Crystal of Love

RK and YYH don't belong to me.

Author's notes: Ah, 38 by the tenth chapter, so cool! Thank you all! This chapter, well, is to give what Jay asked, he gets a dragon, but as I said before, he won't be what you think! Okay, I combined the chapter into one! Yeah! And on a Saturday when I just posted chapter 12! Its all good.

Chapter 10: The dragon awakens, and is very cranky

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The day started out with the soft song of birds and crickets, and the seaside town was in high spirits of celebrating their sea god, but one man was alone to him self in non-festive joy. He was Hiko Sejirou, the master of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu, and was out of sake.

If his baka deshi was here, he would have sent the boy into town to get it, but no, instead the red head was hitched to the Spawn of Darkness, and most likely enjoying the lovely morning with her, alone. So, he was stuck between going or staying here, away from the festive city. He was leaning to the staying...but, he wanted sake...

It seemed impossible to do both, when a blue-eyed sprite appeared at his front door, a few jugs of sake in her arms. "Ohayoo gozaimasu, Hiko-sama! I brought you some sake!" Kaoru said, smiling happily. "We knew you would be out soon, and wouldn't want to go into town with all the commotion about. So, we did so instead, a holiday gift so to speak."

She set the jugs by the door, and one by Hiko's side. The man watched her carefully, and she said goodbye and walked out of his hut and back to her home. Only when she was a good distance away did he open the jug and start to drink.


Kenshin gave a heavy sigh and looked out the window to the happy people. He wanted to be there and not inside the stuffy library learning more on the court system of his country. It was still somewhat of a shock to him, this being his country... the place he was going to rule over one day, but with a fair hand.

"Are you listening to me?" scowled his mother as Kenshin just answered true fully.

"No."

Reika glared at him, before sighing, understanding her son's disobedience. He wasn't raised in the court and of course would be bored to death with trying to learn about it.

As for Kaoru, she was a great surprise when she knew more about what goes on in a court then even the king knew. But he soon realized that it was a mix of several governments in one, and she just mixed them to create something she thought was a good government.

And to tell the truth, the two royals begun to respect her for her knowledge, but also seemed a little edgy when she refused to say where she learned this all from, as if she was embarrassed to say what her great tutor's name was. She wasn't present at the moment, for she suddenly remembered that she was supposed to deliver sake to Hiko-sama.

Kenshin spotted her walking out on the streets, Tomoe talking to his wife softly. But then, Kaoru broke off in a run, the other woman looking quite surprised as she reached out after her. The red head stood up, his parents looking out the window at the scene still as he left the library and followed his blue-eyed sprite.

He passed Tomoe, who reached out and took hold of his arm tightly. "She said she felt some one following her sense she left Hiko's, and then she just broke out in a run," Tomoe explained, quickly, before she let go of Kenshin and he went on his way. He just prayed that he wouldn't have to change forms.


Kaoru tripped and fell over a tree root, but got up quickly, before several darts full of sleeping juice landed in the spot she once was. Tsuki, or Kurama was usually following her around town, but, neither seemed about that morning, and it scared her.

She continued to run as the wind but into her face as a strong breeze tried to push her back. The source was soon found as a Nark wind controller stood in front of her, smirking. "Looks like the reward for catching the messiah will be mine," he said, smiling evilly as he glared her down with pair of cold red eyes.

Kaoru covered her face with her arms as a strong wind current was sent her way by the demon, and then watched in horror as the Nark as turned to an ice statue that was shattered by another Nark. "Nope, she's all mine." The man said. He wore a long cloth wrapped around his waist dipping low, a little to low to be suitable in regular public. The nark looked at her with cool eyes before smirking and raising a single hand.

Kaoru tripped and fell over a tree root, but got up quickly, before several darts full of sleeping juice landed in the spot she once was. Tsuki, or Kurama was usually following her around town, but, neither seemed about that morning, and it scared her.

She continued to run as the wind but into her face as a strong breeze tried to push her back. The source was soon found as a Nark wind controller stood in front of her, smirking. "Looks like the reward for catching the messiah will be mine," he said, smiling evilly as he glared her down with pair of cold red eyes.

Kaoru covered her face with her arms as a strong wind current was sent her way by the demon, and then watched in horror as the Nark as turned to an ice statue that was shattered by another Nark. "Nope, she's all mine." The man said. He wore a long cloth wrapped around his waist dipping low, a little too low to be suitable in regular public.

