Little Plans
By: Silver Teardrops
Disclaimer: Don't own anything so far. O.o what a shock!
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Aoshi wondered out of school, just taking his time. He was told today that his sister was coming here and he should wait for her. He watched absently as the leaves were blown across the sidewalk, some on the stairs. He didn't pay attention and had bumped into a girl, who was sitting on the steps in front of the school.
"Oh, gomen nasai, I didn't see you there." Aoshi bent down to help the girl up from her sprawled out position.
He noticed when he touched her; she flinched away but didn't say anything. When he picked her up, she was light as a feather, this didn't seem right.
"It's alright. No one sees me." The girl quietly admitted brushing at her skirt and continued to look down.
"My name is Shinomori Aoshi, may I ask yours?" Aoshi persisted wanting to know what was with her case.
"...Minata Aki..." She looked up to see whom the person she was talking to be, and she took in a breath. He was handsome, beyond that, and here she was talking to him.
Aoshi was surprised the moment her head went up, he wasn't suspecting her to do that. But once he saw her eyes, he wanted to hold her. It held so many pain-stricken emotions in them.
Something about how she held herself together despite that made him more attracted to her.
"Um...Hajimemashite." She held out her hand to him and without thinking he took it, as if on cue.
"Same to you." Aoshi muttered. He was still captivated by how beautiful she was, but the pain that was hidden it captured him as well.
"Shinomori-san, may I ask you not to stare, it's a little intimidating." She admitted; not turning away, afraid it was too impolite. She knew who he was, only heard of him, but nonetheless knew about him. He was a great fighter, and is already head of his 'own' business: A hotel. It was very successful and still is.
"Oh, my apologies again." Aoshi quickly looked away, a light blush hidden beneath his bangs. She giggled a little but not too loud afraid it was again, too impolite.
Aoshi quickly looked up in heard of his name. And there she was, with that boy again. "Tsubame-chan." Aoshi greeted her with a little tussle of her hair. She frowned but was still smiling at the same time. He nodded a greeting to Yahiko.
"Can we go to the movies today? I'll pay if you want. Please? Pretty please?" Tsubame clung onto his arm jumping up and down with those most fearful eyes: the puppy eyes. Aoshi groaned as he felt his heart give in.
"Fine. Go to my car and start it up for me, I'll be there in a minute." Aoshi handed Tsubame his keys and she grabbed hold of Yahiko's hand and ran to the navy blue car of his. Aoshi then looked at the little figure of a woman and held his hand out to her, making sure she saw it of course.
"Will you join my sister and I to the movies. It will be an apology for bumping into you." Aoshi said. She looked a little frightened but again held onto her determination and rested her hand in his palm; accepting the proposal.
"But will you make sure I will be home before 5 this evening. I wouldn't want to worry...my parents." She smiled a bit at him. He glanced at his watch and thought to himself, she only has 45 minutes then.
"I will promise you that." Aoshi found himself saying leading her with him to the car. Still he wanted to know more about her, she seemed...he didn't quite know but the mystery of it all made him the more intrigued and interested in the beautiful woman beside him.
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Kaoru had just finished staying behind to help a student who wanted a kendo lesson. She wanted him to join her at the K. K. R. D. but he admitted he didn't have money. She also told him that all he needed was a guardian-18 or older- to sign and she can give him free lessons. Still he told her that he was an orphan, so she agreed. She went past a classroom and something bright caught her attention. It was he all right. But what in the world was he doing so late after school.
"Himura-san?" The teacher called out Kenshin's name. He stood up in response.
"You may leave now, but next time don't let me catch you talking in class ever again." The teacher dismissed him and he all but eagerly ran out of the room and collided into another. The other fell on her back and he was standing trying to fix his gaze on it.
"Oh! Kamiya-san! I didn't mean to, I didn't see you there at all!" Kenshin bent down and tried to shake her out of her dizzy spell and when she came to, she blushed noticing again how handsome he was up close. She then shook her head, must be a concussion she argued her heart.
"Next time watch it!" She barked back getting up without his help, but regretting so as the room spun. The bumping had given her a whiplash.
