Kaoru walked down the empty hallway side-by-side with Kenshin. The night
was cool even though she was in a long sleeved dress. Kenshin saw her
shiver and took off his leather jacket, placing it around her shoulders.
Kaoru looked at him with calm eyes. "Thank you." "So where were you heading
to?" "Chicago. My aunt and uncle live up there and I was going to join
them." "What about your parents?" Kaoru grunted. "Like they care. My
fathers a drunk and my mothers insane. Some parents huh?" Kenshin remained
silent.
Kaoru looked to her left and saw a small garden and gasped. "What?" Kaoru rushed out and smiled as she bent over, gently touching the dark green vine. "It's a vine, what's so great about a vine?" Kenshin asked as he joined her. "Watch." She said softly. Kenshin stared at the vine. Nothing was happening and he was beginning to think this pointless when the moon pulled away from the black clouds and scattered upon the land. As if by magic, beautiful lush white petals pulled out from the green vine and into a large flower.
All over the garden they appeared. Kaoru laughed as she stared at them. "I thought they were just vines." Kaoru smiled at him. "Not everything is as it seems." Kenshin walked over and took her hands in his hand, his other snaking around her slim waist, drawing her closer to him. "You're right." he said softly, their faces barely inches apart from each other. Their lips met, parting slightly, tongues raging in a silent war of passion. Kaoru raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck, drawing him as close as possible.
They parted, Kaoru smiling at him; Kenshin ran a hand through her ebony hair and smiled back. She leaned her head on his chest and closed her eyes. 'Maybe this is what my uncle would have wanted.' She thought happily to herself.
"Sir?" "Now is the opportune moment." Without a second thought, they took the house like a swarm of flies, barely giving their opponents time to react. Kenshin and Kaoru heard the screams and rushed in only to be taken and tied up. Their captors shoved them into the dining room where Zander stood in the center. He looked over them with small cold brown eyes that finally rested up Kaoru. He grinned and walked over to her. "Well now, who do we have here?" he asked with an intimidating voice. "Fuck off asshole." She hissed coldly. "Oh! Feisty aren't we?" he said with a smile. "Charter, take her to my car."
Charter walked over and grabbed her, but Kaoru twisted to the right and kicked her legs into his stomach, knocking him against the back wall. Kaoru stood, though her hands were tied behind her back she could still fight. They were just like those punks back at the trailer park that used to pick on her and if she could kick their butts, she could defiantly kick theirs.
Charter nimbly stood up and began to rush at her again when Zander stopped him. "Since you seem so willful, lets make a deal. If you come with me, I won't kill your friends. If you stay with them, then you'll die with them." "Your not serious." "Oh I'm dead serious. You see they've been causing business to slow down. And well I can't have that. Either you come with me or I'll kill them all in front of you." Kaoru knew that she didn't know them that well but it felt like she had known them for an eternity. Kaoru glanced back and glared at the floor. "Fine." She muttered. Zander smiled. "Good, good."
Zander led her outside and put his hand up. His men rushed towards the house with torches and gas. Kaoru had made the biggest mistake of her life. "NO! YOU PROMISED!" she screamed as she struggled to get free, but Zanders grip was too strong. He shoved her into the car. Her sapphire eyes filled with tears that slipped down her flushed cheeks as she saw the house become engulfed by fire.
Kaoru looked to her left and saw a small garden and gasped. "What?" Kaoru rushed out and smiled as she bent over, gently touching the dark green vine. "It's a vine, what's so great about a vine?" Kenshin asked as he joined her. "Watch." She said softly. Kenshin stared at the vine. Nothing was happening and he was beginning to think this pointless when the moon pulled away from the black clouds and scattered upon the land. As if by magic, beautiful lush white petals pulled out from the green vine and into a large flower.
All over the garden they appeared. Kaoru laughed as she stared at them. "I thought they were just vines." Kaoru smiled at him. "Not everything is as it seems." Kenshin walked over and took her hands in his hand, his other snaking around her slim waist, drawing her closer to him. "You're right." he said softly, their faces barely inches apart from each other. Their lips met, parting slightly, tongues raging in a silent war of passion. Kaoru raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck, drawing him as close as possible.
They parted, Kaoru smiling at him; Kenshin ran a hand through her ebony hair and smiled back. She leaned her head on his chest and closed her eyes. 'Maybe this is what my uncle would have wanted.' She thought happily to herself.
"Sir?" "Now is the opportune moment." Without a second thought, they took the house like a swarm of flies, barely giving their opponents time to react. Kenshin and Kaoru heard the screams and rushed in only to be taken and tied up. Their captors shoved them into the dining room where Zander stood in the center. He looked over them with small cold brown eyes that finally rested up Kaoru. He grinned and walked over to her. "Well now, who do we have here?" he asked with an intimidating voice. "Fuck off asshole." She hissed coldly. "Oh! Feisty aren't we?" he said with a smile. "Charter, take her to my car."
Charter walked over and grabbed her, but Kaoru twisted to the right and kicked her legs into his stomach, knocking him against the back wall. Kaoru stood, though her hands were tied behind her back she could still fight. They were just like those punks back at the trailer park that used to pick on her and if she could kick their butts, she could defiantly kick theirs.
Charter nimbly stood up and began to rush at her again when Zander stopped him. "Since you seem so willful, lets make a deal. If you come with me, I won't kill your friends. If you stay with them, then you'll die with them." "Your not serious." "Oh I'm dead serious. You see they've been causing business to slow down. And well I can't have that. Either you come with me or I'll kill them all in front of you." Kaoru knew that she didn't know them that well but it felt like she had known them for an eternity. Kaoru glanced back and glared at the floor. "Fine." She muttered. Zander smiled. "Good, good."
Zander led her outside and put his hand up. His men rushed towards the house with torches and gas. Kaoru had made the biggest mistake of her life. "NO! YOU PROMISED!" she screamed as she struggled to get free, but Zanders grip was too strong. He shoved her into the car. Her sapphire eyes filled with tears that slipped down her flushed cheeks as she saw the house become engulfed by fire.
