Yay, final chapter! i will put an epiloge at the end of this chapter. Warning: If you did not read Heros are
Remembered, Legends never die, go back and at least read the first chapter of it, or this will make no sense
to you whatsoever. That said, enjoy!
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Kenshin knelt experty over grimy water (honestly, does the man do nothing but the laundry?) as he scrubbed
Kenji's dirty diapers."Hello how may I help you," he inquired of the stranger behind him.
The old man jumped, he had been trying to be silent as he approached the rurouni. "You are as sharp as ever
Battosai."
Kenshin knew the man's voice instantly, he stood and turned to the elder. "We discussed that six years ago.
My name is Kenshin."
Just then Kenji ran by, giggling madly as he eluded Jade and Yahiko, his babysitters. Jade was shouting at
her brother, but the toddler ignored her and kept running, right past Kenshin and the visitor. None of the
children noticed the man, whose eyes were locked on Jade.
"That is your daughter, ne?" The man turned to Kenshin as the toddler and the teenagers rounded the corner.
"You have killed for her."
Kenshin's violet eyes flashed. "How did you know that," he demanded.
The man did not reply, he continued."You also betrayed your first love to get your daughter back. You must
feel very strongly for Jade. Very strongly indeed. It is interesting that you will go as far as to break
your oath not to kill for her. How do you explain that?"
Kenshin remained calm."I would do the same for Kenji."
"You would return to you old ways to preserve the lives of your children. How touching. I told you once that
you could not escape your past Battosai. Legends never die."
"Maybe so," Kenshin said, "maybe so. But it is not nessacary to run from the past. My past brought my child
back to me. There is no need to run from my past, my family loves me the way I am. And in the event that the
Battosai takes over, the love of my family will bring me back."
"Then you have learned the most important lesson of all Kenshin. Love conquers all things." The man turned
and left the dojo.
Kenshin sighed and went back to doing the wash.
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Epilogue
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"Come back here!" Yahiko followed swiftly behind the six year-old as she ran ahead towards the marketplace.
Jade giggled beside him as she watched their daughter turn and make a face at her father.
Suddenly, Kenshin was in front of the child. "Sondok, it is not nice to make faces at your father, he
scolded gently.
"Okay Grandpa," Sondok squealed happily, latching on to Kenshin's legs. The rurouni lost his balace and fell
ungracefully to the dirt. Jade, Yahiko, and Kaoru laughed as Kenshin's eyes swirled anime style.
Things were as they should be.
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this story is over! hope you enjoyed it! Ja'ne!
Remembered, Legends never die, go back and at least read the first chapter of it, or this will make no sense
to you whatsoever. That said, enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kenshin knelt experty over grimy water (honestly, does the man do nothing but the laundry?) as he scrubbed
Kenji's dirty diapers."Hello how may I help you," he inquired of the stranger behind him.
The old man jumped, he had been trying to be silent as he approached the rurouni. "You are as sharp as ever
Battosai."
Kenshin knew the man's voice instantly, he stood and turned to the elder. "We discussed that six years ago.
My name is Kenshin."
Just then Kenji ran by, giggling madly as he eluded Jade and Yahiko, his babysitters. Jade was shouting at
her brother, but the toddler ignored her and kept running, right past Kenshin and the visitor. None of the
children noticed the man, whose eyes were locked on Jade.
"That is your daughter, ne?" The man turned to Kenshin as the toddler and the teenagers rounded the corner.
"You have killed for her."
Kenshin's violet eyes flashed. "How did you know that," he demanded.
The man did not reply, he continued."You also betrayed your first love to get your daughter back. You must
feel very strongly for Jade. Very strongly indeed. It is interesting that you will go as far as to break
your oath not to kill for her. How do you explain that?"
Kenshin remained calm."I would do the same for Kenji."
"You would return to you old ways to preserve the lives of your children. How touching. I told you once that
you could not escape your past Battosai. Legends never die."
"Maybe so," Kenshin said, "maybe so. But it is not nessacary to run from the past. My past brought my child
back to me. There is no need to run from my past, my family loves me the way I am. And in the event that the
Battosai takes over, the love of my family will bring me back."
"Then you have learned the most important lesson of all Kenshin. Love conquers all things." The man turned
and left the dojo.
Kenshin sighed and went back to doing the wash.
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Epilogue
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Come back here!" Yahiko followed swiftly behind the six year-old as she ran ahead towards the marketplace.
Jade giggled beside him as she watched their daughter turn and make a face at her father.
Suddenly, Kenshin was in front of the child. "Sondok, it is not nice to make faces at your father, he
scolded gently.
"Okay Grandpa," Sondok squealed happily, latching on to Kenshin's legs. The rurouni lost his balace and fell
ungracefully to the dirt. Jade, Yahiko, and Kaoru laughed as Kenshin's eyes swirled anime style.
Things were as they should be.
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this story is over! hope you enjoyed it! Ja'ne!
