A Wandering Soul/ A vicious Capture
Chapter 2 prologue
Kenshin had been gone already for a many years and sometimes during those years, he would visit them for a couple of days and then return to his wandering world helping people. However, the 8-year he was gone, they never heard anything from him or anything in the news about him.
Kaoru still didn't give up hope every day she would wait by the docks for him, hoping to see him riding in one of the boats that would come to the shores.
Kenji was now fourteen and had been training with Hiko ever day since he was 7 yr.'s old because he was trying to keep a promise that he made long ago to himself ' to be better then his father in every way.'
Which also meant learning the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu although he had a hard time going up to Hiko's every day; the man really got on is nerves, sometimes he would make him really mad to the point he wouldn't train him any more which was really frustrating.
Therefore, every time he mads him mad to that extremes he would have to return home to his lonely mother. He hated his father for leaving his mother with a broken heart, but he also resented his mother for allowing him to leave her broken. He loves his mother very much and didn't want to see her hurt like she was for all those years he was away. He wished more than anything that his mother would just forget about his absentee father and be happy and for once in her life and maybe try to live again.
Yahiko still live with Kaoru and would help her train Students at her dojo every now and then when she didn't feel up to it. Yahiko also taught Kenji a lot of the Kamiya Kenshin Ryu also because of Yahiko's good story telling Of Kenshin's past battles using the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu; he was able to learn most of the moves perfectly without Hiko's help.
Megumi And Sano were still married and to many peoples surprise they were both still alive they had thought that one of them would of gone insane and got rid the other by now. Though they were always at each other's throats, everyone new that deep down inside they both loved each other deeply although they would never admit to it. Sano Worked for free with government to help them stop people who were like Makato Shishio and Megumi became the doctor she had always wanted to be after meeting Kenshin. Thus, the story begins
Chapter 2
Losing Kaoru
Kenji came home for a visit since Hiko had once again kicked him out For being 'a smart mouth brat' as he had put at least he didn't kick him out forever and he could go back as soon as he had given him enough time to cool off. He searched around the dojo for his mother to let her know of his presence there.
Instead, he came across Yahiko who was in the dojo practicing with the sword Kenshin had given him the sakabatou.
As soon as he had entered the room, Yahiko stopped training and began to stare at him in disbelief.
" Long time no see 'stupid kid'..." Kenji grinned at him as he recalled all the time he was called 'stupid kid' by him and all the times he had called Yahiko the same thing which usually got him a bump on the head.
" Right back at you! So... Do you know where...my mom is?" Yahiko's facial expressions fell he knew that Kenji wasn't going to like the answer to that Question one bit...but if he didn't answer he would never get the peace and quiet he wanted.
" She's at the docks." he knew he was right as he saw the angered look in his nephews face.
" I can't believe she still waiting for him... he's never coming back.... He couldn't give a Damn about her!" That made Yahiko mad he knew that Kenji didn't like his father, but he also knew that he knew that Kaoru was Kenshin's world. In a flash of light, Yahiko had managed to grab a wooden sword and knock it into Kenji's head.
" How can you say that about Kenshin. He is a great and caring man and loves your mother dearly.... Whether you like or not he is you father and he dose love you." Kenji stood up, took his Sword from its sheath, and in a blind rage swung it at his uncle.
" He is not my father!" Yahiko dodged his first swing. Then another swing came. " And he doesn't care about me or my mother!" Yahiko jumped and flipped over Kenji dodging his 2nd swing. Kenji slowly made his way towards Yahiko and in a third attempt to do some damage swung it a third time." He's to busy with the rest of the world to care about his own family!" In that second of the third swing Kenji made at Yahiko, he had caught it between his bare hands and then stopped him from trying to retaliate another swing.
" That's where you're wrong.... He left to find himself and to protect the world he thought didn't want him." he pulled his sword from Yahiko's hands. He then fiercely growled at him, as he existed the dojo giving him with a bit of last words.
" I'm going to my mother...see you stupid!" he waved to him as he existed to the outside. He didn't care about anything Yahiko had to say, in fact when did he ever care. He was always on his father's side and would never let anyone criticize him in any way shape or form.
He Still liked him although he got on his bad side a lot its just he didn't want to be reminded of what he didn't have, and that was a real father. He walked all the way to the docks in search of his mother, before he would have to leave again to find a hotel to stay at because unlike his father he actually had money. Then he saw her she was wearing a beautiful Blue Kimono that was covered in a cherry blossom print. Her hair was pulled back in a silky blue ribbon to match the kimono. She still looked as beautiful as ever the only thing that bothered him about her was the sad look in her eyes. The way she was standing looked as if she was
Going to fall to her knees and start to cry again like she had done almost year when he wouldn't come and visit her. Although she would try to hid her tears from everyone else and put up a happy facade trying not to let anyone down; even so she could never hide it from him he could sense her pain and new what she felt. She was always like that putting everyone before her. It made him very angry because maybe if she didn't put everyone else first she wouldn't of let Kenshin go she would have made him stay. Then again, that just wasn't her style; she had to let him have his selfish way only because of her kind heart. She let him leave and he would only come back once a year sometimes twice to see her. He walked up a little closer to her before speaking.
