AN: The fourth chappie already! God! time flies when you're hooked lol! Well thanks for all my reviewers, and questions are welcome ! After this story im stickin' to some short ones lol, cause i think this one might be kind of long. OMG I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE ON THE THIRD CHAPTER! I said that the weekend was here and then later on i said the next day at school! I WILL CHANGE THAT! I SOO MESSED UP! please no meanie ppl! and i misspelled misao's name its m-i-s-A-O...im so sorry!
Kaoru's hands over her eyes. What just happened? she thought. She could only remember running then Kenshin calling her name and everything was blank.
She layed there on the floor feeling strong arms around her frail body. She could feel hard breathing upon her pale cheeks.
"Are you ok Kaoru-dono?"Kenshin asked concerned. Kaoru removed her hands from off her eyes.
"Y-yes"she said slowly. Kenshin arose from off her body and looked up at the second floor of the school.
"Some guys with guns were going to kill you"he said. Kaoru gasped.
Shishio...she thought. Suddenly she heard someone else yell out to her.
"Kaoru-san!"said Myame running over to Kaoru. Myame kneeled down to Kaoru who was still sitting on the floor.
"Are you ok?"she asked worried. Kaoru nodded still perplexed. She looked up at the second floor and noticed that no one was there.
The three soon heard a car outside of the school driving away in full speed. Kenshin got up quickly and ran outside...too late...the shooters were already out of sight.
The police came soon after Shishio and his people left. They questioned the three teenagers. Kaoru of course lied to every one of their questions.
Kaoru was still a bit shaken from the whole event. Myame went home after being questioned with her mom who lived close nearby the school and could hear the shots.
As the police made Kenshin and Kaoru go home so they could further their investigation Kaoru was in deep thought.
Myame-san...Yahiko...its all my fault! Tears started to trickle down Kaoru's pale cheeks as she walked out of the school. Kenshin was by her side and could see the tears. He felt so helpless, he just wanted to pull Kaoru into his arms and stroke her back telling her that everything was going to be ok, but that couldn't happen.
"Kaoru-dono...are you ok?"he asked. Kaoru wiped her tears and looked at him. Her eyes a bit red.
"No...i'm not"she said. She was sick of lying, she just told him the truth that was from her heart. Kaoru thought about Yahiko she wouldn't let her little brother down. She started running all the way to her home. Kenshin was bewildered.
"Kaoru-dono wait!"yelled out Kenshin, but Kaoru ignored Kenshin and kept running.
As soon as Kaoru made it home she noticed that Shishio wasn't there. She ran inside taking off her shoes before walking in.
"Yahiko! Father!"yelled Kaoru. Nothing replied to Kaoru, but silence. She called them once again running to Yahiko's room. No one was there. As she ran to her father's room she was startled by a voice.
"Kaoru?"Yahiko asked. Kaoru turned around.
"Yahiko!"screamed Kaoru. She ran to Yahiko her arms around him while tears streamed down her cheeks once more. Yahiko put his arms around her too. As they parted their hug Yahiko looked at Kaoru with a saddened look.
"Did you...kill-"
"No I didn't...I couldn't bare to have that guilt in me"said Kaoru. Yahiko looked at her. He wasn't sure if he should be happy or sad.
"Wheres Father?"asked Kaoru.
"He's resting he said that he felt ill"replied Yahiko. They walked toward the living room and noticed a note on the floor. Kaoru walked over to pick it up. She unfolded it and began to read.
Kaoru...You have failed the deed I had sent you. Although I will spare your brother's life and Myame's. I had tested you to see your strength and have noticed that you are weak in the heart. Myame really didn't have a cousin in the D.R.G.. I wanted to see if you would kill for the sake of your brother's life, and I have noticed you are unworthy of your brother. We have proved that you are not capable of following my orders if anything was to happen to Kamiya-san.
Shishio...
"He was going to kill me whether or not if I had done the deed or not!"said Kaoru through gritted teeth. Tears streamed down he cheek and she tried to hold down the knot in her throat, but just couldn't...she was filled with emotions...rage and sadness.
She crumpled the note and threw it to the ground her knees gave out on her landing on the floor and began to cry uncontrollably.
"That Kamiya girl was something else"said one of Shishio's henchmen to another one.
"Yeah I know. She was pretty lucky though, she was really close to be getting shot"said the other henchmen,"If it weren't for that red headed guy she would of been dead for sure don't ya agree boss?" added the henchman.
"Yes I do actually. He seemed very close to the Kamiya girl. He didn't add any honorific to her name"stated Shishio. He was leaning against the wall of his so called 'clothing company', smoking. He was in deep thought. He kept thinking that he had seen Kenshin somewhere before. Red hair and a cross shaped scar...hmmm...
The rest of the week was hectic for Kaoru. She was so busy studying and worrying about her father.
After a few days after the shooting at school Kamiya-san was sent on his final mission to end D.R.G.. It would take him days to finish it and after that he would be paid most hansomly. Kaoru was so relieved. She could go on with a normal life and live peaceful with her father and brother. She remembered the last words her father had said to her.
