Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me. Akemi, Mitsuko, Ran, however do belong to me. I know this is really short, some chapters will be like this...but I hope you enjoy anyway! Oh, and It'll get better as it goes on, I promise.
What A World
By, BurningEmber
~Chapter 2~
Kaoru's dojo had never seemed so peaceful in many of it's longest years. The former manslayer rested in the back, finishing the laundry and getting ready to go to the market to get the things needed for their dinner. He sighed as he finished the last of it and stood up, rubbing his back from remaining in one position for too long.
"Come on, ugly!" The young boy, Yahiko yelled to Kaoru. Kaoru growled and picked up her broom, beginning to chase young Yahiko around the dojo. Sanosuke on the other hand, just lounged around, soon partaking in watching Kaoru and Yahiko quarrel and Kaoru's chase on poor little Yahiko.
"May I please have your attention?" Kaoru asked, right after whacking Yahiko over the head with the broom. Sanosuke and Kenshin walked over, wondering what Kaoru had to say.
"What is it, Miss Kaoru?" Kenshin asked.
"I have another trip for us!" She said happily.
"To where?" Yahiko asked, looking rather eager to know what was going on.
"Well, we're going-" She stopped as she saw someone stand at the front entrance of the dojo. The woman looked bewildered, like she didn't have a clue where she was. Kaoru walked towards the entrance to see what the woman wanted, but to Kaoru's surprise, the woman was with child! Around six months it seemed.
"Umm, excuse me miss, but is there something I can help you with?" Kaoru asked the woman.
"Yes, is there a Zanzaa living here?" She asked. This caught Sanosuke's attention rather quickly as Kenshin watched him casually walk towards the entrance.
"Is there something I can help you with?" He asked. The woman looked up at him with joyful tears in her eyes.
"I found you, I finally found you," She said and hugged him. Kaoru, Kenshin and Yahiko looked at this mysterious stranger as she nearly strangled the once Fighter for Hire. Sanosuke looked down at the woman hugging him and wondered what was going on.
"Do I know you?" He finally asked her. She looked up at him.
"Don't you remember me, Zanzaa?" She asked him.
"I'm sorry, I've never seen you before in my life," He said. "Maybe you have me mistaken for someone else?"
"No, you are Zanzaa, you are the father of my unborn child!" She exclaimed and backed away from him. Sanosuke sighed and looked at Kenshin and the others. Kaoru cleared her throat.
"I'll prepare lunch," She said. Sanosuke nodded, he could tell she didn't know what else to do. Kaoru walked inside as Kenshin followed her, Yahiko watched the scene between Sanosuke and the mysterious woman like it was a movie. Sanosuke scratched the back of his head and looked at the woman as she lowered her head, trying to not make eye contact with him.
"What's your name?" He asked her.
"Mitsuko," She said quietly. Still, Sanosuke was stumped, he had no idea who this woman was and why she kept saying that her unborn child was his.
Kaoru watched them make their small talk from the entrance of the dojo as Kenshin looked at her.
"They'll be fine, Miss Kaoru, that they will," Kenshin said, smiling.
"I suppose they will. But…it just doesn't make sense," She said.
"I know it's quite shocking, but I'm sure Sanosuke will recognize her sooner or later," Kenshin said, putting his hand on her shoulder. She blushed and didn't dare look at Kenshin. He smiled, then hung the wet laundry to dry. Kaoru watched him, her blush growing deeper. Yahiko snickered as he purposely dropped his wooden sword.
"Yahiko!" Kaoru exclaimed, putting a hand to her chest. "You always gave me a heart attack you little brat!"
"I didn't do anything, it was an accident!" He shouted back to her. Soon, their foreheads were pressed against each others and going at each other. When Kenshin walked back in, he wasn't surprised to see such fighting going on between the assistant manager and her student.
On the other hand, Sanosuke looked down at Mitsuko, giving her that confused look, just as he had done earlier when she first claimed that her unborn child was his.
"Listen, miss, we can give you a place to stay…but about the whole 'You're the father of my baby' deal, just stop. I'm not the guy you're looking for. And my name is Sanosuke, no longer Zanzaa," He said. She sighed and said nothing, Kaoru took her in, showing her around the dojo and to the room she would be staying in. Yahiko snickered, he found this rather funny for some reason.
