Always the Letter
by Uenki
Chapter Three – Who is she to you
Dedicated to me, myself! =P
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She covered the binding sunlight from her sore blue eyes using her hands, hoping to nuzzle in her bed for a few more moments, wishing for comfort that she can never had. But she can't. Few minutes ago, the cat is out of the bag, the truth of her parents – No, the strangers that lived under the same roof that was quarreling, has told her that the reason that they were fighting.
They were always fighting for her… Not the custody for her, the opposite way indeed. They were fighting for whom to take her, for they no longer wanted her to be with them… A burden indeed.
Flashback
They pull out her luggage, and she was biting on a piece of sandwich, with lettuce.
"Kaoru, take a seat." Her mother commanded, deadly serious.
She trudged to the dining table, and pulled out a seat lazily. Her father's eyebrow twitched for a second. She, sensing that something was amiss, swallowed the remaining sandwich, and paid her utmost attention to her parents.
"What happened, Okasan? Why is my luggage out here?" she asked, a note of fear in her emotions.
Her mother closed her eyes for a second, and opened them. A flash of hardness has pass through her eyes.
"Kaoru, listen. I and your father had been fighting for ages, and we have been planning to put this to a stop." Kaoru's eyes lit up at that comment, feeling excited that they are going to make-up after all those days.
She nodded eagerly, and her father took out a piece of document and a pen.
"Kaoru," the deep voice of her father called, reverted her attention from her mother to him. He handed her the pen, and put the document by the side. Though she, the senior in Shinofuwate High, had repeated her last year, still, she was not an illiterate. Her eyes crossed onto the piece of document, her smiled faded. "We do not need the burden, such as you, to be laid onto our backs, we prefer to be free, though you are our own child…" he trailed off, and Kaoru banged her hands hard onto the table.
"What the hell do you mean by this?! Disowning me?" she cried, her eyes narrowed in fury. Kenshin did not abandoned her, her parents did.
Her mother calmly registered the words that she has said, nodding her head. She inhaled a sharp intake of breath, and threw the pen onto her father, "I hate you!" she yelled, grabbing her luggage, and ran out of the door, leaving her parents behind that does not even have the heart to catch up on her.
Still she ran, knowing that she was alone now, registered her mind to a thing, she would have to find him.
End Flashback
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Her hand had not stopped trembling, she was angry, so angry, yet in another part of her mind, she felt depressed. The train halted to a stop, she brushed her snow white kimono and stood up, walking out.
She had now reached Kyoto, where he was at.
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She looked up onto the big, majestic, dojo-liked building. Dragging her luggage with her, she knocked politely onto the wooden door. With a 'creak', the door was opened, revealing a girl with long braid, jaded green eyes who looked about 16.
"Hello! How can I help you?" she greeted, almost too cheerfully. Kaoru gave a small bow, knowing that, whenever she was here, courtesy is a must. Her eyes shone with confidence and determination.
"Please… Could I have a meet up with Shinomori Aoshi?" she asked, while the girl gave a small frown. She saw her luggage and eyed on her, jaded green narrowing almost too slightly.
"Yes. Name?" she asked, her cheerfulness died down a little. Kaoru gave a small smile and replied, "Kaoru. Tell him that Kaoru is here." The girl gave a small nod and bounced, Kaoru peeked, into a small room.
After a moment, she stepped back out, with an almost too cold Aoshi. He came by the door with the girl, and his icy eyes scanned Kaoru. Reaching out his hands, he brushed off the long bangs from her face, and gave her a small pat on her head. Misao's lip was set into a tight line, her arms folded.
"It had been too long, Kaoru." He replied, and Misao's eyes almost bulged out for the fact that he had spoken in a sentence, with commas and full stops included.
"Hai, Aoshi-niichan…" she replied, while Aoshi eyed her luggage. Misao's eyes went wider a few more moments, before Aoshi stared hard at the Misao.
"Misao, meet my sister, Kamiya Kaoru." the small world of hers particularly fell off. Poor Misao indeed…
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A/N: Aw, quite short indeed, but this is for the fact that I wanted to leave an evil cliffie… Muhahaha! [Uenki grew fangs] Beg for MERCY!
Sakura Butterfly – Ahh… Yeah, a close call indeed, but as the sword slid down his throat, leaving a trail of shiny crimson… then Uh oh! =P
ToHeLlWiThThEnIcKs – [give ToHeLlWiThThEnIcKs an evil eye, poking out a tongue] Boo! Nah, that will just spoil the fun… Heh… that too soon for that… and that makes the story exciting.
The evil witch – Uh… [Uenki goes into deep thought] Err, as a matter of fact, Kaoru DOES love him, but for Battousai/Kenshin, I am at a loss too… Let's just watch as the story goes on, okay? About the promise, it will be soon revealed as a flashback.
Reignashii – Hai hai, Rei-sama. Sessha will get that done ASAP. =D
Illusions-chan – Oh, so deska… I see… There is not much such fiction left, but there is still some on fanfiction.net… I will try to find some, and we'll see to it, alright? Cheers to you too! =)
Sakura Hopes – Nupe nupe nupers! Yer'er wrong… Well, it's alright, [Gives Hopes-chan a small, tiny, chocolate cookie with an evil monkey smirking…] I love monkeys! Evil Monkeys Ruled The World! Mwhahaha! [Went suga high and bounced off]
Xia Xue – [Grins] Some goodie fella like yer? Hmmm, me's not sure, but if you do try and reject him nicely, not to make him all heartbroken, treat him for a drink… I'll be sure that he will still be your friend, positively, Xue-sama. Sooner or later ?! One the Newspaper ?! [Went wide eyed with shock] You flattered me too much, Xue-sama! [Hugs]
rain angst – Oh my, you're too formal with me, rain. Chapter two was good huh, well, I love your comments! Have a nice day! [Smiles]
I love you guys! So much! [Gives out a chocolate cookie for everyone]
