Forgotten, December
By: Kelli St. Pierre…………………………sadly I do not own Rurouni Kenshin
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Back at the Aoyia…..
All the Oniwabanshu ninja'swere awake as they all are now sitting at the table for breakfast; as it is currently four o'clock. The table had seven chairs to it, three on each side and one in front. Okon, Omasu, and Okina sat on the left side of the table, and Shiro, Kuro, and Aoshi sat on the right side. Of course there was no one sitting in the chair in front cause that's were the Okashira sits. The table was of course quiet, besides the munching of food in their mouths, since there wasn't a certain weasel girl around to cheer things up. So they all ate quietly as they would sometimes glance over at the empty chair, wishing or hoping that Misao would appear any minute and would chat away with them. Aoshi being aoshi didn't touch, not even eat, any of his food yet; but kept his head down sothat his bangs were covering his ice blue eyes that were now lonely. But the silence was disturbed as a voice came in……
"I wish Misao was here…" Kuro said sadly as the others nodded as well, "She tells funny jokes."
"Yes Kuro we know", Okon said sweetly," But we mustn't keep ourselves down because of it, we must keep our strength so we can get her back."
"I know," Kuro said dumbly as he placed more rice in his mouth.
"Yea, it seems as though the whole place is different without Misao around", Shiro added," It also feels different here, it feels so dull without her weasel self."
"Yea I know what you mean", Okina said, then had his famous mischief smile on," Like remember the time we locked her in the bath house after I took a dump."
"Oh god not again", Okon said softly as she bowed her head down," Please Okina, were eating."
"Yea Okina, and when you say 'we', you mean YOU!" Omasu said loudly.
Aoshi raised his head a little as he was curious what this story was about, since he never heard it nor saw it happen.
"Oh I remember it quite well actually", Okina started as Okon mimicked him as she mouth-lipped his exact words.
"It was one of those summer days as Misao was only nine at the time. She had been causing nothing but trouble all day, and I decided to get her back for what she did to…..um…me".
"You mean that stupid pink ribbon that she ripped up," Omasu interrupted.
"ANYWAYS…… I had to take a huge dump since I didn't take anyat all that day, which is odd since I always take one in the morni-"
"JUST GET TO THE PIONT OKINA!" Okon and Omasu yelled at him.
"Alright, alright, sheesh woman, so I took a dump and god did it smell bad ,and Misao happened to be skipping in my way. So I called for her and told her that in the bathhouse, Aoshi was in there. You had to see her face when I said that, she then zoomed in the bathhouse as I shut the door quickly. I could hear scream as she knew she was tricked and kicked and pounded at the door, while complaining how bad it smelt in there. I kept her in there for awhile, that is until you two had to ruin the moment and open the door".
Shiro and Kuro were cracking up at the whole thing, as Okon and Omasu didn't find the whole thing funny one bit and sent death glares to Okina. Aoshi didn't glare nor laugh, but still kept his head down. He could just imagine Misao's face when she got locked in there. He let a smile play on his face since no one would be able to tell, since his head was so low.
"Ahem, anywho, it is best if we start packing and head out now", Okina started," If we were to leave now, we should get there at around six or so….which is the perfect time to strike."
So they cleared up all there plates and breakfast, though Aoshi's plate looked as though he didn't even touch it. They all already had their uniforms on so they were all set, as they gathered their weapons and headed out for their journey.
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Two hours later……
They were still traveling through the woods, as Shiro and Kuro sang softly 'ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall'; Aoshi was in the back of the group.
"Okina…" Omasu wined," Didn't you say this would only take about two hours"?
"Yes I did, but don't worry, we should be there soon".
"That's what you said twenty minutes ago", Okon now wailed.
"Now, now, there's no reason to panic. When Okina's in control, nothing goes wrong".
"Dear lord, I should of seen this coming", Okon still wailed," Cause when Okina's in control, everything goes wrong."
"I agree", Omasu agreed.
"Yea and will you two dimwits stop singing that stupid song already", Okon said aggravated," Were trying to sneak up on the enemy, not attract the enemy".
"Your just jealous cause you don't have our singing talent," Shiro coolly replied and kept going on with the song; which was now at eighty-two.
"Hmm, the day when you two have singingtalent, is the day when Okina actually gets a woman in his lifetime".
