Authors note: Hey guys! Well its summer time and you know what that means?
MORE TIME FOR WRITING!! That's right. So hopefully I wont be so crude to
let you all hanging for the next episode. I'm really glad you people like
this story and appreciate all the reviews, keep them rollin in. Also I got
a question before if Kenshin and the others would make an appearance. I
will have to respond, yes, because I already planned for him and company to
make an appearance (and for good reasons too *dramatic music). Also don't
be too surprised I ended it with Marimo at the end, because I have in store
plenty more surprises. Also in a few chapters (after I introduce the whole
new cast of this story) I'm planning to make my own "opening" and "ending"
for each chapter, as if they were an episode of series. And also with the
upcoming fight scenes (not in this chapter yet ) I will recommend music to
listen to while reading it, because I just like imagining a scene with a
certain piece of music that makes it look more vivid-like. But that will be
in the up coming chapters. Also check the other chapters again, because I
redid and edited the two chapters, since I thought it needed to be improved
a bit. As much as you want to listen to me, lets get back to the story.
Alright (And you know, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin).
The New Rurouni In Town
Chapter 3: People Come and Go
"I think I know that woman..." Yahiko said silently as he was trying to get a fix on the woman. Tsubame slightly frowned but had to ask. "Who?" Then after a few seconds he was sure it was the person he was thinking. "It's Marimo.."
Marimo was running as fast as her legs could take her. Just as long as she could get away from her pursuers. And with that in mind, she sprinted down the street in the market place, accidentally knocking into some people in time to time, but she had no time to stop and apologize. The mob trailing her were slowly making their way to her. Sooner or later they would get her if she kept this up. Marimo sighed deeply and felt hopeless. Marimo sprinted toward a narrow pathway in-between two buildings, hoping to lose the group. However at the other end, the familiar men were already waiting for her at one end. However when she approached the other end, the group that was originally trailing her were already there as well. "Give it up lady! Why don't you do us all a favor and just come back with us? Mr. Itochiru is growing impatient for your return." Exclaimed one the men. "Never!! I'm never going back there!! I wont let you take me if your going to use me like that damn Itochiru has. And I'll be damned if he's going to use me again!" The men all laughed as they closed in from both sides. "Well Mr. Itochiru did prefer for you to come back alive, but if you still insist on resisting, I guess we have no choice but to kill you. Don't worry, even though we have to spend more time and money to find someone else who can do the job, it's a shame the newly explosive gun-powder won't be made with effective handiwork like you can, but with this giving situation with your stubbornness, your life is irrelevant. Men ready yourselves!" yelled the chief And with the commander's voice, the first row from both sides drew their swords out. Marimo was terrified for her life, knowing that she couldn't bail out of this one. It was over, she was done for. So somewhat gave an irony smile. "And there was so much I still wanted to do..but I guess it can't be helped. Please kill me now and end my miserable responsibility of death." "Gladly..men...slay her!!!" The men ran from the two sides, closing in on her, as Marimo hugged herself, bracing herself for death to come and sweep her away, and she closed her eyes, knowing this would be the last time they would close. Seconds passed, and she noticed, she wasn't dead yet?
