A/N: Nya, thank you to all the people who reveiwed!! My friend was right, Kenshin readers are so much more nicer! And all your kindness makes me want to update more! I love you all!! T.T
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Tears slowly filled the brims of Tomoe's eyes as she looked at Kenshin in total shock. "H-how...how could he move on so fast....W-why?!" Tomoe thought before turning on her heals and sprinting away from the room.
Kaoru sat there in total shock. She had heard about Tomoe before...but she was dead... Kaoru was sure of it. "How..how could she be here...?" she thought as she looked at Kenshin slowly getting up in a nervous manner.
He turned slowly to Kaoru as if silentlyasking permision to run after her. "Go run after her already." mummbled Kaoru, standing up and giving him a slight push.
Kenshin looked back at his wife one last time. "I'm so sorry my love, but-" Kenshin started, but then not looking back, dashed after Tomoe.
Kaoru fell to her knees as soon as Kenshin turned the corner.
"Why...why is she here...?" she thought holding back the tears. She didn't want to be hogging Kenshin, but Tomoe was dead, and she knew at the bottom of her heart if she had never died...Tomoe would still be married to Kenshin, and somehow, she knew she might have a chance of losing him now that she was back.
"But...I must be strong...for myself and for Kenshin..." she thought wiping away her tears slowly and getting up. "No matter...No matter how much it hurts..."
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"Tomoe!!" Kenshin cried. "Please stop! I can explain!". Tomoe stopped tensely, and turning back to Kenshin, couldn't help but startcrying harder.
"Y-you..." she sobbed. "How could you?! So soon? I thought you would move on...but not so...." Tome's knees gave out as she stopped speaking and just sat there angrily.
"Tomoe...I can see why your upset but," Kenshin said walking over to her, and bent down next to her. "I really don't know what your talking about, elven-"
"So it wasn't six months! But still elven months isn't that much!" Tomoe shouted, pulling a knife from her snow white kimono and putting it to Kenshin's neck. "After all we shared....not even a year..." Kenshin looked scared for a second than smiled.
"My dear Tomoe you are simply confused." he said taking her arm and pulling the knife down from this neck. "I don't know who told you wrong, but it has been elevenyears since you have died, not months....believe me...I waited"
There was a glint of surprise in Tomoe's eyes. "Can...Can I still trust him...?" she thought. "How do I really know it's been elven years?" she spat.
Kenshin helped her up and smiled. "Feel free to ask any person who's livedaround these parts for the past year." he replyed. "Now if you'll follow me," he continued taking her by the arm.
"Me and Kaoru can try and help you." Tomoe blushed slightly at his kindness. This wasn't the Kenshin she remembered.
"I guess I have no where to go..." she said walking with him back to the dojo.
Just then Kaoru came around the corner with red eyes. "She can stay here if she wants." she said holding back tears.
Tomoe smiled. "Thank you, but I don't want to be any trouble to you." she replyed.
"Oh you're notrouble at all!" smiled Kenshin.
"Once she see's the other two that live with us she'll understand..." Kaoru thought sadly.
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"I made a really great dinner tonight!" Kaoru said putting the dishes down on the table, smiling. Yahiko and Sano winced.Usually when Kaoru 'made' a speacial dinner, it was putrid and tasteless.
"I think I'm going to do some more training." Yahiko declared getting up and starting for the door.
"Oh no you don't!" Kaoru grumbled, wacking him with her fist.
"OW! You crazy old-" Yahiko started.
"What did you call me?!" Kaoru retorted.
"I really want someone to explain why Kenshin is married to such a fierce woman... I always knew he was a bit jagged on the edges but she's just..." Tomoe thought to her self as Kaoru and Yahiko started trying to do kung fu on each other.
Give me your best shot old hag!" Yahiko shouted doing a pitifull high kick.
Bring it on shorty!" Kaoru said trying to hit Yahiko again.
"Umm...I think we should act better as we have a guest." Kenshin wispered in Kaoru's ear.
"Oh! Yes of course!" she said putting on a false smile. "So Yahiko what did you do today?" she asked, sitting down and petting his hair in a motherly way.
"Is this boy your son?" Tomoe asked Kenshin.
