A/N- 7th chapter! I have more time to write than I thought I would. I am going to start printing these out and then writing while at school…then I just have to type them up and post.
Disclaimer- Ya know, instead of writing stupid disclaimers saying I don't own Rurouni Kenshin I could be writing my fanfic. So I am gonna go do that now.
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"Good Morning!" Kira calls cheerfully. "Wake up sleepy heads!"
Kaoru curls closer to Kenshin, who chuckles.
"She isn't really a morning person…" he explains. Kira reaches down and plugs Kaoru's nose.
"Kira!" Kaoru is up, gasping for air. "You just be glad that I can't walk!"
"Breakfast is almost ready." Kira practically skips out of the room.
"I didn't miss that!" Kaoru complains. Kenshin turns away so she can change her clothes and then helps her down into the dining room. It is just as big and clean as all the other rooms in the house.
As they are seated, Ichi comes out to them.
"Your choices are Miso Soup or Pickles and Nori."
"Choices??" Kenshin and Kaoru say together.
"Yes, they are Miso Soup or Pickles and Nori."
"I will take the Miso Soup please." Kaoru says after a moment's decision.
"And I will have the same." Kenshin says. She realizes why he isn't using sessha. It would seem very out of place in a home like this. But she also notices he is struggling not to.
Kira and Sakura tell what they desire and Ichi disappears again.
"So, where were we last night?" Kira questions, breaking the oncoming silence.
"I think you were saying something about Usui." Kaoru answers.
"Then you didn't miss as much as we thought you might have. Usui poisoned me and killed the unborn babe. Then he left us to suffer, taking Kei with him. Kei had been beaten unconscious." Sakura sips her tea as she gets back into the story.
Kaoru listens intently, still confused on where she comes in.
"They brainwashed him. They used him as their messenger. He did all their dirty work that the others wouldn't do," Kira says with vehemence.
Sakura nods and goes on. "He is still out there killing, using the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu. Somehow he survived the when the Battousai defeated Shishiou, but he is still doing his errands like nothing happened. The few students Kira had are gone. People avoid us on the streets; call us killers among other things."
Kaoru gasps as she explains, "That sounds like something that happened to me. It was very similar, though he did it on his own accord. An old student that had been expelled was calling himself the Battousai and using the Kasshin Ryu!"
Sakura nods. "I had heard about that. Though you may not know it, I kept an eye on you. I have watched you grow and seen your progress. I didn't want to interrupt your life by bringing your dead sister and I back into the picture."
Kenshin started to feel uncomfortable at the mention of Battousai, but he stays in the room anyway, his curiosity holding him there. He breaks in as soon as he sees a chance.
"Kira-dono? You said there was a decision that only Kaoru could make. What decision was that?"
Kira thinks back. "I am not really sure why I said that. But we needed her help, because we knew she dealt with something similar before."
'Well at least some things are making sense now…' he thinks to himself. Kaoru is staring at the floor, obviously deep in thought.
"What do you want me to do? I am afraid I am not of much use without this ankle…"
"We will have to sit back and wait for it to heal…We need you Kaoru. Need you to fight by Kira's side. You need to protect people with the Kasshin Ryu…Like it was Meant to be used."
They sit in silence again, all attentions focused on Kaoru. After almost 5 minutes, she answers.
"I will help."
As if on cue, Ichi brings their breakfast out to them.
***
"Kenshin, what are you doing???" Kira walks out into the yard to find him doing laundry.
"Oro? Laundry, Kira-dono…"
"But, Kenshin, that is what we pay Ichi and Yuri for. If you do their jobs for them, they will have to go home without their weekly income."
"It is just laundry. It helps sessha get his mind off of other things." Kenshin goes back to the laundry, feeling he has explained enough.
"Why do you call yourself sessha?"
Kenshin freezes. Oops. "Sessha has his reasons." His voice has become sterner. The bandage still covers his scar.
"What did you do to your cheek?"
"Sessha cut his self shaving."
"Why do you carry a sword when it is against the law?"
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
"I am curious."
"Go be curious elsewhere. Sessha's past is not something he is proud of."
"I know who you are. Don't try and hide it." Kira spins on her heel and leaves the yard.
Kenshin doesn't turn around as he finishes scrubbing the laundry.
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A/N-YAY! It's Done! I am still having problems getting on the site and posting my fics though. I am not sure why, but sometimes it says the site had an overload or whatnot… Alright. I am gonna think up something to happen.
