Started on: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Finished on: Friday, September 01, 2006
R.S.:(Yawn) Morning everybody! It's about eleven o' clock and I have been woken up earlier than I was supposed to because Francesca decided that barking at my cousin Dwight was the right thing to do. Damn girl doesn't know when to quiet her feisty ways. But now that I'm awake, let's get on with the chapter! Hope you all enjoy it!
And keep reviewing people! It makes me very very happy!
Oh yeah! And thanks to a good friend Angiez (who's been an awesome reviewer); I'm now going to put a little game! At the end of the chapter, when I put lines from the next chapter, we're going to play a guessing game! You guess who it is, and I tell if you were right! Lol, its fun once you try!
And now, we head to the story.
(KxK)
You'll see me rise
again
You'll feel me fly again
you're so wonderful
I will be
there by your side
I see before the race you've won
And
jump ahead to find
Your so Damn Beautiful
-So Damn Beautiful by Polaroid
Who'll raise you to heaven and drop you to hell
By: Rampaging Sorrow
Chapter Twelve: My playground is your obstacle course
"Yeah, sure. Whatever you say, Allusius. Mmmhmm I'm so bad and I need a spanking. Cock head."
"Shut up and put your clothes on. I have people coming and I don't want them to see you on this web cam in that."
"What's wrong with me in my sports bra? It's my clothes and I like em'."
"Kaoru, they're going to be scared of your non-sexy body. I mean, you're totally a cardboard. Straight all over. I don't wanna do that to em'."
"Know something? Fuck you. Prick ass bitch."
Misao giggled in her hand as she watched Kaoru move to her closet and Allusius, from the computer screen, smirk and make faces. Kaoru gave him the finger as she moved inside and then he spoke.
"You small—ugly—white—" Misao began to laugh as Kaoru said, 'piss off, black boy.' and he whined for her to kiss his ass.
"Shut it." She snapped playfully and he laughed softly before Kaoru pulled on a regular bra and she put on a nice dark blue shirt with 'Micolagio' on it in light blue letters.
"That's a nice shirt! Misao, isn't that shirt sexy!"
"It has your last name on it."
"That's why it's so sexy."
Misao began to laugh into her hand as Kaoru just gave him a 'freak' expression and Allusius then pouted.
"Why are you being so mean to me? What did I do?"
"You didn't tell me about Yahiko's little situation."
"I found out the same time you did, you little scrub!"
"Scrub! Me! I live on my own, baby! You're stuck at your Aunt's house."
"Driving my brand new car bought by my own money and doing things that I want to do. It's basically a hotel for me."
"It's still your aunt's house…" Kaoru sang teasingly.
"Well you can blow me…" Allusius sang back. Kaoru gasped and was going to throw her brush, but then she realized that he was on the opposite side of the screen smiling like an imp. She said 'fuck you' and then she went back to brushing the small tangles out of her curls.
"You washed it?" Misao asked and Kaoru nodded before Allusius said 'I'm thirsty.' And went out of sight. Kaoru heard music come from the speakers and then she said 'I love this song!' before she started to just sway and bounce as she did her hair.
"What's this song called?"
"XO. His band made it. You like it, Misao?"(A/N: The real artist for this band is Fall Out Boy. I do not own.)
"Yeah. You have this as a ring tone, don't you?"
"Yup." Kaoru replied and she then tied her hair into a midway ponytail. She brushed her bangs and Misao looked at her hair.
"You have blonde and red strands at your tips, you know."
"I'm cutting them in a few weeks with my hair grows some more." Kaoru said bitterly and Misao just nodded before Kaoru went and she changed into a pair of jeans. After she put on her shoes and she flipped half of her ponytail over her shoulder before she grabbed her small backpack.
"Hey! Are you leaving me?"
"Yeah; I gotta go and look into some things in the city and around my neighborhood… Don't give me that face. I'll be back around seven."
"But it's noon over there, right? That's seven hours that you're going to be gone from me… Please come back soon?"
"Okay, whatever." Kaoru giggled and after four seconds of kissing noises, the two said 'bye' with smiles and Kaoru signed out. Misao said 'awww' and Kaoru flung a pillow at her face with a laugh before the two got up and they left the room.
"We'll be back, Shuichi!"
"Okay! Be back by seven! Tonight we're all going out to dinner!" he yelled from what Kaoru looked down to see was the bathroom.
"Who's going with us!" she asked.
"You, me, Aoshi, Genia, Michael, Misao, Tytto and Yahiko! And Genia said she's bringing Netalia and Tai, so we're gonna be doing a lot!"
"Tara's not going!" she yelled as a statement.
"No!"
"What happened between you two!"
"She's a suck up for daddy and she fucked me up by telling him I was here! He doesn't know I'm away from school and she said that she saw me when I asked her not to say anything!"
"How'd you know!"
"Yahiko called and told me! Turns out you have him a cell phone! Now hush so I can scrub my hair!"
Kaoru laughed and said 'bye' before she grabbed her keys and left the house with Misao. They took the elevator down to the basement before Kaoru took Misao's arm and linked it with hers as they walked to the car. Once they got in, Kaoru started it up and they buckled up before Misao shook the hair from her face and turned her back towards Kaoru.
"See? It's back to the middle again. I think it's a bit higher, though. What do you think?"
"I think it's cute on you. Tie your hair up, though. We're gonna be nitty gritty today."
"Cool! Just like that time when we dug through the mud to find my father's watch!" Misao's eyes began to twinkle and Kaoru just looked at her as if she was crazy.
"… not that kind. I'll never do that again." Kaoru shuddered at the thought and Misao let out a laugh as Kaoru reversed the car.
"We dug through mud that was up to my knees and your freakin waist. We were out there in the rain for fucking hours and at the end you found it when I threw you face first."
"Yup! Caught it in my teeth, you bitch."
Kaoru bit her lip and then the two burst out laughing as they turned the corner and went off down the almost empty street.
(W.R.Y.T.H.A.D.Y.T.H.)
"Why are we at the library out of all places?"
"What's so wrong with it?"
"It's Sunday, the library is closed, we snuck in through the fucking basement, and you turned the cameras off, Kaoru. Is there anything else I need to say?"
"… I hate you."
Misao giggled and as Kaoru and her jogged up the steps and moved towards the best computer at the head librarian's desk. Kaoru pulled out a USB memory chip and she let Misao put the laptop in front of her before she began to hook both computers up together.
"This way, it'll get confusing if information ever gets… you know, found."
"Uh huh." Misao said and just watched as Kaoru began to type quickly, her fingers just going across the keys as if they were apart of her fingers already. She pressed enter and as she went into a network, Misao said 'wow' as a whole bunch of green words came up with a black screen.
