Hana's Story.
Chapter Two: Return.
A/N: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. I only own Hana- chan, and whatever OC's I add to the story.
"Hana- chan, can you take this to room two. Please." Shiro asked. A girl wearing a pale purple kimono with Sakura blossoms on edge. Her hair was a tinted white color, and was half up in pig tails while the rest was down. She had pale pink eyes with flecks of gold in them.
"Of course!" Hana said smiling as she took the tray of food out of his hands.
"Thank you."
"Takashiro- san, your food." Hana said after she knocked on the door twice.
"Ah, can you bring it in please?"
"Of course Takashiro- san." She slowly opened the shoji door, and inside was an elderly man lying in the bed next to the open window. Takashiro turned his head, and smiled at the woman in front of him.
"Thank you Hana- chan." The old man said.
"Would you like help sitting up?" She asked him smiling. The old man chuckled.
"I'm not that old yet. Thank you though." Hana smile grew wider as he said this.
"I'm sorry Takashiro- san. I should have known better. I will leave you to eat then." Takashiro nodded, still smiling.
"Yes, you probably still have a great many of chorus to do." Hana bowed and left the room to complete her other chorus. She was almost to the end of the hallway when she heard:
"JJJIIIIIIYYYYYYYAAAAAA!"
'Misao- chan? She's back?' she thought as she hurried to the front of the inn, were the yell originated. When she got their Shiro, Kuro, Okan, and Omasu were crowded around a young girl. She smiled at the scene.
/:Hana's P.O.V:/
I'm glad Misao- chan's back, I know we've all been worried about her. I smiled as I watched as everybody crowed around Misao- chan, but something felt off. Looking around the area I saw Okina- sama standing off to the side looking at the scene, he must have already gotten a hold of her…. There was also someone else. The man had bright red hair tied back in a low ponytail; his eyes are violet, a purple kimono top, and a bandage on his right cheek.
"This one should be on his way." I was frozen. I was impossible, he can be here!
"I haven't thanked you yet." Okina- sama said when Hewas about to leave.
"Shiro and Kuro are gonna make a feast of dinner! It's going to amazing!" Misao- chan told Him.
"It's as she says. You should really stay a while Himura Battosai- kun. Even if you cover up your scar there are people that know you who you can't hide from."
/: 3rd person PoV:/
"It's as she says. You should really stay a while Himura Battosai- kun. Even if you cover up your scar there are people that know you who you can't hide from." Okina told Himura, who was shocked by the fact that he was recognized so fast.
"How do you…?" he started, but Okina interrupted him.
"It's a long story so I'll tell you later, for now please come in." During all this Hana was still frozen by the door. Right before they turned around to walk in she seemed to regain control of her legs, and left before Himura could see her, unsure of if he felt her presence or not and not really caring, she just had to get away from him.
She was in her room, but could still her Okina talking to the Battosai, telling him what happened in the last ten years and about Shishio Makato, in return Himura told him about what happened to Aoshi and the other four people whose names she could hear.
"As thanks for bring my Misao- chan home safely, and for being there to see the end of the Oniwabanshuu, I'll become your ally!" This statement surprised not only the Battosai, who went 'Oro', but also Hana, who was listening to the conversation.
"I love today's Kyoto. To protect the capital I will once again take the field." Himura tried to tell him to slow down, but was ignored.
"Don't worry Aoiya is going to be okay. Shiro, Kuro, Omasu, and Okan are originally part of the Oniwabanshuu. They manage to protect Misao and myself." Once again Himura tried to say something but was once again ignored.
"There's nothing you can say to make my say no. I am, after all, the person who raised Misao!" It then clicked in Himura's mind the similarities between Misao and the man in front of him.
"You are very persuasive."
"You are very kind!"
"May this one ask something of you? Could you use your information network to locate to people for this one?" Himura asked.
"Two people?" Okina asked and was answered with a 'yes.'
"Arai Shakkuu and Hiko Seijiro. This one needs them found as soon as possible."
A shocked Hana was in the next room wondering why he would need to find his old master.
/:Hana's PoV:/
Why? Why does he need to find his old master? Why is he here? Why didn't Okina- sama mention me? All of these questions were flying around in my head.
Shishio Makato. That name sounded familiar to me. After thinking about the name for a while I remember that Shishio Makto was the name of the person who replaced us as Hitokiri's, then was burned alive. If he's dead then…no I can't assume that someone like him is dead just because the government says they are. That answered one question.
Didn't he once tell me that he never got the chance to finish his training? That would explain why he needed to locate his old master. If he was going to go up against a man like Shishio then he would need to finish his training. But would his master take him back after how he left?
Both of those answer explains what he is doing here. Kyoto is the closes place to Shishio's base. I have to thank Okina- sama for not mentioning me to him. I don't want him to know that I failed to keep my promise to him. I haven't done anything major to stop Shishio's plans, all I've done was gather information about his plans, not even knowing his name until now. I truly have failed him.
I was so lost in thought that I didn't even hear someone knocking on my door, until I heard Okina's voice outside my door.
"Wait here Himura- kun, I'll get someone to show you to your room."
"Ah! Okay." As this was said the door to my room opened and Okina walked in and closed the door. He looks at me with a serious expression.
"You heard everything right?" I just nodded.
"what are you going to do?"
"Who knows? I figure it out later."
"Just be careful. Ssssssooooooooo can you show our guest to his room?" Okina said almost too happily. I couldn't refuse a request from him; after all he took me in even knowing who I was and what I did.
"okay." He nodded happily and left my room to tell Himura. I slowly clamed myself, and walked out of the room.
"This way." I said to him. If he recognized me, he didn't show it. He nodded and we started to walk down the hall to his room.
When we finally reached the room that he would be residing in, I turned to leave but he grabbed my wrist.
"Hana- dono." I froze, so he did recognize me. I couldn't look at him, so I stared at an invisible spot on the floor.
"W-what?" Damn it. I can't believe I just stuttered.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I'm working, couldn't you tell." From the corner of my eye I saw him roll his eyes.
"This one knows that, this one was wondering what are you doing at the Oniwabanshuu base."
"Okina- sama took me in, and let me work."
"Ah. You heard everything right." I was a statement in the form of a question. I nodded.
"What are you going to do?"
"It all depends on you. Do you want to work together one last time?" Shock showed on his face, he apparently didn't expect my answer. He closed his eye, and after a while hi e reopened them and I was shocked. He had a small smile on his face, and his eyes were gold.
"I would like that."