Chapter 2- search party
Sanosuke was hanging out near the layaway area when he heard a message for a Mrs. Kamiya. Sanosuke scoffed his shoe on the floor at the thought. Mrs. Kamiya had died last month. Then he heard something he didn't like. "No sir I'm afraid there's no Mrs. Kamiya here anymore officer. Have you called her father? Does he know? Missing? Oh my. Yes thank you. Oh I was one of her friends. Thank you sir. Bye."
She hung up the phone and ran over to a close friend of Mrs. Kamiya's. "Cindy, the police say Kaoru's gone missing." "What! Have they called her father?" "Not yet." "Damn. She must have run away after me and Kenshin left." Sanosuke dug through his bag and pulled out his cell phone then dialed Kenshin's house.
"Hello?" "I need Kenshin." "Just a minute." "Hello?" "Dude it's me." "Sano? What is it?" "Kaoru." "What?" "Wal-mart just got a call from the police station for Kaoru's mom. I over heard them talking and they say Kaoru's gone missing." "What! Shit! Oh sorry dad. Call up the guys and meet me at the park. Call Tae and Megumi too. They might be able to help." "Got ch'a."
Sanosuke got out his cell phone to call everyone. It was dark by the time everyone got there. Misao had begged Megumi to take her too since she was one of Kaoru's friends. Kenshin came up to them on his bike. "Ok everyone got a cell?" they held theirs up.
"Kenshin how are you going to find her?" misao asked. "We need your help to figure out where she might go." He answered. "She doesn't really share that much with us." Misao sounded worried. "Anything she likes that would help her calm down?" Kenshin asked. "Well she likes the outdoors like in Inuyasha. Or rives. In her fics that's where all her characters go to calm down." Megumi said. Tea nodded. "She'll have her bag with her too. She'll be in one place for a while if she writes."
Yutaro came running over to them out of breath. "Guys I saw Kaoru…walking toward Bellville…she might be at the river…I thought I could help." "That helps but we still don't know which way she would have gone past that." Sanosuke said. "We'll just have to split up. We can have two groups of two go one way and the other two go the other way. One on each bank so we don't miss her." Aoshi said.
"How will we get out there though?" Yahiko asked. "Hey! You boy's need a lift?" they turned around to see a girl standing next to a purple car. "You're looking for Kaoru right? I can give you boys some help." "Why?" "Dude she's my sister. I have to help since you're the only fools in this stupid town who know where she is. You'll have to squeeze though." "No me and Aoshi have a ride. Sano, Yahiko, Yutaro, and Katsu will go with you." Kenshin said.
"Good. Get in guys." They climbed in the car and Aoshi and Kenshin started on their bikes and they took off toward the river. They passed the bridge and stopped a ways away from the beach. They climbed out and they dropped their bikes. "Okay boys I'll need your cell numbers so if you find anything one can call me and I'll tell the rest. Here's mine." They wrote them done for her.
"So Katsu and Yutaro can go this way, Yahiko and Aoshi on the other side. Sano and I will go this way on opposite sides. Work for every one? Hope so cause it's not changing. Miss, you should stay here and wait." Kenshin's eyes flickered with amber. He was not happy about having to look for Kaoru just to apologize. He couldn't help thinking it was his fault in the first place. Aoshi climbed back on his bike and the other two ran after him. Katsu and Yutaro walked away with Kenshin.
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The sun was gone now. Kaoru was so tired of walking. She sat in the sand and looked at the sky. It had rained all day and night the other day so the riverbank was higher. She set her feet in the water and enjoyed the quiet. She took out her notebook and flashlight and wrote in her story.
She got a cramp so she drew a picture. She ended up drawing the very reason she left. Tears fell on the paper as she stared at his face. How could he call her a lost dog? He had always known she liked him. He was so serious when he had told Tae no when she asked him as a joke. He was always serious about it so why would he be joking about this. He wasn't joking. He called her a dog and he meant it.
She ripped the picture out and threw to the side and ran farther down the bank. She found an island still in the river and waded over to it. She sat and stared at the water. Tears feel in with it. She could never see him again now. None of her friends. She wished anyone were there with her now. Even the bastard Enishi could make her feel better right now if he hadn't stolen one of her books.
She heard footsteps and turned to see Sanosuke coming her way. She didn't want to go home yet. She lay on her stomach in the tall weeds and watched him pass. He kept going and didn't see her. She sat up when she knew he was gone. If Sanosuke was out then the others had been called and were looking for her. She was sure Yutaro had seen her and had told them. Damn her luck.
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Sanosuke was farther a head of Kenshin. He preferred to walk then ride so if he found Kaoru she wouldn't hear him and run before getting to her. He found an indent in the sand near the beach. He looked around and spotted a ball of paper. He fixed it to see a drawing of him.
There were places on the paper were her tears had fallen. He folded it up and placed it in his pocket. He ran down the beach and looked around. He found footprints going toward the water. He looked around to see no one on the island in the river or on the beach.
He kept going to see imprints in the sand heading toward the trees. He followed them in to find leaves crunched and twigs snapped, leading the way. He found the edge of the trees to a pasture. There was little leading him now.
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Kaoru sat on a hill of the pasture, watching the moon and finding stares. She had always wanted to do this but not for this reason. She kept seeing Kenshin's face, hearing him joke and talk about all the stupid things him and the others do. It hurt so much to know what he said.
She loved him. There was no denying it. How could she not? He had always been there for her and the others as well. He tried to understand her the best he could. He had tried to know what she would talk about when it was only they. And even if he didn't understand he would always make it through the conversation and make her happy.
She had cried for him so much in one year after realizing it. She couldn't stop. When she listened to curtain songs she pictured the manga characters, which turned to him and her. They had been through a lot, to her. He helped her make more friends too. She was never that close to Sanosuke or Tae or Megumi until she started hanging out with Kenshin.
She had changed so much from what she was after him. Now he was leaving and she had left in the hardest way. How could he do this to her? He had talked about joining the army after collage. He wanted to die protecting his country. He always had. Then he was moving to Arizona and leaving her behind. But not anymore. She was the one who left. She was the one leaving him behind and dieing for her dreams.
She took out her CD player and listened to Inuyasha. She had downloaded the episodes on a CD so she could listen to it and imagine or read it. She drew a Sesshomaru and other Inuyasha characters. She loved Inuyasha. She wasn't popular and many boys were jerks to her. She always put herself in their shoes. Picturing what that life would be like.
Tears slid down her face. She had pictured Kenshin in one, one time. It was a great fiction. It was very popular and she wished with all her heart her life could be like that. Hers was too simple. No love, no adventure, no anything. Just get up, go to school, walk home, do chores, and go to bed. Nothing exciting at all.
This wasn't the life she wanted. She couldn't get that life in a small town with only three or four schools and nothing happening. Not even Hays had that for her. Sure she was satisfied with her life but it just wasn't enough sometimes. She at least wanted to have some one who loved her the way she wanted them to. Her fictions and animas were just windows to the lives she thought of, the love she wanted.
"KAORU!" She looked down to see a figure shouting in the pasture.
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