Thankies to all my reviewers, i'll have Review responses later.
Now, on with the show!!
Ps: If you get the hidden meaning in her name, then you get a surprise!
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"Please, help me get her hood off, it's not budging." Megumi asked Sanouske.
"I've tried, it won't budge." He said, hopelessly.
"Maybe i can be of assistance." Sesshomaru said, walking into the clinic.
"Who are you?" Sanouske asked the tall white haired man.
Sesshomaru ignored him and walked over to the small form on the table.
He placed a clawed finger on her forehead, unlocking the seal.
Just as her hood fell back, he disappeared, leaving them to wonder.
Then they got their first real look at the injured preistess.
"K..Kenshin?!" Sanouske whispered, turning pale as he backed away from the small figure on the table.
"It..It can't be. He..He died." Megumi said, knocking over a stool in her efforts to get closer to the girl.
"What's all the commotion about?" Kenji asked as he and Yahiko walked in to the clinic.
They both stopped cold, frozen in place.
Megumi finally snapped out of it when the girl on the table moaned and shifted.
"Sano, bring me the syringe and the purple bottle, she's in shock." She said, snapping the rest of them out of it.
Sanouske obeyed dumbly, handing her the supplies.
She set the ancle and braced it with a wooden brace.
"She should be out for a while." Megumi said, wiping sweat from her face.
A few moments later, the girl moaned and opened her eyes.
"I thought you said.." Yahiko started.
Megumi glared at him, shutting him up.
-----
Kao struggled her way out of the depths, dragging at the water even as it tried to bring her down again.
"She should be out for awhile." She heard, the woman's voice was muffled and distant.
"I thought you said..." Came another voice.
She opened her eyes and looked up at the watery faces.
Her eyes a purplish blue looked up at them confused.
"Where am I?" she asked, her brows furrowed together.
"You are in the Tokyo east Clinic. My name is Takani Megumi." the woman who had spoken before said.
"I am Kao." she said, not giving her last name, fearing the reputation of her father had preceeded her.
"Preistess Kao, this is Himura Kenji, Meojin Yahiko, and Sagara Sanouske." she said, pointing out the various people.
"Thank you for helping me, sir." she said to the kind bearded face.
"It's no problem Jou-chan." Sanouske couldn't help but giving the girl Kaoru's old nickname.
"I have to go, how much do i owe you, miss Takani?" She asked, drawing her hood back onto her head.
"Baka here will pay for it." Sanouske said, grabbing Yahiko in a headlock.
"Thank you, sir." She said, bowing her thanks before she tried to stand.
When her feet hit the floor, she immediately collapsed.
She cried out, pain hitting her squarely.
"Watch it." the big man said, catching her.
"If you will, I will help you to your destination." Kenji said, handing her the trampled boquet.
"I'll be fine." she said, taking the crutch Megumi handed her.
They watched her walk out, she could feel their eyes on her back.
She hobbled down the street, keeping close to walls and booths so that noone could knock her injured foot.
She finally arrived at the graveyard.
She searched out the small pair of graves.
Side by side, bare still of flowers for the time wasn't until dusk to lay flowers for the dead.
"Mother, Father, I know you are here." she said to the wind.
"i can feel you." She wispered.
She seperated the boquets and gave each grave half.
"Sorry they were crushed. i was knocked down so i didn't get here earlier." she said, bowing her head as she sat in an acquard crouch.
She began to cry, hot tears staining her face as they left her eyes and traveled down her cheeks to drop onto the dust between the two graves.
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Kenji waited for a moment before he stalked out of the Clinic, following the Preistess that looked soo much like him.
He followed her for a while before Sano caught up with him.
"The ceremony is tonight, you need to be there, you are their only child." He said, stopping him.
"I'll be there, Sano. Don't worry." he said, nodding, as he followed Kao around a corner and into the graveyard.
He used his Training to conceal his ki from her, staying in the trees.
"Mother, Father, I know you are here." He heard her say.
He focused on the graves and found they were his parent's.
That meant....
He wasn't alone.
