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Shaman Rurouni
The sounds of Yohmei's house were quiet, except for the snores of the people who slept. Everyone was asleep, for the exception of Kenshin. This new japan was different. Even if it was over a century into the future from his time. Everything was new. The buildings rose many times higher than the tallest buildings in the mejie era of japan. The nights where brighter with all the streetlights from the nearby city of Izumo. The culture was different.
Kenshin felt as if he didn't belong.
But what about Laura's words? That he would be able to return to his own time?
Laura was hiding something from him.
All these thoughts clouded his mind as he sat at the end wall with all of the younger shamans, his sakabato resting against his shoulder. Sleep would not be an option tonight, for he was far to awake to even try.
A scuffling of one of the teenagers broke Kenshin away from his thoughts. His head snapped up, only to see that Laura was wide awake. It was when she was searching to see if anyone was awke did he put his head back down, pretending to be asleep. He watched from behind his bangs. 'Why is she up at such an ungodly hour?' he thought.
It was only when the teenager went to the kitchen did Kenshin stop wondering. Of all the petty things he was guilty of, midnight kitchen raids was one of them.
He returned to thinking. He really didn't understand much about what was going on...
There was something he vaugly remembered, when he was little, he was eves dropping on his parents... He remembered them saying something about having Kenshin have a normal life, and something about shamanism.
As the rurouni tried to remember a memory from such a long time ago, he could hear Laura scuffling back towards the room. Kenshin, once again, pretended to be asleep as the teenager whent to her futon.
But Laura didn't go back to bed. Instead, she grabed her CD walkman and headphones, and opened the window. Making another quick glance to make sure everyone was asleep, the teenaged shaman crawled out of the window and onto the roof.
Kenshin shook his head. Obviously, this was one teen that refused to sleep at night, the way she snuck out.
But, even though Laura was out, and she was listning to her music through her headphones, Kenshin could hear the words of the song clearly.
/And I give it all away
Just to have someone to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to/
The song really didn't fit Laura's personality, but whatever floated her boat.
Kenshin got up. Since he wasn't going to get sleep any time soon, he might as well sit on the roof with the shaman. Using the same technique to get on the roof as Laura, Kenshin climbed ontop of the roof. A little silently.
As he sat down next to Laura, she jumped. Kenshin had obviously startled the teenage shaman.
"I thought you were asleep...." Laura stated, taking off her headphones, a bit flustered.
"I can't... To many things on my mind, de gozaru...." Kenshin answered.
Laura just nodded, looking at the stars.
"Is that why you're here?" Kenshin asked...
"Nahh... I don't get much free time, so I usually sneak out at night..." Laura stated. "I was never one to stay indoors at night time..."
"I want to ask... How did you know I was a shaman?" Kenshin waited for an answere.
Laura sighed.
"I guess it's fact that I'm a shaman myself... And I've been training for a long time... I really can't explain it myself, really... We all knew you were a shaman... And we really can't explain it ourselves... Or the others can explain it and I just don't have that ability...." Laura smiled a toothy grin.
"Oro... Laura... How much sake did you have at dinner?" came the next question.
"None of your bussiness.... Now... " Laura bopped Kenshin on the head lightly. "Go to bed. I know you're worried about the others back at home... You will see them again!"
Kenshin was about to ask how she knew this, but then thought better of it. She seemed the type to be the one to not tell something for a reason.
"Night." Kenshin stated, yawning. He made his way back the way he came, and climbed back through the window. Laura watched untill he disappeared, then continued listening to her music and listening to the stars. How much sake she had, not even she knew. But a small, psychotic giggle at nothing in particular stated that she did have alot that day.
"Crap, how am I going to get back to bed... " She thought aloud. Laura obviously didn't think about that...
"Ah well... I can sleep on the roof tonight."
The teenager yawned, and then lied down, her hands under her head.
It was a nice night out, after all.
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It was early noon, and the sun shined brightly overhead in a cloudless sky. Kenshin was sitting in the grass, drinking a cup of tea. He was taking a break from his training as a shaman, and was a little flustered at trying to learn, but it was nice and warm out.
Kenshin was progressing very well in his traing, having almost mastered the ability of the shikigami. Of cours, Yohmei wondered why Kenshin was getting such training at such a late age.
Suddenly, he heard someone, sounding as if they were in trouble. He couldn't make out whose voice it was, but he was going to see who it was.
It was coming from the house. Who was it?
As Kenshin got closer, He could see that it was Laura. She was clinging desperately to the edge of the roof. She was slipping.
"Go away, Kenshin! You will not be able to catch me...." She said desperatly as she tried to reach out for something to grab onto, not really want to fall, though it seemed inevitable. Her grip continued to fail as she slipped even more. The others were making their way towards the two to see what the ruckus was.
"Crap... this is going to hurt...." Laura stated as she fell.
There was a loud, blood curddling scream as she hit the ground, obviously in extream pain. The others ran up to see if the shaman was okay...
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