STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY:
Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me, I just borrow them. But I Love them a lot.
So PLS dun sue me… I am just a poor 16 yrs old student.. Thanx
AUTHORS NOTES:
Assassin's of Love
Chapter 16: The Frozen Heart
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Kenshin's eyes were in total amber. Misao and Megumi told Kenshin what happen. When he heard that it was Enishi he wanted his head off his neck. Kenshin wanted to walk to them but was stop by Megumi.
"I don't think you should do that Kenshin… Let Kaoru do it… she is good at extracting information from our targets." Megumi said as she blocked his way. By now Kaoru and Enishi have pulled away. Both of them were breathing heavily. And soon they disappeared into the crowds.
"Kaoru…" Kenshin muttered to himself as he followed the girls out. He turned around and looked over his shoulder to see Kaoru's head resting on Enishi's arm.
'What happen? What have I done?' Kenshin thought while he lowered his head so that his bangs covered his eyes and expression.
'Is she really acting?' Kenshin thought.
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Kenshin was having a terrible heart ache. There he was eyes wide open seeing the one he finally admits that he needs her most dancing in the arms of another man. Suddenly Misao came by with two glass of red wine. One for herself while the other for Kenshin.
"Himura… what happen to Kaoru… did you do anything?" Misao asked trying to get the situation right as she handed the red wine to him
"I don't know…"
"Okay… let's get this straight… you were with her right… and both of you were talking some mushy mushy stuff…" Before Misao could continue… Kenshin's eyes nearly budged out and he got chocked by the red wine.
"How… *cough cough* did you know that?" Kenshin asked as he blushed.
"You forgot to disconnect your ear plug, but we did so… you couldn't hear us laughing our head off." Misao said as she giggled a bit.
"…" Kenshin just kept quiet and continue to drink his red wine.
"Himura… this was the first time I saw Kaoru so relax and happy. She is every time smiling when she was with you. I can see from those eyes of hers… that she has some feelings for you. You should see how she treats men last time… you can ask Megumi about this… She can literally bite their heads off if they ever thought about any moves on her." Misao giggled a little but then stop.
"Kaoru… she was always covering up for me and Megumi… she is the one that always do the bad stuff… like… dating those men… and she never allow ourselves to be touched by the man like how the man touched her…" Misao stopped again.
"What do you mean touched?" Kenshin asked Misao as his eyes glint with amber.
"Kiss… and you know… but don't worry… no bed stuff…" Misao explained. Kenshin relieved a sigh.
"She has changed a lot… a lot since you came… you changed her. She was smiling all day long. I know… she had never let any guys come that close to her, only in the missions. You are her partner… all of us broke the rule… me, Aoshi, Megumi, Sagara, you and even Kaoru… we are in a mission… we shouldn't date each other not now… but we are… and miraculously… we were still able to do this mission well."
"The Kaoru… that you have just seen… was… was the Kaoru that she acted in front of both me and Megumi for a few years before she starts opening up and trust us. She never talked about her past… her past was a secret inside her heart… she has never gave anyone the key to opened and found out what it is nor has she ever tell what was it. But she… she was the one that saved us… saved us from our past nightmare." Misao continued as tears brimmed in her eyes.
"She knew every thing about both of our past. Although… although… Kaoru was the last we got to know between me and Megumi, but she was the first… first to join the assassin group. She had great skill with her kodachis and her Shukuchi. She never gave up… yet… she was the one who encourage both me and Megumi to do what we think is right. So the both of us also joined the assassin group."
"Me and Megumi… the both of us… were being abused by our parents… Katsura sama was like our father to all of us… even to Kaoru… so in returned all of us formed up the assassin group named special group 1… the leader was Kaoru." Misao tried her best to fight back those tears but… her voice betrayed her.
"She… all I know was that from young… she was abandon by her parents when she was being kidnapped. That's all… that's what only me and Megumi know… that's all. Then came all of you… 'Special group 2' right?" Kenshin eyes widen at her knowing his group name. But his eyes suddenly filled with sorrow when Misao continued to talk.
