Darkest of Days
RK doesn't belong to me.
Chapter 11
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The silence was formidable, and unnerving as Kaoru waited—her back resting against the floor. She was trying to get to the door, but it was impossible and she found herself falling back words, and unconscious. Something questioned hitting her head against the floor to nock herself out again, but it was lost, as she didn't know how much time had passed when she was out. And so she sat, watching the blackness while the voices in her head argued over matters she didn't want to understand.
'He's going to win!' shouted one voice
'No he won't! You say that anger in that man, he won't loose!'
'No! My Kenshin is going to win and will come to me like—"
Like a knight in shinning armor riding a white horse after he defeated the battle with the dragon to come and rescue YOU? I think not.
'No way in hell will he won't win! He…he…'
He what? Loves you? You silly girl even after all these years you think he loves you! What a joke!
The conversation took that turn and she couldn't stand it anymore, the voice—the mean one—was too harsh, to insane and at the same time, it seemed right. The tears started to fall as the words started to gain more and more truth as they seeped into her self conscious mind, it was impossible to ignore everything that was being spoken by that voice, and it took the chance to talk.
Remember your loving parents? It began, in a sarcastic tone, as if wanting to taunt her with a review of her life. And how they despised you? Only because you were the child to inherit the family company, the scientific company that will inherit the day one of them croaks, and finally, you will have the chance to do some thing you just hate.
Oh, but isn't making things your specialty? Something you keep deep inside and create with only when you have the time to do so. But, again, you hate the gene to hell, the only thing you got from the only family member to ever love you, as well as set all your family against you at the same time.
Your dear grandfather noticed your potential, and in his will, left the business to you and only you, none of your half brothers or sisters that you want to know and loved ever got a chance at it…they all hate you for that, you knew? What a lack of surprise, who wouldn't notice with the hate and scorned looks they sent you all the time when your back was turned. My dear poor child, what a cruel and harsh fate you had to live through.
But then that man came—the red head who broke so many hearts with just the click of a finger—the one you hopelessly fell in love with, the one you thought would take you away from all that madness at home and finally be with some one who loved you. But that only lasted for how long? How long before the beating begun to start and the times got rough? Before you started to think about making machines again, and then that stopped as well because those checks from you dear mommy and papa started to come? Tell me child, who's arms are you going to feel around you now when this is all over?
More tears feel as she sobbed uncontrollably, those words, they were all true, they were all hopelessly true to no end. No, she didn't want to believe it and silently, she started to whisper his name, over and over again until she said I love you to the air, or what she thought it was.
"Kaoru!" came the desperate voice of the man she would know anywhere, but his voice, it was strained, as if the owner had just gone to hell and back. Her eyes shot open and in the bright light, she found herself staring up at him, and he did look the way he sounded. His clothes looked in shreds, and cuts and scrapes covered his body, blood dripping everywhere—even on to her face, but it didn't take her long to realize that it was…tears.
His eyes, they were the mix of amethyst and amber, the blend so unnatural, but also right. Her arms longed to wrap around his neck, and reassure herself that he was real, that he cared for her, that he won, and then she could, but the chance never came as he cut her loose and crushed her to him.
The air was crushed out of her lungs as he cried uncontrollably into her chest, as he was trying to reassure him self that she too was real, and alive, all the while mumbling something she couldn't hear until he held her away from him. Once more did they look into each other's eyes, and did he repeat those words once more, with no emotion in his voice other then the feeling the words really spoke, "I love you."
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AN: Hahahaha! The evil lives on as I give you another cliffhanger! And so, I must say, things are getting good, huh? I did explain more on Kaoru's life in her family, though, I am going to write a sequel to this story, called 'Darkest before Dawn,' and it will be about Kaoru's life with her family and before hand.
kurara: I know, siblings can be annoying, I am one of 5, two blood and then two step, and it's all annoying. Though, I don't think you are a freak.
Crystal: Yeah, though I needed the name he used in the Meiji Era, but now, I didn't even use it.
silverg3r: You are right, it weighs a lot, my band has no piccolos, though, we have some flutes.
marstanuki: it depends really, but in some cases, she can be, but, for her, she is just the only white sheep among the black sheep of her family.
Anime-no-Atama: he is a perfect person to have as an evil person, and I have no idea where I got the thought of putting him in from. And Kaoru is still talking to herself.
Yui Shinomori: thank you, though I though that chapter and this chapter were quite short.
shizuka: I loved that fighting scene in you review! It was SO funny, and I needed it today, a spiders body found it after my sister crushed it with a shoe, and I hate spiders, so I'm a little jumpy.
tsuki-sama: alright! I'll be on guard for that, though, expect a lot of kids when you review the epilogue for CL, the character I based on you…well, lets just say she and her husband will be quite busy washing diapers, though, you probably already know that.
D.A.: the baddie was Saitou, thought most people would guess when I described him as a willow head and that he was smoking.
Misanagi: this chapter is a short one as well, but I will update the next one soon, so you won't have to wait long.
UnearthlyEmpire: thank you, I will get on with it as soon as I can, and my spelling, it is horrible, so sorry about the mistakes.
I hope you liked this chapter, and I'll get on with the next one as soon as I can, and this fic will end soon, trust me.