Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:49:53 -0400
From: The Fox <bgalv001@xxxxxx.xxxx.xxx
Subject:  FarawayStar?I have a question...

Hi...The fox is back¡... with an rxistencial doubt. i have an old 
story in spanish* my first fic, truly , of Kenshin, and I dont know 
if is worth of translation and send here...

Here is the resumen...

Well , this is" Faraway Star , a Meiji era Ballad" my angst and 
favorite fic. I write it in spanish because my english sucks , I'm 
sure you're knowing it now .is maybe long story. .  .and I'm afraid 
is't really good . . . but i really want to told this story about 
Kenshin . Chapter1 :Unmei no haguruma.

Its a sunny day of early winter after the Kyoto arc.A very happy 
Kaoru is walking in the city , with a money bag  she get from and 
kindly tourist who buy an shinai and a lessons ,and she's going to 
buy some presents and warm clothes fo everybody .Whe she end  she 
have a encounter with Saitoh . In this moment , a horses with a 
carriage went mad and almost ATROPELLAN the two : Saitoh saves her 
but the carriage goes to a gaijin store and all the broken glasess 
fall over them . A slim figure stay in the way and stop the mayority 
of the glasess with a broom , but is hurt badly . kaoru thinks is 
Kenshin , but isnt . Is a young boy of her height , with the hair 
white ,around 20 years old .She carry him to the clinic and Megumi 
and her attends all the others wounded persons too . Yahiko appers 
and Kaoru encommend discloth the youngster. . .and when she arrives 
again in the room yahiko is very VERY angry .
is a girl .
Megumi y kaoru discovery her back TOTALLY cover with old scars , and 
horrified decides care of her.
kaoru decides take her to the dojo and take care of her : she looks 
very bad-treated , no just the glasess , too hungry and exhausted 
.For the surprise of all ,yahiko take care of the young girl with all 
efforts ,sano laughing soo much . The next day she awakens. . . and 
didnt say a word. But Yahiko appers understand her and talk with her 
easily. . .and answer for her .kenshin look her awakens , and run to 
the kitchen . the girl haves a huge purple eyes , very strange . . 
.and when kaoru ask her name , yahiko declares with total security 
"Haru" .

Chapter 2.Sobakasu .-Scars
Sano finds Kenshin in the kitchen. . . totally amazed,see him 
burning the food and part of his sleeve aparently his mind is far , 
far away . The burning end with Sano pushing Kenshin in the water and 
a burned keikogi. . . sano talks to him , thinking he did look a 
litle yellow spark in the eyes of Kenshin , and Kenshin accept he is 
very upset . The eyes of the girl are identical at of an old enemy, 
and really awaken very sad memories .sano dont let him go and hold 
him ,soothing him . Then laughs , and make him fix the burned dinner .
Kaoru and Sano really falls in love with the silent girl . kaoru and 
Megumi make really good friends with her , dressing her in a green 
kimono ,braiding her silver and very long hair , walking and talking 
with him . Her manners was so distinguided . But Yahiko truly falls 
in love . he turn in a young gentleman , a nurse  always behind the 
peaced and mute girl,sat by her all the afternoon , and talk , talk , 
talk answering for her to him and to everybody with security . he 
becomes inseparable , really kindly and sweet .
Kaoru and Sano can't believe it .
But Kenshin was really strange . He he's really sneaking out . he 
never appers be close to the girl . He never talk her . he almost run 
when she appears . and a day , manwhile he made the laundry Kaoru 
talks to him , no angry,just curius and upset .She tell him he's 
hurting the silent girl  and Kenshin ,sad , decides apologize to her. 
it doesnt blame of the young girl she reminds him a foe.
These nigth  after dinner he kneel by the girl and apologize . sano 
saw him so ense and look her eyes .
and she talks for the first time .
She screams in horror BATTOUSAI at seen his eyes and fainted in fever .
And kenshin , pale like a ghost , leaves the dojo in a rush, with Sano 
behind.
Yahiko and megumi take care of the girl . yahiko dont mind the girl 
whispers yahiko-chan and with tenderness , he cares of her. Meanwhile 
, Sano find kenshin crying in the river  and kenshin tolds him a sad 
story .
In the end of edo era he figths four times with the leader of the 
kazegumi , a elite of aizus , elite army of the shogun Keiki , in his 
castle of Osaka , in fushimi batlle , in the temple of Uyeno . But in 
the final nigth of kioto  kenshin completely crazy and battousai-way 
, almost insane and drunk of death and horror  find him injured . He 
did kill many Ishinshinshis without mercy , and kenshin takes revenge 
: tie him and make him really terrible things , leaving him to bleed 
to death in the mud .
Was the one time he kills with pleasure .
He tells Sano almost without voice he did desire the Osaka Hawk and 
hate him for this .
kenshin cries . Hoshino-san , the leader of the Kazegumi , have the 
same purple eyes than Haru, but the hair of hoshino  "The Osaka Hawk" 
was black, in a high ponytail . He thinks probably are brothers .
"I can't support the horror in her eyes . she knows what I did to 
the Osaka Hawk , sano"
he thinks he must levae and let her live peacefully in the dojo.
sano punches him .
and tell him very angry he doest have the rigth of ruin the lives of 
everybody in the dojo just because he doest so brave to confront 
something . He takes ken under one arm and backs to the dojo .
To home .
oh , my god  sounds so stupid resumed. . . Im sorry . . .Im a bad 
writer. . . snifff.

