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Chapter 2
Kaoru sighed as she watched Yahiko run out of the room, she sighed and fell back onto her bed looking up at the ceiling 'so this is how things were meant to be huh?' she asked herself, 'I'm ready to accept it but still I at the same time don't. I want to make sure Yahiko is safe, I want to show everyone that just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't fight, I want to teach Yahiko the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu style like I had promised him.' Kaoru sighed and turned to look over at a chair that was placed by the wall, on it rested her school uniform, clean and repaired.
She smiled at that and closed her eyes "just a little more sleep" she said to herself quietly before she fell asleep.
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(A/N-I'm going to call Kaoru's younger self Y. Kaoru that way you won't get confused)
Kaoru looked around "where am I?" she asked herself. She stood in a field of wild flowers, the sky was cloudless and a perfect blue. A cool breeze blew her hair around her face, she turned to face the other way so that it flew behind her instead but what she saw wasn't more wild flowers, and trees. No, she saw was something else it was her mother. She was as beautiful as she remembered; her dark hair fell down her face in a low ponytail that was tied with a blue ribbon. Her skin was pale much like Kaoru's and she smiled at her. "Mama" came a soft voice from behind Kaoru "yes Kaoru?" Kaoru's mother asked her "I think Daddy's been drinking again" Y. Kaoru told her mother weakly. 'I can't be anymore then five or six years old, when I said that...' Kaoru thought, "wait I don't even remember saying it."
The older Kaoru looked at her younger form, she had a bruise on her right arm and a small cut was marked on her left leg where glass had probably cut her. Her mother sighed and walked over to Kaoru's younger form and took her hand, she was right next to Kaoru now and her eyes were covered with warm welcome and at the same time coldness and anger. Kaoru couldn't remember anytime she had seen her mother look like that...her eyes were just so different. As the two began to walk away Kaoru's mother stopped and turned to face her daughter's older form, "Kaoru, don't leave" she whispered to her.
Y. Kaoru didn't seem to notice but simply stood there holding her mother's hand. Then Kaoru's mother picked Y. Kaoru up and carried her out of the room leaving the smell of jasmine as the only reminder that they were ever there. Kaoru simply stood there in shock the words 'Kaoru, don't leave' ringing over and over in her head. "Kaoru, don't leave" Kaoru sighed repeating her mother out loud. Kaoru looked down at the floor, her black bangs covering her eyes.
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Kaoru's eyes shot open and her eyes darted back and forth around the room. She sat up slowly crying as she felt more pain. She looked out the window to see it was night, the stars were so beautiful and the lake held the full moon's reflection. Kaoru sighed and turned so her feet were hanging over the side of her bed, she tried to get up but she slowly fell back. Determined to get off the bed she used all her strength to push herself up back into a sitting position. She then turned so her feet were once again dangling at the bedside, slowly after she slid off the bed falling to the floor with a small yelp.
She felt so much pain already now she had just fallen onto her face on the cold hospital floor. Kaoru took in a deep breath and she slowly pulled herself back onto the bed, she sighed and went back to sleep. Tomorrow she would try again, then the next day, then the next if she had to. She would live, she promised herself, and it was all thanks to her mother's words. Just those three simple words 'Kaoru, don't leave.'
Kaoru woke up the next day with Yahiko at her side, she smiled at him and he hugged her "you do know how early it is don't you Yahiko?" Kaoru asked him when he pulled away from her. "Yes, I came as soon as visiting hours began" he replied, Kaoru sweat dropped "let me guess Yahiko, you're going to stay until hours close?" Kaoru asked him "hai" Yahiko said nodding. "Whom are you staying with?" Kaoru asked "I'm staying with the Sanagra's" Yahiko told her "how are they doing?" Kaoru asked, "it has been so long since we have last talked with each other."
"Their doing fine, their worried about you and all" Yahiko told her sadly. "That's nice to know" Kaoru said. Suddenly two of Kaoru's classmates walked in "Arate Himakr? Lisgon Ryutonsako?" Kaoru asked when she saw them "hey Kamiya" Himakr said "how you doing?" asked Ryutonsako "fine," Kaoru told him, "why are you here?" she asked suspiciously. Then she saw right behind them, there Rain Well walked in obviously disgusted by her surroundings. "What is this mess of a hospital?" she asked no one in particular.
Kaoru rolled her eyes "what are you doing here?" she asked them.
