STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY:
Rurouni Kenshin and The Shinsen Gumi 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:
Akai Tsuki
Chapter 8: The Decision That I Made
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Previous: --
While he thought… the 'small boy' turned around… to reveal…
"Kao… ru…"
Kaoru laughed out loud… as she looked down at the now shocked Kenshin. But something went past Kenshin's eyes that Kaoru noticed also…
Hurt…
Betrayal…
Pain… and… was that…
Love…
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Kaoru continued to laugh… but in her heart she was breaking down… she was confuse of what she was feeling…
"Kaoru… what are you doing? Is this some sort of a joke?" Kenshin said as he slashed his katana in the air. Kaoru came to a sudden stop of her laughing.
"Joke? You call all this a joke?" Kaoru said angrily as she glared at Kenshin.
"This was NEVER a joke!" Kaoru raised her voice in emphasis her annoyance with Kenshin. She shook of the blood on her kodachis as she got ready her stance.
"Yes… I have betrayed the Ishin Shishi, all this undercover work was for my loyaty…. Towards the Tokugawa Era, The Shinsen Gumi and… my fiancé." Kenshin's head shot up.
"Fi… an… cé….." Kenshin eyes widen at the recognition that Kaoru had been taken. His mind and reflexes stopped functioning.
"Yes… My fiancé… Third Captain of the Shinsen Gumi… Saitou Hajime. And I… the Second Captain of the Shinsen Gumi, Kamiya Kaoru challenges you…. Himura Battousai to a fight. I have a weapon in my hand, I am also your enemy… no need for sympathy and hesitation… Come…" Kaoru waited for Kenshin to move for his stance but all he did was to stand there doing nothing. Having no patience she sprinted forward and shouted.
"Die… Bat... tou… sai…" Just at the time when Kaoru's kodachi raised above Kenshin's head, he stopped her movements by catching her kodachis in the air with his bare hands. His katana abandoned on the floor. The clang sound it made echo through the stairways.
Kaoru was caught off guard.
Kenshin took this chance as he knock off the kodachis in her hands. And pulled her in for a kiss.
At first, Kaoru struggled and hit his chest while she kept squirming away. But the hold got even tighter and the kiss even more intense. She slowly raised her hands and hit Kenshin another time… after that she gave up and surrender to the kiss they were having. She entwine both of her hand to the back of Kenshin's neck as one of Kenshin's hands wandered to Kaoru's hip pulling her closer, and the next one entangled in her hair. Their tongues out to seek out each other… to taste each other… to want each other. Soon they broke the kiss reluctantly… Kaoru looked at Kenshin with sad eyes.
"Why… why didn't you attack… I had… I had a weapon… why go against your principle?" Kaoru asked as he voice start to break. Kenshin just shook his head as he caresses her cheek making her shiver under his touch. Saitou had never made her feel this way before… what was this?
"No… I would never do that to you… even if you are my enemy… even if you have your kodachis in both of hands… even if your mission now is to kill me… I will not even raise my weapon on you… Never… I would not… I could not… because… after you were gone for these few days… it felt like eternity… I tried… I tried to forget you… forget the Kamiya Kaoru… but… she seems to have her way to creep into my mind every now and then…" Kenshin broke a smile… Kaoru hearing that… smiled too.
"I prayed to god… hoping him to let me have another chance… just to hold you… just to say this to you." Kenshin said as he embraces her… tighter this time… he was not letting her go. Never again.
"Oh… Kenshin…." Kaoru returned the hug as tears dropped out and slide down her flush cheek.
"Don't leave me… again…" Kaoru shook her head… she couldn't escape now… she knew now in the bottom of her heart… she had loved Kenshin all this time… why had she felt so hurt when he pressed his katana on her throat…. Why had she hesitated to kill him when he was sleeping… it was because of… love…
"You are willing to accept me? A person who have betray your trust? A person who was once your enemy? A person who might just kill you when you turn your back towards her? A person who has a fiancé? A person… a person… who have hurt you before?" Kenshin hush her as unwanted tears streak her face again. Kaoru buried her head deeper into his chest.
"I love you… for who you are… I don't care about your past… neither do I care what the future hold… all I want is your present…. All I want is to protect this lovely thing that I'm holding on right now… I want to protect her happiness." Kenshin said in a loving tone. Suddenly his head snapped up as he sense two other ki. Kaoru too sensing this jolted her head up. She knew whose ki belonged to it. She pushed Kenshin away. As she picked up her Kodachis and looked towards the people whose ki she recognizes. Okita Souji and… her fiancé to be… Saitou Hajime.
"Go…" Kaoru said as she took her stance.
