New chapter! Oh for heaven's sake just read it, my AN's are probably
annoying. You don't wanna hear this anymore than I wanna write it.
Disclaimer: I don't own RK, don't sue me, you guys must have this memorized by now.
Chapter 15 [I'm warning you it may be messed up because I was crying my eyes out when I wrote it]
When Kenshin Broke...
"U...uhn...ow..." Kenshin muttered opening his eyes painfully. The sunlight was too bright. "Where am I?" He sat up. "My wounds are bandaged."
"So, you're finally up," Megumi said leaning against the doorframe, "you've been out all night and most of the day."
Kenshin turned around. "Megumi-dono? How did sessha get here to your clinic?"
"Kaoru-san had carried you here. You were in pretty bad shape," Megumi said eyeing him. "Did you go off and pick another fight?" Kenshin shook his head. "I was fishing and that guy ambushed me." He looked around. "Oro? Where is Kaoru-dono?"
"She waited for you as long as she could. Demo, she said she had to go on an errand and asked me to watch you until you came to."
"What kind of errand?"
"I didn't ask. Was I suppose to?"
Kenshin thought for a minute. 'She probably is training with Yahiko. He wanted to catch up on things.' "Arigatou for taking care of me Megumi-dono. Sessha is sorry for all the trouble." Megumi rolled her eyes but smiled.
"It was no problem Ken-san, demo it's Kaoru whom you should be thanking. She was incredible, I've never seen anyone do a blood transfusion like that."
"Oro?! What does that mean?" Kenshin asked bewilderedly. "I never heard of it."
"Kaoru gave you some of her own blood in order to save you," Megumi said. "She's a pretty tough girl, more than I gave her credit for."
"Arigatou for everything Megumi-dono. Sessha needs to be going now de gozaru yo." He bowed lightly before taking off. Megumi sighed. 'Those two...they've been through so much...I hope they'll be okay...'
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Kaoru blankly stared out the window of the training room. 'I don't have very long...it's already noon...' she looked over at her katana leaning against the wall. 'Can I really do it this time? Like this?' tears of guilt spilled from her now lavender eyes, they were really close to Kenshin's eye- color. 'I had promised Kenshin we would do this together...why did it have to be like this?' More tears came. 'What am I suppose to say to him?' Suddenly she heard the door open.
"Hello? Anyone here?" Kenshin called out. Kaoru quickly wiped her tears and fixed herself up. She had really become a mess. "I'm over here Kenshin," she called out weakly. Kenshin perked up as he ran into the training room. Kaoru was about to open the door when something, or someone came running like mad and tackled her.
"WHAAA?!" she said losing her balance. She looked up to see a very flustered but relieved Kenshin staring down at her. "Gomen nasai, sessha just..."
"You're using the 'sessha' again," Kaoru said glaring at him.
"Oro!"
"How are you feeling?" She asked getting up and dusting herself off.
"I'm doing fine." He looked over at her. "Did...you really give up some of your blood for me?" Kaoru stiffened and looked him in the eyes. "Oh, so you know about that." Kenshin then noticed her eyes. Except for being a little lighter they would've matched his own. He didn't remember seeing that color in her eyes before. Did it have something to do with what they were talking about.
"so you really did then?" Kaoru gave him a smile. "Yeah, demo it was noth-" she couldn't finish. She was entangled in Kenshin's arms. "Gomen nasai Kaoru...you didn't have to do that for me..."
"You idiot..." she murmured against his shoulder. "It was no big deal, I would've given up more than that for you..."
"Ooooooh Kenshin and Kaoru sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!!" They both spun around to see Yahiko chanting and Sano just standing there smirking at them. "Teme na?!" Kaoru fumed, "HORA! JUST WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU TWO!!!" Kaoru did her best to act like her normal self so her eyes wouldn't reveal anything. Kenshin just stood there like he normally did, not interfering with their usual game of 'tag'. Still, deep down, he felt something was going to happen. The question was...is it going to be a good thing or a bad thing?
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That night Kaoru lay awake, crying quietly. 'I can't believe I'm really going to do this...I'm betraying Kenshin, breaking the promise I made with him...' She got up quietly. 'Well, it's now or never, if I don't get going everyone here will be in trouble. She picked up her katana and as quietly as possible crept out of her room, into the hallway, and outside.
She kept running through the forest. 'Dammit, Yashiitomo never said exactly when or where to meet him for this!' She stopped in a small grass clearing under a tree. 'Where am I supposed to go?' Suddenly she felt an arm on her shoulder. She was about to cry out when whoever it was turned her to face him. She gasped, "Kenshin?! What are you doing out here?"
"I should be asking you that..." he said his eyes hidden under his bangs. "You're out here and you were planning to fight him weren't you...and without me..."
"Kenshin, you're still hurt. And he told me to come here alone or he'll kill all of you."
"You promised me..." Finally Kaoru was unable to hold it in. "You think I wanted to do this?! This was very hard for me. And how can you be saying this when you always left me alone in Tokyo before?! You always left me even though you knew...you didn't think that was painful Kenshin?!"
