Heyy! Does anyone remember me?) well if you do, you miiight remember that I said I'd do a full metal alchemist fic next, but I changed my mind since I haven't finished watching that series yet. SO, that is why we have a Rurouni Kenshin fic here. I think it's quite different from my first fic. Of course that one was started like…iunno how long ago… about two years? " righto…aaanyways… I have watched the whole series for kenshin… but… I've forgotten a lot of it. Yes… so don't mind any errors I may have. I apologize for them beforehand. Hm.. .and most of my stories always include the original characters + a new one.. yes, so all the characters here are copyright to the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, except for Yukari.
oh, just for reference notes, this opening is right before kenshin kills tomoe's fiancee and meets tomo and etc. yadda yadda, but after this it'll be during kenshin's beginning with Kaoru (whichever arc that is o.o'' i'm not sure '')
Enjoy everyone
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Chapter 1: Fighting For…
The rain poured down relentlessly from the gray skies. Unceasingly.
The sound of blades clashing rang into the night.
There was a boy who looked about sixteen with crimson hair tied in a high ponytail. He was wearing a deep blue hakama, occasionally interrupted by darker spots; spatters of blood; his violet eyes narrowed in cold concentration. This young man was known as Hitokiri Battousai.
Again his blade clashed with another, sending showers of sparks into the air.
There was a girl who looked about the same age as the Battousai. She was battling fiercely against this famed opponent, her warm brown eyes enflamed in a passionate determination. Her ebony hair had come undone during their battle and upon her dark crimson-purple hakama was even more blood than the Battousai.
The two moved agilely. Swiftly. So quick all that could be seen of them were a blur of crimson and blue and the flashes of light of their katanas as they arced down to meet one another in battle. It was evident that the Battousai had the upper hand in the battle.
The rain drummed down on the two, soaking their clothes, their hair, drenching them. Their clothes hung limply, trying to impede their movements, but they fought relentlessly on despite it all.
The darkness deepened as time continued. Blood was on the ground where they fought. Their bloody battlefield.
The time they had been fighting lengthened and both were beginning to tire, but the toll of the fight showed more heavily on the girl who was, by now, panting for breath.
"Stop this foolishness Yukari," said the Battousai, after not having spoken for a few hours already, "you can not beat me."
She stood still, eyes cast to the blood splattered ground, as if in defeat. Each of the Battousai's words echoed in her mind, and she almost let down her sword.
"Neh, oneesan, come back soon," a little girl waved, with a cheery smile on her face.
"Oneesan, I'm hungry, can I have some rice?" A skinny little boy begged.
"Oneesan, you're the best," chanted the 3 other girls and boys. All of them were like skin and bones, surviving on the few morsels they manage to scavenge every day, yet they smiled with confidence at their eldest sister.
In a dark shadowed room, an older man spoke, "Kill Hitokiri Battousai and I shall support your family," he paused for the instructions to sink in, "if you fail, you're all as good as dead."
Yukari protested, "I don't kill people with my techniques, I don't kill with my sword."
"Do you want to save your family or not? Kill him, or I shall dispose of your family."
Yukari's reverie was broken as the Battousai took advantage of the situation and lunged at her. She managed to dodge just in time, only receiving a light cut on her arm. She cursed her foolishness in a battle situation, and in a moment realized the senselessness in everything of these days. The fighting, the killing she had seen and the pain it caused. Yukari looked up at the Battousai, his violet eyes gleaming in the moonlight, his cold, unfeeling expression.
In a sudden rush of fury she charged at the Battousai. Their katanas clashed and they held in that position, their swords trembling slightly as both of their hands shook with the tension of the clash. A passionate rage was etched into her every feature as she stared at the Battousai, "What are you fighting for? How can you kill so many people with that expression on your face? Don't you even feel guilty for killing them all!"
The Battousai looked at her slightly surprised, since he had never really had a conversation during a fight. He had usually disposed of his opponents much quicker before… but this was Yukari, someone he had known before, back when he was still training with his master. Someone he hadn't seen for a long time. Someone… he was a little… unwilling to kill.
"I fight for a new era," he said clearly, as if that ended the conversation.
"But what about yourself?" she insisted, "What about a new era is so good that you must take away all these lives?"
He retorted almost angrily as he slowly forced Yukari back, "Open your eyes and look at the people who suffer! A new era will bring an end to this."
Yukari forcefully pushed back towards him and succeeded in forcing him back a step, "Who are you to talk about suffering?" she snarled, "You are fighting for nothing. An idea, a dream, a distant future!" Her eyes were noticeably shiny as tears threatened to form.
"Do you know why I'm fighting?" her voice raising hysterically with a bitter tone, "I'm fighting for lives of my family! If I don't kill you, those damn officials will kill them!" She was weeping freely now, as she forced the Battousai back step after step, "If I lose them, I will no longer have any reason to live."
A violent sweep of the sword and the Battousai leaped aside; evidently flustered at he was hearing. He stared at her for a while, swaying on his feet. She staggered towards him with a dogged determination.
"Come back here Battousai! I will bring back your god-forsaken head! I NEED to. Chizuno, Kyo, Ayume, Mai, Akito… they're all waiting for me. They're depending on me. I can't let them down. I … I can't… go back to them if I don't succeed."
She stumbled over a puddle of water in her exhaustion and sank to her knees; a fallen figure in the rain. Yukari reached towards him, tears pouring down her face, indistinguishable from the rain, her voice was now begging, "Please…Kenshin… I know it's you… please…"
The Battousai took a couple steps back, turned, and fled. Fleeing the voice that had risen to a scream, "COME BACK KENSHIN! FIGHT ME! KILL ME! ANYTHING! YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE ME HERE! KENSHIN!"
But he ran and ran like he had never before, running from the voice that called his name.
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Well… kinda short opening chapter again, but it's just an opening '' so hey. SO! What did you all think? I'd like to know your opinions. : ) yes I do.
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