"Gomen, forgive me." Kenshin lowered his head and pressed his palms together hoping he could beg for it.
"Get up, I forgive ya. It ain't all that bad." She said trying to impersonate Sanosuke's language. And Kenshin did not over look that tone at all. After all Sanosuke became his best friend just today.
"Trying to sound like Sanosuke? Funny I admit." Kenshin chuckled and soon Kaoru found herself doing the same. She shut up and excused herself and went home. Misao and her had an appointed meeting later today.
Kenshin stood there and then realize Kaoru had dropped something. He picked it up admiring all the while. It was a rose, pure diamond, necklace. He wondered how she could afford it, and then it rushed through his mind. She was no ordinary girl, and he was no ordinary boy. He smiled and tucked it into his pocket and couldn't wait for tomorrow to give it backs to her.
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"Oi! Fox, hurry up will ya? I'm only going to do this once, and I have to get home by a certain time too." Sanosuke all but yelled at Megumi who was stumbling around trying to get a hold of many textbooks and walking.
"Shut up for a minute then!" She yelled back, finally setting the books on the desk. Sanosuke looked alarmed at how many materials he would have to do now. He hated reading since he was small, he always wanted someone to read for him, and now? He got himself deeper in the world of reading. He groaned aloud-causing Megumi to glare at him.
"What now Rooster-head?" She smirked finding that name quite suitable for him, as he found fox suitable for her.
"Nothing, let me have...around 5 books and you can take the rest to look it up." He reluctantly grabbed five interesting books but then a hand caught his.
"You know Sagara-san, we can work together and it'll involve less reading." She said a little timidly. He found himself recalling the words that Kaoru had told him earlier that day. And he didn't want to seem rude, even though it was his reputation to be that way, it seemed wrong at this time.
"Okay, when do we meet up then?" He asked setting the five books back down. Megumi was taken aback. He finally accepted one of her offers for a date! Even if it was just to finish some work, the thought of spending time with him made her happy.
"How about tomorrow? We can come here and then go where ever afterwards. Sounds alright Sagara-san?"
"Yeah, I'll meet ya here at noon alright? We can grab lunch then begin our work." He left giving her the peace sign and she felt her heart flutter faster as if it will soon rip out of her body. She'll have to call Kaoru later.
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"Yahiko?" Tsubame tried it out for sound then smiled at him as he blushed at her.
"Aa, Tsubame?" Yahiko spoke in a soft voice as to not alarm Aoshi he liked her. She smiled snuggling herself into his arms. He stuttered, wanting to push her off, but at the same time wanting to hold her more. He then caught Aoshi smirking through the back-rear-view mirror. He gasped.
"There, there, she likes you, what more do you want?" Aoshi joked to Yahiko and he turned ever redder. He didn't like how her brother would joke when he was so quiet and cold.
"Um...Shinomori-san. Are you sure you can take me how before 5?" Aki asked uncertainly. He nodded, forgetting about the two young lovebirds in the back seat. That gave Yahiko a big relief; he then wrapped his arm around Tsubame's shoulder.
"Tsubame, I- I like you, a lot." Yahiko admitted stroking her hair. She giggled as he touched a spot where she was ticklish.
"Yahiko, I like you a lot too." She admitted gazing up into his brown eyes. She smiled wanting to give him a kiss but the thought of Aoshi joking on her was not the greatest of all scenes. So she opted for talking, and getting to know more and more about her new boyfriend.
"So, when will I get to meet your family?" Tsubame asked.
"Soon, but my father has gotten ill and is spending time in the hospital. You will only get to see my sister Kaoru if you have a chance to at all." Yahiko explained, saddened a bit but didn't show it much.
"Kaoru? What say is your neesan's surname?" Aoshi interrupted upon hearing such a familiar name.
"Shinomori-san her name is Kamiya Kaoru, doshite?" Yahiko asked.
"I know her, she's been friends with me for a while now." Aoshi said, smirking, he was going to give Kaoru hell for not telling me her brother was already this old?
"That is all, sorry for the intrusion." Aoshi apologize getting back to his small talk with Aki.
