Faking Lies
By Scarlet Rayne.
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Chapter 1
"Let me go!" she cried out pleadingly, struggling to break free from his grasp. His grip on both her arms was unwavering, strong, and painfully firm.
Enishi arrogantly paid no heed to her pleas, as his cold eyes bore into her alarmed ones. She was trying with all her might to fight free from his hold, but she knew her attempts were all in vain.
After a while of intense struggling, Kaoru half-heartedly stopped resisting his clutch on her. Ending her movements momentarily, she breathed heavily out of exasperation. Thinking that she decided to comply and give in to him, his grip loosened.
But as his hand reached to retrieve something from his pocket, she took the opportunity and wrestled her arms free. Turning around to dash for the door, his quick reflects guided him back to catch hold of her hands once again, making her stumble backwards. Her back landed on his chest and his arm wrapped around her waist, locking her hands from any more further action.
"Don't even think about it."
Reaching to his pocket again, he fished out at what looked like a transparent tube, with watery liquid filled inside.
Glancing to his hand that held the object, she realized that it looked vaguely familiar.
Then immediately it struck her as soon as her eyes left the item, leaving her with eyes wide open.
It was a needle.
"What are you trying to do?" she rasped, panic suddenly overwhelming her. Her eyes reflected alarm, terror and fear.
Fearful that he was going to do something to hurt her.
Quick to realize what the hidden interpretation meant, his eyes had silently softened or a brief moment. But as quick as it did, his eyes transformed back to the cold, hard and impassive turquoise eyes.
His hand had gently fallen down for a moment, leading her to think that he had changed his mind.
But she was wrong.
He looked at her pokerfaced, as his fingers worked their way to prepare the needle for an injection. Realizing that he was still going to give her a jab, more fear washed over her already shaken body. Tears suddenly gathered at the surface of her eyes, unknown best to her.
His heart tightened when he saw those tears, but his mind hardened even more at his next thought.
'I have to do this now, or else my plans would be ruined. Battousai is already on his way.'
Fingers pushing up her kimono sleeve with the hand that was gripping her tight, he readied the needle at her arm.
"Don't." her voice was pleading.
He stopped momentarily, as his eyes stared into hers.
"It won't hurt."
And with that, he pushed the needle into her flesh, releasing a drug into her system. Gradually pressing the top of the injection needle without stopping, he felt her flinching as her rapid breathing slowed down.
It was a matter of time, when darkness enveloped her, body collapsing into his arms.
'I have only three hours.' He thought to himself, pulling out the needle as her sleeve ran down her arm. Gently hugging her sleeping form without her cautiously knowing, he inhaled her scent as he savored the moment.
Three hours until he got what he wanted.
"Sir, my men are ready. Just give your order, and we'll attack." A man said in fluent Japanese, as he bowed to Enishi as a show of respect.
"Good. Do not make any mistakes." He answered flatly.
"Yes, sir. But …may I ask a question?"
Enishi nodded in approval, as he opened his mouth.
"I think your plan is brilliant, yes. But …why do one of my men need to drop a glass of water to the floor in Kamiya's room?"
Silence.
"To divert Battousai's attention, and to crush him from the inside." He said finally, feeling a sense of pleasure with the thought of Battousai being tormented.
"I... I don't understand."
"You will. You will in a moment."
"Where is she?" he demanded angrily for the third time, with a severe tone of seriousness coloring the edge of his voice. He had been sword clashing with Enishi for the past hour, resulting with cuts and bruises on his skin that were exposed through the rips and torn parts of his gi.
He was getting tired, and he could feel his strength being drained out bit by bit, after receiving blows after major blows from Enishi's method of fighting; the style of Watoujutsu.
Not bothering to answer his question, Enishi ran to Kenshin's direction with a thrusting attack, the Kaishi Tou Sei. Kenshin managed to block the powerful strike by a fracture of a second, but received minor cuts on his arm.
Blood oozed out, as he stood still.
He has had enough.
The rage that he had tried suppressing in after asking for Kaoru's location for the second time, had suddenly emerged furiously. The color of amber swirled around his soft violet eyes, and in a blink of an eye, a set of deep golden dangerous eyes appeared.
Any man would have scurried away in fear after that strange sight, but all Enishi did was smirk.
Getting himself ready in an attack stance, his mind was in intense concentration. Enishi did the same, and both of them waited for the right timing.
And it came, after five seconds or six.
Both ran with fast god-like speed, colliding with one another in a swift motion. A fellow viewer might have mistaken that it was a draw, seeing that both the attacks was overwhelmingly powerful, and one would have been crushed to shreds if that particular display was applied unto that individual.
But Enishi fell wearily to the ground, a sign of defeat from that dominant strike. Even though Kenshin was now standing on the ground with his sword by Enishi's neck, both were panting hard in exhaustion.
