::MIRAI::
(future)
Himura Kawaii
Chapter Twenty-Two
*** Disclaimers apply... Blah blah.. RK's not mine.. Hail the Great Watsuki- sama... I'm now a college stud, but still poor!!..... Don't sue me! ^_^
Kenji could hear Kaori's voice ringing in his ears. He wanted to stop for her, but his anger was getting the best of him. He managed to look at her for a second before succumbing to the urge in him to fight. There was something else inside if him that blocks out compassion and mercy. He was drowning into himself, reality moving farther and farther from him. All he wanted now was to taste blood. But he didn't know why. He could hear his heart beat faster and faster, feeling the thrill of fighting. He was turning into someone else.
Kill. kill. kill.
Kenji shook his head to the voices whispering. No, he didn't want to kill Arashi.
Taste his blood, make him bleed, kill the bastard!
Kenji felt a sudden surge of power overcome his will not to kill Arashi. Kenshin holds his bokken straight out. Aoshi drives forward with his bokken. Kenshin flips himself around to Arashi's right side, then behind him.
"Hiten Mitsurugi-ryuu Ryuukansen!"
What am I doing?! Kenji asked himself for a moment. His attack was weakened by this distraction.
Arashi blocked Kenji's attack then smashed Kenji in the mouth with his bare fist. Kenji flew back against the mat.
Arashi grabbed Kenji's hair and punched him on the face. Kenji pants while trying to get up and regain his balance.
"Yamete! YAMETE!!!" Kaori sobbed. "Onegai. Kenji, yamete. Arashi."
Kenji heard Kaori cry out. Arashi turned to look at Kaori, losing his focus on the fight. Kenji quickly got up and whipped his bokken around in a backhanded blow to the base of Arashi's skull. Arashi hit the unmated part of the floor, his head was bleeding and blood was on his face too.
Kenji walks over to Arashi who was gasping for air. "Stand up you idiot!" Kenji kicked Arashi's stomach and glared at him. "I'll kill you for stealing my girl!" His eyes gleamed at Arashi, mocking him.
Amber eyes meet cold blue ones, and Arashi stayed down. It insulted the hitokiri in Kenji that Arashi didn't want to fight back.
"Stand up!" Kenji roared at Arashi.
"Someone stop them!" Kaori screamed frantically at everyone. But no one dared to move. Even Hiko stood his ground. They were all aware of the change in Kenji, and they knew it was deadly to interfere. Kaori, upon seeing this, ran towards the two and flung herself in between Kenji and Arashi. She shielded Arashi with her outstretched hands and faced Kenji, her pretty face crumpling into a fresh round of tears.
Arashi tried to push Kaori aside. "Kaori, don't! Kenji's not the Kenji we know."
Shino stepped forward but Meimi put a hand to stop him. "No. This is not our fight. We will stay out."
Kaori stood her ground and looked at Kenji, whose eyes were still raging and amber. "Onegaishimas, Kenji. stop this. Please don't kill Arashi. Onegai."
Kenshin felt something liquefy his rigid stance. But the battousai in him wasn't ready to give up just yet. "Stay back, Kaori. This is between me and Arashi."
Don't mind the girl. She will only make you weak. Kill the guy, he stole your happiness, he stole your life.
He pushed Kaori aside and turned to focus on Arashi, but Kaori grasped his gi and kneeled, her head bowed down. He ignored her, focusing all his strength into killing Arashi. He held his bokken over Arashi's head and got ready to strike. "Die."
Kaori felt a wave of nauseating memories come over her, and she lost all hope. She knew deep inside that a beast in him had awakened, and she was of no use to stop it.
"Kenji. No!! KENSHIN, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Kaoru felt her breathing constrict. "Don't go back. don't go back to being a hitokiri. onegai, Kenshin." She slumped on the floor and lost all consciousness.
Kenji froze at hearing Kaori call him Kenshin. He let go of his bokken and rushed over to Kaori's side, forgetting Arashi, forgetting everything else.
"Kaori!" Kenji wiped away Kaori's sweat and rested her head on his lap. "Kaori, wake up, please!"
Kaori slowly opened her eyes and tuned in to focus on Kenji's face. She smiled faintly upon seeing his eyes. She held her hands up to Kenji's face and whispered. "Ah. you're Kenji again. arigatou kami-sama." She sighed with relief.
"Oro?"
Kaori abruptly turned her head and looked for someone. "Where's Arashi? Is he okay?"
