Kenshin's Angels: Chapter 6: Remembrance
What a nice chapter title! Well. It sounds too damn familiar. I think I unconsciously took it from somewhere, but it's a word. People can use words. They're public. Uh huh.
I finished my exam. Finally. I am Free. And I am going Japan soon! ^^ WAI ^^!! I really really want to see what Miyazaki is like!!! And my sister's environment! Yep, yep, yep.
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me. No way! Rated PG-13 because of violence, violence, and more violence. No adult themes though. You don't have to be 13 to actually read this, but just tolerate my pathetic violence. And language.
Anyway, some serious discussing here:
I have just made a terrible mistake. Due to late updates, I forgot the content of my last chapters, and I accidentally made the last chapter in Japan when they were supposed to be in Shanghai. By the way, Aoshi's real home is in Japan. Greatest apologies. So just set the last chapter in Shanghai. And that Shishio was also in Shanghai.
One last thing. I confess that I took the name 'Bai Hu' from Haoh Airen. So it's not mine.
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It barely took ten seconds before everybody fell flat on his own face. Aoshi snorted and wiped his sword(s). He then proceeded to sheath it and walk back to his apartment. It was nearer, and though the girl on his back was very light, he did not wish to walk all the way to Enishi's quarters carrying a bleeding girl and attracting attention. Besides, the sooner she receives treatment, the better. Instead, he took the alley and managed to go unnoticed. Soon, he reached his apartment. Temporary apartment. He had been staying here for almost two months now. Enishi's home also in Japan, and he was just staying because of recent business matters.
The apartment wasn't very big, but comfortable. It was terribly neat for a male's apartment. It had a kitchen, a bedroom and a big living room with one toilet. Specially made for one person. Only.
Aoshi sighed and wondered what exactly made him do this. He laid the sleeping/unconscious girl on his sofa and got to work. First, he disinfected his hands and his tools. Then taking calm and collected moves, he began the operation.
-*-*-*-
Misao fidgeted and turned, but the moment her right thigh made contact with the sofa, she froze.
"ITTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!"
If that startled Aoshi, who was meditating in his home clothes(which were painfully formal) on the living room floor, he didn't show it.
Instead, he opened an eye and quirked an eyebrow, silently watching the girl with a hint of amusement.
Misao panted from her outburst and looked at her thigh. It was bandaged tightly, with a little trace of crimson on the white cloth. She stared at it, and then a question mark popped above her head.
"Huh?"
Then she started to think. Think. And think some more. Finally, she took in her surroundings. "Wait a minute, this is not my apartment! Not my bed!" Misao panicked. When she looked at the clock, her eyeballs almost rolled out of her head(yuck).
"12.30 IN THE MORNING??!" Exclaimed Misao.
"Ahem." Something coughed.
Misao turned to look at the source and pointed accusingly at it when she saw that that "it" was a man. "YOU SONOFABITCH!!! WHO'RE YO - huh? Aren't you the guy I saw at Enishi's room? Omigod!"
"You were shot by somebody when you fought with those fifteen men. I simply took you in, and at the same time, captured you."
"OH! Now I remember..." Misao sat at the sofa thinking.
"Why did you kidnap me?" she asked.
"Yukishiro's orders."
"What? Just Yukishiro? No '-sama'?"
When Aoshi heard that girl say the word 'sama', he felt a jolt of familiarity. A little girl calling him with that word attached to his name.
"H-how much do you know about me?" Misao asked again.
"You work for Battousai, don't you?"
Misao started at this, and cursed under her breath. Her boss was in Shanghai, and they knew it!
"I - I don't know! And whatever questions you ask me, I will NOT ANSWER THEM! Even if I am tortured!"
"We are not going to torture you."
Misao looked visibly relieved at that.
"But we want to know your name." Or rather, AOSHI wanted to know her name.
Misao growled at his sitting posture and huffed, "Makimachi Misao does NOT need a stranger to know her name!"
"But you just told me." Aoshi asked, lifting an eyebrow again(that's twice already!).
Then the full impact of the name 'Makimachi Misao' hit him like a merciless blow.
No, no. It can't be.
