Mirror, Mirror
Battosai: said to have hair like fire and eyes like the sun
Shi no Tenshi: Said to have hair like blood and eyes like the moon
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Ochita and I walked into the town with Kai and Kasoku. It was like any other town that we had walked though. All of a sudden Ochita stopped and she took off her hat letting it hang from her neck and rest on her back by that black staff she carries.
A strange look appered on her face unlike the day dreamy one she usually wore. Her shoulders tenced and she spun around as if looking for a fight. Then I saw her walk over to a newspaper stand and get a news paper. She then rifled through it looking for something until she found it.
"It's been 11 years sense the Bakamatsu?" She whispered.
I just nodded. Ochita almost seemed surprised as she looked at the contents of the newspaper. Her facial expression never changed. She then quickly put the paper in her gi.
"Lets go." Ochita said softly.
"But we just got here you stupid Koumori!!!" Kai shouted
"What did you call me?" Ochita's voice was dangerously icy.
"That's right! You look like a Koumori (bat)" Kai laughed.
"Call me that again and you'll look worse then I do very muchly so." Ochita said and I saw her glare.
Well Ochita had been making progress on how to show her emotions but she still couldn't smile. Her glare faded. Then she turned to me and asked.
"Do I really look like a Koumori?" she asked blowing up her bangs from her nose so I could see her face properly.
I didn't know what to say. Now that he mentioned it yeah she resembled a bat but...a really cute bat with a pretty face and-what am I talking about? I could lie and say no but she'd know I was lieing. I can't win.
Two police men came over saving me. I knew what they were going to say. 'swords have been outlawed'.
"Run." Ochita whispered.
"Ara?" I asked.
Both the cops stepped forward and a small smile played on each of there lips simultaniously. :A/N (chibi Ochita jumping around and doing cartwheels while her hat stays magically pasted to her head) I Know Who They AAAARRREEE!!!!: Then they drew their swords which weren't police man sabers. I didn't need to be told twice. These guys weren't cops.
"Seta-san Run!!" Ochita shouted.
"Huh?" Kai asked.
To late Ochita picked him and Kasoku up and ran with me. We ran through streets and by stands. Then into a forest at the other end of the town. I turned around to see if our adversaries were following us. They were just in view so I ran beside Ochita and asked, "What's going on?"
"Seta-san they want us dead so I will meet with you later. We will split up very muchly so. It will make things harder for them if they don't have the advantage of being together. Do not be afraid I will find you before tomorrow." Ochita said softly.
"But-"I didn't want her to leave me.
"Iie you will." She said then shot off into the trees.
I saw one of the men shoot off into the trees after her and the boys in her arms. I kept on running the man behind me. I started to use full shukuchi but the man, even though trailing behind me was still following percistantly.
Only way to get rid of him was to stop and fight so I turned around. The man caught up but didn't seem the least perplexed at my smile. In fact he was smiling himself. Only it was soft and gentle and almost seemed nice?? But I knew even though this man was giving off a massive amount of 'inocent sweet all I want to do is help the world' ki I wasn't going to be fooled.
"What do you want form me?" I asked with my usual cheerful tone.
"Your life." Was the quiet reply I got.
I got into a batojitsu stance.
Funny...he did the same. I lowered myself getting ready to do my trade mark attack but...he did the same. What was he doing? I didn't think twice about It and just struck out at him.
CLANG!!!!
"Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who shall be defeated after all?" The man said quietly with a hint of playfulness in his tone.
I backed up. I didn't know what he was doing but I didn't like it. Then I understood. His little comment...the stance he took...everything in time with me.
He was mirroring me.
Everything I did he did. Even the pace of our breathing was the same.
"Who are you?" I asked hoping I showed nothing in my voice.
"Ni." He smiled softly. It was almost the smile an adult would give to a child who was being silly. I really didn't like this.
So I began to fight him.
CLANG!!!
CLANG!!!
CLANG!!!
This wasn't working. The only way to get him to stop mirroring me was if I did something he didn't expect. Which ultimately meant something stupid. So I did.
I tried to impale him. He mirrored that too! Only he hit and I didn't. I fell to the ground in a pile of crumpled limbs. Then I stared up at him as he came closer and closer.
"Your not really a threat so I won't kill you. As for being the legendary Tenken we aren't really living up to that name are we? If your speed is all you've got with you now, I hope next time we meet you'll bring your technique. Perhaps it got sucked into a mirror too." He chided softly.
Then he left.
I got to my feet shakily but slowly. He was right. I had become really rusty sense I was the Tenken. I walked away.
I couldn't find Ochita because I couldn't find her ki. I never could. She might have tried to change her facial expressions but her eyes always seemed dead. When I found a river I peeled off my now bloodstained gi and western shirt, then my hakama, Tabi, and waragi. I then layed myself down in the river and let it wash my wound. I got out after what seemed like an hour and I washed my cloths. It was freezing out and I shivered as the wind whipped and bit at my skin. But still even despite the cold I put on my soaking cloths, then sat underneath a tree and thought.