"Kaoru was fine just now… but after she looked to one of the direction… she looked ghastly… I don't know what she saw… All of us tried checking it out… but we could only see a lady in baby blue dress kissing. We can't get the guys face…" Misao turned to look at Kenshin's face to find an unexplainable expression.
"I need to talk to her." Kenshin told Misao with his bangs covering his eyes.
"Eh… but she's dancing with Enishi… both of you can talk when you are driving her in the sports car ne." Misao tried cheering Kenshin up. Kenshin only nodded as he stood up and took another cup of red wine. As he continue to watch Kaoru dance with Enishi with amber eyes.
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Kaoru and Enishi attracted many eyes and many said that the both of them danced very gracefully to the music. Soon they were the only one left on the dancing ground. The music ended and the both of them stopped. The whole hall trembles with applause. The both of them took a bow and walked out of the hall. Kenshin stood up walking towards them.
"Where do you live?" Enishi asked Kaoru.
"Oh… I came on a vacation… My homeland is Japan." Kaoru said as she beckoned Enishi to sit next to her.
"I see… How did you get the invitation to get here?" Enishi asked again while looking into those deep blue eyes.
'He is getting suspicious… I am the Hitokiri Kageyuki… You think I'm so easily going to be defeated? You are wrong… Enishi san…' Kaoru thought as she cast her look to her hands that she was now finding it interesting. When she wanted to answer the question… a familiar voice rang from the back.
"Kaoru… we need to talk." Kenshin said as he waited for Kaoru to turned, she did… but she wasn't the Kaoru he once knew… There's was something different about her… Something
"A moment ne… Enishi san. I have some business to attend to." Kaoru said while she stood up and face Kenshin.
Kenshin started walking in front of Kaoru as he led her out of the ball room out in the garden.
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"Kaoru…"
"What do you want… I don't have all day… we have a mission going on here… and if it is because of you we fail… I will DEFINITELY NOT… forgive you." Kaoru said curtly as she turned her head away from him.
Yes… she was acting as though…that he was just a sand particle in her eyes that was irritating… annoying… but… every word she had just said… backfired. As she felt double pain that what Kenshin was feeling right this instant.
"Kaoru… why?"
"Why what??" Kaoru said monotone as she kept her eyes on those beautiful roses. She hated those things… since then… since then she hated flowers.
"Why are you acting like this? As if… I am nothing to you? Am I a bother?"
"Well… you are precisely… So get away from me… away from my life…" Kaoru said as she cast her eyes down to the ground. Her heart was screaming for her to take back those words…
She wanted so badly for him to hug her… tell her that it was all a misunderstanding… tell her that… that… he… liked her. But again she shut those feelings away… She couldn't take back those words… She could never… because of her pride. The pride that she had lived with.
"Kaoru… stop bluffing yourself…" Kenshin said as he looked at her features that was under the moonlight. She looked like an angel… He knew…. In his heart… that… he needed her… that he loved her… that… he would never let her go… that… he will fulfill his promise of protecting her. But now… she looked like an angel with only one wing. He could sense her sadness.
"I am NOT… I have live all this time… alone… I am fine now… I'll be fine tomorrow… the day after tomorrow… and I'll be fine to the day that my life ends. I do not need your protection… I do not need you… I do not need your concern… I do not need your sympathy just because… Just because I told you what Kojirou did. Laugh… laugh all you want… But I, Kamiya Kaoru… I will not… Fall! I can take care of myself… I do not need you. I don't need anybody! We have nothing else to say!" Kaoru turned her head away as she walked briskly to the entrance.
