K'Dash : *cough cough*
Soujirou : She's a broke student ! *sweatdrop* :)
Soujirou's Dream - chapter 10
"Report from Daisuke at the train station."
"Go on." a cold voice answered.
"Shinomori Aoshi has been spotted departing the station at 1024 hours this morning."
"Continue tailing him and report back to me by 1400 hours this afternoon. Move out."
"Orders received sir."
"Shinomori Aoshi... I will get my revenge on you... soon."
Aoshi got off the train and looked around for any suspicious characters. After making sure no one was following him, he walked off.
He took out the letter from Saitou and read it again. 'They're up to something huh ? Wonder what.' He checked in at an inn at the outskirts of Tokyo, where he could do his research in peace.
After he settled down, Aoshi began his research. He took out a book with all the addresses of the Oniwabanshuu members in Tokyo. It had been awhile since he'd seen the book, so he didn't know whether they had shifted house or not. No matter, at least he had a lead to go after.
He was browsing through it idly when a name caught his attention.
Name : Tochiro Yagami
Age : 21
Status : Expelled
Reason : Defied okashira's orders
Aoshi was the one who expelled him, he had made all kinds of mistakes in the past, but that time he had gone too far...
//FLASHBACK//
"Misao ! Misao where are you ?" Aoshi called.
Misao was playing by the bank of a deep river, where the Oniwabanshuu were scheduled to have an operation later that evening. Next to her was Tochiro. 'He must have led her here. If she falls in...'
Tochiro was about to push Misao into the river when Aoshi yelled "Baka-yarou !" and punched him into the river.
"Aoshi-sama ?" Misao asked innocently. "Can we go home now ?"
Aoshi nodded and smiled slightly. Then he turned around and said coldly, "Don't ever come back, you're not one of us anymore."
"I'll get you one day... Shinomori Aoshi... for doing this to me !" Tochiro gritted his teeth and muttered.
Aoshi closed the book and sighed. 'That ass... it serves him right... I wonder...' Suddenly it struck him. "I'll get you one day... Shinomori Aoshi..." 'That was the last thing he said... if he really means it... he's gonna get at Misao again !' Aoshi was shocked. He knew that Misao was in Tokyo already, since he left before she did. 'Tochiro must have already received news that she's here. And if he knows that I've already arrived...'
Aoshi hurriedly packed his things and left for Kamiya Dojo.
By late afternoon, Aoshi was knocking on the gate of Kamiya Dojo. Kenshin opened the door.
"Aoshi ? What brings you here ?" Kenshin asked.
"I need to see Misao. Its urgent." He said.
"Misao-dono ? She just left with Soujirou. Would you like to come in first ?"
"Iya, I'm in a hurry. Thanks Himura."
That evening, Soujirou and Misao were heading back to the dojo by a back alley when suddenly a smoke bomb dropped out of nowhere and filled the alley with smoke. A dark figure swooped out from the top of a roof, grabbed Misao and disappeared out of sight again. Soujirou was left coughing and when the smoke cleared, he couldn't find Misao anywhere.
At that same time, Aoshi was walking by the front street near the alley, and some of the smoke trikled out. Thinking it would be strange that smoke would come out of a back alley, he ran in to investigate, only to find Soujirou standing there.
"What are you doing here ?" he asked Soujirou suspiciously.
"I was just going to go back to the dojo with Misao when a smoke bomb came out of nowhere and now she's gone." Soujirou said and coughed some more.
"So where is she now ?"
"I don't know. I couldn't see."
'Nani ?! Damn... he must've got her already.' "Follow me back to the dojo... there's something I have to explain."
After Kenshin, Kaoru, Misao, Yahiko, Soujirou and Aoshi gathered in the dojo, Aoshi started to explain what was going on.
"There's a former Oniwabanshuu member, Tochiro Yagami as my records state, and he was expelled back in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu. At that time, he said he'd take revenge on me, but I didn't take him seriously. I'd heard that he had moved to Tokyo after that. Now that Misao and I are here, he must be grabbing the chance to get me, and by experience, he's using Misao as bait to lure me into his trap." Aoshi gritted his teeth. "That's what I'm thinking he's going to do. I might be wrong, but its close."
"He's right." Saitou was standing at the entrance of the dojo puffing on a cigarette. "This could lead to something serious."
"When I first got a report from Saitou saying that our spies over here were up to trouble, I didn't suspect anything and just thought they were getting impatient. But later when I was flipping through the past records I realised that they may be up to something bigger."
"So what do you think's gonna happen now ?" Soujirou asked quietly.
"We don't know yet. He hasn't given me any information as yet, but we should get some news by tomorrow morning." Aoshi said icily.
"Maa... Soujirou you better not worry too much, I'm sure Misao-dono can take care of herself. Minna, its getting very late, we all better turn in early if we wanna look for Misao-dono tomorrow." Kenshin said.
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