Sorry it took so long XD I'm finally on summer vacation. I'll try and update my stories, ALL of them… eventually. I won't be around for most of July or the first week of June, so we'll see how far I get. Anyways, I also have a new Battousai/Kaoru fic… God, I start ideas and can't finish them… I will this time though. Luff you all
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN… though I can only wish I did
Warning:Implications of rape and strong language. Don't read if you've got issues.
Ages:
Kaoru Kamiya: 18
Misao Kamiya: 15
Kenshin/Battousai: Appears 21
Yahiko: 13
Aoshi: Appears 19
Sanosuke: Appears 22
Megumi: Appears 23
More coming soon…
Chapter 2: Bad Day
The sun was just beginning to rise as Kaoru made her way into her home. Her tired blue eyes scanned the area quickly, not trusting anything. She looked and felt exhausted. Last night had been tiring, and the teenager was exhausted. She gripped her sword tightly as she stalked across the front room and towards her own. She glanced briefly around her own room, before walking to the chest where she had removed her clothing from earlier. Undressing, Kaoru returned the clothes to the trunk, closing it with a sound thud.
She stood from her kneeling position and walked from her room. She would sleep later, right now she needed to eat something. Kaoru had been feeling sick the entire way home. If she didn't get something in her stomach, she thought she might throw up whatever else might be in there. She began brewing herself a bit of tea, and started cooking a vegetable soup which would be both breakfast lunch and dinner for the next twenty-four hours.
Almost an hour later, Kaoru had finished making her food and eating. She had sat relaxed, her back leaning against the wall as she stared out one of the windows of her house. Her mind continually went over her battle with Battousai. She was not strong enough. As much as she did not want to admit it, it was true. Growling in frustration, Kaoru stood and walked into her kitchen, leaving her cup and eating utensils in a large bowl to be cleaned later. Kaoru needed sleep. She needed it very badly at this moment and with any luck no more nightmares would haunt her dreams.
Kaoru woke with a start. She hadn't been having a nightmare, but something had awoken her, scaring her. What was this feeling? Apprehension? Fear? Her blue eyes scanned the room quickly, holding the small knife she always kept with her hidden beneath her blanket. Nothing, the room was empty. However, she could not shake the feeling that had awoken her. She sighed heavily, relaxing slightly. Running a hand through her messing dark locks, she stood and went to dress into a practice gi. She had training to do. Without training she could never defeat Battousai. She grabbed a bokken which was leaning against the wall as she made her way outside.
Kaoru enjoyed practicing with a wooden sword. If something happened, she wouldn't cut herself or cut anything off. She enjoyed practicing new moves with the bokken. It also helped her gain control and power. It was much harder to cut or break something with a bokken then a regular sword, so when she was able to break or cut something with it, her attacks with the sword would be much more powerful and fatal.
Arriving outside, Kaoru looked up at the sky. It was going to be another rainy day. She smiled slightly. I love the rain. It's so peaceful and calm. The storm is full of anger, but the rain is calm, she thought to herself as she walked to the back of her tiny house. She looked at the practice dummies she had set up. She placed her bokken on the ground and began doing warm up stretches, making sure her body was warmed up. She was slightly sore from last night's battle, but nothing that she couldn't deal with.
After almost and hour of warming up, she decided it was time to start working. She stood from her sitting position on the ground where she had been stretching her leg muscles. All of a sudden, she felt someone or something watching her. She spun around quickly, blue eyes watching the trees surrounding her house. Nothing. Warily, she turned back to the dummy infront of her and got into an attack position and began going through the attacks she already knew. Her eyes occasionally glanced around, the feeling of being watched never leaving.
Another hour went by as Kaoru ran through her known techniques and began working on some of the new ones she had been trying to perfect. That was when she heard it, a twig snap. She twisted around and fell into a defense position and looked at the trees infront of her. She heard a soft chuckle and then saw two men appear from the shadows of the forest.