"We were stuck being chosen to come and bring these" Rain told her holding out three cards. "These are all for you from the teachers and the students," Rain said, "now I'm out of here before this hospital makes me sick." Kaoru once again rolled her eyes as she watched Rain walk out quickly, "god I hate her so much" Kaoru cried through her gritted teeth before turning her attention back to her other classmates "so what's in these? Kaoru asked them "Rain said what they were," Ryutonsako said, "I mean what's in them" Kaoru said watching Ryutonsako shrug "I was out when they packed everything" he told her. Kaoru turned to look at Himakr who shook his head no, "we were just chosen by Rain o go with her here" Himakr told her.
Kaoru sighed and turned away "well thanks a lot then," she told them turning to face them once more this time with closed eyes and a smile, "you don't know how much this means to me and Yahiko" the two smiled at her before walking away.
"Thanks for bringing me into this Busu" Yahiko cried receiving a punch from Kaoru. "Just because I'm stuck in this hospital bed Yahiko doesn't mean you won't get hurt for calling me ugly!" Kaoru cried after him. Yahiko landed face down on the floor his leg twitching in the air, "what was that for?" he cried "I told you Yahiko," Kaoru said, "for calling me ugly."
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Night had finally come and Yahiko and all the doctors were gone, Kaoru decided to open the three letters. There was a pink one, a white one, and a green one. Kaoru decided to open the white one first. Taking it off her small nightstand, she ripped it open and dumped out its contents. Out fell a small note that she picked up and opened it. Her eyes darted across the tiny words that were written on the paper.
Dear Kamiya Kaoru,
Everyone here has heard about you accident and painful fight with your father. We all hope you are doing okay in the hospital and are waiting for your return. The classroom has been shall I say more quite without you here.
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Kaoru sweat dropped and laughed at that, she knew exactly why everyone was so quite because she wasn't there. It was all because the class didn't have anyone to pick on or make fun of. She slowly went back to reading.
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These three letters contain things that the students and teachers have brought in for you. We all hope that you return to us soon Kamiya,
Cana-sensei
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Kaoru sighed at the letter it was hard to tell if that was really Cana- sensei that wrote that but it didn't really matter. Putting the note aside she reached out for the pink letter and ripped it open as well. Reaching in she pulled out at least $50 "is this real?" she asked herself looking at the money in her hand. Happily she turned and put the money back in the letter and put the letter next to the note. Finally she reached out for the green letter and pulled it open. But when she looked inside there was nothing there, she turned it upside-down and shook it expecting something to fall out but nothing came, "just an empty letter" she said sadly. Slowly she place the note and the $50 into the green letter and put it underneath her pillow while putting the white and pink one back onto her stand.
Kaoru then pulled her feet over the bed so they were dangling over the side just like they were last night, she hopped down and got off the bed and took a step, she stumbled at first and her first few steps were a bit wobbly and she expected herself to fall over but she remained straight and tall, she was doing it, she was really walking again. Proudly she smiled at climbed back into her bed "wait till Yahiko sees this!" she cried and closed her eyes. But something kept her awake "but what if when I get out something happens, besides I still need more exercise and the doctors and Yahiko would probably want me to rest some more." Kaoru sighed and put her hands behind her head and "I feel like a child wanting a lollipop," she said, "I know I can get it but I'm not allowed to."
Kaoru sighed to herself and reached up almost as if hoping the ceiling would change the world and let her walk around like a normal person, but she couldn't do it in the middle of the night. "Maybe....if I just" Kaoru said to herself. She thought it over finally she had a plan. It wasn't the best plan but it was the only one she could think of at the moment. Sighing sadly she got up of her bed again but this time slipped into her school uniform. She grabbed the green letter and held it tightly in her hand as she grabbed the white letter and a pencil that was also there, and she began to write.
When she was satisfied with her note she slowly slipped out of her room and out the hospital door. She snuck out of the hospital and jumped up and down happily afterwards. "I'm free I'm free!" Kaoru cried over and over again, "now off to the Sanagra's" she smiled and ran off towards the house where Yahiko slept.
Once she reached it she peeked through one of the home's windows, "nope," she said when she saw the bed and the messy bookshelf that was covered in clothes, "ugh he really needs to learn when it's time to clean his room." Kaoru sighed as she ran over to another window and looked through it. Still wrong, she was looking through the kitchen. There was a black refrigerator and a wooden counter top. The table was wooden also and had a red tablecloth over it. The chairs were replaced with little stools and Kaoru smiled away.
