Disclaimer: OK! OK! I confess! I don't own Rurouni Kenshin and its
characters! I admit they all rightfully belong to Nobuhiro Watsuki-sensei.
So now I have confessed everything, kindly don't sue me. I'm poor and I
only wrote this stuff for entertainment purposes only.
Author's greetings: Whew! Second fic here! How are you all now? Feeling good? Like my first fic, I also wrote this fic last year, but I threw away my rough draft that I had to recall everything I've written last year. You know, when I was twelve (that was last year), I was a freshie at highschool then, my older brother, who was fourteen then, and I lived alone in a small house in the city. It's our parents' way of teaching us independence. We just communicate through texting. Anyway, I got the idea for this fic when I went home one afternoon from school and felt so sad for being alone that I wanted someone to welcome me home but my brother always came home about six. So just read on and enjoy!
Rating: G
Tadaima
Chapter I: Waiting For You
"Kenshin!?" Kaoru ran out of Kenshin's room after finding out he wasn't there anyways. She had been running around the dojo frantically for the last half hour, looking for a missing Kenshin. Hot tears welled up in her eyes.
"Kenshin, doko des'ka?" She asked no one in particular. No one answered. She fell to her knees. *What if he decided to leave the dojo? What if he went off to fight some psycho again without telling me? *
Earlier that morning while Kenshin was doing the laundry, some police guy knocked at the dojo gate and he was the one who answered him. Kenshin had gone out with him in a hurry. Kaoru didn't mind Kenshin leaving, thinking that maybe they were just going to have a short talk.
But Kenshin had been gone for two and half hours already and he had not finished the laundry yet. Wet twisted garments were left at the wooden tub near the well and the water from the tub had almost evaporated.
"Kenshin…" Kaoru mumbled shakily, tears falling down her cheeks. "Doko?"
Kaoru stood up and strolled slowly towards her room. She slid her door open and got out her futon. *What if Kenshin doesn't come back? * Kaoru asked herself uneasily. She began howling once again in dismay.
She sat down on her futon. *I'm gonna wait for you, Kenshin. Or else, I'm gonna bonk you in the head. *
"Chotto matte… where in the world are Sano and Yahiko?" She wondered out loud.
She sat down there on her futon, staring into space. Anyone who could have seen her would have thought she just came from a nut house.
The minutes began flying by. Minutes turned into hours. But Kaoru seemed not to hear the tick-tack-tick-tack of the old-fashioned clock on the wall.
The afternoon sunrays streamed into Kaoru's room.
Two hours later… "KAORU-DONO?"
Kaoru jolted out of her trance. *Am I imagining things? * She waited for the voice again.
"Kaoru-dono, you home?" The voice called.
Kaoru stood up from her futon actively, smiling. Suddenly, her smile turned into an annoyed expression. *Kenshin no baka! * She thought.
The voice began to grow louder and louder as the caller began approaching her room. Kenshin stopped outside her closed door. "Are you in there, Kaoru-dono?" He asked innocently.
In a flash, Kaoru's door slid open and a fist began flying out and hit Kenshin in the face hard. Kenshin flew through the backyard and hit the wall real hard.
"Ororororo…" He was muttering, swirly-eyed.
"Kenshin no baka!" Kaoru shouted at him. "Where have you been?!"
"Is that why Kaoru-dono is angry? Because I left without permission?" Kenshin asked smilingly, sitting down Indian-style and rubbing his head at the back.
"Do you see any other reason?" Kaoru asked, annoyed. "I saw you go out with the police earlier this afternoon. What were you doing with them for four and a half hours?" She crossed her arms before her chest and stared at him expectedly.
Kenshin stood up, chuckling. Kaoru uncrossed her arms. "What's so funny?"
Kenshin walked several steps toward her, then stopped. "Those aren't policemen, Kaoru-dono." He tried explaining.
Kaoru furrowed her eyebrows. "So what do you call them? Law-enforcers?"
Kenshin smiled at her. "That was the new mail man."
"Mail man?" Kaoru repeated incredulously.
