The Lost of the Revolution
Okay okay...last chapter was a little strange...the rest of the story will probably more or less explanations and flashbacks... I hope it doesn't bore you all...
Disclaimer: Why do I even need to right this? I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.
Review!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tokio looked at the refined young mother in front of her, "Okita's wife?'
The woman never took her eyes off Kenshin, "We were NEVER married." She stressed, "He was dead before we were..."
Saitou finally seemed to snap out of his shock, "Tokio dear... what are you doing here?" He asked in a concerned voice.
Tokio's brown eyes flashed with anger, "I see found a replacement for me..."
"Wha?"
"Your mistress seems too innocent for you." Tokio replied coldly.
"WHAT?!" yelled the silver eyes woman in surprise. Instantly she drew a wooden fan and smacked Saitou in the face, hard, "You're cheating on your wife?"
Saitou rubbed his face and ducked another blow from the fan, "I have no idea what my wife is saying Gina...she's crazy..."
Gina reprimand Saitou like a mother to a child, "Now Saitou...who are you cheating on your wife with?"
"You." spat Tokio, "Of all people Oktia's wife. What has the world come to?"
Gina gave a chuckle, "I am not his mistress... I can't even think of a woman who would WILLING marry him..." Saitou and Tokio both shot her a glare with she ignored, "I am his..."
Saitou interrupted Gina, "Oy, the bell in going to sound."
A clanging sound was heard and then the air was filled with chatter. From the large house, children of all different ages came out from the steps, chatting.
"Stop!" came a demanding voice from the front. Anzu had gotten up and the group quietly silence looking at the group sitting in the garden.
Gina turned around to face the group of children with a smile, "No break today everyone. Start training now."
There were groans as the children proceeded back inside, some begging Gina to give them a break. She only gave them a word, "It's good for you; you'll thank me for this some time."
After the girl had gone Gina called out, "Rika, Anzu go with them."
The woman by Kaoru nodded and proceeded out with Anzu, both talking in low voices. Saitou picked up Hitomi.
"What is this place?" Kaoru asked.
Ani, the amber eyed brown haired guard rolled her eyes, "Hasn't it become apparent to you?"
"Ani." Gina's voice grew cold. Ani was about to protest, but closed her month instead as Gina continued, "This is an orphanage for children, although we mostly have girls. Boys mostly believe they can fend for themselves. A local lady, Amica, sponsors it. The children eat, sleep, learn and train here."
"What do they learn? What do you train them as? Prostitutes?" Tokio could not hide the fact of her dislike to Gina.
Gina glared at Tokio, "They are taught many thing, to read, write and other things. We train them to protect themselves. In time, many of them will leave this place. Some will stay, like Rika and Anzu and train others."
A very short boy ran smack into Gina, interrupting them. Saitou grabbed the woman's arm to kept her from tumbling. Hitomi giggled from Saitou's arms.
"Sorry Lady Gina." The boy hasty said.
Gina smiled and waved him off, "It's all right, no need to apologize for something you didn't mean to do." The boy's solemn face broke into a smile as he ran off.
"Is Hitomi one of the orphans?" Kenshin asked, "Does Saitou come by often? Hitomi called him father..."
"Saitou comes by once in a blue moon, but Hitomi likes him. Hitomi is my daughter...actually... my sister died three years ago giving birth to Hitomi... her good-for-nothing husband ran off... I took Hitomi in."
"Just a question, what did you do as the Shadow Falcon?" Kaoru asked.
"She was a doctor... no ordinary one..." Kenshin replied.
*Flashback*
"Lady Falcon! Over here!" came an elderly man's voice from a dark alley. The moon gave little light as Lady Falcon landed on the street behind a short man.
"I don't need your help!" hissed the short red headed man clutching his arm.
"You're going to die from all that lose of blood." The lady said.
The red headed man whirled around, amber eyes piercing hers, "Who are you?" He demanded weakly drawing his blade.
"I am the Shadow Falcon." She replied with a thin smile.
"Who do you work for?" He demanded.
"No one." Came her reply. She groaned as he continued to look at her. She grabbed his blade and flung it into a nearby wall.
He regarded her with surprise. "Sit!" She demanded. He obliged and she tended to his wounds. "You're the one they call Battousai are you not?" The man nodded. "Well Mr. Battousai,"
"Himura."
