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: This story is base more on Kaoru's view in the Shinsen Gumi. then Kenshin's view in the Ishin Shishi. The characters in Shinsen Gumi are all real well except for Kaoru. duh. anyway I did a little research on The Shinsen Gumi. It did help me a little. if anyone has more information on the Shinsen Gumi. do leave it in the review or you would like to E-mail me the resources. Me E-mail is: kenshin_kaoru@rkonline.zzn.com or kenshin_kaoru86@yahoo.com Thanks a lot. Please if you are a Shinsen Gumi fan. please do not feel Offended. Thanks again.
Warning: I don't really have a good command of English. So forgive me for my grammatical mistakes.
Akai Tsuki
Chapter 14: Fighting For You
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Kaoru got up from her intimate position with the sleeping Kenshin. She stood up and wore her gi and hakama. Sliding her kodachis to her waist line. The indigo ribbon caught her eye. Kenshin had tied her hair with it just now. She placed the ribbon close to her heart. Tears streamed down her cheek. She went to Kenshin and kiss him tenderly on the lips one last time. Placing the ribbon beside him. Stood up and walked towards the door. Turning back one last time.
"Gomen nasai.. If I can.. I would once again hope to come back to be love by you. Sayonara. My second love." With that she slid the shoji close and walked to Shinto Shrine without turning back.
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Sunlight invaded the room. Kenshin groaned and opened one of his drowsy eyelids. He turned to another side. Creaked open an eye. He was expecting to see his beloved Kaoru sleeping peacefully. But yet, he only saw the blue indigo ribbon he bought for her. Suddenly, he felt a bad feeling rising. He quickly got up and changed into his usual gi and hakama. He slid open the shoji and shouted up Kaoru's name. Hands clutching her ribbon.
"Kaoru!" No response came. He started to panic and took the katana went around the house. No Kaoru was to be seen anywhere. He clutched it even tighter. Suddenly a flashback bolted into his mind. He went to their wardrobe and started throwing those he wasn't finding on the floor.
'Damn! Where was it?' Just then a thud sound of the metal dropping on the floor caught him. He took the garment in his hands and shook them. A piece of paper flew to his face. He straightened it and absorbed in the content. When he finished it, he crushed the paper and bit his lip.
He had the taste of his own blood.
'Shinto shrine it will be!' With that Kenshin ran to it with his katana and his beloved's ribbon.
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Kaoru walked through the forest. Eyes were looking at her. She stopped and took in a deep breath.
"Am I out to long? Or the Shinsen Gumi became cowards?" Kaoru shouted as tons of arrows shot towards her. She crooked up a smile. Unsheathe her kodachis and twisted her body to a whirl. None of it connected to her.
"Don't underestimate me! I'm not your average little girl!" As if on cue. Nagakura Shinpachi jumped down from the tree.
"Nice to meet you. Kamiya Kaoru. I am Nagagura Shinpachi. Second captain." Kaoru screwed her face and placed a finger on her chin.
"Wow. they replaced me so fast. Well. I have no time for you. Shinpachi kun, might as well get over with this." Kaoru said that and got ready her stance. Shinpachi smiled as he got ready his.
"I'll break my rule for not hitting women. But I guess, I have to treat you exceptional ne. Koi!" Shinpachi waited for Kaoru. Kaoru took this as a cue and went straight for Shinpachi.
Shinpachi never felt such strength from a lady. Not to mention a beauty.
"Wow. you are strong. I shouldn't make it any easy on you." Shinpachi announced. Kaoru just ignored him and continue to push the blade forward. He was an easy one. Kaoru gave Shinpachi a taste of her knee in his ribs. Shinpachi immediately jumped back from the contact. Kaoru just smiled in triumph.
"Told ya not to underestimate me. Come with your full strength Nagakura Shinpachi! Or do you want to get defeated by me. Badly." Kaoru smirked as she got her enemy mad. Real mad.
"Say your prayers Kamiya Kaoru!" With that Shinpachi disappeared. Kaoru closed her eyes and clutch her kodachis tighter.
'I'm going back to him no matter what!'
With that her eyes snapped open and brought her kodachis up to block the coming attack. She stopped the attack with one of the kodachi and thrust the other one into Shinpachi's shoulder.
