A/N: ALRIGHT!! The next installment… I'm currently trying to collect my thoughts and see how this chapter is going to go! I'm also struggling with prolonging the chapters so excuse those! BTW the italics will be for 'flashbacks' and parts of the story that need to be known.

FAQ: Alright, this is where I answer the reviews or questions from many of you readers. 1) Don't worry! This is a for sure Kenshin and Kaoru fic, so cool your jets! 2) I know I know, I've said this a million times, this IS a quite confusing story; but it will ALL be solved as it comes to a close. 3) I'M SORRY I MADE YOU GUYS CRY!! Haha… ^_~ I'm trying to manipulate you all into feeling what I want you to feel, which is sorrow. Good thing it's working! 4) Being that I have a LOT of school work and the fact that I DO have a life (wow, big surprise =P) I tend to set aside the chapters… or also known as procrastination. Although I try VERY hard to constantly update as much as I can, I still will probably need encouragement. So please, review and send some feedback!! Help me get my creative-juices flowing! =) Until then, TA TA!

Angel of Mine

By Ang3l Momo

Chapter 5

Previously on AOM:

'So here I am, explaining the whole story to you. I can't really tell you how I'm feeling…besides overwhelmed, shocked, confused…and any other related synonym. I'll be taking you with me on the journey of course; I need you to vent my emotions and thoughts. But I'm sure hoping we'll be back before the twenty-second, that's the four year anniversary with him and I. Well, I think I'm going to call Misao before I go to bed. So as always…. Yours Truly…….'

That's when, for the first time…. It hit me. I couldn't believe I was so stupid to not see it before.

Well, I think I'm going to call Misao before I go to bed.

Misao knows this girl!!

I jumped out of bed and ran to the foyer, as it is there Misao would most likely be before she left for some 'business' she said she was going to.

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"Hey Soujiro, how'd it go?" Sanosuke ran up to meet his friend as he exited the psychiatric ward. Although both of their faces were masked with worriment, their hearts were still holding onto the small string of hope that tied them to their friend's sanity.  Unable to describe in words what it was like to be dismissed like he was; Soujiro could only sigh and gently shove Sanosuke aside as he walked toward a park bench. Sitting down, Soujiro rested his elbows on his thighs and cradled his face in his hands. Following his friend's lead, Sanosuke sat down as well and leaned back so that his arms hung over the back of the bench. Waiting for Soujiro to get himself together, he just sat quietly and patiently. Getting a hold of himself, Soujiro sighed again and dropped his arms so that his head drooped down as he sat hunched over.

"You ever think he's going to get better Sano?"

Sano took his time to find a way to answer his friend but found none. "I-I don't know Soujiro. It's been two months and his condition still hasn't improved." Dropping his head to stare at his feet, Sano continued, "He really loved her didn't he?"

Soujiro snorted at the idiotic question, "Loved her? When asked if he could live without her… he couldn't answer. The thought was too hard for him to even ponder… Loved her? Pfft… he lived for her."

Knowing Soujiro was right Sano could only sit in the silence that followed and observe the peaceful surroundings as a few kids from the children's ward ran around, and nurses pushed their patients on wheelchairs through the private park. Anger rose at the back of his throat as he felt the tranquil surroundings seeming to betray him; did they not know of Kenshin's condition? Why aren't they grieving for Kaoru and him?' Unlike Sano, Soujiro's mind was elsewhere.

'When I was leaving the nurse gave me important news… Kenshin seemed to develop some sort of loss of memory from what happened. Although hysterical, his health seemed to go past his mental state. He was hurting…far too much.'

Almost simultaneously, Soujiro and Sanosuke let out downhearted sighs as dark clouds seemed to loom over their heads… nothing seemed to brighten their moods. Still deep in thought, the two of them barely noticed the disturbing silence that slowly engulfed the park; that is, until the silence began to ring in their ears.

Glancing around, Sano asked, "Soujiro? Where are the nurses and kids?"

"I'm… I'm not sure. It was so lively a moment ago… I wonder what happened."

Looking around them, the eerie fact that everything seemed to vanish into thin air sent chills down their backs.

"Uhh… Souj?"

"Yeah?"

"Y'wanna go? This place is starting to give me the creeps." Nodding in agreement, the two stood up… only to be toppled over by a gust of wind.

