Summary: Misao left the Aoiya after she realize that she is wasting her life whit Aoshi…she travel along the country for two years and meet soujiro…what will happen whit this two? And when Misao´s help is needed to help protect the Aoiya from a new enemy what will she do? Will she have the courage to return to the man that had broken her heart?

Away from home

Chapter one

-Aoshi-sama! Here is your tea!-exclaimed a excited Misao that is climbing the temple stairs to go deliver the usual morning tea to her dear Aoshi-sama.

It was being like this from two years now, since Aoshi have returned after the sishio´s incident…

Every day she will coming to the temple, bring the tea to Aoshi, take the tea whit him, and then wait for him to return or going to the Aoiya helping whit the restaurant…

-I think that today is going to rain Aoshi-sama…I don't want you to get wet so i´m going to the Aoiya pic a umbrella and then I will came pic you…it's that ok Aoshi-sama?

Aoshi merely shook his head in a affirmative signal without looking at her.

-ok! I'll be going now! See you later Aoshi-sama! Have a god day and don't go without me!- shouted Misao as she happily collect the tea cups and go out the door.

When Misao arrived home she enter quickly and go to the kitchen, after she have put the cups away she headed to her room…but she heard loud voices in Okina study.

In the next days she will be question herself why she had stopped that moment and what have made her lean against the door and listen to the conversation…but the truth is that she did exactly that…

-you can let this continue Okina!-said a irritated Omasu.

-I don't understand what you two are talking about…

-don't play the fool now Okina! We know that you are none and this isn't the moment…you know what we are talking about, you have see that yourself…she is wasting her life!-protested and angry Okon.

-and what do you want me to do? Tell her to never go see him again? Demand that her go to the city to know new people…and new man? What? You know that I can't do any of that…she won't forgive me…

-but we have to do something Okina! Misao is wasting her life! She waits for Aoshi like a dog for his master!

"I don't believe they are talking about me…how could they! They have no right to talk like that…" but Misao´s thoughts where interrupted for what Omasu said next.

-day after day she waits for him, she took is dam tea, washed his clothes, clean his room…she is like a slave! And what she received? Nothing! A blank stare, and a little thanks! I´m tired of seeing her behaving like a slave to him! She is our okashira for goodness sakes! If anything it should be Aoshi to do that for her! I know that she love him…but Okina she can't wait all her life for something that could never happen…i´m tired of it Okina, tired!- Okon start to cry- she never deserve a life like this…she have suffered enough…

Misao didn't list anything more…her eyes were full of tears and her face was white..

"it isn't true…nothing that they said isn't true…" she sobbed and run to her bedroom…there Misao laid on the futon and star to cry more…

Outside the time seems to be just like her mode and started to rain…

-it's not true…they have no right to talk about me and Aoshi-sama like that…i´m not his slave…i´m only helping him…and he cares about me…don't he…

"no, he never says more than a simple ´thank you, he didn't even bother to look you in the eyes…"-said a voice in her head, it was a voice that she first had heard when her Aoshi-sama had told her that he didn't wanted to see her again…it was the voice of despair.

-he cared about me…he even show me the tumuls oh Hannya and the others…

"he did that only because he thought that was is duty to do that…he thought that he own you that…Omasu and Okon are right… you have done all for him, you have abdicated of your life for him…you are almost 19 and look at you! He is making you wasting your life and neither you or him see that …you because you are blind because of him…and him because e didn't see you like the women that you are, and he took you for granted…"

- oh my god! How could I be so blind!- cried Misao- how could this happen! How could I let myself down like this…i´m a ninja I have honor…he was using e and I never noticed…please mother…father…I don't remember you well, but please help me…please…i´m so lost!- whit that Misao fell asleep from the exhaustion…but her dreams here dark and lonely.

Away from there…a lonely figure was walking home soaking wet because of the failing rain…