Who the hell are these morons? Kaoru thought, annoyed. One was rather tall, the other shorter than her. Her aqua eyes narrowed and watched them quietly as she waited for them to speak or attack. Both of the men were dressed in clothes which had once been clean and new, now they were slightly dirty and the shorter one had a lot of holes in his. Both were wearing black. The smirks on their faces told Kaoru they were over confident and had already decided in their minds how this was going to be played out. She refrained from saying something to wipe the disgusting smirks off of their faces.
"Well hello there Miss Kamiya. Having a nice day?" The shorter one asked, a slight giggle in his voice, giving Kaoru the impression he was insane.
"I was until you morons showed up." She replied, the coldness in her voice snapping like a snake at the two men.
"Well, we'll just get on with our business and when we're done you can rest in peace. We'll even bring flowers to your grave if you'd like. Atleast someone will." Spoke the taller one who was still smiling pervertedly at Kaoru.
She rolled her eyes. These men obviously thought she was a pushover. Great, that's all she needed today, to deal with morons. "Mind if I ask who sent you?"
"Our employer is one of the men you have not yet been able to kill, Mr. Hiroku Iragawa." The shorter man spoke, dark beady eyes surveying Kaoru's body up and down.
"Ah, I had a feeling Iragawa would not wait for you to come to him." Spoke a fourth voice, one that had not yet been noticed until now. Kaoru's startled eyes shot in the direction of the new voice, her eyes widening. Battousai leaned gracefully against her house. What is this? 'Let's all decide to show up and kill Kaoru day?' Kaoru thought, her eyes narrowing.
"I thought you would have sent them. Oh, I forgot, you like to do your dirty work yourself." she spoke in Battousai's direction, her dark eyes flickering back and forth between tall and stumpy and Battousai.
"I just came along to see how my new pet was doing. I see now, you tend to piss off people you haven't even met yet. Iragawa must be very scared if he sent those two to kill you." Battousai spoke, his voice slightly humorous as he watched Kaoru's annoyance and anger flash across her eyes.
"Glad to know you were so concerned about my well being." She snapped angrily. She looked back at the two men before her. She only had her bokken. Her sword was locked away inside her house. Smart Kaoru, really smart. Next time why don't you just put a sign on your head saying 'Come and get me, I'm completely defenseless without my sword' She thought angrily. She gripped her bokken and watched the two men cautiously as they pulled out their own swords. Great, stumpy and tall guy have swords, what else could happen to make this day worse? Wait, I don't want to answer that... she thought, her blue eyes focusing on the two men.
"We're sorry Miss Kamiya, but you have to die now. It was a pleasure meeting you." The tall man spoke as he rushed forwards. Stumpy seemed to wait a moment, and then ran around to her back side and attacked from that direction.
Kaoru grumbled irritably in her mind as she dodged out of the way of Tall guy's attack. She barely missed getting knicked by Stumpy's sword as he came at her from behind. She distanced herself from them and thought about the situation. Battousai, who was still lounging lazily against her wall obviously wasn't going to attack her until she got out of the fight she was in, if she got out of this fight. She would have to take out one of her two attackers first in order to have a fair fight. That should be fun considering her only weapon was her bokken.
Her opponents were faster than she expected, and they were on her once again in seconds. Kaoru barely blocked an attack from Tall guy as he swung down at her, the blade catching in the wood. A crack sounded, and Kaoru looked annoyed at her bokken. One more direct hit like that and it would break... she'd be defenseless. Lights flashed before her eyes as she felt a stabbing pain in her leg. Kaoru looked down to see Stumpy's sword embedded into her thigh.
Kaoru pushed Tall guy off of her and kicked Stumpy hard in the groin, making him fall to the ground. Well, he'd be down for a few minutes, hopefully long enough for Kaoru to take care of Tall guy. Kaoru heard a chuckle come from the direction of the Battousai, but didn't bother to look. She glared angrily at Tall guy and limped forward a few steps and held up her bokken in an attack position.
