Dec2010- Frenzy *Peace
Title: Either way
Author: JeniNeji
Prompt: peace
Rating: T
Summary: After the party…Kaoru's fate is sealed
Kaoru collected the remaining trays out of the low table of the big room. She did this silently, her mind and heart in the task while Lady Uno sat in the corner of the room and held a sleeping Kenshin.
"That was the Mibu Wolf," said Uno softly. Her brown eyes held a far away kindness as she gazed down at the red mane of hair. "They are the Shinsengumi."
Kaoru stood and cautiously balanced the four trays in her arms, "Shinsengumi?"
A soft smile graced Uno's face, "Hn, I knew Tokyo is supposedly living peacefully…I never knew it was this much."
Kaoru half-shrugged her shoulders and offered some of the trays to another girl, who took two of them, and then moved to the shogi door to take the trays to the kitchens, "My father kept in touch with the situation in Kyoto…I didn't follow as loyally."
"Kyoto is a bloody place, the middle of the war were opposing parties challenge each other all the time. We serve every party freely. It will do you some good to recognize each side of the war. It would be unpleasant to get them mixed up…or much worse, let some gossip slip between parties. Some women had dared to work for one or the other…they either end up dead…or fired, none enjoyable for you in your current circumstances."
"I understand Lady Uno…and honestly, I don't really care about all this mess…I will just ignore the situation," Kaoru said with a second shrug on her shoulder and a big satisfied smile as she walked out of the room and to the kitchen.
"That is where you are wrong Kaoru," whispered Uno softly, "it doesn't matter if one wants to be involved or not…everyone gets involved one way or the other."