Author's Notes: Hello everybody!!! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! I decided
to go with Misao/Soujiro/Aoshi triangle. ^_^; Which in other words means
she'll be with BOTH of them. ^.^;
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty-Two
It was a long trip to Kyoto, and Misao didn't like it one bit. She walked beside Soujiro. Megumi and Kaoru were chatting noisily in front of them, Sanosuke was in the back humming a duet with Yahiko, and Aoshi was in the front, leading them. Misao turned to look at Soujiro. "Sou-chan, tell me something about yourself."
Soujiro looked at her, still getting used to her new nick-name for him. "Well, I came from my master, who taught me everything I know about swords and. . ."
"You know sword?" Misao asked.
Soujiro looked down, "Yes."
"I'm sorry. Continue."
Soujiro smiled softly, "My master was in love with a beautiful woman named Yumi. I was . . . very envious. I knew I couldn't have Yumi; I looked to her like a sister. But maybe if I became a Rurouni I would find my true love. My master allowed me to leave for as long as I want. That. . . was three years ago."
Misao smiled sadly, "You haven't seen your master in three years?"
Soujiro nodded.
They kept walking. The sounds of fire faded away behind them, and they were coming to safety quickly. Soujiro didn't say anything until, "Tell me a bit of yourself, Misao."
Misao smiled brightly, "Well, I'm kind of a loner too. . . well. . . not really. I live Kaoru. I work at a hair-cutter and in case you were wondering, I'm sixteen."
Soujiro blushed.
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-two."
"Oh."
They kept walking.
It was silent until Sanosuke shouted out, "GODS THIS IS BORING!!!"
~*~
Enishi looked at the burning town. 'Tomoe. . . I need to save her!' he thought.
~*~
Kenshin and Hiko sat on the bench until they heard a cracking sound. Kenshin turned around slowly, then said, "Master?"
"Yes baka deshi?"
". . . Fire."
"AHHHH!!!" they both got up and tried to run away from the fire.
Kenshin looked around, then saw a house not too far away on fire. The house was on the very edge of the park and the town. Screams came from inside. 'Who ever is in there, I need to save them!' he thought.
Hiko watched as Kenshin ran towards the house. "Baka deshi! Come back here! . . . KENSHIN!"
Kenshin jumped through the window inside, and listened carefully.
"Help! Help me!" came a woman's voice.
Kenshin ran down a hall, covering his mouth with his sleeve. Bashing through a door, Kenshin glanced at the woman sitting on a futon. Without really paying any attention to what she looked like, he picked her up and ran back out the door.
Escaping through the window seemed possible, so Kenshin ran for it. Fire was catching onto the window. Kenshin turned around and covered the woman with his body and jumped backwards out the window.
Landing on his back with the woman on top of him, Kenshin felt his back burning like ice. He stomped his back on the ground a bit until the fire was gone.
Kenshin looked at the woman.
The woman looked at Kenshin.
Kenshin examined her carefully. She had dark hair, brown eyes, a soft fragile face and delicate hands. She was wearing a yakata, and Kenshin could tell from the blue under her eyes that she was sick.
The woman's eyes widened. She whispered, ". . . Kenshin?"
Kenshin cocked his head. (Do we know her?) Battousai asked.
Rurouni looked at her carefully. Then his eyes widened.
". . . T-Tomoe?!"
~*~
"Hummmm. . . hi hey ha la la la. . ." Sanosuke sang, quite noisily.
Yahiko smiled as he sang, "Hummmm. . . la la la ha hey hi!"
Sanosuke and Yahiko both waved their arms in the air and did something like a tango. "HEYA!!! HEYA!!" they both shouted.
Kaoru's eye twitched.
"HEYA!!! HEYO!!!" Sanosuke and Yahiko both kicked their legs out.
Misao's eye twitched.
"HEYLO! HEYNA!!" Sanosuke and Yahiko both did something like the chicken dance.
Megumi's eye twitched.
