It has been a very long time. My summer class has finally ended and the class I was going to take in the second summer session was full so now I just have work. Hopefully I won't slack off and get this done. Thanks for sticking with me.

This is still un-repost, repost material.

Feelings/inner musings

-Phone-

A week has gone by and still no sign of my Kaoru. I did everything I could think of to try to get to her. It was as if she just disappeared into thin air. I know she is from a ninja clan but still that stuff is just in the movies right? I've waited outside of classrooms. I've gone to the training hall. I've searched for all of her friends. My only success has been seeing Yahiko from time to time. Apparently he has a couple of classes in the same building on the same floor as me. It's funny how I never noticed this before.

He's seen me a few times. We have caught each other's eyes on many occasions since my discovery the second day of searching. His eyes held a certain flare daring me to ask the questions I know he knows I need answered. I dare not though. It would be futile on my part. He is too loyal to my wife.

I did however perchance on a medical friend of Megumi's on my trip to the clinic on the third day. She said Megumi had dropped out two days ago. She had sent a letter to the university requesting a transfer to Kyoto U. It seems as though the rooster and the fox have worked things out. I'll have to call and congratulate them.

Ding!

Light bulb in head goes off.

I should call them and ask about my wife.

Slaps forehead, duh!

They should know where my wife might be after all Sano is family and Megumi is a close friend. I pulled out my cell phone.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

Ring. Ring. Ring

-Yeah it's me leave a message and I'll call ya when I feel like it.-

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

-Sano, it's me Kenshin. Give me a call as soon as you get this. It's an emergency. I have to find my wife! She's missing. Please help me.-

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

I am pitiful. I couldn't keep out the hope I had in my voice. I couldn't fight the despair and I couldn't choke back that horrible sob I let escape. I sighed. I was scared that this one little woman could tear me to shreds with no effort at all. She just came out of nowhere and completely turned my world upside down. I punched the tree I was leaning against. The same damn sakura tree I was sitting under the first time I smelt her. I took a deep breath and inhaled nothing. Nothing at all. I started dialing a second number.

Ring. Ring.

-Moshi, moshi.-

-Hi, is Megumi or Sano in please?-

-Yes, this is Megumi. Who is this?-

I gasped.

-Megumi! It's Kenshin! Where is she? I need to find her. Tell me where she is!-

-Ken-san? Is that you?-

-Yeah, it's me now tell me what I need to know!-

-Ken-san you sound awful, maybe you should get some rest.-

Diversion tactics by the fox.

-Megumi, knock it off! I need help here. I'm completely lost without her. Just please give me something.-

I managed to whine that out.

-Ken-san I can't help you. You know who she is, what she is. If she doesn't want to be found then you have no hope in finding her. Accept it.-

-I can't accept it! She is my wife, my other half. Do you know what it feels like to just have someone up and disappear on you right after they tell you they love you?-

I heard a gasp on her end and some chattering in the background.

-Hey, who's that? Is that my wife? Is she there?-

-Sano just came home, and no, Kaoru is not here, and yes I do know how you feel in case you have forgotten the whole Sano situation.-

She bit the last part out angrily.

-You're right. I'm sorry Megumi, for everything. I mean it too. Congratulations and good luck in your relationship with Sano. Please tell him that for me as well.-

I was defeated.

-Thank you Ken-san but would you like to tell him yourself?-

-No, I need to keep looking for my wife and unless he'll give me any info, then I have to get back on track. I'll talk to you later.-

-Alright then.-

Silence. Should I hang up? Did she hang up?

-Ken-san? Sano will be very angry with me but your apology and my pity will tell you this. She wants you to find her. Not everyone has disappeared. It is not coincidental that a certain math major is taking classes where he isn't supposed to. Just remember that whatever the outcome she did really fall in love with you and that is the truth.-

What the hell is she talking about? I lay down on the bench trying to sort it out.

O.k. so Sano knows about my wife and where she is. Maybe not exactly where but he could probably get to her if he needed to. He just isn't going to tell me.

Bastard!

He's supposed to be my friend.

Pouts like a baby.

Then again he is her cousin and supposed to be her body guard.

Megumi was reluctant but... I really do feel horrible about the way I treated her. She is a nice woman underneath it all and she'll be a damn fine doctor someday too.

Right then, I need to figure out what Megumi meant. I know my wife really loves me. I do not doubt it in the slightest. Well, maybe there is a little doubt now that that fox has planted the seed. My wife loves me though. I feel it in every fiber of my being. It radiates off her when we are together. I can see it in the way her eyes light up when they see me coming, in the way her body responds to me when I'm near. She loves me. I love her. That is the truth.

So on to the other bit of info. Obviously Megumi couldn't just tell me outright or else she would have.

Hmmm...Math major, who is a math major?

Let's see, Shinomori seems the type, very smart man he is, I'll grudgingly admit.

Sojiro, Misao, maybe Sojiro, definitely not Misao.

That leaves little Yahiko.

Gasp.

No way, no freaking way.

He isn't that smart.

At least he didn't seem to be.

Huh, what do you know?

Wonders never cease.

It makes sense though. Shinomori went missing the same time as my wife. That's expected seeing as how they are betrothed.

Grits teeth, grrrr.

Misao, I had caught wind of her name floating about but nothing concrete, and when I went to check it out it was a dead end.

Sojiro is like the wind, I didn't even bother. I never would've had the chance.

Yahiko on the other hand, why didn't I see it before? I shot off the bench and ran to the history building. He was never in any of those classes all year then suddenly he pops up the same time I enter and the same time I leave always challenging me with a glare. I was always too cowardly to rise to the challenge but not anymore. I'll get the answers I seek. I will find my wife and bring her home.