S.O.U
["..." = speaking. '...' = thoughts. /...\ = writing/newspaper]
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'1 more mile to go!' Kaoru's mind screamed. The streets of Kyoto had been pretty crowded so she had been held back for a while, not to mention the fact that she took what seemed to be at the time shortcuts. Which only held her up more, it was already night. A lot of people had called her sir in which she was still trying to get used to and she almost beat up the first person to call her that. Hardly anyone was out tonight so she could run in a good pace without having to slow down every second. As she was getting closer to the HQ she heard a women scream and ran to the direction where she had heard it from, which was away from the HQ. She rounded a corner of a building and saw a women being held with a knife to her throat. Kaoru unsheathed her katana and ran in front of them, "let her go!" The man looked at her and laughed, "well said for a man as frail as this women!" Kaoru twitched in eyebrow and pointed the katana at the man. The man let go of the women who ran off. "Fine. After I deal with you I'll just go after her again." Kaoru watched the man unsheath his own sword and run over to her. 'Poor swords-men-ship.' Kaoru thought as she dodged his sword and quickly stabbed him in left shoulder. She pulled her sword out and watched the man begin to breath heavily.
"Ready to give up?" Kaoru asked, she rather not kill him if she didn't have too. "In your dreams!" The man shouted as he ran to her again. She dodged him going behind him and slashing his back. The man fall to the ground unconscious. 'He'll die in less then a half-hour.' She thought.
As she left the alley she was about to continue her way when a girl running the direction she had left knocked her down. "Mou!" Kaoru yelled when she hit the ground. The girl looked down and helped Kaoru up, "Gomen! I heard a scream and-" Kaoru interrupted her, "don't worry I took care of it." "Really?" Kaoru led her to the bloody body of the man. "WOW! You really took him out!" Kaoru nodded, "well, I better go..." She turned way from her but the girl blocked her, "wait! You look like you've got good swords-men-ship. You should join S.O.U!" Kaoru smiled, "Yes. That's where I'm going." She also smiled, "I'm part of S.O.U myself! The name's Makimachi. Makimachi Misao. Kaoru shook her hand, "nice to meet you Misao. My name is Ka-" 'Oh no! I didn't think of a boyish name for people to call me by!' She thought.
"Hai?" Misao asked. 'Come on Kaoru, think!' She blurted out the first name she could think of, "Zen." Misao laughed, "Zen? Weird name. Oh well, follow me." They started walking towards the HQ. "No offense, Misao." Kaoru started which Misao looked at her, "but I thought you had to be a man to be in S.O.U." Misao smiled, "none taken. Well I was born into the Oniwabanshu." Kaoru stared at her, "the Oniwabanshu?" Misao nodded. "Well the Oniwabanshu is an organization with in S.O.U. My father used to be the okashira of the Oniwabanshu, but he died and some of the other members raised me. But the only thing they really knew what to do was to fight. So I became a unofficial member." Kaoru smiled sadly, "I'm sorry your father died. I know how it feels, my father died a few years ago. And my mother died when I was young so I don't remember her." Kaoru admitted, Misao stared at her in awe, "so did mine... Hey!" Misao stopped walking, "nobody's at the S.O.U except for one person, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to join." Kaoru nodded, "well then I'll stay at a nearby hotel..." Kaoru was about to walk off when she told her to stop, "we've got plenty of room for you in our HQ!" Kaoru smiled, "Arigatou gozaimasu." Misao nodded and lead her to their HQ. "We're here." Misao said knocking on the door.
A brown spiky haired man answered the door gnawing on a fishbone. He looked at Misao, glaring, "oh it's the gaki." Misao glared at him, "thanks for the warm greeting..." He looked at Kaoru, "who's he?" Misao glared at him again, "don't be so rude! His name is Zen... didn't get your last name." Kaoru finished, "Kamiya Zen." Misao nodded. "And?" "He wants to join S.O.U, baka! But it's late and noone's gotten back here obviously, so I offered him to stay with us. By the way Zen, this is Sagara, Sagara Sanosuke." She nodded, "nice to meet you." Sanosuke nodded, "yeah..." Misao pushed past him. "Come on Zen, I'll show you your room." Sanosuke moved out of the doorway in which Kaoru walked past him and followed Misao up the stairs. After Sano locked the door he looked back up at Kaoru, 'strange. He looks less like a man then Kenshin.' He chuckled at the thought and headed towards the kitchen.
