The Sword With Out A Name
By: Sakura
Disclaimer: All characters or Rurouni Kenshin do not belong to me. But my originals are my own and I would like to keep it that way please.
Review: Last time, Kenshi meets the hitokiri, a girl called Kenashi.
Chapter 3
Heart And The Unknown (Part 2)
It had been two days since the hitokiri came to the dojo, and Kaoru had not seen her once, as a matter of fact, no one seemed to like to go into that room. Yahiko had gone once, Kaoru remembered. He left the room, very quickly upon entering, he look, almost sad...and he did not go back. Kenshin and Megumi were her most frequents visitors, Megumi still complained that the girl wouldn't talk, but Kenshin didn't really say much on the matter. Kaoru knew, for a fact he wanted to help her, he wanted to help her badly. He didn't have to tell Kaoru anything, she wanted to help her just has much, or at lest she thought she did, but then, it was hard sometimes to know what went on in Kenshin's head. It made her relies how very little she knew about him, and how much she wanted to know.
It was morning, cloudy, but no rain hit the quite ground. Kaoru stepped out side, and looked up at the heavy sky. 'May be it's going to rain.' She told her self.
She looked around the quite dojo, there was no one about, but the sun was just rising, she had gotten up early. She had thought maybe Kenshin would have been up, but she did not see him around.
She walked solemnly across the grounds, stopped, and looked at the room nearest to her; it was the room Kenashi was in. She turned to it, and took a step forward, only one and no more. She looked at it more, it was quite, but she got a very strange feeling from it. She walked up slowly to the room, but cautioned, as if it was something she shouldn't be doing. She felt her self open the door, quietly, slowly, and walked in side.
The room was no different as when Kenashi was not there, the only difference in the room was, she was there.
She looked down at her, laying quietly on the futon, her black hair streamed out from the covers, it was messy, tangled, and still in a ponytail. There was a tray of food next to her, it had not been touched. Kaoru walked up, and sat down near the bed. She had no idea weather she was awake or not.
"Hi...I don't know if you're awake...I'm Kaoru, Kaoru Kamiya, I own this place...umm..." Kaoru sighed 'This is pointless she not awake...' She told her self, but she continued on "...Listen, I don't know why your doing what your doing...I don't think I'll ever understand...But...even still...I don't believe it's in your heart to kill people, I know this sounds dumb, I don't even know you...but I know that's not what you want, and I want you to know, everyone here...were all here to help..." Kaoru sighed, the girl showed to sign that she had even heard her. She got up, and walked back to the door.
"I want free..."
Kaoru turned around quickly, but Kenashi, had not moved, nor did she look to be awake, Kaoru had been sure she had heard a voice. She waited, but heard nothing else; she turned slowly back to the door, and left...
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A young girl sat quietly looking out at an out side pond. Her feet dangled off the side of the house. She was dressed, in lose martial arts clothing. Her long black hair was tied in a low pig tail, with a small white bow. It was dark out side, and the stars shown brightly in the black. She looked up; her dark eyes reflect the light of the stars, so it looked like the sky was in her eyes. Someone walked up from behind her; she turned around slowly, seeing white kimono pant legs. She did not look at the face though, which was hidden in shadow.
"Are the stars bright tonight?"
The young girl looked at him, the reflection of the night sky showed he was young, with a smooth face, and bright brown eyes, short red hair shown shimmering in the moonlight.
"You start again early, go to bed." He walked away slowly.
The girl looked back at the pond, and then back up at the sky.
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Kaoru walked slowly to the small kitchen. To start breakfast, she herself did not feel hungry at all, but Yahiko was sure to be hungry when he awoke. Even though all he dose is insult her cooking. She frowned a bit.
"And why do I bother?"
Kenshin peeked in on Kaoru, who was muttering to herself, complaining about Yahiko it seemed. He smiled, and turned away.
He walked slowly up to Kenashi's room; the door was open a bit. He opened it slowly. She was wide a wake, glaring at him, as she had been the past two days. He walked slowly up to her and took her arm. "May I see your hand?"
She glared at him. "Why?"
He smiled a bit "To remove you binding..."
She stop her glare, and went into more an annoyed look. She raised her hands slowly, to show, the hands already been undone.
He smiled more "Your better then, that you are. May I ask? Why you haven't left?"
"Give me my sword..."
