Disclaimer: (A/N- I really enjoy doing these! hehe!)
Yahiko: *walks on to stage grinning like mad* Today I will be doing the disclaimer!
Kaoru: (muffled) HELP ME! SOMEONE HELP ME!
Yahiko: *listens* Oh that? That's Kaoru. I tied her up and gagged her. *evil grin* Now, Ic-
Sano: Hey Yahiko! Come here!
Yahiko: *trots to other side of stage* Yes Sano?
Sano: Jou-Chan wanted me to give you something...
Yahiko: What? *misses Sano's smirk*
Sano: This! *pulls out a bokken from behind his back*
Yahiko: NOOOO!!!!!!! *hit on head and falls down*
Sano: I've avenged you Jou-Chan! Now, Icy doesn't own any Rurouni Kenshin characters, ideas, etc... Ja Na!
Yahiko: *leaves muttering with huge anime bump on head*
'...' indicates thought
Kaoru's Wish
Chapter Five: Ayame and Suzume
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Yahiko was currently sitting on the porch steps with a top. Sano had left the gambling joint after running out of money and was now in his normal position on the porch with one eye cocked open to keep an eye on Yahiko and Kenji. The little red head was watching his friend spin the top.
Kaoru was inside fixing lunch with Kenshin fluttering around behind her trying to save the lunch.
The early afternoon calm was shattered by the sound of two voices coming up the path towards the dojo.
"Kenji! Where are youuuuuuuuuuu???? We're Hereeeeeeeeeee!" Kenji looked up from the top and scampered away. He knew who those voices belonged too, snd he didn't want to play.
Ayame and Suzume entered the yard and looked around for their cherry headed playmate, but he was nowhere to be found. But as their eyes scanned the grounds, they found something better.
Kenji had left, for he knew he was in danger. But it appeared Yahiko was to engrossed with the toy that he didn't hear the two girls. And now, he must pay the consequences.
The two sisters crept up behind Yahiko who was oblivious to them. Sano, on the other hand, watched with a keen interest, wondering what would happen to the poor boy.
Yahiko suddenly felt hands grab him and whirl his body around. He was now looking up into the faces of an eight year old Suzume and a ten year old Ayame.
"Hi!" Ayame said. "I'm Ayame and this, "she said gesturing to her little sister, "Is Suzume. What's your name?"
Yahiko stared at them. Their faces resembled those of predators, looking at him like prey.
'How do they not know who I am? Why are they introducing themselves to me? Why are they looking at me like that......?' He jumped up to his feet and ran away screaming.
Ayame turned to Sano. "Sano, who was that?"
Sano chuckled. "That was Yahiko."
Both girls stared blankly at him.
"But, "Suzume said, "Yahiko's fifteen. Although that kid did resemble him....." She trailed off in thought.
Sano's already big grin grew wider. "Yeah, that's Yahiko. Jou-Chan made a wish on a star and he turned into a little kid. But he remembers everything and he remembers what you two do to Kenji-chan...."
The sisters shared a smile.
"But Yahiko loves watching us play with Kenji. It's time he learned it's more fun to play then watch, ni?" said Suzume, twirling a pigtail between her fingers.
"Right!" exclaimed Ayame, who was straightining her light green kimono.
Sano laughed. "If you two can catch him, I'm sure he wouldn't mind playing. But a word of warning. He is really fast, so be careful...."
"We will Sano!" The two brown haired girls ran off and began their search.
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Ten minutes later....
"Where on Earth could he be?" Ayame threw up her hands in despair. "How can we play with him if we can't find him?"
"He's got to be around here somewhere," said Suzume, looking under a bush. "I mean afterall, we've checked almost everywhere. There can only be a few places left."
"Let's go check the kitchen!"
"I'm not sure it's safe in there. Kaoru-Obasan is cooking..."
"Oh...."
Both girls flopped down under a tree in the yard to get away from the sun's scorching rays. They were tired and frustrated.
"Wait!" Ayame jumped up in excitement. "I know where he is!"
"Really? Where?"
"Where would be the place he thinks we wouldn't go look for him in?"
Suzume, with a small look of concentration on her face, thought for several seconds before her face lit up. "The kitchen! He thinks we won't go in there with Aunt Kaoru in it."
"Right!"
With caution they approached the room where smells of burnt rice were issuing from. They peeked their heads around the door and started looking for a glimpse of the child.
Suzume felt a jab in her side and looked to where Ayame was pointing. Hiding behind Kenshin was a little boy with copper colored skin.
Stealthily, the girls approached. Kenshin looked at them warily, not noticing himself the boy behind him.
