As Kaoru walked out the door, the rest of them eyes wide at what just happened, Kayena
shouted desperately, "Himura-san!! Don't go!!"
Then time seemed to stop.
"Did you just call Jou-chan Himura??"
Going Back
Chapter 8
"Why you despicable..." Kenji snarled.
"Ahh... Most people would call me something similar to that... But that's not why I am here. Look Kenji,
you can't see the forest for the trees."
"What!?"
"You can't see the forest for the trees!"
"What does that mean?"
The woman sighed and smacked her forest. "You are exactly like your father."
"No!! I am most definitely not! Besides," he said, his eyes angry and hurt, "how would you know?"
The woman gave a sad smile. "I also couldn't see the forest because of the trees."
"You've been saying that phrase forever now!! What the heck does that mean?!"
"Think about it."
"Ehh... Well, if I see trees, I know I'm in a forest... does that help?" he asked, his eyes filled with mock confusement.
She glared at him.
"Look, lady, I know what the phrase means, alright? I just need to know what the hell that has to do with this."
"What does the phrase mean, Kenji?"
He squinted his eyes and looked at her, as if to ask, 'Are you serious?'
"Go ahead. Tell me."
"Well, it means: sometimes it's easier to understand a situation if you look at it from a distance. Isn't that right?"
"Yes... now. How does that meaning have to do with this situation?"
"I don't know!! That's why I asked you!"
"Kenji," she sighed. "I don't have time for this. You'll get it soon enough. I will be leaving now."
"That's good!! I don't want to see your ugly face anyway!"
She got up and started leaving. Before leaving the dojo, she paused suddenly and said, "In a way, you remind me so much of Kenshin. He was ever the rebellious child. Of course, Hiko took him in and changed him. His blood flows within you."
"SHUT UP!! I HATE HIM!! I HATE YOU!! GET AWAY!!" Kenji screamed, clutching his head in pain. Tears flowed down his face, leaning against the wall, he sobbed loudly, not caring who heard him and wondering why he was crying so.
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He had to be distant. Aloof. Unfeeling. His body ran cold at the thought of her revealing everything.
"I asked..." Sanosuke spoke quietly, clearly and distinctly, as if speaking to a little child. "Did you just call Kaoru Himura."
Kayena looked to her mother, Miyura, and then at Kenji. She ignored both of their silent pleas and said, "Of course I did. What else would I call her?"
The world seemed to stop. Kenji crumpled to his knees.
"Kayena, sister, I cannot allow you to do this."
They all turned at the new voice.
"You!" Kenji shouted. "You're the girl who pushed me into that well!"
"Yes... and how I regret it so. I didn't think it'd turn my sister mad. Miyura, mother, how nice to see you again?"
"Kagura. Same."
"Kagura, what do you mean you cannot allow me to do this? I can do as I please!"
"Not when you're causing pain... Unto your loved ones..."
Kayena turned her head sharply and sniffed. "I'd like to see you stop me."
"I wouldn't..."
"STOP! Explain," Yahiko growled. "Why'd you call Kaoru Himura?"
"Because she is!"
Miyura clapped a hand to her forehead. "I guess it can't be helped."
"What do you mean?" Kenshin asked.
"Why don't you ask Kenji?" Miyura asked. "I'm sure he knows all about it! He is also a Himura!"
"But-! But it can't be true!! If you just said he is also a Himura, then I'd have to be a Himura. You told me that Kenji was Kenshin's son then... Kenji's my son!? Or is he Tomoe's son!? Oh I'd hate that to be true... I'm so fond of him... Is he my son? I'm a Himur-"
"Mother. Shut up. I will never be known again as Himura Kenshin's son," Kenji said through gritted teeth. "As soon as I finish my training with Master Hiko, I will be known as Hiko Seijurou the fourteenth."
"M-mother... You called me mother..." Kaoru breathed softly. A warm feeling flooded throughout her body. "I'm a mother... A mother to the most beautiful person in the world."
She sighed softly as she crawled over to Kenji. She looked at him with loving eyes.
"And you're my son... Son... I have a son..." she sighed. And she enveloped him in her arms. Everyone held their breath. No one interrupted their moment.
"I had... have a son with Kenshin."
At this, Kenji yanked away. This time, he had tears in his eyes.
"No! I don't want a father! I have lived without one and that will not change now!"
"Kenji-chan..." she whispered.
He pouted at her, seeming like a little child rather then the nineteen-year-old man that he was.
"Kenji..." Kenshin said.
"Don't talk to me!" Kenji shrieked at him. Kenshin jerked back, shock and hurt in his eyes. He fell down to his knees and chuckled softly.
"I'm sorry, Kenji-san."
There was an awkward silence in which Kaoru herself had pulled away from Kenji to look at him, confusion written all over her face.
And then she slapped him. The force sent him reeling back and he rolled backwards. Not because of the pain. Not because it had hurt. No... because this was the first time his mother had disciplined him with her hands.
"You will not talk to your father that way."
Kenji bit his lip, refusing to cry out loud in front of everyone. Oh but he did want to! He wanted to sob and yell and hug his mother, beg for forgiveness. But he didn't. He was a samurai. He insulted his father with courage and with his heart. He meant it and he would never take it back.
This time, she spoke with more gentleness, "I don't know what happens in the future, Kenji-chan. May-"
"EXACTLY! You don't know what happens in the future!! So why don't you do all of us a favor and kick him out?"
"Kenji!" she reprimanded sharply.
"You don't know, Himura-san, how stubborn that boy is. I tried to get through his head many times. But he just insists..." Miyura said, shaking her head.
"I'd rather not have a stranger insult my son. I think I can discipline him enough. Also, my name is Kamiya Kaoru. I am not a Himura... yet."
And you won't be.
"Well, thank you for you hospitality Miyura-san. Kagura-san. Kayena-san. We will be going home. In fact, why don't you join us tomorrow for lunch? Dinner, too."
"Then..." she said, as she walked out the door, holding Kenji's hand tightly in one hand and Kenshin's hand in her other, "we'll be seeing you."
A/N: Whoa... Kenji just won't give up! Stubborn boy... takes after his mother. Sorry for the short chapter.
Something !important I'd like to add. This story is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT incest.
JEEZ, TRY TO MAKE A STORY WITH SOME LOVE BETWEEN HER MOTHER AND SON AND YOU GET FLAMED!!
Well... that's about it.
Review please.