A/N: I know the last ch. was short so that is why this is gonna be short. THE END
Many men died this morning, the carcasses were burned and ashes were buried in a memorial where there is a large marble stone with there names on it. Each marble stone had a date on
it, to show which brave man died, and the next battle there is, there will be another stone to represent them. I pray that these men get lead to heaven safely, pig headed they were, they
were still good men.
I am just glad my brother is safe, I am so glad the Battousai didn't kill my brother. Since he was the one who kill most of those men. I walked up the kill, hoping maybe Shinta would be
there. I needed someone to talk to after what happened.
"Shinta?"
"Hm?" He smiled sweetly at me. He stuck his head out from the side and motioned me to go sit near him. I sat next to him at looked at him.
"I saw you save that boy during the war."
"You did? I didn't see you, O, Shinta, don't tell me your family got tangled up during the war!"
"Umm… You could say we were evacuating..."
"O, I am sorry you had to go through that…"
"Don't apologize please…"
"But I feel bad."
"Don't…" His face turned dark, and he turned away.
"So… Who was that boy you saved? He seemed important to you, indeed he did."
"That was my brother, Kosa."
"He looks rather young."
"Yes he is only 12, our parents died years ago, he needs to be taken care of, so I begged our general to give him a job. And he did."
"I see, he is very brave."
"I will tell him you said that," I smiled at him. He gave me a grin back and looked up at the sky.
"It's a beautiful night."
"It is a very beautiful night."
"It makes me think more, when I just look out into the endless distance."
"What does it make you think of?"
"The future the past, what effects it has on us…"
"I never really thought of it like that…" It was very silent, he looked at me and made a grab for my hand.
"Sanso! Sanso?! Where are you?" I snatched my hand away from him.
"O! That is my brother, umm, I ought to go, I will see you tomorrow, come back here around this time."
I waved to him good bye, and he smiled.
*^!*^!*^!*^!*^*!^!*^!*^!*^!*^Kenshin's point of view*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!
I feel like the lowest filth ever, why am I lying to her? Here she fears the great Battousai and here she is talking to him like he is not different from any other person because she sees the
kinder part of me. I like Ms. Sanso, indeed I do. Here she is telling me all these things about me, she trusts me, she doesn't know that I am Battousai. Ofcourse I am not going to tell her,
she would fear me, she is one of the few people that make me feel that I am more then a murderer.
Why did I make a grab for her hand? Another side just took over and I actually grabbed her. Maybe it is for the fact that I need comforting, to helep my tortured soul. I enjoyed killing,
and yet I hate it. Two different sides, Kenshin the Battousai and Shinta, the kind man that speaks of truth.
I hate my double sides, I hate Battousai, but a man slayer I am, and a man slayer I shall be until the day I die.
*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^back at keshins campsite*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^
"So Kenshin? Who was the girl you were with?" Said Masake a friend of mine.
"How did you know?!"
"I saw you, I was getting water from the river and I saw you two."
"A friend…"
"A friend? You liar! C'mon Kenshin you can tell me anything!"
I chuckled and said, "I am not lying Masake, we are just friends, nothing more."
He gave a pout and kicked his legs and then said, "Well, what her name?"
"Sanso."
There was a moment of silence.
"O C'MON KENSHIN! WHAT DID YOUS TWOS DO TOGETHER??!"
"Nothing I swear!"
"Man Kenshin, some ladies man you are…"
"Umm… sorry?"
"Don't apologize! Do you like her?"
"As a friend yes…"
He gave me a dissapointed look.
"Kenshin, talk to me when you have something interesting to tell me… Geeze! I am going to sleep…"
He turned off his light on his side of the tent. I layed down and thought. I gave a deep sigh and decided that I should rest for the night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Sanso's point of view*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke with a face infront of mine.
"SANSO!"
"Huh? Yes, Kosa?" Laying my head back down on the pillow.
"It is time for breakfast!"
"Great… Hold on…"
He left the tent to go stuff his face. When I got to the table, all the food was gone.
"I told you you shoulda came when I told you to!"
"Uh huh, and I bet you are the reason why all the food is gone…" Kosa glared at me. But it didn't last, he jumped out of his seat and said, "Will you help me with my archery skills?"
I gave a sigh, that isnt anything I wanted to do right now, but… he was determined to be good at it, though he wasn't… but… I could teach…
"No! Kaso- No! Don't do that! You don't stomp on thte arrows!"
"But they wont go farther then 1 foot!"
"That's beause you are not pulling! See how it is going back to my cheek…?"
"Uh huh… Yeah, lemme pull!"
He reached to get the arrow, I had to use my foot to keep him back.
"No! Kaso! Stop it! You are acting like a 6 year old!"
"I don't care! I wanna try!"
