Mirai
Disclaimer: Sessha does not own the anime rurouni kenshin or any of it's character.
'Although it would be nice too....* sniff sniff *'
They all belong to the great Watsuki Nobuhiro.
Twins?
"Ahh...itai..." Okina woke up that morning with a huge hangover. His head was pounding.
Beside him, a girl sat, tray in hand. Her hair was midnight black; it shone blue in the
sunlight. Okina winced to see who it was, his vision still a little blur.
"Okina-san, I thought Omasu told you not to have too much to drink." The girl nagged at
him, about how too much sake was bad for him, especially for someone his age.
Even though Hikaru looked like she was not one to nag, she loved doing it. Everytime
somebody would do somwthing wrong, especially Okina, she would always be there to correct
them. It was always a habit of hers.
"Maa maa Hikaru-chan. I don't think it would be wise of you to go on. Okina looks like he
is going to throw up any minute." Another girl stood, leaning on the door frame.
"Omasu-san...Demo..." Hikaru said.
"Yeah, you should listen to her." Okina stood up with the help of his walking cane.
Hikaru moved by the old man's side, helping him to the door.
"By the way, why's Himura?" Okina asked, getting only a frown from both girls.
"While you were napping yesterday night, we received a note from Hijikata telling Himura-san
that if he wants his son back, he and the rest have to meet at the centre of town later."
Hikaru replied, her face showing only worry.
"Hikaru was even injured yesterday, luckily it wasn't poison that was coated on the shuriken,
if not she wouldn't be here now." Omasu added.
"I see, gomen Hikaru-chan, for getting you involved. But, where is Himura now?"" The old
man walked down the hallway, with both Hikaru and his cane supporting him.
"Omasu, can you please come here and give me a hand." A voice called, from behind the
kitchen door.
"Excuse me." Omasu rushed to the kitchen, hoping that one of the guys didn't break or spill
anything.
"Himura-san? He's downstairs eating his breakfast." She answered.
"Ahh...good." Okina said, as he slowly walked down the stairs.
"Kenshin, daijoubu?" Kaoru asked, when she noticed that he had been very quiet through
breakfast.
Soujirou switched his view from the bickering pair to the couple, worried at how Kenshin
might react later.
"Ah." He answered, picking at his food.
Kaoru knew that Kenshin was never a good liar, but this time was different. He didn't even
try to hide his feelings through his voice.
"Himura, I'm glad that you are still here." Okina, yelled through the noise the other
customers were making.
The old man almost tripped as he rushed down the stairs to greet the red haired man,
fortunately, Hikaru rushed up to him in time to prevent it from happening.
"Okina...daijoubu?" She asked.
"Ahh.."
The old man walked to meet Kenshin and the rest, only to have been almost caught in the
crossfire of Yahiko's and Sanosuke's fight over who will get the last onigiri.(1)
"Ohayo Okina-san." Both Kaoru and Kenshin greeted the man.
"Ah, Ohayo Himura-san. I heard from Hikaru what had happened last night, are you alright?"
Okina said, unconsciously picking up the onigiri, and eating it.
"AH!" Both Sanosuke and Yahiko shouted, and stopped their fight, tearing as they watch
Okina gulp down the last of the rice ball.
"Um? What's wrong?" The old man asked as he turned to look at the other two people.
"Ano...Okina-san..." Soujirou pointed to the empty plate, smiling as he sweatdropped.
"Huh?" Okina said, still unaware of how dangerous his current position is.
Both Sanosuke and Yahiko got into their respective stance, before pouncing and strangling
the old man. Yahiko begin pulling the man's white hair, while Sanosuke shook the old man,
both forgetting how fragile the man was.
"Oi! Futari dono, Yamette Kudasai!(2)" Hikaru shouted.
The whole restaurant went quiet at the sound of her voice. Even Sanosuke and Yahiko paused,
fists held in mid air. The girl blushed at the response she got, before apologizing to
everyone. Not long after, everyone got back to their breakfast.
"Anyway, Okina, was there anything which you wanted to speak to me about?" Kenshin asked,
stopping to look up at the old man.
"Ah...I just wanted to ask you if you could take Hikaru along with you." Okina asked.
