Forgotten, December

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

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Misao's pov.

She felt a throbbing pain in her head as she slowly opened her eyes. She observed where she was which looked like a bedroom basically, a nice one in fact. She was accurately on a queen size bed which could fit five of her, but on with the room. Its walls were painted a yellowish gold color with red drapes for the windows. There was a desk in the room along with and ink brush and a bottle of ink.

'Bingo, She thought,' that's exactly what I need tell the others where I am. All I have to do is call Raven over here.'

Raven was a bird Misao found during her travels that she come to love. She hasn't seen it in a while due to her being at the Aoyia, since it doesn't like people that much. Actually, Raven really didn't trust her at first, but did later on since Misao helped her with her injury she received in the leg.

Misao was about to go to the desk when she realized her arms were chained to the wall.

'Though this isn't what I needed, great.'

Misao was pretty sure Cole was the reason for this, since she just saw him not to long ago. Speaking of time, what time was it now? Surely the others would know of her disappearance by now. And what was it Cole to do with her, sure she knew that he wants her…but why? It is for love, or for lust. She sure hoped it wasn't her second thought, even though the first though wasn't to appealing either. She looked out the window (which didn't have the drape over it) and saw that it was still dark out so she couldn't have been out for long since it was dark out when she got captured.

Just as Misao was going to think of an escape plan, she saw door open and saw someone who was not Cole walk in. It was a guy who looked at least twenty-five and was pretty huge, also this guy had blonde hair which she hasn't seen many guys have. He looked surprised to see her awake and then came over to her and spoke….

"It is time for diner", the man said, who had a deep voice.

"Diner ? You guys are gonna actually let me eat? Besides isn't it late out?" Misao said surprised.

"Of course, we do want the bride to be healthy don't we, and for the time no it's not late…it's only eight-thirty.

"WHAT! Unless I'm Lord Aoshi's bride, then I'm 100 percent saying no".

"You have no choice in this matter and you are not to say his name."

"Who's name?"

"Aoshi Shinomori"

"And why the hell not". Seriously, this guy was really annoying her.

"Lord Cole's orders".

"Well sorry to disappoint you and Lord Cole, but I'll say my true love's name anytime I want so fuck you".

"Whatever you choose, it will e only harder on you, but for now it's diner so get up".

"Gee that would be a fascinated idea if I could," Misao replied sarcastically since she was chained to the wall. The man finally understood what she meant and walked over.

'There you go stupid', Misao thought. Misao gasped as she heard a bang at each side of her head. It appeared this man broke, no, destroyed the chains just by punching them. But the scary thing was, she never even saw the guys punches even come close to her face. It seems these guys are talented after all, and Aoshi doesn't have any warning.

Misao was banished from her thoughts as she was yanked off of the bed, and pushed out the door were she entered a big hallway. The man softy held her hand as he guided her to were they were going. It just dawned on Misao that she wasn't wearing her ninja outfit but a white dress that went to her ankles. That meant that someone must of dressed while she was unconscious.

"If you're wondering who dressed you it wasn't a guy," the man started," It was a maid, so don't worry."

"Oh , okay," Misao said. She actually just realized now that they weren't really bad people, well not this guy anyway. This man could have made it worse for her but instead treated her nicely, in a way. She looked up at him and saw that he had dark brown eyes, but they were some what soft in them.

"Thank you, for being nice to me…I appreciate it," Misao said slowly.

"There are 'thank you's' necessary," the man said," Being considerate is not something to be thanked but to have no matter what."

"You aren't as mean as you look, are you?"

"No, whether I agree with my Lord Cole's decision or not, I do it only cause it's a friend's favor. And yes, people do judge me from what I look from the outside but from the inside, as you put it, I am not evil…like other men are."

"You remind me…of a friend I used to know….he would carry all of 'his' orders no matter if he agreed to it or not. It was mainly loyalty why he always carried out 'his' orders. And as the same as you, he had a very bad face, which I never have seen, and always wore a mask to cover his face…..but he was always a gentle person in the inside….if only he were he now….."

The man looked at her with even softer eyes probably cause she basically explained him. But it was true, him and Hannyaa were alike in many ways. They went down a staircase that was pretty long, she just noticed that the man was wearing gray jeans from the western part of the world and a black muscle shirt that was also from the western world. It appeared this guy was from the western world, or just like western clothing.

"Well even though you probably know who I am, my name is Misao," She said politely and reached her hand out when they were off the last step. He stood there for a moment, looking at her and as though it would bite him or something. Just as she was going to pull back, he slowly reached out and shook his hand with hers.

"Hello Misao, my name is Raff, though the people here call me Jet."

He then let go and she just realized that the main doors to escaping were right there and she escaped. But of course she wouldn't go to far since this guy would easily catch up to her, so she ditched the idea. Besides she knew Aoshi could kill any of these guys, though she would feel bad if he did kill the man who was now Raff, since he's not like the others. He's actually, should she say it, a brother to her. It was amazing to her how she could think that after meeting the guy for less than a half an hour.