"I will ask you one more time. Where is Kaoru?" Battousai asked irritated, as Enishi smirked despite of himself.
And that poked Battousai's annoyance to a level higher.
Enishi slowly raised his right hand, and snapped it.
Battousai was confused for a moment, but suddenly he heard something breaking from a room that was across the hallway. His ears told him that it was empty as the noised echoed through the space, bouncing back and forth.
It also meant that the room was big enough to handle such airy echoes, his brain processed. Eyes immediately darting to the door that leaded to the source of the sound, he made no hesitation into sprinting there.
"Kaoru," he murmured to himself when he reached the door. Although his muscles were screaming out at him to rest, he paid no heed as he pushed the door open.
"Kao-" his stopped in calling her name, as his eyes shot wide open at what he saw.
She was lying motionless on the ground, face pale. The shattered glass was beside her tummy, as he rushed to her side. He tried calling and shaking her to wake up, but his attempts were all in vain.
Too worn out to think straight, he instantly assumed the worst.
'She's ……. S-She's….'
His heart broke as soon as that train of thought died in his head.
'And it's entirely my fault.' He thought miserably, not wanting to accept the fact that she was gone.
He'd rather die a horrible death, than to loose her.
But she was gone.
Alone in the darkness once more.
Hugging her tightly with all his might, tears started to run unchecked down his dirty cheek. As his head hung helplessly on her shoulder, he sobbed. "Kaoru… I'm sorry….. I'm so sorry…" his whispered dejectedly, as he felt his heart being stabbed again and again, with salt added unto his wounds.
He gently stroked her hair, kissing her forehead as he pressed his nose against hers. His whole being urged her to open her eyes, but his yearning was denied.
'K-Kaoru..'
Before his thoughts could go any further, he was suddenly surrounded by troops of men, all in soldier uniforms. His head was slowly raised up from Kaoru's hair, eyes lashing out to the men surrounding him. They were all armed in swords, glaring at him with the coldest face possible.
Enishi suddenly stood out from the men, eyes narrowing at Battousai with his arms folded.
At the sight of Enishi, Battousai snarled. "You bastard. You heartless, rigid bastard from hell."
Enishi smirked, as he held out his Tachi towards Battousai without saying a word.
Blinded by anger and a pang of anguish, Battousai grabbed his Katana and carelessly lunged forward to Enishi. He easily blocked the strike, as he slashed Battousai's chest using his Tachi. Battousai fell to the ground, as Enishi signaled his men to hold him down.
At that moment, all the hopes and reason that Kenshin had learned to live for had ended. Physically, he was too tired, too weary, and too exhausted. Emotionally, he was shred into pieces, feeling all his insides being ripped apart, limb by limb.
For that brief moment he was glad that he was going to die.
He wanted to die.
Closing his eyes, he readied himself to anticipate the pain.
But it never came.
Enishi wouldn't let him die.
He wanted Battousai to feel the tremendous pain that he dealt with when he was a boy.
He wanted Battousai to know what it was like, snatching a loved one away from someone.
Stepping unto Kenshin's hand, a growl of pain escaped his throat. Bending down to meet Battousai's glaringly angry eyes, he whispered. "Now you know what it feels like, Battousai."
His eyes snapped open in surprise at that sudden statement.
Enishi stood back up, his turn to glare at Battousai. "Now you know what I felt like, when you shoved your sword through my sister's heart."
Battousai closed his eyes for a brief second, as he remembered that agonizingly painful memory.
It was an action that he had no intention of doing.
It was an accident.
It was not like he wanted to kill her.
It was an accident.
"Because when you killed her, Battousai," he paused as his eyes hardened.
"-You need to pay."
Glancing at his men, he commanded icily. "Throw him out. But don't kill him. I don't want him dead."
His men complied, as they held unto Battousai's lifeless body. Before they could drag him out the house, Battousai did the unthinkable.
He let out a painful scream, as he gathered the last bits of his strength and killed all the men that were standing in between him and the door. Dashing out of the house, his body led him to wonder the lonely streets of Tokyo.
Enishi's men wanted to go after him, but he stopped them.
"Let him be. There is no need to go after him." he said, as his eyes caught hold of Kaoru who was lying on the floor.
"Bu-"
Enishi turned around to see the man that had voiced out.
"Half of my plan has already been carried out."
Notes:
If you were wondering….
1) Tachi is the name of Enishi's type of weapon.
2) Kaishi Tou Sei is the name of Enishi's thrusting attack.
AN: I had to write something to get the stress I'm feeling out of my chest. It was quite an easy chapter to write, and I'm really sorry if it was too blunt. I'm not really sure about the pairing though :). You help me decide.
And no, Kaoru is not dead. And yes, Enishi would not plan to kill Kenshin anymore. And no, Kenshin still thinks that Kaoru is dead. And yes, you are too click that button and leave me a review.
Well, if you didn't get what I meant, Review please! (grins)
