The Lost of the Revolution
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Aoshi never took his emerald eyes off Gina's bewildered silver ones, "Nice to see you too... koishii." His voice was soft as the lat word rolled off his tongue, yet is icy demeanor did not change.
There was a fierce growl from the steps as Saitou leapt up, starting for Aoshi. Gina quickly grabbed his arm, "Stop it." She stepped between Saitou and Aoshi.
Saitou glared from Aoshi to his daughter, "Do you know what he called you?" His voice was full of malevolence.
"I am not deaf." She replied, shoving against him slightly as he tried to get to the green eyed man.
"I'll teach him NEVER to call my daughter that." He shouted heatedly as Rika and Lil rushed over to assist Gina. Saitou pried one hand free from Lil's grasp, flinging it wildly in an attempt to escape. Gina dropped Hitomi lightly on the ground, trying to appease her infuriated father.
Kenshin took the distraction as a chance to escape from this place. Although the women did not seemed intimidating now, he knew what they were capable of. In their distraction they probably would be too slow to react to anything other surprises.
"Going somewhere?" Hissed a voice from behind him. Kenshin ducked as Ani's sword came flying down at him. He tripped and fell in his attempt to get away. She grabbed the fallen red head from the back by his neck. She was taller than him, hoisting him up by his collar. His eyes widened as she attempted to strangle him.
"KENSHIN!" yelled Kaoru, jumping from her seat on the bench. The woman who had kicked Saitou out of the house stopped her. Apparently the woman had heard the hubbub in the yard and had come out. She tripped Kaoru, grabbing the young blue-eyed woman into a headlock.
Anzu looked over at Tokio, quietly sitting on the bench, "Don't try it."
Tokio nodded, "I know." Her voice was mellifluous and cheerless. There was no resentment or animosity in her voice, just a sound of acceptance.
Anzu cracked a smile; "Makes my job easier..." When Tokio flew at her, throwing a rapid punch to the girl's abdomen. Anzu grimaced as she caught Tokio's fist, "Now you'll get it." She also twisted Tokio around, wrapping her arms around Tokio's neck, and forced the older woman to sit on the bench. Anzu released Tokio, pulling out two fans, just in case. The woman holding Kaoru did the same.
Kenshin's face turned almost purple, the way Ani was squeezing his neck. He choked; his attempts to kick Ani were futile; she always avoided them, only to squeeze harder. He tore at her fingers until they bled, but still she continued to wring his neck. He looked at Aoshi, hoping the young man would help.
Aoshi just shifted his gazed to Hitomi, starting for the little girl.
Gina turned sharply, quickly scooped up her daughter, slapping Aoshi's hand away, and looked horrified as she saw Kenshin. "ANI!" Ani ignored Gina's outburst and squeezed harder as Kenshin clawed her hands frantically. "Ani." Gina's voice grew authoritative, as her silver eyes narrowed. Kenshin took a huge gasp of air as he was dropped to the ground.
"What are you doing Ani?" demanded Gina, bending down to help Kenshin up.
"They tried to escape..." Ani replied, never taking her amber eyes off Kenshin.
"And so that gave you the right to murder him?" Gina's voice grew shill, "We will we speak more of it later." Gina exclaimed, with a frosty look that meant trouble for Ani. Ani just shrugged and kicked Kenshin hard in the back when Gina was not looking. Kenshin scowled, but did not say a word. He limped towards a tree and leaned against it.
Saitou had been quieted, mumbling to himself, shooting death glares at Aoshi. They had forced him to sit on the steps of the house. Lil had resumed her position by Kaoru, keeping a wary eye on both women on the stone bench, now with her sword redrawn. Rika had done the same, except she was next to Saitou. Anzu and the other woman still held their fans.
Gina returned her attention to Aoshi. "Who are you?" She demanded, clutching her daughter a little more tightly.
"You know me..." Came his cold reply.
"I do not." She snapped angrily, "Please tell me your name."
"Always the polite one aren't you?" He replied, eyes shifting from her to Hitomi, who started to fretted uncomfortably in her mother's protecting arms, "Aoshi... I am certain you remember me?"
"The Aoshi I knew is dead." Gina retorted.
"I'm not dead."
Gina stated again, more sternly than before, "The Aoshi I knew is dead."
"I am not dead. I am the Aoshi you knew!" He seemed to plead with her, his green eyes searching her face for any kind of recognition.
"The Aoshi I knew is dead."
"GINA!" He roared with intolerance, "I am that little boy! I haven't changed that much... have I?" His seeking eyes met her steady gaze
"The little boy I knew...." Gina replied smartly, "I see no sign of the boy I knew in you. You are cold hearted, with apathy for others. You have no concern for anyone but completely your goal, and allowing nothing to stand in your path... yes... I have heard much about you. You're not the little boy I knew."
