Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin nor did I have a hand in its
success. I just own his fan fiction and the characters M.H and A.S (not
Aoshi).
Destiny
Chapter 14
"Mai........... Are you angry with me?" Aoshi had found the place where Mai's spirit dwells.
"Of course not" She turned to him with a smile then return her gaze to the river.
"Then are your sorrows caused by me?" Aoshi asked another question.
"You can never cause me sorrow" Mai stood up but still facing the river that was shimmering as the sun set slowly.
"Is there any reason that you will not com back to me" Aoshi stepped closer to where she was standing but afraid to go any further.
Mai looked up at the magnificent sky and smiled, but all Aoshi saw on her beautiful innocent face were tears streaming down.
"Mai......... I never meant to hurt you" Aoshi wanted to hold her in his arms.
"We all never mean a lot of things, but things just happen for a reason" Mai return her eyes to where Aoshi was.
"Mai........ please just come back to us........ to where its safe" Aoshi felt something that he never felt before, he didn't know what it was, but it felt like it was ripping his heart apart.
"I'm safe here" Mai answered him as she turned around and gazed far off to a land she dreamed of.
"Mai........... I'm sorry......... I need you......please come back" Aoshi didn't care what she would do to him. He wanted her in her arms even just for a little while.
Mai felt the warmth of Aoshi's arms wrapping around her. She didn't try to struggle out of his grip, she loved him, but she will not hurt anyone else to get him.
"I will return in a week" It took all of Mai's control to step away from Aoshi's safe arms.
"As long as you return to me" Aoshi wanted to get closer, but was afraid she will reject him again. Aoshi left redundantly.
A week later.............
"Aoshi!" A female voice rang throughout the house.
Aoshi sprang up from his bed and laid his eyes on a long awaited person.
"Aoshi!" The voice bellowed around the house louder this time.
Hannya abruptly came in and was about to speak but something caught his throat. "Miss..........M.........M"
"Hannya!" The girl ran up to him.
"How did you get in?" Aoshi asked.
"My little secret" She smiled widely.
"How did you know we were here?" Hannya stood back up and helped her up as well.
"Of course I knew silly!" She jumped up and down as she was very excited to see Aoshi again.
"Hannya....... can you please fetch some proper clothes for her?" Aoshi turned to Hannya.
"Of course Commander" Hannya bowed and disappeared.
"Aoshi, I missed you so much!" She jumped on Aoshi causing him to fly backwards.
Aoshi couldn't speak, there was something in his throat wouldn't let him.
"Aoshi?"
"I'm fine........"
"What have you been doing?"
"Nothing"
"Commander" Hannya returned with the clothes.
"That was quick" The innocent girl blinked a few times, but gratefully thanked him and she took the clothes and waved goodbye to Aoshi as she went to change.
"Commander" Hannya turned his attention towards Aoshi.
"I know" Aoshi sat down at his desk.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Nothing, no danger has presents itself recently"
"Yes Commander"
"Tell her I will be back in a little bit, I want to take a walk and clear my mind"
"Yes Commander"
Aoshi got up and left the room. Hannya waited until he left and he also left the room to see if he can attend to her needs. Aoshi walked through the forest where once he remembered his comrades were buried. Then to the running river, he looked around and sighed.
"I was so sure you would be here" Aoshi mumbled quickly and quietly to himself.
"Commander" Hannya greeted him as he came back.
"Where is Miss Makimachi now?" Aoshi stared into the house where she once lived.
"In the kitchen" Hannya replied.
Aoshi walked into the kitchen and saw that she was fixing some food.
"Aoshi! You're back! I made you're favorite!" Misao bounced up to Aoshi.
"Misao" Aoshi said as his harsh eyes soften. He wrapped his arms around her.
"Aoshi?" Misao was confused because Aoshi showed his emotions to her like this before. Aoshi felt a strange and different feeling, he didn't know if it was good or bad. He closed his eyes and squeezed her tighter as Misao shut her eyes and tried to savor the moment.
"Is this you're choice Shinomori?" The man cloaked in black once again appeared. He startled Misao.
Aoshi let go of Misao and nodded slightly at him.
"Very well, you will still have 2 years to confirm with him in the forest" The man was partly hurt by this; he knew his sister wasn't going to hold up.
"Our commander doesn't need 2 years, he will confirm it now" Hannya interrupted.
"Is this so?" He looked mysteriously at Aoshi.
Aoshi nodded once, but he regretted it the second he did it.
"Very well" The man disappeared in thin air again.