Sanosuke pretended to have a guitar and he played on it furiously while Yahiko kept singing, "SHA LA LA LA LA!!!"
Soujiro's eye twitched.
Now Yahiko was playing the guitar and Sanosuke shouted, "DODO!!"
It was then that something happened that nobody thought would ever happen:
Aoshi's eye twitched.
Sanosuke and Yahiko grinned. Their plan had worked. They had gotten on Aoshi's nerves and he had actually moved a part of his face to express it. "OH YEAH!!! WE DID IT!!!" they both screamed.
Kaoru couldn't take it anymore. "YOU IDIOTS!! SHUT UP!!! I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!! YOU MORONS!!!"
About thirty minutes later, the fight had ended, and the group continued on their way with Sanosuke and Yahiko dragging themselves along with bruises and sores over their whole bodies.
~*~
Hiko ran to where the woman and Kenshin lay on the ground. Seeing Kenshin's burned clothes, he smiled, "Ah, nothing to worry about." He muttered. "You can't feel it anyway. . ." then he saw pain on Kenshin's face, and tears brimming in his eyes. He looked down carefully to look under the clothe covering Kenshin's shoulder to find burnt skin. "Not good. . . not good. . . Better get you to a doctor, and soon!" Hiko said.
The woman looked up at him with saddened eyes.
Kenshin looked up at Hiko. "No. Please. We must get HER to the Doctor first!"
Hiko frowned, then nodded. "Alright. Fine."
Kenshin picked the woman back up and looked around at the burning city. "Who could have done this. . .?" he whispered.
Tears escaped the woman's eyes. "This is Utena's doing! I know it!" she sobbed.
Kenshin looked worriedly at her. "Tomoe. . ." he whispered. ((AN: Please don't kill me!!! K/K all the way!))
Suddenly Enishi ran up to them. He took one glance at Tomoe is Kenshin's arms and growled, "Stop holding her like that, Battousai!"
Kenshin frowned. "Where were you? She could have died in the fire."
"I was coming to save her as fast as I could!!"
"Apparently not fast enough."
Hiko watched the conversation. 'Kenshin's very protective of that woman. But who. . .' he looked at her more carefully. 'She looks familiar. . . is that blue under her eyes?'
Enishi and Kenshin had a staring contest, while Tomoe watched the house go up in flames.
Hiko smiled weakly, "Uhh. . . we need to get out of here. . ." he said. Grabbing Kenshin by the shoulder, he pulled him away from Enishi.
They began walking away, but Enishi just followed them.
Kenshin frowned as he thought, 'I should go tell Kaoru about this. Hopefully she's already gotten away. . .'
"Where are we going?"
"To Kaoru's apartment."
"Oh really. . ."
"Yes. We need to warn them about the fire."
"Hn. . . . Would you stop holding Tomoe like that, Battousai?"
"What do you want me to do, have her walk on her own?"
". . . well I . . ."
"Then shut up."
Hiko looked carefully at Kenshin. 'He's in a bad mood. . .' he thought. 'His eyes are amber. . . not a good sign. . .'
They arrived at the apartment at last. The fire was spreading quickly to it, so Kenshin rushed inside with Tomoe still in his arms. "KAORU!!! KAORU!!!" he shouted.
They weren't there.
Kenshin looked at a note on the counter.
"Himura-san,
We have all fled from the fire spreading throughout Tokyo to Kyoto, where I live. Please join us there, or get to somewhere where it is safe from fire
~Aoshi Shinomori"
Kenshin sighed in relief. 'Good. . . they're already off to safety.' He looked down at Tomoe.
Tomoe looked up at him. She whispered, "How. . . how are you alive?"
Kenshin frowned, and didn't answer. He rushed back out the door to where Enishi and Hiko were having a staring contest. "We go to Kyoto!" he shouted over the fire.
Enishi gaped, "What? Kyoto? Who lives there?"
