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Chapter 11
Tanya had gotten her voice back, "Kat! Be careful!"
She watched her friend smirk at Kenshin.
Mayonaka saw his parents stand there a moment before disappearing.
Small puffs of snow were kicked up.
They saw them reappear with their swords locked together.
The familiar sound of metal against metal filled their ears.
Kenshin broke the sword lock and began to step back.
He disappeared from sight again and Kat felt something push on the back of her knee.
She stumbled forward.
Kenshin reappeared in front of her.
There was a pause as both of them stopped moving to catch their breath.
"Pretty good for a beginner. I didn't even catch on this fast but then again I didn't have the Battousai aiding me," Kenshin complemented.
Kat's heart pounded so fast, it put a mouse's to shame.
There was a scraping sound on Kat's left.
Kenshin dragged his sword across the ground.
Kat watched it draw a line in the snow and wondered what he could be doing.
Kenshin raised his sword above his head.
Realization hit her as she realized what he was about to do.
She gazed into his golden eyes and tears sprang up, "You let him take control again. You'll end up killing me one of these days."
His sword stopped mid swing.
Kat scrambled out of the way.
His eyes glazed over and he stared at his arm as if it had just been bitten off.
Tanya was chalk white and she leaned over to vomit.
Mayonaka watched as Tanya passed out.
She had almost had a heart attack when she saw her friend about to be killed.
Kenshin dropped his sword in the snow and choked out, "I'm so sorry."
Kat sat there not able to speak.
"The battousai in me has grown more powerful in the past years. He is harder to control than before. Every time I pick up a sword he becomes more powerful. I'm only going to end up hurting you.or worse. if I stay longer."
He made to turn when Kat stopped him, "Kenshin wait!"
He stopped but didn't turn around.
She walked up to him.
Kat grabbed the fabric of his gi then placed her head between his shoulder blades.
She felt him flinch and stiffen.
"Don't go," she whispered into his gi.
He turned around and pulled her into a hug.
The wind whipped around them and pulled Kenshin's hair free of its' band.
It mixed with hers and danced in the wind.
"I'll only hurt you. The longer I stay, the more danger you're in."
"Bull," came the reply.
Kenshin looked down and saw that Kat was crying.
Her body shook with sobs and rattled her small frame.
"I have to go," Kenshin murmured more to himself then to her.
Mayonaka frowned.
He was getting annoyed since he couldn't hear anything over the howl of the wind as it picked up speed.
Kat took in the fact that he was really going to leave her if she didn't do something.
She was about to protest when he placed a finger over her lips, "You don't know what it's like to be a manslayer and a wanderer at the same time. My sword was stained with blood. Not even the hardest rain could wash it clean. My dreams are haunted with the memories of my past. I've seen rills of fresh blood wash in bright threads between cobblestones and run down the gutters in streamlets. I've seen koi in ponds floating belly-up, poisoned by the blood which pours out of the gutters in floods and which seemed to rise from the springs in the earth itself. I've seen blood rising everywhere, staining the fields and forests. Even the moon began to look like a bloodshot, dying eye," he paused.
Kat stared at him in shock, "You've killed that many people at once?"
"You don't know what it's like. This is why I need to leave. I can still smell blood everywhere I go. Some of my missions were so bloody, that you could walk in the streets with blood up to your ankles." He sighed, "I was a wander. I lied to you Kat. After you left I joined the war to bring in a new era that would restore the peace. It lasted for two and a half years. I became a wanderer after that to repent for my sins. I met Hiko in the middle of my wandering. People still have come after me seeking revenge. You saw how it was with Enishi. People haven't been able to grasp the fact that I no longer want to fight. I never enjoyed killing and I still don't now, but the battousai in me has no feelings. He doesn't care for you the way I do."
With that he pulled away.
Kat stood there in the cold and watched the man of her dreams disappear into the forest of bamboo.
"Promise you'll come back to me."
(A/N: Muhahah I don't mean to be so evil but this chapter had to end somewhere. I wanted to add this quote too but couldn't find a place for it especially since it takes place in May. My story is, at the moment, taking place in December. 'Meji 14/ May 14 Kenshin became a wandering Rurouni again. He disappeared into the dark, alone.')
