Chapter VII:She's alive!
"Hontou? Megumi, Dr. Genzai you could heal busu?" he asked them surprisingly.
Still tears fall from Kaoru's cheeks.
"Maybe Yahiko." Dr. Genzai said as he looks at Kaoru's face with tears.
"Oh..." He said when his smile turned into a frown.
"But we'll try our best, ne Dr. Genzai?" Megumi worriedly then she turned to Dr. Genzai.
"Hai." He said still worrying about Kaoru.
Silence grew in the room of Kaoru. Sanosuke always breaks the silence.
"Hoe, fox-doctor if you heal Jou-chan completely, I'll.." he couldn't say it because of the crowd around him, he suddenly blushed.
Megumi saw Sanosuke blush, then she started to blush too.
"Sure rooster-baka. But you promise that, ne?" Megumi smiled at him.
"Sure, that's a promise fox-lady." He said to her smiling too.
Then everybody became confused at them. Their eyes were blinking repeatedly. However Kenshin was still focused at his lovely Kaoru.
"I better cook dinner for everybody tonight." Tae stood up and went to the kitchen. Tsubamae followed her too.
"I'll go with them too." Sanosuke said.
"I better make myself tea." Aoshi said. He stood up and left with Sanosuke.
"I'll go with them too just to make sure nothing bad happens to them Kenshin." Yahiko went on too.
"Megumi-chan, We'll just go and play with Tsubamae-chan and Yahiko-chan?" Suzi and Yumi asked her.
"Sure girls." She smiled at them as they went off too.
That leaves Kenshin, Megumi and Dr. Genzai left in Kaoru's room.
"So did you, Dr. Genzai what to do with her?" Kenshin asked him curiously at them. "Yes Kenshin. I might know what will recover her from." He said facing the worried rurouni.
"Ken-san why don't you go where the others are?" she asked him, while she was getting rid of Kaoru's tears. She began shedding tears little by little.
Kenshin understood her then he got up and went to the kitchen with the others.
Outside of Kaoru's room.
Kenshin could see Tsubamae and Yahiko play with the girls unhappily. Then he went to the kitchen where Tae, Sanosuke and Aoshi is.
"Why did you leave her in there with them alone?" Sanosuke asked curiously.
"Megumi-dono told me to go out first, I understood why because she was shedding tears again little by little." He said.
"Oh.." Sanosuke only said that.
Aoshi still sipping his tea.
"Good thing I didn't bring Misao, she might have freaked out like your 'fox- doctor' by then." He said still sipping his tea.
"KNOCK KNOCK" the dojo opening knocked.
"I'll get it." Tae said after putting the vegetables inside the pot.
Tae went outside and went infront the dojo door. Kenshin, Sanosuke and Aoshi followed her.
"Welcome, may I help- *gasp*" she was surprised to see it was.
"Who's our visitor Tae-dono?" Kenshin asked cheerfully.
"Ta dai ma! Aoshi-sama, we went her too just to visit the Kamiya dojo and friends." She said happily.
Tae, Kenshin, Sanosuke and Aoshi was shocked to see all of them especially Misao.
"Doushtano? Why are you all acting weird and all?" Misao was puzzled.
"We came here to visit all of you since it's almost Cherry Blossom Festival here!" Okina said cheerfully.
The other four didn't speak they were- water dropped of what Okina said.
"There will be no Cherry Blossom Festival for us dear Okina." Kenshin said as his eyes were shadowed from his bangs even Sanosuke, Aoshi and Tae.
"Where's Kaoru-chan?" Misao asked while her weasel ears popped out.
"..." Nobody answered.
"Oh.. Maybe she is in her room and hiding from you guys from scaring her!" she rushed over at Kaoru's room, Kenshin and the others except for Tae followed her fast.
Aoshi blocked her way before she could open Kaoru's door.
"Doushtano Aoshi-sama? Why is there a secret that you and Himura won't tell me because I need to know what is happening?" Misao with concerned eyes on the door of Kaoru.
Megumi on the other side heard the little weasel's voice.
The door behind Aoshi opened. Megumi went outside to take a look at the young but concerned Misao.
Misao saw Kaoru lying down but she saw only her face.
"Misao-chan, you're not supposed to be here!" Megumi went out from Aoshi's back. Everybody stared at her except Kenshin, Sanosuke and Aoshi.
"And why is that fox-doctor?!" Misao said harshly at her.
"Don't you know something went wrong-" she stopped, she remembered what Aoshi told them, Misao would try to kill herself if she saw or heard all about this.
"What went wrong?" she said holding her hands together.
"Nothing...." Megumi couldn't continue.
