That night, the Kamiya Dojo was silent. There were no cries, no anguish curses, nothing.
There was in fact, no one inside. There was no one practicing in the empty dojo, no one was cooking dinner, no one was yelling over some lousy student, no one was playing in the garden.
There were none…
Where have all they gone? No one knew.
Besides, the owner is already dead, isn't she?
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"Dead? The owner dead?"
Sanosuke exclaimed wide-eyed as he overheard two men talking with each other at the market. He dropped his luggage and turned to question the men.
" Kamiya Kaoru's dead?" he nearly shouted causing the two men two back away a few steps from his tall form.
" Y-yes…" the taller one stammered.
" S-she died yesterday…sir." The other one offered.
" Kuso!" Sanosuke cursed as he picked up his luggage and ran towards the dojo that was once his home.
Fifteen years! Damn it Jo-chan! You better be not dead or…
Sano's mind cursing stopped as he stood in front of Kamiya Dojo. The wooden door hasn't change.It was the same door that he would often be slammed into after taking Kaoru's power punch.
Silence. Deafening silence.
Sanosuke pushed the door apart half-expecting to see Kaoru and Yahiko wrestling each other.
He saw none.
If Sanosuke would have stayed in front of the dojo gate for a bit longer, then he would have seen that no names where written beside the door.
Thinking they were probably eating or something he yelled;
" Kenshin! Jo-chan! Yahiko-chan!" he emphasized the chan in Yahiko's name so that the boy will come out with his head fuming and his face angry.
The wind answered his call. The gentle breeze seemed to form a dull ache within his heart.
" Masaka…" he whispered. He ran inside the dojo, scanned the kitchen, the rooms, the bathhouse…
The dojo was empty.
" Guys!" he called out again. His eyes were getting blurry with the tears that formed in his eyes.
He slumped himself at the dojo porch letting his tears flow freely.
Sanosuke!!!
Sano turned. He thought he heard Kaoru's vibrant voice call for him. And just for a moment, for a single moment, he thought that he was just being ridiculous, that the gang was just out to the market and that nothing has changed.
Sano breathed. There was no sign of his little missy but just the soft whisper of the wind.
Guys where are you!!!
His mind yelled as he crumpled his hair.
He stood up planning to go to Dr. Genzai or Tae perhaps to ask about his " family". But before he can take another step, a husky voice stopped him.
" Sano…"
Sano's eyes widened as he quickly turned to see the owner of the voice.
" Yahiko!" he exclaimed. He was so happy to see him that he didn't even noticed that Yahiko was almost the same as his height. He grabbed him and gave him a hug.
After a moment, he let go.
" Where's jo-chan?" he asked, his eyes expectant hoping that what he heard weren't true. That Kaoru and Kenshin were alright.
But Yahiko's sad eyes confirmed the truth.
" Let's sit down ne?" Yahiko softly offered as he sat down the old porch he had once been scrubbing.
Hell! Even Yahiko's attitude changed! Was I gone for that long? Sano questioned in his mind.
" Kaoru's dead."
Yahiko's statement was plain, hiding his emotions very well.
For the first time in his life, Sano fell speechless. He wiped the tears in his eyes and looked up the sky.
" Jo-chan…" he whispered.
" Kenshin came back last night but left again this morning, he left with Kaoru's body. Kenji, Kenshin and Kaoru's son left for Hiko…"
Sano's sobs were now even greater as he cried while Yahiko still talked;
" Dr. Genzai is dead and so is Misao,"
" The weasel?" he asked between sobbed.
Yahiko nodded.
" A-and Megumi?"
" Megumi never visited us again after she left ten years ago."
Kaoru, Misao, Dr. Genzai….
They were now only a memory of the past.
Sano can't take it anymore, he cried as loud as he could wrapping his knees with his arms. Yahiko just sat there in silence with his tears intact. He can't cry anymore, he had wasted so many tears in his life. And yet he had defied his promise when a single tear rolled in his cheeks, then another and another…
After the storm has subsided within Sano, he turned to look at Yahiko. Somehow his eyes lightened when he saw Yahiko the man, not the tokyo-samurai he so implied he was when he was younger.
Kaoru must be proud of the man that Yahiko had become, no doubt about it.
When he moved to wipe his tears his shoulders bumped into his luggage. It fell with a loud thud against the wooden floor.
Yahiko saw Sano smiled as he opened the luggage.
" W-what is it?"
Sano didn't answer but still held his smile. This made Yahiko shiver with fear because the look in Sano's face was that of a lunatic.
" You know how hard is it for me to carry this thing?" Sano almost absentmindedly asked him.
Yahiko blinked.
Sano held out a large box and opened it.
Chocolates.
" here…" he said as he thrust them into Yahiko's hand.
" Jo-chan would have liked it if she was here. That's the original stuff you know. "
With that he closed his luggage and stood up.
" Where are you going?" Yahiko asked as Sano turned to leave.
" You already know." Sano answered.
Sano slowly closed the dojo door behind him as he took one last glance of his old home then headed towards south. To find his goal!
As he was drifting away from the Kamiya Dojo the louder his friend's voice echoed in his mind.
