Hello to all, Im Z.C (ZimmyChld) I wrote this fic.. well sorta I owe ALOT (a hell of alot) of credit to... "Cloud Tribal" for doing this on AIM with me. I could not have done it without him. Im trying to rewrite the story as best I can, and since this it my first real sorta serious one, constructive criticism would be helpful! Read and enjoy the first (long) chapter of...
Something to Tell you...
((Time: After Kenshin beats Shishio))
It had been awhile, but just when Kamiya Kaoru thought peace and quiet would never happen, it did. Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano, and even herself were living back at the dojo. She sighed as she payed the kind merchant for some bread and rice. She walked near the door and swiftly readjusted her indigo scarf that kept her dark hair at bay, her basket held under her elbow. She walked through the door and straight into a faded red cloth. She stumbled back.
" Kaoru-Dono? Are you okay?" A sweet male voice asked with concern. She looked up to meet blue eyes staring straight down at her.
"Eh? Kenshin? Yes, Im okay..." Kaoru rubber her nose a little. Kenshin nodded, reassured in her being alright. "Kenshin, why on earth are you here? I told you that I was to do the shopping today." Kenshin looked down for a fleeting second, since when did Kenshin hide his face when she asked a question?
"Kaoru-Dono, the truth is I purposefully came today, I came to tell you something, that I did" Kaoru could tell something was bothering him. He looked her straight in the face, "Kaoru-Dono I cannot stay here any longer, that I cannot. Sessha cannot thank you enough for taking this wanderer in and helping him. I fear I can never be worthy enough to stay. Sessha must leave now. Domo arrigatou, Kaoru-Dono, for everything." Kenshin gave his small smile and turned to leave, Kaoru stopped.
How was she supposed to react? See ya for dinner? Oh please don't go? Fine go ahead and leave? Her head spun, Kenshin wasn't expecting her to say anything, He didn't expect anything from her as it seemed, just her friendship. Before she could say anything, Kenshin turned and drew her up in his arms for a short hug and embrace. Her heart raced, why was he doing this to her?
"K-Kenshin.... Why? Don't you know... Its safe here... and... you could... stay with us." Her heart, racing at the moment, could think of no other words. What was she doing? She didn't really expect him to listen did she? For him to say "Oh well in that case..." Was she going to let him pass her by?
Her eyes had begun to water. She resisted the urge to cling to the kind man, once known as Battosai. "N-no..... noo," she whispered. The tears nearly cascaded but she withheld her dry cheeks for a few more moments. "Kenshin do not leave me... us again. Shishio is gone..."
"Shishio is not what I am worried about. Gomen Kaoru-dono, I have already hurt you too much to be forgiven. Im afraid you should forget about me, Im afraid I won't be coming back, that I will not. Goodbye Kaoru-Dono." He turned once again and left, vanishing into the crowd, Kaoru could only stand with now streaked cheeks and stare after.
He's gone, this time for good, she couldn't help but believe her conscious. ~How? Why? Is my heart really so weak as to let him go?~ Kaoru squinted her eyes as more tears came. ~I am strong! Why am I crying? Kenshin... I love you too much don't I?~ She dropped her basket and sniffled, wiping away tears after tears. She couldn't just stand here... She ran... back to the dojo.
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Yahiko raised his wooden sword and thrust it downwards again and again in the way the Kaoru had instructed him. Sano laid back on the porch circling a toothpick in his mouth.
"Yahiko aren't you supposed to be scrubbing the floors or something?" Sano didn't even open his eyes as he let the sun warm the air and himself, he yawned.
"Me? Aren't YOU supposed to be sweeping?" Yahiko swung again before retreating to the porch.
"Maybe, who wants to know?"
"You're a bum you know that!" Yahiko joked a little, Sanosuke just grinned. At that moment a small wail could be heard from near the trail into town. Yahiko looked up, "What was that?"
"Let's go find out." Sanosuke was already up and running. Yahiko grabbed his wooden sword and hurried after Sano. The both found Kaoru collapsed on her knees crying her eyes out.
"Geez, busu, gave us a heart attack." Yahiko jeered a little. "Why are you crying like a baby?" Sano bopped him on the head.
