Konnichiwa minna san. (Hello every one, or at least that's what I've been told that's what it means. I'm surprised that this story has gotten off so quickly with so many reviews. As you have noticed, this is a Kaoru and Kenshin fic, if you hadn't noticed that by now then you must be stupid. Well thanks for the reviews and keep reviewing please. I love to hear what you think.
MabuiMiyoko: I hope that this chapter is a fast enough update for you… it was only the other night when I put up the last one.
ss1128: Thanks for the comment. Usually I don't get too many "It's well written." From people who write reviews so yeah!
-little oro- : I love the name, it's cute!
Heavensreject: Wait no more, here's the next chapter.
Elgaladangel: With idiot you mean Kenshin right? I mean you could mean me by that since I'm the idiot who left you at a simi-cliff hanger. Then again to me, when I don't have the next episode, or chapter, or something, it's always a cliff hanger… I don't know if it's like that for you, but yeah.
Nana: The oocness is for the use of this story. That and it seems to make things more interesting. You can't really write a fic over a story that already has an ending. (I still haven't seen it but I have heard what happens.) And especially since certain things have already happen if you know what I mean. It makes it difficult to write if there isn't some ooc-ness. Then again, in every fan fic there is at least some ooc-ness.
Jodibetz: And if you haven't noticed I have kept writing. Not as often as I would like to but I am writing little by little since it's getting more difficult in deciding how I want the characters to act.
Well as for all of you who review and don't review, here is the next chapter so please enjoy.
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CHAPTER THREE
"Think about it, Kenshin, just think." Kaoru said as she now felt herself wrap her arms around his waist. She could feel her face flush brightly, most likely as bright as his red hair.
"Kao..ru-do..no…" Was all that Kenshin could say and stared at the female who was now holding him, in surprise.
"I'm in love with you big baka." Kaoru said as she now stood up to be able to see him with out having to bend her neck so far back to look at him. She had finally said it, those words that she had been wanting to say for so long.
Kenshin had always known somehow deep down how Kaoru had felt for him, even though she tried her best to hide it. The only reason why he had said that day when Kaoru fell ill was that he didn't want to get too close to any one when he had decided to finally leave. "Don't leave Kenshin." Kaoru begged and rested his head on his warm chest. 'His heart is beating as fast as mine is.' She thought.
"This one does not want to stay and put you in any more danger, Kaoru-Dono." Kenshin said as he held her back. "I have to go."
Kaoru broke away from the rurouni who she had just admitted her feelings to and turned around. "Go then, go have your freedom."
"I suggest that you leave tonight when Yahiko falls asleep." Kaoru said coldly as she now tried to hold back her tears. "Tonight Kenshin, I don't want you to stay any longer, the longer that you stay the harder it will be for us to let you go." Kaoru headed back toward the path to the dojo and said no more.
'Go then, go and have your freedom.' The thoughts from the young woman burned in his mind. 'Kaoru-Dono…' If she wanted him gone, he would leave. The only reason why he wanted to go was so that Kaoru-Dono wouldn't get hurt, but that seemed to have worked out completely different then he wanted to. He would go tonight like Kaoru had asked. There would be people he had to see and good byes that he had to make before the time when Yahiko went to bed tonight. He headed in the direction to where he knew Sano would be, it was a place to start. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
When Kaoru got back to the dojo, she ran past Yahiko who was doing his chores and ran in to her room, and the sound of Kaoru quickly sliding the door shut could be heard. She slammed herself on to her futon and grabbed the pillow and started to cry. 'Kaoru, you're a baka!' She thought to herself as she cried silent tears. She heard a light rap on the door.
"Kaoru, what's wrong?" Yahiko asked through the door.
"Nothing, now leave me alone!"
"But…"
"Go do your chores! Then you have practice, now go!" Kaoru seemed to be saying those words a lot lately. She had told Kenshin to go just a little while ago and now she was going to pay the price for it. 'Why am I such a baka?' She asked herself. Then again Kenshin had insisted that he couldn't stay AFTER he had hugged her. 'Kenshin, YOU BAKA!'
