Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, or the characters in RK. I may add new characters but I'll tell you which one are mine. This is my first attempt to do fanfics online. Please no flames ^_^;
Thoughts.
"dialogue"
Misao is 18 so I'm going to give Aoshi an elixer of life to be around 25
A Vow
Chapter 1: Do you, or don't you?
Silence crept around Kyoto, Japan where the sun was soon to come out. Everyone seemed to be asleep except a certain Okashira that prepared tea for her mentor. Humming softly, the voice was found in the kitchen towards a woman of eighteen years and a long silken braid that swung back and forth. Carefully setting the tea pot down upon the tray, she hopped to pick up a couple of cups. Today will be the day, Misao smiled to herself slowly...yes today will be the day she will confess her love to Aoshi.
How long has she been worrying about the words she would've said to him? She loved him; it was written all over her face! She knew how much she loved him ever since she was young enough to remember. Even when he defied Okina and left Kyoto, she welcomed him back with open arms. Forgiveness was one of her talents when it came towards to her Aoshi-sama.
Yet it made her wonder sometimes...He was still reaching for atonement when he was at the Aoiya. His body and spirit remained within the temple where she would always bring tea for him. When will he let himself go, she wondered...Aoshi was one person she knew for so long yet the most she doesn't know. Sanosuke once called him "the icicle" for his stoicism. Misao had to agree, with his ice cold eyes and that indifference that masked any features upon the man she knew so long, how can he not be known by such a name that would fit him well?
Yet his ice cold eyes, she remembered, that they once held the warmth in them...
Just when will she melt that ice?
She shrugged slightly and picked up her cloak and with the tray in her hands she set forth towards the temple that was her daily routine of the morning. Last night it was raining and formed a slight mist which surrounded the ground and emanating a thick layer of air that the temple's image blurred. With a bright smile upon her face and a light skip to the steps she made she opened the door, normally dressed in her ninja uniform and slipped into the room.
The scented oils and incense waft within the room of prayer where a still figure sat down in a lotus style with his eyes closed and his body relaxed. A few candles lit which shown the dark hues of his black hair and a sharp jaw where a grim line spread to where his lips are. Broad shoulders and a straight back with a bit of cold indifference was no other but the one thing that her heart would jump of his voice.
" Ohayo, Aoshi-sama."
"...Ohayo, Misao."
Silence seemed to move while Aoshi watched Misao began the tea ceremony. Her energy and her smile seemed to brighten the day. It would always bring warmth to everyone except himself. I don't deserve such happiness if I know myself on how much I've done wrong. He continued to hear her on how she would go about her day and such, asking about his day and how she was gonna start learning how to cook for the Aoiya until the question popped.
"Do you love me, Aoshi-sama? " her eyes were full of hope.
A moment of silence passed them as Aoshi looked at Misao with indifference. How can he love when he knew hate and how honor and duty was drilled deep within his soul.
"Misao," he began " I care for you."
"But why....why can't you love me?" her voice seemed to waver.
"How can I love when I can't even know how to love...you are a mere child after all?"
"....I see...." Misao stood up slowly...he only thought of her as a child..a little child who is vulnerable, and needs assistance no matter what. Her eyes remained dry as they finished the tea ceremony, already packing up and walked out of the cold doorway. She looked out the window and she started to walk down the wall......and then she started to run with tears that stung her eyes.
to be continued
Author's notes: So how did you like it? Nice huh?
(ohayo- good morning
(-sama) a shown of respect.
I probably altered some of the scenes that may have been in the series. Hope you enjoyed them ^_^;
Thoughts.
"dialogue"
Misao is 18 so I'm going to give Aoshi an elixer of life to be around 25
A Vow
Chapter 1: Do you, or don't you?
Silence crept around Kyoto, Japan where the sun was soon to come out. Everyone seemed to be asleep except a certain Okashira that prepared tea for her mentor. Humming softly, the voice was found in the kitchen towards a woman of eighteen years and a long silken braid that swung back and forth. Carefully setting the tea pot down upon the tray, she hopped to pick up a couple of cups. Today will be the day, Misao smiled to herself slowly...yes today will be the day she will confess her love to Aoshi.
How long has she been worrying about the words she would've said to him? She loved him; it was written all over her face! She knew how much she loved him ever since she was young enough to remember. Even when he defied Okina and left Kyoto, she welcomed him back with open arms. Forgiveness was one of her talents when it came towards to her Aoshi-sama.
Yet it made her wonder sometimes...He was still reaching for atonement when he was at the Aoiya. His body and spirit remained within the temple where she would always bring tea for him. When will he let himself go, she wondered...Aoshi was one person she knew for so long yet the most she doesn't know. Sanosuke once called him "the icicle" for his stoicism. Misao had to agree, with his ice cold eyes and that indifference that masked any features upon the man she knew so long, how can he not be known by such a name that would fit him well?
Yet his ice cold eyes, she remembered, that they once held the warmth in them...
Just when will she melt that ice?
She shrugged slightly and picked up her cloak and with the tray in her hands she set forth towards the temple that was her daily routine of the morning. Last night it was raining and formed a slight mist which surrounded the ground and emanating a thick layer of air that the temple's image blurred. With a bright smile upon her face and a light skip to the steps she made she opened the door, normally dressed in her ninja uniform and slipped into the room.
The scented oils and incense waft within the room of prayer where a still figure sat down in a lotus style with his eyes closed and his body relaxed. A few candles lit which shown the dark hues of his black hair and a sharp jaw where a grim line spread to where his lips are. Broad shoulders and a straight back with a bit of cold indifference was no other but the one thing that her heart would jump of his voice.
" Ohayo, Aoshi-sama."
"...Ohayo, Misao."
Silence seemed to move while Aoshi watched Misao began the tea ceremony. Her energy and her smile seemed to brighten the day. It would always bring warmth to everyone except himself. I don't deserve such happiness if I know myself on how much I've done wrong. He continued to hear her on how she would go about her day and such, asking about his day and how she was gonna start learning how to cook for the Aoiya until the question popped.
"Do you love me, Aoshi-sama? " her eyes were full of hope.
A moment of silence passed them as Aoshi looked at Misao with indifference. How can he love when he knew hate and how honor and duty was drilled deep within his soul.
"Misao," he began " I care for you."
"But why....why can't you love me?" her voice seemed to waver.
"How can I love when I can't even know how to love...you are a mere child after all?"
"....I see...." Misao stood up slowly...he only thought of her as a child..a little child who is vulnerable, and needs assistance no matter what. Her eyes remained dry as they finished the tea ceremony, already packing up and walked out of the cold doorway. She looked out the window and she started to walk down the wall......and then she started to run with tears that stung her eyes.
to be continued
Author's notes: So how did you like it? Nice huh?
(ohayo- good morning
(-sama) a shown of respect.
I probably altered some of the scenes that may have been in the series. Hope you enjoyed them ^_^;