Disclaimer: Ah ah I don't own RK but Kami just got numbers one and two of
the Kenshin series, we have all three Samurai X DVDs and were getting
number three tonight!!! Yeah! Now that's some fun!!! Although it would be
better if we owned Kenshin! Hahahaha
Dedicated to:
Jason M Lee- thankyou for the spelling stuff, I'll keep that in mind for future reference :D heheh, yeah I know the real Tomoe wouldn't say that but this is kind of an AU and stuff, so everything's changed and I've made her character more strongly evil for my own purposes. Hopefully you are not a complete Tomoe fan since this is very anti Tomoe.
Val- I agree fully about Tomoe, so hopefully this fic will explain what I think happened, the seducing and all that, however she will not be getting the main man! Hahaha, and yes it was pointless that he had to live with the guilt, what was she doing anyway? Kenshin so could have dodged the blade!!! His blindness to Tomoe was probably because she actually talked to him and put him off his balance, so he couldn't properly get a reading on her and if he did he probably denied it because he found her attractive. Us females are bad people!!! So what's that now? Two for me and two for you? YAY I'm catching up ^-^
Marstanuki- I'm updating pretty well I think, you however and your TIMELESS!!!! Where are your updates? Huh, huh? Heheh, and yes definitely K+K all the way.hey that rhymes hehehe
Rekka's Angel- Kami says thankyou for pointing that out, hahaha she's grinning like an idiot because someone reviewed about her. Well I do believe you will see much more of Tomoe's evil side in this fic and especially in this chapter, also there is K+K moments here too, that I just love awe, so sweet, this chapter is the longest one so far but not by much! Which is sad. Hahaha the hormones thing had Kami cracking up too, I was sceptical about keeping it in, but she told me that it was good, so I'm glad you liked it :D
Kyanos- hehehe, well heres your update and hopefully you don't get too excited that you burst before reading it, hopefully you like this chapter a lot, its got Tomoe bashing and Kaoru and Kenshin moments, also I agree with you, I hate Tomoe, well not really since I kind of liked her in the end, but yeah, she sucks! Hahaha
J- hahaha, yes, someone else who likes to see the evil Tomoe, well you'll like this chapter as well, um what I decided to do was just to accentuate what she is feeling so that she is much more devious, and I do believe that if she hadn't of gotten near Kenshin she would be acting much more desperately and coming up with as many schemes as she could, so she is the evil villain in this fic, along with Iizuka I so hate him!
Shiomei- hahahaha, love it!!! Hahahha, um Im not quite sure if I will have Kaoru discover Tomoe's plans, but that would be great!!! Oooh, I can see it now!!! Yes my little conniving brain in working overload, thanks for the input, ill use that if you don't mind :D
Leigh: hahaha, yes I thought about Megumi and ive added her character to Tomoe to make super evil chic! I don't think Tomoe and Kaoru will be friends since they are competing for his affections, I agree with you that she deserves better and this is K+K all the way, so there might be a little bit of Kenshin going for her, but im not quite sure yet, we'll have to see :D
Sweetaznpnia4eva- hahaha, im glad I made you laugh, enjoy the chapter
Aya Komiyama- *blushes* really one of a kind? *gives Aya a big hug* yay, I feel great! The reason why I'm updating so quick is that I actually am really excited with this fic and I have so many ideas, usually I start a fic and then go, blah! Nothing exciting is happening anymore, and I think also its because I have the Samurai X DVD's so I'm all hyped up, its great
Shizuka- *hugs Shiz back* your welcome, it was actually a very good idea so I thank you *bows* um, I don't know if I explained it, probably not, so I'll explain it to you since you're the only one that asked, I think he was just upset that Kaoru made a scene and put her and Katsura's relationship at risk, as no one else knows, you know how she was all like im no ones woman and then the evil guys were looking at her like a piece of meat and then Katsura was all angry? See if anyone knew the relationship between Kaoru and Katsura then Kaoru would be in more danger then she already was. Does that make sense? Im not sure if I explained it properly. Ok, you'll probably like this chapter and there is action hehehe, so enjoy and hopefully you'll be interested in this fic till the end! YAY!
Dewey- well at least someone agrees fully with me! DONW WITH TOMOE! Hahahahaha, definitely K+K all the way :D
H.E.R- thankyou for that ill be putting a warning up, so people who like Tomoe don't have to read it and they have been warned, though I'm not going to change this so Tomoe fans will be happy, because this is my fic and things are the way they are for a purpose, thankyou for reviewing hehehe, definitely like Kaoru better :D
IMPORTANT: it was Kami's birthday yesterday, so it has taken me a while to get this chapter up and running, oh great now I have to chase it!!! Hahaha, anyway Kami is now 14 YAY!!!
WARNING: Tomoe Bashing, if you are her fan then you have been warned, if I get a flame from you then you will suffer the consequences. MAJOR OOCness
By Sujakata
Sacred Sword
Chapter Six: Injury
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Kaoru came to the conclusion that this woman was evil and that she couldn't be trusted.
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Bakumatsu 1864 Japan, Kyoto
Ishin Shishi inn
The hallways were dark, but this was the best time to work, she had located the men from the diner the other night, all three were complaining about the girl, the little Tanuki. Brushing her hair from her face the lovely Tomoe walked over to the men and gave them a shy smile while letting her eyes look up from underneath her eyelashes.
"Yes?" they asked, their eyes roaming over her body appreciatively. Tomoe held down her disgust, she needed these bozos to get rid of the little nuisance that could stop her from getting too close to the red haired young man.