Kenshin did not answer her; he got up and went toward the door. "Kaoru-dono is making breakfast if you like to join, come out when you are ready." He closed the door behind him.
Kenashi was even angrier now. "Who dose he think he is!" She muttered angrily to herself, she looked over. Clothes? He left her clothing. The brightly colored kimono lay neatly down where Kenshin has just been. She frowned a bit. Took her hair down, and brushed the tangles out with her fingers, leaving it, better off than before, but still bad, then she noticed the brush there to. She took it up gladly and brushed through her dirty hair, making it a bit more shinny. Then reluctantly she put on the kimono.
Yahiko was out side when she came out, the sun seemed very bright to her, and it took a awhile for her eyes to adjust. She noticed Yahiko, cleaning off the wood floor.
Yahiko looked up from his work, his first thought when seeing her was 'Who's that?' but he soon knew who it was. He looked at her in aw; she looked completely different than she had in her dark hakama and kendo shirt. And the brightly colored kimono really made her stand out.
She looked down at him though, with the same cold eyes. She walked past him, her eyes still on him. She walked right into the kitchen.
Kaoru didn't notice her walk in, she was cutting the fish. She turned slowly at her, the knife still in her hand, but still over the cutting board. "...." She gave her a blank stare not knowing what to say. Suddenly, Kenashi grabbed her arm. "Watch what you doing." She said in a soft voice, showing Kaoru a cut on her hand.
Kaoru blinked, when did she do that? After she noticed it, it started to sting.
"You should clean it up, or it will become infected."
"But...but the breakfast..." Kaoru turned back to it.
"I'll finish it." Kenashi quickly relived Kaoru of the knife.
Kaoru left quietly.
Kenashi quickly finished cutting up the fish, and she started the rice in the steamer. She looked around and around the kitchen.
"Where's the Tofu?" She gave up looking for it, and went back to the stove.
"Kaoru-dono, I got the Tofu..." Kenshin walked in, with two things full of miso, and a box of Tofu. He stopped, and looked at Kenashi. "Ah, you're up. May I ask where Kaoru-dono went to?"
She looked back at him, glaring a bit. "Where is my sword?"
It was then that Kaoru walked back in. "It's ok Kenashi I can finish now...ah..." She walked up slowly, looking between, Kenshin and Kenashi.
Kenashi turned around abruptly. "No, I'll finish."
Kaoru look over at Kenshin as he sat the Tofu down beside Kenashi and but the miso away. "Ah...No...I think I'll help you." Kaoru walked up to her and started on a small task.
"You do not need to." Kenashi replied, in a very emotionless voice.
"No, I want to." Kaoru smiled as she turned around slowly to look at her. "I'm not a very good cook anyways, so, any help would be nice."
The glare on Kenashi's face softened up a bit at Kaoru's bright smile. "Ok" She replied.
Kaoru started cutting up the tofu.
"That was you right? You said something when I came in, I didn't hear it, but that was you right."
Kenashi looked over at her blankly "I don't know."
Kaoru looked over at her, she was stirring the food, but, her attention seemed to be drawn of the fire below it.
"Ah...you like fire?" Kaoru ask, trying hard to strike up a conversation with her.
"No."
"Oh..." Kaoru went back to cutting.
"It reminds me of something..."
Kaoru face lit up a bit that she seemed to be talking. "Really? What?"
"The first person I killed..."
Kaoru became a bit disappointed...'well I'm glade she's talking...but that's not quite what I wanted her to think about.' she thought to herself.
Kaoru just listened. Even though, Kenashi wasn't talking at the moment, Kaoru could tell, by the look in her eyes, she was remembering something. Weather or not Kaoru would find out what was up to her, so she listened.
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"Onegai, shou-sama, she's had enough, really, you can't get her to do this anymore, she's a child for god sake!"
The young man with short red hair stood bravely in front on a small girl, she had dark long black hair that fell out of her pony tail, she sat on the ground, and sword on the ground still clutched in her small hands. Sweat ran down her delicate face, and blood stained her sholder.
"I'll do what I like with her!" Replied a much older looking man, he also was holding a sword. "She's mine after all, I made her!" He raised his sword up "Damit Ryuji, get out of the way, she can fight me, and she's much stronger than what she is showing!"
"No!" Replied Ryuji firmly "I don't care what you say she is. She's still a child, she still human no matter how I look at her!"