"So, you're the father? I feel sorry for that kid," He said.
"It's not mine so get that thought out of your head," Sanosuke stated. Kenshin shook his head and looked at Sanosuke, with a look that read 'are you so sure about that?' "What are you getting at, Kenshin?" He knew Kenshin's expression well.
"She had to have a reason to come over here to say that her child is yours, that she did," He said. "Why is that Sanosuke?"
"I'm telling you the truth. I don't know what that woman is talking about," He said.
"You don't remember anything from six months ago?" Kenshin inquired.
"No," Came his reply. Kenshin sighed.
"Ok, Sanosuke," Kenshin said, then gathered the tie that held up his sleeves. He walked back into the dojo to check up on Kaoru and Mitsuko.
Sanosuke lowered his head. He was so confused. He didn't know what to do anymore. Why did this woman say that her child was his? He asked himself over and over again, and still came up with the same answer. He didn't know. Sanosuke did remember one woman he was with. But it couldn't had been her, could it?
~Flashback~
His eyes adjusted to the incoming morning light as he looked at the woman next to him, his lover. He smiled and stretched, soon hearing her wake. She sat up and looked at him, covering herself with the sheet, watching him stare at the wall.
"I have to leave," He said.
"No, you can't go," She said, tears welling up in her eyes. He got up from the futon and looked at her.
"I promise to keep in touch. I can't stay," He said, got dressed and gave his lover one last kiss. She began crying, which soon turned into sobbing, she didn't want to be left alone. She wanted him by her side. Yet, she gathered her bravery and nodded.
"I hope you will," She said and too got up, getting dressed and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him just one more kiss. He smiled into it and held her tightly.
"I'll never forget you," He said.
"As I'll never forget you, Zanzaa," She said and watched him take off and into the distance, their farewell was brief, but it would burn in his memory forever.
~End of Flashback~
He opened his eyes and inhaled deeply. He had kept in touch. But, he never received anything from her. So, he stopped sending to her and thought about her. Wondering what happened to her, wondering if she was even alive. What if Mitsuko was that woman? What if she was right? What if the child was is? He couldn't be too sure right now. He didn't know what to do, what to say. All he could do was think.
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What A World
By, BurningEmber
~Chapter 2~
Kaoru's dojo had never seemed so peaceful in many of it's longest years. The former manslayer rested in the back, finishing the laundry and getting ready to go to the market to get the things needed for their dinner. He sighed as he finished the last of it and stood up, rubbing his back from remaining in one position for too long.
"Come on, ugly!" The young boy, Yahiko yelled to Kaoru. Kaoru growled and picked up her broom, beginning to chase young Yahiko around the dojo. Sanosuke on the other hand, just lounged around, soon partaking in watching Kaoru and Yahiko quarrel and Kaoru's chase on poor little Yahiko.
"May I please have your attention?" Kaoru asked, right after whacking Yahiko over the head with the broom. Sanosuke and Kenshin walked over, wondering what Kaoru had to say.
"What is it, Miss Kaoru?" Kenshin asked.
"I have another trip for us!" She said happily.
"To where?" Yahiko asked, looking rather eager to know what was going on.
"Well, we're going-" She stopped as she saw someone stand at the front entrance of the dojo. The woman looked bewildered, like she didn't have a clue where she was. Kaoru walked towards the entrance to see what the woman wanted, but to Kaoru's surprise, the woman was with child! Around six months it seemed.
"Umm, excuse me miss, but is there something I can help you with?" Kaoru asked the woman.
"Yes, is there a Zanzaa living here?" She asked. This caught Sanosuke's attention rather quickly as Kenshin watched him casually walk towards the entrance.
"Is there something I can help you with?" He asked. The woman looked up at him with joyful tears in her eyes.
"I found you, I finally found you," She said and hugged him. Kaoru, Kenshin and Yahiko looked at this mysterious stranger as she nearly strangled the once Fighter for Hire. Sanosuke looked down at the woman hugging him and wondered what was going on.
"Do I know you?" He finally asked her. She looked up at him.
"Don't you remember me, Zanzaa?" She asked him.
"I'm sorry, I've never seen you before in my life," He said. "Maybe you have me mistaken for someone else?"
