KatDrama: Yay! I got a review!!!!
Kitty: -- that's nice....
KatDrama: but....
Rurouni KatDrama: But what, Kat-dono?
KatDrama: sighs the reviewer asked me if I hated Kaoru or something....
Kitty: Well, do you?
Kat: No, I don't. If I had hated Kaoru I would inflict damage upon her, not make her mean.
Kitty: so, why did you make Kaoru mean?
Kat: haven't u guys ever noticed how mean she can be when she's competing with Megumi-san for Kenshin?
Kitty: yeah....so...
Kat: Kaoru sees Sachi as a threat to getting between her and Kenshin. She's jealous!! She feels that Kenshin loves Sachi more than he loves her, and with the way she's acting, Kenshin's starting to believe that, and well...I think u guys should just read this chapter....
Whispering Sunshine
Chapter Ten:
In The Name of Rice Balls...
Sachi slid her room door open and carefully treaded forth, testing the strength of her ankle with each slow, limping step. She felt her way along the walls to reach the outside courtyard, which, unbeknown to her, was occupied by two early birds.
"Hai! Hai!" Yahiko stepped forward to put emphasis in each of his practice swings.
"No! No! No! You're doing it all wrong!" Kaoru shouted at him. "Here! You do it like this! Got it?" She wrapped her arms around her student and put her hands of his on the grip of his shinai as she guided him through the move of the Kasshin style that he was learning.
"Okay! Okay! I get it now! Like this, right?" He pushed his sensai off and swung some more.
"Close enough." Kaoru muttered. "Kenshin, when are you going to have breakfast ready?!" She yelled over her shoulder and stormed off to the kitchen.
Sachi tentatively moved forward to where she heard the swing of Yahiko's shinai. She was quite curious as to what he was doing.
"Oh, hey Sachi." Yahiko stopped practicing and swung his bamboo sword over one shoulder. "Man, what is up with Kaoru today?" He shook his head.
Sachi shook her head in fear. Quickly grasping her long ponytail she grasped it close to her with both hands in fear that the maniac woman was nearby. Yahiko laughed at the girl's childish antics.
"Yahiko!! I don't hear you practicing!!" The said woman yelled from somewhere inside the dojo. The shouting was quickly followed by some loud shrieks. "Kenshin, you let it catch on fire!!!!!"
Inside the kitchen Kenshin smiled nervously. "But it was you who was boiling the water, Ms. Kaoru. That it was."
Outside in the courtyard, Sachi and Yahiko could clearly make out the sound of water sloshing and a pot clattering against the floor, and a certain rurouni yelling something about how the hot boiling water burns. The two figures giggled. Yahiko turned to face the blind girl. "See? What'd I tell ya? Kaoru can't even boil water right!" He smiled broadly. Though Sachi could not see his smile, she caught the tone of his voice and brightly returned the gesture.
Sachi bravely reached forward and found Yahiko's arm. The boy stood still as she traced his arms to his hands and the shinai. She turned her head as if to question him.
"It's a shinai, a bamboo sword." He explained. "Would you like to try?" Sachi's smile beamed as she vigorously nodded her head. "Okay, be right back!" Yahiko ran off to the training hall, and came back momentarily with another bamboo sword clutched in his hand. "Here." He guided her hands to the correct grip.
"Now let's see..." Yahiko scratched his head. "Usually when ugly shows me a move she just does it and I observe it...but you can't exactly do that. And you're to big for me to guide you through it from behind...so let's try this." He popped up between the larger girl's arms and slid his hands underneath hers. "Instead of me being behind you, you be behind me and feel the movement, okay?"
Sachi nodded her head with a look of determination plastered upon her face. "Here, this is the first swing." Yahiko led her through the move several times. "Now you try it." He backed away from her to give her space. Sachi tightened her grip and held the pretend sword above her head before slicing through the air in a solid gliding motion. Yahiko stood amazed. "Perfect!" He congratulated his newfound pupil. "Now just repeat as many times as you can before breakfast. Don't worry if you work up a sweat. You're supposed to do that." He moved a safe distance away from her before continuing his own practice.