"Now, what I'm doing is very illegal, okay? Don't tell anybody I'm hacking into the underground."
"I won't. But won't they find you?"
"Nope." Kaoru said with a grin and she began to drain information as she whistled and she tapped her fingers. After ten minutes of boring silence and Misao kicking the air absent mindedly, she turned off the big PC and she put the USB onto the laptop.
"Is it there?" Misao asked.
"Yup. Let's get out of here." Kaoru shut off her laptop and put it back in the bag before she yawned and the two quickly moved back to the stairs. They ran down and once they reached the basement a.k.a. children's area, Kaoru let Misao go through the big window first. She jumped up after bouncing on her feet and Misao pulled her arms to help her out before Kaoru shut the window and she went back to the wired that she had messed with.
"Hurry up, Kaoru. I'm getting nervous." Misao whined and after Kaoru put the wires back in correctly, she said 'go' and the two jogged back to her car. They got in and after they sighed and buckled up, Kaoru turned back on her car and they drove off.
"So, what did you get?" Misao asked innocently as she sipped on the bottle of water that was there.
"I got some information about the Kamiya underground children. You know there are more of those people on my dad's side, right?" Misao shook her head with widened eyes and Kaoru said 'yea'
"Turns out they're serious in Japan. If I had gone there, I'd be some kind of queen for them."
"Cool! And then you'd get money and riches!"
"BAD money and riches." Kaoru corrected as she turned at the light.
"What do you care?"
"… Good point."
(KxK)
"Hey, where's Kaoru?"
"She went with Misao somewhere with her laptop and some small black book bag… what's wrong, Tytto?"
"Did this black book bag have some kind of designs on it, or just plain?"
"Um… from what I saw from far, it was some crazy designs at the sides and a K.A.L.K. in the middle pocket… what's wrong?"
"Kaoru's up to something bad…"
Shuichi sat down with a towel over his shoulders as Tytto passed him a bottle of lemonade and he thanked him and opened it. After he took a long drink, Tytto ran his fingers through his hair and he frowned.
"What's she doing that's so bad? I mean, come on. Almost everything Kaoru does is bad in its own way. What makes this so bad?"
"She's running around hacking into things. BAD things. Things that could get her into serious trouble. She could get arrested if she tampers with anything that she finds." Shuichi now frowned and he groaned and said 'damn you, baby sister.'
"And just why is she doing this?"
"Well, from what her little plaything tells me, Yahiko's been put under something that she doesn't like. She's going around grabbing information and once she gets a lot of sources and people… she's going to risk being found out."
"Found about what?"
"Pulling a what Machiavelli said in the underground… but without getting profits and shit from it! Your face looked amazed."
Shuichi just sighed and he shook his head before he looked out the window and he saw the rain pouring down. His light green eyes were focused on it as they moved a little to examine it and then he looked back over at Tytto thinking with his head in his hands.
"Daijabou?"
"Watashi ha juuten o oi te iru.(I'm stressing out.)"
"Why?" Shuichi asked with some concern.
"Ashita watashi no chichi no tanjou bi ha aru. soshite ten o shiharau koto o watashi ha watashi no haha to iku you ni ie de nai. watashi ha sari tai to omou gai ka ni shira nai. watashi ni nayami de okane ga, kubi fukai Kaoru ima ari, Shinji ojisan ha sudeni watashi no haha o yon de iru, shitagatte kanojo ga. Watashi o nikumu kamo shire nai node watashi o tsukutte todomari tai to omoi nasai.(Tomorrow is my father's birthday. And I'm not home to go with my mother to pay respects. I want to leave, but I don't know how. I have NO money right now, Kaoru's neck-deep in trouble, and Uncle Shinji is already calling my mother, thus making me want to stay because she might hate me.)"
"It's tomorrow?" Tytto nodded as he ran his fingers through his hair, the semi-dark room cool and relaxing his nerves as they kept all the lights off and let the light from the rain outside be all that they needed.
"Tytto, it's up to you. I have a lot of flying mileage and if you want to go back, I'll pay for you."
"You really would?" Tytto looked up with some light now returning into his eyes as he looked at Shuichi nod and tell him, 'it's okay.'
"You don't have to pay me back or anything. Who knows, maybe we'll all go. What do you think?"
"I… I don't know. Last year, Kaoru and Michael went with me and it wasn't all nice. Remember, grandma lives in Japan. She went to the funeral and they met up and clashed really violently."
"Yeah, but I can take care of that. Kaoru would want to go if me and or Aoshi go, you know. So it's up to you to think about it. If you want to go alone, that's fine. I know that it would be better if you did because you're good by yourself."
Tytto looked down into his folded hands as he thought and then he rubed them together with a small frustrating whine. Shuichi told him to take his time and he took another long drink from his juice.
"I'm going to go alone." Tytto finally said and Shuichi told him to go pack some things while he called the airport.
"If I know correctly, there should be a flight in about… three hours. You can go there for a few days and come back. You'll be alright?"
"… No." Tytto finally said and Shuichi got up as Tytto buried his face into his hands and slid his hands up into his hair. He knelt down in front of him and he put his hands on his shoulders as he felt Tytto's shoulders give a small shake. He pulled him into his embrace and he said 'it's alright, Ty.' as he rubbed his back.
"I can't go alone. Come with me, Shuichi. At least you knew daddy longer than the others. Come with me and help me say something."
"… Alright." Shuichi said gently and he pulled out his phone as Tytto just folded his hands above his head and Shuichi cancelled the dinner.
"I'll call the airport and get us the next two tickets."
"Thanks." Tytto said from his thigh and Shuichi just rubbed his back and pulled him up so they could go and pack.
(k.A.o.R.u)
"Dinner's cancelled."
Kaoru frowned as she flipped her phone shut and then Misao just nodded as they were strolling down the street and whistling at high pitches. What they wanted was to get all attention on them. And it was working too. The men looked at them and said 'dddaaammmnnn' at their rain-soaked bodies and the way they were carrying themselves.
"Hey there sexy!" Kaoru gave a small wave with a charming smile before she stopped at the corner and she leaned against the wall with a sexy sigh.
"I'm just sooo frustrated! All these buildings and I don't know which one is the building for I.U.G.C.! And this rain is making my clothes… clingy!"
Kaoru tugged on her shirt and as some of her cleavage came out, Misao saw two people jog across the street to come over to her. Kaoru shook her wet hair since she removed her ponytail a while ago and as she just pulled her shirt up a little, a secret smirk came up onto her face.
'It worked.'
"I hear you two sexy ladies are looking for the International Underground Gathering Center, am I correct?"