He leapt from the tree in time to catch her last words before she broke into crying.
"Sorry they're crushed, i got knocked down." she had said.
He wished that he could comfort her, that he could help her, but she had his mother's pride.
Smiling slightly, he walked out of the graveyard, controlling his enthusiasm until he was out of hollowed ground before he took off running.
He reached the clinic and found Tanni, Megumi's assistant.
She was on night shift, so Megumi had done gone.
He raced back out and went toward the Kamiya Dojo.
"Megumi!" he yelled, coming into the dojo where he held training sessions with Yahiko.
"In here!" She yelled back, her voice coming from the kitchen.
He ran into the room, stopping to catch his breath before he told them.
"You guys...Kao is my sister! When i followed her, She went to ottassan and okkassan's graves, she called them her parents." He said.
"Kenji..." Sanouske said, looking at the boy.
"Are you sure?" Megumi asked, unusually calm.
"Yeah, i even checked the names." he said, his eyes wide.
Yahiko Walked in at just that moment, Aoshi, Misaou, Tokio, and Saito in tow.
" a girl bought flowers from me and i asked her who her parents were, she told me it was the Himura's." Tokio said immediately.
"Was she a preistess?" Megumi asked, looking at the slight woman.
"Aeye." She said, looking at the Other woman.
Megumi walked into the closet bringing out a small notebook.
" what's that?" Sano asked.
"Gensai's notebook." she said, flipping through the pages.
Here.
"It says: Himura Kaoru had twins, there was difficulty in birthing. The little girl did not cry, and upon he back was the mark of the preistess." She said, reading.
"So it's true." Yahiko said, picking up quickly.
They gathered the flowers and walked into town, first the Graveyard, then to find the daugher of Himura.
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Kao limped down the silent rows of the dead, forcing her sight upon her path instead of the spirits around her.
She soon found the sky was darkening and she was alone on the empty streets.
"Now what?" she asked herself, looking around.
Unknowingly, though, she had passed into the rough side of Tokyo.
She consumed all of her attentions on her steps as she slowly made her way through the darkened streets, passing from small circles of light into darkness and back into the light.
"Lookey what we have here, boys." she heard a voice say.
She turned, her eyes a cold gold.
She stared at the group of about fifty older guys.
"What do you want?" she demanded, her voice cold and hollow.
"We want a little divination." One said, the others chuckled at his joke.
The leader stepped from among the pack and tried to grab her arm.
"Hands off." she said, weilding the crutch as she balanced on one foot.
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Commotion drew them toward Sanouske's old apartment.
Kenji and Yahiko led the pack toward the commotion, Sanouske had his fists clenched, Kenji and Yahiko had swords drawn, their deadly tecniques made harmless by the reverse bladed swords.
They heard screaming an rounded the bend.
They stood there in awe as Kao attained one of the battosai's stances before she twirled and knocked several thugs away from her and into nearby walls.
Yahiko stared at the inherited skills, sharp eyes watching her teckniques, taking every detail into memory.
When she was standing alone in the midst of a bunch of unconsious men, Another raced her from the shadows.
He was attacked by a flash of white and pinned to the wall.
"Kao!" they heard a voice scream, just before she tilted and began to fall.
Kenji was at her side in moments, catching her fall.
"Who are you?" Kenji demanded at the strange ki.
Suddenly, A white haired boy with dog ears on his head walked out of the shadows, stalking up to him.
"Who are you?" The boy actually sniffed.
"Why should i tell you?" Kenji demanded.
"You and Kao are blood, i can smell it. Here, give her to me." Inyo said, holding out his clawed hands.
"Why should i?" Kenji demanded, swinging Kao into his arms
"Because, you are hurting her." Inyo said.
"I am not." He said.
"Listen closely, She's whimpering." He said, close to growling.
Kenji handed Kao to the odd boy.
--
Megumi and the others were too far away to hear the hushed conversation, but when Kenji handed Kao over to the odd boy they rushed over.
"What are you doing!" Yahiko demanded.
