Rurouni Kenshin: Kaoru's dilemma
Chapter 1: To the festival we go, Kaoru's chance at love
I do not own The Rurouni Kenshin characters they belong to the great Watsuki Nobuhiro.
"Are we there yet?" Yahiko whined as Kenshin, Kaoru, Sanosuke, and Yahiko walked down a long, tan colored dirt path, the birds chirping as the sun glinted down upon them on this beautiful summer day. Sano placed his arms behind his head and continued to stroll down the path as he looked over at the young swordsman in training
"We'll get there when we get there Yahiko." Sanosuke smirked slightly "Of course I don't see the point in going to this festival thingy that Jo-chan was drooling over. Especially since I could be at the gambling halls right now winning big time. My luck has really improved lately." Yahiko narrows his eyes and glares at Sano
"Yeah, that's why you were begging ugly here for money yesterday right?" Yahiko hit the ground suddenly as Sanosuke's fist rammed him in the head "What'd you say?" The ex-street fighter sneered as he and Yahiko continued to bicker. Ahead of them Kaoru sighed, life just never seemed to be any different it seemed that day in and day out she was surrounded by the wrong type of people. Sano was always free loading and mooching off of her and Yahiko was no better she hated his rude and snobby attitude and she wondered to herself if it was wrong to take the young boy on as her student. She looked over at Kenshin who gave her that warm and gentle smile that always told her different and at that moment everything seemed to always feel better for her.
She couldn't help but smile back as she thought of how great it was to have Kenshin in her life and how much she wished their relationship would go further. She could see it now Kenshin carrying her over the threshold into their new life; he lays her down slowly as they begin the ritual that all newlyweds do on their honeymoons. She was lost in her own little world blushing furiously as she thought of Kenshin deflowering her and making her a woman when suddenly.
"HEY UGLY ARE YA LISTENING OR NOT?!!" Yahiko screamed at Kaoru, which caused her to break out of her trance squealing gleefully. A second later Yahiko was sent flying into the air. "HOW DARE YOU CALL A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN LIKE ME UGLY" She screamed as Yahiko hit the ground Kenshin and Sano looked on in concern.
"Are you alright Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked her in his usual calm tone. Kaoru smiled and nodded slightly to him as Kenshin smiled warmly back to her "We're finally at the festival that we are!" Kenshin said a little more enthusiastically as they entered the large fair grounds. Stands full of delicious food and tents holding games and other activities littered a large section of the countryside.
"KAORU!!" A voice called out as Tae of the Akabeko ran up to the group. "Miss Tae hello there" Kenshin smiles as Sano moves to the front
"Hi Tae, what are you hanging around here for. You trying to get me to pay my tab?" Tae laughs a little and smiles "There's that but anyways I decided to close early and enjoy the festival with Tsubame. I didn't expect to see you all here" She looked over to Kaoru and whispered silently "Kaoru can I talk with you for a moment in private" She seemed to smile with fierce determination as Kaoru nodded in reply.
"I'll only be a second you guys why don't you all look around and we'll meet up later" Kaoru smiled and followed Tae. Kenshin, Sano, and Yahiko nodded in reply and went their separate ways. Meanwhile Tae led Kaoru behind one of the tents. "What is it you wanted Tae?" Kaoru asked her curiously
"You see that hypnotist booth over there?" Tae smiled as she pointed over at a blue tent labeled 'hypnotist booth have your dreams come true instantly" Kaoru looked back at Tae and nodded in response as she continued speaking "Now I hear that you can hypnotize a person to fall in love with you. Don't you see Kaoru this is your chance to finally have Mr. Ken all to yourself!" she clasped her hands together
"Really?" Kaoru smiled blushing slightly "I don't know Tae, I mean I love Kenshin and all but I wouldn't want him to fall in love with me falsely."
"Aw now Kaoru I know you don't mean that, besides you're not getting any younger and Kenshin still hasn't figured out that you like him no matter how many times you point it out to him. Why not give it a try after all what have you got to lose?" Tae smiled and Kaoru seemed to do the same as they do a little victory dance.