"Very." Kaoru said licking her lips and Misao just stood there with an innocent yet seductive smile as she held her belt loops with her fingers and she tried to act shy.
"You want to go there now? We're supposed to passing that way fast, but we could always take you two along for the walk."
"You'd do that for us?" Kaoru asked with slight excitement. They looked at her as she bounced, her chest giving a slight bounce as she put her hands together. Misao bit her lip as one of the men gave her a lustful gaze and she gave a small smile and lowered her eyes to the floor a little.
"Sure. We're heading over there now. So tell me, what are you guys going there for?"
"Oh, no reason really. We just… know some people there that we… need to talk to. Right Misao?"
"Uh huh." Misao said with a soft smile and as Kaoru held her hand out and Misao took it, the two boys opened their eyes as their fingers enlaced.
"Are you two… lovers by any chance?"
"Nope! We're sisters! Kaoru takes care of me!" Misao said happily and Kaoru just said 'Misao' before Misao just gave another smile and they continued to walk. Once they arrived, the two men stopped them and turned around. Misao looked up at the building name and stifled a laugh.
HYLEN'S INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING AGENCY/PASSPORT AGENCY
"So… do we get some kind of reward for this?"
"Um…here." They both gave them kisses on the cheek and said 'thanks!' before they ran down the steps. The two men growled at being played before they continued along the street under their umbrellas. Kaoru sighed softly as the two laughed and she wrung her hair out and tied it up into a ponytail.
"That was good." Misao said with a giggle before they turned to see the man at a desk with an arched eyebrow.
"Um… I take it you two need towels, huh?"
"How'd you ever guess that?" Kaoru asked sarcatically.
"Just a hunch. I have a sixth sense for these things. Besides the fact that you're dripping, anyways."
(k.E.n.S.h.I.n.)
"Go Josue! Go Kenshin! Go Soujiro! Go Tommy! Woohoo!"
The best friends all stood around each other just dancing to M-flo's Astrosexy and laughing it up at their stupid antics. The two brothers didn't understand the words, but to them, the beat was hot and good enough to dance to. Genia and Netalia sat at the big screened laptop in the basement as they just looked through e-mails and they checked to see if they got anything from friends internationally.
"Hey, look at this. It says To Kaoru's pretty sister. Laughs At least these people know I look good."
"Who's it from?"
"… Mr. Micolagio?" Genia said confused and then she just shrugged and turned off the music for a moment to click it. The three boys sighed and drank some water before Genia said 'ooo shit! He's a beast!'
"What?"
"We're looking at Kaoru's… friend dance." Netalia said and as Genia said 'start over. That move was fucking crazy.', they started it over and the others went over to watch.
"Hello! I am bored and in France and because I know my best friend Kaoru isn't around, I figured I would show you American ladies what a true dancing man can do. Hope you enjoy this because it's a M-Flo mix of hot songs! Like, Lotta Love, Astrosexy, those types! Oh, and there's one by Lady Sovereign. Thanks for listening to me talk, and enjoying my style! And now, a performance by Mr. Micolagio himself. And as for this mask… I'll take it off at the end."
Genia made it full screen and fast forwarded his words and as the songs started and the man on the screen with a hoodie, a mask, and some pants started to bounce from left to right and he waited for the song. As he stripped his hoodie and looked at his watch, the song said '3, 2, 1' and he started to come out with dances, his short sleeved shirt saying 'Mr. Micolagio's a monster' on it with a litte cute animal in the middle of the words.
"Damn! This kid's a beast!" Tommy said and Josue just nodded as he sat on Genia's seat with her, Tommy sitting with Netalia, and Kenshin standing up behind with Soujiro. They were amazed at how fast he was going with the song and as he slid across the floor dancing, he spun and the song immediately changed as he did a handstand with one hand and spun into the floor.
'Only Allusius would pull a spin like that.' Genia laughed to herself as the others watched him just start moving slow-motion. She looked at the boys as they were watching intently and knew if they knew who it was that they wouldn't. After another few bits and pieces of different songs, it came onto the last one by Lady Sovereign called Love me or Hate me.
"Yo look at his legs! This shit is crazy! I can't even do that!" they kept watching as he put his hands to his heart for 'thank you!' and then he put up his finger for 'fuck you' in the song. Once it ended, he went up into the camera and removed his mask. They all gasped and the boys soon got angry as Genia giggled.
"Thanks for watching the talent! And if any guys are in the room, don't try to do it. I'm crippled doing tricks, so what does that tell you? This is just minor. Now if you want to see Tytto or Michael or even Kaoru AND YAHIKO in the action, go to Googleand type in "Tricks are for the ones who love to do em' " The first link is our website and you'll see that we've been in a lot of italian dance events and traveling. Hope you enjoyed! Love ya!"
"Take that shit off." Kenshin barked and Genia typed in google and went to the site that he said.
"Why, Genia? Why?" Soujiro asked, irritation showing on his face like the others boy.
"To see Kaoru dancing. She told me she was good, but I wanna see her freestyle to the max."
(KxK)
"Damn… baby girl got skills…"
"You see her? Who know she could dance like this? She was holding back because these moves are way better than yours, Soujiro. Kenshin, she's up there with you and Tommy."
"Shut up." The three said to Josue and they laughed before going back to watch the former Kamiya girl dance and give an innocent yet guilty smile. After a while, Genia's phone rang when they went through more videos.
"What! I can't even do that move!" Kenshin said and Netalia put her hand over his mouth as Genia glared at him.
"Sup, Shuichi… really? As in right now? … No, no, its okay with me. I'll tell the others. Safe flight for you two, okay? … Alright. Love you… me too. Bye" Genia hung up the phone and then she gave a small sigh.
"What's going on?"
"Shuichi and Tytto are going to Japan."
"Why so sudden?" Netalia asked with worry.
"Because tomorrow is Tytto's father's birthday and Tytto's going to pay respects since his father died at midnight on his birthday. I could hear him in the background breaking apart. That poor kid doesn't deserve the past he has on his shoulders. It's so fucked over, he's like… he just doesn't even know what to do with himself."
"So he's going back to pay respects with his mom, I'm guessing."
"Yeah. He's cracking up, you know? It's been held in for so long and now that he's feeling all these other emotions like anger on the daily basis, it's showing with what he does. Maybe this trip back will be good for him."
"I hope so. Tytto's a cute kid who just wants to be loved." Netalia replied softly.
"I've seen the way he protects you, Kaoru, and Yahiko. He just wants to feel it and you can see it in his eyes. He's broken inside. Just like how Tai was when he first got here himself, ya know?"
"Yeah." Kenshin and Soujiro said and Genia just sighed before she closed the dancing and got up.
