Title: Innocence and Blood
Chapter 1 – The Rurouni Falls
Series: Rurouni Kenshin
Rated: PG13
Summary: The world is soon to collapse under a war to which no one has ever seen before. Kenshin has fallen into a coma, and the only thing that can save Earth now is innocence and blood.
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Something was happening, though what he was unsure of. The birds seemed quiet now, almost as if they chirped with great caution. Even the wind seemed stiller for this type of year, more silent and less full of life, almost as if anticipating something. The world held a calmness to it that, to others would seem as nothing more than peaceful days. However, it was almost as if the world were preparing itself for something. For what, Kenshin Himura knew not. All he knew was that it was something big.
"Kenshin, are you all right?"
"Oro?" Kenshin blinked, jumping back a bit as giant blue eyes looked at him, concerned. He was so caught up in the recesses of his own mind he hadn't even noticed Kaoru until she spoke up.
"Are you all right?" Kaoru repeated, a little softer and slower this time, her worry increasing when he didn't answer the question right away. It was so much unlike Kenshin, first that she had startled him, actually startled the man who knew always when someone was near, whether it be friend or foe! And that he didn't answer her question at first..
"Aye, I am fine Kaoru-dono," Kenshin assured, waving his hands to dismiss any thought otherwise. "I was just thinking, that I was."
Kaoru sighed and sat down next to Kenshin, her hands clasping gently over his, her fingers latching around his own. "Lately Kenshin, you've seemed so distracted and troubled.. you're always tired, and you haven't been eating much. I'm just worried.." 'Worried that you'll leave us again,' she stated in her mind. Kaoru looked to Kenshin, his face a bit pale, though his eyes seemed focused on her words.. almost as if he were debating whether or not to tell her what was bothering him.. or just debating whether or not he should.. "You don't have to tell me Kenshin," she stated finally, surprising Kenshin a bit. However, her grip tightened around his hand. "Just know.. just know that I love you and I worry about you. And I will always be more than happy to help carry any burden you may have Kenshin. Whether you realize it or not, you no longer have to suffer alone." Kaoru moved closer to Kenshin, her grip tightening even more as her head rested on his shoulder. "I am your wife, and I will gladly take any burden you have to be my own.."
Kenshin listened to each of Kaoru's words in silence, his hand clutching onto hers as well, a slight smile on his face. Moving closer to her, allowing their bodies to share the warmth of one another, his lips gently touched on her forehead in a small kiss. "Kaoru-dono.. thank you." He wanted to tell Kaoru; it wasn't as though he were trying to keep anything from her. He didn't know why he seemed so uneasy, that was all.
Suddenly, the rurouni became stiff. The winds seemed to pick up, their gentle breeze wafting through the tree's, their ageless cries seeming to fill with.. if it were possible.. speach. He stood up suddenly, his senses set as he tried to figure what was going on. It was as though he could hear them whispering.. them, he didn't even know who they were..
"Kenshin?" Kaoru stood up by her husband, her hand clasping to her kimono as the winds picked up, worry etched on her face. "Kenshin? What's wrong?"
However, Kenshin did not answer her question, either by refusing to heed it or that he didn't hear it at all, his mind too perplexed to the whispers of the wind only he seemed to hear. His face growing pale, his eyes widening, he muttered the last words sung through the breeze, "Innocence.. and blood.." before crumbling to the floor like a rag doll, Kaoru's screams ringing throughout the dojo at his fall.
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An old hand, full of years of experience and guided by a heart with room enough for the world touched lightly at Kenshin's head, the fire nearby glistening off the unconscious rurouni. Sighing, Dr. Gensei turned to Megumi, his assistant and good friend. Both of them shared a look of exasperation and defeat as they realized that they could do no more.
"There is.. nothing we can do?" Megumi's words sounded more like a statement then a question, but the young doctor refused to give up on Kenshin so easily. He had always been strong, not just for himself but for others as well. He couldn't give up now, he wouldn't! Not since he had just gotten married to Kaoru, not since all his troubles lied now only in the past. He couldn't let go.. he just couldn't..