"WHAT?!" he burst out blushing. "N-No!! We just take care of him! Me and Kaoru haven't had any kids yet...AND when I say yet I mean we may not err I mean I dunno...Hey Sano wasn't the weather great today?" Kenshin rambled.
"I guess it was alright." Sano said, taking a drink of sake.
"Wasn't that is tenth sake already?" wispered Yahiko to Kaoru.
Kaoru decided to move the conversation into safer waters. "So Tomoe, not to try and sound, err... rude, but who brought you back to life..?"
Tomoe looked at Kaoru. "This nice preistes named Kazumi. I think she too was confused about the time period because she told me it had been only six months since I had died."
Sano, who was now a little drunk from drinking to much sake aske. "So I bet theold Kenshin's sex was better than huh...or do you wanna-"
WACK. Kaoru had hit him over the head. "Please excuse this man, he's still in the process of getting over a horrible mental disease." said Kaoru, helping Yahiko drag him out of the room.
"I knew you shouldn't have given him sake Kaoru...can't you do anything right?" hissed Yahiko. Kaoru made no comment, but smacked Yahiko with Sano's limp left hand.
"Kenshin?" Tomoe asked as the three left the room and it was just the two of them. "How long have you and Kaoru been married?"
Kenshin blushed. "Err..well it's our one year-"
"Oh, I'm so sorry for interrupting you on this.." Tomoe choked, cutting him off.
"No, it's ok really, you're welcome here any time Miss. Tomoe!" said Kaoru as shestepped back into the room. "We can just have a nice dinner without them ruining it." Kaoru said as she sat back down next to Kenshin.
"Well this is an important night for you both I don't want to..." Tomoe started.
"Oh pleas,e you're no trouble at all!" Kenshin said smiling.
"We've had worse as you cansee, you really won't be any trouble at all!" said Kaoru as she patted Tomoe's sholder.
"Now let's eat!" Kenshin excalimed picking up his chopsticks.
Tomoe looked down at her plate, she was almost sure her food just moved.
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After dinner, Kaoru and Kenshin talked about where Tomoe would sleep.
"Well, I don't know about the training room, it gets a bit cold in there at night, and I don't want her getting cold!" Kaoru said.
"Well do we have any extra rooms?" Kenshin asked his wife.
"Well I know there's my father's old room...She could sleep in there." She said.
Kenshin's face went pale. "Wh-What!?! Don't you think we could all fit in there!?" Kenshin sputtered.
"Oh please, I'll be fine on my own, and besides, it's your aniversery, you need alone time!" Tomoe cut in.
"Well sometimes freaky stuff happens here, I don't want you to get hurt Tomoe." said Kenshin.
Somehow this drove a knifein Kaoru's heart, but after it, she felt sickened with herself, he cared about what happened to the other's...but somehow Tomoe was just, different.
"Why don't I sleep in the one little boy's room?" Tomoe inquired.
"I really don't know why you'd feel safe with him..." muttered Kaoru.
"Didn't you say you taught him Miss Kaoru?" asked Tomoe.
"On second thought, you'd be verysafe with Yahiko!" exclaimed Kaoru.
"Well I guess that's that!" Kenshin said getting up. "Kaoru will you show Tomoe where she's sleeping?" Kenshin asked walking towards the door.
"Yes of course!" Kaoru said taking Tomoe by the hand and leading her out the other door.
As the two women walked down the hall way, Tomoe noticed what a huge dojo it reallywas. "Miss Kaoru, did you buy this land?"
Kaoru laughed. "Oh no, this has been my family for quite some time. I'm the last one in my family left, so I have to teach the students. And if me and Kenshin ever have children, they will work here." she explained.
"How nice!" Tomoe said smiling.
"Well here we are." Kaoru said as she opened the door for Tomoe. "Sweet dreams, and if you need anything don't be afriad to wake up Yahiko!"
Tomoe giggled. "Ok ok..and you have fun tonight, ok?" she said winking and closing the door to a very red Kaoru.
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Kaoru walked back to her and Kenshin's room in deep thought. "Why..Why do I keep having these feelings of jelousy towards Tomoe? I know Kenshin is my husband...but now that she's back is there's a chance that...." an image of Tomoe and Kenshin kissing burst into Kaoru's mind.