The older man raised his sword and cut Ryuji's shoulder, he fell to the ground blood stained his white outfit.
The girl looked up quickly; her eyes were dark, and cold, but full of concern. "Ryuji-san." She got up slowly, shaking.
"No! You don't have to get up; you don't have to do what he says anymore. You're so much better than that Ka..." The older man stuck the sword violently into his body. The girl gasped, as the sword came out the other side, blood dropped onto her face, and, he fell to the ground beside her. His blood flowed quickly, flooding the ground.
The girl didn't know what was happening. She looked over his silent, but calm face. "Ryu...ji-san?" She touched his shoulder; they felt hard, and cold. "Ryuji-san!?" She shook it a bit, but he did nothing. Sadness sweep over her, her heart hurt. She didn't recognize the felling, and pain, were new to her. Tears dropped from her eyes.
"Get up!" The man yelled at her.
"I hurt..." She replied, covering her head in her arms.
"I don't care get up!" He stuck the sword into her shoulder. She stumbled away and back a bit.
"Why isn't Ryuji-san moving!?" She yelled to him, still crying.
"Because he's dead!" He came at her head with the sword, she brought her sword up quickly to block, even though he was twice her size, she held his sword of very well.
"Dead...?" She questioned
"Yes, it means he's never coming back to teach you stupid emotion things!" He laughed a bit has he was thrown away by her. "Amazing!"
"He's...not coming back...he's dead...?" She stood very silently over Ryuji's form. Her head down.
The older man readied his sword.
"You....You......" She looked up at him, with her cold eyes "You! You I shall bring this death upon as well!" In merely a blink time, she had come at him, he had barely anytime to move, and she swung her sword out, in an amazing strength that did not fit her body. Everything was quite for a moment, then, he fell to the ground, his head severed. He didn't even feel himself die. His sword lay beside him, cleanly cut in half. She raised her sword and looked at the blood on it. "Death....blood?" She felt heat and warmth behind her, she turned, a candle had fallen to the ground, and the Tami mat was burning quickly. She just walked away from it. The large house burned behind her.
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"I killed my master." Kenashi said to Kaoru simply. "And burnt the house down."
Kaoru looked over at her, she would have been disturbed by that, but, something in her eyes told her there was more to this, there was a pure glint of sadness, and that was all Kaoru needed.
"Ah I see."
Kenashi turned to her quickly. "See what?"
Kaoru smiled "I see you almost finished with the fish, here the tofu." Kaoru handed her the tofu. Kenashi frowned, but, in a friendly manner.
As Kenashi and Kaoru went to out to prepare the table, Kenshin and Yahiko were all ready there, and one other person. The chief police sat quietly at the table, Kaoru paused a bit, before entering the room, but Kenashi went in without stopping, or even looking at the officer. She sat the plates in her hands down, and turned around; she left the room with out being disturbed.
"Wai..." Kaoru put her hand up toward her, but back away when she saw the dark glare in her eyes. Kenashi went on out of the room.
Kaoru turned around toward the others, but her head still wandered to where Kenashi had left. She turned around, everyone was facing her.
"Eh.....Nani?" She asked, she put her plates down and set them out.
"Is that a new guest Kaoru-san?"
Kaoru turned toward the chief. 'So he doesn't know?' she told her self unsurely. "Ah, yes, she is staying with us for the time being." She glanced over at Kenshin, but he didn't seem to be paying any attention.
"Ah I see, what is her name?"
Kaoru turned back to him, and then looked at Kenshin again, wondering what she should do, or if he could help her out, but he didn't look at her.
"Ken..." But Kaoru didn't finish, Kenshin stood up and walked over to the chief, smiling, in his usual way.
"Chief, I assure you, that I do. That I will inform you if the killer is found." The chief looked up at him a bit confused at first, but happy.
"Ah, yes, I'm sure you will. I better not over stay my welcome then. We're all very busy." He got up, took his stuff bowed to them. "Arigato Himura-dono"
Kaoru sighed as he left.
"Why didn't you tell him?" Kenashi had entered the room again; her eyes were ice cold once again, as she looked at Kenshin.
"Because..." Kenshin started turning to her. "...I do not believe, that is, that you are responsible, in truth, I believe there is more to this..." He smiled and looked down at Kaoru "...and, I believe some people should get a second chance, that I do."
Kenashi seemed to be even more so angered at this. She turned around "Do what you want." And she left.