"Yo Kaoru, what's the matter. Never seen you cry like this. Matter of fact I don't think I've seen you cry more than once or twice... what happened?" Sano tried to sound a little worried but made it out to sound like Kaoru was being over dramatic or something.
"It's... Kenshin...he's.. he's gone!... He...left.. And... and..." Kaoru managed to say between short sobs, she looked up.... her eyes shimmering with tears, "He said he's not coming back!" She started crying again. ~I let him go again! How could I?~
"What? Kenshin?! He left?!" Yahiko stepped back and looked surprised and just a tad horrified. "He's coming back... He always comes back!" Sano looked over at Yahiko with a frown. 'What?" Yahiko took a few more steps back. "Kenshin always comes back! He does! You'll see!" Yahiko ran back to the dojo and went to his own room.
Sano looked back at Kaoru, " That jerk Kenshin! I'll find him and beat the crap out of him for hurting you...." He paused, knowing that Kaoru was still hiding her feelings for Kenshin " ....and us like that!" He cracked his knuckles.
"No." Kaoru whispered, "If he does not like to be around us then-"
"I can't believe you! Your acting all self-centered again! You know you have feelings for him! Are you seriously going to let him go again!?" Kaoru had stopped crying and looked at Sano blankly. She looked back down as her eyes began to water again. 'Listen I know this is hard ...er.." Sano couldn't place his words. "Ah dammit! I bringin' That jerk back so you can tell him and for god's sakes just get this over with!" He grinned.
"Well your not leaving without me!" Yahiko grinned a self-confident smile and did a little combat pose.
"Done with your little teen angst routine Yahiko-chan?" Sano jeered knowing how the comment would affect Yahiko.
"Don't call me CHAN! Let's go! Hey, Busu quit crying and help."
"Yea, go get dinner started. We'll be back and bring Kenshin back to the dojo in time for dinner!" Sanosuke said happily.
"Ech! Busu's cooking! We better get Kenshin before we starve!" Sano and Yahiko launched off in the direction of where Kenshin was heading, which Kaoru told them. She smiled through her tears, 'Thanks."
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Kaoru tried to remember how Kenshin made his dinners... how to cut the potatoes just right and season them adding them to the other vegetables and rice. She could remember Kenshin's words, 'No, no Kaoru-Dono, cut them evenly so that they all cook the same.... They will taste much better, that they will....' She started to cry again.
Despite her efforts the potatoes weren't cut very well, unlike Kenshin's. She wiped her eyes and started to stir the rice. Her flashbacks to the short embrace he had given her that day, such a nice smell... she had taken it in and subconsciously remembered it. She closed her eyes and let her memory soak in more deeply.
How long had they been gone.... It was a while ago because she hadn't started cooking until moonrise. Perhaps 4 hours. How long was this supposed to take? Was she supposed to be worried yet? The truth is that she didn't really know. She grabbed some glass plates from a cabinet.
"KAORU!!!!" She heard, much to her surprise, Yahiko scream. At the surprise she dropped all her nice plates as the came to a crash at the merciless floor which broke them, not hurting herself. "KENSHIN! IT'S KENSHIN, WE FOUND HIM! HE'S FIGHTING THESE GUYS! HE GOT INJURED AND HE'S STILL THERE FIGHTING!"
Kaoru immediately focused all of her attention on Yahiko, "What? He's injured? And Sano?" Yahiko looked up at her because he had now run in panting and looking absolutely exhausted. Her heart began to race She wasn't sure if she should start running or if she should talk to Yahiko more.
She put her hands on his shoulders, "Yahiko, tell me what happened" Her mouth looked very stern and serious, but her eyes were exploding with hope, fear, worry and concern for the only man she had really loved. She could not hide her feelings, for she wore them always in the open, anyone could tell how she felt at anytime.
