Chapter 14
Not out of luck
"Dammit Kenshin!! Get off me!!" Kaoru screamed shoving him off. Kenshin went oroing out the door and face into a wall. Sano was just walking by when he saw and heard what had just happened. "Yo, Kenshin. Daijobou ka?"
"Daijobou," he squeaked sliding to the floor.
"Did you try to seduce Kaoru again?"
"Nani? Sessha never tried to seduce Kaoru-dono de gozaru yo. We just fell asleep together."
"Yeah and you drooled all over me!!!!" Kaoru screamed from the bedroom. Sano sighed, "You two can be a very strange pair..."
"Shut up Sano," Kenshin and Kaoru both said.
"Feh, whatever." Then Sano remembered. "Oh yeah, the kitsune said she wanted you to stop by so she check on you two sometime this afternoon. So be sure not to forget."
"Hai hai," they both said again.
When Kaoru had gotten dressed into her training uniform she emerged from the room to find Kenshin in the same spot only standing this time. He turned to her when she had come out. "Kaoru, I'm going to go fishing today. I probably won't be back until a little before Megumi expects us. If I don't get here on time, just go without me okay?"
"Iya Kenshin, I'll wait for you," Kaoru insisted.
"Daijobou, you can go-"
"I already said no okay?!"
"Oro, h-hai!"
Kaoru sighed and smiled lightly at the retreating rurouni. 'He'll never change...always so stubborn...'
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"Ha! You missed again slowpoke!" Kaoru said when Yahiko attempted yet another vain assault. "Mou, you have been slacking off haven't you?"
"I have not!" Yahiko retorted. "It's just you've already been in real battles, and you haven't improved very much either busu!"
"Watch your mouth kid or I'll really go hard at you!!" They went at this for about 20 minutes.
Yahiko managed to block a direct hit. "You got lucky Yahiko."
"Are you saying that was a fluke?!"
Suddenly Kaoru's eyes began to glow. Yahiko stopped. "Kaoru? What's up with your eyes?" Kaoru immediately shook her head. "What?"
"Your eyes, they were turning red." She rubbed her eyes with her free hand. "It's nothing Yahiko, why don't we take a break from our training now."
"So soon?" Yahiko asked puzzled. Kaoru feigned a smile. "I just need a break, those last battles have taken a toll on me and Kenshin and we're still recovering." Kaoru didn't feel it was right to let Yahiko and the others see this.
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"Kaoru went to the back and threw some cold water over her face. 'This is starting to happen to me a lot. I have to find some way to control it. Demo, how?' She sat on the porch staring at the cloudless blue sky. 'How long will this last? We must have been in Kyoto for some time in order to Sano, Yahiko, and Megumi to come chasing after us.' Then it hit her.
'And Yashiitomo! Whatever happened to him?' She tried to remember what happened in her recent battle with him but anything after Kenshin got hurt was juts a blur. 'Maybe we finally won.' Then she tensed. 'Or maybe not...' She ran to her room and grabbed her katana. 'He's close by. I know it.'
Kaoru wove through the crowd to get to the forest. 'Can't we ever get a break? This guy never gives up!' She suddenly caught the stench of blood. Her heart pounded. Then it became more vague. 'KENSHIN?!' She was right. That was Kenshin's blood.
"Looking for me?" Came a venomous voice. "Kaoru gasped to find Kenshin come stumbling out of the bushes. He covered with blood.
"Kenshin!!!"
"K-Kaoru..." he uttered falling into her arms. "He caught me off-guard..."
"Don't talk Kenshin," she said softly, her eyes growing wet. "What did you do to him?!"
"Simple, I thought if I attacked him you would come after me," he said roughly. "And apparently my plan worked. Now I can finish you and your friend off for what you did to me."
"NOT NOW YOU BASTARD!!!" she yelled.
"I'll give you until tomorrow night. And you MUST come alone. Otherwise I'll attack that house of yours and everyone in it as well as whoever is with you." Kaoru glared at him through fire-red eyes. "Very well."
"You swear to that?"
"H-Hai," she said through gritted teeth. "Now get lost." She turned her attention to Kenshin. He was already unconscious and bleeding profusely. "Kenshin hang on! I'll get you to Megumi's clinic!"
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Megumi was surprised to see Kaoru in early. "Kaoru, why are you-WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?!" she cried seeing Kenshin and the state he was in. Kaoru shook her head. "I'll explain that later, just help him please!" Megumi understood. "Hai, get him in here, demo, I'm going to need your help."
Megumi removed Kenshin's shredded gi to examine the injuries. "These look bad. I'm going to need to stitch these up. You need to hold him down, this will hurt." Kaoru nodded.
Kenshin screamed out when Megumi attempted to close his wounds and Kaoru did her best to hold him down, but the looks on his face...Kaoru could tell he was in so much pain...
"Please Kenshin hang on," she begged tears falling out of her eyes onto his face. "I know it hurts, demo, please...I need you..."
