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Chapter 6: The Seeing Soul

By InuShemeeko

Sanosuke's feet pounded hard across the dirt cover ground. His lungs burned from all the running he had done. Once he reached the dojo, he couldn't believe what lay in front of him. The practice area of the Kamiya dojo was nothing but a black skeleton. Sanosuke's thoughts went back to what Katsu had told him.

Flashback from the morning

"Sano, it's good to see you. Welcome back home I hope your trip was a good one?"

Sanosuke grinned and patted his right pocket.

"It sure was."

Katsu's faced had then become grim.

"Kaoru was here to see me this morning. She was going to have me send word to you."

"The little missy was here? Why would she have you send word to me?"

Sanosuke grabbed Katsu by the front of his gi and pulled him towards him.

"Katsu, tell me what happened now!"

Taking in a breath Katsu then spoke.

"There was a fire at the Kamiya dojo."

Sanosuke's eyes widened in surprise he then loosened his grip on Katsu.

"What!"

End Flash Back

That's when he had let go of Katsu and had headed off toward the dojo. Katsu had yelled after him.

"Sano, wait there's something I have to tell you."

However his words fell on dead ears.

Sanosuke's eyes soon found Kaoru.

"Kaoru! Kenshin and Yahiko are they all right?"

"Oh, Sanosuke you're back. Kenshin and Yahiko are fine it's Nori she was caught in the fire."

"What? No it can't be."

Sanosuke was about to run toward Nori's room, when Kaoru stopped him.

"Sanosuke wait Megumi is in there with her right now."

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"I'm going to get you, yes indeed I am."

Kaoru smiled as she watched Kenshin chase after Ayame, Suzume, and Kyoko.

'Kenshin can be so cute sometimes.'

Kaoru watched as Ayame and Suzume turned and headed after Kenshin. Ayame giggled as she ran after Kenshin.

"We're going to get you Uncle Kenny."

Suzume's face brightened as she chased after Kenshin.

"Yeah, Uncle Kenny we're going to get you."

Kenshin smiled back at the two girls.

"Oh, you are, are you now?"

"Uh?"

Kenshin's eyes then caught sight of Kyoko watching from the sidelines. So much sadness could be seen in her little chocolate dropped eyes. Kenshin could see that her eyes seemed to be shining with her sadness as Kenshin watched Kyoko, not a single tear fell, nor did she lift her head.

Just as Kenshin started to move toward her, both Ayame and Suzume came crashing into him.

"Oooooh."

Was Kenshin's only response as he fell to a heap on the ground, with Ayame and Suzume landing on top of him.

"We got you Uncle Kenny."

Suzume clapped her hands together.

"Yeah, we got you Uncle Kenny."

Kenshin smiled his Rurouni grin as he sat up. He then laughed.

"That you most certainly did. Yes indeed you did."

Kenshin then picked himself up and headed toward Kyoko.

"Why, little Kyoko is anything the matter?"

Kyoko just shook her head no, however Kenshin had a feeling that there was. Sanosuke then walked over to Kenshin and Kyoko.

"Hey, Kenshin, Kyoko. Kenshin wasn't wrong with Kyoko?"

"I don't know Sano that I do not for she will not tell me."

Akira stopped his kendo training and came over to them.

"Today is my sister's birthday. It's the first one she has had without our mother and father."

Kyoko rubbed her feet into the dirt. Kaoru had heard what Akira had just said.

"Oh, how sad for her."

Akira took in a breath as he spoke.

"Aunt Nori, usually does something special for her. But since Aunt Nori got hurt, Kyoko thinks she forgot about it."

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Nori reached a hand out in front of her. Feeling nothing but a breeze blowing against her fingers.

"Miss Megumi wait. Could you please send Kyoko in to me? Today is her sixth birthday and I have a gift for her."

Megumi nodded her head.

"Yes, of course I will."

"Megumi. Please do not feel sorrow for me. You did what you could, if fate decides that I should see once again in my lifetime. Then for the second time in my life it will be so."

"What should I tell them?"

Nori looked straight ahead her eyes seeing nothing but darkness.

"I knew ahead of time that I would not recover my sight yet. Both are prepared for it."

Nori listened to Megumi's soft steps as she walked toward the door. Megumi's head hung down as a single tear slid down her face.

"Do not shed tears for me Megumi. My soul shall be my eyes as it was in my childhood days."

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Megumi tried to keep her spirits high as she walked outside. She then knelt down in front of Kyoko.

"Your Aunt Nori says she wants to see you for a minute."

Kyoko looked up at Megumi with her brown knowing eyes.

"Aunt Nori can't see can she?"

Megumi gasped.

"That's ok if she can't. I knew she wouldn't, because I had a dream the other night and Aunt Nori told me so."

Kyoko ran in toward the dojo. A few minutes later, she came running outside with a pink kimono with purple butterflies on it gripped within a hug.

"She remembered Akira. She remembered look at the beautiful Kimono she made me."

Sanosuke jerk his head away from Kyoko as he felt some one watching him. As he looked up he saw Nori standing in the doorway. His right hand went down into his left pocket. He then fingered the object that was hidden within. Nori was blind how could he do it now. No he just couldn't do it. Sanosuke's eyes fell on Nori once more. She wore a light tan kimono, in which dark green flowers were printed on it. The sleeves were long and flowed over her hands. She was beautiful no matter what she wore. But Sanosuke just couldn't bring himself to do it.

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