"Can I meet her let say Saturday then?" Tsubame brought his attention back to her.
"Sure, I can ask her to." He said not wanting more talking, since they had arrived at the movies. They got out and Aoshi paid for all of them, well for Tsubame and Yahiko. He decided he only had half an hour with Aki so he decided to take her to a cafe instead to talk.
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"Misao, come on." Kaoru coaxed her friend into talking, it wasn't a big thing for someone not to talk as much but seeing it was Misao this worried her. Misao was never one to keep quiet.
"Kaoru, he...he said..." Misao couldn't quite form the words; it just hurt for her to admit it to herself. She had skipped the rest of the school day not wanting anyone to know her kept emotions, because she knew she was too easy to figure out. Her eyes were the ones who usually gave her in.
"Aoshi...said it didn't he." Kaoru looked at her friend tears welling in her eyes as well. Misao shouldn't have to go through this.
"Hai...demo...I have become close friends with him." She looked up at Kaoru smiling with tears falling from her eyes. Kaoru came around the table and knelt down next to her and Misao leaned down into her hug. Crying out to her.
"I knew he couldn't love me, but I thought I should try. I didn't know it'd hurt this much though." Misao kept crying and Kaoru just wanted this moment to end, this pain to end. Misao, she knew, didn't deserve any of this. None of this was suppose to happen to such an optimistic girl.
"Cry it all out. The faster you get over it the better." Kaoru whispered patting Misao's back. Misao nodded and soon her cries subsided to soft whimpers.
"Are you okay now? With Aoshi and all?" Kaoru asked, Misao smiled and nodded.
"I will be happy for him if he soon found the woman of his dreams." She stated shocked that she believed her very words, it didn't hurt so much now realizing that what she gave up will have another he would love as much as she did he.
"Hey would you like to help me train those students of mine?" Kaoru changed the subject hoping Misao would accept, Yahiko called and said he would be out.
"Sure, wait till I whack some sense into them." Misao joked getting up. Kaoru had asked her driver to come and pick them up. She was old enough to drive, she just didn't want to. Yeah, what a spoiled girl? Not, she worked to pay that man herself.
"Yutaro-san? May you take us back to the Dojo?" Kaoru asked as she closed the door to the styling limo. It wasn't a big one, just a suitable one. She rarely did use it though.
"Sure Kaoru, anywhere for you." Yutaro smiled through his mirror and started off. He first started his job a few months ago with a huge crush on Kaoru, but once confessed and she told him down softly. And he understood she didn't like him like that, but as a friend. He came to accept that. She was after all his boss.
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Kenshin invited Sano over that afternoon to his house, or other words MANSION! Sanosuke almost choked on a toothpick he was chewing. He never expected Kenshin to be living here. Sure he was the successor to the Sakabatou Company but here was a little too much.
"Kenshin, yo, how come you didn't tell me you lived here? I thought the richest guy here…" Sano let his sentences drown out, since he noticed his stupidity.
"It's alright a lot of people forget." Kenshin let that subject fly out the door as soon as they exited the car the doors to the mansion opened and immediately four huge bodyguards ran around
Kenshin and Sanosuke.
"Kenshin, tell me what the hell is going on?" Sano was worried. What was happening?
"Nothing. It's my father, he's a bit over protective." Kenshin said scratching his head and moved along when the fours started for the house. When they entered the fours departed and took stance at the entrance searching the room and were looking Sanosuke up and down. He felt a little nervous and asked Kenshin if they could leave that certain room. Kenshin immediately understood and brought him up to the game room. There were over many games and the game which both of the excelled in, pool.
"Cool, you got pool? I could beat ya' you know?" Sano said strutting off his muscles, which was stupid to do.
"Ya right." Kenshin got two pool sticks and threw one at Sano and kept one for him. He dipped the tip of his stick into the powder and threw that at Sano to do that same. They began their match but then were rudely interrupted as a maid rushed in almost sending Sano down to the floor, since he was smart enough to stand behind the door.
"What's the matter Meiko?" Kenshin asked his personal maid.
