Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ The Findings of Earth ❯ The Fallen Souls ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter I

The Fallen Souls

It had been a really long night. She wasn't sure how much time she spent in that room, she only knew that she was in deep pain. The forms in front of her were blurry. Her vision was fading and she felt so hot. A cold hand was placed in her forehead. She looked at the fainted form it belonged to and forced herself to recognize it. It was him. She smiled softly when she realized he was by her side but then again why wouldn't he be? He was always with her, he never left his side. She remembered many times before; every time she needed him he was just beside her. He remembered he never left his side when she had that accident some years ago. He stayed in the hospital with her and cared for her the many months she needed help in doing the simplest things. When the doctor told them that she could never have any children because the accident debilitated a lot her body he was there for her. That was why this was such an important night. They had defied all odds and they were so close to have a miracle. She knew it had only been seven months and that the part would be very difficult but she knew in her heart that they baby would be fine.

"Come on miss, keep pushing"

She closed her eyes. Those were such easy words to say but following them was so difficult.

She felt a sharp pain in all of her body and she screamed loudly.

She heard footsteps all around her and then she heard the most beautiful sound, a baby was crying. Her baby.

"She is bleeding a lot" Said a voice.

"We have to stop the bleeding" Said another one.

She could feel how her body was debilitating little by little but she didn't cared, her child was born.

"I want to see her" She said in a steady voice.

"You can see her later" Answer a nurse.

"Please I want to see her"

The nurse noted the desperate pleading in her voice and couldn't refuse.

A small child was placed in her hands. She looked at her. The baby had her eyes closed but she opened them just a little when her mother took her. The woman looked at the eyes of her child; they were the most beautiful tone of blue she had ever seen. She had already thought of a name for her. She and her husband had discussed it before, but when she looked at the eyes of her first born she changes her mind.

"Kaoru" She said as she looked at her husband one last time. "Kaoru"

"We can stop the bleeding"

"We are loosing her…"

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A small boy stood in front of a burning house. He was looking intensely at the fire. The orange flames rose to the sky and consumed the small country house. He didn't understand everything that had happened. His hands and his body were splashed in blood and his face was covered by ashes. Silent tears slid down his cheeks. The boy was crying. He was only five and his small ayes had already witnessed more pain and suffering than most grown men. His mind wasn't working right. "What had happened?" It took less than a minute to take everything away for him. Everything he ever held dear was lost. Everyone that cared for him was dead. He was alone and the only thing he could do was look at the bright fire that was consuming his every hope.

The blood of his parents was all over his body. They had killed them in front of him and there was noting he could do to protect them. He tightened his little fists as another tear wet his face.

A strong hand was placed in his shoulder. He didn't move he was hypnotized by the fire.

"You belong to us now boy"

He didn't move so the man forced the kid to look at him.

"What's your name?"

He was about to respond but the man stopped him.

"From now on your name is Kenshin and you'll forget any memory you have from this place and from your life before us."

The boy nodded, the spell of the fire was broken and now he could understand that his life would never be the same.

The man held his wrist tidily and dragged him away from the burning house and from his memories.

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Kaoru was running in the park. His father was looking at her with a smile on his face. The small girl was beautiful. She had dark black hair and the deepest blue eyes. Her skin was white and soft and her lips were small and pink. The father watched with pride as her small miracle played in the park.

When his wife had that terrible accident he lost hope in having children but when he found out she was pregnant his life lightened up again. They knew I was risky, the doctors told them that but they wanted to go through with it anyway, if there was even the smallest hope in having a child they would take any risk. Those were brave words. When they decided they were going to go through with it he knew what could happen but some part of him just didn't believed it was possible. There is always that small part in the soul of every human that refuses to believe that something bad can happen but then it does. He remembered the last look she gave him, she was happy, she died happy.

Now he contemplated at her miracle baby, his Kaoru.

He loved her so much but he still felt sorry for her. She had to grow up without ever knowing the love of a mother, but no matter what he would love her enough for both of them.

"Kao-chan" He said. The small girl instantly ran towards her father. He looked at her, she was smiling, she always did.

"We are going to visit your mother today"

The girl nodded and kept smiling. "Should I get some flowers?" She asked in the innocent voice of a ten year old.

"We'll get some on the way" he said as he put a hand in her shoulder.

They left for the cemetery.

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Kenshin was standing beside one of his bosses. The night was freezing so he closed his jacked so he could get warmer. His violet eyes were looking at the metal door in front of him. His ears were alerted to any sound that may be suspicious. The metal door opened and another one of the men in the gang came outside.