" Kenshin no Baka!"
" Tori Atama!"
" Busu ! Busu!"
" Yahiko- CHAN!"
" Mou!"
" Jo-chan!"
" Oro!"
Yahiko watched as Sano left and then he turned his gaze to the bundle the he held in his hands.
"Chocolates." Sano had said.
He remembered Kaoru and wasn't interested at eating the chocolate anymore, he never was.
Yahiko looked up at the wide expanse of the sky.
Kami-sama? If you really exist, I would like you to know that if I have to give every chocolate in the world to Kaoru just to see her alive again, I will! I would do even ten thousand katas if that would make her smile back again at me. Really I will!
Yahiko had rid his pride.
Oh how he wished Kaoru could see him now. How he wished all of them can see him now...eating his pride.
Yahiko stood up and closed the door of the dojo. Taking a single flower from the garden he entered the house for the last time.
In the doorway he seemed to hear and see himself yelling " Busu! Wake up!" and Kaoru opening her door and pumping his head.
" maa..." Kenshin would say. " Breakfast is ready de gozaro ka."
Years have past yet he would want to live it again in a heartbeat.
He entered the dojo and looked around.
" Do 500 katas now!"
" Busu!"
He smiled remembering the very first day he trained with Kaoru. Filling his heart with memories, he knew it was time to leave and set out a new beginning.
Without Kaoru, Kenshin, Sano... but certainly with Tsubame!
He slowly walked outside and locked the gates, never to open it again.
He bowed then whispered;
" Arigatou Kaoru-sensei for everything."
Kaoru's place in his heart is secured,no one can ever replace the big sister that Kaoru played in his life.
With that he walked towards home and to his waiting wife.
And so Kamiya Dojo was silent, letting darkness inside its once alive rooms.
Later we would know that the Kamiya Dojo was demolished and made as a hotel but only few people knew about the tragic history of the girl that once owned the dojo and her "family".
People say that they ended up together. And some say that often at night they would hear laughter and merry voices speaking of stories never heard before in the old dojo site.
Everyone, including me, knows perfectly to whom the voices belong.
You do, don't you?
There is no need to ask.
Le fin
A/N:
Okay first of all I wanna say that I'm sorry for what I said about Tomoe but ….
I can't help it!!!!!!! I'm only 16 and I can't help being immature!!!
So here it goes again, Tomoe-lovers pls don't continue!!!!!
I warned you!!!!
TOMOE S*UCKS!!! TOMOE S*UCKS!!! TOMOE S*UCKS!!! TOMOE S*UCKS!!!
mwahahahahahhhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahah-argh!
*sniff *sniff
There was in fact, no one inside. There was no one practicing in the empty dojo, no one was cooking dinner, no one was yelling over some lousy student, no one was playing in the garden.
There were none…
Where have all they gone? No one knew.
Besides, the owner is already dead, isn't she?
********************************
"Dead? The owner dead?"
Sanosuke exclaimed wide-eyed as he overheard two men talking with each other at the market. He dropped his luggage and turned to question the men.
" Kamiya Kaoru's dead?" he nearly shouted causing the two men two back away a few steps from his tall form.
" Y-yes…" the taller one stammered.
" S-she died yesterday…sir." The other one offered.
" Kuso!" Sanosuke cursed as he picked up his luggage and ran towards the dojo that was once his home.
Fifteen years! Damn it Jo-chan! You better be not dead or…
Sano's mind cursing stopped as he stood in front of Kamiya Dojo. The wooden door hasn't change.It was the same door that he would often be slammed into after taking Kaoru's power punch.
Silence. Deafening silence.
Sanosuke pushed the door apart half-expecting to see Kaoru and Yahiko wrestling each other.
He saw none.
If Sanosuke would have stayed in front of the dojo gate for a bit longer, then he would have seen that no names where written beside the door.
Thinking they were probably eating or something he yelled;
" Kenshin! Jo-chan! Yahiko-chan!" he emphasized the chan in Yahiko's name so that the boy will come out with his head fuming and his face angry.
The wind answered his call. The gentle breeze seemed to form a dull ache within his heart.
" Masaka…" he whispered. He ran inside the dojo, scanned the kitchen, the rooms, the bathhouse…
The dojo was empty.
" Guys!" he called out again. His eyes were getting blurry with the tears that formed in his eyes.
He slumped himself at the dojo porch letting his tears flow freely.
Sanosuke!!!
Sano turned. He thought he heard Kaoru's vibrant voice call for him. And just for a moment, for a single moment, he thought that he was just being ridiculous, that the gang was just out to the market and that nothing has changed.
Sano breathed. There was no sign of his little missy but just the soft whisper of the wind.
Guys where are you!!!
His mind yelled as he crumpled his hair.
He stood up planning to go to Dr. Genzai or Tae perhaps to ask about his " family". But before he can take another step, a husky voice stopped him.
" Sano…"
Sano's eyes widened as he quickly turned to see the owner of the voice.
" Yahiko!" he exclaimed. He was so happy to see him that he didn't even noticed that Yahiko was almost the same as his height. He grabbed him and gave him a hug.
After a moment, he let go.
