Disclaimer: I, am an unworthy author, for I own but only one character in my story. And he is barely mine at all. So, unfortunately, this unworthy author practically (mostly) doesn't own any of these characters. I just like putting them in scenarios like these for the heck of it; it's so much fun!
All right! This is a warning: I have NO idea where this is going. Other than that, thank you for your time!
Chapter 3: Almost there…
"Are you conscious, yet?" Koaru said leaning over a semi-awake Tamahome. "Uuuuuhhhhh, what did you do that for?" "Maybe, you should treat a lady with more respect!" She answered with dignity. Tamahome had four bumps on his head, one smaller than the others. 'Men, they're always the same…too polite or not polite at all' Koaru thought, thinking of a certain redhead. "Hey Kamiya! What planet are you on?" "Hmm?" She answered dreamily. "Put your feet on the ground and get you head out of the clouds!" Tamahome yelled at her. "Hmph, it's not my fault you don't have a brain, let alone an imagination!" She yelled right back. Tamahome was taken aback, not many people knew what he meant when he said that. "Are you ready to go?" Tamahome said changing the subject. "Go where?" Koaru asked. "We're heading' for Kyoto, it's not to far either!" "Why are we going there?" Koaru asked remembering what happened last time she had gone to Kyoto. "Uh, I need to get some supplies." Tamahome lied. "Why was I taken from Tokyo? Why was I poisoned? Where's here? And, when can I go back to Tokyo, I'm sure my friends are really worried?" Koaru demanded. Tamahome backed up a bit, getting nervous. "I dunno, I was just told to bring you here." Tamahome lied again. "Who told you to bring me here?" Koaru was now close to tears. She wanted to be so badly back at the dojo, and wake up and find it all was a dream. But, she knew it wasn't. This was all real, too real. "Koaru, calm down, I promise I'll bring you back to your friends, promise." Tamahome said softly. He really didn't want to make her cry. "Well, we better get going then." Koaru said with fake cheerfulness. "Look, Koaru, I-" Tamahome started, but was cut off by Koaru. "No, you look! The sooner we get to Kyoto the sooner we get supplies, right?" Tamahome nodded under her fierce gaze. "Then the sooner we get to Tokyo, right?" Tamahome nodded again. "I trust you to you word, then." Koaru turned on her heels and began to walk away, oddly enough in the right direction. "Hey, how do you know which way we're going?" Tamahome asked as he grabbed his bags and ran to catch up with her. "I looked at your map." Koaru said coolly. Unfortunately, it only had two areas, one labeled 'YOU ARE HERE' and the other labeled 'YOU MUST GO HERE'. Was that a map for the idiocy or was it from the idiocy? Koaru wasn't too sure and frankly, she didn't want to know. She had been disappointed at the lack of information on the map, not only did it not help her but it completely foiled her plans for escapment! "Oh… wait a second who said you could look through my bags!?!" "I had to find some clothes to put on you pervert, what do you take me for?" "Oh," he said with a sweat drop, "I forgot about that." "Suuuuuuure you did, maybe I shouldn't of hit you so hard on your head." "Oi, what are you implying?" "As I said, can't even figure that out could you?" Koaru said, knowing it would make him lose temper. "Ggggggrrrrrrr, say that one more time!" Tamahome said cracking his knuckles. "Oh my, are you deaf, too?" Koaru began to run ahead. "Ggggrrrrrr, get back here!" Tamahome said as he ran after her.
Sano had finally put Kenshin down. On two conditions, one: he didn't become lifeless again and two: to direct him to Kyoto. Kenshin had sweat dropped at the last one. He really didn't want to go to Kyoto but, he knew if he wanted to save Koaru, which he badly needed to, for both their sakes, he would go. Heck if he had to go to the ends of the Earth to save her then sure as hell he would! It wasn't that far anyway, they had traveled a distance, they hadn't stopped once until Sano stumbled and fell. He was so tired he couldn't get up. Kenshin said he should rest, he had been walking for roughly twenty-four hours. He leaned against a tree thinking about last night, "If only I had been there…." He was broken out of his reverie by a high pitched scream. Kenshin put his hand on the hilt of his sword and raced among the trees to the source of the outcry.
Sano had just woken up from his nap. His legs ached from walking so much but other than that he was feeling okay. He heard an extremely loud scream come from nearby. He stood up groggily and began to run to the source of the yell. When he got there his redheaded friend was already there and defending a frightened woman. "She owes us money!" A burly man who looked upset yelled at Kenshin. "I paid you for it already, including interest!" The woman said hoarsely, she was shaking with racking sobs. "Well, I don't care your still my property!" The man yelled at the disheveled woman who drew back in fear. "You will leave this woman alone since I believe she has already paid her debts." Kenshin said forcefully. "HA! We'll decide that by who wins!" the man yelled as he attacked. Kenshin easily stepped aside and whacked the man on the back with his sheathed sword. A loud crack resounded through the forest when the man was hit and then began to fall to the ground in a whimpering heap. "Please don't kill me!" He begged, "I'll never do it again!" Kenshin replaced his sword around his waist and said firmly, "I'll hold you to your word then." (AN: I know that was what Koaru said to Tamahome but what can I say, geniuses think alike!) The man nodded and hurriedly crawled away, since he could not get up, but boy could he crawl fast! He was out of their site in seconds. "You all right, lady?" Sano asked. Kenshin turned around to his friend and began to scold him; "You should be resting Sano! You walked for an ENTIRE day! Go back to SLEEP! If you don't I'll knock you uncon-" "CALM DOWN!!!!!!" Sanosuke yelled at his over-reacting friend. "I've been asleep for TWELVE HOURS!!!!!! Give me a few moments to stretch will ya'!?!" Kenshin sighed; he'd never get him back to sleep now. Sano strolled over to the confused woman and said gently, "You okay?" The woman gave him a nod and said gratefully, "Thanks to your friend over there I think I'll be all right." "That's good," Sano said relieved. "I'm Sagara Sanosuke, the red headed idiot is Himura Kenshin (in background: "Oro! Sano!"), What are you called?" (AN: From a book I read, A person's name is a personal thing so people ask, 'What are you called?' instead and they give an alias, even so this character will give her actual name.)
"I'm Kyoyama Miaka." The woman said nervously not quite sure if she should trust these two men. (AN: Thank you again SSJVegito!) Sano noted her uneasiness and said, "Don't worry, we won't do anything." Miaka seemed to relax at his words. "What are you gonna do now? I mean, do you have a home or something like that?" Sano asked. "Well, actually I don't, you see, I was on my way to Kyoto and I saw some money on the ground." (AN: I'm using the term 'money' because I barely know anything about yen.) Sano and Kenshin sat down; knowing this would be a long story and nodded their head for her to continue. "Naturally, I picked it up to give it to the poor or something like that (AN: I don't know if there was anything like that, I just made it up) and then they came out of nowhere and said I owed them money! I gave them the money I found. Then they wanted more money so I had to work and give them my wages. It's been like that for a month, they would beat me when I resisted!" She sobbed showing them a bruise on her leg. Kenshin shook his head while Sano gave her a friendly pat on the back. When she was done crying, the men asked if she wanted to come with them since they were also going to Kyoto. She responded gratefully gave them hugs saying that they were the most generous men she ever met. "No problem" Kenshin said. As they began their nearly finished journey to Kyoto with a new companion.
And so, both parties begin their last part of the journey to Kyoto.
(Of course this one's to be continued too! +_+ I just like writing it.)
I just wanted to say that I now know where this fic is going!!!! And that I don't know how far Tokyo is from Kyoto so… you get the point. I hope you all liked it! Please review. ^^