Time for A New Beginning Chapter 10, a rurouni kenshin fanfic

Hey it's me again. It's been a few days or has it been a week already? I can't remember when the last time I posted was… well actually now to come to think of it I can just look that up ne? Haha! Thanks for all of the info on the whole Tomoe/Kenshin thing. From some people I heard that they where married and so that's where I got that idea from. Haha! Thanks! Also just to get this straight, this isn't my first fic. This is my first Rurouni Kenshin fic but not my first fic ever. You can go look at some of the others if you want. (Just thought I'd let you know. ) Well please enjoy and sorry for the wait.

-Darkia-

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CHAPTER TEN

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Kenshin stopped by Megumi's while he was in town and offered to help since he wanted to talk to her when she go the chance to.

"You really are leaving again Ken-San?" Megumi asked feeling the already too familiar seen from the first time Kenshin had left.

"Yes, I have to, only Kaoru-Dono seems to understand this time." He said once they where alone.

"When?" Megumi asked. "Are you leaving?"

"Early in the morning, but I want you to stop by tonight." Kenshin said.

"Why?" Megumi asked.

"Surprise." Kenshin said. "Kaoru-Dono doesn't even know."

Megumi sighed. "I don't understand you and don't think I will."

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Kaoru couldn't seem to focus when she was at work today, her not wanting to be there didn't help very much. 'Kenshin, you seem to show feelings for me, but you won't stay, why?' She asked herself and suddenly blinked once she felt a wack to the back of her head.

"Are you alright, Kaoru-Sensei?" The young boy who reminded her of an older Yahiko asked.

"I'm fine, don't worry, it was my fault for not paying attention." Kaoru said and smiled.

"One day I will get you, fair and square." The boy scowled and then went back to stance one. "I want to go again."

"Sorry, find another partner." Kaoru told him. "There are others who need help." She was working at only two other dojos now since she had quit that one after the sensei there had told her about the whole marriage thing. Kenshin had come back yes, but not out of his own free will. Kaoru couldn't help but to think about it even though she knew her mind should have been focused on sword fighting. Well at least she knew where she could put her anger at, practicing with the students. She didn't want to admit that she was feeling somewhat depressed, but she couldn't help but feel that way. The threatening clouds above weren't helping the situation any either. When it was finally time for class to end, the students left as usual. "Don't get caught in the rain!" She yelled after them.

"HAI!" Some of the younger children shouted as they ran off.

"Kaoru-San, a young man is waiting for you out front." The actual owner of the dojo said and Kaoru nodded. "Thank you, Touya-San." Kaoru said bowed and headed out.

"Don't get caught in the rain, Kaoru-San." The man said. "I don't want to have to worry about you getting sick again."

"Hai, Hai." Kaoru said and gave a fake smile and then headed to the front gate. She blinked in surprise to find Sano there. "What are you doing here?"

"Kenshin asked that I come pick you up." Sano replied expecting a punch in the arm or anywhere else for that matter.

"I can take care of myself." Kaoru shouted and blinked as Sano pulled an umbrella above the two of them as the rain started to fall down.

"Normally I don't mind the rain, but Kenshin would kick my ass if you got sick again." Sano said and Kaoru had to smile. "Thanks." She said which surprised Sano.

"Are you alright with him leaving again?" Sano asked and could see Kaoru's smile turn in to a frown.

"I have no choice in the matter." Kaoru said. "I.. I'm not anything more then just a close friend so I can't stop him anyway."

"You know that he cares for you right, Jo-Chan?" Sano asked.

"Sometimes I wonder about that." Kaoru said sighing. "Don't let him know that I'm worried about him like this." Kaoru said. "He wouldn't stay anyway."

"I know, if this was some other guy, I'd kick his ass!" Sano said trying to cheer the younger female up and could tell that it worked since Kaoru now had a slight grin on her lips.

