Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Time Changes All ❯ A Person to Cry With ( Chapter 9 )

Author's Note: Hey people, my writer's block is gone and I will continue to write. . . I must warn you, this does not mean that it will be good writing. . . just writing. . . the last two chapters were comic relief, not that this fic is going to get too angsty. . . do you wanna know why not? Well. . . I'm have not idea. . . watch it change all of a sudden. . . my mind changes a lot, that's what took me so long to write, I changed the whole ending because I thought I needed something more. . . oh well, I hope you guys enjoy this chappie R&R! (oh, by the way some ppl asked what `tchau gente' meant, it mean `good bye people' in portuguese~) ^o^

Disclaimer: I don't own Kenshin. . . if someone actually think I did wouldn't you be wondering why I'm writing fanfiction on something I made up and shouldn't I be working on another great manga? Yeah. . . and for many more reasons I don't own Kenshin

". . ." dialogue

`. . .' Kaoru's thoughts

*. . .* Kenshin's thoughts

(. . .) authors useless commentary

A Person to Cry With

By Hoshi-ni-Onegai

A week had passed since Kenshin came to Kaoru's school, not much has happened, school tends to be like that. Kenshin continued to keep in check Kaoru's nickname and Kaoru called Kenshin by his name (instead of Ken-chan that is). They got closer, but only as friends. Not much can happen in a week. . . but so much can happen in a single moment.

At kendo practice Kaoru approached Soujiro before practice. "Sou-chan?"

"Yes Kao-chan?" Soujiro answered with his never disappearing smile on his face.

"Do you remember what day it is tomorrow?"

For a slight moment Soujiro's face became sympathetic, dark, and sad then returned to his smile. "Of course I will bring flowers."

"Thank you. . . I still can't go alone. . . I'm sorry for always making you go."

"Kao-chan, you never made me go. I find it an honor that you allow me to go with you. And I will never make you or let you go alone. . . I must pay my respects to the people that brought such a wonderful person to the world."

"Thank you. . ." With that Soujiro called by Saitou to be the next to spar so he bowed slightly to Kaoru and walked off to the matt.

"Can I go?"

"W-what?" Kaoru turned around and there was Kenshin leaning against the wall with his eyes covering his bangs. "Go where Ken-chan?"

"With you and Soujiro, to visit your parents."

"Ken-chan you don't have to go, I don't want you to go out of pity."

"Koishii, I would never do anything to you out of pity. I respect you too much for that. . . don't forget that." With that Kenshin walked off in the direction of the gym doors.

'Ken-chan. . . I want you to meet them, but. . . I don't want to. . . I can't let you. . . see me cry.'

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"Kaoru-chan, I'm sorry. . . your parents. . ." The teacher looked down at Kaoru who waiting for her parents to see her at the regional kendo competition. But Kaoru wasn't dumb, she knew where this was going.

"Mommy? Daddy? Are they okay?"

"Kaoru-chan, they. . . passed away in a car accident on the way here. . . that's why they missed the competition. . ."

Kaoru's eyes were wide, not blinking, not crying, not seeing.

"Kaoru-chan?"

"Daddy. . . Mommy. . ." her voice could barely be heard.

"I'm so sorry Kaoru-chan. . . honey?"

Days went by and Kaoru did not change. She continued to stare ahead as if waiting for an on coming death. The only words that came out of her mouth were 'Mommy' and 'Daddy.' Her father had been an only child and both his parents dead, her mother had been adopted. She had no one, there was no one to take her in. So she was taken to the state orphanage.

A few weeks in the orphanage, she her state did not change until the day Soujiro's family came by.

"Kaoru-chan? Kamiya Kaoru-chan?"

Kaoru did not react, she continued to stare at the window as if waiting for something to happen outside. Soujiro's mother, Setsuko, was alone with Kaoru in the room with her.

"Kaoru-chan, you probably don't remember. I visited you when you were three. I was your mother's friend, I'm sorry it took so long for me to get here. The will said that I would be your guardian if anything ever happened to your parents. The state couldn't contact me because I lost touch with your mother after I moved and go married. They finally tracked me down and I'm here to take you to my home and live with my family."

Kaoru made to response, no movement that showed that she was listening.

"Kaoru-chan. . ." Soujiro knocked and walked in the room at that moment. "Soujiro. . . Kaoru-chan, I would like for you to meet my son, Soujiro. I'm sure you two will get along very well. . ."

"Of course we will mother." Soujiro now walked in front of Kaoru and extended out his hand. "Hello Kamiya-san, it is very nice to meet you. I'm sure we can be very good friends if not the best."

Kaoru looked at Soujiro, not the blank impassive she had been holding for the past few weeks but was genuinely looking at him. Kaoru moved her mouth but her voice didn't come out.

Setsuko gasped but didn't say a word, Soujiro's smile grew even wider than usual. "Kamiya-san, you're going to have to speak up for me to hear you."

Kaoru's finally came out but barely a whisper, "I already have a best friend."

"Kamiya-san, there is no limit in how many best friends a person can have. If there was a limit that shows a person with a small heart that is unable to take many people in. However, Kamiya-san, I can see it in your eyes that you have a very large heart. That is why you keep yourself from crying, so as not to show people that it hurts, so people don't worry about you and take pity on you. You remind me of some one I know, another person that refused to let other see them cry, another person that refused others to enjoy his pain."

"Who?"

"Me, Kamiya-san, me. Don't be afraid, a person needs to cry, to help ease the pain. A person needs someone that they can cry with. . . will you be that person for me Kamiya-san?"

Kaoru stared at him for a long moment and tears began to flow from her eyes. Her eyes remained open, and concentrated on Soujiro. Then suddenly she lunged into his arms and began to cry, but tears weren't the only things that were pouring out of her wails could be heard through out the room and echoing down the hallway.

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