Forgotten, December

By: Kelli St. Pierre……………sadly I do not own Rurouni Kenshin

Chapter 4: "The new woman, the new problem"

Misao's pov.

'No'!

'No, I shall not face him again', Misao said to herself,' I shall not face the pain again'. Then she ran from there as quick as she could, straight threw the forest. She knew though she wasn't alone, as she could also hearing footsteps closing in on her. She knew her chances of beating Aoshi were like one of a thousand, but she wasn't going down without a fight.

'I need to shake him off….' So she jumped to a high branch and continued to jump branch for branch. Jumped down off of a tree to look back since she heard no footsteps.' Did I lose him? No way, there's no way I shook him off that easily, so then where is he?' She looked around and saw nothing but darkness and trees. Misao carefully took each step just like a deer out in the wild, checking to see if any prey is near. She continued to walk quietly deeper into the depths of the forest, with no sign of Aoshi anywhere. But then, a twig snapped just about five feet away from her, and Misao zoomed out of there as fast as a bullet. She raced threw the bushes and tree's, cutting herself as light scratches were visible on her arms and legs. But they soon turned red and Misao paid no attention as she sped up her pace. By now she was probably a good 200 feet from Kyoto and was still running, with a visitor as well. But then Misao saw her opportunity of winning as she saw a lake nearby. She was almost 100 percent accurate that if she could make to the lake, then she would surely lose him. So she raced on, becoming very tired but continued as she was about fifteen feet away from the lake. But all of her hopes were smashed as she felt arms circle around her, pinning her arms against her waist. She knew then the race was over, and he had won.

They both were panting pretty hard as they were running, at full speed, for about a fifteen minutes. " Misao", Aoshi calmly said, after regaining his breath," You have come back". By now Aoshi had let go of her, but still was very close so she wouldn't try anything.

" Yes, so it seems", Misao replied harshly, after regaining her breath, " and it seems you haven't changed a bit".

"Same can be said of you"

" Well sorry to break it to you, but I have changed...Aoshi". Misao could tell thatAoshi was completely stunned to hear her say his name. Misao turned away and then started walking away from him until she heard him whisper...

" I missed you, Misao". She then stopped and froze where she was.'What did he just say?', Misao thought to herself,' Theres no way he could have missed me unless...he has feeling for me...'. As Misao turned around, she had a singe tear run down her face, as her face looked completely shocked. Aoshi came up to her and gently wiped the tear away and then put his hands on her shoulders.

" Misao please come back, everyone including me is missing you", Aoshi said in his same voice, but a little softer.

" I-Iw-wish I c-could", Misao said, as she was still in shock,"But, t-there's something you should know".

" What is it?"

"I'm...being chased after..", Misao replied brokenly, as she grabbed Aoshi's shirt and cried into it. Aoshi just stood there for a second, processing the information to his brain that he just recieved. Then, very slowly, lifted his arms around Misao as she cried her heart out. This lasted for a while until Misao broke away and tried to wipe her tears away. When she wiped away her tears, though her eyes were still red, she noticed Aoshi's hand infront of her, silently asking to take his hand. She accepted his hand and they started to walk back to the aoyia.

"So, do you know who is after you?", Aoshi asked suddenly. Misao looked over to him and replied:

" Yes", Misao said" His name is Cole and he was actually from the western area( America ) before he came to Japan".

" And why is he after you"

" Well, it all started when I just turned eighteen and I was in Tokyo at the time. I was out one night and so I went to a club to chil and hang out. I had a couple of drinks, but not enough to make me drunk or pass out or anything. It was getting late and just when I decided to leave, the man named Cole came up and asked if he coud sit next to me, and of course I said fine. We started talking about ourselves and I found out that he's 28 and works for the police. I finally decided to leave and he offered to take me home, so we both left. During our walk we talked little but not much, but as I close to my apartment, he grabbed me and shoved me against an ally wall. He pinned to the wall and said that I was his and that no one could ever touch me and all. Then thats when he started touching me in places and kissing me, so I was able to kick him in the stomach and then ran. After that I left Tokyo and decided to come here, where I thought I was safe, until I saw him again, but luckly he didnt see me so I ran and left to the woods. Thats when I decided to hang out here for awhile. I haven't heard or seen him since. But Im pretty sure he's still looking for me"

Aoshi just kept on walking, while his hand,the one that was holding her hand, clenched a little and his eyes narrowed. It seemed as though he wasn't going to say anything else until...

" What does he look like"

"Well," Misao replied,"he has dark brown hair, hazel eyes, he's probably as tall as the end of your throat, and thats pretty much it".

All Aoshi did was nodd his head as they could see the aoyia now and approached the gates. Misao all the while was thinking about the others and what they would say to her.' Well, Okon and Omasu will probably hug me as always,'Misao thought,'Shiro and Kuro will probably give me a high five,and Jiya...well he'll probably scream...'Did you miss your sexy grandfather'..and hug me till I turn blue'.

As soon enough, as Aoshi opened the door, Omasu and Okon hug her, Shiro and Kuro gave her a high five, and Jiya came and screamed at the top of his lungs...

" MISAO!"

He gave her one of his bone-crushing hungs as Misao turned blue.' Hmm...maybe hewouldn'tsay it?'..Misao thought.

" OH MISAO, DID YOU MISS YOUR SEXY GRANDFATHER!"

'Orrrr...maybe not'

But what none of them all saw, was that a figure with dark brown hair, hid behind a bush with a smile.

" ahhh, well, I finally found you my Misao..."

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Well thats chapter 4, and I think it's pretty good. I know some things may not be right, like for tha apartment thing, I didnt know what they called them, or if they had them, but oh well. I also wasn't sure about clubs either, but again...oh well. And of course, there was no way I was gonna end it there, so I had to add a problem to the story, which I thought was good.Now the problem is, will Cole get Misao...or does Aoshi have sumthin to say...find out!