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Rosa Canina in Autumn	By : hajimenokizu Category: Rurouni Kenshin > General Views: 1507 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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Disclaimer:
Nothing is mine. This is just fanfiction. No money involved just plain hard
work and sleepless nights. Also this is not a Saitou x Tokio fic. Alternate
pairings involved! Rating will be changed for later chapters.
Chapter 6: A
Hindrance
My blade cuts
through flesh as if it was paper. I grab an arm and used the dead man�s body as
a shield. Bullets they pour down like rain. It�s a miracle there�s just a
slight wound to my side. Our"guests" seems to fire indiscriminately
and I curse. Who the hell are these people? I crawl on the ground that was wet
both from the river water and from the fact that it�s started to rain. It�s
then that I hear a whistle, coming from my right. A loud explosion rips through
the side just missing the docks where everyone was.
Who the
hell would have a canon on a covert operation?
Watching
closely at what lied before me, my blood ran cold as the familiar color of blue
greets my sight. The Kyoto unit of the
Keishikan�? A whistling from the shadows where the police came from grabs my
attention and from my vantage point, clearly it is pointed at us� It will be a
direct hit.
Nagaoka�
�Get out of
here!� I shout to all of them but it was too late as splinters of wood pass me,
I run for cover. The smoke and debris all mixing in one space making it
difficult to see. Another fire from another direction and I scowl� It was just
like Toba-Fushimi� A slaughter and it was over in only a few minutes.
Wiping the
soot from my eyes, I assess the damage to the men. Most of them who were to be
my support are dead� So are the men from the theater earlier, a brigade comes
over� I grit my teeth and my eyes dart from left to right and I see an opening
right behind the crate so I dashed for it. Panting. Out of breath. I rested my
back on the wood and scanned thesurroundings. The nameless face of the
smugglers and military men all thrown together like livestock that were
butchered. Some still alive, but as they writhe like maggots, I realize they
are better off dead. It was only a few moments ago that this all started� I
grip my katana ready to pounce at our uninvited guest. I can hear their voices
as they came near and stuck my head out to get a look.
So I was
right� I should�ve known this might happen. I look down to my side where the
pain has started to nag, contemplating the odds. Is it possible to fight
fifteen armed men all at the same time? Am I faster than their bullets? But I
have a duty to fulfill and I know this was a setup� All evil must be slain
�quickly-.
Suddenly I
hear gunshots. Not one, not two, but several� I look out again. Fukukago
himself was there�
What the
hell is he doing?
Shooting each
man sprawled on the ground. One by one the twitching stopped, all twelve men
from the military� And the smugglers laid lifeless as they�re thrown onto a
caravan. The Kyoto Police chief was cleaning his tracks!
Why are
these men letting this go on? Aren�t they police officers?
�What will we
do with all these bodies sir?�
�Haul them all
to the precinct.�
To the
precinct? Didn�t you just murder them?
�All of them?
How about them?� The smaller man points to another pile of bodies dressed in
uniform.
Yes what
will you do? Why the hell are these men following him? Didn�t they see?
�Bring them
all to the Precinct. Make sure to file a report.� He crossed his arms and
grinned smugly.
�Yes sir!� He
scampers off, dragging one of the bodies with him.
Idiot� Do
you think you can get away from murdering members of the armed forces?
If he thought
he could get away with this massacre� But I could just go ahead and kill
Fukukago �at least-. With his men there, I might not come out alive but this
operation is botched already and my hands are bleeding. There are no witnesses
so I have no choice� I lift my back from the crate, quickly scanning where I
should bolt from and what direction. Fukukago was a good distance away from his
men, a perfect opportunity...
�You still
alive Todou?�
I stop and
craned my neck back to look. The idiot was still alive after all� But with a
gun pointed at his head, he wouldn�t have very long to live.
�Fukukago� You
traitor�� he gasps.
