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starting at the point where Kenshin struck Kaoru....... except it's a real
sword he uses. The thing is I like the concept but not the fact that it
will be so...... angsty. I hate really dark angst. If almost all your
friends were depressed and mad at the world you would too.-_- Yeah, so
anyway if you want to mabye do this story I would be most grateful.
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Carry On Dancing Chapter 13: Crush
" What are you doing here?" he asked after the shock had worn off. "and why is Yahiko here? He's supposed to be in Tokyo right now."
' Oh crap, oh crap, Oh Crap, OH CRAP!!!!!!' was all Kaoru could think of for the moment. Nothing came to mind on how to explain why they were in Hiko's house when they hadn't been before. They were totally and completly dead! Yahiko on the other hand could think of something to say, but it wasn't very helpful.
" Um......... long story?" Yahiko stated in a nervous manner. Misao glared at him for that one. Now Kenshin probably thought they had done something worse than the truth. Hiko looked in amusment at the group. They certaintly were digging themselves in a deeper hole by the minute.
" I want a straight answer." Kenshin stated calmly, but there was irratation in his eyes. Kaoru struggled to speak. Why was it so hard to tell him this? When she finally got the courage she told him the truth.
" Ummmm...... Misao wanted to get some answers from you about finding Aoshi, so she ran after you. I kinda followed her to stop her and she bumped into Yahiko on the way. When we got here and you left......." she smiled a very strained smile. " We stayed a little longer than expected."
Yahiko looked at Misao in suprise and truely wanted to say something about her looking for Aoshi of all people, but Kaoru glare told him that it wasn't such a very good idea to do that. Definatly not now.
" But why did you come Yahiko? I don't want you dead." He wispered in concern, " What were you thinking?"
" Kenshin I want to help." Yahiko told him in all seriousness, " You can't take on Shishio practically by yourself! You'll get killed ..... hiten misturugi style or no." Kenshin looked him in the eyes, seeing that the youth meant this with all his heart.
" That's why I'm here." he replied simply, " To get the training that will insure that I won't die. Please, go to the Aoyia until then." Yahiko nodded, knowing that Kaoru would know where that was anyway. Kaoru really wondered if Kenshin could magically will someone to do what he wanted. It was hard for her to make Yahiko do anything without extra effort. Misao apologized as she and Yahiko went out of the hut. Kenshin nodded at her apology, but did nothing more than that. Kaoru didn't budge one bit even though the others had left, in a way she didn't want to.
" Miss Kaoru, that includes you." Kenshin stated. Kaoru flinched under his stare for an unknown reason. His words seemed to hurt her, she didn't know why.
" Is something wrong?" Kenshin asked her as he noticed the flinch. Kaoru hesitated and then the little voice in her head yelled at her considerbly. Hello, this was the man she was courting! She could trust Kenshin with almost anything. Kaoru still hesitated anyway and she learned that those little voices could curse like a sailor if they felt the need.....
" Are you mad at me?" she asked finally, " I know that we came when she shouldn't have.... you have evry right to be mad." Kenshin just looked at her for a minute contemplating his answer. Kaoru felt like the suspense was killing her..... hopefully not literally. She decided that the ground was interesting at that moment of uncomftorble silence that lingered in the air. Hiko looked at them in intrest. This girl seemed to like his idiot student a lot.
" A little." he admitted, " But not too much. I think you should go to the Aoyia now."
" but Kenshin-" She started but Kenshin cut her off. He looked at her so deeply that she thought that her legs had turned to jelly.
" Please Kaoru, I need you to do this...... I need to be at full attention for this training." he said to her while grasping her shoulders. For some reason she felt like crying although she had no idea why.
' You'll miss him, won't you?' a tiny voice entered into her thoughts, ' you haven't been seperated from him in awhile' She growled mentally, if there was a way to kill that stupid voice she would gladly do it. It was like that stupid voice was smirking all the time it made those truthful statements too.
" Okay...." she trailed off although her mind said different, " just remember Kenshin Himura if there is any way that you shall die...... I'll follow you someday and beat you so hard the heavens will shake with every swing of my shinai!"
Kenshin swallowed and made a mental note of that for future references. It would come in handy someday. He nodded slowly and smiled. Kaoru smiled back and left the hut calling him goodbye all the way.
" Does she mean something to you?" Hiko asked as she went. Kenshin nodded.