Kenshin glared at him. "I'm bringing Tomoe with us wither you like it or not. You can tag along with us, but otherwise, you're on your own."
Hiko nearly burst out in laughter. 'Kenshin sure is being protective. Tomoe. . . that name. . .' his eyes widened. 'His wife! Of course!'
Kenshin turned to look at Hiko. "Are you coming?"
Hiko snapped out of his daze. "Don't we want to bring food or something?"
Kenshin nodded slowly, remembering. He wouldn't let Tomoe out of his grasp though, so he told Hiko where everything was. Though Hiko disliked taking orders from his own baka deshi, he did it anyway.
Enishi watched angrily. "You can't take Tomoe with you! She's my sister!"
"Enishi, please!" Tomoe said softly. "Let him take me. . ." then she whispered, "I still don't understand Kenshin. You. . . you died!"
Kenshin looked down at her, "I did?" he whispered back.
Tomoe nodded.
Kenshin looked back up at Hiko and didn't respond to her again. "We're leaving now."
Hiko had a large basket on his back. He and Kenshin with Tomoe grasped tightly in his arms, both ran off.
Enishi mumbled some curses under his breath, looked back at the fire, gulped, then followed them.
Baby blue eyes danced with laughter in the middle of the fire. "Kenshin Himura? The Hitokiri Battousai?" she asked aloud. "Oh this is perfect. I'll be able to get revenge on both of them at the same time!" she laughed hysterically.
~*~
Misao was thinking hard on who she would pick.
Aoshi Shinomori. Tall, manly and handsome. Cold and stubborn, no sense of humor but very romantic. Lives in Kyoto, is a secret under-cover spy and is almost always trying to change Misao.
Soujiro Seta. Averagely tall, feminine and beautiful. Happy and yet deep within very depressed, a great sense of humor and VERY romantic. Doesn't have a home, ran away from his master to find true love, and seems to love Misao for who she is.
Hmmm. . . toughy.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: I liked doing the ending part. Buwahahhah. . . ahem. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please review minna-sama!!! Chibi is trying to get 200 reviews!!! ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty-Two
It was a long trip to Kyoto, and Misao didn't like it one bit. She walked beside Soujiro. Megumi and Kaoru were chatting noisily in front of them, Sanosuke was in the back humming a duet with Yahiko, and Aoshi was in the front, leading them. Misao turned to look at Soujiro. "Sou-chan, tell me something about yourself."
Soujiro looked at her, still getting used to her new nick-name for him. "Well, I came from my master, who taught me everything I know about swords and. . ."
"You know sword?" Misao asked.
Soujiro looked down, "Yes."
"I'm sorry. Continue."
Soujiro smiled softly, "My master was in love with a beautiful woman named Yumi. I was . . . very envious. I knew I couldn't have Yumi; I looked to her like a sister. But maybe if I became a Rurouni I would find my true love. My master allowed me to leave for as long as I want. That. . . was three years ago."
Misao smiled sadly, "You haven't seen your master in three years?"
Soujiro nodded.
They kept walking. The sounds of fire faded away behind them, and they were coming to safety quickly. Soujiro didn't say anything until, "Tell me a bit of yourself, Misao."
Misao smiled brightly, "Well, I'm kind of a loner too. . . well. . . not really. I live Kaoru. I work at a hair-cutter and in case you were wondering, I'm sixteen."
Soujiro blushed.
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-two."
"Oh."
They kept walking.
It was silent until Sanosuke shouted out, "GODS THIS IS BORING!!!"
~*~
Enishi looked at the burning town. 'Tomoe. . . I need to save her!' he thought.
~*~
Kenshin and Hiko sat on the bench until they heard a cracking sound. Kenshin turned around slowly, then said, "Master?"
"Yes baka deshi?"
". . . Fire."
"AHHHH!!!" they both got up and tried to run away from the fire.
Kenshin looked around, then saw a house not too far away on fire. The house was on the very edge of the park and the town. Screams came from inside. 'Who ever is in there, I need to save them!' he thought.
