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The fireworks that alights revenge
Kaoru and Kenshin were locked in a hug. He had finally got the courage and told her how he felt. It was amazing that even thou he suspected that she also loved him, he was very nervous and anxious. When she told him that she loved him too, that she would love to be with him for as long as life would allow it, he could not help but kiss her. He poured all his love in that just one kiss.
It was a beautiful night. They were near the top of the hill, near the meeting place. Kaoru was cold and he knew it, so he took off his haori and put it around her to cover her shoulders.
"Shinta, anata, don't, it is really cold and the last thing that I want, is you getting sick"
"I don't want YOU getting sick Kaoru-koishii. Don't worry, as long as I am at your side, I will be all right," he said while he took her by the waist and made her sit on his lap. Then he just hugs her and buried his face on her hair. He loved her hair, as black as the night but as soft as silk
"Hey that is not fair anata, I am the one getting all the warm"
Oh believe me koishii, you are not getting all the warmth. I feel like I have a really high fever
Oh god, control yourself
Shut it rurouni
What if she notices… you know?
Deal with it, I can't do anything to hide it. Is just the feeling of her soooooooooooo close… is doing struggles on me. Were not you who said that you were too happy to care?
While he was thinking about it, she moved on his lap to get more comfortable, and putted her head back on his chest
Tell her not to move like that Battousai
The rurouni had clenched teeth
Shut it rurouni, I am the one who is in charge here, but I agree that she cannot do that again
'What could be the hard thing that I felt on his pants? Could it be…?' Kaoru thought blushing madly 'Kaoru no hentai, remember that he bought something on the market, he might of put it on his pocket'
She was kind of uncomfortable, so she moved again
"Kaoru-koishii, could you NOT move like that again?"
"Did I hurt you anata?" she asked with a worried face
"Koishii, you know that you did not." He made her turned her head towards him and said the next words with a husky voice "Aishiteru, I want you, I need you" his eyes were bright with lust "Do you understand now?"
She was blushing a shade of red that was even deeper than his hair "I am sorry anata, I did…" but before she could utter another word, he just bended and kiss her fully on the lips
This time the kiss was slow, full of emotion at first. He took a hold of her chin, and made her close her mouth. He began licking her lips, passionately, and then nibbled her lower lip. Then he put his hand behind her head, near her neck and made her turned a little. He licked her lips impatiently, like asking permission to enter, but she felt like paying him for what he just did to her. She just plainly refused to open her mouth. He smirked against her mouth and used the dirtiest trick known by humanity to make her open her mouth, he tickle her side!!!!!!!
She could not help but open her mouth and surrender to his ministration. Every rational thought went flying out of the door, but only one reminded there. She moved her hands from her lap, turned around a little bit, to get better access, and went to tickle his side. He jumped immediately, without breaking the embrace. When he went to retaliated against her, a voice came
"GROUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" it was Yahiko. He broke the embrace and turned around to see a large group coming towards them
"It was time, but safe some for latter" said Sano laughing openly. Kenshin and Kaoru were now a deep shade of red.
"Grow up rooster head, leave them be. Battousai wants her woman to himself now that he found the courage to make a move" said Saito
Should I thank the wolf or just hit him rurouni?
But before he could consider the matter farther, a congratulation sound came from a side. Misao and Aoshi were coming toward them from the other side, with Suzume in their holds, looking very happy. Kenshin motioned for Kaoru to get up, at the sight of Suzume. Suzume, by the other hand, let go of Misao and Aoshi and went for Saito, who position himself to get her.
"Saito-nii, look what I won!!!" she said happily when she arrived at his embrace. She was showing him a cute little pin with sakura trees, and a cute cup that had some dragons and kanji's over it. "Do you like them?"
