Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Walk Home ( Chapter 21 )
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By: Bookkbaby84 
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.19.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 512 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.19.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 512 | Status: Completed
This chappie is dedicated to my best friend, who I just recently discovered was reading this. Apparently she was 'hypnotized' by my story for three straight days, and even freaked out her aprents, or something like that.
KK this is for you, for being a great friend! ^_^
Sanosuke and Kenshin walked in silence. They had dropped Chishio off seconds before, and were now trying to break the strange silence that had fallen between them.
Sano suddenly sucked in a loud breath, letting it out slowly.
"Jou-chan told me what happened with the Incident." he said quietly, words gushing out without thought from his brain. Kenshin froze for all of one second, but managed to keep walking, though hje was looking at the ground sadly and spoke softer.
"Kaoru did, did she?" he asked. "I had hoped you wouldn't have found out. I believe she must have told Megumi-dono as well..."
"I think she did, Kenshin." Sano said. He looked at the smaller man for a moment. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"I was being selfish. I had finally had friends- I didn't want to give them up." Kenshin said, getting quieter with each word. Sanosuke stopped and threw his hands up in the air in frustration.
"Damnit! We all know that you didn't mean to kill the guy! We're still your friends- at least I am! The Fox was fucking worried about you- she thought that keeping something this big inside you would hurt you. We finally hear it from jou-chan, and now you're all like 'I don't deserve friends' and I'm sick and tired of it!" Sano said angrily. Kenshin had stopped walking.
'They were worried about me?'
Lady Takani ran up to Megumi- as much as an old lady in a kimono can run- and embraced her, practically falling on her. Megumi put her arms around her mother numbly. She barely registered her two brothers coime up to her, the initial shock melting into delight.
None of them noticed her hair. Initially, anyway....
"Megumi-neesan, what happened....?" her youngest brother- Komakai- said. Megumi felt the smile slide from her face. She reached up to her hair again.
"Well.... I got it cut! Doesn't it look lovely?" Megumi said, attempting to smile. She looked at Kaoru, eyes begging her to play along. Kaoru nodded hesitantly.
Her mother had a dubious expression on her face, and her brothers looked like they were trying to either hold back laughter or hold back a snide remark.
"A hair cut?"
"Yes, they're popular..." Megumi said. She tried to change the subject.
"Let's go inside. Kaoru-san is a great friend of mine, and she owns the dojo. Let's go have some nice hot tea, and you can tell me what happened to you." Her mother nodded, though she obviously suspected something. Suddenly, her eyes melted from suspiscion into warmth.
"It's so good to see you again, Megumi-chan. After we lost your father..." Lady Takani's voice faltered. ".. after we lost him, and we couldn't find you, I thopught that both of you were lost. Let's not talk about us. Let'
s talk about you. I heard that you were apprenticed to a doctor about four years ago..."
Yahiko woke up.
"Itai....." he muttered, rubbing his heaed. It had been early in the afternoon when he had been knocked out, and now it was late in the afternoon.
'Bastard must have knocked me out...' he thought. (Habits are so easily transmitted from Sano to Yahiko...) He heard the low murmur of voices, as if someone was talking on the other side of the dojo.
"Megumi?" he asked himself, recognizing the doctor's voice. "What's she doing-?" he asked himself, then his mind came to the only logical conclusion.
'If Megumi's here, and I don't hear Kenshin- that's propbably Kaoru, I can hear her now- does that mean that Kenshin's-!?' Yahiko got up as quickly as he could with his pounding headache, and ran to the other side of the dojo, yelling for Kaoru.
"Oi! Busu!"
Kaoru was smiling politely and serving tea- Megumi had made it, so she had to serve it. Besides, Megumi was being reunited with her family.
"We looked all over for you, Megumi, but we couldn't find you. We assumed that you had been killed and we grieved for you, even though we couldn't find your body. We heard about two months ago that you were working in Tokyo. We looked in Tokyo, and we learned that you had been apprenticed to a doctor for a while, and were now working at a clinic. I was in poor health, so it took us a while to move out of the area of Tokyo we were in." Lady Takani smiled at her only daughter.
"We missed you very much." Kai said, her oldest brother. He smiled at her, a smile that she had last seen when she was a child. She grinned back.
"I thought that you had all died on the battlefields. I never thought I'd see you again!"
"We thought the same of you!" Komakai laughed, but they were interrupted by a rude shouting.
"Oi, BUSU!" Kaoru's first instinct was to hit Yahikoi- it was plainly his voice, then guilt. She had almost completely forgotten about her only student. She hadn't gone looking for him...
Yahiko slammed open the shoji door, bokken on his back.