"Argh!" Shinpachi jumped back in defense as he clasp his bleeding shoulder. Kaoru wield her kodachis in circle waiting for Shinpachi to recover.
"Kisama!" Shinpachi humiliated charged to her and waited for her cue. Kaoru slashed the air where Shinpachi once stood. But nothing met the kodachis.
'Shimatta!' pain traveled along her back. She was falling forward but balanced herself with her palm on the ground twisting her body. Away from their close distance.
"I'm not the Second captain for nothing. Kamiya Kaoru! Be serious!" Shinpachi shouted. Kaoru ignoring her pain. Straightened her back and prepared her next stance. Shinpachi charged towards her. She closed her eyes taking another deep breath.
"Die!" Shinpachi said but suddenly confusion mixed onto his face. Kaoru became a blur vision in his eyes.
"Sword dancing would do you no good!" Shinpachi said as he turned around his spot trying to detect where the real Kaoru was. Suddenly from behind, a sharp invasion came as Kaoru's kodachi stabbed through his abdomen.
"Not your average girl or sword dancing. I must add." With that Kaoru kicked Shinpachi to a considerably far distance to free her kodachi. She flicked the blood away. Shinpachi rolled on the ground with a pool of blood around him. He was motionless. Kaoru was sure. Not dead, but fatal enough. She turned swiftly and continuing her quest.
'One down.' Kaoru thought. Lucky for her, she wasn't that tired. She still could feel the pain from the back slash. She staggered a bit. Looking up to the brightening sky. It will be dawn in a few hours time.
'I wonder what Kenshin will do if he found me missing.' Kaoru thought as she winced feeling another aura.
'I think I'm not to far from the shrine.' Kaoru thought as she ignored the ki. Seeing whether if they would react. She walked another few miles. It puzzled her that they didn't attack. That aura.. It was familiar in a sense.. But who did it belong to. Kaoru jerked to a stop. Sensing a different aura. This was inevitable. She looked in the darkness.
"Come out! Okita Souji, First Captain of the Shinsen Gumi!"
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Kenshin never felt such emotions before. He wanted to see Kaoru so badly. He was afraid of losing her.
'Dammit! You should have known Himura! The change in her mood! Her style! Her. her emotions! She even said funny, strange things when she gave herself to you again! And you! ARGH! Can't believe I'm so careless!' Kenshin reprimanded himself. That night he remembered Kaoru saying, more like swearing to him. That She would come back to him. No matter what. She even held out her pinky and hooked it with his.
He said that she was childish. She just giggled at that comment.
"I'm only 16! What did you expect? You are a kid yourself! 17 years old to be exact!" Kaoru said to him before they slept. He couldn't help but smile at her comment. Kenshin was now deep into the forest. He stopped at a pool of blood. It panicked him. Whom does it belong to? Kenshin worried, quicken his footstep. Till suddenly he dodged an incoming kunai.
'Kuso!'
"Hitokiri Battousai. I shall be your match." Kenshin narrowed his eyes.
A man stood yawning with sharp nose. Hair tied in a high ponytail. His weight was supported by a spear. Kenshin squinted his eyes further.
'The whole rod is made of metal. not a lot of warriors' uses this sort of spears.' Kenshin thought. Then Sanosuke yield that spear around and prepared a stance. Legs apart, body crouch low. His right hand held the spear with ease as the other positioned itself on the ground.
'He yields it so easily.. I shouldn't underestimate this guy.' With that Kenshin unsheathe his katana and prepared a stance. Sanosuke smiled and muttered an 'Ikuzu!' before he launched towards Kenshin with the spear pointed towards him. Kenshin anticipated this jumped up in the air.
"Ryuu Tsui Sen!" He plunged down with Sanosuke dodging it just in time to have a faint slash from his collar bone to his abdomen.
"Woohoo! Fierce aren't we?" Without second thought, Sanosuke charged at Kenshin again. Sanosuke slashed at Kenshin's direction. All were countered by him. Kenshin was getting frustrated by his attacks as he wanted to get back his Kaoru. Now!
Kenshin overlooked the next move. Sanosuke seem to disappear almost immediately and unnoticeable. Appearing just behind him.
"This is for Kaoru chan!" With that he drove his spear into Kenshin stomach. Making him coughed out an amount of blood. Kenshin pulled away and jumped to a couple of meters away from Sanosuke. Kenshin breathing became more and more uneven. He was flaring up.