"Hmm, that little boy girl is rather..hmmm" she traced a finger over the 'leaders' chest as if contemplating what she was saying; she knew she had the men's attention. "Lets just say, I don't like her either" the men grinned at her, their eyes glues to her chest, and Tomoe moved closer to the leader, their bodies only just touching.
"What is she to you?" Tomoe gave a small laugh, making sure that she continued her ministrations.
"She's competition, see how she takes the attention of the men from me?" The three men chuckled along with Tomoe, and nodded their heads like good little puppies.
"What do we get if we get rid of her?" Tomoe smiled slowly and pulled both her hands up to take the 'leaders' head in her hands and stroked his face.
"If..you do this properly, well, you'll have me" All three men's mouths dried up as she licked her lips.
"But she lives in Katsura's rooms" Tomoe smiled knowingly and turned her face to the side, pretending to search for an unknown listener before she went onto her tip toes and brought herself to the 'leader's ear.
"He has some business to take care of in Tokyo for a few days, he'll be gone tomorrow" she whispered, making sure that her lips brushed his ear; she felt him shiver in anticipation and hid a smirk.
"That's not enough time" Tomoe shrugged and pushed gently away from him before walking away, making sure that she swayed her hips, knowing that their eyes were trailing after her. Tomoe smiled, phase one was now complete, and she would just have to wait until phase two was done before her way to the Batousai was clear.
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She was there again in the training rooms and he groaned inwardly, he couldn't concentrate completely on his own self when she was there, stretching in plain sight of everyone. He could sense the entire room and knew for a surety that almost every man in that room was watching her discreetly, as she bent over and his eyes narrowed as he saw the tops of her breasts, what was she doing? He frowned as he saw some of the men moved closer to her and watch her more openly, and for some reason he could feel a certain protectiveness come over him 'its probably because Katsura left today and entrusted her care to me, again I am a babysitter..but, it doesn't bother me as much as it did in the beginning, sure she is annoying as hell, but, I like her life.' His hand strayed to his swords as more moved closer, he was ready to act.
He watched them, their muscles, the way they stepped slightly to the side and lowered their faces, how their eyes searched her and the other men. He knew what they were about to do, and he would not allow them to hurt her virtue. 'Why am I so concerned about her though? Its not as if she is anything special to me..is she?' he was rudely shaken from his wondering when the acute voice of Kaoru rang out, Kenshin's eyes widened and he had to fight the urge to laugh, one of the men had sneaked up on her while he was thinking to himself and was now on the floor crying like a baby and hugging his genitals.
"That's what you get for watching me, baka," she said and then kicked him in the ribs for good measure before glaring at the other males. Kenshin shifted his feet slightly sensing some rather angry men, His gaze however never left Kaoru, she just looked so ethereal in all her raging beauty.
"Kaoru" he called out, not even noticing that he had called her by her first name. Her head snapped up and she looked at him questioningly. Kenshin twitched his head slightly for her to come over to him and sighing and rolling her eyes she did.
"Nani?" he regarded her for a second, taking in her still bruised face and the way she limped slightly and his face creased into a scowl.
"You should be resting" he stated, his face still a mask of coldness. Kaoru narrowed her eyes and turned her petite nose up at him.
"Huh, yeah, right, I need to keep moving or ill get all stiff" she stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and he was an idiot. Kenshin frowned at her and then pointed at her chest.
Then if you need" here he stressed the word need "to stretch then maybe you need to cover up more" Kaoru looked at where he was pointing and gasped before quickly pulling her gi tighter around her chest.
"HENTAI!" she screeched and went to slap him, Kenshin however with his quick reflexes caught her hand in a vice like grip and held it there, his eyes slightly going amber at the attack. Kaoru glared up at him, and went to smack him with her other hand but he caught that as well, now with no hands Kaoru was seething and went to kick him which he blocked with his knee. "Would you let me HIT you?" she asked through clenched teeth. Kenshin raised an eyebrow.
"Why would I do that?"
Kaoru rolled her eyes "oh, I don't know, maybe because you were staring at my chest?" Kenshin looked slightly perplexed and shook his head at her.
"I wasn't, they were" and he motioned with his head at the men who were watching the couple with fascination that anyone would dare to try and hit the Batousai. Kaoru turned her head at the men and glared at them while she tried to pull out of Kenshin's grip.
"Let go of me!" Kenshin only shook his head, for some reason the prospect of making her frustrated made him feel light inside and he pulled her slightly closer, and that was when his senses were overpowered with her delicate sense of Jasmine, his mind suddenly got much more clearer then it had ever been before and his eyes went over her bruised face, her eyes were the deepest blue he had ever seen, anger swam in her eyes as well as wariness, and he realised that she didn't know what he was doing, and when he thought about it, neither did he. Her nose was delicate and slightly turned up and then her lips..her little pink tongue came out and darted over her lush lips, her teeth dragged on her pouty bottom lip and he had the strangest desire to kiss her.
Alarmed at what he was thinking and about to do Kenshin released her hands and took a step back.
"It's getting late, we should go and get something to eat before sleep" his voice was slightly huskier then usual and he turned away from her before he did something un-Batousai-like and left the room. Kaoru stood there for a few more moments, her breath coming a little quicker then usual and she blamed it on her training that she had been doing a little awhile ago, but deep down she knew that she had been affected by how close she and Kenshin had been to each other and the way his warm skin had touched hers, she didn't know how to describe it, but she found herself wanting more.
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Kenshin had just rounded the corner when he bumped into Tomoe, he glared at her, not because she had run into him, but because he had wanted it to be someone else, a blue eyed someone else. 'What the hell is wrong with me? Maybe I'm over tired, that must be it.'
