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Destiny
Chapter 2
"Where am I?" Aoshi finally flicker his eyes open to see a young woman standing above him.
"Feeling better?" She flashed a smile to see her strangely dressed man had awakened.
"Who are you?" Aoshi was fully aware and was on defense with his kodachi.
"Mai Himura" She pushed his sword away and kneed down beside the bed Aoshi was sitting on.
"Himura?" Aoshi said in confusion.
She nodded and then she gently took Aoshi's kodachi and laid it peacefully on the floor.
"Kenshin Himura's sister?" Aoshi didn't who else she could be.
Mai laughed and smiled at him. "Kenshin was my great-great-great- great grandfather"
"What?!?" Aoshi astonish.
"He was a great swordsman, for generations now we kept swordsmanship in our families. Each generation got stronger and stronger, also developing new techniques." Mai explained.
"What is this place? Where am I? What time is this?" Thousands of questions flowed through Aoshi's brain.
"It's 2003" Mai smiled as she though the man had lost his mind.
"No, this can't be" Aoshi got up and paced around.
"What's can't it be?" Mai stood up.
Aoshi looked at the woman with long flowing hair all tied up into a ponytail. 'She's tall and beautiful; I wonder if she knows who's the stronger man that can defeat Kenshin is"
"Something wrong?" Mai asked curiously as she said his face in confusion.
"I am here to find the strongest person who can defeat Kenshin Himura" Aoshi finally spoke hoping she would know some information.
"Are you crazy? Kenshin died a long time ago, how are you supposed to defeat a dead man?" Mai knocked on his head.
'Can this be? Only someone from the future can beat that Battousai?" Aoshi asked himself as he saw a sword hung on the wall. He walked over to it and grabbed it. 'This looks familiar' Aoshi slowly slide the sword from its case and was shock with what he saw.
"A reverse bladed sword!" Aoshi surprised.
"It's been in my family for years, we don't want to kill anyone. Our skills and techniques may be hard and meant to slay people, but it's for protecting ourselves and others only" Mai was beginning to believe that he was not from her time. Mai didn't know why, but she felt strange aura from him. Something told her that he wasn't from her time, he was from somewhere else, either a real slow country or some crazy family that likes the old fashion ways.
"But of course in our time, we don't use swords anymore. The world is filled with guns and bombs, but I'm trying out best to keep the swords alive" Mai continued. Mai of course believed in the supernatural because she, herself, was supernatural. She believed anything could happen, even time travel, but she also believe that something always happens from a reason. Maybe this was to change her destiny?
"You're time?" Aoshi confused.
"You're not from my time are you?" Mai finally let her question out. "You're from the time of my great-great-great-great grandfather aren't you? That's why you seek someone to defeat him"
"The Oniwanbanshu are the strongest and always will be" Aoshi faced the ground.
"Oniwanbanshu, I heard of them. What's your name?" Mai gently grabbed the reversed bladed sword from Aoshi.
"Aoshi Shinomori" He asked.
"Okashira (leader) of the Oniwanbanshu" Mai's eyes widen.
"Yes, I am here to find the man who can defeat the Battousai" Aoshi finally got a good look at the strange looking house.
"The man you're looking for is.........dead" A tear dropped from her face.
Aoshi looked at her with a slight sorrow. "Dead?"
Mai nodded.
"How can this be?" Aoshi walked over to young woman.
"He was my brother; he was the strongest man I had ever seen. He swore to take care of me when our parents died. One day when he went out with his friends, his friends came back without him. I thought it was a practical joke and didn't think anything of it. Then they told me that he was shot by a hit and run" Mai fell on his knees crying.
"Shot? Hit and run?" Aoshi walked to her slowly and kneed down beside her.
"Guns, bandits from somewhere were running away from the police. They shot their guns and one of them hit my brother, and I wasn't there to save him" Mai wiping her tears away only to find more.
"There wasn't anything you could have done." Aoshi couldn't believe that there wasn't anyone who can defeat the manslayer Kenshin.
"No, I'm not a bloodline descendant. I was adopted I never knew my real mother and father, but I grew up discovering my healing powers alone." Mai's eyes stopped its flow of tears.
"Healing powers?" Aoshi asked as he tipped Mai's face towards him. 'She more beautiful than I though'
Mai nodded and noticed the scars showing on Aoshi's chest. She gently pulled away his shirt and touched each mark with her palm. Instantly the scars began to disappear, giving a shock to Aoshi.
"I could have saved my brother if I was there" Mai fell onto Aoshi's shoulder.
Aoshi didn't know what to do; he knelt there just staring into space. Then he slowly wrapped his arms around Mai and the thought of Misao came to his head. But he fought the feeling and kept this warmth around Mai. 'Why does this feel so right?' Aoshi was having a debate in his head.