After nearly two hours Megumi fell back. "I did my best," she said. "But he has lost so much blood. And his wounds are really critical."
"W-What does that mean?" Kaoru asked in horror.
"I don't know if he'll make it."
******************************************************** Bad spot, I know. But that's the fun of it don't you think?
Oh come one now, it wasn't like I've never been in a cliffhanger.
Oh fine, be that way.
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Kaoru gasped.
"He needs blood, but I don't know where to get any. Blood transfusions haven't been used yet, and I don't know how to-"
"I'll give him my blood," Kaoru said. Megumi stared at her in disbelief. "Kaoru, but you don't know if-"
"It's the only way. Trust me, I know what I'm doing." She quickly drew her katana and flipped it. Kaoru closed her eyes tight and reopened them. They were red and glowing. Quickly she sliced her arm creating a cut. Megumi gasped, "Kaoru, your blood is..."
"I know," she said. Gently, she lifted Kenshin's arm. Luckily there was already an open cut on it. She brought her cut arm to his and joined the two. Megumi saw Kaoru eyes flash a darker red and she flinched I pain, shutting her eyes tight. When she brought her wrist away, her wound was completely healed as was Kenshin's. The color started returning to his face. Megumi couldn't believe it. "How did you do that?"
"There's...just something in my blood," Kaoru smiled to herself. 'Kenshin's wounds should be able to heal as well as mine now.' She became serious. 'However, my power was cut in half. I won't be able to do as well as I did before. But I don't care, Kenshin is safe, that is what matters.'
"I've got to hand it to you tanuki, you're a tough one," Megumi said. "It looks like Kenshin is recovering already."
"That's a relief," Kaoru sighed. She began to waver a little bit. "Kaoru, daijobou?" Megumi asked anxiously.
"I'm just a little dizzy from earlier," Kaoru replied trying to smile, but she was too tired.
"You need to rest," Megumi said, "Come on, I have a place where you can sleep for now."
"What about Kenshin?"
"I'll watch him till he comes to," Megumi offered. Kaoru smiled and then, just for the fun of it said, "I don't know if I can trust you Megumi-san. Remember what happened those OTHER times?" Megumi grunted. "Oh fine I promise I won't DO anything to him okay? Just go rest now before Kenshin wakes up and starts fussing over you."
Kaoru smiled before leaving to go rest.
****************************************************** Okay are you satisfied now? My goodness...^^ Joking joking. I decided to have something happen to Kenshin because I was sure some of you [me included] were getting tired of things having to happen to Kaoru all the time. So I hope this one was a bit more different ^_^.
Not out of luck
"Dammit Kenshin!! Get off me!!" Kaoru screamed shoving him off. Kenshin went oroing out the door and face into a wall. Sano was just walking by when he saw and heard what had just happened. "Yo, Kenshin. Daijobou ka?"
"Daijobou," he squeaked sliding to the floor.
"Did you try to seduce Kaoru again?"
"Nani? Sessha never tried to seduce Kaoru-dono de gozaru yo. We just fell asleep together."
"Yeah and you drooled all over me!!!!" Kaoru screamed from the bedroom. Sano sighed, "You two can be a very strange pair..."
"Shut up Sano," Kenshin and Kaoru both said.
"Feh, whatever." Then Sano remembered. "Oh yeah, the kitsune said she wanted you to stop by so she check on you two sometime this afternoon. So be sure not to forget."
"Hai hai," they both said again.
When Kaoru had gotten dressed into her training uniform she emerged from the room to find Kenshin in the same spot only standing this time. He turned to her when she had come out. "Kaoru, I'm going to go fishing today. I probably won't be back until a little before Megumi expects us. If I don't get here on time, just go without me okay?"
"Iya Kenshin, I'll wait for you," Kaoru insisted.
"Daijobou, you can go-"
"I already said no okay?!"
"Oro, h-hai!"
Kaoru sighed and smiled lightly at the retreating rurouni. 'He'll never change...always so stubborn...'
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"Ha! You missed again slowpoke!" Kaoru said when Yahiko attempted yet another vain assault. "Mou, you have been slacking off haven't you?"
"I have not!" Yahiko retorted. "It's just you've already been in real battles, and you haven't improved very much either busu!"
"Watch your mouth kid or I'll really go hard at you!!" They went at this for about 20 minutes.
Yahiko managed to block a direct hit. "You got lucky Yahiko."
"Are you saying that was a fluke?!"
Suddenly Kaoru's eyes began to glow. Yahiko stopped. "Kaoru? What's up with your eyes?" Kaoru immediately shook her head. "What?"
"Your eyes, they were turning red." She rubbed her eyes with her free hand. "It's nothing Yahiko, why don't we take a break from our training now."
"So soon?" Yahiko asked puzzled. Kaoru feigned a smile. "I just need a break, those last battles have taken a toll on me and Kenshin and we're still recovering." Kaoru didn't feel it was right to let Yahiko and the others see this.