"Yes but in this case, Kenshin would kick your butt Sanosuke-Kun." Kaoru said and started to laugh at the thought of Sano trying to beat Kenshin. He's tried to before, and it wasn't really funny but imagining it and seeing it where two totally different things. "I wonder what's for dinner…"

"Do you even know who's cooking?" Sano asked and Kaoru shrugged. "Who knows, ever since Kenshin came back it kind of screwed around with mine and Yahiko cooking nights."

Sano just stared at her blankly. "Yahiko-Chan cooks?"

"Yeah, Kenshin taught him." Kaoru stopped once she saw an unwanted familiar figure. "Setsuna…" She said barely speaking and Sano stopped walking.

"Who?" Sano asked.

"Setsuna, the one who is behind Kenshin's injury." Kaoru explained. "He stopped by the dojo earlier."

"If he can injure Kenshin like that he must be pretty tough." Sano said.

"Just keep walking but keep an eye out for him." Kaoru said still holding her sword from practice earlier.

"Can't I go and just kick his ass?" Sano asked.

"No, I don't want you to get hurt either." Kaoru explained before she could say or do anything next, she could feel strong hands pulling at her outfit. (The one that she works out in, I'm not sure what it's called and if you wana tell me, go right ahead!) "Sano!" She called as she felt part of it being pulled.

"GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF HER!" Sanosuke shouted and punched Setsuna square in the face. Setsuna just smiled at Sano as Sano stood in between the two over protectively. 'Shit if this guy can beat Kenshin then I'm screwed!' Sanosuke thought to himself as he now heard the umbrella fall to the ground.

"I can see why Himura-San likes her so much, she gives such a nice view." Setsuna said with a grin.

"I just came to see why he likes her and now I understand. Tell him that I may or may not leave you people alone when he leaves, whenever that will be. But tell him that I will leave before him." Sestuna said and seemed to almost literally disappear.

Kaoru just stood there, now soaking wet in the rain and was shaking and crying. "Bastared…" Sanosuke growled as he walked over to Kaoru and sighed. "Here, cover yourself up with this until I get you home." Kaoru just stood there in shock, only half caring that her cleavage was showing and Sano looked up as he grabbed the jacket and pulled it closer around Jo-chan. "Come on Jo-Chan, we need to get you home."

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Yahiko and Kenshin where walking home from the market, even though it was raining and Yahiko nearly dropped everything once he spotted Kaoru and Sanosuke as they turned down the path that lead to Kaoru's dojo. "Kenshin, something happened." Yahiko said and Kenshin looked up, and managed to spot Kaoru wearing Sanosuke's jacket in time. "Kaoru-Dono…" Yahiko grabbed his arm. "Come on, yelling her name won't do any good, especially over this storm." Yahiko said which made Kenshin's temper rise once again. "Come on, we need to catch up."

"You go on ahead, I'll catch up." Yahiko said knowing that Kenshin was so much faster then he was. "I'll take you're share of the food back in." Before Yahiko could even say that, Kenshin was gone.

Kaoru couldn't help but to still shake as Sano walked her home and flinched every time he even tried to touch her on the shoulder. She brought the jacket close tightly to her and didn't care when the rain even touched her. Setsuna had tried to rape her! Why? Why did he have to ruin things for her and Kenshin? Kenshin had finally confessed and maybe Kenshin would have stayed if it wasn't for this Setsuna character. Why? Why? She almost didn't realize that she had just now walked right in to Kenshin. She could see that his eyes where blazing gold, a dangerous color for her Kenshin. She looked down ashamed to be seen like this. Setsuna didn't do anything, but he could of if he wanted to beat Sanosuke in to a pulp to which he didn't for some odd reason and just ripped her outfit after attempted rape and left. Kenshin jerked her head up to look in to his flashing eyes.

"Sestuna did this to you, didn't he Kaoru-Dono." Kenshin asked calmly but seriously, one eye was gold and the other was purple.

"Ken…shin…" Kaoru managed to say, wanting to cry, but just clung to him instead and ended up crying anyway.

"Sanosuke, you where suppose to be watching her, tell me what happened." Kenshin ordered. "Inside, I want let Kaoru change and get dry."

