a/n- sorry i was gone for so long guys, but i promise to start updating sooner now.
Run Away
Part 12
But the horse didn't listen. As the black horse raced on a group of people walking to town came into Nadondi's view.
"Star Stop!" Nadondi ordered the horse.
Star did slow down, but only slightly enough were you couldn't tell the difference. Nadondi pulled on the reigns roughly making the horse nah in protest.
Kenshin, Sano, and Megumi turned around at the sound of a horse rang throughout the quiet morning road. A man jumped off a horse clinging to the reigns trying to calm down the black beast.
"Calm down Star! Now this is not gonna help her recover at all!" Nadondi said sternly.
In a way the horse understood how he felt and slowly calmed his actions. Once the horse calmed he released the reigns. He knew Star wouldn't run off.
He looked at his hands that were bloody red and had a few cuts.
"Reign burns." Nadondi scowled.
Meanwhile...
"Would you just look at that idiot. He can't even control his own horse!" Sano snickered as he slightly pointed at Nadondi.
Kenshin stared hard at Sano making him stop as did Megumi.
"What?" Sano asked confused.
"Sano he could've gotten hurt." Kenshin stated as he narrowed his eyes. "Um yeah, but come on you have to admit that the sight of seeing that crazy idiot jumping off the horse the way he did was funny." Sano stated as he again began to chuckle.
That response only earned him a hit on the head from Megumi.
"Ow! You I'm really getting tired of all you women hitting me." Sano whined. "Humph. You're an insecure person Sanosuke Sagara." Was all Megumi said as she turned and went to check on the idiot with the horse; her hands on her hips.
"But I don't...get...it." Sano whispered to himself as he grabbed his aching head and watched Megumi make her way over to the mysterious person.
"Excuse me sir are you alright?" Megumi asked walking up to him. He had his back faced to her so he turned around so he could face her.
Megumi suddenly found it hard d to breathe. The man before her looked almost exactly like Kenshin. Except he had white hair and gray eyes and he didn't have an 'X' mark on his cheek.
Kenshin and Sano wear both shocked as well. Not to mention Nadondi too. Almost instantly when his eyes left Megumi they landed on Kenshin.
For a moment both Kenshin and Nadondi stared at each other. Megumi and Sano weren't anywhere in their sights. It was like looking into a mirror with a few major and minor details changed, altered, or missing.
'Damn a Kenshin look a like. Everyone wants to be Kenshin.' Sano thought over coming his shock.
'Why he somewhat looks and sounds like Sir Ken!' Megumi noted.
"Oh dear your hands." Megumi said pulling Nadondi and Kenshin out of their starring contest.
"Your hands are badly wounded There's no life threatening problems though." Megumi diagnosed.
"Tell me are you the doctor of this up coming town? Nadondi asked.
"Assistant doctor yes." Megumi answered. "May I ask for your name?" Nadondi asked as Megumi notice the urgent serious look on his face.
"Me..Megumi Ta-" "Please you must mix these ingredients together for me! It's an emergency." Nadondi blurted out cutting Megumi off.
"Hey buddy what type of an emergency?" Sano called. "We also have an emergency of our own." He added.
"I don't have much time to explain. IF I don't get the final product of this list before a few hours past sun set my friend will die!" He rushed. "Who's your friend?" Kenshin asked suspiciously.
Nadondi nearly answered, but caught himself.
He debated on whether he would tell them about Kaoru or not. IF he told them they might blame him for her bad state. But if he told them maybe the doctor than maybe could make it faster.
"Yo buddy she asked you a question." Sano spoke.
Elsewhere...
Running footsteps echoed in the empty morning forest. When all the sudden they came to an immediate halt.
"Identify yourself!" A man called form the tops of a tree. "Nadonda, Jewel!" The other man on the ground called up.
"What business do you have with your father?" The guard asked jumping down from his perch. He was tall with strangled blonde hair and dark red eyes. He was well belt and had lots of muscles.
"That's none of you concern Athens." Nadonda sneered.
"That's no way to talk to the man who kept you alive all these years." Athens said with a chuckle.
"You see these scars on my arms and back" Athens ranted while he showed the scars all over him by twisting his arms and body this way and that.
