Author's Notes - Nope. Don't own Rurouni Kenshin. And when you see { It is
me talking}
Chapter Two - Chapter Two
Tokio sighed. It had been a few months since she had stepped out of the house. This was her punishment for getting to her husband. Then again, Saitou wasn't stupid. He knew that she loved to shop. Even though she could defend herself like a guy, she was still female.
Not a single dollar had been spent on anything except food and other necessary supplies. Hajime would always come home with a small bag of groceries in his hand at the end of every week. The door opened and Tokio looked up from the book she was reading.
The same old routine. thought Tokio, setting the book down. She got up and walked into the kitchen getting ready to check the grocery bag for missed items she needed for dinner. Except there was no bag.
"Hajime?" called Tokio, looking around. He wasn't in the kitchen. She was about to turn around when two long thin arms wrapped themselves around her neck, the hands resting underneath her chest. Warm breath moved the hairs on her head and Tokio relaxed.
"How many times will you do that?" asked Tokio, putting her hands on Saitou's wrists.
"As long as I please." Answered Saitou, pushing her into the living room. "Your finished. I have found it in my puny heart to forgive you." Tokio turned around quickly and wanted to jump but couldn't. Saitou hadn't moved his arms yet. Instead, she kissed him and he kissed back. Not passionate but not simple either. More like a thank - you kiss. Saitou let go of his wife and started towards the small bathhouse in the back.
"I'm going to take a bath. You should too, I'm all sweaty and I just hugged you." Tokio made a face sniffing. She smelled terrible.
"Thank you so much Hajime, I guess you still don't forgive me enough huh?" said Tokio sarcastically. She went into their room to prepare for her bath, knowing that Saitou would heat her bath water for her. She sat down on her futon and grabbed her brush, brushing all the knots out of her long brown hair.
How long had she known Hajime for? Tokio smiled, it had been so long she had lost count. However, even though her memory of how many years they knew each other for, she could still remember the journey she had taken to find herself married to this wolf.
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{Ok, this is where the story actually begins. Please do not kill me if I don't get all of the facts right ok? Any wrong facts that are spotted please report to me for immediate fixing of. Ok that was bad English. I speak so goodly right? Lol, anyways, her it goes It is about seven years into the Revolution ok? I say ok too much don't I? Well, I don't care. Here goes the beginning of a wonderful, fantastic, supercalafragalisticexpialadouscious (sp?), award - winning, spectacular story!!!!!!!!! Oh and btw, Enishi I know about. So no need to point him out. Some of these facts I'm changing on purpose!}
Seven years. She thought the war would be over by now. {I may be confusing this with the ten years Kenshin disappeared.} Tokio sighed, placing her pen down and looking out the window of her room at the Inn she was staying at. Her fiancée had insisted that she stay at this particular Inn but she didn't know why.
Her fiancée, Enishi, thought it best that she stay away. Not like he cared though. This was an arranged marriage after all. She got up from the low table and stretched. She had been kneeling for hours, writing to her parents who still hadn't returned any of her other letters. Maybe they didn't care anymore.
A knock on the door sparked her from her thoughts and Tokio got up and looked through a secret keyhole no one knew about. It was just her friend, Nakakaru.
"Nakakaru what a pleasant surprise!" squealed Tokio, opening the door and ushering Nakakaru in.
"Oh that's good because I have something to tell you!!" said Nakakaru, looking absolutely giddy.
"Oh no, not more gossip? I hate gossip you know that Naka." started Tokio, her smile fading.
"Oh on, not gossip, this is important." Said Nakakaru, calming down and turning sober.
"Then why were you so giddy?" asked Tokio, confused. Nakakaru shrugged.
"To lighten the mood. Listen, you have to leave with me." Tokio blinked.
"Why?"
"Because everyone at this Inn is in danger!" Nakakaru blanched quickly, covering her mouth to make sure only Tokio heard. Tokio closed the door and turned around again.
"What do you mean, danger?" asked Tokio, slowly sitting down even though her knee's where still sore.
"I mean the Ishin Shishi are coming!" Tokio gasped. The Ishin Shishi? Tokio didn't choose a side in the Revolution. However, whenever you hear about one side coming, you want to leave because fighting and bloodshed always follow.
"Are you sure? Seriously?" asked Tokio, glaring at Nakakaru, trying to figure out if this is another joke off her friends. Nakakaru shook her head.
"Dead serious. They should be here in a few days. If we go in their direction, we should stay out of their way ok? You have to come Tokio! I have tried to tell everyone else in the Inn but no one is listening to me! They all think it's another one of my jokes but it's not!" Nakakaru narrowed her eyes slightly. "You don't think it's a joke right? You know me Tokio! You know I wouldn't lie or joke about something like this!"
Tokio nodded, even though her friend was a very well - known practical joker, she was known to be serious when necessary and knew when to draw the line.
"When should we leave?" asked Tokio in a bit of a lower voice.
"Tomorrow at the latest." Said Nakakaru, nodding. "My stuff is already packed and ready to go and I know you don't well - " She stopped. Tokio smiled slightly. Naka's family was pretty wealthy and so was Enishi's but Enishi hadn't come to see Tokio in about 10 months. Naka was always a bit squeamish about mentioning Tokio's lack of things because she didn't want to insult her best friend.
"It's ok Naka, I know I don't have many things. I'm just worried about Enishi. I mean I'm not in love with him, but I wonder how he will find out where we are going." Tokio paused. "Where are we going?"
"We will be two wandering women." Said Naka, raising her chin. Tokio smiled and then laughed. This would prove to be very interesting.