I didn't eat, just thought. I wondered mostly about Ochita...well...more like worried. My mind just spun around idily and I couldn't think straight. I began to think back earlier to this week.
***Flashback***
"It's too cold to go in the water so you will carry Kasoku and track me very muchly so." Ochita said with her dazed tone.
"Fine!" Kai said as if he detested the child as well as his mother.
(Ochita shoots off in a random direction and Soujiro is there to help kai.)
"Stupid girl. What do you see in her?"
"Ara? What do you mean?"
"Well your always with her. Is it a love thing?"
"Ara? Nani?"
"Oh forget it, smiley boy. Getting any useful information on that baka onna from you is like squeezing water from a rock." Kai growled and stormed of in the direction he had seen Ochita go off in.
***End of Flashback***
I just sat there thinking. Why do I follow her around? What is it about her that I find so special? Why do I not feel alone when I'm close to her?
I stopped thinking. It was getting late so I got up and sought out to make camp somewhere. When I finally did find a good spot I sat down and leaned against a tree. Then after a while I fell asleep.
***Dream/memory***
why?
What did I ever do to them?
Somebody help me! Their following me. I've got to hide.
THERE! Under the eniguwa. I'll hide there. It's barely light enough to see. Their coming. Their going to kill me this time for sure. What do I do? I don't want to use the sword. But their going to kill me. Someones down here with me. Coming closer. I can see their eyes. I draw the sword and the metal gleems in what little light there is. I slash and instently smell the blood. I flick the droplets of the red substance off of the wakizashi.
I crawl out and continue to kill. I will survive. I'll be strong. The strong survive the weak die.
It's raining. It smells of blood. And I'm smiling. But... But...
I'm really...
Crying...
****Waking****
Author's POV
Soujiro woke up and started beating his head against the ground. It was raining just like that night and now he was crying. But suddenly his head fell on something soft. He tried to pick his head off of it and wack himself against anything hard. Tried to beat the memory out of his mind. But warm arms stopped him and held him close. He inhaled the soft thing and it smelled of rain water and peaches. He looked up and saw it was Ochita looking down at him without an expression on her face. Then her lips twitched in that small smile like motion and they stayed that way.
"It's okay Seta-san. I am with you now so everything is okay." She said softly. But Soujiro saw it. A small tear fell down her cheek and onto his face. He felt her ki. Her warriors spirit was there all around him and it was doing one thing that amazed him.
Ochita's warriors spirit was sad and it was creating the rain.
Battosai: said to have hair like fire and eyes like the sun
Shi no Tenshi: Said to have hair like blood and eyes like the moon
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Ochita and I walked into the town with Kai and Kasoku. It was like any other town that we had walked though. All of a sudden Ochita stopped and she took off her hat letting it hang from her neck and rest on her back by that black staff she carries.
A strange look appered on her face unlike the day dreamy one she usually wore. Her shoulders tenced and she spun around as if looking for a fight. Then I saw her walk over to a newspaper stand and get a news paper. She then rifled through it looking for something until she found it.
"It's been 11 years sense the Bakamatsu?" She whispered.
I just nodded. Ochita almost seemed surprised as she looked at the contents of the newspaper. Her facial expression never changed. She then quickly put the paper in her gi.
"Lets go." Ochita said softly.
"But we just got here you stupid Koumori!!!" Kai shouted
"What did you call me?" Ochita's voice was dangerously icy.
"That's right! You look like a Koumori (bat)" Kai laughed.
"Call me that again and you'll look worse then I do very muchly so." Ochita said and I saw her glare.
Well Ochita had been making progress on how to show her emotions but she still couldn't smile. Her glare faded. Then she turned to me and asked.
"Do I really look like a Koumori?" she asked blowing up her bangs from her nose so I could see her face properly.
I didn't know what to say. Now that he mentioned it yeah she resembled a bat but...a really cute bat with a pretty face and-what am I talking about? I could lie and say no but she'd know I was lieing. I can't win.
Two police men came over saving me. I knew what they were going to say. 'swords have been outlawed'.
"Run." Ochita whispered.
"Ara?" I asked.
Both the cops stepped forward and a small smile played on each of there lips simultaniously. :A/N (chibi Ochita jumping around and doing cartwheels while her hat stays magically pasted to her head) I Know Who They AAAARRREEE!!!!: Then they drew their swords which weren't police man sabers. I didn't need to be told twice. These guys weren't cops.
"Seta-san Run!!" Ochita shouted.
"Huh?" Kai asked.
To late Ochita picked him and Kasoku up and ran with me. We ran through streets and by stands. Then into a forest at the other end of the town. I turned around to see if our adversaries were following us. They were just in view so I ran beside Ochita and asked, "What's going on?"
"Seta-san they want us dead so I will meet with you later. We will split up very muchly so. It will make things harder for them if they don't have the advantage of being together. Do not be afraid I will find you before tomorrow." Ochita said softly.
"But-"I didn't want her to leave me.
