Disclaimer: I, CHEPOT (not real name), solemnly swear, that I, do not own RK…phew (wipes off her sweat) that was short
Author's note: yeah…yeah…I know, its weird. And I know that you're probably tired of waiting for a freakin update from me. Sorry bout that. I was busy these past few days …Uhhhh…weeks…due to some academic problems…so what if I'm not an A1 student in math? It's not like math is that special! Everyone hates math…let's just say that I perfectly define that hatred. Oh well, I suppose you're itching to get to the story. So let's just start the damn thing.
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CHAPTER 4: ARE YOU FOR REAL?
The old lady opened the gate and invited them in. they were asked to sit down inside while they waited for the tea and sweets that the old lady went to get from the kitchen.
"Is this really the dojo?" Megumi kept wandering around the room "Hmmm… it really went through a lot of changes…and what's this?" Megumi caught a glimpse of a switch under the table. She flipped it and Kenshin, whose feet and legs were under the table, jumped at the sudden change of temperature. "AHH!"
"What happened?" Megumi asked the startled samurai
"It suddenly became hot under the table!" he pointed to the bottom of the covered table. Megumi swooped down to check under the cloth and saw some weird lamp.
"What are you doing down there young lady?" asked the old lady whose carrying the tea and sweets with her.
Megumi was startled to be seen in such indecent posture that she bumped her head below the small Japanese table. "OUCH!" she slid out from under the table and rubbed her head "this table has a lamp underneath…but it doesn't burn…"
"Huh? That's the heater…" the little girl answered
"Hea-ter?" the three asked in unison
"You're not from anywhere near here are you?" the old lady asked.
Jinpu immediately jumped in the conversation "we're from the province. We're here to find some friends."
"Oh I see…" The old lady took out a bunch of things and laid it carefully on top of the small table. "These are all that's left on Battousai the slasher…it was said that he and his friends disappeared after their last battle." She took a picture frame and laid it in front of everyone. "This is my grand mother's niece. Her name is Kaoru Kamiya…she is rumored to be the fiancée of Battousai. And one of those few who vanished with the legendary samurai."
"May I ask you a question Mrs. Kamiya?" Kenshin interrupted
"Yes? What is it young man?" she smiled gently as to properly host her guests
"May I ask you …about this house? How did you acquire it?" Kenshin steadily stares at the old woman, hoping to get answers
"Oh…yes…you see…my grandmother was the wife of Kaoru Kamiya's uncle … Kaoru is the original owner of this house…her father's younger brother is my great grandfather. My great grandmother and grandfather traveled all over Japan because they were historians. It took them a while before they found out about Kaoru's father, who died. So they decided to go to the dojo and lend Kaoru some help. But when they got here in Kyoto, they found that the Dojo empty and she was gone. Towns people said that she disappeared a week before due to some unexplainable event. There were a few friends of theirs who also went missing with her… including the famous swordsman, Battousai. "
"You are Kaoru-Dono's relatives then…" Kenshin rubs his chin.
"Yes… we are…. I am Katori Kamiya and this is Kaoru Kamiya..." She added
"I have introduced myself…now can I please have your names?" she politely asked the strangers from the province
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Kamiya…I am Kenshin Himura and these are my friends…Megumi, the lady doctor and Jinpu from china"
"K-K-Kenshin-shin HI-HI-hi-mura?" the old lady stuttered.
Her eyes seemed to well up tears but there were visible traces of fear, and amazement in her eyes. She was unable to speak and soon, silence enveloped the whole room. Everyone just stared at one another with wonder.
"Good heavens…" the old lady's last words before she fell unconscious and dropped on the floor
"Grand ma!" Kaoru ran to her unconscious grandmother
"Mrs. Kamiya!" the three immediately went to aid the old woman
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Katori woke up in her futon, being nursed by Megumi…
"Huh? Whu-who are you? Where am I? What happened?" Katori asked spontaneously
Megumi, irritated by the old woman's spontaneous questions, answered "so which one am I supposed to answer first?"
"Grandma!" Kaoru bursts into the room and pounced on the old woman, who's sitting on her futon.
"Kaoru…" the old lady gladly cuddled the little jovial child.
Kenshin and Jinpu followed Kaoru inside the room and saw that their host has awakened.
"Hello Mrs. Kamiya…how are you feeling?" Kenshin immediately greeted the woman.
"She's fine…she was just shocked," Megumi answered at an irritable tone, still cursing the persistence of the author for calling her old.
Katori stood up and touched Kenshin's face. She pinched it, totally disfiguring the scar-faced samurai's face.
"Wah-ah-you-doing missies kamhieya?" Kenshin manages to ask the old lady who's busy disfiguring his face
"Are you for real?…" she touched Kenshin's scar…"is this real?"
"Mrs. Kamiya…everything you see is true. Now please stop making Kenshin's face look ridiculous" Megumi commented while tending to her silky black hair.