'I will be gone for a while maybe, but at least this will bring an end to this chaos that has been in our family for years. Remember I may not be in view, but I'll always be in your heart and Yahiko's, my daughter.' He kissed Kaoru's forehead and left soon after.
It was Thursday afternoon and he had not returned yet. Her next class was P.E.. Luckily Misao was in her class. When Kaoru finished changing into her gym uniform Misao power-walked to her.
"Kaoru-san! We'll be learning Kendo today"said Misao happily. Kaoru's smile was bigger than Misao's. Yes! Finally something I can actually play she thought.
As they walked out of the girls locker room she noticed Kenshin was in her class. Kenshin.... Kaoru hadn't talked to Kenshin since the shooting at her high school, the cops hadn't yet completed their case.
The whole class formed a line facing their coach; Arisuke-sensei.
"Good afternoon class"she greeted her class with a smile,"Today we're doing Kendo" Arisuke-sensei turned to Kenshin,"I'm sure you're happy about that Himura-san." Kenshin's cheek turned a light pink. Kaoru noticed his slight blush, for some reason he looked really cute.
Before Kaoru noticed, her sensei was calling Kenshin's name to come up and receive the bokkon. He took the bokkon and formed a position something that Kaoru hadn't notice before. Kenshin started swinging his bokkon having a tight grip on the wooden sword.
His swift moves and speed was unremarkable! The class couldn't keep up with his movement, including Kaoru. His concentration was straight and his eyes looked more serious than his soft purple eyes.
Kenshin finished with a last swing and stood there looking straight ahead of him. The class, including his sensei, clapped. He could hear some whislting from his peers. Kenshin stood up and handed Arisuke-sensei the bokkon and sat at the benches.
"I expect those moves at the Kendo Tournament"said Kenshin. He smiled hand over the back of his head,"Alright Kamiya, why don't you give it a try"said Arisuke handing Kaoru the bokkon.
Kaoru took the bokkon and stood in place. She was already in the stance. Arisuke could see some experience in Kaoru's eyes.
"Kamiya? Do you have any experience with Kendo?"she asked. Kaoru nodded blushing a bit. Kenshin almost dropped his jaw. Well what do you know...he thought.
Kaoru began. She also had swift moves, but not as much speed as Kenshin. Kenshin was tranced by her beauty. Her ponytail flowing to her moves. Everything was perfect. Strands of hair over face, but she didn't seem to notice, as she was with much concentration.
To Kenshin she looked like an angel, such smoothness to her moves. Her eyes a piercing blue looking which way and that. She finished. Everyone was clapping loudly. Misao was screaming, jumping up and down, while whistling.
"YEAH KAORU-SAN! THAT WAS AWESOME!"she called out. Kaoru smiled. She wiped the sweat from her forhead with her forearm as she handed Arisuke the bokkon.
Kaoru sat down next to Misao.
"Oh my god! That was great! I never knew you could be so talented"said Misao. Kaoru smiled back.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner"said Kaoru.
"Thats ok! You're just as good as Kenshin-san"said Misao. Kaoru blushed a little.
P.E. was over and Kaoru and Misao had changed back into their school uniforms. The bell had rung for lunch.
"Kaoru-san, I have to go on up ahead I promised Keiko-san that I would save her a spot in line at lunch. Would you like me to save you a spot?"she asked. Kaoru shook her head her ponytail swaying along with it.
"No thats ok I brought a lunch"said Kaoru. Misao waved and ran ahead.
As Misao ran she bumped into someone and fell backwards.
"Hey! Watch it buster!"said Misao with her eyes shut tightly and she was rubbing her head. She had looked up and saw a guy her age staring at her. He had icy blue eyes and black hair. He lended a hand to help Misao up.
Misao kept her focus on his eyes, they were so beautiful.
"Are you ok?"he asked. His voice was straight forward no sort of emotion or anything. She nodded and picked up her books and found one that didn't belong to her.
On the front it read Shinimori Aoshi's Notebook.
"Here"she said with a smile. She handed Aoshi the notebook. He took it out of her hands gently.
"Uhh sorry Shinmori-san...I-"
"Its my fault...don't worry about it..."Aoshi paused and looked at Misao's journal. It read her name,"Makimachi-san..."he finished. Misao blushed. He was so beautiful. He looked like a peaceful guy, but she could see that he had muscular arms so he must of done some sort of workout style.
She waved goodbye with a smile and ran to lunch. A very energetic girl I can see...thought Aoshi looking at Misao as she disapeared.
AC: HEY GUYS! I finished! Yay! and I will fix the problems. Please send reviews of this chapter. Just to let you know im setting this at a K/K, S/M(Sanosuke and Megumi), A/M(Aoshi and Misao) pairing, but this story will mostly be on K/K! Umm tell me in the reviews if you like this idea. And plus maybe a Yahiko/Tsubame pairing also! hehe!