'Go!! Leave me… Leave me… I don't need you… I don't need 'tou-sama… I don't' need 'kaa-sama… I don't need ANYONE… Go… abandon me like what 'tou-sama and 'kaa-sama did best… Himura Kenshin… Who needs you!!!' Kaoru's mind was in a chaos… As she remembered how… how her father and mother abandon her… abandon her alone with…
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"Hmuph… This might be good news for Enishi sama… Kamiya Kaoru… Hitokiri Kageyuki… my beautiful doll." A black shadow in the dark smirked.
Kenshin suddenly feeling someone's presence shouted out.
"Who's there?" Kenshin shouted. The black shadow disappeared.
Kenshin cringed his eyebrows as he felt the sudden presence disappear. Then his mind floated back to where Kaoru was.
'Kaoru…' Kenshin thought… He wanted to see her smile… those glittering ocean blue eyes… but he had seem to destroy it… those glittering ocean blue eyes seem to have went to a vacation… when their gaze met… those… those were the eyes… of the Kageyuki… it was in cobalt blue colour. That colour gave him a shiver down his spine.
His mind couldn't function well… he didn't know… if those words that Kaoru had just spoke were from her heart… or again…. was it?
TBC….
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Author's Notes:
WAI!! WAI!! I finished another chapter… hee~ so how is it?? Please R&R and keep me INSPIRED and Happy… A happy me… a more faster update ne.. hee~ Thanks a lot.
Suggestions are always welcomed.
Minna san… So… is Kaoru here too heartless?? Am i not sure… she seems cruel… but at the same time cool… hee~ do you think so? Well… can you guess who was the so call 'black shadow'?? Haha~ i guess all of you do from the hint of… 'doll' right? Should I let Kenshin and Kaoru patch back in the next chappie?? Should I?? Pls tell me ne… I'm not sure… ^_^ thanks…
I would like to thank all readers and reviewers… Especially these people::
someone - yep… this is a kxk ficcy… but it would have to delay for about another 3 / 4 more chappies… pls don't hate me… ^_^ thanks for the review… arigatou…
sync*in - It's okay… no harm done… as long as you still like my story… i am content… ^_^ thanks for the review and thanks for the support.
lily - Thanks for the compliment… ^_^ sorry for the misunderstanding ne… but as you say.. it adds to the story… arigatou for your review…
Jazmine - Thanks for the encouragement… Oh yea… u say u can tell what's going to happen next… wow… care to tell me?? Arigatou for the reviews… ^_^
Tanuki (jo chan) - Nope….that would be the last thing i would do… definitely separating them will never be done… i am a crazy kxk fan… hahaha~ thanks for the review ne… ^_^
midnighteyes413 - Arigatou… hope you would like this too… thanks for the review ne…
Hotaru Yukishiro Tomoe - Arigatou for the compliment… glad you enjoy my story… ^_^ thanks for the review
Shojin - Thanks for the review and compliment… thanks… hope you would like this too…
cherry - i am really glad that u found my fic cool… arigatou ^_^ i really appreciate ur support. Thanks for the review too…
SweetAznPnai4eva - well… i'll consider the suggestion of yours ^_^ arigatou yo… hope u would like this too
stephanie - Thanks for the review... i dun like misunderstandings too.... BUT.... it has to follow up my plans ne.. ^_^ Gomen.... anyway... arigatou...
hitokiri's woman - Sorry for the long delay... anyway... hey... i like ur nick... sounds cool ya know.. hehe~ anyway.. here's the update... arigatou again....
Gypsy-chan - EHLO!! i was so happy to recieve ur reviews.... i hadn't recieve them for some time... i thought u found it boring... anyway... u really think those previous chappies were awesome... THANKS... i couldn't thank you more... for the tips on the few front chappies u gave me... ^_^ anyway... here's the update.... i'll try and email u the updates then if you are too busy... ^_^
BIG thanks to ::
SakuraCherryBlossom
Thanks for the review ne… oh yea and thanks for the compliments about my ideas \... no you dun talk too much… i love reading it… ^_^ *hint hint* hehe~ gtg… bye hope you will like this… although u have already preread it b4… ^_^
Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me, I just borrow them. But I Love them a lot.
