Ohayo, minna-san! This is my second fanfic! I absolutely looove Kenii and
Sano *cackles as she dangles them over a flame*. Anywho, please e-mail me
with comments, suggestions, or flames. I'll take them all (but I might have
to kick the flamer's booty)!
Two notices to let you guys know about: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin *cries*, and thoughts are inside of two slashes, like so: //Hi!//
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Kaoru sighed with relief as she looked at the 'help wanted' ad in the newspaper. //I hope that some one sees it and comes looking for work. It has gotten harder to keep up with all the work, even with Yahiko and Kenshin helping out.//
She strolled down the street, purchasing the foods that she thought might be useful in the coming wintry months. She breathed in the crisp smell of falling leaves, and then exhaling a barely discernable cloud of steam. Laughing children went racing past her, waving lanterns and playing a game of 'Blindman's Bluff'.
As she entered the dojo, she sighed in contentment. //This is the life. There hasn't been a single problem, I should be getting someone to help out soon, and the dojo hasn't been destroyed in about a month!//
"Kaoru-dono?" She turned around to find Kenshin right behind her, a bag of something in his hand.
"Hello Kenshin! I thought that you were going to help Megumi-san with some of her patients today." She blushed as she realized how quietly handsome he could be, when he was looking at his best.
Kenshin grinned quietly and said, "No, she had already roped Sanosuke into doing it before I got there. Would you like me to walk you home?"
"I would love it!"
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Kaoru hummed happily as she chopped vegetables for the hungry dojo residents. The only thing she needed was a dash of a certain spice and the food would be able to simmer, bringing in every single resident of the dojo for lunch.
All of a sudden, she heard someone knocking on the door to the dojo. It wasn't so much 'knocking' as it was 'attempting to break down to door'. "Hold on just a moment, please!" she called out, wiping her hands on a towel as she pushed the kettle over the fire more.
"Kaoru! Hurry up! I've got a hurt person here!" Yahiko's panicked voice ripped through the dojo, making her drop everything and run to the door.
"Yahiko, what on ear-" she cut off her sentence as she saw Yahiko carrying what appeared to be a teenaged girl, with short red hair. "Kami-sama, what happened?!" she exclaimed as she helped Yahiko carry the girl into one of the empty rooms.
"I was walking over to the Aka-beko when I saw a bunch of boys hitting something with sticks. I went over to check it out-" he paused as he slid open the shoji door with his foot, "And found her. Should I get Megumi- san?"
"Yes, please! And Kenshin too, if you see him." She had already started to take the girl's clothes off, before realizing hot water and bandages were needed. She hated to leave her alone, but Megumi would flay her alive for not getting the place prepared.
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Yahiko sprinted out of the dojo, his wooden sword bouncing against his back. He had thought the girl would die before he got her to the dojo, but she seemed to have ben breathing when he left.
He turned around a corner, not even paying attention to who he was passing. Of course, he crashed straight into someone. He growled in frustration and looked ahead, to see who he had to make a hasty apology to when he saw who it was. It was Megumi, with Sano right behind her.
He jumped up and pulled Megumi up as well. "Megumi! We need you at the dojo! There's this really hurt girl-" Megumi cut him off, grabbed his hand, and started running as fast as she could with her kimono.
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Kaoru had just finished getting the cut balm she had bought from Megumi when she heard rather than saw Megumi and Yahiko crashing through the dojo. She thought she could make out Sano's curses as well before Megumi whipped open the door and slid, stopping perfectly next to Kaoru. "Kaoru-san, where is my-" She was cut off as she found the sponge in her hand. "Arigatou."
Kaoru stepped back, allowing the doctor to do her work. She was back quickly, however, when Megumi asked her to hold the girl's arm as she set it. It had been badly broken, and needed to be wrapped in a thick layer of cottony white bandages. Yahiko was drafted to keep a steady supply of hot water, and Sanosuke was told to run and get a balm from the box that Megumi kept at the office.
