Disclaimer: Still don't own any of the series or those characters...
(sorry if this chapter seems a little slow...)
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Kaoru's POV:
"I told you we all had something in our pasts... well mine has come knocking on the door." Kaoru went back to adding something to the rice she had been cooking. "And Kenshin, I still don't want to talk about it. Not now or at the least not here," she felt a huge weight on her heart push even harder against it. 'To keep a secret from the one you love, doesn't that make me a horrible person?' she thought to herself.
"I would have never have guessed that you had a brother..." he smiled trying to change the subject. But instead Kaoru gave him an irritated look.
"I don't, the only thing that connected us was our parents and that was all. When they died so did my connection to him." She said harshly. "I'm done cooking, are you?" she said quickly changing the subject once more.
"Yes," he was officially confused again. 'What happened to you that made you hate him so much?' he thought.
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"Ahh I see someone here can cook." Kenji said as Kenshin and Kaoru entered the room with everyone's meal. "So little sister who are your people here?" he said gesturing towards Kenshin and Yahiko who had just come in he had finally finished cleaning.
Kaoru shot him another angry look. "This is my student Yahiko," she said pointing at Yahiko. "And this is Kenshin." Her brother coughed. "Yes umm, Kenshin, Yahiko this is my Brother Kenji." Both boys stood there not knowing what to do.
"Come now everyone eat." Kenji said gesturing towards the food.
"I'm not hungry." Kaoru responded, as Yahiko sat down and started to shovel food in his mouth. Kaoru turned to Kenshin and whispered, "Stay here don't let him out of your sight."
"Where are you going?" He whispered to her.
"I have something to do before I have to fight him." She said as she pointed at Kenji who was shoveling food as fast as Yahiko. Kaoru then walked out leaving Kenshin standing there feeling quite uncomfortable and alone.
Kenshin's POV:
"So Kenshin." Kenji looked at him. "What is your relationship with my little sister?" Kenji smiled as a grain of rice hung from the corner of his mouth.
"Oro?"
"Hmm" Kenji looked Kenshin over wiping his face clean "You're no ordinary vagabond are you?" Kenji noticed his sword. "You know, I hear tales as I travel across Japan. But lately I have heard some interesting ones on my travels from Kyoto, stories about a former Hitokiri who has given up killing people. They say that he is now instead of killing people he is protecting the innocent, and they say he resides in a dojo with a woman and a kid." He smiled at Kenshin again "but you wouldn't know about that would you Mr- umm what did you say your last name was?"
"Himura." Kenshin smiled back at him and said "No I haven't heard of that story before, it is a very nice one though isn't it?"
"But Kenshin..." Yahiko began he looked at Kenshin and understood. "umm but we have heard of those stories."
"Oh, yes that we have. I forgot about that," Kenshin smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck, 'Good save Yahiko, I think Miss Kaoru would appreciate her brother knowing as little as possible.' He thought to himself
"Hmm." Kenji drank deeply from his cup of tea. Thinking pensively to himself
"Umm if you will excuse me." Kenshin said "Yahiko come here." Yahiko walked up to Kenshin. "Keep Kenji here as long as you can I am going to see that Miss Kaoru is ok."
Yahiko coughed. "Right" he muttered, Kenshin patted him on the head as he turned to leave.
Kenshin headed off towards the training hall, he thought it might be better if he not go inside. He stood outside and noticed that Kaoru's stance was somewhat different from how she normally practiced. She seemed different in everything she was doing.
"Kenshin!?" she looked at him. "What are you doing here!?"
Kenshin froze for a moment. "Umm I came to see if you where alright."
"I'm fine," she said exasperated. "Why aren't you with Kenji? I asked you to keep an eye on him!" Kaoru was surprised that Kenshin hadn't listened to her.
"I wanted to see if you are ok. You haven't been acting yourself the last two days." He looked at her "I'm worried about you Miss Kaoru."
"Don't be." She looked at him and smiled "I'm fine, trust me."
"I trust you, but i-" he was interrupted by Kenji who had entered the room.
"Ahh Kaoru I see you where practicing. Well might as well get this over with I would like to get some rest." Kenji said putting down the bag that he had carried with him.
"Then you better go to an Inn shouldn't you?" she snapped.
"Heh funny, so do you still have my old bokken?" Kenji asked looking around. "I see you haven't changed this place much since I left."
Kaoru threw an old looking bokken at him. 'I hate this so much' she thought.
The two siblings took their stances and got ready to fight one another.
To be continued...