Then she slowly opened back her eyes, then was completely surprised to see that the men that were just feet away from approaching her were laying on the floor completely unconscious. The same went for the opposite side. She turned around and saw that a mysterious swordsman was protecting her, obviously the person who saved her. He seemed to be covered in a familiar red kimono and had a sword resting easy in its holster at the side of his hip. He didn't turn around, but kept his back towards her, in a protective manner. However even looking at the gentleman's back figure, she started to have a nostalgic feeling. "I will say this once and once only! Leave this young woman alone now before you start doing anything you'll regret!" said the mysterious man with a threatening tone towards the group. The leader only laughed out hard at the warning. "You got to be seriously kidding me! I don't know if I would have any regrets about splattering your blood all over this land, so I guess I can't heed to your message. Men arm rifles!" The 2nd and last line of men from both sides now were pulling out rifles and pistols, all aiming at both Marimo and the man. "Any last words before my fire squad rids you from this world?" asked the commander. The swordsman then positioned himself in a stance where the two sides were to his left and to his right and his back towards the wall of the pathway, bending slightly his knees with his left foot pulled back, while his right hand was barely hanging over the handle of his sword. Then he only slightly smiled. "Like I said, don't do anything you'll regret." The commander smirked up his own in reply. "Fine, die with the wretched bitch! FIRE!!" Both sides fired their gunpowder at the two. Marimo was now wondering if she'll be lucky again with this swordsman, or if the person was just trying to be hero and screw them over. But she braced herself again. The man only slightly whispered quickly, as if time was slowing down. "Don't worry Marimo. Trust in me." Marimo was suddenly shocked to hear that voice. Then as the gunpowder almost made it to the two, The man instantaneously pulled his reversed blade in milliseconds "Hiten Mitsorugi Style- Ryokenshu!!!" With that, he swung the reverse blade in a semi- circle in front of him, cutting deep into the dirt of the earth. Then the pressure from the swing arose so powerfully that it deflected the gunpowder completely, but only for a brief second was the pressure that strong. It was complete timing that the gunpowder collided into the air pressure at that given moment. Marimo was completely alright, since the Ryokenshu technique's semi-circle closed off at the wall she was leaning against. "What the hell?!! What just happened? Why aren't you two dead?" "You know what? You ask too much. I think its about time you do us all a favor and shut up!" said Yahiko. "Men reload and fire!" However by the time he finished his sentence, already one side had already fallen. And there was the man, standing there, looking over the people he just knocked out dead cold. Then his golden eyes crept over his shoulder as he gave the others a vicious glare that almost seemed to touch their souls. The commander on the other side didn't know whether to be fuming from frustration or trembling in his shoes. "You dare mock me and my troops. Men, I don't care about the stupid girl anymore, just kill that man!" The other side then took aim and fired directly for Yahiko. However it seemed his image blurred then was gone. "You guys are too slow!" Then sprinting towards the group in godly speed, he extracted a few quick slashes, then suddenly stopped behind the mob, taking a knee. 2 seconds later, everyone in the group felt the blows that Yahiko bestowed on them, and were unconscious in no time. In the midst of all this, Marimo was still dumbfounded with what exactly was happening and who was this amazing person that she seems to feel acquainted with. Brown spikey hair, a head-forward attitude and glazing eyes seemed to piece things slowly together but still didn't realize it was Yahiko. Now the only one left was the commander who had a horrified expression on his face now. "Hey hey now....I didn't mean any harm you or the woman..I was only doing what I was order to..PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!!!" By now he was on his knees in front of Yahiko. He looked down at the pathetic person who was supposed to be the senior of the group (or what was left of it) with an uncertain look whether to buy the man's pathetic plea or not. "Just get the hell out of here, and don't you dare come after Marimo again, otherwise I won't be as forgiving the next time I see you!!" The officer only nodded fast, then made his way out of the area in great haste, just as long he was away from that forsaken swordsman.
Then suddenly it slapped Marimo in the face and realize it was Yahiko who was the courageous man that saved her. Before Yahiko could sigh and take a breather, Marimo glomped (A.N.- you know, a huge hug) him from behind, which gave him a frightening surprise. "Yahiko!!Yahiko!! I can't believe its you!! Oh thank you thank you thank you so much for saving me!" However poor Yahiko was struggling to speak as his brain couldn't process with Marimo's ample "chest" rubbing from behind. "Eh...Um...Hey Marimo..long time no see huh?" Marimo finally released her firm hold on rurouni, with much relieve for Yahiko, as she now stood in front of him with a slight frown on her face with her hands to her hip. "Yes a VERY long time indeed. 6 years in fact. I told you I was moving to Kyoto to start my studies as a medical doctor. Why didn't you ever come by and visit me?" Yahiko sweatdroped and started scratching his head while trying to pull off an answer. "Well I've been a bit busy these few years or so, training myself and all. I've been meaning to take a visit to Kyoto but some things have started to come up lately. Now I've become a wandering Rurouni, like Kenshin was, but by some chance I didn't run by Kyoto yet. But I swear I was planning to in the near future." Marimo raised her eyebrow at that. "Really." she said in an almost questioning/sarcastic tone. "Really!!" he exclaimed, internally praying Marimo would believe him. Then she finally gave a bright smile. "Alright I'll believe. But what matters is that I've finally found you again. Isn't it so great!! We've got so much to catch up on!" Then Marimo jumped and embraced Yahiko with a vicious hug. Yahiko on the other hand, was feeling very ackward what to do. "yea-h, we definitely need to catch up on a lot of things."