"Oh, gomen ne, I didn't see you there," Tomoe said in a low voice, her head bowed, acting the meek female. 'Ah, just who I wanted to see' she thought and she stepped slightly closer, masking her face into that of someone completely enamoured with Kenshin.
"Hn" Kenshin wondered what the girl was up to and then he saw the glint of lust in her eyes, his stomach clenched lightly and his throat went dry as she stepped closer again, almost touching him. However at that moment Kaoru came around the corner and stepped right into Kenshin making him twist to avoid touching Tomoe and Kaoru grabbed the nearest thing to try and stop her fall, which happened to be Tomoe, and both fell to the ground with a loud thump.
"Ah, damn it! Kenshin why don't you watch where your going?" Kaoru growled as she picked herself up, giving Kenshin a nice view once again of her chest, this time however he felt a rush of heat spread through his body as her emotional blue eyes met his. Tomoe glared up at Kaoru and seeing that no one was going to help her up and stood and brushed her clothes off.
"Excuse me please" Tomoe said in a sweet voice, again playing the part of a well-mannered woman, however she was seething on the inside 'when did they get on familiar terms with each other?'
"Oh..its you" Kaoru said, her eyes narrowing slightly, she took a swift sidelong glance at Kenshin before she brushed passed the older girl, her stomach calling for food. Kenshin watched after her and then followed her lead.
Tomoe growled after she knew he was out of hearing range 'that stupid girl, once again she's gotten in my way, I was this close to getting him in my clutches, he would have done something I am sure of it, well after tonight the girl should be gone from this life, and when she is, I will have Kenshin pay for what he did to me.'
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The night was quiet, the only thing that moved was a silent shadow, making its way to the side of the inn, looking up its black eyes searched the top floor until it found the small piece of red cloth that was hanging from the open window and grinned, it's destination had been sighted. Finding a ledge it pulled itself up and continued to scale the side of the inn, its eyes on the red cloth. After reaching the open window the shadow pulled itself inside the room and a soft thump could be heard.
In the next room blue eyes opened wide 'someone in Otou-sans room.' Her breath quickened slightly and she pulled her Sakabatou out of its sheath as silently as she could and then hugged her weapon to her, closing her eyes once again she slowed her breathing, she would need the element of surprise to get away from whoever it was.
The shoji was opened silently and a dark figure walked in, its sword unsheathed and ready to deal the fatal blow. Kaoru's senses were on overload as she felt it drawing near; she had to wait until the figure was about to kill her to act. She felt rather then saw it lift the sword above its head and then swiftly brought the sword down, only to meet the Sakabatou and fiery blue eyes.
The ninja was surprised but wouldn't let this stop him, stepping back slightly it pulled out a second sword and lunged again, one sword again hitting the Sakabatou while the other one tried to go for the side, Kaoru however was smarter then this and rolled out of the way before coming to stand in a crouch ready to defend herself.
Kenshin's eyes snapped open to reveal cold amber eyes, and he stood swiftly, not bothering to place his gi on he slammed his door open and ran down the hall towards the stairs, someone was fighting upstairs and he knew for a surety that Kaoru was the reason. He cursed the stairs and slid on the floor as he came around the corner and then he was upon Katsura's personal rooms, inside he could hear metal on metal ringing out and the cries of Kaoru as she defended herself. He opened the closed door slowly so as not to make himself known and took in the sight before him. Kaoru knelt on the floor Sakabatou in hand and holding off one sword, but she was being blocked from escaping the second sword as she was up against the wall as well.
Flipping out one of his swords he leapt forwards and plunged his sword into the back of the unsuspecting ninja who dropped the sword that was going to kill Kaoru in surprise, Kaoru pushed the Ninja's other sword away and sighed as he stepped back, Batousai pulled his sword out and flicked the blood off but kept it ready just in case the Ninja decided to attack him. The ninja held his wound with one hand and glared at Kaoru, before doing something Kenshin hadn't thought the dying man would do he lunged forwards and plunged his sword into Kaoru. She cried out as the biting metal cut through her flesh and she fell backwards as the Ninja pushed forwards with his last breath. Both Ninja and Kaoru fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
Kenshin stood there, his eyes slowly turning back to violet and he dropped his sword, the Ninja wasn't supposed to hurt her..he had failed. His breath quickened as he rushed to Kaoru's side, his hands hovering over the sword that was still imbedded in Kaoru's shoulder, she was still conscious and whimpering, tears fell from her eyes and she looked up at him.
"Get it out," she pleaded, her voice breaking as her muscles contracted in pain.
"It will hurt" his voice was steady which he was thankful for as inside he was a nervous mess, he'd never had to tend to another's injury's however he was surprised that everyone hadn't gotten up when he'd slammed his shoji open, pushing his thoughts to the back of his mind Kenshin gripped the hilt of the sword and held Kaoru down with his other. Kaoru closed her eyes and looked away as Kenshin slowed his breathing, he would do this as quickly as was possible so as to lessen the hurt.
His grip shifted and he counted in his mind 'one, two, three' and he pulled out the sword and threw it away as his hands immediately went to the wound to apply pressure. Kaoru had screamed again and her breathing was now shallow and quick. Her eyes were closed tightly in pain and Kenshin felt his heart twist as more tears leaked from her closed lids.