Finally, after several hours of work, the girl's body was almost completely wrapped in bandages. Megumi shook her head as she washed off her hands for the last time. "If this girl does make it, she'll need to be cared for a long time. I don't see how any group of children could do this."
Kaoru shook her head as well. "It seems impossible, but it did happen. I'll take first watch on her, you should get some sleep first, Megumi-san."
"Arigatou, Kaoru-san." Stifling a yawn, she handed Kaoru a small cup of tea. "Drink this, it'll help you stay awake. Let Sanosuke know when its his turn."
Kaoru nodded, and sighed as she looked back to the form that was huddled on the futon. //Poor thing, she would have been absolutely lovely if this hadn't happened. I don't see how she'll pull through without several scars.// She moved closer to the girl, wrapping herself in a think blanket.
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The next morning, Kaoru blinked sleep from her eyes. She relaxed for half a second, before realizing that she was in her own bed, and not next to the girl! She shrieked and threw on a kimono, raced to the room where she was kept, and flung open the door.
Kenshin blinked dazedly as the bright morning sunlight hit him square in the eyes. "That's bright light, Kaoru-dono, that it is. Would you mind shutting the shoji?"
"Sorry!" She slid the door shut, and kneeled next to him. "How is she?"
"She woke up in the night, but I got her to sleep again." Kenshin shook his head sadly. "I have never heard such terror in a child's voice. She kept on crying 'No', nonstop. I had to use Megumi-dono's sleeping potion to make her stop."
Kaoru felt like crying when she heard Kenshin speak. //What on earth happened to her?// Brushing her eyes, she said, "Let's check her smaller hurts first. We can wait to check the others when Megumi-san wakes up."
Most of the girl's injuries had occurred on her stomach and upper legs. Kenshin unwrapped her arms to apply more salve, and Kaoru took her face in her lap and began to peel back the bandages. She gasped as she revealed the girl's left cheek. Kenshin heard and looked up, question written on his face. "Kaoru, what is the matter?"
Not saying a word, she tilted the child's face towards Kenshin. Slashed into the girl's left cheek, the angry red of an old cut healing into a scar, was a cross.
Two notices to let you guys know about: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin *cries*, and thoughts are inside of two slashes, like so: //Hi!//
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Kaoru sighed with relief as she looked at the 'help wanted' ad in the newspaper. //I hope that some one sees it and comes looking for work. It has gotten harder to keep up with all the work, even with Yahiko and Kenshin helping out.//
She strolled down the street, purchasing the foods that she thought might be useful in the coming wintry months. She breathed in the crisp smell of falling leaves, and then exhaling a barely discernable cloud of steam. Laughing children went racing past her, waving lanterns and playing a game of 'Blindman's Bluff'.
As she entered the dojo, she sighed in contentment. //This is the life. There hasn't been a single problem, I should be getting someone to help out soon, and the dojo hasn't been destroyed in about a month!//
"Kaoru-dono?" She turned around to find Kenshin right behind her, a bag of something in his hand.
"Hello Kenshin! I thought that you were going to help Megumi-san with some of her patients today." She blushed as she realized how quietly handsome he could be, when he was looking at his best.
Kenshin grinned quietly and said, "No, she had already roped Sanosuke into doing it before I got there. Would you like me to walk you home?"
"I would love it!"
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Kaoru hummed happily as she chopped vegetables for the hungry dojo residents. The only thing she needed was a dash of a certain spice and the food would be able to simmer, bringing in every single resident of the dojo for lunch.
All of a sudden, she heard someone knocking on the door to the dojo. It wasn't so much 'knocking' as it was 'attempting to break down to door'. "Hold on just a moment, please!" she called out, wiping her hands on a towel as she pushed the kettle over the fire more.
"Kaoru! Hurry up! I've got a hurt person here!" Yahiko's panicked voice ripped through the dojo, making her drop everything and run to the door.