She ran to another window and there she saw him, she smiled at his sleeping figure. Yahiko's head was resting on the ground while his feet remained on the couch he was staying on. Kaoru giggled as he began to snore and giggled even more when he began to speak "just one more swing, no come on Busu let me stay," he said, "you might get hurt, I don't want to leave" Kaoru stopped giggling and looked at him. "Kaoru," he said as he began to drool "you can't cook, where's Kenshin?" Kaoru's face scrunched up "I'll teach you to appreciate my cooking skills brat" Kaoru whispered holding up her fist before she remembered 'where's Kenshin?' "Who on earth is Kenshin, I don't know a boy by that name and I know that Yahiko doesn't either" Kaoru shrugged it off as one of Yahiko's little dream friends.
"Good-bye Yahiko" Kaoru whispered blowing him a kiss.
Now all she had to do was get her bokken from her home and she was off to the airport.
Kaoru walked home and grabbed her bokken, and then she left on her way to Kyoto Airport. There she was going to take the flight to Tokyo where her mother's old friend lived. Her mother had once told Kaoru when she was younger that her friend was named something Genzai. "He will probably let me stay with him for awhile," Kaoru said as she walked onto the airport's grounds.
"How many in your party Miss?" asked a girl at the desk "just one" Kaoru told her holding up one finger. "Well then where are you heading off to?" "Tokyo, Japan" Kaoru told her.
"Alone?" the girl asked again "hai alone!" Kaoru cried angrily, "now give me a ticket" "that will be 36 yen please" Kaoru growled as she handed over the money "fun" she said sarcastically as she grabbed the ticket and walked up to gate 450.
She sat on one of the chairs waiting for her flight to arrive, "I'm going to Tokyo for some 'exercise' right?" Kaoru asked herself, "but then why does it feel like I'm running away?" Kaoru sighed as her flight came in and she got up with the rest of the passengers. She sighed and handed the lady her ticket before going onto her seat. Unlike everyone else she didn't have any luggage with her so she sat down her bokken placed across in front of her, leaning against the person in front of her seat. She smiled as she sat by the window, she had never ridden on a plane before, so she was afraid yet at the same time excited for the new experience she was about to have. After all she was going to Tokyo.
She felt someone take the seat next to her and watched as the sign above her told her to buckle up. Slowly the flight attendant told everyone to get ready and the plane backed up and was off on its way to the runway.
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Yahiko yawned as he got out of bed "what a dream" he sighed as he got dressed into a pair of blue jeans and slid on a black shirt covering it with a light blue sweatshirt that had nothing on the front but on the back their was a picture of a shark on it. He sighed as he sat down on the couch and folded up his sheets for the day, it was awhile till visiting hours so he went and got himself some food.
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Finally it was time to go check on Kaoru and just as he was about to step out the door with his bokken behind his back as always when Mrs. Sanagra called him. "Oh Yahiko there's someone on the phone for you" Yahiko sighed and took the phone from her "what?" he asked.
"Um well Yahiko, you may want to come down to the hospital" it was one of Kaoru's doctors "where do you think I was heading?!" Yahiko cried before hanging up the phone. Why was he so angry all of a sudden oh well he opened the Sanagra's door and walked out towards the hospital where Kaoru was.
He swung open the doors to the hospital and ran up to Kaoru's room, he pulled open the door and looked inside, Kaoru was gone. "Maybe this is the wrong room" he said looking up at the room number above the door, no it was the right room "where's Kaoru?" Yahiko cried running in, "where's my sister?!" he yelled at one of the doctors. "Here" someone handed him a letter which Yahiko recognized as one of the letters Kaoru had been given. He turned it over to find a note written on it, and that note was addressed to him.
Dear Yahiko,
It's Kaoru here, and I'm writing to tell you that I've gone out to get some "exercise" like the doctor subscribed. Over these past few nights I've been working on walking and now I can't stand this hospital any more. So please don't worry about me no matter what happens I will be fine. I will return to you when I am ready so please don't forget me and don't search all of Kyoto for me either because I won't be here. I will always love you Yahiko I will forever and a day so don't worry and don't try to find me.
Your loving sister,
Kaoru
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Yahiko gasped and dropped the letter in shock. He fell into one of the chairs which were in Kaoru's bed "that Baka" he whispered. Holding his chest "Kaoru!" he cried before bursting into a mob of tears, the doctors tried to comfort him but each one that touched him he just pushed away. He didn't want their comfort he wanted Kaoru's. He wanted his sister. "Kaoru" he whispered.