Yahiko looked up and with a squeak of terror darted around Kenshin and headed for the door, only to trip over a pot left out by Kaoru.
He went down with a crash and the two predators moved in.
"Ayame, we did it! We got him!"
"We did! We did!" Both girls started a little dance in the middle of the kitchen around Yahiko.
And then Ayame grabbed both of Yahiko's legs and Suzume his arms, and carried him out.
"Uncle Kenshin! Aunt Kaoru! HELP!!!!!!" Yahiko called as he was taken out the door.
"I would help," said Kaoru after Yahiko was gone, "But I think he needs to learn what my poor baby goes through first hand. Don't you agree Kenshin?"
"Hai Kaoru-Dono."
"Kenshin," said Kaoru icily, turning to her husband, "I thought you agreed to work on the -Dono thing...."
"Gomen Nasai Kaoru-Do- I mean Kaoru. Sessha is sorry!" he cried feebly as Kaoru turned upon him, a muderous gleam in her eyes.
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Meanwhile....
Ayame and Suzume had managed to get Yahiko into Kaoru and Kenshin's room and were pulling out makeup. Tubes of Lipstick (A/N- did lipstick come in tubes?), blush, face powder, and eyebrow pencils. Cases of eyeshadow littered the floor and hair combs and ribbons lay in bunches.
Yahiko watched in horror as the girls came closer, brandishing the cosmetics like swords.
Closer, and closer, and closer...
And then Yahiko started to cry in loud hiccuping wails. "MOMMY! MOMMY! WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
He ran to the shoji door, threw it open, and raced down the hall in the direction of the kitchen. Ayame and Suzume hurried after him, worried and curious about what had just happened. Sano had been right though, he was fast!
They entered the room that now had half cooked vegetables on the floor, soba noodles plastering the walls, and black burnt rice everywhere.
Yahiko had wrapped himself around Kaoru's knees and didn't look like he'd be letting go anythime soon.
"Mommy, make her stop. I don't want to! Make her stop Mommy!" He buried his face in her kimono, his hands in little fists clutching the patterned fabric.
By now all the dojo occupants were gathered in the now messy kitchen. Sano was leaning on the door frame with Kenji right next to him, his purple eyes wide. Ayame and Suzume were paused in the other door, not sure of what they had done. Kenshin was standing quite still and unmoving, not noticing the tea was about to boil over. And Kaoru stood in the middle of it all, a little boy sobbing against her.
The owner of the dojo bent down and scooped the little boy into her arms and then sat down on one of the upturned pots.
"What's wrong Yahiko?" she asked kindly, running her fingers through the boy's hair.
"She tried to put make-up on me. Even though you told her not to." He looked up at Kaoru, his bright brown eyes shining with tears and silvery trails running down his cheeks.
Everyone glanced at each other uneasily around the room. He thought Kaoru was his mom and Ayame and Suzume had been rolled together to form one person.
Gently, Kaoru asked, "Who is She, Yahiko?"
He sniffled. "Taiana." He looked up at Kaoru again and his eyes widened in surprise. "Your'e not Mommy," he said softly. "And that wasn't Taiana." His voice grew harder and louder. "How could it have been them? They're dead!" He leapt out of Kaoru's arms and ran out the door.
"Let him be," said Kaoru, looking at the retreating form. "He can't leave the dojo, he can't reach the gate. Let's just let him cool off."
Sano asked the unspoken question that all were thinking. But who's Taiana?"
"I have no idea," said Kaoru, shaking her head sadly.
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Japanese Words Used:
Bokken - wooden sword (what Kaoru uses)
Ja Na - See you later (I use this a lot myself!)
Ni - right (used like ,right?)
Gomen Nasai - Please for give me/ I'm very sorry
Gomen - less formal version of gomen nasai , more like sorry or I'm sorry
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Author's Notes:
Please review again! Ja Na!
~IcyPanther
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Reviewer's Comments:
~*~Tocole~*~ He is a cute little thing! ^^ Baby lions are adorable too! (I saw one ina video for Global Studies and now I want one! They look so squishy! ^^) I can't wait for Sou's fight! ^^ I'm sure it'll be awesome, all your work is! ^^
~*~Brittanie Love~*~ Thanx!
~*~LishaChan~*~ You are obsessed with Yahiko... *sigh* But how many times must I tell you? You can't have him! ^^ Sorry! Thanx for reviweing! ^^
~*~izyish~*~ I'm a little confused??? Why do you think it was Tsubame's wish. *rereads chapter* Nope, it sounds like it's Kaoru's! *shrugs* oh well ^^
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Yahiko: *walks on to stage grinning like mad* Today I will be doing the disclaimer!
