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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 12: Don't Leave Me Alone!

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"Kaoru!" The incoming katana couldn't stop in time. Saitou widen his eyes.

"GET OUT OF THE WAY WOMAN!!!" Saitou shouted. The katana was at mid way… there was no way it could be stop. Saitou couldn't do anything about it….. He couldn't stop it.

"Kaoru!" Kenshin ran to Kaoru as fast as possible. But it was going to be too late… he knew it though he didn't want to acknowledge the true. He couldn't handle it… he knew it.

'This was the way it was supposed to be…..' Kaoru thought as she close her eyes awaiting for the incoming katana. Instead it was a clang of two katana clashing together.

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When the sound of both metal sounded. Kaoru snapped open her eyes.

"So… Souji…." She had recognized Okita in an instant. But before she could say or even do anything. She was being pulled back from behind and was soon brought away to a safe distance.

"What did you think you were trying to do?!"

"…" Kaoru kept quiet as Kenshin continued to reprimand her as he threw his hands up in the air. He turned his back to her as his breathing became more and more uneven. Kaoru sensing this quickly got up and hugged him from behind. Kenshin made no movements.

"Kenshin…. I…" He turned around. His amber slits shut her up almost immediately.

"Don't! Don't ever do that ever AGAIN! Am I being understood?" Kenshin asked or more like demanded Kaoru. Kaoru frowned at the tone she was receiving from Kenshin. Who was he to demand her of such things! She just saved him and all she got was demands and orders. Kaoru turned away and walked back. Kenshin seeing this grasp her wrist in an instant.

"I asked, Am I being understood?" Kenshin asked again, his tone a little more lower from the previous one. Stating he was serious. Kaoru yank her hand out of his grasp and turned away from him. She made a conclusion.

'All guys in this world are blunt, stupid and ungrateful!'

Suddenly a shriek echoed through the forest.

"Tokio!" Kaoru instantaneously ran to the source. When she reached there she found Tokio kneeling down. Face in her hands. Tears seeping out of her palms. She tried her best to calm her down only to see the tears washing her face.

"Kaoru san! Stop them! Onegai! Only you can stop them! Onegai!" Tokio pleaded to Kaoru. Kaoru looked at the plain ground where Okita and Saitou had been fighting. Both of them got hits from each other and both were breathing hard.

"Che…." Kaoru reached to her back and unsheathe both her kodachis and ran forward. But another time someone held her back.

"You are not doing this!" Kenshin chided her.

"I have no time for you Battousai! I will do what I want! And you are in no place to correct my lifestyle! Leave me alone then if you find me such a bother!" Kaoru pulled her wrist out of his deadly lock. Kenshin was in total shock, he looked at the figure running towards the fight.

'Leave me alone then if you find me such a bother!' Those words hit him hard, as if he had been slap or even stabbed at his heart. His mind stopped functioning as he slowly absorbed what she had said.

'So…. I'm in no place…. And she wants me to leave her alone…..'

'Leave me alone then.' Kaoru's words rang in his head. He gritted his teeth as he clenched his fist.

"STOP!" Kaoru shouted as she stop both incoming katanas with her kodachi. The clashing of metal was deafening.

"Kaoru chan!"

"Kaoru!"

Both Okita and Saitou said in unison with shock. The both of them jumped a few feet away from Kaoru. Suddenly fits of cough was heard. Kaoru jerked her head towards the source and found Okita body cringed into a ball as he coughed out… blood.

"Souji chan!" kaoru straight away ran to him as he shook uncontrollably. She rested his head on her thigh as he started breathing normally again. Kaoru wiped the blood away from the corner of his mouth.

"Daijobu?" Kaoru asked as he wiped some of his sweat away from his forehead.

"Aa….." Okita got up from his pleasant place and stood up.

"You shouldn't move around…." Kaoru chided him lightly as she stood up too.

"I'm fine…. I know myself. Thank you." Kaoru just smiled lightly as she sheathe back her kodachis.

"Kaoru chan…. You would like to make a run for it if… you still want to leave the Shinsen Gumi…. I will let this matter rest for now….. but I would resume my duty the next time I see you again. But if you want to re-"

"No…. I'm not returning…. I want to stay with him…. I love him."

"Then go! I will store Saitou san…. You and Battousai…. Go." Kaoru gave him a peck on his cheek as she ran towards Kenshin.

"Arigatou…. Your thighs… they were so soft…. Thank you." Kaoru blushed as she heard his last compliment.

"Arigatou. Take care of yourself. Souji chan." Kaoru uttered as she ran towards Kenshin and pulled grabbed his hand as she pulled him to a run.


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A thick blanket of awkward silence hung between Kenshin and Kaoru. For the first time, to other people they looked more like strangers than lovers. Kaoru unable to take the silence anymore spoke in a sweet tone.

"Ahh…. I'm hungry…. Are you? Why not… let's go for some soba?" Kaoru chirped as she went to hugged his left arm. He shrugged it off.