In the meantime, Tsubame was on the search for Yahiko, who for some reason, took off because he saw that some "woman" was in danger. She'd been searching for the rurouni for 20 minutes now, and still found no sign. Then she saw that there was a frantic man that seemed to be running hastely away from some narrow corridor. Then she froze and saw the same woman wrapping her arms around Yahiko. Suddenly, for some reason, with this fear, Tsubame felt anger and jealousy, two feelings she rarely gets in touch with. The feeling was very new to her, and before she knew it, she yelled. "Yahiko!! What in the world are you doing?!" Yahiko suddenly turned pale and trying to untangle himself from Marimo, he inched his head slowly towards the source and saw it was Tsubame. He turned even paler if possible. "hehe..Oh hey Tsubame..nice of you to drop by on such great timing..." But that didn't tame the strange sight of an angry/jealous Tsubame. This was a definite new look for Yahiko. However Marimo, who was still clutching on to Yahiko, glaring a penetrating look at Tsubame. "And WHO exactly would you be? Obviously a dirty servant girl like yourself, with those awful clothes, and with no fashion taste too, can't possibly be Yahiko's woman." Marimo was shocked, but before she could consciously think, she instinctively retaliated. "Oh yea? And you claiming yourself as Yahiko's woman now? He doesn't belong to you, you dirty spoiled sly fox. He's way out of your reach" Marimo's patience was being heavily tempted now. "Oh a sly fox huh? Ok little kitty, you want to settle who is qualified then?" "You're on!" By now, both were glaring beams of ki that collided with one another. (A.N. - you know, you probably have seen it, that anime sparkling glaring effect two woman who usually hate each other, do when they see each other, take from Tenchi Muyo. Ayeka and Ryoko do this constantly, or Yurika and Megumi from Nadesico) Thing were not looking well, and Yahiko knew he had to step in. "Alright girls, girls. Lets not talk about this now." He said as he got inbetween the two. "Instead, how about we try to calm down and maybe, just maybe....we can at least give the thought of getting along a chance." Tsubame finally took a deep breath, and just could realize what she just did, how she instinctively reacted with deep feelings of jealousy. She usually never acts like this at all. "I'm sorry Yahiko-kun. I guess I just overreacted with seeing a stranger .er...coming in such "close contact" with you." She blushed in embarrassment. Yahiko only smiled and place his hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "Its alright Tsubame-chan. Just don't get pissed off again. I like it better when you're in your nice self." Tsubame smiled back. "Thank you Yahiko-kun." Then she turned to Marimo. "And my apologies for being so rude earlier. I guess I assumed something inappropriate." Marimo was kind enough to receive her forgiveness and even gave a slight smile. "That's alright. Sometimes we all jump to conclusions sooner than we should. Believe me, your not the only one." With that she gave a quick wink at Yahiko. He only sweatdropped, meaning she was referring to him. With that, Yahiko clasped her hands together. "Well now that we got that out of the way, how bout we go back to the Akabeko and get something to eat?" "Sounds great! All that running from those pesky pursuers really gave a punch in my appetite." Tsubame was in for the idea. "I'll make sure to help prepare a nice lunch once we get back. It's the least I can do to repay for my rudeness." Marimo grinned a bit. "Hey don't kill yourself over it. Bickering over for a man is something that tells you you're still a woman." Tsubame extremely blushed at that. In a small meek voice, she replied "I guess.your right.." Yahiko, and the other hand, didn't get why Tsubame was blushing a lot at the moment. And as they made their way down the road, Marimo said, "But I still think I could be a much better woman for Yahiko, than kitty-girl here would..." Tsubame's inner-flames suddenly rose up and revived. "What was that??!!" Yahiko only slapped his face in agony. "Oh please God spare me..."