"Hai, he thought that since this is a dojo and might be here for a long time in Tokyo, he presumed that the occupants here would know all the people around town. He was asking where Tatsumi-san lived. So I accompanied him to the marketplace to find Tatsumi-san since he quite can't get my directions." Kenshin paused.
"Yeah… and who is this Tatsumi guy?" Kaoru asked slowly.
"He's the tofu merchant from Kyoto. We're regular costumers of his." Kenshin said, the smile not fading.
"All right… continue…"
"Anyway, when we reached Tatsumi-san's supposed to be shop, we found out he had moved to another area. So I had to go around with him and find Tatsumi-san; I just can't leave him be with the heavy bag he was carrying." Kenshin finished.
"And it took you about five long hours to find this Tatsumi guy?" Kaoru asked doubtfully.
Kenshin laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head. "Was it that long?"
"Gee… I can't believe policemen and mailmen have the same uniforms these days." Kaoru said.
"They're probably imports from America." Kenshin answered logically.
"Anyway, I was really worried, Kenshin. I thought you ran off to fight another challenger again." Kaoru told him, sapphire eyes softening.
"I'll… try my best not to do that." Kenshin assured her.
"Where'd Sano and Yahiko go anyway?" She asked him, glancing around the backyard.
"Did you forget, Kaoru-dono? Yahiko's working at the Akabeko late today and Sano told me this morning he'd be sleeping at his shack at the outskirts of Tokyo." He explained to her.
"You haven't started supper yet." She told him softly.
Kenshin smiled. "I'll start now if you want."
She smiled back at him. "Please don't worry too much, Kaoru-dono." He was telling her. "Tadaima."
Her smile widened. "Okaeri."
TBC
Author's notes: This one's short… and rushed. I don't know if modernized mailmen uniforms reached Japan during 1860's to 1900's but I just let my imagination run wild, you know. And I'll just make this chapter better soon, I still don't have time.
This is, after all, fiction. Hope you enjoyed. Aishiteru. Please review.
Till next time.
REMINDER: PLEASE REVIEW, I'LL BE LOOKIN' FORWARD TO IT.
lieveit1 '^-^'
Author's greetings: Whew! Second fic here! How are you all now? Feeling good? Like my first fic, I also wrote this fic last year, but I threw away my rough draft that I had to recall everything I've written last year. You know, when I was twelve (that was last year), I was a freshie at highschool then, my older brother, who was fourteen then, and I lived alone in a small house in the city. It's our parents' way of teaching us independence. We just communicate through texting. Anyway, I got the idea for this fic when I went home one afternoon from school and felt so sad for being alone that I wanted someone to welcome me home but my brother always came home about six. So just read on and enjoy!
Rating: G
Tadaima
Chapter I: Waiting For You
"Kenshin!?" Kaoru ran out of Kenshin's room after finding out he wasn't there anyways. She had been running around the dojo frantically for the last half hour, looking for a missing Kenshin. Hot tears welled up in her eyes.
"Kenshin, doko des'ka?" She asked no one in particular. No one answered. She fell to her knees. *What if he decided to leave the dojo? What if he went off to fight some psycho again without telling me? *
Earlier that morning while Kenshin was doing the laundry, some police guy knocked at the dojo gate and he was the one who answered him. Kenshin had gone out with him in a hurry. Kaoru didn't mind Kenshin leaving, thinking that maybe they were just going to have a short talk.
But Kenshin had been gone for two and half hours already and he had not finished the laundry yet. Wet twisted garments were left at the wooden tub near the well and the water from the tub had almost evaporated.
"Kenshin…" Kaoru mumbled shakily, tears falling down her cheeks. "Doko?"
Kaoru stood up and strolled slowly towards her room. She slid her door open and got out her futon. *What if Kenshin doesn't come back? * Kaoru asked herself uneasily. She began howling once again in dismay.
She sat down on her futon. *I'm gonna wait for you, Kenshin. Or else, I'm gonna bonk you in the head. *
"Chotto matte… where in the world are Sano and Yahiko?" She wondered out loud.