"What?!" Misao started to shake a little bit then she was about to cry.
"Megumi-chan!!! Come here quickly!!!" Dr. Genzai went out to call his nurse.
Megumi went inside and closed the door.
"Misao-chan, we better go to the kitchen..." Okina said to her with concerned eyes at her.
"Misao-dono, mina we all need to talk about something." Kenshin said to them politely but his eyes turned to take a look at the door of his beloved Kaoru.
Everybody followed them and went inside the kitchen.
The table was served already for everybody to eat.
Yahiko, Tsubamae, Suzi, Yumi, Tae, Sanosuke, Aoshi and Kenshin looked down with fear and worries in their eyes. They all sat down and began to eat.
There was a huge silence covered the whole dojo.
"*Cough* you were saying Himura." Okina said.
"Oh ya. Kaoru is almost half to dea-" he couldn't say it any longer.
"She's half to death," he continued looking down,
Misao, and the rest of the Oni gang were shocked to hear this.
Yumi, Suzi cried so hard that Sanosuke has to hug them. Tsubamae cried as she hugs Yahiko, even Yahiko started to cry too. Tae couldn't handle the situation any longer that she cried to but she covered herself.
"You guy's are.... Joking, ne?" Misao doesn't want to believe it. She cried a lot, and then she went running off to Kaoru's room. Aoshi, Kenshin and the Oni gang stood up and tried to stop Misao to see Kaoru. But they failed it was too late she opened the door to Kaoru's room.
"Misao-chan. Why are you here? Why don't you stay with the others and eat your dinner?" Megumi said to her trying to stop her cries after she heard the cries of the others back at the kitchen.
"What happened to Kaoru-chan?" she asked while she cries.
"She drank an opium in her tea last two days ago." Megumi explained to her, while she still cries.
"Masaka!!" she went back, she saw Kenshin, Aoshi and the rest of the Oni gang infront of her.
"We tried to hide from you Misao-dono, because Aoshi said you might freak out like Megumi-dono." Kenshin said to her while he looks at Kaoru's pale face.
Misao turned to Aoshi.
"Now you think I might freak out Aoshi-sama? You know what you made me freak out about making me worry what bothers you all of a sudden! You thought I might turn into a crazy girl, then? You don't trust me Aoshi- sama?! I thought your heart only belongs to me that's why I love you!!" she cried then she took off leaving the shocked Aoshi behind.
"I must follow her!" Aoshi ran as fast as he could to get to Misao.
Misao left the dojo, Aoshi following her.
"Masaka, Kaoru-chan is so young to die at her age too." Okina said painfully.
"We can't believe that she would really die, she's too young to die." The four of them said in a chorus.
They all sat beside her.
"She's crying again.." Kenshin wiped the tears from Kaoru's pale face.
"Why is she crying even though she's not breathing?" Okina asked.
"We don't know why? She just cries if something really sad is happening." Kenshin took off his hand from her face. Then he held his hands to her left hand.
"Kaoru, you know what? Aishi'teru!" Kenshin said to her while she's sleeping or "you know".
Kaoru's eyes opened, she cried so much that she never knew that she would be alive again from those words from Kenshin.
"Kaoru, you're alive!" Kenshin shouted, the others heard it from the kitchen and they ran to see if it's true.
"Kenshin! Jou-chan is alive?" Sanosuke came there running with the girls at his both arms, then came Tae, Yahiko and Tsubamae running towards them too.
"Busu is alive?" Yahiko asked in a surprise look.
They all stopped and sat beside Kaoru too.
"Kaoru, are alive from what I told you?" Kenshin asked.
"H-hai, I was just hearing your words and heard it from somewhere and the next thing I opened my eyes and saw you." Kaoru said.
"Kaoru..." Kenshin couldn't believe it that Kaoru is alive.
"Kenshin.. Aishi'teru." She smiled at him.
Kenshin leaned down at her sitting position then kissed her at her lips.
Their lips finally met on that day, that time, that place too.
Everybody was shocked, Kenshin kissing her.
They broke their kiss and smiled at each other.
"Kenshin, I couldn't believe that you kissed Jou-chan infront of us!" Sanosuke teased them.
"Ya, I thought that you'd never kiss busu like that for life!" Yahiko teased them too with a grinning smile.
"Demo, where's Misao-chan Kenshin?" Kaoru asked him.
"How did you know that she's here?" he asked her.
"Because Okina and the others are here and that means Misao is here too." She answered his question.
"Oh... Aoshi followed her, because Aoshi thought that she might go crazy or something when she finds out that you're dying. That you're not. Don't worry they'll fix their problems." He smiled at her.