Kenashi stayed with them, for a week after this happening, nothing else really happened, and it seemed she'd had been there forever and would be there forever. Kaoru had notice, she seemed to have gotten friendlier, but, she had not seen her smile yet...not once. She seemed to have taken a likening to Yahiko, Kaoru didn't really know what they talked about, once though, she heard them talking about flowers or something to that extent, which was a subject she would normally think not possible for Yahiko.
Kaoru wiped her brow as she came back from her lessons, the wooden brokk over her shoulder, and her bag in her other hand. It was still bright out, but, dark clouds could be seen coming in from the south. 'That looks nasty...' Kaoru thought when she saw them, as they swept and moved through the air, coming closer and closer to her. She started running, trying to get back before the rain fell, then cloud quickly darkened the sky, and lighting flashed in the distance.
A knock on the front gate woke Yahiko up from his small slumber, that or the thunder he heard. He got up slowly, hearing it once again, he was sure that was not thunder, he went over and opened it a bit "Konnichi...wa" He paused, he stuck his head out. "Weird, there's no one here..." he went back slowly closing the door.
A shadow moved carefully, through the small dojo, a sword in hand.
Kenashi tucked the sword carefully under her kimono; she looked out at the dark sky, and the fence of the dojo. She sighed with relief, "Thank you for you kindness, but I do not belong here." Kenshin stepped quietly out of the shadows behind her. "I must return..." she paused, and turned around. "A hitokiri is nothing else."
"You may do as you wish; I told you before you could leave when you wanted."
Kenashi was not happy by this reply, but then, she wasn't really sure what she wanted, not anymore. "Do you think!....Do you think...I really want..." She hung her head down a little. "....to leave..." She turned around to him "I like it here! It's peaceful...I like Kaoru and I like Yahiko!...I like...." She paused and turned around, as if she had down something wrong "I am a hitokiri; I can't be anything else..." She stopped, she could sense someone watching, a familiar gaze. She looked up at a tree near the gate, where a shadow was sitting.
Kenshin saw it was well; he walked up a little closer to Kenashi. "So you do wish to leave then?" He was still looking at the shadow, but he addressed Kenashi very seriously.
She slowly looked over at him, but averted her eyes quickly. She didn't want to look at him, or the shadow, she felt ashamed. "I...."
The shadow moved a bit then spoke "Kenashi, you know you must..." It was a stern but in away gentle voice. "...That is, if you wish to know your name."
Kenashi jumped a bit, as if she remembered something, then her head dropped more."Sejii-san....I...I don't know...you said that you would tell me..If I helped you...but I still don't know who I am."
Kenshin looked over at her, he was bit confused.
The gate door sung open quickly, and lightning rang through the sky, water slow started to fall. Kaoru emerged, she closed the door behind her and sighed, turning around to see Kenshin, and Kenashi, and someone, but she couldn't see him clearly. She started slowly walking over "Kenshin!"
Kenashi and Kenshin both looked over at her.
"Matte Kaoru-chan!" She stopped, and looked at Kenashi.
Kenashi walked slowly toward the wall. "I wish...to find myself, I know this, if you are the only way Sejii-san, I will take it."
"Kenashi..?" Kaoru asked confused.
She turned around to Kaoru "Kaoru, thank you." A small, but sad smile appeared on her face, Kaoru had never seen her smile, but this one made her sick to her stomach. Kenashi jumped on to the gate, disappeared with the shadow.
The rain started to fall hard now; Kenshin turned around and started walking toward the house. "You better go inside Kaoru-dono; you'll catch a cold, that you will."
Kaoru looked over at him, "Are you just going to let her go?"
Kenshin smiled "It is Kenashi's decision; I can not make her do anything." He walked in side, where Yahiko had shown up; Kaoru looked back at the fence, and then turned away back to the house.
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Ok! That will be chapter 3, that is will^^I hope everyone enjoys it, I'm going to slowly slip my due time back to Fridays, because I like Friday^^, and friday is much more convenint for me anyways. So I'll put the next chapter up Thursday(Or later because I'm going out of town next week...so later or sooner, but I am going to finish by Thursday^^Arigato minna!^^Ja ne,
~*~Sakura~*~
BTW: Auriyu I can't really give away anything^^becuase then it's not very fun, but I can tel you they are in some way related. And a lot of the whole story has to do with Kenashi's name, the name Kenashi and her real name, which she is trying to find.
