Meta: Hello people, I don't know why but I feel like making a whole chapter
in one day. So I'm going to try it. Oh, and did you know the time of night
that I posted my first chapter was around Twelve. Of course I got yelled at
for all my efforts. Fall break just started, I never had one before it's so
cool! Well on with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kenshin and co. so please don't sue all I spent all my birthday money already. I forgot to do that last time. Hope no one reports me to the authorties. Has very shifty eyes
Yes, the story!
Denotes thoughts
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Now that she had her tools all she needed to do was make the holes. She to use the sharp piece to make the ground softer so she can move the dirt. Then used the other as a shovel of course, it was hard work and tired out her musles. By the end of it she had blisters, splinters, and five holes dug.
She hadn't even thought about whether or not to make the man's grave, she had just done it. Thinking all dead deserve a resting place, as it had been taught to her. Light was going to come soon, placing their bodies in their homes and covering them with the dirt that had born them, she started to salvage anything useful for her journey. Kaoru looked under piles of wood and the rest of her home, the fire had went out hours ago and fortunately hadn't burned everything. The west wing was the dojo so she didn't count on weapons to use. The east though was the living quarters and she guessed that there where some objects not stolen and then there was the hidden storage.
In her mother and father's room she didn't find anything of use. As she turned to leave the barely standing doorway something caught her eyes, it was partly under some of the planks of wood from the ceiling. She lifted them up and grapped for it then dropped the pile. Kaoru felt tears starting to come out, she didn't think she had anymore to waste, it was her mother's decorative comb. It had been one of the presents given to her mom for her wedding, she had only seen her wear it once to a funtional party they had attended. Made of cherry wood it had beautiful pink sakura blossoms painted on it and green leaves in some places even on the teeth. I didn't think I would find something like this again. I'll keep it to remember her by. Oh, mom. Finding nothing else she went to Keta and Nikita's room to search.
There was nothing there at all, she had looked for a long time too. She walked out onto the deck outside (A/N: I don't know what it's called), she walked to her brother's room, the rice paper screen had been torn so she walked straight through it. Looking around she found her brother's gi laying in a neat pile on the floor beside where his sleeping mat should be. They must've thought their was no purpose in taking it since they had so much. Kaoru had plainly notice that most of their things were missing, things that she could have used. The gi's top was light blue in color while the pants were dark blue, she was going to keep these she they were both nearly the same size. That meant last was her room, she sighed she was going to miss it greatly.
~*~*Kaoru's POV~*~*
The walk to my room seemed to be a very long one, for reasons unknow to me. Maybe because I knew that I would be leaving soon so I just wanted to live in the moment. I stepped inside the door, the wall opposite of me had a window in which I usually looked out of. Near the center of the floor were the two teddy bears of Keta and Nikita. Which they left when they spent the night with me
Keta's was brown with a tan tummy and a midnight blue ribbon around it's neck. Nikita's had black fur and a purple ribbon around it's neck. Another suvernire from when everything was right. I hugged the two bears to me as though it were them. I knew it was pitiful but I couldn't do anything else at the time.
I slowly got up from the floor, my legs were a shaky. I used my right hand to push me up, with my other around the bears. The force in which I used to push up nearly made me fall back down. I stepped out and walked to the kitchen now holding all my gathered items.
Walking in I saw that the kitchen had been empitied of all good food. Some spices like salt, and pepper hadn't been tooken, reaching down under the ledge used to hold a basin, to a shelf I grabbed them. Since the shelfs are still here that means they didn't find the storage.
When I was about thirdteen, it was decided incase of need of escape from father's enemies it was wise to keep needed supplies in a quick to get to spot. Putting my stuff down, I used my finger nails to pull the wood off the hollow spot, discarding of it behind me. Carefully laid out in front of me was what I needed.