Yahiko, still panting managed to tell her how they only managed to find Kenshin by the sound of a battle. Swords echoing brightly and crisp in the quiet forest. They found Kenshin fighting at least 24 men, well at least had FOUGHT or fighting 24 men, about 6 left. Kenshin easily let 3 fall and 2 others slam into trees as he use both the reverse edge blade and hilt of his sword to take them out. The last was an experienced sword fighter looking man. He had taken Kenshin merely by surprise. making a large gash across his right arm. Sano and Yahiko emerged from the trees as Kenshin drove back the fighter saying, "This is our fight! Leave them out!" sano and Yahiko were about to follow when this big heavy weight guy, who had apparently been knocked down by Kenshin, regained his stance and slammed Sano, back-first into a large tree, punching him in the stomach. sano had managed to take the weakened guy out with a few stellar punches and kicks but in the end slumped at a tree saying, "Go get Kaoru..."
Kaoru's eyes flashed as she took in all this information. She took a deep breath, "Yahiko, we need to get back there as soon as possible. Can you take me there? Or do you need to rest?" Yahiko shook Kaoru's hands off of his shoulders. He replied with a grin and wiping the beads of sweat from his face.
"Let's go! You need to get back to Kenshin before you have a nervous breakdown or something... You know one of those old-lady things." Kaoru hit him lightly on the head.
Moments later they were turning off the fire and cooking and running into the forest, towards Kenshin. Yahiko stopped about 25 minutes later.. panting once again. "He's... here... right... around here... somewhere...." Kaoru looked so determined, her eyes glistened. She was going to get Kenshin back. She emerged onto a small clearing covered with bodies. She heard the sounds of swords, suddenly one stopped, and then there was silence. Kaoru approached the area from which it was coming. She was about to enter and area through two large bushes to where she heard the fighting. she reached out her hand and instead of a bush, a man adorned in red and white emerged. Her hand met his chest. She looked up startled. He looked down.
"Oro?"
"Kenshin... wh-... " She stopped herself and took her hand down and backed up towards the somewhat center of the clearing... Kenshin took a few more steps forward. The moon glinting of his red hair made a beautiful image in her mind. Her eyes began to shine brightly. This was Kenshin. ~Did I really believe I would never see you again?~
"Kaoru-Dono, I told you... not to follow me... This is very dangerous. You should go back now, that you should. Shishio's followers are not to be taken lightly." Kenshin did not look sinister but had much concern on his face. Kaoru could see the wound on his arm by the giant red spot and the soft sound of small drops of blood hitting the ground slowly in the silence that enveloped them.
"Your injured..." Kaoru walked forward and wrapped his wound with her scarf. Kenshin remained silent. Kaoru decided to speak again, "Kenshin, you should not have left... We all need you here. You have a home and most importantly you have us." She knelt down on the ground... feeling her eyes get watery again. ~Do I really expect him to listen.~ "You can't leave."
"Kaoru-dono..." Kenshin also knelt down beside Kaoru. "I am a wanderer, and many people want to hurt me. I am afraid that if I were to stay it would hurt all of my friends, including you." Kaoru looked up at him eyes streaming.
Kaoru took in his words. ~Is that all you think of me as? A friend. I.. I wanted more from you.~ "We all rely on you! You can't just leave, we can defend ourselves. We won't let them come." Kaoru bit her bottom lip. Kenshin smiled, she sounded so innocent, not knowing of what she was saying. Still there was certain truth to her words.
"Kaoru-dono, let me tell you something It is very important." Kenshin looked at her with those soul piercing blue eyes. His face was calm and accepting. "Kaoru I-" Kenshins voice stopped as he he took a sharp gasp of pain. His eyes shrunk narrowed momentarily.
"Kenshin? Kenshin!" His body slumped forward. Suddenly harsh laughter filled her ears there was the man that Yahiko had described. it was true that he did look like he could hold a sword. He was very muscular and had a short grey-brown beard.
"HAH! Some Battosai, lets his defenses down over a woman! He thought he finished with me! HAH! I don't go down so easily."
"What have you done to Kenshin?!" Kaoru looked enraged and panicked as she felt warm liquid stain the front of her kimono, it was blood, a lot of blood, Kenshin's blood. She yelped. The man withdrew a sword Kenshin's back. He had caught Kenshin off guard again. Kaoru was utterly speechless, she tried to pick Kenshin up but the man was already ready to kill her, his sword at chopping stance. She let out a panicked scream.
"Busu!? Busu!" Yahiko's voice came through the trees.
