Facing the Truth

Chapter 2-Party time!

kay-san: hey, minna-san! i'm finnally updating something! yatta! wow, this is rare. well anyways, i hope u enjoy this chapter

cuz i have no clue what i have planned. on with the insanity! Hope u like this Siye-chan!!

That night Mayaki could harly sleep. She had gotten to see her best friend, and 'aoshi-sama' and they were all going out to

eat tomorro too! She lay on her futon thinking about what to wear, when the door slid open. "Mayaki-chan!"came a quiet call

through the air. "Misao-chan? What are u doing in here this late at night?"Mayaki questined her good friend. "What do u think

silly? To plan what we're wearing tomorro! and everything like that!". "W-what?". Misao sighed. "Tomorro. Akobeko. You. Me.

Yahiko. Aoshi-sama. What to wear. get it?"(hehe, she still calls him aoshi-sama no matter what).

Mayaki nodded slowly, as a grin crept onto her face. "We have to make u look like a princess, and Aoshi will be your prince!"

"And u have to wear ur best too! Yahiko will just DIE when he sees u with ur hair up, with make-up and ur beautiful kimono!".

The two girls squeals and giggled about such things for half an hour before Mayaki excitedly got to work. "ok, remember, to-

night we're just planning what to wear and stuff, ok?"she said. "Yeah, yeah, i know"was her best friend's exasperated reply.

Within an hour, they had decided Misao would have her hair braided, but not in one braid. In two. And the would be tied in

buns behind her head. She would wear a forest green kimono, that matched her eyes and it had leaves all over it. It had a

lighter shade of green for the obi, with matching ribbons to tie in her long, long hair. That with dark green eyeshadow, a

deep red lipstick, and her smile just HAD to impress that ice-block that was Aoshi.

Mayaki would put her long locks of midnight-black hair in a pony-tail, but leave a bit to fall infront of her face. Her

kimono would be that of a rose, with petals flowing in a breeze, and even a few blossoms. The obi would be a lovely shade of

tickle-me-pink, with matching eyeshadow and lipstick.

The two girls sighed, content with their plans. Misao slipped back to her room, quiet as a mouse(or in this case a weasle^ ^)

Mayaki took one last look at the outfit before laying down and getting to sleep.

~~the next morning~~ *mayaki's p.o.v.*

'Mmmm...something smells delicious'I thought. I sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. With a yawn, i stood up and put

on my usual kimono(a simple green one), glanced at my outfit for tonight, and bounded out with a grin. "Minna-san! I'm up!"

i called. "Just in time for breakfast"Kenshin said happily. Taking my seat, I glanced at Misao, who grinned at me. I grinned

back, at got to eating, though not nearly as savagly as Yahiko and Sanoske.

While Kenshin took care of the laundry, I cleaned the floors. I ran up and down the dojo hall, and outside too, my kimono

flapping in the wind. "All done!"i said, whiping the sweat from my head. "Well now, it is getting late, that it is. You

should be getting ready for dinner Mayaki-dono, that you should!"was my reply from the red-haired hitokiri. "Alright Ken-

san!"I called as i ran off to my room at top speed, grabbing walls to turn corners without falling.

When I got there, my friend was already there and waiting. "What took you?!"she cried. "I was cleaning! Let's just get ready"

and so we did. I undid her braid and made two of half the size, wrapping them around the back of her head. She had put on her

kimono while she was waiting, apparently, so I helped apply her make-up. "Your turn!"

So I put on the cherry-blossom kimono, tied the obi, and let Misao fiddle with my hair. A few slightly curly peices framed my

face, while the rest hung in place on my head. Then she applied the lipstick and eyeshadow to my face. We were ready for

dinner at the Akobeko now! And just in time, because there was a knock at the door and Sano complained"Are you girls done

dressing YET?!". We giggled and slipped out the door. "Not too bad weasle-girl. But I think you still need more make-up. I

recognised you". "Yahiko-san! That wasn't nice!"Mayaki said, whacking the boy upside the head.

"Well now, you look nice missy, any reason why?"(you DO know who that was, right?). "N-no Sanoske! Not at all"she said with

a slight blush. "Yeah, ya look real pretty Mayaki"said the younger boy. "Listen, Kenshin and Jou-chan already started heading

over, so we gotta go too"Sano informed the group. "Alright, let's go!"Misao grinned, grabbing Mayaki by the arm and taking

off.