ORO?? Ok, I had this great fight scene in my head right? Right, but then my
sister rented kill bill and I lost it... so I was going to just let it go for
a while but I felt guilty about not writing in a while... I'm going to ask
you to bear with me while you read this cause I got the idea while walking
home from my philosophy class... there where a bunch of kids running down a
hill, one of them was playing with a mirror and nearly blinded me to death
with the reflection of the sun... I almost fell down some stairs... !!!
Anyway, kenshin does not belong to me, though Tsukasa and Katsu do... um. Other than that, have a nice day, read my story, leave me copious amounts of reviews, and I'll get back to that fight scene I had planned....
Btw- rent kill bill! Its awesome!
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The sun shot through the leaves, illuminating the path as the boys trudged along. Tsukasa had been silent since they'd left, his only sound was a sigh every couple of miles. Kenshin didn't mind, after years alone with only his Master as company he'd lost the art of conversation.
"Tsuki!" a small voice popped the boys out of their solitary minds. "Look! I found flowers!" Katsu had skipped ahead of them with Kenshin's warning to scream like a banshee if she saw anyone. But the little girl was sitting in the middle of the path, weaving yellow blooms together.
"Those are dandelions Katsu." Tsukasa smiled, and went to kneel next to her. "They're not flowers, they're weeds."
"But they're so pretty!" Katsu objected.
"Yes, they are very nice." Kenshin agreed, settling to one knee to be at her eye level.
"So you'll wear it!" Katsu jumped up and down with the dandelion chains clutched precariously in her exited little fists.
"Oro?" Kenshin blinked as she set one link delicately on his head. Tsukasa grinned as the bright yellow weeds stood out against the blood-red hair of their teenage bodyguard, but his grin fell as Katsu clapped her hands and said,
"I made one for you too Tsukasa!"
**
So the trio continued on their way, Tsukasa muttering something about sisters, darkly, under his breath, and Kenshin still blinking in confusion. Suddenly a scream ripped through the forest.
"Katsu!"
Kenshin reached Katsu's side first. He shoved her behind him and face the dirty man who had just stepped from the side of the path. A nasty, stained red and rusting, katana was held limply in his right hand.
"I would advise you to give up any and all valuables you would be carrying. If you do I might let you live." The bandits blond hair was stringy and stank like he distained the concept of a basic bath. He jeered at the boys and their young charge cheekily.
"I would advise you to walk away friend." Kenshin's voice was hard, but bored, as his violet eyes flashed in determination. The bandits eyes studied the young man, measuring the likelihood of a good fight. As he reached the dandelion chain on Kenshin's head he laughed.
"Like I'd walk from a kid with flowers on his head!" he chuckled, inviting the men who had emerged from the wood to ridicule the teen with him.
"Baka!" Katsu stuck her tongue out and hid behind her brothers leg. Tsukasa merely shifted to keep Katsu in between himself Kenshin. He rubbed his ribs regretfully with the heel of his hand.
"Kenshin, I do not believe they will give up without a fight." All the men around them looked hungry, dirty, and willing to slaughter anyone who did not comply with their demands.
"Give up? Ha!" one with dark hair, twisted back from a wide brow, laughed as he drew his katana. "I am Liko, formerly of the Fox yakuza, a mere slip of a boy like you could never defeat me!"
"Trust me good sir, if I had not bruised ribs and was in fact armed, I would deal with you satisfactorily." Tsukasa lifted his chin and nodded over to Kenshin, "I know I have no right to ask this of you Kenshin."
"Tsukasa?" Kenshin narrowed his eyes as he mentally planned the first swipe.
"These men are just idiots, as my sister so succinctly said. I would ask that you don't kill them." Kenshin merely nodded as the blondes patience snapped.
"You think you pansy's can defeat me?"
"Sir, these are not pansy's," Kenshin looked at him strangely, "They are weeds."
"AHHHH!" The bandit gave out a scream, his katana held over his head as he charged. Kenshin just jumped out of the way, Katsu in his arms, and pushed Tsukasa to a tree.
"Just stay here with her. Don't let her watch." Meanwhile the bandit, having missed, was gearing himself up for another attack. "That was rude, you did not wait for them to get out of our way."
He leaned back into hiten mitsurugi-ryu stance and narrowed his eyes to avoid the glint of the sun peeking through the trees. He stayed like that as the light dappled around him, reflecting off the flowers in his hair.
"Attack me then." He said. The bandit leader screamed and, once again, ran to attack. The flash and loud clang of metal against metal assaulted both eyes and ears at the same time. While the bandits all blinked to get rid of the dots in front of their eyes, Kenshin swung Katsu onto his back, grabbed Tsukasa's shirt, and began to run. "You'll be fine in a minute. Sorry I couldn't warn you in time for you to cover your eyes. It was a spur of the moment."
"Are they all still alive?" Tsukasa asked. He knew that one day he would command his fathers rebels, and deal with the death of them on almost a daily basis, but as one who was perhaps wiser than his years, he felt it was best to put that off for as long as possible.
"They were all closer to the fight, and looking directly at us, they'll be blinded for quite a while, Tsukasa, but nobody's dead."
"Thank you."
"How are your eyes?"
"Better."
"Katsu?" Kenshin bounced her on his shoulders, and she giggled. "How are your eyes Katsu-chan?"
"Good! I didn't watch Kenshin!"
"Good."
Gradually as they walked the forest began to give way to a farm on one side.
"Wow." Kenshin stared out at the rice plants growing from the watery ground as far back as the eye could see. "You see this?"
