The Meeting of Two Wanderers [Completed]

[just-a-rurouni.livejournal.com]

Character(s): Kenshin, Jintetsu
Content: A drifter and a rurouni meet. ^_^
Setting: Around L6-L7
Time: Morningish
Warnings: None.



He'd spoken to a lot of the city-folk the day before, and hadn't been able to get much from them at all, much to his dismay, however they had been very eager to teach him how to use the strange object he'd been given.

It had taken him awhile, and a lot of advice, but Kenshin soon had a slight grasp of how to use the thing, although how it worked still puzzled him no end, but he decided it wasn't worth trying to understand at the moment.

The object was just one of the many puzzles about this place. Saitou was another puzzle. Kenshin had no idea how he could think he'd 'taken care of' Soujirou, when ... well he hadn't. Soujirou hadn't seemed to know what Saitou was talking about either, so at least that was somewhat comforting.

But another thing troubled him, if Saitou and Soujirou was here ... where was everyone else? Could more he knew or his friends be here? He hoped they weren't, but ... if somehow they were he would have to find them!

Other than discovering if any others he knew were here, he was at a bit of a loss at what the do. He'd been simply wandering, which was something he knew well how to do.

He'd spent one night in a cold alley, but had managed, though now felt a little still today. Slipping his arms into his kimono, he walked along the cobblestone, as he wondered what to do. Oblivious of the strange stares of the city's people who paused as he walked past. He was used to it, so had no problems ignoring it.

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Jintetsu had already been up all night. It had quickly become apparent that he'd woken up outside this city at sunset, not sunrise (which made no sense). He'd tried to stay in one place until morning, but, unable to fall asleep within a few hours, he'd finally gotten restless and started heading deeper into the city, keeping his eye peeled for a store. He hadn't found one yet.

The streets had been largely deserted all night, but as the sun and the people began to come out again, he was also receiving his share of odd looks. He didn't care. Let them stare at the man in the steel mask; he'd be gone soon enough.

For the most part, he kept his pace quick and his head down, only occasionally looking out from under his woven hat. Eventually he decided to cut through an alley and double back, but he emerged suddenly and accidentally bumped into someone at the other end.

As he recovered, he didn't see the other man's face past his own hat, but he did notice the sword at his belt. Well, there was only to hope he didn't take Jintetsu's inattention personally. He tipped his hat toward the swordsman, gave him a quick "Excuse me," and started to continue on his way.

[just-a-rurouni.livejournal.com]

Kenshin hadn't been exactly paying attention himself as he walked down the road, his mind lost in his thoughts, so he was caught rather off-guard.

"Oro!"

A soft cry of surprise came from the rurouni's throat as someone suddenly bumped into him as they came unexpectedly from an alleyway. Kenshin recovered fairly quickly, blinking his wide violet eyes as he realized he was looking at a japanese hat, which quickly caught his attention.

"Ah, many apologies. Sessha was not looking where he was going, that he wasn't," he apologized, even though he was only part at fault, to the stranger. He watched curiously as the other man moved to continue on his way, Kenshin's sharp eyes quickly locking onto the katana at the other's side.