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Female Hitokiri Battousai: Hey, girl, thanks for the long review. It's ok, I totally understand that you hate Tomoe. I've been trying to figure out how to dodge the bullet of Tomoe telling Enishi that he should dump Kaoru, and then not remember her name. And then I said, OH I KNOW!!! And so, don't worry, it'll turn out good in the end.
God's. . . how many times have I told you that???
Anyway, your request shall be fulfilled. I got a BEAUTIFUL idea, (as always. . .) and I know exactly what to do about that. Don't worry your butt off, ANGST ON THE WAY!!! BUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ahem. I mean, later. ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them.
On with the story! . . . finally . . .
Chapter Twenty-Three
The journey to Kyoto didn't last very long. Probably everybody was practically running away from the fire. . . .Running. And running. And some more running. And some MORE running. . .
(I. . am. . .)
[Don't say it.]
(. . .Very . . . very. . .)
[Please don't say it!]
(. . .Very. . . VERY. . .)
[Here it comes!!!]
(. . .BORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Battousai stomped about the place, his amber eyes flashing with utmost anger.
Rurouni sighed. [I know. . . I know. I am too. But there isn't anything we can do about it right now! We just have to keep running.]
(But I'm TIRED of running!)
[. . .* sigh *]
(Would you stop sighing???)
[. . .]
'Hmmm. . . hmhmhmhm. . .lalalal. . .'
(WOULD YOU STOP HUMMING????)
'. . .'
Battousai looked at Rurouni and Kenshin, and glared evilly. (Oh what I would do for a little excitement right now . . .) he looked at the sun. (Ahh the sun. . . hey wait. Where's the sun??? WHERE'S THE FREAKIN SUN????)
[It's night! Where have you been the entire journey, eh?] Rurouni was very irritated. Of course, that's what a lot of running can do to you.
Enishi was grumbling behind them, Hiko was trying his best to still look strong with an extremely heavy basket on his back, and was actually succeeding at it, Kenshin's eyes were turning from amber to violet, back and forth, and Tomoe was in Kenshin's arms, thinking hard.
'Kenshin died. . . and now he's alive???' she thought. 'How can this be? What in the world happened to him? And what about. . .' she shook that thought out of her head, but it kept coming. 'What about his scar?'
Tomoe looked up at Kenshin's left cheek. 'It's not there. . . But how? I will have to figure out the answer later on. I can still remember. . . how he got that scar. . .'
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
'It was when my fiancé went out. . . trying to impress me, and playing the role of a body guard. He thought he needed to impress me. . . but he didn't. I loved him for who he was. And still do!
'But he was killed. . . by the Hitokiri Battousai. . . . Kenshin. I was devastated. I couldn't go on. At least. . . that's what I believed. I was set up to marry Kenshin Himura, and we lived in a small hut in the woods where nobody knew we lived. Well. . . Enishi found us. And. . . so did our father. . . .'
"Is this the home of Kenshin Himura?" cried a man.
Tomoe opened the shoji. Her eyes widened. ". . .F-Father?"
The man frowned. "Tomoe. So this is where you have run off to, eh?"
Tomoe looked down, and tried to close the shoji.
"Oh no you don't, young lady! Come back here or I'll. . ." he was cut off.
A stern voice. . . no. An angry voice spoke as a firm grip took the man's hand off of Tomoe's wrist, "What seems to be the trouble, sir?"
The man glared. "You. You are the Hitokiri Battousai! You killed my daughter's fiancé!! Then you married my daughter and took her to this deserted place???"
"Father. . . you don't understand. . ."
"Oh I understand completely. You would rather live with. . . with this beast! Then live with your father!"
Tomoe allowed a tear to escape. "No. . . no you don't understand! I love Ken. . ."
"You will say no such thing! You don't know who you love until your forty! And then you're too old to use that love!"
A sob.
