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Chapter Three
Mournings
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Back at Kyoto
"WHAT SHE LEFT??!!!! SHE LEFT ME HERE WITHOUT KNOWING UNTIL NOW?!!!" Misao said. She wasn't taking this to well.
"She said that she didn't want to live here anymore. She looked so sad." Ayame said.
"Suzume very sad and scared that Kaoru won't come back.'' Suzume said.
"Oh my. This was all my fault. I made her go away." Misao said sadly.
~~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~
"You know what?!! The only reason I let you live here at the dojo is because you didn't have a home. This is my house!! And you are living under it!!" Misao shouted at Kaoru.
"Well you know what? I'm moving away where no one could find me. Even if you sent yourself out there personally. I'm gonna work in a group that is strong. I
don't like to lose to anyone you know. So you'll never find me unless you find the group that I joined." Kaoru said on the verge of crying her heart out.
"Why do you think I'd need you. You are only but a meer distraction. A distraction to my training." Misao said getting up. "And besides..... I think you are really stupid with your sword. You look really weird." Misao said flouncing out of her room letting her hair toss.
Aoshi and Sanosuke looked at Kaoru. "You know sometimes she can be right." Aoshi said. "Sometimes you are a distraction." Then he left the room leaving Kaoru and Sanosuke alone.
"Ummmm....... Bye?" he said as he too left the room.
"Fine!! I thought you were my friends!! But I guess not!! I guess your all a bunch of people who can't let people sleep when they want to!! I'm leaving!! I won't
come back!! Unless I have to kill one of you!!!!!!" Kaoru shouted at the wall. Tears welled up in her eyes. "I don't need any of you." She whispered.
Little did she know that Misao was still there listening to every word she said. "I'm sorry Kaoru-" but when she opened the door, Kaoru was gone.
~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~
"Why did I do that. I thought we were only playing. I didn't think she would be moving for real." Misao said tears flowing down her cheeks.
"It's okay Misao. Nothing will happen to her until she finds a group to join." Aoshi stated calmly. 'I wonder why Kaoru did this. She knows that Misao isn't strong
on her emotions.' Aoshi thought.
Then all of the sudden, she got up and almost toppled over Aoshi. " That's why we got to find her. I don't want anything to happen to her!" she almost sreamed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Back with Kaoru and Kenshin
"Do you have a group that I could join?" she asked.
"I'm an Imperialist. I don't know why you want to join. But I guess we can't stop any new comers." he said. "But first you have to tell me your real name. They might recognize you. And who knows, you could be Misao." he said. "I know that you made up your name. There is no reason to hide it." 'I can't believe she wants to
join that group.' Kenshin thought. 'She wouldn't survive a day there. Maybe even a minute.' He started laughing mentally.
"Oh... Fine.... Just promise me you won't get mad. Promise?" she asked.
"Okay. I promise." he said suddenly serious.
"Okay. My name is Kamiya, Kaoru." she said a little nervously.
Kenshin just stood there with his eyes going back to violet. With his rouruni clothes he looked like a wanderer. 'So all this time I have been looking. That this
cute little angel with a deadly sword that can kill at any moments notice would have been Kaoru.' He was stunned. His eyes never left her pretty sapphire eyes. 'How
could I, the legendary manslayer Battousai, didn't find her right here? Stupid stupid baka!!!'
She met his gaze and almost drowned in his violet eyes. 'I wonder if the guy is telling me the truth about his name. He could be Battousai.' she thought. "Now
you tell me your real name." she said breaking his train of thought.
"I already told you. My real name is Kenshin." he said shakily. 'I better take her to Megumi. Maybe she'll let her in.' he thought. "Come. Let's go first to Kyoto to finish my assignment. I guess you are considered part of the group." he said walking to Kyoto.
"ALRIGHT!!!!" she said happily. 'Wait till' Misao sees me with him. She'll think about the group that I promised. "So we're gonna kill her?" she asked. 'I can't
believe I'm doing this. But I said I would find a group. And a Kamiya is true to her/his word!'
