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"My name is Ayame. Shinta Ayame." She looked at him in a 'do you have any
idea yet?' kind of way. Kenshin's mind wandered from this time and age.
Back to during the Revelation..
Chapter Nine: The Truth Begins To Unravel (Flashback)
Kenshin was remembering something, and at the same time, so was Ayame. It was at night. Back when he was still the Battousai, but after the incident with Tomoe. He was on a mission to assassinate the police force of a certain town, and anyone who may have gotten in his way. There were other men on the job too, but there really was no need for them. He went unnoticed by the people, to where he would find the chief of police. He stopped at the officer's home first. There was a woman inside. He saw no one else in the house, so he left with his goal still ahead. He traveled to the police station when suddenly an alarm was sounded. The other men had been seen. All at once, the whole police force was on them. While the other men battled, he searched for the chief. The force was nothing without their chief. It was an easy deal. Take one down and you take them all. They had hidden the chief well, but it was certainly not enough to stop the Battousai from finding him.
Within minutes, all the police were dead, along with many of the other men on the job, the surviving men went back assuming the Battousai had done the job. There was no one left in the town except for the chief, and himself, or so he thought. But someone, went undetected, even from the Battousai, watching them. The chief was all alone. All he needed to do was attack. The officer shot his gun at Himura, but of course nothing hit him. Finally, with one swift blow, he was dead. Himura stared at the body that lay motionless at his feet, when suddenly he heard a noise.
Out of the darkness came the undetected one, a little girl. She must have been only about seven years of age, yet she came forth, straight towards him. Her expression was not one of fear, anger, nor grief. He didn't know what to do. She had seen him, so that meant he had to kill her. But how? How had she been there and so easily escaped his awareness? She kept walking until she stand in front of the body. She spoke. "He's dead." She looked at him with beautiful eyes, eyes so glazed over he could not tell anything she was feeling. She spoke again, all the while watching him. "He's dead. You killed him. Shinta, you killed him."
That was all she had to say to unnerve this great hitokiri. She had called him 'Shinta'. No one had ever called him that since he was only an inexperienced child. No one that was still alive knew about that, except for his master. The one who had taken him in and taught him all he knew. No one else was supposed to know, but somehow this little girl did. She was still watching him, eyes never moving. They both stood there, neither moving an inch. The little girl spoke to him again, for the last time, and in a different tone. It was as if she had matured in that one minute.
"Love. Help. Leave. These words mean a lot to you. You have loved. You are helping. Now you leave. So go Shinta, go. Leave your past behind you, and I shall do the same." Himura stood there, bewildered by the little one's knowledge. How did she know so much? How could she stand there in front of a murderer, and talk so purely, so calmly? Before he had time to think of what to do, she turned and walked away. She walked silently into the darkness and left him all alone. All alone in the world. That job was the last job he ever took. With that, he left his past behind him, and hopefully so did she.
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Chapter Nine: The Truth Begins To Unravel (Flashback)
Kenshin was remembering something, and at the same time, so was Ayame. It was at night. Back when he was still the Battousai, but after the incident with Tomoe. He was on a mission to assassinate the police force of a certain town, and anyone who may have gotten in his way. There were other men on the job too, but there really was no need for them. He went unnoticed by the people, to where he would find the chief of police. He stopped at the officer's home first. There was a woman inside. He saw no one else in the house, so he left with his goal still ahead. He traveled to the police station when suddenly an alarm was sounded. The other men had been seen. All at once, the whole police force was on them. While the other men battled, he searched for the chief. The force was nothing without their chief. It was an easy deal. Take one down and you take them all. They had hidden the chief well, but it was certainly not enough to stop the Battousai from finding him.
Within minutes, all the police were dead, along with many of the other men on the job, the surviving men went back assuming the Battousai had done the job. There was no one left in the town except for the chief, and himself, or so he thought. But someone, went undetected, even from the Battousai, watching them. The chief was all alone. All he needed to do was attack. The officer shot his gun at Himura, but of course nothing hit him. Finally, with one swift blow, he was dead. Himura stared at the body that lay motionless at his feet, when suddenly he heard a noise.
Out of the darkness came the undetected one, a little girl. She must have been only about seven years of age, yet she came forth, straight towards him. Her expression was not one of fear, anger, nor grief. He didn't know what to do. She had seen him, so that meant he had to kill her. But how? How had she been there and so easily escaped his awareness? She kept walking until she stand in front of the body. She spoke. "He's dead." She looked at him with beautiful eyes, eyes so glazed over he could not tell anything she was feeling. She spoke again, all the while watching him. "He's dead. You killed him. Shinta, you killed him."
That was all she had to say to unnerve this great hitokiri. She had called him 'Shinta'. No one had ever called him that since he was only an inexperienced child. No one that was still alive knew about that, except for his master. The one who had taken him in and taught him all he knew. No one else was supposed to know, but somehow this little girl did. She was still watching him, eyes never moving. They both stood there, neither moving an inch. The little girl spoke to him again, for the last time, and in a different tone. It was as if she had matured in that one minute.
"Love. Help. Leave. These words mean a lot to you. You have loved. You are helping. Now you leave. So go Shinta, go. Leave your past behind you, and I shall do the same." Himura stood there, bewildered by the little one's knowledge. How did she know so much? How could she stand there in front of a murderer, and talk so purely, so calmly? Before he had time to think of what to do, she turned and walked away. She walked silently into the darkness and left him all alone. All alone in the world. That job was the last job he ever took. With that, he left his past behind him, and hopefully so did she.
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