So PLS dun sue me… I am just a poor 16 yrs old student.. Thanx
AUTHORS NOTES:
Assassin's of Love
Chapter 16: The Frozen Heart
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Previous: --
Kenshin's eyes were in total amber. Misao and Megumi told Kenshin what happen. When he heard that it was Enishi he wanted his head off his neck. Kenshin wanted to walk to them but was stop by Megumi.
"I don't think you should do that Kenshin… Let Kaoru do it… she is good at extracting information from our targets." Megumi said as she blocked his way. By now Kaoru and Enishi have pulled away. Both of them were breathing heavily. And soon they disappeared into the crowds.
"Kaoru…" Kenshin muttered to himself as he followed the girls out. He turned around and looked over his shoulder to see Kaoru's head resting on Enishi's arm.
'What happen? What have I done?' Kenshin thought while he lowered his head so that his bangs covered his eyes and expression.
'Is she really acting?' Kenshin thought.
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Kenshin was having a terrible heart ache. There he was eyes wide open seeing the one he finally admits that he needs her most dancing in the arms of another man. Suddenly Misao came by with two glass of red wine. One for herself while the other for Kenshin.
"Himura… what happen to Kaoru… did you do anything?" Misao asked trying to get the situation right as she handed the red wine to him
"I don't know…"
"Okay… let's get this straight… you were with her right… and both of you were talking some mushy mushy stuff…" Before Misao could continue… Kenshin's eyes nearly budged out and he got chocked by the red wine.
"How… *cough cough* did you know that?" Kenshin asked as he blushed.
"You forgot to disconnect your ear plug, but we did so… you couldn't hear us laughing our head off." Misao said as she giggled a bit.
"…" Kenshin just kept quiet and continue to drink his red wine.
"Himura… this was the first time I saw Kaoru so relax and happy. She is every time smiling when she was with you. I can see from those eyes of hers… that she has some feelings for you. You should see how she treats men last time… you can ask Megumi about this… She can literally bite their heads off if they ever thought about any moves on her." Misao giggled a little but then stop.
"Kaoru… she was always covering up for me and Megumi… she is the one that always do the bad stuff… like… dating those men… and she never allow ourselves to be touched by the man like how the man touched her…" Misao stopped again.
"What do you mean touched?" Kenshin asked Misao as his eyes glint with amber.
"Kiss… and you know… but don't worry… no bed stuff…" Misao explained. Kenshin relieved a sigh.
"She has changed a lot… a lot since you came… you changed her. She was smiling all day long. I know… she had never let any guys come that close to her, only in the missions. You are her partner… all of us broke the rule… me, Aoshi, Megumi, Sagara, you and even Kaoru… we are in a mission… we shouldn't date each other not now… but we are… and miraculously… we were still able to do this mission well."
"The Kaoru… that you have just seen… was… was the Kaoru that she acted in front of both me and Megumi for a few years before she starts opening up and trust us. She never talked about her past… her past was a secret inside her heart… she has never gave anyone the key to opened and found out what it is nor has she ever tell what was it. But she… she was the one that saved us… saved us from our past nightmare." Misao continued as tears brimmed in her eyes.
"She knew every thing about both of our past. Although… although… Kaoru was the last we got to know between me and Megumi, but she was the first… first to join the assassin group. She had great skill with her kodachis and her Shukuchi. She never gave up… yet… she was the one who encourage both me and Megumi to do what we think is right. So the both of us also joined the assassin group."
"Me and Megumi… the both of us… were being abused by our parents… Katsura sama was like our father to all of us… even to Kaoru… so in returned all of us formed up the assassin group named special group 1… the leader was Kaoru." Misao tried her best to fight back those tears but… her voice betrayed her.
"She… all I know was that from young… she was abandon by her parents when she was being kidnapped. That's all… that's what only me and Megumi know… that's all. Then came all of you… 'Special group 2' right?" Kenshin eyes widen at her knowing his group name. But his eyes suddenly filled with sorrow when Misao continued to talk.