Despite the pain in Kaoru's leg, she ran at Tall guy. She appeared as if she were going to jump, and at the last second changed her attack and aimed her bokken at his torso. Un-prepared, Tall guy had the wind knocked out of him as the wood connected with his stomach. He staggered back a few steps, then rushed at Kaoru. He aimed a kick at her, at the same time pulling several throwing knives from his sleeves. Kaoru's eyes widened and she lifted the bokken to block the knives and tried to twist her body out of Tall guy's kicking range, but was not quick enough. Kaoru felt the air leave her lungs as she was thrown back by the kick. Two of thethrowing knives missed her completely, two embedded themselves in her bokken, and one nailed her in her upper right shoulder. She groaned in pain as she hit a tree.
I'm having a really, really bad day... Kaoru thought, as lights danced infront of her eyes. Her head felt dizzy, and shelifted her left hand to feel the back of her head. A large bump and blood greeted her. Yup, a really bad day. She looked down at herright shoulder where severe painkept herfrom moving her arm. A throwing knife wasembedded there. Grimacing, she gripped it with her lefthand and yanked it out. She bit her lip to keep from screaming inpain, buta painful whimper escaped her lips. Her vision was fuzzy,and she blinked desperately to clear it. She would not be outdone by Stumpy and Tall guy. She refused to allow herself to be beaten, while Battousai watched on, enjoying the show.
Her head ached painfully, and her shoulder and leg throbbed. Using her damaged bokken, she attempted to push herself to her feet. The pain in her head amplified immediately but she focused past it. She stood on wobbly legs, looking at her two, recovered opponents. She was in deep shit now. She could barely see, pain was dulling her senses, and even if she did manage to survive, Battousai was still waiting patiently.
Through fuzzy vision, Kaoru saw Stumpy making his way towards her. Weakly, she held up her bokken in defense as she stopped four feet from her, smiling pervertedly, his companion just behind him.
"If you play nice and let us have some fun, we'll make your death quick, and somewhat painless." Stumpy spoke, his eyes glinting cruelly as he watched the swaying girl infront of him. Kaoru felt disgusted by their perverted minds. What, did they honestly think she'd just let them use her body? Nope. No way. Wasn't going to happen. She'd rather throw herself onto Battousai's sword then give up and be raped.
"Go to hell." Kaoru spat out. Without warning, she swung her bokken, hitting Stumpy unexpectedly in the head, knocking him over and onto the ground. Tall guy had her neck in his hands instantly, holding her off of the ground. A choking sound escaped her lips as she fought feebly. Her mind was trying to drift off into unconsciousness. Fighting the need to drift into black oblivion, Kaoru struck out with her left hand, hitting Tall guy square in the jaw, but it didn't faze him. His grip tightened and Kaoru choked, unable to breath.
"I...wo...n't give... up." She ground out, trying to give air to her lungs. All of a sudden, she was tossed to the side like a rag doll. Her already blurry vision became worse as her head hit the ground again. She heard sounds of swords clashing, then the sound of metal slicing through flesh. Who was there? Saving her? Her head hurt almost too much to bare, making her dizzy. Fuzzy blue eyes looked up as a shadow stood over her. Thinking it was Tall guy or Stumpy, she lashed out with her good leg, trying to knock her attacker off of his feet. The shadow moved slightly, dodging her kick.
Kaoru was suddenly picked up, her mind began screaming at her to fight her captor. She fought against the strong arms holding her, until a steely voice said, "Stop resisting." Battousai. She stilled immediately. Clouded blue looked up to meet clear amber. She was in trouble now. Her eyes widened, and she made out his features clearly. He moved his gaze from hers and began staring straight ahead as he carried her bridal style away from her house and everything she had ever known. Her day had gone from bad to worse. She was his now.
