KatDrama- thanks for being so patient. I had lots of things to do before I
could get this chapter written. Please don't be mad if this Chap. seems
kinda lame. It's kinda a bridge to the rest of the story and I found it
much more difficult to write than I imagined. anyways.enjoy!
Chapter 5
The Letter
Kenshin quickly stuffed the photo into his shirt, hoping that no one had seen it. "I must figure this out before telling everyone, that I must." He told himself. He rose from the floor and picked up his sword as he went. "I think I shall get some fresh air, that I will." He said with a tone of seriousness as he slid the door open and disappeared unto the balcony. Karou barely had time to spin around before he was gone.
"I wonder what's gotten into him?" She asked to no one in particular. "Hm. Men." Megumi huffed sarcastically as she turned back to Kaiya's belongings.
"Whatever." Sano leaned back against the wall and stretched his arms behind his head. Megumi rolled her eyes and sighed as she looked back over her shoulder at the impolite freeloader. She shook her head. "That guy acts as though he doesn't care about anything. But if that's true, does that mean that he doesn't care about me?" Her eyes widened at the very thought. She shifted her gaze back to the bag, looking for anything that would lead to a clue about Kaiya's identity. She found nothing.
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Kenshin sighed. He knew what he must do, but did he have the courage? He took a deep breath. "Okay." He told himself, "It's now or never." He mustered up his strength and lifted his fist to the door. He breathed deep again and knocked. "Yes?" Came the voice from inside the room. "It's me, Kenshin. May I come in? I need to talk to you." "Go ahead."
He slid the door open and quickly walked in, shutting it behind him. Kaiya looked up from where she was sitting. She had been combing her hair. She set the comb down and quickly pulled her flowing dark-red hair back in a high ponytail and secured it with a bright blue ribbon. She looked up at Kenshin, her violet eyes shining brightly in the morning light that penetrated the room.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Kaiya asked, motioning for the rurouni to sit down. Kenshin slowly drew the picture from where he had been hiding it. "I want to know who this is." He said, indicating the boy in the picture. She lowered her gaze, thinking about her answer. She watched Kenshin's face as she hesitantly replied. "He is my brother." Kenshin studied her expression a moment before asking the question that had been nagging at the back of his mind for two whole weeks since he had discovered the picture. "What is your brother's name?" He asked, pressing further into the subject.
Kaiya studied the floor in front of her. She sighed, then looking up into Kenshin's face she carefully worded her answer. "I did not know my brother." She said, turning her face away from Kenshin's view. "All I have been told is that when I was a baby my parents died. Apparently my brother tried to take care of me, but he was young too and he found it too difficult. Some slave masters came and wanted to take my brother as a slave, but they would not take a baby and my brother wouldn't let me go. The slavers found a family that they would pay to take care of me until I was old enough to work for them. But something happened and I ended up far away from the slaver, for which I am glad. Some people that ran a school." Kaiya stopped herself, should she give that part away? She shook her head and continued, "They raised me and I worked for them, but now it is a new era and no one wanted to go to their school anymore and it went out of business. So I left the school for Tokyo, in search of my brother, Shinta Himoura."
Kaiya sighed. It felt good to have told somebody the truth. Well, maybe the half-truth, but she didn't know these people that well. It would be unwise to reveal that much of her to them.
Kenshin moved over and sat closer to Kaiya. He leaned over and whispered as quietly as possible. "Kaiya, I have a secret that I think I should tell you. One that no one here has ever heard and probably never will, you got that?" Kaiya's eyes widened as she nodded her head in agreement. He moved closer and whispered in her ear. "Kaiya, I am Shinta Himoura."
Kaiya was speechless. Her mouth hung agape. All this was startling news. Kenshin just sat there, smiling his rurouni smile. Kaiya's eyes darted back and forth. "Should I tell him?" She asked her self, struggling with the truth. She looked back over at Kenshin and started to say something when the silence was rudely interrupted.