" Yes master, we are courting if that's what you mean." he answered and Hiko's eyes flashed a bit evily. This worried Kenshin..... a lot.
" So have you...... made MOVES on her?" Hiko asked while smirking. Kenshin didn't quite get it at first.
" Oro? I have hugged her if that's what you mean." Hiko shook his head in a way of saying no and when Kenshin finally figured out what Hiko meant he was red as his hair.
" OROOOOOOOOOOO! I would never do that if Miss Kaoru didn't want to!" Kenshin practically yelled. Hiko mocked disapointment at Kenshin.
" You idiot student, you've been courting for how long?" he mocked him. Kenshin looked very flustered indeed. If Hiko wasn't his master he would have told him he was a pervert right about now. Or hit him unconcious, anything but let his Hiko torture him in this manner.
"We have courted only one day master! Don't think such dirty thoughts!" Kenshin splurted out of no where. He had forgotten that Hiko lived to embarass him like this! Well he was remembering it now for all the good it was doing him.......
" Honestly your just as shy as ever. It's just like when you were a child. I had to practically DRAG you into resturants." Kenshin turned even redder, if that was humanly possible. Yeah, drag him in and yell at him when he did have todo that so the whole resturant noticed. That was the worst! Hiko rattled off one embarassing story after another after that one.
" Master please! No more stories!" he cried out. He was seriously wondering if Hiko's training was worth the trouble. It didn't seem so at the moment.
" Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! No can do my idiot apprentice! Too bad I want to train you now! " came the reply, Kenshin sighed at that. His master loved to tease him even when he was at the age of twenty eight!
This was going to be a looooooooooooooong training session.
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Kaoru went down the path missing Kenshin already. It was strange that she did, because it had only been a few minutes since she had left. She heard Kenshin oro loudly a few seconds after she left and wondered why in the world he had done that. She liked when he oro'd. It was quite cute if she did say so herself.
" Actually Kenshin's really cute too...." she mused as she walked, " But I'll always love his eyes the most."
She meant that with all her heart. Kenshin's eyes always changed depending on the emotion he was feeling. She noticed that when he was in a serious mood his warm violet eyes were tinted a steely blue. That had always seemed to bother her. Or when he was extremely angry and still a wanderer his eyes went almost completely that steely blue she had learned to get used to. But she loved when they were a warm violet the most. He always looked so kind when they were that color.
Her thoughts were interupted when she heard Misao and Yahiko shouting at eachother. Yahiko's voice showed that he felt very hostile towards her. She could understand that, his first impressions of the Oniwaban had been very bad considering that they poisoned him the first time that they met......
" I'm not telling you anything! You're part of the oniwaban group!" She heard Yahiko shout as she changed course to where she heard them yelling.
" I don't see what you have against the oniwaban!" Misao yelled at him. Kaoru ran faster, she knew what would happen eventually. They would most likely fight and that wasn't good.
" They tried to poison me you idiot!" Yahiko shouted as Kaoru came through the bushes and put her hand on Yahiko's shoulder and gripped it hard. That clearly meant for him to shut up. She glared at Misao to shut her up as well.
" If you really want to know what happened to the Oniwaban......" she started slowly, " Fine, I'll tell you. Just a warning, it isn't going to be something that you want to hear."
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Okay, this chapter is DONE! I'm going to a camping trip this weekend, so I won't be able to write for two days, k?
The chapter title Crush has to do with Kaoru's crush on Kenshin and not wanting to leave him. Isn't that cute? Now for the review responses:
Sofa-Chan: He wasn't mad, just worried. ^^ Thank you for reviewing.
AoiTsuki: Yeah, Kenshin really isn't one for suprises is he?
PensSquared: Thanks! ^^ Sorry, I'll try to find a spot for Kaoru to beat Yahiko....... I hope.
Setine: Yep! Cute is the way to go. ^_^
Inuyashachic515: Thanks! I'm glad you think so.
Daughter of Magic: I'm glad you like it so much. Thank you for reviewing so often.
Ana: He is? I never really noticed....... excuse me for being a flake.
Brooke: Thank you.^^
Rurouni Kaoru Kenshin's Love: ^^ mm-hm. Thank you for the complinment!^_^
Koniko-chan: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I get it now. Sorry he didn't kill them, but that's not Kenshin-like. By the way, I like your latest chapter! ^_~*
Okay, I gtg. I need to leave by six and it's 5:29! See-ya and please review!
