Going Back

Chapter 2 – True Identity

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"How many times do I have to tell you?" Kaoru yelled in frustration, "I'm not your Kaoru!!"

They sat in the living room, Kaoru crossing her arms stubbornly and the others desperately trying to make her listen.

"But you have to be!!" Yahiko insisted, grabbing his swollen cheek. When Kaoru had walked in through the door, Yahiko had jumped her, screaming 'busu.' It didn't take a genius to know from the slap that Kaoru definitely did not appreciate being jumped.

"Tanuki-"

"I do not look like a raccoon so please refrain from calling me one, kitsune-san." Kaoru smirked at Megumi.

"Look... umm... Kamiya-san-" Aoshi tried to say but was interrupted by Kaoru, "Who told you I was Kamiya?? I am Lila Johansson."

"Well, unless there can be two Lila's. I don't think that's it, because the real Lila called a couple of minutes ago, to warn us of your arrival."

Kaoru sighed, "Fine. I'm Kaoru Kamiya. But this I'm sure of. I'm not your Kaoru. Look... I don't believe in this reincarnation crap. I happen to be a minor in science."

"Besides," she casually added as she walked the front door. "There is no way I'd date much less marry a pretty boy."

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"Sano... Do I really look... pretty?" Kenshin asked miserably.

"Kenshin!! You can ask Kaoru yourself!! We have to look for her in this damned huge city! God... it's nothing compared to Tokyo but Kyoto's pretty big." Sano muttered.

Kenshin stood in awe. He was in Kyoto. After the whole Shishio thing... and his past name as a Hitokiri Battousai... Kenshin shook his head. He needn't think of things like that... especially when Kaoru was missing.

That's when he heard her voice. Screaming. Yelling. Furious.

"Damn you Lila!! These people are crazy-" that's all he heard. He then wildly swung his head around, trying to locate her with his eyes.

"Hey little lady," he heard a husky voice ask. Aoshi, too, had heard Kaoru's upset voice and now he heard her sigh.

"Look, Lila. Let me take care of business- No, not with Aoshi... Call you back in a few," then direction her voice to the thug, she said, "Look, I'm not in the mood today. Do you know how it feels when people ask you, 'Hey! Are you the Kaoru from the Meiji Era?' Well, I do, buddy. And it pisses me off."

With Misao's delicate ninja ears, she heard knuckles cracking, and then she heard a sinister version of Kaoru's voice. She could almost hear the smirk in the tone, "You caught me in a really bad mood."

Sano winced as he could hear (and picture) Kaoru beating the thug up.

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Kaoru cursed and swore as she walked in to the walkway. She sneezed and the wrapped the just-bought leather jacket even closer around her shoulders. She cursed again and rang the bell.

The brown spiky haired man opened the door, half-smiling, half-smirking, said, "Whatever happened to lead you here?"

Kaoru glared at him. "I know for a fact that you were there while I beat up the idiot. I also know that you bribed all the hotels not to let me in. I want to know the reason."

"Actually... Kaoru-dono... I was the one who did it."

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"So... you basically laid the trap so that there was no where to go except here?" Misao asked, in awe of Kenshin.

"Yes..." Kenshin rubbed his head sheepishly.

"Oh..."

There was no reason to ask why.

There was an awkward silence when Yahiko opened his mouth, "What are we going to do? Why doesn't she remember anything?? Can we make her remember? And why does she hit so hard?"

"I'm telling you, I don't remember because I didn't know you people in my so-called past life."

They turned to see her, in a cloud-soft, and short towel wrapped around her. Water ran down her face, down her neck, down her collarbone, into where the eyes could not see. She looked innocently at them, a pout on her face. Her raven hair clung to her face, her neck, her shoulders, wherever it could touch.

Gods... she was beautiful...

Kenshin could feel his possessiveness run through his veins and in the blink of an eye, he was blocking her from their view.

"Whoa..." Kaoru blinked.

"What are you doing without any clothes on?" Kenshin asked huskily, his eyes a flecked with amber.

Kaoru had to remind herself to answer as she gazed into his eyes, "I couldn't find any of my clothes... the driver said he'd bring them to me... and he never did..." 

"Well, then," Misao said, stepping between Kenshin and Kaoru, "I'm sure we could find something for you to wear until Beshimi brings those clothes of yours."

With that, Misao dragged a blushing Kaoru to her room.

Megumi pursed her lips tightly and followed them.

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Misao walked down the stairs of the mansion, not sure about many things. Kaoru was asleep in her room, and Megumi walked beside her. Silently.

"What do you think about this?" Megumi's sharp voice cut into her mind.

"I don't know...  I thought... Well, she certain looks like our Kaoru. Acts like her too, to a limit though..." Misao responded hesitantly.

"I'm a doctor, Misao."

"Eh? Besides the fact that I know that you're a doctor already, what does it have to do with anything?" Misao asked, confused and curious.

"I think... Well, it hasn't been researched up to this point..."

Now Misao was really curious.

"Please tell me, Megumi!"

"Well, I don't know specifically when I got my memory... I just had it... and I just knew automatically that it was my past life... you know?? Well, didn't you have it like that?"

Misao nodded, her jade eyes sparkling in thirst for more information.

"Well, so when I was old enough and met you guys... I was curious... I mean, I was happy in meeting Ken-san, Sano, and you but... I was curious!!"

"Yeah... I know what you mean..."

"I researched on it..."

"Get to the point, Megumi!!" Misao cried out at last.

Megumi laughed a little at Misao's impatience and then suddenly, as quick as lightning, her face got serious. She looked at Misao straight in the eye and said, "We remember because we wanted and want to... Kaoru has suppressed her memories... She doesn't want to remember us..."

A/N: Ummm... don't kill me!! Okay… at least I updated!! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and PLEASE review... I was NOT supposed to write a chapter for this story... This story was supposed to be an hiatus, but noooo...

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