"Oi, where's busu and where's Megumi?" he asked aloud, then spotted them both. He took one look at Megumi, then he took another at her hair.
"What the fu-"
"YAHIKO!" Kaoru shouted, jumping up and slapping a hand over the boy's mouth. Yahiko looked steamed, then drew his bokken and hit Kaoru's head.
"Busu! What did you do that for?!" Yahiko said.
"Yahiko-CHAN, children aren't supposed to SWEAR! Sanosuke rubbing off on you more than I realized!" Kaoru hit Yahiko over the head for hitting her, and for calling her ugly.
"Don't call me -CHAN!" he yelled, leaping at her. She struck with her bokken, appearing out of nowhere.
Lady Takani laughed slightly. Megumi just sat calmly, waiting for the fight to stop. It did, as soon as bopth fighter's heard Lady Takani laughing.
"What's so funny?!" Yahiko demanded of the poor old woman. She giggled.
"You just reminded me of my sons, when they were much younger. They used to fight all the time too." Yahiko seemed taken aback- he didn't know what to say. Kaoru just closed her eyes angrily.
"Yahiko-CHAN, I'd like you to meet Megumi-san's mother, Lady Takani, and Megumi-san's two brothers, Kai and Komakai."
"Don't call me -CHAN!" Yahiko said angrily, but didn't leap at her as he usually would have done. He just folded his arms and sat down next to Megumi, looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
"What did you do to your hair?" he asked her. Megumi was about to answerm but her mother interrupted her.
"She says that she cut it, and that it's all the rage in Tokyo." Yahiko started laughing.
"Megumi wouldn't cut her hair!" He suddenly stopped laughing and turned to her. "I'll bet it was that green-eyed guy, wasn't it?" Yahiko didn't notice that the people in the room had frozen.
"He knocked me out, so I didn't get to see what happened, but I betcha Kenshin fought him, right?" Yahiko asked, eyes wide open.
"Who, child? who is Kenshin?" The lady asked, then looked at Kaoru. "And who is Sanosuke? And what about this green-eyed man? No one mentioned these men before...."
"Children's imaginations- they get so out of hand." Kaoru said, laughing weakly, trying to steer Megumi's mother out of dangerous waters. Megumi looked at her lap, what little hair she had left covering her eyes.
"We should just tell them." Megumi said, then looked at Kaoru. Her eyes begged Kaoru to let her do the talking. Kaoru nodded hesitatntly.
"Please do. I want to know why my only daughter- one I have not seen for a very long time- decides to lie to me. I can handle it."
KK this is for you, for being a great friend! ^_^
Sanosuke and Kenshin walked in silence. They had dropped Chishio off seconds before, and were now trying to break the strange silence that had fallen between them.
Sano suddenly sucked in a loud breath, letting it out slowly.
"Jou-chan told me what happened with the Incident." he said quietly, words gushing out without thought from his brain. Kenshin froze for all of one second, but managed to keep walking, though hje was looking at the ground sadly and spoke softer.
"Kaoru did, did she?" he asked. "I had hoped you wouldn't have found out. I believe she must have told Megumi-dono as well..."
"I think she did, Kenshin." Sano said. He looked at the smaller man for a moment. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"I was being selfish. I had finally had friends- I didn't want to give them up." Kenshin said, getting quieter with each word. Sanosuke stopped and threw his hands up in the air in frustration.
"Damnit! We all know that you didn't mean to kill the guy! We're still your friends- at least I am! The Fox was fucking worried about you- she thought that keeping something this big inside you would hurt you. We finally hear it from jou-chan, and now you're all like 'I don't deserve friends' and I'm sick and tired of it!" Sano said angrily. Kenshin had stopped walking.
'They were worried about me?'
Lady Takani ran up to Megumi- as much as an old lady in a kimono can run- and embraced her, practically falling on her. Megumi put her arms around her mother numbly. She barely registered her two brothers coime up to her, the initial shock melting into delight.
None of them noticed her hair. Initially, anyway....
"Megumi-neesan, what happened....?" her youngest brother- Komakai- said. Megumi felt the smile slide from her face. She reached up to her hair again.
"Well.... I got it cut! Doesn't it look lovely?" Megumi said, attempting to smile. She looked at Kaoru, eyes begging her to play along. Kaoru nodded hesitantly.
Her mother had a dubious expression on her face, and her brothers looked like they were trying to either hold back laughter or hold back a snide remark.
"A hair cut?"
"Yes, they're popular..." Megumi said. She tried to change the subject.
"Let's go inside. Kaoru-san is a great friend of mine, and she owns the dojo. Let's go have some nice hot tea, and you can tell me what happened to you." Her mother nodded, though she obviously suspected something. Suddenly, her eyes melted from suspiscion into warmth.