Hiko watched as Kenshin ran towards the house. "Baka deshi! Come back here! . . . KENSHIN!"
Kenshin jumped through the window inside, and listened carefully.
"Help! Help me!" came a woman's voice.
Kenshin ran down a hall, covering his mouth with his sleeve. Bashing through a door, Kenshin glanced at the woman sitting on a futon. Without really paying any attention to what she looked like, he picked her up and ran back out the door.
Escaping through the window seemed possible, so Kenshin ran for it. Fire was catching onto the window. Kenshin turned around and covered the woman with his body and jumped backwards out the window.
Landing on his back with the woman on top of him, Kenshin felt his back burning like ice. He stomped his back on the ground a bit until the fire was gone.
Kenshin looked at the woman.
The woman looked at Kenshin.
Kenshin examined her carefully. She had dark hair, brown eyes, a soft fragile face and delicate hands. She was wearing a yakata, and Kenshin could tell from the blue under her eyes that she was sick.
The woman's eyes widened. She whispered, ". . . Kenshin?"
Kenshin cocked his head. (Do we know her?) Battousai asked.
Rurouni looked at her carefully. Then his eyes widened.
". . . T-Tomoe?!"
~*~
"Hummmm. . . hi hey ha la la la. . ." Sanosuke sang, quite noisily.
Yahiko smiled as he sang, "Hummmm. . . la la la ha hey hi!"
Sanosuke and Yahiko both waved their arms in the air and did something like a tango. "HEYA!!! HEYA!!" they both shouted.
Kaoru's eye twitched.
"HEYA!!! HEYO!!!" Sanosuke and Yahiko both kicked their legs out.
Misao's eye twitched.
"HEYLO! HEYNA!!" Sanosuke and Yahiko both did something like the chicken dance.
Megumi's eye twitched.
Sanosuke pretended to have a guitar and he played on it furiously while Yahiko kept singing, "SHA LA LA LA LA!!!"
Soujiro's eye twitched.
Now Yahiko was playing the guitar and Sanosuke shouted, "DODO!!"
It was then that something happened that nobody thought would ever happen:
Aoshi's eye twitched.
Sanosuke and Yahiko grinned. Their plan had worked. They had gotten on Aoshi's nerves and he had actually moved a part of his face to express it. "OH YEAH!!! WE DID IT!!!" they both screamed.
Kaoru couldn't take it anymore. "YOU IDIOTS!! SHUT UP!!! I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!! YOU MORONS!!!"
About thirty minutes later, the fight had ended, and the group continued on their way with Sanosuke and Yahiko dragging themselves along with bruises and sores over their whole bodies.
~*~
Hiko ran to where the woman and Kenshin lay on the ground. Seeing Kenshin's burned clothes, he smiled, "Ah, nothing to worry about." He muttered. "You can't feel it anyway. . ." then he saw pain on Kenshin's face, and tears brimming in his eyes. He looked down carefully to look under the clothe covering Kenshin's shoulder to find burnt skin. "Not good. . . not good. . . Better get you to a doctor, and soon!" Hiko said.
The woman looked up at him with saddened eyes.
Kenshin looked up at Hiko. "No. Please. We must get HER to the Doctor first!"
Hiko frowned, then nodded. "Alright. Fine."
Kenshin picked the woman back up and looked around at the burning city. "Who could have done this. . .?" he whispered.
Tears escaped the woman's eyes. "This is Utena's doing! I know it!" she sobbed.
Kenshin looked worriedly at her. "Tomoe. . ." he whispered. ((AN: Please don't kill me!!! K/K all the way!))
Suddenly Enishi ran up to them. He took one glance at Tomoe is Kenshin's arms and growled, "Stop holding her like that, Battousai!"
Kenshin frowned. "Where were you? She could have died in the fire."
"I was coming to save her as fast as I could!!"
"Apparently not fast enough."