Standing up cautiously, he promptly sat beside her at looked at her face, lifting her chin up. Misao gulped and pushed those stirring feelings in her chest away, blushing of embarrassment and of the position they were in.
Ice-blue pinned down warm green.
Aoshi ignored the beauty of her eyes(which was making him feel things) and noted the similarities.
Sea-green orbs, blue-black hair and the same obstinate, stubborn face. Aoshi refused to believe it. Kashiwazaki Nenji's adoptive granddaughter was NOT happily married like he thought so. Bloody hell, she was the girl he punched, for CRYING OUT LOUD.
"Do you happen to know someone called Kashiwazaki Nenji?"
Misao stared at him and did a double-take. "J-Jiya?! Why-"
Yes. Jiya. That was what Misao used to call him.
Then she noticed Aoshi's looks. If the man before her grew long hair and tied it up into a ponytail, he would transform into...
"A-Aoshi-sama?" She stuttered. Aoshi looked at her and felt a twinge of tenderness. Aoshi had not had any feelings for a long, long, time until tonight. Great.
Meanwhile, Misao was...shocked. Why the hell didn't she listen to Kenshin when he told her about 'the guy who punched you'? She was busy nursing her ribs! WHY?!(Refer to chapter 4)
There was a long long pause, then Misao spoke.
"A-are you really Shinomori Aoshi...?"
Aoshi closed his beautiful eyes and replied, "Yes."
Misao bit her bottom lip. The past was all coming back to her now. The same thing was happening to Aoshi.
Two people who threw away and forgot their painful pasts found each other. And it so happens that each of the painful pasts include the other. So, they started remembering things.
Misao remembered the hugs and piggybacks Aoshi used to give her. She remembered Aoshi's noble ways. His leadership that Misao admired so much. She remembered the paper toys he used to give her. Then, she remembered how much she used to love him, even though she was a very little girl then.
Aoshi remembered the hugs and piggybacks he used to give Misao. He remembered Misao's cheerfulness, stubbornness, loyalty and pride. The intelligence of her which used to baffle him so much. He remembered the paper cranes and paper balls he used to give Misao. Then, he remembered how cute and adorable she was with her unspoilt nature.
She has not changed much since then.
She was still the hyper and tomboyish girl as far as he knew. The only thing that changed was her appearance. She had blossomed from baby fat to a slender figure. From the short Little Misao to the short Big Misao. From big sea-green eyes to big sea-green eyes. Okay fine, she didn't change much appearance wise.
He had to admit, though, that now she was more beautiful than cute.
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He has not changed much since then.
He was still the iceblock, the cold, unfeeling Aoshi. The cold and unfeeling Aoshi who makes her feel things. The only thing that changed was that he cut off his hair(sounds brutal) and he looked more handsome than ever before. Other than that, his eyes were still the same blue and he was still goddamned tall.
But something was missing.
"Aoshi-sama, where is Hannya? And the rest? Aren't they staying with you? I really miss them(now that I have remembered)!"
At that moment dark clouds settled contentedly on Aoshi's head.
Misao sensed that something was very wrong.
"What...happened? Why do you look so...unhappy?"
Aoshi turned away, refusing to look at her.
"They're dead. They died protecting me." He replied curtly. 'Go on,' he thought. 'Go on and hate me. I caused their deaths.'
Misao widened her eyes in shock. Her mind was a complete blank, except for his words ringing in her head.
First, she felt devastated at their deaths. Then, she saw something else in another light.
'They died protecting me.'
A thought struck her. Aoshi was the most guilt-bearing person she had ever met. Knowing him, he probably almost killed himself when they died protecting him.
Misao reached out and touched Aoshi's hand. Aoshi was startled, but didn't make any move to remove himself from Misao's warm touch.
"That's terrible. It was not your fault. Knowing them, they must have died honorable deaths. They would never have allowed otherwise." Then she paused for a little while. "Tell ya something. Jiya's dead too."
After she said that painful sentence, she did something that she had never done for years.
She shed tears.