Then they all turned to watch as Inyo coaxed Kao into the waking on, Wake up...Saianni Hito Rii."He said, giving her the chant for endurance.
"Inyo?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Aa. It's me. Come on, wake up. You have to stand up." He said, shifting her so that her feet touched the ground.
She stood, careful of her injured foot.
He adjusted her cloak and took her into his arms again.
"There, Now you can rest." He whispered into the girl's ear, using some of his mother's majic to ease her into a dreamless sleep.
--
Inyo held the warm Kao in his arms as they looked at him.
"Do you have a warm place she can stay?" He asked, looking down at the girl in his arms.
"Yeah." Yahiko said, walking off toward the dojo.
They grouped around the hanyou as he carried the slight girl.
They arrived a little after midnight, Inyo's arms stiff and sore.
"You can lay her here." Yahiko said, leading him into a small bedroom, his old one.
"Thank you." Inyo said, laying the red haired girl against the wall before pulling out the futon and extra blankets.
He lay her on the futon and covered her up, one hand remained on her forehead, slight blue light travelling from Kao to Inyo and back.
Inyo felt them watching him, but he ignored them.
This way he could help Kao, he could ease her pain.
He moved the sheets up, exposing her right foot.
He held his hands over it, eyes closed.
After a moment, though, nothing happened.
He wasn't strong enough.
Growling at himself, he turned and stalked out of the room.
Kenji caught up with him as he stood on the porch, trying to decide which way to go.
"What did you do in there?" Kenji asked, "Your Ki changed completely and you had black hair for a moment. What did you do to her?"
"I gave her some energy, some of my inu youkai energy. She cannot have my Miko energies, they will kill both me and her." he said, looking into the sky, searching for his uncle.
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Kao woke in the middle of the night.
Someone was in her room.
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Okay, Yes, it's a cliffie, but they keep you coming, right? Cuz i know it ain't my exemplary writing skills, cause i aint got none.
Anyways, thanks again for the reviews. If you have any requests then send them to me via review.
Take it, break it, mend it, then smash it to dust with a hammer! -me.
Now, on with the show!!
Ps: If you get the hidden meaning in her name, then you get a surprise!
--------
"Please, help me get her hood off, it's not budging." Megumi asked Sanouske.
"I've tried, it won't budge." He said, hopelessly.
"Maybe i can be of assistance." Sesshomaru said, walking into the clinic.
"Who are you?" Sanouske asked the tall white haired man.
Sesshomaru ignored him and walked over to the small form on the table.
He placed a clawed finger on her forehead, unlocking the seal.
Just as her hood fell back, he disappeared, leaving them to wonder.
Then they got their first real look at the injured preistess.
"K..Kenshin?!" Sanouske whispered, turning pale as he backed away from the small figure on the table.
"It..It can't be. He..He died." Megumi said, knocking over a stool in her efforts to get closer to the girl.
"What's all the commotion about?" Kenji asked as he and Yahiko walked in to the clinic.
They both stopped cold, frozen in place.
Megumi finally snapped out of it when the girl on the table moaned and shifted.
"Sano, bring me the syringe and the purple bottle, she's in shock." She said, snapping the rest of them out of it.
Sanouske obeyed dumbly, handing her the supplies.
She set the ancle and braced it with a wooden brace.
"She should be out for a while." Megumi said, wiping sweat from her face.
A few moments later, the girl moaned and opened her eyes.
"I thought you said.." Yahiko started.
Megumi glared at him, shutting him up.
-----
Kao struggled her way out of the depths, dragging at the water even as it tried to bring her down again.
"She should be out for awhile." She heard, the woman's voice was muffled and distant.
"I thought you said..." Came another voice.
She opened her eyes and looked up at the watery faces.
Her eyes a purplish blue looked up at them confused.
"Where am I?" she asked, her brows furrowed together.
"You are in the Tokyo east Clinic. My name is Takani Megumi." the woman who had spoken before said.
"I am Kao." she said, not giving her last name, fearing the reputation of her father had preceeded her.