"Am I going to die?" her voice was barely above a whisper and Kenshin winced at her words, in truth he wasn't sure, the wound wasn't fatal but if she continued to bleed like she was then in all truth she might not make it through the night. However Kenshin felt sick at the thought that Kaoru might die, and he felt that strong sense of protectiveness grow inside of him and he lent down over her, noticing that his hands were stained in her blood.
"I wont let you die," he whispered harshly, his eyes briefly flashing amber. Kaoru's breath hitched in her throat as she chocked on a sob, Kenshin grabbed one of her hands and placed it roughly over her wound before he began to tear strips off of his Hakama. With a makeshift bandage done he took both hands off and tore open Kaoru's sleeping Yukata, his eyes briefly paused on her breasts before they went directly to her wound he pushed her hand away from the blood and wiped it away messily with stripes of his Hakama before placing a wad of cloth over it and again pulled her bloodied hand over the wound before tying the longer strips together to form a bandage.
His hands were deft and businesslike as he secured the wad of cloth over the wound. That done he knew he had to get her straight to a doctor. Pulling her Yukata back over her exposed chest Kenshin then lifted her up, blocking out her cries, because he couldn't worry about that now, he had to save her and if that meant she had to endure more pain to live then so be it.
Kaoru gripped tightly to Kenshin's neck as he ran from the Ishin Shishi inn and into the more populated areas, the streets were quiet save the pounding of Kenshin's feet, for the first time in his career at a Hitokiri Kenshin didn't worry about running stealthily. He skidded to a halt out the front of the closest doctors house and banged on the door loudly, there was cursing from inside and the shoji was opened roughly.
"Nani?" the voice was annoyed and held little patience, Kenshin however couldn't care less, Kaoru's grip on his neck had relaxed alarmingly and she was deathly pale, her breaths were laboured and the makeshift bandage was soaked in blood.
"Help her," he demanded shoving Kaoru into the man's face. The doctor's eyes widened and he quickly ushered them inside the house and hurried them to the back where he did his practise. He ran around the room getting the instruments necessary and then knelt beside Kaoru's prone form and pulled back her sleeping Yukata, Kenshin's hand was on his remaining sword, ready to persuade the doctor to keep to his business, but he needn't of worried, the Doctor quickly tore the soaked rag from Kaoru's body to asses the damage. Clucking his tongue the doctor quickly began to wipe away the blood and then without warning opened the wound wider to see if any main arteries or Veins had been severed. Finding nothing fatal the doctor then went about sewing the wound closed from the inside out, his hands quick and skilled.
Kenshin didn't leave the man's side, his eyes were on the mans hands making sure that he didn't defile Kaoru in anyway.
"So how did she get injured might I ask?" Kenshin snarled
"No you may not ask"
The doctor raised an eyebrow at this but shrugged it off. "She'll have to stay here for awhile, for observation and to make sure there aren't any complications." Kenshin nodded his head in understanding. "You may leave now"
Kenshin shook his head. "I am entrusted with her safely, she will not be left alone." The doctor scoffed
"Well you didn't do too well if her injury is anything to go by" Kenshin bared his teeth at the man his hand going straight to his sword, but he realised that the doctor was right. He hadn't done a good job of keeping her safe, 'this is twice now that she had been hurt when I was supposed to be watching her.' And that was when he remembered that no one else had woken up to the screams, and then he realised that that night he hadn't had any sake when everyone else at the inn had...'It was an inside job!' the realisation made the Batousai itch to find the traitor.. 'When I find who did this, who hurt Kaoru..my..friend, they will pay for it with their life.' Kenshin was a little startled that he thought of Kaoru as his friend, but, it didn't seem too strange for him, he had called her by her first name, he felt comfortable around her and she made him feel like he was something other then a tool for the Ishin Shishi, she made him feel like a human.
The doctor bandaged up Kaoru's wound and her breasts, careful not to touch them as he could feel the man beside him tense ready to kill him if he did 'such possessiveness, she must be his woman,' he concluded and he then pulled the bloodied garment over the young woman's bound chest.
"Pick her up and move her into that room over there, you may stay the night" Kenshin nodded his head and lifted Kaoru gently in his arms, she had passed out on the way to the doctors and was still out cold, her breathing however was much more calmer then it had been before. The doctor placed a hand on his shoulder. "I expect to be payed in the morning" Kenshin grunted and twisted out of the man's hold before stalking to the room the man had pointed at.
He placed Kaoru down gently and knelt beside her brushing her bangs from her face, there were still tear streaks running down her cheeks and Kenshin brushed her still bruised face. 'She was still injured from the other day, and now this, I will not be permitted to watch over her again, Katsura will make sure of it! I have failed him..and I have failed Kaoru, I should have been able to keep her safe, if only I had been in the next room, then this wouldn't of happened. But I will protect her, I will not allow this to happen again, she will be safe, and any man or woman who tries to hurt her will die by my hand, this I vow on my life.' Kenshin settled himself against the door, his eyes stayed on Kaoru's form the entire night, watching her breathe and ingraining her picture in his mind forever.
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Sujakata: Whoa Nelly, now there was so definite Kenshin Kaoru.so, like the whole chapter? I did, hehehe Tomoe is not very nice, but very crafty, but she will not get Kenshin, this we know as he is more strongly attracted to Kaoru...his friend awe :D
Read through by Kami no killing her this week as it was her Birthday, so yeah kill her sidekick Joshima
Joshima: um..nani?
Sujakata: hai dozo
Joshima: make sense you reject from Fanfiction school
Sujakata: there's a school O_o?
Kami: he he, Joshima gets all the bad stuff now! Yay, I'm so happy it was my b'day yesterday. Oh yeah Sujakata, there is a school for Fanfiction. Man I can't believe you didn't know. I mean, seriously. Joshima doesn't even go to the school and he knows.
