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Losses and Gains
Ch.5 - Rescue
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'That was veeeery strange, de gozaru yo.'
He only walked a mere 50 paces from the spot. Kisagari Kasumi was a very nice and cheerful girl from what he had concluded with only 20 minutes of knowing her. That was the most bizarre meeting he had ever had with someone. He regretted the fact that he put down her invitation to dinner, for if he didn't, he wouldn't have had to go threw that embarrassing situation with her. A woman's scorn was awful in deed.
Note to self: Always rehearse what to say before speaking to a woman.
He just shrugged off the past events and made his way back to the dojo. Unexpectedly, a scream was heard. It was back at the market. Being the courageous rurouni he was, Kenshin sprinted to where the scream came from.
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She panted from her shriek as she backed away from the group of thugs circling her.
"Now c'mon, onna. Just follow our demands and we won't harm you.too much." The leader smirked.
"Yeah, all we want is a piece ass. Moreover, you're the one with the ass." Another one of the men sneered at her, while licking their lips at gawking at her body.
"Kuso." Kasumi cursed under her breath. This was not good-not good at all. This was one reason why she had taken karate lessons--to get her out of these kinds of predicaments. She set her groceries aside and stood in a fighting stance.
"Oh, look. The little onna is trying to defend herself." One of the goons mocked her. Ignoring his obnoxious comment, Kasumi furrowed her eyebrows, concentrated her energy, and focused on the opponent.
"Let's go, ahondara." Kasumi said coolly.
"What did you say, kono ama?" the thug spat back. He'll wish he had never spat anything out of his tobacco-chewing mouth after saying that. Kasumi had just introduced her fist in his ugly face. The man fell onto his back, unconscious. The rest of the men just stared down at their fallen comrade, completely unaware that the young maiden was continuing her assault.
The leader of the gang noticed and immediately shouted. "Don't just stand there, you bakayarou! Go get the girl!" That was futile, though. The crimson-eyed shoujo attacked each one of the bastards with a punch, kick, combo, and whatever she was taught at the karate school. It was amusing for her. She had never had to deal with this. She always thought she would be too afraid to attack what threatened her, but she had proved herself wrong. It was so eaassssssy.
With all the gangsters beaten by a mere girl, the boss of the group was dumbstruck. They were never beat out on the streets and certainly NEVER by a girl. He shouldn't have hired those boys to do a man's job.
"Alright, onna. You may have beaten my henchmen, but the question is.can you defeat me as well?" he smirked at her.
"Of course. You must be as weak as them for being the leader." She smiled maliciously.
"Well, I'm afraid you're wrong." He reached into his shirt and unsheathed a long, slender sword.
Kasumi gulped. "Kisama." she backed away, still in her stance.
All he could do was laugh at how weak she was now. He slashed his sword across but she avoided his hit. He kept swinging his sword, in attempt to strike her, but she was too quick. Then.she was cornered.
"Now, you won't be able to ran away. Monshi!" he shouted as he drew his sword in the air, ready to end her young life. Kasumi shut her eyes tightly, awaiting her unfortunate fate. She waited.and waited.but nothing came. She half-opened one crimson eye, gasping. A red headed man was standing in front of her, blocking the attack from the grunt.
"You will kindly let this lady go, that you will." Kenshin menacingly glared with amber eyes. They sparked with rage and readiness to kill. Stumbling behind him, the leader of the thugs lowered his sword.
"H-hai, g-gomen n-nasai." He stuttered nervously. "It will n-never happen again. I'm s-sorry. I will never do a-any harm to y-your woman ever again." The pleading became so pathetic that Kenshin thought he would just kill the guy there.
The rurouni sheathed his sword and turned to the frightful Kasumi. "Kasumi- chan, daijoubo ka?" he put his most comforting face on.
'I hope she didn't see my eyes.'
"Hai, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." She looked somewhat traumatized.
"Did that man hurt you at all?" Kenshin asked her.
"No." She lifted herself to prove him wrong. She fell right back down. Her whole body was aching so badly from her little street-fight.
