Revenge
Chapter 5: Hanami's Mentor
Notes: Please go to the review page and read one review by me before reading this fic. This is advisable to Ru/hana fans. There's some important things I need to make things clear.
"Mother! The miso soup smells great!" Hanami praised his mother's cooking. "You flatter me all the time Hanami but tonight you're not getting an extra portion. Please mind your table manners okay? Don't make me lose face in front of our guests." She replied. 'What did I do? All I did was praise her! Since when my table manners was bad?!' he thought. "Of course! What kind of moron doesn't have table manners?" Hanami said. "You…" said Kyo passing by his brother. "What do you mean by that?!" Hanami asked glaring at his brother. "You're a glutton!" Kyo said with a grin. "Teme Kyo!" Hanami said before chasing Kyo around the house. Kyo smiled to himself when he irritated his brother. It was rare that Kyo actually communicated with his brother and he knew that deep down inside him, he wanted to be more closer and more vocal with Hanami. They grew up together but brought up differently. Kyo hardly do manual labor around the house and is most of the time occupied in studying history and literature. Subjects that he hated. How he wished he could be like his brother. Hanami always had more freedom and he is always occupied in work such as manual labor. His mother always asked him to do chores and every time Kyo wanted to help, he'd be sent away. He envy Hanami but he also pities him. He doesn't understand why his beloved brother is shun by most of the neighbors. Perhaps it's because of his hair? Kyo ran around the corner of his house with Hanami tailing him very closely. Moments later Kyo bumped into his father. Kaori looked very pale at the sight of Hanami. "Father , you're back." Kyo said. "Father, are you alright?" Hanami asked looking at Kaori straight in the eye. "Yes, I'm ok" he relied turning away from Hanami. Kaori felt his guilt arising again when he look at the innocent face of Hanami. "Anata, you're home at last! Our guest are arriving soon! Please behave well all of you!" Ayumi said as she dragged Kaori into the dining room.
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"Welcome! Kanako-san! Hiro-san!" Ayumi said bowing. The lady in a blue kimono hugged Ayumi. "Ayumi-chan! I miss you so much, my dearest friend." The lady said. "I miss you too. I'm so sorry that you have not heard from me for 15 years. I was in hiding and I have to protect my family." Ayumi said. "I understand. I read you're letter." Kanako said breaking away from the hug. "Ayumi-san, it's been a long time." Hiro said. "Ah yes Hiro-san…it's been a long time. It's wonderful to meet my two good friends. How is your daughter?" Ayumi asked. "Ah yes…she's well!!" Kanako said. "Well, I would like you to meet my husband and my sons." Ayumi said directing Kanako and Hiro to the dining room. In the Dining room, wonderful food was served at the table. And around the table sat Kaori, Kyo and Hanami. All of them greeted their guest. "I hope all of you will enjoy your dinner." Ayumi said to her friends. "Itadakimasu!" all of them said and began to eat.
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The dinner went well and the guests had a good time. Ayumi was pleased that her sons behaved well. "Hanami, Kyo…it's time for you to sleep. Good night sons." She said to her sons. "Good night mother." Both of them said and when into their room.
"Ah well, I guess we can get to the real point of this meeting." Ayumi said taking a seat. Kaori sat next to his wife and asked. "How old is your daughter now?" "She's 15." Hiro replied. "Ah almost a marriageable age. My husband and I would like to ask your for the hand of your lovely daughter to be my son's wife." Ayumi said. "Which son?" Kanako asked. "Kyo of course!" Ayumi replied. "Well then, of course I would accept on the behalf of my daughter. We shall prepare their wedding once they reach the marriageable age." Kanako said. Hiro look pleased with his wife's decision. "It'll be a pleasure to have your son as my son in law. He is very well taught. My dearest Haruka would be pleased." Hiro said. "It's getting late. I think we should head home now." Kanako said. "Ah we'll see you off then." Ayumi said. Kaori felt relief that they were going away. Once they were gone, he sighed in relief. "Anata, lets go to bed." Ayumi said with a smile.