"Master Hiko. He says he is in need of your assistance." Meiko informed her master. He nodded and Sano figured why not follow him to see the famous Hiko.
"Kenshin get in here now!" Hiko demanded. Kenshin came in and stood straight and bowed to him and Sano did the same scared he'd be kicked out for acting his usual way.
"I need you to finish this report, and subject the orders it has come to terms with. You seemed to over looked this one last time." Hiko threw a thick manila folder at Kenshin, with his quick reflexes, caught it and then caught the flying book at him.
"I need it by tonight. Oh and do tell your friend there to feel free to roam the place." Hiko smirked at how he was intimidating Kenshin's new found friend. Sano sweat dropped wishing now he could be invisible.
"Right, I will do theses as soon as I'm done and through with my current work." Kenshin sounded different, still polite but more business rather than friendly. Sano followed him out after they were dismissed. Kenshin had beat Sano in pool and was already on the folder, getting it done. Sano decided to take up the invitation and began to look around the big mansion. There were rooms and rooms of places. He didn't know where to begin at first then his stomach growled and he knew then where to go.
"Um Kenshin, where's the kitchen?" Sano asked, as his body was half in the doorway.
"Ask one of the maids to show you." Kenshin shooed him off as he continued his work. It was interesting; this was about the K. K. R. D.
"Yo Lady, where the kitchen at?" Sanosuke scared a small figure runny to clean up the place.
"Sir the kitchen is located downstairs. Take the stairs down, take a left and go all the way down the hall and you'll meet up with the kitchen, I'm sure you won't miss it." She then turned and hurriedly ran to catch up with about 3 more women running for some reason.
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"...So Shinomori-san, I am thankful for everything you've done by far. But I hate to end it so, it's nearing 5." Aki said blushing, she found she liked him more and more when each second passed.
"Right, I'll take you home. And you don't need to thank me Minata-san." Aoshi stood up giving her his hand to take and she did and both of them went out to the car. Aoshi had told Tsubame to go on ahead and watch the movie he'll come back to get her and drop her 'boyfriend' home.
"Shinomori-san, I'm glad that you asked me to come with you today. It was nice talking to you." Aki bided farewell, as she was about to exit. Aoshi grabbed her wrist and she immediately shot her head back to stare at him with fright. Aoshi knew he made a mistake and removed his hands quickly and started to apologize.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you; I've been doing that to you a lot haven't I? But I wanted to ask you if you would like to join me for lunch tomorrow? We'll go out and eat." Aoshi added in. She thought about it for a while, sure, no one would find out. It'll still be when she was in school.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." She waved good-bye and ran up her steps and into her house.
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"Kenshin...kenshin..." Kaoru kept saying this throughout her dream that night. She felt him battling her, except his eyes were amber and his moves were life threatening. She tried to shake him out of it, even when she realizes that she loved the old one. She shot upright, sweating in her finely decorated room. She looked around on her bed and found nothing there but a simple book.
"I've got to stop reading before I fall asleep. They give me nightmares." She placed the book on the nightstand and started to go back to sleep, but couldn't. So she got up and walked to the balcony of her room and looked outside, tonight was beautiful. So she decided, sleeping outside would be best. She grabbed a blanket and a pillow and made it to a comfy chair and sat, admiring the stars as they shined. She attentively reached for the necklace and found nothing she panicked.
"I've lost it!!!" She screamed to herself. She frantically searched for it.
a/n: so you like this chapter? Hope so, suspense is killing me. I'm trying to update a lot of my fics before I return back to school. It may be a while if I don't. I appreciate all those who review you made me keep the story going. Do you wonder what will happen to Sano in the kitchen? What Aki is to Aoshi? Notice I said Aki not Ayumi; ohhh Aoshi has twists in his life. What is Aki's history? Will Soujiro befriend Misao? What is Kaoru to do with out her necklace, and why is it so important? All these questions will be answered as soon as the chapters start rolling in. And if you ask, I have the plot down I just think of the twists I add to keep readers entertained. I hope you like and please click that review button for more updates!!!! Oh by the way, I know I've changed a lot of the characters last names, but it has to fit the family situations.