Kenji felt a pang in his chest and bowed his head.
"You didn't kill him, did you?!" Kaori sat up and looked around for Arashi, but he was nowhere in sight.
"Iie." Kenji shook his head as Meimi hurried over to Kaori's side.
"Are you both okay?" Meimi inquired.
"Aa." Kenji listlessly replied. He turned to Kaori and spoke gently. "Gomen nasai Kaori-dono, I didn't mean to make you worry. You should go to the clinic and rest." With that, Kenji stood up and left the two women.
Kaori stared into space as Meimi checked her out. "Dono. he said Kaoru- dono." She whispered to herself. "Dono."
Arashi saw Kenji rush over to Kaori's side. He stood up and limped towards the door of the gym discreetly. He didn't know which hurt more, the wounds Kenji had etched on him or the knowledge that Kaori could never be his.
Kenji managed to get himself out of the crowd. He got out and sat on one of the benches. He examined his wounds and knew they would heal soon. They weren't deep at all. But he was puzzled with the way he acted today. He didn't know what came over him, but he was sure he became dangerous as soon as this force overtakes his rationality. He didn't want to kill Arashi, and the practice went out of hand. If Kaori's voice hadn't reached him in time, he would've killed or strangled Arashi to death.
He stared at his hands, as if seeing them for the first time. Am I a killer? Kenji asked himself.
He peered at the sun and sighed. Another matter was his relationship with Kaori. God knows he loves her still. And now he had an idea that she still felt something for him. He almost believed everything was back to normal when Kaori reached out to touch his face. But his world shattered again when Kaori asked for Arashi. We can't go on like this. Kenji thought.
"I can't go on like this. I'll go crazy." He muttered to himself. "Kami, why is this happening to me?"
This is too short. Oh well.. But at least it was really action-packed, ne? I hope so.. Cuz I reaaaaaaaaallllllllly had a hard time trying to visualize a fight. I'm just a girl you know! ^_^
I dunno if Mirai's gonna finish soon.. it's getting too long, and it might turn out to be a book! Hehe.
I'm down today. I have fever and I haven't started my paper that's due tomorrow!!! Waaaaah!!
Well.. please comment and review! I live for your reviews minna!
Himura Kawaii
Chapter Twenty-Two
*** Disclaimers apply... Blah blah.. RK's not mine.. Hail the Great Watsuki- sama... I'm now a college stud, but still poor!!..... Don't sue me! ^_^
Kenji could hear Kaori's voice ringing in his ears. He wanted to stop for her, but his anger was getting the best of him. He managed to look at her for a second before succumbing to the urge in him to fight. There was something else inside if him that blocks out compassion and mercy. He was drowning into himself, reality moving farther and farther from him. All he wanted now was to taste blood. But he didn't know why. He could hear his heart beat faster and faster, feeling the thrill of fighting. He was turning into someone else.
Kill. kill. kill.
Kenji shook his head to the voices whispering. No, he didn't want to kill Arashi.
Taste his blood, make him bleed, kill the bastard!
Kenji felt a sudden surge of power overcome his will not to kill Arashi. Kenshin holds his bokken straight out. Aoshi drives forward with his bokken. Kenshin flips himself around to Arashi's right side, then behind him.
"Hiten Mitsurugi-ryuu Ryuukansen!"
What am I doing?! Kenji asked himself for a moment. His attack was weakened by this distraction.
Arashi blocked Kenji's attack then smashed Kenji in the mouth with his bare fist. Kenji flew back against the mat.
Arashi grabbed Kenji's hair and punched him on the face. Kenji pants while trying to get up and regain his balance.
"Yamete! YAMETE!!!" Kaori sobbed. "Onegai. Kenji, yamete. Arashi."
Kenji heard Kaori cry out. Arashi turned to look at Kaori, losing his focus on the fight. Kenji quickly got up and whipped his bokken around in a backhanded blow to the base of Arashi's skull. Arashi hit the unmated part of the floor, his head was bleeding and blood was on his face too.
Kenji walks over to Arashi who was gasping for air. "Stand up you idiot!" Kenji kicked Arashi's stomach and glared at him. "I'll kill you for stealing my girl!" His eyes gleamed at Arashi, mocking him.
Amber eyes meet cold blue ones, and Arashi stayed down. It insulted the hitokiri in Kenji that Arashi didn't want to fight back.
"Stand up!" Kenji roared at Arashi.
