Authoress' Pre-Ficcy Notes:
Oro... I know this is WAY overdue... _ bad me.. Anyhow.. I've been pondering over this thingie.. And I decided to split chappie 6 in half... ^^ Here goes!^^
Disclaimer: (Do I have to??)
Standard Disclaimies aply ^^
Chapter 6A: Rendezvous
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"Konbanwa, Misao."
She had been watching him from the corner of her eye. Yet she never expected him to come to her and greet her 'good evening'.
Misao stood up and held Kenji's hand, looking at Aoshi with a baffled face. What are you doing just staring at him? Talk girl, talk! Sano and Yahiko suddenly disappeared into the crowd upon seeing Aoshi approach them, leaving Misao and Kenji to deal with him. "Ano.. Konbanwa, Aoshi-sama.."
Though he was calm and cool on the outside, he was nervous and sweating on the inside. [Well? What are you going to do next? You greeted her, she replied. What next, smartass?] Shut up..
"Have you eaten dinner?"
[Sweet, Einstein... Very sweet... Didn't you see the two blokes stuffing their mouths with food?]
I said 'shut up' didn't I?
"Hai."
He saw Kenji squirming and trying to hide from his gaze. "Have you eaten, Kenji-chan?", he asked in his gentle voice. His voice scared the toddler even more. (Waaaa! Scary Aoshi-samaaaa!!!) Misao reached down and patted Kenji on the head, "There, there Kenji-chan. Aoshi-niisan is a good person! He took care of me when I was little, you know."
"Honto?"
"That's true", Aoshi added. "She was quite a handful... So genki.. But she grew up to be a beautiful lady.."
Misao reddened at Aoshi's words. He.. thought I was.... beautiful...? Aoshi-sama's not so dense after all! She smiled at Aoshi with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
He looked at her, relieved and finally contented that she IS fine. I guess it was something I said... Now.. What was it..? Handful? Genki? [Kirei, you idiot! How could you be so dense?!?] his subconscious replied. Of course she's pretty. She must've heard that from a lot of her suitors! [But never from you.] ....That's right.. So? [She's happy.] Of course she's happy! She's always happy! [Happy, as in, happy happy joy joy, happy 'alleluja my prayers have been answered' kind of happy!] Aoshi was getting a tad bit confused with all the 'happies'. Your point? he asked his confusing subconscious. [My point is that she never heard YOU say that she's pretty.] his subconscious supplied tiredly, [And I still say you're dense, Shinomori.]
"Aoshi-sama?"
Aoshi snapped out of his conversation with his subconscious and turned to Misao, cool facade in place. "Yes, Misao?"
"Ano... Want to come with us? Kenji and I are going to watch the fireworks... Would you..?" She trailed off, blushing heatedly at his intense gaze. Baka! Why'd you stop?! You had it smoothly with him!!! she reprimanded herself.
"I'd love to go with you and Kenji, Misao."
Misao's heart had skipped a beat. Did he say...? "Honto? Are you sure?"
"Honto, Misao."
Misao smiled, "Yoshi! Hear that, Kenji-chan? Aoshi-nii is coming with us!", she told the three-year old hiding behind her leg.
"Demo... Misao-nee, Aoshi-nii STILL looks scary... Even though he took care of you when you were little... just like Kenji-chan... Were you scared of Aoshi-nii too?"
"Hmm..." Misao pondered for a moment...
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"Misao-chan! I want you to meet someone!" a younger Okina called.
A little girl in her yukata opened the shoji and peered out at her Jiya with sleepy eyes. "Jiya... It's too early...!"
"Tut tut! Early bird gets the worm!"
"I don't like worms..."
"Oh come on Misao-chan! He's eager to meet you too!", wheedled a grinning Okina.
"Who?", queried Misao, frowning.
"Why... Aoshi of course!" Okina exclaimed.
"Is he the one with long hair?"
"Hai."
"The one who's so tall?"
"Hai."
"Who has blue eyes like mine?", she asked, pointing to her eyes for emphasis.
"Hai!" Okina smiled.
"He doesn't look happy, Jiya..", Misao said. "He looks so lonely and sad... Okay! I'll go and meet him right now! Just wait right here! I'll go inside and change!"
Okina chuckled as the girl enthusiastically shut the shoji and changed.
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A few moments later, Misao came out in her best kimono. "Ne, Jiya! Will he like me in this? I feel weird.."
Okina chuckled, "Now now, my pretty Misao.. You look more beautiful!"
Misao did a pirouette and bowed. Okina clapped his hands, "That's my pretty Misao!" he said proudly. He bowed and held out his hand. Misao curtseyed and took his hand in hers, hand in hand, they walked towards the dining table, where the other Oniwabanshuu ninjas would be.
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"Minna! Look who decides to become a lady!" Okina's voice roared.