"Kaoru was fine just now… but after she looked to one of the direction… she looked ghastly… I don't know what she saw… All of us tried checking it out… but we could only see a lady in baby blue dress kissing. We can't get the guys face…" Misao turned to look at Kenshin's face to find an unexplainable expression.
"I need to talk to her." Kenshin told Misao with his bangs covering his eyes.
"Eh… but she's dancing with Enishi… both of you can talk when you are driving her in the sports car ne." Misao tried cheering Kenshin up. Kenshin only nodded as he stood up and took another cup of red wine. As he continue to watch Kaoru dance with Enishi with amber eyes.
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Kaoru and Enishi attracted many eyes and many said that the both of them danced very gracefully to the music. Soon they were the only one left on the dancing ground. The music ended and the both of them stopped. The whole hall trembles with applause. The both of them took a bow and walked out of the hall. Kenshin stood up walking towards them.
"Where do you live?" Enishi asked Kaoru.
"Oh… I came on a vacation… My homeland is Japan." Kaoru said as she beckoned Enishi to sit next to her.
"I see… How did you get the invitation to get here?" Enishi asked again while looking into those deep blue eyes.
'He is getting suspicious… I am the Hitokiri Kageyuki… You think I'm so easily going to be defeated? You are wrong… Enishi san…' Kaoru thought as she cast her look to her hands that she was now finding it interesting. When she wanted to answer the question… a familiar voice rang from the back.
"Kaoru… we need to talk." Kenshin said as he waited for Kaoru to turned, she did… but she wasn't the Kaoru he once knew… There's was something different about her… Something
"A moment ne… Enishi san. I have some business to attend to." Kaoru said while she stood up and face Kenshin.
Kenshin started walking in front of Kaoru as he led her out of the ball room out in the garden.
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"Kaoru…"
"What do you want… I don't have all day… we have a mission going on here… and if it is because of you we fail… I will DEFINITELY NOT… forgive you." Kaoru said curtly as she turned her head away from him.
Yes… she was acting as though…that he was just a sand particle in her eyes that was irritating… annoying… but… every word she had just said… backfired. As she felt double pain that what Kenshin was feeling right this instant.
"Kaoru… why?"
"Why what??" Kaoru said monotone as she kept her eyes on those beautiful roses. She hated those things… since then… since then she hated flowers.
"Why are you acting like this? As if… I am nothing to you? Am I a bother?"
"Well… you are precisely… So get away from me… away from my life…" Kaoru said as she cast her eyes down to the ground. Her heart was screaming for her to take back those words…
She wanted so badly for him to hug her… tell her that it was all a misunderstanding… tell her that… that… he… liked her. But again she shut those feelings away… She couldn't take back those words… She could never… because of her pride. The pride that she had lived with.
"Kaoru… stop bluffing yourself…" Kenshin said as he looked at her features that was under the moonlight. She looked like an angel… He knew…. In his heart… that… he needed her… that he loved her… that… he would never let her go… that… he will fulfill his promise of protecting her. But now… she looked like an angel with only one wing. He could sense her sadness.
"I am NOT… I have live all this time… alone… I am fine now… I'll be fine tomorrow… the day after tomorrow… and I'll be fine to the day that my life ends. I do not need your protection… I do not need you… I do not need your concern… I do not need your sympathy just because… Just because I told you what Kojirou did. Laugh… laugh all you want… But I, Kamiya Kaoru… I will not… Fall! I can take care of myself… I do not need you. I don't need anybody! We have nothing else to say!" Kaoru turned her head away as she walked briskly to the entrance.
