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Through my eyesChapter 3: To Sano's Place
He was quiet for a second, as though wondering what to say.
"Well say something you idiot!" I screamed, shaking him.
"I don't know about your brother. But your parents-they are…"
I stopped yelling at him and I couldn't believe it. It couldn't believe it. I stared at him in pure shock.
"Hey," he said after a while " Are you okay?"
I didn't say anything. I turned away from him, looking out into the water.
Five minutes passed I guess, but I didn't move. I felt sad and angry and depressed and so many other emotions but I can't describe them all. It felt strange.
"Are you okay?" I heard Kenshin ask.
I looked out at the water, the deep water rushing beneath us. I had forgotten he had been there.
I remembered when my parents had taken me on a boat ride once. Me and my brother Yahiko had gotten into a fight and I pushed him out of the boat. He dragged me in as our parents laughed at us. We had so much fun that day.
"Kaoru? Please…say something you're worrying me," Kenshin said to me, but I couldn't hear him very good.
I remembered before my parents had decided to go on that trip. I hadn't wanted to go. They had, just to visit they said. Why had I decided not to go last year? This is all my fault. Maybe if I had decided to go what would've happened?
The ground and everything seemed to become blurry, and I felt hot tears run down my face, but I didn't notice it. Not much really. The whole while seemed timeless, it felt like I had been there forever and would always be there until the world would end.
"Kaoru?"
I turned to him, and I couldn't cry silently anymore. I tried to close my eyes to stop, and I felt Kenshin, someone who I had never met before this day, hug me. I think he understood. He seemed to.
I somehow managed to get a hold of myself after a while. My mind was numb. It was the weirdest feeling. Like I knew what was going on but I still didn't want to believe it.
I need to go and tell Sanoske, I thought.
"Come on," I said, "I have to tell my cousin."
"Okay", he replied. He still looked at me like he was worried I was going to start to cry again.
" So-Uh-You don't know where my brother is ?" I asked, trying to clear my mind.
"I have never met him".
"But, wait a second! He had gone with my parents !" I exclaimed.
" I met your parents just before they died. So I didn't know much about them. They wanted me to give you this" he pulled out a damp envelope "but it's wet now, so we will have to wait for it to dry, or the paper will rip".
"Thank you Kenshin," I said and took the envelope from his hand. I wondered where my brother was. Was he all right? No, he couldn't be, not if he went missing. Especially not if Gohei Hiruma lived in New Kyoto where Yahiko was last seen.
I have to hurry and try to find him, I thought. Aloud I said, "You want to come with me or something? I'm heading to a friend's house."
He looked surprised.
"Okay," he said, and followed me across the bridge.
We made it to Sano's neighborhood, and went to the apartment complex where he lived.
The whole apartment complex is surrounded by a chained fence, a very tall one, one that is very difficult to climb. The only way to get in (and not climb in) was to go to the front. The Sekihotai have guards here, so none of the Juppongatana will try to think about coming that way. They also have some of their members surrounding the chained fence.
"Come on," I said to Kenshin, and took him to the front.
"Who are you? Go away!" shouted a menacing voice to us. It sounded familiar.
"Katsu, you idiot, it's me," I said. Katsu can be such a dork sometimes. He hangs around Sano too much, I think.
"Oh", he said and let me and Kenshin in "I didn't recognize you there for a second."
"Whatever. Is Sano in?"
"Nah, he left someplace," he glanced at Kenshin in surprise and grinned at him. Kenshin smiled back.
"Oh, Katsu, this is Kenshin I just met him today," I said. Katsu looked at Kenshin curiously, especially at his face.
What was he staring at?
I noticed a cross looking scar on his left cheek. Now why hadn't I noticed that before? I guess I was just captivated by his eyes. They were really remarkable.
"Uh, just tell Sano I stopped by," I said, and pulled Kenshin by his arm out the door.
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