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"So you're really leaving tonight Kenshin?" Sano asked with a frown and watched the rurouni's un-changed expression.
"Yes, Kaoru-Dono asked me to leave." Kenshin said as he hid his true feelings from his friend. "I'll miss you Sano."
"Is that all she said? You must have said something to really make her upset." Sano said suspiciously. "She…"
"She told me to go." Kenshin said. "Then again, I had been pushing at her that I was going to leave someday soon."
"If you go the whole team is going to fall apart." Sano said sighing.
"Sorry Sano, but you know that as a rurouni I…"
"I know, I know, you can't stay in one place for long. You have been here for a little over a year though." Sano said. "Why can't you stay?"
"I told you already, I leave tonight when Yahiko is asleep. It'll be better on him this way. Knowing Yahiko he would want to follow me and then his training as a samurai would decrease his potential skill. He would be better off here with Kaoru-dono. He would have a home, and a sister like figure."
"Do you really have to go Kenshin?" Sano asked again.
"Yes, I do, this one has stayed here for far too long."
"I'll be there tonight, but since not to say anything to Yahiko-chan, I'll miss you." Sano said sadly. "Have you told Megumi-san yet?"
"No, I haven't, I was going to head over there when I was done here."
"Go before she gets busy again." Sano said and stood with the rurouni as the rurouni headed for the door.
"Good bye, Sanosuke."
Megumi's office was surprisingly unusually slow when Kenshin had arrived. "Ken-san!" The woman said happily. "What brings you here, you're not hurt from another fight now are you?"
"No, I have to talk to you when you have time." Kenshin replied.
"Understood, come, I'm free after I take care of this last patient." Megumi said being able to understand the seriousness to Kenshin's visit. 'What's happening now?'
Megumi brought in the tea once she was done with her last patient and poured a cup for Kenshin. "Is Kaoru-Chan feeling better?" Megumi asked. "I was thinking of stopping by later today."
"Her temperature feels back to normal." Kenshin said. "However, that is not the importance of this visit."
"I'm listening." Megumi said and listened to every word that the rurouni had just explained to her. Kenshin started to tell Megumi of what happened earlier, leaving out the personal parts.
"I see, that sounds like Kaoru-Chan, but she does have a point." The young lady doctor said sadly. "You coming in to our lives like that and then you suddenly want to depart after a year. Are you not happy here Kenshin?" She never said his name which made Kenshin realize she was serious since Megumi-Dono had always called him Ken-san.
"Yes, I do. Kaoru-Dono asked me to leave when she found out that I was going to leave soon." Kenshin explained.
"I see, do you know why Kaoru-Chan told you to leave?" Megumi asked knowing how the younger woman felt about the red head rurouni.
"She said that it would be better on all of us if I just left in the middle of the night. Something about the longer I stay the closer our group of friends will get and then it would be even more difficult to say good bye when it came time."
'He really is a baka of a man.' Megumi thought and shook her head. 'He must know how Kaoru-Chan feels about him and yet he keeps pushing her away. Did Kaoru-Chan confess her feelings for him yet?' She silently admitted to herself now that the only reason why she ever flirted with Ken-San was to get Kaoru-Chan jealous and so this way Kaoru would most likely end up confessing even faster. However, it seemed like her plan had fell. "I'll stop by tonight then as a doctor's visit. I don't approve of this Ken-san, but you are one of my friends." 'One of my friends who saved me from that hell.' She thought.
"I should go back now, Yahiko still doesn't know and…"
"You don't want him to know do you?" Megumi asked as Kenshin stood up.
"No, I don't."
"He'll hate you for that, he looks up to you Kenshin." Megumi said. "Are you sure you won't stay? Everyone will be happier that way."
"No, I can't." Kenshin answered which seemed to be coming out of his mouth a lot lately. "This one has over welcomed his stay."
"Take care Kenshin." Megumi said sadly as she watched him walk out the door. 'Poor Kaoru-Chan, how is she now?'
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Yes this is a short chapter so forgive. I just don't want to overwhelm you peoples by having everything written in one chapter. Well tell me what you think.