"Who..........Who......" Misao pointed shockingly.
"No one for you to worry about, don't worry" Hannya confronted Misao.
Outside the gates of Aoshi's house was a figure standing there, with tears flooding her eyes, but also with a smile across her face.
"Aoshi........ you don't need me to return to you anymore" Mai turned around and started walking towards an unknown destination.
"Mai...... You were a sacrifice for the above and below.... it would be unfair of us to let you die with the powers you hold....... we decided to grant you a certain amount of wishes that doesn't involved Aoshi" The strange man appeared in front of Mai again.
With the smiled still on her face, "I took me a while to recognize your voice........." She ran into him and rejoiced in happiness. "Brother!"
"Little Sister" He wrapped his arms around his sister and tears of joy started to rain from his eyes.
"When tears fall from the sky, separating lover from lover, finding reorganization in a stranger, this is the time I will find the Goddess of true and mystic power" An unfamiliar voice spoke.
"Whoa are you?" Mia turned around quickly to see a shadow of darkness coming towards her.
You know I never knew what this riddle meant. I searched all over the world to find the right place and right person, but I never knew I would find it here. A well build tall skinny man has completely emerged from the forest after watching the whole scene.
"What do you want?" Mai attempted to find an answer again.
"My name is Shiratori Akahito" The man bow politely to show that he wasn't there to start a fight.
"Akahito?" Mai pondered at the name she never heard before.
"Yes and I come to you now to beg for your service" He kneed on both knees with his head to the ground.
"My service?" Mai still confused.
"Yes, please I beg of you to help me" He lowered his head more.
"What can I do?" Mai absent mindedly blinked a couple of times.
"For generations now, my people have looked forward to a time where a Goddess to save them from the reckless wars. I didn't want to see them suffer any longer so I came and searched for you. I promised myself that I wouldn't go home without you" The begged with all his might.
"I'm no Goddess" Mai brushed his face with her fingers and help him stand back up.
"Every description fits you. Black hair, beautiful eyes, slender body, foreign clothes, everything describes you, the beautiful goddess of light and dark." The man looked at her with teary eyes.
"I will try to help you in any way I can, but I can't promise you I can do much" She gave him a heart warming smile.
"Oh thank you!" He rejoiced in tears.
© 2002 Duckie4rmabove
A Duckie4rmabove Production
Destiny
Chapter 14
"Mai........... Are you angry with me?" Aoshi had found the place where Mai's spirit dwells.
"Of course not" She turned to him with a smile then return her gaze to the river.
"Then are your sorrows caused by me?" Aoshi asked another question.
"You can never cause me sorrow" Mai stood up but still facing the river that was shimmering as the sun set slowly.
"Is there any reason that you will not com back to me" Aoshi stepped closer to where she was standing but afraid to go any further.
Mai looked up at the magnificent sky and smiled, but all Aoshi saw on her beautiful innocent face were tears streaming down.
"Mai......... I never meant to hurt you" Aoshi wanted to hold her in his arms.
"We all never mean a lot of things, but things just happen for a reason" Mai return her eyes to where Aoshi was.
"Mai........ please just come back to us........ to where its safe" Aoshi felt something that he never felt before, he didn't know what it was, but it felt like it was ripping his heart apart.
"I'm safe here" Mai answered him as she turned around and gazed far off to a land she dreamed of.
"Mai........... I'm sorry......... I need you......please come back" Aoshi didn't care what she would do to him. He wanted her in her arms even just for a little while.
Mai felt the warmth of Aoshi's arms wrapping around her. She didn't try to struggle out of his grip, she loved him, but she will not hurt anyone else to get him.
"I will return in a week" It took all of Mai's control to step away from Aoshi's safe arms.
"As long as you return to me" Aoshi wanted to get closer, but was afraid she will reject him again. Aoshi left redundantly.
A week later.............
"Aoshi!" A female voice rang throughout the house.
Aoshi sprang up from his bed and laid his eyes on a long awaited person.
"Aoshi!" The voice bellowed around the house louder this time.
Hannya abruptly came in and was about to speak but something caught his throat. "Miss..........M.........M"
"Hannya!" The girl ran up to him.
"How did you get in?" Aoshi asked.
"My little secret" She smiled widely.
"How did you know we were here?" Hannya stood back up and helped her up as well.
"Of course I knew silly!" She jumped up and down as she was very excited to see Aoshi again.
"Hannya....... can you please fetch some proper clothes for her?" Aoshi turned to Hannya.
"Of course Commander" Hannya bowed and disappeared.
