Lost and Lonely

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Summary: Kaoru Kamiya is struggling to find a meaning in her life after her father’s death. Her best friend convinces her to move out to Kyoto in hopes that a change in scenery and life style would help Kaoru heal. Kaoru didn’t expect, however, that she would end up meeting Kenshin Himura, one of the most beautiful and kind men. But is Kenshin hiding something from Kaoru? Will she finally feel as if she can get farther in her life or will everything come crashing down once again?


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Lost and Lonely, Chapter 1:


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While the week had been gorgeous full of sunlight and birds chirping, today seems to be somewhat different. As the light fills the small apartment the raven-haired woman currently calls home Kaoru Kamiya can be found sitting on the balcony overlooking the small courtyard of the apartment complex. The light floods in through the open window filling the small room with light and somehow accomplishing the difficult task of making the tiny apartment feel like an extension of the outside world.


She sighs lightly leaning against the wall as she stares blindly at the city around her. “I don’t know why Misao insisted upon coming out here.” While the complex was nice it was nothing compared to the fresh air and more rural area that Kaoru was accustomed to.
She frowns slightly and looks at the clock on the nightstand. “Misao is probably waiting for me. If I’m late again she’ll have a fit!”


Misao Machimachi is Kaoru’s best friend and the only sibling figure that Kaoru has ever known. Misao had convinced Kaoru to come to Tokyo with her. She had to admit that at times she enjoyed Tokyo. There were so many more people in Tokyo and so much more for her to do. However, she still missed the quietness of her old dojo back in Kyoto and the peaceful training of Kamyia Kashin Ryu. Sighing Kaoru gets up from her comfortable spot by the window and grabs her coat from the back of the couch throwing it on as she walks out the door.


As she looks at her watch Kaoru realizes that it’s still going to take about five minutes to get to the Aioya, quickening her pace she hurries to meet Misao at her place of work and current residence.


The Aioya is a quaint Inn run by an old perverted man named Okina. Misao had heard of the place from her parents and since Misao’s father happened to be a close friend of Okina’s he had agreed to take her in without a moment of hesitation and had even given her a job. Okina is a kind man, despite his womanizing, and Misao often looks to him as a type of grandfather. He would fit the mold very easily for he has a long white beard tied off at the end and is slightly frail looking. If it weren’t for his tendencies to act as if he were still 30, Kaoru might look upon him as more of a father figure as well.


He had offered Kaoru to stay at the Aioya as well but she politely refused saying that she would rather try living on her own. When she refused to live at the Aioya, Okina and Misao had set forth to get her an apartment that was close to the Inn. Once she was somewhat settled into the apartment however, they continued to badger her and drive her completely insane until she agreed to take a part time job at the restaurant as a waitress.


As she walks the few blocks to the Aioya she comes across a small group of men pushing around a small boy. ‘I have to help him!’ was the only thing that ran through her mind before she begins to rush to the boy’s side. Realizing that she doesn’t have her bokken with her she quickly reprimands herself while looking for something to use as a weapon. ‘Of all the times to forget my bokken I had to choose today!’ In the middle of this thought Kaoru spots a young woman outside a house sweeping. She quickly goes up to the woman acting as polite as possible and yet trying to be quick about her business.


“Excuse me” she bows politely to the young women earning a smile in return. “Could I please borrow your broom?” The woman looks at her quizzically but relinquishes the broom to her.


“Thank you!” She quickly runs over to where the men are, removing the head of the broom in the process. ‘Well it isn’t exactly a Bokken but it’ll have to do.’ Taking a deep breath to get up her courage she yells at the men. “Hey you thugs!”


The men look at her and sneer. “Hey boss looks like we’ve got a little minx trying to take us on with a broom!”


They all laugh at the sight of Kaoru standing in a weak battle pose in front of them. Kaoru tries her best to hold the broom and keep her stance even though her long skirt is proving to make it difficult to move. “What should we do with her boss?” Their boss looks at her and grins. He is a very greasy looking man with short black hair and a slight pot belly. He’s completely disgusting and Kaoru has to keep from cringing at the sight of him.


“You guys finish off the squirt here,” he motions to the small boy, “I’ll handle her.” They nod and go back to beating on the boy. Finding her voice Kaoru stands firm as he walks towards her.