The nark looked at her with cool eyes before smirking and raising a single hand.

A long spear of ice, the glittered in the thin sun light formed, and he raised it back, and threw. Kaoru had no time to move, but some one pushed her out of the way. They landed on the ground, Kaoru on top, as if the person didn't want to be hurt. Then, she was thrown off, and opened her eyes (though she didn't know she closed them), to see Kenshin, his eyes a most haunting and pissed off amber color. She hadn't seen him this mad before, and, personally, didn't want to know either.

"Who are you to intrude on my moment of triumph?"

"A dead man doesn't need to know," replied Kenshin, growling as he was up in a flash, his hand on a sword that rested his hip.

"I think it should be the other way around, for no mere piece of metal will defeat one of the best ice masters of the world below." He brought forth another spear of ice, and took aim, but only to stop as a veil of fire erupted around Kenshin.

Neither of the two could see the changing Kenshin behind the fire, but they saw the product. His skin was as black as the darkest sky; the only color was a white spot on his belly. His bright red hair was longer and had the look of pure fire as it cascaded down his back from a high ponytail, a pair of sharp, black horns quite noticeable among the red. He wore and small skirt like thing around his waist, adorned with a gold belt covered in priceless jewels of amber and sapphire. His feet were talons and his fingers had long sharp nails, one hand rested at the katana at his hip. And a pair of amber eyes promised death to the Nark before him.

"Now its time to die."

Tsuki pulled Enishi along with her through the trees, quickly catching up to Hiei and Kurama, everyone else, was running behind them, though, Hiko was ahead of them all. Hiko stopped suddenly, and those behind him almost run into him and each other at the sudden stop. Before them was the dragon, the nark and Kaoru, all in a soft silence as the dragon softly spoke, "Now it is time to die."

But the Nark didn't seem to be paying attention, as he just gushed with hearts in his eyes over the hunk before. "OOOOWWWW! You will be perfect for my collection! Not only will I get the messiah, but I will be getting my own little dragon slave as well! What a lucky day!"

Kenshin just glared more as a growl left his throat. "You! You aren't even listening!"

Everyone's attention was on him then, and those who knew Kenshin, immediately recognized him as the prince of the nation, Hiko's student and Kaoru's husband.

"Aren't you just the mean one."

"For the past 17 years I have been asleep inside of my futures self's body in a nice, deep, UNDISTURBED slumber, but now, you have decided to try and take the one I care for most in this world away from me, well, I wont allow it!

So you either fight back or stand there and prepare to die and quick, painless death!"

Kenshin allowed no answer to be said when he attacked, his sword coming out, and slicing the Nark with in seconds. The dragon flicked the blood off the sword and resleathed it.

"Wow… remind never to piss him off again," whispered Sano, staring dumb found along with the rest. And then sweat dropping when the dragon went to the ground in a cross-legged position while destroying a flower while grumbling about something. Kaoru slowly went over to him, side stepping the sliced in two body as she did so. Fear would never keep her from the one she loved, not even death.

"Anata… are you alright?" She raised her hand and lightly pushed some of his red bangs from his face.

"No."

"What's the matter?"

"This whole prophecy and a bunch of other fucking shit you wouldn't understand." He ripped the rest of the flower apart and then picked up another one and started to destroy it as well.

"Maybe if you told me I would."

"Would you?" He looked at her, amber eyes wide and soft, like a lost child.

"Yeah," Kaoru replied, her eyes shinning.

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AN: Okay, the dragon description comes from a YYH fanfic called 'The Meikai Wars' by Bulma (I think), and it's a really cool! (Though it hasn't been updated in a long time).

Omochi: Yeah, so? What does Kaoru call him then? And Tomoe doesn't know who Kaoru is because she hasn't seen Kaoru before. And Tisha's feeling for his sister is mixed because, well, she left like she did.

Jay: Tomoe has lived on the world above for all of her life, so she never understood all the ritual stuff Akira grew up with. And what is wrong with Enishi hooking up with a girl? Tsuki-chan and yours truly, are some of the many people in the world who want to hook up with the hunk.

Tsuki: Feel the character's feelings? I never knew I wrote that well (looks quite flattered). Get with him first? I guess no body wrote a fanfic yet where they hook up with Enishi-sama. And I repeat, yet. And, no, I am not a member of rkdreams' forum, never heard of that until now. Could you tell me more about that latter? Thanks.

Thank you for reviewing, and I hope you liked this chapter.