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Destiny
Chapter 2
"Where am I?" Aoshi finally flicker his eyes open to see a young woman standing above him.
"Feeling better?" She flashed a smile to see her strangely dressed man had awakened.
"Who are you?" Aoshi was fully aware and was on defense with his kodachi.
"Mai Himura" She pushed his sword away and kneed down beside the bed Aoshi was sitting on.
"Himura?" Aoshi said in confusion.
She nodded and then she gently took Aoshi's kodachi and laid it peacefully on the floor.
"Kenshin Himura's sister?" Aoshi didn't who else she could be.
Mai laughed and smiled at him. "Kenshin was my great-great-great- great grandfather"
"What?!?" Aoshi astonish.
"He was a great swordsman, for generations now we kept swordsmanship in our families. Each generation got stronger and stronger, also developing new techniques." Mai explained.
"What is this place? Where am I? What time is this?" Thousands of questions flowed through Aoshi's brain.
"It's 2003" Mai smiled as she though the man had lost his mind.
"No, this can't be" Aoshi got up and paced around.
"What's can't it be?" Mai stood up.
Aoshi looked at the woman with long flowing hair all tied up into a ponytail. 'She's tall and beautiful; I wonder if she knows who's the stronger man that can defeat Kenshin is"
"Something wrong?" Mai asked curiously as she said his face in confusion.
"I am here to find the strongest person who can defeat Kenshin Himura" Aoshi finally spoke hoping she would know some information.
"Are you crazy? Kenshin died a long time ago, how are you supposed to defeat a dead man?" Mai knocked on his head.
'Can this be? Only someone from the future can beat that Battousai?" Aoshi asked himself as he saw a sword hung on the wall. He walked over to it and grabbed it. 'This looks familiar' Aoshi slowly slide the sword from its case and was shock with what he saw.
"A reverse bladed sword!" Aoshi surprised.
"It's been in my family for years, we don't want to kill anyone. Our skills and techniques may be hard and meant to slay people, but it's for protecting ourselves and others only" Mai was beginning to believe that he was not from her time. Mai didn't know why, but she felt strange aura from him. Something told her that he wasn't from her time, he was from somewhere else, either a real slow country or some crazy family that likes the old fashion ways.
"But of course in our time, we don't use swords anymore. The world is filled with guns and bombs, but I'm trying out best to keep the swords alive" Mai continued. Mai of course believed in the supernatural because she, herself, was supernatural. She believed anything could happen, even time travel, but she also believe that something always happens from a reason. Maybe this was to change her destiny?
"You're time?" Aoshi confused.
"You're not from my time are you?" Mai finally let her question out. "You're from the time of my great-great-great-great grandfather aren't you? That's why you seek someone to defeat him"
"The Oniwanbanshu are the strongest and always will be" Aoshi faced the ground.
"Oniwanbanshu, I heard of them. What's your name?" Mai gently grabbed the reversed bladed sword from Aoshi.
"Aoshi Shinomori" He asked.
"Okashira (leader) of the Oniwanbanshu" Mai's eyes widen.
"Yes, I am here to find the man who can defeat the Battousai" Aoshi finally got a good look at the strange looking house.
"The man you're looking for is.........dead" A tear dropped from her face.
Aoshi looked at her with a slight sorrow. "Dead?"
Mai nodded.
"How can this be?" Aoshi walked over to young woman.
"He was my brother; he was the strongest man I had ever seen. He swore to take care of me when our parents died. One day when he went out with his friends, his friends came back without him. I thought it was a practical joke and didn't think anything of it. Then they told me that he was shot by a hit and run" Mai fell on his knees crying.
"Shot? Hit and run?" Aoshi walked to her slowly and kneed down beside her.
"Guns, bandits from somewhere were running away from the police. They shot their guns and one of them hit my brother, and I wasn't there to save him" Mai wiping her tears away only to find more.
"There wasn't anything you could have done." Aoshi couldn't believe that there wasn't anyone who can defeat the manslayer Kenshin.
"No, I'm not a bloodline descendant. I was adopted I never knew my real mother and father, but I grew up discovering my healing powers alone." Mai's eyes stopped its flow of tears.
"Healing powers?" Aoshi asked as he tipped Mai's face towards him. 'She more beautiful than I though'
Mai nodded and noticed the scars showing on Aoshi's chest. She gently pulled away his shirt and touched each mark with her palm. Instantly the scars began to disappear, giving a shock to Aoshi.
"I could have saved my brother if I was there" Mai fell onto Aoshi's shoulder.
Aoshi didn't know what to do; he knelt there just staring into space. Then he slowly wrapped his arms around Mai and the thought of Misao came to his head. But he fought the feeling and kept this warmth around Mai. 'Why does this feel so right?' Aoshi was having a debate in his head.
© 2002 Duckie4rmabove
A Duckie4rmabove Production