"Hey Kenshin, are you in there?" Yahiko shouted through the door. Kenshin rose and walked over to the door. "Is something wrong?" He asked, sliding the door open. "I don't know. You got a letter." "A letter? From who?" "I don't know." Yahiko said, handing the letter the Kenshin. "The ink is kind of smudged, you might actually have to open it to find out who sent it." Yahiko grinned. Kaiya rolled her eyes.
With haste Kenshin opened the letter. What Yahiko had said was true. The letter had at some point gotten wet and all the ink had run, making it hard to read the letter. Kenshin squinted. He could barely make out words of the letter:
Battousai-
We are in desperate need of your help. Please come to Kyoto, with as many able fighters as possible, as soon as possible. We have discovered a plot against.(The letter was so smudged that he could not read that part of it.) Again, please come as soon as possible.
Signed- (Once again the ink was to badly smudged to read it.)
"Is something wrong?" Kenshin's eyes rose from the paper he was studying. "I don't know, that I don't." He replied, glancing up at Karou's face. "What do you mean, you don't know?" She asked, sidling up beside him to read the letter. Her face became stern after she had read it. "What does this mean?" She looked to Kenshin's face for answers, ones that he did not posses. "So are we going or staying?" Yahiko demanded. Kenshin's face betrayed no feelings. "We should go, that I am sure of." "All of us?" Yahiko pleaded. "Yes, that is what the letter says, does it not?" "Yahoo! I'll go get Sano." With eagerness Yahiko ran out the gate, leaving it swaying in the breeze.
Karou put her hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "But if we are all to go who will watch the dojo?" Kaiya raised her voice from where she was sitting. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm not going anywhere." She stated, indicating her broken ankle. "All the more reason that I don't think you should be left here alone." Karou said, bending down beside the other girl. "I'll be fine. Megumi comes everyday anyways. And with you gone someone will have to watch Dr. Gensai's grandchildren. "She makes a good point, that she does. I'm sure Kaiya can manage just fine." "That's right. Thank you Kenshin." She replied as she stood herself up using the crutch that Gensai had given her to use as if to prove her point."
"Then it's settled," Karou said, watching Yahiko and Sano pass through the gate into the dojo, "We're going to Kyoto!"
a/n o.k. Thanks so very much, scott0 for correcting me on that spelling. so what'd u think? lemme know. review! Well, gotta go so I can start to work on chapter six!
Chapter 5
The Letter
Kenshin quickly stuffed the photo into his shirt, hoping that no one had seen it. "I must figure this out before telling everyone, that I must." He told himself. He rose from the floor and picked up his sword as he went. "I think I shall get some fresh air, that I will." He said with a tone of seriousness as he slid the door open and disappeared unto the balcony. Karou barely had time to spin around before he was gone.
"I wonder what's gotten into him?" She asked to no one in particular. "Hm. Men." Megumi huffed sarcastically as she turned back to Kaiya's belongings.
"Whatever." Sano leaned back against the wall and stretched his arms behind his head. Megumi rolled her eyes and sighed as she looked back over her shoulder at the impolite freeloader. She shook her head. "That guy acts as though he doesn't care about anything. But if that's true, does that mean that he doesn't care about me?" Her eyes widened at the very thought. She shifted her gaze back to the bag, looking for anything that would lead to a clue about Kaiya's identity. She found nothing.
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Kenshin sighed. He knew what he must do, but did he have the courage? He took a deep breath. "Okay." He told himself, "It's now or never." He mustered up his strength and lifted his fist to the door. He breathed deep again and knocked. "Yes?" Came the voice from inside the room. "It's me, Kenshin. May I come in? I need to talk to you." "Go ahead."
He slid the door open and quickly walked in, shutting it behind him. Kaiya looked up from where she was sitting. She had been combing her hair. She set the comb down and quickly pulled her flowing dark-red hair back in a high ponytail and secured it with a bright blue ribbon. She looked up at Kenshin, her violet eyes shining brightly in the morning light that penetrated the room.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Kaiya asked, motioning for the rurouni to sit down. Kenshin slowly drew the picture from where he had been hiding it. "I want to know who this is." He said, indicating the boy in the picture. She lowered her gaze, thinking about her answer. She watched Kenshin's face as she hesitantly replied. "He is my brother." Kenshin studied her expression a moment before asking the question that had been nagging at the back of his mind for two whole weeks since he had discovered the picture. "What is your brother's name?" He asked, pressing further into the subject.
