Kyaa Kyaff here again!
Disclaimer: Hmmm… Misao& co does not belong to me! ( And just so you know Enishi is extremely possessive in this)
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'…' Kaoru thoughts
*…* Kenshin thoughts
"…" Dialogue
Fragile Balance
Chapter 6: Kaoru & Enishi
She began to remember when she first met Enishi. She was fourteen, a freshmen in high school.
'Oh no! I am going to be late to class again. I really need to stop missing the bus!'
Kaoru was running as fast as she could toward the school. As she rounded a corner she slammed right into someone. She would have fallen if a hand hadn't shot out and grabbed her, pulling her close to their chest. Once Kaoru totally regained her balance she pulled back.
"Gomen ne!" Kaoru bowing her head slightly face flushed.
"Don't worry about it," the boy said.
Kaoru looked up. Standing in front of her was a rather tall guy. He had a shock of silver hair and beautiful turquoise blue eyes. He had a pair of small glasses sitting at the end of his nose. He pushed them up slightly. Yukishiro Enishi smiled at her. She remembered hearing about him from one of her friends. Many of the girls she knew dreamed about being with him, but he wasn't interested. One of Kaoru's friends had wondered heartbrokenly if he was gay. The late bell rang and Kaoru started.
"Oh no! I am late again. Gomen!" Kaoru called running off to her first period class.
Kaoru hadn't seen him much after that. The next time she saw him was a month later. She had decided to join the kendo club, and was going to a practice. Walking in she saw several people practicing together. She wasn't sure who the captain of the kendo club was, and she couldn't see the sensei anywhere. She should have known the captain was Enishi. Someone tapped her on the shoulder. Turning she saw it was Enishi.
"New recruit?" he asked.
"Yes, I joined yesterday." Kaoru replied.
"Do you have any experience in kendo?"
"Of course I do!" Kaoru exclaimed indignantly.
Enishi began to laugh, "Well then, how about a match?"
"Fine with me," Kaoru answered.
And that's how it all started. A month later they were going out. Kaoru was the envy of a lot of her friends. She had to admit he was a great guy. No one had ever seemed interested in her before and Enishi made her feel like she was important. She remembered their one-year anniversary.
"Mou! Enishi, why can't I know where we are going?" Kaoru pouted.
She was sitting in the car with a blindfold on.
"It's a surprise," Enishi replied.
Enishi parked the car and got out a few minutes later. Opening Kaoru's door, he helped her out. Her face lit up at the sound and smell around her.
"You didn't…?" Kaoru said.
"I did," Enishi said pulling the blindfold off Kaoru.
They were standing next to the beach. The sun was setting, reflecting beautifully on the water. Kaoru felt like crying. She had always wanted to see the ocean, and had told him so before.
"Here's your gift," Enishi said handing her a small wrapped up box.
Opening it up she found a beautiful blue silk ribbon. Taking it out something else caught her eye. A silver chain lay in the ribbon with a little charm on it with an E and K.
"Here let me help you put that on," he said.
Once he was finished he stepped back looking at her, "Beautiful."
Kaoru blushed at the comment. Enishi came forward wrapping his arms around her. She smiled and snuggled into him as the sun finished setting. Turning to face her he brought his lips gently to hers.
Maybe if he hadn't seemed so wonderful Kaoru would have noticed sooner his possessive nature. One day after school she was talking to one of her guy friends.
"The gang misses you! Keiko, Yuuhi, Aya, Kyou, and I don't see you much anymore," he said making a funny face at her.
Kaoru frowned, "I am sorry. I really didn't mean to ignore you guys! I am a failure as a friend! I know! How bout we all go hang out tonight!? We could go bowling or something."
"Sounds great. I'll call you later then." he said waving goodbye to her.
All of the sudden Enishi was holding her against him. She sighed and leaned against him contentedly.
"Who was that?" Enishi asked quietly.
"That was Yuki," Kaoru replied easily.
She didn't see Enishi's darkened expression.
"What do you want to do tonight?" Enishi asked.
"Actually, I am going bowling with some of my friends. I haven't been spending a lot of time with them. Want to come?"
"You don't need to spend time with them." Enishi said.
"Enishi," Kaoru said.
"I don't want you to go."
"There my friends. I need to spend time with them too," she said pulling away from him to look at his face.
"Fine go!" Enishi said angrily walking away.
"Enishi! Enishi?" Kaoru watched him walk away bewildered by his attitude.
What followed that night was worse. Kaoru and her friends met up at the bowling alley and were having a great time. Kaoru was getting a ride home from Yuki, since Enishi hadn't come or bothered answering her calls. Walking outside Kaoru laughed punching Yuki's arm.