"Yahiko, what on ear-" she cut off her sentence as she saw Yahiko carrying what appeared to be a teenaged girl, with short red hair. "Kami-sama, what happened?!" she exclaimed as she helped Yahiko carry the girl into one of the empty rooms.
"I was walking over to the Aka-beko when I saw a bunch of boys hitting something with sticks. I went over to check it out-" he paused as he slid open the shoji door with his foot, "And found her. Should I get Megumi- san?"
"Yes, please! And Kenshin too, if you see him." She had already started to take the girl's clothes off, before realizing hot water and bandages were needed. She hated to leave her alone, but Megumi would flay her alive for not getting the place prepared.
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Yahiko sprinted out of the dojo, his wooden sword bouncing against his back. He had thought the girl would die before he got her to the dojo, but she seemed to have ben breathing when he left.
He turned around a corner, not even paying attention to who he was passing. Of course, he crashed straight into someone. He growled in frustration and looked ahead, to see who he had to make a hasty apology to when he saw who it was. It was Megumi, with Sano right behind her.
He jumped up and pulled Megumi up as well. "Megumi! We need you at the dojo! There's this really hurt girl-" Megumi cut him off, grabbed his hand, and started running as fast as she could with her kimono.
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Kaoru had just finished getting the cut balm she had bought from Megumi when she heard rather than saw Megumi and Yahiko crashing through the dojo. She thought she could make out Sano's curses as well before Megumi whipped open the door and slid, stopping perfectly next to Kaoru. "Kaoru-san, where is my-" She was cut off as she found the sponge in her hand. "Arigatou."
Kaoru stepped back, allowing the doctor to do her work. She was back quickly, however, when Megumi asked her to hold the girl's arm as she set it. It had been badly broken, and needed to be wrapped in a thick layer of cottony white bandages. Yahiko was drafted to keep a steady supply of hot water, and Sanosuke was told to run and get a balm from the box that Megumi kept at the office.
Finally, after several hours of work, the girl's body was almost completely wrapped in bandages. Megumi shook her head as she washed off her hands for the last time. "If this girl does make it, she'll need to be cared for a long time. I don't see how any group of children could do this."
Kaoru shook her head as well. "It seems impossible, but it did happen. I'll take first watch on her, you should get some sleep first, Megumi-san."
"Arigatou, Kaoru-san." Stifling a yawn, she handed Kaoru a small cup of tea. "Drink this, it'll help you stay awake. Let Sanosuke know when its his turn."
Kaoru nodded, and sighed as she looked back to the form that was huddled on the futon. //Poor thing, she would have been absolutely lovely if this hadn't happened. I don't see how she'll pull through without several scars.// She moved closer to the girl, wrapping herself in a think blanket.
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The next morning, Kaoru blinked sleep from her eyes. She relaxed for half a second, before realizing that she was in her own bed, and not next to the girl! She shrieked and threw on a kimono, raced to the room where she was kept, and flung open the door.
Kenshin blinked dazedly as the bright morning sunlight hit him square in the eyes. "That's bright light, Kaoru-dono, that it is. Would you mind shutting the shoji?"
"Sorry!" She slid the door shut, and kneeled next to him. "How is she?"
"She woke up in the night, but I got her to sleep again." Kenshin shook his head sadly. "I have never heard such terror in a child's voice. She kept on crying 'No', nonstop. I had to use Megumi-dono's sleeping potion to make her stop."
Kaoru felt like crying when she heard Kenshin speak. //What on earth happened to her?// Brushing her eyes, she said, "Let's check her smaller hurts first. We can wait to check the others when Megumi-san wakes up."
Most of the girl's injuries had occurred on her stomach and upper legs. Kenshin unwrapped her arms to apply more salve, and Kaoru took her face in her lap and began to peel back the bandages. She gasped as she revealed the girl's left cheek. Kenshin heard and looked up, question written on his face. "Kaoru, what is the matter?"
Not saying a word, she tilted the child's face towards Kenshin. Slashed into the girl's left cheek, the angry red of an old cut healing into a scar, was a cross.
