Chapter 18
Everyone woke up late again, it almost lunch time when they all got up. They offered to help to with work around the household. Aya gladly accepted their help, because she had quite a bit of work to do, she sent Midori and Sanosuke outside to go get firewood, and Kaoru, Kenshin and Yahiko just helped around the house.
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"Turo-sama, we've just got news from the spies! Midori is in the area." Sesshiro said bowing.
Turo smiled smuggly. "Good, in a send someone to go get her..."
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Midori bowed to Koutorua and Aya "Arigtou!" She said as she waved. Everyone else thanked them for their hosptialty. Midori said she was almost postive she knew where Turo was. Koutorua said they could come back if they got lost, he was pretty sure he knew where it was also. So they all promptly said their good-byes and were on their way yet again.
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"Turo-sama says he wants you to capture Midori." Sesshiro said bluntly, to the man sitting in the conner.
The man grinned madly and said. "Well I'll be on my way then."
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It had been an hour since kenshin-gumi and Midori had left Koutorua's. Midori sighed. Things weren't really going the way she had wanted them to. She looked over to her friends and smiled a little. She wiped off her sweaty forehead, it was a bit hot outside. She thought she heard horse's hoof beats in the distance. "What the hell?" She thought, sooner than she expected, a man on a horse came quickly over him, he stopped the horse a fast as he could. Midori reconized the tall, black-haired almost insane looking man. He then jumped off the horse and ran up to the supprised Midori, thursting a punch into her stomach, it was so quick and hard that it knocked Midori out, he swiftly grabbed her, and mounted the horse, ridding off again. They stood there for a few seconds, but then ran as fast as could after Midori.
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Everything seemed be a bit blurry and shaky. Midori looked around.she saw her travel pack next to her, she looked in front of her to see many feet. "Nani? What's going on?" She rubbed her head getting up slowly.one of the people kicked her down again. She looked up, it was Hoshi...Then she felt a something sharp cutting her face, there was that man..the man who knocked her out looking insane, cutting her face with a knife. She backed away, into the conner.
"We've got the scripture now Midori." A man said walking up to her.
"Shut-up Turo!" She screamed. Some one hit really hard, yelling something about how she shouldn't yell at Turo like that. The others joined in, Midori was already quite hurt, so she couldn't fight back at all, and most of these people were quite a deal stronger than her in the first place.
"Lets go, just leave her here, there's nothing she can do." Turo said, walking out of the room, all his minions following him out slaming the door behind him, making the room darker. Midori breath became heavy, she looked out the window. "I could try to escape.I don't wanna cause any more trouble for my friends, it would be a pain if they had to come save me." She looked down at a sword some one had left in the room. She grabbed it, and her travel pack, and mustered up the last bit strengh, thrust the sword thourgh the window. She jumped out of it , landing on a balcony. She looked down below her, there was some bushes under the balcony. So she hung her slef over the balcony, dropping her slef into the bushes. She pulled herself up again and she ran towards the road, trying not to fall down.
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Sesshiro looked thourgh one of the many large window, to see a figure in red runnning quickly away. "Turo-sama! Midori is getting away!" He yelled with urgence in his voice.
"It doesn't matter, we have the scripture any way..." Turo said smuggly.
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Midori tripped and stummbled, she had used most of her strengh to escape. She hadn't been away for more than ten minutes, but her whole body ached. She sat her self down, and cried from the pain. She, wiped her tears away and froced her self to walk on, she stummbled around, until she saw four figures in the distance. She mustered up the rest of her strength, and ran towards them, but she fell again once, she reached them, getting looks of concren from all of them. Sanosuke helped her back up, she leaned against him for a moment, he placed his hand on the back her head, bringing her closer to him.
"Midori, will you be alright?" Kaoru asked, sounding concrened.
"Yeah.." She said stummbling away from Sanosuke.
"Oi, Midori get on back, I'll get you to Koutorua and Aya's quicker." Sanosuke said.
"But I can walk." Midori said quietly as she tried to get up. "Well alright." Sanosuke bent down close to her and she carefully climbed on to his back, and then they swiftly ran off.
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Aya looked out a the window at the dark, almost starless night. She thought she heard a noise nearby, but figured it was probally just some animal in the woods. She then heard a knock at the door.
"Who'd be here at this hour?" Koutorua said sounding annoyed as he slowly rose from his chair, so he could answer the door. He opened it only a little just so he could see who it was. "What do ya' wan't? Oh it's you guys.C'mon in." He said opened the door more, so they could all fit in. He looked over at Midori on Sanosuke's back "Aya! Come quickly! Midori's hurt!" Midori told Sanosuke she could walk now, so he let her off his back, as Aya rushed over.
"Arigatou, Sanosuke." She said with a weak smile, as she walked over to the futon, which Aya right behind her, She slowly placed her slef down on the futon. She turned to Aya. "I mostly ache right now, so I think I'll be okay, but you might want to do something about this scar." She said as she peeled the piece of cloth which had stuck to her face from the dried blood, revealing a dark, messy wound on her left cheek. After seeing this, Aya got to work on it almost instantly. When she was done she exmained the rest of her, and said she just rest for a day. Aya said she should get to sleep as soon as possible, Midori said she was already sleepy, so she just fell asleep right there.