By: Sakura
Disclaimer: All characters or Rurouni Kenshin do not belong to me. But my originals are my own and I would like to keep it that way please.
Review: Last time, Kenshi meets the hitokiri, a girl called Kenashi.
Chapter 3
Heart And The Unknown (Part 2)
It had been two days since the hitokiri came to the dojo, and Kaoru had not seen her once, as a matter of fact, no one seemed to like to go into that room. Yahiko had gone once, Kaoru remembered. He left the room, very quickly upon entering, he look, almost sad...and he did not go back. Kenshin and Megumi were her most frequents visitors, Megumi still complained that the girl wouldn't talk, but Kenshin didn't really say much on the matter. Kaoru knew, for a fact he wanted to help her, he wanted to help her badly. He didn't have to tell Kaoru anything, she wanted to help her just has much, or at lest she thought she did, but then, it was hard sometimes to know what went on in Kenshin's head. It made her relies how very little she knew about him, and how much she wanted to know.
It was morning, cloudy, but no rain hit the quite ground. Kaoru stepped out side, and looked up at the heavy sky. 'May be it's going to rain.' She told her self.
She looked around the quite dojo, there was no one about, but the sun was just rising, she had gotten up early. She had thought maybe Kenshin would have been up, but she did not see him around.
She walked solemnly across the grounds, stopped, and looked at the room nearest to her; it was the room Kenashi was in. She turned to it, and took a step forward, only one and no more. She looked at it more, it was quite, but she got a very strange feeling from it. She walked up slowly to the room, but cautioned, as if it was something she shouldn't be doing. She felt her self open the door, quietly, slowly, and walked in side.
The room was no different as when Kenashi was not there, the only difference in the room was, she was there.
She looked down at her, laying quietly on the futon, her black hair streamed out from the covers, it was messy, tangled, and still in a ponytail. There was a tray of food next to her, it had not been touched. Kaoru walked up, and sat down near the bed. She had no idea weather she was awake or not.
"Hi...I don't know if you're awake...I'm Kaoru, Kaoru Kamiya, I own this place...umm..." Kaoru sighed 'This is pointless she not awake...' She told her self, but she continued on "...Listen, I don't know why your doing what your doing...I don't think I'll ever understand...But...even still...I don't believe it's in your heart to kill people, I know this sounds dumb, I don't even know you...but I know that's not what you want, and I want you to know, everyone here...were all here to help..." Kaoru sighed, the girl showed to sign that she had even heard her. She got up, and walked back to the door.
"I want free..."
Kaoru turned around quickly, but Kenashi, had not moved, nor did she look to be awake, Kaoru had been sure she had heard a voice. She waited, but heard nothing else; she turned slowly back to the door, and left...
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A young girl sat quietly looking out at an out side pond. Her feet dangled off the side of the house. She was dressed, in lose martial arts clothing. Her long black hair was tied in a low pig tail, with a small white bow. It was dark out side, and the stars shown brightly in the black. She looked up; her dark eyes reflect the light of the stars, so it looked like the sky was in her eyes. Someone walked up from behind her; she turned around slowly, seeing white kimono pant legs. She did not look at the face though, which was hidden in shadow.
"Are the stars bright tonight?"
The young girl looked at him, the reflection of the night sky showed he was young, with a smooth face, and bright brown eyes, short red hair shown shimmering in the moonlight.
"You start again early, go to bed." He walked away slowly.
The girl looked back at the pond, and then back up at the sky.
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Kaoru walked slowly to the small kitchen. To start breakfast, she herself did not feel hungry at all, but Yahiko was sure to be hungry when he awoke. Even though all he dose is insult her cooking. She frowned a bit.
"And why do I bother?"
Kenshin peeked in on Kaoru, who was muttering to herself, complaining about Yahiko it seemed. He smiled, and turned away.
He walked slowly up to Kenashi's room; the door was open a bit. He opened it slowly. She was wide a wake, glaring at him, as she had been the past two days. He walked slowly up to her and took her arm. "May I see your hand?"
She glared at him. "Why?"
He smiled a bit "To remove you binding..."
She stop her glare, and went into more an annoyed look. She raised her hands slowly, to show, the hands already been undone.
He smiled more "Your better then, that you are. May I ask? Why you haven't left?"
"Give me my sword..."