"Here we are." Misao said happily. Kaoru looked around the room a futon was folded neatly in the center, a candle lit up the room on a desk in the corner, and a small rack to put clothes on was pretty much it. "Get some rest. You'll have to get up early in the morning!" Kaoru nodded, "yes I will, arigatou!" With that Kaoru walked into the room and began to un fil her bag of gi's and hakama's. Misao slid the door shut and Kaoru heard her footsteps walk back down the stairs. After she finished unpacking she laid out the futon, blew out the candle, took off her glasses and slipped into the blanket.
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Misao walked into the kitchen to find Sanosuke looking for food. "Hey gaki! Can you fix me some food? Im starving!" He pleaded. She smiled evily, "I don't know..." Sanosuke's stomach growled. "Please... I'll do anything..." She grinned from ear to ear, "anything?" Sanosuke nodded, but knew he would probably regret it. She giggled girlishly, "well..." she whispered something in his ear. "Oh come on, Misao! You know Aoshi loves you!" Misao blushed, "really?" Sanosuke glared at her, "yes." Misao furrowed her brows, "then why doesn't he say anything besides 'Arigatou gozaimasu' when I bring him tea?" Sanosuke shrugged, "cause it would break his silence." Misao shook her head, if he loved her he should say it! A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. "They must be back." Misao said happily Sanosuke groaned, now he would have to wait longer for some food.
Misao rushed to the door while Sano tagged slowly behind. She opened the door and sure enough there stood Enishi, Saitou, Battousai, Aoshi, Sanosuke, and Soujirou. She moved out of the way and they all crowded into the room. Battousai took his usual spot standing against the wall arms crossed, Saitou popping out a cigarette causing glares to come his way from Misao, Enishi looking confused about something, Aoshi feeling someone else here but not saying anything about it, and Soujirou smiling standing next to Misao. "So? How'd it go?" Sanosuke asked. Battousai shook his head. 'Yeah that tells me a lot,' Sanosuke thought sarcastically. "All a bunch of weaklings." Saitou said taking the cigarette out of his mouth. Enishi nodded, "I want some men worth killing..." Misao glared at him, she had gotten to know Enishi for a few years now. She didn't hate him as much as she did Saitou but she still hated him, he always wanted to kill somebody! "Well anyway it's late... Get some rest everyone." Aoshi said the first few words of the evening. Everyone seemed to nod, but Sanosuke looked at her puzzingly, "aren't you going to tell them?" Misao looked at him funny, "tell them what?" Now everyone stared at them wondering what they were getting at. "About that guy!" Misao frowned, "oh yeah! I forgot all about him!"
Sanosuke sweatdropped. Everyone looked at her waiting for an explanation, "well you see there's this guy upstairs sleeping-" Saitou inturrupted her, "you just let a stranger in to come sleep here?" Misao put her fist up, "shut up and let me explain, baka! Anyways..." Saitou put his cigarette back in his mouth as Misao finished her explanation. "Kamiya-san sounds like an interesting fellow..." Soujirou said smiling as usual. Misao nodded, "you'll get to meet him in the morning. It's late now." And as everyone quickly left upstairs, Soujirou and Misao saying goodnight to everyone and getting no replies. Battousai was left to hid to his room, in the back of the hallway beside the stranger's but before he did he took a quick glance at her door, 'we'll see if your a threat or not...' He said sliding his door open and locking it once he was in.
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Translations: (Replies at bottom)
Arigatou - thanks
Arigatou gozaimasu - thank you
Baka - idiot
Gaki - brat
Gomen - sorry
Hai - yes
Mou! - Is an exclamation of exasperation (used by Kaoru), whether mild or otherwise. Something like "Goodness!"
Replies:
flyinangel777 - This is set before the Meji era.
Nicky - I'm glad, I hope this made you laugh too.
Kay Kylo - I take your plea gladly ^_^.
