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Chapter Four
Death Isn't Always So Bad Part One
~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~
"That was so funny! Right Kenshin?" Tomoe asked.
Tomoe was Kenshin's wife before she got killed by a runaway horse. This was when Kenshin was Battousai. They just came back from a puppet show.
"Yeah.. That was such a nice puppet show. I think that was a little to much for you." he said pulling her in close and leaning in for a kiss when all of the sudden
a carriage came around the corner slowly. And then there were the sounds of gunshots coming from the carriage. The horse got spooked and then it broke loose of it's reins. It headed straight for Tomoe. "Watch out Tomoe!!" he yelled. But it was too late. The horse ran blindly into the young lady. The impact made Battousai let go of Tomoe and fell. "Tomoe!!!" he screamed as he got up from the ground running to her and eventually reached her.
"Kenshin....." she said in a raspy voice.
Kenshin tried to keep his face emotionless to show that he would still be strong. But she saw through that.
"Kenshin....listen to me...." she said.
"What is it Tomoe?" he asked.
Then she started laughing as she thought about a joke that the puppet at the puppet show said. "If you keep frowning, it will stay that way for a long time." she said as she started laughing. Then Battousai's face lightened and then he too was laughing. "Remember that....and tell the next wife that you'll have, that I said she
chose a good husband." she said before she closed her eyes and died.
~~~~~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~
Kenshin's face almost suddenly changed from sad to emotionless. Kaoru, who had just stopped laughing, looked at Kenshin's face and watched the changes
on his face from sad to almost no emotion.
''Something wrong?" she asked.
"No.... nothing is wrong." he answered coldly.
"Oh... because you looked so sad and then all of the sudden you looked so empty of emotions." she said
"I said and I will not repeat, NOTHING IS WRONG!!!!" he almost yelled. "I don't want to talk about it."
"Okay..No need to yell." she answered back. "Come on!! You're gonna miss your assignment." she yelled because she was already running to Kyoto. "Come on!! Catch up to me!! I wanna see how fast you can run!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Alright!!" he yelled. He ran with his amazing speed and caught up to her easily.
"Wow!! That's awesome!!!" she yelled. "It's so cool how you can catch up to someone so easily!"
"Here...let me pick you up. It'll be faster for us to get there." he said. She nodded and hopped into his arms and he sped away.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Arrival At Kyoto
"That was so much fun!" Kaoru said as she hopped out of his arms. "Don't you think so?" she asked innocently.
Kenshin was breathless. When she got off, he took big gulps of air. "Exactly how much do you weigh?" he asked.
"Hey! That's not funny! And what does that mean?" she asked angrily. "Oh....who cares. Come on.. I'll take you to the dojo." she said happily while skipping to
the dojo.
Kenshin just stood there stunned at the swift change of emotions. It was just as fast as his speed in running.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At the Dojo
"She's getting closer!!!" Misao said. "She's almost here. She's just rounding the corner.'' she informed everyone she was standing on. She was standing on top of Aoshi and Sanosuke. All three of them were on the roof. Ayame and Suzume were too young to be up there.
"How about letting us get some rest from your foot?" Aoshi asked as calmly as he could.
"Hey, at least she's not wearing high -heels. Those can hurt!!!!" Sanosuke said.
Both Aoshi and Sano saw that Misao was wearing a skirt and then both of them had very, very, very, very, very, very, very ,very, bad thoughts. Both of them smiled at each other and then……
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! HENTAIS, HENTAIS, HENTAIS, HENTAIS!!!!!!" she yelled while hitting them both on the head. Both of them fell unconcious from the blasts that came from the woman above them. "Both of you are stupid to look up my skirt!!! That was really stupid!! Bakas!!!''
"Misao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a familiar voice yelled. It was Kaoru!!!!
"Kaoru!!!!!" she said sliding off the roof. ''What happened? Why did you come back? And
who is this?" she asked.
"Of course nothing happend. I came back because I have a mission to carry out and this is a friend that I recently met up with. Of course I will keep his name confidential." She said looking at Kenshin. Then she turned back to Misao.
"Okay.....so what's your mission?" Misao asked.
"To kill you." she said in a monotone voice. She tried to hide her sadness. For she knew that Misao would die by her sword. 'No!!! I don't need to be sad. This is
my assignment. I will not be sad.' Kaoru argued in her head. 'But she's your friend!!!! Don't just kill her like that!!' Kaoru thought. 'I'm sorry…but I have to'
"To kill me? But why?"
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I think that was a cliffhanger. Not much though. Sorry if that was short!!! But please review!!!!
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