S.O.U
["..." = speaking. '...' = thoughts. /...\ = writing/newspaper]
Translations for Japanese words at bottom.
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The sun set up bright and early and almost everyone was up. Only Sanosuke; which was normal for him and Kaoru were left to get up. After changing out of her night clothes and braiding her long hair Misao dressed in her ninja outfit and slid her door open. Seeing Battousai pass by she smiled and said quite loudly to his annoyance, "good morning Himura!" He muttered something about "crazy-too-cheerful-in-the-morning-women," as he walked down stairs. Misao continued her way back to Kaoru's room and being her oh so polite self, didn't bother on knocking. She threw open the door and saw her sleeping. Much to Misao's amusement she was drooling also. Carefully stepping over to her and going close to her ear she sucked in a deep breath... "WAKE UP ZZZEEENNN!" Misao yelled causing Kaoru to jump up, throwing her blankets to the floor and held her ears. "I told you, you needed to get up early! Now hurry up so I can greet you to everybody!" Misao said running out of the room hurryingly, planning to go wake up Sanosuke.
Kaoru winced now a headache was forming. She was about to step out of the room when she almost forgot her glasses. Quickly walking over to the table and grabbing them quickly she breifly looked at a wall mirror to make sure she looked as boyish as she could. She closed her black gi she had on, not bothering on thinking about changing it. She gripped her pony tailed part of her hair and pushed the elastic band further up making sure it was tight and wouldn't come loose. She took one last look and walked out of the room. Just in time to see Misao running down the stairs while Sanosuke, half dressed, put his fist up standing outside his door grumbling. Kaoru walked over to him and Sanosuke looked at her. Kaoru furrowed her brows, "she got you too?" Sanosuke blinked and started laughing at her. Kaoru was confused until he summoned enough breath, "get used to it." Kaoru winced she didn't want to get used to be screamed at every morning. Sanosuke went back into his room to grab his white gi, while Kaoru headed down stairs.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs, followed by Sanosuke, she saw everyone staring at her with the exception of Misao. She started to get nervous and then Sanosuke grabbed her shoulder and started to point to everyone. He started with Soujirou who was smiling and waving, "that's Soujirou. Enishi, Saitou, Aoshi, and Battousai." He finished while Kaoru nodded. She had heard of Battousai being one of the best of S.O.U and she probably would have stared at him if Misao hadn't decided to walk out of the kitchen at that moment. "Oh!" Misao exclaimed walking up to Sanosuke and Kaoru, "have you already been introduced to everyone?" Kaoru nodded and Misao quickly grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her to the door, "Mou! Where are we going?!" Misao opened the door and pushed her out, "to show you around Kyoto, of course!" She said looking back at everyone, "we'll be back in a little bit!" She yelled closing the door and dragging Kaoru down the street. "Poor fool..." Saitou commented. "Never had a chance." Battousai added. "Nope," Soujirou finished. Everyone walked away going somewhere by themselves.
Battousai briefly followed Saitou. Saitou knew this but didn't bother to stop until he reached the door of his office. He turned around to him, "what is it Battousai?" Battousai crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "that boy... What do you think of him?" Saitou smirked, "why? Do you feel like something's wrong with him?" Battousai shook his head, "something's... Strange about him." Saitou snorted, "we've got plenty of freak's here already. Like that lunatic Enishi or that stupid weasel." Battousai nodded, "true. But still..." Saitou opened his door, "don't think about him so much. If he poses as a threat we can always just kill him." With that he walked into his office. Battousai left the hallway and went into the dojo of the place to train himself.
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Kaoru inhaled to catch her breath after about two hours of running around Kyoto, they were making their way back to the hq. When they got closer Kaoru felt a powerful ki coming from there and she turned to Misao, "Misao, do you feel that?" Misao looked confused for a moment and then smiled, "oh that's probably Saitou or Himura training..." Kaoru looked at her, "Himura?" Misao frowned, "you mean Sano didn't tell you? Himura is Battousai's last name, but he hates it when we call him that." She said giggling. Kaoru was amazed when they finally reached the hq, the ki felt really powerful. They opened the door, seeing no one there. "Well I'm pretty hungry..." Misao said looking at her, "how about you Zen?" Kaoru nodded happily. "Okay! I'll fix us something to eat!" Misao walked in followed by Kaoru. Misao told Kaoru to wait at the table in the room while she go fix some miso soup. Slowly the ki level went down and Kaoru heard a door slide open and footsteps come pounding in the hallway, coming closer.
