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Chapter 2:
Kaoru awoke with rays of sunlight beamed across her face. She yawned and stretched as she gradually crawled out of bed. She looked over on the floor at the side of her bed; there was the note that Kenshin had given to her yesterday. She remembered about their 'meeting' tonight. What was Kenshin up to? Kaoru changed into her bright yellow kimono. She searched the house for her Rurouni. "Kenshin? Where are you?" Yahiko, who had heard her whining for Kenshin, came up to her.
"He went out today. He said he had business with someone."
"Well did he tell you who?"
"No.geez you ask way too many questions. Why are you so anxious to see him anyways? Hmmmm?"
"None of your business brat!" She snapped at him.
"Well at least I'm not ugly, Ugly!" She gave him the glare of death and ran for his life. Kaoru didn't feel like chasing him around the dojo today.
"I wonder where he could have gone?" She sighed as she stared at the cloudy sky. Kaoru decided to go for a walk around town to pass the time. Today she was fortunate: no one made an appointment to practice. Did Kenshin know that? She made her way into the town. Kaoru stopped to look at a pretty decorated fan, but put it back down as soon as she heard the price. She wandered aimlessly until she heard some commotion.
"Oi! Boy! Get that bag of rice in here now! I don't have all day." An annoyed shopkeeper bellowed.
"I'm coming.ORO!" Kaoru turned quickly around to see a red-haired man fall to the ground.
"Kenshin?! Is that you?" She helped him up from under the bags of rice. "What are you doing?" He looked up and smiled at her.
"Boy get your ass in here now!"
"Don't talk to him like that! He's not a boy either!" Kaoru shrieked.
"Ano.Kaoru-dono.I don't mind, let me finish my work and then we can talk." She nodded and let him pick up the bags. What the heck is he doing? A job? He had a job all this time? Kaoru sat and waited outside the store. He finally appeared.
"You had a job all this time and you didn't tell me?"
"Hai.I figured you needed some extra money.so I.got a little job, but I think I've been fired." Kaoru smirked a little.
"You didn't need to do this."
"I know."
"I got your note.the Akebeko?"
"Huh? What are you talking about Kaoru-dono?"
"I got an iris with a note saying I'm sorry I couldn't cook you dinner and so on and so forth.and then it said meet me at the Akebeko." She cast her eyes down. Did he forget? If it wasn't him then who was it?
"I never wrote such a letter, that I didn't. Gomen." She decided just to shrug it off. Oh.well maybe I'll go anyway.just to see who it was from. "Should we get back to the dojo?"
"Well.I kinda wanted to stroll around a bit.just to be outside. Wanna.come with me?"
"Hai.I have nothing else to do today. I did the laundry yesterday." She smiled at his comment.he sounded like a housewife or something. They strolled casually along the all too familiar bridge: the bridge where they first met Yahiko.it was full of memories.
"Kenshin.we should visit Tomoe's grave again sometime." Kenshin looked at her in surprise.
"Hai, that we should. While we're there we can visit Misao and Sir Okina.oh and Aoshi as well." Kaoru nodded her head in agreement. It started to sprinkle and Kaoru looked up to the sky. "We better get back to the dojo before it started down pouring, that we should!" Kenshin and Kaoru ran quickly to the house. Kaoru was holding Kenshin's hand when *slip* she fell into a big mud puddle.
"Itai, ewww.mud." She groaned. "My kimono is all mucked up now." She pouted.
"That it is..I just washed it too."
"Shut up you." She smirked and he held out his hand for her to get up. As she got up her ankle decided it was twisted. "Itai!"
"What's wrong?"
"My ankle.it's twisted." She moaned. Without any notice Kenshin scooped her up in his arms.
"I suppose you can't walk, ne?" She blushed and he sprinted back to the dojo. He took her to her room and handed her a cloth to dry off with. Kaoru dried off and put on her plain yukata. "Kaoru-dono may I come in?"
"Hai, Kenshin."
"Here." He placed a bag of ice on her already swollen ankle.
"Arigato. I wish I could know who wrote that note to me. I was going to go anyway tonight.just to see who it was." Kenshin just nodded his head and said nothing. "Are you positive it wasn't you?" He nodded his head again.
"You should rest today, that you should." He looked at her with his violet-blue eyes.
"Oi! What happened to you?"
"Sprained my ankle that's all."
"Oh." Yahiko said smirking at her, "Bet you're faking it so Kenshin could take care of you?"
"Nani! What did you just say?" She got up, but her ankle wouldn't allow her. She toppled onto the floor. "Itai." Yahiko kinda frowned at his actions.
"Yahiko you should leave her be for today, that you should."
"Hai, Kenshin." He trudged out of the room.
"I guess I should leave too." He got up, but someone's hand grabbed his. "Nani? Kaoru."
"Can you just stay? Just sit beside me?"
"If you don't care?"
"No.please stay." He sat down beside her still holding her warm hand. She leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder. Her wet raven hair dampened his shirt, but he didn't mind.
"Ano.Kaoru-dono are you comfortable like this?" No answer.she was already sleeping soundly. He decided to stay the night next to her.