"Aoshi, I missed you so much!" She jumped on Aoshi causing him to fly backwards.
Aoshi couldn't speak, there was something in his throat wouldn't let him.
"Aoshi?"
"I'm fine........"
"What have you been doing?"
"Nothing"
"Commander" Hannya returned with the clothes.
"That was quick" The innocent girl blinked a few times, but gratefully thanked him and she took the clothes and waved goodbye to Aoshi as she went to change.
"Commander" Hannya turned his attention towards Aoshi.
"I know" Aoshi sat down at his desk.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Nothing, no danger has presents itself recently"
"Yes Commander"
"Tell her I will be back in a little bit, I want to take a walk and clear my mind"
"Yes Commander"
Aoshi got up and left the room. Hannya waited until he left and he also left the room to see if he can attend to her needs. Aoshi walked through the forest where once he remembered his comrades were buried. Then to the running river, he looked around and sighed.
"I was so sure you would be here" Aoshi mumbled quickly and quietly to himself.
"Commander" Hannya greeted him as he came back.
"Where is Miss Makimachi now?" Aoshi stared into the house where she once lived.
"In the kitchen" Hannya replied.
Aoshi walked into the kitchen and saw that she was fixing some food.
"Aoshi! You're back! I made you're favorite!" Misao bounced up to Aoshi.
"Misao" Aoshi said as his harsh eyes soften. He wrapped his arms around her.
"Aoshi?" Misao was confused because Aoshi showed his emotions to her like this before. Aoshi felt a strange and different feeling, he didn't know if it was good or bad. He closed his eyes and squeezed her tighter as Misao shut her eyes and tried to savor the moment.
"Is this you're choice Shinomori?" The man cloaked in black once again appeared. He startled Misao.
Aoshi let go of Misao and nodded slightly at him.
"Very well, you will still have 2 years to confirm with him in the forest" The man was partly hurt by this; he knew his sister wasn't going to hold up.
"Our commander doesn't need 2 years, he will confirm it now" Hannya interrupted.
"Is this so?" He looked mysteriously at Aoshi.
Aoshi nodded once, but he regretted it the second he did it.
"Very well" The man disappeared in thin air again.
"Who..........Who......" Misao pointed shockingly.
"No one for you to worry about, don't worry" Hannya confronted Misao.
Outside the gates of Aoshi's house was a figure standing there, with tears flooding her eyes, but also with a smile across her face.
"Aoshi........ you don't need me to return to you anymore" Mai turned around and started walking towards an unknown destination.
"Mai...... You were a sacrifice for the above and below.... it would be unfair of us to let you die with the powers you hold....... we decided to grant you a certain amount of wishes that doesn't involved Aoshi" The strange man appeared in front of Mai again.
With the smiled still on her face, "I took me a while to recognize your voice........." She ran into him and rejoiced in happiness. "Brother!"
"Little Sister" He wrapped his arms around his sister and tears of joy started to rain from his eyes.
"When tears fall from the sky, separating lover from lover, finding reorganization in a stranger, this is the time I will find the Goddess of true and mystic power" An unfamiliar voice spoke.
"Whoa are you?" Mia turned around quickly to see a shadow of darkness coming towards her.
You know I never knew what this riddle meant. I searched all over the world to find the right place and right person, but I never knew I would find it here. A well build tall skinny man has completely emerged from the forest after watching the whole scene.
"What do you want?" Mai attempted to find an answer again.
"My name is Shiratori Akahito" The man bow politely to show that he wasn't there to start a fight.
"Akahito?" Mai pondered at the name she never heard before.
"Yes and I come to you now to beg for your service" He kneed on both knees with his head to the ground.
"My service?" Mai still confused.
"Yes, please I beg of you to help me" He lowered his head more.
"What can I do?" Mai absent mindedly blinked a couple of times.
"For generations now, my people have looked forward to a time where a Goddess to save them from the reckless wars. I didn't want to see them suffer any longer so I came and searched for you. I promised myself that I wouldn't go home without you" The begged with all his might.
"I'm no Goddess" Mai brushed his face with her fingers and help him stand back up.
"Every description fits you. Black hair, beautiful eyes, slender body, foreign clothes, everything describes you, the beautiful goddess of light and dark." The man looked at her with teary eyes.
"I will try to help you in any way I can, but I can't promise you I can do much" She gave him a heart warming smile.
"Oh thank you!" He rejoiced in tears.
© 2002 Duckie4rmabove
A Duckie4rmabove Production