The Dawn of a New Dynasty - Part 2 ( draft )
This is a brief ( but not so brief ) glance to my new story. Well, fan fic, anyway... this is a Rurouni Kenshin fan fic if you haven't noticed already. I mean, I don't know any other anime with dynasties and stuff. Sorry I wasn't that creative with the title but I'm going with the flow here, yah know? Anyway, this isn't only written by me so bleh! *sticks tongue out at you* It's revised by me, though, and it was my idea. So let me thank the guys ( yes, I mean guys because I haven't drawn any female interests ) who have helped me with this. Some are new to this type of thing and some aren't but you can barely tell. Well, I think that's all for now. Let me tell you something about the story... I really don't know! But it might not end. Well, unless we get tired and just quit altogether. Ahh ha ha hah Well, anyway, hope you enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed wracking my brain ( and other's not to mention ) for it!! *//*^_^*\\*
This is set right after the Chaos Era ( Shishio's reign ). It mostly takes place in Kyoto because that's where everything happens anyway, right? I mean... can't Kenshin just move there permanently already? Beats the hassle in getting there in time. Ahh ha ha hah
Oh, and don't mind the song lyrics I put in there. Just imagine it playing or play the song if you have it while that little part of that story is playing through your mind, kay? Like a movie.
WARNING: Lots of OOCness. Some of the people writting this don't know much about the characters.
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The Dawn of a New Dynasty by Houji's Baka Deshi
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Part 2: The Searching Starts
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Text Conventions
( ) - character thoughts
* --- * --- * --- * - the start and end of flashbacks
[ ] - setting: season, visual and time notes
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[ Kyoto, the "present", early fall ]
"Uuh... no real reason... I just wanted to get out of the house and spend some time... with... you..." came Aoshi.
"What did you say?"
"I wanted to spend time with you, Misao... I l-... oh... nevermind..."
Aoshi gets up and walks back towards the festival.
Misao looks at Aoshi's retreating back, her anger rising up again.
( Grrr! Damn you, Aoshi-sama! Why do you keep me hanging like this?!?! )
Her fist pounded the ground softly and then she regrouped.
"Aoshi-sama! Wait up!!!!"
A song played from far away and Misao fell silent, listening to the lyrics as she walked with Aoshi back to the festival to rejoin the others.
Everything You Want
by Vertical Horizon
Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh, and it's rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why
But under skinned knees
And the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away
There's always another
Wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
But you'll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what you're asking for
And you'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what you're waiting for
Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won't return
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you
And I don't know why
And I don't know
Why
Why
And I don't know
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Rikimarou sped through the empty side street as he reached the gate that led to the festival.
He finally spotted his goal once more, Lady Minako, but two men surrounded her now and the sun was just beginning to set as Rikimarou leaped on top of a roof and in complete stealth and began to listen.
"Our last assassin sent to kill Kenshin failed. Turned out he couldn't handle the pressure and ran off. Our next target is Lady Misao but only if Kenshin is not around. He is a very skilled fighter and I doubt even Vengon can even handle him."
"Yes Lady Minako, we will take her out," came the two bodyguards simultaniously.
They bow and are about to leave when Rikimarou jumps down, sword unsheathed and stabs it right through the neck of a bodyguard while at the same time throwing a ninja star into the neck of the other.
"The hunter has now became the hunted." Rikimarou says.
"Vengon, help!!!!!" Lady Minako screamed out.
Vengon a warrior ninja clad in a red robe then comes from around the corner to see the dead bodyguards and Lady Minako standing near a sword drawn Rikimarou.
"Hey!! It seems you chose the wrong party to crash," came Vengon.
Vengon draws his sword and charges Rikimarou who blocks one attack and slashes up across Vengon's right arm. Then slices off his right ankle, making him fall to the ground and drop his blade. Rikimarou slowly walks over to him, blood pouring out. He places his foot on Vengon's head, sheaths his sword, and takes hold of Vengon's arms. He holds them up as he struggles and then with a great force pulls up dislocating his shoulders and snapping his neck.
Rikimarou looks around.
"Minako where have you hidden?"
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Misao drew in a quick gasp.
"You again!!!!"
Shrill laughter surrounded her and Aoshi as Lady Minako landed in front of them.
Aoshi was taken aback as Misao noticed.
