Dragon Rider Rurouni

Hatching

Hey there ya'll. I know, you can totally tell I'm new at this, but just bear with me, k? Yes, I do admit, I took a bunch of stuff from Eragon, but some of the descriptions and stuff are from my genius too! I am also aware of some grammar mistakes in the first chapter. Gomen gomen gomen! Review with name ideas for the dragon comin' up. I do have a name, but I wanna see if anyone comes up with anything better. Enjoy and merry Christmas! Italics are thoughts and later, mind touch.

Kenshin saw no one on the way back to the dojo, which was a good thing, because it might be just a little bit out of place, walking in public without a shirt with his gi wrapped around a wine red stone. Kaoru's gonna get curious. I better think of a good excuse to ward off her curiosity. A thing like this should remain a secret until something is decided what to do with it, Kenshin mused. Night was coming rapidly, so he quickened his pace and found Kaoru waiting for him at the gate.

"Kenshin, where have you been? Dinner was an hour ago." Kaoru's voice radiated concern.

Kenshin gulped. He hated lying, but there was no other choice. So he lit his face up with a smile and chirped, "Do not worry about this one, Kaoru-dono. This one was just taking a walk to relax himself".

"But why aren't you wearing your gi?"

"My gi? Oro! Ah, well, you see…I was rather warm, so I…"

"Took it off?" Kaoru finished the sentence for him.

"Hai. That I did."

Kaoru gave him one last long look and sighed, "Okay Kenshin. So long as everything is ok. Are you hungry? I managed to salvage some food from two certain pigs…" She growled at that last bit, so Kenshin had to laugh. "Oh no, Kaoru-dono! This one had some food from the market. I am full." Kaoru sighed again. "Ok then. I am going to go to bed, so goodnight." Kenshin smiled." Goodnight Kaoru-dono."

Wow. I can't believe I just pulled that off. Kenshin knew she suspected something was up, though he trusted her not to pry into his business. He knew she had more respect from him to stoop to something like spying on him, although she always kept an eye on him. With a groan, he sat on his futon cross-legged style and put the stone on his lap. He could have sworn he hear a small squeak when he was walking to his room. It was to quiet for Kaoru to hear, but it was too loud to be a rat. Another squeak and this time he felt a strong vibration through his finger that left his arms that felt the clash of many swords go numb. It confirmed his guess that the sound came from the stone. Why was it doing that? Then to Kenshin's shock, the stone started to wobble in his lap, squeaking all the while. He instinctively jumped up and when to the other corner of his room, where his sakabato was leaning up against the wall. He unsheathed it slowly, the sword making a reptilian hiss and with a musical ting, he dropped the sheath and held the sword with two hands, all of his attention focused on the stone, his body vibrating incase…

CRACK! Kenshin jumped a mile but stayed were he was, for the thing that came out of the stone, licking off the membrane that encased it, was a dragon.

Woo hoo hoo! Two chappies in one day! Things are gonna start to pick up real soon. Just remember to R&R and most of all, enjoy!