Always the Letterby Uenki
Chapter Four – Evil eye
Dedicated to my reviewers who are always there, particularly
the evil witch
Illusion-chan
Reignashii
Tohellwiththenicks
Sakura Hopes
Sakura Butterfly
Rain angst…
Arrigato, Minna-san!
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Kaoru, Aoshi and Misao were seated in an upright position, enjoying the fragrance of the tea that Aoshi had kindly brewed. Kaoru took a sip of it, and was surprised at his skills of brewing tea that had grown over the years. She gave a small smile and nodded to Aoshi, who barely gave her a nod.
"… Why aren't you back in Kyoto, while your mother and father?" he finally asked, after a long hesitation. Misao nodded and gave a questioning look. Kaoru put down the cup of tea and gave a disgusted look at the 'fond' memories.
"I refused to sign the contract… and I ran out of the house, preparing to look for you here… This is the luggage they had prepared for me," she stopped and eyed the luggage. In a spite of anger, she took the luggage and threw it across the room. Misao eyed her strangely while Aoshi gave a look of understanding.
"And I… I did not even take my belongin –" she stopped, a look of hurt evident in her eyes. She managed to stand up and she ran out of the room, yes, she had forgotten it, the precious thing to her forlorn heart… The letters from him.
Misao looked at her running figure, and looked at her beloved Aoshi-sama.
"After her, bring the team with you, do not let her to be met with any harm. You hear me?" he ordered, but it was on a gentle side. Misao grinned and gave a huge, bubbly laugh, before rushing up to catch up on Kamiya Kaoru, the so-called sister of her Aoshi-sama.
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She wandered onto the busy streets of Kyoto, surprised for the fact that they weren't affected by the war of any means. Yes, it was fading after all, but aren't they all affected? She passed by the crowds and went into a restaurant named Akabeko.
"Hey! Sagara-kun! Pay up for the meal!" a shrill cry cut her off her own world of lala land, seeing that the man with red bandana ran crossed her, a fishbone sticking out of his mouth which formed a grin. He grabbed her and hid behind her back, while the angry hostee stomped up to her.
"Paid up for Sagara Sanosuke, young lady! He had own up a debt!" she gave evil daggers to Sanosuke, while Kaoru gave a barely audible sigh. The young man gave an apologetic grin while he gave her the sparkly eye as she took out her purse and handed some yen to the hostee.
"Arrigato, Jou-chan!" he said, while giving her a soft smack on her back, and ran off. Kaoru eyed the man for a few moments, before shaking her head and looked away. Misao caught up with her and looked at her strangely, but she gave a small laugh and brushed it off her mind. She looked at Misao who was panting hard,
"I guess that you want to know about the fact that why Aoshi-niichan is my brother, don't you?" she questioned, while Misao gave a final nod of agreement. She laughed, still, her heart was stone cold.
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Kenshin looked at the taller man who was grinning from ear to ear, and skipping about from streets to streets. He had met up with Sanosuke just outside from Akabeko, as he went checking with the postman for the letter that she had written. But to his dismay, there was nothing for him from yesterday till today.
"What happened?" he inquired, violet eyed wide with curiosity.
"I clear my tabs at the Akabeko!" he replied in a sing song voice, 'floating' about. He rambled on and off about the girl who he had met in Akabeko, who handed his tabs for him just because that he have hid behind her back.
Kenshin half-listened and wandered his mind off elsewhere. It had been definitely strange about the fact that there wasn't any letter for him, as she had written to him almost every day. Holding his sword tight to him, he made up his mind.
"Sanosuke… I am going to Tokyo." He replied after slight hesitation. He paid no attention to what he was talking and blabbered on about the girl.
"As I was saying, I do not know her name – WHAT?!" he exclaimed, finally registered the fact that he was going to Tokyo. "What the hell are you talking about?!" he cried, while eyeing at the amber-eyed man.
"I am going to Tokyo." he replied with slight determination, in a millisecond, he was off from his sight.
Sanosuke, exasperated, yelled to no one in particular. "Why are you going to Tokyo for?!" Little did Kenshin knew, she was in the Akabeko, while he was outside of it. They had just missed each other, it's just a few steps away before they could meet each other.
Is it the toying of Fate, or is it that their love was forbidden?
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A/N: Oh my, it is just a FEW STEPS AWAY! O.o [Uenki sweatdropped as evil reviewers steps up onto her and polished their long, gleaming katana] Oh my, it is really a few steps away for you to kill me and for Kenshin to meet Kaoru! Gomen-neee! Do not Kill ME! [Run off in a corner, curl up into a ball, muttering about evil reader and reviewers.]
Next chapter is about the fact that Reign-chan (Reignashii) had asked … the fact that Aoshi had different surname, not Kamiya. And the fact that Kenshin could only find her parents back in Tokyo… not her… Kaoru?! KIDNAPPED?! Riduculus! Angst ensure! =P
Sakura Butterfly – One thing for the fact, I will not abandon this fic, for I was all flare up, preparing for this fiction. My little notebook is all inspirations of this fic, containing Sano kidnapping Kaoru and feed her to some evil monkeys that was ambitious to rule the world. Heh…
Illusions-chan – Biggest twist? Thankeeee! By the way, just asking, do yer know what Aoshi's eye color was? I don't. And that's so sad.
Reignashii – Yep, it will all be revealed in the next chapter, yes, you brought me to a point that I have not explained their surnames. Oh, yer know Xue-sama? Oro… Your relationship is so confusing…
Bradybunch4529 – Oro…. Thankee! - Have a nice day!
STAY TUNED…!!!
Last but not least, a long thing that I haven't said for a looooong time, Review and Review! I need it! =P