A/N-Okay, after a long period of trying to get my old computer to work and
saving up money for a new one I finally have a new computer!! And I can
finally post this chapter. And yes, I am sorry for making you guys wait.
But at least I'm here now, right? Again this is a pretty short chapter but
oh well. I'm pretty sure the next one will be longer.
Disclaimer: All I own is the weird little ideas that float around in my head, and unfortunately for me Rurouni Kenshin is not one of them.
" " Talking
' ' Thoughts
A/N Authors notes
"Man, what am I going to do?" Kaoru flopped down on her futon to think. She had been staying with Kenshin for a little over a month now and she knew soon she would have to leave. Her wound had healed a few weeks after she had arrived and she had just stuck around using the excuse that it might start to hurt again and that she should stay in till she was sure she was healed.
The truth was she didn't want to have to leave and go back to her village. What would they all say if she came back when she was supposed to be dead? Would they try to kill her again? Would they run her out of town? Kaoru wasn't sure what they would do but she was sure she didn't want to find out. And that was why she had been hanging around, that and maybe it had something to do with Kenshin?
'No, no, no! That's not it at all Kaoru. Kenshin has nothing to do with this.He is just a nice person that has been letting me hang around all this time and it would be rude to stay any longer! I'm just a burden and I get in the way. And besides he has probably got to go back to his home. I bet the only reason he's still here is because he doesn't want to just leave me. So I have to go soon.'
But this brought her back to her first problem: where would she go? The village wasn't really an option any more. But where else was there? She had never really traveled to anywhere else and she had no family that she could move in with.
'Oh! I'm so confused! I just want to go back to the village and have everything be back to normal! But that's not gonna happen any time soon.What can I do?'
As Kaoru lay in her room Kenshin sat in the kitchen thinking about similar things. 'Kaoru-dono has been staying here for a while now.I wonder when she plans to return to her home? She didn't seem to happy when I asked her about it the other day. Maybe she doesn't plan to go back at all. But then where will she go? Perhaps she has a family member that she is going to go stay with.
'No, I should stop thinking about this. What Kaoru-dono does is her business and hers alone, that it is. But I can't help but wonder..Maybe Kaoru-dono could come stay at my village if she has no planed destination. No Kenshin, don't be an idiot, that could never happen even if she did want to stay with you.'
'Now I will stop thinking about this right now! I am assuming things that I don't even know are true. Now dinner is ready and I will say nothing of this matter if Kaoru-dono does not want to talk about it!'
"Kaoru-dono! Dinner is ready!"
As Kaoru entered the kitchen he could tell something was on her mind. She looked distracted and a little distressed.
'I wonder what is wrong.But I shouldn't ask about it, if she wants to tell me she will.'
Through the whole meal Kaoru and Kenshin didn't really talk like they usually did and Kenshin felt himself growing concerned about her.
"Kaoru-dono, I don't mean to be rude or anything but is there something troubling you?"
"Hmmm.What Kenshin? Oh, no. I'm fine, I'm just thinking about something." She replied but didn't met Kenshin's eyes and he could tell there was something.
"Kaoru-dono, you know you can always talk to me about anything and I'll do my best to help in any way I can."
"Thanks Kenshin. There is something I wanted to ask; do you know of any towns around here besides Oak Tree Village? That's my village now but I'm thinking of moving. Things are getting a little..boring at my village." Kaoru looked up hopefully waiting for his answer.
"I'm sorry Kaoru-dono, I don't really know anything about the area we are in right now. I wish I could be of more help to you."
"Its okay Kenshin, I don't think there are any towns around here anyway. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find a village soon enough."
Kaoru quietly finished the rest of her meal and stood up turning to Kenshin. "Kenshin? I'm gonna go out side and take a walk for a while, okay? I won't go too far and I'll be back soon. I just need to think for a while."
"All right Kaoru-dono. Have a nice walk."
With that Kaoru walked outside and walked toward the forest.
'I hope Kaoru finds a place to stay soon.I must help her with this.' Kenshin then stood and walked in to the cave towards him room.
