(A/N: Well, here it is! Chapter 5! Thanks for all the reviews! I've finally
reached 20 reviews, SUGOI!! SailorLonestar wants me to set up a deadline
for myself to update so I guess I'll try updating sooner, but even that
isn't guaranteed.)
Disclaimer: Don't own, just messin' with it.
Key:
"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
^~^~^~^Dream/Flashback^~^~^~^~^
~~~~~Change of Scene~~~~~~
A Reason to Live
Chapter 5: The Truth of the Sword
Jin and Megumi unwrapped the bandages on Jin's wounds. A week had passed by quickly and Jin's wounds had healed completely without any mishaps. Jin was relieved that he wasn't subdued to staying in the futon anymore. Megumi finished taking off the last of his bandages complimenting on how nicely the injuries had healed; leaving very few major scars.
"Well, it seems everything is normal. I have to admit, I'm quite surprised that you survived with all those injuries. Any ordinary man would have died with half of the amount of injuries you had. Well, I'm going to go prepare ohagi for everyone now," Megumi smiled as she grabbed her supplies and exited the room closing the shoji door behind her.
'Finally, after weeks of forced immobility I can finally get up without being hounded about my injuries. Kaoru sure does worry a lot and I wish she wouldn't. She reminds me too much of...her...'
Jin gets up and walks to open the shoji door and heads out to the yard passing Kenshin with a good morning greeting as he wandered off.
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(At the dojo...)
Kaoru sat with a fidgeting Yahiko as they attempted to complete morning meditation.
"Are we done yet?" Yahiko asked growing impatient to spar.
"Iie," Kaoru said calmly.
"Are we done yet?" "Iie,"
"Are we done yet??"
"IIE, AND WE WON'T BE IF YOU KEEP ASKING!" Kaoru finally snapped.
A moment of silence ensued as they resumed meditation.
"ARE WE DONE YET?!" Yahiko yelled.
Kaoru whacked Yahiko with her bokken annoyed sending him into the wall. Jin opened the shoji door just as Yahiko made contact with the wall.
"Oh, hi there Yahiko-chan," Jin said as Yahiko slowly slide to the ground.
"Ohayo Kamiya-san," Jin turned his head to greet Kaoru.
"Ohayo Jin-san, so you are completely healed now?" Kaoru smiled at him.
"Hai, Megumi-san gave the okay to do as I wish now," Jin helped Kaoru up from her sitting position.
Yahiko got up and grabbed a shinai from the rack and threw it at Jin's head for calling him -chan. Right before it could connect with his head, Jin caught the shinai twirling it a bit and put his hands on the handle in a fighting stance. Yahiko and Kaoru gasped in surprise at Jin's little feat.
"How did you do that?" Yahiko said in awe.
"During my travels, if I kept my guard down I would be killed in an instant. I'm careful and watch my surroundings because every day was a fight for survival," Jin smiled pointing the shinai at Yahiko.
Kaoru smiled seeing that Jin was a little more open. Yahiko picked up his own shinai and walked back to Kaoru and Jin.
"I guess we could start sparing now Yahiko," Kaoru picked up her bokken and got into a fighting stance and Yahiko proceeded to do the same.
"Anou...Kamiya-san?," Jin interrupted, "Would it be alright if I could spar with Yahiko?"
"A-Are you sure? So soon after your recovery?" Kaoru asked.
"Maa, Maa, its alright and I have gotten a bit rusty on my sword techniques. I didn't get to learn much since I left about six months after I began training. I'd like to see how I fair sparring with a more up to date student of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu," Jin smirked at Yahiko.
"Heh, I'm no pushover you jerk. Watch yourself or you'll get a pounding from ME, Master Myojin Yahiko!" Yahiko shifted his attention to Jin with a conceited smirk.
"Master are you? Well, let's just see about that," Jin lunged at Yahiko with the shinai nearly jabbing him in the stomach, but Yahiko dodged in time and took a swing at Jin.