Kenshin looked at her and said "Yes''.
"Yay! The first kill of the day! Wait a minute. I thought I hated killing." she said to herself quietly. "But if I'm an assasin, then it's my duty to kill. They'll probably assign me to kill the Battousai himself." she said to herself loud enough for Kenshin to hear. But while he was not looking, she started to cry a little. 'Why Misao?' she
asked herself mentally. Inside she was hurting. Mourning for the upcoming death of Misao.
"I don't know about Battousai.... I heard he works with the Imperialists... So if you join the Imperialists, then that would mean you would be killing your own teammate." he said. "But maybe Battousai isn't bad there. He might act like he knew nothing about killing. I've never met him or have I seen him, but I guess he might be kinda nice to obey orders like the rest of us."
Kaoru who had been taking all of this in was surprised to know that Kenshin works in the same group as Battousai. But he never saw him before? That's hard to imagine. "Who do you take orders from?" she asked.
"We take orders from our boss, Shishio. But he sends messengers to all of us to let us know who our assignment is." Kenshin said in a monotone voice.
"Oh....... Hey look there's Kyoto!!!" she said happily. "Who will do the honors of killing that assignment of yours?" she asked trying to hide her sorrow in her
voice by replacing it with faked hatred.
"Maybe you should do it. Everyone in the Imperialist Army had to kill at least on person on their own." he said.
"Okay." she said.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In Kyoto
"Hey look!!! I see Kaoru walking down the road!!!" Suzume screamed while looking through her binoculars. (An: I know they don't have binoculars back then, but
you can't be using stuff like in A Bugs Life. Getting a blade of grass and having dew on it! This was necessary. ^^* )
"Really?!!!" Misao asked excitedly.
"Yeah.... And she is walking with some strange guy with red hair." Suzume continued.
"Let me see!!!!" Misao yelled while taking the binoculars out of Suzume's hands. "Oh my!! She is walking here with some strange man. He kinda looks like a girl
in those clothes. He should cut his hair." Misao said.
"We should go and meet her." Ayame said happily.
"Yeah. Why don't we do that and ask her to forgive us?" Aoshi said.
"Yeah.... Let's get all mushy, skippy, jumpy, and happy. That would just make my day." Sanosuke said looking really bored while chewing a straw.
"Oh... Shut up Sano!!!!" Everyone yelled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Outside
"I heard that the Battousai has an amazing speed ability. Does everyone in the Imperialist Army have an amazing speed?" she asked curiously.
"Some do and some don't. Some people say that I'm as fast as the Battousai." Kenshin said.
"Ooooooooo.......... Do you think you can teach me? I won't be any trouble. And I'm a very quick learner." she said.
"I don't know.... Okay." he said.
"Alright!!! Let's start." she said excitedly.
"But first let's focus on our task at hand." Kenshin said calmly.
"Right.." she said.
Both of them were staring at each other and looking each other in the eyes. It was really weird. Because it looked like both of them were having a staring contest. Both of them tried not to blink. It was VERY, VERY, HARD! Both of their eyes started to water. Then tears slid down their faces. They didn't mean to cry. It just came out. Then all of the sudden Kaoru started laughing. Kenshin looked so confused. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Nothing." she said while trying to stiffle her laughter. She didn't succeed. She fell down
and started to laugh on the ground. "Just nothing."
"Just nothing indeed…and I suppose nothing is funny?"
"Nothing!!" she said trying to get serious. "Don't ask…..it's a family thing." She said while laughing.
'Her laughing sounds like music to my ears.' He thought. (An: that sounded really stupid to me.^^; ) 'Her laugh sounds like Tomoe's.' he thought. Then he started
to remember how his late wife died.
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Not much of a cliffhanger. But still enough. Just to tell you, I might be updating on a certain day. Sunday then. Thanks!! Review!!
~BlackFrost