"Excuse me?"
"Mr. Himura."
"Oh... alright. Mr. Himura, you'll live and still be able to fight." She gave him a pat on the back, "But please do get some rest... your body is overworked." She rose and pulled the sword out of the wall, handing it to him.
As she was about to leave he called out to her, "So you're a Ishin Shishi."
"No. I told Mr. Himura, I work for no group."
"The what do you work for?" He asked confusedly, "In these troubled times, is there a middle side?'
"I work for the people. Every living thing has a precious life, and I'm willing to save it at any cost. To protect the weak. Heal the sick, find truth. The thing poets dream of." She said with a giggle, then sobered up, "I am a doctor of the night. Some wounds will kill the person before morning... like yours would have..."
"Instead you saved me..."
She nodded, "I have others to attend to. Good evening Mr. Himura."
"What a strange woman." Kenshin whispered to himself.
"She's the Angel of Hope." Came a raspy voice behind Kenshin. It was the old man who had called the Lady Falcon. Kenshin had completely forgotten about the elderly man.
"What?"
"That's what so of the men all around call her. You saw her eyes; she couldn't have been older than fifteen. She's the Light of the Future. You know, something you're fighting for. You don't want your children to grow up in a world of death; look at what she sees..." The old man hobbled off leaving the manslayer confused.
Weeks later, the sun had just set.
"Evening Mr. Himura. Would you be so kind as to not block my light." The Lady Falcon motioned to the candle beside the fallen man.
Kenshin was standing over her, "He's a Shinsengumi spy!"
"So?" She replied bandaging his wound, "You know I serve both sides."
"Yes but he has important information!"
"I found him before you did." She replied in a cold voice. She handed the collapsed man to his companion who took one look at the manslayer and took off running.
"You could give me the information he told you..."
She slapped him hard in the face, "I will betray neither side. The Shinsengumi know I will NEVER betray the Ishin Shishi in their headquarters or actions, and the Ishin Shishi know I will NEVER aid them in attacking the Shinsengumi. It is the trust and respect I have gained. I will NOT betray the people who lives I hold." She slapped his again, "I may look weak, but watch you back Mr. Himura."
*End Flashback*
Kenshin nodded, "We spared once..."
Saitou grunted lighting a cigarette, "She kicked your butt didn't she?" He inhaled and exhaled a thin puff of smoke as all the woman looked on disapprovingly.
Kenshin concurred, "A couple hits and I was disarmed. That's how good she was."
Tokio snorted, "A woman defeated the legendary Battousai with two hits?"
Gina replied offhandedly, "I was taught well. It wasn't that I was better than he; I was always watching, so I knew his techniques. Him on the other hand, had no idea what he was up against. An attack I have seen won't work on me, I was taught that at an early age."
"Who raised you? Drunkards?" Tokio snapped. Kenshin noticed Saitou tense up slightly, dropping the cigarette on the ground.
A small group of students had arrived in the yard. They were the older student, mostly in their teens. Rika nodded to Gina, "We're ready to see the demonstration."
"No. The man who raised me, the man I am PROUD to call my father was a captain of a Shinsengumi unit." Gina said respectfully drawing the blade from her side and facing the wooden board that had been brought over. Saitou became increasingly nervous he crushed the cigarette under his shoe.
"What, the 11th Unit?" mocked Tokio, sarcasm dripping from her every word. Gina readied herself facing the board. Kenshin noticed the stance seemed very familiar.
"No." There was an edge of bitterness in Gina's words. She seemed to have had enough of Tokio's jeers, "He was the captain of the THIRD unit of the Shinsengumi." She executed a perfect Gatotsu, completely shattering the wooden board.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay... that was SO not planned... the idea came to me as I was typing... I'll explain it better in the next chapter or so... Gina really needs to clarify her words...its not all like it sounds...
I'm sorry... I made Tokio seem really cruel... I really actually like Tokio, I just feel she would be angry if she thought her husband was cheating on her or at least hiding something from her. I'm no making Tokio a bad person; I'm just making her a little resentful and wary of Gina.
I also need your opinion... I'm thinking of throwing in another character from the series... Soujirou or Aoshi... I don't know... I have an idea for each of them... does anyone know anything about Aoshi's past like childhood beside becoming leader of the Oniwa Banshu at age 15?
