At that moment, Soujirou came in to attack. He managed to scratch Kage's arm, then he
once again disappeared.
"If you think you can do that again, think again!" Kage shouted as he stopped Soujirou's
Shukuchi and attacked with the opposite side of his blade, not wanting to kill Soujirou.
Soujirou was knocked backwards; he stood up from his position clutching his stomach.
"I'm truly disappointed, I thought your skills would have risen. I guess I must have
been mistaken." Kage said as he walked towards Soujirou.
'That's it!' Soujirou looked up at Kage and smiled.
"Iie. Seta-kun!" Kaede wanted to run to Soujirou and help him up, when she saw what had
happened.
"I won't let you." Momiji said as she stood in front of Kaede and attacked her again.
"Yuka. Onegai! Remember who you really are. We should not be fighting, not like that."
Kaede said as she defended herself against her sister.
"Like I have told you a million times! I am not Yuka, and not your sister." Momiji was
injured. Kaede had cut her shoulder and it was bleeding very badly now.
'What is this, who is she. Why do I feel like that is something to her? Like I'm supposed
to know her or something. Chigau. The first time I have ever met her was at the inn. It
can't be like in the dreams...can it?' Momiji asked herself as she attacked Kaede again and
again, but was unable to find any opening to attack.
"Onegai, Seta-kun needs our help now." Kaede was nearly begging her to stop. Tears were
sliding down her cheeks when she attacked her sister with her saya like she had learnt
watching Soujirou in the alley the other night.
Momiji stopped attacking, holding on to her right arm. Momiji had dropped her katana on
the ground.
'Kuso. I think she broke my arm!' Momiji thought to herself.
"Yuka, daijoubu. Gomenasai. Did I hurt you that badly?" Kaede ran to her sister's side.
When Kaede reached Yuka, she heard her sister mumbling something about never let your
guard down.
Momiji saw this opportunity and drew her dagger which she had kept hidden. She stabbed
her sister's left arm and jumped away.
Kaede got up, ignoring the wound which her sister had inflicted on her.
'Yuka, what happened to you?' Kaede sat there for awhile, collecting herself from the
shock.
~*@*~
Well, another chapter. I have no idea how to write fight scenes, so bare with me...ne?
Arigatou! Pls r&r while you are here too ne? Ja ne!
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…
Confusion
"Dare da!" a guard saw both Soujirou and Kaede and went up to check.
"We are here." Soujirou said holding up the letter in front of the guards. He recognized
that amongst them was the man who tried to take Kaede away the last time.
The man walked forward to Soujirou as his men surrounded them.
"Tenken, I thought that you were not going to turn up." He said.
"Well, firstly, I don't go by the name of tenken anymore. Secondly, we are only late by
a few minutes. It's not like you have been waiting the whole night. Now, take us to where
you are supposed to." Soujirou said not looking up at the man.
"Hm! This way then." The man turned around to walk away.
Behind him, Soujirou and Kaede slowly walked.
"Seta-kun..."
"What?" Soujirou turned to face her. When she wasn't at his side, he spun around on his
heels and found her on the ground.
"Daijoubu?" Soujirou ran up to her.
"Aa. Its just that I think something tripped me. But when I turned to see if anyone did,
there was no one around." Kaede said as she stood up slowly and dusted herself.
"I think someone is trying to injure you." Soujirou bent down and picked up a thread.
It was a thin brown one, apparently, it was harder to snap then he thought when he tugged
at it to find out what it was made of.
"Oi, the two of you there. Move it or you'll be even lat..." The man was cut off when he
suddenly saw Soujirou standing in front of him.
"Wait a while. She's hurt her ankle." Soujirou said as he slowly walked to Kaede.
He motioned for Kaede to sit down, then he tore a piece or cloth from his gi and tied it
tightly around her ankle.
Kaede stood up and walked on her ankle.
"Better?" the boy asked.
"Hai. Arigatou." Kaede said as she picked up her katana which she had lay on the floor.
"Let's go." When Soujirou heard the man's voice again, he was finally loosing himself.
The only think that kept him from killing the man is the fact that he had to lead them
through the forest to who knows where and that Kaede was here.