By: Silver Teardrops
Disclaimer: Don't own anything so far. O.o what a shock!
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Aoshi wondered out of school, just taking his time. He was told today that his sister was coming here and he should wait for her. He watched absently as the leaves were blown across the sidewalk, some on the stairs. He didn't pay attention and had bumped into a girl, who was sitting on the steps in front of the school.
"Oh, gomen nasai, I didn't see you there." Aoshi bent down to help the girl up from her sprawled out position.
He noticed when he touched her; she flinched away but didn't say anything. When he picked her up, she was light as a feather, this didn't seem right.
"It's alright. No one sees me." The girl quietly admitted brushing at her skirt and continued to look down.
"My name is Shinomori Aoshi, may I ask yours?" Aoshi persisted wanting to know what was with her case.
"...Minata Aki..." She looked up to see whom the person she was talking to be, and she took in a breath. He was handsome, beyond that, and here she was talking to him.
Aoshi was surprised the moment her head went up, he wasn't suspecting her to do that. But once he saw her eyes, he wanted to hold her. It held so many pain-stricken emotions in them.
Something about how she held herself together despite that made him more attracted to her.
"Um...Hajimemashite." She held out her hand to him and without thinking he took it, as if on cue.
"Same to you." Aoshi muttered. He was still captivated by how beautiful she was, but the pain that was hidden it captured him as well.
"Shinomori-san, may I ask you not to stare, it's a little intimidating." She admitted; not turning away, afraid it was too impolite. She knew who he was, only heard of him, but nonetheless knew about him. He was a great fighter, and is already head of his 'own' business: A hotel. It was very successful and still is.
"Oh, my apologies again." Aoshi quickly looked away, a light blush hidden beneath his bangs. She giggled a little but not too loud afraid it was again, too impolite.
Aoshi quickly looked up in heard of his name. And there she was, with that boy again. "Tsubame-chan." Aoshi greeted her with a little tussle of her hair. She frowned but was still smiling at the same time. He nodded a greeting to Yahiko.
"Can we go to the movies today? I'll pay if you want. Please? Pretty please?" Tsubame clung onto his arm jumping up and down with those most fearful eyes: the puppy eyes. Aoshi groaned as he felt his heart give in.
"Fine. Go to my car and start it up for me, I'll be there in a minute." Aoshi handed Tsubame his keys and she grabbed hold of Yahiko's hand and ran to the navy blue car of his. Aoshi then looked at the little figure of a woman and held his hand out to her, making sure she saw it of course.
"Will you join my sister and I to the movies. It will be an apology for bumping into you." Aoshi said. She looked a little frightened but again held onto her determination and rested her hand in his palm; accepting the proposal.
"But will you make sure I will be home before 5 this evening. I wouldn't want to worry...my parents." She smiled a bit at him. He glanced at his watch and thought to himself, she only has 45 minutes then.
"I will promise you that." Aoshi found himself saying leading her with him to the car. Still he wanted to know more about her, she seemed...he didn't quite know but the mystery of it all made him the more intrigued and interested in the beautiful woman beside him.
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Kaoru had just finished staying behind to help a student who wanted a kendo lesson. She wanted him to join her at the K. K. R. D. but he admitted he didn't have money. She also told him that all he needed was a guardian-18 or older- to sign and she can give him free lessons. Still he told her that he was an orphan, so she agreed. She went past a classroom and something bright caught her attention. It was he all right. But what in the world was he doing so late after school.
"Himura-san?" The teacher called out Kenshin's name. He stood up in response.
"You may leave now, but next time don't let me catch you talking in class ever again." The teacher dismissed him and he all but eagerly ran out of the room and collided into another. The other fell on her back and he was standing trying to fix his gaze on it.
"Oh! Kamiya-san! I didn't mean to, I didn't see you there at all!" Kenshin bent down and tried to shake her out of her dizzy spell and when she came to, she blushed noticing again how handsome he was up close. She then shook her head, must be a concussion she argued her heart.
"Next time watch it!" She barked back getting up without his help, but regretting so as the room spun. The bumping had given her a whiplash.
