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read the fanfic.
~Jake~
My eyes widened. No way. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"Who is this guy?!" Marco demanded.
"That's what I want to know! This little shrimp holding off Ax?! Not possible. . .I mean, he is a human, isn't he?!" Rachel agreed.
{Prince Jake, what should I do? I didn't expect him to block my strike, but currently that is what he is doing.} Ax asked.
"Yeah. . .same here. . ." I said. "Back off, Ax." Ax backed down and the man lowered his sword, but didn't relax. He looked over at me and stared, a serious look on his face.
"Say the word, Jake." Rachel said. "Just say the word and I'm sure I could beat this guy as grizzly."
I paused. Shook my head. Then said to the man, "Who are you?"
"Sessha is Himura Kenshin." The man replied without missing a beat.
"And I'm Sagara Sanosuke." His friend added.
Himura? I knew I heard that name before, but where. . .? Surprisingly, it was Ax that knew.
{Himura? Himura the Battousai?} he asked.
It was clear by the look on the man's face that he didn't want to be known by that, but he replied, "Yes. . .sessha supposes. . ."
{Oh yeah. He was on that documentary on the Bakumatsu that we watched a couple of months ago. . .} Tobias commented.
"O-oro?" Kenshin said faintly.
"Wait! That's the second voice I've heard in my head today!" Sanosuke said. He turned to Ax. "Are there more of you? Speaking of which, what are you, anyway?!"
"Yes. Sessha would believe it would be best for you all to identify yourselves, de gozaru yo." Kenshin added.
We all exchanged glances. "Um. . ." Cassie spoke.
"A figment of your imagination!" Marco said brightly. Rachel sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Could you tell us where we are and what year it is first?" Cassie asked.
"Oro? Tokyo, Japan, 1887, Meiji Era." Kenshin replied.
"Uh huh. . ." Cassie turned to me. "Jake, I think it's safe to tell them. Besides, they've already seen us."
"Yeah, but-" Rachel started.
"We'll discuss this in a moment," I interrupted, my eyes returning to Himura, "but not in front of them." To Kenshin, I said, "We need to have ourselves a little meeting. We'll be right back."
Kenshin nodded. We turned and went slightly deeper into the forest.
~Tobias~
I fluttered over to our quick meeting and landed on another tree limb. "Jake, I don't trust those guys. That one guy was practically an equal match against Ax. What if he and his friend are controllers?!" Rachel demanded.
"I would agree with Xena, except for the fact that this is not only the eighteenth century, but also that we're in Japan. But we should probably leave without telling them." Marco said.
"No way! They've seen way too much. I say we kill them." Rachel shot back.
I had been reviewing over what I had learned of the Battousai. His sword style was Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. He died of leprosy before the age of forty. He was in the Bakumatsu, a Japanese civil war that took place ten years ago in this time. {He may be a helpful asset though. He was an assassin from age fifteen to the end of the Bakumatsu. I think it's safe to say he has war experience.} I said.
"An assassin? Him?" Rachel said doubtfully, looking back at the small man talking to Sanosuke.
"But you did see what he did." Cassie pointed out. That was true. "Although, I have to say that I don't want to get he and his friend involved. You say he was an assassin when he was fifteen, so don't you think that he would be tired of war? It's wrong."
"Sorry, Cass, but we may not have that kind of luxury." Marco said. "Besides, Rachel is in the war we're fighting right now and she loves every minute of it." Rachel threw a pinecone at him, which was dodged. "But then again, who says he'll want to help us? Fighting humans is one thing, but fighting aliens is a whole different level."
{Marco, he was on the Inshin Shishi. They fought against slavery. If his friends and family are in that kind of danger, though-the danger of enslavement-he'll probably help.} I said.
"Um, am I the only one that remembers David?" Rachel demanded. No. David was the Animorph gone wrong who was now doomed to life as a rat. Literally.
"But if it happens again, we can use the same solution. Personally, I don't think I would mind having some guy with war experience and some firepower on our side." Marco said.
"All his firepower is nothing but a sword. One sword is not enough to change the war." Rachel said.
{If we end up trapping any people as a rat in this time, we could end up changing history.} I pointed out.
{Perhaps. But history has been changed already, has it not? We've already been seen, and the Yeerks will advance in their plans. But then again, who's to say that the Yeerks are even here? I believe that we would have been with the Yeerks when they arrived here, don't you agree?} Ax asked.
"Maybe. . . There could have been some kind of malfunction. . ." Jake said thoughtfully.
