Would I ever love you again?
By: Fhb- Female Hitokiri Battousai
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"Aoshi-sama!!" Misao cutely said whilst colouring with her crayons in her colouring book.
"Hmm…"
"Can we go for an ice-cream, pwease?" she placed her crayon down. Looking intently up at him as he drove the car.
"Why not?" he asked nonchalantly.
"Aoshi-sama…what's your favourite animal?" she bit her lips.
"A monkey" he answered yet another time nonchalantly.
"I like dolphins, they're really pretty and I was watching Sesame street how a girl touched one. It was great! So—I was thinking, since she could touch one, and I'm like much prettier than her, and beautiful, and the dolphin liked her…can I um…" she began giggling knowing what she was about to ask would be most rude. Yet she loved the animal, and hey, she was a small child.
"No…no and the answer is no" he finished the sentence in just pure negativity.
She huffed, puffing her cute cheeks and looking at her feet in pure anger.
"Well nobody asked you" was her only answer.
Aoshi smirked. He had to admit, Misao was a child with everything opposite of him. She indeed possessed a hot aflame-personality. She was so much and yet everything similar to his past and its hate. Yet, with everything that happened and thought him to be a stronger man in the world, he wondered several times, is he really the only person who cares for her. So badly, it's destroying him?
"What's your favourite colour Misao?" he asked knowing that he should drown the mood of the tension and overrated pressures.
"Pink, why?" she asked curiously, not forgetting she was angry at him.
"I just want to know if you wanted a pink ice-cream." He stopped the car, "we're here"
She smiled. Taking her seat-beat off, she opened her door and began jumping in glee. She had always loved coming for ice-cream. She loved it because this is where she held her birthday-last year and the year after that. She also adore the place because it reminded her of the candy-worlds, the type of imagery world only found in books.
Aoshi held her hand as they crossed the road. He opened the door, a ringing of bells revealing their arrival. Misao pulled from his grasp and went to the ice-cream counter. She jumped up and down to see the different types of ice-cream, but of course, she was too short. Immediately she looked up at Aoshi who was her only alternatives of seeing the ice-cream. She also deciphered that she was still mad with him, but---he brought her here, wasn't that suppose to count at least? She raveled it out then, that she would give him a next chance.
"Excuse me Aoshi, can you lift me up. I wanna see the ice-creams." She said most flatly, perhaps not aware of how freely she gave herself to him. How she forgot her anger.
"Are we on good threads?" he asked her most seriously.
"Thread? Are we on thread?" she looked down at her shoes.
"No no! It means are we still talking and um---are we friends?" he stooped down to watch her in the face.
"Of course Aoshi-sama! How could we not…?!" she asked and hugged him. He hugged her back realizing how sappy he must have been looking in public.
"Okay squirt, which ice-cream will it be?" she looked down at the many different colours. There was pink, and dark pink, and light pink, and rose pink, and pink with purple and blue and pink with orange and then swirled. She had to admit the more they made different ice-creams, the harder the task she'd have. It usually took serious persuasion for Aoshi to buy her a two scoop ice-cream. For now however, she rendered, pink swirl wasn't such a bad choice after all.
After ordering a scoop in pink and chocolate for them, they found a table and began talking.
"Aoshi-sama, you asked me what was my favourite colour, what's yours?" she asked interested.
"Sapphire…" he answered not quite sure where she was going to get with asking all the millions of questions she had already asked.
"What's that colour?" she was confused a bit by just the mere pronunciation.
"Blue…" he said quietly…
"The colour of Kaoru's eyes?" she asked. He stopped breathing for a few moments remembering the colour of Kaoru's eyes, yes I do indeed love the colour blue…but not any blue, but the colour of her eyes. The eyes that made me drunk…that made he sick…the eyes of blue---that I hate!! I hate!!
