A/N: Well guys. I don't expect anyone to read this really but I decided to get my act together I'm sure you understand high school is really hectic but this is no excuse for the really really long wait. I'm bored and am about to start beta'ing another story so I decided to finish this one. Translations are at the bottom.
Disclaimer: No I don't own Rurouni Kenshin
Ch 13: A New Life Part 2
As a boat sped across the waters towards Japan a young man stood at the bow of the ship his eyes focused on the blackness ahead, his gloved hands clenched the railing tightly. He was dressed all in black with a black cloak with the hood pulled up. His blue eyes seemed to glow in the dark. He was lost in his own dark thoughts.
At The Dojo--
Kaoru sighed as she put Yahiko through his paces. It had been 1 and half months since the Battousai had returned, they were waiting anxiously for the manslayer Dr. Genzai had sworn was coming, the days were becoming more and more oppressive until Kaoru and Yahiko could barely even leave the dojo grounds. Sano came and went pretty much as he pleased; he was carrying letters and messages back and forth from the dojo and the clinic. Kaoru was yanked out of her thoughts as a cry came from Yahiko. When she whirled to face him she saw that he had tripped over a rock and landed awkwardly on his arm.
"Yahiko!" she gasped "Are you alright?" She knelt on the ground next to him and examined the arm. Yahiko winced when she touched it "Hey! Watch it ugly!" he growled. "Be quiet Yahiko, I think it's broken" She sighed "We should get you to the clinic". Yahiko protested "Battousai wouldn't like that" "No, but it will be much easier to take you there than to make someone come all the way up here, so up we go." She helped him to his feet and sat him on the steps while she wrote a hurried note to Battousai explaining what had happened. Than she and Yahiko began the walk to the clinic.
At The Clinic--
Alaina was the only one in. Dr. Genzai had taken Ayame and Suzumi to a friends house while he tended to the grandmother and Megumi was off somewhere with Sano.
Alaina glanced up from her book as she heard the pitter patter of rain beginning to fall as the sky fell into darkness. She heard a pounding on the clinic door and a woman's voice shouting, she ran to the door and opened allowing a wet and bedraggled Kaoru in followed by an equally wet and bedraggled Yahiko.
"Kaoru" she gasped " For what reason do you come here?" Alaina said in halting heavily accented English. "It's Yahiko" Kaoru said crisply "He fell on his arm I think it might be broken" Alaina glanced at Yahiko "Me permettre de voir votre bras" Yahiko looked confused but she held out her hand and he placed his arm into her hand. She surveyed the arm her fingers moving lightly over the badly bruised appendage. "Oui" She replied "Sans aucun doute cassé" Kaoru understood the tone of voice that Alain used and said "So it's broken?" at Alaina's nod Kaoru sighed and said "Will you be able to fix it?" Alaina thought for a moment and then nodded "Oui, but petit Yahiko must stay here at la clinique" "For how long?" Kaoru asked. Alaina held up one finger "Une nuit non plus"
On The Boat--
The Boat had docked and the mysterious man made his way through the streets toward his destination.
At The Clinic--
Megumi and Dr. Genzai had returned sometime later after Alaina had set Yahiko's arm. They were all gathered in the main area of the clinic. Megumi was filling out some paperwork, Yahiko was dosing on a sofa, Kaoru was watching Yahiko, Dr. Genzai was sitting at his desk writing in his medical journal, Sano was snoring on the floor by Megumi, and Alaina was reading a book. The rain was still falling and had turned into a raging thunderstorm. Suddenly with a loud bang the door swung open revealing a dark figure with a flash of lightening lighting the sky. (A/N: yea yea, SUCH a cliché I couldn't help It. :-D)
Yep, I know I said this was gonna be the last chapter but it won't be. The next one should be and if I don't update within a week send me nasty emails because I check me email every day. So thanks! And it's very short but at least I updated hey?
Translations:
Me permettre de voir votre bras: Let me see the arm
Sans aucun doute cassé: Without a doubt it's broken
Petit: Little
La Clinique: The Clinic
Une nuit non plus: One Night, no more
