A/N: I cannot begin to apologise for taking so damn long. but I'm sorry
anyway, I won't torture you anymore cuz. well just because, I'm so sorry
and well here we go. when we left off Kenshin had confessed he could lie
when he told Kaoru he loved her, Kaoru jumping to conclusions thought that
he had done just that. Kenshin as always has no clue.
~~
"Hai. Last night de gozaru yo. Doushite Kaoru-dono?"
"Awwww, I was kinda getting used to torturing you.. It's a lot more fun than it looks." Joked Sano.
"Yeah! The faces you made! Hahaha!" joined in Yahiko.
Kenshin glared at them and was about to say something in his defence, when Kaoru stood up abruptly. She had a look of shock on her face. No one said anything for a good twenty seconds.
"Kaoru-dono..?"
"........"
"........"
"........"
Sano and Yahiko looked to one another then to Kenshin and Kaoru. He sat with that innocent rurouni look on his face and Kaoru simply stared at him. Then she lifted her shoulders and slumped her head bringing her wrists up to her chest. Yahiko swallowed hard, he knew that position being the one who made her get pissed of most often. it was the I'm-going-to-blow-up-in- two-seconds-giving-you-a-head-start-to-run-and-try-to-save-your-frail- little-life-cuz-I-am-f***ing-pissed-off position.
"Oro." Kenshin recognized the posture as well, just as Sano began to sweat.
"¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡KENSHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The kitchen exploded. Literally. Or maybe it was just Kaoru's voice magically magnified one thousand times. Before his ear drums exploded, Kenshin thought he heard something like 'Ahou' and his name.
'ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. little stars in the blue blue sky.' Kenshin thought as he oro'ed through the air.
Kaoru gave deep breaths still with her fist up in the air trying to control herself
"Kenshin. no. BAKA!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed storming out of the room
"Jo--- Jou-chan.?" asked Sano cautiously while Yahiko shook his head vigorously. In vain, Sano had spoken. doom was upon them.
~~*°*~~
When Kenshin landed. and regained consciousness. he found Yahiko between the rice paper doors and Sano's foot sticking out of the floor.
"oro."
Kaoru was no where to be seen. 'What did I do now?' unaware of the various lumps on his head Kenshin looked to Sano's shifting body. he somehow made his way out of the floor and rubbed his head, then looked to Kenshin. and got mad.
So Kenshin decided to head out to Kaoru's bedroom, following the cracks on the floor where she had stomped off.
'Maybe I should leave her alone. I suspect that there is a 99% probability I will end up unconscious and severely injured if I go see what's wrong. Then again, I have never been known for my intellectual decisions when it comes to Kaoru.'
He reached Kaoru's room and peeked in through the whole he had made. She was sitting in a corner her back to him and breathing as if she had just run from here to Kyoto. 'Speak now or for ever hold your peace. oro? Where did that come from?' he thought.
Kenshin swallowed the lump in his throat and opened his mouth to speak, when something grabbed him from the hair and pulled him away, covering his mouth when he was about to oro.
"Do you have a f***ing death wish?!" someone whispered urgently
That someone turned out to be Sano, who was now making his way towards the dojo exit. 'He's going to murder me!' thought Kenshin.
"Talk to her now. and Yahiko will get stuck removing small pieces of what's left of you from all around her room!" he said again.
"That's disturbing." said Yahiko appearing behind Sano
Once out of the dojo Sano slammed the Rurouni on the wall.
"Ororororo.."
"What the hell did you do this time?!"
"Oro!!!"
"Dammit Kenshin!"
"Is his neck supposed to be in that weird angle?." asked Yahiko
True his neck had not been all that strait since he landed. but.
"Is that what he's complaining about?! I'll fix it."
"DAME!!!! *crack* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOROROROROROROROROOOO!"
"There. now what the hell did you do."
"sessha cannot feel his limbs de gozaru yo!!!"
"Dammit you'll get over it! Answer the f***ing question Kenshin!"
Yahiko winced. He didn't think even Shishio had beat Kenshin up this much.
"I don't know!"
"What?!?!"
"I DON'T know!!!!"
"WHY???"
"BECAUSE!!!"
"BECAUSE WHY?!?!?!"
"Dame! sessha must go fix this!" Kenshin ran out of Sano's grasp rushing to Kaoru's room again. Sano stared him then looked at Yahiko who was leaning against the wall, eyes closed.
"ridiculous" said Yahiko "two adults showing me one hell of an example trying to put their pathetic brains to work on what happened at breakfast not considering how sad Kaoru looked when she stomped off to her room precisely getting mad when Kenshin mentioned he had the ability to lie yesterday night which is, from what I've heard, when he told busu he loved her."