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"Kaoru went to the back and threw some cold water over her face. 'This is starting to happen to me a lot. I have to find some way to control it. Demo, how?' She sat on the porch staring at the cloudless blue sky. 'How long will this last? We must have been in Kyoto for some time in order to Sano, Yahiko, and Megumi to come chasing after us.' Then it hit her.
'And Yashiitomo! Whatever happened to him?' She tried to remember what happened in her recent battle with him but anything after Kenshin got hurt was juts a blur. 'Maybe we finally won.' Then she tensed. 'Or maybe not...' She ran to her room and grabbed her katana. 'He's close by. I know it.'
Kaoru wove through the crowd to get to the forest. 'Can't we ever get a break? This guy never gives up!' She suddenly caught the stench of blood. Her heart pounded. Then it became more vague. 'KENSHIN?!' She was right. That was Kenshin's blood.
"Looking for me?" Came a venomous voice. "Kaoru gasped to find Kenshin come stumbling out of the bushes. He covered with blood.
"Kenshin!!!"
"K-Kaoru..." he uttered falling into her arms. "He caught me off-guard..."
"Don't talk Kenshin," she said softly, her eyes growing wet. "What did you do to him?!"
"Simple, I thought if I attacked him you would come after me," he said roughly. "And apparently my plan worked. Now I can finish you and your friend off for what you did to me."
"NOT NOW YOU BASTARD!!!" she yelled.
"I'll give you until tomorrow night. And you MUST come alone. Otherwise I'll attack that house of yours and everyone in it as well as whoever is with you." Kaoru glared at him through fire-red eyes. "Very well."
"You swear to that?"
"H-Hai," she said through gritted teeth. "Now get lost." She turned her attention to Kenshin. He was already unconscious and bleeding profusely. "Kenshin hang on! I'll get you to Megumi's clinic!"
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Megumi was surprised to see Kaoru in early. "Kaoru, why are you-WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?!" she cried seeing Kenshin and the state he was in. Kaoru shook her head. "I'll explain that later, just help him please!" Megumi understood. "Hai, get him in here, demo, I'm going to need your help."
Megumi removed Kenshin's shredded gi to examine the injuries. "These look bad. I'm going to need to stitch these up. You need to hold him down, this will hurt." Kaoru nodded.
Kenshin screamed out when Megumi attempted to close his wounds and Kaoru did her best to hold him down, but the looks on his face...Kaoru could tell he was in so much pain...
"Please Kenshin hang on," she begged tears falling out of her eyes onto his face. "I know it hurts, demo, please...I need you..."
After nearly two hours Megumi fell back. "I did my best," she said. "But he has lost so much blood. And his wounds are really critical."
"W-What does that mean?" Kaoru asked in horror.
"I don't know if he'll make it."
******************************************************** Bad spot, I know. But that's the fun of it don't you think?
Oh come one now, it wasn't like I've never been in a cliffhanger.
Oh fine, be that way.
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Kaoru gasped.
"He needs blood, but I don't know where to get any. Blood transfusions haven't been used yet, and I don't know how to-"
"I'll give him my blood," Kaoru said. Megumi stared at her in disbelief. "Kaoru, but you don't know if-"
"It's the only way. Trust me, I know what I'm doing." She quickly drew her katana and flipped it. Kaoru closed her eyes tight and reopened them. They were red and glowing. Quickly she sliced her arm creating a cut. Megumi gasped, "Kaoru, your blood is..."
"I know," she said. Gently, she lifted Kenshin's arm. Luckily there was already an open cut on it. She brought her cut arm to his and joined the two. Megumi saw Kaoru eyes flash a darker red and she flinched I pain, shutting her eyes tight. When she brought her wrist away, her wound was completely healed as was Kenshin's. The color started returning to his face. Megumi couldn't believe it. "How did you do that?"
"There's...just something in my blood," Kaoru smiled to herself. 'Kenshin's wounds should be able to heal as well as mine now.' She became serious. 'However, my power was cut in half. I won't be able to do as well as I did before. But I don't care, Kenshin is safe, that is what matters.'
"I've got to hand it to you tanuki, you're a tough one," Megumi said. "It looks like Kenshin is recovering already."
"That's a relief," Kaoru sighed. She began to waver a little bit. "Kaoru, daijobou?" Megumi asked anxiously.
"I'm just a little dizzy from earlier," Kaoru replied trying to smile, but she was too tired.
"You need to rest," Megumi said, "Come on, I have a place where you can sleep for now."
"What about Kenshin?"
"I'll watch him till he comes to," Megumi offered. Kaoru smiled and then, just for the fun of it said, "I don't know if I can trust you Megumi-san. Remember what happened those OTHER times?" Megumi grunted. "Oh fine I promise I won't DO anything to him okay? Just go rest now before Kenshin wakes up and starts fussing over you."
Kaoru smiled before leaving to go rest.
****************************************************** Okay are you satisfied now? My goodness...^^ Joking joking. I decided to have something happen to Kenshin because I was sure some of you [me included] were getting tired of things having to happen to Kaoru all the time. So I hope this one was a bit more different ^_^.