Author's Note - Nope. Not me. I am not the lucky one who owns Rurouni
Kenshin.
Chapter Three - Chapter Three
"Tokio, Tokio! Come on it's time to leave." Whispered Nakakaru, shaking Tokio awake. Tokio grumbled.
"Come on Tokio! We have to leave now!!" Nakakaru continued, shoving Tokio awake.
"Alright alright I'm up!" said Tokio, sitting up and yawning. She looked at the clock
"Naka! It's two a.m. in the morning!" exclaimed Tokio. "When you said leaving tomorrow you didn't say it would be this early." Tokio said, trying, and failing, to rub the sleep from her eyes. Nakakaru shrugged.
"I don't like to take any chances you know that. Now get dressed we're leaving soon." Said Nakakaru; leaving Tokio's room so she could get dressed in private. Tokio grumbled some more as she heaved herself to her feet.
Two a.m. in the morning and she expects me to me ready to leave? She has gone mad.thought Tokio, shrugging off her yukata and putting on a yamata and hakama (is that right?) she had saved for quick traveling. Nakakaru knocked on the door and barged in when Tokio said it was all right.
"Come on! We leave now!" Tokio grabbed her one small bag of her necessities, a pencil and notebook and she was off. Both of them crept past the rooms to the staircase and quietly went down. They slipped past the sleeping bar tender and out the door.
Nakakaru led Tokio across the quiet street and into a dark, narrow ally way. Both of them looked very vulnerable. However, Nakakaru was but Tokio wasn't. Tokio had secretly been taking self- defense lessons from one of the men she had met at the Inn. Those skills would come in useful tonight.
Back to Present time.
Tokio smiled, putting her brush down. That would be the night she and Nakakaru met Saitou. The night Saitou proposed, Tokio had promised to find the man who taught her and thank him. For, without that man, she would have never met Saitou in the first place.
Back in the Past.
"Naka slow down! I need to catch my breath!" gasped Tokio, reaching out and grabbing Nakakaru's arm. Nakakaru made an impatient noise but hide in the shadows with Tokio.
"Are you done yet?" whispered Nakakaru, glancing down each side of the ally way.
"Yes, I'm ready to go - Shh!" Tokio stopped. She heard a rustling sound coming from one end of the ally. There it is again! She spun around to see a strip of metal headed their way.
"Duck Naka!" yelled Tokio, grabbing her friend by the neck and pushing her down. Tokio collapsed on top of Nakakaru but got up quickly, taking a defensive stance. The fighter who had taught her was a swordsman. However, he didn't trust her enough to give her a sword to practice with. Tokio usually practiced with brooms or wooden planks that had been stripped.
Damn my luck. thought Tokio, her stance void of an actual weapon. She had left the Inn without a single plank of wood. The figure stopped, noticing her stance. It chuckled lightly.
"You have no weapon." It stated, staying in the shadows.
"No duh! Thank you for pointing out the obvious, now attack or leave us alone!" snapped Tokio. She knew now wasn't a good time to let her temper take over but she couldn't help it. Unknown to Tokio, the figure smirked.
She has guts I'll give her that much thought the figure.
"I would love to attack and kill you right now but my group doesn't allow me to kill innocent, vulnerable - " started the figure but stopped as Tokio's hand came out of nowhere and almost hit him.
"Touchy little thing aren't you? You look like a kitten but you have claws." Stated the figure, laughing from the rooftop he jumped onto.
"Come down her and fight you coward!" yelled Tokio.
"I like the view up here. I'm leaving you be but do remember to watch your backs or it will be hanging off my blade." Said the figure as it vanished. Tokio stood there for a second before remembering Nakakaru.
"Naka!! Are you all right? Where are you?" yelled Tokio, running back to the spot she had been at before. Nakakaru was still on the ground, motionless. Tokio smiled.
Guess I pushed her down too hard. Tokio lifted Nakakaru and started to shuffle out of the town, wondering if she would every see that damn figure again. However, if she did, he would be so lucky.
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Ok, ok I know this is realllllllllly short but bear with me. I have been very sick lately. Well, not very sick but sick enough to keep me home for two days and not go shopping on Saturday. I promise you that the next chapter will be three times as big as this one ok? If I do not do it, I shall accept all flames (w/e those are.)