"And you…are you really Ms. Megumi? The Megumi witch of Kyoto?" she asked glancing unswervingly at the young lady
(Irritated veins) "WHAT'S THAT FOR! WITCH? Why do I get that crappy reputation?"
"E-heh-heh…she's not really a witch oba-san…she's a doctor…" Kenshin explained
"Uhhhh…a witch doctor?" the old woman asked again, while probing Megumi's face
"This granny is beginning to get in my nerves…" Megumi shrugged and glared at the old woman
"No…Mrs. Kamiya…she's not a witch doctor…" Jimpu aided the old woman to her feet
"Bu-but how can this be possible…Kenshin Himura and his friends? But where's Kaoru Kamiya?" She asked
Jimpu and Kenshin decided to tell her everything while Megumi sulked and pouted in a corner cursing the people who might've given her the title "Witch " in the past.
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"Now, I understand… you traveled in time. That is why you vanished in the past." Katori took a teacup and sipped the liquid inside "you make good tea Ms. Megumi" She praised the brunette who's brewing tea for her other two companions.
"Oh yeah… now she praises me" she thought irritatedly. "A-he-he… thank you Mrs. Kamiya…" she smiled pretentiously at the old lady who smiled back at her.
"Please correct me if I'm wrong but you say you're here to retrieve some friends right?" she asked the two young men sitting in front of her.
"Yes… we are looking for Yahiko, Sano and Kaoru." Kenshin told her
"And where do you plan to stay until you find them?" She asked again
"Uhhhh…." Said the three in unison
Katori laughed and said "you three, can stay here with me and Kaoru for the time being."
"Thank you for your kindness Mrs. Kamiya" Kenshin bowed to thank the old lady
"That's alright. I have friends in the city hall maybe they can help you find your friends." She followed
"Really Mrs. Kamiya? That is really nice of you to help us." Jimpu praised the old woman's kindness
"Grandma! Grandma! It's almost time for Inu yasha! Turn the TV on!" Kaoru yelled from the other room
"Alright…alright Kaoru…" Katori clicked the TV on and moving pictures started to show in the little wooden box, which amazed the three time travelers
"What's that thing?" Kenshin asked
"Why are there little people inside?" Megumi followed
"How did they all fit in there?" Jimpu asked
"Oh yes… this is a television. It shows images that are shot from a studio. It is broadcasted from the television station. It's like a movie but the difference is that it can be live." She explained "you can watch shows from anywhere in your house"
"Oh I see… what innovation." Jimpu rubbed his chin in astonishment
"I want to change the world…" the Inu yasha opening song played "Hurry up Kaoru Inu yasha is on…" Katori called her grandchild"Coming Grandma!" Kaoru ran from the other room gliding to the front of the Television
"AH! That guy has animal ears!" Megumi pointed to Inu yasha
(A/N: hi-hi-hi much like yours when you're in your SD form)
"Yeah! Cause he's Inu yasha!" Kaoru shrieked at the sight of the hunky dog man
"We interrupt the Inu yasha show to bring you this special News bulletin"
The Flash report news
Reporter: The crusae company, Japan's largest car selling company just announced the release of their newest car design. They say that it fueled by nothing more than pure water. Bringing upon the subject, Robert Crusae, The current president of Crusae group of companies announced this afternoon that there will soon be Mrs. Crusae. He will soon be wed to his rumored girlfriend, Ms. Kaoru Kamiya. A reception for the engagement party will be held this afternoon in the garden palace hotel. And that's it for the flash news report. We now return to your normal programming.
"WHAT THE-" Kenshin couldn't believe what he just heard could it be the same Kaoru Kamiya?
"Grandma! We have the same name!" Kaoru cheerfully told her grandmother
"Their could be lots of Kaoru Kamiya here in the future Japan" Megumi deducted
"How far is Garden palace hotel from here?" Jimpu asked the old woman
"Well, it's kind of far… but if you take a cab, it may take you about 45 minutes" she answered the young man's query
"a what?" they asked again
"A cab…you know a car…" she explained making hand gestures pertaining to wheels
"No matter what they are, we're ready to take them just to get to Kaoru" Kenshin stood up
"Okay then… but you all can't come. Someone has to be left here in the house" the old woman crouched her back and stood up
"I'll stay…" Megumi raised her hand
"Okay… I'll order some noodles so that you'll have something to nibble on while we're gone." Katori went to the phone and dialed the noodle house's number.
After calling the noodle house, Katori took her coat and went out to get a cab. The three got inside the cab and left.
"I'm coming Kaoru…" Kenshin stared outside of the Cab window imagining Kaoru's face smiling at him.
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We're you tired of waiting? Sorry I was busy these past few days. I hope you understand. College is really giving me a headache right now. You can't imagine what life is when you're in a place where people study a lot! Anyway, I hope you like this chappy. And please READ and REVIEW! Thanks!