"No! I must not think of that now! Tonight is a speacial night...I can't ruin it with my fears of things that may never happen." she shouted to herself. As she got back to the door to her and Kenshin's room she took a deep breath. "Remember stupid, DON'T mess this up tonight."
When she first walked into the room she thought Kenshin wasn't there. Than she felt his arms rap around her.
"Is Tomoe alright for the night?" a seductive voiceasked smoothly.Kaoru nodded. "That's good." Kenshin said pulling out some sake from his kimono.
Kaoru blushed. She didn't think it would be right for Kenshin's ex-wife to be sleeping in the same place when her and Kenshin were drunk and having sex.
"Maybe I'll just have a small glass, I'm sort of tired." Kaoru wispered.
Kenshin's face fell a bit. "Well I guess I don't have to force you to do anything." he said regaining his smile and letting her go.
"Well..itis an important night..." Kaoru said blushing.
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Kaoru ran as fast as she could away from her room. She had just seen Kenshin laying dead in the floor. "Help! Some one, please help!!" she shreiked as she turned the corner. Then she found Tomoe. "T-Tomoe!" she choked. "I j-just found K-kenshin d-d-dead!" Tomoe smirked at this.
"Why are you smiling?!" Kaoru yelled. "He's dead!". Tomoe slowly pulled a bloody knife out of her kimono.
"I know he's dead my dear, I made sure of that."
Kaoru slowly backed away. How could she do this to Kenshin? It just didn't make sence.
Just then an aura seemed to surround Tomoe, she seemed to be forming into some kind of miko.
"Who the hell are you!?" Kaoru sobbed. This was too much for her.
The new figure did nothing but smile and with a swish of her hand, made the knife into a sword with blood all over it.
Kaoru started to run, she knew what was comming, but she didn't want to die. "Please!! No!!" Kaoru wailed as she ran faster and faster.
But the woman just seemed to be going even faster. In fact, she was floating. Kaoru looked back to see the face of the woman who was chasing her. She had long black hair, miko kimono, and her face...so pretty..but it didn't look human. Kaoru knew she was dead.
"Please, ghost miko, or whatever your name is!! Please!! D-Don't kill me!" Kaoru sobbed backing into a corner and shaking.
'I have to be strong...' Kaoru thought, still shaking and sobbing. "Forgive me for whatever I have done! Just don't kill me!" She begged.
"You, the wife of the man who killed Hitoshi! I will never forgive anyone who loves that man!" said the woman before she swung the sword over her head,slicing Kaoru in two.
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Kaoru woke with a start as she felt the naked Kenshin roll over in his sleep. She quickly got up and got dressed. "I know that wasn't an average dream..." she thought to herself as she pulled up her kimono.
"Is something trying to tell me something....?" the sun was now peaking in threw the door. "Whatever it was...I think I should keep and eye on Tomoe..she might just be a sick joke being played by someone to get revenge....But who or what would do something so mean to someone so...nice?"
As Kaoru finished fully dressing, she heard Kenshin waking up.
"Morning sleepy head." she said kneeling down next to him and stroking his hair.
Kenshin smiled. "Sleep well?"
For a moment Kaoru thought about if she should tell himabout her dream, or not."I slept like a baby." smiled Kaoru. "Now why don't you get dressed, and I'll go make breakfast?"
Kenshin yawned. "You know I was wondering if we could do some shopping today, we're almost out of rice." he said sleepily.
Kaoru smiled. "Well I'm sure shopping would do Tomoe some good! She needs some fresh air. After all, being ashes in a pot, under ground for elven years must be hard!"
Kenshin sweat dropped. "Sure...Anyway, why don't you go get breakfast ready and I'll go get Tomoe?" he chuckled.
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A/N: Well there's the second chapter! I got more in the chapter this time because...well I dunno XD but! My internet keeps dieing on me... .:sigh:. oh well thankyou for all the reveiws! I hope to at least get 100 by the time this is over! But I know it's not gonna happen....
Beta: Hey everyone, AngelWingsbaka here! I hope I did ok on fixing the few errors there were. --hides as people throw bombs at her for bad beta-ing-- eep!