New Beginnings
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin and that's all!
Notes: Well, let me tell you this, I have softball after school and basketball at night, when I get time to write you all should be happy. Well I'm glad you like my story, here the next chapter:
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Kaoru held the girl until she cried herself to sleep. Then she placed her back down on the futon.
"Something is troubling her deeply. It has something to do with her family, and those men that were following her. She needs to tell us, eventually, when she feels comfortable," Kaoru said and Kenshin nodded. Then they both exited.
When Hina woke again it was late. There was no light in her room. 'Good, now I can leave without troubling those two and getting them in danger'. Little did she know Kenshin was already on guard along with Sano. As she left the room she ran right into the street fighter.
"Help, get away from me, I had nothing to do with it," she screamed as she kicked and flailed her arms around.
At the sound of her distressed voice Kenshin came running around the corner with his sword drawn. Seeing Sano he lowered it and let out a breath.
"Please Miss. Hina, Sano is a friend of Miss. Kaoru and I, don't be frightened by him, he's not that scary," Kenshin said with a smile.
Hina forced one out, all she wanted was this man to let her go, and when he wasn't looking she gave him a swift kick to the groin and jumped out of his hold. (x-o)
Kenshin had to stifle a laugh and Sano bowed down to the girl. "As funny as I found that, it wasn't very nice of you Miss. Hina," Kenshin said.
"I'm leaving, now," she said and went to go but Kenshin stood in-front of her.
"Where will you go, do you have place to stay?" Kenshin asked.
"No," Hina said quietly. She looked away, she couldn't stay here, and it would put them all in a bunch of danger.
"Well then you must stay at the Kamiya Dojo with Miss. Kaoru, Yahiko, and I. We could sure use a hand around this old place. I'm sure if you asked Miss. Kaoru would love a new student, you have a lot of potential," Kenshin said.
"No, I can't you don't understand," Hina said.
"We don't understand because you refuse to tell us, I swear you can't be putting us in more danger then Kenshin has in the past," Kaoru said coming out from behind the thin sliding door with Yahiko in tow.
"My life...my whole family is in danger," Hina said flopping down onto the steps.
"Take your time, we'll help in anyway we humanly can," Kenshin said as they all took their seats.
"Well, what I said isn't entirely correct. That is, since I'm the only one in my family left. During the revolution my father did a lot of bad things, killing wise I mean. After the war he had forgotten it and settled down with his wife and three children, one of them being me.
Our life was wonderful, until the men came back. They wanted revenge, money, and our lives. It was a quiet night...we had just finished eating dinner. Three or four men came bursting in.
*Flashback*
"Get down, all of you on your stomachs!" the first man in black yelled, he had a gun in one hand and a sword on his belt. The family did as told.
The other two men went to tying the people up, hog style. They went to the little girl.
"Hey kid, do you know where your mommy and daddy keep the money?" he asked Hina, she looked at him and spat on him.
"Fiery girl aren't you, fine, I want you first," the one in the back said as he cut her bonds loose.
*Back to the present*
Hina started to break down crying. Kenshin and Kaoru tried to calm her enough so she could finish the story, it was doing her good to get it off her chest.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to dump this on you, I'll just leave," Hina said trying to get up.
Yahiko surprisingly stopped her, "Stay here, you are safer here anyway, now if your ready continue telling us what happened."
Hina smiled, then she took a deep breath, "Okay, so the man started to drag me up the stairs and into my parent's bed room."
Kenshin and Kaoru exchanged glances and then with Sano, they didn't do it, did they?
"I knew what was going to happen at the time, I screamed until my throat was dry...I tried to get away I really did believe me," Hina said tears freely streaming down her face and her body convulsing with sobs.
"They took turns and sessions until I finally couldn't take it anymore, they weren't done with me though. They...t-t-they dragged me back downstairs and tied me roughly to a chair. They, those bastards, they never thought I would be able to get loose, but I did."
Kaoru was now crying and Kenshin was allowing her to use him as a support. Sano had a disgusted look on his face and Yahiko looked like he was going to be sick.
