Half Elf

I don’t own the Rurouni Kenshin Characters. Also the language or song thing there is made up to a tune in my head, its not there to mean anything, if it does and its means something good cool! If it means something bad whelp I didn’t write it for that lol.

Three Years Later

“La la la la,” A deep tune was heard through the forest. “Ryo, ni tami koko ni koko ni li ni chin nagani la le rangu ni wa, mirai ni nie.”

A tall man walked along the forest path leading to the river. He heard the beautiful song being sung. His eyes scanned the road, finding no one. The voice sounded all around him.

“Ha lei, ri ki sichi ni name li no. Ri fly tonomite shite no kare, mi hono, hono nake shite me line no mi wa ti no.”

Once again he heard the voice, still not feeling a presence, or able to pinpoint the voice. A whistle from the wind caused him to turn around, unsheathing his longer Kodachi.

“He he, I believe you are late.” A smile on the girls face made him blink, as he recognized her. “What’s wrong, surprised I’m in the air?” Her voice sounded once more, with a slight giggle at the end.

“You aren’t using the wind power?” His deep voice questioned.

“Mmm, my technique must be better, since even you can’t sense it.” Misao brought her right hand up and twirled it. A blue swirl appeared around it. Aoshi’s eyes widened. Misao turned her head and her hand stopped, making the blueness disappear. She fell to the ground, landing silently on her feet.

Aoshi sense another presence as Misao ran forward through the trees. Aoshi could hardly follow her movements. Swiftly he unsheathed his other Kodachi and followed her.

He saw he jump into a tree and stop for a moment. She jumped down a second later, a thud being heard. He skidded to a halt as he stood in the clearing. Misao was in a crouching position. A man stood across from her wiping blood from his mouth.

“None have been able to capture me as of yet. You think you will be able to.” Misao stood and readied three kunai.

“Ahh, the little half-ling, so you do still live? You’ve done well, but the lord whishes for you. As soldiers we have a duty to do what he says.” A smirk appeared on his face. “As long as I bring you in alive, I’ll be rewarded, no matter how battered you are.”

“Try,” Was Misao’s answer as she jumped into the air throwing two of her kunai, only to have them buried in dirt. She did a back flip, wit ha side twist and landed on a tree limb. She jumped from the tree limb wit her arms spread and did a front flip to land in a crouch position once more. Misao rolled to the side as she missed being cut by a double-edged sword. She looked to the man and smiled as he yanked on his sword, growling when he couldn’t free it.

Misao bowed her head steeling her eyes and looked once more to him. She grabbed the handle of the kunai with all of her fingers. She tossed it at the man hitting him in the side of the neck. Misao closed her eyes and turned he head away.

The man gasped, his eyes widened, as his hands let go of the sword handle. He dropped to his knees, yanking the small knife free and then falling to his side. His eyes closed and his body relaxed.

Aoshi watched her as she fought and saw the drop in her head, before she killed him. She turned to face Aoshi, tears glistening in her eyes. “We should return to the village, I must gather the water for the town, and then I will talk with you.” Misao closed her eyes as tears fell from her eyes.

“You cry for those you kill?” Aoshi voiced.

Misao opened her eyes and a sad smile came to her face. “Yes.” Misao bowed her head and walked slowly toward him, passing him as she walked back to the river.

“Why?” She heard him questioned as he started to follow her.

“You should go back to the village, the water duty is mine.” Misao stated ignoring his question.

“I’ll help you.”

Misao stopped in her tracks and turned to face him, only to bump into him. His eyes were staring into the forest. She backed up a couple steps. “I can do it myself, I started carrying the water when I was 7, and I’ve been able to do it by myself since I was 11.”

“Accepting help when its offered is hard for you to do isn’t it?” His eyes were still scanning the area around them.

Misao gasped and then growled. “I’ve been by myself for three years, I’ll stay that way.”

“You won’t have that luxury. You’ve finally hit that age, where the guards will be more frequent in capturing you.” Aoshi replied.

“I can choose my own path.” Misao snarled turned away from him and started walking once again, only to have him follow her.

“Your fathers whishes, when you were older were what?” Aoshi stopped and waited for her answer. “I know he told you what those were.”