"Do you expect me to believe you in that condition? I think not, ne?" He told her firmly, in a motherly way almost. "And as for you, I better not see you walking around these streets late at night, trying to mug innocent and defenseless people, like Kasumi-dono. If you do, I will come after you once more."
"Oi! I am NOT defenseless, you hear? I took care of his other henchmen, that I did!" Kasumi was outraged. It appeared as if she was much better now.
"Wait, you stole my word! 'De gozaru yo' is my phrase. I am probably the only person in all of Japan that still uses that." Now Himura-san was started to catch a very mild fit.
"Kamawan." She said coolly, turning her back to him. "You have insulted me with your words. Himura Kenshin, this will be the last time you see me."
"Oro?" Kenshin was puzzled. Woman always did that to him.
"Don't you understand? You will never see my face again! I wish to not speak to you, ever!" the crimson eyed girl was beginning to get frustrated. She thought that this man would have a bit more common sense. It appeared that he didn't know what she meant. Therefore, she left.
"Demo." he began. 'She really is leaving. Oh well.' He sighed.
'He's not gonna stop me? C'mon, Kenshin. I don't really wanna leave.' When she had first met him, she perceived him as good-looking. However, those were just things she did. Whenever she would be out on the streets, Kasumi would usually preoccupy herself by eyeing men and deciding which was ugly or handsome. You could say it was one of her 'pastimes'. She would never look at it as love at first sight. Never.
"By the way, arigatou." She said as she stopped midway.
"For what?"
"Kami-sama, you really are dense. I appreciate what you did. You saved me back there." Kenshin looked to where the unconscious man lay. That wasn't much of a challenge for him, but he *was* the hero after all.
"Your welcome, Kasumi-dono."
She half-smiled and continued walking. 'Guess he won't do it.'
"Matte!" he called.
Her face lit up. "Hai?"
"You almost forgot your groceries." He gathered her food.
"Oh. Thank you.again." She walked back to him, trying to fake a grateful grin. He handed her the food and stood there. She mentally begged him to say something.
"Uh.Kasumi?"
"Yes?" she repeated.
"You must be extremely exhausted. Umm." he struggled for the right words. Why did he always freeze up with woman? "Would you.like to stay the night at the dojo? You know it is pretty dangerous around here at this time of day and."
"Of course." She cut him short.
"Ok, then. Would you mind me carrying your bags?" he asked generously.
"That's alright. I'm a big girl, you know." She told him politely as she could.
"Hai." He grinned.
"And another thing, I'm not your woman, ok?"
"Hai."
Finally, both walked away from the scene they had caused earlier, with the thug still knocked out, oblivious to the world. It all had turned out better than expected but none of them certainly hadn't met fate yet.
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A slim figure stood above in a tree, hidden by the black shadows. Glowing red eyes watching the couple head home. A malicious smirk forming on its lips.
"So, Battousai, you found another girl? You had better enjoy her while you can because I'll take her away from you just as I did with the other. You'll soon be mine, Kenshin. I'll make sure of that." The figure spoke. Quietly, they evilly sniggered in the dark.
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Author's Note: well there you go. I think it was bit short but longer than the last chapter. For those of you who do know a lot of Japanese, I think I put too many cuss words in this chappy. For those who don't, the translations are at the bottom. I've been getting many reviews on how the story is good, but it would be better with KxK. Well.let me just say, first of all, Im really glad about the reviews. That's wat I need! I need your comments and suggestions. Second, im pretty sure that I've gotten everything clear in my mind about how the story will go on. I won't say anything, but I just hope it will surprise people. Oh, btw, REVIEW!!! Pleez??? Ja ne!!
Kuso - basically a cuss. (Sh*t, Damn, Crap, etc)
Ahondara - B*tch
Kono ama - You dirty slut!
Bakayarou - someone REALLY stupid
Kisama - F*ck You
Monshi - Die in agony!
Daijoubo ka - Are you alright?
Oi! - Hey!
Kamawan - I don't care
Matte - wait
If you can guess who the "Mystery Person" is, I'll give you a cookie! ^_^
Losses and Gains
Ch.5 - Rescue
~*~
'That was veeeery strange, de gozaru yo.'
