Tragedy Chapter Three.
Standard disclaimers apply.
Kenshin sighed in exasperation when Kioja refused to tell him what she saw. "Himura, I will handle this myself." She stated simply and went on with her training.
She was worried, and puzzled about her vision, it changed. She would have to go see Kinuna.
"I will be back for dinner, that I will." She called as she walked out the gate.
She paced herself, she wanted to run, but she felt Kenshin's presence following her, she would have to loose him, maybe for a little bit of magic.
She walked into an exceptionally dark alley and wove the shadows around herself. Making her invisible in the darkness.
She held her breath as Kenshin stopped and jumped down off of the roof to land gracefully on the ground.
Kioja waited with predator's patience for Kenshin to give up and leave, but he waited with the patience of the hunted.
Finally he gave up and left to her great surprise. She unwound her shadows and raced to the Kinoku shrine in the mountains.
Kinuna was waiting for her outside the shrine, The ghost was content to sit here in the peaceful garden, and waited for Kioja to approach.
Kinuna listened to the girl's contrasting visions and her troubles.
"...Please, mother, tell me what it means." Kioja finished.
"My dear daughter, The visions mean someone has to die soon, be it Kauru and her child, Kenshin, or you, maybe it could be Sano, or even Megumi or Yahiko. You are the one that has to decide. You decide the fate of these mortals, but step carefully through the fires, love, careful." Then her form faded into the breeze.
"I will, Mother." Kioja stood from her kneeling position and walked to the altar and offered up a rice cake she had hidden earlier in her Kimono.
Kenshin stood outside the dojo gate for awhile. Pondering over how she had disappeared, then he remembered, Kioja was a witch.
Kauru watched the gate carefully, catching sight of red wisps of hair as the wind blew Kenshin's hair. She sighed and bowed her head, tired, she drowsed in the warm sunlight, The day was warm, and spring was coming.
Kenshin listened to the wind as it brought sounds of Sano and Megumi flirting, and of Yahiko practicing Kendo alone.
He decided to go back into the dojo and wait, the wind was getting too chilly for his thin Kimono.
He walked silently into the yard and closed the gate behind him, then he looked at the most heartwarming scene in the world.
Kauru was dozing in the sun, lying against the wall with a pillow to support her back. Sano and Megumi were chatting quietly, every now and then, they would kiss softly. Yahiko had stopped practicing and was talking to Tsubambe.
Kenshin padded over to the porch and sat down beside his sleeping wife. Noticing the chill wind again, he picked her up, fumbling a little because of the roundness of her belly and the increased weight, and carried her inside. Kenshin put her in their bedroom, on her side and covered her up.
As he began to walk back out of the door, Kauru awoke slightly, "Kenshin? Is that you?" A nightmarish memory haunted her mind.
"Where are you?" she looked so helpless, Kenshin thought.
"I'm here love, go back to sleep." He said in her ear. And laid down beside her and stroked her back. Finding the tense areas and massaging them out. Kauru moaned at the feel and drifted into sleep.
Kenshin waited for awhile, watching her breathe. Then he fell into a drowsing slumber.
Kioja walked into the dojo silently. Feeling that it called for silence. She walked through the house and looked into the open doors. She found Kenshin and Kauru in their room, Kenshin and Kauru were sleeping. Kenshin had his arm draped over Kauru's side and was smiling in his sleep
Kenshin's face was still slightly pink from the wind, and Kauru snuggled into him, trying to conserve warmth.
Kioja didn't have the heart to wake them, so she went into the kitchen to make lunch and would wake them to the smell of beef stew.
When Kenshin woke, Kauru was gone, but he could hear her laughter coming from the dojo. Kenshin stood, and stretched, yawning. And Walked into the dojo.
Kauru and Kioja were laughing at something unknown to the ruroni, and then noticed him. "Oh, love, you're awake, we didn't have the heart to wake you. You looked so peaceful." Kauru said, unconsciously trying to rise to him. Kenshin sat down, leaned over and placed a kiss on her cheek, and then picked up a bowl. Filling it to the brim with the steamy soup, he ate his fill, then stretched out again.
Kauru and Kioja chatted all the while.
Kenshin and Kioja felt someone enter the gate of the dojo at the same time, and whoever it was, wasn't here to just visit.
"Come out here wench." Yelled a voice Kenshin dimly recognized. The two ex- Hitokiris walked outside. "Where is Kamiya Kauru?" the man demanded, drawing his sword.
Notes...
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Other notes...
And you thought I was mean, hugh. Ah well. Anyways, whew, I think I figured it out...I know who'll die. Hugh? You want to know? You'll have to wait and see...
Ken-ny and company are having such a good day, and now this. It's an outrage I tell ya, an outrage! *Grins evilly* Mwa ha ha ha ha.