Disclaimer- Ya know, instead of writing stupid disclaimers saying I don't own Rurouni Kenshin I could be writing my fanfic. So I am gonna go do that now.
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"Good Morning!" Kira calls cheerfully. "Wake up sleepy heads!"
Kaoru curls closer to Kenshin, who chuckles.
"She isn't really a morning person…" he explains. Kira reaches down and plugs Kaoru's nose.
"Kira!" Kaoru is up, gasping for air. "You just be glad that I can't walk!"
"Breakfast is almost ready." Kira practically skips out of the room.
"I didn't miss that!" Kaoru complains. Kenshin turns away so she can change her clothes and then helps her down into the dining room. It is just as big and clean as all the other rooms in the house.
As they are seated, Ichi comes out to them.
"Your choices are Miso Soup or Pickles and Nori."
"Choices??" Kenshin and Kaoru say together.
"Yes, they are Miso Soup or Pickles and Nori."
"I will take the Miso Soup please." Kaoru says after a moment's decision.
"And I will have the same." Kenshin says. She realizes why he isn't using sessha. It would seem very out of place in a home like this. But she also notices he is struggling not to.
Kira and Sakura tell what they desire and Ichi disappears again.
"So, where were we last night?" Kira questions, breaking the oncoming silence.
"I think you were saying something about Usui." Kaoru answers.
"Then you didn't miss as much as we thought you might have. Usui poisoned me and killed the unborn babe. Then he left us to suffer, taking Kei with him. Kei had been beaten unconscious." Sakura sips her tea as she gets back into the story.
Kaoru listens intently, still confused on where she comes in.
"They brainwashed him. They used him as their messenger. He did all their dirty work that the others wouldn't do," Kira says with vehemence.
Sakura nods and goes on. "He is still out there killing, using the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu. Somehow he survived the when the Battousai defeated Shishiou, but he is still doing his errands like nothing happened. The few students Kira had are gone. People avoid us on the streets; call us killers among other things."
Kaoru gasps as she explains, "That sounds like something that happened to me. It was very similar, though he did it on his own accord. An old student that had been expelled was calling himself the Battousai and using the Kasshin Ryu!"
Sakura nods. "I had heard about that. Though you may not know it, I kept an eye on you. I have watched you grow and seen your progress. I didn't want to interrupt your life by bringing your dead sister and I back into the picture."
Kenshin started to feel uncomfortable at the mention of Battousai, but he stays in the room anyway, his curiosity holding him there. He breaks in as soon as he sees a chance.
"Kira-dono? You said there was a decision that only Kaoru could make. What decision was that?"
Kira thinks back. "I am not really sure why I said that. But we needed her help, because we knew she dealt with something similar before."
'Well at least some things are making sense now…' he thinks to himself. Kaoru is staring at the floor, obviously deep in thought.
"What do you want me to do? I am afraid I am not of much use without this ankle…"
"We will have to sit back and wait for it to heal…We need you Kaoru. Need you to fight by Kira's side. You need to protect people with the Kasshin Ryu…Like it was Meant to be used."
They sit in silence again, all attentions focused on Kaoru. After almost 5 minutes, she answers.
"I will help."
As if on cue, Ichi brings their breakfast out to them.
***
"Kenshin, what are you doing???" Kira walks out into the yard to find him doing laundry.
"Oro? Laundry, Kira-dono…"
"But, Kenshin, that is what we pay Ichi and Yuri for. If you do their jobs for them, they will have to go home without their weekly income."
"It is just laundry. It helps sessha get his mind off of other things." Kenshin goes back to the laundry, feeling he has explained enough.
"Why do you call yourself sessha?"
Kenshin freezes. Oops. "Sessha has his reasons." His voice has become sterner. The bandage still covers his scar.
"What did you do to your cheek?"
"Sessha cut his self shaving."
"Why do you carry a sword when it is against the law?"
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
"I am curious."
"Go be curious elsewhere. Sessha's past is not something he is proud of."
"I know who you are. Don't try and hide it." Kira spins on her heel and leaves the yard.
Kenshin doesn't turn around as he finishes scrubbing the laundry.
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A/N-YAY! It's Done! I am still having problems getting on the site and posting my fics though. I am not sure why, but sometimes it says the site had an overload or whatnot… Alright. I am gonna think up something to happen.