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Last time:
Kenshin beat up Sanosuke
Kenshin also beat up Beshimi, but Han'nya saved him (and Hyottoko who was beaten up by Sano)
Megumi took Sansuke to his home (Kamiya Kasshin Ryu Dojo) to tend to him (A/N: couldn't find quotes solo… just tried to summarize it)
Challenge!
(Horrible title, I know)
Being Battousai does not mean being a mindless killer, indeed, senses become somewhat keener while others dull, stupefied by the unquenchable blood lust in your heart.
The left
All day, there had been an unseen presence following him, as he rounded the corner he felt distinctly the eye's of a man upon him.
A stalker? No, only a spy could stay this well hidden. I must be that martial artist from yesterday, the one with the gaudy stripes
"Come to Kanryu's mansion. Fight for your title, for your right as Battousai, to preserve your honor. Hone your skills and keep them sharp. We have the woman from yesterday- Megumi is her name. Come so Aoshi-sama can take the title that is so rightfully his and ours."
Nothing seemed amiss; the street was still as it had been. People were walking by slowly, melodically, chatting and shopping in the open market place.
Any of the many men near by could have said it. It could even be one of the women in disguise. For now, there was no way of knowing.
Should I… should I go?
The woman, this Megumi, she is my responsibility. Must I purge the world of evil once again by destroying one who does not even carry a sword?
Tomoe…
I must go, become an assassin once again. It is all that is left for me. It seems Udou Jin-e was right after all. I will follow in his footsteps but chose my own targets.
Kanryu, a major force in the black market dealing with such things as leather drugs and probably guns.
Megumi, a killer as well, in her own way. She made the opium, which killed Sano's friend… it seems I must get involved with them once more, but only to protect and fix this new Meiji Era and the people in it.
He continued his walk. The location of Kanryu's mansion was unknown to him but… Sano would find it easily.
I must tail him. He must not know that I follow and he must not know why. The little miss shouldn't be with them though with me gone, she and Yahiko might tag along for extra power and support… and they cannot risk contact, they must be taken care of…
But… they must not die. Especially not by my hand…
What to do…
He continued along the path, killing was the only way he could think of to get people out of the way… but there had to be another.
Tomorrow I will have a solution to this… problem. Sano should be well enough to fight by then, or even if he isn't his need for revenge will drive him… unless… that was his revenge, not saving her…
Sanosuke is a good man. The rurouni I once knew, Kenshin was his name, I think, cleared the boys mind once and helped him to overcome his uncontrollable hatred… But without that presence, would Sano still be man enough to learn to forgive one who had done him such wrong? She had, after all, saved his life… or did she? I left him in such a state…
Smirk
Ah, yes, the good old days.
Well, only time will tell what Sanosuke would do, the little miss and Yahiko as well.
A tear glimmered in his eyes and he pushed them out of his head. He must think of a solution to his problem and hope for Sano's following actions and prepare some sort of separation between him and his…
Family…
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"That s---head of a woman! That drug-pushing wench! How dare she let herself get captured!"
Sano was fairly screaming except for that fact that he was really too weak at the moment to do so effectively.
Yes, he knew her story: Kanryu had forced her into making opium when her mentor dyed. Her family was killed during the Seinen War (?) so she was alone. Supposedly she felt guilty for what she had done. She had even tried to help Sano for if he ever went to fight Kanryu by giving him all the military numbers: The small army of gun soldiers and swordsmen, plus the elite force known as the Oniwanbanshu but-
Kenshin would say that all people deserve the second chance life had given him… but now…
There is no Kenshin. That man is long gone. Still, the one I knew was as righteous as Captain Sagara Sozo.
Should I save her? Forgive her, as I know Kenshin would have?
Can I?
One day had passed and, although alive and awake, even the task of walking proved difficult.
And yet… that skull-crushing move Kenshin used on me… I may have a hard head but that still should have killed me… could Kenshin's still…?
Was this evidence that Kenshin was still on the border?
The little miss would love that, or maybe she would just hate him for the resurfacing of his hitokiri nature, but now was no time for thought. He needed a strategy; a straight-out battle would be lost
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…Wait a minute, was Sano actually thinking something through?
He collapsed.
Tomorrow he would fight, even though he still was not sure exactly what he was fighting for…
Darkness…
Sleep was upon him, he would fight tomorrow.
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"I'm COMING WITH YOU!"
Kaoru was fuming. Sano had just called her a 'little girl' and said she was (quote on quote) 'much too weak to go fight Kanryu and his men'. What he had left out was that since Kenshin had left, she had been in such a daze he didn't trust her to protect herself.
… First father…
…Now Kenshin…
She couldn't handle it. She had let the two most important people in her life just leave. She had not kept her father from the war, and she had not kept Kenshin at the dojo. After the battle with Udou Jin-E she had let him walk away in self-hatred, on the verge of going on a killing spree.
The time for crying was over; it was time to take action for those who were still with her, for those who still cared.
Sano
Yahiko
I will protect you with everything that I am until the day I die.
With all her thoughts out of the way, she calmly took a deep breath…
Click
Her eyes opened suddenly, sharply and-
"Sano you freaking tard you need all the help you can get, just look at yourself!" (A/N: "you freaking tard" is a phrase much used by yours truly! I know it's now Kaoru-like but what ever… sorry)
"I'll ask you one more time," his veins were seriously popping out of his head now. "Why do you want to go?"
CONK!
"HEY! What's your problem!" The broken china lay on the floor near Sanosuke's feet.
More things came out flying at him.
They were easily dodged but…
Still, I'm happy she's back to normal, at least for now…
Kenshin is bound to try and kill Aoshi to test his skills.
Aoshi would be his next target since he was formidable and, in Kenshin's blinded eyes, part of the evil which had created the part of the Bakumatsu
… Should the little miss really come?
A bowl hit him in the head.
Well, if it makes her this close to having normal feelings… then again, is this really what I want?
He jumped once more to the left then scuttled out the door.
"And you still haven't paid me back for any of you free meals! Come back here!"
One more cup came crashing down on Sano's head.
He smiled.
Yeah, this was the way things were meant to be…
He strutted down the road.
Now, to find-
To be continued…
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