Kaoru: (muffled) HELP ME! SOMEONE HELP ME!
Yahiko: *listens* Oh that? That's Kaoru. I tied her up and gagged her. *evil grin* Now, Ic-
Sano: Hey Yahiko! Come here!
Yahiko: *trots to other side of stage* Yes Sano?
Sano: Jou-Chan wanted me to give you something...
Yahiko: What? *misses Sano's smirk*
Sano: This! *pulls out a bokken from behind his back*
Yahiko: NOOOO!!!!!!! *hit on head and falls down*
Sano: I've avenged you Jou-Chan! Now, Icy doesn't own any Rurouni Kenshin characters, ideas, etc... Ja Na!
Yahiko: *leaves muttering with huge anime bump on head*
'...' indicates thought
Kaoru's Wish
Chapter Five: Ayame and Suzume
****************
Yahiko was currently sitting on the porch steps with a top. Sano had left the gambling joint after running out of money and was now in his normal position on the porch with one eye cocked open to keep an eye on Yahiko and Kenji. The little red head was watching his friend spin the top.
Kaoru was inside fixing lunch with Kenshin fluttering around behind her trying to save the lunch.
The early afternoon calm was shattered by the sound of two voices coming up the path towards the dojo.
"Kenji! Where are youuuuuuuuuuu???? We're Hereeeeeeeeeee!" Kenji looked up from the top and scampered away. He knew who those voices belonged too, snd he didn't want to play.
Ayame and Suzume entered the yard and looked around for their cherry headed playmate, but he was nowhere to be found. But as their eyes scanned the grounds, they found something better.
Kenji had left, for he knew he was in danger. But it appeared Yahiko was to engrossed with the toy that he didn't hear the two girls. And now, he must pay the consequences.
The two sisters crept up behind Yahiko who was oblivious to them. Sano, on the other hand, watched with a keen interest, wondering what would happen to the poor boy.
Yahiko suddenly felt hands grab him and whirl his body around. He was now looking up into the faces of an eight year old Suzume and a ten year old Ayame.
"Hi!" Ayame said. "I'm Ayame and this, "she said gesturing to her little sister, "Is Suzume. What's your name?"
Yahiko stared at them. Their faces resembled those of predators, looking at him like prey.
'How do they not know who I am? Why are they introducing themselves to me? Why are they looking at me like that......?' He jumped up to his feet and ran away screaming.
Ayame turned to Sano. "Sano, who was that?"
Sano chuckled. "That was Yahiko."
Both girls stared blankly at him.
"But, "Suzume said, "Yahiko's fifteen. Although that kid did resemble him....." She trailed off in thought.
Sano's already big grin grew wider. "Yeah, that's Yahiko. Jou-Chan made a wish on a star and he turned into a little kid. But he remembers everything and he remembers what you two do to Kenji-chan...."
The sisters shared a smile.
"But Yahiko loves watching us play with Kenji. It's time he learned it's more fun to play then watch, ni?" said Suzume, twirling a pigtail between her fingers.
"Right!" exclaimed Ayame, who was straightining her light green kimono.
Sano laughed. "If you two can catch him, I'm sure he wouldn't mind playing. But a word of warning. He is really fast, so be careful...."
"We will Sano!" The two brown haired girls ran off and began their search.
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Ten minutes later....
"Where on Earth could he be?" Ayame threw up her hands in despair. "How can we play with him if we can't find him?"
"He's got to be around here somewhere," said Suzume, looking under a bush. "I mean afterall, we've checked almost everywhere. There can only be a few places left."
"Let's go check the kitchen!"
"I'm not sure it's safe in there. Kaoru-Obasan is cooking..."
"Oh...."
Both girls flopped down under a tree in the yard to get away from the sun's scorching rays. They were tired and frustrated.
"Wait!" Ayame jumped up in excitement. "I know where he is!"
"Really? Where?"
"Where would be the place he thinks we wouldn't go look for him in?"
Suzume, with a small look of concentration on her face, thought for several seconds before her face lit up. "The kitchen! He thinks we won't go in there with Aunt Kaoru in it."
"Right!"
With caution they approached the room where smells of burnt rice were issuing from. They peeked their heads around the door and started looking for a glimpse of the child.
Suzume felt a jab in her side and looked to where Ayame was pointing. Hiding behind Kenshin was a little boy with copper colored skin.
Stealthily, the girls approached. Kenshin looked at them warily, not noticing himself the boy behind him.