"The first man raised his gun...a-at, he raised it a-at my... my mother. He shot her, I tried to close my eyes, God how I didn't want to see. But they made me open them and watched her take her last breath," Hina had to stop and bring her knees up to her body and creating a ball. She cried for a long time after that, Kenshin told her softly that she didn't have to finish but she wanted to. She finally subsided her cries and pulled away from Sano's wet shirt.
"She died, at least she didn't suffer...much. Then they moved to my sister, she was twenty at the time. He made cuts all over her body and she drowned in her own blood, it was horrible. My brother was the next one to go, they made his death quick, a single shot to the head, and God I miss them all.
My dad...they saved him for the last...besides me. At first they beat him, he looked terrible, bruises all over and cuts as well. Then they slit his wrists, he didn't die still though, it wasn't deep enough. They watched him struggle, the color drain from his face. He turned to me and told me to take care of myself, mom, and my brother and sister. I turned to tell him that they were dead, but he was gone. That was it I had seen too much.
As they left to collect the money and other things they left me alone, they didn't think I could muster enough to escape. I did, and I ran. For a few days I stayed out of sight and alone. When I did come out of the shadows they found me instantly, that's when I met you. I watched, I watched them all die, and I know I'm next." She finished with a tear jerking sob, then she collapsed in Yahiko's arms.
"Wow, I can't believe she has gotten this far," Sano said with his fist clenched, he was angry that someone had done that to her. At such a young age, though she didn't tell them her age she couldn't be older then Sano.
"That poor girl, my God, if it were me," Kaoru drowned out, unable to think about it anymore, she sobbed into Kenshin's front until she too fell asleep.
"No harm will come to her here, that it won't. Sano, take her back to her bed and sleep outside her door, Yahiko, take care of Miss. Kaoru, I will watch the grounds" Kenshin said with a face that said, 'don't even try and talk back to me.'
Yahiko helped Kaoru back to bed and watched her door (AWWWWWWWW) and Sano brought Hina back to her own room, situating himself in a very light sleep. (For Sano, is there such a thing?)
Kenshin situated himself in a place where he could get to any end of the dojo in seconds with his God-like speed.
They were poised and ready.
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Remember, review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin and that's all!
Notes: Well, let me tell you this, I have softball after school and basketball at night, when I get time to write you all should be happy. Well I'm glad you like my story, here the next chapter:
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Kaoru held the girl until she cried herself to sleep. Then she placed her back down on the futon.
"Something is troubling her deeply. It has something to do with her family, and those men that were following her. She needs to tell us, eventually, when she feels comfortable," Kaoru said and Kenshin nodded. Then they both exited.
When Hina woke again it was late. There was no light in her room. 'Good, now I can leave without troubling those two and getting them in danger'. Little did she know Kenshin was already on guard along with Sano. As she left the room she ran right into the street fighter.
"Help, get away from me, I had nothing to do with it," she screamed as she kicked and flailed her arms around.
At the sound of her distressed voice Kenshin came running around the corner with his sword drawn. Seeing Sano he lowered it and let out a breath.
"Please Miss. Hina, Sano is a friend of Miss. Kaoru and I, don't be frightened by him, he's not that scary," Kenshin said with a smile.
Hina forced one out, all she wanted was this man to let her go, and when he wasn't looking she gave him a swift kick to the groin and jumped out of his hold. (x-o)
Kenshin had to stifle a laugh and Sano bowed down to the girl. "As funny as I found that, it wasn't very nice of you Miss. Hina," Kenshin said.
"I'm leaving, now," she said and went to go but Kenshin stood in-front of her.
"Where will you go, do you have place to stay?" Kenshin asked.
"No," Hina said quietly. She looked away, she couldn't stay here, and it would put them all in a bunch of danger.
"Well then you must stay at the Kamiya Dojo with Miss. Kaoru, Yahiko, and I. We could sure use a hand around this old place. I'm sure if you asked Miss. Kaoru would love a new student, you have a lot of potential," Kenshin said.
"No, I can't you don't understand," Hina said.
"We don't understand because you refuse to tell us, I swear you can't be putting us in more danger then Kenshin has in the past," Kaoru said coming out from behind the thin sliding door with Yahiko in tow.