Kaoru walked along in the forest enjoying the gentle breeze and tried to calm her feelings of nervousness that she was beginning to have.
'Don't worry Kaoru everything will turn out fine. You'll find a village and be able to start a new life there and forget about all the people at Oak Tree. And besides, I never really liked any of the people there any way! So there's nothing to be depressed about.'
'Hmmm..I planed to be out here a little longer but now that that all cleared up I think I'll head back and help Kenshin wash the dishes or something.'
Kaoru nodded to herself and started back to the cave. Just a little a way from the cave Kaoru saw something by the stream in front of the cave that looked oddly familiar..
'It's the dragon!' Kaoru quickly ran to it, happy to see him again but stopped dead in her tracks as she saw something that made her heart stop for a split second. There sitting by the dragon as it drank from the stream was..
'What?! Kenshin's clothes.Oh, god!!!'
Kaoru let out a loud scream and ran past the dragon into the cave.
'I have to find a weapon or something I can use to defend myself!' She franticly searched the main room and found Kenshin's sword lying by the table and started outside to kill the best for what it had done but again she was stopped by what she saw.
"Kaoru, wait!" Kenshin ran in front of her waving his arms to stop her from going any farther.
"Kenshin!?" Kaoru stopped and stared, quickly glancing outside to see that the dragon had already gone. "Kenshin, what happened? I thought he ate you! Did he attack you outside? Come on, if we hurry we might be able to catch him and kill him!"
"Kaoru no! Just calm down, none of those things happened. First of all I think its time I explained to you about myself.."
Review Replies:
Okay, I'm pretty sure I got everyone here but if I did leave you out or something just tell me. It's late at night so I won't be that surprised if I did. Now on to the replies!
Mewberries-Hey, thanks for all the encouragement on everything. And of course thanks for always reading and reviewing. And maybe pampering my computer now would be a good idea..I'll have to try later.. Do you have any fics? Hmmm.I'll check soon and if you do I'll read and review!
Nicky9-Thanks. I'd like to think I do at least a little good job on this. I have got to check out your fics sometime too.
flyinangel777-Thanks, I always worry that I'm taking the story too fast but I guess its okay. And yeah, my computer crashing is one of the biggest hassles that I have ever had to put up with. *mumbles* Dumb computer..
Hecate-Heres the next chapter for you, hope it was okay.
dragonmaster 3000-Of course no one could ever hate dragons. They're way too cool to hate. And thanks for reading.
serenity wheeler5-Thanks for staying with the fic and of course thanks for reviewing.
RV Blade-Hope you liked this chapter. And as always, thanks for reading reviewing.
Migo-Yeah, one of the things that gave me the idea for this story was when I saw there really weren't that many like it out there. Yep, dragons rock!
TYDYE girl-Man, sorry for not updating sooner. Well at least I finally did (took me long enough though, right?). And thanks for wishing me luck on the computer. = )
CurlsofSerenity-I have finally updated! Yeah, sorry for the other chapter being too short, I gotta work on that.
l3al3yanime-Well, the update wasn't quick but at least there was one. I will have to work on updating faster. If only I didn't have so much dumb homework.
Jupiter's Light-Thanks for the thumbs up. And I wasn't able to post fast this time but it won't take that long next time (I sure hope it doesn't @__@).
Inuyuki-Yeah, Rurouni Kenshin and dragons, how could it get any better? ^___^ And my computer does suck, they couldn't even find anything wrong with it when we took it to the store. Well hopefully this one will be better.
Arlen-Hey, thanks for being understanding about all this. I'm just glad no one freaked out and attacked me. ^___^
Minna-Thanks, well here was the more of it. I'm hoping I'll be able to get the next chapter out soon.
A/N-Okay, there's the end of ch.5. Yeah it was short but I kind of wanted to end at this specific spot and leave everything Kenshin has to say till next time. So in the next two chapters or so the story will actually start moving and we will soon get to see some of the other characters! At last!!!