"Hi-YAH!" sanosuke emerged from Kaoru's right to slam the man as hard as he could into a nearby tree, knocking him unconscious after 3 more punches. "Yahiko was a decoy. So how's Ken-" Kaoru was holding Kenshin on the ground sort of cradling him with blood all down her front. Sanosuke's mouth dropped. Yahiko burst through.
"Hey Kenshin pretty good huh? Kenshin?" sanosuke ran over and grabbed Kenshin up and gave the Sakbattou (sp?) to Kaoru for her to hold. "Kenshin!? Is he alright?"
"We've got to get to Megumi NOW! He's loosing too much blood!" Sano barked.
"Ill lead the way, I know a shortcut through the woods." Kaoru stated with a very forceful tone. "No time to waste." Kaoru began to run ahead she turned her head and caught a glimpse of fallen one of Shishio's follower's chest rising and falling. ~Kenshin, You didn't kill them after all. I won't let you die Kenshin. You'll tell me what you needed to say. And.. and I'll tell you.~
With all the urgency that was flashing around them Kaoru barely noticed time was passing at all. She gripped the sakbattou with all her strength... she remembered seeing Megumi's clinic... the room Yahiko fell asleep in... Megumi saying Kenshin might not make it because the wound is very bad and he's lost a lot of blood... she remembered being told that the sword had missed major organs but it was still bad... The next thing she knew she was in a room with san and yahiko. Yahiko was passed out on the floor with a large blanket and pillow. Sano kept his head down, and kaoru stared off into space wondering... praying... hoping... Trying with all her might to keep faith that Megumi would work magic on Kenshin and he would be okay. --------------- Sorry for this first chapter being such a long one, I hope you'll take the time to read it... More to come soon. Please read and review, it doesn't take much just a simple "Hey that was okay." or "YOU SUUUCKK you disgrace the name of fanfics! Begone foul abomination." Yea.. yea.. That'll work too. Constructive criticism would be nice. This is really my first fanfic.. let alone about Kenshin. I co-wrote "The Genkai of Oz" (veerry veeerry funny if you like Yu Yu Hakusho) So please tell me what I ned to work on. Like "More description!" or "Shorter chaps!" or "Im gonna say random; RANDOM!" Yea.. all things would help. Next Chap coming soon kay? er.. so.. Byaz -Z.C (ZimmyChild)
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Something to Tell you...
((Time: After Kenshin beats Shishio))
It had been awhile, but just when Kamiya Kaoru thought peace and quiet would never happen, it did. Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano, and even herself were living back at the dojo. She sighed as she payed the kind merchant for some bread and rice. She walked near the door and swiftly readjusted her indigo scarf that kept her dark hair at bay, her basket held under her elbow. She walked through the door and straight into a faded red cloth. She stumbled back.
" Kaoru-Dono? Are you okay?" A sweet male voice asked with concern. She looked up to meet blue eyes staring straight down at her.
"Eh? Kenshin? Yes, Im okay..." Kaoru rubber her nose a little. Kenshin nodded, reassured in her being alright. "Kenshin, why on earth are you here? I told you that I was to do the shopping today." Kenshin looked down for a fleeting second, since when did Kenshin hide his face when she asked a question?
"Kaoru-Dono, the truth is I purposefully came today, I came to tell you something, that I did" Kaoru could tell something was bothering him. He looked her straight in the face, "Kaoru-Dono I cannot stay here any longer, that I cannot. Sessha cannot thank you enough for taking this wanderer in and helping him. I fear I can never be worthy enough to stay. Sessha must leave now. Domo arrigatou, Kaoru-Dono, for everything." Kenshin gave his small smile and turned to leave, Kaoru stopped.
How was she supposed to react? See ya for dinner? Oh please don't go? Fine go ahead and leave? Her head spun, Kenshin wasn't expecting her to say anything, He didn't expect anything from her as it seemed, just her friendship. Before she could say anything, Kenshin turned and drew her up in his arms for a short hug and embrace. Her heart raced, why was he doing this to her?
"K-Kenshin.... Why? Don't you know... Its safe here... and... you could... stay with us." Her heart, racing at the moment, could think of no other words. What was she doing? She didn't really expect him to listen did she? For him to say "Oh well in that case..." Was she going to let him pass her by?