"Where the hell did that come from? Okay… Soujiro… this is really--"

"Weird? Yes I know… it IS quite strange. I wonder what's going on." Quickly hoisting themselves up, they stood up cautiously and brushed the dirt off their pants. Scanning the park, realization hit them.

"Even…… Even the birds are gone and the trees are dead still…but…. Wasn't there just a gust of wind Soujiro?" 

"Good point Sano… This is way out of the ordinary, I think it'd be best if we--"

Suddenly another unbidden gust knocked them over, causing them to careen over the bench. Moaning in pain and discomfort, Sano groaned, "Y'know Soujiro… I'm beginning to think that someone or something doesn't want us to leave." Trying to prop himself up on a wobbly arm, Soujiro grunted in agreement.

'Look…'

Soujiro jumped at the eerily soft and distant voice.

"Did… did you hear that Sano?"

Now sitting up, Sano was rubbing the arm he landed on, "No? I didn't hear anything…maybe it was the bone in my arm, it sure as hell feels like I popped something." He began rolling his shoulder and tilting his neck to the side so that it let off a satisfying 'crack'. Soujiro cautiously, even more so than before, rose from his kneeling position, once again dusting off the dirt from his pants. Ignoring Sano's incoherent rambles and shuffles as he continued his routine of stretches, Soujiro scanned the park's surroundings looking for a lingering sign of life. Almost immediately after stuffing his hands into his pant pockets (which had become his most hard to break habit), his eyes fell upon a dark earthen object under a large oak tree that stood rooted not so far from where they were.  Not bothering to inform Sano of this discovery, Soujiro curiously walked over to towards the tree.

"Hey, where are you going Soujiro? I don't think it's a good idea to walk too far off by yourself."

"It's nothing… I'm not going anywhere; but there seems to be something over there." Was his only reply as he waved his friend off.

Being the nosey guy that his is, Sano followed, "What'd you find?"

"I don't know yet."

As Soujiro approached the object, he found that it was only a leather-bound book. Crouching down to pick it up, he ran his fingers over the soft cover as he read the front-cover's small gold-encrusted title aloud.

"When all is lost…Confide."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sano asked, peaking over his friend's shoulder.

"I…I'm not quite sure but--" Before Soujiro could finish what he was saying, a soft voice seemed to echo again through thin air.

'Look…Look…'

This time, Sano heard this as well. "Soujiro? What… What was that?"

Turning to Sano in disbelief, Soujiro's eyes widened. "You heard that?"

"Well…yea… did I miss it before?"

"Actually you did, it happened---"

'Look………Look…' Cooed the now impatient voice. "There it is again!" Exclaimed Sano; snapping his head around frantically trying to find the source of the voice.

Feeling chills running down his spine, Soujiro fingered the corner of the book. "Sano…"Immediately stopping his frenzied pursuit of finding the origin of the voice, he glanced over to see what was the matter; Soujiro continued. "Although that strange whisper is very unnerving, I really think we should open the book."

"Are you nuts? We don't know where that's been! What if it has this strange Fushigi Yuugi* effect and we open it only to be sucked into this parallel universe?!"

"I have to admit I agree with you, but what else could we do? Besides," Soujiro's voice became very distant as he began to speculate his decision, "IT seems to wants us to read it."

Submitting into his well-made point, Sano gaped as Soujiro nervously opened the book.

As if on cue, the distant voice that had spoken prior to their action began to speak once again; this time words appeared on the first page of the book as the voice spoke. In doing so, the voice was immediately recognizable……

"Hello Soujiro Seta and Sanosuke Sagara…" read the voice.

'It's…It's Kaoru!'

Sano and Soujiro tried opening their mouths to respond to this unbelievable phenomenon, but nothing came. The voice continued.

"A crazed mind is a lost mind, one that has endured much pain. A mind that has held much guilt is one with a pained heart. HE is forgetting, HE is losing his sanity. HE will no longer remember…"

Finally getting his voice back, Soujiro cut in, "Guilt? What is he forgetting? Kaoru… where ever you are… please tell us what's going on!"

Hesitance filled the air before Kaoru's voice continued as the words appeared on the page.

"My love… he holds guilt that I cannot speak of. But HE is forgetting… forgetting a promise he made. Thus I am here with this diary."

"This diary?" Sano broke in flabbergasted, "What does a BOOK have anything to do with it Kaoru? What about us? What do you want us to do?"