Kaoru looked up to see Battousai without his gi on, sweating all over. She started to feel heat come to her cheeks and quickly looked the other way so all he saw was her hair. She felt him looking at her which made her blush to a darker shade. Thankfully Misao came in with a pot of miso soup along with some tea. She noticed Battousai and smiled, "oh! Would you like to join us, Himura?" He grumbled something but walked over to the table and sat across from Kaoru, anyway. Misao placed the pot down gently and put out three cups for them. After she sat down Misao filled all of their cups with tea, "Arigatou gozaimasu." Kaoru said smiling. Misao nodded and filled her own bowl with soup, followed by Kaoru and then Battousai. They eat in silence for a while before Misao spoke up, "so, Zen, where are you from?" Kaoru finished chewing her food, "Tokyo." Misao nodded, "I've always wanted to go there. Is it nice?" Kaoru smiled, "very much so." Misao took a sip of her tea before continuing, "so... Can you name a few things that's different there then here in Kyoto?"
Kaoru pondered the thought for a moment, "well... We have a lot more sakura trees, there's not as many buildings, and the roads aren't as busy..." Misao nodded, taking in all the information. All Battousai was doing, much to Kaoru's relief, was calmly sipping on his tea with his eye's closed.
Misao was about to take their bowls and cups into the kitchen, when someone knocked on the door very loudly. Misao rushed to it and opened it. A police officer was standing there. "Officer?" Misao paused thinking what was wrong and quickly asked, "is something wrong?" The officer seemed at a loss of breath but quickly regained it, "a local yakuza have started a raid downtown including some fires..." Battousai quickly stood at the door besides Misao, "how many men?" The officer quickly thought, "about three hundred, but more are coming and most are very skilled..." Battousai nodded quickly and turned to Misao, "Misao get everyone and hurry!" Misao quickly nodded and fled down the hall. Battousai had already left with the policemen. Kaoru looked on anxiously, not certain what to do. Misao left the hallway to go upstairs but not before commanding, "Zen! Grab your sword and let's go!" Misao left for upstair while Kaoru ran upstairs following Misao, to grab her sword.
Sanosuke had almost knocked Kaoru down, rushing down the stairs. Misao quickly turned to her, "please hurry. I will wait for you." Kaoru ran to her room grabbed her sword and ran out the door with Misao.
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Translations: (Replies at bottom)
Arigatou gozaimasu - thank you
Mou! - Is an exclamation of exasperation (used by Kaoru), whether mild or otherwise. Something like "Goodness!"
Yakuza - Organized crime gang
chris37 - Woo... You'll see!
Nicky9 - Yes I'm afraid you got that scene misunderstood. Battousai only looked at her door and then went in his own. I'm sorry, I guess I didn't explain it that much =)
Chi - Thank you. Hope you like this one.
Sorry if I've missed anyone, for some reason fanfiction.net is being slower then usually in making reviews appear, -.-
["..." = speaking. '...' = thoughts. /...\ = writing/newspaper]
Translations for Japanese words at bottom.
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The sun set up bright and early and almost everyone was up. Only Sanosuke; which was normal for him and Kaoru were left to get up. After changing out of her night clothes and braiding her long hair Misao dressed in her ninja outfit and slid her door open. Seeing Battousai pass by she smiled and said quite loudly to his annoyance, "good morning Himura!" He muttered something about "crazy-too-cheerful-in-the-morning-women," as he walked down stairs. Misao continued her way back to Kaoru's room and being her oh so polite self, didn't bother on knocking. She threw open the door and saw her sleeping. Much to Misao's amusement she was drooling also. Carefully stepping over to her and going close to her ear she sucked in a deep breath... "WAKE UP ZZZEEENNN!" Misao yelled causing Kaoru to jump up, throwing her blankets to the floor and held her ears. "I told you, you needed to get up early! Now hurry up so I can greet you to everybody!" Misao said running out of the room hurryingly, planning to go wake up Sanosuke.
Kaoru winced now a headache was forming. She was about to step out of the room when she almost forgot her glasses. Quickly walking over to the table and grabbing them quickly she breifly looked at a wall mirror to make sure she looked as boyish as she could. She closed her black gi she had on, not bothering on thinking about changing it. She gripped her pony tailed part of her hair and pushed the elastic band further up making sure it was tight and wouldn't come loose. She took one last look and walked out of the room. Just in time to see Misao running down the stairs while Sanosuke, half dressed, put his fist up standing outside his door grumbling. Kaoru walked over to him and Sanosuke looked at her. Kaoru furrowed her brows, "she got you too?" Sanosuke blinked and started laughing at her. Kaoru was confused until he summoned enough breath, "get used to it." Kaoru winced she didn't want to get used to be screamed at every morning. Sanosuke went back into his room to grab his white gi, while Kaoru headed down stairs.
When she reached the bottom of the stairs, followed by Sanosuke, she saw everyone staring at her with the exception of Misao. She started to get nervous and then Sanosuke grabbed her shoulder and started to point to everyone. He started with Soujirou who was smiling and waving, "that's Soujirou. Enishi, Saitou, Aoshi, and Battousai." He finished while Kaoru nodded. She had heard of Battousai being one of the best of S.O.U and she probably would have stared at him if Misao hadn't decided to walk out of the kitchen at that moment. "Oh!" Misao exclaimed walking up to Sanosuke and Kaoru, "have you already been introduced to everyone?" Kaoru nodded and Misao quickly grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her to the door, "Mou! Where are we going?!" Misao opened the door and pushed her out, "to show you around Kyoto, of course!" She said looking back at everyone, "we'll be back in a little bit!" She yelled closing the door and dragging Kaoru down the street. "Poor fool..." Saitou commented. "Never had a chance." Battousai added. "Nope," Soujirou finished. Everyone walked away going somewhere by themselves.