She sat down there on her futon, staring into space. Anyone who could have seen her would have thought she just came from a nut house.
The minutes began flying by. Minutes turned into hours. But Kaoru seemed not to hear the tick-tack-tick-tack of the old-fashioned clock on the wall.
The afternoon sunrays streamed into Kaoru's room.
Two hours later… "KAORU-DONO?"
Kaoru jolted out of her trance. *Am I imagining things? * She waited for the voice again.
"Kaoru-dono, you home?" The voice called.
Kaoru stood up from her futon actively, smiling. Suddenly, her smile turned into an annoyed expression. *Kenshin no baka! * She thought.
The voice began to grow louder and louder as the caller began approaching her room. Kenshin stopped outside her closed door. "Are you in there, Kaoru-dono?" He asked innocently.
In a flash, Kaoru's door slid open and a fist began flying out and hit Kenshin in the face hard. Kenshin flew through the backyard and hit the wall real hard.
"Ororororo…" He was muttering, swirly-eyed.
"Kenshin no baka!" Kaoru shouted at him. "Where have you been?!"
"Is that why Kaoru-dono is angry? Because I left without permission?" Kenshin asked smilingly, sitting down Indian-style and rubbing his head at the back.
"Do you see any other reason?" Kaoru asked, annoyed. "I saw you go out with the police earlier this afternoon. What were you doing with them for four and a half hours?" She crossed her arms before her chest and stared at him expectedly.
Kenshin stood up, chuckling. Kaoru uncrossed her arms. "What's so funny?"
Kenshin walked several steps toward her, then stopped. "Those aren't policemen, Kaoru-dono." He tried explaining.
Kaoru furrowed her eyebrows. "So what do you call them? Law-enforcers?"
Kenshin smiled at her. "That was the new mail man."
"Mail man?" Kaoru repeated incredulously.
"Hai, he thought that since this is a dojo and might be here for a long time in Tokyo, he presumed that the occupants here would know all the people around town. He was asking where Tatsumi-san lived. So I accompanied him to the marketplace to find Tatsumi-san since he quite can't get my directions." Kenshin paused.
"Yeah… and who is this Tatsumi guy?" Kaoru asked slowly.
"He's the tofu merchant from Kyoto. We're regular costumers of his." Kenshin said, the smile not fading.
"All right… continue…"
"Anyway, when we reached Tatsumi-san's supposed to be shop, we found out he had moved to another area. So I had to go around with him and find Tatsumi-san; I just can't leave him be with the heavy bag he was carrying." Kenshin finished.
"And it took you about five long hours to find this Tatsumi guy?" Kaoru asked doubtfully.
Kenshin laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head. "Was it that long?"
"Gee… I can't believe policemen and mailmen have the same uniforms these days." Kaoru said.
"They're probably imports from America." Kenshin answered logically.
"Anyway, I was really worried, Kenshin. I thought you ran off to fight another challenger again." Kaoru told him, sapphire eyes softening.
"I'll… try my best not to do that." Kenshin assured her.
"Where'd Sano and Yahiko go anyway?" She asked him, glancing around the backyard.
"Did you forget, Kaoru-dono? Yahiko's working at the Akabeko late today and Sano told me this morning he'd be sleeping at his shack at the outskirts of Tokyo." He explained to her.
"You haven't started supper yet." She told him softly.
Kenshin smiled. "I'll start now if you want."
She smiled back at him. "Please don't worry too much, Kaoru-dono." He was telling her. "Tadaima."
Her smile widened. "Okaeri."
TBC
Author's notes: This one's short… and rushed. I don't know if modernized mailmen uniforms reached Japan during 1860's to 1900's but I just let my imagination run wild, you know. And I'll just make this chapter better soon, I still don't have time.
This is, after all, fiction. Hope you enjoyed. Aishiteru. Please review.
Till next time.
REMINDER: PLEASE REVIEW, I'LL BE LOOKIN' FORWARD TO IT.
lieveit1 '^-^'