" He's not coming back... So why do you wait for him?" he knew the answer to his question since he asked her everyday since he was 9 yr.'s old. Although he was hoping that maybe his mother had realized the painful truth as he had a long time ago, and would give him a different answer.
She sat there for a couple of seconds not moving an inch she didn't even barely breathe. When his words had finally sunk in, she turned to look at her almost grown up son! Her face held no emotions for the longest time. She just starred blankly into his eyes, finally after awhile of silence she gave him an empty smile.
" Because I promised I would wait for him forever and I know that one day he will return to me." She walked up to her angered son and gently wrapped her arms around him pulling him to her in a full body embrace.
" Kenji... It's good to see you again." then she let go of him only to see him actually smiling back at her. She didn't think he had smiled left in him! Whenever, if ever she saw him, his face was always stern or empty but this time he smiled. That made her happier then she had been in a long time.
She always wanted him to be happy, she wanted everyone to be happy. Kaoru sat down near a close by cherry blossom tree and Kenji joined her.
" So mother how have you been."
" I've been better. What about you are you doing okay?"
" I'm fine. Just fine." She heard a certain pain in his voice as he spoke to her. Then she began to wonder what happened to the plan he had made with Hiko.
" So what has brought you here? I thought you were still training with Hiko!"
" He kicked me out again." He was always getting kicked out for being rude to him which made her sort of smile.
" Well okay I can prepare your room for you okay!"
" That won't be necessary. I have decided to stay in a hotel." That made her sad she had hoped that next time he would visit her that maybe he would stay with her for a while.
" Oh..."
" Anywise I better get going it's getting pretty late." As he stood up Kaoru pulled him into on last embrace before she had to let him go. He started to walk away from her but stopped to say one last thing before he went off to find a place to stay.
" It was nice seeing you again. Oh yeah...You should save yourself a lot of pain and give up on Kenshin he's not coming back." with that said he started to walk off but it soon came to a sudden halt as she had spoke out against him.
"Never... He promised he would never leave me... Kenji... I hope you will understand one day who your father really was and maybe someday forgive him." He didn't answer her back instead; he finished walking away in the direction of the village in search for the nearest hotel.
Kaoru Watched as her only child walked away from her. It saddened her deeply that her son didn't know what a great father he had. She hoped that one day he would know and be able to love his father once more like he did when he was younger. She remembered when they shared that one last huge as a family before it all fell apart. She recalled her thoughts as they shared there huge 'I wish this moment could last forever.' She wished for that now more than she ever had. She was suddenly pulled from her thought as she heard a voice.
" Are you Kaoru Kamiya." she looked up from the ground to see a man in a police outfit questioning her to find out who she was. She wasn't sure what he wanted, so she decided to play it safe and not answer him right away.
" What do you want with her?" the man gave her a funny look before continuing his questioning.
" I'm looking for someone by that name I have a message for her from a Kenshin Himura." he eye's light up and she began to smile finally he had tried to contact her.
" I'm her…tell me what did he want." the man grinned at her slightly.
" If you wan to know then you have to come with me to the station so that my fellow officers can fill you in." She was so happy she didn't even think about how weird it was that she would have to go down to the station to read a letter that should have been sent to her. She wasn't thinking clearly. She was to excited about Kenshin to even realize that they weren't even heading towards the police station. They finally ended up at a small run down hut and it was at that moment she realized that she was nowhere near, where she was supposed to be. She then became a little suspicious of the so-called police officer. It wasn't like an officer before hadn't tricked her before. There was a time when Saitou tricked her into believing he was there to help Kenshin when he actually wanted to kill him. Finally, she spoke out to him.
" I thought we where going to the police station…" he then realized that she was figuring him out so his cover would be broken and if that happened he wouldn't be able to get what he had been seeking all these years. Therefore, he thought up a lie to hold her off until the where inside the hut.
" I need to check on someone at that hut up a head." as they came closer to the hut he began to think about how he would go about his plan. It was to late they were already there; he began to slowly walk behind her for a while and after a few seconds later came up behind her sticking his hand over her mouth and he then forced her to swallow some medication that would knock her out in seconds. When the medicine kicked in, she began to fall limp in his arms then he dragged her inside the hut and laid her down on the floor. Then took some Rope from a box; tying her hands and arms together so that when she did wake up she wouldn't be able to run away. He finally could get what he had wanted for so long…Revenge….
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This chapter had a little more action and less romance the last one. The next chapter will have some action angst and little bit of drama.
Chapter 3
Father and son meet again?