"Someone stop them!" Kaori screamed frantically at everyone. But no one dared to move. Even Hiko stood his ground. They were all aware of the change in Kenji, and they knew it was deadly to interfere. Kaori, upon seeing this, ran towards the two and flung herself in between Kenji and Arashi. She shielded Arashi with her outstretched hands and faced Kenji, her pretty face crumpling into a fresh round of tears.
Arashi tried to push Kaori aside. "Kaori, don't! Kenji's not the Kenji we know."
Shino stepped forward but Meimi put a hand to stop him. "No. This is not our fight. We will stay out."
Kaori stood her ground and looked at Kenji, whose eyes were still raging and amber. "Onegaishimas, Kenji. stop this. Please don't kill Arashi. Onegai."
Kenshin felt something liquefy his rigid stance. But the battousai in him wasn't ready to give up just yet. "Stay back, Kaori. This is between me and Arashi."
Don't mind the girl. She will only make you weak. Kill the guy, he stole your happiness, he stole your life.
He pushed Kaori aside and turned to focus on Arashi, but Kaori grasped his gi and kneeled, her head bowed down. He ignored her, focusing all his strength into killing Arashi. He held his bokken over Arashi's head and got ready to strike. "Die."
Kaori felt a wave of nauseating memories come over her, and she lost all hope. She knew deep inside that a beast in him had awakened, and she was of no use to stop it.
"Kenji. No!! KENSHIN, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Kaoru felt her breathing constrict. "Don't go back. don't go back to being a hitokiri. onegai, Kenshin." She slumped on the floor and lost all consciousness.
Kenji froze at hearing Kaori call him Kenshin. He let go of his bokken and rushed over to Kaori's side, forgetting Arashi, forgetting everything else.
"Kaori!" Kenji wiped away Kaori's sweat and rested her head on his lap. "Kaori, wake up, please!"
Kaori slowly opened her eyes and tuned in to focus on Kenji's face. She smiled faintly upon seeing his eyes. She held her hands up to Kenji's face and whispered. "Ah. you're Kenji again. arigatou kami-sama." She sighed with relief.
"Oro?"
Kaori abruptly turned her head and looked for someone. "Where's Arashi? Is he okay?"
Kenji felt a pang in his chest and bowed his head.
"You didn't kill him, did you?!" Kaori sat up and looked around for Arashi, but he was nowhere in sight.
"Iie." Kenji shook his head as Meimi hurried over to Kaori's side.
"Are you both okay?" Meimi inquired.
"Aa." Kenji listlessly replied. He turned to Kaori and spoke gently. "Gomen nasai Kaori-dono, I didn't mean to make you worry. You should go to the clinic and rest." With that, Kenji stood up and left the two women.
Kaori stared into space as Meimi checked her out. "Dono. he said Kaoru- dono." She whispered to herself. "Dono."
Arashi saw Kenji rush over to Kaori's side. He stood up and limped towards the door of the gym discreetly. He didn't know which hurt more, the wounds Kenji had etched on him or the knowledge that Kaori could never be his.
Kenji managed to get himself out of the crowd. He got out and sat on one of the benches. He examined his wounds and knew they would heal soon. They weren't deep at all. But he was puzzled with the way he acted today. He didn't know what came over him, but he was sure he became dangerous as soon as this force overtakes his rationality. He didn't want to kill Arashi, and the practice went out of hand. If Kaori's voice hadn't reached him in time, he would've killed or strangled Arashi to death.
He stared at his hands, as if seeing them for the first time. Am I a killer? Kenji asked himself.
He peered at the sun and sighed. Another matter was his relationship with Kaori. God knows he loves her still. And now he had an idea that she still felt something for him. He almost believed everything was back to normal when Kaori reached out to touch his face. But his world shattered again when Kaori asked for Arashi. We can't go on like this. Kenji thought.
"I can't go on like this. I'll go crazy." He muttered to himself. "Kami, why is this happening to me?"
This is too short. Oh well.. But at least it was really action-packed, ne? I hope so.. Cuz I reaaaaaaaaallllllllly had a hard time trying to visualize a fight. I'm just a girl you know! ^_^
I dunno if Mirai's gonna finish soon.. it's getting too long, and it might turn out to be a book! Hehe.
I'm down today. I have fever and I haven't started my paper that's due tomorrow!!! Waaaaah!!
Well.. please comment and review! I live for your reviews minna!