Her eyes had begun to water. She resisted the urge to cling to the kind man, once known as Battosai. "N-no..... noo," she whispered. The tears nearly cascaded but she withheld her dry cheeks for a few more moments. "Kenshin do not leave me... us again. Shishio is gone..."
"Shishio is not what I am worried about. Gomen Kaoru-dono, I have already hurt you too much to be forgiven. Im afraid you should forget about me, Im afraid I won't be coming back, that I will not. Goodbye Kaoru-Dono." He turned once again and left, vanishing into the crowd, Kaoru could only stand with now streaked cheeks and stare after.
He's gone, this time for good, she couldn't help but believe her conscious. ~How? Why? Is my heart really so weak as to let him go?~ Kaoru squinted her eyes as more tears came. ~I am strong! Why am I crying? Kenshin... I love you too much don't I?~ She dropped her basket and sniffled, wiping away tears after tears. She couldn't just stand here... She ran... back to the dojo.
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Yahiko raised his wooden sword and thrust it downwards again and again in the way the Kaoru had instructed him. Sano laid back on the porch circling a toothpick in his mouth.
"Yahiko aren't you supposed to be scrubbing the floors or something?" Sano didn't even open his eyes as he let the sun warm the air and himself, he yawned.
"Me? Aren't YOU supposed to be sweeping?" Yahiko swung again before retreating to the porch.
"Maybe, who wants to know?"
"You're a bum you know that!" Yahiko joked a little, Sanosuke just grinned. At that moment a small wail could be heard from near the trail into town. Yahiko looked up, "What was that?"
"Let's go find out." Sanosuke was already up and running. Yahiko grabbed his wooden sword and hurried after Sano. The both found Kaoru collapsed on her knees crying her eyes out.
"Geez, busu, gave us a heart attack." Yahiko jeered a little. "Why are you crying like a baby?" Sano bopped him on the head.
"Yo Kaoru, what's the matter. Never seen you cry like this. Matter of fact I don't think I've seen you cry more than once or twice... what happened?" Sano tried to sound a little worried but made it out to sound like Kaoru was being over dramatic or something.
"It's... Kenshin...he's.. he's gone!... He...left.. And... and..." Kaoru managed to say between short sobs, she looked up.... her eyes shimmering with tears, "He said he's not coming back!" She started crying again. ~I let him go again! How could I?~
"What? Kenshin?! He left?!" Yahiko stepped back and looked surprised and just a tad horrified. "He's coming back... He always comes back!" Sano looked over at Yahiko with a frown. 'What?" Yahiko took a few more steps back. "Kenshin always comes back! He does! You'll see!" Yahiko ran back to the dojo and went to his own room.
Sano looked back at Kaoru, " That jerk Kenshin! I'll find him and beat the crap out of him for hurting you...." He paused, knowing that Kaoru was still hiding her feelings for Kenshin " ....and us like that!" He cracked his knuckles.
"No." Kaoru whispered, "If he does not like to be around us then-"
"I can't believe you! Your acting all self-centered again! You know you have feelings for him! Are you seriously going to let him go again!?" Kaoru had stopped crying and looked at Sano blankly. She looked back down as her eyes began to water again. 'Listen I know this is hard ...er.." Sano couldn't place his words. "Ah dammit! I bringin' That jerk back so you can tell him and for god's sakes just get this over with!" He grinned.
"Well your not leaving without me!" Yahiko grinned a self-confident smile and did a little combat pose.
"Done with your little teen angst routine Yahiko-chan?" Sano jeered knowing how the comment would affect Yahiko.
"Don't call me CHAN! Let's go! Hey, Busu quit crying and help."
"Yea, go get dinner started. We'll be back and bring Kenshin back to the dojo in time for dinner!" Sanosuke said happily.
"Ech! Busu's cooking! We better get Kenshin before we starve!" Sano and Yahiko launched off in the direction of where Kenshin was heading, which Kaoru told them. She smiled through her tears, 'Thanks."
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Kaoru tried to remember how Kenshin made his dinners... how to cut the potatoes just right and season them adding them to the other vegetables and rice. She could remember Kenshin's words, 'No, no Kaoru-Dono, cut them evenly so that they all cook the same.... They will taste much better, that they will....' She started to cry again.
