Kenichi: Not just her disciple
I do not own Kenichi.
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AN: Hello readers. Thank you for patiently waiting for another chapter. I am still only updating about once a month. My main focus is still on my Familiar Of Zero story.
Here is a special update for you. I was in the mood to type up another chapter of my story. So here is an early release for everyone to read.
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Chapter 4
Home
Saturday, after the half day of school.
Kenichi is walking to Ryozanpaku.
'Another day without a proper breakfast. I definitely can't keep this up. I am going to go home to get away from Ryozanpaku long enough to figure out what I am going to do. There is no way that I can spend the rest of the weekend at Ryozanpaku. I just hope Honoka doesn't bother the hell out of me.'
He stops as he gets right in front of the huge doors of Ryozanpaku.
"This could possibly be the last time I come to this place. I will stick by whatever I decide this weekend."
He pushes one of the doors open and enters.
He makes a slow trek across the path.
'So much has happened since I started here. So many memories already. So much blood, sweat, and tears that I have poured into this place.'
He goes straight for his room and starts to pack up some things into a bag.
He picks up a black book off of the shelf with his other books.
"I don't even know why I am still bothering with this, but I guess I will take it anyways. Maybe I will make one more entry before I cast it aside."
Kenichi puts the book in his bag and zips it up.
He takes a good look around his room as a flood of emotions and memories cross through his mind.
He puts the bag on his back and heads out.
He sees Akisame meditating on a pillow as he walks outside, and Apachai is keeping 3 balls up in the air by kicking them in rapid succession.
Apachai sees Kenichi and he stops kicking. The balls fall to the ground.
Kenichi walks to Apachai and gives him a hug.
He releases and then starts to walk away.
Apachai's eyes start to get watery.
As he walks towards the doors of Ryozanpaku he notices Sakaki within the shadows, leaning against a tree.
'I am not going to turn to him, but I will at leans adhere to his wishes.' Kenichi thinks.
"I don't know if I am coming back, so I am saying goodbye." In a hushed tone, Kenichi speaks this to him in a hushed tone.
"Good luck out there kid."
Kensei and Miu watch Kenichi from opposite corners of the house. Miu is standing there with a broom in her hand.
'I wish he would've talked to me. I am so sorry Kenichi. Izumi told me that Sakaki visited the club, but what did he say to Kenichi.' Miu thinks with mixed feelings of sorrow, guilt, and confusion.
Shigure walks up next to Miu and notices everyone watching Kenichi.
"What's . . . . going on."
Miu nearly jumps out of her skin in surprise.
"I think he is leaving us."
"And no one is . . . . stopping him?"
Miu looks away.
"He wouldn't listen to me even if I tried." She sadly admits.
Confusion strikes her facial features.
'Why aren't they saying anything to him?'
Then her confusion turns to anger towards them.
'Are they really willing to let this happen?'
She starts walking in a rush toward Kenichi.
He reaches the doors and opens one of them.
'Here I go.'
He starts to set a foot forward when he feels his hand grabbed.
'Is this Miu's hand?' He asks himself in wonder.
Shock comes to his facial features as he turns his head and sees Shigure standing there, holding his hand.
Everyone else stands and also watches in bewilderment.
'Hmmmmmmm.' Akisame thinks as he strokes his chin.
'What the hell? Shigure?' Sakaki thinks in surprise.
"Well this is surprising." Kensei says to himself.
'Shigure?' Miu also thinks as she watches her interact with Kenichi.
'Apa?'
"Sh-Shigure?"
She releases his hand and pulls away when she realizes that she was still holding it.
"Leaving?" She simply asks.
'Oh man. I hope she doesn't use her chain sickle on me to keep me here. Wait a minute. She would have done that already if she was going to.'
He nervously nods.
He looks at her in wonderment as he watches her actually look nervous and at a loss for words.
She can't figure out what to say to him next.
She opens her mouth to say something, but then it closes again.
'This is odd. I've never seen her act like this before.'
"Did you find out about what happened a couple days ago?"
She nods in response.
He sighs.
'What do I say to him? Why can't I figure out what to say to him?'
"Are you worried about me? Is this your way of checking on me?"
She nods again.
"Thank you Shigure. That means a lot to me. I need to go clear my head though, and I can't do that here. I am not ready to be around certain people yet."
