Tanpopo Yamazaki

12 – 7 – 04

Chapter 2 – Come back to me…

Hey there, everybody! You're on chappie 2 of 'I'm just waiting to be found again' and I hope your all enjoying it. Well, hello. How can you when you haven't read it yet? Stupid me. Lol. Oh yeah, the funny story of the day. I put my away message on the other day and it said ' im in the shower, be on later' and when I got back, there were about five messages from my guy friend saying ' can I come over now' or ' come I go with you'. I laughed so hard. Well, please enjoy this chappie and if I get 1 new person after each chappie then I'll put a new chappie on! Thanks a lot everybody!

Sanosuke and Kenshin got to the Kamiya dojo doors that they were so familiar with. It felt like just yesterday that they would walk in and have to stop Kaoru from murdering Yahiko or Megumi again. To tell the truth, they both missed it…especially Kenshin…he missed Kaoru much more than anyone else…even Tomoe…his first love in his life…

They stood at the door for a long time until Sano opened it. They were quite surprised to see that no one was there. Usually it was lively and cheerful around the dojo, but it seemed like no one was there. Was it true? Was no one really there? What ever happened to Kaoru? Or Yahiko? Where were they?

Kaoru ran down the street towards the dojo. Trying to find Kenshin set her back a little. She was supposed to meet Yahiko at her dojo 10 minutes ago. She knew she was in for it all. She was so sure he had a nice long earful waiting for her as she ran.

' Kaoru Kamiya! How many times have you been late now? Keep it up and you'll never set a good example! Students are at the impressionable age you know!' She imagined him saying to her.

"Impressionable…Yeah, right! WHATEVER! Bologna!" She yelled to herself while running as fast as she could. " Oh, just think about it pissed her off. Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn………" Her words were interrupted by the looks of two men. One with a high up, auburn-colored ponytail and the other with spiky brown hair.

They all exchanged glances for a moment. Kenshin stood there, not wanting to be seen by her, so he turned his head. Sano just smiled at her.

" Its been a while, hasn't it…Missy?" He said to her with a small smile on his face. It felt good to see her again. He really missed her in the past two or three years.

Kaoru stared at the two men with tears starting to form in her eyes. It was Sano…and…one of his friends? Who? That certainly wasn't Kenshin.

" Sano? Sano? Sano!" She yelled out and threw her arms around him. It felt so great that he was back. Right now, she didn't care what Yahiko or anyone else thought. Her main concern was Sano and Kenshin. But this man wasn't who she thought it was.

Sano wrapped his arms around her as well. Her sweet smell of raspberries engulfed him and she had turned into quite the woman. She came up to his shoulders now and she had more curves to her. Her eyes were still sapphire blue and her lips still were the same shade of pink. He let go when he thought about her in non-sister way (If ya get what I mean.) and looked over at Kenshin, who was looking at her from head to toe. From the looks of it, Kenshin didn't mind her changes at all either.

Kaoru looked over at the man and glared. She didn't even know him and he was checking her out! The nerve! She looked up at Sano with an expression that said ' who is he?'

Sano looked over at Kenshin, who was using every ounce of self-control to not run over to Kaoru and hug her as tight as he could. He mouthed – 'Do you want her to know?' And at that, Kenshin nodded slightly. His heart gave away and he felt so happy that he was going to be near his beloved Kaoru again.

" Kaoru…please…believe me, okay?" He asked her.

" Okay…I will." She responded.

" That man…is none other than Kenshin Himura…" He said to her.

She stood there, not able to believe him. It couldn't be Kenshin…everyone told her that he died in battle with Shishio. She slowly walked over to him and looked at his eyes. Deep purple. Those were Kenshin's eyes, all right. She walked around him twice, inspecting him as if being as cautious as she could before stopping in front of him.

He looked at her with a no expression look before smiling and pulling her to him where she broke into tears.

" Kenshin? Why did you leave? Why didn't you come back to me? WHY?" She yelled in his arms.

He thought for a moment. Why did he leave her in the first place? He left everything familiar to him, everything he could call home, his Kaoru…he left it all…

" I…I am not sure, that I am not." He said truthfully to her, resting a hand on the back of her head. It felt good to be finally taller than her. He felt that now he could be even more comforting and when he held her, he was able to rest his chin on the top of her head.

She stood there, resting in his arms when Yahiko ran out, yelling.

" Kaoru! I knew it was you! I knew I had heard your voice!" He said. Then he realized that a man was holding her and another was standing near them.

" What're you doing to Kaoru-sensei?" He bellowed at him.

Kenshin let go of her and smiled at the growing boy.

" I knew you wouldn't ever lose that pride of yours, just like I said not to. And I see you took care of miss Kaoru just as I asked. Thank you very much, lit- sorry, Yahiko." The man with the auburn ponytail said to him.

" Ken…shin? Is…is that you?" He asked in disbelief. Was it Kenshin? Was he really back?

The man nodded.

" Yes…Me and Sanosuke wondered back into town yesterday and thought we'd check up on you both, that we did." He said.

Yahiko smiled. Was it going to be like back then? Back when everything seemed like they belonged where they were?

" Does this mean you're staying, Kenshin? And you too Sano?" Kaoru asked them both.

Sano nodded slightly.

" If its okay with you, miss Kaoru…" Kenshin said, his normal smile showing up on his face again.

" Of course it is. I'll stay here tonight and tomorrow, I'll go get my stuff from Misao and Aoshi's house." She said.

" You…you don't live here anymore?" Asked a confused Kenshin.

" Oh…it's a long story so I'll explain later. But right now, lets go in and get ready to eat!" Kaoru said, starting to walk into the dojo as everyone else followed her in.

WA! IT'S MY CHAPPIE! I hope ya liked it! Please review if you haven't already! (Or wait till the end! !) The next chapter – Chapter 3 - I still love you… See ya then!

Tanpopo

Rurouni Kenshin terms –

Chan – Honorific. Can be used either as a diminutive (E.g., with a small child – "Little Hanako or Kentarô"), or with those who are grown, to indicate affection. (My dear so-and-so chan)

Dojo – Martial arts training hall

Dono – honorific. Even more respectful than 'san', the effect in modern-day Japanese conservation would be along the lines of " Milord So-and-So." As used by Kenshin in the manga, it indicates both respect and humility.