Kenshin saw in the distant the dragons and suddenly remembered the necklace. He turned to Kaoru, and without a word, with his god-like speed, he went to her back, took her hair out of the way, took the necklace from his haori's pocket, that was still on Kaoru, and put it around her neck saying at her ear "This is for you koishii"
She took a hold of Kenshin's wrists around her neck, took one of his hands and kisses it softly whispering a thanks
"Yeah Suzume-chan, I like them" said Saito looking at the girl and made a smirk
"Yeah they are cute, did you won all this?" asked Megumi, amused at seeing the wolf going to greet the kid
"No, Aoshi-oji won the cup for me" said Suzume giving a smile to Aoshi
"Oh I see. Look Hajime, there are dragons in there" said Tokio
"Yeah, I can see that" answer Saito
"How long until the fireworks" asked Misao, but before she could utter another word, there was a light on the sky
"Look Misao-neechan, in the sky, the fireworks" said Suzume jumping up and down in front of Saito, who was in crouches at her side. Tokio kneeled too and took a hold of her husband's hand and said quietly, so he could only hear it "I love you, my wolf"
"Love ya too woman" said Saito
Kaoru and Kenshin were together in an embrace. Megumi and Sano were holding hands. Yahiko and Tsubame were side by side, blushing madly as always. Misao was near Saito, looking at the fireworks feeling sad. Aoshi was looking at it too, but from Misao's other side. He was looking at Misao with his peripheral vision and thought
'She is beautiful, I do care about her, in fact, I love her. I am ready to let go of the past, just for her… I would do anything for her'
But before he could say something, or before someone else could move, a whistling sound came. Everyone looked around not seeing anything.
"Is everyone all right?" asked Kaoru
"Yeah, I am fine Kaoru" said Misao
"I am fine too" said Tokio while taking Suzume in a protective embrace
"I am good" said Megumi, looking at her surroundings curiously "there were probably only the fireworks"
"Kenshin, are you all right?' asked Kaoru. When she did not got an answer, she said "Kenshin-anata, are you all right?"
Before anyone could react, Aoshi fell to his knees, the same than Saito.
"Honey, are you feeling all right?" asked a concern Tokio
"Aoshi-sama are you all right?" asked Misao placing a hand on his back, and was astounded when she felt the dampness on it
We are in deep trouble
Rurouni, I cannot move
You have to, come on react
Kenshin took a grip of his sword hilt, eyes as gold as they could get from anger, and went to take a step. After what seemed forever, he felt to his knees, struggling for oxygen, the same that his friends
"Everyone don't worry about us, run" said Battousai with difficulty
"No anata, I wont leave you here" said Kaoru
"This is no time to be stubborn tanuki. Weasel, wife, kitsune, tanuki, run as fast as you can to the police station" Saito was breathless, he could barely talk "Rooster take care of them, or you will pay. Love ya wife"
"Koishii, take Suzume and Yahiko. Run now" said Kenshin in a whisper. He did not notice that Yahiko was nowhere to be found. "Aishiteru"
"Misao, run" said Aoshi falling to his side.
"I wont leave you Aoshi-sama" said Misao
Meanwhile, Kenshin and Saito were thinking madly. There was a sharp pain at his shoulder, so he took a hand to examine it and took notice of the little needle there
"We have been poisoned Saito. Look in the shoulder" said Kenshin while taking his needle out
"Yeah, I can feel it, but is a little late to prevent contamination. Icicle, are you all right?" Saito raised his head, and upon seeing his wife, the tanuki, the weasel, Suzume, Megumi and the rooster looking at them said, "RUN YOU FOOLS, we cannot protect…"
But before he could finish, a voice said "Too late for that"
"Who are you?" asked Battousai, making an attempt to stand
"I told you when you arrived today, that you would pay for hitting us. Did I not?" asked the man. They could clearly see that from the woods border, maybe 30 men were coming to them
"Yakuzas" stated Sano "What did they do to you bastard?"
"Exist. Well you see, there are several beautiful women on your group. Tree of them were walking alone. We knew that the older one was Fujita's wife, so we let her go, but the other two, hell no." the guy had a self-sufficient smirk that would make Hiko proud "So we went to talk to them, but before we could introduce ourselves, the red head and the cop jumped on us, beating the living crap out of us for looking at the brown and the grey kimono girls"
Sano saw that they were surrounded. He was worried about Megumi, but he was even more so when he saw that neither of the strongest from the Bakumatsu could stand on their feet, not even for their women
"So you see, we are yakuza bosses, and we don't like to be insulted in the main street, so now, here is my revenge"
"Let the girls go and we will fix these like men do" said Battousai in a cold and dangerous tone
"No. You see, they are you guys weakness" said the men matter-of-factly
Kenshin growled and finally manage to stand up "That might be true, but if you held your life precious, retreat now or pay the consequences."
After Battousai's speech, the wolf also managed a kind of a standing position. Aoshi went to his knees, both hands at his sides, were his kodashis were under his coat
"You guys are strong, I have to admit, too bad that you are on the other side. You were injected with an almost deadly amount of poison in your shoulders, and you can still manage a standing position. Boys, you are going to have fun!" said the man, directing his gaze towards the men on the woods
Rurouni, I am beginning to see double
Calm down, we have to think of a way out
We have to protect our Kaoru and the weasel… and everyone else for that matter, but how?
