(A/N: All right! I'm back with chapter 11! Woah! I'm really sorry about the late updates and all... -.-; Anyways, decided not to change my pen name after all! What do you guys think? Should I or should I not change? Oh, do check out my story, "Haunted", in http/ when you have the time ya? Some words for my readers:

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Misao smiled brightly to her reflection on the mirror. She grinned. Then she smiled shyly.

DAMN! I CAN'T DECIDE WHICH SMILE TO USE LATER WHEN I SEE HIM!

Should I give him a shy little smile? That'd make me look lady-like.

Or should I give him a smile with a little wink? Maybe I could flirt with him.

ARGH! WHAT ON EARTH AM I THINKING?

Misao pushed open the door and stepped out, when a familiar figure stood in front of her. She looked up. Her face went all red.

Seta Soujirou.

" Oh...Ohayou!" Misao managed to greet with all she had and forced a little smile.

" Oh...Ohayou, Misao sama." Soujirou greeted silently, his face looking at the ground. Without saying anything else, he entered the toilet and closed the door.

Weird. Sou chan ain't being himself.

Oh well, maybe Misao's thinking too much.

Misao began to walk back to her room along her corridor. Her brisk, silent steps became long and heavy. She stopped outside her room. She stared blankly at the door. She didn't enter the room.

Sou chan called her Misao sama.

Kaoru walked silently beside Kenshin as the evening wind blew. The couple walked along the empty boulevard.

He hasn't spoken a word ever since they were out of the restaurant. He had a talk with one of the governments. Kaoru peeped. Kenshin's face looked serious. Looks like he's in some kind of thoughts.

Before she realized, they reached the town and were walking along the streets. Kaoru looked around, trying to find something to entertain herself, but her heart was worried for Kenshin. What on earth would cause him to think so much?

It's probably the government. They probably talked him into a difficult situation that kept him thinking. They're always doing this to him.

" Naa, Kaoru dono."

Kaoru awoken from her thoughts and looked at Kenshin almost immediately.

Kenshin finally called her, but he wasn't looking at her, he was looking at the ground.

The couple continued walking. " Hai?" Kaoru asked.

" The government... Seta Soujirou is a high-ranked wanted criminal now in Japan." Kenshin started. Kaoru knew about it. She wasn't surprised. " They wanted him so much that they had sent Aoshi to kill him."

What?

Now, that certainly caught Kaoru's ears.

Aoshi?

" Really? Then Misao chan..."

" They called me to join forces with Aoshi." Kenshin snapped.

" Join... Join Aoshi? What does that mean?" Kaoru asked, feeling anxious.

" They wanted Soujirou so much that... They wanted me to catch him with Aoshi. They believed with the two strongest swordsmen, 'Tenken' would certainly die." Kenshin finished solemnly, staring at the ground. Kaoru's eyes went wide open.

Did he..?

" I didn't agree." It was almost as if Kenshin had read Kaoru's mind, and said those magical words. Kaoru sighed in relief. " But... This can't go on. The government's really determined to kill Soujirou. He can't stay in this town for too long."

Kaoru looked down at the ground while they both walked back to the inn.

This time, none spoke.

Yahiko walked along the streets.

BORING.

He spent most of his time in the day at the inn, doing practically nothing.

And now, he's wasting his time in the streets, idling around.

Sheesh.

Life is just SO FUN.

Crap.

Yesterday was the same as today, and tomorrow's going to be the same as today.

Sheesh.

Kaoru and Kenshin have been out ever since last night. That practically took his life, for there's no one else to tease about, not after how Misao punched him last night.

Yahiko blushed.

Right, Misao DID had the right to punch him. Well, they were... Doing... That kind of...

Yahiko's face went all red.

Crap, no use thinking about such...such STUFFS around this evening. He might as well have some practice.

He's definitely not going to interrupt anyone's activity today.

He's definitely not going to stop any couple from...

Kissing.

Yahiko knocked himself on his head with his knuckles. Stop thinking about it already!

Well, Yahiko's growing. He's...turning into a...man. And in that process, as all know, hormones start to react. Sometimes, boys get really, well, CURIOUS.

But he's definitely not going to stop any... Yup.

DEFINITELY.

Misao stared at the ceiling blankly. She was lying on the ground in her room. She was alone. Soujirou wasn't with her.

Sou chan?

What happened?

Why didn't he look for Misao?

Why didn't he ask her out?

Why...Why did he call her...

Misao sama?

Sou...chan?

Misao wished she wasn't thinking too much. She wished she didn't need to think so much. But...

She can't stop thinking.

What happened? Sou chan seemed to be drifting away... It's only one day, and he looked like he was leaving her.

She didn't see him around today. She tried looking for him around the inn, the streets and everywhere she could think of, but he wasn't around.

Where is he?

It's only been a day, and she's missing him.

Could it be...

He's gone?

Misao sat up immediately. Her heart raced and her eyes stared in fear.

No. Sou chan. She can't lose him!

Misao got up on her feet and rushed to the door. She wanted to see Sou chan. She couldn't lose him!

She pushed the door open and Soujirou was there.

Misao froze for a moment. Tears brimmed her eyes. She broke down, hugged Soujirou, and cried.

" Where have you been? I thought I lost you!" She cried and wailed in his embrace like a baby. Same old Sou chan, with his same old smile, same old clothes.

Soujirou didn't speak for a moment and let it be for a moment. He gently pulled Misao away from his embrace.

" We need to talk." Soujirou said, his eyes almost cold, his smile almost fading.

Something somewhere in her heart told her...

Something isn't right.

(A/N: HEHES. Something bad is going on. Well, you see, I'm writing this story based with a little mixture of my...life events. My love life's been pathetic, and I can't help but to make this story sad. But well, it's going to be a happy ending in the end. Unlike my life.)