Everyone looked towards the direction of the door where Okina and Misao were.
"Wow, Misao.. You look beautiful!" Okon gushed.
Misao turned beet red. "You did buy me the kimono, Okon-neesan."
The only one not interested in paying attention to Misao's kimono was Aoshi. He just sat there and stared at his cup of tea. (Yes, folks! Aoshi had it as a habit since he was 14!^^) Not only Aoshi, but also some others, Hannya, Hyottoko, Beshimi and Shikijou. They just stared at their breakfast and said nothing.
"There he is, Misao.." Okina whispered to the little girl.
"Jiya.. He's not looking... He doesn't like me!" Misao whispered back, a hint of fear in her voice.
"A bunch of nonsense, if you ask me, Misao-chan!" Okina exlaimed. "Go on, have your breakfast!" He nudged her towards the table.
Misao looked around for an empty seat. But alas, everything was taken, except for one seat... next to Aoshi. She sat down on the empty seat and was offered some miso by Omasu, who was serving the dishes. She kept her eye on the bowl as she ate, not bothering to look up around her surroundings. Why am I so conscious?... Aoshi-nii isn't that scary.. Is he? She looked timidly up at the tall teenager. Aoshi must've sensed her staring when he turned to look back at her with icy blue eyes. Aoshi-nii's eyes are so unusual.. They're paler than mine, yet so... Misao opened her mouth to say something but thought better of it. She turned her gaze back to her bowl of miso. Why am I feeling like this??
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"Hai.. I was scared of him the first time Jiya introduced me to him.." Misao said. "Honto! He looks so tall and scary-looking!" She exclaimed. "But then I kinda loosened up and started liking him! And so, that's how he started taking care of me, you see.." She smiled at the toddler.
"Wai! So you thought Aoshi-nii was scary too?"
"Hai," Misao replied, picking up the toddler and securing him in her arms. "But I didn't become scared after that, I kind of kept staring at him back then, going near him when I thought he wasn't looking." She said with a small smile.
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Rambles and Shambles:
Whaddya think?? Weird?? Strange?? Kiddie??
*gryn* See y'all laterz!^-^
Oh yeah.. I stil haven't got chapter 2 of Loneliness out of the Com lab.. ANd a correction too! The last chapter was supposed to be chapter one.. Not chapter two. And the First First FIRST one was the prologue ^^;
Well..
Ja!^-^
migi-chan
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Knowledge in a Nutshell!!!^-^
Oro... I know this is WAY overdue... _ bad me.. Anyhow.. I've been pondering over this thingie.. And I decided to split chappie 6 in half... ^^ Here goes!^^
Disclaimer: (Do I have to??)
Standard Disclaimies aply ^^
Chapter 6A: Rendezvous
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Konbanwa, Misao."
She had been watching him from the corner of her eye. Yet she never expected him to come to her and greet her 'good evening'.
Misao stood up and held Kenji's hand, looking at Aoshi with a baffled face. What are you doing just staring at him? Talk girl, talk! Sano and Yahiko suddenly disappeared into the crowd upon seeing Aoshi approach them, leaving Misao and Kenji to deal with him. "Ano.. Konbanwa, Aoshi-sama.."
Though he was calm and cool on the outside, he was nervous and sweating on the inside. [Well? What are you going to do next? You greeted her, she replied. What next, smartass?] Shut up..
"Have you eaten dinner?"
[Sweet, Einstein... Very sweet... Didn't you see the two blokes stuffing their mouths with food?]
I said 'shut up' didn't I?
"Hai."
He saw Kenji squirming and trying to hide from his gaze. "Have you eaten, Kenji-chan?", he asked in his gentle voice. His voice scared the toddler even more. (Waaaa! Scary Aoshi-samaaaa!!!) Misao reached down and patted Kenji on the head, "There, there Kenji-chan. Aoshi-niisan is a good person! He took care of me when I was little, you know."
"Honto?"
"That's true", Aoshi added. "She was quite a handful... So genki.. But she grew up to be a beautiful lady.."
Misao reddened at Aoshi's words. He.. thought I was.... beautiful...? Aoshi-sama's not so dense after all! She smiled at Aoshi with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
He looked at her, relieved and finally contented that she IS fine. I guess it was something I said... Now.. What was it..? Handful? Genki? [Kirei, you idiot! How could you be so dense?!?] his subconscious replied. Of course she's pretty. She must've heard that from a lot of her suitors! [But never from you.] ....That's right.. So? [She's happy.] Of course she's happy! She's always happy! [Happy, as in, happy happy joy joy, happy 'alleluja my prayers have been answered' kind of happy!] Aoshi was getting a tad bit confused with all the 'happies'. Your point? he asked his confusing subconscious. [My point is that she never heard YOU say that she's pretty.] his subconscious supplied tiredly, [And I still say you're dense, Shinomori.]