I watch as
Fukukago pull the hinge of the barrel to reload the revolver� I could wait� I
was under no obligation to save Todou�s life. He was part of this whole affair
and chose this path� If he ever got out of this alive�
I would�ve
killed him by my own hands�

FLASHBACK
It would be
better if he was out of the way�
There they are
again, sitting on the engawa and the children running around playing tag. Souji
gets up and runs after one of Hide�s brothers, Yuunosuke. How foolish� How
�childish-. I avert my eyes and pressed the knife harder on the rough wood. It
slips my grip and I end up cutting my palm instead. A deep cut that sent me
gripping my left wrist tightly and dropping my project to the ground. Blood
oozing out just like it was water, they drip on the engawa and I head inside to
go to my room.
What an
inconvenience�
�Anou�
Saitou-san.� I stop right at the door and turned around. �Let me see to that.�
�No I�m fine.
It�s just a scratch.�
She frowns but
reaches out for my injured hand. I can see her cheeks are flushed a bit.
Withdrawing my hand I turn to open the door, but she grabs onto my arm. �Wait
for a moment. I�ll be back with some salve and bandages.�
�Alright.� She
leaves quickly and I sit on the engawa inside the Yagi house. I could of course
wait for her in my room but something tells me that could be disastrous� And I
might frighten her again. I�m actually quite surprised she�s even talking to
me. It's still uneasy after what happened the other night, when I completely
lost it with her and got caught by Souji. The effects of drinking making itself
apparent� Making my inner most thoughts apparent.
Although it
was my fault that she got revealed to Souji� It was only a matter of time
before her father told everyone the truth. In a way, I felt saddened and
relieved at the same time. Sad that I was no longer holding her secret, it was
I suppose something I had deemed a bit significant, something only her and I
knew� And kept the others at arms length. But now that her secret was revealed,
she was now free to be herself� To choose� A slight wind interrupts my thoughts
and my eyes drift over to a bed of flowers� Camellias, chrysanthemums, orchids
and a small ugly looking bud of red completely out of place in a sea of white.
Curious I stood up to examine it more closely. What an irony in a bed of
beautiful flowers.
�Hold out your
hand Saitou-san. Let me look at it.� I do so and she takes it. She has such
small hands, that if I were to close it in mine. It would fit perfectly, I
thought wryly to myself. She makes quick work of it, all the while her cheeks
deepening in their reddish color. I could almost pity the girl. But I know it�s
not because of any hidden beguilement towards myself, just the fact that she
was brought up to be modest and not used to these matters. She finally finishes
wrapping my left hand in a bandage and I turn again to that bed of flowers, to
that ugly red one.
�Do you know
what that one is?� I nod over to the whithered red petal.
�Oh those?�
She smiles. �Those are dog roses� They don�t quite do well in summer.�
�I see.�
�They do well
in colder months��
�It looks like
it�s dead.�
�Oh no no.�
She laughs slightly, her face still red but her brown eyes were so beautiful. I
catch myself staring at her and look to the side quickly. �They�re quite hardy
flowers Saitou-san.�
I nod and
turn, �Thank you Hide.�
�Hai� Anou...
Saitou-san?�
I keep my eyes
on the ground, I can�t quite look at her again. �Yes?�
�Will you and
Souji please talk? He won�t say a word but I know he�s been wanting to talk to
you again.�
I swallow
hard� I�m not sure if it�s a request I can grant but I nod my head in agreement
nonetheless and head for my room.
END OF
FLASHBACK�

�I�m a
traitor? Come now Todou�� Fukukago smirks and I find it a bit agreeable. It
�is- better if Todou is out of the way�
�So you will
kill me?� Todou laughs and croaks a bit, �But you will keep your hands off my
wife� and my family. They do not know of this.�
�I�ve never
thought of that Todou�� He laughs again and kicks Todou's side, sending the
small man into a fit of spasms. �But that was a �good- suggestion. Thank you
for letting me �know-.�
Damn it!
