Laws of the Wolf
Chapter 4: Lost and found
Warnings: There are none
Disclaimer: I don’t own Kenshin
Kaoru awoke at dawn to get ready for work, for the past three years Kaoru had been on
the run from Enishi. There were times when she cut it close but she always found away
out. Kaoru was more than pissed that the council had allowed Enishi to live and for some
reason Enishi was still after her. For now though she was safe, she had a job as a waitress
at a small diner in a small town, within the borders of lycan territory. She had been living
in this small town for three months now and soon she would have to move. Kaoru looked
at herself in the mirror the melancholy reflection said it all, she did not want to move.
During her time in this small town she had made friends and she also had other reasons
not to leave. She had found another wolf, he was young in fact he was an adolescent, his
name was Yahiko and he had been alone ever since his parents were killed by hunters. He
hand told her his sad story and in return she told him hers. She had bonded with him
emotionally, and now they were like brother and sister. In truth she didn’t want to leave
him behind, but it would be selfish of her to bring him along when Enishi was still out
there searching for her.
Kaoru walked into the main living room her small apartment she smiled as the subject of
her thoughts came into view, he was getting himself ready to leave. In order to help pay
for the small apartment they shared he had gotten a paper boy route. The money he got
from his route wasn’t much but it was enough to help pay for the groceries. Kaoru
thought about what her life was like at his age, she never had to worry about money or
getting groceries in fact she never had to worry about anything, with the death of his
parents Yahiko had grown up all to fast.
“What are you smiling at, ugly?” Yahiko asked as he finally looked up to see Kaoru.
“Unfortunately nothing impressive, just some dumb pup.” Kaoru answered smiling
inwardly as she enjoyed their small banter.
“I thought I told you to stop calling me a pup!” Yahiko growled at Kaoru, secretly he
thought she was the prettiest female he had ever seen, but he wasn’t about to let her know
that.
“And I thought I told you to stop calling me ugly.” The dark haired blue eyed female
retorted.
“Well if the shoe fits.” Yahiko growled out, annoyed that she still considered him a pup.
“Same goes for you.” Kaoru couldn’t help but smirk, they had been calling each other
names since the day they met. Kaoru could still remember that day as if it was yesterday.
Flashback
Kaoru had used the last of her emergency cash, her father had put away for her, to pay for
a small car and the first month of her newest apartment. She needed to find a job to
replenish her funds, she would not be able to keep running in human form, and if she ran
in wolf form she would be easier to track due to the power of her scent when she was
wolf.
Kaoru drove her newly bought car down bumpy country rode to the small wood on the
out skirts of town, her inner wolf growled in anticipation to be set free from her human
prison and soon she would be. Kaoru had not let her wolf out for months in fear that
Enishi would sniff her out of hiding. She finally made it to the lining of the woods, Kaoru
breathed in the scent of pine and oak as she began to strip of her clothing, the chill in the
air made her want to change into wolf form quickly.
Kaoru ran through the trees of the small wood, jumping over large rocks, and giving her
inner wolf the workout that has been so desperately needed. She froze in mid run, a
familiar scent was in the air, she put her nose to the ground the smell was definitely lycan
but it wasn’t the scent of a wolf she knew. She looked around for any other clues that
might tell her who this lycan is, that was when she saw him, his small body hidden under
a rock hanging. Kaoru moved cautiously toward the small wolf half covered by shadow.
She huffed gently to warn the wolf of her approach, a small head with two startled eyes
pick up off the ground and looked back at her. She stayed in the same position ready to
run if it end up any enemy. The small wolf whined before climbing out from under the
rock. It was a male, he was thin, and he was nothing more than a pup. Kaoru used her
head to motion for him to follow her before she lead him back to the car.
End Flashback
She smiled at the memory, she would have never thought that the one adolescent wolf
would impact her life so much. The spiky haired dark skinned annoying as hell pup, that
she found under a damn rock in the middle of a small wood in the middle of nowhere.
“Well, I’m gone, see ya later ugly.” Yahiko said as he opened the front door to the
apartment.
“I will be working until seven tonight so come to the diner after school and we will have
dinner there, okay, see ya later little Yahiko.” She called backs as she went into the
bathroom to take a shower and get ready for a long day of work.
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Kaoru and Yahiko sat at the table in the break room of the diner, Kaoru was massaging
her aching feet, twelve hour shifts were killer but rent would be due soon and they needed
the money. Kaoru had decided to get Yahiko enrolled in public school so now he was
eating while going over his homework. Kaoru got up to go back to work, she felt her
inner wolf growl, it had been three weeks since she had let herself run wild in the forest.
Yahiko had been able to go every other weekend, but Kaoru had been to busy raising her
and Yahiko’s funds incase something happened. Thankfully she had the weekend off and
she would be more than happy to run and maybe go for a little hunt.
Kaoru strolled into the kitchen and plastered a fake smile on her face as she went out into
the serving room of the diner. Tae signaled Kaoru to serve a table that had just been filled
with a small group of men. Kaoru internally groaned as she made her way over to the
table.
“Welcome to the Akabeko, have you decided what you would like to drink?” She asked
in her I am trying to be sweet voice.
“Hello, Kaoru” Said a familiar voice. “We have been looking for you.” Kaoru raised her
head as her eyes widened. ‘How did she not recognize him?’