 "This diary is mine. You two must give him this book when HE is ready, HE will remember… and I will be let go…"

"Let go? What do you mean 'Let go'? And… how will we know when he's ready?" Questioned Soujiro, but only the sounds of laughing children answered.

"What… What happened? They… they're all back, everything's back to normal! And she's gone…the voice is gone." Sano stuttered in confusion.

Only partially listening to what Sano had to say, Soujiro couldn't help but just stare at the diary as it lay open… the first page completely blank.

'The words she spoke are gone…'

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As I walked into the main room, I saw Misao right where I had expected her to be; the foyer.

"Misao! Ay, Misao!" I trotted over to where she stood. She dismissed a fellow employee and turned to me… with confusion clearly plastered on her face.

"Uhh… Kenshin is something the matter? 'Cause I really need to get g--"

"Misao…" Bringing the diary up, I showed her the entry, "You know her!! Why didn't you tell me?!"

"Look I don't have time for this… I've got an important meeting to attend and you need to rest." She made a move to leave and gently pushed me aside. "Besides, there must be a million Misao's in all of Japan, what makes you think this particular Misao is me?"

"Because!" I shoved her up against the door, "Listen…" I hissed, "You are the only Misao I know that was once head-over-heels with a certain Aoshi, and that was before he went to work with my boss, Aoshi Shinomori SENIOR! I'm not sure what the fuck is going on and why the hell everyone that I know is doing shit behind my back; but I'm damn sure that YOU know this girl and YOU know something that I don't!" I stopped…completely perturbed and beet-red.

She let out a sigh, "Look Kenshin, you're right…You're totally right. But… it's the fact that I know more than you is why I can't tell you anything. I know you remember going through the many counseling and therapy sessions… I may not have always been the smartest when it came to what to say or when to speak, but I do know my limits. And this Kenshin," she pushed me away gently with her index finger, "is one of my limits." She went and pulled up one of the many metal garage doors, revealing a hidden alley way and a bright red Ferrari.

She turned around, her tranquil mood moments ago completely replaced with her signature smile, "But don't worry bud, you'll figure it out soon!" She winked and waved bye as she hopped into the Ferrari…turning on the ignition. I could only gape as she drove off, wheels squealing and all.

Exaspperated, I threw my arms up in defeat. I mean… who the hell is she to lead me on with all this mystery crap and this 'I can't answer' bullshit?!! If I didn't have a single idea where I'm being held capture, I would've left already.  I sighed. "What do I have to do to get some questions answered around here?"

"Not much."

I spun around; and there stood a very familiar guy with a very familiar face.

"Saitou?! What… how…. Where did you…"

He chuckled at my idiotic stuttering, "Don't hurt yourself there Himura. Yes, it is me… the one and only Saitou Hajime. Why the surprise?"

"Well… for one I haven't seen you in years, second… you and Misao used to HATE each other! How'd did you ever get in here…" He gave me a look that stated the obvious, "Wait… you work here don't you?" I can't believe it! He works with or FOR Misao??

"Why… you're certainly observant… Now quit the little chit-chat and follow me." He turned around and began walking toward a door. I… naturally… had to follow. The door revealed a dark – in my opinion creepy - hall that was constantly meandering this way or that… and to my disliking, I was once again completely confused and lost. Most of all, I couldn't believe I was trusting SAITOU of all people! I'm letting the guy that was my arch rival in high school, lead me down a dark and creepy hallway… What is wrong with me???

As I beat myself mentally for being an idiot, I realized Saitou had led me into a small room with a large table in the middle, along with a rickety old lamp that hung above it. As I got closer… I realized the table was covered with maps that had lines, scribbles, and notes written all over it.

Slamming his hands onto the table, Saitou turned to me, "Now here's the deal…" he ran his finger all over the maps, pointing to places and transportation routes. "Something came up and Misao can't accompany you the whole way to Chito, but she will be able to meet you at certain points."

"Why can't she come?"

Saitou didn't once shift his gaze as his spoke, "Oniwanbanshu business… nothing that'd concern you Himura."

"I see…"

"Now… since I'd figured you'd be awake at this hour, I'm going to show you the plan that Misao had to get you there. But I first have to tell you the rules."

"Rules?"