Suddenly he grabbed her arms and pinned her against the tree.
"That's it Kaoru, I can't take this anymore!!!!" he said angrily and painfully at the same time. Kaoru was frozen stiff, taken back by his sudden outburst. Kenshin's eyes burned through hers.
"How hard-headed are you, do you actually think that you're the only who was pained by that?!" Kaoru just looked at him through tear-filled eyes. 'Kenshin...doushite?'
"Don't you get it?" he cried, "Soushite, I was just as sad and lonely as you were!!!" He let his hands fall and he looked at the ground. Tears began to flood out of his eyes and he sobbed painfully. Kaoru gasped at him. 'K- Kenshin...crying, like this?!' He gaze went back to her, tears still falling out, sobs racking his body.
"When we are separated...I'm the one unable to deal with it!!!" Kaoru sank to her knees, taken completely by surprise at him opening up fully to her. His emotions could no longer be contained, and he was breaking, right here in front of her.
"The last time we were apart... back when I was in Kyoto fighting Shishio..." he went on, sinking eye level with her, "I was so lonely! I didn't think I was going to make it...demo, then I heard your voice, and I was sure I could get through this, because...I knew you were there waiting for me...that was what I thought..."
'All this time...he was feeling like that?' Kaoru said mentally, almost unable to believe her ears. Kenshin again regarded her through tear-filled eyes. "So how...even after what had happened while we were here, and all those other times...HOW CAN YOU THINK I NEVER MISSED YOU?!"
"Kenshin..."
"Please... I'm so scared...tell me, I need to know," he sobbed letting himself fall into her arms, "tell me...that everything will be okay..." Kaoru embraced him tightly; crying silently, while he kept his face hidden in her neck, his hands going behind her and clutching the back fabric of her yukata.
'Kenshin...gomen nasai...honto ni...I never thought about your feelings...how you felt...' she felt her heart constrict looking down at him, crying into her neck and clinging to her like a frightened child.
"I'm so sorry..."
Kaoru rested her head atop his, stroking his hair with one hand, the other wound around his back, doing her best to let him know she was there. 'What should I do now? I can't think anymore...' She continued to stroke his hair while he clung to her tighter.
'What should I do?'
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*cries uncontrollably* I can't even talk...*hic* don't ask me why it turned out like this, I don't really know... I wrote this part for you Waterflash, I kinda related to myself, how thick-headed I was, not really thinking, and how you always knocked some sense into me ^^. And plus, Kaoru was being hard headed throughout this fic saying about how she was left alone and all that, so I made her understand that Kenshin must have felt bad about that too. Okay everyone, you guys know the rest.
Disclaimer: I don't own RK, don't sue me, you guys must have this memorized by now.
Chapter 15 [I'm warning you it may be messed up because I was crying my eyes out when I wrote it]
When Kenshin Broke...
"U...uhn...ow..." Kenshin muttered opening his eyes painfully. The sunlight was too bright. "Where am I?" He sat up. "My wounds are bandaged."
"So, you're finally up," Megumi said leaning against the doorframe, "you've been out all night and most of the day."
Kenshin turned around. "Megumi-dono? How did sessha get here to your clinic?"
"Kaoru-san had carried you here. You were in pretty bad shape," Megumi said eyeing him. "Did you go off and pick another fight?" Kenshin shook his head. "I was fishing and that guy ambushed me." He looked around. "Oro? Where is Kaoru-dono?"
"She waited for you as long as she could. Demo, she said she had to go on an errand and asked me to watch you until you came to."
"What kind of errand?"
"I didn't ask. Was I suppose to?"
Kenshin thought for a minute. 'She probably is training with Yahiko. He wanted to catch up on things.' "Arigatou for taking care of me Megumi-dono. Sessha is sorry for all the trouble." Megumi rolled her eyes but smiled.
"It was no problem Ken-san, demo it's Kaoru whom you should be thanking. She was incredible, I've never seen anyone do a blood transfusion like that."
"Oro?! What does that mean?" Kenshin asked bewilderedly. "I never heard of it."
"Kaoru gave you some of her own blood in order to save you," Megumi said. "She's a pretty tough girl, more than I gave her credit for."
"Arigatou for everything Megumi-dono. Sessha needs to be going now de gozaru yo." He bowed lightly before taking off. Megumi sighed. 'Those two...they've been through so much...I hope they'll be okay...'
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Kaoru blankly stared out the window of the training room. 'I don't have very long...it's already noon...' she looked over at her katana leaning against the wall. 'Can I really do it this time? Like this?' tears of guilt spilled from her now lavender eyes, they were really close to Kenshin's eye- color. 'I had promised Kenshin we would do this together...why did it have to be like this?' More tears came. 'What am I suppose to say to him?' Suddenly she heard the door open.
"Hello? Anyone here?" Kenshin called out. Kaoru quickly wiped her tears and fixed herself up. She had really become a mess. "I'm over here Kenshin," she called out weakly. Kenshin perked up as he ran into the training room. Kaoru was about to open the door when something, or someone came running like mad and tackled her.
