Rurouni Kenshin. A Child Lost In Time.

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Rurouni Kenshin: A Child Lost In Time. (A Crossover Of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story And Rurouni Kenshin: Trust And Betrayal ) By: Legendstar14. In the year of 1878 in the Meiji era of Tokyo Japan a wandering samurai and former assassin Kenshin Himura, called Hitokiri Battousai the legendary manslayer during the Bakumatsu revolution which ended eleven years prior, has been living at the Kamiya dojo for about a year. Kenshin tries to find a more peaceful life and atone for his sins he had committed during the Bakumatsu. Now, in the middle of the summer of 1882 a constant downpour of sudden rain has seemingly casted an illness on a surplus of villagers in the area where Kenshin is staying. What’s even more troubling is twenty minutes after the downpour started, Kenshin returns to the dojo to find a young girl unconscious without a drop of rainwater on her as well as covered in bruises and debris. The young orphan wields a strange weapon and has little to no memory upon her awakening. With the sudden consistency of a massive storm, a mysterious child with blood-red hair and the same eyes as his as well as figments of his darker bloodstained past, Kenshin has no choice but to help this girl while keeping his friends out of danger and hiding a foreshadowing secret from them all. Chapter 1: Arrival. It was strange, having a downpour of chilling rain in the middle of the summer. At any rate, it was about noontime when Kenshin Himura walked swiftly into the Kamiya dojo, carrying daily groceries. It was pouring rain outside and he was soaked. Kaoru Kamiya and Sanosuke Sagara were out helping Megumi Takani with her work as there was a growing surplus of citizens falling ill. Yahiko Myojin had stayed at the dojo, practicing by himself. “Hey Kenshin.” he said when Kenshin walked in. “Evening Yahiko. Seems you came inside today, didn’t you.” Kenshin replied, still carrying his heavy load. “It’s because of the rain” the boy sighed in annoyance while resuming his practice. “But that ain’t gonna keep me from practicing!” he added determinedly. Kenshin laughed in a grin. “That’s the spirit Yahiko! Keep up the good work.” he said and went to put the groceries away. “You should change into something dry Yahiko! It looks like the rain out there started quite suddenly.” Kenshin advised. “Same to you. The water dripping off your clothes is making puddles! You’re way more soaked then i am!” the boy laughed, only for Kenshin to laugh in agreement. ______________________________________________________ When Kenshin went to his room to get fresh clothes for a bath, he opened the sliding door to find something very misplaced in his room and nearly tripped over it. He strained to not touch the object lying in front of the entrance and caught himself by the tips of his fingers before bringing his legs up in a back flip, managing to clear a reasonable distance between him and the object across the room. When he landed, facing the object, he instantly assumed the position of the Hiten Mitsurugi stance. He was stunned to see a body, lying on it’s side. It wore a tattered blue-grey kimono with small black seed prints. It was small and Kenshin couldn’t tell the gender. Recovering from some of the shock, Kenshin noticed the body was dirty, covered in bruises and debris. A small thick mass of long dark red hair covered its eyes. Kenshin cautiously approached the body, he could tell it didn’t respond to his presence as he carefully knelt down, and with one hand on his reverse blade sword, carefully flipped the small body onto its back and moved its hair from its eyes. It was a girl, Kenshin figured, at about Yahiko’s age. What took kenshin by surprise was the fact that she wore a men’s style kimono. Just at her collarbone the kimono had a dark brown, thick string. Pulled to leave only a small space uncovered. She wore a cool-grey shirt underneath. What shocked Kenshin most of all was that the downpour of rain started nearly twenty minutes ago. Not one single drop of rain water was on this girl. Suddenly she began to move and Kenshin’s eyes went wide with shock. The girls face twisted in a clear image of pain and she whimpered as she began tensing in small movements. She’s alive! he thought and carefully stood and poked his head out of the doorway. “Yahiko” he called. “Would you please fetch Ms. Kaoru, Sanosuke and Ms. Megumi for me, it’s an emergency!”. “Out there in the pouring rain?! What’s up Kenshin?!” Yahiko called from down the hall. “Just please hurry!” Kenshin said. “I’ll explain later.” he finished, hoping Yahiko would hear the urgency in his voice and do as he said. “Right, I’m on it.” the boy said to Himura’s relief. The urgency in Kenshin’s voice wasn’t caused by the girls state of health. He was sure she’d be fine with Ms. Megumi’s care. What had caused the seriousness in his tone, which allowed him to command Yahiko so easily, was not the fact that this girl had appeared in his room all of a sudden