"Preistess Kao, this is Himura Kenji, Meojin Yahiko, and Sagara Sanouske." she said, pointing out the various people.
"Thank you for helping me, sir." she said to the kind bearded face.
"It's no problem Jou-chan." Sanouske couldn't help but giving the girl Kaoru's old nickname.
"I have to go, how much do i owe you, miss Takani?" She asked, drawing her hood back onto her head.
"Baka here will pay for it." Sanouske said, grabbing Yahiko in a headlock.
"Thank you, sir." She said, bowing her thanks before she tried to stand.
When her feet hit the floor, she immediately collapsed.
She cried out, pain hitting her squarely.
"Watch it." the big man said, catching her.
"If you will, I will help you to your destination." Kenji said, handing her the trampled boquet.
"I'll be fine." she said, taking the crutch Megumi handed her.
They watched her walk out, she could feel their eyes on her back.
She hobbled down the street, keeping close to walls and booths so that noone could knock her injured foot.
She finally arrived at the graveyard.
She searched out the small pair of graves.
Side by side, bare still of flowers for the time wasn't until dusk to lay flowers for the dead.
"Mother, Father, I know you are here." she said to the wind.
"i can feel you." She wispered.
She seperated the boquets and gave each grave half.
"Sorry they were crushed. i was knocked down so i didn't get here earlier." she said, bowing her head as she sat in an acquard crouch.
She began to cry, hot tears staining her face as they left her eyes and traveled down her cheeks to drop onto the dust between the two graves.
------
Kenji waited for a moment before he stalked out of the Clinic, following the Preistess that looked soo much like him.
He followed her for a while before Sano caught up with him.
"The ceremony is tonight, you need to be there, you are their only child." He said, stopping him.
"I'll be there, Sano. Don't worry." he said, nodding, as he followed Kao around a corner and into the graveyard.
He used his Training to conceal his ki from her, staying in the trees.
"Mother, Father, I know you are here." He heard her say.
He focused on the graves and found they were his parent's.
That meant....
He wasn't alone.
He leapt from the tree in time to catch her last words before she broke into crying.
"Sorry they're crushed, i got knocked down." she had said.
He wished that he could comfort her, that he could help her, but she had his mother's pride.
Smiling slightly, he walked out of the graveyard, controlling his enthusiasm until he was out of hollowed ground before he took off running.
He reached the clinic and found Tanni, Megumi's assistant.
She was on night shift, so Megumi had done gone.
He raced back out and went toward the Kamiya Dojo.
"Megumi!" he yelled, coming into the dojo where he held training sessions with Yahiko.
"In here!" She yelled back, her voice coming from the kitchen.
He ran into the room, stopping to catch his breath before he told them.
"You guys...Kao is my sister! When i followed her, She went to ottassan and okkassan's graves, she called them her parents." He said.
"Kenji..." Sanouske said, looking at the boy.
"Are you sure?" Megumi asked, unusually calm.
"Yeah, i even checked the names." he said, his eyes wide.
Yahiko Walked in at just that moment, Aoshi, Misaou, Tokio, and Saito in tow.
" a girl bought flowers from me and i asked her who her parents were, she told me it was the Himura's." Tokio said immediately.
"Was she a preistess?" Megumi asked, looking at the slight woman.
"Aeye." She said, looking at the Other woman.
Megumi walked into the closet bringing out a small notebook.
" what's that?" Sano asked.
"Gensai's notebook." she said, flipping through the pages.
Here.
"It says: Himura Kaoru had twins, there was difficulty in birthing. The little girl did not cry, and upon he back was the mark of the preistess." She said, reading.
"So it's true." Yahiko said, picking up quickly.
They gathered the flowers and walked into town, first the Graveyard, then to find the daugher of Himura.
--------
Kao limped down the silent rows of the dead, forcing her sight upon her path instead of the spirits around her.
She soon found the sky was darkening and she was alone on the empty streets.
"Now what?" she asked herself, looking around.
Unknowingly, though, she had passed into the rough side of Tokyo.