"No… I'm not leaving! I told you… I told you that I'll protect you… I don't intent to break my words." Kenshin said as he too picked up his katana and stood in front of Kaoru who was shocked by the words he said.
"Ken… shin…"
"Battousai…" came the low voice of Saitou.
"Hajime…" Kaoru's voice soft and sorry. But it was audible enough for Saitou to hear. He looked at Kaoru then at Battousai.
"Battousai… I'll… I'll KILL YOU!" Saitou shouted as he took his stance and charge forward to Kenshin only to be blocked by him.
"Yamete! Stop this… the both of you! Kenshin! Hajime!" Kaoru shouted helplessly as she knew she could do nothing. Tears well up in her eyes, the both of them… were fighting… because of her.
"How… dare you… hold Kaoru!" Saitou charged again. Before Kaoru can explain anything, she was being pulled away. Kenshin saw this and got distracted. And got knocked down. Saitou's katana plunged down towards Kenshin.
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"Let me go!" Kaoru shouted to Okita
A sharp slap was heard as Kaoru fell to the ground with a red patch on her face.
"Souji… chan…" Kaoru held the cheek which Okita had just slap and looked up.
"How… could you… how could you do THIS TO US?" Okita demanded Kaoru.
"Souji…"
"Can you explain what just happen a few minutes ago?" Okita continued reprimanding Kaoru.
"Watashi…"
"We trusted YOU!" New tears well up in Kaoru's eye.
"I demand an explaination!" Okita showed anger in his eyes. Kaoru stood up from the help of her kodachis and looked into his eyes. She swallowed.
"I… I love him…. I just found out that I really need him… want him more… more than Hajime." Kaoru said as she smile at Okita.
"But he's our enemy…. Kaoru… he's Battousai."
"I know… but… but… I cannot stop thinking of him… he's so different from Hajime. I…" Okita never let her finished and just hugged her. Suddenly he felt like her mind was in chaos… she didn't know what was right from wrong now… but he could confirm something… Kaoru have loved another beside Saitou… and worst… it was their… the Shinsen Gumi's enemy… Hitokiri Battousai. And her decision between the two… was most likely going to Battousai… he could just feel it.
TBC……
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Author's Notes:
So, How was this chappie??? Please R&R ne keep me happy and INSPIRED… A happier me… a faster update ne thanks a lot…
Suggestions are welcomed ne…
Minna sama… hihi… at last another chappie desu ne… how was it… I just love the part where Kenshin kissed Kaoru… sweet… ^_^ hehe~ Gomen… this is quite a short chappie… gomen ne… i had to rush for all of ya who like my fic to read ne…, gomen for the delay too… ^_^ Do tell me how you feel about this chappie… Thanks a million
I would like to thank all readers and reviewers… Especially these people::
marstanuki -- It's okay if you didn't log in~ hehe~ Thanks for the compliment… hope you like this chappie too.. thanks for the review ne ^_^
Quimberly -- Gomen for the cliffhanger… hope you would like this as all the others ne.. thanks for the reviews ^_^
oochi -- I have the same feelings… but these are pain that will soon be happiness of love ne.. ^_^ Thanks for the review and support ^_^
Sabrina-star -- here's the update~ though kinda short hope you like it… thanks for the review and support ne ^_^
ells -- Hmmm… in actual fact… Saitou is 5 years older than Kenshin haha~ *laughs nervously* anyway… i have set Kenshin to be an 18 yr old teenager, Kaoru 17 and Saitou to be around 20 or so… yep… that's about it. Here's the story… hope you enjoy it~ thanks for the review ne…^_^
Amakusa Toko -- Hai Hai! Here the next chappie… but kinda short… gomen! But hope you like it… thanks for the cute reviews you have left thanks a lot ^_^
LinaNverse -- Thanks for the compliment there… arigatou thanks for the review too… ^_^
Tan Kimiko -- Thanks… i have receive the html already… i am not trying to figure out how to use them… really confusing… sobs… anyway thanks for the review and the help… arigatou ^_^
Joey-chan -- Arigatou… *hugs Joey-chan* hehe~ *grins* thanks a lot… here's the update… hope you like it! Thanks for the reviews… ^_^
Serene -- Hai~ here's your update… hopw you enjoy it… ^_^ thanks for the review ^_^
nameless -- Thanks for making the trouble to review from chappie 1.. must have wasted a lot of time ne… hai… heres the update.. hope you will enjoy it… thanks for the review… ^_^
::BIG thanks to::
SakuraCherryBlossom
Hey… thanks for the suggestions… i haven't used them yet… maybe later in the chappies… hope you would like this.. thanks for all the help Imoutou chan^_^
Rurouni Kenshin and The Shinsen Gumi 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:
Akai Tsuki
Chapter 8: The Decision That I Made
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Previous: --
While he thought… the 'small boy' turned around… to reveal…
"Kao… ru…"
Kaoru laughed out loud… as she looked down at the now shocked Kenshin. But something went past Kenshin's eyes that Kaoru noticed also…
Hurt…
Betrayal…
Pain… and… was that…
Love…
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Kaoru continued to laugh… but in her heart she was breaking down… she was confuse of what she was feeling…
"Kaoru… what are you doing? Is this some sort of a joke?" Kenshin said as he slashed his katana in the air. Kaoru came to a sudden stop of her laughing.