Sujakata: Oro?
Dedicated to:
Jason M Lee- thankyou for the spelling stuff, I'll keep that in mind for future reference :D heheh, yeah I know the real Tomoe wouldn't say that but this is kind of an AU and stuff, so everything's changed and I've made her character more strongly evil for my own purposes. Hopefully you are not a complete Tomoe fan since this is very anti Tomoe.
Val- I agree fully about Tomoe, so hopefully this fic will explain what I think happened, the seducing and all that, however she will not be getting the main man! Hahaha, and yes it was pointless that he had to live with the guilt, what was she doing anyway? Kenshin so could have dodged the blade!!! His blindness to Tomoe was probably because she actually talked to him and put him off his balance, so he couldn't properly get a reading on her and if he did he probably denied it because he found her attractive. Us females are bad people!!! So what's that now? Two for me and two for you? YAY I'm catching up ^-^
Marstanuki- I'm updating pretty well I think, you however and your TIMELESS!!!! Where are your updates? Huh, huh? Heheh, and yes definitely K+K all the way.hey that rhymes hehehe
Rekka's Angel- Kami says thankyou for pointing that out, hahaha she's grinning like an idiot because someone reviewed about her. Well I do believe you will see much more of Tomoe's evil side in this fic and especially in this chapter, also there is K+K moments here too, that I just love awe, so sweet, this chapter is the longest one so far but not by much! Which is sad. Hahaha the hormones thing had Kami cracking up too, I was sceptical about keeping it in, but she told me that it was good, so I'm glad you liked it :D
Kyanos- hehehe, well heres your update and hopefully you don't get too excited that you burst before reading it, hopefully you like this chapter a lot, its got Tomoe bashing and Kaoru and Kenshin moments, also I agree with you, I hate Tomoe, well not really since I kind of liked her in the end, but yeah, she sucks! Hahaha
J- hahaha, yes, someone else who likes to see the evil Tomoe, well you'll like this chapter as well, um what I decided to do was just to accentuate what she is feeling so that she is much more devious, and I do believe that if she hadn't of gotten near Kenshin she would be acting much more desperately and coming up with as many schemes as she could, so she is the evil villain in this fic, along with Iizuka I so hate him!
Shiomei- hahahaha, love it!!! Hahahha, um Im not quite sure if I will have Kaoru discover Tomoe's plans, but that would be great!!! Oooh, I can see it now!!! Yes my little conniving brain in working overload, thanks for the input, ill use that if you don't mind :D
Leigh: hahaha, yes I thought about Megumi and ive added her character to Tomoe to make super evil chic! I don't think Tomoe and Kaoru will be friends since they are competing for his affections, I agree with you that she deserves better and this is K+K all the way, so there might be a little bit of Kenshin going for her, but im not quite sure yet, we'll have to see :D
Sweetaznpnia4eva- hahaha, im glad I made you laugh, enjoy the chapter
Aya Komiyama- *blushes* really one of a kind? *gives Aya a big hug* yay, I feel great! The reason why I'm updating so quick is that I actually am really excited with this fic and I have so many ideas, usually I start a fic and then go, blah! Nothing exciting is happening anymore, and I think also its because I have the Samurai X DVD's so I'm all hyped up, its great
Shizuka- *hugs Shiz back* your welcome, it was actually a very good idea so I thank you *bows* um, I don't know if I explained it, probably not, so I'll explain it to you since you're the only one that asked, I think he was just upset that Kaoru made a scene and put her and Katsura's relationship at risk, as no one else knows, you know how she was all like im no ones woman and then the evil guys were looking at her like a piece of meat and then Katsura was all angry? See if anyone knew the relationship between Kaoru and Katsura then Kaoru would be in more danger then she already was. Does that make sense? Im not sure if I explained it properly. Ok, you'll probably like this chapter and there is action hehehe, so enjoy and hopefully you'll be interested in this fic till the end! YAY!
Dewey- well at least someone agrees fully with me! DONW WITH TOMOE! Hahahahaha, definitely K+K all the way :D
H.E.R- thankyou for that ill be putting a warning up, so people who like Tomoe don't have to read it and they have been warned, though I'm not going to change this so Tomoe fans will be happy, because this is my fic and things are the way they are for a purpose, thankyou for reviewing hehehe, definitely like Kaoru better :D
IMPORTANT: it was Kami's birthday yesterday, so it has taken me a while to get this chapter up and running, oh great now I have to chase it!!! Hahaha, anyway Kami is now 14 YAY!!!
WARNING: Tomoe Bashing, if you are her fan then you have been warned, if I get a flame from you then you will suffer the consequences. MAJOR OOCness
By Sujakata
Sacred Sword
Chapter Six: Injury
~()~
Kaoru came to the conclusion that this woman was evil and that she couldn't be trusted.
~()~
Bakumatsu 1864 Japan, Kyoto
Ishin Shishi inn
The hallways were dark, but this was the best time to work, she had located the men from the diner the other night, all three were complaining about the girl, the little Tanuki. Brushing her hair from her face the lovely Tomoe walked over to the men and gave them a shy smile while letting her eyes look up from underneath her eyelashes.
"Yes?" they asked, their eyes roaming over her body appreciatively. Tomoe held down her disgust, she needed these bozos to get rid of the little nuisance that could stop her from getting too close to the red haired young man.