As Sachi swung in the darkness of her blindness she saw images of her past tormentors. She slashed each and everyone out from in front of her into half, wiping their evil smirks right off their faces. She felt anger rise up within her. It felt good to finally be able to destroy those who haunted her sleep. And Yahiko was right; expelling all this energy she really did build up a sweat.
"Kaoru, maybe if you hadn't have helped me the rice wouldn't have exploded like that. You know, you're not a very good cook, that you are not..." A soaked Kenshin retreated out of the kitchen followed by a raging raccoon girl.
"Aha! Kaoru, that's a good look for you! It hides your ugliness!" Yahiko laughed out loud at his instructor who was covered from head to toe with assorted foods and resembled a walking rice ball.
"Just go start the bath!!!" She snapped back at him.
"Sheesh, okay..." He stomped off.
Kenshin laughed as he wringed out his clothes. "Hmm?" A figure in the courtyard caught his attention. His eyes danced in admiration at Sachi's swift movements. She's good...His thoughts distracted him.
"Kenshin! Go get changed! As soon as I've taken a bath we'll be going to the Akabeko for breakfast!" Kaoru yelled as she entered the bathhouse.
Kenshin's eyes bugged out. "The Akabeko? For breakfast?"
KatDrama: 0o mwa ha ha ha! Not quite as long as I wanted it, but I hope it'll do...
Kitty: I hope you guys found that at least SOMEWHAT amusing.
Kat: I wanted to lighten the mood before the next chapter, because shudders let's just say it's going to be a long chapter with lots of important stuff in it, an u won't want to miss it.
Kitty: u know what I like bout this chapter?
Kat: what?
Kitty: how sweet Yahiko was being
Kat: I know, I'd like to imagine that there's kindness in that boy
Kitty: Well, he can be sweet when he wants too
Kat: I know, well I g2g. plz review an stick around for the next chapter. Believe me, u WON'T want to miss it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if that's not enough of a cliffhanger, what is?
Kitty: -- that's nice....
KatDrama: but....
Rurouni KatDrama: But what, Kat-dono?
KatDrama: sighs the reviewer asked me if I hated Kaoru or something....
Kitty: Well, do you?
Kat: No, I don't. If I had hated Kaoru I would inflict damage upon her, not make her mean.
Kitty: so, why did you make Kaoru mean?
Kat: haven't u guys ever noticed how mean she can be when she's competing with Megumi-san for Kenshin?
Kitty: yeah....so...
Kat: Kaoru sees Sachi as a threat to getting between her and Kenshin. She's jealous!! She feels that Kenshin loves Sachi more than he loves her, and with the way she's acting, Kenshin's starting to believe that, and well...I think u guys should just read this chapter....
Whispering Sunshine
Chapter Ten:
In The Name of Rice Balls...
Sachi slid her room door open and carefully treaded forth, testing the strength of her ankle with each slow, limping step. She felt her way along the walls to reach the outside courtyard, which, unbeknown to her, was occupied by two early birds.
"Hai! Hai!" Yahiko stepped forward to put emphasis in each of his practice swings.
"No! No! No! You're doing it all wrong!" Kaoru shouted at him. "Here! You do it like this! Got it?" She wrapped her arms around her student and put her hands of his on the grip of his shinai as she guided him through the move of the Kasshin style that he was learning.
"Okay! Okay! I get it now! Like this, right?" He pushed his sensai off and swung some more.
"Close enough." Kaoru muttered. "Kenshin, when are you going to have breakfast ready?!" She yelled over her shoulder and stormed off to the kitchen.
Sachi tentatively moved forward to where she heard the swing of Yahiko's shinai. She was quite curious as to what he was doing.
"Oh, hey Sachi." Yahiko stopped practicing and swung his bamboo sword over one shoulder. "Man, what is up with Kaoru today?" He shook his head.
Sachi shook her head in fear. Quickly grasping her long ponytail she grasped it close to her with both hands in fear that the maniac woman was nearby. Yahiko laughed at the girl's childish antics.
