Chapter 1

Higeki na higeki – Tragedy of Tragedies

Disclaimer: I do not own Weiss Kreuz or Rurouni Kenshin. All the characters in this fic belong to Watsuki-sensei!

Author's Notes: This is my first RuroKen fic, and I'm basically borrowing a bit of an idea from the anime/manga Weiss Kreuz. This is an modern day AU fic where Kenshin is an ordinary teenager who gets his life turned upside-down when his sister gets run over by a suspicious limousine. His sister falls into a coma, and in exchange for her health, he agrees to be trained by Hiko in the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu, and essentially, becomes Battousai.

"Nee-san!" An amethyst-eyed youth called out to his older sister, who was just across the road.

A girl dressed in an elaborate kimono turned her head; long dark hair let loose swished softly past her ears and shoulders as she did so. She regarded the teenager with a smile. "Shinta."

"—taku! Nee-san! You should've waited for me!" Himura Shinta was out of breath, his chest heaving, his fiery-red mane tousled all around his head.

Her smile deepened. "You took so long; besides, Akira was waiting."

Shinta rolled his eyes at the mention of his sister's boyfriend. "Yeah, well, it's not like he's always an early bird himself." His eyes narrowed slightly as he grinned in a not-so-innocent manner. "Would I be interrupting anything with my presence?"

Tomoe attempted to swipe his head, turning pink, but Shinta ducked under her arm, grinning. "Why you little imp!"

Still grinning, he replied impudently, "I guess I am then. I'll just leave you two love-birds alone when he finally shows up."

Tomoe could just start to feel a vein pop in her head. "Grrrr~~~ if you weren't my little brother I would wring your neck through a dryer!"

Shinta grinned. "Well, nothing I can do about that can I?"

The cheerful banter continued, as Shinta continued to annoy Tomoe, and she got more and more irritated.

She finally exploded. "That's it! I refuse to stand on the same pavement as you!"

Cold brown eyes watched the exchange between brother and sister from the back of a limousine. As the girl started to cross the road, the words that were uttered from his lips sealed her fate.

"Run her over."

The limousine shot out of the shadows like a speeding arrow, racing towards her.

And yet, Tomoe was not aware of the danger that she was in.

Annoyed and blushing pink, she continued to cross the road, unawares, muttering to herself under her breath. "That little imp Shinta –!!" She suddenly noticed a sleek black limousine, speeding like a bullet---

Right towards her.

Shinta was still in the midst of laughter when he heard the sound of squealing tires on asphalt, and his eyes suddenly shot open, only to see Tomoe standing frozen, stock-still in the middle of the road while the shiny black car raced towards her.

"NEE-SAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!"

She turned her head towards her brother's anguished yell and she saw him reaching out towards her, only starting to run.

The world seemed to move in slow motion.

Shinta was running, running, his mind screaming at him to save her.

Her eyes widened as he ran towards her, the blood that rushed through her ears blocked out all sound…and then…

The limousine crashed into her body and the impact sent her flying. Tomoe could feel nothing as she saw the car race by, even though she knew her body was falling back to the ground against the hard cold pavement, and the trickle of blood running from the edge of her lips told of internal injury.

His heart threatened to leap out of his body as he saw the car connect with her frail form. Her scream was like a sword through his heart, and he felt his mind scream. Her body soared like a puppet, only to crash down into the asphalt once again, this time a broken doll. He turned to look at the limousine, which had stopped not 10 feet away from them, and his eyes widened in anger as he watched the man inside turn his head a smile a cold, dead smile. The memory of that smile was etched into his mind forever, as the limousine once again started moving, leaving the scene of tragedy behind. Shinta's eyes flashed amber before returning to hardened violet as rage threatened to consume him.

A weak groan from his sister pulled Shinta back to reality again, and as he rushed towards her the shock and horror of the sight of her made his blood run cold. As he held her in his arms he noticed that her light blue kimono was dyed in the blood that was being coughed out from her lips as her eyes threatened to fog over. 'Nee-san.' He whispered, his voice like sanded paper. Tomoe's eyelids flickered at him.

"Shin…ta…"

Her eyelids fluttered shut as her body went limp in his hands.

Kami-sama…this can't be happening…Nee-san!Nee-san!!

"NEEEEEE-SAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!"

His anguished scream ran out through the town.

And the haunting smell of white plum mixed with blood permeated the air.

Author's Notes: In this fic, some of the roles of the characters are changed. As you can see, Tomoe is not Kenshin's wife, and Enishi is not her brother. Kenshin is still known as Shinta at this point, but well ^_^ he'll be known as Kenshin soon enough. Oh, FYI, Kenshin's and Tomoe's parents died really early, so Tomoe was the one who brought Kenshin up (sound familiar to Flame of Recca fans? ^^; think Mikagami). How old the people are? Kenshin at this stage is 15, while Tomoe is 18. Don't know if I'll dump Akira into the fic completely or not. Quite a few characters will be OOC in this one, if ya get what I mean. And Nee-san means older sister in Japanese.

As I said, I'm borrowing Weiss Kreuz for this, and if you've ever read the manga for Weiss Kreuz, you'll find out how Aya (Ran) joins the group. Kenshin is basically playing Aya's (Ran's) role, while Tomoe is playing as the –real- Aya ie. Kenshin's sister. This story is kinda a prologue to another story that I'll be writing soon. So all ya have to do is wait for it! Reviews and critics are very much welcome! XD Or should I say, the more the better!

Vocabulary for the day

Nee-san – older sister

Taku (full word mattaku) – geez! Really!

Kami-sama – God