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Have a nice day. That's all I gotta' say.
This story is set about eight or nine years after the Shishio saga. Um, I haven't seen any episodes beyond that saga, so bear with me and use your imagination. Heck, it's why it's called "fiction."
ThE tHrEaT
Chapter 1.
"Is this how to do it, Uncle Kenshin?" Suzume twirled around with her wooden sword in her hand and tried to copy Kenshin's movements.
At 14 years of age, she was trying to learn his and Kaoru's techniques. Ayame was away most likely doing girly stuff. She had turned out to be a beautiful young woman and Suzume wished she could be like her. Yahiko and Sano joked around and called Ayame a panther. Yes, they related almost everyone to some type of animal. Suzume sometimes wondered if they referred to her as a pig because she was chubby.
"This seems to be to easy for you, Suzume. Why don't you try it blindfolded?" Kenshin suggested.
"Why blindfolded? That wouldn't help at all because I wouldn't be able to see my attacker."
"Seeing isn't everything. You need to rely on your other senses, like hearing, in order to be aware of all your surroundings."
Suzume nodded. She may not be a speedy learner, but once she got it, she didn't have a problem. Kenshin took a long cloth and tied it around his head. Suzume watched him and did likewise with her hair tie. (Er, what do you call them things?)
Kenshin was about to say something when he heard a small noise. He took out his reverse-blade sword and swung it in front of him. It had come from a distance: someone was watching them.
"Did you hear that, Suzume?" He asked.
"I heard you take out your sword. What else—"
"Shh," Kenshin whispered so he could hear better.
Zzzziiiippp. There it was again! SLASH! He took the cloth off of his eyes and bent down to look on the ground just as something flew past his red hair. That wasn't a good sign at all. One came at Suzume and he knocked her out of the way just in time.
Suzume hit the ground and the wind was knocked out of her. Was she supposed to be listening for that?
"Suzume, are you alright?" Kenshin pulled off her blindfold and helped her to her feet.
Once she caught her breath, she spoke. "I guess now I see why you need to be able to hear during a fight."
Kenshin glanced to the patches of bushes and trees, where the forest began, and saw the leaves rustle. Whoever it was just took off running. He wondered if it were someone he knew—an old enemy? He looked on the ground at what he had sliced.
"Hey, where'd this arrow come from?" Suzume picked it up and examined it. She looked questioningly at Kenshin.
He smiled, not wanting to scare her. "Well, I'm not entirely sure—"
"Look, there's a note attached to the one over here..." she gave it to him to read.
He looked it over and furrowed his eyebrows. It made no sense, that it most certainly did not!
"What does it say, Uncle Kenshin?" She asked.
"Let's go inside. We need to have a talk with everyone."
Suzume got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had heard stories about how everyone wanted to defeat the great Battousai, but no one ever could. Of course, that had been long ago, but was someone different after him now?
Kenshin gathered everyone together around the kitchen table. Sano and Megumi weren't living at the dojo anymore, but at the place where Dr. Gensai had lived. The old doctor had passed away about a year or so ago. It was just Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, Tsubame, and Suzume now. Misao and Aoshi resided close by and Ayame visited sometimes.
"What is it, Kenshin?" Yahiko asked curiously. He could see Kenshin looked gravely serious and that usually meant some kind of trouble.
"Suzume and I were practicing in the yard today and we were shot at by someone." He laid the arrows out for them to see.
Tsubame gasped. "That's terrible! Did you catch the person?"
"No, and the odd thing is that they weren't after me." He passed the note around so everyone could read it.
When it got to Suzume, she had to read it over and over again: ----This is just a warning! You stuck your pretty little nose where it doesn't belong and this is to make sure you keep your cute mouth shut. We have eyes watching you wherever you go, so you won't get away with anything. Don't think we'll go easy on you just because you're a girl! ----
It wasn't hard to understand that they were talking about her, but what had she done wrong? The last place she had been was to school. Her hands shook with fear and paranoia as she put the note down.
"Do you know anything about this, Suzume?" Kaoru asked gently.
"N-no, they must be mistaken. I haven't done anything!"
They all turned to the swordsman. "What should we do, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
He rubbed his chin for a moment. "We'll have to play it by ear for a while. It could be a nasty attempt at a practical joke, or it could be very serious. In the meantime, Suzume, you are not to leave the dojo for any reason at all. Understand?"
He didn't have to ask her twice! She nodded her head firmly in agreement. It bothered her to no end though: where had she stuck her nose?
"Suzume, we're your friends. You know you can trust us with anything. If you're keeping a secret that has your life in danger, you need to tell us."
Kaoru just didn't understand. There was nothing to tell because she didn't know anything! She was even afraid to think back to what she might know in the back of her head because of the note.
"I don't have any secrets," she said. –Except for...no, can't be it. –
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Well, how was that? Yeah! My first Rurouni Kenshin story ever! I figured there needed to be something about one of the little girls so I gave it a shot. Please don't forget to review!