Jin blocked Yahiko's attack and went on the defensive as Yahiko tried to land hit after hit furiously at Jin using every technique he learned. Jin blocked Yahiko's moves with ease barely even budging from his spot.
'Hm...Yahiko's form is good, but his attacking without mercy is leaving lots of careless openings for me to strike.' Jin continued to analyze the young student.
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(In Jin's room...)
Kenshin walked in a set down Jin's new and old (clean) clothes down near the rolled up futon. He proceeded to clean the room.
'Jin-dono is a very neat person,' Kenshin noted how organized Jin's room was.
As he continued to clean the room Sanosuke walked in, "Oi Kenshin, still cleaning?"
"Hai," Kenshin continued until he came in contact with Jin's katana.
Kenshin stared at it and Sanosuke sat down and looked at it too.
"From the looks of it, it seems very old, de gozaru yo" Kenshin handled the sword with extreme care.
"You think he ever used it to kill someone?" Sanosuke asked.
"I don't know Sano, but there are two ways to find out," Kenshin said, "we could either ask Jin-dono himself or look at the sword."
"Hm...asking the guy is kinda risky, he might lie about his answer so let's check out the sword first," Sano replied thinking a bit.
Kenshin nodded and with a determined look on his face, he slowly unsheathed the sword...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Back at the dojo...)
"KYAHH!!!" Yahiko made another swing in which Jin blocked without much enthusiasm and yawned to emphasize his growing boredom.
Yahiko growled, "Don't get cocky with me, you've barely made any moves in the offensive."
Jin sighed, 'Maybe I should stop this now.'
As Yahiko made another swing Jin used his block to throw Yahiko off balance and began going into the offensive. Yahiko barely blocked a blow to his right side and was surprised when a second later he was whacked in the back by Jin's shinai. Kaoru clapped in approval and congratulated Jin on his victory.
"Amazing speed and agility, Jin-san. You were great for not learning for not learning much," Kaoru smiled.
"Arigato, the only lesson I was taught was to spot for openings and use the opponent's strength against them. With Yahiko-chan, I was able to spot many careless openings right in the beginning, but I waited to analyze what else he could do," Jin smiled lending a hand to Yahiko to help him up.
"I can't believe I lost," Yahiko grumbled kicking at the floor.
"Don't worry too much about it Yahiko-chan, just learn from your mistakes," Jin put his shinai back on to the rack.
Just then, the door opened and Kenshin and Sanosuke standing in the doorway with Jin's sword.
"Daijoubu Kenshin? Doushitano?" Kaoru asked moving toward the two.
Kenshin was looking at Jin with a glare not noticing Kaoru and Yahiko at all. Sanosuke had his hands in his pockets and looking at Jin in silence. Jin noticed their looks and faced them.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked again.
"Jin-dono, I have a question I would like to ask you de gozaru yo," Kenshin narrowed his eyes and brought the sword out in front of him gripping it in his right hand.
"On this sword there are chipped parts signifying usage and there are stains of blood. Did you use this sword to kill people?" Kenshin spoke in a low voice.
Kenshin, Sanosuke, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Megumi (who had come in with a plate full of ohagi) stared at Jin awaiting his answer in a deadly silence.
"I won't lie to any of you so," Jin paused his face betraying no emotion closing his eyes and opening them again to look at the group, "hai...I have killed people..."
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Japanese Dictionary:
Ohagi - it's some kind sweet cake, Megumi made this during some episodes of the anime.
Shoji - rice paper door
Bokken/Shinai - wooden practice swords used for kendo/kenjutsu
Iie - No
Hai - Yes
Ohayo (gozaimasu) - Good Morning
-san/-dono/-chan - respective additives attached to names based on relationship Dojo - building for practicing martial arts (ex: kenjutsu)
Anou - Umm...
