The Forgotten Era
Disclaimer: I don't own…….lalalalalalalalala….er……what was I going to say?
Mc (Muse Chaos): Damn you. You made the Battousai like me…. *shudder*
BK (Battousai Kenshin): *smiles as he is glomping her*
MC (MysticChaos): Oh well.
MM (Muse Mystic): BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!! OH MY GOD! I'VE NEVER SEEN A FUNNIER SIGHT! HA, HA~!!!!!!
*Muse Mystic is knocked unconscious by Battousai Kenshin*
MM: @_@
MC: So…should I return Battousai Kenshin and bring in the ordinary Kenshin?
Mc: Nah…I like the Battousai's instincts.
BK: *growls at Muse Mystic*
MC: *backs away* Ok…..um….ON WITH THE STORY!
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Prologue 3: Left Behind
"Come on!" Saeko's brother hissed as he dragged Saeko behind him. Saeko stopped and took long gasps of air. "Oniichan…I don't think I could go much farther." Saeko's brother quickly picked her up into his back and ran.
But even so, not even Saeko's brother could run forever. "There! I see them!" a voice said behind them. Another voice said roughly, "Those little rats…they've run away for the sixth time already! I'm going to kill them this time….those son of a-" Saeko's brother turned around and tossed Saeko into the bushes. Saeko's brother whispered to her, "Stay in there until the slave traders have left. Then escape." "What about you?! T don't know where to go! Oniichan~!!!!" Saeko cried. The bushes quivered and Saeko's brother pushed Saeko's head back into the bushes.
"There you are," said the same ruff voice, "Where is the girl?" "What girl? I travel alone." Saeko's brother hissed.
"You're little sister of a whore. You couldn't possibly leave her at the line."
That got Saeko's brother, but he couldn't help yelling, "She is NOT a whore!" He got pummeled into the ground for that. Saeko closed her eyes and put her hands onto her ears as she heard her brother get beaten up. "I'll ask again. WHERE IS THE GIRL?!" the slave trader yelled again. Saeko's brother hissed, opening his usually closed eyes "I…will…never…tell…you…" The slave trader shook with rage and took out his katana. "Fine. I'll kill you instead."
"NO!" Saeko yelled, jumping out of the bushes, covering her brother. Then she screamed and fell on top of her brother as she received an x-shaped gash on her back. "Saeko!" her brother yelled in panic. The other slave trader spit into the ground, "She's worthless now. Let's take the boy instead." Then he kicked Saeko out of her brother's arms and dragged Saeko's brother away by the collar. He did not fight, but was overcome with grief as he saw the limp form of his sister fade away. "Saeko…" he whispered.
Saeko's eyesight was blurry, but she saw Saeko's bother cry and the slave trader drag him away. The other slave trader turned around at Saeko and frowned. He had a x-shaped scar on his right cheek. Then she felt her world swirl and turn. Saeko saw her brother's golden eyes. Then she whispered a single word. "Saitou…" Then everything turned into darkness in front of her eyes.
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Saeko felt unbelievable pain as she shifted onto her side. She flopped back onto her back and opened her eyes. She was staring upon a ceiling. "Is this hell or heaven?" she muttered. She heard the door swish back and heard foot steps enter the room. "Well, I doubt it's hell if you're looking up onto a plain ceiling." a voice chuckled. Saeko turned her head at the voice and saw a young woman holding a bowl of water and some bandages. "Who are you?" Saeko asked. Then woman kneeled beside Saeko and sighed, "You don't need to know who I am. I'm just a simple person doing a "favor" for Lord Tatsumi.
The lady helped Saeko shift onto her back as she cleansed her wounds. Saeko winced as the cloth rubbed away the dry blood. She felt something was missing…. Something….Then she gasped. "Oniichan! Oniichan! What happened to oniichan?!" Saeko shouted, attempting to get up. The lady jumped in surprise, then pushed Saeko back down. Saeko calmed down, but still had that wild look upon her. The woman calmly said, "You had a brother with you?" Saeko nodded, not speaking, afraid that she might burst out like that again. The women sighed and said sorrowfully, "I'm sorry, dear, but the time we found you, it was by daybreak. We could not find any trace of your brother, or anyone actually." Saeko closed her eyes tightly, fighting the tears that were beginning to well up in her eyes.
The woman finished her job and went out of the room, without a word. Saeko did not see her again.
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Saeko, despite the pain in her back, got up from bed and walked out of the room. Looking around, she saw that it was sort of an inn. Apparently, it was night was no one was exactly walking around. 'Well, that's better for me…' Saeko thought as she tip-toed around. Then she heard whispers. Walking slowly towards the room, she kneeled down to listen.
"Why have you picked up a little girl, Lord Tatsumi? She is nothing but a daughter of a rich person! What talent does she have?" one voice said. A deep, calm voice replied, "You are nothing but a simple ninja, Nakajo. You would not know the real potential if it was right in front of you." Another voice complained, "If she does have potential, why doesn't she show it?!"
"She has. When she was lying there on the ground, when we had found her, she was still breathing with that deep cut in the back. She has strong stamina and the will to live."
It was quiet after that. Then another voice, with a nastier tone, hissed, "I sense someone spying on us, Lord Tatsumi…I sense…a mysterious chi that I cannot determine…."
Saeko gasped softly. Then she started to back away from the door. Suddenly the door opened and a chain flew out of it, wrapping itself around Saeko, and bringing her in the room.
Saeko shook her head as she got up from the floor, but almost screamed when she saw a man with a mask that had sharp teeth and narrow eyes. Falling backwards, she crashed into another man that was big and fat. Backing away, Saeko bumped into yet ANOTHER man that had sharp, narrow eyes and an unsatisfied look about him. Saeko was scared at these people and finding a man that looked like a grandpa, but was very muscular, she hid behind him. The grandpa looking-like man laughed and said, "This is the girl I was talking about. Say hello." The three other men that Saeko was scared at stared, at her. Then back at their master. Saeko looked up at the man and smiled. She would like to repay this man one day for saving her life.
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MC: YAY~!~!!! I'M FINISHED WITH MY THIRD PROLOGUE! WAHOO~!!!!!
MM: *still unconscious*
Mc: *playing Goldfish with Battousai Kenshin* Do you have…..a 3?
BK: No. Do you have a Ace?
Mc: Nope. Do you have….any Kings?
BK: DAMN! YOU TOOK ALL MY CARDS! *points at MysticChaos* YOU! DIE! *chases MysticChaos with his sword.*
MC: Why me?! Muse Chaos was the one that made you lose! Not me! *runs away*
Mc: Sorry. Battousai likes me so he won't kill me. Now…KILL MYSTICCHAOS! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!
MC: TRAITOOOOOOOOOR~!!!!!
BK: *beats up MysticChaos* MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!
MC: *unconscious*
Mc: Well, that seems to be the end of this chapter! Review now!
BK: *hugs Muse Chaos*
Mc: Good Battousai! *pat, pat*
MK: ^_^ Me love Muse Chaos…