I found that my old kimonos would not fit because they were to small. Looking through the cloths I came across my mother's cloths. One of her yukatas (sleeping garments), I was quite happy to find such a thing at all, and seven kimonos and seven obis. Three of both were plain in design their colors being, sky blue, green, and the last pink. The other five were not of plain design though, a purple one had lilaics all over it. Next was light pink with jasmine on it, at various places. Another was midnight blue with crimson roses on it. The last I notice as my mother's wedding gown.
I found myself gasping as if was the first time I had seen her wedding kimono. It was pure white with sakura flowers and leaves sew onto the hems and neckline, covering most of the back of the gown though was a golden dragon with beautiful violet eyes. The wings she knew were made from the obi, they were made larger than usual to look like it's wings were coming out of the kimono, the tail was at the long tail of the dress. Everything stitched was perfect on this gown, it looked to have tooken years, and while all the others were made of normal material it was silk.
No way was I going to get rid of any of them. Mom always promised me I would get married in it, so I intend on keeping it. Setting the yukata and kimonos with my other things, I then grabbed the wooden box out. I found money, luckly a large amount to keep me going for years, and the coloful ribbons I had demanded go in, I guessed they would come too. I left everyone else's clothes alone, then I spotted something hidden.
I carefully took the wrapped object out, tied to a string was a note from my father though. It read:
Dear Kaoru,
If you are reading this then I must be gone, take this weapon and use it to protect. You are now the master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, this sword has been handed down through the generations of masters, so I expect you to take nothing but the most care for it. I want you to take of your mother, Aton, and little Keta and Nikita for me. I know that you are going on a personal journey to find the meaning of protecting life. The same as I did, did you know as a result of our wanderings every master came to find their love in their travels. I hope the same for you daughter, I'm very proud of you. Keep living for me and those that need to be protected, and those that need you to live for them to be happy and alive. Know this if you ever kill while doing your duty, they can forgive you so do not fall from guilt. Not when doing right. I love you Kaoru, take good care.
Your father,
Kamiya Kenji
I clench the paper , as tears came out. Dad didn't know that everyone would die, it obvious in the letter. My heart felt as though it was being shredded into pieces at my seat on the floor. It was my fault that, they died. But, if I was here would I have made any differnece in the out come. Or would I have died also?
I didn't keep on thinking, I knew were it would have gone if I did. Then remembering the weapon on my lap and setting the letter aside forgotten and unwrapped the package very slowly. Before I had even gone to far I knew it would be a keeper, father would never give it as gift if it had any other purpose than to keep lives going on.
The hilt had, suprising, had engraved and painted sakura blossoms and leaves on it, so far it looked as though it went to the wodden blade as well. Taking the scabbard ( Umm, think it is misspelled) off, I indeed saw that the designs reached the tip of it. I very gently touch the blade in order to test it, well let's just say I got a new boo boo. I put it up and grabbed the sleeping bag from the hollow, before gather my things together and some others I found useful later, in a piece of yellow cloth tied so it would go around my neck (A/N: Think of Sango's yellow and black one she carries.)
I walked to the creek near by to take a bath before I leave and to eat some fish for lunch. I dropped the bag from my shoulders and undressed, I finished with my bath then dressed in to my brother's training gi, then tied my hair into a high ponytail. After having a rough time with the fish I caught some, burnt them, ate some, salted the rest and bundle up with some cloth I had found earlier.
~*~* Back to normal veiw~*~*
Kaoru was now ready to go with her things on her back and sword trough her belt on the left side, since she was right handed and it made it easier to handle. (A/N: Battousai is king do you think swords aren't allowed, HA!) She was now headed off on the road, she looked back one final time, knowing somehow she would never regret leaving . Before turning back around she wisphered one final thing to her old home, "Goodbye place of memories, maybe one day my train of thought will come back to you." Now she started down the road, for new aventures awaited her.
