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By: Kelli St. Pierre……………..sadly I do not own Rurouni Kenshin……….

Chapter 8: "Got my kiss"………

The tossing of sheets was heard through the cabin as Misao was changing her position every so often in her bed. As much as she tried though, she could not go back to sleep. Misao lay exhausted looking up at the ceiling as pain takes over her toe. Basically last night at the end of her 'night patrol' thanks to Saito, she managed to step on a pocket knife in her cabin that made a cut on her toe.

'Grrrr, stupid men and their stupid knives……I mean, I could have died from that thing', Misao thought to herself as she started getting down her bed as slowly as possible to not disturb the sleepers. Once Misao got to the floor she quietly tip toed out of there and opened the door. She noticed that it must have been pretty early as there was just a tiny crack to see. But that didn't stop her as she shut the door carefully and started to walk outside.

'Hmmm, well, it's not like there's much to do here…..I could always visit Sano…..to bad Kaoru isn't here…'

Misao then frowned as she recalled her how her friend felt yesterday. Misao had never really seen or been in those situations often, but when she saw Kaoru like that it was as if her heart weighed a hundred pounds. But Misao was determined to get Sano back and for everything to be alright again.

Misao though was so caught up with her thoughts that she didn't hear, nor see, the figure behind her. The figure lifted its hand to Misao's shoulder as Misao looked as if she got electrocuted. She wiped around to find none other than Aoshi slightly grinning as he was sure he scared her.

"Aoshi, what are you doing here?" Misao asked, with a little blush on her cheeks.

"The same could be said of you" Aoshi replied back smoothly.

"Yeah…..well….you can at least say 'hi' or 'hey Misao' instead of sneaking on people like that" Misao replied breathlessly.

"Oh, so now I was sneaking on you"

"Um, gee, when a person walks behind you real quiet and doesn't say anything…..that usually means that their sneaking on you"

"Well, maybe I was following you" Aoshi replied with his still cool voice.

"But….but that's the same thing!" Misao whispered loudly to him. But he didn't reply back, instead, he just walked on to the direction she was walking. Misao took this as an 'I'm-better-than-you-and-don't-have-to-answer' reply. This made Misao angrier as she whispered loudly……

"Hey you get over here!'

Misao walked fast to get him and once she caught up with him, he looked at her and said…..

"Well, now who's doing the sneaking?"

"What! I wasn't sneaking on you" Misao replied angry.

"Well Misao, when a person walks behind you real quiet and doesn't say anything…..that usually means that their sneaking on you" Aoshi replied smoothly as he mimicked her from before.

"You are an evil man Aoshi, you know that"

Aoshi didn't say anything but continued to walk, though not as fast as before, as Misao walks with him. She notices it has gotten hotter than it was before, but not too bad. She looks at Aoshi out of the corner of her eye and finds him walking with his eyes closed.

"Do you always do that?" Misao asked curiously. Aoshi opened one of his eyes to look at her, then opens both and replies back…..

"Do what?"

"Close your eyes when you walk"

"Sometimes, usually when I try to relax I do"

Misao really didn't understand why, if he wanted to relax…..why not sit down and sleep or just lie down and doze off. To her, walking would make you more tired than relax.

"Oh, well, I guess we all habits that we do", Misao replied, "Like whenever I get into trouble or nervous, I usually bite my lip."

"Does that happen often?" Aoshi asked curiously, not noticing that his hand was a little closer to Misao's.

"Well, at my home yea. You can say that I'm pretty much a troublemaker", Misao said proudly.

"Well, you sure proved it here" Aoshi replied, mainly to himself, but Misao heard it and questioned him.

"What do mean I 'proved' it here?"

"Well, not many girls would fight with men twice their age. And most girls wouldn't dare pick fights with captains, especially captain Saitou"

"Oh come on, you mean that girl. Please, I can handle him easily" Misao replied as she snickered at picturing Saitou a girl, "And besides, it's not like I had choice you know"

"Oh really" Aoshi replied, gaining back his smooth voice.

"Yea, when I was you my parents died and all I had was the people of my dad's friends to look after me. In school kids would always pick on me, but I just kicked all their buts and got detentions. And then in about the second grade I met my only friend I ever had until now, which was Tae."

"It seems you had a tough childhood growing up" Aoshi replied with a hint of sadness.

"Well, what about you, was you childhood like?" Misao asked curiously.

"I…well…you never answered my question from before, why are you out here?"

"Oh, just to take a walk and to visit Sano" Misao replied as she noticed he avoided her question. Obviously there must have been something troubling him about his past that he doesn't want to tell her.

