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To Move On
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Ch.5 Its Time
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"Megumi is at the Aoyia, right?" questioned Lara.
Aoshi nodded, "But he's in no condition to walk. Take your horse and go back to the Aoyia with him."
"What about you?" Aoshi looked away. "You can't. Aoshi I can't let you. Please come back I'm sure we can find another horse."
"My horse is in the thicket," said Tolma. "I left when they threatened, but I came back today and they jumped me." Lara smiled and went to the thicket they had always hid in. A young mare maybe two or three stood ground tied. She smiled.
"Aoshi you know how to ride, I hope." He looked at her with a question. "This mare has a lot of fire. She's called Fire Lady." He nodded and helped Lara get Tolma onto the stallions back. "I don't need any help mounting," she chided as she sprang onto her horses bareback. Aoshi did the same.
Lara made sure Tolma was secure and whispered to her horse. He sprang away with the mare following. The two horses pounded down the streets to the Aoyia. People scrambled out of the way yelling. They arrived at the Aoyia minutes after they had left. Lara swung down and helped Tolma to the ground. She watched Aoshi spring and land lightly and then went in side. Kaoru greeted them, but when she saw Tolma she ran to get Megumi.
Megumi worked on Tolma as he lay in one of the spare rooms. Lara stayed outside with the horses. "That's a fine horse, that he is."
She turned and Kenshin stood behind her. "Thanks. He was a gift from my dad." He smiled and went back inside. After making sure no one was watching she mounted and headed toward the farm.
She road around to behind the house where all their mares and geldings that were raced were kept. The barn was hidden when you looked from the lane at least. This, like the rest, was empty. Yet, unlike the rest the stalls weren't clean. She turned her horse toward the middle of her property when she heard hoof beats. Her horse swung around with no command. "You really think you could get rid of me that easily."
"I guess not," she smiled. 'Had I really wanted him to stay behind he wouldn't have found me this easily either,' she thought. "Let's go get my horses back." Aoshi didn't have time to respond, Sul had taken off. He just sighed and followed.
They had been riding for an hour when Aoshi thought of something. "What about supplies? If we are going to be staying here we're going to need them."
"An hours ride ahead there is an old shed that my brother, my father, and me are the only ones who know where it is. Its full of dried and smoked meat, greens, and more," she answered. "My brother and I always used to go camping, but we usually ran out of supplies before we wished to return."
"You seem to know him yet not."
"When I was younger someone, like know, was after my father. He and my mother gave me up to keep me safe. My adoptive parents were good friends of my parents and allowed me to come out here often. Two years ago I was told who my real parents were. I guess I had always known they weren't my true parents. I was so different. When I found out I came to live with my real family, here. That's when he gave me Sul and when he made his will.
"A year back he told me someone wanted this farm. And that again he and I wouldn't be safe. I always wondered about the rest of are family, but told me they wanted this farm. I guess if both my father and I were dead there would be no one to put a true claim on this farm. At least that was what I had guessed and it turned out I was right. Also around that time my mother had become ill and died. The doctor we had said it was nothing, but the flu. Yet when we asked another doctors opinion he said she had been poisoned and the other doctor was a blind fool not to have noticed that."
"So what about your siblings?"
"I have two brothers and three sisters. Tolma and Sairo are my brothers. Kara, Karen, and Serene are my sisters. All, but Tolma hates me."
He looked at her. There was something she was not telling him. 'What is it,' he thought. The hour past quickly and just as Lara had said the shed had been full of supplies. Extra clothes, blankets, and things of that nature were on one side and the food on the other. In the back there were three stalls and two beds.
Soon they had packed up everything they needed in saddlebags that they had found and left. The wind foretold of a storm. "If the clouds keep coming any trail left behind will be washed away." Aoshi agreed. If it did keep up they would have to rely on their instinct not there tracking.
Hours later a drizzle came down. The sun was setting and they both agreed to set up camp. Lara had brought two large tents, but because how fast the storm was coming they set up one. Each slept on there own side.
In the morning the sky had cleared reviling a clear, crisp day. The horses had found shelter under a large tree. Lara helped Aoshi saddle and bridle his own horse before saddling her own. "How do you control your horse with no bridle?"
"Leg pressure mostly and some words."
Something sprang from the grass beside them. Then another thing. They were both knocked off their horses. When they looked up each had the tip of a sword in their face. "Move and we will slay you," said one of the men.
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Princess Mei: Thank you so much for reviewing. I'm happy that you aren't one of those people who just review once. I'm glad you like it.
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I'm trying to get as many chaps up as I can because I'm going away for two weeks. Okay, those of you that read and don't review it would be nice if you at least said good or needs work or something. HIT the review button.
