The Forgotten Era
Disclaimer: What part of, "I don't own anything" don't you understand?!
MC (MysticChaos): Well, I read over the whole fanfic over again (since I forgot about my own story -_-) and noticed that my muses don't meet the "laugh until you die, mwahahaha" standards like my other cast did at the De Ja Vu and Forbidden Skies story. SOOOOO~ I'm replacing 'em.
Muse Mystic (MM): WHAT?! WHAT THE HELL! YOU CAN'T REPLACE US! WE'RE YOUR MUSES!
Mc (Muse Chaos): WAHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!! MYSTICCHAOS IS THROWING US AWAY LIKE GARBAGE!
Battousai Kenshin (BK): YOU CANNOT TAKE MUSE CHAOS AWAY! YOU SHALL DIE BEFORE YOU DO THAT!
MC: Whoa…I never expected that you wanted to be in this fanfic that bad….I must get rid of you. That I must. *whispers* I'm sooooo evil….
BK: HOW DARE YOU! YOU COPIED MY ACCENT AND STILL WANT TO GET RID OF MUSE CHAOS! NOW DIEEEEE~!!!! *chases after MysticChaos*
MM: Does anyone even care about me leaving?
BK: No.
MC: Nope.
Mc: I doubt it.
MM: Gee…thanks. -_-;;
MC: Where was I? Oh yeah. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~!!!! *runs away*
BK: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- *suddenly zapped by a mysterious person….*
MC: YAY! MY FRIENDS CAME! *on the floor*
MM and Mc: Friends…? Uh, oh….not good.
DarkHand (Actually Helen, but call her DarkHand which could be DH): MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!! I SHALL RULE ALLLLL~!!!!
Shinwa4ever (Eunice, but it could be Shinwa4ever or S4E): Er….hello. *moves away from DarkHand*
DH: NO ONE TORTURES MYSTICCHAOS EXCEPT ME! DIE BATTOUSAI! *sends Battousai Kenshin to the Shadow Relm. Sorry fans of Kenshin*
MM and Mc: They're more crazier that us…. *watches DarkHand run around in circles*
DH: *glare* DIE!
MM and Mc: OK! OK! WE'RE GOING! *runs away*
DH: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!! I'M THE MOST EVILEST BEING IN THE UNIVERS- *sees Pirates of the Caribbean on T.V* Oooooo~!!! *sits down to watch*
S4E: 0_o;;; It's going to be a long day…..
MC: Yeah….well, er…on with the story….. *sweat drop*
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Prologue 4: Black Shadow, Tiger Eyes
"No. I do not think, and do not believe, that it is dangerous to travel around in the night." said a bearded man, wearing high quality clothes. The other man, with spiky hair, said cautiously, "Who knows. It is bad enough that there is Shishio, the Hitokiri Battousai, and the Shinsengumi loose around here, but I heard that there was another manslayer. They think it could be the Battousai, but the gashes are too thin to be the Hitokiri's slashes."
"Ah, stop your whimpering. It may be some other hoax. Besides, you just HEARD it from them." the bearded man snorted. Suddenly, the spiky haired man stopped and the color drained from his face. He uttered one word before he fell down, revealing a thin slash against his back. "Run."
The bearded man looked at who killed his friend and was shocked at who he saw. It was a small child. Probably around the age of 10 or 12. She had a short katana, wore a Chinese hat (MC: The cone shaped ones that you see in those ancient scenery dramas.), her clothes black, darker than the night itself, and shadows covered the child's face. Strangely, a pair of golden eyes glowed from under the hat, that was glazed with hatred. Like a black shadow and tiger eyes.
"W-who are you?!" The man gasped. The child said in a calm, quiet voice, "You will not live long enough to know." Then with one slash, the bearded man fell down to his knees and onto the ground with a vacant, empty look.
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Saeko took a towel from the rack and gently cleaned the blood from her sword. Drying it now, Saeko raised her sword up and repeated softly to herself, "This sword…will open a new era. Then finally, I might find peace." The door to her room opened and a boy, the same age as her was standing in the doorway, smiling. He had black hair, and turquoise blue eyes that resembled the sea. Saeko had always commented in how pretty his eyes looked like and that he should keep it away from pain and agony. It might stain its shine.
Saeko sighed and sat, Indian style, facing the boy. "What does Lord Tatsumi want now, Enishi?" Enishi simply sat on the floor and said plainly, "All he said was that if the mission went well."
"Well. Heh, it's been rough ever since I first became a manslayer. Well, I doubt it."
"Well…did it?"
"It took awhile, but yeah. I eventually found them, making a clean cut. Didn't spill too much blood."