She turned, heading back into the house. Aoshi grabbed her arm. She kicked him in the leg, but he pulled her into a tight embrace. Saitou leapt up in fury, and before any of the women could stop him, pried Aoshi off an astonished Gina, and punched him in the face. Gina stopped her father. Rika and Lil ran over to assist her in subduing the crazed Wolf.
Kenshin knew the look in Saitou's eyes when Saitou turned around to look at Gina; blood lust. Saitou wanted to kill Aoshi. Gina yanked her father to her level and hissed stridently into his ear, and he nodded solemnly. He took Hitomi into the house. Shooting one last death glare at Aoshi, the door slid shut with a click.
Gina turned back to Aoshi, "Does it hurt?" She knelt beside him as she helped him up. Aoshi shook his dark head, revealing a black and purple bruise on his check.
"I'm fine." He said.
A young girl came out, handing a piece of raw meat to Gina. Gina hoisted Aoshi up, placing the raw meat on his cheek. He winced in pain. Gina looked away as he lightly touched her face. She daintily stepped out of the circle his arms made around her.
She seemed awkward, as he continued to stare at her. "You want to know the little boy I knew?" Gina asked, a bit of mischief in her voice. She raised her eyes off the ground to look into his. Aoshi nodded. Gina bought her leg around, knocking Aoshi face first into a puddle. He got up in irritation as she laughed, "That's the little boy I knew... clumsy... always muddy form falling into puddles..."
Aoshi managed a small sliver of a grin, "And that's the little girl I use to know."
Gina's demeanor grew serious, "But I'm not... and you're not."
"What do you mean?"
Gina sighed, "Look Aoshi, you're not that little boy anymore... and I'm not that little girl anymore. You... you use to want to open a TOFU shop when you grew up... now look at you!"
"Gina." He stepped forward, grasping her hands. Gina tried to pull away uncomfortably, "Stop... just listen." The young woman obliged. Aoshi sighed, holding the soft hands in his calloused own, "I love you. Now before you maul me to death... hear me out." He pulled a little away from her.
Gina snorted, "You know me all too well."
Aoshi nodded and continued, "I've always loved you. Always, since the day I met you. Please... Gina..." He released her hands; " I love you. I guess what I'm trying to say is... Marry me." He trailed off...
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"Thanks for the offer... but no thanks. I could never leave this place." Gina replied brusquely.
"Please Gina! Don't make such an important decision hastily. Please at least consider it!" Aoshi implored, deep green eyes searching her face.
"I have considered it and have given you my answer." Gina looked down at the ground, refusing to meet Aoshi's eyes.
"Please! Think about it!" He begged.
Gina looked down; refusing to meet anyone's eyes as she shuffled in the house, "Give me twenty minutes." She said delicately as she closed the door.
The little manor grew eerily quiet.
Ani shifted her weight nervously...
Rika pulled her hair into a tight bun, and then released it, tying it up again, and continuing the same process out of uneasiness...
Anzu fiddled with her two fans, balancing them carefully on her fingertips...
The students had been sent to rest. They seemed almost unaware of the strain in the air. Very few stopped to speak to Lil, who waved them off, telling them they had nothing to worry about.
Lil tapped her foot agitatedly against the stone bench, pulling at her hair...
Tokio sat like a rock, eyes glazed over...
Kaoru idly swung her feet back and forth on the bench...
Kenshin's eyes wandered indolently over the home; he could not do anything...
All any of them could do was wait.
The air was still. The only sound was the stifled shuffling from the students' rooms. Even that died down.
There was only the sound of the flowing river nearby, tripping over the pebbles; even the forest of eerily silent.
The door slid open. Gina stood at the top, Hitomi in her arms, Saitou towering behind her. Gina had a look of relief on her face, while Saitou's held one of disgruntlement. The trio came down the steps.
Everyone simply watched, waiting for Gina's response. Gina neared Aoshi, lowered her gaze to the ground, a thin smiled on her lips.
It was a long hiatus. A cry of a falcon broke Gina's silence. Gina looked Aoshi in the eye and spoke...
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I guess ONE more chapter won't hurt... I'm almost at the end of this story... and to think I thought this story up during gym class...LOL... I'm crazy...
Please review... I don't know what I'm going to do AFTER I finish this... gotta go do some serious thinking in gym class...
Hopefully I can end this story by the next chapter... try a guess what Gina says...
I'm trying to get the next chapter done by the end of this week... can't promise anything though...
Bye!
Hi. Thanks for the reviews guys. ^.^
Disclaimer: yeah yeah yeah...
