Disclaimer: I don't own RK
By Sujakata
Sacred Sword
Chapter one: Kamiya Kaoru
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"Kaoru? What are you doing here?"
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Bakumatsu 1864 Japan, Kyoto
Sakura Tea House
Kaoru turned her blue eyes on the leader of the Ishin Shishi
"Katsura-san?" she asked, hope evident in her voice, and ignoring all present in the room got up from the ground she had been rudely pushed to by the Batousai and ran into Katsura's awaiting arms, happy to know that she was safe.
"Leave, all of you, Himura, you stay" the other men in the room looked at their leader and the young girl in his arms with slight surprise but did as they were told. Batousai moved out of the way of the door and watched with slight confusion as Katsura comforted the girl and unbound her wrists, while examining her exposed skin for any marks. Once the room was empty of the other men Katsura pulled Kaoru away from him and set her down, he then gestured for Batousai to join them.
"why are you here Kaoru?" Katsura asked again, the young girls eyes filled with tears but she refused to let them fall, instead she looked anywhere but at her fathers friend.
"we were going to move here, my parents and I, we had made enough money off of the dojo to live for a long time, that was about a week ago, they were both killed that night." Here Kaoru paused as if seeing the scene in her mind again "there where ten of them, all Yaminobu ninja's there was nothing father could do against them, he told me to run, and I refused at first, but he slapped me for disobeying him, and told me again to run. I did that time, and that was the last I saw of them. I.Katsura-san why were we attacked?" she now looked to her fathers friend and waited to see what he made of this.
"are you sure it was the Yaminobu?" he asked, his eyes wide and pain was clear in them. Kaoru nodded her head, a lump forming in her throat.
"Himura, did you know of this?" Kaoru now turned to face the red-haired man to see what his reaction was, not surprisingly there was none, the blank faced Hitokiri said nothing for a moment before shaking his head slightly
"I was unaware, though we did stumble across two bodies on our way back from an assignment last week, it might have been them." Kaoru turned her face away at those hard and cold words of death, she didn't know why those words stung her, maybe in her heart she had been hoping that they hadn't died and that they were searching for her, but now that small hope had been crushed under an unemotional boot.
"what happened that you ran into Himura Kaoru?" Kaoru lowered her eyes at that and shuddered.
"they were trying to take advantage of a few women who were crying out to be helped, I couldn't just walk by and leave them, they needed help." She looked up with watery blue eyes at Katsura "I am the assistant master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu, the sword that protects, I had to, if I hadn't then I wouldn't have been honouring my father and mother's death." Katsura nodded his head in understanding and he placed a warm comforting hand on Kaoru's shoulder
"continue" he said in a soft voice, Kaoru nodded, forgetting that the Batousai was sitting not to far away from her and listening to everything that was said.
"there were too many for me to handle, the women ran away as soon as there was a distraction, I didn't expect them to hang around though, so it didn't surprise me. They were all skilled fighters and I was captured, this was a few days ago. I have been with them since and they were going to sell me. It is now obvious to me that they were going to sell me here to be a whore."
They were all silent for a while, taking this all in. Until Iizuka barged through the door, both Katsura and Batousai were on their feet swords drawn and ready to kill, Iizuka held his hands up in defence and both Ishin Shishi members slowly sheathed their weapons.
"what is it?" Katsura asked.
"the Shinsen gumi are here and trying to settle the fighting that was going on, they heard the disturbance out on the street" Katsura cursed and Batousai drew his sword again, just in case he needed to save the leader of their organization.
"who is leading them?"
"Okita and Saitou are here"
Katsura turned his attention to Batousai
"Take her and keep her safe, I will send someone to find you when it is safe, she is important to me Himura, like a daughter" Batousai nodded his head, taking the assignment seriously, anyone that was like family to Katsura was top priority. Bowing to his leader the red haired youth grabbed Kaoru's hand and pulled her up to stand while he sheathed his sword.
"it would probably be wisest to go out the side, as they are sure to have people waiting at the front and back." Iizuka suggested, Batousai grunted in acknowledgement and pulled the slightly resisting Kaoru towards the door.