Chapter 3 : Omoi : odorenai warutsu.: Memories: Undeanceable waltz.
The fever of haru down at morning . A tired kenshingumi waits , and 
Yahiko says he knows kenshin did hurt in someway to haru in the past,  
but he isnt believe this matter anymore , because he is a dufferent 
man now . haru , very weak still , agreed  and explains she doest 
remeber anything of her past  included her true name : but she thinks 
in this way too . And Haru stays in the dojo , very loved for ayame& 
suzume . . .and all . She results have a good sewer , and made new 
clothes and all : then , a tired Kaoru discovery she is very good 
with numbers and drop in her hands the contability of the dojo . and 
the dojo awakens , and bloom . The money-at end - start coming , and 
theyre really have a good time .
Haru ended making numbers for Tae and the clinic , and is really 
good . And Kenshin and her starts to closening .
A nigth few months later a joyfull Tae invites all to a dinner in 
Akabeko.And like a surprise , Tae did buy and gramophone .Kenshin did 
saw somes in the foreign ambassadors houses who did protect in the 
Ishin and tells everybody the pourpose ,and tae puts a waltz . 
kenshin , very red ,try to teach a ruburous kaoru to dance but ended 
in the floor .haru decides to try  and for everybody is evident she 
did made it before : sh dances with kenshin perfectly. Tae and sano 
join , and yahiko , jealous caught Haru. . .and Kenshin is caught by 
megumi (oh oh oh oh !!!- -Oro. . . .-)
Later , walking to home , theyre assaulted by a group of bandits . 
Sano and kenshin of course get ride of them in minutes , but one of 
them caught Haru .  . . and she throw him seven meters away. megumi 
arrives wuth the police -and Saitoh ,very cynical -who says he needs 
to talk with Kenshin .

Chapter 4.Tsuki no maku-hoshi no maku . No moon  no stars .
Saitoh explains to Kenshin and Sano , in a bar ,the death of two men 
, killed by decapitation with long cuts in the chest . Every head 
appeared with a sword in , and Saitoh give to Kenshin one : a katana 
with black leather (®vaina?) and a missing jewel or stone.
Then go , saying to Kenshin to be careful  because isnt like nobody 
knows what he did to the Kazegumi leader  Hoshino . In the way home , 
kenshin tells Sano he understood that the two dead men was Kazegumi 
working to gaijins , and the code of kazegumi , Hoshi no michi 
shirube , the way of the star , was totally xenophobus. This mean , 
he thinks , the missing jewel  and the injures - the typical techique 
of the IMA KOSO HABATAKE ,( open your wings ) of the Osaka Hawks mean 
vengeance againts old kazegumi sell out . Well , he begins worry 
about Haru . . .and what the Kazegumi did if they find a possible 
Hoshino girl living with the man who kill horribly his old leader .
meanwhile  Haru dreams with the secret kiss of a man dressed in deep 
blue , with blue eyes  black hair in a high ponytail  ,silk black 
bangs in his eyes , a yellow fabric in his face . A figth , and 
attack to an ambassador . . .the battousai figthing AGAINST the men 
of her dream , a tall young dressed in ligth blue and white , the 
words:
IMA KOSO HABATAKE
She awakens crying  and go to the garden of the dojo trying to stop. 
She finds kenshin here , very nervous . He offers tea to her , and 
then told her all : his suspects over her family ties with Hoshino 
Haruka , the murders  the posibility of the Kazegumi looking for her 
, or him  and the obvious way they'll react if finds them together. 
He says he don't know what to do : he just want to protect eveybody . 
Haru answer , with trembling voice , what looks a like the man named 
Hoshino  and when she knows he doest look like the man of her dreams 
cries softly ; is quite a shock for her .
Kenshin try desperatly to comfort her .He brokes  saying all is his 
fault. And totally overhelmed for all , confuse for her stunning 
analogy to Osaka Hawk , his one pervert dream and shameful,he ended 
kissing her with wild passion.When he tries to deep the kiss , Haru 
aparts really scared  all her body screaming an red alert , trembling 
and terrified , when she feel his hands in the scars of her back over 
the fabric . Kenshin , for first time incoherent , almost cries 
saying he really  really never did want to scared her  or damage her 
, but Haru , too really in shock , says she doesnt apart because he 
did damege or scared her ; was because THIS is other person's own . 
She asks him to forget all did happen . He agree , almost cannot 
restrain the tears  trembling . When she did go ,he let him fall , 
crazy in his thougths :
Kaoru -dono : what I did made.He knows he loves Kaoru . But Haru 
haves a strange chemical with him , the same was with the Osaka Hawk 
. Desire . A deep . overhelming , unbeareble desire and hungry : when 
he felt for the first time his body awakens to Hoshino he did want 
kill him . And he did , undertaken his dark and savage feelings 
hating him for this more to anything else . But Haru awakens the same 
desperatly love and hungry : a need unbearable , a totally insane 
passion bitter and cruel .Never think he can feel it again , without 
the guilt of the passion for Hoshino . haru gives hin the same 
without the horror . And he cant resist much more.
He sits here , thinking until the morning , cursing and hating himself .
The next days was really peaceful with rain  Megumi catch a cold and 
go to stay in the dojo  Sano was here before ,Yahiko learning maths 
with Haru totally glued to her . sano and haru stays alone for a time 
and sano asks her if she *too* was crazy for ken .When she , says 
almost for herself she prefers tall and darkhaired , sano makes a 
attemp. . . and she escaped more fast than Soujiro.Sano just laugh , 
and going to the kitchen where Kenshin boil water asks him if he 
never did want to give a good $%&/ to Haru .
‚‚‚AYYYYYYY!!!!!
*Oroooooooooooo*
Kenshin no baka .........