"WHAAA?!" she said losing her balance. She looked up to see a very flustered but relieved Kenshin staring down at her. "Gomen nasai, sessha just..."
"You're using the 'sessha' again," Kaoru said glaring at him.
"Oro!"
"How are you feeling?" She asked getting up and dusting herself off.
"I'm doing fine." He looked over at her. "Did...you really give up some of your blood for me?" Kaoru stiffened and looked him in the eyes. "Oh, so you know about that." Kenshin then noticed her eyes. Except for being a little lighter they would've matched his own. He didn't remember seeing that color in her eyes before. Did it have something to do with what they were talking about.
"so you really did then?" Kaoru gave him a smile. "Yeah, demo it was noth-" she couldn't finish. She was entangled in Kenshin's arms. "Gomen nasai Kaoru...you didn't have to do that for me..."
"You idiot..." she murmured against his shoulder. "It was no big deal, I would've given up more than that for you..."
"Ooooooh Kenshin and Kaoru sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!!" They both spun around to see Yahiko chanting and Sano just standing there smirking at them. "Teme na?!" Kaoru fumed, "HORA! JUST WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU TWO!!!" Kaoru did her best to act like her normal self so her eyes wouldn't reveal anything. Kenshin just stood there like he normally did, not interfering with their usual game of 'tag'. Still, deep down, he felt something was going to happen. The question was...is it going to be a good thing or a bad thing?
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That night Kaoru lay awake, crying quietly. 'I can't believe I'm really going to do this...I'm betraying Kenshin, breaking the promise I made with him...' She got up quietly. 'Well, it's now or never, if I don't get going everyone here will be in trouble. She picked up her katana and as quietly as possible crept out of her room, into the hallway, and outside.
She kept running through the forest. 'Dammit, Yashiitomo never said exactly when or where to meet him for this!' She stopped in a small grass clearing under a tree. 'Where am I supposed to go?' Suddenly she felt an arm on her shoulder. She was about to cry out when whoever it was turned her to face him. She gasped, "Kenshin?! What are you doing out here?"
"I should be asking you that..." he said his eyes hidden under his bangs. "You're out here and you were planning to fight him weren't you...and without me..."
"Kenshin, you're still hurt. And he told me to come here alone or he'll kill all of you."
"You promised me..." Finally Kaoru was unable to hold it in. "You think I wanted to do this?! This was very hard for me. And how can you be saying this when you always left me alone in Tokyo before?! You always left me even though you knew...you didn't think that was painful Kenshin?!"
Suddenly he grabbed her arms and pinned her against the tree.
"That's it Kaoru, I can't take this anymore!!!!" he said angrily and painfully at the same time. Kaoru was frozen stiff, taken back by his sudden outburst. Kenshin's eyes burned through hers.
"How hard-headed are you, do you actually think that you're the only who was pained by that?!" Kaoru just looked at him through tear-filled eyes. 'Kenshin...doushite?'
"Don't you get it?" he cried, "Soushite, I was just as sad and lonely as you were!!!" He let his hands fall and he looked at the ground. Tears began to flood out of his eyes and he sobbed painfully. Kaoru gasped at him. 'K- Kenshin...crying, like this?!' He gaze went back to her, tears still falling out, sobs racking his body.
"When we are separated...I'm the one unable to deal with it!!!" Kaoru sank to her knees, taken completely by surprise at him opening up fully to her. His emotions could no longer be contained, and he was breaking, right here in front of her.
"The last time we were apart... back when I was in Kyoto fighting Shishio..." he went on, sinking eye level with her, "I was so lonely! I didn't think I was going to make it...demo, then I heard your voice, and I was sure I could get through this, because...I knew you were there waiting for me...that was what I thought..."
'All this time...he was feeling like that?' Kaoru said mentally, almost unable to believe her ears. Kenshin again regarded her through tear-filled eyes. "So how...even after what had happened while we were here, and all those other times...HOW CAN YOU THINK I NEVER MISSED YOU?!"
"Kenshin..."
"Please... I'm so scared...tell me, I need to know," he sobbed letting himself fall into her arms, "tell me...that everything will be okay..." Kaoru embraced him tightly; crying silently, while he kept his face hidden in her neck, his hands going behind her and clutching the back fabric of her yukata.
'Kenshin...gomen nasai...honto ni...I never thought about your feelings...how you felt...' she felt her heart constrict looking down at him, crying into her neck and clinging to her like a frightened child.
"I'm so sorry..."
Kaoru rested her head atop his, stroking his hair with one hand, the other wound around his back, doing her best to let him know she was there. 'What should I do now? I can't think anymore...' She continued to stroke his hair while he clung to her tighter.
'What should I do?'
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*cries uncontrollably* I can't even talk...*hic* don't ask me why it turned out like this, I don't really know... I wrote this part for you Waterflash, I kinda related to myself, how thick-headed I was, not really thinking, and how you always knocked some sense into me ^^. And plus, Kaoru was being hard headed throughout this fic saying about how she was left alone and all that, so I made her understand that Kenshin must have felt bad about that too. Okay everyone, you guys know the rest.