A Wild Rose
Summary: Kaoru, a young heiress to a huge fortune runs away from home after a proposal of marriage. On her journey to get away from her family, she meets up with some very different people and finds love in one of them. But what happens when her family finds her? KaoruxKenshin
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Chapter 5
A month… Two months. She was sure that it had been two months since she had first gotten here. Tsubame had been here for… One? She didn't keep count for her, just for herself even though she knew that was wrong.
Kaoru was so sure that she didn't have any feelings for Kenshin. She had talked to him a couple of times about past relationships but hers were always a bore and he said that he had only one and it was not worth mentioning. She rubbed her eyes before opening them and looking around her. She was in the same room with Tsubame who was still sleeping. She sighed and pushed back the covers. She changed quickly before walking out onto the porch. Kenshin and Yahiko were already practicing. Megumi was walking out the front door with Sano close behind her. Tsubame had gone to bed stiff and crying. Kaoru didn't want to see her like that again.
"Kaoru-chan?" Tsubame questioned and Kaoru turned around. Everybody's eyes went right to Kaoru and Tsubame Kaoru smiled slightly.
"What is it Tsubame?"
"I was thinking… Should we really be here?"
"What do you mean?"
"Should we keep staying here after…? After what happened?"
"You mean your slip of words?"
Tsubame pursed her lips and nodded her head, "If you put it that way it sounds like I committed a murder or a crime."
"Nah, I don't think that you should worry about it." Kaoru said waving away Tsubame's last statement. Kaoru sat down on the hallway that led inside and swung her legs back and forth while she watched Kenshin and Yahiko go back to practicing.
"Kaoru-chan… What... What are we doing here?" Tsubame questioned and sat down next to her sister. Kaoru looked at her and smiled slightly.
"We're here… We're here…" She stopped because she knew that she couldn't even answer that question. She didn't know why she was here, but she wanted to be here because it seemed the right thing to do. She looked at Tsubame who was awaiting her answer, but no words came to her mind. She sighed and brushed her hair back,
"I'm sorry Tsu; I don't know why we're here."
"Then why can't we leave?" Tsubame asked, "We would be better off if we kept moving then if we just stayed in one place and I think that since there is no reason to be here then why stay at all? Don't you think Kaoru? Kaoru?"
Kaoru glanced at her before returning her eyes to Kenshin, she couldn't possibly tell her sister that she thought that she was in love with Kenshin and make a total fool out of herself, "Alright." She swallowed.
"We'll leave as soon as possible."
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Kenshin smiled at Kaoru as she made her way over to him. She had been busy all day trying to get her things together and now Tsubame and her were preparing themselves for a day of torture and pain for they were finally leaving their friends.
"Hello Miss Kaoru, what have you been up too today?" He asked and Kaoru smiled slightly as she seated herself next to him.
"Nothing, just been packing a little."
"Packing?"
"Only because Tsubame wants us to get things ready if we have a sudden move." She coved up quickly and he nodded. He folded a sheet in front of him and then looked over at Kaoru who was staring out into the sunset.
"You miss your family Miss Kaoru?"
Kaoru laughed, "Miss them? Hardly."
"Why?"
"Because they just weren't what I expected them to be… What else can I say?" She trailed off and leaned her head back, "Kenshin… Can you tell me if you have ever loved somebody?"
He was taken back, he hadn't expected this question.
"Loved somebody?"
Kaoru blushed, "Yeah, loved somebody."
"Well I can honestly say that I have never loved anybody really… As more then friends I mean." Kenshin said and then he thought silently to himself, 'Except for you…' She smiled and he looked at her, she had a beautiful smile and everything about her was perfect. He didn't deserve somebody as beautiful as her. "What about you?"
"Nope, never." Kaoru said and then turned her head towards him, "Until now." She whispered, her words soft and perfect. She leaned forward and kissed him gently and then shot up and walked back towards the house. Kenshin watched her go, not quite sure what had happened. He looked around for awhile before just smiling to himself and going back to work.
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Megumi coasted her eyes from Kaoru to Tsubame as they sat in front of the four of them. There was Yahiko sitting against the door, Sano sitting next to her, and Kenshin sitting next to her on the other side. Kaoru's head was bowed while Tsubame was explaining what they had to do.
"… You see, we can't stay in one place for too long, so we have to leave. I want to thank you for everything that you have given to me and my sister and that we will be departing in a couple of hours." Tsubame finished up and cast her eyes on Kenshin who looked at Kaoru with his amber eyes burning. She had no idea what was going on with the two of them.
"Will we see you again?" Megumi managed to say and Tsubame's eyes went back to Megumi.
"I'm sorry Miss Megumi, but I don't think that that would be at great interest for this time. Maybe in another couple of years we will be back and we will see you again… But not anytime soon… My father could come at any minute knowing that you used to work at the castle."
"But where will you go?"
"Miss Megumi, I assure you that we will be fine. I have some relatives in the mountain range side and I think that it would be nice to see them and tell that that we are fine… You guys are very kind to like my sister so much. She doesn't have that many friends when she was at the castle."
Kaoru didn't stir even after that comment.
Megumi bit her lip, "Well it's been a pleasure to be her friend… Kaoru?"
She didn't move.
"Kaoru… Are you listening at all?"
There was nothing at all.
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(Flashback)
"Miss Kaoru? Miss Kaoru!!" A small voice yelled to her and she turned around. She hadn't thought that leaving him would be so painful. He walked towards her and stuck out his hand, a small necklace was in the palm of his hand. "I made this for you."
She looked into his eyes and saw that they were filled with pain and agony. She hadn't expected this. She had expected him to hate her, but not too feel the pain that he was feeling right now, "What is this? What… What?"
"I made it for you, so that we can always be close."
"Why are you so hurt?" Kaoru questioned and gripped the necklace in her hand and then pushed it over her head and looked at him who just smiled slightly.
"You are my best friend; I have to be sad when you're leaving to go home."
"But we've only known each other for a week at least."
"You can still be my best friend."
She tried to think of another reason, "But… Don't you hate me for leaving?"
He laughed, "Hate you? How could I ever hate you Miss Kaoru?"
"If you hated me, it would be easier."
"Miss Kaoru, why would I hate you? You have to go back to your kingdom for business, I understand."
"But best friends do not leave each other!" Kaoru argued and he just laughed.
"Who said that I was leaving you?"
"But… But I'm going away."
"But I'll always be close to you no matter what. That necklace… That necklace is our friendship." He said and she gripped her small hands around it. She didn't know why she wanted him to hate her so much. He didn't either. She looked around and then quickly hugged him.
"Don't forget me please."
"I wouldn't dare."
(End of flashback)
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"Kaoru? Are you listening?" Tsubame tried and Kaoru shook her head.
"Sorry… I was just thinking. Did you need something?" Kaoru said and lifted her head, her eyes meeting Kenshin's. They were filled with the same pain that was in her vision. She didn't know what she was thinking when she had kissed him earlier. She thought about that and then noticed that his eyes were the same as the guys in her memory. She wondered… Could he? Could he possibly? No, there was no way. But then it hit her that was why she had felt like she had known him forever.
He was the guy in her memory.
End of Chapter 5
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