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Beta Reader: Kokoronagomu
The Blood
36
The Pain
Kenshin sat, hidden behind the leaves of a tree. He felt frozen inside. It felt as if the blood no longer flowed inside him and as if there was no heart anymore. He felt broken and betrayed.
Kaoru—she was with Hiko. They were together as a man a woman—and he hadn't known. How long had this been going on? For how long had he thought he had kept them away from each other? Were they laughing behind his back?
There was so much anger, and emptiness. His fist clenched and his throat was dry. Hiko. He wanted to kill him, to dig his sword right through his Master's heart and then turn it so he would cry out in pain.
How could they?
Kaoru was not supposed to be with Hiko! She was supposed to go back to the restaurant in Kyoto with Uno-sama and the others! He was supposed to go back with her and they would live their lives together, happy. He would join the revolution and end this foolish war in order to restore Japan. Now…what was he going to do now when there was no Kaoru to share it with?
A sudden cry, that was not exactly a cry, made the young teenager cover his ears and escape the place and the person who tore his heart the most.
To be continued...
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