'That's fine, I can wait till he's ready to tell me……though I am mad that I told him of my past but he didn't tell me…'

Misao then noticed that they were already at where Sano was. A little smile rested on her face as the awkward silence that fell on them would vanish.

"Alright, where here finally" Misao replied happily, as Aoshi just walked ahead and opened the wooden door for both of them. Misao entered first as Aoshi followed behind her and closed the door. There was no source of light to be found, which meant that they would have to see in this dark room. Though it wasn't to dark that they couldn't see anything as the sun was little higher up.

But Misao never cared for the light, all she cared about was the body on the table with a sheet covering it up to it's neck.

'Poor Sano…don't worry, I'll help you get out of this. Next time I'll also bring Kaoru so she can see you…..and I'm also going to bring you clothes next time'

Misao watched as Sano was breathing smoothly as his chest was rising up and down a little. Aoshi came next to Misao to look him over; she didn't see any reaction in his eyes as he looked over Sano. But what was different than before was that the burn marks where covered in bandages, which was better than what Misao saw since there were no bandages when she saw him.

"He is in bad shape" Aoshi whispered softly as he put a hand to the cloth as if to reach him, "But I'm positive he will make it"

Misao smiled at Aoshi who in return looked at her then at his hand. Misao followed his eyes and immediately blushed. Misao's left hand and Aoshi's right were on top of each other with Aoshi's on top. Misao expected for him to move his hand, but instead, curled his hand to Misao's as their fingers laced together.

"Misao" Aoshi whispered softly, "Ever since I met you, I have had feelings that I though I never had in me."

As Aoshi was speaking, Misao was losing herself in his eyes as he started to lean more close to her. Aoshi's other hand was now at Misao's right cheek, softly caressing it as his face drifted closer to it. Misao closed her eyes as she also lean closer to Aoshi. Their lips were just centimeters away until…….

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

Aoshi and Misao quickly broke apart as their hand let go of one another's. Misao knew this voice from anywhere and knew what to expect as she saw none other than captain Saitou himself, standing there with a cigarette. He looked amused at the situation as he calmly took the cigarette out of his mouth and blew smoke that flew towards the two.

"It's to see you shinomori" Saitou said smoothly, Aoshi however just stood up straight and looked towards Misao.

"I have to go, I'll see you at dinner" And with that, Aoshi left swiftly out the door as if nothing had happen. And while all of this was happening, Misao was left dumbstruck as just two seconds ago Aoshi was just about to kiss her, and now she is left with the so called 'girl' as she called him.

"Weasel, I gave you the privilege of coming here to visit your friend," Saitou said sternly, "This is not a place for a make out session"

Whatever Misao was thinking just totally left her mind as she then grew angry at Saitou as her brain processed everything.

'Grrr! That big huge dickhead just ruined the best moment in my life and just when I was about to be kissed by the hottest guy ever, he comes along and ruins it!'

"What the hell are you doing here Saitou?" Misao yelled, not caring about how loud she was. Saitou then turned his serious face into a grin.

"Weasel, you better watch who you are talking to here, you are not in any position to order me or ask me questions"

"Yea well you just ruined the best moment of my life!" Misao yelled back as Saitou now smiled. Right now Saitou could say anything at this moment and Misao would believe it since she is so angry, even if he said a purple elephant was outside she would believe it and Saitou knows this to.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I should of known that there isn't anything better than kissing Icicle's lips….oh silly me" Saitou replied sarcastically as he pretended to be wounded as he held his heart. Misao just stuck her tongue out and left without saying another word.

All day for Misao was pretty much hell every since this morning. Once she left that place, she had to do practice training all day. They made her run all around the camp because of what they call 'exercises' and then they made her do push up's and all other crap as the sun was beating on her.

'Stupid army crap, why the hell did I have to run around the whole camp eight times…..and it was not for that lame excuse of 'exercises'….'

But the good news was that it was dinner and everything would cool down, or she would anyway. Misao got her bowl of what they call 'soup' and sat down where she always sat. It figures she always got here first, not that she's complaining or anything. Misao blew on her soup and stirred it a little with her spoon. Once it was cool enough, she scooped some up and ate some. At the moment the soup touch her tastes buds, she felt like puking.

'Yuck! What the hell kind of soup is this! It's not like the other ones are perfect or anything, but this soup is just gross! Even dogs eat better than this!'

"Yuck this is so gross, I think I'll make it without one bowl of soup" Misao said to herself.

