Subject: [kffdisc] Remington Rurouni
    Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:12:06 -0500
    From: "Sekihara Tae" <tae@sekihara.dreamhost.com>
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      To: "fanfic" <kffdisc@onelist.com>


 
Ever notice how I seem to produce something strange right after producing a
"real" fic?  Me too...
 
-Tae
Y2K... no, really, WHY? (>_<)
 

Remington Rurouni

Try this for a deep, dark secret: You know the mysterious rurouni, Himura
Kenshin? He doesn't exist.  I invented him.  You see . . . I always admired my
father's Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, so I studied, and I practiced, and put our
school's name on a dojo.  But absolutely nobody knocked down my door.  A female
kenjutsu instructor seemed so. . . . feminine.

So I invented a rurouni . . . a decidedly skilled rurouni.  Suddenly there were
students everywhere, all hoping to get a glimpse of him in action.  It was
working like a charm . . .

Until the day he walked in.  With his violet eyes and mysterious past . . . and
before I knew it, he'd assumed Kenshin's identity.

It's a dangerous way to live, but as long as people believe it . . . I can
teach my budo.

We never mix housework with pleasure . . . well, almost never.

I don't even know his real name!

                                 Rurouni Kenshin

{Trailer for episode 1}

<Kenshin and Kaoru stand in the dojo.  Kaoru appears furiously angry, while
Kenshin appears his calm, friendly self.>

Kenshin (pulling sakaba out of its sheath) It's a sakabatou . . . I've never
heard of anyone using one of those.

Kaoru: So! He believes in the principles of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu! He wields a
sakabatou in order never to kill again!

Kenshin: There aren't any nicks or marks on the blade, I don't think it's ever
been used.

(Kaoru is silent, standing with fists clenched)

Kenshin: And none of your students have ever seen him.  You know what I think,
Kaoru-dono? I think your rurouni doesn't exist.



<Kaoru talking to a prospective student>

I'm sorry, but Kenshin doesn't do any teaching.  He's vowed never to pass on
his Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu.  He functions only in an advisory capacity.



<Kenshin, doing laundry, surrounded by a group of boys.  Kaoru stands in the
distance, shut out of this blatant display of male admiration, trembling with
anger.>

Boy 1: You're really him? Rurouni Kenshin? Sugoi!

Boy 2: Kakkoi! Were you really a hitokiri?

Boy 3: Of course he was! Kamiya-sensei said so! Besides, look at that scar -
how else would he get it? It must have been a victim that fought back!

Kenshin: Ororooooo . . .



<Yahiko trying to convince Kaoru to let him stay>

Yahiko: Kaoru! He helped you against Gohei! You can't say he's dangerous!

Kaoru: Yahiko!! We don't know him! He hasn't even told us his name!

Kenshin: It's Kenshin.  Himura Kenshin.

Kaoru (whacking him upside the head with her shinai): Baka! Your real name!

Kenshin: Orooooooo . . . (eyes spiraling) Kenshin . . . Himura. . . . Kenshin .
. .


 
This was probably only funny if you've seen -- or at least know about -- the
show Remington Steele.  One of my early favorites... the romantic tension is as
frustrating as it is in RK.