"I'm going to head home. My father's probably pissed and Tara told on Shuichi. Little suck-up."
"Where's Yahiko?"
"Sleeping. He's not feeling well today. I'll be back guys." As Genia walked up the steps and vanished from sight, the remaining five just let out a sigh and shook their heads softly.
"The Kamiya family's a mess right now."
"Oh yes. A real big mess. And Genia knows it too. That's why she's helping keep what she can together with Shuichi. With Aoshi and Kaoru changing their last names to Loire, Kaoru leaving her house to live on her own, Shuichi's in Greece for school now, and the children and split onto two sides basically."
"What sides?"
"Shinji's side or Kaoru's. And so far, Kaoru's loved more than Shinji seeing as she has all the siblings that she needs."
(W.R.Y.T.H.A.D.Y.T.H)
"Kaoru… Kaoru, I think we're about to be found out."
"Why do you say that, Misao?"
"Because all the way at the end… they're looking over here and three girls who look like total sluts just walked out the room mouthing 'let's go tell.'"
"What did they look like?"
"I said sluts, Kaoru."
"Oh… then they're prostitues for the underground. And who cares? We can run. I'm almost finished…"
Kaoru let out a soft sneeze as she ran her fingers through her slightly damp hair and she went back to typing as fast as she could. Her eyes ran across the screen as she let out a breath of air and then she typed in Yahiko Astroxi Kamiya under Member Name. After she pressed enter, a few seconds went past before she finally got what she wanted and she saw Yahiko's picture.
"Time to upload this." She took the mouse and she sneezed again before Misao just chewed on her finger nails nervously as she looked up and kept guard. Kaoru said 'hurry up damn you' as she saw it was halfway done and once it made a sound, she heard 'File Transfer Complete.'
"Yes. Let's go." Misao sighed in relief as Kaoru took her USB out and she looked out of the desk to see anything. With a grin and somebody's voice making a muffled whine, she looked down to see the man she had tied up laying on the floor and glaring up at her.
"What's wrong, buddy? You said you wanted to help me, and you did. Don't be sad about it. At least you can't see who did it."
"It's that dark?" Misao asked.
"Yeah. The screen mostly was black backgrounds, so I'm safe. And he doesn't know who I am anyway, so who cares? Let's go over there."
Kaoru took Misao's hand and with quick steps, they jogged over to a big metal drawers filled with doors. She said 'damn' and she looked at the alphabetical order.
"First names or last names…" she wondered and opened one before she saw it was last names. She closed it and then she looked at each label.
"A-C… D-F… G-I … J-L."
Kaoru pulled it open and she knelt down before Misao turned her head to see that the three girls had returneda nd were walking over towards the man's desk with two big men behind them.
"Hurry up… they've called back-up…" Misao sang worriedly and as Kaoru said 'one minute.' She went into the K.
"Kabrins…Kacklis…Kadrez…Kaemol…Kahli…Kakroshi…Kamiya."
Kaoru found Yahiko's name and she pulled it out before she saw her name and a big red 'Closed' on it. She smirked before she shut the drawer and she slipped the folder right back into her black backpack. Misao said 'fuck' before Kaoru turned around and she saw the girls pointing.
"There! There they are! The ones who tied him up are right there!"
"Hoes." Kaoru said loudly.
"Always doing something that lets them get a free fuck, huh?"
A grin came up on her face and as she slipped her book bag onto her back. As she knelt down and she tied her shoe laces, Misao knelt down and did the same thing. Kaoru gave Misao a grin and then she looked up at the two big men and the three women.
"Well? Aren't you coming to get us? We're waiting…" she said, singing the last sentence and then she mumbled to Misao.
"What? I can't understand you."
"And that's the problem! You never understand me, Misao! Goddammit I speak english you know! It's not like I'm that drunken man you call a grandfather who slurs almost half his sentences!"
"HEY! Don't talk about Jiya that way! At least he's not some bitch like your grandfather is! He's such a fuckin' wuss!"
"He's not a wuss!"
"Um… ladies…" One of the big men said, but that didn't stop the two dark haired girls from screaming at each other and pointing with arms flinging about and their eyes heated.
"Fuck you, Misao! I don't know why we're friends!"
"Me either, you stupid bitch! You're always getting me into some kind of trouble! Like right now!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Yeah!" Misao screamed back.
"Well… run!"
"What?"
Kaoru took Misao's hands and she ran at full speed before busting through the men and letting Misao's hands go as they took off. The five that were watching them screamed out in frustration and they took off chasing them. Kaoru just laughed as Misao kept up with her and they ran up the stairs because there were a lot of floors.
"That went perfect!" Kaoru said with a big smile and Misao just gave her a 'you're stupid' glare before they ran up another set of steps and into another floor. Halfway through, two men stood up from their seats and yelled out to them.
"Hey, you there! Stop right there unless you are one of them!"
"Them as in them people who don't belong here! Or them as in them workers who are in the underground making lots of dough!" she yelled back with a questionable look on her face."
"Them as in the people who work here, you damn kids!"
"And If we're not!" Kaoru barked teasingly.
"Then you shall suffer right now!"
"If you can catch us, that is." She said and then she shook her hips and yelled out 'come on big boy!'
"Grrr! Get over here!"
"Grrr!... Well… no."
The two took off running again and as they bounced through the floors with amazing speed, they ran to the top floor and the man at the desk looked up with a bored expression, his hands holding the magazine that he was slowly turning.
"Hope you enjoyed your stay. Don't die."
"Thanks; we'll remember that!" Misao said with nervous happiness and she bowed before Kaoru pulled her and they ran down the street and felt the many thugs and workers chasing them with one thought in mind. Beat Down. As they turned another corner, they slowed down to a stop and they looked around confused.
"Where did they go? They just turned onto this street! They're not that goddamn fast, are they!"
"No!" a tan-skinned one barked and as they checked the street, they cursed out in anger and one of the men hit the wall before they turned around in defeat and they began to jog back around the corner.
"… Coast is clear?"
"Yup."
"Good."
Right up above them, Kaoru had been stretched out flat, her hair behind held in her shirt as she grabbed the bar and she made sure that she couldn't been seen in the alleyway entrance. Misao was laying above her against the wall, her breathing quieted and her eyes shut in thought. As Misao climbed down and she landed safely, she looked up to see Kaoru let her legs go first and then her arms before she flipped her body forwards and landed onto her feet perfectly.
"You did gymnastics?"
"No. I just learned the hard way. Let's get out of here."
Once inside the car, Misao shook her head and turned her blue-green eyes towards Kaoru as she focused on the road and going towards a place to find some kind of food.
"Kaoru, are you crazy? On a serious question?" Kaoru shrugged her shoulders and then a grin came up on her face.
