Lady Himura: WOOHOO! We're on chapter 3! I hope you guys are enjoying it so far!
SSJHimura: Who is the letter from?
Lady Himura: I ain't telling you!
SSJHimura: You mean I actually have to read to find out........
Lady Himura: That's the plan!
PenguinOfEvil: Let the abuse begin....
SSJHimura: To....much....love!
Lady Himura: Back to my story!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kaoru ripped open the letter and pulled out a piece of finely folded paper. Sano and Kenshin looked over her shoulders. The letter read:
To my Dearest Kaoru,
It has been a long time since we have last met. I must say, I have thought about you a lot since our last meeting. If it is not to much trouble I have arranged for you a trip to my private Island off the coast of Japan. You will find inside the envelope six tickets for you and 5 of your friends. I hope I will see you soon, I'll be waiting.
Love Always,
Musashi Yokoshiro
Kaoru read and reread the letter over. Kenshin tried to catch her eye. He wanted to know who this guy was, and what relationship he had with kaoru. "This guy writes like she is his!" kenshin thought to himself, his anger starting to rise. He turned around to cool himself off before addressing Kaoru.
"So Jou-chan, who is this guy?" Sano asked like it was nothing out of the ordinary. He could see Kenshin was angry so he decided to ask.
"Well, he is an old friend of mine, we grew up together. He moved away when I was ten. I saw him again when I was fourteen, but that was the last time we talked! I am so excited to hear from him, I missed him a lot!" she said happily. "Kenshin bowed his head and clenched his fists. Kaoru's words hurt him, alot. He didn't like to hear Kaoru talking about another man so lovingly. Kenshin knew he didn't have a claim on kaoru, but he still loved her more than anything.
Sano knew his friend was hurting so he asked kaoru, "Who do you plan on taking with you on this trip anyway?" He looked directly at her for a strict reply.
"Well that's easy! I'll take Kenshin, you of course, Yahiko, Megumi, and Tsubame. After our visit, we can head straight for the festival!" she said like she had been planning to say it for days.
A weight was then lifted off of Kenshin's shoulders. He would be going with Kaoru!. This way he could make sure no one but him would be able to have Kaoru, no one but him!
"Wait a minute! What festival are you talking about?!" Sano said with a confused face.
"The Moonlight Festival! It's a wondeful festival held on a full moon for lovers and family. Why do you think I invited Megumi to come along!" She said giggling at Sano's now blushing face. "If the fox lady is going, than you can count me out!" Sano yelled, even though he really didn't mean it.
"Well it looks like you don't have much of a choice now do you!" Kaoru said as she took out the tickets from the envelope. Sano was about to reply but he knew winning and argument against Jou-chan was like Kenshin going a whole day with out "Oroing!"
"I guess we'll be traveling by boat as well. His Island is realy close to the one the festival is held on, so it shouldn't be a problem!" she said with a smile. She looked over to Kenshin for approval. He nodded as well.
"Hey kenshin I think we should go finish the laundry."she said after she realized that she had soap everywhere on her kimono. "Hai that we should." Kenshin replied, and they walked side by side back to the washing tub.
They both took their original positons and began to wash the clothes again. Kenshin kept glancing back at Kaoru, who had a never ending smile on her face. He wanted to ask her so many questions about this guy called Musashi Yokoshiro. Finally he let his curiousity get the best of him.
"Kaoru-dono, forgive me or asking, but, what relationship do you have with Mr. Yokoshiro?" he asked while he kept his eyes on the yukata he was now washing. Kaoru thought for a minute before answering.
"Well Kenshin, all we were was very close friends." she said rather happily. Those words were like daggers being forced into his heart, and the way she said it was even worse.
"But I was never serious about him. He was more like a brother to me than anything." she said still smiling. Kenshin's heart began to pound in happiness. He was nothing more than a brother to Kaoru! A smile like no other was plastered on the rurouni's face and Kaoru blushed as she looked at him.