Tootles!!
Chapter Three - Chapter Three
"Tokio, Tokio! Come on it's time to leave." Whispered Nakakaru, shaking Tokio awake. Tokio grumbled.
"Come on Tokio! We have to leave now!!" Nakakaru continued, shoving Tokio awake.
"Alright alright I'm up!" said Tokio, sitting up and yawning. She looked at the clock
"Naka! It's two a.m. in the morning!" exclaimed Tokio. "When you said leaving tomorrow you didn't say it would be this early." Tokio said, trying, and failing, to rub the sleep from her eyes. Nakakaru shrugged.
"I don't like to take any chances you know that. Now get dressed we're leaving soon." Said Nakakaru; leaving Tokio's room so she could get dressed in private. Tokio grumbled some more as she heaved herself to her feet.
Two a.m. in the morning and she expects me to me ready to leave? She has gone mad.thought Tokio, shrugging off her yukata and putting on a yamata and hakama (is that right?) she had saved for quick traveling. Nakakaru knocked on the door and barged in when Tokio said it was all right.
"Come on! We leave now!" Tokio grabbed her one small bag of her necessities, a pencil and notebook and she was off. Both of them crept past the rooms to the staircase and quietly went down. They slipped past the sleeping bar tender and out the door.
Nakakaru led Tokio across the quiet street and into a dark, narrow ally way. Both of them looked very vulnerable. However, Nakakaru was but Tokio wasn't. Tokio had secretly been taking self- defense lessons from one of the men she had met at the Inn. Those skills would come in useful tonight.
Back to Present time.
Tokio smiled, putting her brush down. That would be the night she and Nakakaru met Saitou. The night Saitou proposed, Tokio had promised to find the man who taught her and thank him. For, without that man, she would have never met Saitou in the first place.
Back in the Past.
"Naka slow down! I need to catch my breath!" gasped Tokio, reaching out and grabbing Nakakaru's arm. Nakakaru made an impatient noise but hide in the shadows with Tokio.
"Are you done yet?" whispered Nakakaru, glancing down each side of the ally way.
"Yes, I'm ready to go - Shh!" Tokio stopped. She heard a rustling sound coming from one end of the ally. There it is again! She spun around to see a strip of metal headed their way.
"Duck Naka!" yelled Tokio, grabbing her friend by the neck and pushing her down. Tokio collapsed on top of Nakakaru but got up quickly, taking a defensive stance. The fighter who had taught her was a swordsman. However, he didn't trust her enough to give her a sword to practice with. Tokio usually practiced with brooms or wooden planks that had been stripped.
Damn my luck. thought Tokio, her stance void of an actual weapon. She had left the Inn without a single plank of wood. The figure stopped, noticing her stance. It chuckled lightly.
"You have no weapon." It stated, staying in the shadows.
"No duh! Thank you for pointing out the obvious, now attack or leave us alone!" snapped Tokio. She knew now wasn't a good time to let her temper take over but she couldn't help it. Unknown to Tokio, the figure smirked.
She has guts I'll give her that much thought the figure.
"I would love to attack and kill you right now but my group doesn't allow me to kill innocent, vulnerable - " started the figure but stopped as Tokio's hand came out of nowhere and almost hit him.
"Touchy little thing aren't you? You look like a kitten but you have claws." Stated the figure, laughing from the rooftop he jumped onto.
"Come down her and fight you coward!" yelled Tokio.
"I like the view up here. I'm leaving you be but do remember to watch your backs or it will be hanging off my blade." Said the figure as it vanished. Tokio stood there for a second before remembering Nakakaru.
"Naka!! Are you all right? Where are you?" yelled Tokio, running back to the spot she had been at before. Nakakaru was still on the ground, motionless. Tokio smiled.
Guess I pushed her down too hard. Tokio lifted Nakakaru and started to shuffle out of the town, wondering if she would every see that damn figure again. However, if she did, he would be so lucky.
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Ok, ok I know this is realllllllllly short but bear with me. I have been very sick lately. Well, not very sick but sick enough to keep me home for two days and not go shopping on Saturday. I promise you that the next chapter will be three times as big as this one ok? If I do not do it, I shall accept all flames (w/e those are.)
Tootles!!