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"So, what exactlly happened to Midori?" Kouorua asked in seroius tone.
"Well, someone pretty much came up to her, knocked her out, and ran off with her. We went after the man, to go save her, but she escaped before we got to her. It seems they now have the scripture." Kenshin said looking over to Koatourua.
Aya sighed. "She's really a sweet girl, she's still like a child, it's a shame she has to go thourgh all this, especially at such a young age." They all nodded in agreement with her statement.
"Well I know you'll all be heading off to Turo's soon, I'm warning you again, he's a dangerous man." Kouorua said grimmly, looking at everyone thourgh the candlelight. Kenshin nodded seriously, they all talked for a little while longer, but it was getting quite late, so they all decied it would best to get some sleep.
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Sanosuke looked over at Midori, she was cuddling her pillow, and she had her blankets pulled up around her chin, she looked childish, but cute. He then looked at the wound on her face, feeling sorry for her, he then shook his head and turned back over and went back to sleep.
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"Midori! Midori! WAKE UP!" Kaoru nearly yelled, looking very troubled as she shook Midori.
"Huh? Nani?" Midori asked, rubbing her eyes, looking around at her rather serious looking friends, they didn't really say anything..but she didn't see Kenshin. "What guys? Where is Kenshin? DID HE LEAVE?" She asked jumping up out of bed. Kaoru nodded. "We have to leave now!" Midori nearly shouted.
"Well yeah! That's why we woke you up!" Yahiko said. Yahiko, Kaoru and Midori grabbed their wodden pratice sword. They weren't really sure they'd help, but they brougth them any way.
"Midori! You should rest a little more!" Aya said, in a worried tone as she stopped Midori from walking outside.
"I'll be okay, really." Midori said turning to her, looking serious.
"C'mon then! Let's go!" Yahiko yelled, running out the door, Midori nodded, going out the door, Kaoru and Sanosuke following. She was mubbling something about how she was gonna give Kenshin a kick when she saw him.
"Midori, Mattiae." Koutotua said, following them out the door.
"Hai?" She asked swiftly turning to him.
"Here, take this, it may help you, just be careful." He said throwing her a sword. "And I want it back when your done."
Midori nodded and bowed, and they ran off towards the final battle.
Notes: Woo-hoo! Chappie 18! Nothing else to say, hope ya' like it! Review please!
Everyone woke up late again, it almost lunch time when they all got up. They offered to help to with work around the household. Aya gladly accepted their help, because she had quite a bit of work to do, she sent Midori and Sanosuke outside to go get firewood, and Kaoru, Kenshin and Yahiko just helped around the house.
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"Turo-sama, we've just got news from the spies! Midori is in the area." Sesshiro said bowing.
Turo smiled smuggly. "Good, in a send someone to go get her..."
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Midori bowed to Koutorua and Aya "Arigtou!" She said as she waved. Everyone else thanked them for their hosptialty. Midori said she was almost postive she knew where Turo was. Koutorua said they could come back if they got lost, he was pretty sure he knew where it was also. So they all promptly said their good-byes and were on their way yet again.
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"Turo-sama says he wants you to capture Midori." Sesshiro said bluntly, to the man sitting in the conner.
The man grinned madly and said. "Well I'll be on my way then."
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It had been an hour since kenshin-gumi and Midori had left Koutorua's. Midori sighed. Things weren't really going the way she had wanted them to. She looked over to her friends and smiled a little. She wiped off her sweaty forehead, it was a bit hot outside. She thought she heard horse's hoof beats in the distance. "What the hell?" She thought, sooner than she expected, a man on a horse came quickly over him, he stopped the horse a fast as he could. Midori reconized the tall, black-haired almost insane looking man. He then jumped off the horse and ran up to the supprised Midori, thursting a punch into her stomach, it was so quick and hard that it knocked Midori out, he swiftly grabbed her, and mounted the horse, ridding off again. They stood there for a few seconds, but then ran as fast as could after Midori.
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Everything seemed be a bit blurry and shaky. Midori looked around.she saw her travel pack next to her, she looked in front of her to see many feet. "Nani? What's going on?" She rubbed her head getting up slowly.one of the people kicked her down again. She looked up, it was Hoshi...Then she felt a something sharp cutting her face, there was that man..the man who knocked her out looking insane, cutting her face with a knife. She backed away, into the conner.
"We've got the scripture now Midori." A man said walking up to her.
"Shut-up Turo!" She screamed. Some one hit really hard, yelling something about how she shouldn't yell at Turo like that. The others joined in, Midori was already quite hurt, so she couldn't fight back at all, and most of these people were quite a deal stronger than her in the first place.