"Yes… the rules. First, you are to not speak to anyone of where we're going or how we're going to get there. The opposing mafias have many spies around… thus we must keep our guard up and keep 'our' mouths shut." Seeing that I was catching his drift, he continued, "Second… you are to listen to me during this whole 'trip', a decade is a long time to be away from a place… things have changed Himura; you could get caught up in things really easily. And thirdly, do not, I repeat, do NOT wander away when we've stopped at certain places…. As Misao has said, the farther north we get… the more dangerous it is… and I am not about to drag a half dead carrot-top to Asahikawa. Do I make myself clear?"

I sneered, "Yes Dad."

He gave me his famous glare.

"Wait… you said Asahikawa. Are you implying that we're stopping there?"

"Yes… we're stopping there, but not you. We will be departing at five tomorrow morning, we will be heading north to Sendai, from there we will try to make our route harder to predict by back-tracking to Niigata. After that we'll be going to the northern coast to Akita and Aomor. Misao will already be at Aomor by the time we get there, and the two of us will be accompanying you to Hokkaido through train in the Seikan tunnel…your day will come to an end at Sapporo. From there, we will once again drive you to Asahikawa…and you'll be taking a rental car on your own through the many small streets to the outskirts of Hokkaido; thus arriving at Chito."

Absorbing all this information in, I couldn't help but stare wide-eyed at the complicated marks that was written on the maps. Less than a week ago I was sitting in the executive's office at Hiko & Shinomori Inc., filing papers and getting ready for meetings. Now I was standing in a dark room with one of my old rivals… planning a way to get through some illegal mafias so that I'd arrive at Chito alive. I couldn't help but feel that everything was surreal. I mean, seriously, who has such a HUGE change in their lives in a little over seventy-two hours?

Not knowing what to say or how to say it, I left the room. Surprisingly, I made it through the long dark hallway, and back into my room.

Not bothering to make my way to my bed, I opened and leaned against my door… thinking through the day's events until I felt my eye-lids grew heavy.

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"Hey… hey…"  I woke up to a great good-morning greeting of Saitou lightly smacking my cheek.

"What what… ?"

"It's time to get your ass up carrot-top."

"Shut up Weasel-ass," I rolled over, expecting to be greeted by the side of the bed, but found the cold hard cement instead. "Ugh… shit." I groaned, as I felt my whole body completely sore and stiff. Then, not really to my surprise, Saitou kicked me.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!!"

"For you to get your red-headed ass off the floor and get up; it's time to go!" I kind of had the feeling that my 'weasel-ass' comment rubbed him the wrong way. Oh well… Whatever.

I shoved him off and hoisted myself up, "Yea yea, whatever… I'll meet you out front you impatient dick."

"Hey, it's not my fault you're not a morning person." He opening the door to leave, he added, "Oh, and by the way, don't expect me to carry your shit to the car either." Not bothering to let me answer, he closed the door.

"Morning person my ASS, I'm sure as hell that he wouldn't be a morning person if I kicked him in the stomach either…" Knowing it'd only piss him off, I started to take my time getting my stuff together. Picking up my jacket, I reached into the pocket to make sure the diary was there…. it wasn't.

"C'MON CARROT-TOP! LET'S GET GOING!"

My heart started to pound in my rib-cage as I –almost on cue- began to freak out. I immediately forgot about my luggage and began to flip through all my belongings in search of the book.

"Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. I can't believe it… where the hell did it go?"

Mumbling as many insults I could think of, I wasted no time in running out of the room.

I know it's in that room down that dark hallway…. I know it is.

Running through the main room and jumping over leather chairs, boxes, and metal car-parts that lay astray here and there; I headed straight to the hidden door to the hall.

"What the… where the fuck do you think you're going?! Wait! STOP HIMURA!! YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!"

Who cares what Saitou has to say? It's not like I'm running into oblivion.

It took me less than a microsecond to decide to ignore him. Opening the door, I sped down the hall… turning right or left every two seconds. Trying to ignore the continued screams of weasel-ass, I couldn't help but feel like the hall was much longer than it was the night before. Thankfully, within a few more seconds, I had reached a metal door that seemed to be exaggerated with bolts. Grabbing the knob, I flung it open… only to find a large brick wall behind it.

"What the…" Wait a second… the door last night didn't have bolts--

"HIMURA!!" Before I knew it I heard footsteps coming to a halt behind me, and a hand grabbed my shoulder to spin me around.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" With him screaming inches away from my face… I couldn't help but wonder if he brushed his teeth this morning.

"ANSWER ME YOU IMBECILE!"

"I had to get the book--"

"You mean THIS one?" He brought up the leather diary up to my face, and… indeed… it was the diary.