Come on, you are the legendary Hitokiri Battousai, do what you must to protect them
Are you conscious that if I let my skill take control, your oath will be mud?
Do what you must to protect Kaoru, Battousai
"Look you idiot, I don't know if you have the knowledge of whom you are messing with" said Battousai gaining a battle stance, a shaky one, but when it was the Battousai, nothing was what it look like "but you are in deep problems"
"Yeah, of course I know. You are all dead men. Kill them all, rape the girls and then kill them too" said the boss
Rurouni, there will be no turning back
Neither Saito or Aoshi can stand, we have to do something, or else, this is the end
I cant with this sword, I cant battle that many injured as I am and with a backwards swords
Take Saito's while you get to the front
Before the yakuzas could move, Battousai went to the front, bringing a panicking Kaoru behind him. She knew that Kenshin was ready to do what ever was necessary to protect his family, even the icicle and the wolf, and she was worry that she would lose him
"Last warning idiots" said Battousai at Saito's side
Saito tried to stand, but could not. Aoshi was having serious trouble breathing, the same that Battousai, but Battousai's body control was beyond human
"I am sorry for this wolf, but I need your sword to protect our families. Take the girls to the back, I will take care of everything" Kenshin said while he took Saito's nijontou and shove it to his side, taking his sakaba and putting it at Saito's hip "Koishii, Tokio, Misao, take them to the back"
Kenshin turned to the men who were advancing towards him. He took a quick pick and saw Suzume running towards Megumi. Tokio and Kaoru were supporting Saito, while Misao struggle to get Aoshi to his feet.
The men were approaching. He decided to use his all famous Battou-jutsu stand. Saito's nijontou was strangely heavy, but not as heavy as his sakaba. It had a soft curve, but it would be easier to draw out than the sakaba, and even the daisho. The first of the men went towards him with his sword out. He could see that his opponent was not worthy to kill, so he merely side step to avoid his attacker, and punch him on the back of his skull, making him faint
"Even when I am drugged, I seriously expect better opponents" said Kenshin in an icy tone
"I can't move" said Saito in agony
Sano was still with Megumi and the rest because he knew that if anyone got pass Kenshin, which he highly doubt it, now that he had a deadly nijontou in his hand, he should be the one to stop it
"Aoshi-sama, Aoshi-sama, look at me!" said Misao desperate
"Misao, the needle must be still on him" said Saito, struggling to breath "take it out, or he will die"
"Let me help you" said Megumi, kneeling at Misao's side. She carefully took Aoshi's coat off. She then began to look for the needle, but she was not able to find it.
"Megumi, in his neck!" said Tokio, who held Suzume to her body
Misao took the needle out. She could see that Aoshi needed oxygen that he was unable to get for himself, so she turned him around and did the thing that she knew could save him, mouth to mouth breathing. Aoshi went steel under Misao's lips
Kenshin was fighting the yakuzas effortlessly. They were bad fighters. He did not have to unsheathe the nijontou so far, but he was still crouching his hand to it. He was loosing energy rapidly. He could feel as his mind was yelling at him to run
He then saw the thing that made his blood boil. One of the yakuza bosses took a gun out, aimed it for Misao, and shouted before he could do anything but scream "MISAO!!!!!!!"
Aoshi was in a deep slumber. He could faintly hear the battle, but what woke him was the sound of a gun shut. He remembered the time that his comrades had dyed at Kanryu's hand. He could see the image coming to him, one after another. He then heard what made his blood freeze. "MISAO!!!!"
He took Misao, who was on top of him, and turned. He felt the sharp pain of a gun shut on his chest. He saw Misao's bright blue eyes looking shock at him. He heard a noise that made him shiver. A growl that came from the underworld, Battousai's battle scream, and then, everything went dark. Aoshi fell on Misao's lap, ruining with blood her kimono
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" said Sano and Tokio at the same time.