Kenshin did not answer her; he got up and went toward the door. "Kaoru-dono is making breakfast if you like to join, come out when you are ready." He closed the door behind him.
Kenashi was even angrier now. "Who dose he think he is!" She muttered angrily to herself, she looked over. Clothes? He left her clothing. The brightly colored kimono lay neatly down where Kenshin has just been. She frowned a bit. Took her hair down, and brushed the tangles out with her fingers, leaving it, better off than before, but still bad, then she noticed the brush there to. She took it up gladly and brushed through her dirty hair, making it a bit more shinny. Then reluctantly she put on the kimono.
Yahiko was out side when she came out, the sun seemed very bright to her, and it took a awhile for her eyes to adjust. She noticed Yahiko, cleaning off the wood floor.
Yahiko looked up from his work, his first thought when seeing her was 'Who's that?' but he soon knew who it was. He looked at her in aw; she looked completely different than she had in her dark hakama and kendo shirt. And the brightly colored kimono really made her stand out.
She looked down at him though, with the same cold eyes. She walked past him, her eyes still on him. She walked right into the kitchen.
Kaoru didn't notice her walk in, she was cutting the fish. She turned slowly at her, the knife still in her hand, but still over the cutting board. "...." She gave her a blank stare not knowing what to say. Suddenly, Kenashi grabbed her arm. "Watch what you doing." She said in a soft voice, showing Kaoru a cut on her hand.
Kaoru blinked, when did she do that? After she noticed it, it started to sting.
"You should clean it up, or it will become infected."
"But...but the breakfast..." Kaoru turned back to it.
"I'll finish it." Kenashi quickly relived Kaoru of the knife.
Kaoru left quietly.
Kenashi quickly finished cutting up the fish, and she started the rice in the steamer. She looked around and around the kitchen.
"Where's the Tofu?" She gave up looking for it, and went back to the stove.
"Kaoru-dono, I got the Tofu..." Kenshin walked in, with two things full of miso, and a box of Tofu. He stopped, and looked at Kenashi. "Ah, you're up. May I ask where Kaoru-dono went to?"
She looked back at him, glaring a bit. "Where is my sword?"
It was then that Kaoru walked back in. "It's ok Kenashi I can finish now...ah..." She walked up slowly, looking between, Kenshin and Kenashi.
Kenashi turned around abruptly. "No, I'll finish."
Kaoru look over at Kenshin as he sat the Tofu down beside Kenashi and but the miso away. "Ah...No...I think I'll help you." Kaoru walked up to her and started on a small task.
"You do not need to." Kenashi replied, in a very emotionless voice.
"No, I want to." Kaoru smiled as she turned around slowly to look at her. "I'm not a very good cook anyways, so, any help would be nice."
The glare on Kenashi's face softened up a bit at Kaoru's bright smile. "Ok" She replied.
Kaoru started cutting up the tofu.
"That was you right? You said something when I came in, I didn't hear it, but that was you right."
Kenashi looked over at her blankly "I don't know."
Kaoru looked over at her, she was stirring the food, but, her attention seemed to be drawn of the fire below it.
"Ah...you like fire?" Kaoru ask, trying hard to strike up a conversation with her.
"No."
"Oh..." Kaoru went back to cutting.
"It reminds me of something..."
Kaoru face lit up a bit that she seemed to be talking. "Really? What?"
"The first person I killed..."
Kaoru became a bit disappointed...'well I'm glade she's talking...but that's not quite what I wanted her to think about.' she thought to herself.
Kaoru just listened. Even though, Kenashi wasn't talking at the moment, Kaoru could tell, by the look in her eyes, she was remembering something. Weather or not Kaoru would find out what was up to her, so she listened.
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"Onegai, shou-sama, she's had enough, really, you can't get her to do this anymore, she's a child for god sake!"
The young man with short red hair stood bravely in front on a small girl, she had dark long black hair that fell out of her pony tail, she sat on the ground, and sword on the ground still clutched in her small hands. Sweat ran down her delicate face, and blood stained her sholder.
"I'll do what I like with her!" Replied a much older looking man, he also was holding a sword. "She's mine after all, I made her!" He raised his sword up "Damit Ryuji, get out of the way, she can fight me, and she's much stronger than what she is showing!"
"No!" Replied Ryuji firmly "I don't care what you say she is. She's still a child, she still human no matter how I look at her!"
