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Wavering Trust
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By Yurameki
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His eyes searched wildly as the screams behind him became louder. He had to escape before they found him.
His small body made its way through the trees hoping to loose them in the lush forest. His breathing became erratic realizing that they were at his heels. He needed to escape them. He had not seen his onee-san yet.
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The small girl peered through the darkness making her way out of the house. She sighed sadly as she gathered her blanket and settled herself on the porch of her home, looking up at the sky.
It had been two months since her father had been sent to fight in the war. It had been a little over two weeks since she had last heard from him. She could only wait for him to return. Every night she would crawl out of bed and sneak out to wait for him, but he never came. She could only hope that he would come back soon. She missed her otousan dearly and her mother looked like she was getting sicker with each passing day.
The young girl bit her lip nervously as her thoughts trailed to her mother. Ever since her father was forced to leave her mother's health had been fading. She would g et tired easily and pass out from time to time. Two weeks ago she could no longer function properly leaving the poor girl to care for her and the house as well. But she knew that once her father came back everything would be as it was. All she had to do was wait.
The child sighed again, shutting her eyes and leaning on the beam. Her eyes snapped open hearing shout from other side of the gates.
"Come back here you little brat!!"
Her heart raced. Was someone in trouble? Without a moment of hesitation she ran to the gates and opened them with as much strength as her small body could muster.
"Get away!" She heard someone growl.
It sounded like a young boy but she could see them just yet. She peeked her head out and was faced with an appalling. Three men, armed with knives, had cornered a small boy.
The girl's eyes hardened at the sight then looked frantically for a weapon. Finding none she ran to the dojo. Slamming the shouji open she grabbed the nearest bokken and ran back to the scene. She maybe young but her father had taught her everything there was about her technique. She could not let the boy be harmed.
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He growled viciously as they neared him. He was trapped. Now he would never be able to see his oneesan again. Cursing under his breath he closed his eyes awaiting death's hand.
A scream pierced his ears causing his eyes to snap open. He saw two of the men staring at the third whimpering in pain as he cradled his injured leg. The man to his right stalked off towards the man and growled.
"You little bitch!" He yelled as he lunged at someone. At the last second the boy spotted a little girl no older than 7 or 8 years old. However his concentration was broken when he saw the other man run towards him with a violent cry. The boy rolled out of the way and ran towards the injured man had dropped.
He side glanced towards the girl and saw that she was in trouble, her weapon had been knocked out of her heads and her eyes were wide with fear as her enemy stalked towards her. Without hesitation the young boy ran towards him before he reached her and stabbed him violently in his leg causing the man to fall to his knees. A yell behind him made him realize that he had been careless. He had forgotten about the third man.
The boy turned to se him with his knife in the air headed straight towards the boy. He stared him with wide eyes, frozen in place. A loud crack sounded through the air. The young boy saw the man's eyes roll back then slide shut as his body became limp and slump to the ground. Behind him the young girl was panting, a broken bokken in her hands.
He looked around to see the two injured men running away. THe boy scowled at them. Cowards.
She eyes him curiously then smiled. "Daijoubu ka?"
He turned to her, his features becoming a bit more relaxed. "Hai," he said nervously. "A-- Arigato."
She shook her head. "Iie! You saved me too. Honto, domo arigato gozaimasu," she said as she bowed. "You better come inside before they come back," she said as she gestured for him to follow her.
The boy nodded then proceeded to follower her inside. He helped her close the gate, making sure it was locked. "This is your home?" He said in awe as he inspected the grounds.
She nodded enthusiastically. "Hai, You can stay her for awhile, if you'd like... eetoo..."
The boy looked at her. "Yukishiro Enishi desu. Arigato."
"Yoroshiku! Kamiya Kaoru desu," she said cheerfully as she bowed.
Enishi eyed her curiously not knowing exactly what to think of the young girl.
Kaoru smiled brilliantly at him before grabbing his hand. "I'll show you to your room. Come on."
Enishi stared at their joined hands as she lead him inside allowing a small smile to grace his seemingly cold features.
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Ok this is my third attempt to write a RK fic. But my first writing E/K.. ^^;; As you can see I altered some stuff... Kaoru's dad is off fighting... her mom is sick.. errmm.. ok.. About the age differences. I made Kaoru a little older than she's supposed to be. She's about 8 or 7 and Enishi is supposed to be 10 or so.
Oi... I found that on sites that he was 10 when he went to visit Tomoe and met Kenshin. I found it odd that some sites had him 24 years old when he appears in the Jinchuu Arc and he was 10 when he saw Kenshin kill Tomoe. And it's like what 10 or so years later when the RK manga begins and year passes when we get to Jinchuu Arc.. am I right? So wouldn't that have made Enishi 21-22 or something.. ARGH NEVERMIND!
I'm just confusion myself.. @_@ Well I'll stop my insane rambling. Hope you guys like it so far.... ^^;;;
Yurameki