"Joke? You call all this a joke?" Kaoru said angrily as she glared at Kenshin.
"This was NEVER a joke!" Kaoru raised her voice in emphasis her annoyance with Kenshin. She shook of the blood on her kodachis as she got ready her stance.
"Yes… I have betrayed the Ishin Shishi, all this undercover work was for my loyaty…. Towards the Tokugawa Era, The Shinsen Gumi and… my fiancé." Kenshin's head shot up.
"Fi… an… cé….." Kenshin eyes widen at the recognition that Kaoru had been taken. His mind and reflexes stopped functioning.
"Yes… My fiancé… Third Captain of the Shinsen Gumi… Saitou Hajime. And I… the Second Captain of the Shinsen Gumi, Kamiya Kaoru challenges you…. Himura Battousai to a fight. I have a weapon in my hand, I am also your enemy… no need for sympathy and hesitation… Come…" Kaoru waited for Kenshin to move for his stance but all he did was to stand there doing nothing. Having no patience she sprinted forward and shouted.
"Die… Bat... tou… sai…" Just at the time when Kaoru's kodachi raised above Kenshin's head, he stopped her movements by catching her kodachis in the air with his bare hands. His katana abandoned on the floor. The clang sound it made echo through the stairways.
Kaoru was caught off guard.
Kenshin took this chance as he knock off the kodachis in her hands. And pulled her in for a kiss.
At first, Kaoru struggled and hit his chest while she kept squirming away. But the hold got even tighter and the kiss even more intense. She slowly raised her hands and hit Kenshin another time… after that she gave up and surrender to the kiss they were having. She entwine both of her hand to the back of Kenshin's neck as one of Kenshin's hands wandered to Kaoru's hip pulling her closer, and the next one entangled in her hair. Their tongues out to seek out each other… to taste each other… to want each other. Soon they broke the kiss reluctantly… Kaoru looked at Kenshin with sad eyes.
"Why… why didn't you attack… I had… I had a weapon… why go against your principle?" Kaoru asked as he voice start to break. Kenshin just shook his head as he caresses her cheek making her shiver under his touch. Saitou had never made her feel this way before… what was this?
"No… I would never do that to you… even if you are my enemy… even if you have your kodachis in both of hands… even if your mission now is to kill me… I will not even raise my weapon on you… Never… I would not… I could not… because… after you were gone for these few days… it felt like eternity… I tried… I tried to forget you… forget the Kamiya Kaoru… but… she seems to have her way to creep into my mind every now and then…" Kenshin broke a smile… Kaoru hearing that… smiled too.
"I prayed to god… hoping him to let me have another chance… just to hold you… just to say this to you." Kenshin said as he embraces her… tighter this time… he was not letting her go. Never again.
"Oh… Kenshin…." Kaoru returned the hug as tears dropped out and slide down her flush cheek.
"Don't leave me… again…" Kaoru shook her head… she couldn't escape now… she knew now in the bottom of her heart… she had loved Kenshin all this time… why had she felt so hurt when he pressed his katana on her throat…. Why had she hesitated to kill him when he was sleeping… it was because of… love…
"You are willing to accept me? A person who have betray your trust? A person who was once your enemy? A person who might just kill you when you turn your back towards her? A person who has a fiancé? A person… a person… who have hurt you before?" Kenshin hush her as unwanted tears streak her face again. Kaoru buried her head deeper into his chest.
"I love you… for who you are… I don't care about your past… neither do I care what the future hold… all I want is your present…. All I want is to protect this lovely thing that I'm holding on right now… I want to protect her happiness." Kenshin said in a loving tone. Suddenly his head snapped up as he sense two other ki. Kaoru too sensing this jolted her head up. She knew whose ki belonged to it. She pushed Kenshin away. As she picked up her Kodachis and looked towards the people whose ki she recognizes. Okita Souji and… her fiancé to be… Saitou Hajime.
"Go…" Kaoru said as she took her stance.