"Yahiko!! I don't hear you practicing!!" The said woman yelled from somewhere inside the dojo. The shouting was quickly followed by some loud shrieks. "Kenshin, you let it catch on fire!!!!!"
Inside the kitchen Kenshin smiled nervously. "But it was you who was boiling the water, Ms. Kaoru. That it was."
Outside in the courtyard, Sachi and Yahiko could clearly make out the sound of water sloshing and a pot clattering against the floor, and a certain rurouni yelling something about how the hot boiling water burns. The two figures giggled. Yahiko turned to face the blind girl. "See? What'd I tell ya? Kaoru can't even boil water right!" He smiled broadly. Though Sachi could not see his smile, she caught the tone of his voice and brightly returned the gesture.
Sachi bravely reached forward and found Yahiko's arm. The boy stood still as she traced his arms to his hands and the shinai. She turned her head as if to question him.
"It's a shinai, a bamboo sword." He explained. "Would you like to try?" Sachi's smile beamed as she vigorously nodded her head. "Okay, be right back!" Yahiko ran off to the training hall, and came back momentarily with another bamboo sword clutched in his hand. "Here." He guided her hands to the correct grip.
"Now let's see..." Yahiko scratched his head. "Usually when ugly shows me a move she just does it and I observe it...but you can't exactly do that. And you're to big for me to guide you through it from behind...so let's try this." He popped up between the larger girl's arms and slid his hands underneath hers. "Instead of me being behind you, you be behind me and feel the movement, okay?"
Sachi nodded her head with a look of determination plastered upon her face. "Here, this is the first swing." Yahiko led her through the move several times. "Now you try it." He backed away from her to give her space. Sachi tightened her grip and held the pretend sword above her head before slicing through the air in a solid gliding motion. Yahiko stood amazed. "Perfect!" He congratulated his newfound pupil. "Now just repeat as many times as you can before breakfast. Don't worry if you work up a sweat. You're supposed to do that." He moved a safe distance away from her before continuing his own practice.
As Sachi swung in the darkness of her blindness she saw images of her past tormentors. She slashed each and everyone out from in front of her into half, wiping their evil smirks right off their faces. She felt anger rise up within her. It felt good to finally be able to destroy those who haunted her sleep. And Yahiko was right; expelling all this energy she really did build up a sweat.
"Kaoru, maybe if you hadn't have helped me the rice wouldn't have exploded like that. You know, you're not a very good cook, that you are not..." A soaked Kenshin retreated out of the kitchen followed by a raging raccoon girl.
"Aha! Kaoru, that's a good look for you! It hides your ugliness!" Yahiko laughed out loud at his instructor who was covered from head to toe with assorted foods and resembled a walking rice ball.
"Just go start the bath!!!" She snapped back at him.
"Sheesh, okay..." He stomped off.
Kenshin laughed as he wringed out his clothes. "Hmm?" A figure in the courtyard caught his attention. His eyes danced in admiration at Sachi's swift movements. She's good...His thoughts distracted him.
"Kenshin! Go get changed! As soon as I've taken a bath we'll be going to the Akabeko for breakfast!" Kaoru yelled as she entered the bathhouse.
Kenshin's eyes bugged out. "The Akabeko? For breakfast?"
KatDrama: 0o mwa ha ha ha! Not quite as long as I wanted it, but I hope it'll do...
Kitty: I hope you guys found that at least SOMEWHAT amusing.
Kat: I wanted to lighten the mood before the next chapter, because shudders let's just say it's going to be a long chapter with lots of important stuff in it, an u won't want to miss it.
Kitty: u know what I like bout this chapter?
Kat: what?
Kitty: how sweet Yahiko was being
Kat: I know, I'd like to imagine that there's kindness in that boy
Kitty: Well, he can be sweet when he wants too
Kat: I know, well I g2g. plz review an stick around for the next chapter. Believe me, u WON'T want to miss it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if that's not enough of a cliffhanger, what is?