Chapter Five: The Good and the Bad
First, this is a public apology, I'M SORRY!!!!!!! I am very sorry that I made the anime face fault flop into an accident. I needed something to bring the two parties together, but it had to include Miaka and Tamahome in a sort of odd, dramatic kind of way. I'm sorry, and I hope that all you kind readers out there can forgive me! Now, onto my, um, continued (good word!) story, please enjoy!
Kaoru didn't know what to do. She stared at the blood on his hands. And his sword at his side that had unsheathed slightly. She took a step back. "Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin whispered. He was both happy and sad. `Why is she looking at me like that?` She shook her head slightly, trying to make herself believe something other that what she saw. She was scared. How could he? Kaoru wanted to run up to him, but for some reason, her body wouldn't move, and her mind made her fear Kenshin. Sanosuke and Tamahome stopped what they were doing and stared at the couple. Kenshin got up and began to walk towards Kaoru. She didn't move, she stared at him, tear brimmed eyes filled with pain, fear, confusion. Kenshin stopped, he didn't understand, how could he? Why was she afraid of him? Had the man who had brought her here have hurt her in some way? She shook her head more violently this time, causing her tears to fly. She turned and ran. Kenshin didn't move. He was stunned, dazed, and… angry. Finally, as his eyes blazed amber, he took a step forward and was gone.
Sanosuke looked at Tamahome, "Uh, did you get all that?" Tamahome shook his head shocked. "I think," he said, "something happened before I helped Kaoru." Sano looked at him, "You know what I think?" he asked. "What?" "I think, after we help Miaka, your gonna start explaining everything."
Kaoru was fast; even Kenshin had a hard time keeping up. Speaking of Kenshin, You could barely see him, and his eyes glowed deep amber. Kenshin would have already have found Kaoru if she didn't make so many turns and it wasn't getting darker by the second. Nonetheless, he wouldn't back down, not now, not ever. The only way Kenshin kept track of Kaoru was because of small clues such as a slip of her cloths that had ripped, trampled grass, and a strand of her hair. She was silent, making less noise then him.
Kaoru ran as if she knew this woods by heart, the strange part was that she did know this woods by heart. She remembered her explorations with her grandmother perfectly. She knew how to lose someone in these woods too. As she ran, Kaoru thought about Kenshin, and most definitely not in a loving manner.
Sanosuke hoisted Miaka onto his shoulder and began to walk towards a tree stump while Tamahome backtracked and retrieved his fallen pack, which, luckily, contained bandages and healing lotion. When Tamahome returned Sano propped Maika up against a tree and was waiting for him to return. Tamahome fished through his pack and eventually retrieved the medical requirements. Sano turned Miaka's head so that both men could see the small wound clearly. Tamahome dabbed at the blood had begun to seep into her hair. Meanwhile Sano tried to undo the tightly twisted on cap of the healing lotion with no success. When Tamahome was done he looked at the struggling Sano with amusement, "can't even open a lotion bottle, huh?" Sano looked at him, his ego wounded, "I bet you ten bucks you can't open it either!" Tamahome put on a sly grin, "Bet ya I can! Deal?" Sano was positive that if he couldn't open it, this guy couldn't either, "deal!" They shook on it.
Sano threw the bottle to Tamahome, overjoyed that he practically just earned ten dollars. Tamahome twisted the top and the cap popped off. Sanosuke's mouth dropped, almost to the ground. "Yippee! I just earned ten bucks!" Tamahome yelled. Sanosuke bent down and picked up his lower jawbone and slammed it to his upper jawbone with a resounding clap. " WHAT!?! I couldn't get the lid off, and you could!?! Something has gone wrong with the planets!" Sano yelled, panicking. "Oh no! What will happen next, first this then, then, then, then the fox will kiss me! Good glory what will I do!?!" Sano began to pace worriedly, mumbling incoherently about bad luck, losing your soul, and ghosts. "Will you CALM DOWN!" Tamahome yelled over Sano. Sano stopped, "Your telling me to calm down!?! Do you have any idea what a crisis this is!?! What can happen during this catastrophe will curse us all!" Sano began to laugh insanely and evilly. Tamahome's eye began to twitch as he sweat dropped. "Will you SHUT UP!" Tamahome yelled. "What?" Sano asked. Tamahome anime face fault flopped. "It says on the lid, turn to the RIGHT! Not left, but RIGHT! R-I-G-H-T! And you owe me ten bucks!" Tamahome shouted after recovering from his anime face fault flop. "Oh," Sano said, glancing at the top of the bottle. He looked sheepish. "Your so dramatic Sanosuke, not to mention superstitious." Tamahome said as he rubbed some of the cream onto Miaka's cut. Sanosuke looked even more bashful.
Once they finished the short task in….20 minutes, both men sat down. It was now dark and Sano began a fire. "What about Kaoru and that other guy?" Tamahome asked. "His name in Kenshin. There's nothing we can do about it, with Kenshin turned Battousai and Kaoru freaking out, we'd best leave it up to them. If Kenshin needs our help he'll find us." Tamahome nodded. Sanosuke looked at him; "Do you have anything to eat?" Tamahone sweat dropped. "Actually I do," Tamahome said. "Well then, let's eat!" Sanosuke shouted. Tamahome grabbed his pack and pulled out some dried fruit and meat. "That's it?" Sanosuke said depressingly. "Sorry, but yes." Tamahome said, "But if you can get some water, we can make a stew!" Sanosuke beamed, "There's a stream nearby, do you have a pot or something?" Tamahome dug into his pack and pulled out a small pot handing it to Sanosuke. "That's it?" Sanosuke asked. Tamahome grinned. He reached into the pot and pushed against its bottom. The pot expanded three times its length. Sano's jaw dropped again, not so far as before though. "Well, go get some water!" Tamahome said.
When Sanosuke came back Tamahome had already taken out some herbs and some vegetables. He had also put up a stand to hold the pot above the flame to boil. Sanosuke handed the pt filled with water to Tamhome. " You okay with vegetable stew?" he asked. "Of course! It's better than nothing!" Sano replied enthusiastically. A few minutes later a sweet smelling stew was cooking making both Sanosuke and Tamahome drool. They took the hot stew off the stand. Suddenly Tamahome felt something drip onto his shoulder. He turned around, greeted by a drooling Miaka. "Hello Turnip, care to share some of that really good smelling stew?" Tamahome's eye twitched, as he suddenly appeared ten feet from where he had just been. "H-H-Hello Pelican." Sanosuke looked from Maika to Tamahome, "Turnip?" Tamahome shrugged, "long story." Tamahome got three bowls out of his pack and poured equal amounts into each. They all began to slurp their steaming soup. "Speaking of long stories… care to tell us what happened?" Sanosuke asked Tamahome. Miaka looked around, where's Kenshin?" Both men looked at her and said in unison, "One story at a time!" Miaka looked at them oddly, "Sheesh, just concerned." Sano looked at Tamahome, "Well, what are you waiting for? Start telling already!" Tamahome gulped loudly, preparing for a long story…(dun dun dun daaaaaaaaaaa)
Okay, I CANNOT do money, everyone got that? Let's hope so! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, too many things to do! AAAAHHH!!! (Runs in squares trying to do too many things at once) Okay, anyway, Thanks to everyone who reviews, and most importantly reads! Hope I didn't disappoint you guys! Kenshin and Kaoru well, sorry you guys, but suspense is in order here. Well, not really, but um…. I have no reason to but that I like cliffhangers! Which mind you, is a sad excuse. Let's hope the next chappie comes soon! I promise to do a history of "The Turnip" in a chappie to come!