"I am afraid not," Dr. Gensei stated with a sigh, his old eyes seeming weary with the news he would have to deliver to his friends. Standing up, he motioned to Megumi and the two of them walked out where they met the worried gazes of all of Kenshin's friends.
"Kenshin, is he all right?" Kaoru was the first to run up ahead of them all, her hands clasped with worry, her body shaking. "Please.. please tell me he's ok.."
Dr. Gensei sighed again, this time with more defeat than the last. "I am afraid he has.. slipped into a coma." He paused and, noticing the confused look on their faces continued. "That means he is asleep and we cannot wake him up." He lowered his head. "And usually.. if one is in a coma.. they do not wake up."
Kaoru's eyes watered, and her knees finally gave way as she sank to the floor, her screams ringing off the walls of the clinic. Screams of defeat, screams of loss.. screams of helplessness.
"Damnit, Kenshin.." Sanosuke bit his lower lip, his hands balling into fists as Dr. Gensei's words etched themselves in his mind.
"Just.. just stop it, all right!" Yahiko yelled, surprising them all as he clamored to his feet, his face set. "You said they USUALLY don't wake up! So there is a chance!"
"The chance is slim-" Megumi went on to protest, but Yahiko interrupted.
"No! Shut up! If there's a chance, there's a chance! Kenshin's stronger than this, he'll wake up!"
"I'm afraid.. that is not looking to likely, Yahiko," Dr. Gensei took a step to the boy, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder. However, Yahiko would hear none of it and immediately tore it off as though it were a poisonous snake.
"If you all want to give up on him, then fine! But I'm not going to!" Yahiko hissed, his words beaming with a determination like none they had ever heard before. "I'm not going to give up on him!" And before any of them could stop him, he was out the door and racing down the street, his steps hollowed with the fear he silently carried.
END CHAPTER 1
Chapter 1 – The Rurouni Falls
Series: Rurouni Kenshin
Rated: PG13
Summary: The world is soon to collapse under a war to which no one has ever seen before. Kenshin has fallen into a coma, and the only thing that can save Earth now is innocence and blood.
- - - - -
Something was happening, though what he was unsure of. The birds seemed quiet now, almost as if they chirped with great caution. Even the wind seemed stiller for this type of year, more silent and less full of life, almost as if anticipating something. The world held a calmness to it that, to others would seem as nothing more than peaceful days. However, it was almost as if the world were preparing itself for something. For what, Kenshin Himura knew not. All he knew was that it was something big.
"Kenshin, are you all right?"
"Oro?" Kenshin blinked, jumping back a bit as giant blue eyes looked at him, concerned. He was so caught up in the recesses of his own mind he hadn't even noticed Kaoru until she spoke up.
"Are you all right?" Kaoru repeated, a little softer and slower this time, her worry increasing when he didn't answer the question right away. It was so much unlike Kenshin, first that she had startled him, actually startled the man who knew always when someone was near, whether it be friend or foe! And that he didn't answer her question at first..
"Aye, I am fine Kaoru-dono," Kenshin assured, waving his hands to dismiss any thought otherwise. "I was just thinking, that I was."
Kaoru sighed and sat down next to Kenshin, her hands clasping gently over his, her fingers latching around his own. "Lately Kenshin, you've seemed so distracted and troubled.. you're always tired, and you haven't been eating much. I'm just worried.." 'Worried that you'll leave us again,' she stated in her mind. Kaoru looked to Kenshin, his face a bit pale, though his eyes seemed focused on her words.. almost as if he were debating whether or not to tell her what was bothering him.. or just debating whether or not he should.. "You don't have to tell me Kenshin," she stated finally, surprising Kenshin a bit. However, her grip tightened around his hand. "Just know.. just know that I love you and I worry about you. And I will always be more than happy to help carry any burden you may have Kenshin. Whether you realize it or not, you no longer have to suffer alone." Kaoru moved closer to Kenshin, her grip tightening even more as her head rested on his shoulder. "I am your wife, and I will gladly take any burden you have to be my own.."
