Disclaimer: Don't own RK, Do own Shiru, Rushi, Meru, Shakon, and Kashuko.
"Battousai, you can't be serious."
Saitou said as he and Kenshin walked out of the station and were headed back to the house. Kenshin turned his head to look up at Satiou. His eyes were hardened, yet sad and he said.
"If Shiru is truly their new assasian, then this fight could not have been avoided. That it couldn't. And-"
He paused, causing Saitou to look at him with slight questioning before Kenshin continued.
"And, if anyone's going to take him out, it's going to be me."
"Kenshin.."
Saitou said, seeming to forget that he only called Kenshin "Battousai". Kenshin returned his glance to Saitou who merley shook his head and not looking at him kept walking. Kenshin too, dropped his gaze away from the other man and neither spoke a word for a time as they walked. As they happened to pass by the Akabeko, Tae spotted them and called from the door.
"Mr. Himura, someone was looking for you."
Kenshin paused along with Saitou and both looked over at Tae.
"Who was it Miss Tae?"
Kenshin asked, and Tae shook her head.
"I didn't know him, but he had red hair from what I could tell, and he was carryin' a sword with him. At first I thought he was you 'till he asked me where you live."
Kenshin's eyes widened and he quickly asked.
"Tae, did you tell him where I live?"
She nodded.
"I sure did. He went in your direction about fifteen minutes ago."
Saitou smirked.
"He'll be just about there then. Heh, well, at least no one's home right now."
Kenshin looked as though he was about to sigh in releif, when he remembered..
"Not everyone Saitou..."
Saitou, who was lighting up a cigarette paused.
"Who then Battousai?"
Kenshin looked at him.
"Rushi's home today..."
And with that, Kenshin ran off in the direction of his house. Tae blinked as she watched him run off. She looked at Saitou who was finishing lighting his cigarette.
"What's he running off for?"
Saitou tossed the match he'd used and looked at her.
"To give himself a heart attack."
And he ran off after Kenshin, leaving the now completly confused and clueless Tae to return to her duties in the Akabeko.
*********
Shiru stopped just as he reached the front gate. Something was pulling at him, telling him that he could simply go in and never return to Shishio. But, there was that other force within him, telling him to go in, find "Battousai" kill him quickly, and get back to Shishio.
His hand rested over the latch upon the gate, unsure what would happen if he opened it. As he was still debating upon what he would do, a certain thirteen year old girl came walking out of the house and paused when she saw him standing there with his hand hesitating over the gate latch.
"Ano, can I help you sir?"
She asked.
Shiru jumped. He hadn't seen or heard her come out of the house and when she had spoken it startled him. His eyes quickly travled to her, and a look of recognition came across them. So, this is what his sister now looked like. The feeling that he should and could stay and not return to Shishio pulled harder at him. It was about then that he realized she had asked him a question so he responded with.
"Maybe you can. Is Himura Kenshin home?"
She shook her head.
"No, I'm sorry he isn't here righ now. But I can tell him you stopped by?"
Now he shook his head.
"No. It's allright, that it is-uh! No, it's allright."
Rushi blinked. Had this stranger just said "that it is"? His voice sounded oddly familiar to her, but she couldn't place it. She knew she had heard it before, yet, as far as she knew anyways, she had never met this person in her life. Looking him over, her eyes came to rest upon the sword at his side.
"Oh, so you like swords too?"
She asked, indicating it.
Shiru blinked. As if unsure of what she had just asked him, before coming to his senses he said
"You could say that.."
Rushi smiled.
"My ottosan, he's like that too. Won't admit that he still likes them."
Shiru snorted slightly.
"I never said I didn't like them."
"But, you never said you did either."
Rushi reasoned.
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
Shiru asked. His sister smiled innocently.
"Because I think it's fun."
Shiru rolled his eyes.
"Here,"
Rushi said. Grabbing something that was at her side she pulled out a newly forged looking sakabato.
"I'll spar with you 'till my ottosan gets back. He won't be long."
Shiru looked at Rushi with intrest. He had been curious as to if she had learned to wield a sword, and it looked as though he was about to get his answer.
"Hm. Sure."
Rushi stood in a ready stance, and smiled. Shiru unsheathed his own sword, a longer than normal Katana, and he too stood in a ready stance. Prepared to strike...
*********
Kenshin was running as fast as he could. He knew Saitou was not far behind him, he could hear his footsteps racing after his own. They were quickly coming upon their destination, and Kenshin's heart raced faster as he saw the gleam of a sword being unsheathed. His hand tightening upon the hilt of his own, he seemed to dissapear from sight, letting his god like speed take effect as he moved too quickly to be seen by the human eye. Unsheathing his sakabato, he leaped into the air. Positioning his sword above his head, he came down in the Hiten Mitsurugi Flying Dragon attack, directly above his son.
Shiru saw and heard Kenshin approach and he quickly raised his sword to parry the Flying Dragon and throw Kenshin off balance. His idea worked as planed, and Kenshin skidded off to the left, dropping to a knee. His eyes were narrowed and burned with the menace and pulsing desire for murder that Battousai the manslayer carried. Shiru smirked. His own eyes burned bright with the anticipation that had been growing inside of himself when he had first agreed to slay Kenshin.
Saitou arrived mere seconds after this happened, and he darted forward and grabbed the awestruck Rushi, and pulled her back to the door of the house. He himself then turned and observed the scene before him. 'So.' He thought. 'This is the begining of their fight.....'
~~~~~
There's Chapter 7. I would've written more, but my comp's acting a bit glitchy and I didn't want to over heat it and have it crash again XP. Also, it may take me longer to update now that school's starting again so I apologize in advance for that. Again, thanks to all who read and review, please keep doing it, and I'll update soon! ^.^;
"Battousai, you can't be serious."
