Chapter 3: Itai Kako
(Painful Past)
Kenshin sighed. He offered a space on the bench for Kaoru to sit. She's my only hope, Kenshin thought as he watched Kaoru sit down beside him.
"Tell me what happened. I won't tell anybody..." Kaoru whispered.
"Tomoe is the most beautiful girl in high school in Saweda College. She's a little older compare to me, but we were classmates in a section A. I've been close to her when..."
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Kenshin was strolling around the quadrangle, when he saw a shadow. "Hmm?" He went closer to the shadow, and saw his classmate, Yukishiro Tomoe.
Tomoe was crying hard. She sobbed, and tears streamed down to her cheeks quickly.
Kenshin sat beside her. "What happened?" he asked, trying to comfort her.
Tomoe saw Kenshin's violet eyes, and cried on his chest. "Those men...those men outside our school...ravished me!! They were all...playing with me... They were all touching me..." Tomoe whispered, still crying.
Kenshin's eyes filled with anger and it became amber. He wrapped his arms around Tomoe, angry because of the men who ravished her.
Tomoe knew that almost all of the boys in the high school has a crush on her, but she didn't know that 'this' man is whom she's beginning to like. He was a comforter.
Silence occurred.
"I'll get revenge, Tomoe." Kenshin was determined. He went up to the mountains in Kyoto with Hiko Seijuro.
Hiko Seijuro is not Kenshin's real father. Kenshin's parents died because of a cholera attack. Three women adopted him, but some thieves killed them. Hiko saved Kenshin from the thieves by killing them all, and adopted Kenshin.
One night.
"Kenshin, why are you determined to learn the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu?" Hiko asked.
"I just want to learn it, Shishou!" Kenshin exclaimed.
26 months passed, and Kenshin was learning the style. He was already 18. He knew that he had enough power, and so he went to school again, and saw Tomoe with a man.
"Tomoe?" Kenshin asked, but stopped suddenly. He saw Tomoe and the man kiss, only dropping his wooden sword and was full of shock.
Kiyosato Akira stopped kissing Tomoe. "I feel like someone is watching us."
"Really?" Tomoe asked, looking around.
Meanwhile, Kenshin was releasing his anger by slashing some trees. He felt betrayed. Betrayal.
A man, named Katsura, saw Kenshin's power. He was amazed by the boy's attacks. He went up to Kenshin. "Boy, what's your name?" Katsura asked.
"Himura. Himura Kenshin."
Kenshin. Heart of Sword. "Himura, do you want to help us?" Katsura asked.
"Nani?" Kenshin asked, turning around to Katsura.
"This present government is full of corruption. We, the Ishinshishi, are going to change it. We won't allow corrupt officials in this era. Do you want to join us?" Katsura asked.
Kenshin thought about it.
"However, you are going to be an assassin. You're going to kill those corrupt government officials." Katsura said.
Killings. Kenshin looked up to Katsura, dead serious. "When do I start?"
2 years passed. Kenshin killed some government officials with the use of a real sword, and he claimed the title of "Hitokiri Battousai". He was already in 4th year college.
After the day when Kaoru met Kenshin, Friday was the day, he was drinking sake in a restaurant. He overheard the conversation of the six drunken men.
"Hmm! I have dank so many sake tonight! I would be glad to have a 'feast' tonight!" man 1 said.
"Yeah!!" they all said.
"Hey, check out that sexy waitress!" man 6 said.
"That's nothing. What I like among girls is that they have a creamy skin, like the 'feast' we had some years ago. I remember that was a high school student." Man 4 explained.
Kenshin's eyes widened in surprise when he heard the 'a high school student'. It was Tomoe whom they were talking about. He stood up and grabbed his katana out of its sheath. "I don't care about anything your talk. But I'm concerned in the matter of a high school student."
"Ya wanna fight?!" man 3 exclaimed.
"Step outside if you're brave enough." Kenshin said and went out the bar.