"He's so beautiful......" she thought to herself. She had decided she would take her chance at the the festival to tell kenshin how she feels about him. Even if he didn't love her back, she wanted to tell him anyway. "And maybe, just maybe, he loves me too!" she thought as she finished cleaning the last Kimono.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru decided she would take a visit to the clinic to tell Megumi about the trip she had planned. Kenshin went off to town to buy dinner, and Sano was off to find Yahiko to tell him the news. He and Kaoru had a fight on who would go to the clinic to tell Megumi.
"Jou-chan, are you crazy?! You want me to walk up to the fox lady and tell her we're are going to a festival for people who LOVE eachother!? Do you know what thoughts will be running through her head if I'm the one that invited her! You do it Jou-chan, I 'll tell Yahiko! Do this for me! Please?!" Sano said as he fell to his knees and began to kiss Karou's feet. She jumped back and yelled "All right Sano! But you can't deny forever that you love Megumi!" she said teasingly as she walked out the door towards the clinic.
She walked along the path to the clinic with her bokken in hand. She swung it back and forth and as she walked. Kaoru had just reached the clinic when a loud scream came from inside the clinic.
"AHHHHHH, you said that stuff wouldn't hurt!" someone yelled.
"Well if I told you that you would feel nothing, would you of let me put it on your wound!" Megumi yelled. Kaoru was about to open the door when a young man swung open the door nearly hitting Kaoru. He marched off furiously. Kaoru blinked a couple of times and made her way to Megumi. She found her cleaning up the broken bottles her recent patient broke for her.
"Here let me help you Megumi." Kaoru said as she bent down to pick up the broken glass.
"Oh hello tanuki, what brings you here?" Megumi asked.
"Well you see I wanted to ask you something. Me and the others are going to go visit a friend of mine and then we are going to head to the Moonlight Festival on a near by Island. I was wondering if you would like to join us!" she said with pure joy.
"Is the rooster head going?" Megumi asked blankly.
"yep!" Kaoru said while throwing away the broken glass. Megumi stood there for a minute with her fingers on her chin in deep concentration.
" Sure I'll go, It just might be fun." she said to Kaoru. Then Megumi narrowed her eyes and fox ears appeared on her head.
" Say Tanuki, you wouldn't be thinking of winning a certain rurouni's heart on this trip would you?!" She asked with her silly laugh. Kaoru turned a bright red. Megumi looked at her and realized she just recieved her answer. "Oh, Tanuki is in love! How cute!" Megumi laughed. Kaoru poked her fingers together. She was trying to think up an exuse to leave without seeming obvious.
"Megumi-san I have to go...I ...um.. well I just have to go!" and with that, she ran out the door leaving a laughing Megumi behind.
Kaoru spent her precious time alone thinking about kenshin. She thought about how cute he was when he said "oro", or when he smiled his great big rurouni smile. She thought about his unique firey red hair and the cross shaped scar that framed his face. She use to stay up at night thinking about how he got that scar, but she never dared to ask him. "He is everything I could of ever hoped for...Why would he want a tomboy like me..." she stopped walking and bowed her head down. A tear escaped her watering eyes. She watched as it slid down her cheek and fell to the ground. "No, I can't think like that! I have to believe there is just some hope for me!" she lifted her head up, wiped away her tears and walked on to the dojo, hoping to see Kenshin's beautiful face.
MEAN WHILE IN TOWN.....
To buy dinner wasn't Kenshin's first reason for coming to town. No...he wanted to get something special for Kaoru that may give her a hint fo his feelings for her. He had thought long and hard, and even asked Megumi, Tae, and Tsubame what type of present a women wants. They all answered the same: Floweres. But they couldn't be any ordinary type of flowers, they had to mean something to her.
kenshin walked into a flower shop and was taken back by the sweet scents. He began looking around for the perfect flower, reading the names and smelling them as well. The lady at the front of the store noticed Kenshin's difficulty on which flower to choose. She walked up to him and asked in the most sweetest voice, "Exuse me young man, can I help you in any way?" she asked with a smile. Kenshin returned the smile and said." Yes, I would appreciate some help, that I would."
"Well, whats the occasion? Are you buying them for a party, a death a..."