“Don’t misjudge me! I’m the assistant master of Kamyia Kashin! Now let the boy go and I won’t hurt you!” She raises the broom handle as he walks closer and stops a few feet away from her and chuckles. At this point Kaoru is practically holding her breath. It smells as if the man hasn’t bathed in days or even weeks and she can smell the alcohol pouring off the man’s body.


“A girl thinks she can beat me? And with a broom handle no less! Heh, you’ll be a fine addition to my collection.” Kaoru glares at him as if she were signing his death certificate. The man simply throws his head back laughing believing this girl to be nothing more than an arrogant woman. ‘Her spunky attitude would defiantly make a fine addition to my collection’ he thinks.


Kaoru can see that the man is wrapped up in his thoughts so she takes the opening handed to her, she charges forward and hits the man over the head with the handle and then knee’s him in the groin. He promptly falls to the ground groaning.


“Hmph! I told you I wasn’t just a girl!” She makes a move to fight the other men beating on the child when the man on the ground grabs her ankle and she is sent to the ground with a loud thud. When she hits the ground she releases the broom handle so she can use her hands to catch herself. Unfortunately this means that her only weapon left her hands and is now laying about three feet away from her.


“No girl will get the better of me!” He gets up and draws a dagger out of his coat pocket. “I’ll teach you, you wench!” Kaoru searches around her for a way to get the dagger away from the man. As she tries to move away the man pins her down so that she can’t get too far away from him. “You’re going to pay!” As the dagger begins its decent down upon Kaoru a man’s voice can be heard from behind her.


“I don’t think that’s a wise move buddy.” Looking up the man sees his small group lying on the ground with broken limbs and a tall man with spiky brown hair, white jacket and pants standing there with his arms crossed. “You…you…” The man glares forgetting Kaoru for a moment and charges at the large man who stops him with one hand. The tall stranger then grabs the man’s wrist breaking it and automatically forces the man to drop his meager weapon to the ground. By this time Kaoru is sitting up staring at him in wonder as he knees the man in the gut and drops him to the ground unconscious.


Blinking at the scene in front of her, Kaoru gets up and dusts herself off. “You’re pretty brave missy. You shouldn’t go pickin’ fights without a weapon tho’.”


Kaoru “hmphs” and walks to the boy. ‘He’s hurt pretty bad. I need to get him to the Aioya and then find his parents to let them know that he’s alright.’ She crouches by the boy shaking him lightly. “Hello? Are you alright?” Frowning she begins to try and lift him as the man finally speaks up after walking up behind her.


“Here, give him to me I’ll take him back to my place. The little runt got himself in trouble again.”


She quickly looks up at him. “Do you know him? Please, tell me where are his parents? Why was he here alone?”


Frowning, the man picks the boy up. “Yeah I know ‘im, his name’s Myojin Yahiko, I’m Sagara Sanosuke. He’s an orphan. I’ve been takin’ care of him since he showed up in my neighborhood a few months ago.” Kaoru looks down apologetically.


“Hmm…how far is your home from here?” She looks at the boy trying to assess his wounds. They are bad but not too terrible. He’ll defiantly be sore and in a lot of pain when he wakes up.


Sano shrugs, “about a mile or two. It’s down by the docks.”


Kaoru shakes her head. “That won’t do. We better take him to the Aioya, they’ll take care of him there.” Sanosuke nods and follows her as she grabs the few things that Yahiko must have dropped and begins walking the short distance to the Aioya.


Upon entering Misao comes out glaring at Kaoru. “You’re late! I almost went out to look for you! You have got a lot of explaining to do!” Kaoru pushes past Misao and into a small room Sano following with Yahiko. “Misao if you haven’t noticed we don’t have time for this. We need to help this boy he’s hurt pretty bad.”


Misao finally notices Sanosuke and Yahiko and nods as Kaoru pulls back the blanket on the small twin sized bed and Sanosuke lays him down on it. “I’ll go get Okina and Okon.” Misao was out of the room before the two knew what had happened.


A few hours later Yahiko is awake, bandages wrapped around the majority of his limbs, bruises covering his face and the majority of his body. Kaoru sits with Misao tending to Yahiko as he complains about not being treated like a child.


