Why
Chapter 4
'B-O-R-I-N-G
OUT IN A GARDEN
"Kiyoshi? Kiyoshi! Where are you? Oh dear god, why me? Why are you doing this to me?" Asked a maiden walking around in circles around the Shinomori's mansion garden.
"Kiyoshi come out your father wants to talk to you and your brother, so come out dear son of god, oh dear what if something happened to him? What would I do? Please come out" The poor maiden walks around a large Sakura tree and big bushes and some tall and beautiful yellow Sunflowers. Suddenly she stops at the sound of a noise, it sounded like a small giggle, or rustling of grass, at that noise the maidens face changed, her face turned into a sweet smile and started walking towards the big Sakura tree, when she was right underneath it she looked up to see a little boy looking right at her too.
"Oops" Was all that the little boy said.
"Oops all right, what on earth are you doing up there? Do you not know that it is dangerous to be up in a tree?" The maiden asked the boy pulling her hands up in the air so that the little boy could get the idea to take her hands so that he could get down.
"Oh Nana do I have to go down?" Asked littleKiyoshi with a very cute face and ice blue puppy dog eyes.
"Yes you do. Now get down before you get hurt,"Nana said trying her best to sound mad at the boy, but just couldn't.
"Oh all right"Kiyoshisaid givingup andstarting to get down from the big Sakura tree and intoNana's awaiting arms.
"Good boy, Now lets go and give you a bath, shall we?"Nana askedKiyoshi,who was looking at her like she had betrayed him.
"You said that my father wanted to see me right? So there is no time if that WAS the case,"Kiyoshi said looking atNana like, 'I win'.
"Yes your father did say that he wanted to see you, but he said after you had your bath, young master," TheNana said puttingKiyoshi on the ground so that he could stand on his own. At that the little boy looked at her with sad eyes. But Nanawas able to not look at that face and ignored it, at thatKiyoshi pouted.
"There you are my little angel," said the voice of a woman that was coming out of the garden as well. She was wearing a beautiful sky blue kimono with a few large iris flowers and her hair was up in a bun, and her lips had a tint of red in them that made her look beautiful. She had blue eyes and her hair was as black as the night sky, and a smile as bright as the morning sun.
"Mommy!" Kiyoshi said running towards his mother that had her arms wide open waiting for him to hug her, and so that she could hug him back.
"How was your day my little angel?" The mistress askedKiyoshi starting to stand up with him still in her arms.
"Mommy I learned how to spell a word, and my teacher did not teach me it"
"Oh! And who taught my angel?"
"The gardener mommy"
"Oh the gardener? He is a nice man is he not?"
"Oh yes very nice, do you wish to know what it is that I have learned, mommy?"
"Oh yes that would make me very happy, what is it that you have learned my little angel?"
"I leaned how to spell this word, B-O-R-I-N-G"Kiyoshi said very pleased with himself. At this his mother looked at him very shocked.
"My word!"
"Actually it is my word mommy"
"Well then, do not tell your father about this do I make myself clear?" She asked looking at her son and her index finger on his nose, and by doing soKiyoshi cross-eyed trying to see his mother's finger on his nose.
"Do not do that," She said taking her finger away from her son's nose, his eyes followed.
"Why mommy?"Kiyoshi asked finally looking at his mother in the face.
"Because then your beautiful face will get ugly and I would not like that, now would you?" She asked with a very wise tone.
"No, I do not want my face to get ugly because then you would not love me the same way as you did when I had a pretty face"
"OhKiyoshi that is not true. Even if your beautiful face got ugly that would not mean that I would hate you, no you are my little angel, and I will always be with you and always love you that I promise you" She finished with her pinky out,Kiyoshi knew what that meant so soon his little pinky was curled up with his mothers, and a big smile on his face as well has his mothers face.
"Oh mommy you promise?"Kiyoshi asked rubbing his face on his mothers' neck and his little arms going around her neck too.