" I'm looking for a flower for a women." kenshin said to cut her off so she wouldn't go down the whole list. The lady raised an eyebrow and smiled a smile of pure delight.
"It's for a young lady you say.hmmm? Well is this lady close to your heart?"
"Yes of course, she is my life!" Kenshin said as he wondered off into thoughts of kaoru.
"Do you want this flower to have a certain meaning? she asked as she began browsing through the flowers.
"yes, I want it to say "I love you" Kenshin said as he looked at the lady for her recommendation. The lady pulled out three red floweres that resembled roses.
"These are called Carnations. They are a symbol of love and a simple gift for a loved one." she smiled as she began to tie a red ribbon around the stems to hold them together.
"Thank you so much! How much will that be?" he said as he pulled out his money bag and began to count his coins.
"You know, I like you boy, and I can see you love this girl. Tell you what, I'm gonna give you these flowers for free, just this once!" she said with a smile. "Are you sure!" Kenshin said, unsure if he should take the lady up on her offer.
"Yes, now go on and get those flowers to your women!" she said as she began to push Kenshin out of her store."Thank you!" Kenshin yelled out as he ran through town to the dojo.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kaoru enetered the dojo. She walked around looking for Kenshin in hopes that she would find him, and just talk with him. She loved talking with him, and every time she talked to him she came closer to telling him how she felt. Some of their conversations were so deep and intimate. She would get up earlier than usual just to sit with Kenshin in the kitchen and talk with him. But she still wished she could be more than just a friend to confide in. After looking through the whole dojo she realized Kenshin must not be back from town yet, after all, she did leave the clinic early.
She took a seat out on the portch and waited for Yahiko, Sano and most of all Kenshin to walk in through the gate. She hated being alone. She was afraid that Yahiko, Sano, and Kenshin would never return and she would have to go back to being with out a family. She waited eagerly outside whenever all of them were out of the dojo at the same time.
Then she heard the dojo gate screech open and she heard foot steps. She turned her head so fast she whiped her face with her ponytail. Yahiko and Sano were walking towards her. Yahiko had a big smile on his face and Sano looked like he was annoyed by something.
Yahiko walked up to kaoru and sat next to her. "Guess what happened today Kaoru, go on guess!" he said in his till drunk-looking state.
"um...what happened." Kaoru replied unsure why Yahiko was acting like this. Yahiko stood there giggling.
"Uh..Sano you wanna fill me in?" she asked with an eyebrow raised still staring at Yahiko.
"Yahiko-chan got his first kiss from Tsubame! The kid won't shut up about it." Sano said in a teasing voice. Kaoru's eyes lit up. Her little brother just recieved his first kiss. "At least some people are getting what they want." she thought sadly. She was 17 and still did not recieve her first kiss. Yahiko begn to walk again but hit his head against the post and fell back still laughing.
"Sano..I think you should take Yahiko inside before he hurts himself." she said as she tried to lift Yahiko up off the floor.
She watched as Sano lifted Yahiko up and began to walk to his room. It was getting late now, and Kaoru was beginning to worry about kenshin. He left early and he still wasn't back yet. It worried her most when Kenshin was out long. She was afraid that he would go back to his rurouni ways and leave her with a broken heart.
She wouldn't take this sitting down. She wouldn't let Kenshin walk out of her life. "Sano I'm going to find Kenshin!" she yelled from outside the dojo. She grabbed her bokken and ran through the gate. By the time Sano had run out to stop her, she was all ready out of sight. "Man, kenshin is not gonna like this." Sano said to himself in a low tone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in town.....
kenshin stood outside a the front of a store peering in through the glass window. On display was a beautiful white Kimono with blue butterflies printed on the sleeves and left side of the Kimono. He pictured kaoru wearing it to the festival and how beautiful she would look in it. He ran inside to the lady at the counter.
"Exuse me please, but how much is that kimono on display at your window. The lady peered over to the window and replied with a very expensive price. (A/N: I still don't know what a lot of money is in Japanese currency! If you do, please tell me!") Kenshin's hopeful smile turned into a frown.