Maa, Maa - Now, now (used in a calming manner)
Oi - Hey (Sano's usual greeting)
Katana - Japanese sword (for those who don't know)
De gozaru yo - Kenshin says this at the end of almost every sentence (I'm not sure how to explain it *bangs head on wall out of frustration*)
Arigato - Thanks/Thank you
Daijoubu Kenshin? - Are you alright Kenshin?
Doushitano? - What's Wrong?
Review Commentary:
SailorLoneStar - Didn't you read the notice at all? I told you that the notice would be replaced by the real chapter 4 and I also told you not to review on that chapter baka! Thanks for the comments...sorta...and Expo was really fun wasn't it?
Animeluverthatiam - plz don't hurt me, I know it didn't come out soon enough and I hope you like this chapter. *gets to work on chapter 6*
LunaAngel - well, that's one vote for K/K and I'm glad you like this story.
Anonymous - uh, yea about the sou ka thing, I'm not too sure either. I watched a few anime and this subtitled it that way, but thanks for telling me. Glad you like the story and I hope you like this chapter.
can't-get-enough-anime - Thanks for your opinion and here's the chapter you've been waiting for. Sorry if it's short, but I'll make up for it.
(A/N: Cliff hanger!! Yea I know this chapter is short, but I'm making up for it in the next chapter and its gonna be good; that's a promise. Hopefully you guys aren't too disappointed with this chapter, it took me a LONG time to get this out due to many distractions. *cough* Deloria *cough* Online *cough* Ahem, I would like to note again that if you'd like to be added or taken off of the mailing list please tell me. I don't want to flood people with unwanted e-mail or ignore you and make you upset.
Another thing is that this Jap vocab/dictionary thing gets really long and I seem to be repeating those terms that are already up on the last chapters. I want you people to tell me to either continue doing this or just explain the new terms ok? I also asked in an earlier chapter what pairings you guys want. All I got was one for K/K and one that doesn't have a preference. People, I need feedback so tell me what pairings ya want! I only need 5 votes either or, its not that complicated.
If you guys get tired of waiting then complain to me via reviews, e- mail, or AIM, which ever works the best for you. Well, sayonara...until next we meet...)
Disclaimer: Don't own, just messin' with it.
Key:
"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
^~^~^~^Dream/Flashback^~^~^~^~^
~~~~~Change of Scene~~~~~~
A Reason to Live
Chapter 5: The Truth of the Sword
Jin and Megumi unwrapped the bandages on Jin's wounds. A week had passed by quickly and Jin's wounds had healed completely without any mishaps. Jin was relieved that he wasn't subdued to staying in the futon anymore. Megumi finished taking off the last of his bandages complimenting on how nicely the injuries had healed; leaving very few major scars.
"Well, it seems everything is normal. I have to admit, I'm quite surprised that you survived with all those injuries. Any ordinary man would have died with half of the amount of injuries you had. Well, I'm going to go prepare ohagi for everyone now," Megumi smiled as she grabbed her supplies and exited the room closing the shoji door behind her.
'Finally, after weeks of forced immobility I can finally get up without being hounded about my injuries. Kaoru sure does worry a lot and I wish she wouldn't. She reminds me too much of...her...'
Jin gets up and walks to open the shoji door and heads out to the yard passing Kenshin with a good morning greeting as he wandered off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(At the dojo...)
Kaoru sat with a fidgeting Yahiko as they attempted to complete morning meditation.
"Are we done yet?" Yahiko asked growing impatient to spar.
"Iie," Kaoru said calmly.
"Are we done yet?" "Iie,"
"Are we done yet??"
"IIE, AND WE WON'T BE IF YOU KEEP ASKING!" Kaoru finally snapped.
A moment of silence ensued as they resumed meditation.
"ARE WE DONE YET?!" Yahiko yelled.
Kaoru whacked Yahiko with her bokken annoyed sending him into the wall. Jin opened the shoji door just as Yahiko made contact with the wall.