"Ha! Beat you again," Kaoru declared in delight.
Yuki glared at her before poking her side, "Yeah, but I was last place."
"That's besides the point," Kaoru replied.
Approaching his car she was about to get in when Enishi stepped from the shadows. Kaoru jumped in surprise then put her hands on her hips.
"What are you doing here? I thought you said you didn't want to come!" Kaoru said angrily.
"I am here now. You can get a ride home with me," Enishi said.
Kaoru was mad at him. He hadn't returned her calls. He didn't want to come with her, but he was here now. Didn't he trust her!
"I don't need a ride home. Yuki is already giving me one."
Yuki, who had been standing on the other side of the car, came over. Enishi looked at him with pure hatred.
"You are coming with me, Kaoru," he said reaching out and roughly pulling her along.
"Hey, don't treat her like that! She says she doesn't want to go with you," Yuki said stopping Enishi.
Before he could react Enishi punched him in the face, "You stay the hell out of it."
Pushing Kaoru aside the two began to fight. Enishi was a much better fighter and it didn't take him long to knock Yuki out. Kaoru ran over to Yuki in alarm.
"What is your problem?" Kaoru cried.
As he grabbed her arm again she smacked him sharply across the face. She stepped away from him stunned by her own action. His eyes looked at her with deadly intent. He walked closer to her, while she backed up right into the wall behind her. He drew back his fist and she closed her eyes. His fist smashed right into the wall by her head. She opened her eyes fearfully. Pushing away from the wall he began to walk towards his car.
"Enishi," Kaoru uttered.
He glanced back at her, "Find your own way home. The sight of you disgusts me."
The next day Enishi hadn't come to pick her up in the morning like he usually did. She hadn't expected him to in the first place. But she was used to getting up later, so she missed the bus and had to run to school. He ignored her there whenever they saw each other. At lunch she went outside like she usually did to see him casually leaning near this one girl who was blushing profusely. She recognized the girl to be Ayumi from kendo practice. He reached out his hand to brush a wisp of hair out of her face. Kaoru felt her chest began to ache. Setting her face to show no emotion she walked right past the two. Kaoru skipped kendo practice, and went to the park with the lake. She dangled her feet in the water watching it ripple out. She didn't know what had happened. Everything had seemed fine, but now. Tears started slipping down her face. Sure he had no right to do what he did, but she still loved him. She pictured him with that girl again. Her fists clenched. She heard footsteps behind her but didn't turn.
"Kaoru," Enishi said tentatively.
She didn't respond, just continued to stare across the lake.
"Kaoru," Enishi said again.
Kaoru pulled her feet up from the water, and stood holding her shoes. Not even bothering to look at him she walked by. He caught her arm, but she shook him off.
"Kaoru, please we need to talk."
"I wouldn't want to disgust you with the sight of me. Ayumi is so much prettier," she said easily.
She heard a frustrated sigh behind her, "Please, I didn't mean that. I was upset, and I had no right to be. It was just my overactive imagination. Please," Enishi said catching her arm again.
Kaoru turned to look at him. Shaking her head she watched the water instead of him. He brought his hand up to her chin and raised her face to look at him.
"Kaoru, I love you. I was being stupid yesterday and today, but I realized how stupid I am being. I love you and I don't want to lose. Can you forgive me? It won't happen again."
Kaoru scrunched her face before grudgingly forgiving him. But slowly since that day, she began to spend less and less time with her friends. She even began to spend less time practicing her family's style and helping her father teach at the dojo. Her father noticed the change in her and tried to talk to her. She refused to see anything wrong with her relationship with Enishi. By her junior year things began to get worse when she became more intimate with Enishi. He would get anger if anyone even looked at her funny. She began to try and rationalize his behavior. Her relationship with her father was getting worse, and she had no friends. Her father did not approve of Enishi and tried to get her to see what was happening around her. After a particularly bad argument Kaoru stormed out of the house. She had gone to the park to relax. She always did when she was stressed. After a while she decided she should return and if not apologize to her father at least make amends. It was never good to leave with an argument.
Upon returning home it was unusually quiet. Going inside she called out for her father.
"Dad."
Walking into his bedroom she stopped and stared with horror. She felt like she was going to faint or throw up. Her father lie on his bed, his throat viciously slashed. Kaoru began to mutter incomprehensibly as she tried to take in the sight of her dead father.
"This can't be real. This can't be real," Kaoru repeated but as she got closer she could not deny what she was seeing.
She sank to her knees numb, unable to comprehend the truth in front of her. That was how Enishi found her. Tears running silently down her cheeks, kneeling on the ground while muttering softly to herself, her eyes staring vacantly ahead.