Faded memories assaulted Kaoru's subconscious. The happy times she had spent playing with Misaoand learning to cook from her mother. The hours she spent practicing and watching her father's techniques. The happy memories were mixedwith the painful ones. She remembered the day hermother fled with them.The day her sister was taken. The day she saw her parents bodies burning in their hut. The years she spent secluded from those around her, practicing and working.
Kaoru sprang up from where she had been laying. Her blue eyes looked frantically around the room, disoriented. What was this? Where was she? What was this place? Who's room was this? Her fear became evident as she looked around her. Someone had changed her bloody clothes and replaced them withsleeping clothes.Her shoulder, leg and back of her head werebandaged. She couldfeel stitches in her shoulder.
She pulled back the shoulder of the clean sleeping shirt, and looked at the bandaged wound. Blood was seeping through the white bandages. She had probably torn the stitches when she had awoken. Kaoru's mind replayed the last things she remembered. She had been home, practicing. Stumpy and Tall guy had shown up and they had fought. Then she was in the Battousai's arms. Then nothing. She must be at his house. Her eyes widened in fear which then changed to confusion. She was alive? Why? Soft footsteps sounded outside her door on the wooden flooring. People were walking down the hall. Kaoru looked about desperately for a weapon, but only had the mat, blanket and pillow she had been lying on.
"Give me that!" Came a male's voice and the sound of two pairs of running footsteps down the hall.
"Haha! Yahiko's too slow!" Came a taunting female's voice. Kaoru recognized Misao's voice immediately and jumped her feet. Her head swam and her leg throbbed painfully. She'd probably now pulled the stitches from there out as well. Limping, Kaoru made her way to the door. She slid it open and looked out into the hall. No one. The voices had faded down the hall, and Kaoru was determined to find her sister and find out exactly what the hell was going on.
Pain raced up her injured leg as she limped towards the end of the hall. Dark eyes glared angrily around her. Kaoru was pissed, no scratch that,beyond pissed. She didn't know what was going on, only that her sister was here. Voices at the end of the hall made Kaoru look towards a door. She heard her sister's raised voice and several others laughing. Kaoru marched angrily, but quietly to the door. She was injured and defenseless. Didn't that ring a familiar bell?
No one had become aware of her prescience just yet, Kaoru had become very good at hiding her ki. Taking a deep, steadying breath Kaoru put her hand on the door. She did not know what to expect, but Kaoru braced herself. Sliding the door open, she looked into the room. Everyone had stopped as soon as they heard the door sliding open. Kaoru's blue gaze was met with an array of different colored stares. She glared harshly, trying to appear tough, even if she was rather scared. She still didn't know where she was or what was going on.
Kaoru's eyes flickered over the six people sitting in the room, apparently having dinner...? They all were eating food substances, however Kaoru's eyes looked apprehensively at the reddish liquid in several cups, including Battousai's. Blue met amber in a staring contest as she glared angrily at him. She was not happy. Why should she be? She had just been kidnapped. Well, technically Battousai had saved her life, but she wouldn't admit that, not in a million years.
Battousai's fangs poked out of his mouth as he smirked sadistically at her. She definitely had a temper and the slightest things could set the blue eyed girl infront of him off. He'd have fun playing and breaking her. Oh so much fun.Amber eyes drifted from the angry blue to those of his companions. Misao was staring darkly at her older sister. The girl's aura positively screamed anger and death. Misao obviously did not like her older sister. Sanosuke was looking amused as he watched Kaoru glare angrily about the room. Yahiko was stuffing his mouth full of food, ignoring the whole scene. Megumi looked rather concerned, probably because her patient was out of bed. Aoshi, like usual, sat there stoically watching the scene.
"Look who's finally decided to join the world of the living?" Sanosuke was the first to speak. He laughed after his comment. World of the living... I crack myself up... He thought to himself, chuckling.
"You shouldn't be up yet. You're still injured. You may have pulled your stitches out!" Megumi said as she made to stand. The group noticed for the first time, the dark blood stains on Kaoru's clothing where her wounds were. Battousai mentally slapped himself for not smelling her blood, but then again, the entire room smelled of it. The vampire residents in the room were drinking blood.