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Inside the room Of Kyo and Hanami…
Kyo look at the sillouhette of his sleeping brother. It was quiet cold at night and Hanami's blanket was not covering him. Kyo crawled over to Hanami's futon bed and pull the blanket up and cover him properly.
Hanami…you're so adorable when you're asleep. I could see it in your eyes sometimes that you hate me. You hate me because people compare you to me. I know that you think nobody loves you. But I do Hanami. I just hope one day you notice how much I love you. Sometimes it scares me…you're my brother yet I love you more than just a brother. I don't know what's happening to me but I feel that it's not good for me to bottle up my feelings anymore. I don't really care about the consequences. I don't care if it's wrong to love a man. *stroking Hanami's red hair* I'm sick and tired of reading every book in this house and learning how to fight. I'm sick and tired of looking at your sad face every time I do something right and you didn't. Hanami, it hurts to see you get hurt. Your lips are so inviting. So tempting. I want to feel the warmness of you lips against my cold ones. I love you Hanami. I just wish that you will realize it.
Kyo looked at the sleeping Hanami and kissed him lightly on his lips. Hanami stirred a bit, and muttered out a name. "Haruka…" "Haruka?" Kyo said quietly to himself. A girl's name. Or may be a guy? Could he have found someone else to love?
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Morning arrives and Hanami was sent to get some items for Kaori and catch some fish. The markets of Aizu was bustling with activities. Hanami went to the tea shop and bought some tea leaves then proceeded to a lonely path which leads to the river. Hanami smelled the tea leaves he bought a while ago. "I'm sure Father would be please." Hanami said. Once he reached the river, he took out his fishing equipment and started to fish.
1 hour later…
Hanami knew that his father and mother wouldn't expect him to be home early but it's been an hour and he still haven't caught any fish. Suddenly, Hanami sense a presence near him. He turn around and saw a handsome man. "That's not the way to fish little boy." The man said. "Don't tell me what to do! I know how to fish!" Hanami said arrogantly. "Well, how come you didn't caught anything for the past hour?" the man said with a grin. "You were spying on me?!" Hanami said. "Took you long enough to notice. I'm Sen…I meant Tendou Hisoka. I just moved in here in Aizu." The man said to him. "I'm Rukawa Hanami." He replied. The man Hanami just talked to was none other than Sendoh. Sendoh knew he had found one of his targets and he knew the game had just begun. "Did Kao…I meant you're father ever taught you how to fish?" he asked. "Once. Just Once when I was little." Hanami replied. "Well, then…let me show you the right way." Sendoh said flashing a smile to Hanami. Hanami couldn't help but smile. Here he was with a man who is no more than a stranger and yet the stranger acted as if he knew who Hanami was and how he should be treated. Hanami wanted to learn. He wanted to learn from his father but that didn't come true. Instead Hanami found himself picturing this Tendou fellow as a father figure.
Another hour passed and Hanami had finally caught some fishes. "Arigatou Gozaimasu Tendou-san." Hanami said bowing to him. "No problem. If you need anything come to me. I live just around the corner of that small hill. I hope to meet you again." Sendoh said. "I hope we'll meet again too." Hanami replied and hurried off.
It's been an hour since I spent time with that man. Some how I feel that I gained trust in him. If only father could be like him. I always thought my father as my mentor, but he makes me think other wise. I wonder if this Tendou Hisoka fellow could be my mentor. Maybe I should meet him again.
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TBC
Notes: Ok I'm done with this chapter! I can't wait for the next one. Hope you review! Flames and questions are accepted. I would like to remind you that in this part of the story or rather time line, it isn't a full blast Hana/ru and also that Kaori Rukawa is not Kaede Rukawa so it's not a Sen/ru. The real Kaede is Kyo and of course it's abit OOC coz maybe that's how he used to be in his first incarnation. Who knows?And please don't be disappointed cause whatever I write has a reason to it so don't expect a story with no plot and a straight away Ru/hana pairing. I mean really, why is the title called revenge? Obviously theres a reason to that. And to find out just read on and see…^_^ hope you don't lose faith in me.
