Darkest of Days

RK doesn't belong to me.

WARNING: This fic contains adult situations, abuse, and harsh language.

Chapter 5

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The need to work got to her by the middle of the next day, she had to do something other then sit around in bed all day and watch TV! It just wasn't possible. She even tempted the idea of calling her family via 1-800-COLLECT™, but ditched it, as she didn't know what to expect from them. She loved her family; they just didn't care as much about her in return.

She remembered the last time she was sick, he took care of her, cuddling her and making her feel like she was the queen of the world. All that seemed to matter was she during that time. They were happy then, despite everything happening in their lives, like his drinking problem. Okay, it wasn't really a drinking problem, he just would go out with Sano and his friends and they would drink.

The girl sighed and got out of bed, her feet hitting the cold wooden floor as she got up. The balcony stood to her left, and she went out, looking out over the noon time excitement of downtown Tokyo. The sky was still filled with clouds, but that didn't stop the people from walking about and going on with their own business.

She loved this town.

Then she spotted some one, walking on the sidewalk, looking up at her with the softest of amethyst eyes she had ever seen, hidden under unruly red hair held back in a ponytail. Something with in her stopped as she looked back down at him, time seeming to stop as they looked at each other before the man continued on.

She shoot up, going back into her room and changing her sweatpants for a pair of jeans as she ran out of her apartment bare foot, going down to the street and looking around for the familiar red hair, finally finding it.

Running, she caught up to him, walking beside him as he headed to the park in the district. He didn't stop until they were deep with in the flower maze, no one around as he turned towards her and looked her deep within her eyes.

"You know, someone in your condition shouldn't be out bare foot and with out a coat," he said, his voice had a hint of anger at it as he scolded her. "Wouldn't Megumi-dono be mad at you if you got sick with your injuries to boot?"

"You aren't as fierce when your eyes are this color," was her reply.

"Ah, my little koneko-chan has seen through my plan so it seems."

"Your plans?"

He didn't answer, just reached out and grasped her, pulling her into a crushing hug as he buried his face in her neck. The thick sent of jasmine meet him, mixed with her original sent that was her. All addicting and sweet, he didn't know how he would ever live with out, and then he remembered his plan.

"I came here to say…" he whispered into her ear, tickling her senses. "…I'm sorry…"

This shocked her to no end, he never talked to her like this before, except for maybe during their first few years of dating, and that was all… this wasn't right.

"Will you please forgive me?" He pulled back and looked her in the eye, hoping to find the answer hidden in the deep blue depths that first attracted him to her.

"What happened to you? Why are you doing this?"

"You. I couldn't live without you there by my side, bring me into…I don't know…"

She didn't know what to say in reply, maybe she thought wrong and he really cared for her like she did for him…but that didn't explain the beatings or abuse she got from him.

"If I did this for you, why did you beat me? Why did you hurt me like you did." That was all she could think of saying as he watched her, wanting a different answer then the one she gave.

"The other night I said I owned half the town? Well, I do." And that was her last conscious memory as he hit her on the back of the head and caught her as she fell to the ground.

She woke to find herself in a big bed, her head resting on the softest of pillows she had ever felt, and the cold weight of metal around her ankle. She quickly sat up, immediately regretting it as her head exploded into pain and she laid back down, asking herself why the hell did she deserve this? The last thing she remembered was Kenshin telling her he was sorry, calling her koneko-chan, and asking for her forgiveness… she knew that it was too good to be true.

'Oh, now you realize that? Well, its too late for you to turn back now, he's caught you and chained you to a bed! There's no way out of this mess now,' a voice taunted in the back of her head, not stopping there. 'Himura Kaoru, you hardly know who he is any more, and now, I guess you do. He's obsessed with you and you can't get him to be un-obsessed with you. Missy, you are stuck and you brought yourself into this, and no way are you going to get out of it.'

The voice continued to talk, and she rolled into a ball and tried to block it out. But it was pointless, as she sat there listening to it pointlessly and each word hurt her even more. And the worst part, she knew it was right. The fact he had tricked her, and now she couldn't leave because he would never allow her to do so…

She wrapped her arms around her knees, feeling the soft silk beneath the bare skin of her arms… and, wait a minuet, she wasn't wearing silk before she thought. And sure enough, silk pajama pants of a soft blue color and a sleeveless top, designed with lace.

Sitting up slowly this time, she looked around the Victorian styled room, finding her original clothes no where in sight. She pushed the blanket away from her, and got out of the bed, the chain falling slowly to the floor as she went about, observing her new surroundings as far as the chain would let her. Which was all the away across the room, with a few extra meters so she could get all the way to the back of the bathroom on that side of the room. But she couldn't get anywhere near the door leading out of the room, though she was able to reach the locked balcony French doors

"I see that you have discovered your boundaries," said a familiar voice from the door leading out into the hall. There stood the red head, his eyes once more a burning amber as he looked at her, a plate of food in his arms. She didn't reply as he walked into the room, leaving the door opening, an inviting gesture that made her glare at him as he calmly put the tray on a table, sitting down on one of the chairs, watching her as she made no move in any direction. "Aren't you hungry? Or do you not want to eat in front of me? I guess both. But, alas I'm not going until you eat."

Slowly, she made her way to the table and sat down in front of the tray, looking at the rice and steamed vegetables with caution as she picked up the chopsticks and slowly dived in. He smirked knowingly as he watched her eat away, her eyes brightening as she ate. They both knew that he would always be the better cook between them.

He smiled and reached out a hand and wiped her face free of a piece of rice, and she immediately shrunk away from his hand, fear and caution knotting in her stomach as he looked at her in surprise for a moment before taking his hand back and watching her ever so softly as she glared back

She set the utensils down, and pushed the plate back to him.

"Is my little kitten done? I presume so, thus, I will now take my leave." He picked up the tray.

"Where the hell are we?"

"Oh, so you wish to talk?"

"Just answer the question."

"A palace by the sea my little koneko-chan, one you will get to know for a long time."

He left, his words leaving her with the mystery of not knowing…not knowing what was coming ahead of her in this place with him. And it scared her, it was like she didn't know anything anymore, nothing made any sense, and thus, she would never know what to expect from her twisted ex-boyfriend.

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Author's Notes: Okay, what is the last name of Saitou? I need to know, before Sano shows up, or Saitou, or any one else for that matter, so, not until the next chapter. I know it's a stupid question, but I have to know which one it is before I can do anything else. And on the last names bit, this story takes place in the VERY far future (3000-3500 AD) type deal, so they are the decedents of people in the Meiji era. Did that make things clearer?

Yui Shinomori: Thank you, and… Dark stories rule!

marstanuki: I'm more of a die-hard…um, nothing for RK fan, its just what catches my eye.

afds: No, see above, and I want to. That answer things? ^.^

Crystal: Yeah… but, everything just settles done on what is going through each person's head.

Thank you for reviewing, and hope I'll get the other chapter up quicker… I've been under a case of writer's block, which I seriously dislike! Why me? It's not fair!