Battousai briefly followed Saitou. Saitou knew this but didn't bother to stop until he reached the door of his office. He turned around to him, "what is it Battousai?" Battousai crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "that boy... What do you think of him?" Saitou smirked, "why? Do you feel like something's wrong with him?" Battousai shook his head, "something's... Strange about him." Saitou snorted, "we've got plenty of freak's here already. Like that lunatic Enishi or that stupid weasel." Battousai nodded, "true. But still..." Saitou opened his door, "don't think about him so much. If he poses as a threat we can always just kill him." With that he walked into his office. Battousai left the hallway and went into the dojo of the place to train himself.
***
Kaoru inhaled to catch her breath after about two hours of running around Kyoto, they were making their way back to the hq. When they got closer Kaoru felt a powerful ki coming from there and she turned to Misao, "Misao, do you feel that?" Misao looked confused for a moment and then smiled, "oh that's probably Saitou or Himura training..." Kaoru looked at her, "Himura?" Misao frowned, "you mean Sano didn't tell you? Himura is Battousai's last name, but he hates it when we call him that." She said giggling. Kaoru was amazed when they finally reached the hq, the ki felt really powerful. They opened the door, seeing no one there. "Well I'm pretty hungry..." Misao said looking at her, "how about you Zen?" Kaoru nodded happily. "Okay! I'll fix us something to eat!" Misao walked in followed by Kaoru. Misao told Kaoru to wait at the table in the room while she go fix some miso soup. Slowly the ki level went down and Kaoru heard a door slide open and footsteps come pounding in the hallway, coming closer.
Kaoru looked up to see Battousai without his gi on, sweating all over. She started to feel heat come to her cheeks and quickly looked the other way so all he saw was her hair. She felt him looking at her which made her blush to a darker shade. Thankfully Misao came in with a pot of miso soup along with some tea. She noticed Battousai and smiled, "oh! Would you like to join us, Himura?" He grumbled something but walked over to the table and sat across from Kaoru, anyway. Misao placed the pot down gently and put out three cups for them. After she sat down Misao filled all of their cups with tea, "Arigatou gozaimasu." Kaoru said smiling. Misao nodded and filled her own bowl with soup, followed by Kaoru and then Battousai. They eat in silence for a while before Misao spoke up, "so, Zen, where are you from?" Kaoru finished chewing her food, "Tokyo." Misao nodded, "I've always wanted to go there. Is it nice?" Kaoru smiled, "very much so." Misao took a sip of her tea before continuing, "so... Can you name a few things that's different there then here in Kyoto?"
Kaoru pondered the thought for a moment, "well... We have a lot more sakura trees, there's not as many buildings, and the roads aren't as busy..." Misao nodded, taking in all the information. All Battousai was doing, much to Kaoru's relief, was calmly sipping on his tea with his eye's closed.
Misao was about to take their bowls and cups into the kitchen, when someone knocked on the door very loudly. Misao rushed to it and opened it. A police officer was standing there. "Officer?" Misao paused thinking what was wrong and quickly asked, "is something wrong?" The officer seemed at a loss of breath but quickly regained it, "a local yakuza have started a raid downtown including some fires..." Battousai quickly stood at the door besides Misao, "how many men?" The officer quickly thought, "about three hundred, but more are coming and most are very skilled..." Battousai nodded quickly and turned to Misao, "Misao get everyone and hurry!" Misao quickly nodded and fled down the hall. Battousai had already left with the policemen. Kaoru looked on anxiously, not certain what to do. Misao left the hallway to go upstairs but not before commanding, "Zen! Grab your sword and let's go!" Misao left for upstair while Kaoru ran upstairs following Misao, to grab her sword.
Sanosuke had almost knocked Kaoru down, rushing down the stairs. Misao quickly turned to her, "please hurry. I will wait for you." Kaoru ran to her room grabbed her sword and ran out the door with Misao.
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Translations: (Replies at bottom)
Arigatou gozaimasu - thank you
Mou! - Is an exclamation of exasperation (used by Kaoru), whether mild or otherwise. Something like "Goodness!"
Yakuza - Organized crime gang
chris37 - Woo... You'll see!
Nicky9 - Yes I'm afraid you got that scene misunderstood. Battousai only looked at her door and then went in his own. I'm sorry, I guess I didn't explain it that much =)
Chi - Thank you. Hope you like this one.
Sorry if I've missed anyone, for some reason fanfiction.net is being slower then usually in making reviews appear, -.-