"…." Kenshin made no respone.

'Is he still angry? Maybe I should apologize. Hey….. it's his fault…. Why am I even thinking of apologizing?' Kaoru thought as she gave a sigh as she resume walking a few feets behind him.


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"Okita! Why did you let her go?" Saitou asked as he walk past Okita to be blocked by Okita's katana.

"Let her go Saitou san…. You have lost….."

"Lost? To whom may I ask?" Saitou asked in a mocking tone.

"It is sad…. I know… but the battle between You and Battousai… you have lost…. Kaoru's no longer ours…. She never belonged to us…. And you know it. Face it Saitou…. If you are going after her…. You have to go through me…. The first captain of Shinsen Gumi." Okita stared at Saitou with icy blue eyes which made Saitou to turn back as Tokio went to his side to help him.

'You have someone who cares for you Saitou san….. treasure her.' Okita thought as he looked at how Tokio got worried for Saitou. He smiled at her. She was like Kaoru last time…. Of course… to him…. Kaoru was much much much more better. He smiled to himself as Kaoru came to his thoughts.

But for Saitou….. he seems to be unable to absorbed what Okita had said.

'Lost? Ha! Me… Saitou Hajime will lose to no one!' Saitou thought as he thought over and over again. It was a humiliation to him. He swore to god that he would get back at Battousai and get Kaoru back. One way or another. That was for sure.


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Kenshin and Kaoru both walked in silence non stop till they reached the outskirts of Otsu. Kaoru's legs were painful. From the long hours of walking hill steps and from blisters.

Not long, the both of them reached the house. It was quite a big one. Wonderful too. Kaoru stopped at the door step. Wavering whether she should enter or not.

'Since he hates my presence….. I might as well go somewhere else to rest than to see his face!' Kaoru thought as she took a step back from the entrance. She turn her heels and walk away form the house. From Kenshin.

Kenshin sense her ki getting fainter as she left. He snapped out of his own little world and swirled around from his current place to find her shadows getting vague. He had made a promise to her and himself, he wasn't letting go anymore….. he knew he loved her. And she loved him too. He broke into a run to her. Nope. He wasn't giving her up now.

Kaoru heard fast running footsteps from behind. She turned around, hands reaching to her back. Ready to attack. Her jaw dropped open to find amber slits and crimson mane swaying in the wind.

Kenshin

Her mind thought. Yes. It was him. Part of her felt happy. Another part angry. Angry of what?

'Because he took so long to some back to me!' Kaoru answered her own questions. Soon Kenshin was in front of her panting hard. Kaoru reached up hands entwined behind his neck. She said the unexpected.

"Kenshin….. Make me your woman….. tonight." Kaoru whispered sexily in his ear. Kenshin stopped breathing.

Did he heard her right? Make Kaoru his woman? Or was his imagination playing tricks on him. He moved back a bit to look into her eyes. He swallowed as he saw her bright blue eyes looking at him with rosy cheeks. He assured again.

I love her.

He tugged a stray hair behind her ear. He kissed her lightly. Kaoru's eyes shone…. Trust, Lust and most of all….. Love. He kissed her again… and again…. And again.

"Kenshin…. Will you?" Kaoru sounded a bit unsure… afraid that he might push her away and denounce her as a cheap whore. Has she made a right choice. She averted her gaze as she waited impatiently for his answer.

"Kaoru…. Look at me… koishii…"

'Koishii…' That gave Kaoru a little courage to do what he said. She looked up to his now violet orbs.

Another part of him.

Kaoru knew the changes. Kenshin grinned at her.

"I would love too…." Kaoru eyes widen at his answer and flush a little.

"To make you my woman….." He crushed his body to hers.

"I want you…. So I suggest we better go home now…. Or I might go for desperate methods." Kaoru blushed deepen.

"Kenshin…. Don't leave me alone ne…. Don't leave me alone… never again…." Kaoru said as she returned his hug.

"Aa…. Aishiteru." Kenshin replied as he swept her up smoothly and ran back to his formal house with the person he loved in his hands.











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… Ogenki desu ka?? I like the Okita and Kaoru scene… peaceful desu ne… and i like the last part too… Kenshin's making Kaoru his woman!! *chants it* heehee~ What cha thinking right now?? Hentai thoughts ne… tsk tsk…. Dame desu yo… haha~ Gomen…. No lemons in my ficcys…. Me still 16…. Hehe~ that's unless anyone out there wants to write it for me… ^__^ Any takers?? Have it ever cross your mind…. Will Kaoru end up like Tomoe?? I have been thinking of this questions.. I don't think I should let Kaoru die desu ne…. that's unless if I want to be died ne… haha~ Don't worry… no one will die… I suppose…. Sobs… sobs… Akai Tsuki is finishing soon too… sobs sobs… First Assassin's of Love, now Akai Tsuki…. Haiz…. ^^ Thanks for the support….. ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!!



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