He began to walk out the door when the lady called back to him. "Are you the young man who lives with the kamiya girl at the dojo?" she asked with her head tilted.
"Hai." Kenshin replied opening the door.
"Did you want to buy the kimono for her?" she asked walking from behind the counter.
"Hai." he said as he turned his attention from the door to her.
"You do know a lot of people scorn her becasue she allowed three men into her home, and she is not even married." she said as she eyed Kenshin. Kenshin realized a lot of people did not approve of Kaoru and her way of living, but kaoru never complained about it.
"Do you want to win Miss. Kamiya's heart?" Kenshin turned a bright red. He nodded. The lady's face lit up in that instance.
"Well, you do realze if you marry her she won't be scorned anymore, and she can live in peace. It's wrong for people to judge her, just becasue she is a generous young lady! It's just wrong!" she said as she grabbed the kimono from the display table. "I see you also bought her flowers?" she asked as she eyed the flowers in kenshin's hand. "Nice choice." she said as she began to wrap the Kimono.
"Exuse me miss, but I don not have the money to pay for that, that I don't!" Kenshin replied as the lady finished tying the bow on top of the box.
"I'll tell you what...you take this now and get the girl, and you send me an invitation to your wedding!" she said as she handed Kenshin the box. Kenshin took the box out of the lady's hand. His mouth opened but no words could express his gratitude.
"I don't know what to say! This was just so gracious of you, that it was!" he said as he clutched the box.
"I'll be expecting an invitation real soon! Now go on home!" she said as she smiled a big smile and held open the door for Kenshin. This was certainly his lucky day! Kenshin walked outside and looked up at the sky. The sun was going down. He had been out to late!
"kaoru-dono is going to be so worried, that she is!" he said as he sprinted home. In his rush to get home he couldn't even sense kaoru running past him in the crowded streets.
TO BE CONTINUED
Yep chapter three is all done. Thankyou to all the people that reviewed! I appreciate every single one! I hope you keep on reviewing, there's more to come! Chapter 4 will be posted real soon. Later!
SSJHimura: Who is the letter from?
Lady Himura: I ain't telling you!
SSJHimura: You mean I actually have to read to find out........
Lady Himura: That's the plan!
PenguinOfEvil: Let the abuse begin....
SSJHimura: To....much....love!
Lady Himura: Back to my story!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kaoru ripped open the letter and pulled out a piece of finely folded paper. Sano and Kenshin looked over her shoulders. The letter read:
To my Dearest Kaoru,
It has been a long time since we have last met. I must say, I have thought about you a lot since our last meeting. If it is not to much trouble I have arranged for you a trip to my private Island off the coast of Japan. You will find inside the envelope six tickets for you and 5 of your friends. I hope I will see you soon, I'll be waiting.
Love Always,
Musashi Yokoshiro
Kaoru read and reread the letter over. Kenshin tried to catch her eye. He wanted to know who this guy was, and what relationship he had with kaoru. "This guy writes like she is his!" kenshin thought to himself, his anger starting to rise. He turned around to cool himself off before addressing Kaoru.
"So Jou-chan, who is this guy?" Sano asked like it was nothing out of the ordinary. He could see Kenshin was angry so he decided to ask.
"Well, he is an old friend of mine, we grew up together. He moved away when I was ten. I saw him again when I was fourteen, but that was the last time we talked! I am so excited to hear from him, I missed him a lot!" she said happily. "Kenshin bowed his head and clenched his fists. Kaoru's words hurt him, alot. He didn't like to hear Kaoru talking about another man so lovingly. Kenshin knew he didn't have a claim on kaoru, but he still loved her more than anything.
Sano knew his friend was hurting so he asked kaoru, "Who do you plan on taking with you on this trip anyway?" He looked directly at her for a strict reply.
"Well that's easy! I'll take Kenshin, you of course, Yahiko, Megumi, and Tsubame. After our visit, we can head straight for the festival!" she said like she had been planning to say it for days.