Chapter 2:
Kaoru awoke with rays of sunlight beamed across her face. She yawned and stretched as she gradually crawled out of bed. She looked over on the floor at the side of her bed; there was the note that Kenshin had given to her yesterday. She remembered about their 'meeting' tonight. What was Kenshin up to? Kaoru changed into her bright yellow kimono. She searched the house for her Rurouni. "Kenshin? Where are you?" Yahiko, who had heard her whining for Kenshin, came up to her.
"He went out today. He said he had business with someone."
"Well did he tell you who?"
"No.geez you ask way too many questions. Why are you so anxious to see him anyways? Hmmmm?"
"None of your business brat!" She snapped at him.
"Well at least I'm not ugly, Ugly!" She gave him the glare of death and ran for his life. Kaoru didn't feel like chasing him around the dojo today.
"I wonder where he could have gone?" She sighed as she stared at the cloudy sky. Kaoru decided to go for a walk around town to pass the time. Today she was fortunate: no one made an appointment to practice. Did Kenshin know that? She made her way into the town. Kaoru stopped to look at a pretty decorated fan, but put it back down as soon as she heard the price. She wandered aimlessly until she heard some commotion.
"Oi! Boy! Get that bag of rice in here now! I don't have all day." An annoyed shopkeeper bellowed.
"I'm coming.ORO!" Kaoru turned quickly around to see a red-haired man fall to the ground.
"Kenshin?! Is that you?" She helped him up from under the bags of rice. "What are you doing?" He looked up and smiled at her.
"Boy get your ass in here now!"
"Don't talk to him like that! He's not a boy either!" Kaoru shrieked.
"Ano.Kaoru-dono.I don't mind, let me finish my work and then we can talk." She nodded and let him pick up the bags. What the heck is he doing? A job? He had a job all this time? Kaoru sat and waited outside the store. He finally appeared.
"You had a job all this time and you didn't tell me?"
"Hai.I figured you needed some extra money.so I.got a little job, but I think I've been fired." Kaoru smirked a little.
"You didn't need to do this."
"I know."
"I got your note.the Akebeko?"
"Huh? What are you talking about Kaoru-dono?"
"I got an iris with a note saying I'm sorry I couldn't cook you dinner and so on and so forth.and then it said meet me at the Akebeko." She cast her eyes down. Did he forget? If it wasn't him then who was it?
"I never wrote such a letter, that I didn't. Gomen." She decided just to shrug it off. Oh.well maybe I'll go anyway.just to see who it was from. "Should we get back to the dojo?"
"Well.I kinda wanted to stroll around a bit.just to be outside. Wanna.come with me?"
"Hai.I have nothing else to do today. I did the laundry yesterday." She smiled at his comment.he sounded like a housewife or something. They strolled casually along the all too familiar bridge: the bridge where they first met Yahiko.it was full of memories.
"Kenshin.we should visit Tomoe's grave again sometime." Kenshin looked at her in surprise.
"Hai, that we should. While we're there we can visit Misao and Sir Okina.oh and Aoshi as well." Kaoru nodded her head in agreement. It started to sprinkle and Kaoru looked up to the sky. "We better get back to the dojo before it started down pouring, that we should!" Kenshin and Kaoru ran quickly to the house. Kaoru was holding Kenshin's hand when *slip* she fell into a big mud puddle.
"Itai, ewww.mud." She groaned. "My kimono is all mucked up now." She pouted.
"That it is..I just washed it too."
"Shut up you." She smirked and he held out his hand for her to get up. As she got up her ankle decided it was twisted. "Itai!"
"What's wrong?"
"My ankle.it's twisted." She moaned. Without any notice Kenshin scooped her up in his arms.
"I suppose you can't walk, ne?" She blushed and he sprinted back to the dojo. He took her to her room and handed her a cloth to dry off with. Kaoru dried off and put on her plain yukata. "Kaoru-dono may I come in?"
"Hai, Kenshin."
"Here." He placed a bag of ice on her already swollen ankle.
"Arigato. I wish I could know who wrote that note to me. I was going to go anyway tonight.just to see who it was." Kenshin just nodded his head and said nothing. "Are you positive it wasn't you?" He nodded his head again.
"You should rest today, that you should." He looked at her with his violet-blue eyes.
"Oi! What happened to you?"
"Sprained my ankle that's all."
"Oh." Yahiko said smirking at her, "Bet you're faking it so Kenshin could take care of you?"
"Nani! What did you just say?" She got up, but her ankle wouldn't allow her. She toppled onto the floor. "Itai." Yahiko kinda frowned at his actions.
"Yahiko you should leave her be for today, that you should."
"Hai, Kenshin." He trudged out of the room.
"I guess I should leave too." He got up, but someone's hand grabbed his. "Nani? Kaoru."
"Can you just stay? Just sit beside me?"
"If you don't care?"
"No.please stay." He sat down beside her still holding her warm hand. She leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder. Her wet raven hair dampened his shirt, but he didn't mind.
"Ano.Kaoru-dono are you comfortable like this?" No answer.she was already sleeping soundly. He decided to stay the night next to her.