He only walked a mere 50 paces from the spot. Kisagari Kasumi was a very nice and cheerful girl from what he had concluded with only 20 minutes of knowing her. That was the most bizarre meeting he had ever had with someone. He regretted the fact that he put down her invitation to dinner, for if he didn't, he wouldn't have had to go threw that embarrassing situation with her. A woman's scorn was awful in deed.
Note to self: Always rehearse what to say before speaking to a woman.
He just shrugged off the past events and made his way back to the dojo. Unexpectedly, a scream was heard. It was back at the market. Being the courageous rurouni he was, Kenshin sprinted to where the scream came from.
~*~
She panted from her shriek as she backed away from the group of thugs circling her.
"Now c'mon, onna. Just follow our demands and we won't harm you.too much." The leader smirked.
"Yeah, all we want is a piece ass. Moreover, you're the one with the ass." Another one of the men sneered at her, while licking their lips at gawking at her body.
"Kuso." Kasumi cursed under her breath. This was not good-not good at all. This was one reason why she had taken karate lessons--to get her out of these kinds of predicaments. She set her groceries aside and stood in a fighting stance.
"Oh, look. The little onna is trying to defend herself." One of the goons mocked her. Ignoring his obnoxious comment, Kasumi furrowed her eyebrows, concentrated her energy, and focused on the opponent.
"Let's go, ahondara." Kasumi said coolly.
"What did you say, kono ama?" the thug spat back. He'll wish he had never spat anything out of his tobacco-chewing mouth after saying that. Kasumi had just introduced her fist in his ugly face. The man fell onto his back, unconscious. The rest of the men just stared down at their fallen comrade, completely unaware that the young maiden was continuing her assault.
The leader of the gang noticed and immediately shouted. "Don't just stand there, you bakayarou! Go get the girl!" That was futile, though. The crimson-eyed shoujo attacked each one of the bastards with a punch, kick, combo, and whatever she was taught at the karate school. It was amusing for her. She had never had to deal with this. She always thought she would be too afraid to attack what threatened her, but she had proved herself wrong. It was so eaassssssy.
With all the gangsters beaten by a mere girl, the boss of the group was dumbstruck. They were never beat out on the streets and certainly NEVER by a girl. He shouldn't have hired those boys to do a man's job.
"Alright, onna. You may have beaten my henchmen, but the question is.can you defeat me as well?" he smirked at her.
"Of course. You must be as weak as them for being the leader." She smiled maliciously.
"Well, I'm afraid you're wrong." He reached into his shirt and unsheathed a long, slender sword.
Kasumi gulped. "Kisama." she backed away, still in her stance.
All he could do was laugh at how weak she was now. He slashed his sword across but she avoided his hit. He kept swinging his sword, in attempt to strike her, but she was too quick. Then.she was cornered.
"Now, you won't be able to ran away. Monshi!" he shouted as he drew his sword in the air, ready to end her young life. Kasumi shut her eyes tightly, awaiting her unfortunate fate. She waited.and waited.but nothing came. She half-opened one crimson eye, gasping. A red headed man was standing in front of her, blocking the attack from the grunt.
"You will kindly let this lady go, that you will." Kenshin menacingly glared with amber eyes. They sparked with rage and readiness to kill. Stumbling behind him, the leader of the thugs lowered his sword.
"H-hai, g-gomen n-nasai." He stuttered nervously. "It will n-never happen again. I'm s-sorry. I will never do a-any harm to y-your woman ever again." The pleading became so pathetic that Kenshin thought he would just kill the guy there.
The rurouni sheathed his sword and turned to the frightful Kasumi. "Kasumi- chan, daijoubo ka?" he put his most comforting face on.
'I hope she didn't see my eyes.'
"Hai, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." She looked somewhat traumatized.
"Did that man hurt you at all?" Kenshin asked her.
"No." She lifted herself to prove him wrong. She fell right back down. Her whole body was aching so badly from her little street-fight.