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Chapter 11
Tanya had gotten her voice back, "Kat! Be careful!"
She watched her friend smirk at Kenshin.
Mayonaka saw his parents stand there a moment before disappearing.
Small puffs of snow were kicked up.
They saw them reappear with their swords locked together.
The familiar sound of metal against metal filled their ears.
Kenshin broke the sword lock and began to step back.
He disappeared from sight again and Kat felt something push on the back of her knee.
She stumbled forward.
Kenshin reappeared in front of her.
There was a pause as both of them stopped moving to catch their breath.
"Pretty good for a beginner. I didn't even catch on this fast but then again I didn't have the Battousai aiding me," Kenshin complemented.
Kat's heart pounded so fast, it put a mouse's to shame.
There was a scraping sound on Kat's left.
Kenshin dragged his sword across the ground.
Kat watched it draw a line in the snow and wondered what he could be doing.
Kenshin raised his sword above his head.
Realization hit her as she realized what he was about to do.
She gazed into his golden eyes and tears sprang up, "You let him take control again. You'll end up killing me one of these days."
His sword stopped mid swing.
Kat scrambled out of the way.
His eyes glazed over and he stared at his arm as if it had just been bitten off.
Tanya was chalk white and she leaned over to vomit.
Mayonaka watched as Tanya passed out.
She had almost had a heart attack when she saw her friend about to be killed.
Kenshin dropped his sword in the snow and choked out, "I'm so sorry."
Kat sat there not able to speak.
"The battousai in me has grown more powerful in the past years. He is harder to control than before. Every time I pick up a sword he becomes more powerful. I'm only going to end up hurting you.or worse. if I stay longer."
He made to turn when Kat stopped him, "Kenshin wait!"
He stopped but didn't turn around.
She walked up to him.
Kat grabbed the fabric of his gi then placed her head between his shoulder blades.
She felt him flinch and stiffen.
"Don't go," she whispered into his gi.
He turned around and pulled her into a hug.
The wind whipped around them and pulled Kenshin's hair free of its' band.
It mixed with hers and danced in the wind.
"I'll only hurt you. The longer I stay, the more danger you're in."
"Bull," came the reply.
Kenshin looked down and saw that Kat was crying.
Her body shook with sobs and rattled her small frame.
"I have to go," Kenshin murmured more to himself then to her.
Mayonaka frowned.
He was getting annoyed since he couldn't hear anything over the howl of the wind as it picked up speed.
Kat took in the fact that he was really going to leave her if she didn't do something.
She was about to protest when he placed a finger over her lips, "You don't know what it's like to be a manslayer and a wanderer at the same time. My sword was stained with blood. Not even the hardest rain could wash it clean. My dreams are haunted with the memories of my past. I've seen rills of fresh blood wash in bright threads between cobblestones and run down the gutters in streamlets. I've seen koi in ponds floating belly-up, poisoned by the blood which pours out of the gutters in floods and which seemed to rise from the springs in the earth itself. I've seen blood rising everywhere, staining the fields and forests. Even the moon began to look like a bloodshot, dying eye," he paused.
Kat stared at him in shock, "You've killed that many people at once?"
"You don't know what it's like. This is why I need to leave. I can still smell blood everywhere I go. Some of my missions were so bloody, that you could walk in the streets with blood up to your ankles." He sighed, "I was a wander. I lied to you Kat. After you left I joined the war to bring in a new era that would restore the peace. It lasted for two and a half years. I became a wanderer after that to repent for my sins. I met Hiko in the middle of my wandering. People still have come after me seeking revenge. You saw how it was with Enishi. People haven't been able to grasp the fact that I no longer want to fight. I never enjoyed killing and I still don't now, but the battousai in me has no feelings. He doesn't care for you the way I do."
With that he pulled away.
Kat stood there in the cold and watched the man of her dreams disappear into the forest of bamboo.
"Promise you'll come back to me."
(A/N: Muhahah I don't mean to be so evil but this chapter had to end somewhere. I wanted to add this quote too but couldn't find a place for it especially since it takes place in May. My story is, at the moment, taking place in December. 'Meji 14/ May 14 Kenshin became a wandering Rurouni again. He disappeared into the dark, alone.')