Disclaimer: Would this disclaimer even BE here if I owned it?
Carry On Dancing Chapter 13: Crush
" What are you doing here?" he asked after the shock had worn off. "and why is Yahiko here? He's supposed to be in Tokyo right now."
' Oh crap, oh crap, Oh Crap, OH CRAP!!!!!!' was all Kaoru could think of for the moment. Nothing came to mind on how to explain why they were in Hiko's house when they hadn't been before. They were totally and completly dead! Yahiko on the other hand could think of something to say, but it wasn't very helpful.
" Um......... long story?" Yahiko stated in a nervous manner. Misao glared at him for that one. Now Kenshin probably thought they had done something worse than the truth. Hiko looked in amusment at the group. They certaintly were digging themselves in a deeper hole by the minute.
" I want a straight answer." Kenshin stated calmly, but there was irratation in his eyes. Kaoru struggled to speak. Why was it so hard to tell him this? When she finally got the courage she told him the truth.
" Ummmm...... Misao wanted to get some answers from you about finding Aoshi, so she ran after you. I kinda followed her to stop her and she bumped into Yahiko on the way. When we got here and you left......." she smiled a very strained smile. " We stayed a little longer than expected."
Yahiko looked at Misao in suprise and truely wanted to say something about her looking for Aoshi of all people, but Kaoru glare told him that it wasn't such a very good idea to do that. Definatly not now.
" But why did you come Yahiko? I don't want you dead." He wispered in concern, " What were you thinking?"
" Kenshin I want to help." Yahiko told him in all seriousness, " You can't take on Shishio practically by yourself! You'll get killed ..... hiten misturugi style or no." Kenshin looked him in the eyes, seeing that the youth meant this with all his heart.
" That's why I'm here." he replied simply, " To get the training that will insure that I won't die. Please, go to the Aoyia until then." Yahiko nodded, knowing that Kaoru would know where that was anyway. Kaoru really wondered if Kenshin could magically will someone to do what he wanted. It was hard for her to make Yahiko do anything without extra effort. Misao apologized as she and Yahiko went out of the hut. Kenshin nodded at her apology, but did nothing more than that. Kaoru didn't budge one bit even though the others had left, in a way she didn't want to.
" Miss Kaoru, that includes you." Kenshin stated. Kaoru flinched under his stare for an unknown reason. His words seemed to hurt her, she didn't know why.
" Is something wrong?" Kenshin asked her as he noticed the flinch. Kaoru hesitated and then the little voice in her head yelled at her considerbly. Hello, this was the man she was courting! She could trust Kenshin with almost anything. Kaoru still hesitated anyway and she learned that those little voices could curse like a sailor if they felt the need.....
" Are you mad at me?" she asked finally, " I know that we came when she shouldn't have.... you have evry right to be mad." Kenshin just looked at her for a minute contemplating his answer. Kaoru felt like the suspense was killing her..... hopefully not literally. She decided that the ground was interesting at that moment of uncomftorble silence that lingered in the air. Hiko looked at them in intrest. This girl seemed to like his idiot student a lot.
" A little." he admitted, " But not too much. I think you should go to the Aoyia now."
" but Kenshin-" She started but Kenshin cut her off. He looked at her so deeply that she thought that her legs had turned to jelly.
" Please Kaoru, I need you to do this...... I need to be at full attention for this training." he said to her while grasping her shoulders. For some reason she felt like crying although she had no idea why.
' You'll miss him, won't you?' a tiny voice entered into her thoughts, ' you haven't been seperated from him in awhile' She growled mentally, if there was a way to kill that stupid voice she would gladly do it. It was like that stupid voice was smirking all the time it made those truthful statements too.
" Okay...." she trailed off although her mind said different, " just remember Kenshin Himura if there is any way that you shall die...... I'll follow you someday and beat you so hard the heavens will shake with every swing of my shinai!"
Kenshin swallowed and made a mental note of that for future references. It would come in handy someday. He nodded slowly and smiled. Kaoru smiled back and left the hut calling him goodbye all the way.
" Does she mean something to you?" Hiko asked as she went. Kenshin nodded.
" Yes master, we are courting if that's what you mean." he answered and Hiko's eyes flashed a bit evily. This worried Kenshin..... a lot.