"That kid's tickling me off! Let me kill 'em!" man 4 exclaimed and he went out of the bar. He saw that Kenshin was heading towards the playground, and he followed him. Man 2 also followed after him and the rest just drank sake again.
Kenshin saw Tomoe and Kiyosato fighting in the playground while it was raining.
"I thought we were getting married tomorrow?" Tomoe exclaimed.
"Jubei Shigekura-san needs me! There's an assassin who's after him!" Kiyosato said.
"Surrender."
Kiyosato and Tomoe looked around and saw Kenshin.
Tomoe gasped. "It's him...!"
"So you're one of the protectors of Shigekura. Die." Kenshin said and rushed towards Kiyosato. He slashed Kiyosato's chest. He remembered that he 'stole' Tomoe from him. He took out his anger on him by slashing him on his stomach, and the wound was deep.
"AHHH!!"
"Akira!!" Tomoe exclaimed.
Kiyosato heard the voice of Tomoe, and he finally realized that he needs Tomoe. He stood up and took out his gun. "I must not die!" he exclaimed, rushing towards Kenshin.
Kenshin dodged Kiyosato's attack and wounded him on the shoulders.
"Stop it!" Tomoe exclaimed.
"I will not die!" Kiyosato thought frantically. He again rushed forward towards Kenshin, and at the same time, Kenshin rushed forward too.
Silence.
"AKIRA!!!!!!!!" Tomoe shouted.
Kenshin looked down on Kiyosato's bleeding dead body, and touched the diagonal scar that he received from Kiyosato. He saw man 4 and man 2, both scared. He glared at them.
The two men, after realizing that Kenshin was very deadly, and realizing that Tomoe was there, grabbed a knife.
"It's the high school student!" man 2 exclaimed.
"I don't care! I'll kill the boy no matter what!" man 4 exclaimed. He rushed towards Kenshin and before he could slash Kenshin...
"TOMOE!!!!!"
Tomoe blocked the attack and instead she was the one who got the deep slash from the knife.
"Let's get outta here!!" the two men exclaimed and ran for their lives.
Kenshin suddenly heard a thing dropped on the wet floor. It was Kaoru, but he didn't mind. He cherished this moment with Tomoe in his arms. "Tomoe..."
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Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise. "It must be painful...to lose someone whom he really loved even the person didn't show that she loves him..." she thought.
"Enishi's going to have revenge. I'm sure of that." Kenshin murmured.
"Who's Enishi?" Kaoru asked.
"Enishi is Tomoe's younger brother. He already knows that it was because of me that his sister died. Saitoh told him. Saitoh was around when Tomoe and Kiyosato got killed." Kenshin whispered. "It is also my fault. I didn't know that Tomoe and Kiyosato were childhood lovers."
Kaoru shook her head and stood up, refusing the depression. She managed to smile in front of Kenshin. "Don't worry. I'm here. I know you're planning to have atonement, and I'm just here to help you. We'll do this together! So, just smile! From now on, try to be a different person!" Kaoru cheerfully said.
Kenshin was startled, and stared at Kaoru. Silence passed.
"Uh-oh."
Kenshin smiled, his eyes returning from amber to violet eyes. "Arigatoo, Kaoru-dono."
Kaoru's smile even widened. She had won! "Kenshin! Congratulations! Well, we still have classes tomorrow! See you tomorrow and keep up the smile!" Kaoru said cheerfully again and happily hopped out of the playground.
"Kaoru-dono." Kenshin stood up and saw her blue ribbon in his hands.
"Uh-oh. This is going to be a big issue tomorrow at school!" a boy said, namely Yahiko Myoujin. He was in middle school.
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Author's note: Yay! This is sort of like the Tsukio Hen Arc, only that some events were...hmm... I guess you noticed! (This line I always say) The three chapters are serious, but starting at chapter 4, it is mixed with humor because Kenshin's already the kawaii Rurouni we all know. Watch out for chapter 4! ^_^
(Painful Past)
Kenshin sighed. He offered a space on the bench for Kaoru to sit. She's my only hope, Kenshin thought as he watched Kaoru sit down beside him.
