A/N: I am such a bad author I haven't updated in forever! I hope you guys can forgive me! (hides under bed)
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin
They Say True Love Never Dies
Chapter 5
Kenshin let out a frustrated sigh as he cleaned up Tomoe's apartment.
Tomoe was asleep, her stomach swollen. She was already about 7 months pregnant.
He began organizing her hall closet. He came across some old yearbooks. After dusting them off, he cracked one open.
He'd opened up to the page dedicated completely to Kaoru, because she was the smartest girl in the entire school.
Her picture had been marked out with permanent marker and 'Fucking Bitch' was written across the page in Tomoe's handwriting. (A/N: Pardon my language! lol)
He actually kind of missed her and regretted all he'd done to her. Tomoe had been acting distant since her pregnancy had been announced. Maybe it just had to do with the fact that her father had kicked her out.
"Kenshin!" He heard her groggy voice call out.
"Coming dear!" He shoved the junk back in the closet before rushing to Tomoe's side.
"Kenshin, I'm really craving cherry ice cream."
"Ok, I'll go get some."
He glanced over at the clock, it was already 7am, he'd been up all night.
"Let me come with you."
"Ok." Kenshin held out his hand to her.
She threw her hair up and they left.
Soujirou was at work early the next morning, he work as a cashier at the super-mart.
The church crowd wouldn't be up for another hour or so and the store was empty. Kaoru decided to express her worries about Misao to him.
"I called Okina but he said she wasn't feeling well and wouldn't accept my call."
"What Sano said really got her. We should just give her some time."
Kaoru leaned against the empty cashier booth in front of Soujirou. (A/N: You guys know what I mean. the line right in front of Soujirou but not his line.)
"Anyways, why don't we let Misao chill for a bit and focus on you for a while?"
"Me?"
"Yeah, honestly when was the last time you went out on an actual date?"
"I-"
"Kaoru! What a surprise!" Tomoe's voice called out.
"Tomoe…" Kaoru's words were sharp.
Kenshin seemed frozen, it'd been years.
"This your boyfriend?" She slipped a playful wink to Soujirou.
"Nope."
"Oh. Well as you can see Kenshin and I are getting ready to have a baby."
"Congratulations." She managed to choke out.
"Tomoe, shouldn't we be going?" Kenshin tried to avoid a scene.
"Yes, this gentleman can ring us up."
"Um, see ya Soujirou. I'm going to go check up on Misao."
"So you're still hanging around with her? What can't find better company? And I bet she's still chasing around Shinomori."
Kaoru stopped dead in her tracks.
"What's your next move Kaoru?"
She swiftly turned back around, streams of tears pouring from her fragile blue eyes.
"Tomoe, you can barge into my life and take my friends, my boyfriend, and my status but your will not insult my best friend!"
"Crying? Wow, a new low for you."
Soujirou couldn't believe what was happening before him.
"Tomoe…" Kenshin tried to stop her.
"Bryan cover for me! I've gotta help my friend." Soujirou rushed to her side.
"I'm fine Soujirou." She whispered.
"Let's go Kaoru." He guided her to her car.
When they got there he sat in the passenger seat beside her.
"Wanna talk about it?"
"Soujirou, I just hate her so much and Kenshin…" She sobbed.
"Hey don't cry, you and Misao will find true love someday. I promise." He winked.
Kaoru stared at him through teary eyes but somehow managed to smile.
"Thanks Soujirou, I'm going to go now."
"Ok, be careful." He smiled before shutting the car door.
She wiped the tears from her eyes and headed over to Misao's house.
Misao lay amongst her blankets, tears dried on her cheeks.
She held her cell phone up to her ear.
"Hey Aoshi, it's Misao, I know this is like the twentieth message I've left you but we really need to talk. Please Aoshi." She hung up.
"Misao, I know you don't want to talk right now but I'm coming in anyway." Kaoru's voice came from outside the door.
"Hey." Misao sniffed.
"So, I was hanging with Soujirou at the store and Tomoe and Kenshin popped in."
"That sucks."
"We can be lonely together."
"Kaoru, I really don't want to deal with this right now."
"Misao! I just defended you so I'm going to be with you no matter what you say!"
Misao was shocked at Kaoru's aggression.
"I get it, you loved Kenshin and he ran off and screwed your rival! Get over it!"
"I thought you were my friend but obviously I was wrong. Aoshi made the right decision when he left you behind!" She slammed the door behind her.
Misao fell back against her pillow and cried.
Aoshi had just crawled out of bed about 1pm and checked his voice mail.
He stopped listening after the third message.
He grabbed his car keys and left for Sano's.
He and Sano played video games to blow off some steam.
"Damn, she left you 13 messages. The girl's desperate, you should call her."
"Why? So I can give her false hope?"
"Whatever man. She obviously loves you but it's your decision."
"Hey, it's getting late so I better go."
"Ok, see ya at school tomorrow."
A thick fog had settled in making it hard for Aoshi to see anything at all.
He heard a screech and a powerful force sent his car flying over the bridge.
Everything went black.
A/N: One or two more chapters then it's finished. More on Kenshin in the next chapter and obviously more on Aoshi and Misao! Thanks for reading guys and please please please review!