Before I could yell at him, I heard a loud BANG! When I looked back, half of our campsite was blown to smithereens.
"The Imperialists are attacking! Run!"
I didn't even have time to think, but I grabbed Kaso and ran, not now, please god, not now… Kaso wasn't prepared for this… none of us were, I had to get him in a safe spot. I ran,
until I ran into… well I don't know what I ran into. I looked up and there was the Battousai, again. But his face was covered in a mask. The way I could tell it was him was from the way
he was standing from the last time I was in contact with him.
He grabbed my arm and pulled me to run with him. I snatched it away from him and said, "Why are you helping me? Get away from me!"
"Do you want to die?"
"Yes! I would rather die with my men then an Imperialist helping me!"
He was getting very mad, he grabbed me and threw me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and dropped my brother!
"Sanso come back!"
"Kaso! Let me go I need to get my brother!"
I was hitting his back and kicking for him to let go. But he just pushed me back more. Finally, I was moving around hard enough for me to slip out of his arms. As soon as I got out of his
arms I went straight to find Kaso.
"Kaso! Kaso? Where are you?"
"Sister!" I looked around and moved sticks that were in my way, and he was under all the bits and pieces of whatever. I finally found him.
"Sister…"
"Shhh…" I said holding him close to me, "Don't speak, sweetheart, don't waist your energy." I picked him up and when I turned around, Battousai was behind me.
"What do you want from me?! Why are you following me? Leave me alone!"
He gave a firm grasp on my shoulers and said, "Give your brother to me. I will heal him."
"Never… How can I trust you?"
"Do you really have a choice? You have no where else to go! I give you my word, no harm shall come to your brother, I swear of it."
"Your word means nothing to me."
"Then swear apon my masters grave that I shall not kill him."
A swear like that, he didn't kill my brother last time, so… Could I trust him? I handed Kaso to him and he said, "Follow me."
I tried to run as fast as I could to keep up with him. And finally just as I thought it was too good to be true, a whole herd of Imperialists were together ready to kill… me.
"Good jog Battousai, you brought the one I wanted to kill personally…" said the leader.
"YOU LIAR!" I screamed, "YOU SWORE ON YOUR MASTERS GRAVE!"
"No this isn't what it look-"
I stabbed him in the left shoulder with an arrow, and grabbed my brother and ran.
"AFTER HER!"
I ran, that was the only thing I could do is run. I was going to die here and let down my brother. Then something grabbed me and pulled me with his grip.
Many men died this morning, the carcasses were burned and ashes were buried in a memorial where there is a large marble stone with there names on it. Each marble stone had a date on
it, to show which brave man died, and the next battle there is, there will be another stone to represent them. I pray that these men get lead to heaven safely, pig headed they were, they
were still good men.
I am just glad my brother is safe, I am so glad the Battousai didn't kill my brother. Since he was the one who kill most of those men. I walked up the kill, hoping maybe Shinta would be
there. I needed someone to talk to after what happened.
"Shinta?"
"Hm?" He smiled sweetly at me. He stuck his head out from the side and motioned me to go sit near him. I sat next to him at looked at him.
"I saw you save that boy during the war."
"You did? I didn't see you, O, Shinta, don't tell me your family got tangled up during the war!"
"Umm… You could say we were evacuating..."
"O, I am sorry you had to go through that…"
"Don't apologize please…"
"But I feel bad."
"Don't…" His face turned dark, and he turned away.
"So… Who was that boy you saved? He seemed important to you, indeed he did."
"That was my brother, Kosa."
"He looks rather young."
"Yes he is only 12, our parents died years ago, he needs to be taken care of, so I begged our general to give him a job. And he did."
"I see, he is very brave."
"I will tell him you said that," I smiled at him. He gave me a grin back and looked up at the sky.
"It's a beautiful night."
"It is a very beautiful night."
"It makes me think more, when I just look out into the endless distance."
"What does it make you think of?"
"The future the past, what effects it has on us…"
"I never really thought of it like that…" It was very silent, he looked at me and made a grab for my hand.
"Sanso! Sanso?! Where are you?" I snatched my hand away from him.
"O! That is my brother, umm, I ought to go, I will see you tomorrow, come back here around this time."
I waved to him good bye, and he smiled.
*^!*^!*^!*^!*^*!^!*^!*^!*^!*^Kenshin's point of view*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!
I feel like the lowest filth ever, why am I lying to her? Here she fears the great Battousai and here she is talking to him like he is not different from any other person because she sees the
kinder part of me. I like Ms. Sanso, indeed I do. Here she is telling me all these things about me, she trusts me, she doesn't know that I am Battousai. Ofcourse I am not going to tell her,
she would fear me, she is one of the few people that make me feel that I am more then a murderer.
