Heart of the Broken Sword
Sanosuke: Welcome to the beginning of chapter two...I think...?
Yahiko: YOU'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG!!! Let me do it!!
Sanosuke: In your dreams, short stop.
Yahiko: Short stop!?!? I'll kill you!!!
Kenshin: (whispers to the audience) Sora does not own Rurouni Kenshin, or the song that was written in italics last chapter or this chapter. The name of the song is 'Existence' but she doesn't know the artist, that she doesn't, so...What this one said was totally pointless, wasn't it? Also note that this story takes place in present time!
Yahiko: Kenshin, did you just tell them the disclaimer?!
Sanosuke: Yeah, your turn was up last chapter!!
Kenshin: Oro! Sorry...Uh, enjoy the story!
Chapter II: The Broken Black Sword
Another morning it comes
Rushing up your bedpost with the wind
You face yourself just like you always do
Time and time again...
"...oru! Kaoru? Wake up you dunce! It's time for school!"
Kaoru Kamiya slowly opened her eyes, and soon realized that it was morning already; the morning light was coming out from behind the blinds and the bright rays were slowly stinging the poor girl's eyes. Still a little tired, she closed her eyes and drifted away in sleep until someone pushed her out of her bed and caused her to land on the silver carpet she just replaced. The young woman fumbled to get out of her quilt...but as soon as she did, she had an angry face.
"Megumi!! What was that for!?" She shouted.
"That's what you get for going to sleep again! I'm not going to be late because my friend is too lazy to even set her stupid alarm clock!"
"What I do with my alarm clock is none of your business!!"
"Now hurry up and get dressed, Kaoru, and I'll make some breakfast!" She said, helping her up.
Megumi Takani and Kaoru Kamiya has lived in the same apartment together for about two years; right after Kaoru's father had died, the two were inseparable...that is, except when it comes to mornings and other topics. The apartment was rather large for two ordinary college girls to afford, but they could manage with their salary. Downstairs, there was the living room complete with a small gray coffee table with a glass top, a small plasma television, a few matching lamps, sofas, and drawers and silver carpet. Beside the living room was their modest kitchen; they had a polished dark gray marble tile everywhere, lots of organized pots and pans, and a dark gray rectangle kitchen table similar to the coffee table. Upstairs, there were two bedrooms (one for each of them), decorated in their own theme. Kaoru's room was mostly colored in Lilac (bed, carpet, wallpaper, etc.), while Megumi's was mostly colored in blue...and in each of them was a personal bathroom.
It didn't take much time at all for Kaoru to get clean and in her uniform at all, but she always had a ribbon in her raven black hair. After finishing, she raced down the stairs with her backpack and homework in hand and walked straight into the kitchen, where Megumi was waiting. She sat at her seat of the table, starting to chow down on her plate of food that was prepared right in front of her.
"Gosh Kaoru, slow down! What did I tell you? If you eat so fast you'll get indigestion!" Megumi stated.
With that, Kaoru put down her chopsticks and looked at her with irritation written all over her face.
"Megumi, sometimes I wish you weren't in medical school..." Kaoru said, "So when is Sano coming over to pick us up?"
"In about a an hour. Why?"
"So I can see how fast I have to eat."
"KAORU!!!"
"Hehehehe....Just kidding."
The two waited for Sanosuke Sagara to pick them up for school.
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(After school...6:00 pm)
After many grueling classes, Kaoru and Megumi began to walk down a path with a forest of Sakura trees surrounding it; the spring was almost ending, and the Sakura blossoms were falling like soft snow, delicately hitting the ground. Right beside the forest of dazzling trees, was a tranquil river that held many Koi fish...the two young women often go here for picnics when the Sakura blossoms aren't falling so much. But as of now, they used the path as a way to get to their jobs quicker. When the path splits into two, they must part ways. However Kaoru felt that today was a little bit different from the others...she could practically smell it in the air. Megumi was beginning to worry; Kaoru was silent for the whole time.
"Hey Kaoru...Wanna know something cool?" She said to at least get one conversation going.
"I suppose."
"I've got one more test to do and I'll be a doctor! Can you believe it?"
"Really? What're you doing?"
"I have to operate on a Sword..." Megumi said, looking into the clouds.
"A...Sword...?" Kaoru was completely confused.
"I'm not supposed to tell you, but I'll do it anyway as long as you tell no one else. The Sword is a very large group of assassins that work for the Shogunate, but they are a secret...the government has only issued this confidential information to doctors and military leaders. Very rarely are they seen walking around in the public. Well as I was saying, all Swords are characterized by white hair and they express no emotion or have a mind of their own. And the darker their suit, the higher their class is; rumor between doctors has it that there was only one Sword so deadly he was decked out in black...and he turned his back on the collective of Swords after gaining a conscience. But get this: he moved quicker than the eye can see when he was in battle, and not only did he use his sword in battle...but his Telekinetic powers and..."
"Megumi, do you REALLY believe that there is a person that deadly with psychic powers running around loose in the public?"
Megumi looked down at the ground while she was walking. Kaoru looked at Megumi once again, but with a sad face...she felt as if she had made a mistake saying what she did, but she definitely made a point. Eventually the two had come across the point in which the path split in two, and with a final farewell of the day they parted to face their own separate journeys.
Kaoru began to saunter through the path of Sakura trees; the dirt trail was hardly visible at this point because of the many pink petals on the ground, and if you got lost in the trees, you'd be really lost. The young woman began to regret even leaving Megumi, and it was starting to get dark. Suddenly, the wind pushed away some of the petals and the trail was revealed once again. With a sigh of relief, Kaoru continued her walk to work until she realized that she was back at the place where the dirt pathway split...the place where she and Megumi parted.
"Great...Now what? I'm going in circles!"
With that, Kaoru decided to walk to work along the river's edge...maybe that will safely take her there. But in the distance was a Sakura tree on the other side of the river, alone. What stirred up her curiosity was the man that was lying against the tree. His hair was pure white and his clothes were pitch-black pants, shirt, and jacket. Kaoru couldn't believe what she was seeing.
'Oh my gosh...is that him?'
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Sanosuke: Well, that's the end of chapter two...I think...?
Yahiko: YOU ARE STILL DOING IT WRONG!!
Sanosuke: Says who!?
Yahiko: ......
Sanosuke: I'm all ears, runt.
Yahiko: Says...Says...Says Kenshin!
Kenshin: Oro? How did this one get into this!?
Sanosuke: I should have done this a LONG time ago! (cracks knuckles and chases after Kenshin)
Kenshin: (runs for his dear life) Orororororororororororororororo!!!!
Sanosuke: COME BACK HERE STUPID RUROUNI!
Yahiko: Hehehe....Anyway, we thank you for reading chapter two. Sora will post chapter three soon, so please review!