"Sometime, sometime my little angel I will have to leave you but I promise that I will come back, Ok?" She asked with that smile on her beautiful face. Kiyoshi'shead is now nodding, and then he puts his head back down to her neck.
"My lady?" Asked Nana, who had been watching the scene before her in silence as to not disturb them, but she had remembered that she had to giveKiyoshi his bath, now he would be late, again.
"Yes Nana? What is it?" The mistress asked looking up at her.
"Well your husband wanted to seeKiyoshi andKin and he gave me specific orders to giveKiyoshi a bath"
"Oh, all right then" The mistress said looking at her son that was at the edge of sleepiness and awake. At that she smiled.
"You have to go my little angel," The Mistress said putting her son down on the floor so that he could stand.
"Why mommy? I do not want to go and talk to father. He does not like me. He never did and he never will"Kiyoshi said with a mad face and his two arms crossed.
"Why do you say that? Your father loves you"
"Oh yeah, and who does he love more? Myself or my brother?"
At this the Mistress could not say anything, but only look at her son.
"Now young Master." Nana said grabbing hold of his hand. "Your Mother has a lot of things to do now, so lets be off and give you a wash," Then Nana started to walk off with Andrew. And the Mistress could do nothing but watch him be taken away.
'Oh my little angel you are growing up to fast, you are under standing things too fast. It is true that your father does not love you the way that he loves your brother, but as long as I'm here you have nothing to worry about, because I'll always love you first' My little angel Then the Mistress walked away from the garden to have a short talk with her husband.
IN AN OFFICE AT THE HOUSE
'Knock, knock, knock'
"Come in," said the voice of a man from inside the office.
"My love, I would really like to ask you a question. If you will let me, that is."
"Ah! yes you are the exact person that I wanted to see, come in my darling, and see what it is that I have"
"Yes" Said the Mistress opening the office door to see her husband standing up and walking towards her with his arms open and his famous smile.
"How was your day honey," The Mistress asked when she had gotten in his warm arms.
"It went well, but that is of no importance, how was your day?"
"It went fine." She said looking into her beloved husbands eyes, Soujiro, and smiled at him.
"What is it that you have to show me, my love?"
"Good question" He said grabbing her by the hands, and showing her to the back of his study, where a window stood, showing out to the gardens, and the small lake that is in the back.
"What? What is it darling?" She asked because Soujiro had just covered her eyes with his two hands (AN: Of course, with what else? Stupid me!) Then, when he had uncovered her eyes, she saw what he had to show her out the window, it was so beautiful, there in the garden, stood three horses, one was a big black male stallion, next to it was another beautiful female stallion with a white coat, and right by it the youngest stallion, black coated, with a star/diamond shaped thing on it's forehead.
"OH! Honey they're adorable!" She said jumping, but not very high, which made her husbands smile grow even bigger.
"I knew you would like them, the white stallion is yours darling, the big black one is for me, and the young black stallion is for Kin"
"What about Kiyoshi?" She said, completely forgetting her happiness, and looking her husband in the eye, with some not so happy eyes.
"What about Kiyoshi?" He said walking away from the window towards his desk and grabbing more wine and pouring it in his glass cup. "And I thought that you would be happy to see those horses, you're the one that is always saying that I need to buy some horses so thatKin can learn how to ride-"
"And Kiyoshi, why do you always have to lock him out? Why can't you accept him for who he is?" She said walking towards him. "Why should I?" Soujiro asked turning around to face his wife.
"Because he is your son, not just Kin,Kiyoshi is your son too, so you better treat him right-"
"And what is right?" Soujiro said looking her fully in the eye.
"Like the way you treat Kin, is the way that you should treat Kiyoshi"
"What do you care?Kin is your son too, you know."
"Yes I am well aware of that fact, it is you who seems not to know that it is you who has to realize thatKiyoshi is part of this family too. And as long as you keep ignoring Kiyoshi, I will not be able to accept that stallion" She said very indignantly at her husband, who just looked at her, filling his glass again with wine.
