A big thanks to Kaykoha Ayanithne for reviewing and for telling me how to
spell the Kaimya Kasshin Ryu!
Disclaimer: Hikijo is ugly, Kenshin is hot, I own Rurouni Kenshin, hehe
(sigh) not.
*
"Yashi Kagarata?" Kaoru asked. There was something familiar about that name
that just barely eluded her.
"What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked. The sun beat down on top of them all and the comforting breeze from before refused to blow. Yashi stared at the man who was supposed to have killed her over ten years ago.
"What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked again, his eyes studying her carefully. The thing he remembered most clearly of her was still the same. Her green eyes were still haunted by many things, and yet seemed to be searching his soul at the same time. But everything else about her seemed older now, much more worn out. The clothes she wore were slightly ragged, but were still acceptable in semi-polite society. Her hair, which ten years ago had almost touched the ground was now just barely below her shoulders. Strapped to her waist was a sword. That most of all surprised him. She was not a sword-fighter, she was the person who assigned the fighters. An agent of sorts really.
"I came to see what the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu was," Yashi answered finally. "I had heard so much about it during my travels. But that's not the question I'm thinking of right now. What are you, the legendary Battousai who disappeared at the end of the revolution, doing here in the dojo where you learn the style of swordsmanship that is used to protect people?"
"Hey," Kaoru snapped at her. "Kenshin's not like the manslayer he used to be."
"I don't think," Yashi said, looking hard at the girl. "That I ever caught your name."
"My name is Kaoru Kaimya, the only living master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu at the moment," She said proudly.
"So, you're the last of the Kaimya line," Yashi said quietly, something flickering in her eyes. "Your father was the one who created the style, was he not?" Kaoru nodded. No one moved for a moment.
"Hey, where is everybody?" Sano bellowed. It was unnerving how quiet the place was.
"Over here, Sano!" Yahiko called.
"Oh," Sano said as he walked over. "I didn't see you there." Then he saw Yashi.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm not someone you would appreciate," Yashi answered in her quiet tone. "As I see you the only remaining member of the Seki Hotai." Sano's eyes got wide.
"You're an imperialist?" He said incredulously. "You've got to be kidding me."
"Yashi Kagarata was never an imperialist," Kenshin said forcefully. It was Sano's turn to become confused.
"That name sounds familiar," Sano said to himself. "But where have I heard it?"
"If she wasn't an imperialist, then was she part of the Shinsengumi?" Yahiko asked curiously. Her name didn't mean a thing to him.
"No," Kenshin answered.
"Then how do you know her?" Yahiko asked. Kenshin didn't answer.
"I'm sorry for causing so much trouble," Yashi said softly. "I had no idea you would be here, Kenshin Himura. I will be leaving now."
"No," Kenshin said, surprising everyone, except for Yashi.
"Why not, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
"Yashi-dono had been traveling for a long time," Kenshin answered, looking at Yashi instead of Kaoru. "I think it would be only fair to let her stay the night and rest."
"All right," Kaoru said. "But she better not steal anything, or kill any one."
"I won't," Yashi promised. "Yashi-dono, huh, well thank you Himura- san for your kindness. I shall stay tonight and leave tomorrow morning."
"I'll show you to your room," Kaoru said. The two walked away. * Well, where will this lead? Stay one night? Ha! No one stays just one night at the Kaimya dojo! Please review!
"What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked. The sun beat down on top of them all and the comforting breeze from before refused to blow. Yashi stared at the man who was supposed to have killed her over ten years ago.
"What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked again, his eyes studying her carefully. The thing he remembered most clearly of her was still the same. Her green eyes were still haunted by many things, and yet seemed to be searching his soul at the same time. But everything else about her seemed older now, much more worn out. The clothes she wore were slightly ragged, but were still acceptable in semi-polite society. Her hair, which ten years ago had almost touched the ground was now just barely below her shoulders. Strapped to her waist was a sword. That most of all surprised him. She was not a sword-fighter, she was the person who assigned the fighters. An agent of sorts really.
"I came to see what the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu was," Yashi answered finally. "I had heard so much about it during my travels. But that's not the question I'm thinking of right now. What are you, the legendary Battousai who disappeared at the end of the revolution, doing here in the dojo where you learn the style of swordsmanship that is used to protect people?"
"Hey," Kaoru snapped at her. "Kenshin's not like the manslayer he used to be."
"I don't think," Yashi said, looking hard at the girl. "That I ever caught your name."
"My name is Kaoru Kaimya, the only living master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu at the moment," She said proudly.
"So, you're the last of the Kaimya line," Yashi said quietly, something flickering in her eyes. "Your father was the one who created the style, was he not?" Kaoru nodded. No one moved for a moment.
"Hey, where is everybody?" Sano bellowed. It was unnerving how quiet the place was.
"Over here, Sano!" Yahiko called.
"Oh," Sano said as he walked over. "I didn't see you there." Then he saw Yashi.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm not someone you would appreciate," Yashi answered in her quiet tone. "As I see you the only remaining member of the Seki Hotai." Sano's eyes got wide.
"You're an imperialist?" He said incredulously. "You've got to be kidding me."
"Yashi Kagarata was never an imperialist," Kenshin said forcefully. It was Sano's turn to become confused.
"That name sounds familiar," Sano said to himself. "But where have I heard it?"
"If she wasn't an imperialist, then was she part of the Shinsengumi?" Yahiko asked curiously. Her name didn't mean a thing to him.
"No," Kenshin answered.
"Then how do you know her?" Yahiko asked. Kenshin didn't answer.
"I'm sorry for causing so much trouble," Yashi said softly. "I had no idea you would be here, Kenshin Himura. I will be leaving now."
"No," Kenshin said, surprising everyone, except for Yashi.
"Why not, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
"Yashi-dono had been traveling for a long time," Kenshin answered, looking at Yashi instead of Kaoru. "I think it would be only fair to let her stay the night and rest."
"All right," Kaoru said. "But she better not steal anything, or kill any one."
"I won't," Yashi promised. "Yashi-dono, huh, well thank you Himura- san for your kindness. I shall stay tonight and leave tomorrow morning."
"I'll show you to your room," Kaoru said. The two walked away. * Well, where will this lead? Stay one night? Ha! No one stays just one night at the Kaimya dojo! Please review!