A weight was then lifted off of Kenshin's shoulders. He would be going with Kaoru!. This way he could make sure no one but him would be able to have Kaoru, no one but him!
"Wait a minute! What festival are you talking about?!" Sano said with a confused face.
"The Moonlight Festival! It's a wondeful festival held on a full moon for lovers and family. Why do you think I invited Megumi to come along!" She said giggling at Sano's now blushing face. "If the fox lady is going, than you can count me out!" Sano yelled, even though he really didn't mean it.
"Well it looks like you don't have much of a choice now do you!" Kaoru said as she took out the tickets from the envelope. Sano was about to reply but he knew winning and argument against Jou-chan was like Kenshin going a whole day with out "Oroing!"
"I guess we'll be traveling by boat as well. His Island is realy close to the one the festival is held on, so it shouldn't be a problem!" she said with a smile. She looked over to Kenshin for approval. He nodded as well.
"Hey kenshin I think we should go finish the laundry."she said after she realized that she had soap everywhere on her kimono. "Hai that we should." Kenshin replied, and they walked side by side back to the washing tub.
They both took their original positons and began to wash the clothes again. Kenshin kept glancing back at Kaoru, who had a never ending smile on her face. He wanted to ask her so many questions about this guy called Musashi Yokoshiro. Finally he let his curiousity get the best of him.
"Kaoru-dono, forgive me or asking, but, what relationship do you have with Mr. Yokoshiro?" he asked while he kept his eyes on the yukata he was now washing. Kaoru thought for a minute before answering.
"Well Kenshin, all we were was very close friends." she said rather happily. Those words were like daggers being forced into his heart, and the way she said it was even worse.
"But I was never serious about him. He was more like a brother to me than anything." she said still smiling. Kenshin's heart began to pound in happiness. He was nothing more than a brother to Kaoru! A smile like no other was plastered on the rurouni's face and Kaoru blushed as she looked at him.
"He's so beautiful......" she thought to herself. She had decided she would take her chance at the the festival to tell kenshin how she feels about him. Even if he didn't love her back, she wanted to tell him anyway. "And maybe, just maybe, he loves me too!" she thought as she finished cleaning the last Kimono.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru decided she would take a visit to the clinic to tell Megumi about the trip she had planned. Kenshin went off to town to buy dinner, and Sano was off to find Yahiko to tell him the news. He and Kaoru had a fight on who would go to the clinic to tell Megumi.
"Jou-chan, are you crazy?! You want me to walk up to the fox lady and tell her we're are going to a festival for people who LOVE eachother!? Do you know what thoughts will be running through her head if I'm the one that invited her! You do it Jou-chan, I 'll tell Yahiko! Do this for me! Please?!" Sano said as he fell to his knees and began to kiss Karou's feet. She jumped back and yelled "All right Sano! But you can't deny forever that you love Megumi!" she said teasingly as she walked out the door towards the clinic.
She walked along the path to the clinic with her bokken in hand. She swung it back and forth and as she walked. Kaoru had just reached the clinic when a loud scream came from inside the clinic.
"AHHHHHH, you said that stuff wouldn't hurt!" someone yelled.
"Well if I told you that you would feel nothing, would you of let me put it on your wound!" Megumi yelled. Kaoru was about to open the door when a young man swung open the door nearly hitting Kaoru. He marched off furiously. Kaoru blinked a couple of times and made her way to Megumi. She found her cleaning up the broken bottles her recent patient broke for her.
"Here let me help you Megumi." Kaoru said as she bent down to pick up the broken glass.
"Oh hello tanuki, what brings you here?" Megumi asked.
"Well you see I wanted to ask you something. Me and the others are going to go visit a friend of mine and then we are going to head to the Moonlight Festival on a near by Island. I was wondering if you would like to join us!" she said with pure joy.
"Is the rooster head going?" Megumi asked blankly.
"yep!" Kaoru said while throwing away the broken glass. Megumi stood there for a minute with her fingers on her chin in deep concentration.
" Sure I'll go, It just might be fun." she said to Kaoru. Then Megumi narrowed her eyes and fox ears appeared on her head.