Saito moved with difficulty to Aoshi's side, and took him to the floor "We have to get him some help" said frustrated that he could do nothing to help the Battousai. There was a metal smell now on the air, from the blood pouring out of Aoshi's chest. Kaoru took one of Aoshi's hands and felt how cold it was. She took Kenshin's haori out of her shoulder and put it around his chest, making pressure on the wound
"You fucking bastard. You are so gonna pay for this. Begin praying, no one will leave this hill alive" said Battousai getting the Nijontou out of the sheath. The air went suddenly colder. He put the nijontou in front of him, so the moonlight would reflect on its surface "confront death. You are a coward. I am Hitokiri Battousai, dye at my hands. Aku, Zoku Zan!" He then re-sheathed the sword and put it at his side
Rurouni this is it, I am seeing red. They hurt the icicle, tried to kill weasel and who knows what they will try next.
I know… so much for Himura Shinta
Saito heard this. He quickly turned around to see the man that made the blood of any enemy freeze with that glare. He respected the man quite a lot, even when he did not say it, and he was thankful that he was also protecting his family. He knew on the bottom of his mind that Battousai had to get out of there soon. It was pretty difficult for him to breath, and he was not even in motion.
"Liar. You are just a pathetic and skinny little red head boy, playing to be a samurai" said the boss. He looked around astonish when all his yakuzas stopped dead in their tracks "What are you idiots doing? Kill them all"
"You see, your men are not as stupid as you are. They know the truth, but allow me to show it to you" he said while he got on a low battou-jutsu stance. He could barely breath. He could smell the blood that was coming out of Aoshi's chest, and he knew that they must get out of here as soon as they could before Aoshi dyed. Saito and himself could dye from lack of oxygen
Rurouni, I hope that Kaoru forgive me for these, I am going to kill that man now, so we can get out of here. The icicle is dying and the wolf is rapidly loosing his hold on reality. I wont be able to fight for long either
Do what you must, now is not time to let the guilt sink in. Do it
He took the nijontou out of his sash and held it at his side. His left hand was near the hilt, his knees almost in a crouching stance. He was getting ready to do the Battou-jutsu in an aerial way. He knew that he had only one chance before his strength abandon him, so he had to use it. He jumped high in the sky, like if he was going to do a Ryu-tsui-sen, and then turned.
Saito was watching everything as it was in a slow motion. He saw Battousai jumping to the sky, and then heard the sound of clicking of a sword that has been unsheathed
"Run you fools, he is buying you time, at a really high cost. Take your husband and led them to the clinic, not the police station. Rooster, take icicle in your arms and run with weasel. Tanuki, be careful, you are the only one that is going to be able to save him now from himself. Now go. Wolf come on, stay with us and stand up" said Hiko, while Okon and Omasu took a look at the scene, and then went to help everyone.
Saito could feel the strength leaving him little by little. 'it would be nice to rest' he thought. 'No, you need to go and save your family' said a voice in the back of his mind. 'Okita?'.
'Hai Saito-sensei. Use the opportunity to run, protect your family and Battousai's. Go back to your wife'
As soon as the last words were spoken, he felt a small hand embrace him, and soon could see better. It was Suzume, so he got up, taking her with him and began walking. Soon the tanuki and his wife took him by his shoulder.
When Kenshin jumped, all reality left him. He was high on the sky, shadowing the moon. Ironically enough, the fireworks continued. He then turned his body to get the right angle, putted his sword at easy reach and was about to get close to his target when
"Baka deshi, don't, just let him unconscious and run to your tanuki. I will take care of everything" yelled Hiko at him
He was feeling something that he did not felt since the end of the Bakumatsu. Was it blood lust? But when he was about to not pay attention to his master, Kaoru's face appeared in front of him, giving him a wide smile while she said 'Okai-nasai Kenshin'.
He took the sheathed sword and delivered a hard Ryu-tsui-sen that would of get him killed if this was the Bakumatsu. It was soo hard that the guy's skull broke under his touch and fell unconscious. He felt that his strength was leaving him, so he looked around. The sheath of his sword fell.
He soon felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, where his wound from the Enishi battle was. He could feel his lungs in pain from the lack of oxygen, and soon felt everything going black. A guy attacked him, so he hit him hard on the back and then began walking towards the downhill
He heard his master telling him to run, to flee, but nothing made sense now, he was chocking with pain and water in his lungs, product of the drug, and before he could do anything about it, the pain and the drug defeated him. Everything went black.
Hiko saw his pupil falling to the floor. He got piss, he growled in frustration and began hitting enemies as hard as he could, and soon they were all unconscious or dead.
He got carefully close to his pupil, took him in harms and began walking towards the clinic. Hiko wrapped Kenshin in his coat and left. He could see that he was not breathing, and let a single tear run down his cheek
"I am proud of you baka deshi, don't go, not yet, the Kamiya-san needs you"