Disclaimer:I don't own RK, coz if I did, this would be in the series wouldn't it?
I'm feeling so happy, here's chapter 3!
whohooo! Misao's awake! spit it out already! what? a waff with Aoshi? nah! just a bit though... he's kinda a bit OOc here. to all Misao's fans, sorry, I had to make her kinda "weak" here... but soon she'll return to the genki girl she really is!
3 Why?
"Don't move too much Misao-dono. You might hurt yourself." Kenshin tried pushing Misao down back into the futon. She had a frantic, almost crazed look, a look which was sending chills up Kenshin's spine. He could imagine lots of stories as to Kaoru's disappearance. He shook his head. No, I've got to be optimistic!
Misao caught one of his arms as he was trying to at least sit her down. She squeezed it, demanding attention.
"Himura, where's Kaoru?!" Misao choked. Kenshin could only look at her with that helpless gaze he's had. Her eyes were pleading, begging for answers.
When Misao saw the hesitation in his eyes and that Kenshin wasn't about to answer her, she shook him vigorously. She had a sinking feeling that Kaoru wasn't there, that they had no clue as well as to where she is. Kenshin's eyes were puffy. Had he been crying? She felt panicky. Something was wrong, something was terribly wrong.
"Kenshin" she said, calling him by his first name,"tell me, have you found Kaoru?". Tears were beginning to well up in her eyes. Please, no, she has to be there. Please, let all these just be a dream.
Kenshin backed away, his head bowed, bangs were covering his eyes from sight. Somehow, Misao didn't want to see what was in those lavender pools. The despair, the pain, helplessness, everything. Kenshin shook his head, his shoulders hunched.
Then Misao broke down. Tears unsupressed, ran freely on her cheeks.
~*~
The sound of someone cryng woke Yahiko up. Groggily, he went outside of his room. The noise was coming from inside Misao's room. Tsubame was sitting just outside. She had a forlorn look.
"Misao's having a breakdown. She must be traumatized."
Yahiko went inside. Inside, Misao was crying uncontrollably. She doesn't seem to be the genki girl he'd always known.
"Kenshin?"
Kenshin was in a corner of the room, just sitting, he looked so wispy.
Yahiko went to Misao's side and tried to comfort her. But, Misao pushed him away. Feeling pissed off he shouted.
"WELL IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, THEN CRY ALL DAY! WE'RE ALL HAVING BAD TIME TOO, NOW, IF YOU'D JUST STOP WHINING, THEN MAYBE WE COULD'VE FIGURED OUT SOMETHING BETTER TO DO!"
"You don't know, you weren't there!" Misao said in between sobs.
"We wouldn't now, would we. Honestly all I see before me is a crybaby!"
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, YAHIKO MYOUJIN, You're talking to the Okashira of the Oniwabanshu here!"
"Then prove it! Stop moping around and tell us!"
Misao plopped herself in the futon. Exasperated with herself. Yahiko was right. She could've handled this better. She looked up to Kenshin, who with all the fighting had stood up to his feet. His eyes encouraging, but still comforting.
Just then the shoji door opened. Sanosuke was standing outside, he looked spent. Behind him were Megumi (Let's just say that the fishing village wasn't that far.) and Aoshi (Hey! It's the Oniwabanshu we're talking about here, they've gotta have the means! Let's just say that it's already early morning. Ahem!)
"Aoshi..." Misao felt like hiding. Aoshi saw her crying like a baby.
"Maybe you should talk to her. She'll listen to you." Kenshin said to Aoshi.
Aoshi took a step towards Misao, she was still sobbing but this time she's putting up a fight trying to stop the tears from falling.
Then Aoshi did what nobody expected him to do. (He slapped Misao right on the face! Just kidding!.)
He hugged Misao. (krukkruk!)
"Calm down Misao. Everything's gonna be alright, the rest of the Oniwabanshu are looking for her now."
Misao found herself appalled by Aoshi's actions. That simple hug meant so much to her. It gave her all the courage in the world. She nodded. Aoshi sat just beside her. Kenshin and the others got closer to listen. Megumi made her way to examine Misao's injuries. Misao held up a hand.
"Thank you Megumi, I'm okay. What I have to say is much more important than anything else." Yahiko had sat himself in a corner with Tsubame. Sano was still standing by the door. Kenshin, Megumi and Aoshi were the ones closest to her. She took a deep breath. She didn't know where to begin. Aoshi gave her hand a squeeze. She was being surprised by his warmth. (?!)
"First, I'd have to tell you that the Tsunami wasn't the source of Kaoru's dissappearance. She was taken, Kenshin." Everyone gasped, then listened carefully, hanging unto her every word.
~*~
Kaoru and I was just gathering some shells by the shore. When suddenly, Kaoru saw something floating. It was too far for us to swim, not to mention,we wouldn't have been able to swim since we were in our kimonos. But Kaoru was so sure it was a person asking for help that she saw.
"Misao I think that person's drowning! C'mon, quick! we might be too late!" Kaoru said, hastily trying to figure out what to do.
"There! there's a boat over there, let's use that."
We got on that boat, when we got to where Kaoru saw the person, we found no one. Just then, something seemed to have hit the boat from underneath.
"What the---! if this goes on, we might fall. Let's brace ourselves!" Kaoru nodded in reply. They ripped the sides of their kimonos, the better to swim.The rocking got harder and harder, eventually it did turn the boat upside down, throwing both Kaoru and Misao off. They turned to the nearest island they saw. Doing their best to swim faster. Misao's sleeve got caught in the nail protruding from the boat. Kaoru tried to help, eventually it did come off.They were both going to swim away when the boat, due to the waves, rose up and was about to fall on top of them.