"Arigatou." She answered him.
"Hontou? Megumi, Dr. Genzai you could heal busu?" he asked them surprisingly.
Still tears fall from Kaoru's cheeks.
"Maybe Yahiko." Dr. Genzai said as he looks at Kaoru's face with tears.
"Oh..." He said when his smile turned into a frown.
"But we'll try our best, ne Dr. Genzai?" Megumi worriedly then she turned to Dr. Genzai.
"Hai." He said still worrying about Kaoru.
Silence grew in the room of Kaoru. Sanosuke always breaks the silence.
"Hoe, fox-doctor if you heal Jou-chan completely, I'll.." he couldn't say it because of the crowd around him, he suddenly blushed.
Megumi saw Sanosuke blush, then she started to blush too.
"Sure rooster-baka. But you promise that, ne?" Megumi smiled at him.
"Sure, that's a promise fox-lady." He said to her smiling too.
Then everybody became confused at them. Their eyes were blinking repeatedly. However Kenshin was still focused at his lovely Kaoru.
"I better cook dinner for everybody tonight." Tae stood up and went to the kitchen. Tsubamae followed her too.
"I'll go with them too." Sanosuke said.
"I better make myself tea." Aoshi said. He stood up and left with Sanosuke.
"I'll go with them too just to make sure nothing bad happens to them Kenshin." Yahiko went on too.
"Megumi-chan, We'll just go and play with Tsubamae-chan and Yahiko-chan?" Suzi and Yumi asked her.
"Sure girls." She smiled at them as they went off too.
That leaves Kenshin, Megumi and Dr. Genzai left in Kaoru's room.
"So did you, Dr. Genzai what to do with her?" Kenshin asked him curiously at them. "Yes Kenshin. I might know what will recover her from." He said facing the worried rurouni.
"Ken-san why don't you go where the others are?" she asked him, while she was getting rid of Kaoru's tears. She began shedding tears little by little.
Kenshin understood her then he got up and went to the kitchen with the others.
Outside of Kaoru's room.
Kenshin could see Tsubamae and Yahiko play with the girls unhappily. Then he went to the kitchen where Tae, Sanosuke and Aoshi is.
"Why did you leave her in there with them alone?" Sanosuke asked curiously.
"Megumi-dono told me to go out first, I understood why because she was shedding tears again little by little." He said.
"Oh.." Sanosuke only said that.
Aoshi still sipping his tea.
"Good thing I didn't bring Misao, she might have freaked out like your 'fox- doctor' by then." He said still sipping his tea.
"KNOCK KNOCK" the dojo opening knocked.
"I'll get it." Tae said after putting the vegetables inside the pot.
Tae went outside and went infront the dojo door. Kenshin, Sanosuke and Aoshi followed her.
"Welcome, may I help- *gasp*" she was surprised to see it was.
"Who's our visitor Tae-dono?" Kenshin asked cheerfully.
"Ta dai ma! Aoshi-sama, we went her too just to visit the Kamiya dojo and friends." She said happily.
Tae, Kenshin, Sanosuke and Aoshi was shocked to see all of them especially Misao.
"Doushtano? Why are you all acting weird and all?" Misao was puzzled.
"We came here to visit all of you since it's almost Cherry Blossom Festival here!" Okina said cheerfully.
The other four didn't speak they were- water dropped of what Okina said.
"There will be no Cherry Blossom Festival for us dear Okina." Kenshin said as his eyes were shadowed from his bangs even Sanosuke, Aoshi and Tae.
"Where's Kaoru-chan?" Misao asked while her weasel ears popped out.
"..." Nobody answered.
"Oh.. Maybe she is in her room and hiding from you guys from scaring her!" she rushed over at Kaoru's room, Kenshin and the others except for Tae followed her fast.
Aoshi blocked her way before she could open Kaoru's door.
"Doushtano Aoshi-sama? Why is there a secret that you and Himura won't tell me because I need to know what is happening?" Misao with concerned eyes on the door of Kaoru.
Megumi on the other side heard the little weasel's voice.
The door behind Aoshi opened. Megumi went outside to take a look at the young but concerned Misao.
Misao saw Kaoru lying down but she saw only her face.
"Misao-chan, you're not supposed to be here!" Megumi went out from Aoshi's back. Everybody stared at her except Kenshin, Sanosuke and Aoshi.
"And why is that fox-doctor?!" Misao said harshly at her.
"Don't you know something went wrong-" she stopped, she remembered what Aoshi told them, Misao would try to kill herself if she saw or heard all about this.
"What went wrong?" she said holding her hands together.
"Nothing...." Megumi couldn't continue.