The older man raised his sword and cut Ryuji's shoulder, he fell to the ground blood stained his white outfit.
The girl looked up quickly; her eyes were dark, and cold, but full of concern. "Ryuji-san." She got up slowly, shaking.
"No! You don't have to get up; you don't have to do what he says anymore. You're so much better than that Ka..." The older man stuck the sword violently into his body. The girl gasped, as the sword came out the other side, blood dropped onto her face, and, he fell to the ground beside her. His blood flowed quickly, flooding the ground.
The girl didn't know what was happening. She looked over his silent, but calm face. "Ryu...ji-san?" She touched his shoulder; they felt hard, and cold. "Ryuji-san!?" She shook it a bit, but he did nothing. Sadness sweep over her, her heart hurt. She didn't recognize the felling, and pain, were new to her. Tears dropped from her eyes.
"Get up!" The man yelled at her.
"I hurt..." She replied, covering her head in her arms.
"I don't care get up!" He stuck the sword into her shoulder. She stumbled away and back a bit.
"Why isn't Ryuji-san moving!?" She yelled to him, still crying.
"Because he's dead!" He came at her head with the sword, she brought her sword up quickly to block, even though he was twice her size, she held his sword of very well.
"Dead...?" She questioned
"Yes, it means he's never coming back to teach you stupid emotion things!" He laughed a bit has he was thrown away by her. "Amazing!"
"He's...not coming back...he's dead...?" She stood very silently over Ryuji's form. Her head down.
The older man readied his sword.
"You....You......" She looked up at him, with her cold eyes "You! You I shall bring this death upon as well!" In merely a blink time, she had come at him, he had barely anytime to move, and she swung her sword out, in an amazing strength that did not fit her body. Everything was quite for a moment, then, he fell to the ground, his head severed. He didn't even feel himself die. His sword lay beside him, cleanly cut in half. She raised her sword and looked at the blood on it. "Death....blood?" She felt heat and warmth behind her, she turned, a candle had fallen to the ground, and the Tami mat was burning quickly. She just walked away from it. The large house burned behind her.
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"I killed my master." Kenashi said to Kaoru simply. "And burnt the house down."
Kaoru looked over at her, she would have been disturbed by that, but, something in her eyes told her there was more to this, there was a pure glint of sadness, and that was all Kaoru needed.
"Ah I see."
Kenashi turned to her quickly. "See what?"
Kaoru smiled "I see you almost finished with the fish, here the tofu." Kaoru handed her the tofu. Kenashi frowned, but, in a friendly manner.
As Kenashi and Kaoru went to out to prepare the table, Kenshin and Yahiko were all ready there, and one other person. The chief police sat quietly at the table, Kaoru paused a bit, before entering the room, but Kenashi went in without stopping, or even looking at the officer. She sat the plates in her hands down, and turned around; she left the room with out being disturbed.
"Wai..." Kaoru put her hand up toward her, but back away when she saw the dark glare in her eyes. Kenashi went on out of the room.
Kaoru turned around toward the others, but her head still wandered to where Kenashi had left. She turned around, everyone was facing her.
"Eh.....Nani?" She asked, she put her plates down and set them out.
"Is that a new guest Kaoru-san?"
Kaoru turned toward the chief. 'So he doesn't know?' she told her self unsurely. "Ah, yes, she is staying with us for the time being." She glanced over at Kenshin, but he didn't seem to be paying any attention.
"Ah I see, what is her name?"
Kaoru turned back to him, and then looked at Kenshin again, wondering what she should do, or if he could help her out, but he didn't look at her.
"Ken..." But Kaoru didn't finish, Kenshin stood up and walked over to the chief, smiling, in his usual way.
"Chief, I assure you, that I do. That I will inform you if the killer is found." The chief looked up at him a bit confused at first, but happy.
"Ah, yes, I'm sure you will. I better not over stay my welcome then. We're all very busy." He got up, took his stuff bowed to them. "Arigato Himura-dono"
Kaoru sighed as he left.
"Why didn't you tell him?" Kenashi had entered the room again; her eyes were ice cold once again, as she looked at Kenshin.
"Because..." Kenshin started turning to her. "...I do not believe, that is, that you are responsible, in truth, I believe there is more to this..." He smiled and looked down at Kaoru "...and, I believe some people should get a second chance, that I do."
Kenashi seemed to be even more so angered at this. She turned around "Do what you want." And she left.