Ax shrugged, a gesture he'd picked up from us. {It is possible, I suppose.} he said doubtfully. {Or it could be meddling from the Ellimist or Crayak.}
"Don't even mention that. . ." Marco groaned. "Anyways, if the Yeerks are here, they'll have the advantage. They can get people onto their side that know about this time and place. We haven't even been to Japan in our own time. We're walking around blind." He said.
Jake sighed and rubbed his temples. "Okay. Okay, all for making Kenshin and Sanosuke Animorphs, say I."
Rachel sighed. "Well. . .I guess we could try it for a little while. . . Oh, heck. Let's do it!"
". . .That'll work too."
The votes ended up being five to one; Cassie against. Taking a deep breath, they walked over to them and I fluttered over to my former limb.
Sanosuke
I sighed impatiently. All this waiting was frustrating. I never have been one for patience. "What's taking them so long?!" I demanded.
"Patience, Sano." Kenshin said with a calm, reasonable voice. "Sessha does not believe that they wish to cause harm. But he must admit that he is curious."
"They're probably discussing how to kill us! How can you be so calm, Kenshin?!" I insisted.
"Because," Kenshin said, "when sessha blocked Ax's strike, he had a fifty-fifty chance of getting to an opening sessha had, de gozaru yo. They could have killed us at any time, but they did not. Sessha has the feeling that they are experienced warriors, since they all give off very high but odd kis. Didn't you notice it, Sano?"
"Well. . ." I looked over at the dark figures in the trees that seemed to be having an argument. True enough, their kis were high, but it was odd. It was hard to notice, because they were almost masked. "Who are these people?" I asked.
"We're about to find out." Kenshin said. My broken hand tensed slightly as they walked over.
"Well?" I asked them.
"He looks ready to fight. I think you and him would get along great." The short boy whispered to the tall girl, looking at me. The girl elbowed him in the ribs, making the boy wince.
"We've decided. We'll tell you," said the tall boy that I had determined was their leader. They began to explain. And what they said was probably the last thing that I expected to hear.
Author's Note-Well, isn't the Kenshin-gumi in for a surprise, ne? For lack of better things to say. . .um. . .thaaank you for the reviews so far. ^_^; Now, just have déjà vu and click on the little purple button again. . .
~Jake~
My eyes widened. No way. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"Who is this guy?!" Marco demanded.
"That's what I want to know! This little shrimp holding off Ax?! Not possible. . .I mean, he is a human, isn't he?!" Rachel agreed.
{Prince Jake, what should I do? I didn't expect him to block my strike, but currently that is what he is doing.} Ax asked.
"Yeah. . .same here. . ." I said. "Back off, Ax." Ax backed down and the man lowered his sword, but didn't relax. He looked over at me and stared, a serious look on his face.
"Say the word, Jake." Rachel said. "Just say the word and I'm sure I could beat this guy as grizzly."
I paused. Shook my head. Then said to the man, "Who are you?"
"Sessha is Himura Kenshin." The man replied without missing a beat.
"And I'm Sagara Sanosuke." His friend added.
Himura? I knew I heard that name before, but where. . .? Surprisingly, it was Ax that knew.
{Himura? Himura the Battousai?} he asked.
It was clear by the look on the man's face that he didn't want to be known by that, but he replied, "Yes. . .sessha supposes. . ."
{Oh yeah. He was on that documentary on the Bakumatsu that we watched a couple of months ago. . .} Tobias commented.
"O-oro?" Kenshin said faintly.
"Wait! That's the second voice I've heard in my head today!" Sanosuke said. He turned to Ax. "Are there more of you? Speaking of which, what are you, anyway?!"
"Yes. Sessha would believe it would be best for you all to identify yourselves, de gozaru yo." Kenshin added.
We all exchanged glances. "Um. . ." Cassie spoke.
"A figment of your imagination!" Marco said brightly. Rachel sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Could you tell us where we are and what year it is first?" Cassie asked.
"Oro? Tokyo, Japan, 1887, Meiji Era." Kenshin replied.
"Uh huh. . ." Cassie turned to me. "Jake, I think it's safe to tell them. Besides, they've already seen us."
"Yeah, but-" Rachel started.
"We'll discuss this in a moment," I interrupted, my eyes returning to Himura, "but not in front of them." To Kenshin, I said, "We need to have ourselves a little meeting. We'll be right back."
Kenshin nodded. We turned and went slightly deeper into the forest.