"Gomen, forgive me." Kenshin lowered his head and pressed his palms together hoping he could beg for it.
"Get up, I forgive ya. It ain't all that bad." She said trying to impersonate Sanosuke's language. And Kenshin did not over look that tone at all. After all Sanosuke became his best friend just today.
"Trying to sound like Sanosuke? Funny I admit." Kenshin chuckled and soon Kaoru found herself doing the same. She shut up and excused herself and went home. Misao and her had an appointed meeting later today.
Kenshin stood there and then realize Kaoru had dropped something. He picked it up admiring all the while. It was a rose, pure diamond, necklace. He wondered how she could afford it, and then it rushed through his mind. She was no ordinary girl, and he was no ordinary boy. He smiled and tucked it into his pocket and couldn't wait for tomorrow to give it backs to her.
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"Oi! Fox, hurry up will ya? I'm only going to do this once, and I have to get home by a certain time too." Sanosuke all but yelled at Megumi who was stumbling around trying to get a hold of many textbooks and walking.
"Shut up for a minute then!" She yelled back, finally setting the books on the desk. Sanosuke looked alarmed at how many materials he would have to do now. He hated reading since he was small, he always wanted someone to read for him, and now? He got himself deeper in the world of reading. He groaned aloud-causing Megumi to glare at him.
"What now Rooster-head?" She smirked finding that name quite suitable for him, as he found fox suitable for her.
"Nothing, let me have...around 5 books and you can take the rest to look it up." He reluctantly grabbed five interesting books but then a hand caught his.
"You know Sagara-san, we can work together and it'll involve less reading." She said a little timidly. He found himself recalling the words that Kaoru had told him earlier that day. And he didn't want to seem rude, even though it was his reputation to be that way, it seemed wrong at this time.
"Okay, when do we meet up then?" He asked setting the five books back down. Megumi was taken aback. He finally accepted one of her offers for a date! Even if it was just to finish some work, the thought of spending time with him made her happy.
"How about tomorrow? We can come here and then go where ever afterwards. Sounds alright Sagara-san?"
"Yeah, I'll meet ya here at noon alright? We can grab lunch then begin our work." He left giving her the peace sign and she felt her heart flutter faster as if it will soon rip out of her body. She'll have to call Kaoru later.
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"Yahiko?" Tsubame tried it out for sound then smiled at him as he blushed at her.
"Aa, Tsubame?" Yahiko spoke in a soft voice as to not alarm Aoshi he liked her. She smiled snuggling herself into his arms. He stuttered, wanting to push her off, but at the same time wanting to hold her more. He then caught Aoshi smirking through the back-rear-view mirror. He gasped.
"There, there, she likes you, what more do you want?" Aoshi joked to Yahiko and he turned ever redder. He didn't like how her brother would joke when he was so quiet and cold.
"Um...Shinomori-san. Are you sure you can take me how before 5?" Aki asked uncertainly. He nodded, forgetting about the two young lovebirds in the back seat. That gave Yahiko a big relief; he then wrapped his arm around Tsubame's shoulder.
"Tsubame, I- I like you, a lot." Yahiko admitted stroking her hair. She giggled as he touched a spot where she was ticklish.
"Yahiko, I like you a lot too." She admitted gazing up into his brown eyes. She smiled wanting to give him a kiss but the thought of Aoshi joking on her was not the greatest of all scenes. So she opted for talking, and getting to know more and more about her new boyfriend.
"So, when will I get to meet your family?" Tsubame asked.
"Soon, but my father has gotten ill and is spending time in the hospital. You will only get to see my sister Kaoru if you have a chance to at all." Yahiko explained, saddened a bit but didn't show it much.
"Kaoru? What say is your neesan's surname?" Aoshi interrupted upon hearing such a familiar name.
"Shinomori-san her name is Kamiya Kaoru, doshite?" Yahiko asked.
"I know her, she's been friends with me for a while now." Aoshi said, smirking, he was going to give Kaoru hell for not telling me her brother was already this old?
"That is all, sorry for the intrusion." Aoshi apologize getting back to his small talk with Aki.