R&R please.
Standard disclaimers apply.
Kenshin sighed in exasperation when Kioja refused to tell him what she saw. "Himura, I will handle this myself." She stated simply and went on with her training.
She was worried, and puzzled about her vision, it changed. She would have to go see Kinuna.
"I will be back for dinner, that I will." She called as she walked out the gate.
She paced herself, she wanted to run, but she felt Kenshin's presence following her, she would have to loose him, maybe for a little bit of magic.
She walked into an exceptionally dark alley and wove the shadows around herself. Making her invisible in the darkness.
She held her breath as Kenshin stopped and jumped down off of the roof to land gracefully on the ground.
Kioja waited with predator's patience for Kenshin to give up and leave, but he waited with the patience of the hunted.
Finally he gave up and left to her great surprise. She unwound her shadows and raced to the Kinoku shrine in the mountains.
Kinuna was waiting for her outside the shrine, The ghost was content to sit here in the peaceful garden, and waited for Kioja to approach.
Kinuna listened to the girl's contrasting visions and her troubles.
"...Please, mother, tell me what it means." Kioja finished.
"My dear daughter, The visions mean someone has to die soon, be it Kauru and her child, Kenshin, or you, maybe it could be Sano, or even Megumi or Yahiko. You are the one that has to decide. You decide the fate of these mortals, but step carefully through the fires, love, careful." Then her form faded into the breeze.
"I will, Mother." Kioja stood from her kneeling position and walked to the altar and offered up a rice cake she had hidden earlier in her Kimono.
Kenshin stood outside the dojo gate for awhile. Pondering over how she had disappeared, then he remembered, Kioja was a witch.
Kauru watched the gate carefully, catching sight of red wisps of hair as the wind blew Kenshin's hair. She sighed and bowed her head, tired, she drowsed in the warm sunlight, The day was warm, and spring was coming.
Kenshin listened to the wind as it brought sounds of Sano and Megumi flirting, and of Yahiko practicing Kendo alone.
He decided to go back into the dojo and wait, the wind was getting too chilly for his thin Kimono.
He walked silently into the yard and closed the gate behind him, then he looked at the most heartwarming scene in the world.
Kauru was dozing in the sun, lying against the wall with a pillow to support her back. Sano and Megumi were chatting quietly, every now and then, they would kiss softly. Yahiko had stopped practicing and was talking to Tsubambe.
Kenshin padded over to the porch and sat down beside his sleeping wife. Noticing the chill wind again, he picked her up, fumbling a little because of the roundness of her belly and the increased weight, and carried her inside. Kenshin put her in their bedroom, on her side and covered her up.
As he began to walk back out of the door, Kauru awoke slightly, "Kenshin? Is that you?" A nightmarish memory haunted her mind.
"Where are you?" she looked so helpless, Kenshin thought.
"I'm here love, go back to sleep." He said in her ear. And laid down beside her and stroked her back. Finding the tense areas and massaging them out. Kauru moaned at the feel and drifted into sleep.
Kenshin waited for awhile, watching her breathe. Then he fell into a drowsing slumber.
Kioja walked into the dojo silently. Feeling that it called for silence. She walked through the house and looked into the open doors. She found Kenshin and Kauru in their room, Kenshin and Kauru were sleeping. Kenshin had his arm draped over Kauru's side and was smiling in his sleep
Kenshin's face was still slightly pink from the wind, and Kauru snuggled into him, trying to conserve warmth.
Kioja didn't have the heart to wake them, so she went into the kitchen to make lunch and would wake them to the smell of beef stew.
When Kenshin woke, Kauru was gone, but he could hear her laughter coming from the dojo. Kenshin stood, and stretched, yawning. And Walked into the dojo.
Kauru and Kioja were laughing at something unknown to the ruroni, and then noticed him. "Oh, love, you're awake, we didn't have the heart to wake you. You looked so peaceful." Kauru said, unconsciously trying to rise to him. Kenshin sat down, leaned over and placed a kiss on her cheek, and then picked up a bowl. Filling it to the brim with the steamy soup, he ate his fill, then stretched out again.
Kauru and Kioja chatted all the while.
Kenshin and Kioja felt someone enter the gate of the dojo at the same time, and whoever it was, wasn't here to just visit.
"Come out here wench." Yelled a voice Kenshin dimly recognized. The two ex- Hitokiris walked outside. "Where is Kamiya Kauru?" the man demanded, drawing his sword.
Notes...
............
Other notes...
And you thought I was mean, hugh. Ah well. Anyways, whew, I think I figured it out...I know who'll die. Hugh? You want to know? You'll have to wait and see...
Ken-ny and company are having such a good day, and now this. It's an outrage I tell ya, an outrage! *Grins evilly* Mwa ha ha ha ha.
R&R please.