"Why were you so mean to Kaoru-chan? She's my bestest friend in the whole world"
"Misao, that woman, I don't want you ever talking to her again. She's not a good lady. Remember we had our conversation on strangers, saying we shouldn't talk to strangers we do not know, and if we talk to them speak kindly and walk away, remember that?" he asked her seriously
"Yes Aoshi."
"Good, I don't want you going back to talk to that lady at my business, do you understand?" he asked…
"But she's coming over Saturday…"
"What??" he was in disbelief.
"I told her she could come over. She could draw circles with me in my colouring books, we could play Barbie and Ken…" she admitted
"Why…Misao, why?"
"Because…she's my bestest friend."
And that was all Aoshi needed to hear.
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Kaoru frowned at the sky remembering who he had been to her. The way he touched her lips and professed the most potent-love sentence a girl would crumble before. Closing her eyes, she wished that things weren't as broken as they were. So much had happened so many years ago and still there was a broken story from everything that had happened. Aoshi---she whispered to herself. After so many years the memory of his face had died and resurfaced with just the mere presence of his form. 'I could remember the way you held me…' she fluttered open her eyes, a perfect tear falling, 'I could remember why we loved…and why---why you hate me…' another fell.
Standing to her feet, she felt the weight of being weighed to the ground, this sort of feeling usually comes to her when she's seriously hurt, and she knows she can't explain it clearly, but she feels it sharply and it's bringing her down. Slowly but surely.
Kaoru sighed lengthily, her days seem much colder without Aoshi knowing that she still loved him after so long. My heart is breaking…just for you---so why---why could you not taste my tears and understand that I still love you after everything that has happened.
Kaoru entered her room just lancing toward toward her jewel box, opening the porcelain box that was owned from her mother, she saw a little ballerina dancing around a circle while she twirled around to the musical notes of the jewel box. Pushing a small velvet compartment, she found a dazzling ring with a blue stone to the top. Pulling the ring lightly from its compartment, she remembered why she had it. I kept this so many years because of you…but its nothing now, if you can't love me…it's nothing to me…
Her eyes threaten to leak tears, and in those tender-heart-wrenching moments…glassy-pearly drops fell. And what I wouldn't give to taste you…one last time…
Kaoru allowed the ring to bedazzle in her eyes…and then, in the bitterness of her heart and the cruel subtly of the world, she dropped the one ring that she clutched onto so many years in desperate effect to keep his memory alive, and now she knows… it doesn't matter…it never will…
The ring landed in an echo, an echo only in the hollows of her heart.
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"What the hell are you trying to say to me?" asked a tall spiky head guy in a black business suit as he spoke to the foxy-lady to the side of him.
"It means grow up and fedex it to someone who cares…" she did up her hand in his face like a teenage girl.
"Fox, I don't understand, what the hell is so wrong with me? I mean I'm educated man…" he said bluntly…
"You mean a fool" she corrected sardonically…
He growled, "an educated fool with money on my mind, at least I could say I'm an honest fool, I don't know how many of those you met in your life fox. Probably none for that matter, but there's always a first you know. I mean, I should ask myself why the hell am I tripping over a woman who doesn't even give a shit about me?" he asked loudly, in a grim and mordant voice.
"Humph, well if that's how you feel don't let me hurt you feelings now…" she rolled her eyes walking pass him.
Misao had been sitting for over an hour watching as the lab-assistant, Megumi Takani and the professional businessman, Sanosuke Sagara flirted before her very eyes. She found it somewhat similar to the soap-operas she saw on television except this was way better. Misao sighed when she saw Sano and Megumi left the gathering room, it was only little her inside this big room. She knew she couldn't cause mischief so she sat quietly waiting for Aoshi to take her home.
Upstairs a huge conference was taking place, as Kenshin Himura professed his proposition to some of the highest board members of individual companies, it seem clear they were not intrigued at his over-rated pie-chart readings of financial back-bone for his company.