End of Chapter 3
What will Marimo reveal on why she was being chased? What
events will happen next? And upcoming on the new chapter,
another new cast member will make an appearance, and also, a
hint on Yahiko's weird dreams. All on Chapter 4 of Yahiko:
The New Rurouni in Town.
The New Rurouni In Town
Chapter 3: People Come and Go
"I think I know that woman..." Yahiko said silently as he was trying to get a fix on the woman. Tsubame slightly frowned but had to ask. "Who?" Then after a few seconds he was sure it was the person he was thinking. "It's Marimo.."
Marimo was running as fast as her legs could take her. Just as long as she could get away from her pursuers. And with that in mind, she sprinted down the street in the market place, accidentally knocking into some people in time to time, but she had no time to stop and apologize. The mob trailing her were slowly making their way to her. Sooner or later they would get her if she kept this up. Marimo sighed deeply and felt hopeless. Marimo sprinted toward a narrow pathway in-between two buildings, hoping to lose the group. However at the other end, the familiar men were already waiting for her at one end. However when she approached the other end, the group that was originally trailing her were already there as well. "Give it up lady! Why don't you do us all a favor and just come back with us? Mr. Itochiru is growing impatient for your return." Exclaimed one the men. "Never!! I'm never going back there!! I wont let you take me if your going to use me like that damn Itochiru has. And I'll be damned if he's going to use me again!" The men all laughed as they closed in from both sides. "Well Mr. Itochiru did prefer for you to come back alive, but if you still insist on resisting, I guess we have no choice but to kill you. Don't worry, even though we have to spend more time and money to find someone else who can do the job, it's a shame the newly explosive gun-powder won't be made with effective handiwork like you can, but with this giving situation with your stubbornness, your life is irrelevant. Men ready yourselves!" yelled the chief And with the commander's voice, the first row from both sides drew their swords out. Marimo was terrified for her life, knowing that she couldn't bail out of this one. It was over, she was done for. So somewhat gave an irony smile. "And there was so much I still wanted to do..but I guess it can't be helped. Please kill me now and end my miserable responsibility of death." "Gladly..men...slay her!!!" The men ran from the two sides, closing in on her, as Marimo hugged herself, bracing herself for death to come and sweep her away, and she closed her eyes, knowing this would be the last time they would close. Seconds passed, and she noticed, she wasn't dead yet?
Then she slowly opened back her eyes, then was completely surprised to see that the men that were just feet away from approaching her were laying on the floor completely unconscious. The same went for the opposite side. She turned around and saw that a mysterious swordsman was protecting her, obviously the person who saved her. He seemed to be covered in a familiar red kimono and had a sword resting easy in its holster at the side of his hip. He didn't turn around, but kept his back towards her, in a protective manner. However even looking at the gentleman's back figure, she started to have a nostalgic feeling. "I will say this once and once only! Leave this young woman alone now before you start doing anything you'll regret!" said the mysterious man with a threatening tone towards the group. The leader only laughed out hard at the warning. "You got to be seriously kidding me! I don't know if I would have any regrets about splattering your blood all over this land, so I guess I can't heed to your message. Men arm rifles!" The 2nd and last line of men from both sides now were pulling out rifles and pistols, all aiming at both Marimo and the man. "Any last words before my fire squad rids you from this world?" asked the commander. The swordsman then positioned himself in a stance where the two sides were to his left and to his right and his back towards the wall of the pathway, bending slightly his knees with his left foot pulled back, while his right hand was barely hanging over the handle of his sword. Then he only slightly smiled. "Like I said, don't do anything you'll regret." The commander smirked up his own in reply. "Fine, die with the wretched bitch! FIRE!!" Both sides fired their gunpowder at the two. Marimo was now wondering if she'll be lucky again with this swordsman, or if the person was just trying to be hero and screw them over. But she braced herself again. The man only