Adrenaline Shockwave- Fluff is indeed on its way! (How I'm going to work it
in is a different matter, but I will not end the fic without some form of
fluff!) ^ ^;;
BakaBoken- I wouldn't say this is exactly a mystery, but there will be a whole lot of tragedy! ^ ^;;;
*sigh* yeah, some of my chapters are going to be super short and I'm going to try to fix that. One more thing, I do not honestly know how the Kenshin cast refer to each other with the honorifics. If I screw up, please tell me and I will fix it. This goes for all other mistakes as well. (Like Kenshin's odd grammar. I've seen so many English variations it makes my head spin.) Arigato.
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Himura-san,
Misao and I will be visiting the dojo. There is something I wish to discuss with you. Do not bother with picking us up. I do not know how long we will stay.
~ Shinomori Aoshi "Oro?"
"What is it Kenshin?" Kamiya Kaoru walked over to Himura Kenshin holding a shinai. She and Yahiko were just preparing for morning training when Kenshin opened the letter.
"It's from Aoshi-san, I say." Replied Kenshin with his boyish grin, pretending as if nothing was wrong. "He and Misao-chan will be visiting."
"NANI? But why did he write the letter?" Asked Yahiko as he half ran toward Kenshin to look at the letter himself. "Isn't it usually Misao who writes?"
"Yes, and this bothers me." Both Yahiko and Kaoru had grown to know him too well. Hiding would be pointless. "Something must have happened, I say."
". . ."
"Kaoru-dono? What is wrong, I ask? We will ask them when they come. Aoshi is a very capable man and I'm sure they will be fine. We have naught to do but wait for their arrival and see what we can do."
"But that's what bothers me! Maybe you didn't notice, but his handwriting is all shaky! And he has a lot of pride. What could he possibly want to talk to you about that he couldn't even put in the letter?"
"Because Aoshi-san is like that. Remember, a lot has happened to him in the past year, I say. I can understand him searching for something to hold onto when on shaky ground. And he-."
"And there's another thing that has been bothering me!" Kaoru interrupted. "YOU! You keep putting the world's weight on your shoulders but act like nothing's wrong!" Tears started to run down her cheeks as memories of the past year flashed through her head. May 14th, Kenshin leaving. Watching him go off face Shishio. Seeing him return in his wounded state. His frequent, brief, disappearances while they stayed in Kyoto. Megumi telling her that Kenshin could die if he ever got so badly injured again.
"If you ask me, you're overreacting." Yahiko said, scratching his head. "You don't even know what Aoshi wants to talk about and you're already acting like it's the end of the world or something. I for one agree with Kenshin. So stop freaking out over little things, Ugly. "
Kaoru stopped crying in an instant. She promptly hit Yahiko upside the head with her shinai.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?"
Kaoru didn't answer and instead walked into the dojo in a huff.
Yahiko rubbed his fresh bump. "I will never understand that crazy girl. Sheez... women." He picked up his bokken. "I'm gonna go see Sano at the gambling hall. He said he'll let me hang there with his friends today after training and it seems like my training's over for today. . ."
Kenshin let a deep sigh. "Oookaaay...but Kaoru-dono will be very angry should she find out, I say."
Yahiko scowled. "You ain't gonna tell on me are you? Don't lie; you go there with him all the time!"
"Yes, but he forces me. . ." Kenshin retorted, but Yahiko was already out the gate and jogging down the dirt path. "Hoo... Kaoru-dono will be very upset. . .I think I'm going to go shopping, no point in staying here when she finds that Yahiko has gone off again, I say! Besides, at the rate Misao eats, we'll be cleaned out by the first day!" And humming as if he didn't have a care in the world, Kenshin picked up the tofu container, checked his money, and walked off.
BakaBoken- I wouldn't say this is exactly a mystery, but there will be a whole lot of tragedy! ^ ^;;;
*sigh* yeah, some of my chapters are going to be super short and I'm going to try to fix that. One more thing, I do not honestly know how the Kenshin cast refer to each other with the honorifics. If I screw up, please tell me and I will fix it. This goes for all other mistakes as well. (Like Kenshin's odd grammar. I've seen so many English variations it makes my head spin.) Arigato.
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Himura-san,
Misao and I will be visiting the dojo. There is something I wish to discuss with you. Do not bother with picking us up. I do not know how long we will stay.
~ Shinomori Aoshi "Oro?"
"What is it Kenshin?" Kamiya Kaoru walked over to Himura Kenshin holding a shinai. She and Yahiko were just preparing for morning training when Kenshin opened the letter.
"It's from Aoshi-san, I say." Replied Kenshin with his boyish grin, pretending as if nothing was wrong. "He and Misao-chan will be visiting."
"NANI? But why did he write the letter?" Asked Yahiko as he half ran toward Kenshin to look at the letter himself. "Isn't it usually Misao who writes?"
"Yes, and this bothers me." Both Yahiko and Kaoru had grown to know him too well. Hiding would be pointless. "Something must have happened, I say."
". . ."
"Kaoru-dono? What is wrong, I ask? We will ask them when they come. Aoshi is a very capable man and I'm sure they will be fine. We have naught to do but wait for their arrival and see what we can do."
"But that's what bothers me! Maybe you didn't notice, but his handwriting is all shaky! And he has a lot of pride. What could he possibly want to talk to you about that he couldn't even put in the letter?"
"Because Aoshi-san is like that. Remember, a lot has happened to him in the past year, I say. I can understand him searching for something to hold onto when on shaky ground. And he-."
"And there's another thing that has been bothering me!" Kaoru interrupted. "YOU! You keep putting the world's weight on your shoulders but act like nothing's wrong!" Tears started to run down her cheeks as memories of the past year flashed through her head. May 14th, Kenshin leaving. Watching him go off face Shishio. Seeing him return in his wounded state. His frequent, brief, disappearances while they stayed in Kyoto. Megumi telling her that Kenshin could die if he ever got so badly injured again.
"If you ask me, you're overreacting." Yahiko said, scratching his head. "You don't even know what Aoshi wants to talk about and you're already acting like it's the end of the world or something. I for one agree with Kenshin. So stop freaking out over little things, Ugly. "
Kaoru stopped crying in an instant. She promptly hit Yahiko upside the head with her shinai.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?"
Kaoru didn't answer and instead walked into the dojo in a huff.
Yahiko rubbed his fresh bump. "I will never understand that crazy girl. Sheez... women." He picked up his bokken. "I'm gonna go see Sano at the gambling hall. He said he'll let me hang there with his friends today after training and it seems like my training's over for today. . ."
Kenshin let a deep sigh. "Oookaaay...but Kaoru-dono will be very angry should she find out, I say."
Yahiko scowled. "You ain't gonna tell on me are you? Don't lie; you go there with him all the time!"
"Yes, but he forces me. . ." Kenshin retorted, but Yahiko was already out the gate and jogging down the dirt path. "Hoo... Kaoru-dono will be very upset. . .I think I'm going to go shopping, no point in staying here when she finds that Yahiko has gone off again, I say! Besides, at the rate Misao eats, we'll be cleaned out by the first day!" And humming as if he didn't have a care in the world, Kenshin picked up the tofu container, checked his money, and walked off.