A/N: School. Is. Finally. Out. HALLELUJIA!
To Become Alive...-
It's so strange to just sit, in a broken, withered tree, and watch your friends and all the crazy things they do. They could be going insane while you can't help them. They could be becoming a thief, murderer, or some other type of criminal while you can't talk them out of it.
Battosai watched Sanosuke dig closer to where the coffin had been. Some thin clouds were drifting through the sky and slightly dimmed the bright full moon.
"Just a (pant) little more...almost there..." the man struggled to say. It had finally sunk in that he was digging up a grave a while ago and the fact was putting him on edge. "I'm almost there, Kenshin...(pant)...I'm sorry...for b-"
Thud.
Sanosuke blinked for a second before realizing that his quick-moving hands had hit something more solid than the mud he was digging in. He swiped at some ofthe remaining wet earth and saw thewood underneath. It was broken, for the coffin had caved in. The wood was removed and Sanosuke looked hard at the mess that had been hidden just moments ago.
It was Kenshin. A COMPLETE Kenshin, not decomposing or something similar that would have been expected from a body that had been buried for over a week.
The thin clouds hanging overhead started drifting away faster than before and completely uncovered the glowing sphere in the sky. Moonlight fell upon the dead body that had been unearthed.
Sanosuke looked at his friend's face and all color drained from his skin.
"So, the Battosai is finally ready to be destroyed permanently." If Sanosuke was not terrified by Kenshin's face completely, he was now.
"...Saitoh..."
The tall man merely looked down upon the one in the grave. "Remove yourself from that hole or you will perish with your friend's soul," said Saitoh as he drew his sword.
"Yes, get out of the way."
Sanosuke's head whipped downward and looked at Kenshin's flashing amber eyes. "We have a battle that needs to be completed," said the red-haired swordsman, who was dead no longer. The taller man scrambled out of the grave and stumbled backwards a few steps.
Kenshin's bodyfloated upout of the grave before landing at the foot of his own burial hole. He whipped his right arm out to the side, fingers unclenched. A transparent grayfire swirled around his limb before gathering at his hand.
With a small flash of light, a sword appeared in his palm, but it was not a reverse-blade sword.
"...Saitoh," said the swordsman in an echoing voice, "I know what it is you wish to accomplish here. If you rejoin the body and soul of a person on the night of the full moon and kill them again they will become nothing. There will be nothing left. You wish to annihilate me from both this world and the next."
The opposing swordsman bent into his famous pose while saying, "Good, that saves me the time to explain. Now die, Battosai!" He dashed forward towards Kenshin, prepared to stab him, but the attack was easily dodged by a simple float upwards. The crimson-haired man dove down and slashed at Saitoh, who blocked.
Brilliant flashes nearly blinded Sanosuke as moon reflected off of both duelers flying swords. When one person seemed to be getting the upper hand, the other would unleash a powerful blow that would reverse their fortunes, until the first would reply with another stronge attack, and the process would repeat itself. Neither compeditor acheived the superior hand, until...
Kenshin struck hard and fast, a stabbing move, that caught his opponent offguard due to the fact that he normally used slashingattacks. The sword sunk deep intoSaitoh's chest. "There was something you must have overlooked when you researched that old myth," said the red-haired man as he held his weapon in place.
"And what would that be?" spat Saitoh ashis sword dropped to the ground.
"'After the duel is complete,'" Kenshin recited, as if reading a book no one could see, "'there are two possible outcomes. The first: the dead one's soul and body are both destroyed and he will never move on to the other life. The second: the one who initiated the ritual has his body and soul demolished instead of the one he was trying to ruin, and the dead one will be returned to life. Theresults are decided by whomever wins the duel.' You took a risky choice, Saitoh, and now you shall face the consequences." The swordsman drew his weapon back and slashed across his opponent's stomach. "You lose."
Sanosuke watched as Saitoh's body disappeared before looking over at Kenshin, who looked back. "So," said the man, "you're really back...not like last night?" His friend nodded. A goofy grin spread over Sano's face, the first one in a long time it felt to him. "Nobody is gonna believe this..."
"...you're right..."
Kenshin turned around and was about to start off when he was stopped.
"Just because they won't believe it doesn't mean you have to leave, y'know?" said Sanosuke, his hand on the shorter man's shoulder, "Besides, I think Kaoru might need to see you again." The swordsman didn't turn around so his face could not be seen, but his suddenly shaky voice gave him away.
"I've killed someone, two people infact. I do not think that would be appreciated back at the dojo."
"No, no it wouldn't. But that doesn't mean they don't want you back. After all, you were there, weren't you? That little girl said you were."
"...she was right. I was watching you."
"Then come on. I don't think they would care even if you are the Battosai."
Sanosuke hearda dry laugh. "No they wouldn't care, would they? It's not like it would change anything. People would still come after me but the only difference would be that I would kill them."
"Then just don't do it in front of Kaoru."
"...heh." Kenshin turned around and Sanosuke saw the amber gleaming in his eyes. "That, I could do."
"What are we waiting for then? Winter? Let's go!" A cocky grin spread over his face as he turned around and started walking in the direction of the dojo, the Battosai right behind him.
A/N: My friend has been bugging me to update this. She's also been telling me to kill off Kaoru. O.o
And just if you wanted this to continue (I'm hoping you do) I just felt I should warn you. It might get darker because he's the Battosai and all. Kenshin won't be afraid to kill people and that will start rubbing off on Sanosuke.