"So...So now...we are the only ones left huh? And we are against each other. Fate is cruel. When...when Jiya died I thought it was the end of the world. But I...I held on because I knew that somewhere under the same damn sky I have other people who cared about me, who knew w-who I was and would understand my sadness. Then during my journey to search for you, I met Hi...Himura's previous secretary(Yahiko). He offered me a job as an agent. Usually I don't work for anybody except the Oni - Oniwabanshuu, but I wanted to see all of you so much that I...I figured that I would meet you if I worked as a fighter because all of you are fighters and hopefully one day I could find you again because I would meet thousands of fighters. But I waited for so long, so long that I gave up and threw my past away, painfully building a new 'me'. A 'me' who had friends, smiled all the time just like I used to and went to parties like normal people. Soon enough I forgot about you and the others up to the point that I did not know why I was in this job. Now, everything came back. My jigsaw puzzle was destroyed after I put the pieces so carefully back together. I...just can't take it!!" Misao burst into tears. Aoshi was at a loss for words. He never dreamed that Misao would hurt like this, or else he would have never set foot out of the Aoiya.
It was his fault.
HIS fault. And once again, he felt like killing himself.
"Please...don't cry." Aoshi said softly and amazingly wiped away her tears.
"Aoshi, I love you. I have always loved you. And I just realised that I still love you now. My mind may have forgotten about you, but my heart has always ached because of you. I always dreamt of the same man over and over again. Now I know the man in my dream is you. I know this is unacceptable, because I am practically betraying Himura, and you probably don't know and don't care what the hell I am saying, but I just wanted to tell you that..."
Aoshi stared into Misao's eyes which were sparkling with tears. Right then, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen(And she would always be the most beautiful girl he will ever see).
Before he knew it, he was pressing his lips hard against hers.
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A/N: MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!! Major fluff coming next! I think it was right to rate it PG-13 after all. And meanwhile, chaos is in the Kenshin HQ because MISAO IS MISSING!!!! And what will Aoshi do now that he has found his love?
Stay tuned for the next chapter!
purpo kitee katx- Aoshi and Misao is so cute! I agree! So is every character in Rurouni Kenshin! Thank you!
xxxtriple troublexxx- The next chapter's here! Thank you for reviewing!
BlackKuroneko- Muahahahahahahahah! I ended really badly at this one.
BlackKuroneko- Thank you! Fine fine, I'll give you papercut.
Sakura Star- I plan to make this longer than my other fanfic! Seeing that I am in the fifth chappy already, I hope I can achieve it!
Vash-KTP- Thanks!
dadsnavygirl831- Did you know I was practically waiting for your review to come before I begin to update? I am really sorry that nobody asked. That sucks, I know. And my national language is English. Fine, I'm from Singapore. Most modern Singaporeans speak English. All my friends speak English. My family speaks English. The President and Prime Minister speaks English. However, we are a multiracial country. We have the Chinese language too. I'm not good at the Chinese language. So there. Time's short I have to go sorry for the crappy chap!
sOfAaNdAnImE- Thank you!!! I will try my best!
La Uno Bonita- Thank you! Yeah, sorry about Misao too.
eVa We R lOsT- Thank you for the compliment! Don't make me swell too much! I have my flaws.
NIL- Who the hell are you?! Well, thanks.
becci- Yeah they are!
Dragon Master Lytore- Wow. That is a long time! But I'm no better. My jokes aren't funny! Lol!
unique-starfish- Thank you! And your story is great too!
Airna- Whew! I personally think that Aoshi suits Misao the most! : )
ssj-kabuto- Yeah man~
Zaeria- hahahahahhahahha!!! Thank you so much~!!
MizzLee- It's okay! Thank you for the review!
Queen of Shadows- Is this romance enough for you? * winks *
Johanna Gen- Thank you! I hope you can R+R again!
Bob-san- I'm really sorry!!! If you cannot understand, just give me an email!
dark-luv-dove- Yes, I TOTALLY understand!! Thanks! For the Compliment!
Jesse the Wolf Demon- There were no fight scenes here, but there was A+M!!!
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Personally I think this chapter needs proof-reading over and over again. I don't think anybody will understand this!!! NOOOO!!!!!!!!!