"Can I meet her let say Saturday then?" Tsubame brought his attention back to her.
"Sure, I can ask her to." He said not wanting more talking, since they had arrived at the movies. They got out and Aoshi paid for all of them, well for Tsubame and Yahiko. He decided he only had half an hour with Aki so he decided to take her to a cafe instead to talk.
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"Misao, come on." Kaoru coaxed her friend into talking, it wasn't a big thing for someone not to talk as much but seeing it was Misao this worried her. Misao was never one to keep quiet.
"Kaoru, he...he said..." Misao couldn't quite form the words; it just hurt for her to admit it to herself. She had skipped the rest of the school day not wanting anyone to know her kept emotions, because she knew she was too easy to figure out. Her eyes were the ones who usually gave her in.
"Aoshi...said it didn't he." Kaoru looked at her friend tears welling in her eyes as well. Misao shouldn't have to go through this.
"Hai...demo...I have become close friends with him." She looked up at Kaoru smiling with tears falling from her eyes. Kaoru came around the table and knelt down next to her and Misao leaned down into her hug. Crying out to her.
"I knew he couldn't love me, but I thought I should try. I didn't know it'd hurt this much though." Misao kept crying and Kaoru just wanted this moment to end, this pain to end. Misao, she knew, didn't deserve any of this. None of this was suppose to happen to such an optimistic girl.
"Cry it all out. The faster you get over it the better." Kaoru whispered patting Misao's back. Misao nodded and soon her cries subsided to soft whimpers.
"Are you okay now? With Aoshi and all?" Kaoru asked, Misao smiled and nodded.
"I will be happy for him if he soon found the woman of his dreams." She stated shocked that she believed her very words, it didn't hurt so much now realizing that what she gave up will have another he would love as much as she did he.
"Hey would you like to help me train those students of mine?" Kaoru changed the subject hoping Misao would accept, Yahiko called and said he would be out.
"Sure, wait till I whack some sense into them." Misao joked getting up. Kaoru had asked her driver to come and pick them up. She was old enough to drive, she just didn't want to. Yeah, what a spoiled girl? Not, she worked to pay that man herself.
"Yutaro-san? May you take us back to the Dojo?" Kaoru asked as she closed the door to the styling limo. It wasn't a big one, just a suitable one. She rarely did use it though.
"Sure Kaoru, anywhere for you." Yutaro smiled through his mirror and started off. He first started his job a few months ago with a huge crush on Kaoru, but once confessed and she told him down softly. And he understood she didn't like him like that, but as a friend. He came to accept that. She was after all his boss.
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Kenshin invited Sano over that afternoon to his house, or other words MANSION! Sanosuke almost choked on a toothpick he was chewing. He never expected Kenshin to be living here. Sure he was the successor to the Sakabatou Company but here was a little too much.
"Kenshin, yo, how come you didn't tell me you lived here? I thought the richest guy here…" Sano let his sentences drown out, since he noticed his stupidity.
"It's alright a lot of people forget." Kenshin let that subject fly out the door as soon as they exited the car the doors to the mansion opened and immediately four huge bodyguards ran around
Kenshin and Sanosuke.
"Kenshin, tell me what the hell is going on?" Sano was worried. What was happening?
"Nothing. It's my father, he's a bit over protective." Kenshin said scratching his head and moved along when the fours started for the house. When they entered the fours departed and took stance at the entrance searching the room and were looking Sanosuke up and down. He felt a little nervous and asked Kenshin if they could leave that certain room. Kenshin immediately understood and brought him up to the game room. There were over many games and the game which both of the excelled in, pool.
"Cool, you got pool? I could beat ya' you know?" Sano said strutting off his muscles, which was stupid to do.
"Ya right." Kenshin got two pool sticks and threw one at Sano and kept one for him. He dipped the tip of his stick into the powder and threw that at Sano to do that same. They began their match but then were rudely interrupted as a maid rushed in almost sending Sano down to the floor, since he was smart enough to stand behind the door.
"What's the matter Meiko?" Kenshin asked his personal maid.