Despite her efforts the potatoes weren't cut very well, unlike Kenshin's. She wiped her eyes and started to stir the rice. Her flashbacks to the short embrace he had given her that day, such a nice smell... she had taken it in and subconsciously remembered it. She closed her eyes and let her memory soak in more deeply.
How long had they been gone.... It was a while ago because she hadn't started cooking until moonrise. Perhaps 4 hours. How long was this supposed to take? Was she supposed to be worried yet? The truth is that she didn't really know. She grabbed some glass plates from a cabinet.
"KAORU!!!!" She heard, much to her surprise, Yahiko scream. At the surprise she dropped all her nice plates as the came to a crash at the merciless floor which broke them, not hurting herself. "KENSHIN! IT'S KENSHIN, WE FOUND HIM! HE'S FIGHTING THESE GUYS! HE GOT INJURED AND HE'S STILL THERE FIGHTING!"
Kaoru immediately focused all of her attention on Yahiko, "What? He's injured? And Sano?" Yahiko looked up at her because he had now run in panting and looking absolutely exhausted. Her heart began to race She wasn't sure if she should start running or if she should talk to Yahiko more.
She put her hands on his shoulders, "Yahiko, tell me what happened" Her mouth looked very stern and serious, but her eyes were exploding with hope, fear, worry and concern for the only man she had really loved. She could not hide her feelings, for she wore them always in the open, anyone could tell how she felt at anytime.
Yahiko, still panting managed to tell her how they only managed to find Kenshin by the sound of a battle. Swords echoing brightly and crisp in the quiet forest. They found Kenshin fighting at least 24 men, well at least had FOUGHT or fighting 24 men, about 6 left. Kenshin easily let 3 fall and 2 others slam into trees as he use both the reverse edge blade and hilt of his sword to take them out. The last was an experienced sword fighter looking man. He had taken Kenshin merely by surprise. making a large gash across his right arm. Sano and Yahiko emerged from the trees as Kenshin drove back the fighter saying, "This is our fight! Leave them out!" sano and Yahiko were about to follow when this big heavy weight guy, who had apparently been knocked down by Kenshin, regained his stance and slammed Sano, back-first into a large tree, punching him in the stomach. sano had managed to take the weakened guy out with a few stellar punches and kicks but in the end slumped at a tree saying, "Go get Kaoru..."
Kaoru's eyes flashed as she took in all this information. She took a deep breath, "Yahiko, we need to get back there as soon as possible. Can you take me there? Or do you need to rest?" Yahiko shook Kaoru's hands off of his shoulders. He replied with a grin and wiping the beads of sweat from his face.
"Let's go! You need to get back to Kenshin before you have a nervous breakdown or something... You know one of those old-lady things." Kaoru hit him lightly on the head.
Moments later they were turning off the fire and cooking and running into the forest, towards Kenshin. Yahiko stopped about 25 minutes later.. panting once again. "He's... here... right... around here... somewhere...." Kaoru looked so determined, her eyes glistened. She was going to get Kenshin back. She emerged onto a small clearing covered with bodies. She heard the sounds of swords, suddenly one stopped, and then there was silence. Kaoru approached the area from which it was coming. She was about to enter and area through two large bushes to where she heard the fighting. she reached out her hand and instead of a bush, a man adorned in red and white emerged. Her hand met his chest. She looked up startled. He looked down.
"Oro?"
"Kenshin... wh-... " She stopped herself and took her hand down and backed up towards the somewhat center of the clearing... Kenshin took a few more steps forward. The moon glinting of his red hair made a beautiful image in her mind. Her eyes began to shine brightly. This was Kenshin. ~Did I really believe I would never see you again?~
"Kaoru-Dono, I told you... not to follow me... This is very dangerous. You should go back now, that you should. Shishio's followers are not to be taken lightly." Kenshin did not look sinister but had much concern on his face. Kaoru could see the wound on his arm by the giant red spot and the soft sound of small drops of blood hitting the ground slowly in the silence that enveloped them.