slightly whispered quickly, as if time was slowing down. "Don't worry Marimo. Trust in me." Marimo was suddenly shocked to hear that voice. Then as the gunpowder almost made it to the two, The man instantaneously pulled his reversed blade in milliseconds "Hiten Mitsorugi Style- Ryokenshu!!!" With that, he swung the reverse blade in a semi- circle in front of him, cutting deep into the dirt of the earth. Then the pressure from the swing arose so powerfully that it deflected the gunpowder completely, but only for a brief second was the pressure that strong. It was complete timing that the gunpowder collided into the air pressure at that given moment. Marimo was completely alright, since the Ryokenshu technique's semi-circle closed off at the wall she was leaning against. "What the hell?!! What just happened? Why aren't you two dead?" "You know what? You ask too much. I think its about time you do us all a favor and shut up!" said Yahiko. "Men reload and fire!" However by the time he finished his sentence, already one side had already fallen. And there was the man, standing there, looking over the people he just knocked out dead cold. Then his golden eyes crept over his shoulder as he gave the others a vicious glare that almost seemed to touch their souls. The commander on the other side didn't know whether to be fuming from frustration or trembling in his shoes. "You dare mock me and my troops. Men, I don't care about the stupid girl anymore, just kill that man!" The other side then took aim and fired directly for Yahiko. However it seemed his image blurred then was gone. "You guys are too slow!" Then sprinting towards the group in godly speed, he extracted a few quick slashes, then suddenly stopped behind the mob, taking a knee. 2 seconds later, everyone in the group felt the blows that Yahiko bestowed on them, and were unconscious in no time. In the midst of all this, Marimo was still dumbfounded with what exactly was happening and who was this amazing person that she seems to feel acquainted with. Brown spikey hair, a head-forward attitude and glazing eyes seemed to piece things slowly together but still didn't realize it was Yahiko. Now the only one left was the commander who had a horrified expression on his face now. "Hey hey now....I didn't mean any harm you or the woman..I was only doing what I was order to..PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!!!" By now he was on his knees in front of Yahiko. He looked down at the pathetic person who was supposed to be the senior of the group (or what was left of it) with an uncertain look whether to buy the man's pathetic plea or not. "Just get the hell out of here, and don't you dare come after Marimo again, otherwise I won't be as forgiving the next time I see you!!" The officer only nodded fast, then made his way out of the area in great haste, just as long he was away from that forsaken swordsman.
Then suddenly it slapped Marimo in the face and realize it was Yahiko who was the courageous man that saved her. Before Yahiko could sigh and take a breather, Marimo glomped (A.N.- you know, a huge hug) him from behind, which gave him a frightening surprise. "Yahiko!!Yahiko!! I can't believe its you!! Oh thank you thank you thank you so much for saving me!" However poor Yahiko was struggling to speak as his brain couldn't process with Marimo's ample "chest" rubbing from behind. "Eh...Um...Hey Marimo..long time no see huh?" Marimo finally released her firm hold on rurouni, with much relieve for Yahiko, as she now stood in front of him with a slight frown on her face with her hands to her hip. "Yes a VERY long time indeed. 6 years in fact. I told you I was moving to Kyoto to start my studies as a medical doctor. Why didn't you ever come by and visit me?" Yahiko sweatdroped and started scratching his head while trying to pull off an answer. "Well I've been a bit busy these few years or so, training myself and all. I've been meaning to take a visit to Kyoto but some things have started to come up lately. Now I've become a wandering Rurouni, like Kenshin was, but by some chance I didn't run by Kyoto yet. But I swear I was planning to in the near future." Marimo raised her eyebrow at that. "Really." she said in an almost questioning/sarcastic tone. "Really!!" he exclaimed, internally praying Marimo would believe him. Then she finally gave a bright smile. "Alright I'll believe. But what matters is that I've finally found you again. Isn't it so great!! We've got so much to catch up on!" Then Marimo jumped and embraced Yahiko with a vicious hug. Yahiko on the other hand, was feeling very ackward what to do. "yea-h, we definitely need to catch up on a lot of things."