Misao, who was much faster, was quicker in response. She immedietly swam out of the boat's way, but Kaoru who was much slower was fallen over by the boat. Misao lost sight of her.
"Kaoru?! Where are you?!" she shouted on top of her lungs. Nobody answered. She dove underwater to look for her friend. She found her unconsciously floating, seemingly lifeless. Blood was coming out from the side of her head. She swam towards Kaoru and caught her. She was still unconscious. She swam towards the surface. She got nearer the island. She placed Kaoru on the island's side. When she was about to get up herself somebody hit her in the head.
The last few things I saw was a plank of wood hitting me, as I fell to the water, I caught a glimpse of someone taking Kaoru. Then it started quaking. That's when I lost consciousness. Only Kami-sama knows how I survived.
~*~
Misao sat there, blinking away tears, Aoshi holding her hand. Everyone else seemed to have been in a shock.
Just then a knock on the door was heard.
"May I come in? or are you all busy?" Saito Hajime came in.
"I believe the Kamiya girl's disappearance was no accident." he said.
~*~
Saito was propped on the floor while everyone else was all around him, oggling him. So, Shinomori's here too. No doubt their people are looking for the girl too. He was holding the weasel girl's hand. He smirked. Battousai's just staring at him, waiting for answers. He'd love to make him wait.
"Saito, I believe you have something to tell us." He finally snapped. His eyes glowing amber. He could feel the tension in the room. Looks like they already knew, judging that the other girl was awake. He just needed to fill them in.
"Cough it up already, will ya! and tell us what you know about Jou-chan." Ah the baka rooster head. He's here too. A bit on the quiet side today hm.
"You're right, I'm not gonna waste anymore of my time here." he looked at Kenshin. He threw a piece of wood at the floor. "She was found drifting in the water with that." he looked pointedly at Misao.
Kenshin picked up the wood, unsure of what Saito has to say. Did he came all the way here at this hour to show them the piece of wood Misao drifted with? Knowing Saito, he didn't. He examined the wood. In it was written:
"Ring a bell?" Saito asked him. Kenshin's brows furrowed. He can't place the name anywhere. He looked at Saito then shook his head.
"Didn't think so. Apparently, you've got yourself a stalker."
A stalker? Now that was preposterous! How could he have a stalker?!
"He was a chronicler during the Bakumatsu. Apparently, you were his favorite. All his works are about you, some of the content were, well... mere ravings of a madman, they say. I think he's ticked off by your life now."he paused. "He got out of service when he started bugging everyone about you, Battousai. Neglected his job and was soon fired." "Anyway, he was always enthusiastic about your fights. Well, your wandering has deprived him of the only thing he thought was fun. I bet he's one guy who'd love to see you kill again."
"Then, why'd he take Kaoru? Why not just take me?"
"Hey! don't ask me. I only got the report this morning. Who knows what he's planning. He's obsessed with the Battousai."
"You don't say he caused that earthquake?! You've gotta be kidding" Sano shook his head disbelievingly.
"Of course not, you idiot! No man can ever make the earth quake! Do everyone here a favor and use your brain, ahou." Saito lit a cigarette.
"What's with the wood thing? Did he think It'll make an imprint on Misao's face or something?" Yahiko asked, still puzzled.
Saito puffed a smoke. "You better stay away from the rooster-head kid while you can. His idiocy's rubbing off on you." "Why you!" Sano stood up. Megumi stopped him. Saito smirked. "As for the weasel, with that kind of a guy, I'd say he probably used her as some kind of message, I wouldn't know. But since he's targeting you" he pointed a finger at Kenshin."well, he's got to let you know somehow. Just to piss you off." Saito shrugged.
Saito stood up and turned to leave.
"Hey! where are you going?" Misao finally said.
"To look for the girl of course, what else do you think I'm doing?" Everyone was still looking up at him. "Well, aren't you gonna come or are you gonna leave all the work to me?" Everyone suddenly stood up. Good. The more the merrier. It's gonna be a hard day today.
Done. I. have. a. major .headache. That thing about Kurosaki Reiji just came out of the blue! originally it was just some psycho who wants well nothing. lame idea if you ask me. But I like what I did with Reiji. *grins evilly* I'm gonna have so much fun! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! how'd you like to see Soujiro here? I'm already cooking up something new. but that's like chapter 10 or something. PLEASE REVIEW! or else you might be seeing the last of WAVES. i still think it's a lame title. dang! i'm also cooking up a new fic which i'm gonna entitle BRIGHT LIGHTS (yes! it's from matchbox 20's song.) its gonna be a k/k fic like this one. but i'm just gonna concentrate here. i'll just upload it when i'm done with this one. *yawn* honestly i look like a raccoon because i've got these nasty eye bags! won't be uploading quick though. i have this review classes for this college entrance exam i've gotta take! pray that i'll pass at UP pls.
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thank for the reviews! here's my reply to you guys!
StarofFoam: I'm glad that you're very curious. I promise I'll always leave something for you to be curious about
cyberdemon: thanks for the compliment! your wish is my command...
Lendra-chan: thanx so much! I wanted it to be sad... have I overdone it?!
Lisa Oceans Potter: If everything goes righht, Kenshin might never cry again. he'll face the problem like he always had. Kaoru's whole story would be in the next chappie!