A look into the Past.
BB: Time to show Wolf is Human!
Wolf: What!
BB: You're going to act like a girl!
WOLF: DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT BLOOD!
"Talking
'Thoughts"njhjhj
Staring only straight ahead, I set out
Because I have no regrets for yesterday,
Which is done.
I do not need serenity. I want solitude.
Without solitude, I cannot chase my dream
Taken From Arcadia of My Youth: Waga Seishun no Arcadia (Arcadia of My Youth)
Up and down, flashed the cutting the knife, chopping up an array of vegetables. Wolf had been working for some time now. Mostly just cutting and washing the dishes for.
Tae now and then looked on the young girl, smiling at her; she was doing a good job! Those, Wolf barely talked, her face keeping an eerie kind of calm. Still, as long as she did a good job, it was good enough for Tae.
'Why in hell am I here?" Wolf thoughts wandered in her mind. 'I should on the street, fighting, even Lings! Still here I am stuck in the 1860s Japan, living with my great grand parents! Why the Fuck AM I HERE KAMI?''
Wolf still let nothing show on her face, putting her fustian and anger into the chopping of the poor vegetables. Now and then some kind light would appear in the girl's eyes. More and more, her mind went around in circles trying to answers to her questions. For once in her life, Wolf was scared of not only herself, but also the answers she might find in this era.
Yahiko walked into the Akabeko, seeing both Tea and Tsubame running around, taking orders and serving the dinner crowd. He blushed seeing the young girl. If one though of an animal for this young woman, a doe came into Yahiko's mind. Both seemed to share such eyes and mannerisms. His blush deeper, shaking his head to clear away such unmanly thoughts, his trademark grin spread onto his face
"Oh, Yahiko! You're a little late! Well anyway, get to the back and grab some more coal. Also I hired someone to help out in the afternoons!" Tea called over the voices of orders.
He nodded, heading for the back. Then he stopped, his mouth dropped to the floor. The reason he had been late was chopping up the food! Yahiko had been looking for Wolf, well, all three of them had been. Kaoru and Kenshin taking turns, he covering the market. Still there she was, working at the Akabeko!
" YOU, WHERE THE HELL OF YOU BEEN!" He screamed almost. Wolf blinked, taking a little surprised by the young sword boy. She turned and blinked, seeing he all puffed up in anger.
"I was here, working now." She stated her arms crossed over her chest. "Is there something wrong with working?"
"Wolf, Kaoru and Kenshin have been out of their minds worrying about you. I have been looking though half of Tokyo trying to find you! And now I find you at the beef pot, cooking!" his tone growing more loader and pointing at the girl in a frantic like manner.
Wolf waited calmly until the Yahiko had burned out of gas. After a time of more yelling and stomping around, she gave him some water.
"I was heading back, when I remember you said something about the beef-pot needing some help, so I came and checked it out. Got hired and now working. Someone needs to help K pay for our food Yahiko. And both you and the Roster eat about everything a day." Wolf stated, leaned back on the table.
Yahiko's face still had some scarlet to it. Wolf turned, getting back to chopping. He signed his head dropping for a moment in defeat. Nothing could crack that girl's shell! Why even try to in the first place! He got up from the floor, and started to do his own work. Now and then eyes falling to the crimson-headed girl, chopping up vegetal and washing dishes.
Twilight came faster in the fall, and soon all the people found their ways home for the night. Tea was happy about her newest worker; the day had gone so smooth and faster with Wolf in the back of the restaurant. Yahiko even worked harder to make up some of his late time.
"Well, I'll you two tomorrow noon alright!" Tea called as the pair walked away, Wolf gave a wave of her hand.
Yahiko studied the girl a little, she hang bags under her eyes, hair was messed and uncombed, and a slight wrinkled to the gi she now wore. Wolf had a bad night and worked six hours later that day. He signed even more. And now this thing with Sano might make it worse. Kenshin had been angry about the whole thing. Even to the point of telling the fighter to state a way for a few days. Kaoru had echoed the same statement. Wolf was to stay, and she lived there now. Sano was just a free louder! Seeing both Kenshin and Kaoru angered was a little too much for Sano. He had gone with his tail between his legs so to speak.
"Wolf?' he said
"Hmm?" she answered a little
"Why don't you Sano get along?" Yahiko rushed the words out, he stopped walking.
Wolf turned a little, her hands still placed in her pockets. Her blue eyes fell onto the boy. He was wearing that yellow suited gi and striped pants. Yahikos' hair was untamed as always with that wooden sword. She smiled at him, not one those hard grins, a soft one for a child. Yahiko blinked, a little taken back by this look in Wolf.
"Let me relapse this Yahiko, me and Sano are like dogs, I am on his turf. And due to me not submitting or asking his precision to walk in. Sano sees it as a threat, as I would in turn if I was home right now. Last night we kinda sized exacter up, seeing how the other would react." She said unruffled "Last night, I also stepped a little, a lot of shit has happened to me and I am not…. dealing with it well."
Yahiko only nodded, some of it making sense to the younger boy. He realized he had seen a peek of who was behind those sword like eyes and razor edge voice. This girl could change as fast as Kenshin drew his blade. Still, seeing that smile on Wolf made him smile a little, causing some fear and doubt to leave his young mind.