"Seta-kun..." Kaede whispered softly as she noticed that he was clenching his fists so
tight that his hand turned white.
Soujirou did not say anything. He just walked.
Then , he stopped, turned around.
"Come on." Soujirou once again had the smile on his face again.
'This isn't a good sign. There's something about Seta-kun that does not seem right
tonight.' Kaede said as she paced herself with Soujirou.
The trip to the first meeting point was a very quiet one from there. Soujirou did not say
a word. He didn't need to. The smile on his face showed everything.
~*~*~*~
"When are they arriving?" Momiji said frustratedly.
"Patience is a virtue you know." Yuji said as he came up behind her.
"And so you have told me a thousand and one times." She said.
"Hn...Anyway, father said to wait. Even if they were on time, it would be mid-night
before they reached here."
"He is the tenken right? If he was, can't he just used his technique and just run here."
"If you are so restless, why don't you start warming up now?" Kage said as he approached
the two.
"Haha. Told you." Yuji said.
"You too." Kage said looking at his son.
Momiji snickered.
"Hn." Yuji then slowly walked to one side of the field to begin his practice.
"Fine." Momiji ran up to Yuji. He stood in front of him for a while then drew her katana.
Yuji saw this and knew what she was doing. He drew his too and they both started sparing
with each other.
Kage smiled at this sight. 'Both of them have become closer now. Hn. Yuka is definitely
no match for her sister, but I don't have any other choice do I?' Kage walked to the
entrance of the mansion, expecting Soujirou and Kaede soon.
~*~*~*~
When Soujirou had reached the second place where they were supposed to meet their next
guide, he wasn't there. In fact, no one was. The bad thing was that the old soldier and
already left them long before. All he told them to do was walk straight. And they have been
for who knows how long.
Suddenly, they reached the other end of the forest. Soujirou looked straight and saw two
horses tied to a tree. But there was no one there.
Both Soujirou and Kaede walked up to the horses. Kaede saw a note on one of the horses'
saddle and read it out loud to Soujirou.
"Get on the horse." Kaede said as she handed the slip of paper to Soujirou.
"Looks like we can't do anything else right?" Soujirou said as he untied both of the
horses and handed one of the reins to Kaede.
"But how do we know where to go?" Kaede said as Soujirou helped her onto her horse.
"I don't know, I guess that they want us to trust out instincts or something." He got on
to his own horse and realized that it started moving ahead.
'But I didn't motion it too, did I?' Soujirou asked himself as he held on tight as the
horse began to raise its speed. He looked back to see if Kaede was alright. From where he
was, Soujirou thought that she looked a little green.
'What is this?! I didn't think that riding could be so...urg...I feel like I'm going to
throw up.' Kaede held on tighter to the reins as she bent down to rest her head on its neck.
The bumpy horse ride helped Kaede a little. Through the whole journey, she did not worry
once about Soujirou, or if he was going to kill anyone tonight. All Kaede could think about
was not to throw up on the horse. She shut her eyes and just let the animal take her to
wherever she was supposed to be.
~*~*~*~
"Are they here yet?" Momiji came up behind Kage and stood by the gate waiting.
"Not yet. But they should be here soon though." Kage said.
"I guess I should go back to spar with Yuji again." Momiji turned around to walk away.
"No, save your strength for later." Kage said as he straightened.
"Huh?" Momiji confused as she was got her answer when she turned around.
Soujirou and Kaede had arrived. Both Kage and Momiji saw two shadow figures approach from
the gates.
"Aa. Tenken no Soujirou. Welcome." Kage said as he stretch out his right hand.
"Yes." Soujirou shook his hand and looked behind his back and saw Yuka.
"Shall we begin now?" Kage asked.
"Hai." Soujirou followed closely behind Kage. When he walked past Momiji, he sensed
something different about her from the last time he saw her. She was hesitating about
something.
Behind Soujirou, Kaede walked slowly as she tried her best not to show them that her
ankle was injured.
Behind her, Momiji followed closely. Keeping an eye on her to make sure she does not try
anything.
In the shadows, Yuji followed them slowly.
'What did father mean when he said that this was not my fight? Momiji is like a sister
to me, and if anyone wants to take her away, they will have to get past me too.' Yuji
slowly followed them till they had reached the field.