"You're right, I'll give it a go thanks a lot Tae!" Kaoru smiles and rushes off to meet the others as Tae sighs happily "I'm glad that I can finally make you happy Kaoru" she smiled to her friend and walked off on her own way.
Kaoru ran along the fair grounds looking for the others thinking how great it would be to finally get Kenshin to fall in love with her and not just that! If a hypnotist could make Kenshin fall in love with her just think of what she could do to Sano and Yahiko. Finally maybe her life would be as perfect as she dreamed. Before she knew it she and the others were in the hypnotist tent, as Dr. McSpeal was getting ready to hypnotize the group. Sano yawned and lies back in his chair.
"I don't see the big deal in this, I'm too strong to be hypnotized by this quack's mumbo jumbo." Sano laughed quietly as Kaoru glared at him "Quiet Sano or I'll have him turn you into a duck." Sano shrunk down into his seat and stayed quiet after that point.
"Alright then, you wish for the red haired man to fall in love with you am I correct?" McSpeal asked Kaoru quietly so as not to arouse suspicion "Yes that's right Doctor can you do it?" Kaoru looked hopefully at the old Doctor before her. "Ack of course I call little miss I didn't study for years for absolutely nothing you know! Just leave everything to me" Dr. McSpeal exclaimed, Kaoru nodded as Dr. McSpeal sat down and began to wave a watch and chain in front of Kenshin. "Just keep your eyes on the watch Mr. Himura you are getting sleepy." McSpeal slowly stated as he continued to wave the watch in front of Kenshin.
"Oh.what's this?" Kenshin muttered and bent down. As he came back up he stared at the coin in his hand "hmmm a penny, someone must have lost it that they did. It would be right of me to take this to lost and found after we are finished here that it would." Kenshin thought to himself quietly and before he knew it McSpeal clapped his hands breaking Kenshins concentration and causing him to look up.
"There you go!" McSpeal stated as everyone looked around to see if anything was different. Kaoru stood up and shook the Doctor's hand
"Thank you so much for everything!" She smiled as she paid the doctor for his services. As they began to leave the McSpeal handed Kaoru a piece of paper. "I marked the keywords here now you say this," he points to the top word on the paper "And this word to break the trance" he points to the bottom word on the paper. Kaoru smiles and thanks him again as she heads out to meet the others as the sun begins to set.
Kaoru smiled as she woke up the next day, feeling the bright happy feeling of a new day and not just any new day. Today would be the beginning of her new life with Kenshin she was so overfilled with joy that her eyes began to tear waterfalls "I'm so happy." Kaoru sniffed and got ready to go meet Kenshin.
"Oh good morning Kaoru-dono!" Kenshin smiled to her from the porch. Kaoru stepped out the piece of paper in her hand. This was it her big chance. She smiled wider and wider as she neared Kenshin. Just as she made it onto the porch Sano came barging in the front door of the dojo.
"Hey Jo-chan can you loan me a couple bucks I'm kind of low on cash and my tab at the Akabeko is starting to pile up." Kaoru gritted her teeth in anger and sent Sanosuke flying with a punch "HOW CAN YOU BE SO INCONCIDERATE!!" she screamed and breathed heavily as Sano landed on the ground a few feet away causing a crater to form in the ground. Sano stood up slowly and exclaimed "Hey I was just asking you didn't have to hit me you know."
Kaoru gently sighed and looked toward Kenshin "Anyways Kenshin everything's been going well here lately that I thought we should go to the 'Akabeko' tonight so how about it."
"I think that would be great Kaoru-dono that I do" Kenshin smiled at her warmly while Kaoru seemed confused as to why it didn't work. Meanwhile Sano had a glazed look in his eyes. He walked toward Kenshin and Kaoru and took Kaoru's hands into his own as he knocked Kenshin out of the way, sending the hitokiri into the dojo wall.
"Kaoru-dono I-I don't know why I've never realized how beautiful you are until now." Sano stated as Kaoru gasped in shock. "I've been to afraid to tell you since we first met but I love you Kaoru. I love you with all of my heart!" Sano got closer to Kaoru his hands holding hers as Kaoru turned as white as the sheets Kenshin usually washes. As for Kenshin he was oblivious to what was going on since he was unconscious.