Sano stared with saucer eyes at the kid that had actually put together all the 'obvious' facts and had actually used his brain. Yahiko stood calmly eyes closed moving only his thumbs.
"Good God you've become Shinomori!!" said Sano
Yahiko smiled and looked at Sano.
"baka!" he said sticking out his tongue and pulling down an eye.
"ehhh?! What did you call me gaki-chan?!?!?"
~~*°*~~
Kaoru perked up as she heard her door slide open. She sniffled a bit and wiped her face with the sleeve of her kimono
"Who is it?" she asked in a semi-cracked voice. Kenshin flinched.
"Ano."
Kaoru tensed noticeably at hearing his voice, and slowly turned to face him. Kenshin twiddled the small red flower her had cut for her and felt like scampering behind the closest rock. He had never wanted so much to be far away from Kaoru. 'Is it just me or have her eyes turned red?' it was true, if they were any brighter her eyes would be on fire. Kenshin swore her hair was floating around her because of the heat she radiated.
She took in a deep breath and did something that scared Kenshin out of his wits. She stood up and faced him. Slowly, lifting one foot and placing it in front of her. Making a deep crack in the floor. She did the same with the other.
She was headed for him! 'Run! Escape! Evacuate! Scram! Dissapear!' his mind screamed. Yet his feet didn't move.
She was getting closer, and all he could do was sweat, he felt his knees shake.
"Kaoru.." he choked
Kaoru stood inches from him and glared at him. It felt like she was melting his brain. He felt himself shrink considerably under her.
Yet to his surprise. the fire in her eyes died down and soon he was looking into her normal sapphire eyes. She stared at him for a while, before a frown came to her face, her eyes watered and her brows dropped.
Kenshin stood horrified. She was going to cry! What do I do?!?!? Sure enough a single tear escaped and rolled down her right cheek, then the water works started and she sobbed out what seemed like half of her bodily fluids. On Kenshin
"Kaoru!" he placed his arms around her shivering little form and panicked
"What's the matter? What's going on? Why are you crying? Are you all right? Did you hurt yourself?" he shot out all these questions partly hoping she would answer.
She only shook her head against his chest and cried some more. Then with her right hand, hit him with all the strength she could muster at the moment, fortunately for Kenshin, crying took up a lot of energy.
"ba. ka." she said between sobs
"Sessha no baka. if he was the one who made you cry. ano please tell sessha why."
Kaoru 'hit' Kenshin some more. "you didn't. *sniff* have to. *hiccup* LIE!!!!!!" she wailed muffled by his gi
"nani? Lie de gozaru ka?"
"I. I would have *sniff* understood."
"Understood?" Kenshin asked only guessing at what she was trying to say. Kaoru nodded some more. "But, understood what de gozaru ka?"
"That you. *whimper* don't. . love me!" she cried harder
"Oro???"
"But you didn't *sniff* have to, lie!"
Kenshin shook his head trying to order everything she had just said. Lie to her? Not love her? What? Understood? What the hell?!
"Kaoru I don't."
"*sniff* I would have *cry* understood!!!"
"Demo. Kaoru-dono."
'Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I get it!' he cut himself off as realisation hit him. She though he had lied to her about loving her because when he did tell her, he could lie again. oooooooh! Hey wait a second! That's not true!
"Kaoru-dono you have it all wrong!"
Kaoru shook her head in his chest and sniffed some more.
"Why.?" she whimpered
"Nande? Iie, because I didn't!"
"You didn't?"
"sessha. no!"
".."
".."
"You didn't what?"
"Oro!"
"....??"
"sessha. sessha didn't lie to Kaoru-dono. everything, he said last night, he meant. From the bottom of his heart. even thought he had a choice not to say anything. his feelings didn't let him, in a certain way he couldn't lie last night either, not because of some curse, but because of true deep feelings." Sessha does love you! It's true that he didn't have to tell the truth when you asked him, but his heart decided for him. he told you the truth, without having to, because he loves you too."
"ho. *sniff* hontou ne?"
Kenshin nodded "I didn't lie to Kaoru, I never would. especially knowing it would hurt you."
He took the small red flower and offered it to her. She simply stared at the tiny flower before taking it with shaky hands.
"I love you Kaoru."
she whimpered a little and finally looked up to him with puffy eyes and rosy cheeks.
"OH KENSHIN!!!!"
"ORO!!!"
without actually knowing what had happened he was relieved to find a soft crying body on top of him both her arms around his back.
"maa maa Kaoru-do-- oro!" he was interrupted as a hand gripped his hair tightly
"Don't call me dono." she sniffled
"Oro. hai. Aisuru."
~~~~*°*~~~~
IT'S OVER! SE ACABO! THE END! EL FIN! OWARI! That's it people! You can kill me now and turn me into a living pin cushion or do whatever you want with me cuz I'm done, thank you so much for you reviews and again I'm so sorry for screwing up the story by taking so damn long! I had fun with this one and I hope you did to! Thank you so much!!!!!!!