Chapter 2
Kaoru sighed as she watched Yahiko run out of the room, she sighed and fell back onto her bed looking up at the ceiling 'so this is how things were meant to be huh?' she asked herself, 'I'm ready to accept it but still I at the same time don't. I want to make sure Yahiko is safe, I want to show everyone that just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I can't fight, I want to teach Yahiko the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu style like I had promised him.' Kaoru sighed and turned to look over at a chair that was placed by the wall, on it rested her school uniform, clean and repaired.
She smiled at that and closed her eyes "just a little more sleep" she said to herself quietly before she fell asleep.
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(A/N-I'm going to call Kaoru's younger self Y. Kaoru that way you won't get confused)
Kaoru looked around "where am I?" she asked herself. She stood in a field of wild flowers, the sky was cloudless and a perfect blue. A cool breeze blew her hair around her face, she turned to face the other way so that it flew behind her instead but what she saw wasn't more wild flowers, and trees. No, she saw was something else it was her mother. She was as beautiful as she remembered; her dark hair fell down her face in a low ponytail that was tied with a blue ribbon. Her skin was pale much like Kaoru's and she smiled at her. "Mama" came a soft voice from behind Kaoru "yes Kaoru?" Kaoru's mother asked her "I think Daddy's been drinking again" Y. Kaoru told her mother weakly. 'I can't be anymore then five or six years old, when I said that...' Kaoru thought, "wait I don't even remember saying it."
The older Kaoru looked at her younger form, she had a bruise on her right arm and a small cut was marked on her left leg where glass had probably cut her. Her mother sighed and walked over to Kaoru's younger form and took her hand, she was right next to Kaoru now and her eyes were covered with warm welcome and at the same time coldness and anger. Kaoru couldn't remember anytime she had seen her mother look like that...her eyes were just so different. As the two began to walk away Kaoru's mother stopped and turned to face her daughter's older form, "Kaoru, don't leave" she whispered to her.
Y. Kaoru didn't seem to notice but simply stood there holding her mother's hand. Then Kaoru's mother picked Y. Kaoru up and carried her out of the room leaving the smell of jasmine as the only reminder that they were ever there. Kaoru simply stood there in shock the words 'Kaoru, don't leave' ringing over and over in her head. "Kaoru, don't leave" Kaoru sighed repeating her mother out loud. Kaoru looked down at the floor, her black bangs covering her eyes.
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Kaoru's eyes shot open and her eyes darted back and forth around the room. She sat up slowly crying as she felt more pain. She looked out the window to see it was night, the stars were so beautiful and the lake held the full moon's reflection. Kaoru sighed and turned so her feet were hanging over the side of her bed, she tried to get up but she slowly fell back. Determined to get off the bed she used all her strength to push herself up back into a sitting position. She then turned so her feet were once again dangling at the bedside, slowly after she slid off the bed falling to the floor with a small yelp.
She felt so much pain already now she had just fallen onto her face on the cold hospital floor. Kaoru took in a deep breath and she slowly pulled herself back onto the bed, she sighed and went back to sleep. Tomorrow she would try again, then the next day, then the next if she had to. She would live, she promised herself, and it was all thanks to her mother's words. Just those three simple words 'Kaoru, don't leave.'
Kaoru woke up the next day with Yahiko at her side, she smiled at him and he hugged her "you do know how early it is don't you Yahiko?" Kaoru asked him when he pulled away from her. "Yes, I came as soon as visiting hours began" he replied, Kaoru sweat dropped "let me guess Yahiko, you're going to stay until hours close?" Kaoru asked him "hai" Yahiko said nodding. "Whom are you staying with?" Kaoru asked "I'm staying with the Sanagra's" Yahiko told her "how are they doing?" Kaoru asked, "it has been so long since we have last talked with each other."
"Their doing fine, their worried about you and all" Yahiko told her sadly. "That's nice to know" Kaoru said. Suddenly two of Kaoru's classmates walked in "Arate Himakr? Lisgon Ryutonsako?" Kaoru asked when she saw them "hey Kamiya" Himakr said "how you doing?" asked Ryutonsako "fine," Kaoru told him, "why are you here?" she asked suspiciously. Then she saw right behind them, there Rain Well walked in obviously disgusted by her surroundings. "What is this mess of a hospital?" she asked no one in particular.
Kaoru rolled her eyes "what are you doing here?" she asked them.