["..." = speaking. '...' = thoughts. /...\ = writing/newspaper]
Replies for reviews at bottom. Translations for Japanese words at bottom.
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'1 more mile to go!' Kaoru's mind screamed. The streets of Kyoto had been pretty crowded so she had been held back for a while, not to mention the fact that she took what seemed to be at the time shortcuts. Which only held her up more, it was already night. A lot of people had called her sir in which she was still trying to get used to and she almost beat up the first person to call her that. Hardly anyone was out tonight so she could run in a good pace without having to slow down every second. As she was getting closer to the HQ she heard a women scream and ran to the direction where she had heard it from, which was away from the HQ. She rounded a corner of a building and saw a women being held with a knife to her throat. Kaoru unsheathed her katana and ran in front of them, "let her go!" The man looked at her and laughed, "well said for a man as frail as this women!" Kaoru twitched in eyebrow and pointed the katana at the man. The man let go of the women who ran off. "Fine. After I deal with you I'll just go after her again." Kaoru watched the man unsheath his own sword and run over to her. 'Poor swords-men-ship.' Kaoru thought as she dodged his sword and quickly stabbed him in left shoulder. She pulled her sword out and watched the man begin to breath heavily.
"Ready to give up?" Kaoru asked, she rather not kill him if she didn't have too. "In your dreams!" The man shouted as he ran to her again. She dodged him going behind him and slashing his back. The man fall to the ground unconscious. 'He'll die in less then a half-hour.' She thought.
As she left the alley she was about to continue her way when a girl running the direction she had left knocked her down. "Mou!" Kaoru yelled when she hit the ground. The girl looked down and helped Kaoru up, "Gomen! I heard a scream and-" Kaoru interrupted her, "don't worry I took care of it." "Really?" Kaoru led her to the bloody body of the man. "WOW! You really took him out!" Kaoru nodded, "well, I better go..." She turned way from her but the girl blocked her, "wait! You look like you've got good swords-men-ship. You should join S.O.U!" Kaoru smiled, "Yes. That's where I'm going." She also smiled, "I'm part of S.O.U myself! The name's Makimachi. Makimachi Misao. Kaoru shook her hand, "nice to meet you Misao. My name is Ka-" 'Oh no! I didn't think of a boyish name for people to call me by!' She thought.
"Hai?" Misao asked. 'Come on Kaoru, think!' She blurted out the first name she could think of, "Zen." Misao laughed, "Zen? Weird name. Oh well, follow me." They started walking towards the HQ. "No offense, Misao." Kaoru started which Misao looked at her, "but I thought you had to be a man to be in S.O.U." Misao smiled, "none taken. Well I was born into the Oniwabanshu." Kaoru stared at her, "the Oniwabanshu?" Misao nodded. "Well the Oniwabanshu is an organization with in S.O.U. My father used to be the okashira of the Oniwabanshu, but he died and some of the other members raised me. But the only thing they really knew what to do was to fight. So I became a unofficial member." Kaoru smiled sadly, "I'm sorry your father died. I know how it feels, my father died a few years ago. And my mother died when I was young so I don't remember her." Kaoru admitted, Misao stared at her in awe, "so did mine... Hey!" Misao stopped walking, "nobody's at the S.O.U except for one person, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to join." Kaoru nodded, "well then I'll stay at a nearby hotel..." Kaoru was about to walk off when she told her to stop, "we've got plenty of room for you in our HQ!" Kaoru smiled, "Arigatou gozaimasu." Misao nodded and lead her to their HQ. "We're here." Misao said knocking on the door.
A brown spiky haired man answered the door gnawing on a fishbone. He looked at Misao, glaring, "oh it's the gaki." Misao glared at him, "thanks for the warm greeting..." He looked at Kaoru, "who's he?" Misao glared at him again, "don't be so rude! His name is Zen... didn't get your last name." Kaoru finished, "Kamiya Zen." Misao nodded. "And?" "He wants to join S.O.U, baka! But it's late and noone's gotten back here obviously, so I offered him to stay with us. By the way Zen, this is Sagara, Sagara Sanosuke." She nodded, "nice to meet you." Sanosuke nodded, "yeah..." Misao pushed past him. "Come on Zen, I'll show you your room." Sanosuke moved out of the doorway in which Kaoru walked past him and followed Misao up the stairs. After Sano locked the door he looked back up at Kaoru, 'strange. He looks less like a man then Kenshin.' He chuckled at the thought and headed towards the kitchen.