"Hmm, that little boy girl is rather..hmmm" she traced a finger over the 'leaders' chest as if contemplating what she was saying; she knew she had the men's attention. "Lets just say, I don't like her either" the men grinned at her, their eyes glues to her chest, and Tomoe moved closer to the leader, their bodies only just touching.
"What is she to you?" Tomoe gave a small laugh, making sure that she continued her ministrations.
"She's competition, see how she takes the attention of the men from me?" The three men chuckled along with Tomoe, and nodded their heads like good little puppies.
"What do we get if we get rid of her?" Tomoe smiled slowly and pulled both her hands up to take the 'leaders' head in her hands and stroked his face.
"If..you do this properly, well, you'll have me" All three men's mouths dried up as she licked her lips.
"But she lives in Katsura's rooms" Tomoe smiled knowingly and turned her face to the side, pretending to search for an unknown listener before she went onto her tip toes and brought herself to the 'leader's ear.
"He has some business to take care of in Tokyo for a few days, he'll be gone tomorrow" she whispered, making sure that her lips brushed his ear; she felt him shiver in anticipation and hid a smirk.
"That's not enough time" Tomoe shrugged and pushed gently away from him before walking away, making sure that she swayed her hips, knowing that their eyes were trailing after her. Tomoe smiled, phase one was now complete, and she would just have to wait until phase two was done before her way to the Batousai was clear.
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She was there again in the training rooms and he groaned inwardly, he couldn't concentrate completely on his own self when she was there, stretching in plain sight of everyone. He could sense the entire room and knew for a surety that almost every man in that room was watching her discreetly, as she bent over and his eyes narrowed as he saw the tops of her breasts, what was she doing? He frowned as he saw some of the men moved closer to her and watch her more openly, and for some reason he could feel a certain protectiveness come over him 'its probably because Katsura left today and entrusted her care to me, again I am a babysitter..but, it doesn't bother me as much as it did in the beginning, sure she is annoying as hell, but, I like her life.' His hand strayed to his swords as more moved closer, he was ready to act.
He watched them, their muscles, the way they stepped slightly to the side and lowered their faces, how their eyes searched her and the other men. He knew what they were about to do, and he would not allow them to hurt her virtue. 'Why am I so concerned about her though? Its not as if she is anything special to me..is she?' he was rudely shaken from his wondering when the acute voice of Kaoru rang out, Kenshin's eyes widened and he had to fight the urge to laugh, one of the men had sneaked up on her while he was thinking to himself and was now on the floor crying like a baby and hugging his genitals.
"That's what you get for watching me, baka," she said and then kicked him in the ribs for good measure before glaring at the other males. Kenshin shifted his feet slightly sensing some rather angry men, His gaze however never left Kaoru, she just looked so ethereal in all her raging beauty.
"Kaoru" he called out, not even noticing that he had called her by her first name. Her head snapped up and she looked at him questioningly. Kenshin twitched his head slightly for her to come over to him and sighing and rolling her eyes she did.
"Nani?" he regarded her for a second, taking in her still bruised face and the way she limped slightly and his face creased into a scowl.
"You should be resting" he stated, his face still a mask of coldness. Kaoru narrowed her eyes and turned her petite nose up at him.
"Huh, yeah, right, I need to keep moving or ill get all stiff" she stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and he was an idiot. Kenshin frowned at her and then pointed at her chest.
Then if you need" here he stressed the word need "to stretch then maybe you need to cover up more" Kaoru looked at where he was pointing and gasped before quickly pulling her gi tighter around her chest.
"HENTAI!" she screeched and went to slap him, Kenshin however with his quick reflexes caught her hand in a vice like grip and held it there, his eyes slightly going amber at the attack. Kaoru glared up at him, and went to smack him with her other hand but he caught that as well, now with no hands Kaoru was seething and went to kick him which he blocked with his knee. "Would you let me HIT you?" she asked through clenched teeth. Kenshin raised an eyebrow.
"Why would I do that?"
Kaoru rolled her eyes "oh, I don't know, maybe because you were staring at my chest?" Kenshin looked slightly perplexed and shook his head at her.
"I wasn't, they were" and he motioned with his head at the men who were watching the couple with fascination that anyone would dare to try and hit the Batousai. Kaoru turned her head at the men and glared at them while she tried to pull out of Kenshin's grip.
"Let go of me!" Kenshin only shook his head, for some reason the prospect of making her frustrated made him feel light inside and he pulled her slightly closer, and that was when his senses were overpowered with her delicate sense of Jasmine, his mind suddenly got much more clearer then it had ever been before and his eyes went over her bruised face, her eyes were the deepest blue he had ever seen, anger swam in her eyes as well as wariness, and he realised that she didn't know what he was doing, and when he thought about it, neither did he. Her nose was delicate and slightly turned up and then her lips..her little pink tongue came out and darted over her lush lips, her teeth dragged on her pouty bottom lip and he had the strangest desire to kiss her.
Alarmed at what he was thinking and about to do Kenshin released her hands and took a step back.
"It's getting late, we should go and get something to eat before sleep" his voice was slightly huskier then usual and he turned away from her before he did something un-Batousai-like and left the room. Kaoru stood there for a few more moments, her breath coming a little quicker then usual and she blamed it on her training that she had been doing a little awhile ago, but deep down she knew that she had been affected by how close she and Kenshin had been to each other and the way his warm skin had touched hers, she didn't know how to describe it, but she found herself wanting more.
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Kenshin had just rounded the corner when he bumped into Tomoe, he glared at her, not because she had run into him, but because he had wanted it to be someone else, a blue eyed someone else. 'What the hell is wrong with me? Maybe I'm over tired, that must be it.'