"NANI!" Both Kenshin and Hikaru yelled at the Okina, who took a sip of his green tea.
Once again, everyone in the restaurant paused, and turned to look at Kenshin and Hikaru.
When neither of the two turned to apologize or even say anything to the white hair man,
all of them went back to their own meal.
"What did you say?!" Hikaru asked, this time lowering the volume of her voice.
"Yeah. Why does Hikaru need to come along with us? She could get injured." Kenshin said to
the man, who was still calmly sipping his tea.
"Well, if you are going to get Kenshin back, you'll need someone to bring him back here.
Hikaru can do it." Okina answered.
Both Hikaru and Kenshin calmed down, realizing the man's plan.
"So, you want me to go along, and bring Himura-san's son back here." The girl asked.
"Hai. Is that alright with you?"
"Aa..."
Hikaru was not too good at cooking, neither was she good at fighting. The only thing she
knew she was good at was cleaning up and looking after children.
"Arigatou, minna-san." Kenshin said.
Everyone seated at the table turned their attention to the red-headed samurai, wondering
why he thanked them even before they did anything.
Everyone nodded, before Okina reminded them of the time. Then, all of them, including
Hikaru, stood up and made their way to the designated place.
When they reached there, they did not see anyone with Kenji. Even though it was this
crowded, it would still be easy to spot a red headed boy in the crowds.
Then, a voice greeted them.
"You are Himura Kenshin I suppose?" A girl, with black blue hair tied up in a ponytail,
approached them.
None of them were prepared for the person standing in front of them, especially Hikaru.
Before them, stood the splitting image of Hikaru, both had the same face, hair, and eyes.
They looked exactly alike.
Everyone looked at Hikaru, then at the new girl. Then, back to Hikaru, at the same time,
giving each other odd looks.
"Is it me or am I seeing double?" Sanosuke was the first to speak, breaking the silence
between his friends.
Yahiko was still busy staring at the pair, jaw on ground. Kaoru was still comparing the
two girls. Soujirou and Kenshin kept their masks on, while Hikaru was the most affected.
"Kaede? Is that you?" Hikaru asked, walking up to the girl, tearing, thinking she has found
the sister she thought she had lost two years ago.
"What! Who are you, and how do you know my name?" Kaede backed away a step.
"Kaede, don't you remember me? Watashi wa Hikaru, anata wa neesan.(3) Don't you remember
anything at all?" Hikaru was now standing in front of the other girl.
"Urusai! (4)" Kaede pushed her 'sister' away from her, retreating towards the crowd as she
did.
"Kaede, matte...Ikanaide...(5)" Hikaru said, reaching for her sister while she lay lying
on the floor.
"Matte!" Sanosuke chased the other girl, intending to find out what was going on.
Unfortunately, he was too late. By the time he reacted, the girl was gone, she melted into
the crowd, like an ice cube into water.
"Eh? Soujirou-kun?" Kaoru turned to notice that the boy was missing.
"Here!" The boy waved a hand above the crowd, to show them that he was there.
Soujirou walked towards the group, pulling a girl behind him.
"Let go of me!" She said, before jump kicking the boy in his back.
Soujirou landed on the floor swirly-eyed. No one moved to help him except Kenshin, who
offered the boy a hand.
"Arigatou." Soujirou got up and patted himself.
"Kaede, I now that you and Hikaru have something to settle, but weren't you here to return
Kenji to us?" Yahiko said, threatening her with his shinai.
The girl simply pushed it out of the face, before taking a step forward.
"Yes. But, there has been a change of plans. Hijikata-san will only return the boy to you
after you battle him." She pointed to Kenshin. A smile crossed her face.
"And you, whoever you are, will battle me." The grin on her face widened as she turned to
Hikaru, who was still shocked.
"Wait a minute. She didn't come here to fight. If you want to battle anyone, I'll be the
one." Kaoru stepped forward, ignoring the glance Kenshin shot her when she said that.
"You? Why would I want to fight you, busu!" The girl turned her back to a now fuming Kaoru.
"NANI!"