MoonPhoenix
What a nice chapter title! Well. It sounds too damn familiar. I think I unconsciously took it from somewhere, but it's a word. People can use words. They're public. Uh huh.
I finished my exam. Finally. I am Free. And I am going Japan soon! ^^ WAI ^^!! I really really want to see what Miyazaki is like!!! And my sister's environment! Yep, yep, yep.
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me. No way! Rated PG-13 because of violence, violence, and more violence. No adult themes though. You don't have to be 13 to actually read this, but just tolerate my pathetic violence. And language.
Anyway, some serious discussing here:
I have just made a terrible mistake. Due to late updates, I forgot the content of my last chapters, and I accidentally made the last chapter in Japan when they were supposed to be in Shanghai. By the way, Aoshi's real home is in Japan. Greatest apologies. So just set the last chapter in Shanghai. And that Shishio was also in Shanghai.
One last thing. I confess that I took the name 'Bai Hu' from Haoh Airen. So it's not mine.
~*~*~*~*~
It barely took ten seconds before everybody fell flat on his own face. Aoshi snorted and wiped his sword(s). He then proceeded to sheath it and walk back to his apartment. It was nearer, and though the girl on his back was very light, he did not wish to walk all the way to Enishi's quarters carrying a bleeding girl and attracting attention. Besides, the sooner she receives treatment, the better. Instead, he took the alley and managed to go unnoticed. Soon, he reached his apartment. Temporary apartment. He had been staying here for almost two months now. Enishi's home also in Japan, and he was just staying because of recent business matters.
The apartment wasn't very big, but comfortable. It was terribly neat for a male's apartment. It had a kitchen, a bedroom and a big living room with one toilet. Specially made for one person. Only.
Aoshi sighed and wondered what exactly made him do this. He laid the sleeping/unconscious girl on his sofa and got to work. First, he disinfected his hands and his tools. Then taking calm and collected moves, he began the operation.
-*-*-*-
Misao fidgeted and turned, but the moment her right thigh made contact with the sofa, she froze.
"ITTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!"
If that startled Aoshi, who was meditating in his home clothes(which were painfully formal) on the living room floor, he didn't show it.
Instead, he opened an eye and quirked an eyebrow, silently watching the girl with a hint of amusement.
Misao panted from her outburst and looked at her thigh. It was bandaged tightly, with a little trace of crimson on the white cloth. She stared at it, and then a question mark popped above her head.
"Huh?"
Then she started to think. Think. And think some more. Finally, she took in her surroundings. "Wait a minute, this is not my apartment! Not my bed!" Misao panicked. When she looked at the clock, her eyeballs almost rolled out of her head(yuck).
"12.30 IN THE MORNING??!" Exclaimed Misao.
"Ahem." Something coughed.
Misao turned to look at the source and pointed accusingly at it when she saw that that "it" was a man. "YOU SONOFABITCH!!! WHO'RE YO - huh? Aren't you the guy I saw at Enishi's room? Omigod!"
"You were shot by somebody when you fought with those fifteen men. I simply took you in, and at the same time, captured you."
"OH! Now I remember..." Misao sat at the sofa thinking.
"Why did you kidnap me?" she asked.
"Yukishiro's orders."
"What? Just Yukishiro? No '-sama'?"
When Aoshi heard that girl say the word 'sama', he felt a jolt of familiarity. A little girl calling him with that word attached to his name.
"H-how much do you know about me?" Misao asked again.
"You work for Battousai, don't you?"
Misao started at this, and cursed under her breath. Her boss was in Shanghai, and they knew it!
"I - I don't know! And whatever questions you ask me, I will NOT ANSWER THEM! Even if I am tortured!"
"We are not going to torture you."
Misao looked visibly relieved at that.
"But we want to know your name." Or rather, AOSHI wanted to know her name.
Misao growled at his sitting posture and huffed, "Makimachi Misao does NOT need a stranger to know her name!"
"But you just told me." Aoshi asked, lifting an eyebrow again(that's twice already!).
Then the full impact of the name 'Makimachi Misao' hit him like a merciless blow.
No, no. It can't be.