"Your injured..." Kaoru walked forward and wrapped his wound with her scarf. Kenshin remained silent. Kaoru decided to speak again, "Kenshin, you should not have left... We all need you here. You have a home and most importantly you have us." She knelt down on the ground... feeling her eyes get watery again. ~Do I really expect him to listen.~ "You can't leave."
"Kaoru-dono..." Kenshin also knelt down beside Kaoru. "I am a wanderer, and many people want to hurt me. I am afraid that if I were to stay it would hurt all of my friends, including you." Kaoru looked up at him eyes streaming.
Kaoru took in his words. ~Is that all you think of me as? A friend. I.. I wanted more from you.~ "We all rely on you! You can't just leave, we can defend ourselves. We won't let them come." Kaoru bit her bottom lip. Kenshin smiled, she sounded so innocent, not knowing of what she was saying. Still there was certain truth to her words.
"Kaoru-dono, let me tell you something It is very important." Kenshin looked at her with those soul piercing blue eyes. His face was calm and accepting. "Kaoru I-" Kenshins voice stopped as he he took a sharp gasp of pain. His eyes shrunk narrowed momentarily.
"Kenshin? Kenshin!" His body slumped forward. Suddenly harsh laughter filled her ears there was the man that Yahiko had described. it was true that he did look like he could hold a sword. He was very muscular and had a short grey-brown beard.
"HAH! Some Battosai, lets his defenses down over a woman! He thought he finished with me! HAH! I don't go down so easily."
"What have you done to Kenshin?!" Kaoru looked enraged and panicked as she felt warm liquid stain the front of her kimono, it was blood, a lot of blood, Kenshin's blood. She yelped. The man withdrew a sword Kenshin's back. He had caught Kenshin off guard again. Kaoru was utterly speechless, she tried to pick Kenshin up but the man was already ready to kill her, his sword at chopping stance. She let out a panicked scream.
"Busu!? Busu!" Yahiko's voice came through the trees.
"Hi-YAH!" sanosuke emerged from Kaoru's right to slam the man as hard as he could into a nearby tree, knocking him unconscious after 3 more punches. "Yahiko was a decoy. So how's Ken-" Kaoru was holding Kenshin on the ground sort of cradling him with blood all down her front. Sanosuke's mouth dropped. Yahiko burst through.
"Hey Kenshin pretty good huh? Kenshin?" sanosuke ran over and grabbed Kenshin up and gave the Sakbattou (sp?) to Kaoru for her to hold. "Kenshin!? Is he alright?"
"We've got to get to Megumi NOW! He's loosing too much blood!" Sano barked.
"Ill lead the way, I know a shortcut through the woods." Kaoru stated with a very forceful tone. "No time to waste." Kaoru began to run ahead she turned her head and caught a glimpse of fallen one of Shishio's follower's chest rising and falling. ~Kenshin, You didn't kill them after all. I won't let you die Kenshin. You'll tell me what you needed to say. And.. and I'll tell you.~
With all the urgency that was flashing around them Kaoru barely noticed time was passing at all. She gripped the sakbattou with all her strength... she remembered seeing Megumi's clinic... the room Yahiko fell asleep in... Megumi saying Kenshin might not make it because the wound is very bad and he's lost a lot of blood... she remembered being told that the sword had missed major organs but it was still bad... The next thing she knew she was in a room with san and yahiko. Yahiko was passed out on the floor with a large blanket and pillow. Sano kept his head down, and kaoru stared off into space wondering... praying... hoping... Trying with all her might to keep faith that Megumi would work magic on Kenshin and he would be okay. --------------- Sorry for this first chapter being such a long one, I hope you'll take the time to read it... More to come soon. Please read and review, it doesn't take much just a simple "Hey that was okay." or "YOU SUUUCKK you disgrace the name of fanfics! Begone foul abomination." Yea.. yea.. That'll work too. Constructive criticism would be nice. This is really my first fanfic.. let alone about Kenshin. I co-wrote "The Genkai of Oz" (veerry veeerry funny if you like Yu Yu Hakusho) So please tell me what I ned to work on. Like "More description!" or "Shorter chaps!" or "Im gonna say random; RANDOM!" Yea.. all things would help. Next Chap coming soon kay? er.. so.. Byaz -Z.C (ZimmyChild)
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