Review please!
Okay okay...last chapter was a little strange...the rest of the story will probably more or less explanations and flashbacks... I hope it doesn't bore you all...
Disclaimer: Why do I even need to right this? I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.
Review!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tokio looked at the refined young mother in front of her, "Okita's wife?'
The woman never took her eyes off Kenshin, "We were NEVER married." She stressed, "He was dead before we were..."
Saitou finally seemed to snap out of his shock, "Tokio dear... what are you doing here?" He asked in a concerned voice.
Tokio's brown eyes flashed with anger, "I see found a replacement for me..."
"Wha?"
"Your mistress seems too innocent for you." Tokio replied coldly.
"WHAT?!" yelled the silver eyes woman in surprise. Instantly she drew a wooden fan and smacked Saitou in the face, hard, "You're cheating on your wife?"
Saitou rubbed his face and ducked another blow from the fan, "I have no idea what my wife is saying Gina...she's crazy..."
Gina reprimand Saitou like a mother to a child, "Now Saitou...who are you cheating on your wife with?"
"You." spat Tokio, "Of all people Oktia's wife. What has the world come to?"
Gina gave a chuckle, "I am not his mistress... I can't even think of a woman who would WILLING marry him..." Saitou and Tokio both shot her a glare with she ignored, "I am his..."
Saitou interrupted Gina, "Oy, the bell in going to sound."
A clanging sound was heard and then the air was filled with chatter. From the large house, children of all different ages came out from the steps, chatting.
"Stop!" came a demanding voice from the front. Anzu had gotten up and the group quietly silence looking at the group sitting in the garden.
Gina turned around to face the group of children with a smile, "No break today everyone. Start training now."
There were groans as the children proceeded back inside, some begging Gina to give them a break. She only gave them a word, "It's good for you; you'll thank me for this some time."
After the girl had gone Gina called out, "Rika, Anzu go with them."
The woman by Kaoru nodded and proceeded out with Anzu, both talking in low voices. Saitou picked up Hitomi.
"What is this place?" Kaoru asked.
Ani, the amber eyed brown haired guard rolled her eyes, "Hasn't it become apparent to you?"
"Ani." Gina's voice grew cold. Ani was about to protest, but closed her month instead as Gina continued, "This is an orphanage for children, although we mostly have girls. Boys mostly believe they can fend for themselves. A local lady, Amica, sponsors it. The children eat, sleep, learn and train here."
"What do they learn? What do you train them as? Prostitutes?" Tokio could not hide the fact of her dislike to Gina.
Gina glared at Tokio, "They are taught many thing, to read, write and other things. We train them to protect themselves. In time, many of them will leave this place. Some will stay, like Rika and Anzu and train others."
A very short boy ran smack into Gina, interrupting them. Saitou grabbed the woman's arm to kept her from tumbling. Hitomi giggled from Saitou's arms.
"Sorry Lady Gina." The boy hasty said.
Gina smiled and waved him off, "It's all right, no need to apologize for something you didn't mean to do." The boy's solemn face broke into a smile as he ran off.
"Is Hitomi one of the orphans?" Kenshin asked, "Does Saitou come by often? Hitomi called him father..."
"Saitou comes by once in a blue moon, but Hitomi likes him. Hitomi is my daughter...actually... my sister died three years ago giving birth to Hitomi... her good-for-nothing husband ran off... I took Hitomi in."
"Just a question, what did you do as the Shadow Falcon?" Kaoru asked.
"She was a doctor... no ordinary one..." Kenshin replied.
*Flashback*
"Lady Falcon! Over here!" came an elderly man's voice from a dark alley. The moon gave little light as Lady Falcon landed on the street behind a short man.
"I don't need your help!" hissed the short red headed man clutching his arm.
"You're going to die from all that lose of blood." The lady said.
The red headed man whirled around, amber eyes piercing hers, "Who are you?" He demanded weakly drawing his blade.
"I am the Shadow Falcon." She replied with a thin smile.
"Who do you work for?" He demanded.
"No one." Came her reply. She groaned as he continued to look at her. She grabbed his blade and flung it into a nearby wall.
He regarded her with surprise. "Sit!" She demanded. He obliged and she tended to his wounds. "You're the one they call Battousai are you not?" The man nodded. "Well Mr. Battousai,"
"Himura."
