The Story So Far.
Kenshin and Sano have set out to town to buy supplies for Kaoru when they run into a mysterious young girl claiming to be Kenshin's daughter, Hito. After a tearful reunion (Kenshin asked me not to put that in the story ^_^x), Kenshin, Sano and Hito all went back to the dojo.
Disclaimer (might as well put one, although I don't have the foggiest idea as to what a disclaimer is): I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, or any of the RK characters. I DO, however, own Hito, and her mother Maladria. Hito IS, after all, my alter ego!!!!!
********************************** "So, tell me again exactly WHO you are?" a rather irritated Kaoru demanded of the younger girl sitting across from her.
Smiling, the girl took Kaoru's haughty words and turned them against her. "Well, Kaoru-dono, if you had been LISTENING the first time I told you, we wouldn't be having this discussion again." Smiling sardonically at Kaoru, who was wearing the most enraged expression, Hito turned to look at Sano, rather flirtatiously. "So, Sanosuke, how old are you?" Kaoru stormed out of the room and into the kitchen, muttering about getting more food.
Sano, quite taken aback by her sudden flirtatiousness, looked dumbfounded. "Me? I'm nineteen. Uh, why do you ask?" Smiling at her, he thought, 'She's really pretty. I wonder how old SHE is.'
Almost as if he had read Sano's thoughts, Kenshin said, "She's fourteen, that she is, Sano." Kenshin sighed. When he was only sixteen, he had become a father. Now, suddenly, his past had come back to bite him in the.. butt. 'Why,' he asked himself, 'Did she have to come looking for me?'
"Daddy?" Hito asked brightly, "What's wrong? I can see there's something troubling you, and I want to help you!" She hugged her father and smiled at him. 'I really missed him.. and now that I've found him, I have a feeling that he didn't WANT to be found. Why daddy, why did you leave me?' Tears started to fill her pretty eyes, and Sano took her gently in his arms.
"There, there," he said soothingly in her ear, "You're ok. Everything's gonna be just fine." Hugging her gently, he mouthed to Kenshin, "I'm going to take her to her room." Once he saw Kenshin nod in understanding, Sano helped Hito to her feet and escorted her to her room.
Yahiko, who had been unusually quiet the whole dinner now spoke up. "So Kenshin," he began in an offended voice, "Why didn't you ever tell us you had a daughter?" He had a hurt look in his eyes, one that Kenshin could not bring himself to meet.
"Yahiko, I..." Words failed Kenshin as he sat there, trying to figure out what to say. Taking a deep breath, Kenshin forced himself to look up. "I thought that if I never mentioned Hitokiri, that I would forget about her. It looks like I was wrong, that it does."
***
"So, Hito," Sano said, still holding her gently, "How come your dad never told us about you?" He smiled at her, and studied her face with interest. Same eyes as Kenshin, same hair too. But her face resembled Kenshin's and someone else's. 'I wonder who her mother was,' he thought, getting lost in her eyes.
'Well well,' Hito grinned in her mind's eye, 'Looks like all is going according to plan. Now, if I could only get him to admit that he likes me..'
^_^x UH OH SANO!!! What does Hito have planned? Better stay tuned for the next installment! (And yes, I know they're short, but I gotta worry about school too! _x!!!)
Kenshin and Sano have set out to town to buy supplies for Kaoru when they run into a mysterious young girl claiming to be Kenshin's daughter, Hito. After a tearful reunion (Kenshin asked me not to put that in the story ^_^x), Kenshin, Sano and Hito all went back to the dojo.
Disclaimer (might as well put one, although I don't have the foggiest idea as to what a disclaimer is): I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, or any of the RK characters. I DO, however, own Hito, and her mother Maladria. Hito IS, after all, my alter ego!!!!!
********************************** "So, tell me again exactly WHO you are?" a rather irritated Kaoru demanded of the younger girl sitting across from her.
Smiling, the girl took Kaoru's haughty words and turned them against her. "Well, Kaoru-dono, if you had been LISTENING the first time I told you, we wouldn't be having this discussion again." Smiling sardonically at Kaoru, who was wearing the most enraged expression, Hito turned to look at Sano, rather flirtatiously. "So, Sanosuke, how old are you?" Kaoru stormed out of the room and into the kitchen, muttering about getting more food.
Sano, quite taken aback by her sudden flirtatiousness, looked dumbfounded. "Me? I'm nineteen. Uh, why do you ask?" Smiling at her, he thought, 'She's really pretty. I wonder how old SHE is.'
Almost as if he had read Sano's thoughts, Kenshin said, "She's fourteen, that she is, Sano." Kenshin sighed. When he was only sixteen, he had become a father. Now, suddenly, his past had come back to bite him in the.. butt. 'Why,' he asked himself, 'Did she have to come looking for me?'
"Daddy?" Hito asked brightly, "What's wrong? I can see there's something troubling you, and I want to help you!" She hugged her father and smiled at him. 'I really missed him.. and now that I've found him, I have a feeling that he didn't WANT to be found. Why daddy, why did you leave me?' Tears started to fill her pretty eyes, and Sano took her gently in his arms.
"There, there," he said soothingly in her ear, "You're ok. Everything's gonna be just fine." Hugging her gently, he mouthed to Kenshin, "I'm going to take her to her room." Once he saw Kenshin nod in understanding, Sano helped Hito to her feet and escorted her to her room.
Yahiko, who had been unusually quiet the whole dinner now spoke up. "So Kenshin," he began in an offended voice, "Why didn't you ever tell us you had a daughter?" He had a hurt look in his eyes, one that Kenshin could not bring himself to meet.
"Yahiko, I..." Words failed Kenshin as he sat there, trying to figure out what to say. Taking a deep breath, Kenshin forced himself to look up. "I thought that if I never mentioned Hitokiri, that I would forget about her. It looks like I was wrong, that it does."
***
"So, Hito," Sano said, still holding her gently, "How come your dad never told us about you?" He smiled at her, and studied her face with interest. Same eyes as Kenshin, same hair too. But her face resembled Kenshin's and someone else's. 'I wonder who her mother was,' he thought, getting lost in her eyes.
'Well well,' Hito grinned in her mind's eye, 'Looks like all is going according to plan. Now, if I could only get him to admit that he likes me..'
^_^x UH OH SANO!!! What does Hito have planned? Better stay tuned for the next installment! (And yes, I know they're short, but I gotta worry about school too! _x!!!)