Standing up cautiously, he promptly sat beside her at looked at her face, lifting her chin up. Misao gulped and pushed those stirring feelings in her chest away, blushing of embarrassment and of the position they were in.
Ice-blue pinned down warm green.
Aoshi ignored the beauty of her eyes(which was making him feel things) and noted the similarities.
Sea-green orbs, blue-black hair and the same obstinate, stubborn face. Aoshi refused to believe it. Kashiwazaki Nenji's adoptive granddaughter was NOT happily married like he thought so. Bloody hell, she was the girl he punched, for CRYING OUT LOUD.
"Do you happen to know someone called Kashiwazaki Nenji?"
Misao stared at him and did a double-take. "J-Jiya?! Why-"
Yes. Jiya. That was what Misao used to call him.
Then she noticed Aoshi's looks. If the man before her grew long hair and tied it up into a ponytail, he would transform into...
"A-Aoshi-sama?" She stuttered. Aoshi looked at her and felt a twinge of tenderness. Aoshi had not had any feelings for a long, long, time until tonight. Great.
Meanwhile, Misao was...shocked. Why the hell didn't she listen to Kenshin when he told her about 'the guy who punched you'? She was busy nursing her ribs! WHY?!(Refer to chapter 4)
There was a long long pause, then Misao spoke.
"A-are you really Shinomori Aoshi...?"
Aoshi closed his beautiful eyes and replied, "Yes."
Misao bit her bottom lip. The past was all coming back to her now. The same thing was happening to Aoshi.
Two people who threw away and forgot their painful pasts found each other. And it so happens that each of the painful pasts include the other. So, they started remembering things.
Misao remembered the hugs and piggybacks Aoshi used to give her. She remembered Aoshi's noble ways. His leadership that Misao admired so much. She remembered the paper toys he used to give her. Then, she remembered how much she used to love him, even though she was a very little girl then.
Aoshi remembered the hugs and piggybacks he used to give Misao. He remembered Misao's cheerfulness, stubbornness, loyalty and pride. The intelligence of her which used to baffle him so much. He remembered the paper cranes and paper balls he used to give Misao. Then, he remembered how cute and adorable she was with her unspoilt nature.
She has not changed much since then.
She was still the hyper and tomboyish girl as far as he knew. The only thing that changed was her appearance. She had blossomed from baby fat to a slender figure. From the short Little Misao to the short Big Misao. From big sea-green eyes to big sea-green eyes. Okay fine, she didn't change much appearance wise.
He had to admit, though, that now she was more beautiful than cute.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
He has not changed much since then.
He was still the iceblock, the cold, unfeeling Aoshi. The cold and unfeeling Aoshi who makes her feel things. The only thing that changed was that he cut off his hair(sounds brutal) and he looked more handsome than ever before. Other than that, his eyes were still the same blue and he was still goddamned tall.
But something was missing.
"Aoshi-sama, where is Hannya? And the rest? Aren't they staying with you? I really miss them(now that I have remembered)!"
At that moment dark clouds settled contentedly on Aoshi's head.
Misao sensed that something was very wrong.
"What...happened? Why do you look so...unhappy?"
Aoshi turned away, refusing to look at her.
"They're dead. They died protecting me." He replied curtly. 'Go on,' he thought. 'Go on and hate me. I caused their deaths.'
Misao widened her eyes in shock. Her mind was a complete blank, except for his words ringing in her head.
First, she felt devastated at their deaths. Then, she saw something else in another light.
'They died protecting me.'
A thought struck her. Aoshi was the most guilt-bearing person she had ever met. Knowing him, he probably almost killed himself when they died protecting him.
Misao reached out and touched Aoshi's hand. Aoshi was startled, but didn't make any move to remove himself from Misao's warm touch.
"That's terrible. It was not your fault. Knowing them, they must have died honorable deaths. They would never have allowed otherwise." Then she paused for a little while. "Tell ya something. Jiya's dead too."
After she said that painful sentence, she did something that she had never done for years.
She shed tears.