"Oh it's not that bad"

Misao made a 'eh' noise and turned around stunned that she heard a voice and also for the fact that someone said this soup was actually not bad. But what Misao met was a pair of ice blue eyes as Aoshi stood behind her with his soup in his hands. Just seeing him made her blush instantly as he calmly sat down next to her and began to blow on his soup.

"What do you mean 'not bad', this is horrible" Misao said desperately as she tried to fight the blush that was coming. Aoshi continued to blow on his soup as he scooped some up and ate some while saying……

"I've had worse"

"Oh please, there's nothing worse than this"

Aoshi just grinned as he continued to put eat the horrible soup. Aoshi looked towards Misao from the corner of his eye and saw her frowning slightly. Aoshi sighed and put his food down as he said to her…..

"Misao, I am sorry that I left like that"

Misao pretended she didn't care as she said while stirring her soup……

"Hmm, well, it's alright…..i guess it's a guy thing"

"No, it's not a guy thing Misao" Aoshi said softly, "It's just that Saitou gave me the eye."

Misao just looked at Aoshi as if he were on crack or something. Aoshi saw this and sighed slightly while saying…..

"In the army, as you should know, that we were not only trained physically, but mentally as well. They say we should know what our leaders want us to do without telling us but instead giving out signals. Saitou gave me the eye saying he wanted to talk to you personally and to me later"

Misao really didn't know what Aoshi was talking about since she never did any army training. She wasn't even sure he was telling her the truth, even though it sounded true since that would smart and also cool to train people signals to tell them to do something without telling them. Also Saitou did warn her about that whole situation, in some sense.

"So what did he say to you" Misao asked, now interested in what he was saying.

"He told me to not fall into those matters again basically. It's another rule in the army, there is not to be any physical interactions between comrades in war, as you should know."

"Yeah…..as I should know" Misao lied.

"But do not get me wrong Misao, I am however not sorry for what I said to you cause what I said was true." Aoshi replied softly as he cupped her cheek. Misao thought he was going to kiss her again but instead they were interrupted again by……

"Hey Misao!"

Misao and Aoshi once again broke apart to see Kaoru there with a smile on her face. But she wasn't alone as a red head was with her as well, also with a soup in his hands. The red head didn't seem all that dangerous, he looked like he was in his twenties and had a cross shaped scar on his left cheek.

"Hey Kaoru, who is this you brought along?" Misao asked curiously. Kaoru just giggled as she replied…..

"This is Kenshin, I met down where they made me do push up's and all other shit" Kaoru replied happily.

"Sheesh Kaoru, you make it sound like you found a dog"

"Oro!"

Everyone, besides Kaoru, looked at Kenshin strangely as if he were growing a second head. Kaoru giggled again as they both took seats opposite from them….

"Oh don't mind that, he does that all the time"

"What does 'oro' mean anyway kenshin" Misao asked.

"This one does not know himself that I don't" Kenshin replied with that stupid smile on his face.

Misao just gave him a blank look as she stirred her bowl once more. Her soup was already cold so she wasn't going to eat so she pushed it away from her a bit as she had something on her mind.

'Alright come on what was it…..I was suppose to tell Kaoru something….Oh yea!'

"Hey Kaoru, I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to visit Sano with me tomorrow, since I'm allowed to bring some people with me." Misao asked happily.

"Really, I'd love to….but, is it okay if Kenshin comes" Kaoru asked shyly.

"No problem, just make sure you guys don't make out or anything cause Saitou will get angry"

"But how do you know he'll get angry?" Kaoru asked as Misao blushed.

"Um…well, cause he told me" Misao lied.

"Oh, well it doesn't matter since I wasn't even planning on that," Kaoru said, "So Kenshin, do you mind going?"

"Of course not Kaoru, that I don't" Kenshin replied with a smile on his face.

Just then a cart came by with a man pushing it as he stopped at their table and replied to them….

"Is there a resident here named, 05280?"

"Oh, that's me…..why?" Misao asked cautiously, she wasn't sure if this was good or bad, hopefully good….she couldn't deal with anything more bad.

"Oh, its nothing, it's just that you got mail" The man replied as he handed her an envelope and then strolled away with the cart. Misao opened up the envelope slowly as the others watched her as well. Inside were two letters, she took one of them and opened it up. What she saw made her want to cry so bad……

Dear my little precious angel Misao,

…..WHY THE HELL ARE YOU OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT! Look Misao, we all know you want to save your father's restaurant, but this is just out of control! You haven't done anything this crazy ever since the time you went into the boy's bathroom and squirted ketchup everywhere!