~*~*~*~*~*
Meta: How was it, any good. Well, it took me forever to write this, oh the idea for the wedding kimono appeared out of nowhere. Really suprised me, oh amd the sword is supposed to look like the sword, why do you think her father bought it as a wedding present. PLEASE!!! Oh, please reveiw. Thankies. And sorry for any mistakes. One more thing by the time I had I finished this it had been a week and a half from what I said above. But, I won't change it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kenshin and co. so please don't sue all I spent all my birthday money already. I forgot to do that last time. Hope no one reports me to the authorties. Has very shifty eyes
Yes, the story!
Denotes thoughts
~*~*~*~*~
Now that she had her tools all she needed to do was make the holes. She to use the sharp piece to make the ground softer so she can move the dirt. Then used the other as a shovel of course, it was hard work and tired out her musles. By the end of it she had blisters, splinters, and five holes dug.
She hadn't even thought about whether or not to make the man's grave, she had just done it. Thinking all dead deserve a resting place, as it had been taught to her. Light was going to come soon, placing their bodies in their homes and covering them with the dirt that had born them, she started to salvage anything useful for her journey. Kaoru looked under piles of wood and the rest of her home, the fire had went out hours ago and fortunately hadn't burned everything. The west wing was the dojo so she didn't count on weapons to use. The east though was the living quarters and she guessed that there where some objects not stolen and then there was the hidden storage.
In her mother and father's room she didn't find anything of use. As she turned to leave the barely standing doorway something caught her eyes, it was partly under some of the planks of wood from the ceiling. She lifted them up and grapped for it then dropped the pile. Kaoru felt tears starting to come out, she didn't think she had anymore to waste, it was her mother's decorative comb. It had been one of the presents given to her mom for her wedding, she had only seen her wear it once to a funtional party they had attended. Made of cherry wood it had beautiful pink sakura blossoms painted on it and green leaves in some places even on the teeth. I didn't think I would find something like this again. I'll keep it to remember her by. Oh, mom. Finding nothing else she went to Keta and Nikita's room to search.
There was nothing there at all, she had looked for a long time too. She walked out onto the deck outside (A/N: I don't know what it's called), she walked to her brother's room, the rice paper screen had been torn so she walked straight through it. Looking around she found her brother's gi laying in a neat pile on the floor beside where his sleeping mat should be. They must've thought their was no purpose in taking it since they had so much. Kaoru had plainly notice that most of their things were missing, things that she could have used. The gi's top was light blue in color while the pants were dark blue, she was going to keep these she they were both nearly the same size. That meant last was her room, she sighed she was going to miss it greatly.
~*~*Kaoru's POV~*~*
The walk to my room seemed to be a very long one, for reasons unknow to me. Maybe because I knew that I would be leaving soon so I just wanted to live in the moment. I stepped inside the door, the wall opposite of me had a window in which I usually looked out of. Near the center of the floor were the two teddy bears of Keta and Nikita. Which they left when they spent the night with me
Keta's was brown with a tan tummy and a midnight blue ribbon around it's neck. Nikita's had black fur and a purple ribbon around it's neck. Another suvernire from when everything was right. I hugged the two bears to me as though it were them. I knew it was pitiful but I couldn't do anything else at the time.
I slowly got up from the floor, my legs were a shaky. I used my right hand to push me up, with my other around the bears. The force in which I used to push up nearly made me fall back down. I stepped out and walked to the kitchen now holding all my gathered items.
Walking in I saw that the kitchen had been empitied of all good food. Some spices like salt, and pepper hadn't been tooken, reaching down under the ledge used to hold a basin, to a shelf I grabbed them. Since the shelfs are still here that means they didn't find the storage.
When I was about thirdteen, it was decided incase of need of escape from father's enemies it was wise to keep needed supplies in a quick to get to spot. Putting my stuff down, I used my finger nails to pull the wood off the hollow spot, discarding of it behind me. Carefully laid out in front of me was what I needed.
I found that my old kimonos would not fit because they were to small. Looking through the cloths I came across my mother's cloths. One of her yukatas (sleeping garments), I was quite happy to find such a thing at all, and seven kimonos and seven obis. Three of both were plain in design their colors being, sky blue, green, and the last pink. The other five were not of plain design though, a purple one had lilaics all over it. Next was light pink with jasmine on it, at various places. Another was midnight blue with crimson roses on it. The last I notice as my mother's wedding gown.
