Discalimer: I do not now nor ever shall own Rurouni Kenshin
Authors Note: I've noticed that more reviews come with more chapters, so lets hope that works here. I'm very hopeful with this fic, I like the idea a lot, I just hope it dosen't turn out to sappy or cheesy. Anyway this continues right where we left off.
Rumors:
Chapter 2
by Catnip
Kaoru wasn't any better the next morning. That last evening she ran out of Kenshin's arms as soon as they got home, bolted to her bedroom and cried herself to sleep. By the time breakfast came around Kaoru was still asleep. Kenshin tapped on her door, but didn't hear anything. He hoped that his presence would be comforting to Kaoru, however he found out differently after he opened the door.
"What do you want?" she growled
"Kaoru, I..I just wanted to see if your feeling better?" he said
"I'm fine. So go away!" she said
"Kaoru are you sure, I would like to know what's going on?"
Kaoru sat up from her bed and faced Kenshin
"What do you mean? What the hell did you mean? Didn't you hear those women, everyone of them in town yesterday called me a whore, I heard it Kenshin I heard it!" she shouted
"Kaoru, now certainly not everyone did"
"You know what I mean. Didn't you hear it?" she asked
"I only heard one woman say one thing"
"Only One!!"
"Kaoru calm down, why are you getting so angry? What people say doesn't matter. What they think doesn't matter. All that matters is that we are honest with ourselves and the people we love. I love you Kaoru you know that. They're just people, and it's just a rumor."
Kaoru bowed her head, and shook it from side to side. Kenshin could hear her begin to sniffle
"No Kenshin, no. It's not just a rumor. It can never be just a rumor. It's my reputation. now everybody thinks I'm something that I'm not, and I'm going to be judged because of it. 'Battousai's woman' they think I'm a whore Kenshin, the think I'm your whore."
Kenshin could only stare at her with sad eyes. He loved her, he lover her so much, but he would never be able to understand the kind of pain she was suffering from, and worse he didn't know how to help her.
"I wish I could make it all go away" Kenshin said hoping that it would comfort her
Kaoru's face was streaming with tears now, and she was choking out sob after sob. Kenshin couldn't stand it anymore, he walked over to her and tried to embrace her but she pushed him away.
"No, you touching me is what started this, so don't ever touch me again!" she snapped
"Kaoru listen to me" he said as gently as he could " I know this is hard for you, but I want to help. I don't want you to feel this kind of pain. I don't want to see you hurting this badly. Please don't push me away, because if you do you'll only end up pushing me out of your heart."
"Kenshin, I'm just so mad at them. I never want to go into town or another crowd as long as I live."
Kaoru's eyes overflowed with tears as she fell into Kenshin's arms. Kenshin still didn't know what to do, but at least he could try to comfort Kaoru for a few moments.
"Well is she feeling any better?" Sano asked as Kenshin walked into the kitchen
"Not really, she's exhausted from crying so much." he said
"That girl needs some sense knocked into. I told her that she couldn't be this way, she can't get upset over something like this" Megumi said
"No Miss Megumi" Kenshin said "Kaoru is a strong woman, but I think that we are forgetting that she still young, and she doesn't know how to deal with this situation.''
"She's kinda like you Kenshin" Sano said
"huh?"
"taking on too much responsibility, not wanting others to get involved, yeah that's about right" Sano said
"Sano, Miss Kaoru just doesn't know how to deal with this yet, she's not like me, she's nothing like me."
Kenshin paused for a moment
"It's my fault." he said
"What?" Sano and Megumi asked
"I've been putting too much pressure on her lately. We've only been back from Kyoto a for a few months and that time I worried her way too much. Now lately we've been getting more involved with our relationship."
"Why does that put pressure on Kaoru?" Megumi asked
Kenshin paused, turned his back, and sighed
"It's just we've made so many promises to each other, about our future. I know it's hard for just me to keep the promises I've made to her, but for her, lately she's been more protective of me and Yahiko, and our home. She's taken her responsibility awareness much farther than she ever has. Now this this happening it must have shattered her, and all this is coming out, that's why it's affecting her so bad."
"So are you saying that if this situation were to happen with Kaoru's emotions being in a different environment, that she wouldn't be upset?" Megumi stated
"Well I think so" he responded
Megumi began to feel frustrated
"No, I think you're wrong Kenshin. It's true that Kaoru has put more responsibility on her self lately but people on the street are calling her a whore, Sir Ken I don't think you could ever understand how she is feeling. Her personal life is nobody's business, especially if they don't even know her. She must feel absolutly helpless."
"I've tried to tell Kaoru that I want to help her, but I don't know how."
"Ah Kenshin, c'mon and think. What if you were her, what would you want the person you loved to do for you?" Sano said
"I guess I'd want them to help me fight it." he said
"Well there you go, go fight it, go fight for the woman you love" Sano responded
Kenshin looked out to Kaoru's bedroom, then back at Sanoske
"Your right Sano, thank you. I know what I have to do now. I'll be back later this evening" he said as he ran out the door
"Kenshin's still new at this whole relationship thing I guess"
Authors Note: I've noticed that more reviews come with more chapters, so lets hope that works here. I'm very hopeful with this fic, I like the idea a lot, I just hope it dosen't turn out to sappy or cheesy. Anyway this continues right where we left off.