She consumed all of her attentions on her steps as she slowly made her way through the darkened streets, passing from small circles of light into darkness and back into the light.
"Lookey what we have here, boys." she heard a voice say.
She turned, her eyes a cold gold.
She stared at the group of about fifty older guys.
"What do you want?" she demanded, her voice cold and hollow.
"We want a little divination." One said, the others chuckled at his joke.
The leader stepped from among the pack and tried to grab her arm.
"Hands off." she said, weilding the crutch as she balanced on one foot.
-----
Commotion drew them toward Sanouske's old apartment.
Kenji and Yahiko led the pack toward the commotion, Sanouske had his fists clenched, Kenji and Yahiko had swords drawn, their deadly tecniques made harmless by the reverse bladed swords.
They heard screaming an rounded the bend.
They stood there in awe as Kao attained one of the battosai's stances before she twirled and knocked several thugs away from her and into nearby walls.
Yahiko stared at the inherited skills, sharp eyes watching her teckniques, taking every detail into memory.
When she was standing alone in the midst of a bunch of unconsious men, Another raced her from the shadows.
He was attacked by a flash of white and pinned to the wall.
"Kao!" they heard a voice scream, just before she tilted and began to fall.
Kenji was at her side in moments, catching her fall.
"Who are you?" Kenji demanded at the strange ki.
Suddenly, A white haired boy with dog ears on his head walked out of the shadows, stalking up to him.
"Who are you?" The boy actually sniffed.
"Why should i tell you?" Kenji demanded.
"You and Kao are blood, i can smell it. Here, give her to me." Inyo said, holding out his clawed hands.
"Why should i?" Kenji demanded, swinging Kao into his arms
"Because, you are hurting her." Inyo said.
"I am not." He said.
"Listen closely, She's whimpering." He said, close to growling.
Kenji handed Kao to the odd boy.
--
Megumi and the others were too far away to hear the hushed conversation, but when Kenji handed Kao over to the odd boy they rushed over.
"What are you doing!" Yahiko demanded.
Then they all turned to watch as Inyo coaxed Kao into the waking on, Wake up...Saianni Hito Rii."He said, giving her the chant for endurance.
"Inyo?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Aa. It's me. Come on, wake up. You have to stand up." He said, shifting her so that her feet touched the ground.
She stood, careful of her injured foot.
He adjusted her cloak and took her into his arms again.
"There, Now you can rest." He whispered into the girl's ear, using some of his mother's majic to ease her into a dreamless sleep.
--
Inyo held the warm Kao in his arms as they looked at him.
"Do you have a warm place she can stay?" He asked, looking down at the girl in his arms.
"Yeah." Yahiko said, walking off toward the dojo.
They grouped around the hanyou as he carried the slight girl.
They arrived a little after midnight, Inyo's arms stiff and sore.
"You can lay her here." Yahiko said, leading him into a small bedroom, his old one.
"Thank you." Inyo said, laying the red haired girl against the wall before pulling out the futon and extra blankets.
He lay her on the futon and covered her up, one hand remained on her forehead, slight blue light travelling from Kao to Inyo and back.
Inyo felt them watching him, but he ignored them.
This way he could help Kao, he could ease her pain.
He moved the sheets up, exposing her right foot.
He held his hands over it, eyes closed.
After a moment, though, nothing happened.
He wasn't strong enough.
Growling at himself, he turned and stalked out of the room.
Kenji caught up with him as he stood on the porch, trying to decide which way to go.
"What did you do in there?" Kenji asked, "Your Ki changed completely and you had black hair for a moment. What did you do to her?"
"I gave her some energy, some of my inu youkai energy. She cannot have my Miko energies, they will kill both me and her." he said, looking into the sky, searching for his uncle.
---
Kao woke in the middle of the night.
Someone was in her room.
----------
Okay, Yes, it's a cliffie, but they keep you coming, right? Cuz i know it ain't my exemplary writing skills, cause i aint got none.
Anyways, thanks again for the reviews. If you have any requests then send them to me via review.
Take it, break it, mend it, then smash it to dust with a hammer! -me.