"Get out here and fight me, Battousai. Fight me, and I shall kill you! I will, for all the horrible things you've done and all the people you've killed. . ."
Another sob.
"That'll be enough." Kenshin's blue eyes rose to meet with Tomoe's father's. "I have no wish to fight you."
"Tomoe, get out here, right now! Front and center, young lady!" her father barked.
"Father I don't. . ."
"Right now you little bi. .."
"Excuse me!!!" Kenshin shouted. "But I will not allow you to speak to my wife like that." He stepped out of the hut, hand on his katana.
Watching from the tree, Enishi gasped. 'Dad's going to battle the Battousai. He'll kill him for sure!'
Tomoe's father chuckled. "Oh really? Your wife? You're fifteen years old, or maybe even younger! Do you really think you can defeat me?"
"Why do you think they call me the Battousai?"
Tomoe's father had a click in his mind. 'Why is he called the Battousai? I'll just have to find out. For sure I'll kill the brat, take Tomoe home, and get an even better reputation for killing the Battousai!'
"Are you done thinking yet?" Kenshin asked. He wanted to get this fight over with.
"Yes!"
Kenshin got into position. He wasn't fighting this man just because he had pissed him off. It was obvious that Tomoe's father had done many horrible things in his life. People like him shouldn't be around this world if Kenshin was ever to create the new era of Japan. That was all he ever really wanted.
Tomoe shook her head, "No Kenshin don't! Please don't! He's my father!"
". . .Hn."
The fight began.
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Tomoe closed her eyes as she remembered that fight. Kenshin had cut her father down his chest and stomach, but didn't kill him. It wasn't until around last year that her father died because of that wound.
Kenshin had shown mercy. Even if it was little mercy, it was the first time he had ever done so in his entire life.
~*~
Kaoru looked behind herself and saw the smoke raising from Tokyo. 'Well. . . there goes my dance lessons. All I wanted was a dance partner, and so many things had to happen. . .' her thoughts roamed to Kenshin.
'That night. . . when he was talking to somebody else. . . I wanted to yell at him. I wanted to throw a fit. I did. I really did. But I held it in because something was wrong with Kenshin. Something wasn't right, and I didn't want to hurt him even more.' She sighed.
"Anything wrong tanuki?"
"No Megumi. . .I'm fine."
"Alright then. . ."
Misao's eyes fluttered. "Can we stop for the night? Please?" she asked.
Aoshi turned and saw her lazily carrying herself along. "Right. There's a hotel up ahead."
Everybody was so happy. The girls got one room and the boys got another room in the hotel. After having dinner, they all went to bed.
"Hey Kaoru-chan?" Misao whispered.
Kaoru turned around to face her bed-partner. Megumi demanded to have a bed of her own, so Misao and Kaoru were sharing one. "Yeah?"
". . .What do you think. . . . about Sou-chan?"
"Soujiro?"
"Yeah."
"He's nice."
"Yeah?"
"And calm, and peaceful, funny, humorous, and doesn't have very many fits. I like him. He's very nice, like I said. Why do you ask?"
"Well. . ."
"WOULD YOU TWO STOP WHISPERING????" Megumi yelled, throwing a pillow over her ears.
Misao and Kaoru giggled. "Well. . ." Misao continued. "I ask because. . .I like. . . LIKE him."
Kaoru stopped giggling. "But. . . what about Aoshi?"
"That's where I'm in trouble."
Kaoru turned around so that her back was facing Misao. "Misao, you gotta stick with one man. It's the same for men. They've got to stick with one woman." Her thoughts crossed Kenshin, and a tear spilled from her eye. "Stick by your man, Misao. Aoshi. Soujiro is nice, but Aoshi is your boyfriend. He loves you. Remember that."
Misao frowned, and sighed. "You're right. How can I be daydreaming about Soujiro, when it's Aoshi who is my boyfriend. . ." but her thoughts still roamed to her Sou-chan.
~*~
Utena followed them carefully. She watched Kenshin as he carried Tomoe, Enishi in the very back, grumbling, and Hiko carrying the heavy basket of STUFF. She grinned. 'And now for my plan. . .' Her clothes were ripped and burned in various places, and she had dirt all over her.
Crying fake tears, Utena ran out to where Enishi walked. "Enishi!. . .* sob * Enishi!!!" she screamed.
All four of them turned around to see Utena jump into Enishi's arms. "Oh Enishi! I just barely escaped from the fire! My darling, I was so scared!!!"
Enishi held onto her, wondering how she had found them.
Meanwhile, Kenshin held firmly to Tomoe, and Hiko looked at Utena with amazement and wonder. 'That's the girl I gave the pills to!!! Oh. . . I have regretted letting that girl take those pills when they're so dangerous. . .What was her name. . . Utena! That's it! I gave her those pills a month ago. . .wait. . . Tomoe?'
Hiko turned to look carefully at Tomoe. She had blue under her eyes, she was extremely pale, her hair was all around her face and uncombed, and her body had red marks on it that she had obviously scratched because it was itchy.
She had taken the pills.
Utena had given her the pills.
Utena seduced Hiko for those pills.
Utena just barely escaped from the fire, but could it be that this is all a lie? Somehow, Utena had gotten Tomoe to take the pills, and Tomoe was Kenshin's wife, and Enishi's sister. Kenshin was Hiko's baka deshi, and Hiko had given Utena the pills that she gave Tomoe. It was all a large triangle of people. But what about this other girl. . .Kaoru Kamiya? How was she a part of this? It all confused Hiko so much.
And yet at the same time, he understood completely.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: Oh yah baby, a little Hiko action coming up! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! So, you have to understand that Kenshin indeed did not kill Tomoe's father, but her father did die about nine years later because of his wound.
Get it? Got it? Good.
Remember. . . review! Thank you minna-sama!
If you are not this person, don't read. If you ARE this person, READ!!
Female Hitokiri Battousai: Hey, girl, thanks for the long review. It's ok, I totally understand that you hate Tomoe. I've been trying to figure out how to dodge the bullet of Tomoe telling Enishi that he should dump Kaoru, and then not remember her name. And then I said, OH I KNOW!!! And so, don't worry, it'll turn out good in the end.
God's. . . how many times have I told you that???
Anyway, your request shall be fulfilled. I got a BEAUTIFUL idea, (as always. . .) and I know exactly what to do about that. Don't worry your butt off, ANGST ON THE WAY!!! BUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ahem. I mean, later. ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them.
On with the story! . . . finally . . .
Chapter Twenty-Three
The journey to Kyoto didn't last very long. Probably everybody was practically running away from the fire. . . .Running. And running. And some more running. And some MORE running. . .
(I. . am. . .)
[Don't say it.]
(. . .Very . . . very. . .)
[Please don't say it!]
(. . .Very. . . VERY. . .)
[Here it comes!!!]
(. . .BORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Battousai stomped about the place, his amber eyes flashing with utmost anger.
Rurouni sighed. [I know. . . I know. I am too. But there isn't anything we can do about it right now! We just have to keep running.]
(But I'm TIRED of running!)
[. . .* sigh *]
(Would you stop sighing???)
[. . .]
'Hmmm. . . hmhmhmhm. . .lalalal. . .'
(WOULD YOU STOP HUMMING????)
'. . .'
Battousai looked at Rurouni and Kenshin, and glared evilly. (Oh what I would do for a little excitement right now . . .) he looked at the sun. (Ahh the sun. . . hey wait. Where's the sun??? WHERE'S THE FREAKIN SUN????)
[It's night! Where have you been the entire journey, eh?] Rurouni was very irritated. Of course, that's what a lot of running can do to you.
Enishi was grumbling behind them, Hiko was trying his best to still look strong with an extremely heavy basket on his back, and was actually succeeding at it, Kenshin's eyes were turning from amber to violet, back and forth, and Tomoe was in Kenshin's arms, thinking hard.
'Kenshin died. . . and now he's alive???' she thought. 'How can this be? What in the world happened to him? And what about. . .' she shook that thought out of her head, but it kept coming. 'What about his scar?'
Tomoe looked up at Kenshin's left cheek. 'It's not there. . . But how? I will have to figure out the answer later on. I can still remember. . . how he got that scar. . .'
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
'It was when my fiancé went out. . . trying to impress me, and playing the role of a body guard. He thought he needed to impress me. . . but he didn't. I loved him for who he was. And still do!
'But he was killed. . . by the Hitokiri Battousai. . . . Kenshin. I was devastated. I couldn't go on. At least. . . that's what I believed. I was set up to marry Kenshin Himura, and we lived in a small hut in the woods where nobody knew we lived. Well. . . Enishi found us. And. . . so did our father. . . .'
"Is this the home of Kenshin Himura?" cried a man.
Tomoe opened the shoji. Her eyes widened. ". . .F-Father?"
The man frowned. "Tomoe. So this is where you have run off to, eh?"
Tomoe looked down, and tried to close the shoji.
"Oh no you don't, young lady! Come back here or I'll. . ." he was cut off.
A stern voice. . . no. An angry voice spoke as a firm grip took the man's hand off of Tomoe's wrist, "What seems to be the trouble, sir?"
The man glared. "You. You are the Hitokiri Battousai! You killed my daughter's fiancé!! Then you married my daughter and took her to this deserted place???"
"Father. . . you don't understand. . ."
"Oh I understand completely. You would rather live with. . . with this beast! Then live with your father!"
Tomoe allowed a tear to escape. "No. . . no you don't understand! I love Ken. . ."
"You will say no such thing! You don't know who you love until your forty! And then you're too old to use that love!"
A sob.
"Get out here and fight me, Battousai. Fight me, and I shall kill you! I will, for all the horrible things you've done and all the people you've killed. . ."
Another sob.
"That'll be enough." Kenshin's blue eyes rose to meet with Tomoe's father's. "I have no wish to fight you."
"Tomoe, get out here, right now! Front and center, young lady!" her father barked.
"Father I don't. . ."
"Right now you little bi. .."
"Excuse me!!!" Kenshin shouted. "But I will not allow you to speak to my wife like that." He stepped out of the hut, hand on his katana.
Watching from the tree, Enishi gasped. 'Dad's going to battle the Battousai. He'll kill him for sure!'
Tomoe's father chuckled. "Oh really? Your wife? You're fifteen years old, or maybe even younger! Do you really think you can defeat me?"
"Why do you think they call me the Battousai?"
Tomoe's father had a click in his mind. 'Why is he called the Battousai? I'll just have to find out. For sure I'll kill the brat, take Tomoe home, and get an even better reputation for killing the Battousai!'
"Are you done thinking yet?" Kenshin asked. He wanted to get this fight over with.
"Yes!"
Kenshin got into position. He wasn't fighting this man just because he had pissed him off. It was obvious that Tomoe's father had done many horrible things in his life. People like him shouldn't be around this world if Kenshin was ever to create the new era of Japan. That was all he ever really wanted.
Tomoe shook her head, "No Kenshin don't! Please don't! He's my father!"
". . .Hn."
The fight began.
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Tomoe closed her eyes as she remembered that fight. Kenshin had cut her father down his chest and stomach, but didn't kill him. It wasn't until around last year that her father died because of that wound.
Kenshin had shown mercy. Even if it was little mercy, it was the first time he had ever done so in his entire life.
~*~
Kaoru looked behind herself and saw the smoke raising from Tokyo. 'Well. . . there goes my dance lessons. All I wanted was a dance partner, and so many things had to happen. . .' her thoughts roamed to Kenshin.
