Through Twilight Eye's!
Prologue: When Darkness Falls!
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In the dark of the night
All is at fright
He comes with all his might
No soul is linked
It falls in one blink
Kenshin a young child under the age of 9 drifted silently among the shadows of the nightly stars as if he didn't even exist. He walked like the dead around the sides of the alleyways in Kyoto. A war was going on, a revolution to change government for the better. He was the person that everyone hoped that would make a difference. He froze in place as he had reached his destination his prey was now in target range. Observing his target a while with cold rough eye's he decided it was time to move in on him! He leisurely made his way towards his prey stepping out of the darkness making his presence known. The young man turned in a fluster to face him.
" Is your name Soshi?" he inquired patiently. His expressions kept blank with no sense of feeling or any emotion. The young man before him was only around the age of seventeen and now his life would end. The young man glared at him vilely as his head slid over to his sword.
" Run along kid, this is no place for children to be. You do know that there's a war going on do you not?" he questioned plainly not caring if he received an answer or not. Kenshin's eyes grew smaller and impervious.
" I asked you a question." He reminded him carefully. The man who was unaware of his on coming down fall grinned devilishly.
" Man your one determined kid." He laughed with mirth. " Fine, yeah sure I'm him." It was clear to him now that this man was indeed his prey. It was time now to finish his job; too bad his life would now be for not. Kenshin's eyes grew smaller and more callous then they already were.
" I'm here to assassinate you, prepare your self." He warned him vaguely yet in truth. The man laughed hysterically at his warning on his life.
" You got to be kidding me, you kill me. That's the funniest thing I have ever heard." his laughing seized to exist. " Run along now you brat." Kenshin glared at him impassively as he drew his sword from its sheath.
" I warned you." Extending his sword out thoroughly in the quickest way possible he pierced the man through his heart; blood trickled faintly down the edge of his blade. The man gasped for what little air he could before falling to the ground dead. He looked down at the now dead body before with no emotions as he passed him by leaving his body to be taken away by the body janitor for proper burial. Gradually he walked unheard through the pitch-black darkness for his next unlucky victim.
All innocents play
With no account who may
Try to tare it away
With in the dark of the night
A young girl barely the age of 8 walked through the shallow cesspool of dead bodies with her parents. The village was burning down to the very grounds. They had gone there for supplies to last through the war; instead destruction and death greeted them. The little girl held tightly her mothers arm in her small hands. Her mother looked down on her with a faint smile of reassurance.
" It will be okay Kaoru, everything will be alright." She comforted. Kaoru felt a little better from her words. Although she couldn't help but shutter in fear at all the lifeless bodies that seemed to surround her. She held onto her mother's arm tighter then had ever before; dead bodies weren't something that neither she was use to seeing nor has she ever seen one before in her lifetime. A strange looking man with stoic eye's appeared before them from the outside of a nearby tree. He smiled repugnantly at them all. Kaoru's father glared at him suspiciously.
" What do you want?" he said query. The man laughed mirthlessly as more of his friends joined him. He stared at all his friends' sadistically then returned his gaze at them.
" I came to steal all your goods but it seems that you don't have any. Oh well, I guess I will just settle for your wife." Kaoru didn't really understand what was happening, she looked up at her mother who seemed to be terrified. From what she saw she was able to come to the conclusion that the situation wasn't good and those men were bad. Her eyes were struck with fear and her face became exceptionally pale. Her father growled at the men as they came towards them.
" Stay back, don't come any closer." He then pulled out a small knife from his kimono. The men didn't pay any attention to him and kept moving towards her mother. The man that first appeared at them grabbed her arm pulling her towards him. Kaoru's father growled as he stabbed his knife into the man holding his wives arm. The man screamed in pain as he cast her to the ground. He then turned to the father and punched him directly in the face breaking his nose. Kaoru closed her eye in fear; her mom was very aware of this factor and in not wanting her daughter witness any of this horror tossed her in a near by crate so that she would be safe from harm. Kaoru watched through a small whole in the crate as her parents were being tortured. The evil men took an abandoned sword off the ground from a fallen samurai; he then pointed it at the father and was going to kill him. Kaoru's mother out of protection took up a nicely sized rock from the ground and smashed it over the guy that holding the sword's head knocking him knocking him insensate. The men became rather angry this new turn of events.
Cry and shed tears
Don't keep them as fears
Tear drops
Rain drops
Everyone falls for a reason
Theres one for all seasons
" You wench." One of them screamed horrendously. He then picked up his fallen friend's sword and stabbed her through the stomach. She fell to the ground desperately gasping for air. Kaoru opened her eyes violently at the sight of her mother dying before her she wanted nothing more then to break down crying but didn't as she had recalled her mother's last words to her ' everything will be okay.' She decided to believe those words of wisdom from her mother and kept silent. Her father in a rage of vengefulness stabbed the man in the face with his small knife. Blood leaked violently from his cheek; he screamed vigorously in pain.
" How dare you." One of his friends' yelled callously as he kicked her father to the ground and stabbed him in the back. He yelped as his breath left him slowly.
" You get what you deserve." The man said impurely. Kaoru couldn't take anymore of this she wanted to cry her parents were dead and being a smart young lady had already figure that factor out; she closed her eyes firmly not allowing any thoughts to fill her head she waited until she couldn't here anything anymore. Once she couldn't here them anymore she peaked out the tiny whole. Nothing out of the ordinary could be seen; they must have run away. She climbed helplessly out of the crate a tear finally trickled down her cheek. Collapsing near her mother she cried dolefully. Rolling her mother over so she could see her face she noticed that she was still breathing.
" Mommy?" she asked with ounce of hope. Her mother's eye's opened carefully. She coughed blood slid down the cracks of her mouth.