"Oh, gomen ne, I didn't see you there," Tomoe said in a low voice, her head bowed, acting the meek female. 'Ah, just who I wanted to see' she thought and she stepped slightly closer, masking her face into that of someone completely enamoured with Kenshin.
"Hn" Kenshin wondered what the girl was up to and then he saw the glint of lust in her eyes, his stomach clenched lightly and his throat went dry as she stepped closer again, almost touching him. However at that moment Kaoru came around the corner and stepped right into Kenshin making him twist to avoid touching Tomoe and Kaoru grabbed the nearest thing to try and stop her fall, which happened to be Tomoe, and both fell to the ground with a loud thump.
"Ah, damn it! Kenshin why don't you watch where your going?" Kaoru growled as she picked herself up, giving Kenshin a nice view once again of her chest, this time however he felt a rush of heat spread through his body as her emotional blue eyes met his. Tomoe glared up at Kaoru and seeing that no one was going to help her up and stood and brushed her clothes off.
"Excuse me please" Tomoe said in a sweet voice, again playing the part of a well-mannered woman, however she was seething on the inside 'when did they get on familiar terms with each other?'
"Oh..its you" Kaoru said, her eyes narrowing slightly, she took a swift sidelong glance at Kenshin before she brushed passed the older girl, her stomach calling for food. Kenshin watched after her and then followed her lead.
Tomoe growled after she knew he was out of hearing range 'that stupid girl, once again she's gotten in my way, I was this close to getting him in my clutches, he would have done something I am sure of it, well after tonight the girl should be gone from this life, and when she is, I will have Kenshin pay for what he did to me.'
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The night was quiet, the only thing that moved was a silent shadow, making its way to the side of the inn, looking up its black eyes searched the top floor until it found the small piece of red cloth that was hanging from the open window and grinned, it's destination had been sighted. Finding a ledge it pulled itself up and continued to scale the side of the inn, its eyes on the red cloth. After reaching the open window the shadow pulled itself inside the room and a soft thump could be heard.
In the next room blue eyes opened wide 'someone in Otou-sans room.' Her breath quickened slightly and she pulled her Sakabatou out of its sheath as silently as she could and then hugged her weapon to her, closing her eyes once again she slowed her breathing, she would need the element of surprise to get away from whoever it was.
The shoji was opened silently and a dark figure walked in, its sword unsheathed and ready to deal the fatal blow. Kaoru's senses were on overload as she felt it drawing near; she had to wait until the figure was about to kill her to act. She felt rather then saw it lift the sword above its head and then swiftly brought the sword down, only to meet the Sakabatou and fiery blue eyes.
The ninja was surprised but wouldn't let this stop him, stepping back slightly it pulled out a second sword and lunged again, one sword again hitting the Sakabatou while the other one tried to go for the side, Kaoru however was smarter then this and rolled out of the way before coming to stand in a crouch ready to defend herself.
Kenshin's eyes snapped open to reveal cold amber eyes, and he stood swiftly, not bothering to place his gi on he slammed his door open and ran down the hall towards the stairs, someone was fighting upstairs and he knew for a surety that Kaoru was the reason. He cursed the stairs and slid on the floor as he came around the corner and then he was upon Katsura's personal rooms, inside he could hear metal on metal ringing out and the cries of Kaoru as she defended herself. He opened the closed door slowly so as not to make himself known and took in the sight before him. Kaoru knelt on the floor Sakabatou in hand and holding off one sword, but she was being blocked from escaping the second sword as she was up against the wall as well.
Flipping out one of his swords he leapt forwards and plunged his sword into the back of the unsuspecting ninja who dropped the sword that was going to kill Kaoru in surprise, Kaoru pushed the Ninja's other sword away and sighed as he stepped back, Batousai pulled his sword out and flicked the blood off but kept it ready just in case the Ninja decided to attack him. The ninja held his wound with one hand and glared at Kaoru, before doing something Kenshin hadn't thought the dying man would do he lunged forwards and plunged his sword into Kaoru. She cried out as the biting metal cut through her flesh and she fell backwards as the Ninja pushed forwards with his last breath. Both Ninja and Kaoru fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
Kenshin stood there, his eyes slowly turning back to violet and he dropped his sword, the Ninja wasn't supposed to hurt her..he had failed. His breath quickened as he rushed to Kaoru's side, his hands hovering over the sword that was still imbedded in Kaoru's shoulder, she was still conscious and whimpering, tears fell from her eyes and she looked up at him.
"Get it out," she pleaded, her voice breaking as her muscles contracted in pain.
"It will hurt" his voice was steady which he was thankful for as inside he was a nervous mess, he'd never had to tend to another's injury's however he was surprised that everyone hadn't gotten up when he'd slammed his shoji open, pushing his thoughts to the back of his mind Kenshin gripped the hilt of the sword and held Kaoru down with his other. Kaoru closed her eyes and looked away as Kenshin slowed his breathing, he would do this as quickly as was possible so as to lessen the hurt.
His grip shifted and he counted in his mind 'one, two, three' and he pulled out the sword and threw it away as his hands immediately went to the wound to apply pressure. Kaoru had screamed again and her breathing was now shallow and quick. Her eyes were closed tightly in pain and Kenshin felt his heart twist as more tears leaked from her closed lids.
"Am I going to die?" her voice was barely above a whisper and Kenshin winced at her words, in truth he wasn't sure, the wound wasn't fatal but if she continued to bleed like she was then in all truth she might not make it through the night. However Kenshin felt sick at the thought that Kaoru might die, and he felt that strong sense of protectiveness grow inside of him and he lent down over her, noticing that his hands were stained in her blood.
