Yahiko, through clenched eyes, raised his face and opened his eyes.
She looked into his wide, idealistic eyes.
"I'm not going to teach Kamiya Kasshin Ryu anymore."
Changing
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin
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A/N: Guess what peeps? I started a new RK story!! It's called Going Back and I guess it's centered on Kenji. And Kaoru. I'm not really sure. The storyline is rather funny considering that Kenshin is jealous of his son for Kaoru's affections.
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"What!?" Yahiko asked, he could almost feel the tears pooling in his eyes again. Kaoru nodded weakly, and sighed.
"Why!?" Misao asked, confusedly.
"Why is none of your business, now is it?" Tokio huffed.
"Toki..." Kaoru warned weakly.
"But it isn't, Kaoru. And considering, the Hitokiri Battousai, the man you-"
Kaoru sent Tokio a look that dropped the temperature a few degrees.
"Watch your mouth."
"Of course... I am sorry."
They watched the exchange with confused faced.
"What about me?" Kenshin asked with a sad look.
Kaoru ignored him and went on, "I have a reason Yahiko. Kamiya Kasshin... A sword that protects... It was an ideal that all the Kamiya were supposed to pass on."
"And you are one!!" Yahiko shouted.
"No, Yahiko. My name is Shinomori. Kaoru Shinomori."
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Of course, after that moment, Aoshi remembered that she was supposed to be his sister and jumped on her for answers. Tokio laughed and mocked that he didn't remember anything while Kaoru kept shooting her dirty looks.
Yahiko kept nagging at her to teach the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, thinking that she was only joking.
This caused Yahiko to be one of Tokio's least favorite people. Kenshin seemed worried with everything, seeing how Tokio said his former name in one of her sentences.
Kaoru disappeared once again that day. When everyone noticed, Tokio disappeared along with her.
Saitou just rolled his eyes and promised that they would be back soon while Aoshi showed emotion for the first time Misao had ever known him to.
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It was late night when they came back. The owls hooted annoyingly and Tokio gave tired yawns.
"I told you that you were too old for this," Kaoru said jokingly. Tokio only gave a hurt look.
"Think we gave out enough signs?" Tokio asked after awhile.
"I don't know. We'll just have to see won't we?" Kaoru answered back.
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When Kaoru woke up the next morning, she was confronted by her friends who seemed very angry at her.
"I'm sorry," She said quietly. "I've been a bitch. I know it. But-"
"KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" there were screams in their yard.
"Who can it be now?" Sano asked. "As far as I know, everyone is here!"
Tokio gave a grin. Then with a bang, the door slid open and there was two people standing there. They were both very attractive, both of them with hair tied back in the way that showed that they were samurais. They both had typical Japanese brown eyes and the man seemed even more feminine than Kenshin.
"Oh. My. GOOOOOOOOD!" the man seemed to scream. Then he tried to jump on Kaoru who welcomed him with a hug.
"Miyu. You are heavier!" Kaoru squeaked.
"I'm going to take that as a compliment!" the man named Miyu smiled at her. Then his eyes seemed to travel all over them and stopped on Tokio.
"Tokio-sama!! You look so young! I missed you so much!! When I saw it, I almost didn't believe it but, oh my gosh!!!"
Tokio smiled. "Did you practice?"
"Are you kidding? I lived for this day! I lived for the day that the blood of the Hitokiri Battousai would stain my sword!!"
The silence seemed to deafen them.
Then the other person, stepped up, who happened to be female, but for a female, the girl had a deep voice.
"Maybe we should go change."
"Of course, Ginta. Aren't you going to say hi to Kaoru?"
Ginta seemed to cast Kaoru a longing look then whispered, "hello."
"Hi."
Everyone felt the tension in the air and Tokio pulled Ginta and Miyu to the rooms.
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"You can't keep it from them," Tokio said quietly.
"I can keep running." Kaoru whispered back.
"Kenshin is getting frustrated."
"I know."
"Do something."
"What?"
"Tokio. If I told them... If I can tell them, that is... what do you think they would do?"
"I don't know."
"What do Ginta and Miyu think? After you told them of course."
"Ginta knew already. Miyu... on the other hand... feels betrayed."
"That was to be expected."
"It's not the whole 'Battousai' thing. Well, partly it is, but she is very jealous. Of Misao Makimachi."
Kaoru gave a laugh.
"Misao never replaced Miyu."
"Honestly? Can you say that? The 'Kenshin-gumi' as the brat puts it, hasn't it replaced us in your heart? Ginta can feel it. Miyu can feel it. And so will the rest of the us."
Kaoru looked away. "You remember how this all started?"
"Yes, I do, Kaoru. Kayo Andrews. You have to kill him. Why do you ask?"
"Tell Miyu and Ginta not to worry. As soon as everyone gets here, I have to leave anyway."
Tokio gave a tired sigh and left Kaoru to her thoughts.
A/N: Our Kaoru is deeper then everyone thinks. People say that she was being a bitch and stuff like that from keeping Aoshi in the dark and stuff like that. That was mean! Kaoru is doing it for their own good!
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