CHAPTER 12- DIARY

On the second day, everyone met in the dojo to eat. Yahiko and Sanosuke were getting into a fight over the tofu, Jiani, Tsubame, and Megumi chatted, and Kenshin and Kaoru ate in silence.

Kaoru remembered Tsubame mention earlier how much she wished nothing was going to happen within 8 days. She also recalled how Megumi said that Tomoe would be the only one who could stop Enishi. That's when it hit her!

"Kenshin!" she shouted. "Where is Tomoe's diary now?"

Kenshin paused in his eating. "After her death, I entrusted it to the temple in Kyoto where she is buried."

'Tomoe's thoughts on paper.' Kaoru pondered. 'If we could just get it, it would prove to Enishi that she didn't hate Kenshin!'

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Back in Kyoto, at the newly built Aioya, Misao was reading a letter given to her from Okina. He had told her it was from Kaoru and it was urgent.

She frowned. "All right! I'll go to this temple and find that diary!"

Okina turned to Aoshi, who was sitting quietly at a nearby table. "Aoshi, why not go with Misao? I'd feel safer if she had someone with her."

Aoshi nodded slightly.

Misao was on cloud nine. "Yay! A trip alone with Aoshi-sama!"

And so, Aoshi and Misao left for Tokyo, Tomoe's diary in hand.