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"Flight 196 to Las Vegas now boarding" announced a man over the PA system.
"Mou, where is he? He is ten minutes late!" Kaoru began to blow her bangs away from her eyes. This continued for another three minutes before Aoshi showed up.
"There you are. You're so late. You better have a good reason or I'm going to…" A quick peck on her lips cut off her sentence.
"I'm sorry love. You know I couldn't stand to be away from you but I had to pick up the equipment for the mission," Aoshi explained with sincerity. He brought out her ring and placed it on her finger. "Kaoru Kamiya, you are the heaven, earth and stars to me. I love you more than life itself. Will you give me the honor of becoming your husband?" Aoshi asked on bended knee.
Kaoru didn't know what to do. She hadn't expected a proposal in the middle of an airport. She looked around and saw a crowd had circled them. She heard shouts of 'go for it; he loves you, say yes; screw him baby and marry me instead'. She ignored the last comment. Kaoru went to his level and asked why he was doing this.
"My stalker ex-girlfriend is over there staring at us. This way she knows to leave me alone," whispered Aoshi.
"What! You're doing this so your ex would leave you alone. Whatever Shinomori but you owe me big," she replied.
"Fine whatever, just say yes already," he pleaded.
Their audience was oblivious to their conversation and watched the two with happiness or envy. Except one was teeming with rage. 'How dare he cheat on me with this harlot!' the girl's teeth gritted in anger.
"Oh darling, you wouldn't believe how long I waited for this moment. Yes Aoshi Shinomori, a thousand times yes. It will make my dream come true." Kaoru said with as much love and adoration she could muster. The audience clapped for the newly engaged couple.
"Final boarding call for Flight 196 to Las Vegas. All passengers please board," announced the PA system.
"Aoshi hurry or we will miss our flight." She grabbed his hand and began to pull insistently.
"Wait I have to get the bags," wailed Aoshi. When they finally had all their belongings, they boarded the plane. Both unknowing of the vindictive girl that was left behind.
"So her name is Kaoru, eh? She will rue the day she stole Aoshi from Misao Makimachi. She won't live long enough to see her dreams come true," said Misao with vengeance in her eyes.
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"May I offer you a drink?" asked the flight attendant to Aoshi.
"Oh no, I'm fine," he replied.
"You sure are baby. How about we go in the back and have a little party of our own?" Aoshi groaned inwardly at her advances.
'Why can't they leave me alone? First I get a stalker Misao and now this. I wish Kaoru would hurry from the bathroom,' he thought. "I'm sorry, miss but I'm not interested. I'm married."
"I don't care, what your wife doesn't know won't hurt her. If she was that skinny raccoon girl next to you, you really need my touch. I can satisfy all your wants." She didn't have a clue of what was in store for her. Kaoru was right behind her and heard what was said. Her fists were ready to knock out the bimbo in front of her. Aoshi thanked the stars when he saw Kaoru. He decided to just sit back and let the scene unfold before him.
"Excuse me, miss I would like a bag of ice," asked Kaoru with false innocence. She began to roll up her sleeves and tied her knee length hair into a high ponytail.
"Why do you need it for? Besides, I'm helping this man right here. So why don't you ask someone else?" replied the flight attendant. She didn't even gaze at Kaoru when she replied.
'This woman crossed the line when she decided to ignore me,' thought Kaoru. "Oh the bag isn't for me but for your black eye," she said sweetly.
"What black eye?" asked the attendant as she finally turned to Kaoru.
"This one." She pulled back her fist and punched her in the left eye. She fell down to the ground and clutched her eye in pain. "Next time you hit on a married man make sure his raccoon of a wife can't beat up your tacky butt. Now get out of my sight, you trashy hooker," shouted Kaoru. The flight attendant quickly scrambled to her feet and went to attend to her swollen eye.
"I don't think she will be back anytime soon," stated Kaoru as she took her seat beside her husband. Aoshi was surprised at the strength in her body.
"You know I could have handled the situation, honey. You didn't have to get involved," chuckled Aoshi. He started at his beautiful Amazon. He had to admit she could seem deceptively innocent when she wanted to be.
"I know but she called me a raccoon. I needed to release some anger anyway, consider it my anger management. How long to we get there?" she asked. Aoshi looked at his watch.
"Not for a long time, sweetheart. We better get to know each other better then." Aoshi and Kaoru talked about themselves for six hours straight. Each was amazed by how much they had in common. Kaoru knew almost everything about him, but Aoshi couldn't say the same. Any question about her recent past was left unanswered. She deliberately changes the subject to something about him.
'What can she be keeping from me that can't be talked about? She told me everything else but she is keeping something from her past a secret,' he thought.
"Aoshi I think I will take a nap now. I am so tired; talking really takes a lot out of you," yawned Kaoru. She gently put her head onto his shoulder and slept peacefully. Aoshi decided to get some work done while she was sleeping. He opened the case file and began reading. There wasn't much on Enishi but Saitoh had a rap sheet a mile long.
He was the leader of a terrorist group called the Mibu Wolves. They killed police officers, women and children. They tried taking over Tokyo Harbor but were stopped by a CIA agent, Kenshin Himura and his fiancé. He died during the battle but his fiancé survived. Her name was Sakura Tankuni. Aoshi's reading was interrupted by soft cries beside him.
"No more! Quit haunting me," pleaded Kaoru who was still sleeping. He put down the files and tried waking her up. She awoke with a start and began to sob into his shoulder. He hugged her and softly caressed her hair. He whispered words of comfort as he soothed her back to sleep. For the first time in three years, she slept peacefully, dreaming of the Greek myth of Endymion and Artemis.
'Guess I can't keep reading. It is worth it though to have her in my arms. Hmm… she smells like cherry blossoms. She is my beautiful angel,' he thought before he too fell asleep. They remained in that position for the rest of the trip.
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