Hitokiri
By
TigerWolf
Part Three
~ Meeting ~
Last Time:
Dilandau nodded and the soldiers went back to his side. He gestured for her to follow. Himura started to follow.
"Neechan!!! Don't go!" Two small voices yelled. Himura stopped and stiffened.
She turned towards them, all signs of the Hitokiri gone. Purple eyes looking gently back at them. She waved at them, and said, "Don't worry Ayame-chan and Suzume-chan. I will be back, that I will. Take care of your grandparents for me." And with that she walked off.
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Himura walked behind the soldiers staring at there backs. Not a word had been spoken and Himura preferred it that way. Every steep she took her newly adaptive polite self started to melt away. This was a matter of survival now; they wanted something from her, probably what everyone wanted from her, her fighting abilities working for them. But now there was only one problem she had… 'Liabilities. I should not have let the Genzis befriend me. I now have their lives to think about and they can now be used agaist me in blackmail. ~ Relax, you told the little ones what to do. ~'
Flashback:
"NO! You are not taking our Neechan!" Both Ayame and Suzume yelled and latched onto Himura's legs. Himura bent down to hug them.
"I am sorry Dilandau-sama; Himura-san will not be joining you. Please leave before you extend your welcome." Dr. Genzi spoke out bravely.
"She will be joining us." Dilandau bit back then looked in Himura's direction. "I suggest you come before blood is spilled."
"Ayame-chan, Suzume-chan. Go back over to your Grandmother. When I leave tell them to leave this town, and find another home. It's for your safety. Do you understand?" Himura whispered to them. They nodded yes, and went to Mrs. Genzi.
End Flashback
'~See they will be fine, Zaibach won't be able to find them. ~ Zaibach better not be able to, for it would mean their death. Himura the Battousai is not softening enough to allow civilians to hold me back. ~Would you listen to yourself! Those people took care of you, accepted you for who you are and this is how you repay them? ~ It's not like I asked them to. They might have been kind but that is their fault, they subjected themselves to the danger of befriending me. ~But you did not tell them who you are, they did not know. If they die it is your fault. ~ So what? I am a Hitokiri, I have much blood on my hands. ~But they are innocents unlike the rest. ~' Himura's mind-battle ended with that.
Dilandau looked back at the girl that he was to bring back to see Folken-sama. Her hair covered all her facial features so he could not tell what her mood was. 'There is something about this girl. She's so different. Beautiful yes, what? Wait. Beautiful, where did that come from?' Dilandau looked the girl over, she was definitely not ugly. And how that man in the stadium could mistake her for a man he could not tell. For even though by the looks of it she bound her chest, her curves still showed through the clothing she wore. 'Fine, beautiful, but that is misleading. For even though the rose is beautiful to look at and to smell, once you reach for it, it will harm you with its thorns if one is not careful. And some even kill you with poison.' Dilandau smirked at his thoughts and partially the girl.
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The Dragon Slayers brought Himura to a floating fortress called the Vione, there Folken-sama waited for them. Himura was amazed inwardly at this technology. She had never seen anything like it before, but still preferred simpler living. Right now she sat in the corner of a room that she was to wait in until Folken-sama was ready to see her. She was sitting on the cold floor in the darkest corner that was farthest from the door. Her sword leaned agaist her shoulder and arm draped over it.
The door opened and a Dragon Slayer entered. He motioned for her to fallow him. They walked down a fairly well lighten hall way, at the end was a huge set of doors. He opened the door for her to enter first then followed behind. Himura walked into a huge room with torch-like lights that lined the walls. At the end of the room a throne sat with Dilandau sitting in it. To his right, a statue of a lion sat that held his sword. To his left a tall man with blue hair and a long black cloak stood. On both sides of a red carpet that led to the throne, Dragon Slayers stood in attention.
Himura walked down the carpet to the stairs that led up to the throne. Her eyes stayed fixed on what was ahead. A serious face was put on, but still violet eyes stared forward. She stopped a few feet from the stairs and Dilandau and Himura just stood there and stared at one another, neither breaking the silence in the room. The man in the black cloak spoke.
"Welcome to the Vione. I am Lord Folken de Fanel, a Strategos of Zaibach. I have asked you here for questioning. What is your name, what are your reasons for being in Zaibach, and where you are from originally." He asked.
"Well, quite honestly this may be a little hard to believe but I swear I tell the truth, that I do. I was brought to Zaibach six months ago in the middle of a battle with Saito Hajime leader of the 3rd squad of the Shinsengumi. I suffered some major to minor words during the battle due to a…distraction." Himura eyes flashed golden and an irritated look crossed her face for a second. "I took refuge in a temple. I remember collapsing from blood loss and wishing that I could have stopped the suffering that I intended to do before I died. Then I saw a bright light. The next thing I remember is waking up and finding my wounds being tended to. Later I found I was no longer in Kyoto, but in a country called Zaibach on a world where two moons hung in the sky, that I did. Now I just live as peaceful of a life a Hitokiri can live, and wonder what my absence in costing in the war."
"I see, so you are not from this world, you are from the Mystic Moon are you not?" Folken-sama asked.
"I do not know, it's not like one can look at one's world."
"That is a good point. Is your world called earth?" Folken-sama asked. Himura nodded. "Then you are from the Mystic Moon. Now tell me what is your name and what was your purpose in the war you talked about?"
"I am…"
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References-
Well I don't think I used any new Japanese words. Shinsengumi and Battousai will be explained in the next chap. or chap's to follow. For they are titles and or names.
Credits-
I put in a disclaimer for Escaflowne and Rurouni Kenshin.
A/N-
So you guys liking this so far?? If you have any request in what you would like to see in the story like romance, fights, more explanations. (don't' worry those are coming, this is supposed to be a bit of a mystery you know) Please tell, and I will see if I can work it in.
And oh yeah if you have thought of a name please tell me, there was a reason why I left it where I did. ^_^
Thank you for reading. And please review!
Edited by- Tecera