Yahiko looked up and with a squeak of terror darted around Kenshin and headed for the door, only to trip over a pot left out by Kaoru.
He went down with a crash and the two predators moved in.
"Ayame, we did it! We got him!"
"We did! We did!" Both girls started a little dance in the middle of the kitchen around Yahiko.
And then Ayame grabbed both of Yahiko's legs and Suzume his arms, and carried him out.
"Uncle Kenshin! Aunt Kaoru! HELP!!!!!!" Yahiko called as he was taken out the door.
"I would help," said Kaoru after Yahiko was gone, "But I think he needs to learn what my poor baby goes through first hand. Don't you agree Kenshin?"
"Hai Kaoru-Dono."
"Kenshin," said Kaoru icily, turning to her husband, "I thought you agreed to work on the -Dono thing...."
"Gomen Nasai Kaoru-Do- I mean Kaoru. Sessha is sorry!" he cried feebly as Kaoru turned upon him, a muderous gleam in her eyes.
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Meanwhile....
Ayame and Suzume had managed to get Yahiko into Kaoru and Kenshin's room and were pulling out makeup. Tubes of Lipstick (A/N- did lipstick come in tubes?), blush, face powder, and eyebrow pencils. Cases of eyeshadow littered the floor and hair combs and ribbons lay in bunches.
Yahiko watched in horror as the girls came closer, brandishing the cosmetics like swords.
Closer, and closer, and closer...
And then Yahiko started to cry in loud hiccuping wails. "MOMMY! MOMMY! WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
He ran to the shoji door, threw it open, and raced down the hall in the direction of the kitchen. Ayame and Suzume hurried after him, worried and curious about what had just happened. Sano had been right though, he was fast!
They entered the room that now had half cooked vegetables on the floor, soba noodles plastering the walls, and black burnt rice everywhere.
Yahiko had wrapped himself around Kaoru's knees and didn't look like he'd be letting go anythime soon.
"Mommy, make her stop. I don't want to! Make her stop Mommy!" He buried his face in her kimono, his hands in little fists clutching the patterned fabric.
By now all the dojo occupants were gathered in the now messy kitchen. Sano was leaning on the door frame with Kenji right next to him, his purple eyes wide. Ayame and Suzume were paused in the other door, not sure of what they had done. Kenshin was standing quite still and unmoving, not noticing the tea was about to boil over. And Kaoru stood in the middle of it all, a little boy sobbing against her.
The owner of the dojo bent down and scooped the little boy into her arms and then sat down on one of the upturned pots.
"What's wrong Yahiko?" she asked kindly, running her fingers through the boy's hair.
"She tried to put make-up on me. Even though you told her not to." He looked up at Kaoru, his bright brown eyes shining with tears and silvery trails running down his cheeks.
Everyone glanced at each other uneasily around the room. He thought Kaoru was his mom and Ayame and Suzume had been rolled together to form one person.
Gently, Kaoru asked, "Who is She, Yahiko?"
He sniffled. "Taiana." He looked up at Kaoru again and his eyes widened in surprise. "Your'e not Mommy," he said softly. "And that wasn't Taiana." His voice grew harder and louder. "How could it have been them? They're dead!" He leapt out of Kaoru's arms and ran out the door.
"Let him be," said Kaoru, looking at the retreating form. "He can't leave the dojo, he can't reach the gate. Let's just let him cool off."
Sano asked the unspoken question that all were thinking. But who's Taiana?"
"I have no idea," said Kaoru, shaking her head sadly.
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Japanese Words Used:
Bokken - wooden sword (what Kaoru uses)
Ja Na - See you later (I use this a lot myself!)
Ni - right (used like ,right?)
Gomen Nasai - Please for give me/ I'm very sorry
Gomen - less formal version of gomen nasai , more like sorry or I'm sorry
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Author's Notes:
Please review again! Ja Na!
~IcyPanther
*************
Reviewer's Comments:
~*~Tocole~*~ He is a cute little thing! ^^ Baby lions are adorable too! (I saw one ina video for Global Studies and now I want one! They look so squishy! ^^) I can't wait for Sou's fight! ^^ I'm sure it'll be awesome, all your work is! ^^
~*~Brittanie Love~*~ Thanx!
~*~LishaChan~*~ You are obsessed with Yahiko... *sigh* But how many times must I tell you? You can't have him! ^^ Sorry! Thanx for reviweing! ^^
~*~izyish~*~ I'm a little confused??? Why do you think it was Tsubame's wish. *rereads chapter* Nope, it sounds like it's Kaoru's! *shrugs* oh well ^^
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