As they started to walk, Wolf spoke again "You reminder me of a friend I had when I was where age Yahiko, both of the kind of personally"
He smiled a little more asking "Really how so?
"Well, for one, you never give up, always trying to improve and grow stranger. Sometimes you act like ass and let your mouth ran" Yahiko stuck his tongue out a little at the teen, a small laughter slide from chest. "And you both act the same in many ways brat. Still you are a good friend and do what your heart and soul tells you too. Which is the point of the Kamiya Ryu, right? Not giving in to people, or selfish desire."
Yahiko let the words sink in asking, "What was his name?
"Yen, he called me Yang. It was the joke between us when I was younger." Wolf shrugged, letting the memories roll back into her mind. Her face darkened a little, the light touching her scar a little.
"What happened to him Wolf?" he asked, watching the girl's face.
"Yen got cancer; he fought it for six mouths, for a little while he would improve, then relapse. Out of all this friends, I was the only who stayed near him. My mother tired to stop me, but I would run. I hated hospitals, a lot. Still, he was my only friend back then." She stared, a sadness filling her gaze. "I remember the last day I saw him, winter had fallen on the city, and everything seemed unreal in the snow. He looked so tired, yet the peace in his eyes…somehow we both knew what tonight was…" she cut off in the middle of her story, touching her scar.
Yahiko waited for the teen to finish. What was strange about this all, she was talking about something of her past. Whenever the subject had come up, Wolf would side step the question.
She grimaced a little "Later the night, when I last saw him. He had given letter to give to him mother. We both knew he would die that night. I cried of course, loosening my only friend but he said, "Wolf, your strong, keeps on being strong, live for the both of us!" Then smiled at me. Yen was ready to leave his waiting body. I have never seen such peace." Wolf's voice trailed off as they reached the dogo gate. Her eyes for a moment captured the moons rays, flashing the blade blue. Her cool like mask filled her face, opening the front gate.
Kaoru seeing the pair dropped her chopsticks in the soup. Wolf had come back! Yet the fire danced in the swordswoman's eyes. " YOU, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Both Yahiko and Wolf stopped in their tracks, sweating out bullets. A very irritation raccoon-dog was about to attack! Both turned to see a forming Kaoru, eyes dead locked on Wolf. Yahiko slowly inched stage left from the teen. She shot him an unfair look.
Stomping to the girl, the trademark flames of hell shot behind the woman. Wolf stood still, waiting and praying to karma she would live to see the dawn one more time! "Wolf, we have search all day and night for YOU!" She yelled, forcing the teen to take a step back "So WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" A blood vessel poking out from Kaoru's forehead.
Kenshin watched the whole scene. A sweat drop appearing on his head. Yep, Kauro-dono was very angry at the teen. Even Wolf had to fear the wrath of Raccoon-girl. Yahiko shook his head; no one could stand to Kaoru when she was like this. Luckily for the teen, Kaoru did not have her sword on her, or pain was the name of game.
Wolf waited until the woman was done ranting and shaking her fist wildly. Even she felt a little terror of the woman. "K, I am sorry!" Wolf shouted, causing all three of the gumi to freeze. Wolf had said sorry! Kauro blinked, a little taken back. "What I did last night was out of line, in your home." Wolf kept a cool tone.
Kenshin walked up to the pair of woman. "It was not all your fault Wolf, Sano also holds some of reputedly for this. He has to learn when to step down. This one plans on talking to him."
"No Kenshin, I came to the point of something last night. He was here first, I am the one that should leave" Wolf said, seeing a slight reaction in the group.
"Wolf, this is my house. And I say who stays here, not that blockhead Sano! You have every right to stay here!" Kaoru stated her hands on her hips. "You also saved me and Yahiko, and I don't care about your past. All I know is that you're a good person, with some miner issue to work out."
Wolf's eyebrow twitched at the last statement. Still, the once street teen was a little taken back by Kaoru once more. "Well I did start to work anyway to help this rundown dojo with food!" Smugly said by Wolf "
"R..U..N D..O.W..N DOJO!" Kauro's fires relight, Wolf took off. A very angry woman behind the teen, leavening two men very confused.
Kenshin smiled a little, seeing how things where back too normal in the home once again. Still his eyes harden, the problem of Wolf and Sano was not about to do away from them. He had to find some way for these two to get along, or peace might not settle on the gumi again. 'Wolf has come back.' He thought 'Yet last night, I saw something this one has not seen sense the Bakaumatsu. What is behind those eyes? What is wrong with Wolf?' Kenshin's eyes followed the teen running for her life away from Kaoru.
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"Wolf? Why are here?" The Rurouni asked
"I was helping this child get back to her house; she got lost in the market, and can't speak Japanese. So I got her home." Wolf answered, wondering why Kenshin and Sanosuke where going in the English Amassers' house
Before she asks, in her mind Wolf saw glass braking and the flash of a blade, hitting the little girl known as Mary in the heart. The image was so real, she fell to one knee. Why was her foresight kicking in down? Panic rippled though the teen, her blue eyes flashing.
Kenshin had seen the blank look on the girl, and saw how she seemed in pain for a moment falling to her knee. Even Sano was a little taken back.
With out even thinking, Wolf stood up, and rushed out the door. Hoping she could make it in time to save a little girl's life.
A Child's Smile, The broken blade.