Chapter 7
Yahiko
Kenshin woke up and felt something leaning on him. He looked down and saw it was Keda. He smiled down at her because she looked so peaceful now. It was still nightfall now he saw something on her back under her shirt. He lifted her shirt a little so not to wake her up. He saw that her back was covered in scars. 'This most of had to do with all the things that she went through. I thought that I had it bad she has had it worse than me. I should ask her how exactly she got these.' Kenshin thought. He started to trace the scars and that is when she started to stir, but he didn't stop. She woke up to someone tracing something on her back. She peeked up and saw that is was Kenshin that was tracing her scars.
"Kenshin, why are you tracing my scars?" Keda said. "How did you get all these scars exactly?" Kenshin said. "A lot of them were from fighting and then some of them were from getting experimented on." Keda said. "That must have been painful to go through." Kenshin said. "It was, but that is in the past and I do not want to relive it if you don't mind." Keda said. "Just so you know you are going to stay with me." Kenshin said. "What? Why?" Keda asked. "Because, I do not want to lose you again." Kenshin said. "You won't lose me, but if you have to have my with you I guess I will stay with you. I hear that they used to call you Batosai the man slayer. Is that true?" Keda asked. "Yes it is true, but I am not him anymore." Kenshin said. "I know you aren't, but he will always be apart of you. Just like Kyoto the man slayer will always be apart of me." Keda said. "WHAT? You were Kyoto the man slayer? I was supposed to kill you after I left, but I quite." Kenshin said. "Yes I was Kyoto the man slayer, but that is the past I do not kill anymore. I can't well not with this sword. I had a reverse blade sword that can switch to a regular sword. It also can control my fire power." Keda said.
"What technique do you use?" Kenshin asked. "The same technique that you do." Keda said. "You were that other student that my master was talking about." Kenshin said. "Probably." Keda said. "We need to go to the market and get more food those two probably forgot." Kenshin said. "Yeah I can't believe that it is already morning." Keda said. "Do you think we should go with out them?" Kenshin asked. "No, I think that we will be fine on our own. Leave them a note." Keda said. "Ok done let's go." Kenshin said. Then they left to the town. "Your not brining your sword Keda?" Kenshin asked. "No I don't think that I will need it." Keda replied.
"What do we need exactly?" Kenshin asked. "Well food, and I am going to buy a new cape My other one was destroyed." Keda said. "Okay lets go to the market first to get the food then we will get your cape." Kenshin said. "Okay." Keda said. They went to the market and got everything that they needed to and they were off to the other store. After they went and got they cape they were on there way back home. They went past a kid that just stole a wallet both them saw it. Then the kid that stole it just put it back. Kenshin and Keda just smiled. Then they went crossing a bridge and they kid bumped into Kenshin. The kid stole his wallet and Keda caught him by the collar of his shirt. "HEY! Let me go!" He said. "Kenshin I think that he stole your wallet." Keda said. "He did." Kenshin said. He took his wallet back and then gave it to the kid. "You are to nice it is going to get you killed one day." Keda said.
"It never hurts to be nice you know." Kenshin said. "You go on back Kenshin I am going to stay out here for awhile." Keda said. "Ok. I will see you when you get home." Kenshin said. 'I think that she is going to go see that kid. I will check up on her later to make sure she is ok.' Kenshin thought. 'Now where could that kid have gone.' Keda thought. Then she saw men take the boy somewhere. 'I have to follow them.' Keda thought. She followed them to a dojo she went inside to see what they were doing. She hide in the shadows she was taught how to do the she was also called shadow walker.
When she saw that they hit the boy her anger flared. "Hitting kids are we well that is really low for you. I guess that you have no pride in you." Keda said. "Who are you show yourself?" The leader said. "Now why would I do that?" Keda said. "Are you afraid of us?" The leader said. "No" Keda said and out of the shadows. "Look it is a girl." The leader said. "I may be a girl, but I have way more pride than you." Keda said. "Why you little…." The leader said. He charged at her and the boy yelled, "GET OUT OF THE WAY GIRL!" But it was too late he had hit her in the stomach and forced her to the door into the other room. "Ginto stop it I do not want a women's blood spilt why I am eating." The boss said. "Yes boss." Ginto said.
Then they forced the boy in there and pushed him down with their feet. "Yahiko I take you in help you with your mother and what do you do you act poorly. Ginto kill him." The boss said. "My pleaser." Ginto said. Keda got in front of him and said, "If you try to touch him you will have to go through me." Ginto said, "Such a brave kid now you will die as well." "If you harm one hair on my sister or the kid you will regret it." Kenshin said. "Who are you Guys we have an intruder get in here now!" The Boss said. "Sorry they wouldn't corporate with me so they unavailable right now." Kenshin said. The boss saw his eyes and got scared. "Now don't you think that you should let the girl and the boy go." Kenshin said.
"Yeah go ahead take what you want." The boss said. Then Kenshin, Keda, and Yahiko left without another word said. When they got outside Keda asked, "Why did you follow me?" "Well I knew that you were going after the kid and you didn't bring your sword so I was worried about you." Kenshin said. "Good answer if you said that I couldn't handle myself I would of hurt you." Keda said. Kenshin laughed. "You know it has been a long time since I heard you laugh." Keda said. "Yeah." Kenshin said. "Well what about the kid?" Keda asked. They looked behind them and saw the kid was crying. Keda went over to him and asked "What's wrong?" "I want to be strong so you guys won't have to protect me or save me." Yahiko said. "Well.. What is your name?" Keda said. "Houjia Yahiko." Yahiko said. "Well I am Keda Himura Keda and that is my brother Himura Kenshin. I will train you if you would like." Keda said. "Really." Yahiko said. "Yes, but you have to listen to me and it will not be the same technique that we use though you will use a different one that I know okay?" Keda said. "Okay." Yahiko said. "Now that's settled let's go back." Keda said. "Yeah." Kenshin said.
They got back and Jasmine and Kaoru were already asleep. Keda staggered a bit from when she was thrown. Kenshin noticed this and asked, "Are you alright?" "Yeah it is just that I am sore." Keda said and sat down. "What happened to make you sore?" Kenshin said. "She was thrown when she was protecting me." Yahiko said. Kenshin leaned against a wall after he made a bed for Yahiko. He put Keda's head in his lap and they all went to sleep.