Kenshin: Christmasy episode!
Lina: well, more wintery episode, but yeah!
Kenshin: It won't be like the 12 days of Me though.
Lina: Lol no. It will be sad. sniff okay, here we go!
The Ultra Long Kenshin Fic Chapter 9: Snowing
It has already been almost a month, it was Christmas Eve and the streets were decorated with lights, even though it was not celebrated much there. The Kenshin group has always celebrated it, by having parties, dressing up, singing, etc. Kenshin was instantly brought back in time inside his memories where he gave gifts to Tomoe, just little things like hair ribbons or combs. She always appreciated them though, and always gave her love back to Kenshin.
Karou caught him thinking about her that day, as he was sitting underneath a heated table.
"Who are you thinking about, I wonder?" Kaoru asked, jokingly. Kenshin smiled, sadly. Kaoru also sat down with some tea and handed one glass to Kenshin. He took it gratefully and took a sip of it.
"This hot tea is delicious," he said, avoiding the question. Kaoru wondered if Kenshin would ever be completely happy. Even though he seemed to like living at the dojo, he was still torn about what had happened in the past.
"So, what did you get me?" Kaoru asked, nudging him a little. Kenshin laughed.
"You will have to wait until tomorrow," he said, still laughing a little. Kaoru made puppy dog eyes at him. Esano came in, looking awful. His eyes were bloodshot and there were dark circles under them. His hair was also messed up from his fouton.
"Whoa, you look awful! What happened?" Kaoru asked. Esano moaned as he sat down under the table.
"Well, Sano my stupid brother ordered another drinking contest, so of course I couldn't refuse. I'll take on any challenge he gives me! I beat him too, serves him right," Esano replied, holding his head. "Now I just have to get rid of this ringing in my head." Yahiko also came in a few minutes later.
"Another hangover again, Esano?" He laughed. Esano fell on the table and covered his ears.
"Ack! The ringing! Stop!" Esano cried. Yahiko stopped laughing. Kenshin smiled. He knew this peace was not going to last long, and another major battle was underway. He did not know what to expect though, since he only had a feeling. It was a very bad feeling, despite that.
It was now Christmas, snow was falling gently on the ground that morning, as the group finally woke up and pulled themselves out of bed. Kenshin decided to go see Kaoru before everyone else got up. He had a small package in his hands. He knocked on Kaoru's door, to his surprise, she opened it quickly. Kenshin jumped a little.
"Merry Christmas," she said, smiling. She was a bit too peppy today. Kenshin smiled back, after the swirls in his eyes went away. He handed her the package, she took it, blushing. It couldn't be as good as the last one that he gave her, but she decided to take it anyways. She slowly opened the neatly wrapped gift, first taking off the blue bow that was tied around it. Then she opened each end of the package and slipped out the content. It was a flat, black box that had the kanji words written in white that meant "Love." Kaoru blushed even more as she opened the box. There was a pair of hair combs that had two black dragons painted on them. The rest of the comb was a light blue that had snow falling in the background. Kaoru gasped a little. "Thank you," she stated.
"They belonged to Tomoe, I had given them to her one year," Kenshin said, shadows covering his eyes. Kaoru covered her mouth and tears formed in her eyes.
"I can't accept them then, they're too important to you," she replied. Kenshin smiled.
"I can't use them. And I wanted you to have them, since you're the one that I love now," Kenshin stated, pulling her close. Kaoru almost let go of the box but closed it and put her arms around him.
Lina: Hope you liked! The more xmasy one will be next week, since Christmas is on Sunday! Hehe.
Kenshin: Merry Christmas, and have a good night!
Lina: Lol Yep! Bye for now!