"Everybody's a little crazy, Misao. It's just locked inside. That's why the government locks the crazy people who get released. It's because they get scared of what they could do, ya know?"
"True… but what about you? What do you think you are?"
"Well…I'd say was…me."
(k.E.n.S.h.I.n)
"I miss her."
"She'll come back."
"No she won't. She hates me."
"She loves you. If she didn't she wouldn't cry over you and accept things you give or talk to you."
"Yeah but… she's my world."
"...Dude. This Sims game is getting to your head."
"… I was talking about Kaoru, Thomas."
Kenshin shook his head and as he leaned his head back and he yawned, Tommy stuck his finger down his throat and Kenshin gagged as a reflex. He punched Tommy in his ribs and then with a laugh, he got up and he turned the game off. The two walked out of the den and Kenshin grabbed his car keys before they left the house and got into his car.
"See? If Kaoru didn't love you, this car would be broken up right now. She had the damn thing washed. And its shining! You know she loves you. She's just not ready to come back yet."
Kenshin gave Tommy a soft smile and then the two got into his car before he turned it on and let the engine run for a minute. After he did, he reversed out and he went towards the city, Tommy's stomach growling and his mouth mumbling 'clothes.'
"What are we going to buy?"
"Things." Kenshin said as he turned right and he drove down the long street with one hand on the wheel. As he leaned back and relaxed in his seat, Tommy glanced over to see his eyes slightly stressed.
"You seriously miss her, don't you?"
"I miss her every time I do anything. Every minute I'm thinking of her along with whatever we do. It… it's just not the same. And I know that it's my fault because I broke it off with her and what not, but I just want her to at least talk to me again like before. I want to at laest have her as a friend that I can run around with me.
"She was my girlfriend and my best friend. I could tell her anything and she could soothe my pains with what she did. I used to wake up and be so happy because I knew that I would be able to go with her and we'd be able to have a lot of fun. But now… now I just want her to tell me more than 'hey' in the hallways."
"Awww…. Poor Kenshin." Tommy pinced his cheeks and Kenshin pushed him off with one hand before he turned and he saw the sign for the mall.
"We're almost there."
"Hey, Kenshin. What if I could… I don't know, get Kaoru to go to your house while you're there alone?"
"… What are you getting at?" Kenshin asked curiously to his innocent smile.
"Me and your sister were thinking about setting you two up. It's like this. She'll go to your house because Netalia calls her. Once she goes in, we lock all the doors and what not for one hour. During that hour, you, Kenshin Himura, have to bust your friggin ass to talk to her and not! make her cry, but talk to her and let her know how you truly feel.
"You have to give her everything because if you don't, I think that Allusius boy might take your place, Kenny. Do you want some Italian smart-mouthed punk taking your girl?"
"Hell no." Kenshin answered quickly as he drove into the parking lot.
"Well, when we do this, you better either get her to at least be your best friend again, or end up as lovers once more. It's all up to you."
Kenshin nodded in thought as he found a quick parking spot and then the two got out the car. Kenshin locked it and he made sure he had his wallet before the two walked up the lot and into the mall. They walked through the store and straight into the real mall before Tommy turned to Kenshin and gave a grin, gold eyes showing mischief.
"You wanna harass Aeropostale again? I think that blonde guy likes you." Kenshin shivered in disgust and he said 'ew!' before letting out a sigh.
"No thank you. I wanna buy something for Kaoru." Tommy arched his eyebrow and then he just nodded before the two started to walk through the mall. Kenshin looked around at different things and just as Tommy was going to Abercrombie & Fitch, Kenshin put his hand on his shoulder and stopped him.
"Why not? That's Kaoru's favorite place to go." Kenshin shook his head and he gave a soft grin.
"That's Kaoru's favorite store one year ago. Her favorite store is… over there."
"Hot Topic."
"Yeah." Kenshin said and he dragged Tommy along inside, Tommy's face going into one of pure confusion.
"She likes this? It's punk and goth city in here."
"Her tops are from here. I'm buying her t-shirts. Besides, they have a lot of crazy shit in here. Josue shops here all the time, you know. You just think he doesn't."
Tommy nodded and he went to explore the store as Kenshin walked over towards the t-shirts section. He pulled his hair over his shoulder and he let out a small yawn before he blinked tears from his eyes from doing it and he began to see what shirts would suit her.
"I should buy one for Misao too. To apologize for Soujiro's fuck-up." He nodded to himself before he continued to look. As he walked through the shirts and pants, he made a mental note to come back and shop for himself. He walked back to the beginning and he found a white top with black skulls going around it.
"This is cute." He said and then he saw a blue one with the same thing before he decided on the white one. He kept going and he picked up seven shirts for her before he went to find one for Misao.
"She's not as dark as Kaoru so what would she like…" Kenshin walked over to another set of t-shirts and then he said 'nice' as he saw a graphic t-shirt with the words 'Your lips keep moving, but all I hear is blah blah blah' As he picked it up, he then thought about it.
"Nah. That's Kaoru one-hundred percent… I'll get her that too… and Aoshi would love this."
He laughed as he grabbed him a shirt and he went back to looking for a shirt for Misao. He grinned as he came upon a black shirt that said 'I am stabbing you with my mind'. He found the smallest size and he picked it up before he found two shirts for himself and another three shirts for Kaoru.
"Wow, mister. This is a lot of shirts." Said the cashier, his light brownish green eyes looking at them with an arched eyebrow. His bangs on the left side fell into his eye and his mouth had a tongue ring inside as he let out a yawn.
"Fifteen shirts, kid. They're mostly for some girls I know." Kenshin said and then he called Tommy over to hold them before he went back into the clothes. The punk rock kid started at Tommy as Tommy arched his eyebrow at him.
"You shop here?"
"Now I do. Why? Because I'm black?"
"No. Because you're a hip-hop dressing guy." Tommy gave him a small glare as he looked down at his baggy jeans and his RocaWear top. He then looked back up at the guy over the counter with a shirt that says 'If you read this you're stupid'
"Stupid." The cashiwer said after he realized Tommy had read it.
"Up yours. And this was the last outfit I had in my friend's closet since I'm crashing at his place. Problem Kevin?" Tommy asked after reading his shirt.
"Not at all. You look pretty level-headed."
"I'm back! And this is the last of what I'm buying today." Kenshin said with a smile. Both Tommy and Kevin the cashier arched their eyebrows at him.
"What? I don't look hot in a mini-skirt?"
"No." they both said after looking at him and then he laughed and said 'it's not for me' as he placed it down. The cashier began to ring it all up humming the tune on the radio.
"Is this Lips like morphine by Kill Hannah?"
