What If
By: Charmed Wolf
Well, hi, hi! This is the second part of the Fanfic, I do not own Shinomori Aoshi or any of the other characters. They belong to Nobuhiro Watsuki; he's the original creator of Rurouni Kenshin. I find it helps to listen to the Live Action soundtrack to the Live Action Rurouni Kenshin Movie, it helps me to think of other ideas for Aoshi.
''-Italic thoughts
""-Speaking out loud
Aoshi saw the wolf there in the doorway; it was as if he knew something was up as Karou was letting him in. 'I would think Himura would be in a world of hurt if he found out that this wolf was here or is still here,' Aoshi thought as Karou stood outside to wait for Kenshin to come back to the Dojo, Kaoru lit up a little bit when she saw Kenshin.
"Oh, you have chain marks all over," Kaoru said looking over Kenshin briefly, once Saitou heard the door and Kenshin quickly recognized who Saitou was. Before Aoshi could say anything, the former Hitokiri and the former Shinsengumi san bantai kumicho clashed swords in the dojo. "You may never know that Himura might revert back to his hitokiri self and you may never get him back," Aoshi said hoping that he'd be right, only Kenshin could decide that for himself. Slowly, Aoshi saw that he was right; Kenshin had turned into his Hitokiri self. "Someone stop them..." Kaoru said as she tried to reach for Kenshin, Yahiko wanted to help in some way. But it was a gentle tug from Aoshi to keep the boy from getting hurt; Yahiko was grateful since he knew that Aoshi knew what was going on.
"Our voices won't reach them, they're fighting in Kyoto 10 years ago," Sano said leaning on Megumi for support, Kaoru was glad to see Sanosuke as was Yahiko and Aoshi. A man was on his way to the dojo to give news about Shishio; this was Okubo Toshimichi with something important.
"Shishio plots," Okubo said once everything settled down to a point, Aoshi sat behind Kenshin and Kaoru hearing what's going on. He knew the others of his group would do anything to help defeat Shishio; he was going to send a message to the others in Kyoto. "Shishio is plotting to take over Japan," Okubo said a little more detailed than what was said the first time, Aoshi really didn't want Misao to get into this. But he really knew that he didn't have that choice; if the time would come, he could trust Misao to help defend the Aoiya and Japan. After the meeting, Okubo and Kawaji left the Dojo that night, a week later, Okubo's murder would solidifies Kenshin's answer. 'So it begins, the fight to save Japan,' Aoshi thought as he paid old contacts a visit before leaving for Kyoto, he was hoping Kenshin would run into Misao as a contact to start a base ally before things start to happen.
Kenshin gathered his things and left for Kyoto, although it made Sanosuke rather angry.
"Sanosuke, why don't you go ahead and go to Kyoto instead of destroying my shop?" Tae asked with Aoshi not saying a word drinking tea, he had money to spare to pay for his bill and the damages that Sanosuke did. Aoshi got up and went to pay for the tea and the damages, Tae appreciated Aoshi's payment as he went to the dojo to gather his things. 'I hope the boy swordsman can get Ms Kamiya to Kyoto,' Aoshi thought as he picked up his dual kodachi and other things that he was going to need, Sanosuke was visiting his friend for a bit before dealing with Saitou.
Yahiko was rooting for Sanosuke with Katsu watching from the doorway; Saitou was trying to get throught to Sanosuke's hard head. "Oh, go ahead and get killed by going to Kyoto," Saitou said going to pick up his katana and walk off, Yahiko was proud of Sanosuke as he gathered his things to start on his way to Kyoto. Yahiko made a promise to Sanosuke to bring Kaoru to Kenshin; Kaoru was still upset over Kenshin's farewell. "Yahiko, I thought you and Kaoru went to Kyoto," Megumi started to say, clearly there was something amiss since Aoshi left for Kyoto. "Ken-san and Aoshi had seperately left for Kyoto," and that was the last thing that was said and Sanosuke was also on his way to Kyoto. "Kaoru is still here and pretty heart broken when Kenshin gave her his farewell," Yahiko said to Megumi as she went to where Kaoru was, Tae and Tsubame was there with Kaoru trying to cheer her up, or at least try to. Megumi went to try her best to snap Kaoru out of the mood she was in; with all thinks the way they were, Megumi had to get tough with Kaoru.
"What are you doing here?" Kaoru sorely asked looking at Megumi, something didn't sit right with Megumi. She looked at Kaoru before answering her directly, she thought Kaoru was better than this. "Oh, I came to see the tanooki musume that Ken-san had dumped," Megumi said with her foxy laugh, that made Kaoru upset as she looked at Megumi. Tae and Tsubame was watching what was going on; in the end, Yahiko promised Megumi that they will be back soon.
'Why did I agree to watch this place?' Megumi thought to herself as she got to the gate, who was in the dojo was Keishi and she was very scared as he came to her. Keishi came toward her silently before asking; how was she to know where Kenshin was or for that matter, Aoshi? "Himura Battousai had went to Kyoto where he will face Shishio," Saitou said as he was walking up the path of the dojo, in reality, Keishi was Aoshi's responsibility to deal with under the guidelines of the Oniwabanshu.
Of course, what Saitou told Keishi made Megumi preturbed; in reality he was saving Megumi's life. "What are you doing? He's dangerous!" Megumi yelled at Saitou, who just smirked the trademark wolfish smirk. He knew what he was doing, if he hadn't told Keishi; the out come would be very different. "Well, if I didn't tell him, he would have simply killed you," Saitou said as he watched Keishi leave the dojo, it was uncertain of Keishi's fate when it came be dealt with by Aoshi.
Aoshi was walking on a path that the Oniwabanshu used toward Kyoto; he was looking forward to being at the Aoiya. 'I wonder if Himura is going to be in Kyoto soon, with Shishio loose, he really shouldn't tarry,' Aoshi though as he stopped one night to rest, up ahead of Kenshin was the dilapidated looking village. It had been time to drive Shishio from this village or any underlings; Eiji wanted to take revenge for his parents and his older brother that died to protect him.
More will be written for this, right now, I do apologize if this is short. Please Read and Review this. I will update soon.