"Excuse me?"
"Mr. Himura."
"Oh... alright. Mr. Himura, you'll live and still be able to fight." She gave him a pat on the back, "But please do get some rest... your body is overworked." She rose and pulled the sword out of the wall, handing it to him.
As she was about to leave he called out to her, "So you're a Ishin Shishi."
"No. I told Mr. Himura, I work for no group."
"The what do you work for?" He asked confusedly, "In these troubled times, is there a middle side?'
"I work for the people. Every living thing has a precious life, and I'm willing to save it at any cost. To protect the weak. Heal the sick, find truth. The thing poets dream of." She said with a giggle, then sobered up, "I am a doctor of the night. Some wounds will kill the person before morning... like yours would have..."
"Instead you saved me..."
She nodded, "I have others to attend to. Good evening Mr. Himura."
"What a strange woman." Kenshin whispered to himself.
"She's the Angel of Hope." Came a raspy voice behind Kenshin. It was the old man who had called the Lady Falcon. Kenshin had completely forgotten about the elderly man.
"What?"
"That's what so of the men all around call her. You saw her eyes; she couldn't have been older than fifteen. She's the Light of the Future. You know, something you're fighting for. You don't want your children to grow up in a world of death; look at what she sees..." The old man hobbled off leaving the manslayer confused.
Weeks later, the sun had just set.
"Evening Mr. Himura. Would you be so kind as to not block my light." The Lady Falcon motioned to the candle beside the fallen man.
Kenshin was standing over her, "He's a Shinsengumi spy!"
"So?" She replied bandaging his wound, "You know I serve both sides."
"Yes but he has important information!"
"I found him before you did." She replied in a cold voice. She handed the collapsed man to his companion who took one look at the manslayer and took off running.
"You could give me the information he told you..."
She slapped him hard in the face, "I will betray neither side. The Shinsengumi know I will NEVER betray the Ishin Shishi in their headquarters or actions, and the Ishin Shishi know I will NEVER aid them in attacking the Shinsengumi. It is the trust and respect I have gained. I will NOT betray the people who lives I hold." She slapped his again, "I may look weak, but watch you back Mr. Himura."
*End Flashback*
Kenshin nodded, "We spared once..."
Saitou grunted lighting a cigarette, "She kicked your butt didn't she?" He inhaled and exhaled a thin puff of smoke as all the woman looked on disapprovingly.
Kenshin concurred, "A couple hits and I was disarmed. That's how good she was."
Tokio snorted, "A woman defeated the legendary Battousai with two hits?"
Gina replied offhandedly, "I was taught well. It wasn't that I was better than he; I was always watching, so I knew his techniques. Him on the other hand, had no idea what he was up against. An attack I have seen won't work on me, I was taught that at an early age."
"Who raised you? Drunkards?" Tokio snapped. Kenshin noticed Saitou tense up slightly, dropping the cigarette on the ground.
A small group of students had arrived in the yard. They were the older student, mostly in their teens. Rika nodded to Gina, "We're ready to see the demonstration."
"No. The man who raised me, the man I am PROUD to call my father was a captain of a Shinsengumi unit." Gina said respectfully drawing the blade from her side and facing the wooden board that had been brought over. Saitou became increasingly nervous he crushed the cigarette under his shoe.
"What, the 11th Unit?" mocked Tokio, sarcasm dripping from her every word. Gina readied herself facing the board. Kenshin noticed the stance seemed very familiar.
"No." There was an edge of bitterness in Gina's words. She seemed to have had enough of Tokio's jeers, "He was the captain of the THIRD unit of the Shinsengumi." She executed a perfect Gatotsu, completely shattering the wooden board.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay... that was SO not planned... the idea came to me as I was typing... I'll explain it better in the next chapter or so... Gina really needs to clarify her words...its not all like it sounds...
I'm sorry... I made Tokio seem really cruel... I really actually like Tokio, I just feel she would be angry if she thought her husband was cheating on her or at least hiding something from her. I'm no making Tokio a bad person; I'm just making her a little resentful and wary of Gina.
I also need your opinion... I'm thinking of throwing in another character from the series... Soujirou or Aoshi... I don't know... I have an idea for each of them... does anyone know anything about Aoshi's past like childhood beside becoming leader of the Oniwa Banshu at age 15?
Review please!