Adiosin!
~~
"Hai. Last night de gozaru yo. Doushite Kaoru-dono?"
"Awwww, I was kinda getting used to torturing you.. It's a lot more fun than it looks." Joked Sano.
"Yeah! The faces you made! Hahaha!" joined in Yahiko.
Kenshin glared at them and was about to say something in his defence, when Kaoru stood up abruptly. She had a look of shock on her face. No one said anything for a good twenty seconds.
"Kaoru-dono..?"
"........"
"........"
"........"
Sano and Yahiko looked to one another then to Kenshin and Kaoru. He sat with that innocent rurouni look on his face and Kaoru simply stared at him. Then she lifted her shoulders and slumped her head bringing her wrists up to her chest. Yahiko swallowed hard, he knew that position being the one who made her get pissed of most often. it was the I'm-going-to-blow-up-in- two-seconds-giving-you-a-head-start-to-run-and-try-to-save-your-frail- little-life-cuz-I-am-f***ing-pissed-off position.
"Oro." Kenshin recognized the posture as well, just as Sano began to sweat.
"¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡KENSHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The kitchen exploded. Literally. Or maybe it was just Kaoru's voice magically magnified one thousand times. Before his ear drums exploded, Kenshin thought he heard something like 'Ahou' and his name.
'ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. little stars in the blue blue sky.' Kenshin thought as he oro'ed through the air.
Kaoru gave deep breaths still with her fist up in the air trying to control herself
"Kenshin. no. BAKA!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed storming out of the room
"Jo--- Jou-chan.?" asked Sano cautiously while Yahiko shook his head vigorously. In vain, Sano had spoken. doom was upon them.
~~*°*~~
When Kenshin landed. and regained consciousness. he found Yahiko between the rice paper doors and Sano's foot sticking out of the floor.
"oro."
Kaoru was no where to be seen. 'What did I do now?' unaware of the various lumps on his head Kenshin looked to Sano's shifting body. he somehow made his way out of the floor and rubbed his head, then looked to Kenshin. and got mad.
So Kenshin decided to head out to Kaoru's bedroom, following the cracks on the floor where she had stomped off.
'Maybe I should leave her alone. I suspect that there is a 99% probability I will end up unconscious and severely injured if I go see what's wrong. Then again, I have never been known for my intellectual decisions when it comes to Kaoru.'
He reached Kaoru's room and peeked in through the whole he had made. She was sitting in a corner her back to him and breathing as if she had just run from here to Kyoto. 'Speak now or for ever hold your peace. oro? Where did that come from?' he thought.
Kenshin swallowed the lump in his throat and opened his mouth to speak, when something grabbed him from the hair and pulled him away, covering his mouth when he was about to oro.
"Do you have a f***ing death wish?!" someone whispered urgently
That someone turned out to be Sano, who was now making his way towards the dojo exit. 'He's going to murder me!' thought Kenshin.
"Talk to her now. and Yahiko will get stuck removing small pieces of what's left of you from all around her room!" he said again.
"That's disturbing." said Yahiko appearing behind Sano
Once out of the dojo Sano slammed the Rurouni on the wall.
"Ororororo.."
"What the hell did you do this time?!"
"Oro!!!"
"Dammit Kenshin!"
"Is his neck supposed to be in that weird angle?." asked Yahiko
True his neck had not been all that strait since he landed. but.
"Is that what he's complaining about?! I'll fix it."
"DAME!!!! *crack* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOROROROROROROROROOOO!"
"There. now what the hell did you do."
"sessha cannot feel his limbs de gozaru yo!!!"
"Dammit you'll get over it! Answer the f***ing question Kenshin!"
Yahiko winced. He didn't think even Shishio had beat Kenshin up this much.
"I don't know!"
"What?!?!"
"I DON'T know!!!!"
"WHY???"
"BECAUSE!!!"
"BECAUSE WHY?!?!?!"
"Dame! sessha must go fix this!" Kenshin ran out of Sano's grasp rushing to Kaoru's room again. Sano stared him then looked at Yahiko who was leaning against the wall, eyes closed.
"ridiculous" said Yahiko "two adults showing me one hell of an example trying to put their pathetic brains to work on what happened at breakfast not considering how sad Kaoru looked when she stomped off to her room precisely getting mad when Kenshin mentioned he had the ability to lie yesterday night which is, from what I've heard, when he told busu he loved her."
Sano stared with saucer eyes at the kid that had actually put together all the 'obvious' facts and had actually used his brain. Yahiko stood calmly eyes closed moving only his thumbs.
"Good God you've become Shinomori!!" said Sano
Yahiko smiled and looked at Sano.
