A/N: Hey I know that the last chapter might have sounded a little well, um... strange. And to tell you the truth I had second thoughts after psting it. Apparently however people liked it. Well I want to continue the story in Kao's point of view. I'm sorry for any longer than usual updates. I seem to be thinking hard about these stories lately. Well I'll try to be quick. Alright on with the story!
Girls Night Out... Mostly
I walked up the steps to my apartment. Maybe that would cool my emotions. Enshi was being so cruel to me. I know that his sister was killed and he thinks it was Kenshin but I'm not all sure that Kenshin did it. He just seems more lonely and scared than anything else.
Slipping the key into the lock, I opened the door looking at a spikey haired boy, my brother Yahiko, playing video games as I always found him when I came home from work. His head turned my way after pausing and gave a tweaked smile." Hey sis," he said. He didn't expect the look that was on my face and his sagged." What happened today busu. Did that crazy guy hurt you or something?" he asked. I ddin't even pay attention to the fact that he had called me ugly as I sat on the couch.
" It wasn't him Yahiko," I told him sighing a bit." It was Enishi. Me and him got into a bit of a fight today," i told him. He sat next to me.
" You two aren't even married yet and you're already fighting like mom and dad," he said. I turned my head to him and smiled a bit.
" It was nothing that serious," I reassured and pulled off my coat.
" So. What was it like meeting a psyco person?" Yahiko asked me. I hung up me coat and turned to him.
" I don't think he is all that crazy. I think he is inside a shell to protect himself. He has had a lot of time to think. He gave me this riddle. A crime is not solved until the killer is found. A picture is not complete until every person contributes. That is what told me, but I can't ge it," I said. Yahiko stared at me with his brown eyes and then looked to his game.
" Hey, I don't want to burst any bubble sis, but I think the guy sounds a bit crazy," he said standing. I looked at him. As immature Yahiko was, he was a very smart ten year old. I looked to my knees and then to him as he started the game.
" I think he is trying to tell me something," I stopped as I heard my cell phone playing ' White Flag' I opened it up and put it to my ear.
' Kao! I know things went wrong' Megumi had called me and I just listened. ' To make you feel better. Me and Misao are taking you out tonight for a drink' I thought and then answered Megumi.
" No. I have to get back to the station at six for my report," I said. I came and went for reports.
' Sano will cover you alright. Now get your butt down those stairs!' Megumi had hung up before I could get another word in. I thought if I should go or not. Finally I agreed and stood up going to the door.
" I'm going out Yahiko. I won't be back till late. Make dinner alright?" I said and he nodded as I closed the door behind me.
I felt the air hit my face as Megumi sped down the highway. Misao was listening to the radio with her feet on the dashbaord, against Megumi's wishes of course. Megumi had several times tried to start a conversation with me. It wasn't working all that well. I was to engulfed in the riddle that Kenshin had given me. " Hey Kao," Misao had said. She had finally spoke up. " Why are you so quiet. Did the guy at the assylum do something?" Misao asked. I looked in her eyes. I sighed crossing my arms over my chest.
" No. nothing but make me think," I told her. Misao was turmed to me and Megumi was looking at me in the mirror.
" What so you mean make you think?" Megumi asked. She had parked and we started to get out.
" He gave me a riddle. I just keep thinking about it," I said." It's one of those things you can't get off your mind," I said. We sat down at a table with a candle in the middle. Misao was acroos from me and Megumi at our side.
" Sounds like you can't stop thinking about this guy. Hey what is his name?" Megumi asked. She had picked the most convenient time to ask as she brought us back drinks from the bar.
" He said Kenshin Shinta Himura. I think it is a very interesting name," Megumi sipped a very long sip of her drink through the straw. Her eyes grew a bit wide and she almost slammed it down. I looked to Misao who's head was ducked. Misao and Megumi were both twnety eight. It made me fell ashamed that I was younger. Megumi turned her head a bit and then started playing with her necklace. A sign that she knew something.
" Kaoru. We know Kenshin. Very well," she said low. Her eyes closed." He was always this live of the party. Along with Sano who was his best friend. We were only amatuers at the time we met him. Misao knows him a bit better because she had to go on a trip with him to learn how to do photograohy," I gulped as she took a sip of her drink once more.
" I didn't know you did," I said in a guilty tone." Can you tell me anything on him maybe. You know to let me know him better?" they looked to each other and then agrred.
" Kenshin was this bright star. He was one of the smartest people you would meet. Along with Aoshi of course. It was a wonder how him and Rooster-head even got along," Megumi said putting her chin on her hand.