( Hm, I wonder what he and Miss Masaaki talked about anyway... ) bringing up her fist, she prepares for battle.
It was one thing to mess with her but to mess with Aoshi... argh... it made her furious!
Another shrill laugh rang through the night air and left a buzzing in Misao's ears.
"Alright, you!! Who are you, really?"
"Oh, would it really matter, my dear? You'll die after you find out..."
"That's what YOU think!!!"
"Enough talk!"
She lunges towards Misao with a small dagger.
Misao backflips, kicking the blade out of the woman's hand. As she lands, she pulls out her kunais and throws them towards the woman who spun and repelled them. Misao spun away from one, flipped sideways from the second and caught the third. With the flick of her wrist, ribbons came out and caught Lady Minako by the waist. With a hard yank, Lady Minako was brought face first onto the ground.
Misao regrouped herself as the older woman got up and made a run for her. Misao jumped high into the air, with a loud cry of battle she landed a clean kick on her shoulder.
Lady Minako screamed in pain as they fell to the ground in a heap of tangled limbs.
"Aaaaaaaaahh!!" Misao cried as Lady Minako plunged a black blade into her throat.
Gurgling, now, Misao spat blood onto the woman's face. They landed on the eyes and Lady Minako gave a loud shriek of terror. Misao landed a knee into her ribs for more impact but the woman didn't budge.
She started clawing at Misao's face.
Misao bringing her hands to protect her gave another shove at Lady Minako who finally rolled over.
( I'm not having such a good time in NOT getting injuries... )
Quickly, Misao yanked the knife from her neck, which was digging itself into her collar bone and plunged it through Lady Minako's hand and into the hard, cold earth.
Another loud shriek came from her that sent Misao on her feet in surprise. She could feel blood rushing to her head and her vision blurred. She swooned and landed back on her knees. Taking out a kunai, she pinned the other arm of Lady Minako's into the ground.
( There... Aoshi-sama was safe... for now... )
Without knowing what next to do, and knowing that she couldn't do much more, she let herself fall back, leaving whoever there was to catch her... or not...
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Aoshi caught her as she fell to the ground.
"Misao!!! Please... Misao!! Wake up!"
He lifted her into his arms and ran towards the nearest home.
House owner comes out.
"What is it, sir?"
"Please... let us in... she's hurt badly..."
The farmer looks at Misao.
"Yes! Come in quickly! I'll send for the doctor!"
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"She should be alright... she should stay in bed for a few days... be sure to change her bandages regularly," the doctor says before bowing out.
"Misao..."
Aoshi looks at her sleeping form.
"I love you..."
He sat next to her and looked at her until he fell asleep.
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From a distant, a fierce Rikimarou came running through the forest to see Lady Misao being carried away and Minako in fierce pain on the ground, trying to free her arm.
Rikimarou stopped over Lady Minako.
"Wow... people these days just make it too easy for me."
"Argh! I'll get her yet."
With that Lady Minako ripped out the sword in her arm and flung it at Rikimarou, who, in an instant unsheathed his sword and deflected away Lady Minako's attack.
As she rose to her feet to battle, Rikimarou turned backwards and stabbed his sword through Lady Minako's stomach and then pulled it out, pulling Lady Minako's body spread onto the ground back up.
"Minako, I hope your death is a lesson to others."
Rikimarou sheathed his sword and noticed another blood splatter and a trail of foot prints with blood, Rikimarou then followed it until he came upon a house.
He peeked into a window and noticed several people crowding around inside.
He walked up to the door and went inside.
Rikimarou bows.
"Lady Misao we meet again.... under sever conditions, again, is which I am sad to say..."
"Who are you!? Please, leave," says a doctor.
"It's okay, doctor. This is Rikimarou." says Aoshi.
"Yes, it is, and I am guessing it wass Misao I need to thank for the easy killing. I had enough of Minako. I am sorry I could not assasinate her before she could attack Lady Misao, though..."
"By the looks of things, Lady Misao should be alright," said the doctor.
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[ In another part of Kyoto... ]
"So... Lady Minako's taken out... what to do, what to do..."
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Misao stirred and coughed violently before she could peer through her own weary eyes.
Her lids were so heavy it was a struggle to even squint.
And the light... so... bright...
Lifting a hand towards her face, a shadow shifted quickly by her side.
( Aoshi-sama? Nah... maybe... maybe not... )
She tilted her head a little to the side and let out a pained sigh, blinking to get used to the weight that was set on her eyes.
