Ayame-chan no Iken Ayame-chan's Reflection by Stephanie Taylor My name is Ayame. I live at Kamiya doujou with my family. We have good times here. I hope Iıll live here my whole life. I have two sisters, Kaoru-oneesan and Suzume-chan. Suzume-chan and I play together all the time. Sheıs my best friend. Sheıs younger. Kaoru-oneesan is very pretty. Iım gonna wear clothes just like her when Iım a grown up. Suzume-chan will too. Weıre going to buy our own kimono fabric together at a store and sew them. I think itıll be hard but fun. Suzume-chan and I tried sewing once but it was too hard. Weıre waiting until we are more grown up to do it, like when weıre nine. Kaoru-oneesan works at teaching students at our doujou. But she was very sad this last week. I noticed even though Suzume-chan didnıt. Itıs because the students all left. I told Kaoru that she will get more students and to wait patiently like I do when Iım waiting for the rice to be cooked when Iım hungry. I was right too. Kaoru-oneesan has a new student now. His name is Yahiko. Heıs funny. Heıs just a little taller than me. He came here a few days ago. He doesnıt like to be called Yahiko-chan. He and Kaoru-oneesan donıt like each other. But really, I think theyıre pretending. The reason we met Yahiko is Ken-nii. Ken-nii is a wandering swordsman who is staying at our doujou. Kaoru-oneesan found him and heıs just stuck around. I love Ken-nii. He has pretty, long, red hair. Heıs very nice and my close friend. We do stuff together a lot now. He helped us make soup and onigiri. It was fun. I wonder what heıll teach us next. By us I mean Suzume-chan and me. Suzume-chan loves Ken-nii as much as I do. Ken-nii has an upside-down sword. This is so he doesnıt kill people. I think it is a very good idea. Ken-nii and Kaoru-oneesan met Yahiko and brought him here. Yahiko likes manga. Now Ken-nii plays with me. He chases me around on the grass and itıs really fun. Yesterday we were talking about chazuke. Itıs my favorite thing to eat. Well, with miso and sushi and onigiri and fish. Ken-nii likes it too. Ken-nii likes to drink tea because it is so warm and soothing. Iıve decided to drink it more now too. We also like to go to Akabeko. Itıs a resturant and Ken-nii usually gets hurt there, but he doesnıt mind. Itıs Kaoru-oneesan who hurts him. But she isnıt being mean. Ken-nii just doesnıt pay attention to some things and she gets mad. Itıs pretty much just an accident with her temper. Ken-nii, Suzume-chan, and I made a little boat two days ago. It was a small wooden one and Ken-nii stuck it in a barrel of water. It floated so we pushed it around with a stick and Suzume-chan told us it was the boat of a tiny person. Ken-nii said he thought so too. I know they are right. I wonder if we will meet her someday. I know itıs a girl. A little tiny princess. Ken-nii said we might see her so weıve been keeping an eye out. Ken-nii is too. If he sees her heıll get us right away, and weıll do the same for him if it happens to us. He was pretty relieved when I told him so. Ken-nii doesnıt know how to play with dolls very well. Ken-nii is taking some instruction from Suzume-chan and me. Ken-nii is being Ayami-chan, one of my dolls. Sheıs named after me, sort of. Suzume-chan is always her doll Yuuki-chan, and Kaoru-oneesanıs old doll is the one I use now. I donıt mind; I like to share. Anyway, Kaoru-oneesanıs doll has a beautiful face so I like it too. Iım calling her Momo-hime. Ken-nii would be a boy doll if we had one but he is having fun just learning to play. He didnıt have dolls when he was a boy. Thatıs because boys donıt get dolls. Iım glad Iım a girl. I like to give hugs to Kaoru-oneesan. She likes to hug me too. Her skin is pink and soft so it feels nice besides being a nice thing to do. Her arms are long enough to hug me and Suzume-chan at the same time. Thatıs why she can reach blankets on high shelves. Ken-nii is a good hugger. Heıs very warm and friendly. You feel safe with him. Kaoru-oneesan never hugs him though. Maybe when theyıre close friends like Ken-nii and me. Kaoru-oneesan is seventeen. She has done a lot more things than I have, even though Iıve been living a long time already. I wonder what things Iıll have done when Iım seventeen? Itıs such a long way away. Gensai-sensei says time flies by really fast, but it doesnıt for me, and Iım glad about that. But I canıt wait to be old enough to sew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rurouni Kenshin characters, names, etc. İ copyright by Watsuki Nobuhiro, Shueisha, Sony Entertainment, and associated parties. The references of this work are used WITHOUT permission for entertainment only. This story is not meant for sale or profit. Story İ copyright 1999 by Stephanie M. Taylor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comments and constructive criticism are greatly appreciated! Please e-mail me by removing the spaces: dioptase @ quixium .com Stephanie's Anime Fan Fiction Collection http://KawaiiKenshin.tripod.com/fanfic.html