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Kaoru and the Battosai

Chapter 33

A Determined Kaoru and A Worried Battosai

Kaoru flung open the doors of the dojo and ran inside. "Father!" Kaoru yelled, looking for her dad. They had walked all night and arrived at the dojo that evening

"Kaoru." Kaoru turned to her right to see her father standing there. "Father! I've missed you." Kaoru said as she hugged him. "You've come home to stay?" Kamiya- San asked her. Kaoru let go of him, "No, Battosai was wounded in a battle and the castle is out of bandages. I came back to get some." Kaoru smiled and ran off to get the bandages leaving her father alone with Hiko, who came in a little later after her.

Kamiya-San looked over to Hiko and after awhile he asked, "And who are you?" "Father, this is Seijuro Hiko." Kaoru said as she came back with a bag full of bandages, answering for Hiko. "Nice meeting you Seijuro-San," Kamiya- San said before turning to Kaoru, "Kaoru, you're not leaving already, are you?" "I need to get back to the castle." Kaoru replied. "But, the sun well be setting soon; and I'm sure you're hungry and tired. Stay the night here, Kaoru, and then you can leave in the morning." Kaoru bit her lip 'How can I say no to my father?…but I promised Battosai…if I stayed here till tomorrow will he worry?…' Kaoru asked herself.

"Come on Kaoru, let's get you something to eat." Kamiya-San said as he started to walk away. "Okay, I'm coming." Kaoru said as she watched her father make his way to the kitchen. Kaoru then turned back to Hiko, "Would you like to join us? You can also stay the night here." "No, I'll be on my way now." Hiko said before leaving the dojo.

Kaoru watched Hiko leave then turned her face toward the setting sun. 'Battosai I hope you're okay…if I where to leave now I would be back at the castle by tomorrow morning…but knowing my father won't let me leave…please Battosai don't worry about me…I'll keep my promise…' Kaoru thought as the sun's last rays shined upon her face. With a sigh she turned and ran off in the direction of her father.


Morning came and Kaoru woke up to the roar of thunder, she then quickly stood up and ran out of her room to see the rain pouring down. Dark rain clouds covered the sky and lighting flashed around the dojo. With another loud clap of thunder Kaoru ran back into her room.

Kaoru looked over at her clock to see what time it was. "It's 10 O'clock! I need to go back to the castle." Kaoru said to herself. Kaoru covered her ears when more thunder roared. 'But how can I …I don't want to go out there during a thunderstorm…if only I wasn't so afraid of them…' Kaoru thought.

"Kaoru." Kamiya-San called out from the other side of her door. "Y…yes…f…father." Kaoru replied nervously. Her father then opened the door and walked in. "Are you okay?" he asked her. Kaoru nodded, "J…just scared." Her father walked over to her and gave her a hug.

"I know you want to go back to Battosai's castle, but I don't know when this storm will let up. It doesn't look like it will anytime soon." "But…father I have to go…" "Kaoru, I know you want to go. But I'm thinking only about you, I know you are scared of thunderstorms and it's not the best idea to go out in the middle of one. You might get hurt." Kamiya-San said. He walked back to the door, "Kaoru, please wait till the storm lets up before you go." He said before he walked out.

Kaoru sighed 'Battosai...I'm really sorry but I just ...I just can't go out there...' Kaoru flinched at a crack of thunder, 'If only I wasn't so scared...' She then stepped out of her room and watched the rain pouring down. 'I made a promise to him ...And I can't break it...I've already stayed longer than I should have...I'm sure he is worried about me...I have to go..' Kaoru took a deep breath trying to boost her confidence, she ran back into her room collected her things.

"Father!" Kaoru yelled as she searched for him to bid him good-bye. She soon found him in the kitchen. "Father..." Kaoru said. "Kaoru, breakfast will be ready soon. Can you please set the table?" Kamiya-San interrupted. "I can't, I need to leave." Kaoru replied. "Kaoru, we already had this discussion. You're not going anywhere in this weather; besides your afraid of storms." Her father said as he continued cooking. "I don't care! I made a promise, I have to go back." "Kaoru." Her father sighed. He knew he couldn't win this argument and that she would go back no matter what he had said to her.

After a long silence her father finally said, "Take care of yourself, Kaoru." When Kaoru heard this she smiled ear to ear and hugged her father tightly. "Arigatou! I love you so much dad." Her father hugged her back, "But, stay for breakfast." Kaoru nodded in agreement.