"So...So now...we are the only ones left huh? And we are against each other. Fate is cruel. When...when Jiya died I thought it was the end of the world. But I...I held on because I knew that somewhere under the same damn sky I have other people who cared about me, who knew w-who I was and would understand my sadness. Then during my journey to search for you, I met Hi...Himura's previous secretary(Yahiko). He offered me a job as an agent. Usually I don't work for anybody except the Oni - Oniwabanshuu, but I wanted to see all of you so much that I...I figured that I would meet you if I worked as a fighter because all of you are fighters and hopefully one day I could find you again because I would meet thousands of fighters. But I waited for so long, so long that I gave up and threw my past away, painfully building a new 'me'. A 'me' who had friends, smiled all the time just like I used to and went to parties like normal people. Soon enough I forgot about you and the others up to the point that I did not know why I was in this job. Now, everything came back. My jigsaw puzzle was destroyed after I put the pieces so carefully back together. I...just can't take it!!" Misao burst into tears. Aoshi was at a loss for words. He never dreamed that Misao would hurt like this, or else he would have never set foot out of the Aoiya.
It was his fault.
HIS fault. And once again, he felt like killing himself.
"Please...don't cry." Aoshi said softly and amazingly wiped away her tears.
"Aoshi, I love you. I have always loved you. And I just realised that I still love you now. My mind may have forgotten about you, but my heart has always ached because of you. I always dreamt of the same man over and over again. Now I know the man in my dream is you. I know this is unacceptable, because I am practically betraying Himura, and you probably don't know and don't care what the hell I am saying, but I just wanted to tell you that..."
Aoshi stared into Misao's eyes which were sparkling with tears. Right then, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen(And she would always be the most beautiful girl he will ever see).
Before he knew it, he was pressing his lips hard against hers.
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A/N: MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!! Major fluff coming next! I think it was right to rate it PG-13 after all. And meanwhile, chaos is in the Kenshin HQ because MISAO IS MISSING!!!! And what will Aoshi do now that he has found his love?
Stay tuned for the next chapter!
purpo kitee katx- Aoshi and Misao is so cute! I agree! So is every character in Rurouni Kenshin! Thank you!
xxxtriple troublexxx- The next chapter's here! Thank you for reviewing!
BlackKuroneko- Muahahahahahahahah! I ended really badly at this one.
BlackKuroneko- Thank you! Fine fine, I'll give you papercut.
Sakura Star- I plan to make this longer than my other fanfic! Seeing that I am in the fifth chappy already, I hope I can achieve it!
Vash-KTP- Thanks!
dadsnavygirl831- Did you know I was practically waiting for your review to come before I begin to update? I am really sorry that nobody asked. That sucks, I know. And my national language is English. Fine, I'm from Singapore. Most modern Singaporeans speak English. All my friends speak English. My family speaks English. The President and Prime Minister speaks English. However, we are a multiracial country. We have the Chinese language too. I'm not good at the Chinese language. So there. Time's short I have to go sorry for the crappy chap!
sOfAaNdAnImE- Thank you!!! I will try my best!
La Uno Bonita- Thank you! Yeah, sorry about Misao too.
eVa We R lOsT- Thank you for the compliment! Don't make me swell too much! I have my flaws.
NIL- Who the hell are you?! Well, thanks.
becci- Yeah they are!
Dragon Master Lytore- Wow. That is a long time! But I'm no better. My jokes aren't funny! Lol!
unique-starfish- Thank you! And your story is great too!
Airna- Whew! I personally think that Aoshi suits Misao the most! : )
ssj-kabuto- Yeah man~
Zaeria- hahahahahhahahha!!! Thank you so much~!!
MizzLee- It's okay! Thank you for the review!
Queen of Shadows- Is this romance enough for you? * winks *
Johanna Gen- Thank you! I hope you can R+R again!
Bob-san- I'm really sorry!!! If you cannot understand, just give me an email!
dark-luv-dove- Yes, I TOTALLY understand!! Thanks! For the Compliment!
Jesse the Wolf Demon- There were no fight scenes here, but there was A+M!!!
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Personally I think this chapter needs proof-reading over and over again. I don't think anybody will understand this!!! NOOOO!!!!!!!!!
MoonPhoenix