Kenashi stayed with them, for a week after this happening, nothing else really happened, and it seemed she'd had been there forever and would be there forever. Kaoru had notice, she seemed to have gotten friendlier, but, she had not seen her smile yet...not once. She seemed to have taken a likening to Yahiko, Kaoru didn't really know what they talked about, once though, she heard them talking about flowers or something to that extent, which was a subject she would normally think not possible for Yahiko.
Kaoru wiped her brow as she came back from her lessons, the wooden brokk over her shoulder, and her bag in her other hand. It was still bright out, but, dark clouds could be seen coming in from the south. 'That looks nasty...' Kaoru thought when she saw them, as they swept and moved through the air, coming closer and closer to her. She started running, trying to get back before the rain fell, then cloud quickly darkened the sky, and lighting flashed in the distance.
A knock on the front gate woke Yahiko up from his small slumber, that or the thunder he heard. He got up slowly, hearing it once again, he was sure that was not thunder, he went over and opened it a bit "Konnichi...wa" He paused, he stuck his head out. "Weird, there's no one here..." he went back slowly closing the door.
A shadow moved carefully, through the small dojo, a sword in hand.
Kenashi tucked the sword carefully under her kimono; she looked out at the dark sky, and the fence of the dojo. She sighed with relief, "Thank you for you kindness, but I do not belong here." Kenshin stepped quietly out of the shadows behind her. "I must return..." she paused, and turned around. "A hitokiri is nothing else."
"You may do as you wish; I told you before you could leave when you wanted."
Kenashi was not happy by this reply, but then, she wasn't really sure what she wanted, not anymore. "Do you think!....Do you think...I really want..." She hung her head down a little. "....to leave..." She turned around to him "I like it here! It's peaceful...I like Kaoru and I like Yahiko!...I like...." She paused and turned around, as if she had down something wrong "I am a hitokiri; I can't be anything else..." She stopped, she could sense someone watching, a familiar gaze. She looked up at a tree near the gate, where a shadow was sitting.
Kenshin saw it was well; he walked up a little closer to Kenashi. "So you do wish to leave then?" He was still looking at the shadow, but he addressed Kenashi very seriously.
She slowly looked over at him, but averted her eyes quickly. She didn't want to look at him, or the shadow, she felt ashamed. "I...."
The shadow moved a bit then spoke "Kenashi, you know you must..." It was a stern but in away gentle voice. "...That is, if you wish to know your name."
Kenashi jumped a bit, as if she remembered something, then her head dropped more."Sejii-san....I...I don't know...you said that you would tell me..If I helped you...but I still don't know who I am."
Kenshin looked over at her, he was bit confused.
The gate door sung open quickly, and lightning rang through the sky, water slow started to fall. Kaoru emerged, she closed the door behind her and sighed, turning around to see Kenshin, and Kenashi, and someone, but she couldn't see him clearly. She started slowly walking over "Kenshin!"
Kenashi and Kenshin both looked over at her.
"Matte Kaoru-chan!" She stopped, and looked at Kenashi.
Kenashi walked slowly toward the wall. "I wish...to find myself, I know this, if you are the only way Sejii-san, I will take it."
"Kenashi..?" Kaoru asked confused.
She turned around to Kaoru "Kaoru, thank you." A small, but sad smile appeared on her face, Kaoru had never seen her smile, but this one made her sick to her stomach. Kenashi jumped on to the gate, disappeared with the shadow.
The rain started to fall hard now; Kenshin turned around and started walking toward the house. "You better go inside Kaoru-dono; you'll catch a cold, that you will."
Kaoru looked over at him, "Are you just going to let her go?"
Kenshin smiled "It is Kenashi's decision; I can not make her do anything." He walked in side, where Yahiko had shown up; Kaoru looked back at the fence, and then turned away back to the house.
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Ok! That will be chapter 3, that is will^^I hope everyone enjoys it, I'm going to slowly slip my due time back to Fridays, because I like Friday^^, and friday is much more convenint for me anyways. So I'll put the next chapter up Thursday(Or later because I'm going out of town next week...so later or sooner, but I am going to finish by Thursday^^Arigato minna!^^Ja ne,
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BTW: Auriyu I can't really give away anything^^becuase then it's not very fun, but I can tel you they are in some way related. And a lot of the whole story has to do with Kenashi's name, the name Kenashi and her real name, which she is trying to find.