This is a thank you to all of my faithful reviewers. I'm sad to be ending
this story... but! It's not over. Though this is a very very short chapter,
it's the beginning of another. I have one more story to tell with these
characters of mine...MWHAAA!!.... ahem...ok on with the chapter!
The sun glared down upon the building. School had begun after a weeklong grace period for the school administrators to figure out what exactly had happened at the festival. The students and parents were hesitant to let them go back but they knew that they had to.
The students slowly and hesitantly walked into the building, chatting nervously all the way to the classrooms as they had done for three days since school began. Kenshin stared at the empty seat next to him where Kirika had begun to sit before the event. Karou sat atop Aoshi's lap with his arms around her slim waist on the other side of Kenshin. Karou looked over to her brother. The class began and soon it seemed like it already time for lunch.
They took their usual place beneath the tree. Karou sat close next to Aoshi and looked at her brother. She knew that it had almost been two days and they hadn't heard from Kirika at all. Kenshin sighed and smiled. "Kenshin are you alright?" Karou asked softly. Kenshin looked over to her. "I'll be fine. I just never knew that it could hurt so much." Karou looked away and began to brighten up. "What could hurt so much so it would affect the great Kenshin?" Came a soft, happy voice. Kenshin quickly looked up. Standing before him was a smiling Kirika. Kirika laughed as he spun her around in his arms. "You're acting like I've disappeared for an eternity." She said to him as he ran a strong hand through her soft locks. "It feels like an eternity." He whispered to her. Kirika smiled as their heads rested against each other.
"I'm glad Kirika's back." Karou said to Aoshi as he kissed her cheek. "Yea. It's not like Kenshin to be so sad." Karou nodded her head in agreement as she watched Kenshin and Kirika stand together in each other's arms. Kirika had never felt to happy but she couldn't shake off this feeling like they were being watched. Maybe she was just being paranoid but it wouldn't be the first time she got a strange feeling. She shoved it aside as she sat against Kenshin beneath the tree with Karou and Aoshi. "Where's Sano?" Kirika asked as she noticed that his annoying sarcasm was strangely commenting on the couples. "Oh he's off with some girl he met at his Martial Arts Class. I swear if he doesn't keep cutting class, he's going to have to go to summer school." Kenshin said.
The figure looming above stared at them. The figure resented their laughter, their happiness, but mainly Kirika and Kenshin. Something must be done. Kirika looked up to where she thought someone was watching her. Her penetrating eyes met the figures and sent the figure rushing away into the shadows where it can watch them safely. Something must be done.... Something will be done to separate the two.
The sun glared down upon the building. School had begun after a weeklong grace period for the school administrators to figure out what exactly had happened at the festival. The students and parents were hesitant to let them go back but they knew that they had to.
The students slowly and hesitantly walked into the building, chatting nervously all the way to the classrooms as they had done for three days since school began. Kenshin stared at the empty seat next to him where Kirika had begun to sit before the event. Karou sat atop Aoshi's lap with his arms around her slim waist on the other side of Kenshin. Karou looked over to her brother. The class began and soon it seemed like it already time for lunch.
They took their usual place beneath the tree. Karou sat close next to Aoshi and looked at her brother. She knew that it had almost been two days and they hadn't heard from Kirika at all. Kenshin sighed and smiled. "Kenshin are you alright?" Karou asked softly. Kenshin looked over to her. "I'll be fine. I just never knew that it could hurt so much." Karou looked away and began to brighten up. "What could hurt so much so it would affect the great Kenshin?" Came a soft, happy voice. Kenshin quickly looked up. Standing before him was a smiling Kirika. Kirika laughed as he spun her around in his arms. "You're acting like I've disappeared for an eternity." She said to him as he ran a strong hand through her soft locks. "It feels like an eternity." He whispered to her. Kirika smiled as their heads rested against each other.
"I'm glad Kirika's back." Karou said to Aoshi as he kissed her cheek. "Yea. It's not like Kenshin to be so sad." Karou nodded her head in agreement as she watched Kenshin and Kirika stand together in each other's arms. Kirika had never felt to happy but she couldn't shake off this feeling like they were being watched. Maybe she was just being paranoid but it wouldn't be the first time she got a strange feeling. She shoved it aside as she sat against Kenshin beneath the tree with Karou and Aoshi. "Where's Sano?" Kirika asked as she noticed that his annoying sarcasm was strangely commenting on the couples. "Oh he's off with some girl he met at his Martial Arts Class. I swear if he doesn't keep cutting class, he's going to have to go to summer school." Kenshin said.
The figure looming above stared at them. The figure resented their laughter, their happiness, but mainly Kirika and Kenshin. Something must be done. Kirika looked up to where she thought someone was watching her. Her penetrating eyes met the figures and sent the figure rushing away into the shadows where it can watch them safely. Something must be done.... Something will be done to separate the two.