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The Unforgettable Past
Chapter 3 - The Past
Aoshi never smiled once after that day, nor did he laugh and showed his emotions towards anyone. It was that fateful day, which made him into the man that he is today. But it's been so long for Aoshi, he didn't know how he felt towards her anymore. Even if he still did truly still love her, what would happen to Misao? Did he love her too?
He couldn't get his emotions into place. He was so use to putting them aside and focusing on his training. Aoshi couldn't find an answer to give her. He just stood there silently thinking how to utter the best possible way so that he wouldn't hurt either of them.
But Mina didn't need a verbal answer from him. His long silent pause told her everything she needed to know.
"I'm sorry Aoshi.......... I was foolish to think that you could still love a girl like me" Mai backed away from her position and turned back and walked away.
"Mina.........Please wait......... "Aoshi said as he saw her stopped but she didn't look back at him.
"Let me explain everything to you first" Aoshi calmly and slowly stepped up to her.
"Ok" Mina said quietly but he still heard her.
Mina and Aoshi walked back to the house without speaking a single word to each other. But their minds were no where near silent.
'Do I still love her? What about Misao? She's always running around trying to make me smile......... but on the other hand Mina was the only girl who made me laugh and smile......... maybe because I didn't let anyone else in my heart that's why I couldn't smile at Misao' Aoshi debated in his head.
'If he can't answer me right away, then that means he doesn't love me anymore. I wouldn't blame him I guess, it's been a long time, 20 years I think..... I guess I was a fool to think that he'll still love me even after all these years..... but I guess I just had to know....... he probably has a wife by now" Mina sighed as she took in the air.
"Aoshi!" Misao ran up to him and grabbed his arm. "You're back early today!"
"Misao" Aoshi said quietly. Misao blinked a few times as if she couldn't believe her eyes. A woman standing next to her Aoshi, she had to admit that she was beautiful.
"Who are you?" Misao blurted out not letting go of Aoshi's arm.
"I'm Mina" She gave a big smile and extended her arm. "Former Oniwanbanshu Ninja"
"Oh....... I'm Misao....... leader of the Oniwanbanshu" She shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you" Still with a smile on her face Mina greeted her.
"Ah! Mina, Aoshi....... I had a feeling you two will be back" Okina just had happen to come out and saw them.
"Okina" Mina smiled.
"I see you met Misao, Mina" Okina walked up to them.
"Yes I have"
"Aoshi....... Have you two talked everything out?" Okina questioned.
"What? Talked everything out?" Misao confused.
"We were just about to do so" Aoshi replied.
"Ahhhh...... Then may I join in this conversation you two about to have?" Okina needed to talk some things out too.
"Of course" Aoshi calmly said.
"What about me?" Misao wanted to know what was going on.
"You can bring us some tea" Okina laughed and turned and lead them into a room where they could all speak.
When the Misao reluctantly brought the tea, and went to do the rest of her chores wanting to know what they were talking about.
Okina, Mina, and Aoshi sat in a circle in silent for a few minutes taking in their tea.
"Where should we begin?" Okina breaking the silent between everyone.
Mina didn't speak. She only looked at her tea.
"Well I'm sure you would like to know if Aoshi still feels the same for you when you left........Am I right." Okina looked at her.
Mina nodded her head.
"Mina............ the girl you saw out there........." Okina started.
"Is also after Aoshi's heart" Mina finished.
Aoshi just sat there silently drinking his tea.
"But I didn't ask for that......... I asked Aoshi if he still felt the same for me as I do him" Mina continued.
"It's been so long......... do you expect Aoshi to just open his heart again and take you back in a instant?" Okina wanted Misao to be happy, but he didn't want to break Aoshi's first love's heart.
"I just asked if he still felt the same....... if he already chose another then I have no problem with that........ I understand that I've been gone for a long time" Mina sighed.
"Mina........." Aoshi started. "What happen to you Aoshi? Ever since I came back I haven't seen you smile once" Mina interrupted.
"Mina.........Aoshi's past........ changed after you left" Okina started to explain.
"No one has seen Aoshi smiled since the day you left, he trained day and night to be stronger.........at age 15 he became the Okashira of the Oniwanbanshu"
Mina listened intensively.
"Later he was obsessed with becoming the strongest of the strongest....... He set out with 4 other comrades......."
"But they died protecting me" Aoshi added before Okina could say anything else.
"he fought the Battousai a few times to prove that Oniwanbanshu are or were the strongest, but then he began to realized that being the strongest isn't everything......So Misao became the leader of the Oniwanbanshu" Okina wrapped up.
"Now that you know my past......... Why did you leave for so long?" Aoshi set his tea down and turned his head towards Mina.
"I kept moving from town to town....... but it wasn't for my dad..... They just made that excuse to move me around...... my father always said...... steel is the strongest and an alloy of the best metals in the world..... so they made me master and complete the trainings of the best budo in the world........" Mina told her past.
"Mina............Are you saying you are the strongest warrior?" Okina assumed
"No, but my past was suppose to mold me into the strongest warrior" Mina replied
"Mina........" Aoshi started
"Aoshi.....I know I came back quite sudden, so I don't have the right to except an answer from you right away....... I will ask you again in two weeks..........that should be more than enough time.........if you need more than that it is obviously that you don't........." mina got up and opened the door to find Misao trying to eavesdrop.
"Mina.......Where are you going?" Okina curiously asked
"Going to find a place to stay at" Mina replied.
"You are welcome to stay here........." Aoshi didn't want Mina to be so far away from him again.
"After all you are an Oniwanbanshu member" Okina added.
"Thank You" Mina just stood there staring at Misao when Misao was doing the same.