"You've . . . skipped meals." She adds to what he said.
"Yeah."
"Coming . . . . . Back?"
Kenichi actually sees worry strike her facial features.
'Damn. This is actually making my heart ache. I have never seen her act like this.'
"I don't know if I am. I have to decide what I am going to do. I want you to know that I appreciate everything that you have done for me Shigure. I will miss you if I don't come back."
She clamps her mouth shut as she feels her mouth quiver after hearing his words.
He turns back to head out the doors.
"Where . . . . are you. . . . going?"
He stops.
'Do I tell her?'
He doesn't turn around.
He gives her a glance over his shoulder.
"You're not going to tell the others?"
She shakes her head.
He looks back forward.
"Home." He whispers to her as he goes through the door.
The only other sound that is heard throughout Ryozanpaku, is the sound of the door being shut.
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Kenichi walks into his parent's house.
"Honoka, is that you?"
"No mom, it's just me." Kenichi says with a not so enthusiastic tone.
Saori pops her head out of the kitchen door. She is wearing her yellow, short sleeve top with a long sleeve purple shirt underneath it. She is also wearing her usual navy skirt to go with it. She is also accessorized with her usual apron.
"Well don't sound so happy."
"Sorry mom. It's good to see you."
He goes over to her in the kitchen and gives her a hug.
"Sit down. I'll get you something to eat."
Kenichi starts rubbing his stomache.
"I couldn't even tell you how hungry I am."
"Where is Honoka, mom?"
"She is out on a play date."
Kenichi gets a concerned look on his face.
"With who?"
'I hope she doesn't say that she is going to Ryozanpaku.'
"She playing with some friends from class. So she isn't going to be home right away."
He sighs in relief.
"What's wrong Kenichi? You seem troubled. Did something happen?"
He starts scratching the back of his head.
Kenichi's father, Mototsugu, listens in on their conversation from the living room.
Saori notices him and starts tapping a ladle in her hand as she gives him a sideways glance.
He backs away from the doorway.
Saori waits for Kenichi to answer her, but he doesn't give her one.
Kenichi struggles to figure out what to say to his mom.
'Do I tell her about what happened at Ryozanpaku?'
"Did something happen at Ryozanpaku?"
He freezes.
'Did she take lessons from Akisame and I didn't know?'
"So I was right."
"Yeah. I am just trying to figure out what I am going to do, and I can't figure it out while I am there."
She finishes whipping him up a sandwich and some fresh fruit on the side.
She takes the plate into the dining room and sets it down for him to eat.
"So you don't want to tell me about it?"
"I am sorry mom, but I can't right now. I don't even know how I would start explaining it to you."
"Well, you do know that you can tell me anything that is troubling you, right?"
He nods.
"Well, I am sure you will talk to us when you are ready."
He nods again.
"Thanks for understanding mom."
"I will be right back son."
She leaves the room while he starts eating.
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Saori enters into her room and finds her husband sitting on the bed with his arms crossed.
"What's wrong with our son?"
"He didn't tell me. The only thing that I know is that something happened at his dojo and he trying to figure out what to do. He said he would tell me when he is ready."
She goes to her dresser and pulls out an envelope from one of the drawers.
She pulls out one voucher from it and starts to head back.
Isn't that for our little weekend getaway that we were going to take?"
She nods.
"What are you going to do with that?"
"I am going to give it to our son."
His jaw drops to the ground in shock.
"But that was for us. We were really looking forward to that." Mototsugu says in a whiney voice.
"I am sure that I will be able to . . . . win . . . . another one, and I think that he needs this right now more than us."
"What are you going to do with the other ticket?"
"I think that he might end up having another guest."
He gives her a puzzled look.
"Women's intuition." She says to him.
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After Kenichi finishes the food that Saori gave him, he sits down on the couch and looks at his black book.
His mom comes into the room.
He closes the book and sets it on the end table.
She holds the voucher out to him.
He slowly takes it.
"What is this mom?"
"It is a voucher to a small resort spa. Your father and I were going to go there but we want you to have it. Besides, you probably wouldn't be able to think too clearly when your sister comes back."
"I suppose you are right. Are you sure?"
She smiles and nods.
"Now you better hurry up and go. You don't want to waste it."