"And you expect your affiliates to help you out with such…I don't know, with such an intrepid demand. Come now Himura, we don't ask you to use your 'heart' on these situations, we just ask you to use your head, for once at least stick to a plot and develop from there. Might I say if this is what you are deduced to, I really am wasting my time…" spoke an aggrandizing voice of bluntness.
"Yukishiro" Kenshin started impassively, "you know exactly how to efface a good plan, ne? So to say you would love to see my plan fail and my company in so to speak." He paused seeing a shadow form over the white-headed man's face.
"Me? Come now Himura, we aren't little school boys fighting for the same position---are we?" Enishi sveltely asked.
"Hmm…but I wouldn't know, now would I?" his voice dropped degrees cold.
"Enough you two, you two act like school children. Behave, as representatives and board members of your respectful companies, I expect you gentlemen to behave with a certain amount of dignity and respect…not some supercilious behavior" a big man with defined stature and long hair tied tightly, said firmly. He was about six feet and five inches and he wore the customary features of a deceiving business man, but ironically it was not as was seen. Hiko Serjirou, board member of Himura Inc. and Serjirou's Inc. was a highly recognized and respected man, and in so doing capable.
"Bahh!! Put a sock in it old man, I came here to see well structured work from the 'awesome' Himura, and yet I find myself ridiculed by some of the most unfavourable plans. Surely you gentlemen saw the same shit I saw…" Enishi lashed out blatantly…
A few of the other well known board members nodded their head, agreeing with Enishi.
"Get a new idea Himura and call us when you're not so---twisted!!" Enishi stood from his chair passing a hand through his white locks. "Good day" he took his briefcase and exited laughing at the mental fact Himura would lose everything soon to come. 'It's all a matter of time.' Yet unknown to Enishi, as he walked he came closer and closer to a small female who she herself was not watching where she was heading. Walking faster backward she leaned back unbalanced pushing Enishi to the ground with her.
Already ticked off by just a mere person touching him, Enishi found a fire surging through his veins to snap at the being who would be such a klutz enough to not watch where they were walking.
"You bloody asshole" he cursed, taking off his glasses in sear anger.
Kaoru who was somewhat saved from the fall by the muscular man, looked up at the one who broke her fall…her blue eyes glistened in embarrassment and shock. A small blush came across her face as she realized whom the man was, "Enishi---falling for my assistant are we?" Kenshin asked seeing the both on the floor. All the representatives laughed at the sight, Kaoru scuttled to her feet apologizing.
"I'm very sorry Mr. Yukishiro…" she bowed in apology repeatedly…
"Bah---get away from me you jinx" he growled harshly…
Kaoru bowed her head very embarrassed at the situation. Why couldn't I just look where I was walking? Agghh I am such an idiot…maybe I should just write it on my back---but no, I prove it!!
Kaoru went to the elevator to escape the rush that had befallen her. She descended the many floors just feeling like crumbling. 'Aghh get over it!!' her conscience rapped. She had to…
A bell went from floor to floor notifying Kaoru she was going lower and lower. The bell sounded off one last time before the door opened. Kaoru sighed seeing Enishi cursing on the top of his lungs about blind women in this company. Kaoru felt degraded, well you retard at least you could have been watching where you were walkingl—but noo—so it's not all my fault. Humph!! What a retard, he has glasses and yet he cant see with his four eyes!!
Kaoru went to the gathering room to get herself a juice pack, on her way to the soft-drink machine, she saw Misao colouring in her colouring-book.
"Misao-chan…" Kaoru called to the small child.
Misao responded instantly to her by perking up, "yes…" she answered. Seeing it was her bestest friend as was termed; she dropped her colouring book and ran to Kaoru rewarding her with a large hug. Kaoru blushed a bit, I mean Misao was so short she was practically hugging Kaoru's legs.
"So what are you doing down here Kao-chan?" Misao looked up curiously with her small hands behind her back.