"Oh, hi there Yahiko-chan," Jin said as Yahiko slowly slide to the ground.
"Ohayo Kamiya-san," Jin turned his head to greet Kaoru.
"Ohayo Jin-san, so you are completely healed now?" Kaoru smiled at him.
"Hai, Megumi-san gave the okay to do as I wish now," Jin helped Kaoru up from her sitting position.
Yahiko got up and grabbed a shinai from the rack and threw it at Jin's head for calling him -chan. Right before it could connect with his head, Jin caught the shinai twirling it a bit and put his hands on the handle in a fighting stance. Yahiko and Kaoru gasped in surprise at Jin's little feat.
"How did you do that?" Yahiko said in awe.
"During my travels, if I kept my guard down I would be killed in an instant. I'm careful and watch my surroundings because every day was a fight for survival," Jin smiled pointing the shinai at Yahiko.
Kaoru smiled seeing that Jin was a little more open. Yahiko picked up his own shinai and walked back to Kaoru and Jin.
"I guess we could start sparing now Yahiko," Kaoru picked up her bokken and got into a fighting stance and Yahiko proceeded to do the same.
"Anou...Kamiya-san?," Jin interrupted, "Would it be alright if I could spar with Yahiko?"
"A-Are you sure? So soon after your recovery?" Kaoru asked.
"Maa, Maa, its alright and I have gotten a bit rusty on my sword techniques. I didn't get to learn much since I left about six months after I began training. I'd like to see how I fair sparring with a more up to date student of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu," Jin smirked at Yahiko.
"Heh, I'm no pushover you jerk. Watch yourself or you'll get a pounding from ME, Master Myojin Yahiko!" Yahiko shifted his attention to Jin with a conceited smirk.
"Master are you? Well, let's just see about that," Jin lunged at Yahiko with the shinai nearly jabbing him in the stomach, but Yahiko dodged in time and took a swing at Jin.
Jin blocked Yahiko's attack and went on the defensive as Yahiko tried to land hit after hit furiously at Jin using every technique he learned. Jin blocked Yahiko's moves with ease barely even budging from his spot.
'Hm...Yahiko's form is good, but his attacking without mercy is leaving lots of careless openings for me to strike.' Jin continued to analyze the young student.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(In Jin's room...)
Kenshin walked in a set down Jin's new and old (clean) clothes down near the rolled up futon. He proceeded to clean the room.
'Jin-dono is a very neat person,' Kenshin noted how organized Jin's room was.
As he continued to clean the room Sanosuke walked in, "Oi Kenshin, still cleaning?"
"Hai," Kenshin continued until he came in contact with Jin's katana.
Kenshin stared at it and Sanosuke sat down and looked at it too.
"From the looks of it, it seems very old, de gozaru yo" Kenshin handled the sword with extreme care.
"You think he ever used it to kill someone?" Sanosuke asked.
"I don't know Sano, but there are two ways to find out," Kenshin said, "we could either ask Jin-dono himself or look at the sword."
"Hm...asking the guy is kinda risky, he might lie about his answer so let's check out the sword first," Sano replied thinking a bit.
Kenshin nodded and with a determined look on his face, he slowly unsheathed the sword...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Back at the dojo...)
"KYAHH!!!" Yahiko made another swing in which Jin blocked without much enthusiasm and yawned to emphasize his growing boredom.
Yahiko growled, "Don't get cocky with me, you've barely made any moves in the offensive."
Jin sighed, 'Maybe I should stop this now.'
As Yahiko made another swing Jin used his block to throw Yahiko off balance and began going into the offensive. Yahiko barely blocked a blow to his right side and was surprised when a second later he was whacked in the back by Jin's shinai. Kaoru clapped in approval and congratulated Jin on his victory.
"Amazing speed and agility, Jin-san. You were great for not learning for not learning much," Kaoru smiled.