After eating breakfast and say bye to her father, Kaoru looked at the storm still going strong. She step out into the rain, and as soon as the rain hit her a loud clap of thunder and lighting flashed before her 'Oh my gosh...I'm going to die...Come on Kaoru you got to be brave...' Kaoru thought. "Kaoru!" Kamiya-San yelled. "What?" Kaoru said as she turned around. "Here take this." Her father said as her threw her an umbrella. Kaoru caught it, "Arigatou." As she popped it open. With a wave she turned around and was off.


Meanwhile back at the castle Battosai and Sano were in the West Wing.

"Where the hell is she?" Battosai questioned Sano in a stern yet worried voice. "Don't worry I'm sure Jou-Chan is fine. After all she hasn't seen her father in awhile. I'm sure she just wanted to spend some time with him." Sano replied. "I don't care! She has had eighteen years to spend time with that old fool. Besides she made a promise, she should be back by now."

Battosai walked out on the balcony, he looked out over the woods hoping to see her, but instead saw nothing. 'Where is she.. Damn her...She promised she...She doesn't seem the type to break a promise...She wouldn't leave me for good ...would she?...but I'm sick of waiting...If she doesn't return then ...then oh well ...her lost' Battosai thought as he was becoming angry and drenched from the rain.

"Are you going after her?" Sano asked. "No." Battosai grumbled. "But you love her don't you? If you love her as much as it seems, I would think you would go after her." Battosai sighed and turned to look at Sano, "She made a promise to me that she would return. And I'll wait for her in till she comes back." "And just what if she never returns?" Sano questioned. "Then I'll know that she never loved me like I do her."

'But I hope with all my soul that she does return..' he thought as he looked down at the ground. "Sano leave. I want to be alone." Sano nodded and left Battosai to himself. "Kaoru," Battosai whispered, "What's taking you so long to return?" 'She just left for bandages...and then she said she would be back...so it wouldn't have taken this long...would it?' Battosai's thoughts where cut off when he heard a meow from behind him, he turned to see Rena. "What do you want rat?" "Meoooow." "You're already missing her too?" Battosai sighed. He came back in and picked up Rena. "Do you think I should go?" he asked the kitten. "Meow." Battosai smirked. "I'll take that as a yes."

With Rena in hand Battosai made his way down stairs. He placed Rena on the ground and gave her a little pat on the head. "I think it's best if you stay here." "Meow." Rena's meow was full of sadness. Battosai kneeled down and looked at the little kitten, "Don't worry, I'll come back and when I do I'll make sure Kaoru is with me." With that said Battosai walked outside and into the pouring rain.

At the same time Kaoru was just getting to the edge of town and the beginning of the woods that lead to Battosai's castle. When two guys stepped out of a bar saw Kaoru "Hey, isn't that the girl Jaaku likes?" one had asked the other as he pointed to her. "Yeah, come to think of it I haven't seen him since he left to go a rescue her from that demon." The second guy said. "Well, there's the girl. So where is Jaaku?" "I don't know." "Do you think he is dead?" "Maybe, I think should check things out." the second guy replied. "And if Jaaku was killed by that demon, than we will kill him in return. After all we are way better fighters than Jaaku." The first one said in a cocky manner. The two guys began to follow Kaoru deep into the woods, keeping their distance.


Whew finally finish and I updated! YAY! pats herself on the back. Again I'm so sorry for making ya'll wait and ya'll are such good people as to not be really mad at me. I'm sorry. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up updating, I'm still in troublesome times right now but I'm trying to get through it. See I'm kind of bi-polar, well not kind of I am bi-polar so I get depressed a lot and when I'm like that I don't feel like doing anything but I noticed that by doing things I like such as drawing and playing video games I don't seem to get as depressed as I use to.

I also noticed that writing is also good for me so then I might be updating a lot more. But I can't promise anything.

Okay this chapter would have been put up Tuesday but the stupid computer wasn't working at all. I couldn't do anything so I had to wait till tonight to get it up - STUPID COMPUTER! Sets computer on fire BURN BABY BURN! Muwahahahahahaha -x –peace!

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO DIDN'T KILL ME FOR NOT UPDATING SOONER. YA'LL ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST! LOVE YA-

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