Kenshin held Kaoru back with all his strength, but found that he needed more help. Not long
after, Kenshin was beaten to the ground by Kaoru, and she was making her way to the girl
who had her back facing them.
"Maa maa, Kaoru-san, she was only..."
* whack *
Soujirou was next to lay on the ground, by Kenshin. Both beaten by the same girl.
Yahiko laughed when he heard what Kaede had called Kaoru, but stopped when Kaoru turned to
glare at him.
"If you are done playing around, will you follow me?" Kaede did not wait for an answer from
the group.
Instead, she just walked ahead, ignoring them as they shouted for her to wait. Sanosuke was
made to carry both Kenshin and Soujirou. Lucky for him, they were both as light as they
looked.
All of them continued to follow Kaede, until they reached the entrance of town. Stopping
in their tracks when they noticed where they were.
"Oi! Where are you bringing us anyway?" Yahiko shouted.
Kaede ignored the boy, instead, she continued walking, not losing her pace. A while later,
they had already entered the forest, all of them wondered if they were actually being
played with by Hijikata.
The sun was high in the sky, before Kaede stopped in. In front of them, were a few horses
tied to a tree.
"We're here. I'm sure you all know how to ride a horse."
Kaede almost fell over when she found out that only Kenshin and Soujirou knew how to handle
horses. The other four did not have a clue how to. What's worse, the tall one who looks
like a chicken was afraid of them.
'Ahh...this is going to be a long trip...' Kaede thought, before leaning against a tree to
take a short nap while the red-headed man and the smiley-face boy teach their friends how
to ride a horse.
~*~*~*~*~
1) Onigiri: Rice ball
2) Futari dono, Yamette Kudasai! : Will both of you please stop!
3) Watashi wa Hikaru, anata wa neesan : I'm Hikaru, your sister.
4) Urusai! : Shut up!
5) Ikanaide: Don't go.
~*~*~*~*~
Gomen ne minna-san, especially to all those who think I used too much Japanese in this
chapter...* plus, I know I probably made some mistakes, so please correct me if I did *...
It's just that, if I use English, it may sound a little funny...hehe...anyway, pls r&r.
Arigatou!
Disclaimer: Sessha does not own the anime rurouni kenshin or any of it's character.
'Although it would be nice too....* sniff sniff *'
They all belong to the great Watsuki Nobuhiro.
Twins?
"Ahh...itai..." Okina woke up that morning with a huge hangover. His head was pounding.
Beside him, a girl sat, tray in hand. Her hair was midnight black; it shone blue in the
sunlight. Okina winced to see who it was, his vision still a little blur.
"Okina-san, I thought Omasu told you not to have too much to drink." The girl nagged at
him, about how too much sake was bad for him, especially for someone his age.
Even though Hikaru looked like she was not one to nag, she loved doing it. Everytime
somebody would do somwthing wrong, especially Okina, she would always be there to correct
them. It was always a habit of hers.
"Maa maa Hikaru-chan. I don't think it would be wise of you to go on. Okina looks like he
is going to throw up any minute." Another girl stood, leaning on the door frame.
"Omasu-san...Demo..." Hikaru said.
"Yeah, you should listen to her." Okina stood up with the help of his walking cane.
Hikaru moved by the old man's side, helping him to the door.
"By the way, why's Himura?" Okina asked, getting only a frown from both girls.
"While you were napping yesterday night, we received a note from Hijikata telling Himura-san
that if he wants his son back, he and the rest have to meet at the centre of town later."
Hikaru replied, her face showing only worry.
"Hikaru was even injured yesterday, luckily it wasn't poison that was coated on the shuriken,
if not she wouldn't be here now." Omasu added.
"I see, gomen Hikaru-chan, for getting you involved. But, where is Himura now?"" The old
man walked down the hallway, with both Hikaru and his cane supporting him.
"Omasu, can you please come here and give me a hand." A voice called, from behind the
kitchen door.
"Excuse me." Omasu rushed to the kitchen, hoping that one of the guys didn't break or spill
anything.
"Himura-san? He's downstairs eating his breakfast." She answered.
"Ahh...good." Okina said, as he slowly walked down the stairs.
"Kenshin, daijoubu?" Kaoru asked, when she noticed that he had been very quiet through
breakfast.