" So have you...... made MOVES on her?" Hiko asked while smirking. Kenshin didn't quite get it at first.
" Oro? I have hugged her if that's what you mean." Hiko shook his head in a way of saying no and when Kenshin finally figured out what Hiko meant he was red as his hair.
" OROOOOOOOOOOO! I would never do that if Miss Kaoru didn't want to!" Kenshin practically yelled. Hiko mocked disapointment at Kenshin.
" You idiot student, you've been courting for how long?" he mocked him. Kenshin looked very flustered indeed. If Hiko wasn't his master he would have told him he was a pervert right about now. Or hit him unconcious, anything but let his Hiko torture him in this manner.
"We have courted only one day master! Don't think such dirty thoughts!" Kenshin splurted out of no where. He had forgotten that Hiko lived to embarass him like this! Well he was remembering it now for all the good it was doing him.......
" Honestly your just as shy as ever. It's just like when you were a child. I had to practically DRAG you into resturants." Kenshin turned even redder, if that was humanly possible. Yeah, drag him in and yell at him when he did have todo that so the whole resturant noticed. That was the worst! Hiko rattled off one embarassing story after another after that one.
" Master please! No more stories!" he cried out. He was seriously wondering if Hiko's training was worth the trouble. It didn't seem so at the moment.
" Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! No can do my idiot apprentice! Too bad I want to train you now! " came the reply, Kenshin sighed at that. His master loved to tease him even when he was at the age of twenty eight!
This was going to be a looooooooooooooong training session.
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Kaoru went down the path missing Kenshin already. It was strange that she did, because it had only been a few minutes since she had left. She heard Kenshin oro loudly a few seconds after she left and wondered why in the world he had done that. She liked when he oro'd. It was quite cute if she did say so herself.
" Actually Kenshin's really cute too...." she mused as she walked, " But I'll always love his eyes the most."
She meant that with all her heart. Kenshin's eyes always changed depending on the emotion he was feeling. She noticed that when he was in a serious mood his warm violet eyes were tinted a steely blue. That had always seemed to bother her. Or when he was extremely angry and still a wanderer his eyes went almost completely that steely blue she had learned to get used to. But she loved when they were a warm violet the most. He always looked so kind when they were that color.
Her thoughts were interupted when she heard Misao and Yahiko shouting at eachother. Yahiko's voice showed that he felt very hostile towards her. She could understand that, his first impressions of the Oniwaban had been very bad considering that they poisoned him the first time that they met......
" I'm not telling you anything! You're part of the oniwaban group!" She heard Yahiko shout as she changed course to where she heard them yelling.
" I don't see what you have against the oniwaban!" Misao yelled at him. Kaoru ran faster, she knew what would happen eventually. They would most likely fight and that wasn't good.
" They tried to poison me you idiot!" Yahiko shouted as Kaoru came through the bushes and put her hand on Yahiko's shoulder and gripped it hard. That clearly meant for him to shut up. She glared at Misao to shut her up as well.
" If you really want to know what happened to the Oniwaban......" she started slowly, " Fine, I'll tell you. Just a warning, it isn't going to be something that you want to hear."
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Okay, this chapter is DONE! I'm going to a camping trip this weekend, so I won't be able to write for two days, k?
The chapter title Crush has to do with Kaoru's crush on Kenshin and not wanting to leave him. Isn't that cute? Now for the review responses:
Sofa-Chan: He wasn't mad, just worried. ^^ Thank you for reviewing.
AoiTsuki: Yeah, Kenshin really isn't one for suprises is he?
PensSquared: Thanks! ^^ Sorry, I'll try to find a spot for Kaoru to beat Yahiko....... I hope.
Setine: Yep! Cute is the way to go. ^_^
Inuyashachic515: Thanks! I'm glad you think so.
Daughter of Magic: I'm glad you like it so much. Thank you for reviewing so often.
Ana: He is? I never really noticed....... excuse me for being a flake.
Brooke: Thank you.^^
Rurouni Kaoru Kenshin's Love: ^^ mm-hm. Thank you for the complinment!^_^
Koniko-chan: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I get it now. Sorry he didn't kill them, but that's not Kenshin-like. By the way, I like your latest chapter! ^_~*
Okay, I gtg. I need to leave by six and it's 5:29! See-ya and please review!