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Aoshi never took his emerald eyes off Gina's bewildered silver ones, "Nice to see you too... koishii." His voice was soft as the lat word rolled off his tongue, yet is icy demeanor did not change.
There was a fierce growl from the steps as Saitou leapt up, starting for Aoshi. Gina quickly grabbed his arm, "Stop it." She stepped between Saitou and Aoshi.
Saitou glared from Aoshi to his daughter, "Do you know what he called you?" His voice was full of malevolence.
"I am not deaf." She replied, shoving against him slightly as he tried to get to the green eyed man.
"I'll teach him NEVER to call my daughter that." He shouted heatedly as Rika and Lil rushed over to assist Gina. Saitou pried one hand free from Lil's grasp, flinging it wildly in an attempt to escape. Gina dropped Hitomi lightly on the ground, trying to appease her infuriated father.
Kenshin took the distraction as a chance to escape from this place. Although the women did not seemed intimidating now, he knew what they were capable of. In their distraction they probably would be too slow to react to anything other surprises.
"Going somewhere?" Hissed a voice from behind him. Kenshin ducked as Ani's sword came flying down at him. He tripped and fell in his attempt to get away. She grabbed the fallen red head from the back by his neck. She was taller than him, hoisting him up by his collar. His eyes widened as she attempted to strangle him.
"KENSHIN!" yelled Kaoru, jumping from her seat on the bench. The woman who had kicked Saitou out of the house stopped her. Apparently the woman had heard the hubbub in the yard and had come out. She tripped Kaoru, grabbing the young blue-eyed woman into a headlock.
Anzu looked over at Tokio, quietly sitting on the bench, "Don't try it."
Tokio nodded, "I know." Her voice was mellifluous and cheerless. There was no resentment or animosity in her voice, just a sound of acceptance.
Anzu cracked a smile; "Makes my job easier..." When Tokio flew at her, throwing a rapid punch to the girl's abdomen. Anzu grimaced as she caught Tokio's fist, "Now you'll get it." She also twisted Tokio around, wrapping her arms around Tokio's neck, and forced the older woman to sit on the bench. Anzu released Tokio, pulling out two fans, just in case. The woman holding Kaoru did the same.
Kenshin's face turned almost purple, the way Ani was squeezing his neck. He choked; his attempts to kick Ani were futile; she always avoided them, only to squeeze harder. He tore at her fingers until they bled, but still she continued to wring his neck. He looked at Aoshi, hoping the young man would help.
Aoshi just shifted his gazed to Hitomi, starting for the little girl.
Gina turned sharply, quickly scooped up her daughter, slapping Aoshi's hand away, and looked horrified as she saw Kenshin. "ANI!" Ani ignored Gina's outburst and squeezed harder as Kenshin clawed her hands frantically. "Ani." Gina's voice grew authoritative, as her silver eyes narrowed. Kenshin took a huge gasp of air as he was dropped to the ground.
"What are you doing Ani?" demanded Gina, bending down to help Kenshin up.
"They tried to escape..." Ani replied, never taking her amber eyes off Kenshin.
"And so that gave you the right to murder him?" Gina's voice grew shill, "We will we speak more of it later." Gina exclaimed, with a frosty look that meant trouble for Ani. Ani just shrugged and kicked Kenshin hard in the back when Gina was not looking. Kenshin scowled, but did not say a word. He limped towards a tree and leaned against it.
Saitou had been quieted, mumbling to himself, shooting death glares at Aoshi. They had forced him to sit on the steps of the house. Lil had resumed her position by Kaoru, keeping a wary eye on both women on the stone bench, now with her sword redrawn. Rika had done the same, except she was next to Saitou. Anzu and the other woman still held their fans.
Gina returned her attention to Aoshi. "Who are you?" She demanded, clutching her daughter a little more tightly.
"You know me..." Came his cold reply.
"I do not." She snapped angrily, "Please tell me your name."
"Always the polite one aren't you?" He replied, eyes shifting from her to Hitomi, who started to fretted uncomfortably in her mother's protecting arms, "Aoshi... I am certain you remember me?"
"The Aoshi I knew is dead." Gina retorted.
"I'm not dead."
Gina stated again, more sternly than before, "The Aoshi I knew is dead."
"I am not dead. I am the Aoshi you knew!" He seemed to plead with her, his green eyes searching her face for any kind of recognition.
"The Aoshi I knew is dead."
"GINA!" He roared with intolerance, "I am that little boy! I haven't changed that much... have I?" His seeking eyes met her steady gaze
"The little boy I knew...." Gina replied smartly, "I see no sign of the boy I knew in you. You are cold hearted, with apathy for others. You have no concern for anyone but completely your goal, and allowing nothing to stand in your path... yes... I have heard much about you. You're not the little boy I knew."