"There all there because I pleaded to keep you and your twin brother Nadondi out of trouble." He replied with a sigh.
Nadonda stood silent for a while. He had looked exactly like his brother except his eyes were blue with a little green around the pupil. His hair was cut to his shoulder and his gi was black.
"I'll tell your dad you're here, but worst come to worst he won't wanna see ya until some important message comes through." Athens said looking in the tree top fortress.
"What is he waiting for?" Nadonda asked. "Nera screwed up again. He poison the little Beauty as you brother called her." Athens answered.
"What!" Nadonda yelled bitterly. "The fool was drunk when he don poisoned her." Athen continued more seriously.
'No...Kaoru...' Nadonda thought.
"Athens tell father if when he's ready to talk I'll be watching on Kaoru's progress to recovery." Nadonda said to the elder man.
"Hmm...You still care about her don't you?" Athens said knowinglyinstead of sounding like he was asking.
By now Nadonda had turned and was walking slowly, but hearing what Athens said made him stop completely. He suddenly felt a lump go to his throat and he trembled slightly. Athens noticed it though.
He knew the guy since he was a little creature from Satan himself. And by now he knew what it meant.
"Don't worry about it so much boy. I'm sure she's forgiven you as well as your brother." Athens said breaking the silence. Athens began to climb back to his perch in the treetop.
"My brother, my grandmother, and Kaoru ...I care for still...but I can't return to them. Especially my brother and Kaoru." Nadonda said as he walked away.
Elsewhere...
"Ah Saitou I'm afraid that's all we know on that Jewel Family." An officer reported to him.
"Do we know anything on their location?" Saitou asked. "I'm afraid we don't." The officer replied. Saitou growled in anger.
The officer jumped back. He was petrified of Saitou.
Saitou saw this out the corner of his eye.
"Relax will ya. I'm not gonna kill you." He replied. The officer stopped trembling, but his fear still lingered. Saitou could sense, no, more like smell his fear. As if he makes one move then the poor officer will pisshimself.
"You're dismissed." Saitou saidbored of the man before him.
"Sir!" The officer silhouetted then more like ran from Saitou's presence. Saitou shook his head.
'They are hiring anybody now these days.' He thought as he lit a cigarette and looked at the file that scardy cat officer left him.
As Saitou began to read the report, skimming and scanning it, his eyes grew big wide and he put the paper down in disbelief. He blew a puff of white smoke from his mouth and leaned back in his chair.
"What has the raccoon got herself into?" He asked himself quietly.
Elsewhere...
"Ummm...What's that good smell?" Yahiko exclaimed as he walked into the kitchen. "Breakfast that's what." Tokio replied cheerfully. "Cool no brunt rice for breakfast!" Yahiko replied happily. Tokio chuckled then went back to her cooking.
"Why do all of ya'll crack on Kaoru's cooking so much? I mean ya'll are nothing, but broke ass bum's living off a dojo teacher's pay and her home." Misao said as she walked in with her ninja suit on.
"Hey I'm only a kid give me a break." Yahiko yelled.
"I'll give you a break when you leave Kaoru alone. I mean she house, feed, and care for you and all you do is complain, call her name's and give her a hard time!" Misao countered. "If it wasn't for her you but would still be on the street pick pocketing for the rest of you life." Misao continued.
"What I do and my past is NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!" Yahiko yelled through clenched teeth. He trembled slightly and his fists were balled. He eyes were shielded by his bangs and Tokio only watched them go on is silence until she regained her voice.
"Look you two if you're gonna fight take it out the kitchen." Tokio ordered sternly. But Yahiko already brushed past Misao and walked off.
Aioshi was coming to see what all the fuss was when he saw Yahiko storm off shaking almost uncontrollably.
'What did Misao do?' Aioshi asked himself as he entered the kitchen.
Elsewhere...
"I'll take Miss Megumi to town the rest of the way to get the medicine and meet you guys back at the Dojo." Nadondi said. "Right." Kenshin and Sano replied in unison.
"See you in a few." Nadondi said as he and Megumi rode off on Star.
Sano and Kenshin took off running to the dojo. Nadondi told them and now it was a race against time to save Kaoru.
A/n– Finally after a long absence and update. Cool 41 reviews wow! Keep 'em coming guys!
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