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Title: He flew away
Author: JeniNeji
Prompt: Extreme
Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin
Genre: Drama, angst
Rating: T
Words: 226
Characters: Kaoru/Aoshi
A/N: Follows the serial for those who are immortal
Summary: Kaoru hides from an arranged marriage and hopes against hope for her lover to return.

Kaoru hid under some bushes. She didn't want to be found, much less by Aoshi, her fiancé. It had been so long since her father did that arrangement. She had hoped that he will discard that foolish idea, but seemingly, time passed them by, and now, her father was gone.

The young black-haired girl shook her head slowly and made a silent snarl when she felt her hair stuck to her neck. She hated when that happened. Her hair was so long she constantly suffered headache, she didn't need the extra weight.

Still, what could she expect? She was hiding in a dark forest on a rainy day.

Rapid footsteps made her tense and she held her breath. She moved her blue eyes to the muddy ground just outside the bushes, and as she had thought, Aoshi's shoes greeted her.

He moved away slowly, his ninja training extremely hindered by the unknown surroundings and the heavy rain. Little by little he moved farther and farther away from her, until he was gone. Ujust then she resumed her breathing…but she couldn't help but feel guilty. She was acting childishly, he was being an honorable man and she was disrupting his reputation.

She covered her face with her hands. Right now, she didn't care. She only wanted Kenshin back. But she knew it was futile. He never lied.

Title: Black desire
Author: JeniNeji
Prompt: Extreme
Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin
Genre: Drama, dark
Rating: T
Words: 298
Characters: Aoshi, some Battousai
A/N: Follows the serial for those who are immortal
Summary: So immerse in the search for Kaoru, Aoshi didn't realize he was being hunted down…and found.

Sunset was but a few hours away. He knew it. He had spent his whole life acclimating with the weather. For a ninja, a real one, it was basic.

He couldn't help but wear a frown on his lips. Why did she runaway? Had he been too direct?

He had merely been logical, and forward. He was a simple man. He was the opposite from Okina and he was proud of that.

He didn't care so much she had spent her days with another man without his knowledge. After all, destiny usually brought many surprises.

Against popular belief, he had not been forced into this marriage. Kaoru was just one of the many females who had been offered to him. He merely chose her from between them all. She was a gifted martial artist, and he value the dedication and honor it came from it, and her looks would surely serve to enhance the looks of their sons and daughters.

The fact that she may have given herself to another sent a pang of hurt in him, but it was minimal, as everything else was. It would have been more complicated if she had a child. Since that was not the case, he needed not worry about their relationship. He was not a talkative individual, much less of things that happened in the bedchamber. It would never present a problem.

"Kaoru," he whispered dejectedly, the only sound he has made in hours.

"Do you know she's mine?" a red-haired man said extremely pleased, a wide grin in his lips.

"I know she belonged to someone. No more," replied Aoshi determinedly.

"She's no longer mine, and will never belong to someone else," and in a flash, both men had their swords drawn, "Tonight, the both of you will die."

Title: Uncertain heritage

Author: JeniNeji
Prompt: Extreme
Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin
Genre: Mystery, drama
Rating: T
Words: 261
Characters: Aoshi, Soujirou
A/N: Follows the serial for those who are immortal
Summary: Aoshi lost the battle, and patiently waits for death's embrace.

Aoshi stared at the heavy rain falling from the sky. His senses were numb and his blood no longer circled in his fingers… he didn't know why. His arms had not been severely wound.

"Low blood-pressure," murmured the ninja to himself.

He vaguely realized he had fallen asleep a while ago. Aoshi turned his head to the right but was welcomed by wet leaves and trees. He turned to the right, expecting the same scenario, but he was welcomed by something else.

"Well hello ninja-sama," a boy with a cheerful smile greeted him. The young boy was holding a huge leaf to his head. It's use as an umbrellas was poorless. "I was following the beast, but apparently he got away."

"Battousai," pointed Aoshi.

"The very same," replied the young brown-haired boy.

"I thought he was dead," asked Aoshi weakly, his eyes back on the grey clouds above.

"He is. He's just immortal now," explained Soujirou, but somehow, it only made things more confusing. "Humans wouldn't understand."

"Humans?"

"I am immortal too, but I was once human," the boy affirmed.

"Hn," was the safest thing Aoshi thought to reply with.

"You know ninja-sama, I know you. You are extremely infamous, as powerful. My master would be glad if you were to join him…and I am curious myself. Maybe your skills are inherited by something inhuman."

"That's nonsense," replied Aoshi grimly.

"Well, there is not much to lose, right? That wound would kill you any time now… I merely ask for a chance to check."

"…"

"I'll take that as a yes."

xxoOoxx

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