And Kaoru has been staying in the cave with Kenshin for a little over a month since I couldn't really think of anything major to add in to fill in the time so sorry if it seems kind of rushed. See ya!! ^_^x
Disclaimer: All I own is the weird little ideas that float around in my head, and unfortunately for me Rurouni Kenshin is not one of them.
" " Talking
' ' Thoughts
A/N Authors notes
"Man, what am I going to do?" Kaoru flopped down on her futon to think. She had been staying with Kenshin for a little over a month now and she knew soon she would have to leave. Her wound had healed a few weeks after she had arrived and she had just stuck around using the excuse that it might start to hurt again and that she should stay in till she was sure she was healed.
The truth was she didn't want to have to leave and go back to her village. What would they all say if she came back when she was supposed to be dead? Would they try to kill her again? Would they run her out of town? Kaoru wasn't sure what they would do but she was sure she didn't want to find out. And that was why she had been hanging around, that and maybe it had something to do with Kenshin?
'No, no, no! That's not it at all Kaoru. Kenshin has nothing to do with this.He is just a nice person that has been letting me hang around all this time and it would be rude to stay any longer! I'm just a burden and I get in the way. And besides he has probably got to go back to his home. I bet the only reason he's still here is because he doesn't want to just leave me. So I have to go soon.'
But this brought her back to her first problem: where would she go? The village wasn't really an option any more. But where else was there? She had never really traveled to anywhere else and she had no family that she could move in with.
'Oh! I'm so confused! I just want to go back to the village and have everything be back to normal! But that's not gonna happen any time soon.What can I do?'
As Kaoru lay in her room Kenshin sat in the kitchen thinking about similar things. 'Kaoru-dono has been staying here for a while now.I wonder when she plans to return to her home? She didn't seem to happy when I asked her about it the other day. Maybe she doesn't plan to go back at all. But then where will she go? Perhaps she has a family member that she is going to go stay with.
'No, I should stop thinking about this. What Kaoru-dono does is her business and hers alone, that it is. But I can't help but wonder..Maybe Kaoru-dono could come stay at my village if she has no planed destination. No Kenshin, don't be an idiot, that could never happen even if she did want to stay with you.'
'Now I will stop thinking about this right now! I am assuming things that I don't even know are true. Now dinner is ready and I will say nothing of this matter if Kaoru-dono does not want to talk about it!'
"Kaoru-dono! Dinner is ready!"
As Kaoru entered the kitchen he could tell something was on her mind. She looked distracted and a little distressed.
'I wonder what is wrong.But I shouldn't ask about it, if she wants to tell me she will.'
Through the whole meal Kaoru and Kenshin didn't really talk like they usually did and Kenshin felt himself growing concerned about her.
"Kaoru-dono, I don't mean to be rude or anything but is there something troubling you?"
"Hmmm.What Kenshin? Oh, no. I'm fine, I'm just thinking about something." She replied but didn't met Kenshin's eyes and he could tell there was something.
"Kaoru-dono, you know you can always talk to me about anything and I'll do my best to help in any way I can."
"Thanks Kenshin. There is something I wanted to ask; do you know of any towns around here besides Oak Tree Village? That's my village now but I'm thinking of moving. Things are getting a little..boring at my village." Kaoru looked up hopefully waiting for his answer.
"I'm sorry Kaoru-dono, I don't really know anything about the area we are in right now. I wish I could be of more help to you."
"Its okay Kenshin, I don't think there are any towns around here anyway. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find a village soon enough."
Kaoru quietly finished the rest of her meal and stood up turning to Kenshin. "Kenshin? I'm gonna go out side and take a walk for a while, okay? I won't go too far and I'll be back soon. I just need to think for a while."
"All right Kaoru-dono. Have a nice walk."
With that Kaoru walked outside and walked toward the forest.
'I hope Kaoru finds a place to stay soon.I must help her with this.' Kenshin then stood and walked in to the cave towards him room.
Kaoru walked along in the forest enjoying the gentle breeze and tried to calm her feelings of nervousness that she was beginning to have.