" Hey did I hear Rooster?" I looked up. Well that ruined the ladies' night. Sano had came up. I looked to him and then seemed to turn to stone.
" Hey! Wait! You should be at the station!" I exclaimed and he gave me this classic smile.
" Hey, for once Enishi gave me a break. And to tell you the truth I can't be happier," he looked at me as he took the fourth seat at the table." Hey why aren't you at the station Jou-chan?" he asked. I was waiting for him to saty something.
" These two dragged me here. I don't know why," I looked to my drink seeing he had a cup of sake in his hand." They thought that you would cover me, but I see that isn't going to happen. Who is going to anyway?" I asked. Sano looked at Megumi who was blushing a bit. They liked each other. It was plain as day. The one problem was, was that both of them were way to stubborn to admit it.
" Soujiro will probably take my place. He's always wanted a chance to be more than a simple reporter," Sano said." I only hope that he doesn't freak out in front of the camera," he took a drink of the sake and looked to the three of us." So whatcha talking about that had to do with me," Megumi peered his way. Her eyes staring straight into his in an almost menacing way.
" We weren't talking about you. Your name popped into the conversation," she informed him matter-of-factly." We were talking about Ken-san," her voice lowered as she looked in her drink her fingers rimming around it.
" Kenshin? Why would you be talking about him fox? You never like to talk about him," Sano looked at her in a half shocked look and then to me.
" We are explaining how he is to Kaoru. She had to go interview him at the assylum and has been thinking ever since," Misao said. Sano looked to the table and started digging in his pocket. He pulled out his wallet, which was of course empty of any money. Opening it I watched him pull out a few small pictures.
" They've probably already said but, me and Kenshin were friends. He was a very cool guy too. Laid back, just watched the world around him. Though give him a challenge, he was willing to take it," he set down the picture and I looked.
It had Sano in it. He had his arm over Kenshin's shoulder. Kenshin had this smile that was spread from ear to ear. They both had their eyes closed. Kenshin's hair was just as long then as it is now. He had it tied at the top of his head and it hung to his shoulders." That was when we went on a company picnic. He was a newbie basically so me and him became friends after sharing a few words. He was smart. Always giving me these riddles of philosophy that I never quiet understood," he slipped the picture into the wallet and showed me another." This one is the one that I don't like. I was in the courtroom. I wanted to testify because I knew him like a book, but because I didn't see anything they wouldn't let me. I was just there for support. I had to take one picture. I slithered it in. He turned his head to me for a second. You can see that he is injured. That is why he has the scar now one his face. After that, which the case was going well. I was escorted out because I wasn't allowed. Things, including his confidence, seemed to dwindle down to nothingness," Megumi looed at Sano as he put the picture away." But if there is one thing that all of us know. It is that Kenshin would never harm a living soul if he tried. He was just too kind for his own good,"
Megumi sighed and moved her glass to the side." Kaoru we have all went and seen him. Even stone Aoshi. We tried to make him feel better but it wasn't happening. He always was distant and wouldn't let anyone around him. Something tells me that the reason he is acting the way he is, even when he was in court, is that whoever really killed Tomoe had caused a trigger in his heart," Megumi crossed her arms leaning back in her chair.
" What do you mean?" I asked and looked upon them.
" She means that when he saw that person kill Tomoe, something that he had barred inside him was released. It's an alternate side of him. It's like all of his anger bottled and came out in another cold form. Like a shell. But it's not only anger. It's depression. Everything is in his mind and he is too weak to stop it. It's controlling our best bud," Sano was really expressing the way Kenshin was to me and I looked to Misao who hadn't talked in awhile.
" Kao, if you were able to get more than three words that weren't all a riddle, than something says you're his antidote. Only you can save him," my eyes widened and I looked at them in a crazy fashion.
" You have to be kidding. I don't even know the guy. Shouldn't you guys..." They were all shaking their heads to me.
" That is the point Kaoru. The reason he opened was because you didn't know him and didn't try to snoop. That was why. Kaoru you're lucky. Now all you have to do is show him there is something worth living for,"
That was when I realized something. They were talking to me the whole time and I was thinking the riddle. I knew Kenshin better and I had finally figured out what his riddle had meant. I stood and looked to my friends with a smile." I have to go guys. I'll see you tomorrow," I walked out out and gave a smile. I was his antidote. Now all I have to do is show him the world.
A/N: so Kaoru got a history lesson. She understands him better. She figured the riddle out, now can you tell me what he was saying. Here is the riddle one more time ( keep in mind that I made it up): A crime is not solved till the killer is found. A picture is not complete till eveyone contributes. Well tell me if you know. Till next time. KenSan out!