She turned, heading back into the house. Aoshi grabbed her arm. She kicked him in the leg, but he pulled her into a tight embrace. Saitou leapt up in fury, and before any of the women could stop him, pried Aoshi off an astonished Gina, and punched him in the face. Gina stopped her father. Rika and Lil ran over to assist her in subduing the crazed Wolf.
Kenshin knew the look in Saitou's eyes when Saitou turned around to look at Gina; blood lust. Saitou wanted to kill Aoshi. Gina yanked her father to her level and hissed stridently into his ear, and he nodded solemnly. He took Hitomi into the house. Shooting one last death glare at Aoshi, the door slid shut with a click.
Gina turned back to Aoshi, "Does it hurt?" She knelt beside him as she helped him up. Aoshi shook his dark head, revealing a black and purple bruise on his check.
"I'm fine." He said.
A young girl came out, handing a piece of raw meat to Gina. Gina hoisted Aoshi up, placing the raw meat on his cheek. He winced in pain. Gina looked away as he lightly touched her face. She daintily stepped out of the circle his arms made around her.
She seemed awkward, as he continued to stare at her. "You want to know the little boy I knew?" Gina asked, a bit of mischief in her voice. She raised her eyes off the ground to look into his. Aoshi nodded. Gina bought her leg around, knocking Aoshi face first into a puddle. He got up in irritation as she laughed, "That's the little boy I knew... clumsy... always muddy form falling into puddles..."
Aoshi managed a small sliver of a grin, "And that's the little girl I use to know."
Gina's demeanor grew serious, "But I'm not... and you're not."
"What do you mean?"
Gina sighed, "Look Aoshi, you're not that little boy anymore... and I'm not that little girl anymore. You... you use to want to open a TOFU shop when you grew up... now look at you!"
"Gina." He stepped forward, grasping her hands. Gina tried to pull away uncomfortably, "Stop... just listen." The young woman obliged. Aoshi sighed, holding the soft hands in his calloused own, "I love you. Now before you maul me to death... hear me out." He pulled a little away from her.
Gina snorted, "You know me all too well."
Aoshi nodded and continued, "I've always loved you. Always, since the day I met you. Please... Gina..." He released her hands; " I love you. I guess what I'm trying to say is... Marry me." He trailed off...
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This would be a very nice place to end this chapter...
I guess the rest goes on another chapter...
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"Thanks for the offer... but no thanks. I could never leave this place." Gina replied brusquely.
"Please Gina! Don't make such an important decision hastily. Please at least consider it!" Aoshi implored, deep green eyes searching her face.
"I have considered it and have given you my answer." Gina looked down at the ground, refusing to meet Aoshi's eyes.
"Please! Think about it!" He begged.
Gina looked down; refusing to meet anyone's eyes as she shuffled in the house, "Give me twenty minutes." She said delicately as she closed the door.
The little manor grew eerily quiet.
Ani shifted her weight nervously...
Rika pulled her hair into a tight bun, and then released it, tying it up again, and continuing the same process out of uneasiness...
Anzu fiddled with her two fans, balancing them carefully on her fingertips...
The students had been sent to rest. They seemed almost unaware of the strain in the air. Very few stopped to speak to Lil, who waved them off, telling them they had nothing to worry about.
Lil tapped her foot agitatedly against the stone bench, pulling at her hair...
Tokio sat like a rock, eyes glazed over...
Kaoru idly swung her feet back and forth on the bench...
Kenshin's eyes wandered indolently over the home; he could not do anything...
All any of them could do was wait.
The air was still. The only sound was the stifled shuffling from the students' rooms. Even that died down.
There was only the sound of the flowing river nearby, tripping over the pebbles; even the forest of eerily silent.
The door slid open. Gina stood at the top, Hitomi in her arms, Saitou towering behind her. Gina had a look of relief on her face, while Saitou's held one of disgruntlement. The trio came down the steps.
Everyone simply watched, waiting for Gina's response. Gina neared Aoshi, lowered her gaze to the ground, a thin smiled on her lips.
It was a long hiatus. A cry of a falcon broke Gina's silence. Gina looked Aoshi in the eye and spoke...
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I guess ONE more chapter won't hurt... I'm almost at the end of this story... and to think I thought this story up during gym class...LOL... I'm crazy...
Please review... I don't know what I'm going to do AFTER I finish this... gotta go do some serious thinking in gym class...
Hopefully I can end this story by the next chapter... try a guess what Gina says...
I'm trying to get the next chapter done by the end of this week... can't promise anything though...
Bye!