This story is set about eight or nine years after the Shishio saga. Um, I haven't seen any episodes beyond that saga, so bear with me and use your imagination. Heck, it's why it's called "fiction."
ThE tHrEaT
Chapter 1.
"Is this how to do it, Uncle Kenshin?" Suzume twirled around with her wooden sword in her hand and tried to copy Kenshin's movements.
At 14 years of age, she was trying to learn his and Kaoru's techniques. Ayame was away most likely doing girly stuff. She had turned out to be a beautiful young woman and Suzume wished she could be like her. Yahiko and Sano joked around and called Ayame a panther. Yes, they related almost everyone to some type of animal. Suzume sometimes wondered if they referred to her as a pig because she was chubby.
"This seems to be to easy for you, Suzume. Why don't you try it blindfolded?" Kenshin suggested.
"Why blindfolded? That wouldn't help at all because I wouldn't be able to see my attacker."
"Seeing isn't everything. You need to rely on your other senses, like hearing, in order to be aware of all your surroundings."
Suzume nodded. She may not be a speedy learner, but once she got it, she didn't have a problem. Kenshin took a long cloth and tied it around his head. Suzume watched him and did likewise with her hair tie. (Er, what do you call them things?)
Kenshin was about to say something when he heard a small noise. He took out his reverse-blade sword and swung it in front of him. It had come from a distance: someone was watching them.
"Did you hear that, Suzume?" He asked.
"I heard you take out your sword. What else—"
"Shh," Kenshin whispered so he could hear better.
Zzzziiiippp. There it was again! SLASH! He took the cloth off of his eyes and bent down to look on the ground just as something flew past his red hair. That wasn't a good sign at all. One came at Suzume and he knocked her out of the way just in time.
Suzume hit the ground and the wind was knocked out of her. Was she supposed to be listening for that?
"Suzume, are you alright?" Kenshin pulled off her blindfold and helped her to her feet.
Once she caught her breath, she spoke. "I guess now I see why you need to be able to hear during a fight."
Kenshin glanced to the patches of bushes and trees, where the forest began, and saw the leaves rustle. Whoever it was just took off running. He wondered if it were someone he knew—an old enemy? He looked on the ground at what he had sliced.
"Hey, where'd this arrow come from?" Suzume picked it up and examined it. She looked questioningly at Kenshin.
He smiled, not wanting to scare her. "Well, I'm not entirely sure—"
"Look, there's a note attached to the one over here..." she gave it to him to read.
He looked it over and furrowed his eyebrows. It made no sense, that it most certainly did not!
"What does it say, Uncle Kenshin?" She asked.
"Let's go inside. We need to have a talk with everyone."
Suzume got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had heard stories about how everyone wanted to defeat the great Battousai, but no one ever could. Of course, that had been long ago, but was someone different after him now?
Kenshin gathered everyone together around the kitchen table. Sano and Megumi weren't living at the dojo anymore, but at the place where Dr. Gensai had lived. The old doctor had passed away about a year or so ago. It was just Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, Tsubame, and Suzume now. Misao and Aoshi resided close by and Ayame visited sometimes.
"What is it, Kenshin?" Yahiko asked curiously. He could see Kenshin looked gravely serious and that usually meant some kind of trouble.
"Suzume and I were practicing in the yard today and we were shot at by someone." He laid the arrows out for them to see.
Tsubame gasped. "That's terrible! Did you catch the person?"
"No, and the odd thing is that they weren't after me." He passed the note around so everyone could read it.
When it got to Suzume, she had to read it over and over again: ----This is just a warning! You stuck your pretty little nose where it doesn't belong and this is to make sure you keep your cute mouth shut. We have eyes watching you wherever you go, so you won't get away with anything. Don't think we'll go easy on you just because you're a girl! ----
It wasn't hard to understand that they were talking about her, but what had she done wrong? The last place she had been was to school. Her hands shook with fear and paranoia as she put the note down.
"Do you know anything about this, Suzume?" Kaoru asked gently.
"N-no, they must be mistaken. I haven't done anything!"
They all turned to the swordsman. "What should we do, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
He rubbed his chin for a moment. "We'll have to play it by ear for a while. It could be a nasty attempt at a practical joke, or it could be very serious. In the meantime, Suzume, you are not to leave the dojo for any reason at all. Understand?"
He didn't have to ask her twice! She nodded her head firmly in agreement. It bothered her to no end though: where had she stuck her nose?
"Suzume, we're your friends. You know you can trust us with anything. If you're keeping a secret that has your life in danger, you need to tell us."
Kaoru just didn't understand. There was nothing to tell because she didn't know anything! She was even afraid to think back to what she might know in the back of her head because of the note.
"I don't have any secrets," she said. –Except for...no, can't be it. –
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Well, how was that? Yeah! My first Rurouni Kenshin story ever! I figured there needed to be something about one of the little girls so I gave it a shot. Please don't forget to review!