"You listen to them?" Kevin asked curiously.
"The girl I'm shopping for has a shirt with the name of the song on it."
"How'd she get that? I'd kill to do it."
"She custom-made it and she had them send it to her. It's black and the letters are awesome."
"Wicked." The cashier said and after he finished, he sighed and the two best friends helped him fold all the shirts up.
"Thanks. And the total is… one-hundred and fifty dollars and ninety-eight cents."
"Cool." Kenshin opened his wallet and he pulled out a hundred dollar-bill with a fifty dollar-bill and an extra dollar to put in. He gave the cashier a twenty and said 'thanks'
"For what? I just work here."
"You're pretty cool. I think I'll bring my friend here to talk with you. You'll have a blast with her. She's crazy."
"Cool. See you around." He said and Kenshin saluted before Tommy nodded his head and they left the store.
"Where to next?" Tommy said.
"Um… Abercrombie & Fitch. They have some nice skirts for Gen & Tali and I wanna get some shirts… God, I feel like a fucking girl shopping like this."
"Laughs Soon you'll loose your dick and you'll grow boobs."
"… Stop scaring me like that."
(k.A.o.R.u.)
"Hello, is Kaoru Kamiya in?"
"This is Kaoru Loire. May I ask who this is?"
"This is your father. I was calling to check up on you."
"I'm fine, thank you. You act as if I haven't been living on my own before."
Kaoru sat on the trunk of her car as Misao was buying them both blizzards at Dairy Queen. She let out a soft breath of air as her father was silent.
"I don't. I was just cheking on you. You're still my child, you know. I have all rights."
"You weren't thinking that way when I was in the hospital."
"Kaoru, that's not true—"
"Daddy, what do you really want? You're not just calling me out of the blue, you know. I know you must want something to do with me."
"I don't! I really was worried about you, Kaoru. You haven't called for days and I was growing scared because I figured you'd call for Yahiko or Genia."
"I'm alright. Genia comes to check up on me, and I see Yahiko during my lunch breaks at school. No need to call seeing as I'm living on my own. If anything, it's you who should have thought of coming for me. Not waiting to see if I'd cave in."
"But that's not what I'm trying to say—"
"Daddy, what's going on? Is there something wrong? Do you need something from me? Did I leave something behind? What?"
"…Kaoru, I really just wanted to check on you. I'm sorry if this was a bad time or something and I'll try to call earlier and make sure that you're okay by it. I didn't think you'd react like this…Are you sure you're okay?"
"Perfect." Kaoru said calmly, but as it was released from her mouth, something deep inside of her pulled painfully. She winced quietly and she shut her eyes tight before she rubbed her chest and he opened her eyes once more.
"Kaoru, you're never coming home, are you?" he asked quietly. Kaoru didn't know how to answer, so she just kept silent and she scratched her head. It kept quiet on both ends and after she heard her father sigh, she felt bad as she heard something in his voice change. It sounded… sad and depressed.
"I'll let you go now. I just wanted to check up on you and make sure you were okay. I'm sorry that you're not happy today, but I know that you'll be able to smile tomorrow because that's just how you are. I'll hopefully see you around, Kaoru. Love you."
The phone hung up before Kaoru could say 'wait' and as she shut her phone and she put it on her hip, she buried her face into her hands and she tried to calm herself down. She ran her fingers through her hair after letting out a shaky sigh and she swallowed back her emotions quickly before putting on a smile as Misao bounced back out.
"Here we are! Sorry; the line was super long!" Kaoru gave a nod.
"… It's okay, Misao. Let's just eat these and take our break, okay? No worries right now."
(KxK)
"Kenshin, she's going to love these. They're amazing. Five necklaces from Tiffany & Co. That's crazy, even for you."
"I haven't bought her anything at all. This is making up for everything."
As Kenshin drove out of the mall and headed down the road, the sunset was relaxing for Tommy and he quickly relaxed and turned on the radio.
"Since when do you listen to this kind of music, Tommy?"
"I just like this one group. Is it a crime to like The Fray?"
"Not at all. I like them myself."
As it grew silent again and Kenshin turned at the light before Tommy finally decided to speak.
"You really miss her."
"Yes. I really miss her. And I always will if she doesn't accept me again."
"Kenshin…"
"I just… I just want to be her friend again. I don't want her thinking that I don't understand her because I do! I really do! Her favorite color is black now, she loves rock music to the max, she skateboards on weekends, her favorite store is Hot Topic, she loves track; I know more about her than she thinks! I can accept her changes now! I really am ready!"
"But the problem is before you didn't have the heart to."
"W-what? What the fuck do you mean by that?" Kenshin asked and turned his head to Tommy as he forgot about the road for a moment. Once Tommy put his attention back, he spoke.
"You weren't ready to handle it. The tattoo that's on her forearm, her crazy partying ways, the drugs, the sneak-outs; it was overwhelming for you. And I know this because I know you, Kenshin. I know you inside out, as much as you'd probably hate to believe that. I understand where Kaoru's coming from… she needed you, and you weren't there. Even if you did try to be there, it wasn't your best, brother."
As Kenshin parked into the driveway, he sighed and quietly got up and carried everything into the house. Tommy followed behind him carrying his own bags and as Netalia came out of the kitchen, she pulled Genia along with Josue and Soujiro following close behind with Tae. Soujiro was first to speak.
"Hey, Kenshin! Where have you been all—"
"Shut up." Kenshin barked as he kept going and once they heard his door slam, they turned to Tommy with arched eyebrows.
"What'd you say to him?"
"Something he needed to hear. Something that he didn't want to hear."
"And that is…"
"What he did to Kaoru." Their mouths dropped and as Tommy just shrugged his shoulders and headed towards the kitchen, Josue grabbed his shoulder and spun him around harshly.
"Ouch! What the hell is your deal!"
"What did you say to him?" Josue barked harshly. Tommy shook his body away from Josue's and he glared at him.
"I told him exactly what nobody else would! I'm tired of babying Kenshin! Kenshin needed to know what happened and what went wrong with them both! He needed to know that he hurt her, okay! He needed to know and if he didn't know, then he didn't think about it the way he's doing now!
"I know that Kenshin is my best friend and that he's my brother until I die, but that girl is fucking priceless. Can't nobody measure up to Kaoru. That girl fixed what we couldn't and then she made him a real man. He had sombody to care for, somebody to share things with, somebody that needed him as much as he needed her.
"But when she left, something went wrong inbetween. The connection they had was gone. It literally vanished. And I don't know what side of the relationship ended it yet, but this is the result. Kaoru didn't have him to assure her like he used to, so she went off and did her own thing with that Allusius kid.