Chapter Two - Chapter Two
Tokio sighed. It had been a few months since she had stepped out of the house. This was her punishment for getting to her husband. Then again, Saitou wasn't stupid. He knew that she loved to shop. Even though she could defend herself like a guy, she was still female.
Not a single dollar had been spent on anything except food and other necessary supplies. Hajime would always come home with a small bag of groceries in his hand at the end of every week. The door opened and Tokio looked up from the book she was reading.
The same old routine. thought Tokio, setting the book down. She got up and walked into the kitchen getting ready to check the grocery bag for missed items she needed for dinner. Except there was no bag.
"Hajime?" called Tokio, looking around. He wasn't in the kitchen. She was about to turn around when two long thin arms wrapped themselves around her neck, the hands resting underneath her chest. Warm breath moved the hairs on her head and Tokio relaxed.
"How many times will you do that?" asked Tokio, putting her hands on Saitou's wrists.
"As long as I please." Answered Saitou, pushing her into the living room. "Your finished. I have found it in my puny heart to forgive you." Tokio turned around quickly and wanted to jump but couldn't. Saitou hadn't moved his arms yet. Instead, she kissed him and he kissed back. Not passionate but not simple either. More like a thank - you kiss. Saitou let go of his wife and started towards the small bathhouse in the back.
"I'm going to take a bath. You should too, I'm all sweaty and I just hugged you." Tokio made a face sniffing. She smelled terrible.
"Thank you so much Hajime, I guess you still don't forgive me enough huh?" said Tokio sarcastically. She went into their room to prepare for her bath, knowing that Saitou would heat her bath water for her. She sat down on her futon and grabbed her brush, brushing all the knots out of her long brown hair.
How long had she known Hajime for? Tokio smiled, it had been so long she had lost count. However, even though her memory of how many years they knew each other for, she could still remember the journey she had taken to find herself married to this wolf.
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{Ok, this is where the story actually begins. Please do not kill me if I don't get all of the facts right ok? Any wrong facts that are spotted please report to me for immediate fixing of. Ok that was bad English. I speak so goodly right? Lol, anyways, her it goes It is about seven years into the Revolution ok? I say ok too much don't I? Well, I don't care. Here goes the beginning of a wonderful, fantastic, supercalafragalisticexpialadouscious (sp?), award - winning, spectacular story!!!!!!!!! Oh and btw, Enishi I know about. So no need to point him out. Some of these facts I'm changing on purpose!}
Seven years. She thought the war would be over by now. {I may be confusing this with the ten years Kenshin disappeared.} Tokio sighed, placing her pen down and looking out the window of her room at the Inn she was staying at. Her fiancée had insisted that she stay at this particular Inn but she didn't know why.
Her fiancée, Enishi, thought it best that she stay away. Not like he cared though. This was an arranged marriage after all. She got up from the low table and stretched. She had been kneeling for hours, writing to her parents who still hadn't returned any of her other letters. Maybe they didn't care anymore.
A knock on the door sparked her from her thoughts and Tokio got up and looked through a secret keyhole no one knew about. It was just her friend, Nakakaru.
"Nakakaru what a pleasant surprise!" squealed Tokio, opening the door and ushering Nakakaru in.
"Oh that's good because I have something to tell you!!" said Nakakaru, looking absolutely giddy.
"Oh no, not more gossip? I hate gossip you know that Naka." started Tokio, her smile fading.
"Oh on, not gossip, this is important." Said Nakakaru, calming down and turning sober.
"Then why were you so giddy?" asked Tokio, confused. Nakakaru shrugged.
"To lighten the mood. Listen, you have to leave with me." Tokio blinked.
"Why?"
"Because everyone at this Inn is in danger!" Nakakaru blanched quickly, covering her mouth to make sure only Tokio heard. Tokio closed the door and turned around again.
"What do you mean, danger?" asked Tokio, slowly sitting down even though her knee's where still sore.
"I mean the Ishin Shishi are coming!" Tokio gasped. The Ishin Shishi? Tokio didn't choose a side in the Revolution. However, whenever you hear about one side coming, you want to leave because fighting and bloodshed always follow.
"Are you sure? Seriously?" asked Tokio, glaring at Nakakaru, trying to figure out if this is another joke off her friends. Nakakaru shook her head.
"Dead serious. They should be here in a few days. If we go in their direction, we should stay out of their way ok? You have to come Tokio! I have tried to tell everyone else in the Inn but no one is listening to me! They all think it's another one of my jokes but it's not!" Nakakaru narrowed her eyes slightly. "You don't think it's a joke right? You know me Tokio! You know I wouldn't lie or joke about something like this!"
Tokio nodded, even though her friend was a very well - known practical joker, she was known to be serious when necessary and knew when to draw the line.
"When should we leave?" asked Tokio in a bit of a lower voice.
"Tomorrow at the latest." Said Nakakaru, nodding. "My stuff is already packed and ready to go and I know you don't well - " She stopped. Tokio smiled slightly. Naka's family was pretty wealthy and so was Enishi's but Enishi hadn't come to see Tokio in about 10 months. Naka was always a bit squeamish about mentioning Tokio's lack of things because she didn't want to insult her best friend.
"It's ok Naka, I know I don't have many things. I'm just worried about Enishi. I mean I'm not in love with him, but I wonder how he will find out where we are going." Tokio paused. "Where are we going?"
"We will be two wandering women." Said Naka, raising her chin. Tokio smiled and then laughed. This would prove to be very interesting.