"It's so good to see you again, Megumi-chan. After we lost your father..." Lady Takani's voice faltered. ".. after we lost him, and we couldn't find you, I thopught that both of you were lost. Let's not talk about us. Let'
s talk about you. I heard that you were apprenticed to a doctor about four years ago..."
Yahiko woke up.
"Itai....." he muttered, rubbing his heaed. It had been early in the afternoon when he had been knocked out, and now it was late in the afternoon.
'Bastard must have knocked me out...' he thought. (Habits are so easily transmitted from Sano to Yahiko...) He heard the low murmur of voices, as if someone was talking on the other side of the dojo.
"Megumi?" he asked himself, recognizing the doctor's voice. "What's she doing-?" he asked himself, then his mind came to the only logical conclusion.
'If Megumi's here, and I don't hear Kenshin- that's propbably Kaoru, I can hear her now- does that mean that Kenshin's-!?' Yahiko got up as quickly as he could with his pounding headache, and ran to the other side of the dojo, yelling for Kaoru.
"Oi! Busu!"
Kaoru was smiling politely and serving tea- Megumi had made it, so she had to serve it. Besides, Megumi was being reunited with her family.
"We looked all over for you, Megumi, but we couldn't find you. We assumed that you had been killed and we grieved for you, even though we couldn't find your body. We heard about two months ago that you were working in Tokyo. We looked in Tokyo, and we learned that you had been apprenticed to a doctor for a while, and were now working at a clinic. I was in poor health, so it took us a while to move out of the area of Tokyo we were in." Lady Takani smiled at her only daughter.
"We missed you very much." Kai said, her oldest brother. He smiled at her, a smile that she had last seen when she was a child. She grinned back.
"I thought that you had all died on the battlefields. I never thought I'd see you again!"
"We thought the same of you!" Komakai laughed, but they were interrupted by a rude shouting.
"Oi, BUSU!" Kaoru's first instinct was to hit Yahikoi- it was plainly his voice, then guilt. She had almost completely forgotten about her only student. She hadn't gone looking for him...
Yahiko slammed open the shoji door, bokken on his back.
"Oi, where's busu and where's Megumi?" he asked aloud, then spotted them both. He took one look at Megumi, then he took another at her hair.
"What the fu-"
"YAHIKO!" Kaoru shouted, jumping up and slapping a hand over the boy's mouth. Yahiko looked steamed, then drew his bokken and hit Kaoru's head.
"Busu! What did you do that for?!" Yahiko said.
"Yahiko-CHAN, children aren't supposed to SWEAR! Sanosuke rubbing off on you more than I realized!" Kaoru hit Yahiko over the head for hitting her, and for calling her ugly.
"Don't call me -CHAN!" he yelled, leaping at her. She struck with her bokken, appearing out of nowhere.
Lady Takani laughed slightly. Megumi just sat calmly, waiting for the fight to stop. It did, as soon as bopth fighter's heard Lady Takani laughing.
"What's so funny?!" Yahiko demanded of the poor old woman. She giggled.
"You just reminded me of my sons, when they were much younger. They used to fight all the time too." Yahiko seemed taken aback- he didn't know what to say. Kaoru just closed her eyes angrily.
"Yahiko-CHAN, I'd like you to meet Megumi-san's mother, Lady Takani, and Megumi-san's two brothers, Kai and Komakai."
"Don't call me -CHAN!" Yahiko said angrily, but didn't leap at her as he usually would have done. He just folded his arms and sat down next to Megumi, looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
"What did you do to your hair?" he asked her. Megumi was about to answerm but her mother interrupted her.
"She says that she cut it, and that it's all the rage in Tokyo." Yahiko started laughing.
"Megumi wouldn't cut her hair!" He suddenly stopped laughing and turned to her. "I'll bet it was that green-eyed guy, wasn't it?" Yahiko didn't notice that the people in the room had frozen.
"He knocked me out, so I didn't get to see what happened, but I betcha Kenshin fought him, right?" Yahiko asked, eyes wide open.
"Who, child? who is Kenshin?" The lady asked, then looked at Kaoru. "And who is Sanosuke? And what about this green-eyed man? No one mentioned these men before...."
"Children's imaginations- they get so out of hand." Kaoru said, laughing weakly, trying to steer Megumi's mother out of dangerous waters. Megumi looked at her lap, what little hair she had left covering her eyes.
"We should just tell them." Megumi said, then looked at Kaoru. Her eyes begged Kaoru to let her do the talking. Kaoru nodded hesitatntly.
"Please do. I want to know why my only daughter- one I have not seen for a very long time- decides to lie to me. I can handle it."