That idiot! The hair on my neck bristles... I�ll have to kill Fukukago now
�definitely-. I wait a bit more once the corrupt Chief pulls the trigger and
ends Todou.. I will finish the job right here.

FLASHBACK
I run down the
dark alley, separated from my men. We had found a group of Ishins who were
putting up placards aimed to rattle the populace and make fun of the Bakufu. It
was chaotic enough that I could hear screams to my right, my men have probably
caught up with them. �Good-. I dart and burrow to the right, there were sounds
coming from there. From my vantage point I see that Souji�s been separated from
his men also and was fighting a group of eight men. He was out-numbered but I
knew he was a good swordsman and should be able to handle himself well. So I
headed the opposite direction to met up with my unit.
�Go back to
the hellhole you came from!�
�By order of
the Bakufu! Identify yourself or you will be slain right here.�
I smirk at
that. They don�t know who they were up against. If there was one thing to be
said of Souji, it is that he is great with a katana. The tingling and clanging
of their swords reaches my ears� and then a wracking cough that was too
familiar.
�Ooh� I didn�t
know the Shinsengumi recruited sickly boys.� One of the Ishins laughed and I
stopped in my tracks. I �could- turn around. Again I hear the squealing of
blades. I can almost see Souji face to face in close combat.. A squeal which
meant the battle was too close for comfort. A loud thud follows and I hear his
breath, panting� I�m at the other end of the alley quite a few feet away and
yet I hear him� His haggard breath� The ringing of his sword� I can almost hear
his heartbeat.
�You will die
by my blade, boy.� He says and I turn my head to see Souji with his knees on
the ground.
It would be
better if he was out of the way�
I watch as the
man pummels Souji with the handle of his katana. I just stand there and watch
as he rolls on the ground and then is beaten like a dog by the others.
Traitor�
Where is your sense of honor?
I wince� My
gut twisting and turning� Am I? Have I really lost it? I watch as he lays
there, with a foot over his chest. That man�s foot stepping on my best friend
just as if he was an animal. A trophy.
That idiot!
You can�t lose to an Ishin dog!
Anger� An
indescribable anger courses through me on what I�m not sure but I found myself
gripping my sword, my left hand bleeding at the tight grip and I launch myself
in his direction. I could swear I flew that time, the perfect gatotsu was meant
for his Ishin head. Right in between his eyes I impaled my katana so deep that
it burst his skull and then I pull a horizontal slash to gut his brain� Sending
little splatters of hair, skin and cerebral debris to the ground. After
stabbing him one more time, my eyes flared at the others. Challenging them to
come and die. Idiots will �always- be idiots and come they did�
My blade took
off on it�s own. Hungry and angered. It rips through their skin, their bones,
their innards as if it there was nothing but air. My mind blacking out, not
making any distinction on what is strategically best� One does not really think
when he is killing someone� It is like eating� Only you eat flesh and blood.
�Saitou-san!
Look out!� I turn my head and at the end of the same alley one of my men was
pointing to my left. I glared at the man in front of me but could not twist
myself well enough to send my katana snapping to his gut. I try to of course
and end up twisting my ankle instead, losing my balance. This man�s eyes were
like mine� Ablaze and intent to kill. I smirk at my end. At least I got to see
his face�
Blood�
Splattered on my face� My uniform�
Am I dead?
I�m still
breathing�
His body
slumps on top of mine and I scowl. �Get this slime off me now Souji!�
Souji smiles
at me as he takes his katana out from the Ishin�s shoulder blades. I push the
lifeless body to the side and Souji takes my arm, pulling me off the ground.
�Mou
Saitou-san� You scared me back there��
I throw him a
glare, �You almost killed me.�
He scratches
the back of his head and laughed. �I�m sorry but there was no time to pick a
spot��
I look at him.
Aghast at myself. He did not hesitate and I �did-.
END OF
FLASHBACK

Traitor!
My head snaps
and my eyes narrow. I do not have time I realize. He�s dead if I do not make a
move. But�
It would be
better if he was out of the way�
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