"Well…I just got railed up…" she effetely spoke…
"What's rail?" she asked interestedly…
"It means when someone makes you feel real bad by being a jerk" Kaoru growled at the mere fact of just thinking of Enishi…
Misao gasped covering her small mouth, "who would do that to you?" she asked innocently…
"You see that big white-headed guy?" she asked pointing off for Misao who was looking for the exact description, "yeh??"
"Well he's the jerk who screamed his head off on me" she snarled… "but I guess I deserved it. So Misao what are you doing downstairs?" Kaoru asked, realizing Misao wasn't with her. "Misao?? Misaoo??" Kaoru panicked when she couldn't find the little girl…
Uh-oh, Aoshi definitely isn't going to like this…
"Excuse me mister…" Misao started nicely, her voice placid and pretty…
"What do you want you little weasel?" Enishi looked down at the little girl…
"You hurt my bestest friend feelings and I'm going to kick…your…ass!!" and with that she did an upper-cut kick straight to his groin. Enishi groaned crumbling in pain. Misao giggled and ran for her little life. Enishi's bodyguards were completely amazed at what happened that they hadn't the time to react. Enishi cursed under his breath as he suffered a deep pain on his sensitive member. Standing up, he took into a run to get the small child. Seeing that the little girl ran behind no other than Kaoru, Enishi furrowed his brows…
"Is she your little pest?" Enishi growled, his eyes a damaging blue…
"Why…yes she is….what has she done to upset you?" Kaoru asked coolly, knowing perfectly well what Misao did. Enishi looked at Misao who stuck out her tongue peeping from Kaoru's leg.
"Look Kamiya…you might think this all funny or something, but I'm not the type of guy you wanna play with…" he pointed a finger in her face.
"I wouldn't want to play with a man like you, to me you don't even know the meaning of playing…" she growled back…
"Fiesty and spiffy are we?" he leered closer to her, their faces almost a heart-beat away…
Kaoru lost her tongue. He was so darn close to her, it was the proximity that was driving her nuts. Curse the fact I haven't been in a bed with a man for what---four years?
Yet as strange as it was, Kaoru rallied the fact, that though Enishi was angry and highly pissed, he didn't look ugly one darn bit. In fact he was quite a tempting man, he was just as good looking as a Aoshi, or a little more. Kaoru swallowed the lump, seeing Enishi's brows furrowing some more, his eyes were a potent turquoise-aqua marine, and his body---it was as perfect as how Mars is to Venus.
A small grin played with Kaoru's features, and then a blush, she couldn't help but look down. Misao and Enishi arched skeptical brows…
"Are you enjoying this Kamiya?" Enishi was so angry and yet here Kaoru was thinking of how cute he was…
"Partly…" she bit her lips looking at him somewhat amused…
He stepped back, "why are you smiling…?" he asked seriously…
"Do you really wanna know?" her voice satiny and low…
"But I already ask, so I want to know" he assessed…
"I think---that you should mind your business" she growled. Aghh! What came over me?!
"You know Kamiya…you're cute…" he held her chin… "real cute…and I like cute girls…"
"How surprising is that!" she mused…
"Humph…call me…" he walked pass her, winking at her at the ending…
"YUCK!!" Misao exclaimed… "he's ugly Kao ----and he's old! He's got grey hair" Misao looked up at the somewhat blushing woman…
"Kao-chan…you like him, don't you?" Misao was somewhat hurt because of this…
"Well he is kinna cute…"
Misao stepped back, looking at Kaoru confused and hurt, "so what about him then?" Misao was somewhat destroyed…
Kaoru saw how Misao stepped back, "Misao?" she saw the small child was somewhat very affected with what had happened, "who's him?"
"Aoshi?"
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An: The evil-cliffhanger!! Mwhahaha!! Mwhahah!! Okay my lovely people's I am back with this fic and I have to say I do really wanna finish this fic. It's not that I don't like it, its just I would like to finish it so I could focus on my other fics. Well much more craziness will happen in the other chapters. This month is all about you and updates so sit back and relax.
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