"Iie you will." She said then shot off into the trees.
I saw one of the men shoot off into the trees after her and the boys in her arms. I kept on running the man behind me. I started to use full shukuchi but the man, even though trailing behind me was still following percistantly.
Only way to get rid of him was to stop and fight so I turned around. The man caught up but didn't seem the least perplexed at my smile. In fact he was smiling himself. Only it was soft and gentle and almost seemed nice?? But I knew even though this man was giving off a massive amount of 'inocent sweet all I want to do is help the world' ki I wasn't going to be fooled.
"What do you want form me?" I asked with my usual cheerful tone.
"Your life." Was the quiet reply I got.
I got into a batojitsu stance.
Funny...he did the same. I lowered myself getting ready to do my trade mark attack but...he did the same. What was he doing? I didn't think twice about It and just struck out at him.
CLANG!!!!
"Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who shall be defeated after all?" The man said quietly with a hint of playfulness in his tone.
I backed up. I didn't know what he was doing but I didn't like it. Then I understood. His little comment...the stance he took...everything in time with me.
He was mirroring me.
Everything I did he did. Even the pace of our breathing was the same.
"Who are you?" I asked hoping I showed nothing in my voice.
"Ni." He smiled softly. It was almost the smile an adult would give to a child who was being silly. I really didn't like this.
So I began to fight him.
CLANG!!!
CLANG!!!
CLANG!!!
This wasn't working. The only way to get him to stop mirroring me was if I did something he didn't expect. Which ultimately meant something stupid. So I did.
I tried to impale him. He mirrored that too! Only he hit and I didn't. I fell to the ground in a pile of crumpled limbs. Then I stared up at him as he came closer and closer.
"Your not really a threat so I won't kill you. As for being the legendary Tenken we aren't really living up to that name are we? If your speed is all you've got with you now, I hope next time we meet you'll bring your technique. Perhaps it got sucked into a mirror too." He chided softly.
Then he left.
I got to my feet shakily but slowly. He was right. I had become really rusty sense I was the Tenken. I walked away.
I couldn't find Ochita because I couldn't find her ki. I never could. She might have tried to change her facial expressions but her eyes always seemed dead. When I found a river I peeled off my now bloodstained gi and western shirt, then my hakama, Tabi, and waragi. I then layed myself down in the river and let it wash my wound. I got out after what seemed like an hour and I washed my cloths. It was freezing out and I shivered as the wind whipped and bit at my skin. But still even despite the cold I put on my soaking cloths, then sat underneath a tree and thought.
I didn't eat, just thought. I wondered mostly about Ochita...well...more like worried. My mind just spun around idily and I couldn't think straight. I began to think back earlier to this week.
***Flashback***
"It's too cold to go in the water so you will carry Kasoku and track me very muchly so." Ochita said with her dazed tone.
"Fine!" Kai said as if he detested the child as well as his mother.
(Ochita shoots off in a random direction and Soujiro is there to help kai.)
"Stupid girl. What do you see in her?"
"Ara? What do you mean?"
"Well your always with her. Is it a love thing?"
"Ara? Nani?"
"Oh forget it, smiley boy. Getting any useful information on that baka onna from you is like squeezing water from a rock." Kai growled and stormed of in the direction he had seen Ochita go off in.
***End of Flashback***
I just sat there thinking. Why do I follow her around? What is it about her that I find so special? Why do I not feel alone when I'm close to her?
I stopped thinking. It was getting late so I got up and sought out to make camp somewhere. When I finally did find a good spot I sat down and leaned against a tree. Then after a while I fell asleep.
***Dream/memory***
why?
What did I ever do to them?
Somebody help me! Their following me. I've got to hide.
THERE! Under the eniguwa. I'll hide there. It's barely light enough to see. Their coming. Their going to kill me this time for sure. What do I do? I don't want to use the sword. But their going to kill me. Someones down here with me. Coming closer. I can see their eyes. I draw the sword and the metal gleems in what little light there is. I slash and instently smell the blood. I flick the droplets of the red substance off of the wakizashi.
I crawl out and continue to kill. I will survive. I'll be strong. The strong survive the weak die.
It's raining. It smells of blood. And I'm smiling. But... But...
I'm really...
Crying...
****Waking****
Author's POV
Soujiro woke up and started beating his head against the ground. It was raining just like that night and now he was crying. But suddenly his head fell on something soft. He tried to pick his head off of it and wack himself against anything hard. Tried to beat the memory out of his mind. But warm arms stopped him and held him close. He inhaled the soft thing and it smelled of rain water and peaches. He looked up and saw it was Ochita looking down at him without an expression on her face. Then her lips twitched in that small smile like motion and they stayed that way.
"It's okay Seta-san. I am with you now so everything is okay." She said softly. But Soujiro saw it. A small tear fell down her cheek and onto his face. He felt her ki. Her warriors spirit was there all around him and it was doing one thing that amazed him.
Ochita's warriors spirit was sad and it was creating the rain.