"No… I'm not leaving! I told you… I told you that I'll protect you… I don't intent to break my words." Kenshin said as he too picked up his katana and stood in front of Kaoru who was shocked by the words he said.
"Ken… shin…"
"Battousai…" came the low voice of Saitou.
"Hajime…" Kaoru's voice soft and sorry. But it was audible enough for Saitou to hear. He looked at Kaoru then at Battousai.
"Battousai… I'll… I'll KILL YOU!" Saitou shouted as he took his stance and charge forward to Kenshin only to be blocked by him.
"Yamete! Stop this… the both of you! Kenshin! Hajime!" Kaoru shouted helplessly as she knew she could do nothing. Tears well up in her eyes, the both of them… were fighting… because of her.
"How… dare you… hold Kaoru!" Saitou charged again. Before Kaoru can explain anything, she was being pulled away. Kenshin saw this and got distracted. And got knocked down. Saitou's katana plunged down towards Kenshin.
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"Let me go!" Kaoru shouted to Okita
A sharp slap was heard as Kaoru fell to the ground with a red patch on her face.
"Souji… chan…" Kaoru held the cheek which Okita had just slap and looked up.
"How… could you… how could you do THIS TO US?" Okita demanded Kaoru.
"Souji…"
"Can you explain what just happen a few minutes ago?" Okita continued reprimanding Kaoru.
"Watashi…"
"We trusted YOU!" New tears well up in Kaoru's eye.
"I demand an explaination!" Okita showed anger in his eyes. Kaoru stood up from the help of her kodachis and looked into his eyes. She swallowed.
"I… I love him…. I just found out that I really need him… want him more… more than Hajime." Kaoru said as she smile at Okita.
"But he's our enemy…. Kaoru… he's Battousai."
"I know… but… but… I cannot stop thinking of him… he's so different from Hajime. I…" Okita never let her finished and just hugged her. Suddenly he felt like her mind was in chaos… she didn't know what was right from wrong now… but he could confirm something… Kaoru have loved another beside Saitou… and worst… it was their… the Shinsen Gumi's enemy… Hitokiri Battousai. And her decision between the two… was most likely going to Battousai… he could just feel it.
TBC……
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Author's Notes:
So, How was this chappie??? Please R&R ne keep me happy and INSPIRED… A happier me… a faster update ne thanks a lot…
Suggestions are welcomed ne…
Minna sama… hihi… at last another chappie desu ne… how was it… I just love the part where Kenshin kissed Kaoru… sweet… ^_^ hehe~ Gomen… this is quite a short chappie… gomen ne… i had to rush for all of ya who like my fic to read ne…, gomen for the delay too… ^_^ Do tell me how you feel about this chappie… Thanks a million
I would like to thank all readers and reviewers… Especially these people::
marstanuki -- It's okay if you didn't log in~ hehe~ Thanks for the compliment… hope you like this chappie too.. thanks for the review ne ^_^
Quimberly -- Gomen for the cliffhanger… hope you would like this as all the others ne.. thanks for the reviews ^_^
oochi -- I have the same feelings… but these are pain that will soon be happiness of love ne.. ^_^ Thanks for the review and support ^_^
Sabrina-star -- here's the update~ though kinda short hope you like it… thanks for the review and support ne ^_^
ells -- Hmmm… in actual fact… Saitou is 5 years older than Kenshin haha~ *laughs nervously* anyway… i have set Kenshin to be an 18 yr old teenager, Kaoru 17 and Saitou to be around 20 or so… yep… that's about it. Here's the story… hope you enjoy it~ thanks for the review ne…^_^
Amakusa Toko -- Hai Hai! Here the next chappie… but kinda short… gomen! But hope you like it… thanks for the cute reviews you have left thanks a lot ^_^
LinaNverse -- Thanks for the compliment there… arigatou thanks for the review too… ^_^
Tan Kimiko -- Thanks… i have receive the html already… i am not trying to figure out how to use them… really confusing… sobs… anyway thanks for the review and the help… arigatou ^_^
Joey-chan -- Arigatou… *hugs Joey-chan* hehe~ *grins* thanks a lot… here's the update… hope you like it! Thanks for the reviews… ^_^
Serene -- Hai~ here's your update… hopw you enjoy it… ^_^ thanks for the review ^_^
nameless -- Thanks for making the trouble to review from chappie 1.. must have wasted a lot of time ne… hai… heres the update.. hope you will enjoy it… thanks for the review… ^_^
::BIG thanks to::
SakuraCherryBlossom
Hey… thanks for the suggestions… i haven't used them yet… maybe later in the chappies… hope you would like this.. thanks for all the help Imoutou chan^_^