"Oh. Your right."
He gets up in a rush to gather a couple things before he leaves.
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"Now here is the address and what route you should take to get there."
"Thanks mom."
He gives her another hug before he leaves.
"Where did dad go?"
"I don't think that you need to worry about him. Go on ahead."
"Alright mom. Thanks again."
He exits the house.
Saori's husband comes out wearing a trench coat and has a serious look on his face.
"Come to me Maximilian!" He hollers out.
An electronic dashboard starts lighting up behind a wall with some paintings on it.
One of the paintings move and a tray with a shotgun on it extends out.
"And what are you going to do with that?" Saori says to him with her hands on her hips.
"I am going to trail him. If something is happening to our son then I will do everything I can to protect him."
"But don't you have some work to do this weekend?"
"Everything will be fine. I will call my boss. Our son is more important than anything that I have going on at work."
*Clang.*
He falls to the floor writhing and twitching from being hit with a large frying pan.
After he falls to the floor, the black book falls off of the end table. It opens up as it hits the floor.
"Isn't that the book that Kenichi was looking at?" She asks aloud.
She walks over to the book, picks it up, and reads the page that was open.
"Oh my." She says in shock as she puts her hand in front of her mouth.
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Shigure stood there, watching to see if the door would open up again.
After a few moments, she turns around and starts slowly walking back. She keeps her usual stoic face, but her walk has sadness in it.
On her walk back she comes within a couple yards of Miu.
Miu and her exchange looks. Shigure never losing her poker face.
'Why do I feeling like I am being glared at even though I can't see that expression on her face?' Miu asks herself.
'What she did to him was wrong. Why would they play with his feelings like that? I am very angry.' Shigure thinks as she looks at Miu.
She furrows her eyebrows as she looks at Miu.
The look startles Miu to her core.
"You . . . . wasted . . . . his affection."
Shigure walks off.
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Shigure walks all around Ryozanpaku trying to find a place to ease her mind.
"All I have to do is wait the rest of the weekend out, right?'
She goes up into the rafters of the dojo and leans against a post.
She starts to settle herself in, and then she looks down.
She starts to envision him practicing.
'Damn. This spot isn't going to work.'
She gets up and moves on to find another spot.
She walks by the typical outside training area.
She starts to envision him there too.
'No good.'
She tries to walk around some of the trees.
'I used to watch him from some of these.'
She walks along the perimeter and comes across the indentation that she made when she caught him and smacked into the wall from Apachai's punch.
As she walks by it, she runs her fingers along the inside of it.
'I remember how it felt to hold him.'
She goes up on the roof to try to find some solace.
She lies down on one side of the roof and her thoughts wander again.
'It was just earlier this week when I heard him talk about me.'
She gets down and walks to her room.
When she gets there, she shakes her head.
'Everywhere I go I can't seem to find a place where I can try to sit peacefully without my thoughts being reverted back to him. It hasn't even been that long since he left.'
She climbs back up into the rafters.
'Everywhere I go I see him. Everywhere I go I remember what he was doing there.'
She starts to crawl around without even thinking about where she is going.
I can't even go to my room because I remember him peeking into there when he first came to the dojo.'
She drops down into another room.
When she looks back up she gets shocked for a moment.
'How did I end up in his room?'
She sits in his bed and lays down in it after a few moments.
She gets a whiff of his scent again.
Tochumaru pops out of her pocket and sits a few inches from her face.
'Why do I feel lonely?'
She sits back up.
'This is no good. I can't focus. I don't know why, but I can't get my mind off of him. What if he decides to not come back? I can't wait the rest of the weekend to find out. I want to go see him. Now.'
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With her grey trench coat on, Shigure discreetly leaves Ryozanpaku.
'I normally don't leave so discreetly, but I don't think that it would be a good idea to let the others know where I am going. I don't think that Kenichi would be very happy if he saw them right now. I hope he doesn't get upset with me for that matter.'
She starts hopping around from place to place to get to his house.
'I don't know what is going to happen. Everything is so confusing. Why am I even going this far to go see him? I am going to his house.'
She stops right in front of his house.
'I can't believe that I am here, but it is too late to turn around. Whatever happens, happens.'
She rings the doorbell.
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A/N: Thank you for reading my Kenichi story. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.