( Hey... it's that... guy! What was it? Throat... neck... so sore... ) she fades out again.
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Misao wakes up.
"Huh? Where am I?"
Aoshi jumps up from his chair* Good..*smiles..You're awake...I was worried.....
( He was worried? Ugh...when will he just say it? )
"I'm fine now, Aoshi-sama....you don't have to worry..."
"Misao... you didn't have to do that, you know... you could have been killed..." Aoshi said quietly.
"Yes, I did have to... I wanted to, she deserved it..." came Misao.
"Yes... but... don't do that again... I was afraid that I was going to lose you, Misao... I... I... I..."
Aoshi goes silent.
"What are you trying to say?" Misao asks weakly.
"I love you... more than anything... I love you..."
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( Did I just hear what I think I heard? Nooo waaayy... I must be delusional... )
Misao looked into the eyes of her beloved and the eyes that were gazing back at her confirmed it.
Tilting her head back on her pillow, she tried to keep the tears from escaping and flowing down her cheeks.
"Aoshi-sama... I-"
Suddenly, she didn't have the guts to really say it...
"Shh! I know, I know. You don't have to say it. Save up your strength."
He moved closer and pulled the blanket back to cover her neck as she drifts back to sleep.
( Well... I said it... but was it a good thing... ) Aoshi thought shrugging, he then leaned foward and kissed the sleeping Misao on the forehead.
Misao tossed and turned a little bit.
Aoshi lifted up the sheet and climbed in next to her, he then wrapped his arms around her and fell asleep himself.
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Rikimarou jumps to a tree to see all the festival but the branch he is on gives way. He falls down on top of someone.
"Ughh that hurt. Oh, sorry... hey, Kenshin, it's you!"
Kenshin, looking up,"Oh, I should have known it was you..."
"Sorry... we meet in unkind circumstances again..."
"Just get off me," Kenshin says laughing.
Rikimarou gets off.
"What are you doing here?"
"Looking for my girl."
"Alright. Let's find her."
The two set off searching.
Kenshin and Rikimarou search for the girls when Kenshin sticks his head into a window.
A woman screams and hits him in the head with a frying pan and Kenshin's eyes get huge and a huge lump forms on his head.
"Kenshin!!! you ass! What did you do this time?!?!" Rikimarou exclaimed.
"Ororororo..." came Kenshin.
The lady hits him again and Rikimarou drags Kenshin's body down the road with two big lumps on his head.
After he wakes up. Some bandages on his head, Kenshin gets up and starts searching for the girls.
"Arrghhh!!!!!!! If that guy wouldn't have ran off, I could've got some information out of him..." says Kenshin.
"Well, he did so..."
"Do you want information??" says a tall ninja in a black robe, stepping out of an ally.
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Misao stirs a bit and then peeks open one eye.
She was so warm she wanted to go back to bed but then she caught a flash a white.
A messenger dove!
She struggles a bit and then gets out from under someone's arm.
( Huh? Wah? Aoshi-sama?!?! )
"Blah!!" she scoots fast away.
( What was he doing? Wait a minute... ) she thought back on a few... hours? earlier... no! She must get the message first.
Misao picked up the dove and took out the slip of paper tucked under one of it's wings.
"Suzumi, Ayame and Kaoru have disappeared. Meet me at the festival grounds, I've sent for the others. - Kenshin"
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Rikimarou and Kenshin stood in front of the tall ninja.
"I am Traingohn and I know a lot."
"Do you know where the girls are?" asks Kenshin furiously.
"I know exactly where they are but for the answer you must do something for me." says Triangohn. "Kill the ninja named Rikimarou."
"Uh... uhh... I'll get on that right away!!!" says Rikimarou.
"But Riki- oops!" cries Kenshin.
With the mix up from Kenshin, Traingohn unsheaths his sword and stabs Rikimarou in the side bringing him down and slashes Kenshin. Then knocks him uncoincouses and takes off running as Misao comes running by to see a couple people standing near two bodies.
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Misao gasped.
( Himura, hurt? Can't be!! The legendary Battousai could never have been defeated so easily. Did he let his guard down? Where's Kaoru? Did the opponent get in a lucky hit? What happened? ) All these thoughts were running through Misao's head and made it hurt as she helped Kenshin up.