Misao stopped and turned to face him. “How would you know what they were?”

“Jiya and your father were very old friends, he told him all his whishes for you.” Aoshi’s eyes pierced hers.

“He wanted me to learn to fight in the best way possible to protect myself. He also wanted me to find someone to settle down with. It shouldn’t matter to you what those wishes were.” Misao raised her voice.

“It can matter to me if I wish it to, but I don’t. This is all Jiya’s doing. I am only here because of him.” Aoshi replied coldly.

“Then tell the old man to return here instead of a selfish man, that has no regard for others feelings. I didn’t ask you to come here, and I certainly don’t need to have feelings well up once more, now that I’ve finally been able to get over them,

Aoshi scrunched his eyes in slight anger, “I have my orders and you are to come with me. You need to be taken from the village as soon as possible, so the town’s folk are not harmed, but the soldiers.

“I do not need to go with you, I will choose my own path.” Misao closed her eyes.

“Your fathers wish was to have you train with the Oniwabanshuu.”

Misao’s eyes snapped open. “You’re one of the spies?” Misao gasped as she backed away.

“Yes, as is Jiya.” Aoshi replied walked toward her, as she backed away.

“What’s your name?” Misao asked as she hit a tree.

“Aoshi Shinomori, you interrupted a fight, between your father and I.” Aoshi stood directly in front of her.

Misao’s eyes were cast to the ground. “I thought you looked some what familiar. You’ve grown quite a bit and your features have changed some.”

“Why did you need to know my name?” Aoshi questioned. She seemed to fall limp against the tree.”

“My father left…” Misao stopped as the wind blew in front of her face. It was a small gust and it didn’t rustle the leaves. Misao moved her ear slightly picking up a whistle sound. She gasped and looked up to Aoshi. She pushed herself away from the tree and rammed her body against his.

THUNK, THUNK

Misao breathed a sigh, and felt one of Aoshi’s arms wrap around her. She wrapped her arms around his chest as he pushed himself to his feet. Aoshi scanned the tree lines, but couldn’t determine where the arrows had come from.

“It has to be an elf.” Aoshi muttered. Misao looked up at him. Aoshi raced through the forest winding through the trees hearing more arrows hit trees as he ran. “I’m going to carry you differently here, so I can picked up my pace, if we continue at this…” Aoshi ducked as an arrow soared over his head. “…One of us will be injured.”

“Fine.” Misao felt Aoshi jump into a tree and land, one of his feet slipping. Misao’s feet hit the branch and she cried out in shock. Aoshi regained his footing quickly as Misao pushed her aching feet against the branch. Misao pushed herself so she was in the air giving Aoshi the chance to slip his arm under her knees and his other under her back. Quickly he leaped from the branch, a few more thunks being heard. Misao had unwrapped her arms, now wrapping them around his neck.

Misao was sure she could run faster than he, but right now she didn’t quite feel up to it for some reason. Aoshi moved his arm slightly and Misao whimpered in pain. Aoshi looked down at her, and saw her harsh breathing. “We have to get to the Oniwabanshuu hideout quickly.”

Misao nodded as her energy was draining fast. She felt dizzy, and closed her eyes letting unconsciousness take over.

Aoshi huffed slightly as he quickly walked to the oniwabanshuu hideout. He’d lost the archers about an hour ago. Just incase he’d went the other way, leaving a false trail. He jumped into a tree and jumped the tree branches back toward the hideout.

He looked upon the gate and silently went into the shadows, jumping over the wall and landing inside the gate. He looked around, as he saw no guards. He shook his head. “Han’nya,” Aoshi whispered loud enough for him to hear. Han’nya appeared from the shadows and stood next to Aoshi. “Where are the guards?”

“I believe two were suppose to be watching he gate.” Han’nya replied.

“Yes, they are supposed to be watching for intruders, make sure they are punished severely.” Hannya nodded and once more seemed to disappear.

Aoshi looked down to the half-elf in his arms, and noticed her shallow breathing. He hurried toward the building and went inside.

Misao groaned as she awoke, slowly she sat up and placed a hand to her forehead.

“I’m surprised you awoke so soon.” Aoshi voiced from the corner.