Chapter 5 :Bourei no Koushin : ghost walking .
A I-cant-sleep Kenshin finds in the night a strange group of ninjas? 
in the dojo . The no very wise ninjas confuse him with Yahiko  but 
Kenshin stops them and rescue Haruka from a ninja skilled in the Ima 
Koso Habatake .He leaves te two in his room and ran to the dojo , 
where Sano and Kaoru figths  with a bunch of ninjas .The men , moving 
like Oniwabanshuu begins to leave . . . but the police is hide out of 
the dojo , with certain yellow-eyed wolf as leader , waiting. But the 
most of the ninjas prefer die before said nothing .
Haruka finds the katana . Yahiko , scared , looks her eyes turn red 
, and she take the katana of kazegumi and walk to the dojo like 
azombi. Yahiko tries to stop her , but ended ripping her kimono and 
reveals a totally and savaguely scarred white back.
Kenshin , the figth ended , look up to find a totally shocked and 
bloody Haruka in the front of dojo and Saitoh coming from behind . 
Feels irrational fear  and see , unbelievely Saitoh hitting the girl 
brutaly and begins to order her to get up or he will kill her 
.Kenshin accuse him of make all of them like a tramp  a cannon fodder 
against the ninjas , and order him to stop the attack to Haru . 
Saitoh hits Sano & Kenshin and continue with Haruka .
The Oska Hawks awake again . The young kazegumi-taichou stops a 
killer gatotsu and get up like an executioner . Looking her eyes turn 
totally red Kenshin understand con horror that the Osaka Hawk , the 
worst sin in his life , the one who did can turn his mind a nightmare 
of blood and madness was the same lovely amnessic Haruka .
She stops the figth, and saying cold but kind thanks and byes to 
Sano, Kaoru and Yahiko turn lo leave them . Kenshin tried to say 
something  but the Osaka Hawk remebers all, and tell him coldly taht 
she will be forgive his live for love to Kamiya-san : if she see him 
again , she will take revenge .
The Kazegumi did hate the Oniwabanshuu , and viceversa .
And the ninjas did attack like Oniwabanshuus . Saitoh tells her all 
about the deaths of their olds kazes .
And the two go for Aoshi Shinomori . To Kioto .
Yahiko tells Haruka how much he is in love with her .
She promises to return .

Chapter 6 ISHIN NO YAMI : Darkness of Revolution .
The Mibu's Wolf and the Osaka Hawk talks friendly about his past in 
the streets of Kioto . Meanwhile , sano & kenshin go to Kioto 
determined to find Haruka and take her back ,like Kaoru did made 
sometime .The two talks long time in the ship , and Kenshin told Sano 
all about him and Haruka : his original atracction and his hate and 
horror when he thinks she was a man  , the brutal way the battousai 
hurts her , the silent kiss in the dojo poch , his strange close to 
her different from Kaoru's love . The fear of her attacking the 
Oniwabanshuus and the way Saitoh and her fougth together for long 
time , their frienship .
In Kioto , aoshi takes roughly a letter from Misao ,scaring her . 
Was adressed to the Okashira  and Aoshi recognizes the symbol of 
Kazegumis .

I-d wrote till 11 chapter. but I think is more than enough....sniff.