Shadow light
Hey! I do not own Rurouni Kenshin and you know the rest… Here is chapter three!
Prev: She nodded. "I'll do it." Sojiro kept smiling and Shishio even smiled a little. "Then we must get going, before anyone sees us here." Sora picked up here two katanas and followed Shishio and Sojiro.
Sora looked around. This was the fourth village that they where walking true. There were always people that looked scared at Shishio and even run in there houses. Sora looked at Shishio for a moment. Maybe he didn't notice it or he just didn't care. Shishio looked forward, still with no expression on his face.
"Where are we going to Shishio-sama?" Sora asked carefully.
Shishio didn't look at her, he kept looking forward.
"I will tell you once we are out of this village." He said.
Sora nodded and didn't ask anything more. When they where almost out of the village, five men stopped them. The where armed with knives and some katanas.
"You are that Shishio Makoto guy aren't you?!" One of them yelled. "That guy that betrayed the Meji!"
Shishio snorted. "I betrayed the Meji? They betrayed me…but that doesn't matter. I give you one warning. Let us pass."
Two of the men looked scared, but they didn't move. The men got there katanas and knives, standing in an attack position.
Sora wanted to take here katana to but Sojiro stopped here.
"Don't interrupt in Shishio-sama's fights. He always fights alone and by the way now you can see how strong he is."
Sora looked hesitating at the five armed men. They looked quit strong, they where al armed and they where with five. Shishio didn't really look weak, but he was alone and had only one katana to protect himself. Sora looked at Sojiro. He just looked smiling at Shishio.
Shishio didn't got his katana yet. His arms where still crossed over his chest. Then the five men attacked. In a quick move Shishio got his katana and attacked. It happened so fast. One of the men screamed, and then his neck was slashed trough. Another one screamed when his arm was cut of and he was then stabbed in his heart. Then two of them where slashed into two pieces and the last one fell dead when his head was chopped of. Shishio got his katana back in place and started to walk on.
Sojiro smiled and walked after Shishio. Sora looked with wide eyes to the five dead men, lying on the ground. She always killed only one of her attackers, just to scare the other of. Shishio murdered them all, all in maybe fifteen seconds…
She took one last look at the five bodies and then ran after Sojiro and Shishio.
When she was back with the two men, Sora looked carefully at Shishio. He didn't have any emotion on his face. He just looked forward like he did a minute before he killed those five men.
Then she looked at Sojiro, the boy was as always smiling.
"Why is he always smiling like that…?" she thought.
In the meanwhile they where out of the village and walking towards a forest. Behind the forest where mountains. They walked hours true the forest and then stopped somewhere in the middle of it.
"Sojiro," Shishio commanded. "Go get some wood for fire."
"Yes Shishio-sama!" The boy smiled and turned around.
Shishio was sitting on a rock now. Then suddenly he looked at Sora.
"You are wondering why I killed all five men don't you?"
Sora looked at Shishio with surprise. "Yes Shishio-sama."
Shishio nodded. "Well let me tell you something."
Sora nodded back at him and sat down on a thick branch of a tree that broke of.
"There is only one reason why I killed those men. I am strong, they are weak. That's the law of nature. Nature gave me the strength you saw. The strong shall live and the weak shall die."
Sora looked at her feet. "The strong shall live and the weak will die…" she said softly. "I understand that I think."
"And I gave them one chance to all get out of the way, but they didn't and now they are dead…That proves that they're not only weak, but also stupid."
Sora nodded. "But Shishio-sama…What did they mean when they said that you betrayed the Meji?"
Shishio looked at the red haired girl for a moment. He then pointed at his arm.
"Do you know why I have al this bandages?" Sora nodded no and Shishio continued.
"Once I worked for the Meji. My job was to assassin people for them. But the Meji was scared of my strength and my wish of power. They where afraid that I would betray them and they tried to kill me."
Sora was very interested in the rest of the story. "They tried to burn you, Shishio-sama?"
"Almost correct." said Shishio. "It was in an evening. I just had assassin a few people for the Meji when suddenly some workers of the Meji stood behind me. First they shoot me till I fell on the ground. Then they tried to set me on fire. They thought that the shooting and the burning would mean my dead. But they where wrong."
Shishio looked in the direction where Sojiro went.
"I killed some people of the Meji. But I had to hide all the time. Then one evening, Sojiro saw me. First I wanted to kill him, but he surprised me with his smile. He gave me food, bandages and shelter. Later he killed his family and came with me. That was about ten years ago I think."
Sora was a little bit shocked. "Sojiro killed his own family?"
Shishio nodded. "But I'm not the one who must tell you this. Ask Sojiro himself."
"Yes Shishio-sama." Sora answered. "But where are we going to?"
"Ah yes, I promised I would tell you once we where out of the village…"
He pointed to the right.
"Where going to the mountain Hieï, there is my secret hideout."
A few seconds later, Sojiro came back with lots of wood for a fire.
"Here I am with the wood for the fire Shishio-sama!" He said happily laying the wood on the ground. He tried to make a fire and a minute later there was a small fire.
"We will continue our journey in the morning." Shishio said looking in the fire. "It will take some hours to get to the mountain Hieï."
After an hour, just sitting quietly thinking, Shishio said it would be best to sleep. They all lay down on the grass underneath trees.
Sora was still thinking. Was it a good choice to go with Shishio? What was awaiting her in the mountain Hieï?
With all kind of thoughts in her head, she closed here eyes and fell asleep.
So, that was chapter three. I hoped you liked it. Review plz