Darkest of Days

RK doesn't belong to me.

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

The idea for this chapter was inspired by a suggestion from Minakokiss! Thank you

Chapter 7

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She looked at the plate in front of her with a sigh. The food looked good, and delicious, and she wanted it, but the man in front of her—watching her with his own hungry gaze—just turned her stomach sour. It was unsettling, the way he looked at her, as if undressing her with his eyes. She may have wanted him to do that for a long time, but this wasn't the way she wanted it to be…never…

"Don't you like it?" He asked looking at her with in intense hungry that sent chills down her spine. "Or would you rather have something else?" The way he said his words, the way he looked at her, she knew if she didn't move then, tried to run, she would be in big trouble. Living with him this long taught her that.

She stood up quickly, and tried to break it to the bathroom, but she didn't get very far as he caught her and wrestled her to the ground. His mouth tracking hot, wet kisses down her smooth creamy neck as he held her down, despite her struggling and cries for him to stop. "Oh come on bitch! You know you like this!" He said, then hissed as she kicked him good with one of her legs.

Just then a phone ring broke through the air, and Kenshin cursed as he took both of Kaoru's wrists into one hand and used the other to get his cell phone and answered it. She didn't know what was being said, but she could tell by the way Kenshin's anger grew that it wasn't good.

"Couldn't you pieces of shit take care of it? Oh, now you say you can, then why the hell did you call me? Oh no, just wait tell I get there…no, just fucking wait! I'll be there in a minuet." He hung up the phone, squeezing it in his hand a moment before turning back to Kaoru. "Well, it seems as my plans are going to have to wait." He traced her face with a finger before bending down to kiss her, his tongue going into her mouth, only to bitten. "Why, aren't you just full of surprises today?" He slapped her hard across the face and got up off of her. He left the room, leaving the door open as he promised to be back in a few minuets.

She got up off the floor, despite the pain, the hungry growl of her stomach and the fact he wasn't there to watch her was dragging her to the table and the food. But there was a deeper meaning behind it other then the food, there on the table, was a knife. Sharp and glittering as it lay on the table, just out of her reach as she struggled to her knees and hung onto the table top to stay up.

Struggling up, she grasped the knife and fell back to the floor, looking up at the blade with blank eyes. The metal reflected her face, shinning in the soft light. It all looked to inviting as she gazed at it lovingly. All it would take was a single stroke as she got ready to pierce her heart with the silver blade.

But it never came as he grabbed the knife away from her hand and looked at her with the most scared of amber, amethyst mixed eyes. "What would you do this again?" He tried to make his voice sound tough and menacing, but instead, out came a scared, child like sound that made with fear come alive.

"Why would you care?!" Kaoru cried out, crawling back to the wall, slowly standing up as the tears came. "Why can't you just let me die in peace? Why can't I just die and believe that you really cared for me—and not in a possession-type way…" A sob escaped her as her legs gave out and she was once more on the floor, curled into a ball and sobbing like she hadn't done in ages.

"Koneko-chan…" he whispered, setting the knife down and coming over to his crying kitten. "I didn't know you felt this way…if I did… Oh, my poor little koneko-chan…" He lifted her into his arms, pulling her up onto his lap as he sat down on the bed, allowing her to cry. He didn't want her to cry because she wanted to die, he only wanted her to cry because he made her do so—from either the constant beatings or from her being happy, and nothing else. The small thought of slapping her senseless came to mind but something pushed it out of his mind as he looked down and saw her softly breathing, having cried herself to sleep.

"Sleep now, and have pleasant dreams." He laid her down onto the bed, almost covering her with the covers before he stopped and looked at the chain about her ankle. Reaching into his pocket, he took out a key and unlocked it. He covered her up, kissed her softly on the forehead, gathered the chain and left over food before leaving the room, closing the door behind him as he did so.

Kenshin would never know what made him do that, but something inside of him knew that now was the time to let her roam the house, and live outside of that room while they were they.

Kaoru meanwhile, slept soundlessly despite everything that had went on while she was awake, the faint smell of him lead her to the pleasant place in her mind that nothing could brake through to. It was as though he really cared for her, with his stopping her from taking her life twice now, and this time, the fear he felt from it shown through like nothing else. The thought was a loving one, and the memory that came with it would never leave her.

The sunlight came through the French doors with a warm embrace to Kaoru as she tried to get back to sleep as she shrunk away from the bright light.

"Rise and shine koneko-chan, time for breakfast!" chirped an amethyst eye Kenshin as he came into the room with a tray of food. "We have a big day ahead of us, and you will need your energy."

He set the tray on the table and went to open the curtain of the doors more so then they were, tying each one back as he did so, looking out the window before going back to his work. She noticed that he acted as if nothing had happened last night, as if it didn't exist. He wasn't trying to hit on her or touch her anywhere that would have been termed indecent or looking at her lustfully. Something was fishy. And she would find the answer.

"What the hell is going on?" she said, making him wince.

"Oro? What do you mean?"

"Oro? What the hell is that and why are you acting so…I don't know, happy?"

"Isn't better then acting mean and trying to destroy you from the inside out?" He kept his back to her as he opened the closet and searched through some things before bring out some clothes and putting them on the table.

"Stop answering me with questions!" She got out of the bed and came towards him, her eyes glowing with fire as she approached him. He looked at her with a laugh, easily dodging the blow she sent him, and picked her up from behind, setting her down onto a chair and moving the food in front of her.

"Eat up and get dressed," he said, going towards the door, "We have a big day ahead of us."

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Author's Notes: Minakokiss made the suggestion on the knife part, and so, this chapter is here thanks to her. ^.^ Anyway, I hoped you liked this chapter, puts more into Kenshin's 'possessiveness' then the other chapters.

omochi: no, I can't hurt him physically, but I will give him a good mental shake latter on.

D.A.: yeah, but that was only because nobody got the fact that they were decedents of other people, except for maybe Karou.

Michy: I don't know if he'll show, maybe…we'll just have to see.

Shuro: Thank you, though, its not as dark in this chapter as in others, but something BIG is going to happen, like…hm, a marriage proposal and another kidnapping…

tenshineko: I can't make Kenshin loose Kaoru, there has to be loving in this fic somewhere, deep with in the whole essential thing. As for the rest of your review, to tell the truth, I don't know how to answer it. ^.^ Sorry, I got lost half way through the first paragraph… give me a few more chapters and I might be able to answer all that…

tsuki-sama: WAFF!!!!!!!!!!??????????? *looks at computer screen in shock * Sorry, I can't do that, it wouldn't fit with everything else.

marstanuki: yeah, I guess you could say Kenshin is obsessed. And I'm a Kaoru fan as well.

Minakokiss: Thank you for the idea, I hoped this chapter fit what you thought.

Vesca: Sano couldn't free her, not within the enemy's stronghold. And yeah, Kenshin loves her in his own wicked way.

Miriel Sakamoto: Oh well, all in all, I like his name better this way, but thanks, I'll make sure the real Saitou's name is that one. It might just work.

Tan Kimiko: Thank you, but, alas, I wont change it, I like the S.S initials for his name.

kurara: The darker side of their relationship? Doesn't sound so bad actually.

Crystal: You did it again! The first one to review! How do you do it?

Thank you for reviewing. And I hope you liked this chapter.