"Do you expect me to believe you in that condition? I think not, ne?" He told her firmly, in a motherly way almost. "And as for you, I better not see you walking around these streets late at night, trying to mug innocent and defenseless people, like Kasumi-dono. If you do, I will come after you once more."
"Oi! I am NOT defenseless, you hear? I took care of his other henchmen, that I did!" Kasumi was outraged. It appeared as if she was much better now.
"Wait, you stole my word! 'De gozaru yo' is my phrase. I am probably the only person in all of Japan that still uses that." Now Himura-san was started to catch a very mild fit.
"Kamawan." She said coolly, turning her back to him. "You have insulted me with your words. Himura Kenshin, this will be the last time you see me."
"Oro?" Kenshin was puzzled. Woman always did that to him.
"Don't you understand? You will never see my face again! I wish to not speak to you, ever!" the crimson eyed girl was beginning to get frustrated. She thought that this man would have a bit more common sense. It appeared that he didn't know what she meant. Therefore, she left.
"Demo." he began. 'She really is leaving. Oh well.' He sighed.
'He's not gonna stop me? C'mon, Kenshin. I don't really wanna leave.' When she had first met him, she perceived him as good-looking. However, those were just things she did. Whenever she would be out on the streets, Kasumi would usually preoccupy herself by eyeing men and deciding which was ugly or handsome. You could say it was one of her 'pastimes'. She would never look at it as love at first sight. Never.
"By the way, arigatou." She said as she stopped midway.
"For what?"
"Kami-sama, you really are dense. I appreciate what you did. You saved me back there." Kenshin looked to where the unconscious man lay. That wasn't much of a challenge for him, but he *was* the hero after all.
"Your welcome, Kasumi-dono."
She half-smiled and continued walking. 'Guess he won't do it.'
"Matte!" he called.
Her face lit up. "Hai?"
"You almost forgot your groceries." He gathered her food.
"Oh. Thank you.again." She walked back to him, trying to fake a grateful grin. He handed her the food and stood there. She mentally begged him to say something.
"Uh.Kasumi?"
"Yes?" she repeated.
"You must be extremely exhausted. Umm." he struggled for the right words. Why did he always freeze up with woman? "Would you.like to stay the night at the dojo? You know it is pretty dangerous around here at this time of day and."
"Of course." She cut him short.
"Ok, then. Would you mind me carrying your bags?" he asked generously.
"That's alright. I'm a big girl, you know." She told him politely as she could.
"Hai." He grinned.
"And another thing, I'm not your woman, ok?"
"Hai."
Finally, both walked away from the scene they had caused earlier, with the thug still knocked out, oblivious to the world. It all had turned out better than expected but none of them certainly hadn't met fate yet.
~*~
A slim figure stood above in a tree, hidden by the black shadows. Glowing red eyes watching the couple head home. A malicious smirk forming on its lips.
"So, Battousai, you found another girl? You had better enjoy her while you can because I'll take her away from you just as I did with the other. You'll soon be mine, Kenshin. I'll make sure of that." The figure spoke. Quietly, they evilly sniggered in the dark.
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Author's Note: well there you go. I think it was bit short but longer than the last chapter. For those of you who do know a lot of Japanese, I think I put too many cuss words in this chappy. For those who don't, the translations are at the bottom. I've been getting many reviews on how the story is good, but it would be better with KxK. Well.let me just say, first of all, Im really glad about the reviews. That's wat I need! I need your comments and suggestions. Second, im pretty sure that I've gotten everything clear in my mind about how the story will go on. I won't say anything, but I just hope it will surprise people. Oh, btw, REVIEW!!! Pleez??? Ja ne!!
Kuso - basically a cuss. (Sh*t, Damn, Crap, etc)
Ahondara - B*tch
Kono ama - You dirty slut!
Bakayarou - someone REALLY stupid
Kisama - F*ck You
Monshi - Die in agony!
Daijoubo ka - Are you alright?
Oi! - Hey!
Kamawan - I don't care
Matte - wait
If you can guess who the "Mystery Person" is, I'll give you a cookie! ^_^