Misao turned her head toward his voice, and could make out his outline, barely.

“What happen?” Misao mumbled. She looked over to the shadows and thought she saw him turn his head. Misao quickly looked down and grabbed the blanket, pulling it over her wrapped breasts. She groaned as her head started aching with every movement she made. Misao lay back down, closing her eyes. “Are you going to tell me what happen?” Misao questioned a little quieter.

“You were skimmed by an arrow, it had some type of poison on it.” Aoshi replied. “I hope you feel better in the morning we have some place we need to go.

Misao groaned as she tried to move onto her side and couldn’t. She sighed and closed her eyes sleep claiming her.

Misao awoke in the morning, her headache had disappeared some. Slowly she sat up keeping the blanket above her breasts. She looked around the small room, and notice it had four pieces of furniture. There was a place to put dresses and other clothing, a rectangular box at the end of the bed, ‘Probably to store blankets.’ Misao thought. A small table that had a candle on it, and what looked to be a book. The last piece was what she was laying on.

The door opened and a tall woman stepped inside the room. The woman looked over to her immediately, not one bit surprised she was up. “You definitely have elf in you.” The woman’s stated. “A human would have been out a day at least with the type of poison you had in your system. The woman slowly walked toward the bed. “I still need to check the wound and make sure that it’s not infected.” The woman set a bag on the floor next to her feet. She bent down slowly and yanked the blankets from Misao’s hands. “I’m Takani Megumi.”

“Makimachi, Misao,” Misao mumbled, her eyes widened as the woman started undoing her wraps. “What are you doing?” Misao quickly asked.

“Your wraps are over the wound, I need to unwrap them in order to check the wound.” Megumi looked up at her. Misao stayed still as the wraps were unwrapped only partly. “It seems your wound is mostly healed, it should finish before lunchtime.” Megumi re wrapped the wraps and then stood up grabbing her bag. “Aoshi should be here in a short while, with clothing for you.” Megumi left the room and Misao glared at the door. It opened almost immediately after she left. Misao grabbed the blanket once more, covering herself.

Aoshi walked into the room, holding the only onimistu uniform her could find, in her size. He looked to the bed and saw the angry look. He tossed the clothes to the bed and turned his back to her. “Get dressed, we need to leave immediately,” The door slammed closed as he waited outside the room.

Misao winched slightly at her aching muscles, and the slight pain that went up her back. She grabbed the clothing and picked it up. She examined it and sighed, it looked a little short for her liking. She quickly placed it on, finding it fit her fine. She walked to the door and opened it.

Aoshi looked to her and noticed her hair. “You might want to put your hair back.” Aoshi muttered.

“I need a leather tie.” Misao stated, as she placed her hands on her hips. Aoshi followed the motion, and let his eyes wander further down her form. He had to admit that for a woman of her age, she should be wearing something more appropriate, but most of the outfits were made for men. He snapped his eyes away from her, looking at the floor. He dug into his pocket and handed her the tie she wore when he went to pick her up.

She took it with a smile and started braiding her hair. She wrapped the piece of leather in the last part of the braid and then wrapped it around the end of the braid. She tied it securely and then followed Aoshi down the hall.

“What kind of mission are we going on?” Misao asked, her cheery nature coming back to her despite the new place she was in.

“One that should have been taken care of three years ago. Weather you know it or not, your father was respected among the high elves, even when he married a human. His skills were excellent, he was trustworthy, and a leader. He was looked upon highly among them. The high elves may not have learnt of his death. We must go tell them of it. Misao stopped dead in her tracks. Aoshi stopped and looked at her wide eyes.

“I have to go to the village that will shun my very existence?” Misao gasped.

“Yes,” Aoshi was confused. “I’m sure your father would wish you were to tell them, than someone they do not know, let alone a human.” Aoshi replied.

“I guess you are right.” Misao mumbled. She caught up with Aoshi and they continued to walk down the halls and out of the Oniwabanshuu hideout.

Okay well its done yay. Now I need to go to work ackkkkkk no time to post right away well it will get posted to night I hope you like it.

Next chapter Aoshi and Misao’s trip to the high elf forest, and of course, the high elves them selves bye.