COME AWAY WITH ME

A Rurouni Kenshin songfic By: RavenKitsune IrisKitsune514yahoo.com

(Rurouni Kenshin is copyright of Watsuki-sensei, Shounen Jump, Shueisha, Sony etc. The song "Come away with me" is by Norah Jones. As you can see, I'm just a college girl who has nothing better to do on her off days! NO sue-y please!! ) -----------------------------------------

Music begins to play

It was a cold autumn morning in the year 1884. The canes flew by, making its morning routes for breakfast, as is the coy fishes, whose shiny coat glistens in the morning sun, as it bathes its warm rays upon earth. Kyoto was peaceful now, long after Shishio deceased. The Aioya was getting back to normal also...

"JIYA YOU OLD PERV!! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW SO I CAN LAND ONE GOOD ON YA!!!"

...well somewhat back to normal. Makimachi Misao was now on the very verge of becoming 21 and still has failed to wed. Pinning longingly on one particular ninja, her days of trying to get him to notice her, was coming to a very dry and disappointing end. For too long has she woke up bright and early and serve him tea at the temple he goes to every single day. She would bring him lunch and dinner sometimes, and accompany him through the day. Her voice would always be filled with hope, care, and love, even when he would merely respond in a meager grunt.

Living in the Aoiya was, though, a challenge all in it's self. With it being rebuilt, the place was still in array as the Oniwabanshuu family, consisting now of Misao, Okina, Okon, Omasu, Kuro, Shiro and Aoshi, begins to move back in and start their restaurant back up.

CRASH

That is if they don't trash down the place before any customers can come in!

"JIYA! Come back here now!!" Misao dashed down the stairs of the Aioya, following the distant sound of an old geezer chanting 'You won't catch me, you won't catch me!! Muahahaha!' Her speed picked up as she heard the voice begin to get louder. I'm gaining on him...

She made one more turn around the corner and into the kitchen...

CRASH, BANG, BOOM, SPLATER, SMUSH

As Misao was taking the corner by storm, Aoshi was taking his own tea into his study when...

(Repeat of sound effects)

The tea was all array! As was Misao's kunai that was dangerously pinned against the wall all around Aoshi Shinomori, Misao's 20 year love!

"OH GODS!! I'm so sorry Aoshi-sama!! I didn't mean to! I thought you were Jiya and I...I..." She was trying to pick up the broken pieces of the tea cup, but being Misao (who can not do two things at once) trying to concentrate more on what she was saying then what she was doing, stabbed her finger with a sharp end of a piece of ceramic.

"Itai! Gods that hurt!" She was about to pull the piece out when Aoshi took matters into his own hands. He reached forward and pulled the piece out slowly but efficiently. The blood was minimal and the damage was not to be worried over. He quietly went over to the cabinet in the other room across from the kitchen and fetched a small wrap. He returned to only find nothing was there anymore, not the broken pieces, the kunai or the girl.

"I should have told her to stay." He muttered to himself as he went to put the wrap back into the cabinet and slowly left for his room. He sighed to himself and said softly, "There goes my morning tea..."

later that evening

((Come away with me... in the night...))

Misao was walking back up the polished stairs to her room when she noticed a rider coming into the Aoiya. She took a closer look out the window and saw that it was Kuro. He left during the day to look for Okina who was gone ever since Misao was chasing him that morning.

Kuro ran inside and was shouting for Aoshi to come quickly. Misao ran into Aoshi's room only to find that he was on his way out.

"Aoshi-sama? Where are you going so late?" Misao asked with a concerned voice. 'Oh no.' she thought. 'What if he leaves again? What if this time he won't come back? NO! I can't let that happen.' With that she ran and jumped up to circle her arms around his neck.

Completely shocked for a second, Aoshi's body responded as it never had before when she would hug him. 'WHAT?! You can not have feelings for her... she's too young still!' He thought! 'Ha! Too young my hind!' His "other" mind spat, 'She should be having 5 kids by now but nooooo! She only has the heart to love a cold hearted-'

"Aoshi! Okina has been spotted outside of the Fukagawa. You might be able to bring him back by sun rise." Kuro said as he walked in on Aoshi and Misao, making both of them jump apart from each other. "I'm ready to go." Aoshi said after a second to get his himself composed. "Why do you have to go now? Can't you wait till morning?" Misao whined trying to get him to stay.

"I have to go now, Misao. We are having some tension with a rival ninja clan right now and Okina could be in trouble if we don't get there to help him. You know that he won't be able to take on an entire clan on by himself." Aoshi began to reason with her.

Misao understood what Aoshi was saying but still didn't trust him to go out alone. "Fine," She said to him. He nodded and was surprise somewhat that she agreed so quickly. 'Maybe she actually is growing up.' "but I'm coming with you!" She said firmly and with that, she ran out the door to grab her things for the evening venture.

Aoshi just merely sighed, knowing Misao for too long then to argue with the genki when she had her mind set on something.

Thank you for reading my third RK Story... as you can tell I'm trying really hard to get as many stories up at once just so you guys can have a good read every once in a while. I'm SoOOOOOO sorry for the mistakes in the first two stories I did!! I will be posting the revised form up as soon as I can!! See ya in Chapter 2 as Aoshi and Misao sets out on their jouney to save Jiya!!