"Master Hiko. He says he is in need of your assistance." Meiko informed her master. He nodded and Sano figured why not follow him to see the famous Hiko.
"Kenshin get in here now!" Hiko demanded. Kenshin came in and stood straight and bowed to him and Sano did the same scared he'd be kicked out for acting his usual way.
"I need you to finish this report, and subject the orders it has come to terms with. You seemed to over looked this one last time." Hiko threw a thick manila folder at Kenshin, with his quick reflexes, caught it and then caught the flying book at him.
"I need it by tonight. Oh and do tell your friend there to feel free to roam the place." Hiko smirked at how he was intimidating Kenshin's new found friend. Sano sweat dropped wishing now he could be invisible.
"Right, I will do theses as soon as I'm done and through with my current work." Kenshin sounded different, still polite but more business rather than friendly. Sano followed him out after they were dismissed. Kenshin had beat Sano in pool and was already on the folder, getting it done. Sano decided to take up the invitation and began to look around the big mansion. There were rooms and rooms of places. He didn't know where to begin at first then his stomach growled and he knew then where to go.
"Um Kenshin, where's the kitchen?" Sano asked, as his body was half in the doorway.
"Ask one of the maids to show you." Kenshin shooed him off as he continued his work. It was interesting; this was about the K. K. R. D.
"Yo Lady, where the kitchen at?" Sanosuke scared a small figure runny to clean up the place.
"Sir the kitchen is located downstairs. Take the stairs down, take a left and go all the way down the hall and you'll meet up with the kitchen, I'm sure you won't miss it." She then turned and hurriedly ran to catch up with about 3 more women running for some reason.
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"...So Shinomori-san, I am thankful for everything you've done by far. But I hate to end it so, it's nearing 5." Aki said blushing, she found she liked him more and more when each second passed.
"Right, I'll take you home. And you don't need to thank me Minata-san." Aoshi stood up giving her his hand to take and she did and both of them went out to the car. Aoshi had told Tsubame to go on ahead and watch the movie he'll come back to get her and drop her 'boyfriend' home.
"Shinomori-san, I'm glad that you asked me to come with you today. It was nice talking to you." Aki bided farewell, as she was about to exit. Aoshi grabbed her wrist and she immediately shot her head back to stare at him with fright. Aoshi knew he made a mistake and removed his hands quickly and started to apologize.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you; I've been doing that to you a lot haven't I? But I wanted to ask you if you would like to join me for lunch tomorrow? We'll go out and eat." Aoshi added in. She thought about it for a while, sure, no one would find out. It'll still be when she was in school.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." She waved good-bye and ran up her steps and into her house.
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"Kenshin...kenshin..." Kaoru kept saying this throughout her dream that night. She felt him battling her, except his eyes were amber and his moves were life threatening. She tried to shake him out of it, even when she realizes that she loved the old one. She shot upright, sweating in her finely decorated room. She looked around on her bed and found nothing there but a simple book.
"I've got to stop reading before I fall asleep. They give me nightmares." She placed the book on the nightstand and started to go back to sleep, but couldn't. So she got up and walked to the balcony of her room and looked outside, tonight was beautiful. So she decided, sleeping outside would be best. She grabbed a blanket and a pillow and made it to a comfy chair and sat, admiring the stars as they shined. She attentively reached for the necklace and found nothing she panicked.
"I've lost it!!!" She screamed to herself. She frantically searched for it.
a/n: so you like this chapter? Hope so, suspense is killing me. I'm trying to update a lot of my fics before I return back to school. It may be a while if I don't. I appreciate all those who review you made me keep the story going. Do you wonder what will happen to Sano in the kitchen? What Aki is to Aoshi? Notice I said Aki not Ayumi; ohhh Aoshi has twists in his life. What is Aki's history? Will Soujiro befriend Misao? What is Kaoru to do with out her necklace, and why is it so important? All these questions will be answered as soon as the chapters start rolling in. And if you ask, I have the plot down I just think of the twists I add to keep readers entertained. I hope you like and please click that review button for more updates!!!! Oh by the way, I know I've changed a lot of the characters last names, but it has to fit the family situations.