Thanks for the reviews everyone.
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To Move On
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Ch.5 Its Time
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"Megumi is at the Aoyia, right?" questioned Lara.
Aoshi nodded, "But he's in no condition to walk. Take your horse and go back to the Aoyia with him."
"What about you?" Aoshi looked away. "You can't. Aoshi I can't let you. Please come back I'm sure we can find another horse."
"My horse is in the thicket," said Tolma. "I left when they threatened, but I came back today and they jumped me." Lara smiled and went to the thicket they had always hid in. A young mare maybe two or three stood ground tied. She smiled.
"Aoshi you know how to ride, I hope." He looked at her with a question. "This mare has a lot of fire. She's called Fire Lady." He nodded and helped Lara get Tolma onto the stallions back. "I don't need any help mounting," she chided as she sprang onto her horses bareback. Aoshi did the same.
Lara made sure Tolma was secure and whispered to her horse. He sprang away with the mare following. The two horses pounded down the streets to the Aoyia. People scrambled out of the way yelling. They arrived at the Aoyia minutes after they had left. Lara swung down and helped Tolma to the ground. She watched Aoshi spring and land lightly and then went in side. Kaoru greeted them, but when she saw Tolma she ran to get Megumi.
Megumi worked on Tolma as he lay in one of the spare rooms. Lara stayed outside with the horses. "That's a fine horse, that he is."
She turned and Kenshin stood behind her. "Thanks. He was a gift from my dad." He smiled and went back inside. After making sure no one was watching she mounted and headed toward the farm.
She road around to behind the house where all their mares and geldings that were raced were kept. The barn was hidden when you looked from the lane at least. This, like the rest, was empty. Yet, unlike the rest the stalls weren't clean. She turned her horse toward the middle of her property when she heard hoof beats. Her horse swung around with no command. "You really think you could get rid of me that easily."
"I guess not," she smiled. 'Had I really wanted him to stay behind he wouldn't have found me this easily either,' she thought. "Let's go get my horses back." Aoshi didn't have time to respond, Sul had taken off. He just sighed and followed.
They had been riding for an hour when Aoshi thought of something. "What about supplies? If we are going to be staying here we're going to need them."
"An hours ride ahead there is an old shed that my brother, my father, and me are the only ones who know where it is. Its full of dried and smoked meat, greens, and more," she answered. "My brother and I always used to go camping, but we usually ran out of supplies before we wished to return."
"You seem to know him yet not."
"When I was younger someone, like know, was after my father. He and my mother gave me up to keep me safe. My adoptive parents were good friends of my parents and allowed me to come out here often. Two years ago I was told who my real parents were. I guess I had always known they weren't my true parents. I was so different. When I found out I came to live with my real family, here. That's when he gave me Sul and when he made his will.
"A year back he told me someone wanted this farm. And that again he and I wouldn't be safe. I always wondered about the rest of are family, but told me they wanted this farm. I guess if both my father and I were dead there would be no one to put a true claim on this farm. At least that was what I had guessed and it turned out I was right. Also around that time my mother had become ill and died. The doctor we had said it was nothing, but the flu. Yet when we asked another doctors opinion he said she had been poisoned and the other doctor was a blind fool not to have noticed that."
"So what about your siblings?"
"I have two brothers and three sisters. Tolma and Sairo are my brothers. Kara, Karen, and Serene are my sisters. All, but Tolma hates me."
He looked at her. There was something she was not telling him. 'What is it,' he thought. The hour past quickly and just as Lara had said the shed had been full of supplies. Extra clothes, blankets, and things of that nature were on one side and the food on the other. In the back there were three stalls and two beds.
Soon they had packed up everything they needed in saddlebags that they had found and left. The wind foretold of a storm. "If the clouds keep coming any trail left behind will be washed away." Aoshi agreed. If it did keep up they would have to rely on their instinct not there tracking.
Hours later a drizzle came down. The sun was setting and they both agreed to set up camp. Lara had brought two large tents, but because how fast the storm was coming they set up one. Each slept on there own side.
In the morning the sky had cleared reviling a clear, crisp day. The horses had found shelter under a large tree. Lara helped Aoshi saddle and bridle his own horse before saddling her own. "How do you control your horse with no bridle?"
"Leg pressure mostly and some words."
Something sprang from the grass beside them. Then another thing. They were both knocked off their horses. When they looked up each had the tip of a sword in their face. "Move and we will slay you," said one of the men.
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Princess Mei: Thank you so much for reviewing. I'm happy that you aren't one of those people who just review once. I'm glad you like it.
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I'm trying to get as many chaps up as I can because I'm going away for two weeks. Okay, those of you that read and don't review it would be nice if you at least said good or needs work or something. HIT the review button.
