Rurouni Kenshin: Kaze no Chinkonkyoku
(formerly known as A Wind's Requiem)
by tani-chan
Disclaimer: If I owned Rurouni Kenshin, I'd have a better explanation for why I say "oro" all the time. (But, all characters I create belong to me, and I'd very much like it if you'd ask before using them in any way.)
tani-chan: I decided to rewrite this fic (considering I did a bad job on the first chapter on the other one) and rename it. If I misspell or misuse any Japanese terms, please tell me and I will try to fix it right away. This chapter is just a "prelude" to the story, hopefully to set the mood. It's just info on one of the main characters of this fic, so feel free to skip this part if you don't want to read a little "legend" I made up...
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Zensou (Prelude)
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During the Revolution, there were many great fighters, but the greatest, and most feared, were the hitokiri. Many of them ruthless and brutal, they were the shadow assassins, hiding in dark places waiting for their target. The most known, and possibly the greatest of all, was the Hitokiri Battousai. Few knew of his family or if he ever had one other than his parents. The chosen few who did knew that his mother and father died of illness, but knew nothing if he had any siblings, if even possible.
But there was one other great hitokiri, known only as the Kaze, because they were as fast as the wind, leaving behind them a trail of death. Also, before the Kaze would appear or attack, a strange, and strong, wind would blow. Few had seen their face, but none had ever seen their eyes, for they had covered them with a strange cloth that, apparently, only they could see through. Those who lived who tell the tale of seeing them said the Kaze had long red hair, held in a high ponytail, much like the Battousai did. They also carried a strong, beautiful sword that few lived to tell of.
The Kaze killed almost all in their path, but seemed to leave those innocent or, as they saw, not worthy to die. But still, very few saw them and lived. They killed with a sense of honor, killing with a certain respect that respected those who fought against them, the bodies left with few markings. No one knew whether or not they were male or female, many claiming that they would have to be male to fight with such God-given power and force. But some said that they would have to be female, saying that they moved with feline grace and beauty that only a woman could hold.
The Kaze was also famous for fighting with the Battousai, and that the fights would always be left unfinished, neither ever able to win. Anyone who knew that they were coming or were going to somehow meet would warn the area and everyone would be gone by the time the two would finally meet, all scared of the two names of death and their extraordinary fights.
As the Revolution ended, the Kaze seemed to disappear. There were some sightings of them from time to time, but the sightings soon stopped about five years after the Revolution had supposedly ended. But, about eight years after the wars, strange killings were happening in a certain forest that many outlaws were known to pass through.
But the strange thing is, only the outlaws were killed, and in an odd manner, almost honorable, to them and the forest. Many rumors went around that the Kaze might be in there, in a sense, protecting the forest, and the people who traveled through it. It soon became known as the Kaze no Mori, the wind's forest, in honor of the hitokiri that might resign there. And ever since then, a strange wind has blown through those trees...
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tani-chan: Hope you liked the little "legend." (Especially if you READ it... xD) Well, anyway, please R+R this and the rest of the fic, and tell me what you think. (If you like it, I'm also posting the first chapter today, so feel free to read that one too (and R+R it too! XD))
(formerly known as A Wind's Requiem)
by tani-chan
Disclaimer: If I owned Rurouni Kenshin, I'd have a better explanation for why I say "oro" all the time. (But, all characters I create belong to me, and I'd very much like it if you'd ask before using them in any way.)
tani-chan: I decided to rewrite this fic (considering I did a bad job on the first chapter on the other one) and rename it. If I misspell or misuse any Japanese terms, please tell me and I will try to fix it right away. This chapter is just a "prelude" to the story, hopefully to set the mood. It's just info on one of the main characters of this fic, so feel free to skip this part if you don't want to read a little "legend" I made up...
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
Zensou (Prelude)
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
During the Revolution, there were many great fighters, but the greatest, and most feared, were the hitokiri. Many of them ruthless and brutal, they were the shadow assassins, hiding in dark places waiting for their target. The most known, and possibly the greatest of all, was the Hitokiri Battousai. Few knew of his family or if he ever had one other than his parents. The chosen few who did knew that his mother and father died of illness, but knew nothing if he had any siblings, if even possible.
But there was one other great hitokiri, known only as the Kaze, because they were as fast as the wind, leaving behind them a trail of death. Also, before the Kaze would appear or attack, a strange, and strong, wind would blow. Few had seen their face, but none had ever seen their eyes, for they had covered them with a strange cloth that, apparently, only they could see through. Those who lived who tell the tale of seeing them said the Kaze had long red hair, held in a high ponytail, much like the Battousai did. They also carried a strong, beautiful sword that few lived to tell of.
The Kaze killed almost all in their path, but seemed to leave those innocent or, as they saw, not worthy to die. But still, very few saw them and lived. They killed with a sense of honor, killing with a certain respect that respected those who fought against them, the bodies left with few markings. No one knew whether or not they were male or female, many claiming that they would have to be male to fight with such God-given power and force. But some said that they would have to be female, saying that they moved with feline grace and beauty that only a woman could hold.
The Kaze was also famous for fighting with the Battousai, and that the fights would always be left unfinished, neither ever able to win. Anyone who knew that they were coming or were going to somehow meet would warn the area and everyone would be gone by the time the two would finally meet, all scared of the two names of death and their extraordinary fights.
As the Revolution ended, the Kaze seemed to disappear. There were some sightings of them from time to time, but the sightings soon stopped about five years after the Revolution had supposedly ended. But, about eight years after the wars, strange killings were happening in a certain forest that many outlaws were known to pass through.
But the strange thing is, only the outlaws were killed, and in an odd manner, almost honorable, to them and the forest. Many rumors went around that the Kaze might be in there, in a sense, protecting the forest, and the people who traveled through it. It soon became known as the Kaze no Mori, the wind's forest, in honor of the hitokiri that might resign there. And ever since then, a strange wind has blown through those trees...
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
tani-chan: Hope you liked the little "legend." (Especially if you READ it... xD) Well, anyway, please R+R this and the rest of the fic, and tell me what you think. (If you like it, I'm also posting the first chapter today, so feel free to read that one too (and R+R it too! XD))