Sanosuke gripped onto his spear tighter.
'Battousai's aura. it has totally changed. it's full of. blood lust.' Sanosuke thought as he remembered what Hijikata had said.
"Battousai has weaken.. Kaoru has become a weakness for him. Without Kaoru. Battousai will be much more easier to get rid of." Those words rang in his head.
'Weaken? You have gotta be kidding! Dammit. I just wished I can survive this.' Sanosuke stared at Kenshin figure. Kenshin had stopped agitating from pain and the movement of his haggard breathing, had become even. Sanosuke's eyes widen. In a speck of moment, Kenshin was no where to be seen.
"Ryuu Sou Sen!" Sanosuke whipped his head to the sky seeing Kenshin just above him with his sword. It was too late. The next thing he knew was that he felt pain all over him. Blood seeping out of him, energy and life too. Kenshin had inflicted multiple deep slashes on him.
"You shall pay dearly for wasting my time!" With that, Kenshin brought down his katana. But was stop as another kunai flew towards him. Kenshin caught it with his bare hands. The next thing he knew was, a black blurry figure taking Sanosuke. He was gone.
Kenshin turned and continue to walk towards the direction where he was headed. Kaoru's ribbon managed to slip out
"Kao. ru." Kenshin took it in his bleeding hands. Jasmine filled the air.
"I'm coming. wait for me." Kenshin muttered as he continued walking towards Kaoru.
TBC.. *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* 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. Kon'nichiwa!! How did you find this chappie? WAI WAI WAI!! Kaoru's the strongest!! Hahaha~ ahem... anyway... 2 more chappies to go to the end of Akai Tsuki.. ^^ In the next chappie... Kaoru's going to fight Okita Souji and Hijikata Toshizo! Kenshin's going to fight Saitou Hajime! Is he going to save her in time... can Kaoru fufill her promise to him... i'll update as soon as possible ne minna sama!!^_^ MINNA SAMA, ARIGATOU!!
Gomen... due to my late update... reviewers... gomen ne... you know who you are... and i LUV all of ya... ^__^ *muack*
AUTHORS NOTES: This story is base more on Kaoru's view in the Shinsen Gumi. then Kenshin's view in the Ishin Shishi. The characters in Shinsen Gumi are all real well except for Kaoru. duh. anyway I did a little research on The Shinsen Gumi. It did help me a little. if anyone has more information on the Shinsen Gumi. do leave it in the review or you would like to E-mail me the resources. Me E-mail is: kenshin_kaoru@rkonline.zzn.com or kenshin_kaoru86@yahoo.com Thanks a lot. Please if you are a Shinsen Gumi fan. please do not feel Offended. Thanks again.
Warning: I don't really have a good command of English. So forgive me for my grammatical mistakes.
Akai Tsuki
Chapter 14: Fighting For You
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Previous: --
Kaoru got up from her intimate position with the sleeping Kenshin. She stood up and wore her gi and hakama. Sliding her kodachis to her waist line. The indigo ribbon caught her eye. Kenshin had tied her hair with it just now. She placed the ribbon close to her heart. Tears streamed down her cheek. She went to Kenshin and kiss him tenderly on the lips one last time. Placing the ribbon beside him. Stood up and walked towards the door. Turning back one last time.
"Gomen nasai.. If I can.. I would once again hope to come back to be love by you. Sayonara. My second love." With that she slid the shoji close and walked to Shinto Shrine without turning back.
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Sunlight invaded the room. Kenshin groaned and opened one of his drowsy eyelids. He turned to another side. Creaked open an eye. He was expecting to see his beloved Kaoru sleeping peacefully. But yet, he only saw the blue indigo ribbon he bought for her. Suddenly, he felt a bad feeling rising. He quickly got up and changed into his usual gi and hakama. He slid open the shoji and shouted up Kaoru's name. Hands clutching her ribbon.
"Kaoru!" No response came. He started to panic and took the katana went around the house. No Kaoru was to be seen anywhere. He clutched it even tighter. Suddenly a flashback bolted into his mind. He went to their wardrobe and started throwing those he wasn't finding on the floor.
'Damn! Where was it?' Just then a thud sound of the metal dropping on the floor caught him. He took the garment in his hands and shook them. A piece of paper flew to his face. He straightened it and absorbed in the content. When he finished it, he crushed the paper and bit his lip.