“Hey ugly I’m fine okay! Just chill!” Kaoru glares at the boy and puts more pressure on the wound she is tending to at that moment making him hiss. “Well Yahiko-CHAN, I still need to make sure that you’re tended to properly.” Grumbling he crosses his arms and looks away Sano bopping him over the head.


“Hey, Missy hear went through a lot to help you out and Misao and Okina are nice enough to let us crash here for tonight so you could show some respect.”


“Hmph.” Kaoru finishes up and puts her cloth back into the bowl of water. “Okay you’re all set. Misao is going to have Megumi stop by tomorrow to check you out fully, so you just relax and chill okay Yahiko-Chan?”


Yahiko twitches at the ending, “Yeah whatever ugly.” Misao and Kaoru get up and leave the room after Kaoru bops Yahiko over the head with her fist.


“Wow Kaoru you really get yourself mixed up with a lot of weird people.” Comments Misao as they head out of the room Kaoru grins at her. “I know Misao just like I got mixed up with you!” She sticks out her tongue at her friend and runs down the hall as the small ninja girl chases after her and tackles her to the ground.


“You can’t get away from me! Aoshi-sama and the Oniwabanshu trained me, remember?”


Giggling Kaoru sits up. “You mean your Boyfriend and his group?”


“He isn’t my Boyfriend Kaoru!” Misao pouts.


“Yeah you only wish he was!” She laughs as Misao pouts some more and they get up to go help around the Inn. Laughing every now and then at each-others antics.


They make a few room service calls and help in the small restaurant serving food to the customers. As Kaoru goes around the main dining room in the Aioya taking orders she notices as a man come in and she greets him happily telling him to pick a seat and that she’ll be right with him. The man smiles to her and then nods. He sits down at a booth and waits for her to come to his table. Silently he follows her with his eyes while he contemplates the young woman who is currently serving a small family. When he had first walked in he had immediately noticed her smile and deep ocean blue eyes and raven hair that framed her face perfectly.


“Hi! I’m Kaoru welcome to the Aioya. I’ll be your waitress.” She happily hands him a menu and pulls out her pencil and paper. “Can I get you a drink Mr...?”


He smiles happily, “Himura, and yes Miss. Kaoru I’ll have a glass of water please.” She smiles noticing the man’s appearance and very beautiful features. ‘Beautiful? Hmm I don’t think I’ve ever thought of a man to be beautiful before but...he is most defiantly just that.’ He is wearing a dark blue T-shirt with black blue-jeans, his flame red hair seems to jump out at her from the contrast of the shirt. He has his hair tied so that it is in a pony-tail in the center of his head. When Kaoru looks into his deep violet eyes she can swear that not only could she drown in them but it seems as if there are amber flakes dancing around his eyes. Between the way that this man looks and his general demeanor, Kaoru has to stop for a moment to make sure that she is still talking to a customer and not a figment of her overactive imagination.


Blinking to clear her mind Kaoru smiles to the man. “I’ll get your drink right away.” After she leaves Kenshin ponders his menu quickly deciding on his meal. With time to spare he scans the room for Kaoru. Once he finds her serving another table he takes the time to watch as she beams smiles at her customers all the while contemplating her personality. As he sees her approach with his glass of water he quickly looks away.


“Here you are.” Setting the glass on the table she then asks “Do you know what you would like to eat?” He smiles and nods giving her his order. After about 15 minutes later Kaoru comes back with his meal.


Beaming a smile at the man she states, “Just give me a holler if there is anything else I can do for you.” Again he simply nods to her and she leaves. ‘I must admit that the constant nodding is slightly annoying. I wish he would say a little more.’ Shrugging she goes about her work.


A half an hour later Kenshin finishes his meal. He places a good sum of money on the table that should be enough to cover his meal and leave a very decent tip for her. Among the money he also leaves her a small piece of paper with his name and number on it. Grinning he leaves before she can come back to the table.


A few moments later Kaoru returns to find Kenshin gone and the money wrapped in a piece of paper on the table. As she picks it up she unrolls the paper and reads it to herself quietly. “Please give me a call at this number and we could maybe get together. Kenshin.” Kaoru tucks the paper away in her apron with a slight blush and goes to find Misao; she would defiantly want to hear about this beautiful stranger named Kenshin.




...................Well there you have it chapter 1! Please review!!........................