Always the Letter
by Uenki
Chapter Nine - Kiddo
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She had to get out of Kyoto, and she must be fast. She must not let Sanosuke or Megumi to find her, for she had some important task to do. She wandered around the streets that were closed, seeing that the night had risen. But all she'd left was her money, which couldn't even last her a whole month, and some clothing that she had "taken" from Megumi's.
"Let me go!" a loud cry interrupted her train of thoughts, which sounded so familiar. She turned back on her heels and picked up a wooden stick, which was as long as a bokken. Clutching it to her hips, she walked silently to the trace of the cries, and she soon reached her destination.
There, were two men beating up a kid who looked like 12, with spiky brown hair, curled up into a ball. "Hey!" she cried, pointing the wooden stick to the men. The man turned their backs and widened their eyes a little, before Kaoru's wooden stick swung an X around their head and hit them head first. Then, they both went unconscious. "Bakayaro." Muttered Kaoru under her breath and she threw the wooden stick to the floor and went over to the kid.
"Hey… You alright?" The kid looked up to her, unexpected, he leaped in and hugged her tight, no tears streaks were evident, yet he was about to break into pieces.
"Kaoru! Where are you the past few months? Koshijiro-jichan said you left… Why?! Are you going to leave me all alone?! Baka busu!" he yelled, ducking his head down to avoid the all-too-familiar-smack. But he looked up; a small smile braced her lips.
"Kaoru…? I am Kaoru?" she whispered in both pain and joy, though the name sparked no memories to her. Yahiko looked at her though she had gone bonkers.
"Oi busu! You're Kamiya Kaoru aren't you?" he called, but this time, a smack was rewarded on his head. Kaoru glared at the brat, and laughed out loud.
"I don't know, mister. Maybe I don't really know who I am. I woke up with no memories, mister, how am I suppose to know who I am?" she explained, while Yahiko's eyes widened.
"You lost your memories?! Then how are you supposed to perform the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu just now?" he asked, surprise and shock mixed.
"Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu?" she echoed, feeling stupid as she has no clue of what he was talking about.
"The kendo technique that you father had taught you, busu!" he shouted, standing up and dragging her along.
"Hey! Don't drag me, Yahiko-chan!" she called, but Yahiko got more furious and clutched her hand tight.
"We need to go back to Tokyo, your memories must return, or the dojo could no longer be functioned!" he spoke firmly like an adult, but he looked like none.
"Just how are we going to get to Tokyo?!" Kaoru yelled, clutching her bruised hand, not knowing that such a kid could have strength so tough.
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"You've broken the law, Battousai." The Wolf said, still smoking his cigarette. Battousai on the other hand, who was nicknamed Mr. Calm-and-unnerving, was totally out of the box on this fine day, where the night is still breezy.
A nerve popped out on his forehead, clearly stated that having a little chat with Battousai must have a definite limit. "Enough… Satiou." His voice shone like the pile of thick snow in the cold winter.
The wolf looked up from the ground that he was standing to the Hitkori Battousai on the rooftop. "Enough? No." He questioned and replied to himself, still muttering on how he had killed his minions with just a flick of sword, on the angst he felt, on how he wanted to slay the Battousai and cut him into pieces, before feeding it to some random dog.
Battousai leapt down from the roof, his katana unsheathed, and he charged straight to Satiou, heading straight for his face… Satiou, taken aback, was quite unprepared for the speed and his unique way of "killing", had not managed to duck in time, causing the sword to head towards his direction…
…only to be stopped by a single jerk, causing the long sword to head for the air just 1cm beside him.
"Just what the hell are you stopping your sword for? I want a battle, not some docking, ducking silly moron who wanted to stop killing! What are you stopping for? Again and again!" he cried, while Battousai faded back in the body of Himura Kenshin, back to the world of nothingness but her.
Violet eyes shone brightly onto the moonbeams, walking away from the wolf once again…
Stopping for her… If you met someone as magnificent as her, you would stop too… For you love her.
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A/N: Eww…. Stupid brat Yahiko roams the world again! This chapter, enter Yahiko! =P
Thanks to…
Sakura Butterfly
Sakura Hopes (Turns back into human and takes crazy laptop with her, typing some words that caused wand to be back in her hands, and Hopes-chan had turned into a carnivores kitty! Muhaha!)
Nanakilover/Brukaoru (Yep, exactly what I wanted to say is that… Will they ever meet again? It's your reader's choice, not mine. Heh… Just how the hell are they gonna meet again, it is all in the crazy mind of this stupid author.)
XxSilentxDreamerxX (Thank You. I hope you enjoy reading it.)
Reignashii (Yes I will, sis... You just have to wait, and check, and wait! Lol… I do hope that my mistakes don't cover the whole story… Review soon, biggie sis!)
pnaixrose (Thanks! I will. =D)
Illusions-chan (Sorry for the mistakes! I will not do it again… [Cross fingers])
Bradybunch4529 (Kaoru is sassy, very sassy. Smart? In what way? O.o)
rain angst (Lol.. Sessha is going bonkers, that she is. X.x)
Woah! Three pages long! Still too short for sessha… Never mind, sessha will make it long next time! =D
Sincerely,
Uenki