TO BE CONTINUED
Chapter 1: To the festival we go, Kaoru's chance at love
I do not own The Rurouni Kenshin characters they belong to the great Watsuki Nobuhiro.
"Are we there yet?" Yahiko whined as Kenshin, Kaoru, Sanosuke, and Yahiko walked down a long, tan colored dirt path, the birds chirping as the sun glinted down upon them on this beautiful summer day. Sano placed his arms behind his head and continued to stroll down the path as he looked over at the young swordsman in training
"We'll get there when we get there Yahiko." Sanosuke smirked slightly "Of course I don't see the point in going to this festival thingy that Jo-chan was drooling over. Especially since I could be at the gambling halls right now winning big time. My luck has really improved lately." Yahiko narrows his eyes and glares at Sano
"Yeah, that's why you were begging ugly here for money yesterday right?" Yahiko hit the ground suddenly as Sanosuke's fist rammed him in the head "What'd you say?" The ex-street fighter sneered as he and Yahiko continued to bicker. Ahead of them Kaoru sighed, life just never seemed to be any different it seemed that day in and day out she was surrounded by the wrong type of people. Sano was always free loading and mooching off of her and Yahiko was no better she hated his rude and snobby attitude and she wondered to herself if it was wrong to take the young boy on as her student. She looked over at Kenshin who gave her that warm and gentle smile that always told her different and at that moment everything seemed to always feel better for her.
She couldn't help but smile back as she thought of how great it was to have Kenshin in her life and how much she wished their relationship would go further. She could see it now Kenshin carrying her over the threshold into their new life; he lays her down slowly as they begin the ritual that all newlyweds do on their honeymoons. She was lost in her own little world blushing furiously as she thought of Kenshin deflowering her and making her a woman when suddenly.
"HEY UGLY ARE YA LISTENING OR NOT?!!" Yahiko screamed at Kaoru, which caused her to break out of her trance squealing gleefully. A second later Yahiko was sent flying into the air. "HOW DARE YOU CALL A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN LIKE ME UGLY" She screamed as Yahiko hit the ground Kenshin and Sano looked on in concern.
"Are you alright Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked her in his usual calm tone. Kaoru smiled and nodded slightly to him as Kenshin smiled warmly back to her "We're finally at the festival that we are!" Kenshin said a little more enthusiastically as they entered the large fair grounds. Stands full of delicious food and tents holding games and other activities littered a large section of the countryside.
"KAORU!!" A voice called out as Tae of the Akabeko ran up to the group. "Miss Tae hello there" Kenshin smiles as Sano moves to the front
"Hi Tae, what are you hanging around here for. You trying to get me to pay my tab?" Tae laughs a little and smiles "There's that but anyways I decided to close early and enjoy the festival with Tsubame. I didn't expect to see you all here" She looked over to Kaoru and whispered silently "Kaoru can I talk with you for a moment in private" She seemed to smile with fierce determination as Kaoru nodded in reply.
"I'll only be a second you guys why don't you all look around and we'll meet up later" Kaoru smiled and followed Tae. Kenshin, Sano, and Yahiko nodded in reply and went their separate ways. Meanwhile Tae led Kaoru behind one of the tents. "What is it you wanted Tae?" Kaoru asked her curiously
"You see that hypnotist booth over there?" Tae smiled as she pointed over at a blue tent labeled 'hypnotist booth have your dreams come true instantly" Kaoru looked back at Tae and nodded in response as she continued speaking "Now I hear that you can hypnotize a person to fall in love with you. Don't you see Kaoru this is your chance to finally have Mr. Ken all to yourself!" she clasped her hands together
"Really?" Kaoru smiled blushing slightly "I don't know Tae, I mean I love Kenshin and all but I wouldn't want him to fall in love with me falsely."
"Aw now Kaoru I know you don't mean that, besides you're not getting any younger and Kenshin still hasn't figured out that you like him no matter how many times you point it out to him. Why not give it a try after all what have you got to lose?" Tae smiled and Kaoru seemed to do the same as they do a little victory dance.