" Say Tanuki, you wouldn't be thinking of winning a certain rurouni's heart on this trip would you?!" She asked with her silly laugh. Kaoru turned a bright red. Megumi looked at her and realized she just recieved her answer. "Oh, Tanuki is in love! How cute!" Megumi laughed. Kaoru poked her fingers together. She was trying to think up an exuse to leave without seeming obvious.
"Megumi-san I have to go...I ...um.. well I just have to go!" and with that, she ran out the door leaving a laughing Megumi behind.
Kaoru spent her precious time alone thinking about kenshin. She thought about how cute he was when he said "oro", or when he smiled his great big rurouni smile. She thought about his unique firey red hair and the cross shaped scar that framed his face. She use to stay up at night thinking about how he got that scar, but she never dared to ask him. "He is everything I could of ever hoped for...Why would he want a tomboy like me..." she stopped walking and bowed her head down. A tear escaped her watering eyes. She watched as it slid down her cheek and fell to the ground. "No, I can't think like that! I have to believe there is just some hope for me!" she lifted her head up, wiped away her tears and walked on to the dojo, hoping to see Kenshin's beautiful face.
MEAN WHILE IN TOWN.....
To buy dinner wasn't Kenshin's first reason for coming to town. No...he wanted to get something special for Kaoru that may give her a hint fo his feelings for her. He had thought long and hard, and even asked Megumi, Tae, and Tsubame what type of present a women wants. They all answered the same: Floweres. But they couldn't be any ordinary type of flowers, they had to mean something to her.
kenshin walked into a flower shop and was taken back by the sweet scents. He began looking around for the perfect flower, reading the names and smelling them as well. The lady at the front of the store noticed Kenshin's difficulty on which flower to choose. She walked up to him and asked in the most sweetest voice, "Exuse me young man, can I help you in any way?" she asked with a smile. Kenshin returned the smile and said." Yes, I would appreciate some help, that I would."
"Well, whats the occasion? Are you buying them for a party, a death a..."
" I'm looking for a flower for a women." kenshin said to cut her off so she wouldn't go down the whole list. The lady raised an eyebrow and smiled a smile of pure delight.
"It's for a young lady you say.hmmm? Well is this lady close to your heart?"
"Yes of course, she is my life!" Kenshin said as he wondered off into thoughts of kaoru.
"Do you want this flower to have a certain meaning? she asked as she began browsing through the flowers.
"yes, I want it to say "I love you" Kenshin said as he looked at the lady for her recommendation. The lady pulled out three red floweres that resembled roses.
"These are called Carnations. They are a symbol of love and a simple gift for a loved one." she smiled as she began to tie a red ribbon around the stems to hold them together.
"Thank you so much! How much will that be?" he said as he pulled out his money bag and began to count his coins.
"You know, I like you boy, and I can see you love this girl. Tell you what, I'm gonna give you these flowers for free, just this once!" she said with a smile. "Are you sure!" Kenshin said, unsure if he should take the lady up on her offer.
"Yes, now go on and get those flowers to your women!" she said as she began to push Kenshin out of her store."Thank you!" Kenshin yelled out as he ran through town to the dojo.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kaoru enetered the dojo. She walked around looking for Kenshin in hopes that she would find him, and just talk with him. She loved talking with him, and every time she talked to him she came closer to telling him how she felt. Some of their conversations were so deep and intimate. She would get up earlier than usual just to sit with Kenshin in the kitchen and talk with him. But she still wished she could be more than just a friend to confide in. After looking through the whole dojo she realized Kenshin must not be back from town yet, after all, she did leave the clinic early.
She took a seat out on the portch and waited for Yahiko, Sano and most of all Kenshin to walk in through the gate. She hated being alone. She was afraid that Yahiko, Sano, and Kenshin would never return and she would have to go back to being with out a family. She waited eagerly outside whenever all of them were out of the dojo at the same time.
Then she heard the dojo gate screech open and she heard foot steps. She turned her head so fast she whiped her face with her ponytail. Yahiko and Sano were walking towards her. Yahiko had a big smile on his face and Sano looked like he was annoyed by something.