Why did I make a grab for her hand? Another side just took over and I actually grabbed her. Maybe it is for the fact that I need comforting, to helep my tortured soul. I enjoyed killing,
and yet I hate it. Two different sides, Kenshin the Battousai and Shinta, the kind man that speaks of truth.
I hate my double sides, I hate Battousai, but a man slayer I am, and a man slayer I shall be until the day I die.
*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^back at keshins campsite*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^!*^
"So Kenshin? Who was the girl you were with?" Said Masake a friend of mine.
"How did you know?!"
"I saw you, I was getting water from the river and I saw you two."
"A friend…"
"A friend? You liar! C'mon Kenshin you can tell me anything!"
I chuckled and said, "I am not lying Masake, we are just friends, nothing more."
He gave a pout and kicked his legs and then said, "Well, what her name?"
"Sanso."
There was a moment of silence.
"O C'MON KENSHIN! WHAT DID YOUS TWOS DO TOGETHER??!"
"Nothing I swear!"
"Man Kenshin, some ladies man you are…"
"Umm… sorry?"
"Don't apologize! Do you like her?"
"As a friend yes…"
He gave me a dissapointed look.
"Kenshin, talk to me when you have something interesting to tell me… Geeze! I am going to sleep…"
He turned off his light on his side of the tent. I layed down and thought. I gave a deep sigh and decided that I should rest for the night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Sanso's point of view*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke with a face infront of mine.
"SANSO!"
"Huh? Yes, Kosa?" Laying my head back down on the pillow.
"It is time for breakfast!"
"Great… Hold on…"
He left the tent to go stuff his face. When I got to the table, all the food was gone.
"I told you you shoulda came when I told you to!"
"Uh huh, and I bet you are the reason why all the food is gone…" Kosa glared at me. But it didn't last, he jumped out of his seat and said, "Will you help me with my archery skills?"
I gave a sigh, that isnt anything I wanted to do right now, but… he was determined to be good at it, though he wasn't… but… I could teach…
"No! Kaso- No! Don't do that! You don't stomp on thte arrows!"
"But they wont go farther then 1 foot!"
"That's beause you are not pulling! See how it is going back to my cheek…?"
"Uh huh… Yeah, lemme pull!"
He reached to get the arrow, I had to use my foot to keep him back.
"No! Kaso! Stop it! You are acting like a 6 year old!"
"I don't care! I wanna try!"
Before I could yell at him, I heard a loud BANG! When I looked back, half of our campsite was blown to smithereens.
"The Imperialists are attacking! Run!"
I didn't even have time to think, but I grabbed Kaso and ran, not now, please god, not now… Kaso wasn't prepared for this… none of us were, I had to get him in a safe spot. I ran,
until I ran into… well I don't know what I ran into. I looked up and there was the Battousai, again. But his face was covered in a mask. The way I could tell it was him was from the way
he was standing from the last time I was in contact with him.
He grabbed my arm and pulled me to run with him. I snatched it away from him and said, "Why are you helping me? Get away from me!"
"Do you want to die?"
"Yes! I would rather die with my men then an Imperialist helping me!"
He was getting very mad, he grabbed me and threw me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and dropped my brother!
"Sanso come back!"
"Kaso! Let me go I need to get my brother!"
I was hitting his back and kicking for him to let go. But he just pushed me back more. Finally, I was moving around hard enough for me to slip out of his arms. As soon as I got out of his
arms I went straight to find Kaso.
"Kaso! Kaso? Where are you?"
"Sister!" I looked around and moved sticks that were in my way, and he was under all the bits and pieces of whatever. I finally found him.
"Sister…"
"Shhh…" I said holding him close to me, "Don't speak, sweetheart, don't waist your energy." I picked him up and when I turned around, Battousai was behind me.
"What do you want from me?! Why are you following me? Leave me alone!"
He gave a firm grasp on my shoulers and said, "Give your brother to me. I will heal him."
"Never… How can I trust you?"
"Do you really have a choice? You have no where else to go! I give you my word, no harm shall come to your brother, I swear of it."
"Your word means nothing to me."
"Then swear apon my masters grave that I shall not kill him."
A swear like that, he didn't kill my brother last time, so… Could I trust him? I handed Kaso to him and he said, "Follow me."
I tried to run as fast as I could to keep up with him. And finally just as I thought it was too good to be true, a whole herd of Imperialists were together ready to kill… me.
"Good jog Battousai, you brought the one I wanted to kill personally…" said the leader.
"YOU LIAR!" I screamed, "YOU SWORE ON YOUR MASTERS GRAVE!"
"No this isn't what it look-"
I stabbed him in the left shoulder with an arrow, and grabbed my brother and ran.
"AFTER HER!"
I ran, that was the only thing I could do is run. I was going to die here and let down my brother. Then something grabbed me and pulled me with his grip.