"Lets go, just leave her here, there's nothing she can do." Turo said, walking out of the room, all his minions following him out slaming the door behind him, making the room darker. Midori breath became heavy, she looked out the window. "I could try to escape.I don't wanna cause any more trouble for my friends, it would be a pain if they had to come save me." She looked down at a sword some one had left in the room. She grabbed it, and her travel pack, and mustered up the last bit strengh, thrust the sword thourgh the window. She jumped out of it , landing on a balcony. She looked down below her, there was some bushes under the balcony. So she hung her slef over the balcony, dropping her slef into the bushes. She pulled herself up again and she ran towards the road, trying not to fall down.
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Sesshiro looked thourgh one of the many large window, to see a figure in red runnning quickly away. "Turo-sama! Midori is getting away!" He yelled with urgence in his voice.
"It doesn't matter, we have the scripture any way..." Turo said smuggly.
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Midori tripped and stummbled, she had used most of her strengh to escape. She hadn't been away for more than ten minutes, but her whole body ached. She sat her self down, and cried from the pain. She, wiped her tears away and froced her self to walk on, she stummbled around, until she saw four figures in the distance. She mustered up the rest of her strength, and ran towards them, but she fell again once, she reached them, getting looks of concren from all of them. Sanosuke helped her back up, she leaned against him for a moment, he placed his hand on the back her head, bringing her closer to him.
"Midori, will you be alright?" Kaoru asked, sounding concrened.
"Yeah.." She said stummbling away from Sanosuke.
"Oi, Midori get on back, I'll get you to Koutorua and Aya's quicker." Sanosuke said.
"But I can walk." Midori said quietly as she tried to get up. "Well alright." Sanosuke bent down close to her and she carefully climbed on to his back, and then they swiftly ran off.
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Aya looked out a the window at the dark, almost starless night. She thought she heard a noise nearby, but figured it was probally just some animal in the woods. She then heard a knock at the door.
"Who'd be here at this hour?" Koutorua said sounding annoyed as he slowly rose from his chair, so he could answer the door. He opened it only a little just so he could see who it was. "What do ya' wan't? Oh it's you guys.C'mon in." He said opened the door more, so they could all fit in. He looked over at Midori on Sanosuke's back "Aya! Come quickly! Midori's hurt!" Midori told Sanosuke she could walk now, so he let her off his back, as Aya rushed over.
"Arigatou, Sanosuke." She said with a weak smile, as she walked over to the futon, which Aya right behind her, She slowly placed her slef down on the futon. She turned to Aya. "I mostly ache right now, so I think I'll be okay, but you might want to do something about this scar." She said as she peeled the piece of cloth which had stuck to her face from the dried blood, revealing a dark, messy wound on her left cheek. After seeing this, Aya got to work on it almost instantly. When she was done she exmained the rest of her, and said she just rest for a day. Aya said she should get to sleep as soon as possible, Midori said she was already sleepy, so she just fell asleep right there.
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"So, what exactlly happened to Midori?" Kouorua asked in seroius tone.
"Well, someone pretty much came up to her, knocked her out, and ran off with her. We went after the man, to go save her, but she escaped before we got to her. It seems they now have the scripture." Kenshin said looking over to Koatourua.
Aya sighed. "She's really a sweet girl, she's still like a child, it's a shame she has to go thourgh all this, especially at such a young age." They all nodded in agreement with her statement.
"Well I know you'll all be heading off to Turo's soon, I'm warning you again, he's a dangerous man." Kouorua said grimmly, looking at everyone thourgh the candlelight. Kenshin nodded seriously, they all talked for a little while longer, but it was getting quite late, so they all decied it would best to get some sleep.
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Sanosuke looked over at Midori, she was cuddling her pillow, and she had her blankets pulled up around her chin, she looked childish, but cute. He then looked at the wound on her face, feeling sorry for her, he then shook his head and turned back over and went back to sleep.
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"Midori! Midori! WAKE UP!" Kaoru nearly yelled, looking very troubled as she shook Midori.
"Huh? Nani?" Midori asked, rubbing her eyes, looking around at her rather serious looking friends, they didn't really say anything..but she didn't see Kenshin. "What guys? Where is Kenshin? DID HE LEAVE?" She asked jumping up out of bed. Kaoru nodded. "We have to leave now!" Midori nearly shouted.
"Well yeah! That's why we woke you up!" Yahiko said. Yahiko, Kaoru and Midori grabbed their wodden pratice sword. They weren't really sure they'd help, but they brougth them any way.
"Midori! You should rest a little more!" Aya said, in a worried tone as she stopped Midori from walking outside.
"I'll be okay, really." Midori said turning to her, looking serious.
"C'mon then! Let's go!" Yahiko yelled, running out the door, Midori nodded, going out the door, Kaoru and Sanosuke following. She was mubbling something about how she was gonna give Kenshin a kick when she saw him.
"Midori, Mattiae." Koutotua said, following them out the door.
"Hai?" She asked swiftly turning to him.
"Here, take this, it may help you, just be careful." He said throwing her a sword. "And I want it back when your done."
Midori nodded and bowed, and they ran off towards the final battle.
Notes: Woo-hoo! Chappie 18! Nothing else to say, hope ya' like it! Review please!