Hiko watched the conversation. 'Kenshin's very protective of that woman. But who. . .' he looked at her more carefully. 'She looks familiar. . . is that blue under her eyes?'
Enishi and Kenshin had a staring contest, while Tomoe watched the house go up in flames.
Hiko smiled weakly, "Uhh. . . we need to get out of here. . ." he said. Grabbing Kenshin by the shoulder, he pulled him away from Enishi.
They began walking away, but Enishi just followed them.
Kenshin frowned as he thought, 'I should go tell Kaoru about this. Hopefully she's already gotten away. . .'
"Where are we going?"
"To Kaoru's apartment."
"Oh really. . ."
"Yes. We need to warn them about the fire."
"Hn. . . . Would you stop holding Tomoe like that, Battousai?"
"What do you want me to do, have her walk on her own?"
". . . well I . . ."
"Then shut up."
Hiko looked carefully at Kenshin. 'He's in a bad mood. . .' he thought. 'His eyes are amber. . . not a good sign. . .'
They arrived at the apartment at last. The fire was spreading quickly to it, so Kenshin rushed inside with Tomoe still in his arms. "KAORU!!! KAORU!!!" he shouted.
They weren't there.
Kenshin looked at a note on the counter.
"Himura-san,
We have all fled from the fire spreading throughout Tokyo to Kyoto, where I live. Please join us there, or get to somewhere where it is safe from fire
~Aoshi Shinomori"
Kenshin sighed in relief. 'Good. . . they're already off to safety.' He looked down at Tomoe.
Tomoe looked up at him. She whispered, "How. . . how are you alive?"
Kenshin frowned, and didn't answer. He rushed back out the door to where Enishi and Hiko were having a staring contest. "We go to Kyoto!" he shouted over the fire.
Enishi gaped, "What? Kyoto? Who lives there?"
Kenshin glared at him. "I'm bringing Tomoe with us wither you like it or not. You can tag along with us, but otherwise, you're on your own."
Hiko nearly burst out in laughter. 'Kenshin sure is being protective. Tomoe. . . that name. . .' his eyes widened. 'His wife! Of course!'
Kenshin turned to look at Hiko. "Are you coming?"
Hiko snapped out of his daze. "Don't we want to bring food or something?"
Kenshin nodded slowly, remembering. He wouldn't let Tomoe out of his grasp though, so he told Hiko where everything was. Though Hiko disliked taking orders from his own baka deshi, he did it anyway.
Enishi watched angrily. "You can't take Tomoe with you! She's my sister!"
"Enishi, please!" Tomoe said softly. "Let him take me. . ." then she whispered, "I still don't understand Kenshin. You. . . you died!"
Kenshin looked down at her, "I did?" he whispered back.
Tomoe nodded.
Kenshin looked back up at Hiko and didn't respond to her again. "We're leaving now."
Hiko had a large basket on his back. He and Kenshin with Tomoe grasped tightly in his arms, both ran off.
Enishi mumbled some curses under his breath, looked back at the fire, gulped, then followed them.
Baby blue eyes danced with laughter in the middle of the fire. "Kenshin Himura? The Hitokiri Battousai?" she asked aloud. "Oh this is perfect. I'll be able to get revenge on both of them at the same time!" she laughed hysterically.
~*~
Misao was thinking hard on who she would pick.
Aoshi Shinomori. Tall, manly and handsome. Cold and stubborn, no sense of humor but very romantic. Lives in Kyoto, is a secret under-cover spy and is almost always trying to change Misao.
Soujiro Seta. Averagely tall, feminine and beautiful. Happy and yet deep within very depressed, a great sense of humor and VERY romantic. Doesn't have a home, ran away from his master to find true love, and seems to love Misao for who she is.
Hmmm. . . toughy.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: I liked doing the ending part. Buwahahhah. . . ahem. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please review minna-sama!!! Chibi is trying to get 200 reviews!!! ^_~