"What?!" Misao started to shake a little bit then she was about to cry.
"Megumi-chan!!! Come here quickly!!!" Dr. Genzai went out to call his nurse.
Megumi went inside and closed the door.
"Misao-chan, we better go to the kitchen..." Okina said to her with concerned eyes at her.
"Misao-dono, mina we all need to talk about something." Kenshin said to them politely but his eyes turned to take a look at the door of his beloved Kaoru.
Everybody followed them and went inside the kitchen.
The table was served already for everybody to eat.
Yahiko, Tsubamae, Suzi, Yumi, Tae, Sanosuke, Aoshi and Kenshin looked down with fear and worries in their eyes. They all sat down and began to eat.
There was a huge silence covered the whole dojo.
"*Cough* you were saying Himura." Okina said.
"Oh ya. Kaoru is almost half to dea-" he couldn't say it any longer.
"She's half to death," he continued looking down,
Misao, and the rest of the Oni gang were shocked to hear this.
Yumi, Suzi cried so hard that Sanosuke has to hug them. Tsubamae cried as she hugs Yahiko, even Yahiko started to cry too. Tae couldn't handle the situation any longer that she cried to but she covered herself.
"You guy's are.... Joking, ne?" Misao doesn't want to believe it. She cried a lot, and then she went running off to Kaoru's room. Aoshi, Kenshin and the Oni gang stood up and tried to stop Misao to see Kaoru. But they failed it was too late she opened the door to Kaoru's room.
"Misao-chan. Why are you here? Why don't you stay with the others and eat your dinner?" Megumi said to her trying to stop her cries after she heard the cries of the others back at the kitchen.
"What happened to Kaoru-chan?" she asked while she cries.
"She drank an opium in her tea last two days ago." Megumi explained to her, while she still cries.
"Masaka!!" she went back, she saw Kenshin, Aoshi and the rest of the Oni gang infront of her.
"We tried to hide from you Misao-dono, because Aoshi said you might freak out like Megumi-dono." Kenshin said to her while he looks at Kaoru's pale face.
Misao turned to Aoshi.
"Now you think I might freak out Aoshi-sama? You know what you made me freak out about making me worry what bothers you all of a sudden! You thought I might turn into a crazy girl, then? You don't trust me Aoshi- sama?! I thought your heart only belongs to me that's why I love you!!" she cried then she took off leaving the shocked Aoshi behind.
"I must follow her!" Aoshi ran as fast as he could to get to Misao.
Misao left the dojo, Aoshi following her.
"Masaka, Kaoru-chan is so young to die at her age too." Okina said painfully.
"We can't believe that she would really die, she's too young to die." The four of them said in a chorus.
They all sat beside her.
"She's crying again.." Kenshin wiped the tears from Kaoru's pale face.
"Why is she crying even though she's not breathing?" Okina asked.
"We don't know why? She just cries if something really sad is happening." Kenshin took off his hand from her face. Then he held his hands to her left hand.
"Kaoru, you know what? Aishi'teru!" Kenshin said to her while she's sleeping or "you know".
Kaoru's eyes opened, she cried so much that she never knew that she would be alive again from those words from Kenshin.
"Kaoru, you're alive!" Kenshin shouted, the others heard it from the kitchen and they ran to see if it's true.
"Kenshin! Jou-chan is alive?" Sanosuke came there running with the girls at his both arms, then came Tae, Yahiko and Tsubamae running towards them too.
"Busu is alive?" Yahiko asked in a surprise look.
They all stopped and sat beside Kaoru too.
"Kaoru, are alive from what I told you?" Kenshin asked.
"H-hai, I was just hearing your words and heard it from somewhere and the next thing I opened my eyes and saw you." Kaoru said.
"Kaoru..." Kenshin couldn't believe it that Kaoru is alive.
"Kenshin.. Aishi'teru." She smiled at him.
Kenshin leaned down at her sitting position then kissed her at her lips.
Their lips finally met on that day, that time, that place too.
Everybody was shocked, Kenshin kissing her.
They broke their kiss and smiled at each other.
"Kenshin, I couldn't believe that you kissed Jou-chan infront of us!" Sanosuke teased them.
"Ya, I thought that you'd never kiss busu like that for life!" Yahiko teased them too with a grinning smile.
"Demo, where's Misao-chan Kenshin?" Kaoru asked him.
"How did you know that she's here?" he asked her.
"Because Okina and the others are here and that means Misao is here too." She answered his question.
"Oh... Aoshi followed her, because Aoshi thought that she might go crazy or something when she finds out that you're dying. That you're not. Don't worry they'll fix their problems." He smiled at her.
"Arigatou." She answered him.
