By Your Side - Tomo x Kazuha [Complete]

Part - 17 [Unedited]

Its been a week since kazuha was home. Tomo stared outside with dead eyes, he miss the young rōnin so badly.

Yuki gaze at her master worriedly. Normally when people feel down they would show signs of exhaustion. But no, Her mast was calm, Too calm to be exact. His face showed no sign of grieve instead it was serious, His parkly eyes was gone and was replaced by dead and calm ones. She was so worried.

'Kazuha, If you won't be back till dawn I'm afraid master is gonna snap.' Although her master was calm it was totally different inside. If It could be described it will be a volcano that is about to erupt.

Her master is very terrifying when he gets angry. The kind tomo would be gone, only a demon could be seen. She can say that because she experience it herself.

"Meow~" Yuki rub her head on tomo's hand but she receive no affection. Tomo continued staring outside. The first day that kazuha went missing, tomo didn't think too much about it and simply waited for kazuha to be back, the same goes with the second day. But he knew something wasn't right.

He gently push yuki's head away and use his hand to support his head. His heart was pounding worriedly. He wanted to see the young rōnin so badly. He missed his soothing laughter, He missed the ruby eyes that stare at him with affection, He missed the young rōnin's soft smile, And lastly He missed the small kisses he gave to the young rōnin.

Yuki stared at her master with great sadness. She knew how much her master love the young rōnin to the point that he would challenge the raiden shugon herself if kazuha was ever held there.

An idea down into her brain making her eyes lit up. She would go to the city and find out what really happened!

So she stretch her body and lick tomo's cheek before bolting out of the house. Tomo stared at his cat then he stared back at the window.

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Arriving at the city, yuki looked around and went to the center of the city. After all the center is where people usually gossip. She looked around sat gracefully at the bench while listening to the people.

"Did you get to see the newest kimono[1] in Ogura textiles and kimonos?" Asked the slightly fat woman to her friend. However her friend shook her head in disappointment.

"No. When I get there it had already been bought." She sighed.

"Well I saw it!" Another lady spoke as she place her hands on her hips.

"Really? What does it look like? Is it another woman's kimono?" The previous lady asked in excitement.

"No, it was for men. But It was really beautiful, it was breathe taking! I have never seen such beautiful kimono in my life!" She exclaimed in great enthusiasm. The slightly fat girl nodded her head in agreement.

"Indeed it was a fine masterpiece. It's a shame that it was meant to be wear for men." She sighed and continued their topic about clothing.

Yuki stared at them feeling a bit lost. Why does woman love clothes so much?

She stood up and went to another position. She saw two men talking so she decided to listen.

"I say sir kamisato ayato is stronger than his sister!" It looks like they were arguing. The man he was talking about snickered.

"Have you seen miss ayaka fight? or sir ayato?" He shot back.

"I have seen sir ayato fight before." The previous man said.

"Really? wait you have seen him?" The other man ask in surprise.

Yuki sighed and decided to find another place to look. People this days only know about gossips, well she herself is listening to the gossips.

She saw a remote alley and decided to rest there. Her legs was tired of all this constant running and walking. Suddenly she heard noises from behind so she turn around and saw two humans talking.

"Hey, Have you heard?" Said the man. The woman tilt her head curiously and stared at the man.

"Which one?" She asked while playing with her hair.

"The rumor about the Kaedehara Clan" Yuki's ears perked up in interest. The Kaedehara clan? Wasn't Kazuha's name starts with kaedehara?

"Ah! that one!" She said quite loudly which earned a shush from the man. She covered her mouth and look to her left and right.

"Silent!" He said in a hush tone. Yuki stared at them in confusion. What was wrong? It's just another gossip.

"This rumor is forbid to be talked. My friend who works with the Kaedehara clan said they found their young master a few days ago, but after the talk of his father they suddenly lock him up unable to go out." He said almost a whisper. The woman nodded her head.

"I feel bad for the young master." She said softly earning a frown from her partner.

"Why would you pity him?" He said feeling slightly jealous. However the woman just laugh and hugged the man.

Yuki who was listening to the entire conversation was greatly shaken. The young rōnin was unable to go outside? He was forbid to go outside?! Is that the reason why the younger male never came back?!

A wave of hatred wash over her making her hiss. She was beyond anger.

'How dare they do that to my master! Do they know that master was so worried that the young rōnin already grew tired of him?! Do they know how much he love that rōnin?!' She growled and bolted out of the alley and went straight back to chinju forest. Her master must know the reason why kazuha never came back! It wasn't because he grow tired of tomo it was because he was locked up and can't go out!

Despicable! Utterly Despicable!

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Tomo stared outside feeling empty. Did the young rōnin really abandoned him? At that thought tomo's stoic face sadden. Was the young rōnin's confession just a joke? Did he say that because he felt sorry for him?

Tomo's brows furrowed even more, he could feel his heart slowly breaking into millions of pieces, Just a little more it might give up.

Suddenly yuki appeared and bit his leg making him jolt. He looked down and stared at yuki.

"What was that for yuki?" He asked while massaging his bitten leg.

When yuki arrived she saw her master at the same position and for the first time in a week she saw emotion. That emotion she hope that her master wouldn't feel.
The emotion of his heart breaking. So to distract him she bit his leg.

"Meow!" She meowed and jump at his lap. She stared at her master's lavender eyes. She meowed many times trying to explain what she heard. But to no vail, her master can't simply understand cat language which put her into despair.

"I'm sorry yuki, I can't understand you." Yuki's neck sank and stared at her master meaningfully. What can she do to make him understand?

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A/N: Yow, Yow, Yow! How are you? Anyway I hope you like this chapter <3