The commotion outside was chaos, men were killing each other and the blue uniforms of the Shinsen gumi were scattered about the men trying to settle things down and having to defend themselves against the drunk fighters. Batousai quickly pulled the young blue eyed Kaoru down the hall and to the right, pushing her up against the wall to keep her out of sight as he checked the halls to make sure that the way was clear.
Kaoru blew her bangs from her face and pulled her hand roughly from Batousai's grasp and rubbed her wrists while glaring at the still searching young man.
"you take too long" she complained and then walked right around the corner and to the side door, she stood there waiting impatiently for the young Hitokiri to follow. Batousai glared at the impudent girl and stormed over to her and yanked the door open, placing a hand at her lower back he guided her swiftly to the outside and into a side street.
After only a few moments they were safely walking down the streets of Kyoto, the moon shone down on then illuminating the dark streets and making it feel more safe. Kaoru turned and looked at the young Hitokiri beside her and studied him discreetly, long red hair was held in a high pony tail and his face was blank, only a small frown was on his lips, his eyes had now gone to a light purple colour with flecks of gold shining in them, and his hand was touching the hilt of his sword. She could see from the way he walked that he had immense skill in fighting and his aura pulsated with power.
"So," she started, turning her face now towards the red haired youth "what do I call you? Batousai? Himura? Red?" Batousai glared at her for a moment before turning his head back to the road, his eyes scanning the streets, 'does she not shut up? Does she not know the danger she is in?'
"I am Himura Kenshin, you will call me Himura" Kaoru rolled her eyes
"well you can call me Kaoru, I think calling people by their family name is impersonal" Himura eyed the girl next to him
"Himura" he insisted, afraid that she would take it upon herself to call him by his first name, seeing as she was so strange already.
"so, Himura, where are we going?" Batousai looked around him and pointed to a small restaurant that was still open, it seemed like a very quiet and happy place called the Akabeko.
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Sujakata: I'm thinking this is where we might introduce some of the characters of RK, such as Tae, Tsubame, Yahiko, Sanosuke.though I'm not quite sure, it depends. Well you'll have to hold out for at least a week, I'm going to Melbourne.
Read through by Kami (blame her if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes)
By Sujakata
Sacred Sword
Chapter one: Kamiya Kaoru
~()~
"Kaoru? What are you doing here?"
~()~
Bakumatsu 1864 Japan, Kyoto
Sakura Tea House
Kaoru turned her blue eyes on the leader of the Ishin Shishi
"Katsura-san?" she asked, hope evident in her voice, and ignoring all present in the room got up from the ground she had been rudely pushed to by the Batousai and ran into Katsura's awaiting arms, happy to know that she was safe.
"Leave, all of you, Himura, you stay" the other men in the room looked at their leader and the young girl in his arms with slight surprise but did as they were told. Batousai moved out of the way of the door and watched with slight confusion as Katsura comforted the girl and unbound her wrists, while examining her exposed skin for any marks. Once the room was empty of the other men Katsura pulled Kaoru away from him and set her down, he then gestured for Batousai to join them.
"why are you here Kaoru?" Katsura asked again, the young girls eyes filled with tears but she refused to let them fall, instead she looked anywhere but at her fathers friend.
"we were going to move here, my parents and I, we had made enough money off of the dojo to live for a long time, that was about a week ago, they were both killed that night." Here Kaoru paused as if seeing the scene in her mind again "there where ten of them, all Yaminobu ninja's there was nothing father could do against them, he told me to run, and I refused at first, but he slapped me for disobeying him, and told me again to run. I did that time, and that was the last I saw of them. I.Katsura-san why were we attacked?" she now looked to her fathers friend and waited to see what he made of this.
"are you sure it was the Yaminobu?" he asked, his eyes wide and pain was clear in them. Kaoru nodded her head, a lump forming in her throat.
"Himura, did you know of this?" Kaoru now turned to face the red-haired man to see what his reaction was, not surprisingly there was none, the blank faced Hitokiri said nothing for a moment before shaking his head slightly
"I was unaware, though we did stumble across two bodies on our way back from an assignment last week, it might have been them." Kaoru turned her face away at those hard and cold words of death, she didn't know why those words stung her, maybe in her heart she had been hoping that they hadn't died and that they were searching for her, but now that small hope had been crushed under an unemotional boot.