"Tell me what happened. I won't tell anybody..." Kaoru whispered.
"Tomoe is the most beautiful girl in high school in Saweda College. She's a little older compare to me, but we were classmates in a section A. I've been close to her when..."
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Kenshin was strolling around the quadrangle, when he saw a shadow. "Hmm?" He went closer to the shadow, and saw his classmate, Yukishiro Tomoe.
Tomoe was crying hard. She sobbed, and tears streamed down to her cheeks quickly.
Kenshin sat beside her. "What happened?" he asked, trying to comfort her.
Tomoe saw Kenshin's violet eyes, and cried on his chest. "Those men...those men outside our school...ravished me!! They were all...playing with me... They were all touching me..." Tomoe whispered, still crying.
Kenshin's eyes filled with anger and it became amber. He wrapped his arms around Tomoe, angry because of the men who ravished her.
Tomoe knew that almost all of the boys in the high school has a crush on her, but she didn't know that 'this' man is whom she's beginning to like. He was a comforter.
Silence occurred.
"I'll get revenge, Tomoe." Kenshin was determined. He went up to the mountains in Kyoto with Hiko Seijuro.
Hiko Seijuro is not Kenshin's real father. Kenshin's parents died because of a cholera attack. Three women adopted him, but some thieves killed them. Hiko saved Kenshin from the thieves by killing them all, and adopted Kenshin.
One night.
"Kenshin, why are you determined to learn the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu?" Hiko asked.
"I just want to learn it, Shishou!" Kenshin exclaimed.
26 months passed, and Kenshin was learning the style. He was already 18. He knew that he had enough power, and so he went to school again, and saw Tomoe with a man.
"Tomoe?" Kenshin asked, but stopped suddenly. He saw Tomoe and the man kiss, only dropping his wooden sword and was full of shock.
Kiyosato Akira stopped kissing Tomoe. "I feel like someone is watching us."
"Really?" Tomoe asked, looking around.
Meanwhile, Kenshin was releasing his anger by slashing some trees. He felt betrayed. Betrayal.
A man, named Katsura, saw Kenshin's power. He was amazed by the boy's attacks. He went up to Kenshin. "Boy, what's your name?" Katsura asked.
"Himura. Himura Kenshin."
Kenshin. Heart of Sword. "Himura, do you want to help us?" Katsura asked.
"Nani?" Kenshin asked, turning around to Katsura.
"This present government is full of corruption. We, the Ishinshishi, are going to change it. We won't allow corrupt officials in this era. Do you want to join us?" Katsura asked.
Kenshin thought about it.
"However, you are going to be an assassin. You're going to kill those corrupt government officials." Katsura said.
Killings. Kenshin looked up to Katsura, dead serious. "When do I start?"
2 years passed. Kenshin killed some government officials with the use of a real sword, and he claimed the title of "Hitokiri Battousai". He was already in 4th year college.
After the day when Kaoru met Kenshin, Friday was the day, he was drinking sake in a restaurant. He overheard the conversation of the six drunken men.
"Hmm! I have dank so many sake tonight! I would be glad to have a 'feast' tonight!" man 1 said.
"Yeah!!" they all said.
"Hey, check out that sexy waitress!" man 6 said.
"That's nothing. What I like among girls is that they have a creamy skin, like the 'feast' we had some years ago. I remember that was a high school student." Man 4 explained.
Kenshin's eyes widened in surprise when he heard the 'a high school student'. It was Tomoe whom they were talking about. He stood up and grabbed his katana out of its sheath. "I don't care about anything your talk. But I'm concerned in the matter of a high school student."
"Ya wanna fight?!" man 3 exclaimed.
"Step outside if you're brave enough." Kenshin said and went out the bar.