Battousai watched amused as the mistrustful Kaoru stepped back when Megumi went towards her.
"Don't touch me." Her hard set blue eyes made him smile in amusement. Kaoru's voice had been stern, but he could hear the slight gasp of pain that escaped her lips at the end of her demand.
"Now, now pet. Megumi is the one who saved your pitiful life. The least you can do is trust her. If any of us had wanted to kill you, we would have done it while you were unconscience. I tend on enjoying my new toy before destroying it." Battousai spoke, his voice mocking in the beginning, then deadly serious at the end. Kaoru's brave facade vanished for a moment, and the smell of fear drifted through the room before she hid it again. She was no one's play thing.
"Fuck you." Kaoru grumbled and eyed Megumi warily as the woman finally was able to approach her. Kaoru leaned heavily against the wall. The pain in her legged throbbed and her shoulder ached.
"Gladly." Battousai's voice was soft, but seemed to carry to Kaoru. Her eyes snapped in his direction. He sat there calmly and returned to eating his dinner, the others following his lead as if he hadn't said anything. Megumi began trying to escort Kaoru from the room. Blue eyes looked back once, hoping to meet Misao's eyes, but the girl had turned back to her soup, jabbing at a piece of meet with her chop stick. Kaoru's eyes saddened and allowed Megumi to help her back to the room.
"You really shouldn't push him." Megumi's voice was soft and concentrated as she stuck the needle through Kaoru's skin, retying the girl's stitches.
"I don't really give a fuck. If he's going to kill me, he's going to kill me. I'd atleast like to go down knowing I pissed a few people off along the way." Kaoru spoke angrily, her eyes glaring at the wall opposite her. She clenched her teeth to keep from hissing in pain at the needle's sharp jabs.
"He saved your life. You could be atleast a little grateful you know."
"Grateful!" Kaoru's voice rose. She couldn't believe this woman. Did she have any idea what Battousai had done to Kaoru? "Battousai slaughtered my parents and kidnapped my sister! You think I should be grateful to him?" Her voice rose angrily until she was almost shouting.
"He has his reasons for everything that he does." Megumi replied calmly, still focusing on her stitching.
"His latest reason for bringing me here is to have a new whore if I'm not mistaken." Kaoru spoke angrily, her blue eyes flashing to meet Megumi's green.
"He has his reasons." She said again, still focused on her task at hand.
Kaoru rolled her eyes and grumbled. She still didn't know why she was here... alive. She sighed in relief when Megumi finished. The entire time she had been holding her breath, hissing several times in pain. Blue eyes locked onto Megumi's form as she stood and went to the door.
"I'll bring you some dinner in about an hour. I'd suggest staying here unless you want to run into him." Megumi spoke as she slid the door open and left.
Blue eyes scanned the room rebelliously as she stood carefully and walked to the door. She didn't want a confrontation with Battousai, but she did want answers. She wanted to sit and talk with Misao. Steadying herself she slid the door open and walked out into the hall. It was quiet and no one was in sight. Walking quietly Kaoru passed by several doors as she made her way down the hall. It was quiet, too quiet. There were a few candles, lighting the way along the wooden hallway and she followed them. The house was huge, several times bigger than her own. She had walked for a good ten minutes before deciding no one else was in the house. It was empty. Grumpily Kaoru walked to one of the doors leading outside.
Upon opening the door Kaoru saw that the house was far from any town. The moon and stars twinkled above the surrounding forest. Like my day can't get any worse? Her eyes fixed on lights flickering in a dojo several hundred feet from where she stood. Making up her mind she walked out onto the porch and made her way down the steps towards the dojo. She could hear the sound of metal clashing.
"A fight?" She whispered out loud as she walked up the steps to the dojo and put her ear to the wall. A few people inside were talking and it sounded as if two people were sparring with swords. "Might as well properly introduce myself and get some answers. If Megumi is in there she's going to kill me. Oh well, I never liked doing what I was told." Kaoru spoke to herself as she slid the door open and peered inside.