"what happened that you ran into Himura Kaoru?" Kaoru lowered her eyes at that and shuddered.
"they were trying to take advantage of a few women who were crying out to be helped, I couldn't just walk by and leave them, they needed help." She looked up with watery blue eyes at Katsura "I am the assistant master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu, the sword that protects, I had to, if I hadn't then I wouldn't have been honouring my father and mother's death." Katsura nodded his head in understanding and he placed a warm comforting hand on Kaoru's shoulder
"continue" he said in a soft voice, Kaoru nodded, forgetting that the Batousai was sitting not to far away from her and listening to everything that was said.
"there were too many for me to handle, the women ran away as soon as there was a distraction, I didn't expect them to hang around though, so it didn't surprise me. They were all skilled fighters and I was captured, this was a few days ago. I have been with them since and they were going to sell me. It is now obvious to me that they were going to sell me here to be a whore."
They were all silent for a while, taking this all in. Until Iizuka barged through the door, both Katsura and Batousai were on their feet swords drawn and ready to kill, Iizuka held his hands up in defence and both Ishin Shishi members slowly sheathed their weapons.
"what is it?" Katsura asked.
"the Shinsen gumi are here and trying to settle the fighting that was going on, they heard the disturbance out on the street" Katsura cursed and Batousai drew his sword again, just in case he needed to save the leader of their organization.
"who is leading them?"
"Okita and Saitou are here"
Katsura turned his attention to Batousai
"Take her and keep her safe, I will send someone to find you when it is safe, she is important to me Himura, like a daughter" Batousai nodded his head, taking the assignment seriously, anyone that was like family to Katsura was top priority. Bowing to his leader the red haired youth grabbed Kaoru's hand and pulled her up to stand while he sheathed his sword.
"it would probably be wisest to go out the side, as they are sure to have people waiting at the front and back." Iizuka suggested, Batousai grunted in acknowledgement and pulled the slightly resisting Kaoru towards the door.
The commotion outside was chaos, men were killing each other and the blue uniforms of the Shinsen gumi were scattered about the men trying to settle things down and having to defend themselves against the drunk fighters. Batousai quickly pulled the young blue eyed Kaoru down the hall and to the right, pushing her up against the wall to keep her out of sight as he checked the halls to make sure that the way was clear.
Kaoru blew her bangs from her face and pulled her hand roughly from Batousai's grasp and rubbed her wrists while glaring at the still searching young man.
"you take too long" she complained and then walked right around the corner and to the side door, she stood there waiting impatiently for the young Hitokiri to follow. Batousai glared at the impudent girl and stormed over to her and yanked the door open, placing a hand at her lower back he guided her swiftly to the outside and into a side street.
After only a few moments they were safely walking down the streets of Kyoto, the moon shone down on then illuminating the dark streets and making it feel more safe. Kaoru turned and looked at the young Hitokiri beside her and studied him discreetly, long red hair was held in a high pony tail and his face was blank, only a small frown was on his lips, his eyes had now gone to a light purple colour with flecks of gold shining in them, and his hand was touching the hilt of his sword. She could see from the way he walked that he had immense skill in fighting and his aura pulsated with power.
"So," she started, turning her face now towards the red haired youth "what do I call you? Batousai? Himura? Red?" Batousai glared at her for a moment before turning his head back to the road, his eyes scanning the streets, 'does she not shut up? Does she not know the danger she is in?'
"I am Himura Kenshin, you will call me Himura" Kaoru rolled her eyes
"well you can call me Kaoru, I think calling people by their family name is impersonal" Himura eyed the girl next to him
"Himura" he insisted, afraid that she would take it upon herself to call him by his first name, seeing as she was so strange already.
"so, Himura, where are we going?" Batousai looked around him and pointed to a small restaurant that was still open, it seemed like a very quiet and happy place called the Akabeko.
~()~
Sujakata: I'm thinking this is where we might introduce some of the characters of RK, such as Tae, Tsubame, Yahiko, Sanosuke.though I'm not quite sure, it depends. Well you'll have to hold out for at least a week, I'm going to Melbourne.
Read through by Kami (blame her if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes)