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Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty-Five
It was the next morning when Kenshin, Tomoe, Hiko, Enishi and Utena left the hotel and headed for the Aoiya, and everybody was noticing that Kenshin was acting differently.
At breakfast, he had only talked to Tomoe.
On the trip to the Aoiya, he only talked to Tomoe.
All the time, he was with Tomoe, and if anybody else talked to him, he'd give them a glare and say, "I'm talking to my wife, leave me alone."
And Hiko didn't really appreciate this.
"BAKA DESHI!!!"
Kenshin glared at him. "What?" he snapped.
Hiko gave Kenshin an even more deadly glare. "You do not talk to your master that way, baka deshi! Hello? Earth to the baka deshi!?!?!"
Kenshin hissed. "I'm talking to my wife!" he turned back to Tomoe, and smiled, his blue eyes showing so much love.
Tomoe blushed. Kenshin had never spent this much time to her before. Those pills Utena gave her. . .
Tomoe remembered all the times that Utena had been. . . not much of a friend to her.
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Tomoe was five years old. A cute little boy blushed at her. "Uhh. . . Tomoe? You look. . . really pretty today."
Tomoe giggled quietly. "Thank you Shun-kun!"
The boy smiled. "I-I was wondering. . . would you. . ."
Utena suddenly barged in. "HEADS!!!"
A ball went flying, and it hit Tomoe right in the head. Utena laughed, and watched as the little boy tried to help her up. Skipping over to the boy, Utena said, "Go away! Tomoe doesn't like you!"
The boy looked at her with a frightened face. "S-She doesn't?" he asked in a mere whisper.
Utena smiled from ear to ear. "NOPE!" she shouted, in a cute little voice.
Tomoe looked up, horrified. "No wait, Shun-kun! That's a lie! I do like. . ." but the little boy had already ran away, tears cascading down his face in embarrassment. Tomoe was about to snap at Utena, and then remembered what her mother told her. Violence was not the answer.
So instead, Tomoe looked up at Utena with a small little frown on her cute little face. "Utena! That wasn't very nice. . ."
"Oh yeah? Well TOO BAD!!! HAHAHAH!!!" Utena just laughed harder, and skipped away, as if torturing Tomoe was the only good thing she had to do in her day.
Tomoe let the tears fall.
Another time when Tomoe was ten years old, Utena threw a pie into Tomoe's face in their cooking class.
And then when Tomoe was fifteen, Utena stole away Tomoe's boyfriend, and then dumped him the next week.
Finally, when Tomoe got married to Kenshin, Utena didn't come to their wedding when she had promised she would. Utena never met Kenshin, or so Tomoe believed.
Of course, there were happy times together. At Tomoe's twelfth birthday party, Utena had gotten her a cute little puppy. The only problem was that it died the next day.
Then there was the time when Utena took Tomoe to the movie theatre when they were fourteen. Of course, the movie was out of tickets, so they went to the ice-cream shop instead. Utena talked so much that her ice cream melted and fell all over Tomoe's favorite dress as they walked home.
When Tomoe's brother, Enishi, was born, Utena held him in her arms only an hour after his birth. . . But she accidentally dropped him on his head. That might just explain a few things. . .
Tomoe had considered Utena a best friend, but she had never realized that it wasn't the same vice-versa. Utena had always, throughout their lives, tried to ruin Tomoe's life, but always covered up for it somehow, so that Tomoe would think she liked her. She had gotten pretty far. . .
. . . And Tomoe would eventually die because of their friendship. ((AN: WHOOHOOOO!!!. . . ahem. . . keep reading. . .^_^))
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
They finally arrived at the Aoiya. They met up with Aoshi, Soujiro, Misao, Sanosuke, and Yahiko.
Hiko looked around. "Where is the Kamiya-girl?" he asked. He had only heard Kenshin talk about her, he had never met her.
Sanosuke frowned. "She's been pretty depressed lately." He turned to Kenshin. "You had better go see her, Kenshin. She'd listen to you. I've already tried to talk her into getting out of her room but she won't listen to. . ."
Kenshin interrupted. "I have no need to talk to some . . . girl. All I want to do right now is spend time with my wife!"
Sano's, Yahiko's, Misao's, Soujiro's, and even Aoshi's eyes all popped out. "You have a wife?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"Yes, and she needs medical help!"
Okina smiled gently, his face turning up in wrinkles from old age. "Let me take her into my care. Do not worry. . . I shall help," he said, taking Tomoe into another room.
Kenshin immediately followed.
Sanosuke watched him go. "Wonder what's up with him. . ."
Utena cackled. "Yes. . ." she said slyly. "Wonder what's up with him. . ." she roamed away from the room.
Aoshi frowned at Enishi. "Yukishiro, 'what' are you doing here?"
Enishi grinned. "You really didn't think that I'd die in the fire, did you?"
"I was hoping. . ."
"Oh really? Well, fire can't kill me! Nothing can kill me that easily!" Enishi laughed, pushing his glasses up his nose a bit.
Hiko walked out of the room and grumbled, "Insane freak . . . must have been dropped on his head at birth. . ."
A cackle from Utena was heard from the other room.
~*~
Memories flashed in front of Kaoru's dull eyes. She longed to see Kenshin again. . . he had told her he had loved her. And she had said the same. Was that the complete truth? Was it? And what about the woman he was talking to that she couldn't see? Who was she?
All these things made Kaoru very sad. She missed Kenshin so much. Without him. . . she might. . .
"Oi, Jou-chan?"
"Huh?"
Sanosuke's eyes narrowed. "Kenshin is here."
Immediately, Kaoru was up and bouncing. "REALLY??? WHERE IS HE???"
Sanosuke's eyes fell to the floor.
Kaoru's excitement faded. "What's wrong Sano?"
No answer.
"Sanosuke Sagara, tell me what's wrong!!!"
"It's her. . ." Sano whispered.
"Who? WHO?" Kaoru was getting very upset.
Sanosuke suddenly walked out of the door. He couldn't tell her Kenshin had a wife. The pain that would be on Kaoru's face would be too much to handle. Sano knew that Kaoru loved Kenshin. He couldn't do that to her and ruin everything for her.
Kaoru watched, shocked. "SANOSUKE!!! TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!!! SANOSUKE!!!"
Suddenly there came a yell. "WHOEVER IS YELLING, IT HAD BETTER STOP RIGHT NOW!!! WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME PEACE HERE!!!"
Kaoru gasped. That sounded like. . .
Kaoru ran down the hallway. She saw Misao. Misao had wide eyes. "Where's. . .?"
Misao just pointed to a room, still wide eyed.
Kaoru ran breathlessly through the door. "KENSH. . ." she looked at him, amazed.
Okina was giving a woman with dark black hair and dark brown eyes some medicine. Sitting next to him was Kenshin, holding the woman's hands, his eyes dark blue, and a long pink scar down his left cheek.
That was not the robot she had created.
That was not the person she knew.
That was not the Kenshin she loved.
"What do you want?" Kenshin snapped.
Kaoru shook her head slowly, and then ran out the door, tears falling to the floor.
Kenshin just watched her, his face etched with annoyance. But inside, he was screaming.
[What is going on? I can't stop myself! That's not me speaking!] Rurouni cried. He turned to Battousai. [We've got to do something about this!]
Battousai nodded, but then said, (But what can we do?)
[We can fight!!!]
(. . . with. . .?)
[. . . Our love for Kaoru-dono!]
(. . . how. . .?)
[. . . Getting rid of this evil person who has taken over our body!]
(. . .why. . .?)
[. . . To stop hurting Kaoru-dono!]
(. . . when. . .?)
[. . . RIGHT NOW!]
Battousai stood up, grinning from ear to ear. (ALRIGHT!!! Finally some progress in you Rurouni, I swear. . . I've been waiting for you to crack. . .)
Rurouni just looked at him, swirly eyed. [. . .ororororororo. . .]
Kaoru rushed into Sanosuke. Her heart-wrenched sobs sent chills down his spine, and Sanosuke remembered that he used to pretend to be her boyfriend. Right now was the best time to prove he could still do that.
Wrapping his arms around Kaoru, Sanosuke held her close and allowed her to cry on his shirt. "Shhh. . . Shhhh . . . Jou-chan. . ."
Kaoru sniffled. After a while, she asked, "Who is she?" It was a mere whisper.
Sanosuke sighed, closed his eyes and held Kaoru tighter, whispering back, "His wife."
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: Oh yeah baby! Some Kaoru-angst! What everybody needs sometime in their life. ^_^; This chapter was a bit short, but I promise that I will update sooner! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Thank you minna-sama! Please review! Chibi is going for 300 reviews! ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty-Five
It was the next morning when Kenshin, Tomoe, Hiko, Enishi and Utena left the hotel and headed for the Aoiya, and everybody was noticing that Kenshin was acting differently.
At breakfast, he had only talked to Tomoe.
On the trip to the Aoiya, he only talked to Tomoe.
All the time, he was with Tomoe, and if anybody else talked to him, he'd give them a glare and say, "I'm talking to my wife, leave me alone."
And Hiko didn't really appreciate this.
"BAKA DESHI!!!"
Kenshin glared at him. "What?" he snapped.
Hiko gave Kenshin an even more deadly glare. "You do not talk to your master that way, baka deshi! Hello? Earth to the baka deshi!?!?!"
Kenshin hissed. "I'm talking to my wife!" he turned back to Tomoe, and smiled, his blue eyes showing so much love.
Tomoe blushed. Kenshin had never spent this much time to her before. Those pills Utena gave her. . .
Tomoe remembered all the times that Utena had been. . . not much of a friend to her.
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Tomoe was five years old. A cute little boy blushed at her. "Uhh. . . Tomoe? You look. . . really pretty today."
Tomoe giggled quietly. "Thank you Shun-kun!"
The boy smiled. "I-I was wondering. . . would you. . ."
Utena suddenly barged in. "HEADS!!!"
A ball went flying, and it hit Tomoe right in the head. Utena laughed, and watched as the little boy tried to help her up. Skipping over to the boy, Utena said, "Go away! Tomoe doesn't like you!"
The boy looked at her with a frightened face. "S-She doesn't?" he asked in a mere whisper.
Utena smiled from ear to ear. "NOPE!" she shouted, in a cute little voice.
Tomoe looked up, horrified. "No wait, Shun-kun! That's a lie! I do like. . ." but the little boy had already ran away, tears cascading down his face in embarrassment. Tomoe was about to snap at Utena, and then remembered what her mother told her. Violence was not the answer.
So instead, Tomoe looked up at Utena with a small little frown on her cute little face. "Utena! That wasn't very nice. . ."
"Oh yeah? Well TOO BAD!!! HAHAHAH!!!" Utena just laughed harder, and skipped away, as if torturing Tomoe was the only good thing she had to do in her day.
Tomoe let the tears fall.
Another time when Tomoe was ten years old, Utena threw a pie into Tomoe's face in their cooking class.
And then when Tomoe was fifteen, Utena stole away Tomoe's boyfriend, and then dumped him the next week.
Finally, when Tomoe got married to Kenshin, Utena didn't come to their wedding when she had promised she would. Utena never met Kenshin, or so Tomoe believed.
Of course, there were happy times together. At Tomoe's twelfth birthday party, Utena had gotten her a cute little puppy. The only problem was that it died the next day.
Then there was the time when Utena took Tomoe to the movie theatre when they were fourteen. Of course, the movie was out of tickets, so they went to the ice-cream shop instead. Utena talked so much that her ice cream melted and fell all over Tomoe's favorite dress as they walked home.
When Tomoe's brother, Enishi, was born, Utena held him in her arms only an hour after his birth. . . But she accidentally dropped him on his head. That might just explain a few things. . .
Tomoe had considered Utena a best friend, but she had never realized that it wasn't the same vice-versa. Utena had always, throughout their lives, tried to ruin Tomoe's life, but always covered up for it somehow, so that Tomoe would think she liked her. She had gotten pretty far. . .
. . . And Tomoe would eventually die because of their friendship. ((AN: WHOOHOOOO!!!. . . ahem. . . keep reading. . .^_^))
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
They finally arrived at the Aoiya. They met up with Aoshi, Soujiro, Misao, Sanosuke, and Yahiko.
Hiko looked around. "Where is the Kamiya-girl?" he asked. He had only heard Kenshin talk about her, he had never met her.
Sanosuke frowned. "She's been pretty depressed lately." He turned to Kenshin. "You had better go see her, Kenshin. She'd listen to you. I've already tried to talk her into getting out of her room but she won't listen to. . ."
Kenshin interrupted. "I have no need to talk to some . . . girl. All I want to do right now is spend time with my wife!"
Sano's, Yahiko's, Misao's, Soujiro's, and even Aoshi's eyes all popped out. "You have a wife?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"Yes, and she needs medical help!"
Okina smiled gently, his face turning up in wrinkles from old age. "Let me take her into my care. Do not worry. . . I shall help," he said, taking Tomoe into another room.
Kenshin immediately followed.
Sanosuke watched him go. "Wonder what's up with him. . ."
Utena cackled. "Yes. . ." she said slyly. "Wonder what's up with him. . ." she roamed away from the room.
Aoshi frowned at Enishi. "Yukishiro, 'what' are you doing here?"
Enishi grinned. "You really didn't think that I'd die in the fire, did you?"
"I was hoping. . ."
"Oh really? Well, fire can't kill me! Nothing can kill me that easily!" Enishi laughed, pushing his glasses up his nose a bit.
Hiko walked out of the room and grumbled, "Insane freak . . . must have been dropped on his head at birth. . ."
A cackle from Utena was heard from the other room.
~*~
Memories flashed in front of Kaoru's dull eyes. She longed to see Kenshin again. . . he had told her he had loved her. And she had said the same. Was that the complete truth? Was it? And what about the woman he was talking to that she couldn't see? Who was she?
All these things made Kaoru very sad. She missed Kenshin so much. Without him. . . she might. . .
"Oi, Jou-chan?"
"Huh?"
Sanosuke's eyes narrowed. "Kenshin is here."
Immediately, Kaoru was up and bouncing. "REALLY??? WHERE IS HE???"
Sanosuke's eyes fell to the floor.
Kaoru's excitement faded. "What's wrong Sano?"
No answer.
"Sanosuke Sagara, tell me what's wrong!!!"
"It's her. . ." Sano whispered.
"Who? WHO?" Kaoru was getting very upset.
Sanosuke suddenly walked out of the door. He couldn't tell her Kenshin had a wife. The pain that would be on Kaoru's face would be too much to handle. Sano knew that Kaoru loved Kenshin. He couldn't do that to her and ruin everything for her.
Kaoru watched, shocked. "SANOSUKE!!! TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!!! SANOSUKE!!!"
Suddenly there came a yell. "WHOEVER IS YELLING, IT HAD BETTER STOP RIGHT NOW!!! WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME PEACE HERE!!!"
Kaoru gasped. That sounded like. . .
Kaoru ran down the hallway. She saw Misao. Misao had wide eyes. "Where's. . .?"
Misao just pointed to a room, still wide eyed.
Kaoru ran breathlessly through the door. "KENSH. . ." she looked at him, amazed.
Okina was giving a woman with dark black hair and dark brown eyes some medicine. Sitting next to him was Kenshin, holding the woman's hands, his eyes dark blue, and a long pink scar down his left cheek.
That was not the robot she had created.
That was not the person she knew.
That was not the Kenshin she loved.
"What do you want?" Kenshin snapped.
Kaoru shook her head slowly, and then ran out the door, tears falling to the floor.
Kenshin just watched her, his face etched with annoyance. But inside, he was screaming.
[What is going on? I can't stop myself! That's not me speaking!] Rurouni cried. He turned to Battousai. [We've got to do something about this!]
Battousai nodded, but then said, (But what can we do?)
[We can fight!!!]
(. . . with. . .?)
[. . . Our love for Kaoru-dono!]
(. . . how. . .?)
[. . . Getting rid of this evil person who has taken over our body!]
(. . .why. . .?)
[. . . To stop hurting Kaoru-dono!]
(. . . when. . .?)
[. . . RIGHT NOW!]
Battousai stood up, grinning from ear to ear. (ALRIGHT!!! Finally some progress in you Rurouni, I swear. . . I've been waiting for you to crack. . .)
Rurouni just looked at him, swirly eyed. [. . .ororororororo. . .]
Kaoru rushed into Sanosuke. Her heart-wrenched sobs sent chills down his spine, and Sanosuke remembered that he used to pretend to be her boyfriend. Right now was the best time to prove he could still do that.
Wrapping his arms around Kaoru, Sanosuke held her close and allowed her to cry on his shirt. "Shhh. . . Shhhh . . . Jou-chan. . ."
Kaoru sniffled. After a while, she asked, "Who is she?" It was a mere whisper.
Sanosuke sighed, closed his eyes and held Kaoru tighter, whispering back, "His wife."
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: Oh yeah baby! Some Kaoru-angst! What everybody needs sometime in their life. ^_^; This chapter was a bit short, but I promise that I will update sooner! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Thank you minna-sama! Please review! Chibi is going for 300 reviews! ^_~