Forgotten, December
By: Kelli St. Pierre……………………………………sadly I do not own Rurouni Kenshin
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Misao's pov.
Darkness was all she could see, as Misao had her eyes shut tight, awaiting for her death. And just as expected, the sound of a bullet was heard, as also the sound of blood splattering as well. But the odd thing was…….she felt no pain…..
'Am I…..dead already,' Misao thought, 'Boy, I knew getting shot was quick and all, but I never thought it was going to die that fast…..'
She slowly opened her eyes, expecting to see angels of some sort or a white world or something…..hopefully nothing with fire or devils. But what Misao saw was neither of the two, but instead, she saw that she was still in the gym.
'Well, I guess I'm not dead after all.'
But she quickly gasped as she saw a tall, no, huge body in front of her. She identified quickly that it was Raff that took the bullet for her, but sadly for Raff, the bullet hit him right next to his heart….toward his left shoulder. He was kneeling on the floor (Even still bigger than Misao.) from the wound, as he slowly got up. All the others were appalled to what just happened, even Aoshi had the show of surprise on his face…..though not as much as the others.
"Jet!" Cole screamed hysterically, clearly he was not happy with the situation……
"Yes" Raff answered weakly, yet still had some of his deep voice yet.
"What is the meaning of this!" Cole replied back widely, "You are supposed to be serving me, not the enemy! Whoever said you could make the rules here you little piece of trash!"
"Well….this piece of trash you so call it….has a name besides the fake one you gave me,…that name was Raff…"
"Enough with this non-"
"QUIET!" The power of that yell basically threw everybody's heart into heart-attack mode. They all didn't know he could yell that loud, especially when he's hurt….
"You will…listen to me. I put up…with you for…all these long years…and for what? I questioned myself everyday of this,….yet I never…..found my answer."
As Raff was speaking, more blood was coming out of his wound…..making it harder for him to talk. Misao was almost going to make him stop, until she heard him speak again.
"That was until….I met…Misao. She…told me that….you've changed from who….you once where. When she told me…..back when we were approaching the gym…..that since you've changed…..shouldn't I . It was plaguing my thoughts for awhile……and I did decide…that she was…..indeed right.
By now a pool of blood was around Raff's knees as he again fell to the ground, while he was speaking. Misao had tears in her eyes from all the blood, and also for what Raff said she did for him.
"I have wasted…..those years. Those years when…I could have been….doing good…..for the innocent…instead of the likes of you….who has changed so much….from the little boy I once knew. You used….to be….so kind….but now I don't know…..who you are anymore. You are so different……that…you are a mere stranger…..to me"
Raff then made an attempt to try and stand back up, only to be able to stand weakly on his feet with his knees bent forward and back leaning forward as well. Blood was dripping from his chin while speaking furthermore…….
"This is why…..of what I've done……I will give up….my life…to save those…..who are in need of saving…..from the likes of you.."
Everybody just stood there and looked at Raff with wide eyes at his confession. Misao had a tear slid down her cheek, as also the other Oniwaban ninja's as well…..except for Okina and Aoshi of course. But both of their eyes were soft toward Raff. But this moment was disturbed as howling laughter was heard form none other than Cole.
"Ha hah ha hah, you actually think that you can save people Raff. Come now, just one look and they'll be off screaming away just like the others had. You're even more stupid than I thought."
"Cole!" Okina yelled, surprising everyone, "Say what you will about Raff and us, but this battle is over. You have deliberately refused me before, so there by I will make sure you will go to jail for this…..where you belong. You will hand Misao over to us now or we will forcefully do it ourselves!"
"Ha hah, that's were your wrong old man!" Cole yelled back, "You see, every business man always has a plan B if something is to go wrong."
Cole pulled out a rectangular object with his left hand (while still holding the gun in his right hand). The object had basically only one button, which was a huge red button. Cole then yelled out….
"Ha hah ha, you see here, this is my little friend here. You see, when I push this nice little red button….this whole building will start to collapse and turned to dust. It's like I said before, if I can't have Misao, no one can….hah ha hah ha hah!"
Cole pressed the red button as he dropped the object to the floor. The building then began to shake abruptly as the others fell on their backs for not anticipating it. Raff was still hunched over since he was expecting this, however he didn't last long on his feet as he then saw Cole making it towards the doors.
"Oh no you don't!" Raff yelled out to Cole, as he successfully ran towards Cole as fast as he could. He pulled Cole back by his shirt as he lifted him up in the air. Cole all the while was looking frantic at Raff, pleading…..
"Please…..please, oh my friend how I adore you so, please don't kill me…!" Cole pleaded. Rocks started coming down as the room began to shake even more.
"Friend you say…….when you're begging for your life…."
Raff reached out at Cole's hand and took the gun andpointed it at Cole with his left hand, while his right hand still held him up.
"Raff! What are you doing!"
"I'm doing you favor"
Raff then pulled the trigger and blood squirted all over the place behind Cole's head, as Raff dropped Cole to the floor…….whom had their eyes rolled back into hishead.
Cole takshi was dead.
The others all the while were looking the whole time, all the while trying to run towards the gym doors to get our of here. Raff just stood there and looked at them; his eyes were blank looking….as if nothing was in there.
"Okina!" Omasu yelled out, "What about Pack and Rack?"
"Leave them!" Raff yelled out.
The others turned to see Raff now walking towards the bodies of his friends as he stood over them. He then turned his head towards the rest and said softly to them…….
"Leave them, there dead, where they belong…and so do I….."
Before anyone could say or do anything, Raff raised the gun toward his heart and pulled the trigger. Blood splattered from behind him, as blood was all over his chest and back. He fell to his knees and his eyes rolled back in his head to stay there before saying his final words….
"The…wound….I…have now,…is nothing…compared…to the pain….my heart's been….for the past….eight years….of…."
He said no more, and will not forever. He laid there with his two other friends, as a pile of rocks buried them.
"RAFF!" Misao screamed. She was about to go after him, but Aoshi pulled her back and dragged her out while saying……
"Come on! He's gone Misao, we can't stay here. It's about to collapse! Don't worry the others are waiting outside for us already!"
So the two of them raced threw the mansion as they raced threw the dark hallway. Rocks came down hard at them, but that ignored it and kept on going as dust was everywhere. The two finally made it towards the stairs, except, there were no stairs. Instead, there were only the two first stair steps and then the rest must havecrashed towards the bottom. Aoshi thought they were stuck, until he saw Misao sliding down the drape that was on the wall. Aoshi followed Misao down and met her at the end. He then continued to lead the way out of the mansion, but just when Aoshi got towards the doors, a burst of fire exploded from behind him as he was thrown forward veraciously and thrown to the ground. Aoshi pulled himself of the ground as he looked back at the house, which was now covered in flames. He put a relaxed face on as he turned around and said…..
"Are you alright Misa-"
He stopped short when he noticed that she wasn't there. She wasn't anywhere near him at all. All the other Oniwaban ninja's were out their, who had confused faces as well.
'No…', Aoshi thought, 'She isn't…no..please….'
"MISAOOO!" Aoshi yelled.
He continued to yell into the open sky of dawn as the once beautiful mansion, was now a burial grave….and not just one grave either……..
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Well, that was chapter 15. Yes I know this one took a long time. But if you didn't know, I had a project so that delayed it. Also because I'm tired and lazy so deal with it…..nah jk lol. Well……….sniff….sadly there is one more chapter left…and that's the next chapter. The next chapter is the last chapter. It's so sad…..but all good things must come to an end. But in the final chapter, you'll actually see why it's called Forgotten December. If you don't still get it, then your stupid….agian jk lol. But stay tune for the final chapter!