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this chapter has a little implications as far as the rating goes
Is There Love?
It was a month later when Misao started to have trouble. She already had lost use of her legs and it was driving her stir crazy, and she was driving everyone else stir crazy. Her mood swings were getting more and more erratic until they focused on depression and fear most of the time. Megumi finally decided that if she wasn't cheered up soon she, and the child, would die. So they sent a message to the Aoiya.
The message came to Aoshi who read it first, it said only to have Aoshi hurry down for Misao's sake, and he promptly walked outside saying he was going to Misao. He made it there in a day and went straight to the dojo, but they weren't there. By process of elimination he wound up at the clinic. Where he did find them alright, Kenshin saw him first. He smile tiredly and tapped Koaru on the shoulder. They told him, over lunch, what had happened to last few months. As they had just finished and only had eating to do a yell from a room over rang through the air. They all ran to the room to find Misao in tears ramming her head against the wall. Aoshi quickly went to her, taking her shoulders preventing further injury. Misao was so disoriented that she didn't recognize him for a moment and when she did she began to cry. Aoshi looked to Kenshin then found they had all left them alone. Aoshi turned back to Misao and tried to calm her down. Finally he gave up trying to talk to her since she wouldn't look at him or listen, and he took her into his arms and held her.
Her sobs quieted after a while and he released her enough to look at her. She wouldn't come out of her fetal position or the closest position she could get with her stomach.
"Misao, why didn't you tell me?" she waited a minute and answered "I planned on telling you about it that night except I had to leave, I wouldn't endanger any of you" she started to cry again. After a few minutes she continued, "the Caeku-shu have found me" that startled Aoshi, "they believed you were dead though and disbanded" she just shook her head. They sat there for a long time before Aoshi noticed Misao was asleep.
After she had stopped sobbing, Aoshi tried to lay her in the bed. He was still attempting when Kenshin and Megumi entered. After a moment Megumi spoke, "you should stay with her, she wants, and needs, that comfort." And she pointed to the reason Aoshi couldn't straighten after trying to set Misao down, Misao had his shirt in a death grip. Aoshi just stared at the hands as if he couldn't comprehend their existence. Finally Megumi left, after taking the items she had come for. After her departure, Kenshin tried to explain to Aoshi, "Misao is worried. She knows that this wasn't of free choice for you and she wants to know if this is what you really want. She doesn't want to lose you again" Aoshi just looked at Misao with tender eyes she never has had to worry about that, not since I came back he just said "thank you Himura, for everything you've done" Kenshin just smiled that rurouni smile then was dragged out of the room by his hair as Koaru needed "a word".
After they left Aoshi laid Misao out on the futon, but this time he laid next to her.
When she woke up he was still there staring at her beautiful features. When he saw her awake he looked into her sparkling ocean eyes and gave her the tiniest smile. She smiled and snuggled up near him until she remembered where they were and why. At that she drew back with a gasp, she looked at him with frightened eyes waiting for him to say something, "You really should eat something Misao" he said as he began to get food from a tray that had been left earlier that morning. "What are you doing here?" "I got a letter for the Himuras to high tail myself down here as fast as I could, without a reason. Careful that's hot" he said this as he handed her a cup of tea realizing she wasn't paying any attention to it at all. She gave a slight shriek and dropped it, Aoshi was already there to catch it though. She began to shake again, repeating how sorry she was over and over. Aoshi pulled her into his embrace shushing her and stroking her back wanting her to smile instead of feel upset over him. After a few minutes Misao fell into a real sleep and Aoshi left the room to talk to Megumi, he was confused.
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When Misao awoke she looked around, maybe I imagined Aoshi she thought as she tried to remember what else had happened. Her chi was completely unhidden as she had lost that ability a week ago. Aoshi was only one room over and felt the change in her chi. Kenshin got up saying he would move her outside so she could see the sun and participate in the activities of the day. Kenshinleft to do this, Aoshi went outside towatch his Misao be carried out there and sat her on the porch. He took her breakfast tray from Megumi saying he'd give it to her.
As he approached he wondered what to say, he finally just sat down next to her and tapped her. She jumped six inches, she lost the ability to sense chi when she lost the ability to control it. She turned and saw him there holding a tray. "Aoshi…, I'm not hungry thanks" she looked back out at Kenshin who was chasing Kenji to get his laundry back. "Misao please eat, you need to" he said mainly to get her to look at him, which she did. He softened his eyes andmelted away her resolve and worry, she nodded. Aoshi however wouldn't hand her the tray, he instead put her in his lap and began feeding her. He held her back with tender hands and used chopsticks to bring food to her mouth. While she was chewing he said, "Hiei told me about the Futishang mission" she nearly choked on her mouthful at that statement. "He did, did he" she said in a voice he recognized as very dangerous for Hiei, "I'm sorry" she looked at me with a question in her eyes sorry? "for not being there to protect you then, and for not protecting you 7 months ago" he looked away hiding his beautiful eyes from sight under his long bangs. She reached up and with her hand guided his chin to look at her, she could see guilt in his eyes. "you need to be sorry for nothing" she said and when she saw him about to turn away again she raised herself and brushed his lips with hers. He looked at her and then pulled her into a kiss of his own, using his arm behind her to prevent her from moving away. He relized with joy that she never meant to. She moaned as his tongue took her deeper into emotions and submitted to his kiss.
They parted as they soon needed breath. Ocean met blue-green as they just stared at each other niether knowing what to say next. Suddenly PLOP!
Kenji had decided he wanted to join them on the porch and had promtly jumped on his favorite babysitter's lap. Misao looked down at him and then over ot his father, who was rather upset and gathering laundry that had been scattered around the yard, Kenji actually was still holding a small armful. He looked up at Aoshi and stood on Misao lap, misoa put her hands on his waist for balance."Are you Aoshi?" he was staring intently at Aoshi, who just nodded at his question. Kenji looked at Misao who was smiling, albiet in a bewildered way. Then he promtly bopped Aoshi on the head, "what took you so long? Mi Mi has been worried"he was pouting. Aoshi turned to Misao and she looked away blushing. Kenshin finally located his son in their lap and was coming for the rest of his laundry. Kenji leaped away but Misao grabbed him, "You should give those back to your father and we can play together until Ayame and Suzume get here" Kenji looked at her and smiled, them much to Kenshins dismay he through the supposedly clean laundry in the air shouting, "WEEEEEEEEEE come on lets go around back" he got up and ran off. Misao looked up at Aoshi and he nodded and lifted her easily.
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As evening dwindled Misao relaxed against Aoshi. He too was lulled into a sense of security as he held his love in his arms; so much so that he almost didn't see the arrow whirling towards them, almost…
He leaped up and into the dojo as the Caeku-shu clan landed in the yard. Misao, thoroughly awake from the movement got out of Aoshi's arms and prepared to defend herself with kunai.
Aoshi, likewise, unsheathed his kodachi's and, making sure Misao was behind him and safe, he attacked.
hi i'm going back through to do some revising, but i'm not sure if i should finish this fanfic
I'm going to wait for some reviews
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