"What is it that I have to do so that you will accept the horse?" Soujiro said walking towards his wife, and once he got to her, lifted her chin with his first finger, making sure their eyes met. "I am meetingKin andKiyoshi in a few minutes does that make you more happy?"
"You are going to show them the horses?" She asked still looking him in the eye.
"Yes, I am going to showKin his horse-"
"And you will also showKiyoshi a horse that will be his very own, that is what will make me happy, forKiyoshi to finally get something at the same time as his brother"
"All right then" Soujiro said pulling his hand away from her and walking away to fill his already empty glass cup. "If that is what will make you happy, darling, then I will grant that wish for you" Soujiro filled his glass cup, but did not turn around to look at his wife, instead she walked towards him and wrapped her arms around his waist, putting her head on his back and mumbling:
"Thank you honey, you do not know how happy that makes me" 'I can not ask my question know, then he will not get Andrew a horse, I will ask some other time then. Oh I cannot wait to seeKiyoshi face when he sees his horse'
'Knock, knock, knock'
"Yes come in," Soujiro said turning around to great the visitor.
"My lord, you sent for me?" Hannya said bowing to his Lord and Mistress.
"Yes Hannya I did so, I would like you to go and get another horse for Kiyoshi"
"Stallion honey,Kiyoshi should get a stallion too," The mistress said looking at her husband in the eye (Again) and smiling up at him.
"Very well then, Hannya you heard her"
"Yes my lord… um may I have a privet word with my lord, my lady?"
"Yes Hannya, of course" She said giving Soujiro a kiss on the lips and walking out the door, closing the door behind her with a small click.
"Yes my lord?" Hannya said a few seconds later.
"Yes, it is true what I said Hannya, get a stallion for Kiyoshi, but not a very good looking one, and make his a girl" Soujiro said walking towards his desk again and grabbing his wine glass and refilling it.
"A girl? A very ugly looking female stallion…my lord?"
"Yes a girl,Kiyoshi does not deserve to have a handsome black male stallion like his brother, and make sure that the coat his very ugly, you get that Hannya?"
"Yes my lord"
"Good, you may go" Soujiro waved for Hannya to leave, who left to go get Kiyoshi's female stallion with an ugly coat. And Soujiro just filled his glass of wine and sat down at the sofa, closing his eyes to calm down.
'I do not get why she tries to defend him, I do not like him, so my wife should follow, right? So why is she not following me? Why does she love him so much? She loves him more than the first-born. By Christmas, my fathers and mothers friends will be telling me to disown her and him, because he is a disgrace and her because she loves him more than the son she gave me first. But I cannot disown her, I love her too much, and if I disown him she will hate me for the rest of our lives. No I will not disown either one of them, but still at least she can show more love to Andre too. Life is not all about Andrew she should know that, right? What do I care? Just calm down Soujiro'
TBC...
Authors Notes:
Can someone tell me what a female horse is called? or a baby horse?
Imalefty:Like I said, I'm not writing these chapters, they are already written, well now I'm gonna have to write chpater 5, but tell me, should I keep going with Kiyoshi's story? or go on to Sano? Yes the same Soujiro that comes out in the show, is Kiyoshi's dad. now about Shishio's heavenly sword? I don't maybe, when he looses everythingI guess. It was a mistake that I made, I wasn't supposed to write "When Andrew became Aoshi' nor 'When Kiyoshi Became Aoshi' I wanted that to be a surprise. Yesterday I was going crazy, but the faxt is, I wrote 'Andrew to Aoshi' on the sumery, STUPID ME! THERE GOES THE SURPISE! Yes they are living in London. Yes Aoshi will meet Misao, I just don't know when or where, could you help me? and Yes all of the characters will come to together at some time.
I WILL KEEP GOING SEMPAI!