'Go!! Leave me… Leave me… I don't need you… I don't need 'tou-sama… I don't' need 'kaa-sama… I don't need ANYONE… Go… abandon me like what 'tou-sama and 'kaa-sama did best… Himura Kenshin… Who needs you!!!' Kaoru's mind was in a chaos… As she remembered how… how her father and mother abandon her… abandon her alone with…
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"Hmuph… This might be good news for Enishi sama… Kamiya Kaoru… Hitokiri Kageyuki… my beautiful doll." A black shadow in the dark smirked.
Kenshin suddenly feeling someone's presence shouted out.
"Who's there?" Kenshin shouted. The black shadow disappeared.
Kenshin cringed his eyebrows as he felt the sudden presence disappear. Then his mind floated back to where Kaoru was.
'Kaoru…' Kenshin thought… He wanted to see her smile… those glittering ocean blue eyes… but he had seem to destroy it… those glittering ocean blue eyes seem to have went to a vacation… when their gaze met… those… those were the eyes… of the Kageyuki… it was in cobalt blue colour. That colour gave him a shiver down his spine.
His mind couldn't function well… he didn't know… if those words that Kaoru had just spoke were from her heart… or again…. was it?
TBC….
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Author's Notes:
WAI!! WAI!! I finished another chapter… hee~ so how is it?? Please R&R and keep me INSPIRED and Happy… A happy me… a more faster update ne.. hee~ Thanks a lot.
Suggestions are always welcomed.
Minna san… So… is Kaoru here too heartless?? Am i not sure… she seems cruel… but at the same time cool… hee~ do you think so? Well… can you guess who was the so call 'black shadow'?? Haha~ i guess all of you do from the hint of… 'doll' right? Should I let Kenshin and Kaoru patch back in the next chappie?? Should I?? Pls tell me ne… I'm not sure… ^_^ thanks…
I would like to thank all readers and reviewers… Especially these people::
someone - yep… this is a kxk ficcy… but it would have to delay for about another 3 / 4 more chappies… pls don't hate me… ^_^ thanks for the review… arigatou…
sync*in - It's okay… no harm done… as long as you still like my story… i am content… ^_^ thanks for the review and thanks for the support.
lily - Thanks for the compliment… ^_^ sorry for the misunderstanding ne… but as you say.. it adds to the story… arigatou for your review…
Jazmine - Thanks for the encouragement… Oh yea… u say u can tell what's going to happen next… wow… care to tell me?? Arigatou for the reviews… ^_^
Tanuki (jo chan) - Nope….that would be the last thing i would do… definitely separating them will never be done… i am a crazy kxk fan… hahaha~ thanks for the review ne… ^_^
midnighteyes413 - Arigatou… hope you would like this too… thanks for the review ne…
Hotaru Yukishiro Tomoe - Arigatou for the compliment… glad you enjoy my story… ^_^ thanks for the review
Shojin - Thanks for the review and compliment… thanks… hope you would like this too…
cherry - i am really glad that u found my fic cool… arigatou ^_^ i really appreciate ur support. Thanks for the review too…
SweetAznPnai4eva - well… i'll consider the suggestion of yours ^_^ arigatou yo… hope u would like this too
stephanie - Thanks for the review... i dun like misunderstandings too.... BUT.... it has to follow up my plans ne.. ^_^ Gomen.... anyway... arigatou...
hitokiri's woman - Sorry for the long delay... anyway... hey... i like ur nick... sounds cool ya know.. hehe~ anyway.. here's the update... arigatou again....
Gypsy-chan - EHLO!! i was so happy to recieve ur reviews.... i hadn't recieve them for some time... i thought u found it boring... anyway... u really think those previous chappies were awesome... THANKS... i couldn't thank you more... for the tips on the few front chappies u gave me... ^_^ anyway... here's the update.... i'll try and email u the updates then if you are too busy... ^_^
BIG thanks to ::
SakuraCherryBlossom
Thanks for the review ne… oh yea and thanks for the compliments about my ideas \... no you dun talk too much… i love reading it… ^_^ *hint hint* hehe~ gtg… bye hope you will like this… although u have already preread it b4… ^_^