"And I understand that he helped her because I spoke with him."
"You what!" Josue and Soujiro screamed with rage. Tommy just nodded slowly as he backed away since he saw that he might get hurt.
"I spoke with both of them. At different times. And I stll don't like Allusius because of who he is, but I have some respect for him because if he didn't watch her like Aoshi used to, she'd be dead. He took care of her, okay? He made sure that she was healthy, that she went to school, that her two cousins could handle her.
"That's the only thing that I'll every give him credit for. Otherwise, I hate him with my heart because he's killing Kenshin's chances! He knows what he's doing and he's working his way in. I don't want that because Kaoru belongs with Kenshin. No matter who says she shouldn't, he does."
Tommy looked over at Josue and he gave him a small smile with a sad laugh.
"Come on, Josue. She's made our lives so much interesting! Can you honestly say that before we met Kaoru that our lives were this much exciting? Everyday we're doing something different. Sure, we've all gotten injured at times, but we've all managed to keep together through her smiles and what not. Kaoru kept us all together because she was the one that all these things were happening to.
"And it didn't matter before because together we were okay! Now look at us, brother! We're all split up, choosing sides, hating each other. Why? Aoshi was your best friend and now that this is happening, you guys are driftin apart. You two are best friends! Why is that happening!
"This all circles around those two and I don't care if he gets mad at me or not! But he needed to hear that he has to man up and face it! Kaoru needs somebody to protect her and not question everything she does! To stand behind her! And I know that some things are just not good, but it's alright! As long as they're together, they'll be able to face it!
"I don't want us all fighting anymore! I'm sick of us getting hurt! It doesn't make sense for us to be fighting after we all came so goddamn close together! We're all a big family! The Himuras, the Kamiyas, our family, Josue. We're all one big fucking family and I'll be damned if we get split apart over this!"
"Tommy…" Josue said as he saw his eyes watering up.
"This is the first true family that I've ever had! I've never had people who care for me besides mom and my brothers! Half my family is in jail and the other half I don't want to know! And now that I finally have a real family, I don't want to loose it because Kaoru and Kenshin can't just shut up and love each other again!"
"Tommy…" Josue walked over to his brother and he pulled him into a tight embrace as he finally started to cry.
"I want us all to stay a family! This is the best thing that's ever happened to me! Ever! I never had a father and now I have two! I have brothers and sisters who actually take the time out to make sure that we're all togeher doing something some days in the week! Sure, you're all a different color from us and it looks weird, but that's fine! I don't care!
"As long as we're together I'm fine! But now we're splitting apart, it hurts! And I'm sorry if I look weak… but I don't want us to split. This is the realest thing that I've ever felt in my whole entire life."
Josue held his brother as they all just frowned sadly at Tommy. He couldn't help it and he didn't want to hide it anymore because it had been held in for so long. They turned to the stairs to see Kenshin at the bottom, his eyes quiet yet holding in some sadness. He quickly walked over to Tommy and Josue let him go before Kenshin pulled his best friend into a hug.
"Kenshin…"
"We're not going to split up. I promise, Tommy. We're all going to stay a family whether we like it or not because that's what we are, okay? We're all one big family and I'll be damned if we don't because we've been together for a long time now and we shouldn't loose the best thing that we all have."
Kenshin's voice was tearful and they could tell he was crying as he held his best friend—excuse me—brother and he cried with him gently.
"And I'm not upset for what you said, okay? You had every right to. I needed to know and you told me. What's what family does. We help each other. Sniff We're going to be a family because we all love each other and it will bring us back together no matter what. I swear on my life."
(W.R.Y.T.H.A.D.Y.T.H.)
"Kaoru, tell Tommy that we're still family."
"Why are you calling me, Kenshin?"
"Tell him, dammit! He thinks that we're all not a family anymore! He's crying, Kaoru! Either you come to hug him, or you tell him over the phone that we're all still a family! Regardless of what's going on between you and me, he shouldn't have to think that because we're splitting in groups! Now I'm sorry if you hate my guts that fucking badly, but let him know that we're all family, damn you! I'm tired of him crying like this!"
Kaoru hung up and as she passed her street with Misao on the passenger side, she sped towards Kenshin's house because she had a spot for Tommy deep inside. As she parked up quickly. The two got out and they walked up to the door. Kaoru unlocked it with her keys and she let herself inside ebfore she heard Tommy's voice.
"I don't know about her, okay! I don't know! If Kaoru wants to leave the family, let her go!"
Kaoru followed the voice holding Misao's hand and as they walked into the living room, she saw them all look up at her with surprised faces. Kaoru smiled sadly and she walked over to Tommy who had his head in his hands before she tapped his shoulder and knelt down.
"I'm here, Tommy." Tommy raised his head up and Kaoru gave a smile that said 'yeah' before Tommy just wiped his eyes and said 'hey'
"What's going on, bro? You're crying. I thought thugs don't cry."
"I'm not crying. I was chopping onions." Kaoru gave a soft laugh and she then pulled him into a hug before he slowly hugged her back.
"It's alright, Thomas. We're all still a family. I heard what Kenshin said over the phone and I rushed over here just for you. So don't think that we're not. No matter what happens, we're all one big family, okay? Don't ever think otherwise, bro."
Kaoru gave his head a massaging scratch and she then wiped his face before she hugged him again and she assured him that he was okay. After Tommy was fine and he fell asleep on her shoulder, she leaned him back in the chair and he turned a little. Kaoru got up and she stretched her arms before she turned back aruond and she yawned.
"I'm heading out. I'll come by to spend time tomorrow or something."
"Bye, Kaoru." They all said and Kaoru just waved before she saw Kenshin already halfway up the steps. With a mischevious grin, she said 'goodnight, Kenshin.'
"Whatever." Was her reply and she said 'feel better' with sarcasm before he said 'blow me.'
"Gasp Well, that was rude! But I'll let it slide, a-hole."
"Shove it." And with that the door slammed and Kaoru laughed.
"He's not happy. Oh well. Come on, Misao." Misao waved to them and she and Kaoru walked out the living room and to the front door. As they left the house and got in the car, Kenshin looked out his window with a small glare. Kaoru looked up at him and she waved. He gave the finger and as she just glared and got into her car, he sighed as she drove off.
"Kenshin, what was that about?" He heard Genia ask as she entered his room.
"You know damn well what that was—"
"You ruined your chances at talking to her—"
"Her tone was full of sarcasm—"
"I thought you wanted her back!—"
"I'm tired of playing games!" he said, finally snapping and turning to the slightly shocked Kamiya female.