Sano was not going to argue, what Kenshin wanted, Kenshin got, especially with that tone of voice! No one, not even the police men where stupid enough to bother Kenshin, having have heard of his old samurai identity.

"I'm going to kill him." Kenshin said and Kaoru looked up, not wanting Kenshin to ever have to kill again. "I'm leaving and will kill that man." Kenshin promised.

"Kenshin I don't want you to…"

"He will bother us no matter what, Kaoru-Dono." Kenshin said, his eyes still the same two colors as they where earlier. "However before that I have a surprise for you." He said once Megumi came in.

"Konnichiwa minna-san, perfect time to do this, isn't it Ken-San, when it's all wet and raining." Kaoru said not having had heard of the attempted rape situation earlier.

"Do what?" Yahiko asked as he sat next to Sano quietly.

"I brought one." Megumi said to Kenshin who nodded.

"Kaoru-Dono, this one was hoping that my surprise to you would have been a happier one if it was not for what happened earlier today; however since Megumi-Dono had gone through the trouble of doing this favor for me, then this one has no choice but to go through with it." He didn't want to, but maybe it would cheer Kaoru up some.

"Kamiya, Kaoru, will you marry this one?" Kenshin asked and Kaoru just stared at him in shock.

"This is sessha's promise to you, that he will come back." Kenshin said, his eyes back to their normal violet.

"Hai, Himura, Kenshin, I will." Kaoru said with out a second thought about that, wanting to have hear those words for such a long time.

The wedding wasn't much, and Kaoru managed to find her parent's old wedding rings to use, she was sure that father wouldn't mind, and she was glad that she didn't sell them like she was tempted to a few times. Kenshin actually smiled at her, which made Kaoru blush and then that night, felt like it was a dream. However, the reality of the dream was, was that in the morning, Kenshin was gone, her husband had left to go finish off some battle that had started over some twenty years ago.

"Sessha owes you an explanation about Sestuna." Kenshin said that night when they where alone, just sitting next to one another, looking up at the stars.

"Kenshin, this is our wedding night, now isn't the time to…" Kaoru started to protest but was easily interrupted.

"This is the best time." Kenshin continued. "Setsuna was a student with me under my master, he is, was my master's son. Setsuna's beliefs over the years made master angry with him, and disowned him as his son eventually after he had killed a man out of cold blood, and not during the war. For some odd reason, he became jealous of me at a very young age, when master started to, sessha was a favorite student so to speak."

(This is completely false so there! I need some reason!) "He hated master since master had started to, started to treat me like his son, as he always did, however, when Tomoe…" Kenshin didn't want to mention Tomoe on his wedding night. "We both met Tomoe and that's when he got really upset, he always wanted everything that Sessha had."

Kaoru just sat there listening and flinched at the name Tomoe.

"Sessha hasn't seen him until now since that day when Sessha killed Tomoe." Kenshin said. "Now Sessha believes that Setsuna has come back for revenge, for Tomoe, for master, and for everything that had to deal with a stupid boy's jealous revenge."

Kaoru just leaned against Kenshin, not wanting to hear about either Tomoe, or Setsuna. "That's in the past Kenshin." Kaoru said. "He will not get me."

"That is why this one has to leave to kill Setsuna." Kenshin replied. "So that no harm will come to Kaoru-Dono."

"Kaoru, Kenshin, just Kaoru, you are my husband now." Kaoru said smiling sadly. She smiled but it wasn't completely real.

"Yes, love, Kaoru."

Kaoru looked down at the ring that was left on Kenshin's pillow and a note was left as well. "Give this back to Sessha once we meet again. Sessha will come back for you." Kaoru clutched the small object in her hand and held it close to her heart and cried.

"The pain of the wife of a rurouni, fool, and the hikori batosai."

Here is the long waited chapter of A Time For A New Beginning. I know I spelt his samurai nick name wrong but it was from memory so yeah and it's late! I hope you all enjoy. Tell me what you think.

P.S. Thank you for all of the reviews.