"I see, but you ought to be more careful in killing these people. Other officials are getting suspicions that the Battousai isn't the one that are massacring all these people."
Saeko glared at Enishi and muttered, "I hate killing these people. They're human and they have families too, you know." Enishi reminded, "Remember. Your sword will-" "-Will open a new era, free for everyone," Saeko chorused, "I know, Enishi, I know." The boy nodded and looked absentmindedly out the window.
Saeko looked at Enishi and knew why he came to join Lord Tatsumi's group. Actually, each and every person had a reason to join. Some reasons aren't so good, but reasons never the less. Saeko was forced to kill people in return for protection by Lord Tatsumi. That was Saeko's reason. For Enishi, it was to kill the Hitokiri Battousai just because he made his sister unhappy. Where was Enishi's sister anyway? Ironically, she was with the Battousai, so he wouldn't grow insane if there was actually someone there to care for him. Also, Enishi hated the Battousai even more because his sister, Tomoe, was beginning to love the manslayer.
Saeko made a face. Who would love a manslayer? Then her mocking face faded as she remembered that she was a murderer herself. Enishi felt Saeko staring at him, so he got up and was ready to leave the room. Then Saeko asked out of the blue, "Why do you think your sister is still unhappy with the Battousai? If she loves him, wouldn't she be happy?" Enishi turned his head slightly and said coldly, "I don't want to talk about it." Then he left, leaving a confused Saeko.
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Saeko looked outside around mid afternoon and saw that it was snowing. "Perfect." Saeko grinned But it wasn't those happy kind of grins. It had a nasty look upon it. Then Saeko left the building tagging along behind Lord Tatsumi, the three ninjas that Saeko had accepted them as brothers, and Enishi. Today was going to be very interesting….
The snow was stained like blood on that day.
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Saeko looked around frantically, jumping around the trees branches, seeing if there was any remains of the ninjas. None. None was left. Tears that Saeko had not wept in 7 years welled up in her eyes. Dead. All dead. Only burnt ground was left.
Saeko shook her head, trying to get the painful feeling out of her eyes. Then she jumped again, onto another branch, but it cracked and gave way under Saeko's feet, dropping her onto the ground. Saeko cowered into a ball and started to cry. She could not hold back her tears any longer. Saeko had seen it all. The blowing up of the ninjas. Enishi behind a tree, watching the Battousai's and Lord Tatsumi's fight. The killing of Enishi's sister and Lord Tatsumi at the same time. Tomoe attempting to protect the Battousai from Lord Tatsumi's blows, but ending up getting slashed by accident by the Battousai. Saeko didn't know where Enishi went, so that makes it as ditching her in a forest. Saeko never felt so lonely in her life. Never. Then Saeko picked up her sword. Suddenly, as if touching the sword was a switch in her anger, Saeko took out her katana and slashed it against the tree. Slowly, the tree fell down from its trunk, crashing into the ground below.
Saeko's eyes blazed like a gold fire, furious at everything. Angry at destiny, Enishi, her family, her lost brother, Lord Tatsumi, the ninjas…Everything. She hated everything now. Most of all was her life and the Hitokiri Battousai. She will kill the manslayer, her anger being the battery and her mind being the neglected toy. She will not rest until she killed the manslayer with his blood on her sword, on her hands, his lifeless body below her.
She will never rest.
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MC: Yay~!!!!! Me finished~!!!!
DH: *still watching Pirates of the Caribbean*
S4E: *studying for a Spanish test*
MC: ….I said, I FINISHED THE PROLOGUE! *eyes twitches*
S4E and DH: *still not listening*
MC: … God dammit, listen to me! At least tell me to shut up! The silence is unnerving! *going insane*
*silence*
MC: Grr…. *goes to the T.V. and takes out the plug.
DH: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!!! POTC~!!!! I MUST WATCH IT~!!!!!!!
MC: Go pull Shiwa4Ever's ponytail.
DH: OK! *runs up to Shinwa4Ever and pulls her hair*
S4E: OW! HELEN! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT MY HAIR?!
DH: I don't remember.
S4E: MY HAIR IS SENSITIVE AND IT GET HURT EASILY!
DH: So.
S4E: GRRR~!!! *pulls DarkHand's hair too*
DH: OW! *pulls Shinwa4Ever's hair back*
*The two start pulling each other's hair. They do this in real life too and it's amusing.*
MC: Now THIS is entertainment! *eats popcorn as she watches* Thanks for reading the story! Now review!
DH and S4E: OW! BYE~!!!
DH: Stop pulling my hair, eunuch!
S4E: EUNUCH?! OH I'LL SHOW YOU… *pulls harder*
DH: OW!