In the meantime, Tsubame was on the search for Yahiko, who for some reason, took off because he saw that some "woman" was in danger. She'd been searching for the rurouni for 20 minutes now, and still found no sign. Then she saw that there was a frantic man that seemed to be running hastely away from some narrow corridor. Then she froze and saw the same woman wrapping her arms around Yahiko. Suddenly, for some reason, with this fear, Tsubame felt anger and jealousy, two feelings she rarely gets in touch with. The feeling was very new to her, and before she knew it, she yelled. "Yahiko!! What in the world are you doing?!" Yahiko suddenly turned pale and trying to untangle himself from Marimo, he inched his head slowly towards the source and saw it was Tsubame. He turned even paler if possible. "hehe..Oh hey Tsubame..nice of you to drop by on such great timing..." But that didn't tame the strange sight of an angry/jealous Tsubame. This was a definite new look for Yahiko. However Marimo, who was still clutching on to Yahiko, glaring a penetrating look at Tsubame. "And WHO exactly would you be? Obviously a dirty servant girl like yourself, with those awful clothes, and with no fashion taste too, can't possibly be Yahiko's woman." Marimo was shocked, but before she could consciously think, she instinctively retaliated. "Oh yea? And you claiming yourself as Yahiko's woman now? He doesn't belong to you, you dirty spoiled sly fox. He's way out of your reach" Marimo's patience was being heavily tempted now. "Oh a sly fox huh? Ok little kitty, you want to settle who is qualified then?" "You're on!" By now, both were glaring beams of ki that collided with one another. (A.N. - you know, you probably have seen it, that anime sparkling glaring effect two woman who usually hate each other, do when they see each other, take from Tenchi Muyo. Ayeka and Ryoko do this constantly, or Yurika and Megumi from Nadesico) Thing were not looking well, and Yahiko knew he had to step in. "Alright girls, girls. Lets not talk about this now." He said as he got inbetween the two. "Instead, how about we try to calm down and maybe, just maybe....we can at least give the thought of getting along a chance." Tsubame finally took a deep breath, and just could realize what she just did, how she instinctively reacted with deep feelings of jealousy. She usually never acts like this at all. "I'm sorry Yahiko-kun. I guess I just overreacted with seeing a stranger .er...coming in such "close contact" with you." She blushed in embarrassment. Yahiko only smiled and place his hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "Its alright Tsubame-chan. Just don't get pissed off again. I like it better when you're in your nice self." Tsubame smiled back. "Thank you Yahiko-kun." Then she turned to Marimo. "And my apologies for being so rude earlier. I guess I assumed something inappropriate." Marimo was kind enough to receive her forgiveness and even gave a slight smile. "That's alright. Sometimes we all jump to conclusions sooner than we should. Believe me, your not the only one." With that she gave a quick wink at Yahiko. He only sweatdropped, meaning she was referring to him. With that, Yahiko clasped her hands together. "Well now that we got that out of the way, how bout we go back to the Akabeko and get something to eat?" "Sounds great! All that running from those pesky pursuers really gave a punch in my appetite." Tsubame was in for the idea. "I'll make sure to help prepare a nice lunch once we get back. It's the least I can do to repay for my rudeness." Marimo grinned a bit. "Hey don't kill yourself over it. Bickering over for a man is something that tells you you're still a woman." Tsubame extremely blushed at that. In a small meek voice, she replied "I guess.your right.." Yahiko, and the other hand, didn't get why Tsubame was blushing a lot at the moment. And as they made their way down the road, Marimo said, "But I still think I could be a much better woman for Yahiko, than kitty-girl here would..." Tsubame's inner-flames suddenly rose up and revived. "What was that??!!" Yahiko only slapped his face in agony. "Oh please God spare me..."
End of Chapter 3
What will Marimo reveal on why she was being chased? What
events will happen next? And upcoming on the new chapter,
another new cast member will make an appearance, and also, a
hint on Yahiko's weird dreams. All on Chapter 4 of Yahiko:
The New Rurouni in Town.