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The Unforgettable Past
Chapter 3 - The Past
Aoshi never smiled once after that day, nor did he laugh and showed his emotions towards anyone. It was that fateful day, which made him into the man that he is today. But it's been so long for Aoshi, he didn't know how he felt towards her anymore. Even if he still did truly still love her, what would happen to Misao? Did he love her too?
He couldn't get his emotions into place. He was so use to putting them aside and focusing on his training. Aoshi couldn't find an answer to give her. He just stood there silently thinking how to utter the best possible way so that he wouldn't hurt either of them.
But Mina didn't need a verbal answer from him. His long silent pause told her everything she needed to know.
"I'm sorry Aoshi.......... I was foolish to think that you could still love a girl like me" Mai backed away from her position and turned back and walked away.
"Mina.........Please wait......... "Aoshi said as he saw her stopped but she didn't look back at him.
"Let me explain everything to you first" Aoshi calmly and slowly stepped up to her.
"Ok" Mina said quietly but he still heard her.
Mina and Aoshi walked back to the house without speaking a single word to each other. But their minds were no where near silent.
'Do I still love her? What about Misao? She's always running around trying to make me smile......... but on the other hand Mina was the only girl who made me laugh and smile......... maybe because I didn't let anyone else in my heart that's why I couldn't smile at Misao' Aoshi debated in his head.
'If he can't answer me right away, then that means he doesn't love me anymore. I wouldn't blame him I guess, it's been a long time, 20 years I think..... I guess I was a fool to think that he'll still love me even after all these years..... but I guess I just had to know....... he probably has a wife by now" Mina sighed as she took in the air.
"Aoshi!" Misao ran up to him and grabbed his arm. "You're back early today!"
"Misao" Aoshi said quietly. Misao blinked a few times as if she couldn't believe her eyes. A woman standing next to her Aoshi, she had to admit that she was beautiful.
"Who are you?" Misao blurted out not letting go of Aoshi's arm.
"I'm Mina" She gave a big smile and extended her arm. "Former Oniwanbanshu Ninja"
"Oh....... I'm Misao....... leader of the Oniwanbanshu" She shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you" Still with a smile on her face Mina greeted her.
"Ah! Mina, Aoshi....... I had a feeling you two will be back" Okina just had happen to come out and saw them.
"Okina" Mina smiled.
"I see you met Misao, Mina" Okina walked up to them.
"Yes I have"
"Aoshi....... Have you two talked everything out?" Okina questioned.
"What? Talked everything out?" Misao confused.
"We were just about to do so" Aoshi replied.
"Ahhhh...... Then may I join in this conversation you two about to have?" Okina needed to talk some things out too.
"Of course" Aoshi calmly said.
"What about me?" Misao wanted to know what was going on.
"You can bring us some tea" Okina laughed and turned and lead them into a room where they could all speak.
When the Misao reluctantly brought the tea, and went to do the rest of her chores wanting to know what they were talking about.
Okina, Mina, and Aoshi sat in a circle in silent for a few minutes taking in their tea.
"Where should we begin?" Okina breaking the silent between everyone.
Mina didn't speak. She only looked at her tea.
"Well I'm sure you would like to know if Aoshi still feels the same for you when you left........Am I right." Okina looked at her.
Mina nodded her head.
"Mina............ the girl you saw out there........." Okina started.
"Is also after Aoshi's heart" Mina finished.
Aoshi just sat there silently drinking his tea.
"But I didn't ask for that......... I asked Aoshi if he still felt the same for me as I do him" Mina continued.
"It's been so long......... do you expect Aoshi to just open his heart again and take you back in a instant?" Okina wanted Misao to be happy, but he didn't want to break Aoshi's first love's heart.
"I just asked if he still felt the same....... if he already chose another then I have no problem with that........ I understand that I've been gone for a long time" Mina sighed.
"Mina........." Aoshi started. "What happen to you Aoshi? Ever since I came back I haven't seen you smile once" Mina interrupted.
"Mina.........Aoshi's past........ changed after you left" Okina started to explain.
"No one has seen Aoshi smiled since the day you left, he trained day and night to be stronger.........at age 15 he became the Okashira of the Oniwanbanshu"
Mina listened intensively.
"Later he was obsessed with becoming the strongest of the strongest....... He set out with 4 other comrades......."
"But they died protecting me" Aoshi added before Okina could say anything else.
"he fought the Battousai a few times to prove that Oniwanbanshu are or were the strongest, but then he began to realized that being the strongest isn't everything......So Misao became the leader of the Oniwanbanshu" Okina wrapped up.
"Now that you know my past......... Why did you leave for so long?" Aoshi set his tea down and turned his head towards Mina.
"I kept moving from town to town....... but it wasn't for my dad..... They just made that excuse to move me around...... my father always said...... steel is the strongest and an alloy of the best metals in the world..... so they made me master and complete the trainings of the best budo in the world........" Mina told her past.
"Mina............Are you saying you are the strongest warrior?" Okina assumed
"No, but my past was suppose to mold me into the strongest warrior" Mina replied
"Mina........" Aoshi started
"Aoshi.....I know I came back quite sudden, so I don't have the right to except an answer from you right away....... I will ask you again in two weeks..........that should be more than enough time.........if you need more than that it is obviously that you don't........." mina got up and opened the door to find Misao trying to eavesdrop.
"Mina.......Where are you going?" Okina curiously asked
"Going to find a place to stay at" Mina replied.
"You are welcome to stay here........." Aoshi didn't want Mina to be so far away from him again.
"After all you are an Oniwanbanshu member" Okina added.
"Thank You" Mina just stood there staring at Misao when Misao was doing the same.
© 2003 Duckie4rmabove
A Duckie4rmabove Production