Kenshin listened to each of Kaoru's words in silence, his hand clutching onto hers as well, a slight smile on his face. Moving closer to her, allowing their bodies to share the warmth of one another, his lips gently touched on her forehead in a small kiss. "Kaoru-dono.. thank you." He wanted to tell Kaoru; it wasn't as though he were trying to keep anything from her. He didn't know why he seemed so uneasy, that was all.
Suddenly, the rurouni became stiff. The winds seemed to pick up, their gentle breeze wafting through the tree's, their ageless cries seeming to fill with.. if it were possible.. speach. He stood up suddenly, his senses set as he tried to figure what was going on. It was as though he could hear them whispering.. them, he didn't even know who they were..
"Kenshin?" Kaoru stood up by her husband, her hand clasping to her kimono as the winds picked up, worry etched on her face. "Kenshin? What's wrong?"
However, Kenshin did not answer her question, either by refusing to heed it or that he didn't hear it at all, his mind too perplexed to the whispers of the wind only he seemed to hear. His face growing pale, his eyes widening, he muttered the last words sung through the breeze, "Innocence.. and blood.." before crumbling to the floor like a rag doll, Kaoru's screams ringing throughout the dojo at his fall.
- - - - -
An old hand, full of years of experience and guided by a heart with room enough for the world touched lightly at Kenshin's head, the fire nearby glistening off the unconscious rurouni. Sighing, Dr. Gensei turned to Megumi, his assistant and good friend. Both of them shared a look of exasperation and defeat as they realized that they could do no more.
"There is.. nothing we can do?" Megumi's words sounded more like a statement then a question, but the young doctor refused to give up on Kenshin so easily. He had always been strong, not just for himself but for others as well. He couldn't give up now, he wouldn't! Not since he had just gotten married to Kaoru, not since all his troubles lied now only in the past. He couldn't let go.. he just couldn't..
"I am afraid not," Dr. Gensei stated with a sigh, his old eyes seeming weary with the news he would have to deliver to his friends. Standing up, he motioned to Megumi and the two of them walked out where they met the worried gazes of all of Kenshin's friends.
"Kenshin, is he all right?" Kaoru was the first to run up ahead of them all, her hands clasped with worry, her body shaking. "Please.. please tell me he's ok.."
Dr. Gensei sighed again, this time with more defeat than the last. "I am afraid he has.. slipped into a coma." He paused and, noticing the confused look on their faces continued. "That means he is asleep and we cannot wake him up." He lowered his head. "And usually.. if one is in a coma.. they do not wake up."
Kaoru's eyes watered, and her knees finally gave way as she sank to the floor, her screams ringing off the walls of the clinic. Screams of defeat, screams of loss.. screams of helplessness.
"Damnit, Kenshin.." Sanosuke bit his lower lip, his hands balling into fists as Dr. Gensei's words etched themselves in his mind.
"Just.. just stop it, all right!" Yahiko yelled, surprising them all as he clamored to his feet, his face set. "You said they USUALLY don't wake up! So there is a chance!"
"The chance is slim-" Megumi went on to protest, but Yahiko interrupted.
"No! Shut up! If there's a chance, there's a chance! Kenshin's stronger than this, he'll wake up!"
"I'm afraid.. that is not looking to likely, Yahiko," Dr. Gensei took a step to the boy, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder. However, Yahiko would hear none of it and immediately tore it off as though it were a poisonous snake.
"If you all want to give up on him, then fine! But I'm not going to!" Yahiko hissed, his words beaming with a determination like none they had ever heard before. "I'm not going to give up on him!" And before any of them could stop him, he was out the door and racing down the street, his steps hollowed with the fear he silently carried.
END CHAPTER 1