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AN: Well there you go, I don't have much to say this time except: Next time we will see what this fight has in store for our characters ///_^; *waves at audience*
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Kaoru's POV:
"I told you we all had something in our pasts... well mine has come knocking on the door." Kaoru went back to adding something to the rice she had been cooking. "And Kenshin, I still don't want to talk about it. Not now or at the least not here," she felt a huge weight on her heart push even harder against it. 'To keep a secret from the one you love, doesn't that make me a horrible person?' she thought to herself.
"I would have never have guessed that you had a brother..." he smiled trying to change the subject. But instead Kaoru gave him an irritated look.
"I don't, the only thing that connected us was our parents and that was all. When they died so did my connection to him." She said harshly. "I'm done cooking, are you?" she said quickly changing the subject once more.
"Yes," he was officially confused again. 'What happened to you that made you hate him so much?' he thought.
* * *
"Ahh I see someone here can cook." Kenji said as Kenshin and Kaoru entered the room with everyone's meal. "So little sister who are your people here?" he said gesturing towards Kenshin and Yahiko who had just come in he had finally finished cleaning.
Kaoru shot him another angry look. "This is my student Yahiko," she said pointing at Yahiko. "And this is Kenshin." Her brother coughed. "Yes umm, Kenshin, Yahiko this is my Brother Kenji." Both boys stood there not knowing what to do.
"Come now everyone eat." Kenji said gesturing towards the food.
"I'm not hungry." Kaoru responded, as Yahiko sat down and started to shovel food in his mouth. Kaoru turned to Kenshin and whispered, "Stay here don't let him out of your sight."
"Where are you going?" He whispered to her.
"I have something to do before I have to fight him." She said as she pointed at Kenji who was shoveling food as fast as Yahiko. Kaoru then walked out leaving Kenshin standing there feeling quite uncomfortable and alone.
Kenshin's POV:
"So Kenshin." Kenji looked at him. "What is your relationship with my little sister?" Kenji smiled as a grain of rice hung from the corner of his mouth.
"Oro?"
"Hmm" Kenji looked Kenshin over wiping his face clean "You're no ordinary vagabond are you?" Kenji noticed his sword. "You know, I hear tales as I travel across Japan. But lately I have heard some interesting ones on my travels from Kyoto, stories about a former Hitokiri who has given up killing people. They say that he is now instead of killing people he is protecting the innocent, and they say he resides in a dojo with a woman and a kid." He smiled at Kenshin again "but you wouldn't know about that would you Mr- umm what did you say your last name was?"
"Himura." Kenshin smiled back at him and said "No I haven't heard of that story before, it is a very nice one though isn't it?"
"But Kenshin..." Yahiko began he looked at Kenshin and understood. "umm but we have heard of those stories."
"Oh, yes that we have. I forgot about that," Kenshin smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck, 'Good save Yahiko, I think Miss Kaoru would appreciate her brother knowing as little as possible.' He thought to himself
"Hmm." Kenji drank deeply from his cup of tea. Thinking pensively to himself
"Umm if you will excuse me." Kenshin said "Yahiko come here." Yahiko walked up to Kenshin. "Keep Kenji here as long as you can I am going to see that Miss Kaoru is ok."
Yahiko coughed. "Right" he muttered, Kenshin patted him on the head as he turned to leave.
Kenshin headed off towards the training hall, he thought it might be better if he not go inside. He stood outside and noticed that Kaoru's stance was somewhat different from how she normally practiced. She seemed different in everything she was doing.
"Kenshin!?" she looked at him. "What are you doing here!?"
Kenshin froze for a moment. "Umm I came to see if you where alright."
"I'm fine," she said exasperated. "Why aren't you with Kenji? I asked you to keep an eye on him!" Kaoru was surprised that Kenshin hadn't listened to her.
"I wanted to see if you are ok. You haven't been acting yourself the last two days." He looked at her "I'm worried about you Miss Kaoru."
"Don't be." She looked at him and smiled "I'm fine, trust me."
"I trust you, but i-" he was interrupted by Kenji who had entered the room.
"Ahh Kaoru I see you where practicing. Well might as well get this over with I would like to get some rest." Kenji said putting down the bag that he had carried with him.
"Then you better go to an Inn shouldn't you?" she snapped.
"Heh funny, so do you still have my old bokken?" Kenji asked looking around. "I see you haven't changed this place much since I left."
Kaoru threw an old looking bokken at him. 'I hate this so much' she thought.
The two siblings took their stances and got ready to fight one another.
To be continued...
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AN: Well there you go, I don't have much to say this time except: Next time we will see what this fight has in store for our characters ///_^; *waves at audience*