"I wont let you die," he whispered harshly, his eyes briefly flashing amber. Kaoru's breath hitched in her throat as she chocked on a sob, Kenshin grabbed one of her hands and placed it roughly over her wound before he began to tear strips off of his Hakama. With a makeshift bandage done he took both hands off and tore open Kaoru's sleeping Yukata, his eyes briefly paused on her breasts before they went directly to her wound he pushed her hand away from the blood and wiped it away messily with stripes of his Hakama before placing a wad of cloth over it and again pulled her bloodied hand over the wound before tying the longer strips together to form a bandage.
His hands were deft and businesslike as he secured the wad of cloth over the wound. That done he knew he had to get her straight to a doctor. Pulling her Yukata back over her exposed chest Kenshin then lifted her up, blocking out her cries, because he couldn't worry about that now, he had to save her and if that meant she had to endure more pain to live then so be it.
Kaoru gripped tightly to Kenshin's neck as he ran from the Ishin Shishi inn and into the more populated areas, the streets were quiet save the pounding of Kenshin's feet, for the first time in his career at a Hitokiri Kenshin didn't worry about running stealthily. He skidded to a halt out the front of the closest doctors house and banged on the door loudly, there was cursing from inside and the shoji was opened roughly.
"Nani?" the voice was annoyed and held little patience, Kenshin however couldn't care less, Kaoru's grip on his neck had relaxed alarmingly and she was deathly pale, her breaths were laboured and the makeshift bandage was soaked in blood.
"Help her," he demanded shoving Kaoru into the man's face. The doctor's eyes widened and he quickly ushered them inside the house and hurried them to the back where he did his practise. He ran around the room getting the instruments necessary and then knelt beside Kaoru's prone form and pulled back her sleeping Yukata, Kenshin's hand was on his remaining sword, ready to persuade the doctor to keep to his business, but he needn't of worried, the Doctor quickly tore the soaked rag from Kaoru's body to asses the damage. Clucking his tongue the doctor quickly began to wipe away the blood and then without warning opened the wound wider to see if any main arteries or Veins had been severed. Finding nothing fatal the doctor then went about sewing the wound closed from the inside out, his hands quick and skilled.
Kenshin didn't leave the man's side, his eyes were on the mans hands making sure that he didn't defile Kaoru in anyway.
"So how did she get injured might I ask?" Kenshin snarled
"No you may not ask"
The doctor raised an eyebrow at this but shrugged it off. "She'll have to stay here for awhile, for observation and to make sure there aren't any complications." Kenshin nodded his head in understanding. "You may leave now"
Kenshin shook his head. "I am entrusted with her safely, she will not be left alone." The doctor scoffed
"Well you didn't do too well if her injury is anything to go by" Kenshin bared his teeth at the man his hand going straight to his sword, but he realised that the doctor was right. He hadn't done a good job of keeping her safe, 'this is twice now that she had been hurt when I was supposed to be watching her.' And that was when he remembered that no one else had woken up to the screams, and then he realised that that night he hadn't had any sake when everyone else at the inn had...'It was an inside job!' the realisation made the Batousai itch to find the traitor.. 'When I find who did this, who hurt Kaoru..my..friend, they will pay for it with their life.' Kenshin was a little startled that he thought of Kaoru as his friend, but, it didn't seem too strange for him, he had called her by her first name, he felt comfortable around her and she made him feel like he was something other then a tool for the Ishin Shishi, she made him feel like a human.
The doctor bandaged up Kaoru's wound and her breasts, careful not to touch them as he could feel the man beside him tense ready to kill him if he did 'such possessiveness, she must be his woman,' he concluded and he then pulled the bloodied garment over the young woman's bound chest.
"Pick her up and move her into that room over there, you may stay the night" Kenshin nodded his head and lifted Kaoru gently in his arms, she had passed out on the way to the doctors and was still out cold, her breathing however was much more calmer then it had been before. The doctor placed a hand on his shoulder. "I expect to be payed in the morning" Kenshin grunted and twisted out of the man's hold before stalking to the room the man had pointed at.
He placed Kaoru down gently and knelt beside her brushing her bangs from her face, there were still tear streaks running down her cheeks and Kenshin brushed her still bruised face. 'She was still injured from the other day, and now this, I will not be permitted to watch over her again, Katsura will make sure of it! I have failed him..and I have failed Kaoru, I should have been able to keep her safe, if only I had been in the next room, then this wouldn't of happened. But I will protect her, I will not allow this to happen again, she will be safe, and any man or woman who tries to hurt her will die by my hand, this I vow on my life.' Kenshin settled himself against the door, his eyes stayed on Kaoru's form the entire night, watching her breathe and ingraining her picture in his mind forever.
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Sujakata: Whoa Nelly, now there was so definite Kenshin Kaoru.so, like the whole chapter? I did, hehehe Tomoe is not very nice, but very crafty, but she will not get Kenshin, this we know as he is more strongly attracted to Kaoru...his friend awe :D
Read through by Kami no killing her this week as it was her Birthday, so yeah kill her sidekick Joshima
Joshima: um..nani?
Sujakata: hai dozo
Joshima: make sense you reject from Fanfiction school
Sujakata: there's a school O_o?
Kami: he he, Joshima gets all the bad stuff now! Yay, I'm so happy it was my b'day yesterday. Oh yeah Sujakata, there is a school for Fanfiction. Man I can't believe you didn't know. I mean, seriously. Joshima doesn't even go to the school and he knows.
Sujakata: Oro?