"That kid's tickling me off! Let me kill 'em!" man 4 exclaimed and he went out of the bar. He saw that Kenshin was heading towards the playground, and he followed him. Man 2 also followed after him and the rest just drank sake again.
Kenshin saw Tomoe and Kiyosato fighting in the playground while it was raining.
"I thought we were getting married tomorrow?" Tomoe exclaimed.
"Jubei Shigekura-san needs me! There's an assassin who's after him!" Kiyosato said.
"Surrender."
Kiyosato and Tomoe looked around and saw Kenshin.
Tomoe gasped. "It's him...!"
"So you're one of the protectors of Shigekura. Die." Kenshin said and rushed towards Kiyosato. He slashed Kiyosato's chest. He remembered that he 'stole' Tomoe from him. He took out his anger on him by slashing him on his stomach, and the wound was deep.
"AHHH!!"
"Akira!!" Tomoe exclaimed.
Kiyosato heard the voice of Tomoe, and he finally realized that he needs Tomoe. He stood up and took out his gun. "I must not die!" he exclaimed, rushing towards Kenshin.
Kenshin dodged Kiyosato's attack and wounded him on the shoulders.
"Stop it!" Tomoe exclaimed.
"I will not die!" Kiyosato thought frantically. He again rushed forward towards Kenshin, and at the same time, Kenshin rushed forward too.
Silence.
"AKIRA!!!!!!!!" Tomoe shouted.
Kenshin looked down on Kiyosato's bleeding dead body, and touched the diagonal scar that he received from Kiyosato. He saw man 4 and man 2, both scared. He glared at them.
The two men, after realizing that Kenshin was very deadly, and realizing that Tomoe was there, grabbed a knife.
"It's the high school student!" man 2 exclaimed.
"I don't care! I'll kill the boy no matter what!" man 4 exclaimed. He rushed towards Kenshin and before he could slash Kenshin...
"TOMOE!!!!!"
Tomoe blocked the attack and instead she was the one who got the deep slash from the knife.
"Let's get outta here!!" the two men exclaimed and ran for their lives.
Kenshin suddenly heard a thing dropped on the wet floor. It was Kaoru, but he didn't mind. He cherished this moment with Tomoe in his arms. "Tomoe..."
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Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise. "It must be painful...to lose someone whom he really loved even the person didn't show that she loves him..." she thought.
"Enishi's going to have revenge. I'm sure of that." Kenshin murmured.
"Who's Enishi?" Kaoru asked.
"Enishi is Tomoe's younger brother. He already knows that it was because of me that his sister died. Saitoh told him. Saitoh was around when Tomoe and Kiyosato got killed." Kenshin whispered. "It is also my fault. I didn't know that Tomoe and Kiyosato were childhood lovers."
Kaoru shook her head and stood up, refusing the depression. She managed to smile in front of Kenshin. "Don't worry. I'm here. I know you're planning to have atonement, and I'm just here to help you. We'll do this together! So, just smile! From now on, try to be a different person!" Kaoru cheerfully said.
Kenshin was startled, and stared at Kaoru. Silence passed.
"Uh-oh."
Kenshin smiled, his eyes returning from amber to violet eyes. "Arigatoo, Kaoru-dono."
Kaoru's smile even widened. She had won! "Kenshin! Congratulations! Well, we still have classes tomorrow! See you tomorrow and keep up the smile!" Kaoru said cheerfully again and happily hopped out of the playground.
"Kaoru-dono." Kenshin stood up and saw her blue ribbon in his hands.
"Uh-oh. This is going to be a big issue tomorrow at school!" a boy said, namely Yahiko Myoujin. He was in middle school.
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Author's note: Yay! This is sort of like the Tsukio Hen Arc, only that some events were...hmm... I guess you noticed! (This line I always say) The three chapters are serious, but starting at chapter 4, it is mixed with humor because Kenshin's already the kawaii Rurouni we all know. Watch out for chapter 4! ^_^