"Is clear, we can go in"

He walked inside the building fallowed by one of the men. He wasn't afraid, he had done that so many times before that it didn't scare him any more. The place was dark but he was use to the dark.

"Ok move, said the first boss. Kid you stay here, if anyone shows kill him, I don't want any witnesses."

The boy stood there, they never wanted any witnesses. He silently prayed that no one will appear. He didn't want to kill anyone. When he did it before he felt how he was killing a part of his soul. It hurt and it never stopped hurting. They forced him to go with them to their "missions". He hated it, he was used to it but he hated it. He knew what they did was wrong but he felt so helpless, like there was nothing he could do to stop them and there wasn't. He was never told exactly what happened in their missions, he always stood and watched or they used him to get inside the small spaces no one else could. The main part of the mission was done by the bosses.

He heard small footsteps approaching from the front. He was really good at listening; he was trained to do it. He held his dagger in his hand. That was his weapon, he wasn't allowed to have a gun until he was sixteen and he was only fourteen. The foot steps became louder and louder and suddenly he was able to see the figure making them.

It was a girl, a small girl that couldn't be older than six. H looked at her and for a moment time stopped. He had a child standing in front of him, a child! She most have been the same age he was when he lost everything. He couldn't kill her, no matter what he couldn't kill her.

Time unfroze and the girl looked at him. She opened her mouth and screamed. Kenshin just stood there watching her scream. Suddenly the house was lightened and shots were heard. The firs one he saw coming down the stairs was the first boss fallowed closely by the other members of the gang. He looked at Kenshin and then at the girl standing in front of him still screaming. If he was going to do something he didn't had the chance. Another gun shot was heard and he reacted.

"Let's get out of here" He screamed and everyone ran outside and into their vehicles, even Kenshin.

Kenshin was thrown in a cell in the basement the minute they arrived their safe house.

He slept in a cell but the cell he was in now was very different. He had a bed a bathroom and a mirror in his but this one was an empty dark cell. The cells in the basement were reserved for the people they captured not for the members of the gang. He knew he wasn't really a member but he had to work for them so he wasn't that type of hostage. His hands were cuffed together. He sat in the floor leaning in a wall. He knew he was about to be punished. He had been punished before, every time he did or said something the boss didn0t liked he was punished. He was beaten all the time and sometimes the starved him but he had never been locked in a basement cell. The mission was a failure and it was his fault. The girl had screamed before the mission was completed and they were forced to leave. It was an important mission, he knew that, but he didn't care. His conscience was clean, the girl was alive and he knew that whatever the mission was it was anything but good, so he was glad that for the first time he was able to stop it. He wondered if they would kill him. They were able to, they owned him and there was nothing he could do about it.

He heard the door being unlocked. He stood up and looked at it. The first boss came in accompanied by two other men of the gang. Kenshin looked at them, the people in the gang were never nice to him, they all despised him, but the two that were with the first boss really hated him.

The boss approached him and the other two walked slowly behind him. He looked at Kenshin and didn't say a word, but then the boy felt his fist on his face. Kenshin felt to the floor and before he could get up he got hit again. They hit him for an hour with out saying a word and then they left. They did the same thing for the next seven days. Kenshin was a complete mess; his body was covered with bruises, his lip was cut and his wrists were swollen for the tight cuffs. He was hungry, they hadn't feed him much and he was really weak. He was beaten before but it had never been this bad, still Kenshin was glad; he smiled softly because he knew he had done the right thing. The door opened one more time. He tried to get up but his legs wouldn't hold his body weight so he just stayed in the floor waiting for them to hit him. They did and he bit his lips so he wouldn't scream. When they finish the first boss knelt beside him and put his hand on Kenshin's chin forcing him to look up.

"This is to teach you to never be kind again"

Kenshin saw the knife approaching his face and then he felt the sharp pain as it cut his skin. He didn't close his eyes and didn't scream. The men left and the door was closed behind them. Kenshin's face was covered in blood and now he had a scar in his left cheek but he didn't care. Every part of his body was in pain but he felt better than he ever did, he did something good for someone and that was a feeling powerful enough to make him forget his injuries. He closed his eyes and made a promise to himself as he felt asleep; he would do everything in his power to keep that feeling in his heart.

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A/N: So what do you think? I'm sorry if it's a little angsty but I think every story needs some angst in it and besides the light said it wouldn't' be easy ne? This is only the beginning and I really hope you liked it. Please write and tell me what you think!!!! ^_^x