Chapter 11:

The plan,Kenshins part.Charm and swordplay

Love Of Sword And Pen


Truly amazing.
The power of hope,curiosity,dreams.

And....
Hormones.

There are over two hundred people added in to the student body present in the yard right now and most of the new faces are boys that look like they want to be like action actors trying to get the girls that are here in attendance who all have eyes on the five young men and Kenshin in the make shift 'Battleground'.
I walk in a bit closer,hiding in the midst of the people who do not appear to recognize me and use them to be able to view the training in a modicum of safety.

It never ceases to be a form of beauty to me to watch the practice of swordsmanship.
The moves are thoughtfully placed and executed well by the young men displaying the different degrees of advanced training they all have and Kenshin outshines them so brilliantly.

Like stars that are circling a sun.
They just don't compare.

Kenshin practices both traditional moves and even new ones he and his father had created to modernize kendo for a new age,He uses a soft smile to encourage the younger ones to approach and try it out.A child appears seeming to be a brother to one of the students here.Kenshin kneels to him and shows him a form i do not know that must be a new one and gently guides the boy on how to do it and even amusingly feigns the most grueling defeat that leaves the child utterly gleeful and laughing like tomorrow will be just as perfect.
So does his brother who i try not to look at for fear i may see him as something other than an enemy but a person who is capable of love too and that scares me to death for whatever reason.

"I'm not sure i can let it all go GOD.What do i do?You are showing me sides i am scared to see and that they never showed me.What do i do about that,this?"

I am fighting back tears now,the memories start to come back on me hard as i try to watch the show and remember what i was taught in therapy that seems to fade when i start to feel it happen somehow in my heart.

This crowd is so familiar to me like that day,so many people were watching me as i was pulled around by the hair.Laughed at,mocked and in part due to my constant talk of how happy my home life was where i had parents who never fought,Could get any candy i want and when i got older i paraded on about how i was sworn to that i would get to go anywhere.

Somehow i didn't realize i was so mean about how i talked,i didn't know that there were people around me who took that as an insult.
I didn't know that the other kids who had issues in their families took my words to heart so much that I hurt them for lack of a happy home life of their own.
I didn't know that anyone at a school,a prestigious school,had it in them to actually follow my parents as they left home to be with their new dates in secret or film them and show it to me proving me a liar when at first i didn't know i was one.

I was so stupid and cruel.
I guess i deserved it.

"Where are you Lovely?"
I look up,startled back into reality to find the students are gone and even the other kendo guys are gone too and only we remain here.His eyes are so soft right now like he sees what i never really wanted to be seen by anyone.

"No where i want to be and no where you have any business knowing if you care about yourself at all."
"The first part.Your place and your decision but the second is a little off.If you were to let me in at all i would care and if you never do at all i will still care.Myself isn't the one looking like she could eat a bowl of ice cream to feel better right now."
I snarl at him for that and turn away.

"It was an offer,i may be a trim man but i have my gulity pleasures too and if you join me i will have a double scoop of my pleasures...."
"OH DO YOU EVER GIVE IT A REST!"

Somehow i hear him smile as i rush off and away.
"Only if it is not working."

"Stop thumping harder you stupid,stupid heart"I argue with myself vainly as i try to hasten my retreat from him while hurrying to the school gate where i am stopped by Kenshins driver where i see Uncle Goji sitting next to him.
"Uncle?What are you doing here?In there?Huh?"
"Kenshin wanted to take us out last night and talk remember?You refused and i was full but i want to talk to him and Arata is out with his mother showing her around at his work so i want to go out and away a bit."

I turn only slightly and see Kenshin behind me,smirk on full display and my eyes dart away quickly after just now noticing how well he wears kendo training gear while a bit glistening as well.My fast head whip has Kenshin laughing outright leading me to rethink my policy on violence temporarily.While Uncle Goji slides over to let me in with Kenshin right behind me.

Another thing that doesn't escape me as we drive away is the fact that i can see still a few photographers around,not even hiding and an older couple watches from a limo not too far away from us.

Ashley
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