'That night. . . when he was talking to somebody else. . . I wanted to yell at him. I wanted to throw a fit. I did. I really did. But I held it in because something was wrong with Kenshin. Something wasn't right, and I didn't want to hurt him even more.' She sighed.
"Anything wrong tanuki?"
"No Megumi. . .I'm fine."
"Alright then. . ."
Misao's eyes fluttered. "Can we stop for the night? Please?" she asked.
Aoshi turned and saw her lazily carrying herself along. "Right. There's a hotel up ahead."
Everybody was so happy. The girls got one room and the boys got another room in the hotel. After having dinner, they all went to bed.
"Hey Kaoru-chan?" Misao whispered.
Kaoru turned around to face her bed-partner. Megumi demanded to have a bed of her own, so Misao and Kaoru were sharing one. "Yeah?"
". . .What do you think. . . . about Sou-chan?"
"Soujiro?"
"Yeah."
"He's nice."
"Yeah?"
"And calm, and peaceful, funny, humorous, and doesn't have very many fits. I like him. He's very nice, like I said. Why do you ask?"
"Well. . ."
"WOULD YOU TWO STOP WHISPERING????" Megumi yelled, throwing a pillow over her ears.
Misao and Kaoru giggled. "Well. . ." Misao continued. "I ask because. . .I like. . . LIKE him."
Kaoru stopped giggling. "But. . . what about Aoshi?"
"That's where I'm in trouble."
Kaoru turned around so that her back was facing Misao. "Misao, you gotta stick with one man. It's the same for men. They've got to stick with one woman." Her thoughts crossed Kenshin, and a tear spilled from her eye. "Stick by your man, Misao. Aoshi. Soujiro is nice, but Aoshi is your boyfriend. He loves you. Remember that."
Misao frowned, and sighed. "You're right. How can I be daydreaming about Soujiro, when it's Aoshi who is my boyfriend. . ." but her thoughts still roamed to her Sou-chan.
~*~
Utena followed them carefully. She watched Kenshin as he carried Tomoe, Enishi in the very back, grumbling, and Hiko carrying the heavy basket of STUFF. She grinned. 'And now for my plan. . .' Her clothes were ripped and burned in various places, and she had dirt all over her.
Crying fake tears, Utena ran out to where Enishi walked. "Enishi!. . .* sob * Enishi!!!" she screamed.
All four of them turned around to see Utena jump into Enishi's arms. "Oh Enishi! I just barely escaped from the fire! My darling, I was so scared!!!"
Enishi held onto her, wondering how she had found them.
Meanwhile, Kenshin held firmly to Tomoe, and Hiko looked at Utena with amazement and wonder. 'That's the girl I gave the pills to!!! Oh. . . I have regretted letting that girl take those pills when they're so dangerous. . .What was her name. . . Utena! That's it! I gave her those pills a month ago. . .wait. . . Tomoe?'
Hiko turned to look carefully at Tomoe. She had blue under her eyes, she was extremely pale, her hair was all around her face and uncombed, and her body had red marks on it that she had obviously scratched because it was itchy.
She had taken the pills.
Utena had given her the pills.
Utena seduced Hiko for those pills.
Utena just barely escaped from the fire, but could it be that this is all a lie? Somehow, Utena had gotten Tomoe to take the pills, and Tomoe was Kenshin's wife, and Enishi's sister. Kenshin was Hiko's baka deshi, and Hiko had given Utena the pills that she gave Tomoe. It was all a large triangle of people. But what about this other girl. . .Kaoru Kamiya? How was she a part of this? It all confused Hiko so much.
And yet at the same time, he understood completely.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: Oh yah baby, a little Hiko action coming up! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! So, you have to understand that Kenshin indeed did not kill Tomoe's father, but her father did die about nine years later because of his wound.
Get it? Got it? Good.
Remember. . . review! Thank you minna-sama!