"Aoshi-sama?"
Aoshi snapped out of his conversation with his subconscious and turned to Misao, cool facade in place. "Yes, Misao?"
"Ano... Want to come with us? Kenji and I are going to watch the fireworks... Would you..?" She trailed off, blushing heatedly at his intense gaze. Baka! Why'd you stop?! You had it smoothly with him!!! she reprimanded herself.
"I'd love to go with you and Kenji, Misao."
Misao's heart had skipped a beat. Did he say...? "Honto? Are you sure?"
"Honto, Misao."
Misao smiled, "Yoshi! Hear that, Kenji-chan? Aoshi-nii is coming with us!", she told the three-year old hiding behind her leg.
"Demo... Misao-nee, Aoshi-nii STILL looks scary... Even though he took care of you when you were little... just like Kenji-chan... Were you scared of Aoshi-nii too?"
"Hmm..." Misao pondered for a moment...
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"Misao-chan! I want you to meet someone!" a younger Okina called.
A little girl in her yukata opened the shoji and peered out at her Jiya with sleepy eyes. "Jiya... It's too early...!"
"Tut tut! Early bird gets the worm!"
"I don't like worms..."
"Oh come on Misao-chan! He's eager to meet you too!", wheedled a grinning Okina.
"Who?", queried Misao, frowning.
"Why... Aoshi of course!" Okina exclaimed.
"Is he the one with long hair?"
"Hai."
"The one who's so tall?"
"Hai."
"Who has blue eyes like mine?", she asked, pointing to her eyes for emphasis.
"Hai!" Okina smiled.
"He doesn't look happy, Jiya..", Misao said. "He looks so lonely and sad... Okay! I'll go and meet him right now! Just wait right here! I'll go inside and change!"
Okina chuckled as the girl enthusiastically shut the shoji and changed.
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A few moments later, Misao came out in her best kimono. "Ne, Jiya! Will he like me in this? I feel weird.."
Okina chuckled, "Now now, my pretty Misao.. You look more beautiful!"
Misao did a pirouette and bowed. Okina clapped his hands, "That's my pretty Misao!" he said proudly. He bowed and held out his hand. Misao curtseyed and took his hand in hers, hand in hand, they walked towards the dining table, where the other Oniwabanshuu ninjas would be.
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"Minna! Look who decides to become a lady!" Okina's voice roared.
Everyone looked towards the direction of the door where Okina and Misao were.
"Wow, Misao.. You look beautiful!" Okon gushed.
Misao turned beet red. "You did buy me the kimono, Okon-neesan."
The only one not interested in paying attention to Misao's kimono was Aoshi. He just sat there and stared at his cup of tea. (Yes, folks! Aoshi had it as a habit since he was 14!^^) Not only Aoshi, but also some others, Hannya, Hyottoko, Beshimi and Shikijou. They just stared at their breakfast and said nothing.
"There he is, Misao.." Okina whispered to the little girl.
"Jiya.. He's not looking... He doesn't like me!" Misao whispered back, a hint of fear in her voice.
"A bunch of nonsense, if you ask me, Misao-chan!" Okina exlaimed. "Go on, have your breakfast!" He nudged her towards the table.
Misao looked around for an empty seat. But alas, everything was taken, except for one seat... next to Aoshi. She sat down on the empty seat and was offered some miso by Omasu, who was serving the dishes. She kept her eye on the bowl as she ate, not bothering to look up around her surroundings. Why am I so conscious?... Aoshi-nii isn't that scary.. Is he? She looked timidly up at the tall teenager. Aoshi must've sensed her staring when he turned to look back at her with icy blue eyes. Aoshi-nii's eyes are so unusual.. They're paler than mine, yet so... Misao opened her mouth to say something but thought better of it. She turned her gaze back to her bowl of miso. Why am I feeling like this??
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"Hai.. I was scared of him the first time Jiya introduced me to him.." Misao said. "Honto! He looks so tall and scary-looking!" She exclaimed. "But then I kinda loosened up and started liking him! And so, that's how he started taking care of me, you see.." She smiled at the toddler.
"Wai! So you thought Aoshi-nii was scary too?"
"Hai," Misao replied, picking up the toddler and securing him in her arms. "But I didn't become scared after that, I kind of kept staring at him back then, going near him when I thought he wasn't looking." She said with a small smile.
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Rambles and Shambles:
Whaddya think?? Weird?? Strange?? Kiddie??
*gryn* See y'all laterz!^-^
Oh yeah.. I stil haven't got chapter 2 of Loneliness out of the Com lab.. ANd a correction too! The last chapter was supposed to be chapter one.. Not chapter two. And the First First FIRST one was the prologue ^^;
Well..
Ja!^-^
migi-chan
-------------
Knowledge in a Nutshell!!!^-^