"baka!" he said sticking out his tongue and pulling down an eye.
"ehhh?! What did you call me gaki-chan?!?!?"
~~*°*~~
Kaoru perked up as she heard her door slide open. She sniffled a bit and wiped her face with the sleeve of her kimono
"Who is it?" she asked in a semi-cracked voice. Kenshin flinched.
"Ano."
Kaoru tensed noticeably at hearing his voice, and slowly turned to face him. Kenshin twiddled the small red flower her had cut for her and felt like scampering behind the closest rock. He had never wanted so much to be far away from Kaoru. 'Is it just me or have her eyes turned red?' it was true, if they were any brighter her eyes would be on fire. Kenshin swore her hair was floating around her because of the heat she radiated.
She took in a deep breath and did something that scared Kenshin out of his wits. She stood up and faced him. Slowly, lifting one foot and placing it in front of her. Making a deep crack in the floor. She did the same with the other.
She was headed for him! 'Run! Escape! Evacuate! Scram! Dissapear!' his mind screamed. Yet his feet didn't move.
She was getting closer, and all he could do was sweat, he felt his knees shake.
"Kaoru.." he choked
Kaoru stood inches from him and glared at him. It felt like she was melting his brain. He felt himself shrink considerably under her.
Yet to his surprise. the fire in her eyes died down and soon he was looking into her normal sapphire eyes. She stared at him for a while, before a frown came to her face, her eyes watered and her brows dropped.
Kenshin stood horrified. She was going to cry! What do I do?!?!? Sure enough a single tear escaped and rolled down her right cheek, then the water works started and she sobbed out what seemed like half of her bodily fluids. On Kenshin
"Kaoru!" he placed his arms around her shivering little form and panicked
"What's the matter? What's going on? Why are you crying? Are you all right? Did you hurt yourself?" he shot out all these questions partly hoping she would answer.
She only shook her head against his chest and cried some more. Then with her right hand, hit him with all the strength she could muster at the moment, fortunately for Kenshin, crying took up a lot of energy.
"ba. ka." she said between sobs
"Sessha no baka. if he was the one who made you cry. ano please tell sessha why."
Kaoru 'hit' Kenshin some more. "you didn't. *sniff* have to. *hiccup* LIE!!!!!!" she wailed muffled by his gi
"nani? Lie de gozaru ka?"
"I. I would have *sniff* understood."
"Understood?" Kenshin asked only guessing at what she was trying to say. Kaoru nodded some more. "But, understood what de gozaru ka?"
"That you. *whimper* don't. . love me!" she cried harder
"Oro???"
"But you didn't *sniff* have to, lie!"
Kenshin shook his head trying to order everything she had just said. Lie to her? Not love her? What? Understood? What the hell?!
"Kaoru I don't."
"*sniff* I would have *cry* understood!!!"
"Demo. Kaoru-dono."
'Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I get it!' he cut himself off as realisation hit him. She though he had lied to her about loving her because when he did tell her, he could lie again. oooooooh! Hey wait a second! That's not true!
"Kaoru-dono you have it all wrong!"
Kaoru shook her head in his chest and sniffed some more.
"Why.?" she whimpered
"Nande? Iie, because I didn't!"
"You didn't?"
"sessha. no!"
".."
".."
"You didn't what?"
"Oro!"
"....??"
"sessha. sessha didn't lie to Kaoru-dono. everything, he said last night, he meant. From the bottom of his heart. even thought he had a choice not to say anything. his feelings didn't let him, in a certain way he couldn't lie last night either, not because of some curse, but because of true deep feelings." Sessha does love you! It's true that he didn't have to tell the truth when you asked him, but his heart decided for him. he told you the truth, without having to, because he loves you too."
"ho. *sniff* hontou ne?"
Kenshin nodded "I didn't lie to Kaoru, I never would. especially knowing it would hurt you."
He took the small red flower and offered it to her. She simply stared at the tiny flower before taking it with shaky hands.
"I love you Kaoru."
she whimpered a little and finally looked up to him with puffy eyes and rosy cheeks.
"OH KENSHIN!!!!"
"ORO!!!"
without actually knowing what had happened he was relieved to find a soft crying body on top of him both her arms around his back.
"maa maa Kaoru-do-- oro!" he was interrupted as a hand gripped his hair tightly
"Don't call me dono." she sniffled
"Oro. hai. Aisuru."
~~~~*°*~~~~
IT'S OVER! SE ACABO! THE END! EL FIN! OWARI! That's it people! You can kill me now and turn me into a living pin cushion or do whatever you want with me cuz I'm done, thank you so much for you reviews and again I'm so sorry for screwing up the story by taking so damn long! I had fun with this one and I hope you did to! Thank you so much!!!!!!!
Adiosin!