"You're right, I'll give it a go thanks a lot Tae!" Kaoru smiles and rushes off to meet the others as Tae sighs happily "I'm glad that I can finally make you happy Kaoru" she smiled to her friend and walked off on her own way.
Kaoru ran along the fair grounds looking for the others thinking how great it would be to finally get Kenshin to fall in love with her and not just that! If a hypnotist could make Kenshin fall in love with her just think of what she could do to Sano and Yahiko. Finally maybe her life would be as perfect as she dreamed. Before she knew it she and the others were in the hypnotist tent, as Dr. McSpeal was getting ready to hypnotize the group. Sano yawned and lies back in his chair.
"I don't see the big deal in this, I'm too strong to be hypnotized by this quack's mumbo jumbo." Sano laughed quietly as Kaoru glared at him "Quiet Sano or I'll have him turn you into a duck." Sano shrunk down into his seat and stayed quiet after that point.
"Alright then, you wish for the red haired man to fall in love with you am I correct?" McSpeal asked Kaoru quietly so as not to arouse suspicion "Yes that's right Doctor can you do it?" Kaoru looked hopefully at the old Doctor before her. "Ack of course I call little miss I didn't study for years for absolutely nothing you know! Just leave everything to me" Dr. McSpeal exclaimed, Kaoru nodded as Dr. McSpeal sat down and began to wave a watch and chain in front of Kenshin. "Just keep your eyes on the watch Mr. Himura you are getting sleepy." McSpeal slowly stated as he continued to wave the watch in front of Kenshin.
"Oh.what's this?" Kenshin muttered and bent down. As he came back up he stared at the coin in his hand "hmmm a penny, someone must have lost it that they did. It would be right of me to take this to lost and found after we are finished here that it would." Kenshin thought to himself quietly and before he knew it McSpeal clapped his hands breaking Kenshins concentration and causing him to look up.
"There you go!" McSpeal stated as everyone looked around to see if anything was different. Kaoru stood up and shook the Doctor's hand
"Thank you so much for everything!" She smiled as she paid the doctor for his services. As they began to leave the McSpeal handed Kaoru a piece of paper. "I marked the keywords here now you say this," he points to the top word on the paper "And this word to break the trance" he points to the bottom word on the paper. Kaoru smiles and thanks him again as she heads out to meet the others as the sun begins to set.
Kaoru smiled as she woke up the next day, feeling the bright happy feeling of a new day and not just any new day. Today would be the beginning of her new life with Kenshin she was so overfilled with joy that her eyes began to tear waterfalls "I'm so happy." Kaoru sniffed and got ready to go meet Kenshin.
"Oh good morning Kaoru-dono!" Kenshin smiled to her from the porch. Kaoru stepped out the piece of paper in her hand. This was it her big chance. She smiled wider and wider as she neared Kenshin. Just as she made it onto the porch Sano came barging in the front door of the dojo.
"Hey Jo-chan can you loan me a couple bucks I'm kind of low on cash and my tab at the Akabeko is starting to pile up." Kaoru gritted her teeth in anger and sent Sanosuke flying with a punch "HOW CAN YOU BE SO INCONCIDERATE!!" she screamed and breathed heavily as Sano landed on the ground a few feet away causing a crater to form in the ground. Sano stood up slowly and exclaimed "Hey I was just asking you didn't have to hit me you know."
Kaoru gently sighed and looked toward Kenshin "Anyways Kenshin everything's been going well here lately that I thought we should go to the 'Akabeko' tonight so how about it."
"I think that would be great Kaoru-dono that I do" Kenshin smiled at her warmly while Kaoru seemed confused as to why it didn't work. Meanwhile Sano had a glazed look in his eyes. He walked toward Kenshin and Kaoru and took Kaoru's hands into his own as he knocked Kenshin out of the way, sending the hitokiri into the dojo wall.
"Kaoru-dono I-I don't know why I've never realized how beautiful you are until now." Sano stated as Kaoru gasped in shock. "I've been to afraid to tell you since we first met but I love you Kaoru. I love you with all of my heart!" Sano got closer to Kaoru his hands holding hers as Kaoru turned as white as the sheets Kenshin usually washes. As for Kenshin he was oblivious to what was going on since he was unconscious.
TO BE CONTINUED