a/n kaoru kamiya owns a dojo and knows kendo, her father invented kamiya kasshin-ryu which means 'the sword that protects' Kenshin Himura is a famous ex-hitokiri,man-slayer/slasher, known as Battousai, he became a wanderer after the war and carries a sakabatou with signifies his vow not to kill anymore, he decided to stop wandering after he met kaoru there will be two sides in kenshin's thoughts battousai will be in bold, also he speaks in third person when he's rurouni kenshin but not when he's battousai kenshin, other character's info will be throughout the story DISCLAIMER: I do not own samurai x or Rurouni Kenshin.
Love's Fight
Mysterious Nightmares
Kaoru was walking across a field of grass to a smiling Kenshin who had one hand reached out to take hers. A wide smile spread across Kaoru's face. Suddenly the sky darkened and Kaoru stopped to look up the smile fading realizing what was to happen next 'Iie not this dream again!'she thought horrified. She looked down and saw a bleeding Kenshin on the ground kneeling with a familiar figure standing above him holding a familiar katana. Kaoru's eyes widened in horror as she saw the person grinning evilly and raising the katana again and swing it down at his neck."NOOOO!"
"Kaoru-Dono! Wake up Kaoru-dono!" a familiar voice urged the woman screaming in her sleep. She awoke with a start looking at the kind man kneeling next to the futon trying to rouse her from sleep.
"K-K-Kenshin!"glad that he wasn't hurt Kaoru looked at the red haired man next to her
'Damn! I must have screamed out loud and woke him!'she thought hiding the fact that she was a little upset at the dream
"Kaoru-dono are you ok? Sessha was worried about you that he was. Sessha tried to wake you up but you kept on screaming that you did..was it a nightmare again Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked concerned
'I wonder what could upset her so much in her sleep...Why don't you ask her Baka Are you nuts? I can't do that!And why not ? You just said you wonder whats upsetting her! Because! I can't! I just can't! ...Seriously..Baka! These dreams are costing our precious Kaoru her rest! I know! If you really care about her then ask her whats wrong! I WILL NOT ask her that! Fine! Pansy! Blood-Thirsty Animal..HEY! I have not killed in years! Thanks to me!...Fine do things your way! I will!'Kenshin kept quiet waiting for her answer
"Kaoru-do.."
"I'm fine really Kenshin don't worry. It was nothing. Go back to bed.."Kaoru said as she looked away. She couldn't tell him..not that she didn't want to, he just wouldn't understand what the cause of her dreams was..
"Kaoru-dono!..Sessha doesn't believe you when you say that everything is fine, no he does not! Something is clearly wrong"Kenshin protested knowing she was hiding something and he wanted to know what was causing her to cry out in her sleep for the past three weeks. Since the nightmares started Kaoru began to try to avoid him and he suspected it had to do with her nightmares. She turned to him anger evident in her sapphire eyes.
"Oro?...Fine Sessha will leave..sleep well,Kaoru-dono"Kenshin got up and left shutting the shoji behind him. As soon as he left Kaoru sighed as she laid down looking up at the ceiling thinking about the nightmare.
'Why now! Why does my past have to come back to haunt me now!' She sighed knowing that the answer wouldn't come so she let herself fall into a restless sleep and was grateful when the nightmare didn't come back to her in her sleep. Kenshin, however, remained awake thinking of possible things that could cause her such distress but couldn't come up with anything.
'What is causing this..Hmm how about you leaving? Why would that worry her! I told countless times that I wouldn't leave and if I did decide to leave that I would either take her along or promise to come back as soon as I could! Maybe she doesn't believe you...Not funny...i thought it was!...Hmm, would you be able to come back if you were dead?...You have a point if I die I'd in a way be leaving her and I wouldn't be able to take her or come back..so your telling me shes worried that I you mean WE! Are you forgetting I'm a part of you! Baka! Ok! Ok! That we will die and she's having nightmares of us dieing? I told you to ask her what her nightmares are about! And I told you I wouldn't! Dreams are sacred whether or not they are nightmares...I can't believe we're the same person...Let's just go to sleep!Geez your a headache!'Kenshin drifted off to sleep with Battousai throwing a fit about his comment and knew he would have a headache in the morning. Kaoru woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and Yahiko, a wild orphan from a samurai family who loves to tease Kaoru and is learning Kamiya Kasshin-Ryu style kendo from Kaoru, pounding on her shoji.
