This takes place a few weeks after Misao's letter, Aoshi's healing process go on as he remembers of a rainy day.

Disclaimer: Don't own Aoshi or Misao, I don't own anything really... Just my sweet bed, It's 3:30 am... Argh!! Why inspiration always comes on these late/early hours?

Chapter 2 - Won't play on the rain

Shinomori Aoshi was only 15 years old when he took the position of Okashira of the famous ninja group Oniwabanshuu, he was young but every ninja would respect him as if he as very experient on his job. Besides he could never be considered a child if compared to the little Misao.

Misao was an orfan, she had no family, as her grandfather died when she was five, but still she was a happy child, you could say that she was probably the happiest child on the whole planet. She liked to climb on trees, play on the roof, hide and seek on the florest. Everything that was even a little dangerous would immediatelly draw her attention.

Now, Aoshi was 17 and Misao had 6 years old.

Aoshi sighed, he had finally finished all the reports he had to do. He noticed the Aoi-ya was quiet, that was unusual, the usual would be screams and yells from Misao or the adults in the building because Misao had done something, either way, Misao was the cause, and if everything was quiet, Misao shoudn't be here. He looked at the window, it was a rainy day, could Misao be outside? She couldn't, right? Wrong, it was Misao he was thinking about!

He took an umbrella and went to the gardners, the vision he saw the most beautiful thing in the world, Misao was dancing on the rain, eventually she would fell, but it would only make her laugh even more, when she saw Aoshi, she ran to him as fast as she could.

"Came to join me, Aoshi-sama?" she asked smiling.

"Not really, Misao-chan. I came because you can't keep yourself on the rain too much." Aoshi said lowering to her level, and keeping the umbrella on her head.

"Why not? It's fun!" Misao said gigling.

"Because you'll be sick! And I don't want you to be sick." Misao still didn't looked convinced. "If I asked you to go in, would you?" Misao nodded without even thinking. "Then, let's go." he picked her up, and she layed her head on his shoulder.

"Misao-chan loves Aoshi-sama." she said yawning.

"And Aoshi-sama loves Misao-chan." he said kissing her forehead.

Next day, Misao woke up sick, Aoshi was training when Hannya came to tell him.

"She's sick?" Aoshi asked worried "How is she?"

"The fever is not high, she will be fine with a little rest. The problem is keeping her on bed." Hannya said almost smiling.

"I'll see what I can do." Aoshi answered the unspoken request of make Misao rest, after all it was already difficult to make her sleep at night, but then again, she would do almost anything that Aoshi asked her.

When Aoshi got to Misao's room he almost laughed, Misao was running in the room waving her blanket like Shikijo was a bull, and he was playing the game 'cause with Misao he had learnt something very important, if you can win her, play with her. When Shikijo noticed Aoshi, he got up embarassed.

"See you later, Misao. Hope you'll feel better." he nodded at Aoshi and left the room, Aoshi walked in.

"You forgot to knock!" Misao warned him, Aoshi walked out and knocked a couple times on the door.

"Can I come in?" he asked.

"Hm... Let me think..." She supported her head on her right hand to seem to be thinking. "Ok. Go ahead."

"I heard you were sick." he said sitting close to her.

"Well, they're wrong. I feel really good!" Misao said looking at him in the eyes which was something that almost nobody do. He placed his hand on her forehead gently.

"Your forehead is hot, that means you're sick." Aoshi explained to her, she herself placed her hand on her forehead.

"It means? Wow! Aoshi-sama you're really smart!" Misao said looking amazed.

"Don't drop the subject, you should be resting!" he said.

"But it's boring to stay in bed all daayyyyyy!! I don't want to be here all alone!" she said making a puppy face.

"Want me to stay with you?" she nodded happyly "Then go to your futon." she layed on her futon.

"Will you tell me a story?" Misao asked with her sweet voice, in a way that he couldn't deny anything to her.

"Don't I always?" he cleared his throath "Once up a time, that was a very beautiful girl that loved many things, she loved to play with her friends, to play pranks on her family, to dance on the rain even knowing it was bad for her, she wanted to be a strong ninja when she grew up. Yet no one wanted her to grow, they wanted her to stay the way she were, happy, full of life, naive,... She had a wonderful gift to make smile the saddest person, and to melt a cold heart with a simple touch." he stopped noticing the girl asleep holding his hand tightly. He didn't left her side that day, he had promised not to. And nothing on the world would make him break a promise to the angel next to him.

When Misao woke up her fever was gone and she told Aoshi she wouldn't play on the rain anymore, Aoshi just smiled at the girl and said to her that she was a good girl and he was proud of her.

~^~Present~^~

Misao had went to the temple to bring Aoshi some tea, but when she was almost leaving started to rain. She sighed and sat in front of Aoshi. Then, a old memory crossed her mind, she smiled at the memory and closed her eyes to relive it once again.

"Why you're smiling at?" Aoshi asked cold as usual, but really curious about Misao's sudden smile.

"I was remembering. Do you remember when you caught me dancing on the rain and I got sick, and I was mading Shikijo of a bull when you got on my room?" he nodded. "I remembered now because of the rain, I didn't know why but all these years no matter how I loved the rain I would always avoid her. Guess I kept my promise. The rain stopped, that's my cue. Goodbye." she said and left the rain and he heard her yell "Argh! I love the rain! But I hate puddles!"

Now in the safety of the loneliness he too remembered, but he remembered of the story he told. About a girl who could make the saddest man smile and melt his cold heart. Without even knowing, Misao did what she wished. She had melt Aoshi.

Now he had a thing to do about it.

A/N: The last one was suppose to be a one shot, but some people asked me to go on, so I did. I may finish this with another chap. But I'm not so sure.

This is for Mylla, tried to be just like you. Lots of details but far from your level.

Isso é para a Mylla, tentei ser igual a você. Muitos detalhes mas longe do seu nível. ^-^

Bye, and review!

Lali