Aoshi helped Rikimarou.
"We must get them help!"
"Hey, what's going on here?!?!?!" Sano demands just arriving. "Kenshin!!! Speak to me, man!!!"
"Himura!!!! Himura! Say something you jerk!!" Misao cries.
Kenshin gets up and looks around.
"Oh, thank godness!!!! You're alright! We need to get you to a doctor and fast!!" Misao beckons.
Kenshin stands up and looks down at his blood on the ground and Rikimarou laying down clutching his side.
"What happened? Where's Kaoru-dono, Suzumi, and Ayame?" asks Misao.
"Kaoru!!!!" calls Kenshin, snapping back into reality.
He runs off into the night looking for his girls.
"Don't worry, Misao, Kenshin's pride was hurt much more than his body." Aoshi exclaims.
"Kaoru-dono!!!" calls Kenshin faintly down the street.
"Misaaoo!!!" calls Okina.
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Misao whirls towards the familiar voice of the old man who's raised her.
"Misao! The other's are all here! What happened?" Okina says, catching up with them, panting.
"I don't know!!!" Misao responds.
Omasu catches up to the four. "Oh! We need to get Rikimarou a doctor!" she says picking him up.
"Okay, I'll bring him back to the Aoiya." says Okina.
"It would be wise to go back there, too. And then we can get everything straightened out before we go looking for Himura and the girls." says Okon.
"You're right." says Yahiko.
Misao nods.
They all go back to the Aoiya.
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Aoshi could see the worry in Misao's face.
"They'll be alright...they're tough little things..."
"Yeah... I hope so..." Misao says quietly.
"I promise nothing will happen to them... or you, my love..."
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"Huh?" Misao exclaims under her breath, looking over at Aoshi.
( Did I hear what I think I heard? Nah, can't be. )
Misao was sitting at the table, listening to Okina's plan.
( This isn't going to work! I just know it!!! )
The anger was rising in her and she felt her face grow hot, her fists balled.
If anything happened to those three... she wouldn't know what to do!
"...we shouldn't go searching for them now... it's dark!" came Omasu's voice.
"Right!" agreed Shiiro.
"They can't be far from the festival. It's three girls we're talking about." joins in Rikimarou.
"Yeah, but the two other are small, they can be handled." says Okina.
"And Kaoru can take care of herself. She's got fighting skills." Okon went on.
"Yeah, but still!! What if something bad happened to them? I'm not going to just sit around and do nothing! I have to help them!!" exclaims Misao.
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And the stubborn Misao ran out of there.
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[ In the woods... ]
Misao stopped and leaned full force on a nearby tree, panting, tears in her eyes.
( Ayame? Suzumi! Where are you guys???? Hope Kaoru's with you... take care of you... )
"Miss Misaaooo!!!"
( I can almost hear you... )
"Misaaoo!!!"
( Wait... I CAN hear you... )
Misao turns and looks over her back.
Not there.
So she turned forward and there they were.
"Susumi!! Ayame!!!!!!"
They were balled up in a net hanging from a low branch.
"Don't worry I'm coming!!!"
"Misaao!!" cries Suzumi.
Misao ran towards them only to run into something really hard.
She fell back and landed on her behind.
"Ow!"
Misao looks up and gasps.
The figure was tall and dark and made her head hurt.
"Well, well, well... so the self-declared leader of the Obiwanbanshuu is in the palm of my hand... you look like a little rascal, that's all... how's your father been?" the low voice boomed with laughter.
Misao narrowed her eyes at the figure.
( How dare he talk about my father? )
The figure quickly moved forward and grabbed her by the wrist.
Misao let out a frightening scream but didn't know what hit her.
( I'm prolly too numb from the other wounds... )
She counted the bloodsplots in her vision as she heard her name calling from nearby.
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[ Back at the Aoiya... ]
Everyone gave a sudden gasp as they heard the shrill scream.
It was terrifying.
They were all getting ready for their search. Putting on their gear.
Sano and Yahiko were supposed to wait there and defend for the dojo and tell Kenshin where to look if he ever came back.
Surely, HE wasn't captured by whoever it was...
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( end of part 2 )
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Next part: Sorry I got a little behind but don't worry, now you'll have more to read at the same time! I'll be sorta in a writer's block and so is everyone else, there's a bad case of it going around my group, but it'll be okay.
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