Soujirou switched his view from the bickering pair to the couple, worried at how Kenshin
might react later.
"Ah." He answered, picking at his food.
Kaoru knew that Kenshin was never a good liar, but this time was different. He didn't even
try to hide his feelings through his voice.
"Himura, I'm glad that you are still here." Okina, yelled through the noise the other
customers were making.
The old man almost tripped as he rushed down the stairs to greet the red haired man,
fortunately, Hikaru rushed up to him in time to prevent it from happening.
"Okina...daijoubu?" She asked.
"Ahh.."
The old man walked to meet Kenshin and the rest, only to have been almost caught in the
crossfire of Yahiko's and Sanosuke's fight over who will get the last onigiri.(1)
"Ohayo Okina-san." Both Kaoru and Kenshin greeted the man.
"Ah, Ohayo Himura-san. I heard from Hikaru what had happened last night, are you alright?"
Okina said, unconsciously picking up the onigiri, and eating it.
"AH!" Both Sanosuke and Yahiko shouted, and stopped their fight, tearing as they watch
Okina gulp down the last of the rice ball.
"Um? What's wrong?" The old man asked as he turned to look at the other two people.
"Ano...Okina-san..." Soujirou pointed to the empty plate, smiling as he sweatdropped.
"Huh?" Okina said, still unaware of how dangerous his current position is.
Both Sanosuke and Yahiko got into their respective stance, before pouncing and strangling
the old man. Yahiko begin pulling the man's white hair, while Sanosuke shook the old man,
both forgetting how fragile the man was.
"Oi! Futari dono, Yamette Kudasai!(2)" Hikaru shouted.
The whole restaurant went quiet at the sound of her voice. Even Sanosuke and Yahiko paused,
fists held in mid air. The girl blushed at the response she got, before apologizing to
everyone. Not long after, everyone got back to their breakfast.
"Anyway, Okina, was there anything which you wanted to speak to me about?" Kenshin asked,
stopping to look up at the old man.
"Ah...I just wanted to ask you if you could take Hikaru along with you." Okina asked.
"NANI!" Both Kenshin and Hikaru yelled at the Okina, who took a sip of his green tea.
Once again, everyone in the restaurant paused, and turned to look at Kenshin and Hikaru.
When neither of the two turned to apologize or even say anything to the white hair man,
all of them went back to their own meal.
"What did you say?!" Hikaru asked, this time lowering the volume of her voice.
"Yeah. Why does Hikaru need to come along with us? She could get injured." Kenshin said to
the man, who was still calmly sipping his tea.
"Well, if you are going to get Kenshin back, you'll need someone to bring him back here.
Hikaru can do it." Okina answered.
Both Hikaru and Kenshin calmed down, realizing the man's plan.
"So, you want me to go along, and bring Himura-san's son back here." The girl asked.
"Hai. Is that alright with you?"
"Aa..."
Hikaru was not too good at cooking, neither was she good at fighting. The only thing she
knew she was good at was cleaning up and looking after children.
"Arigatou, minna-san." Kenshin said.
Everyone seated at the table turned their attention to the red-headed samurai, wondering
why he thanked them even before they did anything.
Everyone nodded, before Okina reminded them of the time. Then, all of them, including
Hikaru, stood up and made their way to the designated place.
When they reached there, they did not see anyone with Kenji. Even though it was this
crowded, it would still be easy to spot a red headed boy in the crowds.
Then, a voice greeted them.
"You are Himura Kenshin I suppose?" A girl, with black blue hair tied up in a ponytail,
approached them.
None of them were prepared for the person standing in front of them, especially Hikaru.
Before them, stood the splitting image of Hikaru, both had the same face, hair, and eyes.
They looked exactly alike.
Everyone looked at Hikaru, then at the new girl. Then, back to Hikaru, at the same time,
giving each other odd looks.
"Is it me or am I seeing double?" Sanosuke was the first to speak, breaking the silence
between his friends.
Yahiko was still busy staring at the pair, jaw on ground. Kaoru was still comparing the
two girls. Soujirou and Kenshin kept their masks on, while Hikaru was the most affected.