"Yes Kenshin." Tsukasa grinned at the swordsman. It was a treat to watch the youth discover new things. Through Kenshin's eyes Tsukasa realized that he was seeing Japan in a new light. "We'll protect it." He said as he clapped his hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "We'll all be free one day."
Anyway, kenshin does not belong to me, though Tsukasa and Katsu do... um. Other than that, have a nice day, read my story, leave me copious amounts of reviews, and I'll get back to that fight scene I had planned....
Btw- rent kill bill! Its awesome!
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The sun shot through the leaves, illuminating the path as the boys trudged along. Tsukasa had been silent since they'd left, his only sound was a sigh every couple of miles. Kenshin didn't mind, after years alone with only his Master as company he'd lost the art of conversation.
"Tsuki!" a small voice popped the boys out of their solitary minds. "Look! I found flowers!" Katsu had skipped ahead of them with Kenshin's warning to scream like a banshee if she saw anyone. But the little girl was sitting in the middle of the path, weaving yellow blooms together.
"Those are dandelions Katsu." Tsukasa smiled, and went to kneel next to her. "They're not flowers, they're weeds."
"But they're so pretty!" Katsu objected.
"Yes, they are very nice." Kenshin agreed, settling to one knee to be at her eye level.
"So you'll wear it!" Katsu jumped up and down with the dandelion chains clutched precariously in her exited little fists.
"Oro?" Kenshin blinked as she set one link delicately on his head. Tsukasa grinned as the bright yellow weeds stood out against the blood-red hair of their teenage bodyguard, but his grin fell as Katsu clapped her hands and said,
"I made one for you too Tsukasa!"
**
So the trio continued on their way, Tsukasa muttering something about sisters, darkly, under his breath, and Kenshin still blinking in confusion. Suddenly a scream ripped through the forest.
"Katsu!"
Kenshin reached Katsu's side first. He shoved her behind him and face the dirty man who had just stepped from the side of the path. A nasty, stained red and rusting, katana was held limply in his right hand.
"I would advise you to give up any and all valuables you would be carrying. If you do I might let you live." The bandits blond hair was stringy and stank like he distained the concept of a basic bath. He jeered at the boys and their young charge cheekily.
"I would advise you to walk away friend." Kenshin's voice was hard, but bored, as his violet eyes flashed in determination. The bandits eyes studied the young man, measuring the likelihood of a good fight. As he reached the dandelion chain on Kenshin's head he laughed.
"Like I'd walk from a kid with flowers on his head!" he chuckled, inviting the men who had emerged from the wood to ridicule the teen with him.
"Baka!" Katsu stuck her tongue out and hid behind her brothers leg. Tsukasa merely shifted to keep Katsu in between himself Kenshin. He rubbed his ribs regretfully with the heel of his hand.
"Kenshin, I do not believe they will give up without a fight." All the men around them looked hungry, dirty, and willing to slaughter anyone who did not comply with their demands.
"Give up? Ha!" one with dark hair, twisted back from a wide brow, laughed as he drew his katana. "I am Liko, formerly of the Fox yakuza, a mere slip of a boy like you could never defeat me!"
"Trust me good sir, if I had not bruised ribs and was in fact armed, I would deal with you satisfactorily." Tsukasa lifted his chin and nodded over to Kenshin, "I know I have no right to ask this of you Kenshin."
"Tsukasa?" Kenshin narrowed his eyes as he mentally planned the first swipe.
"These men are just idiots, as my sister so succinctly said. I would ask that you don't kill them." Kenshin merely nodded as the blondes patience snapped.
"You think you pansy's can defeat me?"
"Sir, these are not pansy's," Kenshin looked at him strangely, "They are weeds."
"AHHHH!" The bandit gave out a scream, his katana held over his head as he charged. Kenshin just jumped out of the way, Katsu in his arms, and pushed Tsukasa to a tree.
"Just stay here with her. Don't let her watch." Meanwhile the bandit, having missed, was gearing himself up for another attack. "That was rude, you did not wait for them to get out of our way."
He leaned back into hiten mitsurugi-ryu stance and narrowed his eyes to avoid the glint of the sun peeking through the trees. He stayed like that as the light dappled around him, reflecting off the flowers in his hair.
"Attack me then." He said. The bandit leader screamed and, once again, ran to attack. The flash and loud clang of metal against metal assaulted both eyes and ears at the same time. While the bandits all blinked to get rid of the dots in front of their eyes, Kenshin swung Katsu onto his back, grabbed Tsukasa's shirt, and began to run. "You'll be fine in a minute. Sorry I couldn't warn you in time for you to cover your eyes. It was a spur of the moment."
"Are they all still alive?" Tsukasa asked. He knew that one day he would command his fathers rebels, and deal with the death of them on almost a daily basis, but as one who was perhaps wiser than his years, he felt it was best to put that off for as long as possible.
"They were all closer to the fight, and looking directly at us, they'll be blinded for quite a while, Tsukasa, but nobody's dead."
"Thank you."
"How are your eyes?"
"Better."
"Katsu?" Kenshin bounced her on his shoulders, and she giggled. "How are your eyes Katsu-chan?"
"Good! I didn't watch Kenshin!"
"Good."
Gradually as they walked the forest began to give way to a farm on one side.
"Wow." Kenshin stared out at the rice plants growing from the watery ground as far back as the eye could see. "You see this?"
"Yes Kenshin." Tsukasa grinned at the swordsman. It was a treat to watch the youth discover new things. Through Kenshin's eyes Tsukasa realized that he was seeing Japan in a new light. "We'll protect it." He said as he clapped his hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "We'll all be free one day."