Rurouni Kenshin Fanfic
Rurouni Kenshin & Samurai X
Original Japanese Version © N.Watsuki/Shueisha * Fuji-TV * SME Visual Works
Inc. * Sony Pictures Entertainment
All Fanfics created by Chiruken and
Rurouni Angel were written for the sole purpose of shared entertainment and not
intended for publication or sale.
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A collaboration of Rurouni Angel and
Chiruken
Rurouni Heir
by Rurouni Angel and Chiruken
The
Lady Mary Kingston, daughter of Edward Kingston, 5th Earl of Rodenberry, met
Himura Kenzan, the youngest son of a minor samurai who was on a secret
diplomatic mission to England. The two fell in love and had a wild,
passionate affair that ended with Mary becoming pregnant. Upon
discovering that his beloved Mary now carried his child, Kenzan convinced her
to elope, both knowing that her father, The Right Honorable The Earl of
Rodenberry, would never agree to such a "scandalous" marriage, and
they were married in secret at a small chapel in a quiet village in
Yorkshire. From there, fearing the wrath of her father, The Lord
Rodenberry, Kenzan and Mary departed England for Japan, intending to live a
quiet and peaceful life on the southern most island of Japan, Kyushu (one of
the only places foreigners were permitted in Japan at that time). During
the long and difficult voyage Mary felt the full effects of seasickness
combined with morning sickness and fell dangerously ill. Her constitution
weakened by this, the ship's doctor feared for her life and that of her unborn
child. Finally, just off the coast of Japan during a summer storm Mary
gave birth to Himura Kenzan's child a mere 7 months into the
pregnancy. The child was not expected to live. They named him
Shinta for his Japanese heritage...and Matthew for his English heritage.
Despite the odds, Shinta did indeed
live, though he remained small and frail in appearance. Due to the
difficulty of the first pregnancy Mary was unable to have more children.
Upon discovering the marriage of his son to a foreign woman, Himura Genjo,
Kenzan's father, disowned him, proclaiming his actions to be a dishonor to his
ancestors. Mary and Kenzan settled in a small farming village on Kyushu
and lived a peaceful, happy life with their son, Shinta. Mary told Shinta
many stories of her life in England, of the grand balls, the dinners with the
peers, the summers in the country and the winters in London. She told him
of the Kingston family and their history as peers of the aristocracy.
Theirs was an idyllic existence. Kenzan discovered a talent for growing
and soon found that he loved farming. Mary settled into life in Japan
happily with her small family, though she would occasionally feel the pangs of
homesickness during the winter, around the time she called “Christmas”. Kenzan eventually convinced her to write to
her father to give him the news of their marriage and the birth of their
son. Reluctantly Mary did so, secretly
fearing that her son would be taken from her, she only wrote of his English
name to her father, proclaiming her darling Shinta’s name to be Matthew
Kingston. She never received a reply to
her letter.
When Shinta was six
years old a cholera epidemic swept through the village, claiming the lives of
nearly everyone who lived there...including both of his parents. The
survivors, unable to properly feed and care for their own children, were left
with no choice but to sell the orphans of the epidemic to a group of slave
traders passing through the village. And so, at the age of six, Himura
Shinta, only living direct heir to the Kingston family legacy, and effectively
6th Earl of Rodenberry upon the death of his grandfather, the current Earl of
Rodenberry, was orphaned and sold into slavery, taking with him the memories of
his beautiful mother Mary with her sparkling blue eyes and bright fiery hair
and the stories she'd told him of life in England and his family that resided
there.
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