"Here we are." Misao said happily. Kaoru looked around the room a futon was folded neatly in the center, a candle lit up the room on a desk in the corner, and a small rack to put clothes on was pretty much it. "Get some rest. You'll have to get up early in the morning!" Kaoru nodded, "yes I will, arigatou!" With that Kaoru walked into the room and began to un fil her bag of gi's and hakama's. Misao slid the door shut and Kaoru heard her footsteps walk back down the stairs. After she finished unpacking she laid out the futon, blew out the candle, took off her glasses and slipped into the blanket.
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Misao walked into the kitchen to find Sanosuke looking for food. "Hey gaki! Can you fix me some food? Im starving!" He pleaded. She smiled evily, "I don't know..." Sanosuke's stomach growled. "Please... I'll do anything..." She grinned from ear to ear, "anything?" Sanosuke nodded, but knew he would probably regret it. She giggled girlishly, "well..." she whispered something in his ear. "Oh come on, Misao! You know Aoshi loves you!" Misao blushed, "really?" Sanosuke glared at her, "yes." Misao furrowed her brows, "then why doesn't he say anything besides 'Arigatou gozaimasu' when I bring him tea?" Sanosuke shrugged, "cause it would break his silence." Misao shook her head, if he loved her he should say it! A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. "They must be back." Misao said happily Sanosuke groaned, now he would have to wait longer for some food.
Misao rushed to the door while Sano tagged slowly behind. She opened the door and sure enough there stood Enishi, Saitou, Battousai, Aoshi, Sanosuke, and Soujirou. She moved out of the way and they all crowded into the room. Battousai took his usual spot standing against the wall arms crossed, Saitou popping out a cigarette causing glares to come his way from Misao, Enishi looking confused about something, Aoshi feeling someone else here but not saying anything about it, and Soujirou smiling standing next to Misao. "So? How'd it go?" Sanosuke asked. Battousai shook his head. 'Yeah that tells me a lot,' Sanosuke thought sarcastically. "All a bunch of weaklings." Saitou said taking the cigarette out of his mouth. Enishi nodded, "I want some men worth killing..." Misao glared at him, she had gotten to know Enishi for a few years now. She didn't hate him as much as she did Saitou but she still hated him, he always wanted to kill somebody! "Well anyway it's late... Get some rest everyone." Aoshi said the first few words of the evening. Everyone seemed to nod, but Sanosuke looked at her puzzingly, "aren't you going to tell them?" Misao looked at him funny, "tell them what?" Now everyone stared at them wondering what they were getting at. "About that guy!" Misao frowned, "oh yeah! I forgot all about him!"
Sanosuke sweatdropped. Everyone looked at her waiting for an explanation, "well you see there's this guy upstairs sleeping-" Saitou inturrupted her, "you just let a stranger in to come sleep here?" Misao put her fist up, "shut up and let me explain, baka! Anyways..." Saitou put his cigarette back in his mouth as Misao finished her explanation. "Kamiya-san sounds like an interesting fellow..." Soujirou said smiling as usual. Misao nodded, "you'll get to meet him in the morning. It's late now." And as everyone quickly left upstairs, Soujirou and Misao saying goodnight to everyone and getting no replies. Battousai was left to hid to his room, in the back of the hallway beside the stranger's but before he did he took a quick glance at her door, 'we'll see if your a threat or not...' He said sliding his door open and locking it once he was in.
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Translations: (Replies at bottom)
Arigatou - thanks
Arigatou gozaimasu - thank you
Baka - idiot
Gaki - brat
Gomen - sorry
Hai - yes
Mou! - Is an exclamation of exasperation (used by Kaoru), whether mild or otherwise. Something like "Goodness!"
Replies:
flyinangel777 - This is set before the Meji era.
Nicky - I'm glad, I hope this made you laugh too.
Kay Kylo - I take your plea gladly ^_^.