Author's notes: ….err… evil school, evil work, evil evil EVIL!!!….anywho. yes! Still getting to this… Aoshi goes on debating upon himself and well what happens to our little Misao-chan??? Since I don't know much of the geography and topography of Japan…(ok I DO know some but I can't really pin point ) but I tried! Um well getting along with the story…
Disclaimer: I never owned Rurouni Kenshin at all…I wish I did..
Thoughts ( if you can't see it, it's the italicized …hopefully italicized words. If you see a bunch of these in paragraphs, it's a flashback )
"Dialogue"
Words to know:
Ohayo- morning
Minna-san - everyone (in respect)
Onegai – please
Okashira – leader
Arigato – Thankyou
Oniwanbanshuu – (sp? ) its a ninja group . well At least that's what I think it means.
Uruse- Shut up
Yare Yare – ok ok…it's a phrase on not wanting to get into an argument…like ' ok I agree with you ok?'
Eeto – umm….
Anywho, it's everyone in the Aoiya and a fellow ninja followers.
A prelude
Upon the desk of a young woman was a weight where the candle dimly lit upon the wax dribbled down to its last and created a trail on the wooden furniture. Upon the desk was a few origami flowers and a picture of the Oniwanbanshuu There, a long sheet of faded paper and writing on ink tells the story to the fellow readers.
[ Dearest Minna-san,
Ohayo. By the time you read this I have already left the Aoiya and Kyoto as well. Onegai…don't bother looking for me. I'll be fine! Really! Jiya, I left because I wanted to prove myself once and for all that I can truly become an Okashira. And I mean not by birth right… I want to make you and Aoshi-sama proud. I also would like some time to think to myself and clear my mind. Please understand. I will do my best to give you letters. Okon and Omasu, I will try and learn to be a lady as well. I want to grow up. Minna, please just understand ok? Arigato. I'll miss you all !
Yours truly,
Makimachi Misao]
And to the fellow readers, an elder with a long beard who picked up the paper and folded it in his pocket. Sou desu Misao-chan…I wish you luck and find out what you really want…I'm just not sure if Aoshi will follow your pardon, Okina stepped out of her room to go get his regular tea.
"Oi Oi! Okon, is my tea ready???"
"In a minute you lazy old geezer!"
b A Vow /bb Chapter 3: Walk with me? /b
One fluid movement. Through the wrist and let it flow. Relax.
A shining glint passed the trees as a sharp object whizzed by. A blade so thin and sharp flew through the forest, cutting anything that came upon its way until it reached its destiny. Leaves split and twigs snapped against the sharp blade until a loud thonk was heard, echoing through the quiet plain. Silence and the soft tuft of footsteps moved with the autumn breeze seeing the dagger imbedded halfway, splitting the wood.
Misao frowned.
She pulled her kunai out of the wood and saw the red "x" where she was suppose to hit ..A few centimeters off… she sighed silently and picked her daggers, hiding them in her kimono. It was a simple two piece green kimono with a dark blue sash instead of the traditional obi that Karou wore.
"Geez Aoi-san, how many times are we going to practice out here? In the dark?" a voice started from the bushes where a young man leaned against the tree trunk.
"Uruse Asuke," she muttered over towards the figure and launching one of her own kunai's at him who simply stepped aside, nicking his cheek. Misao had to change her whole image along with her name so she wouldn't be found. Her alias was Aoi Midoriko, a woman who lived a bit East of Kyoto.
"Yare yare, I'm only kidding," he lifted his arm up in surrender and picked her kunai off the trunk. He was only a few inches taller than Midoriko and started walking towards her. His black shoulder-length hair was tied up so his bangs would somehow just spike around his slightly sharp dark eyes that twinkled in mischief. He looked only a few years older than Midoriko " anyway, you need to concentrate more upon the subject…or maybe you're getting rusty in your skills."
"Hmph," she snorted and grabbed the kunai, sheathing it in one of her secret compartments of the kimono and walking along beside him. She only met Asuke for a few weeks now and it has almost reached a month as they were making their way towards Yokohama.
-*- Flashback -*-
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It was rainy season by the time she was miles away from Kyoto's streets and Misao was running…running from the bandits…she took out five or six of them but they were too many for her to combat all of them.
Suddenly a figure was walking down a path she was running and wore a rice hat and a cloak. Unfortunately Misao wasn't looking back and bumped into the figure. The person; however saw her distress as the guy snaked his hand around her waist and pulled her close towards the shadows of the forest.
Misao was about to scream hentai at the awkward position they were, her thighs slightly parted so that his hips fitted against his, her breathing a staccato and her body pressed against his guy she doesn't know..plus his hands were on her lowerback with his fingers rearing close to her behind. Her mind was going haywire and her nerves were frayed on what is she going to do…the man right now might rape her until she heard his breath in her ear.
"Keep silent and they won't find you," a deep voice uttered under the rice hat as his cloak surrounded them both as they both were still for a couple of minutes till the bandits were no longer present.
After a few moments, a loud smack echoed about in the forest.
"Hentai," Misao sniffed slightly from the cold, glaring at the tall man now who had a lovely red handprint on his cheek.
"Your welcome," he bit a smile towards the girl. He noticed the girl was starting to shiver a lot and coughing a bit ".hey…you need a place to stay?" he pulled her towards him again and pulled her towards a shack.
Misao couldn't help but agree towards the stranger as he effortlessly picked her up…looking up to meet his eyes for a moment before everything went black.
The moment she woke up, she saw the man who sat in the corner and found herself bundled up in the covers. She was about to get up until she felt a draft on her back meaning that she was naked under the covers. Shrieking slightly she pulled the covers close to her which unfortunately awakened the lecher and savior…
"Where are my clothes?" Misao demanded.
"I'm letting them dry." He motioned them hanging on string.
"….eeto….Arigato….for saving me .." Misao looked down.
"Aww hey, no problemo, " the man grinned boyishly " what's your name anyway..? and why are you wandering out in the woods?"
"My name is….." Misao started to panick as she quickly spurt out a name "Aoi…..Aoi Midoriko….and I was here to train."
"mm…so That's why you have the skimpy ninja outfit," he mused.."Oh…my name is Rei…Asuke Rei…you look a bit down in the dumps…lost love?"
Misao mused about how this guy liked to talk but when he mentioned something about a lost love she smiled sadly " in a way yes…"…she looked up at him.
"mm…..well then how bout since I'm training as well, how bout you and me be partners and train together? This way any bandits won't stand in our way…" Asuke smirked and lightly patted his katana. " SO how bout it..? Will you take the walk with me?"
Misao looked at the guy for a moment. He didn't seem like a bad guy…he DID help her..oh why not? She needed to train and perhaps having interaction with other people may help her too.
She smiled brightly " sure."
/I
-End of Flashback-
And that's how she gotten herself the new kimono and she continued to train around the outskirts in Kyoto. Asuke was good to his word about training as he attacked her with his katana and she parried with her kunai, do a couple of hand to hand fighting, and of course the one thing she needed to work at was meditating. She was hopefully going to travel to Yokohama or Tokyo to maybe visit her friends.
I wonder how the others in the Aoiya are doing…Aoshi-sama…NO! I won't think of him…
And even then, looking up at the sky…the pale sky…if any darker…she could swear it would be ice blue….like him…
TBC…
BLEH…..yea…kinda had to end it here for a moment…damn school T_T;;…well hope you enjoyed it! REVIEW PLS so I know you like it okie? ^__^ See you in the Next Chapter! Nostalgia!!