Fanfiction

Kay-san: Yeah, so what if this is two months late, ok? I thought this'd be a good way to get the story flowing. Enjoy!

A week later, it was Halloween. "Sou-kun! Let's go trick-or-treating!!"Misao cried with joy. "Hurry! Put on your costume!".

And so, 10 minutes later, the pair was out the door. They had gone down a few blocks when they heard a fimiliar voice.

"Misao-chan!"came a female voice. "Kaoru-chan?"Misao called as Koaru ran up to her. Kaoru was dressed as Sakura and Kenshin

came up behind carrying two bags of candy, dressed as Li. (card captor sakura if you didn't know)

Sano came behind them dressed as Spike Speigel(cowboy bebop) with Yahiko in tow. The samarai-to-be was decced out as Tenchi

Muyo, Tsubame(as Princess Sasami)at his side. Misao laughed at the sight of them all. It was quite a site, the group of them.

Behind them came a reluctant Aoshi, to her surprise. He had no costume, and had no clue how he had gotten dragged into this.

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"A-aoshi?"Misao questined. He flinched. She had never refered to him without the -sama unless she was horribly angry. It

really was too late. "Aoshi?"she asked again, closer. He continued to walk, knowing they were all watching him. "Aoshi?"she

asked one more time, yet still he said nothing. He flinched only slightly this time, though the ex-hitokiri noticed, he knew.

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"Aoshi?"she asked for the third time, and still no reply. Her eyes began to tear. "S-sou-kun, I-i'd like to go home now

onegai"She whispered. "Let's go"he said, putting an arm around her shoulder reasuringly. They got about a few blocks away

from the group before Misao's tears started falling. "Shhh...it's ok Misao-chan"he whispered. They got into the apartment and

sat down on the couch.

She clung to his shirt and sobbed. All Soujiro could do was whisper to her that it would be alright. After a half hour she

started to talk. "H-he didn't answer. W-why didn't he answer me? I t-thought...I thought...."She managed before she broke

down into tears again. He held her close. "It's alright. Everything will be alright Misao. Shhhh"Soujiro said. "I thought

he'd come after me, Sou-kun. I thought...I thought he might love me, and when I left I thought he tell me. He doesn't love me

does he?"she whimpered.

"Misao-chan, there's a reason for everything. If he loves you, he'll say something"Soujiro tried to calm her. She only cried

harder. "He never said anything when I was with the Oniwabanshuu. He never said anything when we lived with grandpa. He

never said anything, ever. I-i tried so hard, and he doesn't love me"she cried. When she finally calmed down, he said"Misao-

chan, you should get a drink. You're hurting your voice. Come on, let's get some dinner too, alright?"

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After a pizza and rice and coke too, Misao was feeling much better. It was rather late, and she was tired, but insisted upon

staying to watch tv for "just a little longer". She barley made it through the second episode before drifting off to dream-

land. Her eyes closed, and slowly she fell from her sitting position. Misao slid down the back of the couch and ended up lay-

ing with her head in Soujiro's lap.