"We were stuck being chosen to come and bring these" Rain told her holding out three cards. "These are all for you from the teachers and the students," Rain said, "now I'm out of here before this hospital makes me sick." Kaoru once again rolled her eyes as she watched Rain walk out quickly, "god I hate her so much" Kaoru cried through her gritted teeth before turning her attention back to her other classmates "so what's in these? Kaoru asked them "Rain said what they were," Ryutonsako said, "I mean what's in them" Kaoru said watching Ryutonsako shrug "I was out when they packed everything" he told her. Kaoru turned to look at Himakr who shook his head no, "we were just chosen by Rain o go with her here" Himakr told her.
Kaoru sighed and turned away "well thanks a lot then," she told them turning to face them once more this time with closed eyes and a smile, "you don't know how much this means to me and Yahiko" the two smiled at her before walking away.
"Thanks for bringing me into this Busu" Yahiko cried receiving a punch from Kaoru. "Just because I'm stuck in this hospital bed Yahiko doesn't mean you won't get hurt for calling me ugly!" Kaoru cried after him. Yahiko landed face down on the floor his leg twitching in the air, "what was that for?" he cried "I told you Yahiko," Kaoru said, "for calling me ugly."
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Night had finally come and Yahiko and all the doctors were gone, Kaoru decided to open the three letters. There was a pink one, a white one, and a green one. Kaoru decided to open the white one first. Taking it off her small nightstand, she ripped it open and dumped out its contents. Out fell a small note that she picked up and opened it. Her eyes darted across the tiny words that were written on the paper.
Dear Kamiya Kaoru,
Everyone here has heard about you accident and painful fight with your father. We all hope you are doing okay in the hospital and are waiting for your return. The classroom has been shall I say more quite without you here.
~*~*~*
Kaoru sweat dropped and laughed at that, she knew exactly why everyone was so quite because she wasn't there. It was all because the class didn't have anyone to pick on or make fun of. She slowly went back to reading.
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These three letters contain things that the students and teachers have brought in for you. We all hope that you return to us soon Kamiya,
Cana-sensei
~*~*~*
Kaoru sighed at the letter it was hard to tell if that was really Cana- sensei that wrote that but it didn't really matter. Putting the note aside she reached out for the pink letter and ripped it open as well. Reaching in she pulled out at least $50 "is this real?" she asked herself looking at the money in her hand. Happily she turned and put the money back in the letter and put the letter next to the note. Finally she reached out for the green letter and pulled it open. But when she looked inside there was nothing there, she turned it upside-down and shook it expecting something to fall out but nothing came, "just an empty letter" she said sadly. Slowly she place the note and the $50 into the green letter and put it underneath her pillow while putting the white and pink one back onto her stand.
Kaoru then pulled her feet over the bed so they were dangling over the side just like they were last night, she hopped down and got off the bed and took a step, she stumbled at first and her first few steps were a bit wobbly and she expected herself to fall over but she remained straight and tall, she was doing it, she was really walking again. Proudly she smiled at climbed back into her bed "wait till Yahiko sees this!" she cried and closed her eyes. But something kept her awake "but what if when I get out something happens, besides I still need more exercise and the doctors and Yahiko would probably want me to rest some more." Kaoru sighed and put her hands behind her head and "I feel like a child wanting a lollipop," she said, "I know I can get it but I'm not allowed to."
Kaoru sighed to herself and reached up almost as if hoping the ceiling would change the world and let her walk around like a normal person, but she couldn't do it in the middle of the night. "Maybe....if I just" Kaoru said to herself. She thought it over finally she had a plan. It wasn't the best plan but it was the only one she could think of at the moment. Sighing sadly she got up of her bed again but this time slipped into her school uniform. She grabbed the green letter and held it tightly in her hand as she grabbed the white letter and a pencil that was also there, and she began to write.
When she was satisfied with her note she slowly slipped out of her room and out the hospital door. She snuck out of the hospital and jumped up and down happily afterwards. "I'm free I'm free!" Kaoru cried over and over again, "now off to the Sanagra's" she smiled and ran off towards the house where Yahiko slept.
Once she reached it she peeked through one of the home's windows, "nope," she said when she saw the bed and the messy bookshelf that was covered in clothes, "ugh he really needs to learn when it's time to clean his room." Kaoru sighed as she ran over to another window and looked through it. Still wrong, she was looking through the kitchen. There was a black refrigerator and a wooden counter top. The table was wooden also and had a red tablecloth over it. The chairs were replaced with little stools and Kaoru smiled away.