Her eyes immediately flickered to the two people sparring. Battousai was fighting with the stone cold man Aoshi. She could barely follow their movements. Their speed was incredible. She was no match for either of them. Battousai was much stronger than she had originally thought. She watched them for several minutes as they eached lunged and swung at the other until finally Battousai disarmed Aoshi. Aoshi nodded his head in acceptance of defeat and went to go sit against the wall.
Amber eyes trailed to the dark haired girl standing in the open door. She had been seen. Oh crap... He does not look happy... Kaoru thought, a bit paniced at the look on his face. He growled lowly at her making her breath hitch slightly. Taking his piercing gaze off of her, he walked to one side of the dojo where all sorts of weapons were displayed. He put the katana he had been using onto the wall and turned around without looking at her. He went to go join Aoshi against the wall as Misao got up and began warming up. So far only Battousai had seen her.
Quietly, Kaoru made her way into the room, closing the door quietly. Not wanting to go near Battousai or the others she had not actually met, she stayed near the door and eased herself down to the floor in a sitting position. Her body did not hurt as much since Megumi had given her pain medicine. Kaoru watched as the tall man, Sanosuke browsed the weapons wall, deciding on a staff. Misao chose the same.
Kaoru watched in surprise as her younger sister and the six plus foot tall man began exchanging blows, neither really trying, just getting a feel for the other. After only minutes Kaoru could tell that her sister was outmatched and that Sanosuke was holding back. The match lasted almost half an hour until finally Sanosuke disarmed Misao. The girl pouted angrily at the taller man.
"That wasn't fair rooster head!" She said angrily, trying to punch him.
"I was holding back. Get over it shrimp." He muttered rubbing his head with one of his hands. His gaze drifted fromt he ground to where Kaoru was and his lips formed an 'o'. "Well look who decided to join us. How you feeling missy?" He asked a goofy grin on his face. Misao turned to see who he was talking to and a scowl crossed her features.
Kaoru watched her sister's face. Why did Misao dis-like her? They hadn't been in a room together for more than fifteen minutes since the girl was little. Sadness crossed Kaoru's eyes but she quickly replaced it with an uncaring gaze. "I've felt better." She spoke giving Battousai a glare.
"I told you to stay in your room." Megumi muttered irritably as she stood from her sitting position and began to walk across the room towards Kaoru. Battousai was quicker however and was standing next to Kaoru pulling her roughly to her feet.
"I shall escort her back to her room." Battousai spoke dangerously as he glanced over the room's other occupants before turning straight ahead as he practically dragged Kaoru from the dojo.
"Ow! Let go of me. That hurts..." Kaoru grumbled, trying futiley to pull her arm from his strong grip. Lucky for her he had gripped her un-injured arm.
"You think you can tell me what to do?" Heasked seriously as they walked across the courtyard between house and dojo. His amber eyes moved to focus on her soft blue ones as she tried to come up with a response.
"Why shouldn't I? If you're going to kill me anyways, why not piss you off along the way?" She spoke angrily. She did not like being helpless and that's exactly what she was at this moment. Amber glared dangerously at her and she felt her legs go weak. How could a single man, no wait thing, do this to her?
"Because I own you." He whispered into her ear as they entered the house and began walking down the hallway towards her new room. His grip did not loosen, but instead tightened as he stopped outside her doorway, pushing her against the wall. "You will not disobey me." He said to her in almost a whisper. She shuddered slightly as her eyes looked for anything else to gaze at but him. Then he was gone. She hadn't even seen him go. His grip had disappeared and that was it. Suddenly words echoed into her mind causing her to panic. You are mine.
Well, what did you all think? Sorry it took so long. I did half of it this morning and half tonight... Anyways, hope you all enjoyed. Love ya...
Begging for forgiveness,
-DHM-