"Everything I do to her is like I'm trying to play games! I heal her, she thinks I'm trying to get nice to use her! I gave her my fucking grandmother's ring, and she cries like I'm abusing her head! All I want to do is have Kaoru love me again and she thinks I'm some fucking Enishi! What does she want, huh! For me to jump off the bridge with a sign planted on my chest saying I love her!"
Genia said 'sor-ry' and she turned around to leave. With a grin, she stopped recording on her phone and ran down the steps.
"Everything is going according to plain, Tali. I just got him to snap and say something that Kaoru would love to hear. It came out clear and true filled with Kenshin's thoughts."
As Netalia heard it, she said 'awww' and Genia sent it straight to her sister's e-mail.
"She'll get it when she gets home. Hopefully by tomorrow we can get her to come here looking for us and he'll be the only one here."
"Good, girlfriend." The grabbed each other's hands with a grin and then Genia asked 'Ice cream?'
"Let's go out for it."
"Cool."
(k.A.o.R.u.)
"Very good, Yahiko! You're a regular violin prodigy, boy!"
"Thank you, daddy!"
"He's right. That was pretty good."
Yahiko's whole body grew happy as he yelled out, 'KAORU!' and he put his violin down before running to her and letting her pull him up into a hug. They laughed as they spun around and Kaoru kissed his cheek.
"I missed you a lot, Kao-kao!"
"Really?"
"Uh huh! Ci era nessuno da comunicare con! Della Tara molto a me la media ora perché li parlo ed alla lei è jealous."
"She's mean because you talk about me? I'll just have to kick her down the stairs, won't I?"
"No!" Yahiko said laughing. "Be nice, Kao-Kao!"
"Okay. Go get some things so you can spend the night, okay? Michael's already at the crib waiting for us."
"Okay!"
Yahiko ran to the stairs and after he went up, Kaoru looked at her father slowly putting both violins away. He was quiet and as she said 'daddy', he looked up and he gave a soft smile.
"Hey there. Sorry, I spaced out for a moment… You look good."
"Thanks. Why's he doing violin now? He told me he'd quit."
"I don't know. He asked me today. I guess he found love in it again or something. Yahiko's very confusing."
"I can tell." Kaoru said with a small laugh before she walked over to the piano and she sat down.
"I haven't touched one of these since Italy for school… can I play?"
"This is your piano, you know. Play how you feel."
Kaoru nodded and as she blew some dust off the keys, she put her fingers on it and she began to play. Shinji shut his eyes with a sigh and it moved through him and Kaoru just let her fingers move across the keys without thoughts or hesitation. Whatever came out, came out. By the end of Kaoru's little recital, she had mixed six songs into one beautiful piece.
"That was amazing, Kaoru. You always manage to make shivers run when you play."
"Thanks, daddy."
Kaoru rose up and she stretched her arms before she let out a 'whoa!' as her father pulled her into a hug and held her tight. She put her arms around him and just rested her head against his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry, Kaoru. I've broken your heart again. And I don't want to keep doing this.sigh that's why I haven't come for you. Because I know that this is right for you and not for anybody else. I just hope that you're keeping your house clean."
Kaoru laughed and said, "You know I'm a neat freak." Before Shinji let go and he kissed her forehead. He put his hands on her face and looked down at her. Light blue clashed in both their eyes as they looked up at each other.
"You sure you're alright?" he whispered gently. She said 'yeah' before he kissed her forehead again and hugged her once more.
"I love you. No more fighting okay? I want you as my best friend, child."
"Okay." Kaoru said with a soft smile and then after that she saw Yahiko run and cling onto her leg.
"I'm ready to go!"
"Cool! Now we can get out of here." They walked to the door and they said 'goodnight' before Kaoru carried him to her car, got him seated, and she drove off. Yahiko said 'pretty lights!' as they drove past the streets towards her house.
"Pretty lights. But not as pretty as Italy, right Yahi-chan?"
"Right! Nothing will be as beautiful as Italy!"
(KxK)
"Let's lay down and get some shut-eye! You have school tomorrow."
"You don't, Kao-Kao? Michael?"
"Nope. Highschool's are closed. So you're learning and we're not!"
"Ah, no fair!"
Kaoru grinned and flipped her hair over her shoulder before she stuck her tongue out at him playfully and Michael laid him down and tucked him in.
"Where's Shuichi and Tytto?"
"… They're in Japan."
"Why!" Yahiko asked full of shock and worry.
"Remember last year when we went to say hi to Tytto's daddy?"
"Uh huh. Tytto's papa is with mommy." He replied in an innocent cute voice. Kaoru nodded with Michael and gave a sad smile.
"Well, they're going again, but we're not going this time because Tytto wanted to say hi alone and not be afraid, okay? He'll be home in a few days."
"Oh… okay!" As Michael got up and said he was going for water, Yahiko waited for him to leave before he frowned.
"What's wrong, baby boy?" Yahiko jumped into her arms and she laughed as he hugged her as tight as he could with a whine.
"I miss you Kao-Kao! Daddy doesn't treat me the same!"
"What do you mean?" Kaoru asked with some confusion.
"He… he thinks that I'm you now."
Kaoru froze as Yahiko pouted and looked up into her eyes with a sad expression. As she was silent and in surprise, all she could do was hug him and tell him that it was going to be alright.
"You're not me, okay? You're better. I'll talk to daddy and I'll talk to Tara. I'll do whatever it takes for them to treat you right, okay? This is my fault."
"Nuh uh! It's not your fault, Kao-kao! Daddy just… they don't understand. It's been a year, Kao-Kao. Did you think they would understand how we're different people now?"
"No, I didn't. But I didn't think they would look at you different. You're still a baby, you know."
'I'm no baby! I've seen things that you've seen, so that makes me big!"
"Laughs I guess so, Yahiko."
As Yahiko held his sister and they had one of their mature conversations, Kaoru slowly realized painfully that Yahiko was indeed turning into her. Not with the wildness, but with maturity and a different look on things. He was still a child, but with Kaoru she felt as if…
As if I'm talking to a mirror.
(W.R.Y.T.H.A.D.Y.T.H.)
R.S.: Sorry to end it that way, but I just had to! It was gettign too long! In the next chapter, Kaoru and Misao read all the files, Genia's plan works, and Enishi makes another appearance.
Please keep reading and reviewing! I'd be so grateful!
-Rampaging Sorrow
Next on: Who'll raise you up to heaven and drop you to hell
Chapter 13: We make love, but our problems are still there
"Look at this. It says Yahiko's good with… violin deals? What the fuck?"
"Why is Kaoru living on her own! Show some backbone, Shinji! Act like a father!"
"I'm almost out of jail, baby… I can't wait."
"Kiss I still hate you."
"Kiss Good. Kiss I love you too."