She ran to another window and there she saw him, she smiled at his sleeping figure. Yahiko's head was resting on the ground while his feet remained on the couch he was staying on. Kaoru giggled as he began to snore and giggled even more when he began to speak "just one more swing, no come on Busu let me stay," he said, "you might get hurt, I don't want to leave" Kaoru stopped giggling and looked at him. "Kaoru," he said as he began to drool "you can't cook, where's Kenshin?" Kaoru's face scrunched up "I'll teach you to appreciate my cooking skills brat" Kaoru whispered holding up her fist before she remembered 'where's Kenshin?' "Who on earth is Kenshin, I don't know a boy by that name and I know that Yahiko doesn't either" Kaoru shrugged it off as one of Yahiko's little dream friends.
"Good-bye Yahiko" Kaoru whispered blowing him a kiss.
Now all she had to do was get her bokken from her home and she was off to the airport.
Kaoru walked home and grabbed her bokken, and then she left on her way to Kyoto Airport. There she was going to take the flight to Tokyo where her mother's old friend lived. Her mother had once told Kaoru when she was younger that her friend was named something Genzai. "He will probably let me stay with him for awhile," Kaoru said as she walked onto the airport's grounds.
"How many in your party Miss?" asked a girl at the desk "just one" Kaoru told her holding up one finger. "Well then where are you heading off to?" "Tokyo, Japan" Kaoru told her.
"Alone?" the girl asked again "hai alone!" Kaoru cried angrily, "now give me a ticket" "that will be 36 yen please" Kaoru growled as she handed over the money "fun" she said sarcastically as she grabbed the ticket and walked up to gate 450.
She sat on one of the chairs waiting for her flight to arrive, "I'm going to Tokyo for some 'exercise' right?" Kaoru asked herself, "but then why does it feel like I'm running away?" Kaoru sighed as her flight came in and she got up with the rest of the passengers. She sighed and handed the lady her ticket before going onto her seat. Unlike everyone else she didn't have any luggage with her so she sat down her bokken placed across in front of her, leaning against the person in front of her seat. She smiled as she sat by the window, she had never ridden on a plane before, so she was afraid yet at the same time excited for the new experience she was about to have. After all she was going to Tokyo.
She felt someone take the seat next to her and watched as the sign above her told her to buckle up. Slowly the flight attendant told everyone to get ready and the plane backed up and was off on its way to the runway.
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Yahiko yawned as he got out of bed "what a dream" he sighed as he got dressed into a pair of blue jeans and slid on a black shirt covering it with a light blue sweatshirt that had nothing on the front but on the back their was a picture of a shark on it. He sighed as he sat down on the couch and folded up his sheets for the day, it was awhile till visiting hours so he went and got himself some food.
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Finally it was time to go check on Kaoru and just as he was about to step out the door with his bokken behind his back as always when Mrs. Sanagra called him. "Oh Yahiko there's someone on the phone for you" Yahiko sighed and took the phone from her "what?" he asked.
"Um well Yahiko, you may want to come down to the hospital" it was one of Kaoru's doctors "where do you think I was heading?!" Yahiko cried before hanging up the phone. Why was he so angry all of a sudden oh well he opened the Sanagra's door and walked out towards the hospital where Kaoru was.
He swung open the doors to the hospital and ran up to Kaoru's room, he pulled open the door and looked inside, Kaoru was gone. "Maybe this is the wrong room" he said looking up at the room number above the door, no it was the right room "where's Kaoru?" Yahiko cried running in, "where's my sister?!" he yelled at one of the doctors. "Here" someone handed him a letter which Yahiko recognized as one of the letters Kaoru had been given. He turned it over to find a note written on it, and that note was addressed to him.
Dear Yahiko,
It's Kaoru here, and I'm writing to tell you that I've gone out to get some "exercise" like the doctor subscribed. Over these past few nights I've been working on walking and now I can't stand this hospital any more. So please don't worry about me no matter what happens I will be fine. I will return to you when I am ready so please don't forget me and don't search all of Kyoto for me either because I won't be here. I will always love you Yahiko I will forever and a day so don't worry and don't try to find me.
Your loving sister,
Kaoru
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Yahiko gasped and dropped the letter in shock. He fell into one of the chairs which were in Kaoru's bed "that Baka" he whispered. Holding his chest "Kaoru!" he cried before bursting into a mob of tears, the doctors tried to comfort him but each one that touched him he just pushed away. He didn't want their comfort he wanted Kaoru's. He wanted his sister. "Kaoru" he whispered.