"I'm sorry about before with the holding your hand thing, it's just I…never had a friend before so."

That disturbed her from her thoughts as she saw him looking the other way. In fact, she didn't even know she was walking along the hallway since she was lost in her thoughts. She could smell food so she knew the dining room shouldn't be to far. In fact, by the looks of it, they were here since he stopped at two big doors. She saw him go to the other door just across from the door she was to go in, but she didn't want him to go since she wanted to ask him a question. And so she yelled……

"Raff"!

"Ah".

"When you told me that you would do anything Cole tells you to do whether you like it or not, do you agree with this…want he's doing now".

It seemed as though he wasn't going to answer since he turned around and opened the door to which looked liked his room, but then he said softly….

"No…."

He then softly shut the door behind him as he let Misao be. She was wandering why he would just let her out on her own, since she just escape now. Unless there were guards waiting out there or maybe….

'Trust…'

Could she really brake that trust between them and risk her losing the only friend she has here with a fifty-fifty chance of escaping. She decided against it and a thought ran threw her mind.

"It's just I…never had a friend before so."

With that thought in mind, she opened the doors, to see what will await her next……

Aoshi's pov.

He was angry, no, enraged of this current situation. A letter was sent to the Aoyia just an hour and a half ago saying……

Dear residents at the Aoyia,

You probably have been wondering were your precious ninja is. Well I'm sorry to inform you, but she now belongs to me, Lord Cole, so it is best you accept the inevitable. We are sorry for your loss.

Sincerely,

Lord, Cole Takshi

Just hearing the name wanted him to rip him to pieces, but to say what he said….he just won a trip to hell. When he first heard about this, he quickly fled to his room and that's were we are now. He would go most definitely now if he could, but the problem was none of us knew where this Cole guy lives. Also he knew that Okina would not allow him to go at such an hour, though it was only eight-thirty. Suddenly, he heard Okina call him from downstairs and Aoshi went downstairs, rather quicker than intended. He saw everybody down there as well and wondered what was new. He saw Okina holding a piece of paper in his hand which he was inching to grab, but didn't.

"Aoshi we have been just informed by our spies that Misao is in a mansion, not to far from here." Okina started," If we were to wake up early morning and to go there, we should make it there probably at least two hours."

"We," Aoshi questioned.

"Yes of course, why you ask?".

"It will be I who will go alone Okina, I can get there faster and quicker-"

"Which is precisely what they will be expecting", Okina interrupted," They know you more than you think since I'm guessing they must of looked you up. I'm almost positive that Cole will send his forces out all night to make sure no one comes in."

"And what do you plan to do," Aoshi spat icily.

"Like we said before, were all going. We all know how you feel about her Aoshi, whether you care to admit it or not, but she is also important to us…my granddaughter I might add. And if you think Okina, spy of the Oniwabann group, will just stand here and let villains take my granddaughter away from me, then you are more of a fool than I thought you were!", Okina said icily right back at Aoshi, while looking at him dead straight in the eye.

"Alright, but why will this work may I ask", Aoshi said quietly since he knew that the look Okina gave him, it meant that he wasn't going to win and that he was dead serious.

"I am most certainly sure this will work," Okina started," and why you may ask, its very simple Aoshi. Cole may think he's all good with the money, just like Kanryuu may I might add. But when it comes to intelligence, Cole or even Kanryuu in that matter; do not even come close to my intelligence as they might think. We will attack each side of the house in pairs, they will not expect this coming since they will have all there top men in front of the house. Trust me Aoshi, they will not expect a full force, and especially not in the morning."

Aoshi couldn't say anything but nod. He had never seen Okina this serious, this intelligent since way back during the wars. And whether or not he admitted it to himself, he knew that Okina was right; they would never expect that and this was why Okina was a spy for the Oniwabann group.

"Alright now that have that settled, I think it's best if we depart to our beds now…since we'll need our strength for tomorrow." Okina declared, as the others nodded there heads and left quietly. Aoshi to nodded and left quietly to his room. When he got their he quickly but yet, smoothly took of his yukata and put on instead of his sleeping yukata….his old uniform. He hadn't worn it since the Shishio incident and wasn't planning to. He laid there on his futon as he slowly closed his eyes and one thought went into his mind…

'Hold on Misao-mine, I'm coming….and when I do..they'll all wish they never touched you…..'

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Well, that's chapter 9. That really took a lot out of me cause I was writing like non stop lol. But anyways as you can see, I made Misao have a friend here cause I thought it would give the story some more interest if I did. Also, I wanted my story to involve the other Oniwabbann members in rescuing Misao as well…cause that's part of her family to and I think they'd do anything to get Misao back. So now to me, the big question is, will Okina's plan work? And will Raff change his ways and help Misao? Find out in the next chappie!