"Kaede? Is that you?" Hikaru asked, walking up to the girl, tearing, thinking she has found
the sister she thought she had lost two years ago.
"What! Who are you, and how do you know my name?" Kaede backed away a step.
"Kaede, don't you remember me? Watashi wa Hikaru, anata wa neesan.(3) Don't you remember
anything at all?" Hikaru was now standing in front of the other girl.
"Urusai! (4)" Kaede pushed her 'sister' away from her, retreating towards the crowd as she
did.
"Kaede, matte...Ikanaide...(5)" Hikaru said, reaching for her sister while she lay lying
on the floor.
"Matte!" Sanosuke chased the other girl, intending to find out what was going on.
Unfortunately, he was too late. By the time he reacted, the girl was gone, she melted into
the crowd, like an ice cube into water.
"Eh? Soujirou-kun?" Kaoru turned to notice that the boy was missing.
"Here!" The boy waved a hand above the crowd, to show them that he was there.
Soujirou walked towards the group, pulling a girl behind him.
"Let go of me!" She said, before jump kicking the boy in his back.
Soujirou landed on the floor swirly-eyed. No one moved to help him except Kenshin, who
offered the boy a hand.
"Arigatou." Soujirou got up and patted himself.
"Kaede, I now that you and Hikaru have something to settle, but weren't you here to return
Kenji to us?" Yahiko said, threatening her with his shinai.
The girl simply pushed it out of the face, before taking a step forward.
"Yes. But, there has been a change of plans. Hijikata-san will only return the boy to you
after you battle him." She pointed to Kenshin. A smile crossed her face.
"And you, whoever you are, will battle me." The grin on her face widened as she turned to
Hikaru, who was still shocked.
"Wait a minute. She didn't come here to fight. If you want to battle anyone, I'll be the
one." Kaoru stepped forward, ignoring the glance Kenshin shot her when she said that.
"You? Why would I want to fight you, busu!" The girl turned her back to a now fuming Kaoru.
"NANI!"
Kenshin held Kaoru back with all his strength, but found that he needed more help. Not long
after, Kenshin was beaten to the ground by Kaoru, and she was making her way to the girl
who had her back facing them.
"Maa maa, Kaoru-san, she was only..."
* whack *
Soujirou was next to lay on the ground, by Kenshin. Both beaten by the same girl.
Yahiko laughed when he heard what Kaede had called Kaoru, but stopped when Kaoru turned to
glare at him.
"If you are done playing around, will you follow me?" Kaede did not wait for an answer from
the group.
Instead, she just walked ahead, ignoring them as they shouted for her to wait. Sanosuke was
made to carry both Kenshin and Soujirou. Lucky for him, they were both as light as they
looked.
All of them continued to follow Kaede, until they reached the entrance of town. Stopping
in their tracks when they noticed where they were.
"Oi! Where are you bringing us anyway?" Yahiko shouted.
Kaede ignored the boy, instead, she continued walking, not losing her pace. A while later,
they had already entered the forest, all of them wondered if they were actually being
played with by Hijikata.
The sun was high in the sky, before Kaede stopped in. In front of them, were a few horses
tied to a tree.
"We're here. I'm sure you all know how to ride a horse."
Kaede almost fell over when she found out that only Kenshin and Soujirou knew how to handle
horses. The other four did not have a clue how to. What's worse, the tall one who looks
like a chicken was afraid of them.
'Ahh...this is going to be a long trip...' Kaede thought, before leaning against a tree to
take a short nap while the red-headed man and the smiley-face boy teach their friends how
to ride a horse.
~*~*~*~*~
1) Onigiri: Rice ball
2) Futari dono, Yamette Kudasai! : Will both of you please stop!
3) Watashi wa Hikaru, anata wa neesan : I'm Hikaru, your sister.
4) Urusai! : Shut up!
5) Ikanaide: Don't go.
~*~*~*~*~
Gomen ne minna-san, especially to all those who think I used too much Japanese in this
chapter...* plus, I know I probably made some mistakes, so please correct me if I did *...
It's just that, if I use English, it may sound a little funny...hehe...anyway, pls r&r.
Arigatou!