Saitou said as he and Kenshin walked out of the station and were headed back to the house. Kenshin turned his head to look up at Satiou. His eyes were hardened, yet sad and he said.
"If Shiru is truly their new assasian, then this fight could not have been avoided. That it couldn't. And-"
He paused, causing Saitou to look at him with slight questioning before Kenshin continued.
"And, if anyone's going to take him out, it's going to be me."
"Kenshin.."
Saitou said, seeming to forget that he only called Kenshin "Battousai". Kenshin returned his glance to Saitou who merley shook his head and not looking at him kept walking. Kenshin too, dropped his gaze away from the other man and neither spoke a word for a time as they walked. As they happened to pass by the Akabeko, Tae spotted them and called from the door.
"Mr. Himura, someone was looking for you."
Kenshin paused along with Saitou and both looked over at Tae.
"Who was it Miss Tae?"
Kenshin asked, and Tae shook her head.
"I didn't know him, but he had red hair from what I could tell, and he was carryin' a sword with him. At first I thought he was you 'till he asked me where you live."
Kenshin's eyes widened and he quickly asked.
"Tae, did you tell him where I live?"
She nodded.
"I sure did. He went in your direction about fifteen minutes ago."
Saitou smirked.
"He'll be just about there then. Heh, well, at least no one's home right now."
Kenshin looked as though he was about to sigh in releif, when he remembered..
"Not everyone Saitou..."
Saitou, who was lighting up a cigarette paused.
"Who then Battousai?"
Kenshin looked at him.
"Rushi's home today..."
And with that, Kenshin ran off in the direction of his house. Tae blinked as she watched him run off. She looked at Saitou who was finishing lighting his cigarette.
"What's he running off for?"
Saitou tossed the match he'd used and looked at her.
"To give himself a heart attack."
And he ran off after Kenshin, leaving the now completly confused and clueless Tae to return to her duties in the Akabeko.
*********
Shiru stopped just as he reached the front gate. Something was pulling at him, telling him that he could simply go in and never return to Shishio. But, there was that other force within him, telling him to go in, find "Battousai" kill him quickly, and get back to Shishio.
His hand rested over the latch upon the gate, unsure what would happen if he opened it. As he was still debating upon what he would do, a certain thirteen year old girl came walking out of the house and paused when she saw him standing there with his hand hesitating over the gate latch.
"Ano, can I help you sir?"
She asked.
Shiru jumped. He hadn't seen or heard her come out of the house and when she had spoken it startled him. His eyes quickly travled to her, and a look of recognition came across them. So, this is what his sister now looked like. The feeling that he should and could stay and not return to Shishio pulled harder at him. It was about then that he realized she had asked him a question so he responded with.
"Maybe you can. Is Himura Kenshin home?"
She shook her head.
"No, I'm sorry he isn't here righ now. But I can tell him you stopped by?"
Now he shook his head.
"No. It's allright, that it is-uh! No, it's allright."
Rushi blinked. Had this stranger just said "that it is"? His voice sounded oddly familiar to her, but she couldn't place it. She knew she had heard it before, yet, as far as she knew anyways, she had never met this person in her life. Looking him over, her eyes came to rest upon the sword at his side.
"Oh, so you like swords too?"
She asked, indicating it.
Shiru blinked. As if unsure of what she had just asked him, before coming to his senses he said
"You could say that.."
Rushi smiled.
"My ottosan, he's like that too. Won't admit that he still likes them."
Shiru snorted slightly.
"I never said I didn't like them."
"But, you never said you did either."
Rushi reasoned.
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
Shiru asked. His sister smiled innocently.
"Because I think it's fun."
Shiru rolled his eyes.
"Here,"
Rushi said. Grabbing something that was at her side she pulled out a newly forged looking sakabato.
"I'll spar with you 'till my ottosan gets back. He won't be long."
Shiru looked at Rushi with intrest. He had been curious as to if she had learned to wield a sword, and it looked as though he was about to get his answer.
"Hm. Sure."
Rushi stood in a ready stance, and smiled. Shiru unsheathed his own sword, a longer than normal Katana, and he too stood in a ready stance. Prepared to strike...
*********
Kenshin was running as fast as he could. He knew Saitou was not far behind him, he could hear his footsteps racing after his own. They were quickly coming upon their destination, and Kenshin's heart raced faster as he saw the gleam of a sword being unsheathed. His hand tightening upon the hilt of his own, he seemed to dissapear from sight, letting his god like speed take effect as he moved too quickly to be seen by the human eye. Unsheathing his sakabato, he leaped into the air. Positioning his sword above his head, he came down in the Hiten Mitsurugi Flying Dragon attack, directly above his son.
Shiru saw and heard Kenshin approach and he quickly raised his sword to parry the Flying Dragon and throw Kenshin off balance. His idea worked as planed, and Kenshin skidded off to the left, dropping to a knee. His eyes were narrowed and burned with the menace and pulsing desire for murder that Battousai the manslayer carried. Shiru smirked. His own eyes burned bright with the anticipation that had been growing inside of himself when he had first agreed to slay Kenshin.
Saitou arrived mere seconds after this happened, and he darted forward and grabbed the awestruck Rushi, and pulled her back to the door of the house. He himself then turned and observed the scene before him. 'So.' He thought. 'This is the begining of their fight.....'
~~~~~
There's Chapter 7. I would've written more, but my comp's acting a bit glitchy and I didn't want to over heat it and have it crash again XP. Also, it may take me longer to update now that school's starting again so I apologize in advance for that. Again, thanks to all who read and review, please keep doing it, and I'll update soon! ^.^;