" Where's jo-chan?" he asked, his eyes expectant hoping that what he heard weren't true. That Kaoru and Kenshin were alright.
But Yahiko's sad eyes confirmed the truth.
" Let's sit down ne?" Yahiko softly offered as he sat down the old porch he had once been scrubbing.
Hell! Even Yahiko's attitude changed! Was I gone for that long? Sano questioned in his mind.
" Kaoru's dead."
Yahiko's statement was plain, hiding his emotions very well.
For the first time in his life, Sano fell speechless. He wiped the tears in his eyes and looked up the sky.
" Jo-chan…" he whispered.
" Kenshin came back last night but left again this morning, he left with Kaoru's body. Kenji, Kenshin and Kaoru's son left for Hiko…"
Sano's sobs were now even greater as he cried while Yahiko still talked;
" Dr. Genzai is dead and so is Misao,"
" The weasel?" he asked between sobbed.
Yahiko nodded.
" A-and Megumi?"
" Megumi never visited us again after she left ten years ago."
Kaoru, Misao, Dr. Genzai….
They were now only a memory of the past.
Sano can't take it anymore, he cried as loud as he could wrapping his knees with his arms. Yahiko just sat there in silence with his tears intact. He can't cry anymore, he had wasted so many tears in his life. And yet he had defied his promise when a single tear rolled in his cheeks, then another and another…
After the storm has subsided within Sano, he turned to look at Yahiko. Somehow his eyes lightened when he saw Yahiko the man, not the tokyo-samurai he so implied he was when he was younger.
Kaoru must be proud of the man that Yahiko had become, no doubt about it.
When he moved to wipe his tears his shoulders bumped into his luggage. It fell with a loud thud against the wooden floor.
Yahiko saw Sano smiled as he opened the luggage.
" W-what is it?"
Sano didn't answer but still held his smile. This made Yahiko shiver with fear because the look in Sano's face was that of a lunatic.
" You know how hard is it for me to carry this thing?" Sano almost absentmindedly asked him.
Yahiko blinked.
Sano held out a large box and opened it.
Chocolates.
" here…" he said as he thrust them into Yahiko's hand.
" Jo-chan would have liked it if she was here. That's the original stuff you know. "
With that he closed his luggage and stood up.
" Where are you going?" Yahiko asked as Sano turned to leave.
" You already know." Sano answered.
Sano slowly closed the dojo door behind him as he took one last glance of his old home then headed towards south. To find his goal!
As he was drifting away from the Kamiya Dojo the louder his friend's voice echoed in his mind.
" Kenshin no Baka!"
" Tori Atama!"
" Busu ! Busu!"
" Yahiko- CHAN!"
" Mou!"
" Jo-chan!"
" Oro!"
Yahiko watched as Sano left and then he turned his gaze to the bundle the he held in his hands.
"Chocolates." Sano had said.
He remembered Kaoru and wasn't interested at eating the chocolate anymore, he never was.
Yahiko looked up at the wide expanse of the sky.
Kami-sama? If you really exist, I would like you to know that if I have to give every chocolate in the world to Kaoru just to see her alive again, I will! I would do even ten thousand katas if that would make her smile back again at me. Really I will!
Yahiko had rid his pride.
Oh how he wished Kaoru could see him now. How he wished all of them can see him now...eating his pride.
Yahiko stood up and closed the door of the dojo. Taking a single flower from the garden he entered the house for the last time.
In the doorway he seemed to hear and see himself yelling " Busu! Wake up!" and Kaoru opening her door and pumping his head.
" maa..." Kenshin would say. " Breakfast is ready de gozaro ka."
Years have past yet he would want to live it again in a heartbeat.
He entered the dojo and looked around.
" Do 500 katas now!"
" Busu!"
He smiled remembering the very first day he trained with Kaoru. Filling his heart with memories, he knew it was time to leave and set out a new beginning.
Without Kaoru, Kenshin, Sano... but certainly with Tsubame!
He slowly walked outside and locked the gates, never to open it again.
He bowed then whispered;
" Arigatou Kaoru-sensei for everything."
Kaoru's place in his heart is secured,no one can ever replace the big sister that Kaoru played in his life.
With that he walked towards home and to his waiting wife.
And so Kamiya Dojo was silent, letting darkness inside its once alive rooms.
Later we would know that the Kamiya Dojo was demolished and made as a hotel but only few people knew about the tragic history of the girl that once owned the dojo and her "family".
People say that they ended up together. And some say that often at night they would hear laughter and merry voices speaking of stories never heard before in the old dojo site.
Everyone, including me, knows perfectly to whom the voices belong.
You do, don't you?
There is no need to ask.
Le fin
A/N:
Okay first of all I wanna say that I'm sorry for what I said about Tomoe but ….
I can't help it!!!!!!! I'm only 16 and I can't help being immature!!!
So here it goes again, Tomoe-lovers pls don't continue!!!!!
I warned you!!!!
TOMOE S*UCKS!!! TOMOE S*UCKS!!! TOMOE S*UCKS!!! TOMOE S*UCKS!!!
mwahahahahahhhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahah-argh!
*sniff *sniff