Kaiya studied the floor in front of her. She sighed, then looking up into Kenshin's face she carefully worded her answer. "I did not know my brother." She said, turning her face away from Kenshin's view. "All I have been told is that when I was a baby my parents died. Apparently my brother tried to take care of me, but he was young too and he found it too difficult. Some slave masters came and wanted to take my brother as a slave, but they would not take a baby and my brother wouldn't let me go. The slavers found a family that they would pay to take care of me until I was old enough to work for them. But something happened and I ended up far away from the slaver, for which I am glad. Some people that ran a school." Kaiya stopped herself, should she give that part away? She shook her head and continued, "They raised me and I worked for them, but now it is a new era and no one wanted to go to their school anymore and it went out of business. So I left the school for Tokyo, in search of my brother, Shinta Himoura."
Kaiya sighed. It felt good to have told somebody the truth. Well, maybe the half-truth, but she didn't know these people that well. It would be unwise to reveal that much of her to them.
Kenshin moved over and sat closer to Kaiya. He leaned over and whispered as quietly as possible. "Kaiya, I have a secret that I think I should tell you. One that no one here has ever heard and probably never will, you got that?" Kaiya's eyes widened as she nodded her head in agreement. He moved closer and whispered in her ear. "Kaiya, I am Shinta Himoura."
Kaiya was speechless. Her mouth hung agape. All this was startling news. Kenshin just sat there, smiling his rurouni smile. Kaiya's eyes darted back and forth. "Should I tell him?" She asked her self, struggling with the truth. She looked back over at Kenshin and started to say something when the silence was rudely interrupted.
"Hey Kenshin, are you in there?" Yahiko shouted through the door. Kenshin rose and walked over to the door. "Is something wrong?" He asked, sliding the door open. "I don't know. You got a letter." "A letter? From who?" "I don't know." Yahiko said, handing the letter the Kenshin. "The ink is kind of smudged, you might actually have to open it to find out who sent it." Yahiko grinned. Kaiya rolled her eyes.
With haste Kenshin opened the letter. What Yahiko had said was true. The letter had at some point gotten wet and all the ink had run, making it hard to read the letter. Kenshin squinted. He could barely make out words of the letter:
Battousai-
We are in desperate need of your help. Please come to Kyoto, with as many able fighters as possible, as soon as possible. We have discovered a plot against.(The letter was so smudged that he could not read that part of it.) Again, please come as soon as possible.
Signed- (Once again the ink was to badly smudged to read it.)
"Is something wrong?" Kenshin's eyes rose from the paper he was studying. "I don't know, that I don't." He replied, glancing up at Karou's face. "What do you mean, you don't know?" She asked, sidling up beside him to read the letter. Her face became stern after she had read it. "What does this mean?" She looked to Kenshin's face for answers, ones that he did not posses. "So are we going or staying?" Yahiko demanded. Kenshin's face betrayed no feelings. "We should go, that I am sure of." "All of us?" Yahiko pleaded. "Yes, that is what the letter says, does it not?" "Yahoo! I'll go get Sano." With eagerness Yahiko ran out the gate, leaving it swaying in the breeze.
Karou put her hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "But if we are all to go who will watch the dojo?" Kaiya raised her voice from where she was sitting. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm not going anywhere." She stated, indicating her broken ankle. "All the more reason that I don't think you should be left here alone." Karou said, bending down beside the other girl. "I'll be fine. Megumi comes everyday anyways. And with you gone someone will have to watch Dr. Gensai's grandchildren. "She makes a good point, that she does. I'm sure Kaiya can manage just fine." "That's right. Thank you Kenshin." She replied as she stood herself up using the crutch that Gensai had given her to use as if to prove her point."
"Then it's settled," Karou said, watching Yahiko and Sano pass through the gate into the dojo, "We're going to Kyoto!"
a/n o.k. Thanks so very much, scott0 for correcting me on that spelling. so what'd u think? lemme know. review! Well, gotta go so I can start to work on chapter six!