"No, you are Zanzaa, you are the father of my unborn child!" She exclaimed and backed away from him. Sanosuke sighed and looked at Kenshin and the others. Kaoru cleared her throat.
"I'll prepare lunch," She said. Sanosuke nodded, he could tell she didn't know what else to do. Kaoru walked inside as Kenshin followed her, Yahiko watched the scene between Sanosuke and the mysterious woman like it was a movie. Sanosuke scratched the back of his head and looked at the woman as she lowered her head, trying to not make eye contact with him.
"What's your name?" He asked her.
"Mitsuko," She said quietly. Still, Sanosuke was stumped, he had no idea who this woman was and why she kept saying that her unborn child was his.
Kaoru watched them make their small talk from the entrance of the dojo as Kenshin looked at her.
"They'll be fine, Miss Kaoru, that they will," Kenshin said, smiling.
"I suppose they will. But…it just doesn't make sense," She said.
"I know it's quite shocking, but I'm sure Sanosuke will recognize her sooner or later," Kenshin said, putting his hand on her shoulder. She blushed and didn't dare look at Kenshin. He smiled, then hung the wet laundry to dry. Kaoru watched him, her blush growing deeper. Yahiko snickered as he purposely dropped his wooden sword.
"Yahiko!" Kaoru exclaimed, putting a hand to her chest. "You always gave me a heart attack you little brat!"
"I didn't do anything, it was an accident!" He shouted back to her. Soon, their foreheads were pressed against each others and going at each other. When Kenshin walked back in, he wasn't surprised to see such fighting going on between the assistant manager and her student.
On the other hand, Sanosuke looked down at Mitsuko, giving her that confused look, just as he had done earlier when she first claimed that her unborn child was his.
"Listen, miss, we can give you a place to stay…but about the whole 'You're the father of my baby' deal, just stop. I'm not the guy you're looking for. And my name is Sanosuke, no longer Zanzaa," He said. She sighed and said nothing, Kaoru took her in, showing her around the dojo and to the room she would be staying in. Yahiko snickered, he found this rather funny for some reason.
"So, you're the father? I feel sorry for that kid," He said.
"It's not mine so get that thought out of your head," Sanosuke stated. Kenshin shook his head and looked at Sanosuke, with a look that read 'are you so sure about that?' "What are you getting at, Kenshin?" He knew Kenshin's expression well.
"She had to have a reason to come over here to say that her child is yours, that she did," He said. "Why is that Sanosuke?"
"I'm telling you the truth. I don't know what that woman is talking about," He said.
"You don't remember anything from six months ago?" Kenshin inquired.
"No," Came his reply. Kenshin sighed.
"Ok, Sanosuke," Kenshin said, then gathered the tie that held up his sleeves. He walked back into the dojo to check up on Kaoru and Mitsuko.
Sanosuke lowered his head. He was so confused. He didn't know what to do anymore. Why did this woman say that her child was his? He asked himself over and over again, and still came up with the same answer. He didn't know. Sanosuke did remember one woman he was with. But it couldn't had been her, could it?
~Flashback~
His eyes adjusted to the incoming morning light as he looked at the woman next to him, his lover. He smiled and stretched, soon hearing her wake. She sat up and looked at him, covering herself with the sheet, watching him stare at the wall.
"I have to leave," He said.
"No, you can't go," She said, tears welling up in her eyes. He got up from the futon and looked at her.
"I promise to keep in touch. I can't stay," He said, got dressed and gave his lover one last kiss. She began crying, which soon turned into sobbing, she didn't want to be left alone. She wanted him by her side. Yet, she gathered her bravery and nodded.
"I hope you will," She said and too got up, getting dressed and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him just one more kiss. He smiled into it and held her tightly.
"I'll never forget you," He said.
"As I'll never forget you, Zanzaa," She said and watched him take off and into the distance, their farewell was brief, but it would burn in his memory forever.
~End of Flashback~
He opened his eyes and inhaled deeply. He had kept in touch. But, he never received anything from her. So, he stopped sending to her and thought about her. Wondering what happened to her, wondering if she was even alive. What if Mitsuko was that woman? What if she was right? What if the child was is? He couldn't be too sure right now. He didn't know what to do, what to say. All he could do was think.
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