"Well, Seta-kun. Do you know what will happen to you if you lose against me?" Kage asked
the boy.
"I don't need to know because I won't give up even if I am losing." Soujirou said smiling.
"You have not changed much since I last saw you with Shishio, have you?" Kage asked.
"You are wrong. I've change more then you think." Soujirou said in reply.
"Oh really, then let's see you fight." Kage said as he brought Soujirou to the centre of
the field.
Momiji and Kaede followed closely behind. The older sister took her place beside Kage.
Kaede stood beside Soujirou and waited for him to say something.
"Well, I don't think you would want to stand so close to someone who is about to fight."
Kage said.
"Why do you care?" Kaede said.
"We can't have our new member injured can we?" Kage answered.
"Kage. If you have anything to say, don't say it." Soujirou said.
"My my, I think I preferred you when you were with Shishio. At least then you knew what
to say and what not to say." Kage answered.
Soujirou's reply was another smile.
"Well, can we begin?" Kage asked.
No answer came from Soujirou.
"Well then, Yuji, why don't you come out here and judge this for us?" Kage said as he
looked over his shoulder towards some bushes.
'How did he know I was here?' "Hai." Yuji said.
Yuji walked between the two pair of fighters. "HAJIME!" He shouted and while both Momiji
and Kaede had already drawn their katanas and started battle, Soujirou and Kage just stood
there. Looking at each other.
It was Kage who had initiated the battle. He took a step forward and disappeared. Soujirou
stood there with his eyes closed.
'A shadow attack, expected that he would try that first.'
When he felt someone coming in for the attack, he opened his eyes and blocked the attack.
"Is that the only trick you know? Well, I know how to do something close to that."
Soujirou tapped his foot once one the ground and used his Shukuchi and Kage lost sight of
him.
"If you want to play it that way, come and attack me." Kage yelled.
At that moment, Soujirou came in to attack. He managed to scratch Kage's arm, then he
once again disappeared.
"If you think you can do that again, think again!" Kage shouted as he stopped Soujirou's
Shukuchi and attacked with the opposite side of his blade, not wanting to kill Soujirou.
Soujirou was knocked backwards; he stood up from his position clutching his stomach.
"I'm truly disappointed, I thought your skills would have risen. I guess I must have
been mistaken." Kage said as he walked towards Soujirou.
'That's it!' Soujirou looked up at Kage and smiled.
"Iie. Seta-kun!" Kaede wanted to run to Soujirou and help him up, when she saw what had
happened.
"I won't let you." Momiji said as she stood in front of Kaede and attacked her again.
"Yuka. Onegai! Remember who you really are. We should not be fighting, not like that."
Kaede said as she defended herself against her sister.
"Like I have told you a million times! I am not Yuka, and not your sister." Momiji was
injured. Kaede had cut her shoulder and it was bleeding very badly now.
'What is this, who is she. Why do I feel like that is something to her? Like I'm supposed
to know her or something. Chigau. The first time I have ever met her was at the inn. It
can't be like in the dreams...can it?' Momiji asked herself as she attacked Kaede again and
again, but was unable to find any opening to attack.
"Onegai, Seta-kun needs our help now." Kaede was nearly begging her to stop. Tears were
sliding down her cheeks when she attacked her sister with her saya like she had learnt
watching Soujirou in the alley the other night.
Momiji stopped attacking, holding on to her right arm. Momiji had dropped her katana on
the ground.
'Kuso. I think she broke my arm!' Momiji thought to herself.
"Yuka, daijoubu. Gomenasai. Did I hurt you that badly?" Kaede ran to her sister's side.
When Kaede reached Yuka, she heard her sister mumbling something about never let your
guard down.
Momiji saw this opportunity and drew her dagger which she had kept hidden. She stabbed
her sister's left arm and jumped away.
Kaede got up, ignoring the wound which her sister had inflicted on her.
'Yuka, what happened to you?' Kaede sat there for awhile, collecting herself from the
shock.
~*@*~
Well, another chapter. I have no idea how to write fight scenes, so bare with me...ne?
Arigatou! Pls r&r while you are here too ne? Ja ne!