~Tobias~
I fluttered over to our quick meeting and landed on another tree limb. "Jake, I don't trust those guys. That one guy was practically an equal match against Ax. What if he and his friend are controllers?!" Rachel demanded.
"I would agree with Xena, except for the fact that this is not only the eighteenth century, but also that we're in Japan. But we should probably leave without telling them." Marco said.
"No way! They've seen way too much. I say we kill them." Rachel shot back.
I had been reviewing over what I had learned of the Battousai. His sword style was Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. He died of leprosy before the age of forty. He was in the Bakumatsu, a Japanese civil war that took place ten years ago in this time. {He may be a helpful asset though. He was an assassin from age fifteen to the end of the Bakumatsu. I think it's safe to say he has war experience.} I said.
"An assassin? Him?" Rachel said doubtfully, looking back at the small man talking to Sanosuke.
"But you did see what he did." Cassie pointed out. That was true. "Although, I have to say that I don't want to get he and his friend involved. You say he was an assassin when he was fifteen, so don't you think that he would be tired of war? It's wrong."
"Sorry, Cass, but we may not have that kind of luxury." Marco said. "Besides, Rachel is in the war we're fighting right now and she loves every minute of it." Rachel threw a pinecone at him, which was dodged. "But then again, who says he'll want to help us? Fighting humans is one thing, but fighting aliens is a whole different level."
{Marco, he was on the Inshin Shishi. They fought against slavery. If his friends and family are in that kind of danger, though-the danger of enslavement-he'll probably help.} I said.
"Um, am I the only one that remembers David?" Rachel demanded. No. David was the Animorph gone wrong who was now doomed to life as a rat. Literally.
"But if it happens again, we can use the same solution. Personally, I don't think I would mind having some guy with war experience and some firepower on our side." Marco said.
"All his firepower is nothing but a sword. One sword is not enough to change the war." Rachel said.
{If we end up trapping any people as a rat in this time, we could end up changing history.} I pointed out.
{Perhaps. But history has been changed already, has it not? We've already been seen, and the Yeerks will advance in their plans. But then again, who's to say that the Yeerks are even here? I believe that we would have been with the Yeerks when they arrived here, don't you agree?} Ax asked.
"Maybe. . . There could have been some kind of malfunction. . ." Jake said thoughtfully.
Ax shrugged, a gesture he'd picked up from us. {It is possible, I suppose.} he said doubtfully. {Or it could be meddling from the Ellimist or Crayak.}
"Don't even mention that. . ." Marco groaned. "Anyways, if the Yeerks are here, they'll have the advantage. They can get people onto their side that know about this time and place. We haven't even been to Japan in our own time. We're walking around blind." He said.
Jake sighed and rubbed his temples. "Okay. Okay, all for making Kenshin and Sanosuke Animorphs, say I."
Rachel sighed. "Well. . .I guess we could try it for a little while. . . Oh, heck. Let's do it!"
". . .That'll work too."
The votes ended up being five to one; Cassie against. Taking a deep breath, they walked over to them and I fluttered over to my former limb.
Sanosuke
I sighed impatiently. All this waiting was frustrating. I never have been one for patience. "What's taking them so long?!" I demanded.
"Patience, Sano." Kenshin said with a calm, reasonable voice. "Sessha does not believe that they wish to cause harm. But he must admit that he is curious."
"They're probably discussing how to kill us! How can you be so calm, Kenshin?!" I insisted.
"Because," Kenshin said, "when sessha blocked Ax's strike, he had a fifty-fifty chance of getting to an opening sessha had, de gozaru yo. They could have killed us at any time, but they did not. Sessha has the feeling that they are experienced warriors, since they all give off very high but odd kis. Didn't you notice it, Sano?"
"Well. . ." I looked over at the dark figures in the trees that seemed to be having an argument. True enough, their kis were high, but it was odd. It was hard to notice, because they were almost masked. "Who are these people?" I asked.
"We're about to find out." Kenshin said. My broken hand tensed slightly as they walked over.
"Well?" I asked them.
"He looks ready to fight. I think you and him would get along great." The short boy whispered to the tall girl, looking at me. The girl elbowed him in the ribs, making the boy wince.
"We've decided. We'll tell you," said the tall boy that I had determined was their leader. They began to explain. And what they said was probably the last thing that I expected to hear.
Author's Note-Well, isn't the Kenshin-gumi in for a surprise, ne? For lack of better things to say. . .um. . .thaaank you for the reviews so far. ^_^; Now, just have déjà vu and click on the little purple button again. . .