Yahiko walked up to kaoru and sat next to her. "Guess what happened today Kaoru, go on guess!" he said in his till drunk-looking state.
"um...what happened." Kaoru replied unsure why Yahiko was acting like this. Yahiko stood there giggling.
"Uh..Sano you wanna fill me in?" she asked with an eyebrow raised still staring at Yahiko.
"Yahiko-chan got his first kiss from Tsubame! The kid won't shut up about it." Sano said in a teasing voice. Kaoru's eyes lit up. Her little brother just recieved his first kiss. "At least some people are getting what they want." she thought sadly. She was 17 and still did not recieve her first kiss. Yahiko begn to walk again but hit his head against the post and fell back still laughing.
"Sano..I think you should take Yahiko inside before he hurts himself." she said as she tried to lift Yahiko up off the floor.
She watched as Sano lifted Yahiko up and began to walk to his room. It was getting late now, and Kaoru was beginning to worry about kenshin. He left early and he still wasn't back yet. It worried her most when Kenshin was out long. She was afraid that he would go back to his rurouni ways and leave her with a broken heart.
She wouldn't take this sitting down. She wouldn't let Kenshin walk out of her life. "Sano I'm going to find Kenshin!" she yelled from outside the dojo. She grabbed her bokken and ran through the gate. By the time Sano had run out to stop her, she was all ready out of sight. "Man, kenshin is not gonna like this." Sano said to himself in a low tone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in town.....
kenshin stood outside a the front of a store peering in through the glass window. On display was a beautiful white Kimono with blue butterflies printed on the sleeves and left side of the Kimono. He pictured kaoru wearing it to the festival and how beautiful she would look in it. He ran inside to the lady at the counter.
"Exuse me please, but how much is that kimono on display at your window. The lady peered over to the window and replied with a very expensive price. (A/N: I still don't know what a lot of money is in Japanese currency! If you do, please tell me!") Kenshin's hopeful smile turned into a frown.
He began to walk out the door when the lady called back to him. "Are you the young man who lives with the kamiya girl at the dojo?" she asked with her head tilted.
"Hai." Kenshin replied opening the door.
"Did you want to buy the kimono for her?" she asked walking from behind the counter.
"Hai." he said as he turned his attention from the door to her.
"You do know a lot of people scorn her becasue she allowed three men into her home, and she is not even married." she said as she eyed Kenshin. Kenshin realized a lot of people did not approve of Kaoru and her way of living, but kaoru never complained about it.
"Do you want to win Miss. Kamiya's heart?" Kenshin turned a bright red. He nodded. The lady's face lit up in that instance.
"Well, you do realze if you marry her she won't be scorned anymore, and she can live in peace. It's wrong for people to judge her, just becasue she is a generous young lady! It's just wrong!" she said as she grabbed the kimono from the display table. "I see you also bought her flowers?" she asked as she eyed the flowers in kenshin's hand. "Nice choice." she said as she began to wrap the Kimono.
"Exuse me miss, but I don not have the money to pay for that, that I don't!" Kenshin replied as the lady finished tying the bow on top of the box.
"I'll tell you what...you take this now and get the girl, and you send me an invitation to your wedding!" she said as she handed Kenshin the box. Kenshin took the box out of the lady's hand. His mouth opened but no words could express his gratitude.
"I don't know what to say! This was just so gracious of you, that it was!" he said as he clutched the box.
"I'll be expecting an invitation real soon! Now go on home!" she said as she smiled a big smile and held open the door for Kenshin. This was certainly his lucky day! Kenshin walked outside and looked up at the sky. The sun was going down. He had been out to late!
"kaoru-dono is going to be so worried, that she is!" he said as he sprinted home. In his rush to get home he couldn't even sense kaoru running past him in the crowded streets.
TO BE CONTINUED
Yep chapter three is all done. Thankyou to all the people that reviewed! I appreciate every single one! I hope you keep on reviewing, there's more to come! Chapter 4 will be posted real soon. Later!