-Mallory

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"Kaoru, you will always be in my heart and I will never love another. You and me are ment to be together and I am going to keep it that way. Kaoru, you may not be sure yet, but I love you." Kenshin embraced her and kissed her lovingly. "Kenshin, I will never feel what I felt with you with another person. I will wait for you always and I will never turn to another. This I swear to you. I will write you as soon as I get home." Kaoru said. Her words were a little muffled due to she was speaking into the depression of Kenshins neck. Kenshin after this lead her home to find Misao and Aoshi arriving at the same time. Misao and Kaoru kissed and hugged their boyfriends good night and painfully walked away to their home to only leave tomorrow.

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Kaoru slowly folded all her clothes and put them into her suitcase. Kaoru was going to miss Kenshin dearly. Her unshed tears finally decided to fall. 'What am I going to do without him? I'm going to need my boyfriend.' She thought to herself. She sat on her bed and hugged her knees to her chest and cried. She cried for all of the happiness she was going to lose and who she was going to lose. It wasn't going to be the same.

Misao walked in on Kaoru crying. She immediately went over to her and comforted her. "Kaoru, are you alright? Don't cry, everything will be alright." Misao soothed. "How can you say that? Don't you know what your losing?!" Kaoru yelled. "Yes, Kaoru I do, but you have to have faith. We will all be together again soon." Misao said. Kaoru looked up at her and smiled. "Well, when you put it that way, I guess there is still some hope." With that said, Kaoru went and packed the rest of her clothes, but still slowly.

Kaoru had just finished packing everything, when she thought of her and Kenshin's first kiss. It was on the beach, so nice and romantic. She liked it a lot, and it was one of her fondest memories of him. It was sweet and right for the moment.

Mr. Makimachi had loaded everything into the car. Misao, Kaoru, and Mrs. Makimachi filed into the car. Misao's dad soon joined them. "Well, this was a great vacation don't you think everyone?" Mrs. Makimachi nodded and Misao and Kaoru said in a dull tone, "Hai." Then they drove off to the airport.

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Kaoru arrived home and set her bags down. Her brother came into the room and tried to tackle her. She caught him and sat down. "Kaoru, how have you been you old hag!" "I've been good, have you Yahiko-chan?" " Don't call me little! And yes I've been good. Taking care of mom and everything!" He yelled at Kaoru, happy to do this again.

Her mom came down stairs to greet Kaoru. Yahiko was showing her the new games he had gotten. "Hello Kaoru dear, how was Japan? I loved your emails. One imperticular." Kaoru smiled and then frowned. 'I miss him.' She thought. "Care to talk about it dear?" Her mom offered. "Yeah sure." Kaoru said as she followed her mother to the kitchen. They always talked while her mother was making dinner.

"Ok. Like I said in the email. His name is Himura Kenshin and he has red beautiful hair. He asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes. Then we shared our first kiss." Kaoru started with a blush. Her mother just smiled. "Then he told me he loved me and I told him I loved him." Kaoru said her blush deepening. "Don't you think that it was a little early for those words?" Kaoru's mother asked. "Yeah, I told him that I was too caught up in the moment to realize what I said and that I liked him a lot. He told me he understood but he did love me. I was just as shocked as you look." Kaoru said. Her mother was aghast. "He said he loved you. Oh Kaoru honey, I'm so sorry for your loss." Her mother embraced her and Kaoru could't hold back her tears. "Mom, I think I love him too. I can't stop thinking of him. I want him here with me so badly. He turned down a really pretty girl just for me and he showed off for me. I...I miss him so much." Kaoru said as she racked with tears.

Yahiko came in to see his sister crying. He instinctively went over and hugged her leg. Soon Kaoru choked down her sob, not to worry her brother anymore. She picked him up and hugged and kissed him. She then went up to her room to write her beloved boyfriend.

She took out some paper and a pen and started her letter.

Dear Kenshin,

I miss you dearly. I wish you were here with me. I just got home and it feels so empty without you here with me. Kenshin, there is something I must really tell you. I think that I fell deeply in love with you. I want to be with you. I told you in Japan and I will tell you again, I will never feel for another what I feel for you. I will always and forever be faithful to you. I love you and I will await for your letter.

Your girlfriend,

Kamiya Kaoru.

She folded the letter gently and placed it into the envelope and put a stamp on it. She went to her mailbox and placed it in and raised up the little red flag. She was happy that she loved him. She couldn't wait for his letter to get back.

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Kaoru jumped up and out of bed. She was going to be late for school. She cut off her alarm clock and put her uniform on. She ran down stairs and grabbed some toast. "Good morning Kaoru sweetie. Have a great day at school. Kaoru really! Chew your food!" Her mother scolded. "I'm going to be late.