Rumors:
Chapter 2
by Catnip
Kaoru wasn't any better the next morning. That last evening she ran out of Kenshin's arms as soon as they got home, bolted to her bedroom and cried herself to sleep. By the time breakfast came around Kaoru was still asleep. Kenshin tapped on her door, but didn't hear anything. He hoped that his presence would be comforting to Kaoru, however he found out differently after he opened the door.
"What do you want?" she growled
"Kaoru, I..I just wanted to see if your feeling better?" he said
"I'm fine. So go away!" she said
"Kaoru are you sure, I would like to know what's going on?"
Kaoru sat up from her bed and faced Kenshin
"What do you mean? What the hell did you mean? Didn't you hear those women, everyone of them in town yesterday called me a whore, I heard it Kenshin I heard it!" she shouted
"Kaoru, now certainly not everyone did"
"You know what I mean. Didn't you hear it?" she asked
"I only heard one woman say one thing"
"Only One!!"
"Kaoru calm down, why are you getting so angry? What people say doesn't matter. What they think doesn't matter. All that matters is that we are honest with ourselves and the people we love. I love you Kaoru you know that. They're just people, and it's just a rumor."
Kaoru bowed her head, and shook it from side to side. Kenshin could hear her begin to sniffle
"No Kenshin, no. It's not just a rumor. It can never be just a rumor. It's my reputation. now everybody thinks I'm something that I'm not, and I'm going to be judged because of it. 'Battousai's woman' they think I'm a whore Kenshin, the think I'm your whore."
Kenshin could only stare at her with sad eyes. He loved her, he lover her so much, but he would never be able to understand the kind of pain she was suffering from, and worse he didn't know how to help her.
"I wish I could make it all go away" Kenshin said hoping that it would comfort her
Kaoru's face was streaming with tears now, and she was choking out sob after sob. Kenshin couldn't stand it anymore, he walked over to her and tried to embrace her but she pushed him away.
"No, you touching me is what started this, so don't ever touch me again!" she snapped
"Kaoru listen to me" he said as gently as he could " I know this is hard for you, but I want to help. I don't want you to feel this kind of pain. I don't want to see you hurting this badly. Please don't push me away, because if you do you'll only end up pushing me out of your heart."
"Kenshin, I'm just so mad at them. I never want to go into town or another crowd as long as I live."
Kaoru's eyes overflowed with tears as she fell into Kenshin's arms. Kenshin still didn't know what to do, but at least he could try to comfort Kaoru for a few moments.
"Well is she feeling any better?" Sano asked as Kenshin walked into the kitchen
"Not really, she's exhausted from crying so much." he said
"That girl needs some sense knocked into. I told her that she couldn't be this way, she can't get upset over something like this" Megumi said
"No Miss Megumi" Kenshin said "Kaoru is a strong woman, but I think that we are forgetting that she still young, and she doesn't know how to deal with this situation.''
"She's kinda like you Kenshin" Sano said
"huh?"
"taking on too much responsibility, not wanting others to get involved, yeah that's about right" Sano said
"Sano, Miss Kaoru just doesn't know how to deal with this yet, she's not like me, she's nothing like me."
Kenshin paused for a moment
"It's my fault." he said
"What?" Sano and Megumi asked
"I've been putting too much pressure on her lately. We've only been back from Kyoto a for a few months and that time I worried her way too much. Now lately we've been getting more involved with our relationship."
"Why does that put pressure on Kaoru?" Megumi asked
Kenshin paused, turned his back, and sighed
"It's just we've made so many promises to each other, about our future. I know it's hard for just me to keep the promises I've made to her, but for her, lately she's been more protective of me and Yahiko, and our home. She's taken her responsibility awareness much farther than she ever has. Now this this happening it must have shattered her, and all this is coming out, that's why it's affecting her so bad."
"So are you saying that if this situation were to happen with Kaoru's emotions being in a different environment, that she wouldn't be upset?" Megumi stated
"Well I think so" he responded
Megumi began to feel frustrated
"No, I think you're wrong Kenshin. It's true that Kaoru has put more responsibility on her self lately but people on the street are calling her a whore, Sir Ken I don't think you could ever understand how she is feeling. Her personal life is nobody's business, especially if they don't even know her. She must feel absolutly helpless."
"I've tried to tell Kaoru that I want to help her, but I don't know how."
"Ah Kenshin, c'mon and think. What if you were her, what would you want the person you loved to do for you?" Sano said
"I guess I'd want them to help me fight it." he said
"Well there you go, go fight it, go fight for the woman you love" Sano responded
Kenshin looked out to Kaoru's bedroom, then back at Sanoske
"Your right Sano, thank you. I know what I have to do now. I'll be back later this evening" he said as he ran out the door
"Kenshin's still new at this whole relationship thing I guess"