"My life...my whole family is in danger," Hina said flopping down onto the steps.
"Take your time, we'll help in anyway we humanly can," Kenshin said as they all took their seats.
"Well, what I said isn't entirely correct. That is, since I'm the only one in my family left. During the revolution my father did a lot of bad things, killing wise I mean. After the war he had forgotten it and settled down with his wife and three children, one of them being me.
Our life was wonderful, until the men came back. They wanted revenge, money, and our lives. It was a quiet night...we had just finished eating dinner. Three or four men came bursting in.
*Flashback*
"Get down, all of you on your stomachs!" the first man in black yelled, he had a gun in one hand and a sword on his belt. The family did as told.
The other two men went to tying the people up, hog style. They went to the little girl.
"Hey kid, do you know where your mommy and daddy keep the money?" he asked Hina, she looked at him and spat on him.
"Fiery girl aren't you, fine, I want you first," the one in the back said as he cut her bonds loose.
*Back to the present*
Hina started to break down crying. Kenshin and Kaoru tried to calm her enough so she could finish the story, it was doing her good to get it off her chest.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to dump this on you, I'll just leave," Hina said trying to get up.
Yahiko surprisingly stopped her, "Stay here, you are safer here anyway, now if your ready continue telling us what happened."
Hina smiled, then she took a deep breath, "Okay, so the man started to drag me up the stairs and into my parent's bed room."
Kenshin and Kaoru exchanged glances and then with Sano, they didn't do it, did they?
"I knew what was going to happen at the time, I screamed until my throat was dry...I tried to get away I really did believe me," Hina said tears freely streaming down her face and her body convulsing with sobs.
"They took turns and sessions until I finally couldn't take it anymore, they weren't done with me though. They...t-t-they dragged me back downstairs and tied me roughly to a chair. They, those bastards, they never thought I would be able to get loose, but I did."
Kaoru was now crying and Kenshin was allowing her to use him as a support. Sano had a disgusted look on his face and Yahiko looked like he was going to be sick.
"The first man raised his gun...a-at, he raised it a-at my... my mother. He shot her, I tried to close my eyes, God how I didn't want to see. But they made me open them and watched her take her last breath," Hina had to stop and bring her knees up to her body and creating a ball. She cried for a long time after that, Kenshin told her softly that she didn't have to finish but she wanted to. She finally subsided her cries and pulled away from Sano's wet shirt.
"She died, at least she didn't suffer...much. Then they moved to my sister, she was twenty at the time. He made cuts all over her body and she drowned in her own blood, it was horrible. My brother was the next one to go, they made his death quick, a single shot to the head, and God I miss them all.
My dad...they saved him for the last...besides me. At first they beat him, he looked terrible, bruises all over and cuts as well. Then they slit his wrists, he didn't die still though, it wasn't deep enough. They watched him struggle, the color drain from his face. He turned to me and told me to take care of myself, mom, and my brother and sister. I turned to tell him that they were dead, but he was gone. That was it I had seen too much.
As they left to collect the money and other things they left me alone, they didn't think I could muster enough to escape. I did, and I ran. For a few days I stayed out of sight and alone. When I did come out of the shadows they found me instantly, that's when I met you. I watched, I watched them all die, and I know I'm next." She finished with a tear jerking sob, then she collapsed in Yahiko's arms.
"Wow, I can't believe she has gotten this far," Sano said with his fist clenched, he was angry that someone had done that to her. At such a young age, though she didn't tell them her age she couldn't be older then Sano.
"That poor girl, my God, if it were me," Kaoru drowned out, unable to think about it anymore, she sobbed into Kenshin's front until she too fell asleep.
"No harm will come to her here, that it won't. Sano, take her back to her bed and sleep outside her door, Yahiko, take care of Miss. Kaoru, I will watch the grounds" Kenshin said with a face that said, 'don't even try and talk back to me.'
Yahiko helped Kaoru back to bed and watched her door (AWWWWWWWW) and Sano brought Hina back to her own room, situating himself in a very light sleep. (For Sano, is there such a thing?)
Kenshin situated himself in a place where he could get to any end of the dojo in seconds with his God-like speed.
They were poised and ready.
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