Opening my mouth to answer, loud gunshots and bullets cut me off as they shot through the brick wall behind me. Shoving the diary in my hands, Saitou grabbed my collar harshly and hissed through clenched teeth, "We'll talk about your pain-in-ass later… right now I want you to run."

"What?"

"RUN!" As more gunshots went off, Saitou jerked my shirt forward… causing me to fall into a sprint. Due to lack of running… let alone stretching… I could feel my calves tightening and cramping up. Needless to say this slowed me down a lot.

"Don't slow down carrot-top!!!"

"It's not like I want to!! My calves are burn--" An explosion went off behind me…and following the explosion, I could hear the faint echoes of shouting and rapid footsteps.

"RUN FASTER HIMURA!!"

"DAMMIT SAITOU!! I DON'T RUN FOR A FUCKING LIVING!" What was going on? These can't be the cops can it? Or worse… other mafias like the Oniwanbanshu?

Finally I could see the light of the main room; and almost breaking down the door… we hurriedly ran to the same garage door Misao had left from the night before. Lifting it up in lightening speed, Saitou jumped into the black Corvette that lay behind it… with me not far behind. As Saitou turned on the ignition, bringing the car to a roaring start, I braced myself for one hell of a ride as I buckled myself up. Shifting gears and adjusting the rear-view mirror, he made the car do a screeching three-hundred-and-sixty degree turn and scream down out of the alley as we flew into the street.

"Okay… NOW we can talk about your idiotic, pain-in-ass, 'I'm-not-going-to-listen' attitude!"

"Now?? Why now? We're being chased!!"

"The way I see it is that we're in a nice quiet car… just going about our days." He grinned.

"Well… I'm sorry, I'm not used to living life thinking I'm going to die any second!!"

"You're welcome." Once again, he showed his obnoxious smile.

"You're really enjoying this aren't you?"

His smile widened as he shifted gears, "If you only knew." Cars swerved all over the place as we sped by, in-between, and around them in a way of losing our pursuers.

"Okay… I know I shouldn't be surprised by now… but why was there a brick wall where the room was?"

"That wasn't the room. Your dumb-ass wouldn't listen to me or else I would've told you that that part of the headquarters has many secret rooms to either confuse people that don't work with us," he gave me a 'you're-an-idiot' look, "or they're barricade with bolted doors so that if anyone want to break into our headquarters, they couldn't unless someone opened it from the inside."

"Oh fuck."

"That's right Himura… you decided to ignore me and open the door…and with a painful coincidence of our opposing mafias trying to break in through that same door… our hide-out is now attacked and within moments it'll be completely taken over."

I can't believe it…. I did this?!

Seeing that I was horrified, Saitou laughed. "Oh man! You're so easy to mess with!"

"What?" He isn't kidding is h--….?

"I was just messing with you! Our hide-out isn't going to be completely taken over!" He continued his fit of guffaws.

"WHAT?! YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT WAS ALL A JOKE?? NONE OF IT WAS TRUE?!!" I could feel my cheeks flare up in anger.

"Well not all of it, they did break in… but the Oniwanbanshu can't be taken over that easily."

"So you're saying…"

"Yup… right now the guys back at the hide-out are having one hell of a time beating some Ishitomi ass!"

My body relaxed as I exhaled, relieved. Saitou smacked to top my head, "Ay man, you should really get that stick out of your ass… you're too stressed."

As the car swerved this way and that, I decided to not respond to his suggestion/insult with a smart-ass remark… and actually try taking his advice for once.

Things aren't going to get any better… might as well try to make the best of it.

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"Okay…Bye." Misao beeped her conversation to an end before punching more buttons in to make another call.

"Hello? This is Misao……Misao Makimachi……yes…Well I was just informed that our Tokyo headquarters was suddenly attacked by the Ishitomi Mafia and that the Furigana Mafia has increased the amount of havoc in Hokkaido…………Yes … It is believed they have become allies….. Yes, I know… Alright… I will…. Bye."

Snapping her cell phone shut, she made her way back to her car. Opening the car door, she got in and just sat…staring at the small picture she kept on her dashboard. Letting out a soft sigh, she reached forward and took the picture.

The small Polaroid picture was of Misao and her old friend, hugging each other and smiling ear-to-ear to the camera.

'Oh Kaoru… why did you have to go? You were like the glue that held everyone together… now look at us.'