'Okay Jiya, I really didn't need you to remind me of that…'

"You squirted ketchup all over the boy's bathroom?" Aoshi asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, when I was nine….that's Jiya forgot to put in there" Misao said angry as she continued to read on….

Misao, even though your not good with taking orders to men….or for anyone in that matter, try to be reasonable and don't cause TROUBLE! But most importantly, stay safe…..

Sincerely, Jiya, Shiro, Kuro, Okon, Omasu

P.S…..Misao don't get your clothes dirty…… (Okon and Omasu)

Misao then folded the letter and put it back into the envelope, there was still one more letter but just as she was about to open it, the bell rang.

'Looks like I'll read it some other time…'

Everyone started packing up as Misao and everyone got up and said there good byes to each other. Kaoru and Kenshin went down one way as Misao and Aoshi went the opposite.

As Misao and Aoshi start walking towards their cabin, it starts to grow darker as the sun goes down slowly. They continue walking as the cabin comes into view. Aoshi looks over at Misao and says……

"So it seems Kaoru found somebody didn't she"

Misao looked over and smile as she replied back…..

"Yea and I don't think she cried or even mention Sano once, which is a plus"

Aoshi and Misao entered the cabin as they took off their boots and walked inside as to make sure they don't disturb the people in bed. They both make their way towards the window as they both look out it together. Aoshi looks towards Misao he replies….

"My childhood was not a happy one also…"

Misao gasped as he was going to tell her of his childhood that he didn't tell her before…

"When I was little, my parents also died and I was left with my uncle, who disliked kids. He never talked nor did much for me except raised me and sign me up for this as he told me this would prove I was a man. When I was fourteen I met four friends that were dear to me, Hannya, Beshimi, Hyottoko, and shikijou."

Misao saw him close his eyes as sweat starts forming on his face, as he looks to be in pain.

"By the time I was eighteen, my four loyal friends and I were in the army and were on a mission with about two hundred other soldiers. Even then my captain was Captain Saitou and led us into Russia cause of some nuclear bomb problem; we weren't filled in on the details. However on the way there, there were Russians who saw us coming and began to shoot at us before we were ready. I got hit on the knees and wasn't able to get back up."

She saw now that there was a lot of sweat on him as if he were there now, reliving the moment again.

"I thought it was the end for me as I saw their guns pointed at me as gun shots and splatter of blood was heard everywhere. And before I knew what was happening, I….opened my eyes cause I heard the shots that were coming at me…..but felt no pain…..and I opened my eyes to see shikijou in front of me as he fell to the ground lifeless. Then I saw Hyottoko and Beshimi try to grab their attention as they had their guns and began shooting them. But they got to them first and killed them, and then Hannya came out of nowhere and took his gun and shot one of them. But the other one was alive and they both shot each other at the same time…..and both were direct hits to the heart….."

"Aoshi…." Was all Misao was able to say as fingers were pressed against her lips.

"Don't Misao, I don't need your pity….all I need is…" Aoshi leaned forward until his face was centimeters away from hers as he whispered…

"You"

Lips claimed over Misao as she wrapped her hands around his neck, while Aoshi's hands were at her waist. The kiss was gentle as aoshi moved his hands to her face to cup her cheeks. The kiss was over as fast as it started as they both were regaining their breaths. Aoshi was first to regain his as he said softly…..

"Aren't you……. supposed to be… outside on patrol"

Misao totally forgot that she had that stupid patrol job that Saitou gave her. She was still regaining her breath has she said quietly….

"Yeah, I guess I kind of……forgot..."

They stayed like that for a couple of minutes as Misao looked out the window and saw what looked to be a star, or in Misao's opinion, the North Star since it was the brightest.

"Hey Aoshi, look how pretty the north star is out here" Misao whispered, as Aoshi moved closed to the window. Aoshi looked outside towards the star as Misao watched him look at it, hoping to see a smile on his face. But what she got was the opposite, instead, the look of horror was on his face as he flashed around and was yelling…..

"WAKE UP EVERYONE! WAKE UP! COME ON!"

"Aoshi what are you doing what is it!" Misao yelled to Aoshi as everyone in the cabin was jolted awake wondering what was going on….

"IT'S A BOMB!"

Well that's that. I thought this was a pretty mean place to end it….. (Evil smile). I just hope you guys don't kill me for it. And really it was like a half bomb half missile. I just put bomb only cause I thought it would be cooler if he yelled bomb them missile.

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