'Don't worry Kaoru everything will turn out fine. You'll find a village and be able to start a new life there and forget about all the people at Oak Tree. And besides, I never really liked any of the people there any way! So there's nothing to be depressed about.'
'Hmmm..I planed to be out here a little longer but now that that all cleared up I think I'll head back and help Kenshin wash the dishes or something.'
Kaoru nodded to herself and started back to the cave. Just a little a way from the cave Kaoru saw something by the stream in front of the cave that looked oddly familiar..
'It's the dragon!' Kaoru quickly ran to it, happy to see him again but stopped dead in her tracks as she saw something that made her heart stop for a split second. There sitting by the dragon as it drank from the stream was..
'What?! Kenshin's clothes.Oh, god!!!'
Kaoru let out a loud scream and ran past the dragon into the cave.
'I have to find a weapon or something I can use to defend myself!' She franticly searched the main room and found Kenshin's sword lying by the table and started outside to kill the best for what it had done but again she was stopped by what she saw.
"Kaoru, wait!" Kenshin ran in front of her waving his arms to stop her from going any farther.
"Kenshin!?" Kaoru stopped and stared, quickly glancing outside to see that the dragon had already gone. "Kenshin, what happened? I thought he ate you! Did he attack you outside? Come on, if we hurry we might be able to catch him and kill him!"
"Kaoru no! Just calm down, none of those things happened. First of all I think its time I explained to you about myself.."
Review Replies:
Okay, I'm pretty sure I got everyone here but if I did leave you out or something just tell me. It's late at night so I won't be that surprised if I did. Now on to the replies!
Mewberries-Hey, thanks for all the encouragement on everything. And of course thanks for always reading and reviewing. And maybe pampering my computer now would be a good idea..I'll have to try later.. Do you have any fics? Hmmm.I'll check soon and if you do I'll read and review!
Nicky9-Thanks. I'd like to think I do at least a little good job on this. I have got to check out your fics sometime too.
flyinangel777-Thanks, I always worry that I'm taking the story too fast but I guess its okay. And yeah, my computer crashing is one of the biggest hassles that I have ever had to put up with. *mumbles* Dumb computer..
Hecate-Heres the next chapter for you, hope it was okay.
dragonmaster 3000-Of course no one could ever hate dragons. They're way too cool to hate. And thanks for reading.
serenity wheeler5-Thanks for staying with the fic and of course thanks for reviewing.
RV Blade-Hope you liked this chapter. And as always, thanks for reading reviewing.
Migo-Yeah, one of the things that gave me the idea for this story was when I saw there really weren't that many like it out there. Yep, dragons rock!
TYDYE girl-Man, sorry for not updating sooner. Well at least I finally did (took me long enough though, right?). And thanks for wishing me luck on the computer. = )
CurlsofSerenity-I have finally updated! Yeah, sorry for the other chapter being too short, I gotta work on that.
l3al3yanime-Well, the update wasn't quick but at least there was one. I will have to work on updating faster. If only I didn't have so much dumb homework.
Jupiter's Light-Thanks for the thumbs up. And I wasn't able to post fast this time but it won't take that long next time (I sure hope it doesn't @__@).
Inuyuki-Yeah, Rurouni Kenshin and dragons, how could it get any better? ^___^ And my computer does suck, they couldn't even find anything wrong with it when we took it to the store. Well hopefully this one will be better.
Arlen-Hey, thanks for being understanding about all this. I'm just glad no one freaked out and attacked me. ^___^
Minna-Thanks, well here was the more of it. I'm hoping I'll be able to get the next chapter out soon.
A/N-Okay, there's the end of ch.5. Yeah it was short but I kind of wanted to end at this specific spot and leave everything Kenshin has to say till next time. So in the next two chapters or so the story will actually start moving and we will soon get to see some of the other characters! At last!!!
And Kaoru has been staying in the cave with Kenshin for a little over a month since I couldn't really think of anything major to add in to fill in the time so sorry if it seems kind of rushed. See ya!! ^_^x