The Forgotten Era

Disclaimer: ….I'm not going to even start…..

MC (MysticChaos): Hey, hey everyone! Though no one reviewed, you guys are so cruel, I WILL CONTINUE!

Mc (Muse Chaos): *sobs* That was so beautiful…..

MM (Muse Mystic): More like pitiful.

MC: *growl*

Mc: Well, MysticChaos, didn't you say that you're going to invite a character for this story?

MC: Oh yeah! Thanks for reminding me!

Mc: ^_^

MM: I'll say it again: pitiful-

*WHACK*

MM: *unconscious*

Mc: 0_0;;;

MC: Well~!!! *hides Flaming Mallet of Doom* I'll invite…um….who should I invite?

Mc: Um….what about Kenshin?

MC: OK! *says that a bit too ethusically*

Mc: *freaked out*

*poofs Kenshin….when he was a manslayer*

The Battousai Kenshin: DIE~!!!!

MC: Whoops….wrong guy.

Mc: WHOOPS?! HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME! AHHHH~!!! *runs away*

Battousai Kenshin (BK): DIEEEEE~!!!! *chases after Muse Chaos*

MC: Er…well, it seems like we found our new guest to stay in our story! Now, ON WITH THE STORY!

Mc: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!! *falls in a random ditch*

BK: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!! *holds up shovel*

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Prologue 2: Dreaded Memories

…That was 2 years ago. Saeko opened her eyes, hoping something changed, but no. The same wretched sight met her eyes. Slaves walking in a straight line, the slave trader ahead of them, whipping them once in awhile to make them move faster. Saeko closed her eyes again, recalling the same old memory that made her have such a fate.

(MC: Italics mean flashback.)

The moon shimmered like blood on that day.

"Father?" Saeko said as she looked out the window of the carriage. Saeko's father set down his newspaper and looked at Saeko. "Why are there people on horses riding toward us?" Saeko pointed out. Her father's

eyes grew large. Then he looked out the window with his daughter.

"This cannot be!" he whispered. Saeko looked fearfully at her father. She never saw father this scared. Then Saeko's father told the carriage driver to drive faster. The driver nodded, but did not go any faster. Saeko's father yelled, "What are you doing?! Faster!" The driver took off his hat and looked at Saeko's father. "YOU!" Saeko's father yelled. Saeko then felt someone at her side. It was her brother, jumping out of the carriage and into the driver's seat, punching him off.

The driver tumbled off and painfully fell on the ground. Then Saeko's brother snapped the reins, making the horses go faster. Saeko's mother awoke with a start as the carriage lurched. Then Saeko's parents started to talk rapidly. Saeko looked back at the men on the horses. She flinched from the men's glare. They were looking for blood.

Saeko's brother leaned into the window and shouted, "The horses

are getting tired! They cannot last any longer!" Saeko looked at her father think. Then he grabbed his sakabatou and kissed Saeko's mother on the forehead. Saeko's mother closed her eyes and seemed to disappear in the shadows of the carriage. Saeko saw her father jump up at the driver's seat, handing him a katana. Saeko saw her brother nod.

Saeko was confused. What was happening?! Why was mother so nervous? Why is brother taking a real sword, not a wooden one? Why was father stopping the horses?! Saeko gasped as her mother brought her into the shadows. Saeko had her head against her mother's chest, hearing her heart beat rapidly. She was really scared…and so was Saeko.

Waiting in the carriage…slow, silent minutes ticking by…

Saeko gasped again as a sudden clash of metal was heard. She felt her mother wince. Saeko felt so scared. She felt trapped, cornered.

Saeko felt hot tears rolls down her face. Shocked at this, she noticed that she was crying. She never cried before, and it stung her eyes whenever it welled up. Her mother began to sing softly as she caressed her hair, metal clashing, yells of pain, and the splitting of skin heard outside the dark carriage.

"Hush now, my baby,

Be still now,

Don't cry.

Sleep now

As you're rocked by my heart.

Sleep and remember,

My last lullaby

So I'll be with you

When you dream…"

Saeko covered her ears as she heard one shout that sounded like her father. "NO~!!!" her brother yelled. Then it was quiet. Saeko's mother held Saeko tightly as foot steps walked toward the carriage. Saeko's eyes were wide and she held on to her mother.

The door opened.

That was 2 years ago. Saeko shook with the now familiar rage. Saeko's brother looked at his little sister and whispered, "What happened, has happened. You cannot change the past." Saeko growled, "They killed mother and father….they only spared us because we were young and strong. What a disgrace." Saeko's brother was silent. Saeko looked at her brother's grave face and felt ashamed. She wasn't the only one that missed her parents. Her brother felt the pain too. Saeko was quiet with her brother, holding onto his hand even more tightly.

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MC: Hmph. Too short of a chapter… *looks at the computer screen*

Mc: SAVE MEEEEEE~!!!! *in a bag that the Battousai Kenshin is dragging*

BK: MWAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!! I WILL SEDUCE THIS GIRL INTO LIKING ME! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!

Mc: O_O;;;; Ewww….that's just sick…..

MM: *wakes up* Urghh…..What happened?

MC: I knocked you out, I conjured up the Hitokiri Battousai by mistake, and now he wants to seduce Muse Chaos.

MM: Eww….that's just sick.

MC: I know. -_-

Mc: AREN'T YOU GOING TO SAVE ME?!

MC: Should we?

MM: Nah.

Mc: TRAAAAAAITOOOOOOORS~!!!!!!

*The door closes*

MM: What do you think they're going to do?

MC: 0_o;;; AHHHHHHHHH~!!! IT'S TOO MUCH FOR MY VIRGIN EARS! DON'T WANNA HEAR~!!! YADAA, YADAA, YADAA~!!!!!!!

MM: What the hell…..

MC: LALALALALALALA~!!! NOT HEARING! LALALALALALALALALA~!!!

MM: God, I was just asking…. Anyway, review people 'cause MysticChaos is going to kill me if I don't say this.

MC: NOT LISTENING~!!!!!!!!!! LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA~!!!!!! O_O;;;