"Arigato, the only lesson I was taught was to spot for openings and use the opponent's strength against them. With Yahiko-chan, I was able to spot many careless openings right in the beginning, but I waited to analyze what else he could do," Jin smiled lending a hand to Yahiko to help him up.
"I can't believe I lost," Yahiko grumbled kicking at the floor.
"Don't worry too much about it Yahiko-chan, just learn from your mistakes," Jin put his shinai back on to the rack.
Just then, the door opened and Kenshin and Sanosuke standing in the doorway with Jin's sword.
"Daijoubu Kenshin? Doushitano?" Kaoru asked moving toward the two.
Kenshin was looking at Jin with a glare not noticing Kaoru and Yahiko at all. Sanosuke had his hands in his pockets and looking at Jin in silence. Jin noticed their looks and faced them.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked again.
"Jin-dono, I have a question I would like to ask you de gozaru yo," Kenshin narrowed his eyes and brought the sword out in front of him gripping it in his right hand.
"On this sword there are chipped parts signifying usage and there are stains of blood. Did you use this sword to kill people?" Kenshin spoke in a low voice.
Kenshin, Sanosuke, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Megumi (who had come in with a plate full of ohagi) stared at Jin awaiting his answer in a deadly silence.
"I won't lie to any of you so," Jin paused his face betraying no emotion closing his eyes and opening them again to look at the group, "hai...I have killed people..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Japanese Dictionary:
Ohagi - it's some kind sweet cake, Megumi made this during some episodes of the anime.
Shoji - rice paper door
Bokken/Shinai - wooden practice swords used for kendo/kenjutsu
Iie - No
Hai - Yes
Ohayo (gozaimasu) - Good Morning
-san/-dono/-chan - respective additives attached to names based on relationship Dojo - building for practicing martial arts (ex: kenjutsu)
Anou - Umm...
Maa, Maa - Now, now (used in a calming manner)
Oi - Hey (Sano's usual greeting)
Katana - Japanese sword (for those who don't know)
De gozaru yo - Kenshin says this at the end of almost every sentence (I'm not sure how to explain it *bangs head on wall out of frustration*)
Arigato - Thanks/Thank you
Daijoubu Kenshin? - Are you alright Kenshin?
Doushitano? - What's Wrong?
Review Commentary:
SailorLoneStar - Didn't you read the notice at all? I told you that the notice would be replaced by the real chapter 4 and I also told you not to review on that chapter baka! Thanks for the comments...sorta...and Expo was really fun wasn't it?
Animeluverthatiam - plz don't hurt me, I know it didn't come out soon enough and I hope you like this chapter. *gets to work on chapter 6*
LunaAngel - well, that's one vote for K/K and I'm glad you like this story.
Anonymous - uh, yea about the sou ka thing, I'm not too sure either. I watched a few anime and this subtitled it that way, but thanks for telling me. Glad you like the story and I hope you like this chapter.
can't-get-enough-anime - Thanks for your opinion and here's the chapter you've been waiting for. Sorry if it's short, but I'll make up for it.
(A/N: Cliff hanger!! Yea I know this chapter is short, but I'm making up for it in the next chapter and its gonna be good; that's a promise. Hopefully you guys aren't too disappointed with this chapter, it took me a LONG time to get this out due to many distractions. *cough* Deloria *cough* Online *cough* Ahem, I would like to note again that if you'd like to be added or taken off of the mailing list please tell me. I don't want to flood people with unwanted e-mail or ignore you and make you upset.
Another thing is that this Jap vocab/dictionary thing gets really long and I seem to be repeating those terms that are already up on the last chapters. I want you people to tell me to either continue doing this or just explain the new terms ok? I also asked in an earlier chapter what pairings you guys want. All I got was one for K/K and one that doesn't have a preference. People, I need feedback so tell me what pairings ya want! I only need 5 votes either or, its not that complicated.
If you guys get tired of waiting then complain to me via reviews, e- mail, or AIM, which ever works the best for you. Well, sayonara...until next we meet...)
