Love Uncovered

Misao shook with sadness and also because she was drenched in cold wet snow. She must have been out of her mind to have run out of the shrine and into the forest at this time of night. It was like the crystal tear droplets on her face were frozen in place everytime she let one fall. I've never felt so alone and abandoned in my life she thought as she lowered her face to the ground and kept walking through the snow. In the middle of her heartbroken thoughts she tripped and fell over something large that was buried in the snow.

" Always knew I was never graceful enough" She let out angrily as she stood up.

What was it that she tripped over her mind wondered about as she uncovered the large lump in the white snow. As she uncovered the snow she found a handsome young man half buried in the cold white blanket.

" Oh kami-sama...um...I got to get him out of this snow!"

With that she pulled up his arms and hauled him back to the Aoiya with all the strenght that she had left. Along the way her legs grew numb and her fingers had grown stiff, Misao hadn't noticed how far she had traveled away. Now that she had this body hanging behind her the distance seemed to have doubled because of his weight. I should've just left him there, she thought, but he was way to good looking to be left to die in the snow.

"Wow what was I thinking I don't even know this guy, Misao get a hold of yourself," she she groaned out to herself," This guy probably couldn't love a child either."

She passed by millions of trees and frozen lakes trying to remember as best as she could where she had forced herself off to. She needed to find somewhere to sleep and maybe some food too, and she also had to get this guy out of the cold and next to a warm fire. About five minutes later Misao's legs started to shake and her lips had turned a light purple. She came upon a small little shack that looked safe enough to stay in untill morning. She approached the shack and lowered the man's body against the outside of it. The body heat she had just given him should have been enough to keep him alive untill she started a fire. Luckily there was enough wood inside to keep them both warm, but there was only one futon in the inside. Guess she would have a back ache in the morning she whined as she hauled the young man to the futon and unrolled a blanket to keep him warm. She removed his wet gi so he wouldn't get sick over the night, but she refused to remove his hakama. Wow was all her mind could register when she saw this heavenly man' chest, now she new the true meaning of temptation.

" Kami-sama I'm to cold to be doing this" she chattered out to herself.

After she got the man settled onto the futon she sat down on the hard wood floor and started the fire. As she started to get it going she added some more wood to it so it would burn for the rest of the night. Misao layed down and curled herself into a ball and fell into a restless sleep by the warmth of the fire.

Just around dawn Misao arose to a small fire that gave off little warmth. She turned to the body on top of the futon while she streched her. Walking towards him and bending down by his side she checked his breathing which had evened out over the night. Misao had this heart renching feeling that she had met this man before but she couldn't place it. A man this handsome probably had a lovely wife waiting for him somewhere so she decided that she should stop fantasizing. If only she could fall in love with someone who could look at her as a woman and not some child. She stood up and walked back to restart the fire, with a sly look on her beautiful face.

" You know if I made you uncomfortable sitting next to you, all you had to do was say something," she stated calmly looking back towards the man she had rescued. His turqoise eyes were open looking at her as she sat by the fire with a dead set glare on her.

" Who are you?" he stated coldly

" I"m Makimichi Misao, the woman who saved you from death," she sent a smile his way," no thanks or anything," she waited staring into his eyes," no name?"

" Yukishiro",he said quitely," Yukishiro Enishi"

" WH-at?" she half way yelled at him but caught herself.

" Do you have a problem?" he said with venom in his tone

" Yeah, you tried to kill Kenshin and kidnapped my best friend" she stepped up and tried to be tough in front of him. " But your lucky I'm a forgiving person and I'm sorry that I was rude just a second ago, I'm not in the best mood right now." she replied trying not to be a hothead.

" Has anyone told you talk alot" Enishi laughed," I've been on good terms with Kenshin for a couple of months now, little one"

" What?"

" I've been on goo-"

" No, you just called me 'little one' and I'm 20 years old"

" Oh, you don't look like you're 20"

" Gosh men!!"

Misao turned away from Enishi and continued staring at the fire she had started a few seconds ago. Why does everyone think I'm some child, Misao thought to herself as her youthful face turned into a pout. Maybe because you act like a child, a little voice in her head echoed to her. Maybe I should act more civil and lady-like, that would be better for me.

" Enishi-san are you well enough to walk on your own you looked pretty bad when I brought you here"

" I'm fine, thank you and by the way where exactly are we at right now?"

" I'm guessing we're on the western side of Kyoto"

" Perfect, My mansion probably isn't that far from here," he sighed laying back down on the on the futon; noticing he didn't have his gi on made him sit back up and look for it around the small shack. He found it lying by the fire drying and looked to Misao and realized that she never let her clothes dry for she was shivering by a blazing fire.

" Misao-kun we should hurry and get to my home and get you out of those clothes so you don't get the flu" Enishi said while getting up and collecting his gi.

" That would be best if I could move" she said letting her body shake a little more.

" Then I'll just have to carry you there, it would be the least I could do for you" he replied while tying the sash around his gi. As he walked over to Misao he put the fire out, and carefully picked her up and held her closly to his chest to keep her warm. It was only about an hour untill he reached his mansion and by then Misao had fallen asleep . His servants hauled the young girl up the steps and got her into a nice room and some good clothes.

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