Chapter 4:
Kenshin just laughed lightly. Kaoru smiled brightly. Sanoske and Yahiko just watched, both of them. Kai closed her eyes and smirked. ' I wonder what happened in her past. She wouldn't be so happy if something bad had happen would she?' So many questions were unanswered in Kenshin's mind. ' Was she a Battosai also?' Kenshin paused in his mind. ' Did Kai grow up on blood and the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu also? And if she did, who taught this one such a skill?' Kenshin stopped thinking for awhile and looked at the sword at her side.
Kai turned her head to the side and looked at Sanoske. " I think I got a new name for Sanoske." She smirked and Sanoske blinked. " Oh yeah? What's that?" He asked. " Uncle Sano!" Kai grinned and Kaoru started laughing. Sanoske just shrugged his shoulders. " It's better than bird head I guess." He looked to the side with his fish bones in his mouth.
Yahiko smirked. " Good thing I don't get a name." He paused for a sec.
" Hey I can cal you Kai-chan!" Yahiko jumped up. Kai sighed. " Yeah whatever." She mumbled. Kaoru smiled. ' I think those two are going to become the best of friends.' Kaoru looked at her husband. Kenshin seemed to be away from the world at the moment. Kaoru tapped him lightly on the shoulder and his head snapped to the side. " Kenshin, you need to stop thinking so much." Kaoru admitted as Kai and Yahiko began to fight over something.
Kenshin gave a weak grin. " Yes, I guess so Kaoru-dono." Kai huffed and blew up her bangs. If was has if she never really left the dojo at all it seemed like to both of her parents. " There are some many questions about that one." Kenshin whispered to Kaoru. She turned to him. " What do you mean?" Kenshin looked at her. " Kaoru, do you see the sword at her side? She grew up on blood and man slaying." Kenshin then crossed his arms and looked at Kai smile at Yahiko and Sanoske. " Then she turned her back on the government and turned into a Rurouni. Letting the wind take her wherever. She wanted to protect people with the sword, just like me."
Kaoru blinked. They both said nothing for awhile as the others talked to each other about food. Kaoru then sighed. " Kai, I'll show you to your room. Come we me." Kaoru led her daughter down the hall. Sanoske noticed the look on Kenshin's face.
" What's the matter? Can't believe that your daughter came back so sudden?" Sanoske asked. Kenshin raised his head. " Yes, it is quiet hard for this one to believe so but yes." Yahiko shook his head. " What's not to believe? She's here." Kenshin nodded his head. " Yes, but how? Her past is like a mystery to us. Kai hasn't told us a thing. I believe she grew up like I did. Killing men for the government and only. Then she turned around and wandered for years searching for something."
Sanoske and Yahiko got caught off guard. " How could you know so much about her when you barely asked her anything?!" Sanoske boomed. Kenshin and Yahiko backed up. " It's in her eyes." Kenshin replied and simply walked off. Yahiko was going to follow him but feel to the floor. " What the?" He looked down at see half of the food Kaoru and Kenshin had bought were all over the floor. Sanoske walked off also. " Clean it up Yahiko."
Meanwhile with Kaoru and Kai they were setting up everything for the night. Kaoru remembered what Kenshin had said.
"She grew up on blood and man slaying.
Then she turned her back on the government and turned into a Rurouni. Letting the wind take her wherever. She wanted to protect people with the sword, just like me."
Kai noticed and stood up. " Kao-…I mean mother." She had been told not to call her parents Kaoru and Kenshin, but mother and father. It was a change she would have to get use to but it was okay. " What's bothering you?" Kai sat down on the bed mat. Kaoru sighed. " It' s nothing." Kaoru looked at her young growing daughter. A loud rumble came from the middle of the room and Kai blushed a bright pink.
" Kai, are you hungry?" Kaoru asked laughing. " Yes." They both walked out of the room and into a small kitchen. Sanoske watched Yahiko clean the floor as the women walked across it. " No walking on the floor!!" Yahiko yelled as he cleaned it. Kai rushed off it. " Sorry Yahiko." Kaoru looked around the room. " Let's see here. I think we still have some beef and pork left from last night." Kaoru took out the food. Kai watched. " Kai, how about you go talk to your father? Get to know him a little better maybe?" Kai nodded her head. " Sure." She walked out of the kitchen and stepped onto the rags Yahiko had laying out so people could walk across the floor. She stepped outside and saw Kenshin sitting there looking at the sunrise.
He turned his head and smiled. " Hello little one." Kai sat next to him.
" Hey…" She looked at the sun. It's colors were amazing. Pinks, yellows, deep and light oranges, a mix of blue, ambers, a little bit of reds, it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her whole life. Kenshin lightly pushed up her jaw, to keep it from drooping. " Sorry." Kai knocked up her jaw and grinned. Kenshin still noticed the hurt, happiness, blood, and Rurouni in her eyes.
Kenshin sat up a little. " Kai. May I ask you a question?" She nodded her head. " Anything." He stared at the sunset with deep eyes. " May you tell me what your past has been like?" He wasn't trying to sound rude, he remember when Kaoru said that people like him usually didn't talk about there past. But….this was important to know.
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I'm loosing my touch! Arugh! As for the dude you sent me the rude comment ( which I was like WTH is he talking about?) I don't really have a clue what your talking about. If it's a joke then, okay you got me.
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