He had the taste of his own blood.
'Shinto shrine it will be!' With that Kenshin ran to it with his katana and his beloved's ribbon.
=-=-=-=-=-=--=-==--=-=-=-=-
Kaoru walked through the forest. Eyes were looking at her. She stopped and took in a deep breath.
"Am I out to long? Or the Shinsen Gumi became cowards?" Kaoru shouted as tons of arrows shot towards her. She crooked up a smile. Unsheathe her kodachis and twisted her body to a whirl. None of it connected to her.
"Don't underestimate me! I'm not your average little girl!" As if on cue. Nagakura Shinpachi jumped down from the tree.
"Nice to meet you. Kamiya Kaoru. I am Nagagura Shinpachi. Second captain." Kaoru screwed her face and placed a finger on her chin.
"Wow. they replaced me so fast. Well. I have no time for you. Shinpachi kun, might as well get over with this." Kaoru said that and got ready her stance. Shinpachi smiled as he got ready his.
"I'll break my rule for not hitting women. But I guess, I have to treat you exceptional ne. Koi!" Shinpachi waited for Kaoru. Kaoru took this as a cue and went straight for Shinpachi.
Shinpachi never felt such strength from a lady. Not to mention a beauty.
"Wow. you are strong. I shouldn't make it any easy on you." Shinpachi announced. Kaoru just ignored him and continue to push the blade forward. He was an easy one. Kaoru gave Shinpachi a taste of her knee in his ribs. Shinpachi immediately jumped back from the contact. Kaoru just smiled in triumph.
"Told ya not to underestimate me. Come with your full strength Nagakura Shinpachi! Or do you want to get defeated by me. Badly." Kaoru smirked as she got her enemy mad. Real mad.
"Say your prayers Kamiya Kaoru!" With that Shinpachi disappeared. Kaoru closed her eyes and clutch her kodachis tighter.
'I'm going back to him no matter what!'
With that her eyes snapped open and brought her kodachis up to block the coming attack. She stopped the attack with one of the kodachi and thrust the other one into Shinpachi's shoulder.
"Argh!" Shinpachi jumped back in defense as he clasp his bleeding shoulder. Kaoru wield her kodachis in circle waiting for Shinpachi to recover.
"Kisama!" Shinpachi humiliated charged to her and waited for her cue. Kaoru slashed the air where Shinpachi once stood. But nothing met the kodachis.
'Shimatta!' pain traveled along her back. She was falling forward but balanced herself with her palm on the ground twisting her body. Away from their close distance.
"I'm not the Second captain for nothing. Kamiya Kaoru! Be serious!" Shinpachi shouted. Kaoru ignoring her pain. Straightened her back and prepared her next stance. Shinpachi charged towards her. She closed her eyes taking another deep breath.
"Die!" Shinpachi said but suddenly confusion mixed onto his face. Kaoru became a blur vision in his eyes.
"Sword dancing would do you no good!" Shinpachi said as he turned around his spot trying to detect where the real Kaoru was. Suddenly from behind, a sharp invasion came as Kaoru's kodachi stabbed through his abdomen.
"Not your average girl or sword dancing. I must add." With that Kaoru kicked Shinpachi to a considerably far distance to free her kodachi. She flicked the blood away. Shinpachi rolled on the ground with a pool of blood around him. He was motionless. Kaoru was sure. Not dead, but fatal enough. She turned swiftly and continuing her quest.
'One down.' Kaoru thought. Lucky for her, she wasn't that tired. She still could feel the pain from the back slash. She staggered a bit. Looking up to the brightening sky. It will be dawn in a few hours time.
'I wonder what Kenshin will do if he found me missing.' Kaoru thought as she winced feeling another aura.
'I think I'm not to far from the shrine.' Kaoru thought as she ignored the ki. Seeing whether if they would react. She walked another few miles. It puzzled her that they didn't attack. That aura.. It was familiar in a sense.. But who did it belong to. Kaoru jerked to a stop. Sensing a different aura. This was inevitable. She looked in the darkness.
"Come out! Okita Souji, First Captain of the Shinsen Gumi!"
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Kenshin never felt such emotions before. He wanted to see Kaoru so badly. He was afraid of losing her.