" Kaoru?" she consulted painfully. Kaoru opened her eyes with grievance.
" Mommy I'm scared." She cried out in terror. Her mom gasped for air forlornly.
" Kaoru don't be scared it will a be okay soon you'll see." She gave her those last comforting words and she faded away. Kaoru cried hysterically grasping her mother tightly.
" Mommy don't leave me. Please don't go mommy I need you." She lied on her mother for hours until she finally fell asleep.
Don't walk on
Without no heart
Put it in your cart
And keep it near
Kenshin walked silently through the night watching and waiting for his next prey to come along. He was given specific orders to kill this high ranking officer he was suppose to be arriving in this burning village any minute now. He would just have to bide his time until he arrived. He kept focus not allowing himself to fall asleep, he starred up at the stars; he liked the stars they were the only thing that made him smile to say the least. He had always wanted to see them up close maybe even touch them but knew it to be impossible. His time of daydreaming was now up as a man fitting the officer's description showed up. As he had done with all his targets, he studied him. After he got a good look at him he got ready for some action. He stepped out of the shadows with vague movements not allowing him to read him. He then tapped his shoulder carefully. The man turned around in a panic and if Kenshin weren't as fast as he was, he would have been knock clear in the face with a miniature knife that he kept hidden under his hand. The man gasped at him.
" Who are you, what do you want?" he questioned. Kenshin glared at him combatively.
" I will be asking the questions. I want to know your name?" he informed crucially. He looked him up and down seriously.
" Why do you care to know child?" he asked. Kenji kept his face straight not allowing an ounce of emotion to show.
" I asked you a question and I want it answered first." He quarreled. The man smiled gracefully.
" Fine my name is Lord Ginta." He answered after a short battle. Kenshin had now known that he was his prey, his life was now to be over.
Kaoru now awake drifted away from her parents in search of some water as she was getting thirsty. She walked deep into the depths of the village. Her small ears made her come to an abrupt stop. She picked up faint a sound of something clashing against something that she couldn't quite tell. She gazed in every direction trying to seek out where it was coming from. She hoped that maybe it was someone who could help her. A loud scream led her to the center of the village. Her eye's opened wide in terror at the sight of a man being sliced in half and blood spraying violently in every direction. She looked at the person who did the horrible thing; it was very shocking to her to find out that a small boy about her age had actually killed a man. He then turned and looked at her blankly. She shuttered in fear at his cold demeanor.
When there comes reason
Don't put it off as treason
Keep the link open
As your lucky token
Oh great someone had seen him make a kill. It wasn't just anybody in was a girl. He looked down at the dead man then back up to her and to his surprise she was gone. He couldn't just let her get away. He walked down the center of the village watching for any sudden movements or vibrations in air. He kept his eyes narrow and stern to be able to detect for her better. His small but strong ears picked up a slight cry of fear, his eyes darted over to a small storage shed, and it was half way into the ground. Under the storage shed was a small tunnel, he bent down to the ground poking his head in he saw her crunched up into a little ball. His eyes grew with astonishment; he had never seen anyone like her before. She was shivering and he could feel her fear and that she was really scared.
" You are small just like me." He stated in awe. The little girl nodded with a smile as she slipped out of her ball. He intercession his hand to her which she welcomed whole-hearted. Once he had pulled her out, he asked her a questioned.
" What is your name?" he asked this with a hint of curiosity and warmth. She gazed from the floor at him joyfully.
" My name is Kaoru." She returned blissfully. Kenshin allowed himself for first time in year to smile back.
" Well Miss Kaoru I don't think you should be here. That I most certainly do." He paused for only a minute gazing at his surroundings.
" It's not safe for you to be here miss Kaoru. That it isn't." he then put himself deep in thought. He wasn't sure what he should do with her, the government says if someone sees you make someone disappear they in turn must also disappear. He didn't want to kill her she was the only one who ever smiled at him and she was as small as he was. Kaoru looked at him curiously; he then noted her examination of him. With jubilation he smiled at her.
" I know, I will protect okay I will protect you forever, that way they won't hurt you." He then knelt next to her. " Is that okay with you?" he asked optimistically. She giggled joyfully with a slight nod. Kenshin stood from ground carefully holding his hand out for her to grasp. She accepted his kind gesture no inquiries made. A slight yelp of pain came from her tiny mouth. Kenshin's eyes darted at her in astonishment. She was back to the ground holding her ankle firmly. She must've sprained it while running under the storage shed. He bent next to her.
" Here let me take a look." He said casually. Kaoru beamed at him graciously. Kenshin returned her with an innocent smile. He held her leg in his hands examining it thoroughly. His face fell but still looked serious.
" It looks like it's broken." He said, a look of fear spread across her face. She started cry fretfully. For some reason he didn't want her to be sad or afraid so he wiped the tears from her face with his index finger.
Theres no time taken
When its* broken
Try and put it back
And it will open
" Don't cry everything's going to be okay." Those words rung in her head repeatedly. Those words ' everything's going to be okay.' Were the same words that her mother told her just before dying! She could really trust this boy to be right. She nodded at him graciously. Kenshin then knelt down back turned in front of her.
" Here get onto my back and I will carry you to a safe place, we need to get out of here before they catch you." He said in a tone that was cool and collected. She nodded vaguely sliding her small body onto his also small back. She knew she could trust him, besides she would never judge someone by there mistakes, if he killed someone he must have had a good reason for it. He then carried her off through the village taking her the shadows of his life.
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Authors Note: I hope you like my story. This was just a prologue. In the next chapter I will show more of their feeling and thing about them by doing it from point of views in first person.
THIS IS NOT A SONGFIC nor will it ever be, I wrote the poem above just for the prologue.
See you all later
Ja NE
~ Miyuu Tetsumi