"What was that Okon?" Okina asked.
"Oh nothing that concerns you, 'Mr. Oh-So-Righty-Pants'.
So they continued on as they climbed over some hills, but nothing to dangerous as they spotted a big huge hill ,with rocks on the bottom.
"Ha, I bet if we cross over this hill, the house she be just right next to it!" Okina declared.
"No, you think", Okon whispered sarcastically.
So they all climbed up the several rocks with no problems, or almost with no problems……
"OUCH!"
"What!" All the others replied, except Aoshi of course.
"I think I broke a nail", Omasu replied dramatically, as the others sweat dropped, besides Aoshi, and fell anime style. Okina then cleared his throat and made his way up as the others followed, with a sad Omasu. As they made it over the hill, they could definitely see a huge mansion not even hundred feet away.
"Ha I knew it!"
"Whatever"
"Alright everybody," Okina started," I have already sorted out the groups, they are: Aoshi and Shiro, Okon and Omasu, and Kuro and I. Me and Kuro will take the left side of the house, Okon and Omasu will take the right side. As finally, Aoshi and Shiro will take the front of the house. If any of you are in danger, there should be whistles in your pockets, blow them and we'll help out. Good luck".
They all then scattered out as Aoshi and Shiro hid in the shadows, as there were very few guards guarding the entrance. To not cause a scene, Aoshi pointed to Shiro to go to the windows. Shiro nodded and noticed there two guards guarding them. He got the idea. He ran straight, while hiding in the shadows thanks to the tree's, and punched the guy in the back of the neck….knocking him to dreamland quickly. Aoshi was already done with his opponent, as he opened the window for the both of them and they both jumped in silently. Luckily there were no guards in front of the house, but they could tell there were some earlier as they saw food wrappers on the floor. The both of them looked around and saw only a staircase in the middle of the room, and a hallway on the right.
"Alright, I'll take the staircase, you take the hallway, if we don't find anything in about a half an hour, we'll meet up here again, okay," Shiro said. An indication of Aoshi nodding his head was all Shiro needed, as he was off to the staircase and then quickly disappeared from sight. Aoshi walked on, still hiding in the shadows, as we reached the long hallway. As Aoshi walked down, he tried to sense if there were any people in the doors, but didn't detect any. He continued walking the hallway though if it weren't for the torches lighting it up, it would have been completely dark. But that wouldn't have been a problem to Aoshi anyways, since he could see in the dark as good as day. He continued on as he smelt some food coming from his left.
'Must be the Kitchen or dinning room'
"AHHHHHH!"
But Aoshi was pulled out of his thoughts as he noticed a waitress was behind him and dropped her tray and screamed. He quickly turned towards her and closed her mouth, as he connected his fist onto the back of her neck. She quickly lost consciousness as she fell softly to the floor. He hid in the shadows for a bit to see if any guards came, but none did thankfully.
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Misao's pov.
She woke up, to the hear of a woman's scream as she saw that it was early morning. She noticed that Cole woke up as well since he too was looking at the door.
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Aoshi's Pov.
Aoshi then was about to continue on, but sensed that someone was inside the door. Slowly, he made his way towards the room as he slowly, without a sound, turned the knob.
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Misao's pov.
She didn't hear anything but saw that the knob was turning as she and Cole waited for the inevitable.
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Aoshi's pov.
He then slowly opened the door, and his eyes then were wide as he couldn't believe what he saw….
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Normal pov.
Misao saw the door open, and saw someone she wasn't expecting to see...
Aoshi Shinomori……
Aoshi just stood there not believing his eyes as Misao still laid there with Cole on her stomach, as he was looking at Aoshi to.
Misao and Aoshi stared right into each other as neither of them knew what to say………..
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Well, that's chapter 12, and yes I know that took me awhile to do but I to think of how to lead it to the end, since I know what I want my end to be. But anyways, on with the story, oh yes, I know you all are gonna murder me for making this another cliffhanger, and a big one in fact. Also, I got the whole story Okina was saying cause the same thing happened to my little sister when my dad locked her in thebathroom. He he he, I was indeedenjoying it all. ButJust how is Aoshi gonna react to this? Find out in the next chappie if you wanna know!
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