'Dammit! You should have known Himura! The change in her mood! Her style! Her. her emotions! She even said funny, strange things when she gave herself to you again! And you! ARGH! Can't believe I'm so careless!' Kenshin reprimanded himself. That night he remembered Kaoru saying, more like swearing to him. That She would come back to him. No matter what. She even held out her pinky and hooked it with his.
He said that she was childish. She just giggled at that comment.
"I'm only 16! What did you expect? You are a kid yourself! 17 years old to be exact!" Kaoru said to him before they slept. He couldn't help but smile at her comment. Kenshin was now deep into the forest. He stopped at a pool of blood. It panicked him. Whom does it belong to? Kenshin worried, quicken his footstep. Till suddenly he dodged an incoming kunai.
'Kuso!'
"Hitokiri Battousai. I shall be your match." Kenshin narrowed his eyes.
A man stood yawning with sharp nose. Hair tied in a high ponytail. His weight was supported by a spear. Kenshin squinted his eyes further.
'The whole rod is made of metal. not a lot of warriors' uses this sort of spears.' Kenshin thought. Then Sanosuke yield that spear around and prepared a stance. Legs apart, body crouch low. His right hand held the spear with ease as the other positioned itself on the ground.
'He yields it so easily.. I shouldn't underestimate this guy.' With that Kenshin unsheathe his katana and prepared a stance. Sanosuke smiled and muttered an 'Ikuzu!' before he launched towards Kenshin with the spear pointed towards him. Kenshin anticipated this jumped up in the air.
"Ryuu Tsui Sen!" He plunged down with Sanosuke dodging it just in time to have a faint slash from his collar bone to his abdomen.
"Woohoo! Fierce aren't we?" Without second thought, Sanosuke charged at Kenshin again. Sanosuke slashed at Kenshin's direction. All were countered by him. Kenshin was getting frustrated by his attacks as he wanted to get back his Kaoru. Now!
Kenshin overlooked the next move. Sanosuke seem to disappear almost immediately and unnoticeable. Appearing just behind him.
"This is for Kaoru chan!" With that he drove his spear into Kenshin stomach. Making him coughed out an amount of blood. Kenshin pulled away and jumped to a couple of meters away from Sanosuke. Kenshin breathing became more and more uneven. He was flaring up.
Sanosuke gripped onto his spear tighter.
'Battousai's aura. it has totally changed. it's full of. blood lust.' Sanosuke thought as he remembered what Hijikata had said.
"Battousai has weaken.. Kaoru has become a weakness for him. Without Kaoru. Battousai will be much more easier to get rid of." Those words rang in his head.
'Weaken? You have gotta be kidding! Dammit. I just wished I can survive this.' Sanosuke stared at Kenshin figure. Kenshin had stopped agitating from pain and the movement of his haggard breathing, had become even. Sanosuke's eyes widen. In a speck of moment, Kenshin was no where to be seen.
"Ryuu Sou Sen!" Sanosuke whipped his head to the sky seeing Kenshin just above him with his sword. It was too late. The next thing he knew was that he felt pain all over him. Blood seeping out of him, energy and life too. Kenshin had inflicted multiple deep slashes on him.
"You shall pay dearly for wasting my time!" With that, Kenshin brought down his katana. But was stop as another kunai flew towards him. Kenshin caught it with his bare hands. The next thing he knew was, a black blurry figure taking Sanosuke. He was gone.
Kenshin turned and continue to walk towards the direction where he was headed. Kaoru's ribbon managed to slip out
"Kao. ru." Kenshin took it in his bleeding hands. Jasmine filled the air.
"I'm coming. wait for me." Kenshin muttered as he continued walking towards Kaoru.
TBC.. *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* 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. Kon'nichiwa!! How did you find this chappie? WAI WAI WAI!! Kaoru's the strongest!! Hahaha~ ahem... anyway... 2 more chappies to go to the end of Akai Tsuki.. ^^ In the next chappie... Kaoru's going to fight Okita Souji and Hijikata Toshizo! Kenshin's going to fight Saitou Hajime! Is he going to save her in time... can Kaoru fufill her promise to him... i'll update as soon as possible ne minna sama!!^_^ MINNA SAMA, ARIGATOU!!
Gomen... due to my late update... reviewers... gomen ne... you know who you are... and i LUV all of ya... ^__^ *muack*