Placing the picture back on the dashboard, Misao put her keys in the ignition. "If you only knew Kaoru…"

'But I do...'

Hearing a familiar whisper, Misao froze.

"Kaoru?"

Nothing answered.

Misao called out a little louder. "Kaoru?"

Once again….nothing

Opening her car door, she got out…glancing around the abandoned Kyoto buildings that stood around the parking lot.

She found no one…

"Kaoru??! Kaoru?" Misao called again, hopeful for a response. But found none…. turning back to her car, defeated, she saw a small white object that lay on her wind-shield. Slowly walking to her Ferrari, she found that it was a daisy.

"Oh Kaoru," unbidden tears trickled down her face, "it was you."

"Misao? What are you doing?" asked Kaoru, as she watched her friend stare out of her bedroom window.

"Kaoru!" screeched Misao excitedly, "Didn't you see those?"

Confused, Kaoru arched her eyebrow, "See what?"

Shoving her arm out the window, Misao pointed towards the next door neighbor's small flower bed that sat on their window sill, "Your neighbor has daisies!!"

Not really seeing what the big deal was, Kaoru walked over and glanced out the window. "Yea, so?"

"SO?! Don't you know what daisies can do?"

"No?"

"Daisies can be used to make into a potion and make guys fall in love with you!!"

Furrowing her brows, Kaoru looked at her friend… even more confused than before. "Misao…that makes no sense."

"No! Seriously! It's true! My cousin told me that!" continued Misao, her excited screeching not once phasing.

"You mean the cousin that told you that baby powder was made of grounded-up monkey skulls?"

"Yea…"

Kaoru gave Misao a 'please-tell-me-you're-not-falling-for-that' look.

"No! I'm serious! It's true!! I know it is! Here," Misao lifted the window up as much as she could and began crawling out, "I'll show you!"

"Wait Misao!! That isn't very st---" Kaoru cringed at she watched her friend lose her balance and fall onto the front lawn.

"Misao!"

Immediately, Kaoru sped out of the room… running down the stairs and out the front door.

"Misao?! Misao! Are you alright?" She ran over to her friend … who was now sitting rubbing the back of her head.

"Yea… I'm fine… But," she glanced up to the neighbor's window sill, "I really wanted those daisies."

Pausing for a moment, Kaoru's face lit up as if she thought of something, "Wait right here," she said as she ran back into the house. Finding her way into the living-room, Kaoru walked over to the large porcelain vase where her aunt had placed a large bouquet of assorted flowers. Using her fingers to pick through the flowers, she found what she was lookin for; a daisy. Running back out to the lawn, Kaoru knelt down and handed the daisy to her friend.

"I doubt that love-potion will work, but here's a daisy I found in Aunt Kira's bouquet." Misao's face lit up completely, and jumped up to hug her friend.

"Oh Kaoru! You're the greatest!"

Kaoru chuckled, "It's nothing!"

Grinning ear-to-ear, Misao spoke again, "Kaoru?"

"Yea?"
"How about this'll be our little secret?"

Not really seeing the hidden meaning, Kaoru agreed. "Yea, okay."

"No Kaoru," Misao ripped off a petal, "This'll be our secret…" and handed the petal to Kaoru, "How about whenever we need to show how much we care for each other… or tell a secret… we'll give each other a daisy."

Kaoru guffawed, "You're so silly Misao… now quit being a goof and get inside. We need to clean you up."

Twirling the flower with the stem between her fingers, Misao chuckled, "I remember almost burning down your kitchen that day with my strange 'love-potion'…" Getting back in the driver's seat, Misao placed the flower next to the picture. "I always ruined everything……yet you put up with me."

Wiping her tears, Misao switched her gears and drove down the street.

'Yet you put up with me….'

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Fushigi Yuugi – Another anime that I thought would be funny to throw into Sano's phrase. It is about two girls that are sucked into an ancient Chinese book called 'The Universe of the Four Gods' and are overcome by a parallel universe that takes place in ancient China; the legends of the Maidens of Suzaku  and Seirryu are put into play and adventure, love, courage, and betrayal occur. I recommend this to those of you that haven't seen this anime/manga and/or have not even heard of it! =)

Carrot-top – I know it's the name of a comedian, but oh well… I thought it'd be funny to call Kenshin that.

***Just a tip, go look for a map of Japan so you can have visual aids on where each town is?? ^_~

A/N: How'd you like it? ^_^ hope you guys did! Please review!