Kaoru was walking hurridly on the sidewalk to school, when she saw a flash of red. 'No, it can't be.' Kaoru thought. She sped up her already fast pace. Memoris flooded her mind. She cast her head downward. 'I wish he was here. I know that couldn't of been him.' She looked to where she saw the red. She made it up to the image only to see it wasa cafe sign someone was hauling around. Kaoru, now depressed, was in the clear of her school.

Kaoru went into the building and to her locker. She pulled out her needed books and headed to her homeroom. Misoa was there talking with Megumi. Kaoru sat down and layed her head on her hands. Megumi and Misao stopped their conversation and looked over at the depressed Kaoru.

"Kaoru, Kaoru, are you alright?" Came Misao's worried voice. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired." Kaoru replied. Megumi piped in. "Don't worry explaining anything. Misao has told me everything. Never knew you would finally get you a man." Megumi snikered. Kaoru raised her head and gave them a watery smile. "I just really miss him that's all." Kaoru confessed. Megumi and Misao looked at each other and back at Kaoru. "It will be fine. You'll see." Misao soothed.

The sensei came into the class and told them to go to their first class. The class filed out of the room and Kaoru was one of the last. She had a glazed look in her eyes. She was in and out of it all day.

At lunch, they Kaoru met up with Misao, Megumi, and the rooster head. Misao and Sano were bickering as always. "Seems things never change around here." Kaoru said, a smile finally alighting her features for the first time that day at school.

"And it seems someone is coming back to normal." Megumi laughed. Kaoru just shrugged and sat down.

Misao came up to her and smiled a sly smile. "What?" Kaoru asked. Misao and Megumi both handed her both handfuls of notes. "It seems that some people have thought about you over spring break. All of these are love notes." Misao squeled. "Too bad that our little Kaoru has to turn down each and every one of them." Megumi pointed out. Kaoru, who was wide eyed, took all of the notes. She opened everyone of them and read them aloud to her friends. Sano seemed uninterested so he took a nap after welcoming Kaoru back home.

Kaoru took out her pen and replied to all of them, 'I'm sorry, but I am currently taken.' Megumi and Misao helped her after they read them all, there were just too many for Kaoru to reply to all by herself. "This is fun guys." Misao said. "Yeah." Megumi and Kaoru replied in unison.

Later that day, Misao and Megumi gave back all the notes to the owners who came to retrieve them.

Kaoru went home exhausted from having to go back to school. She went to go and lay down on her couch. After she had gotten comfortable, Yahiko came and sat on her back, playing the playstion 2. "Do you mind? I'm trying to get some rest here!" Kaoru shouted in a pillow. Her words barely audible. "Actually, no, I don't mind sitting here. It's really comfortable. Besides, you had enough rest over spring break." Yahiko replied in a smart ass tone. Kaoru, being too tired to fight with him, just rested her eyes.

(A few weeks later)

Kaoru was getting back in to school routine. She still thought about Kenshin everyday. She was getting less depressed, to her friends and families delightes, because she was believing in what Misao said all along, that they all will get together soon. Kaoru kept to her promise, that she would be very faithful to Kenshin.

One day, when she had gotten back from school, she had checked the mail. She did this everyday, hoping for his letter. She looked through a handful of bills and found that his letter did come after all! She ran up to her room and ripped it open. She smelled it like a guy would. So what, she missed him and almost forgot what he smelled like. She opened the nicely folded letter and read its contents.

It read:

Dear my sweetest Kaoru,

How have you been? I miss you dearly also. I can't wait to see you again. It has been so long. I want to hold you in my arms and kiss you all night long. Just wait. We will be together soon enough. Just keep a look out. Has anyone tryed to steal you away from me? If they have, I hope you turned them down. I don't want to come over there and kick their butts. I will waiting for letter next. Don't forget we will be seeing each other soon.

Love you lots,

Himura Kenshin.

Kaoru was almost crying. She could almost here his voice in that letter. She quickly wrote him back.

Kenshin,

Yes, people have tried to get me, but I did turn them down. Like I said, I will be forever faithful to you. I can't wait to see you, Misao keeps on saying that we will all be together soon too. I've been hearing that a lot lately. I really hoping that it will be true. I'll see you again soon. I send you my love, I love you.

Love you soo much,

Kamiya Kaoru.

Kaoru then flopped on her bed. She finished her homework and then daydreamed of being with Kenshin again. The feel of his arms around her waiste, the feel of his lips against hers, the feel of his body against her-. 'What am I thinking? I can't think of that even if I am his girlfriend. I just need to sleep. With that Kaoru fell into a sleep full of dreams of Kenshin and her being together.

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