"Hey! Ugly! Wake up! You slept in again! Kenshin is making breakfast so get off your lazy butt and get ready!"Yahiko stopped pounding on her shoji and went to the dining area. Kaoru got up grumbling and changed out of her sleeping yukata and into her blue hakama and white gi she left her room and shut her shoji behind her. She suddenly dreaded facing Kenshin after the look she gave him last night and sure enough breakfast went by quiet. As soon as Yahiko and Kaoru were done eating they got up to head to the dojo to train Kenshin picked up the dishes and headed to the kitchen to wash the dishes and let his mind wander
'Ok, now that's just wrong! Why are we doing dishes? What else do we do? Wash clothes? Cook? Yeah so? We should be grateful that Kaoru-dono is letting us stay here! Still those are a woman's chores! They are the ones who are supposed to clean and cook! Well except Kaoru It's Kaoru-dono! Not ENOUGH OF THE GODDAMN POLITENESS! AND CUT IT OUT WITH THE 'SESSHA' THING TOO! Also can't you tell it upsets her when you use the stupid honorific! Baka! I know! Then why do you call her that? I know you want to call her koi-SHUT THE HELL UP! LET ME DO THE GODDAMN DISHES AND I WILL NOT CALL HER THAT! Look enough with the whole goddamn 'I don't deserve her!' bullshit! Seriously are you that dense as to not I'm right when I think that! She's too pure! I can'-SHUT UP AND LISTEN DAMN IT!...Good! Now that I have your attention, are you seriously so dense to see that she loves you! Loves US! Damn it! How many times has she said she doesn't give a damn about our past to get it through your thick skull! Are you listening to me at all! Yes...and I would like you to just stay quiet and out of my thoughts for a bit while I do the laundry you already did do the laundry..how about you make lunch! Ok! Fine! But still let me think in private!fine...' Kenshin went to the kitchen to prepare lunch when he saw Kaoru go flying through the air and Yahiko gasp as she landed with a hard thud and her head hit a rock knocking her out
"Kaoru!" Kenshin yelled as he ran to her and saw that she was wounded in the back of her head
"Yahiko! Run and get or Megumi! Hurry!"Kenshin yelled to a pale and scared Yahiko. He nodded and ran off to get help as fast as he could. Kenshin muttered a curse and carefully picked Kaoru up and carried her to her room and left the shoji open and was happy when Yahiko came back with Megumi, a doctor in training under Dr. Ginsai, the dojo's doctor, but was surprised when Sanosuke, a good friend and fighter but lazy guy who mooches food from them also known as Sano, appeared behind them.
"Don't worry Ken-san. I'll take care of Kaoru go on with Sano and Yahiko outside" Megumi said the instant she got to Kaoru. Kenshin could only nod as he left the room feeling helpless and empty. As soon as the three men went outside Megumi went to treat Kaoru's head-wound. As she finished treating her she noticed Kaoru wasn't waking up and knew that she had to stay to watch her condition, little did she know that Kaoru's state wasn't just keeping Kaoru asleep but kept her in the nightmare that plagued her mind. Megumi went out into the hall to talk to the men
"She should be fine..problem is..she won't wake..I need to remain here to keep an eye on her...Yahiko could you go back to the clinic and tell Dr. Ginsai" Yahiko nodded and bolted to the clinic. As soon as he was out of sight Megumi asked Sano to stay there to watch Kaoru while she and Kenshin went for a walk. Once they were far enough away so that Sano couldn't hear them, Megumi turned to Kenshin.
"What is it Megumi-dono?"
"It's Kaoru, Ken-san...has she been sleeping well at all lately? I noticed dark circles under her eyes" Megumi asked. Kenshin sighed and answered while feeling the anger toward whatever was causing her nightmares boiling up.
"No Kaoru-dono has been having nightmares for three weeks straight and its worrying Sessha,that it is..she used to tell Sessha what her nightmares were about but now she is avoiding him, that she is." Kenshin replied making sure that he was talking like he normally did
"Hmm avoiding you?What could she be dreaming that makes her want to avoid you? Well we will find out eventually...Lets head back"Kenshin just nodded and kept to himself on the way back to Kaoru's room. Kaoru however was having the nightmare still and it was worse because she couldn't wake from it
She was walking across a field of grass to a smiling Kenshin who had one hand reached out to take hers. She knew what would happen and tried to move to change something in the dream but she couldn't control her dreamself. A wide smile spread across Kaoru's face. Suddenly the sky darkened and Kaoru stopped to look up the smile fading knowing what was to happen next 'Why can't I change how the dream comes out!' She thought horrified. She looked down and saw a bleeding Kenshin on the ground kneeling while a way too familiar figure with red eyes stood above him holding a way too familiar katana. Kaoru's eyes widened in horror as she saw the person grinning evilly, raising the katana again and swing it down at his neck."NOOOO!" As the katana swung down killing the dream Kenshin a flash of light revealed the person's identity. It was her..her secret past that she kept hidden from Kenshin and others, the past she had as a female slasher using a lost kendo art. She couldn't tell them..they'd never understand why she became a slasher...they wouldn't believe her anyways..and Kenshin...Kenshin would look at her in disgust and leave her again. She wanted to wake up she had to wake up! "Why! Why do you haunt me?" Kaoru cried at at her old self "How could I haunt you when I never died? Kaoru I'm a big part of you and no matter how hard you try I will always be here in the back of your mind!" Kaoru ran and ended up tripping and blacking out..but the dream came back and repeated over and over.
Days went by and Kaoru never woke up. Kenshin practically gave up and he fell into a deep sleep on the fifth day and without realizing it he entered into Kaoru's dream but he couldn't control himself and over and over he was killed by a red eyed Kaoru 'what do these dreams mean..hey how come I can't wake?'