I found myself gasping as if was the first time I had seen her wedding kimono. It was pure white with sakura flowers and leaves sew onto the hems and neckline, covering most of the back of the gown though was a golden dragon with beautiful violet eyes. The wings she knew were made from the obi, they were made larger than usual to look like it's wings were coming out of the kimono, the tail was at the long tail of the dress. Everything stitched was perfect on this gown, it looked to have tooken years, and while all the others were made of normal material it was silk.
No way was I going to get rid of any of them. Mom always promised me I would get married in it, so I intend on keeping it. Setting the yukata and kimonos with my other things, I then grabbed the wooden box out. I found money, luckly a large amount to keep me going for years, and the coloful ribbons I had demanded go in, I guessed they would come too. I left everyone else's clothes alone, then I spotted something hidden.
I carefully took the wrapped object out, tied to a string was a note from my father though. It read:
Dear Kaoru,
If you are reading this then I must be gone, take this weapon and use it to protect. You are now the master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, this sword has been handed down through the generations of masters, so I expect you to take nothing but the most care for it. I want you to take of your mother, Aton, and little Keta and Nikita for me. I know that you are going on a personal journey to find the meaning of protecting life. The same as I did, did you know as a result of our wanderings every master came to find their love in their travels. I hope the same for you daughter, I'm very proud of you. Keep living for me and those that need to be protected, and those that need you to live for them to be happy and alive. Know this if you ever kill while doing your duty, they can forgive you so do not fall from guilt. Not when doing right. I love you Kaoru, take good care.
Your father,
Kamiya Kenji
I clench the paper , as tears came out. Dad didn't know that everyone would die, it obvious in the letter. My heart felt as though it was being shredded into pieces at my seat on the floor. It was my fault that, they died. But, if I was here would I have made any differnece in the out come. Or would I have died also?
I didn't keep on thinking, I knew were it would have gone if I did. Then remembering the weapon on my lap and setting the letter aside forgotten and unwrapped the package very slowly. Before I had even gone to far I knew it would be a keeper, father would never give it as gift if it had any other purpose than to keep lives going on.
The hilt had, suprising, had engraved and painted sakura blossoms and leaves on it, so far it looked as though it went to the wodden blade as well. Taking the scabbard ( Umm, think it is misspelled) off, I indeed saw that the designs reached the tip of it. I very gently touch the blade in order to test it, well let's just say I got a new boo boo. I put it up and grabbed the sleeping bag from the hollow, before gather my things together and some others I found useful later, in a piece of yellow cloth tied so it would go around my neck (A/N: Think of Sango's yellow and black one she carries.)
I walked to the creek near by to take a bath before I leave and to eat some fish for lunch. I dropped the bag from my shoulders and undressed, I finished with my bath then dressed in to my brother's training gi, then tied my hair into a high ponytail. After having a rough time with the fish I caught some, burnt them, ate some, salted the rest and bundle up with some cloth I had found earlier.
~*~* Back to normal veiw~*~*
Kaoru was now ready to go with her things on her back and sword trough her belt on the left side, since she was right handed and it made it easier to handle. (A/N: Battousai is king do you think swords aren't allowed, HA!) She was now headed off on the road, she looked back one final time, knowing somehow she would never regret leaving . Before turning back around she wisphered one final thing to her old home, "Goodbye place of memories, maybe one day my train of thought will come back to you." Now she started down the road, for new aventures awaited her.
~*~*~*~*~*
Meta: How was it, any good. Well, it took me forever to write this, oh the idea for the wedding kimono appeared out of nowhere. Really suprised me, oh amd the sword is supposed to look like the sword, why do you think her father bought it as a wedding present. PLEASE!!! Oh, please reveiw. Thankies. And sorry for any mistakes. One more thing by the time I had I finished this it had been a week and a half from what I said above. But, I won't change it.