Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Another Morning ❯ Chapter 1

A Fan Fic by Misanagi. E- mail: vivi_t22@hotmail.com

Usual disclaimers applied. I don't own Rurouni Kenshin but it would be a great birth day gift

Author Notes: This is my first fanfic and is also the first time I write in English. I normally write in Spanish because it's my first language, but I though that more people would read this if it is in English. So I apologize for any writing, spelling, grammar, or other mistakes you may find. Comments are welcome, good or bad, so please write and tell me what you think.

Another Morning

Chapter I

She began to feel the cold wind through her bare back; her banded breasts were only covered by an open yukata that Omasu had given her. She looked up at the moon, and then again to the path that leaded to the Aoya. She couldn't believe that her mind was so blurred and not a single thought could pass through. Kenshin. That was the only thing that her mind could place. Kenshin. Suddenly she saw a dark figure approaching from the shadows. Her heart stopped for a moment but quickly started ticking again when she realized that it wasn't him. She sensed how everyone seated back again. A false alarm.

"The prisoners have been taken in to custody," the police man said, "now we will escort you to the clinic."

"None of us is moving," Misao said. "We are waiting for some friends to get back and we are not going anywhere until they arrive."

The policeman looked at the group of people lying in front of him. There were two girls and two boys not older than thirty who were bandaged but didn't look so bad. An old man that had a patch on his eye and a girl who was wearing only an open yukata, so he could see the injuries she had on her body. There was also a strong looking man holding a big bottle of sake that didn't look injured or worried at all. The girl that had talked to him was sitting very still and she seamed to be having some trouble breathing. Then he saw a little boy that was about ten years old. He was very injured and was lying still next to one of the girls. A long gash was on the boys back and it was bleeding through the bandage. "Who are this people? Why aren't the going to the hospital so they could take care of their injuries? Are they crazy waiting in the cold, outside a destroyed restaurant for who knows who?"

Misao noticed the worried look at the policeman face and assured him that everything would be alright, she knew it was true. Hanya told her that Himura would bring Aoshi-sama back and she believed him. She took a deep breath and gasped a little when she felt her stomach hurting. She hadn't been examined by a doctor but she knew she had broken, at least, two ribs. The policeman was finally leaving and everyone was back looking at the pathway, expecting, when…

"Kuso, my hand is hurting again, I can't believe something could hurt like this. Just a little farther away, I know the Aoya is close, it has to be. Come on Kenshin, you have to resist, Jo-chan is waiting for you" Sanosuke could feel the soft breathing of his friend, he was still alive. Sano had carried him all the way and was hoping to see the Aoya soon. He needed to get Kenshin back to Jo-chan.

Aoshi walked right beside them, his face was as cold as ever, but his heart was beating faster and faster as they approached the Aoya. He remembered walking the same path many years ago, but it never seemed as strange as it was that day. Finally Aoshi could see the Aoya and his heart stopped for a second when he realized it was almost destroyed.

Suddenly three figures were running towards them. Aoshi froze when he saw Misao running to him. Misao-chan.

Kaoru couldn't stop running towards him. "Kenshin! Kami-sama what's wrong with him? Why is Sano caring him? Is he… Is he dead? Please don't let him be dead…Kenshin…" She stopped in front of Sano, her eyes still fixed in Kenshin's red hair, her eyes covered in tears. She opened her mouth to speak but no sound came out, she couldn't talk… Kenshin…

"He's still alive Jo- chan. He saved Japan."

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The Aoya was almost destroyed but there were three bedrooms that could still be used for the night. They couldn't go anywhere else that night. Kenshin was too badly injured to keep moving, Sanosuke was exhausted for carrying him all the way back, and was also in bad shape. Aoshi was in pain too. The fight whit Kenshin took a lot out of him. He would never show it, but he couldn't move anywhere either.

Hiko Seijuro decided to stay the night in the Aoya. "I can not leave my baka deshi, not yet at least." He was sitting in a room next to Kaoru and Yahiko. Kenshin was lying on a futon. His eyes where still close and he was still bleeding from the last wound Shishio inflicted on him. Hiko saw as that small vibrating girl went out of the room and came back again with some bandages. She sat beside Kenshin and started to examine his body, very gently so she would not inflict more pain in him. "The doctor is on the way, he would do a better job taking care of my baka deshi's injuries," he said.

The girl placed her deep blue eyes on Hiko, and the look she gave him needed no words but she said them anyway. "Cant you see, he's still bleeding? He needs someone to take care of his wounds! I know Okina said we should wait for the doctor because he is severely injured and we could make it worst if we interfered, but I can not stay back and see him bleed and hurt alone like no one is here to help him!"

"I'll help you Jo-chan," said Sanosuke as he entered the room. He knelt beside her and together started bandaging Kenshin. Kaoru felt as tears came running down her face. She couldn't believed how badly hurt was Kenshin. A sword had passed trough the right part of his stomach, and that deep wound was still bleeding. He had been hit all over his body, on the left part of his chest he had a big wound that wasn't made by a sword and she didn't knew what kind of attack could have caused it. He was slashed and burned all over his thorax, and was bleeding from his left shoulder. He had other injuries that had been taken care off before, but the bandages were already falling and she could see beneath them. He had been cut in both sides of his neck and slashed on the back. His face was covered with bruises as the rest of his body. Kenshin…

The doctor finally arrived to take a look at the wounded. He was taken straight to Kenshin's room and his eyes widened at the sight of the red headed man. He quickly controlled himself and examined the patient. "It is a miracle that he survived. He has three wounds that alone could kill a man. He needs a lot of rest. He is not unconscious, he can hear what is going on around him, but he is too weak to speak or move at all. He would be like this for a long time; he lost a lot of blood and it's obvious that he exceeded his body endurance. I gave him something for the pain; I think it would help him get a better rest."

The doctor had a long night. After examining Kenshin he had look at the rest of the people in the Aoya. He examined Kaoru and gave her something for the pain and dismissed her quickly since her wounds were already bandaged. When the doctor got a glimpse of Sano´s hand, the only thing he could do was stare at it silently. Finally, after a few moments of examining the hand and many painful groans of Sano, the doctor made a decision. "This is the worst hand that I had ever laid eyes on; it's broken beyond repair."

Every body looked at the doctor with eyes filled with disbelief.

"Kuso! That's my luck!" Sano yelled as he resisted the urge to punch something. "I learn how to make the Futae no Kiwami and I break my hand, now that it's something."

The doctor treated the other injuries of Sano but didn't have a second look at his hand. For him it was hopeless, that hand was lost.

After he examined Omasu, Shiro, Kuro and Okon came Misao's turn. The doctor said that she had in fact broken three ribs; he bandaged her thorax really tight and told her that it had to be that tight for it to heal properly. "You will have some trouble breathing but keep the bandage on. You need time to heal."

Misao didn't complain at all and when the doctor finished with her she asked him to go and see Aoshi. He let the doctor examine him briefly and bandage his wounds but didn't say a single word. He didn't even answer Misao when she asked him how he was felling. He was in deep silence, like he always was, his blue green eyes as cold as ever, but inside Aoshi was a completely different person.

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