After that Enishi began to live with her, since she had no other family and neither did he. There was an investigation on the murder of her father, but no one was ever caught. Enishi was there for her, comforting her. But he became even more possessive of her. Walking through the school halls no one dared talk to her. Her guidance counselor tried to talk to her but nothing worked. She felt disembodied. Finally she dropped out of school.
Enishi kept her in the house. He wouldn't let her leave unless it was with him. One night brought Kaoru straight back to he senses. For the longest time she was just existing not truly living. She had found out she was pregnant. It was a wonderful feeling knowing that she had another life within her. She was about ready to leave Enishi, but now how could she. She had gone to the doctor's to confirm her suspicions. She wanted to surprise Enishi. Coming home she walked in the door only to be slapped across the face. The unexpected blow caught her off balance and she ended up kneeling on the ground. She was hit from the side before she could stand. She fell over holding her side as Enishi approached.
"Where were you?" he said in a deadly voice.
"I… I was…" Kaoru started to say.
Enishi kicked her hard as she tried to shield her stomach to no avail. He had never laid a hand on her before, never. No matter how angry he had been.
"Where were you?" he asked again.
"The doctor," she said in pain.
"What the hell were you doing there?" He yelled at her.
"Baby, I'm pregnant," she whispered softly.
The anger instantly vanished from his eyes as he kneeled by her side.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry. Here let me …"
A few days later Kaoru miscarried. She went into shock. Sure Enishi was possessive, but he had never hurt her before. And now this. He tried comforting her, telling he it wasn't her fault. Saying how much he loved her.
'I am so stupid.'
She finally woke up from her dream. Enishi was crazy. He didn't love her. She felt no love for him. She had lost it long ago, but she had clung to him afraid to be alone. She had rejected everyone around her. They wouldn't want her back. This weak and pathetic creature she had become. She planned on leaving Enishi. One day while he was at work, she packed her stuff up and went to the police station. She asked for help and told them the situation. They said they would help her out. One of the officers was to take her to one of those shelters. Kaoru planned on coming back to the dojo, but her first thought was to get away from Enishi. She was tired and fell asleep in the car. Next thing she knew someone was picking her up from the car seat. Groggily opening her eyes she saw it was Enishi. She gave a short scream and tried to pull away from him. Enishi nodded to the officer, who looked at her before leaving.
"Trying to leave me. Oh no Kaoru, my love. You can't leave me. You can't. You are mine. I have always treated you right. Why would you want to leave me," he said leaving her stuff lying on the porch while taking her inside.
She struggled to get away, but he was too strong. He went through the house and brought her into the courtyard where there was a well.
"What are you doing?" Kaoru yelled.
Not answering he moved the covering of the well out of the way. Kaoru's eyes widened with fear. She pushed back but couldn't get away. Holding her arms so she couldn't try and keep herself up, he dropped her straight into the well. It wasn't a long drop and Kaoru fell into shoulder deep pool of water saving her from any injury except for a scrap on her arm from the side of the well. It was freezing. As she looked up he leaned over.
"Now sit in there and think about what you have done. I will be back."
Kaoru watched as he replaced the top and she was plunged into darkness. She began to scream frantically and tried to see if there were any handholds in the well. There wasn't. All she could do was sit there and wait. Kaoru stood in the water shivering. Kaoru tried to control her fear. The next morning Kaoru suddenly heard the cover moving and the bucket and rope were thrown down. She stared at it not able to comprehend.
"Grab onto it Kaoru," Enishi said.
She did and after almost falling twice he pulled her out of the well. He gave her a hot bath and took care of her gently as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
"I love you Kaoru," he said lying next to her that night.
She didn't respond, just continued to stare at the ceiling. Pulling her closer he wrapped his arms around her.
"I love you," he said in a demanding way.
"I love you too," Kaoru responded emotionlessly.
"We'll be together forever," he said.
"Yes," Kaoru replied weakly.
But on the inside she was alive. Burning with hatred for herself and this man. When he left the house he would lock her in the closet just to be make sure she didn't leave. Coming back he would give her gifts and shower her with attention. She began to act along with him to get his guard down. Kaoru was now nineteen. Ever since the event with the well she had planned her escape and now it was coming. Enishi was fast asleep. Sliding quietly away from him she went to the closet to get her things. She was just about to go out the front door when a hand slammed it shut.
"What are you doing?" Enishi asked quietly.
Turning around she punched him across the face. He stepped back in stunned surprise. Gripping the bokken in her hand she swung it at him and hit him full force on the head. He collapsed to the ground, but was not out. Grabbing her ankle he pulled her down. She struggled to get away. He gave her a good punch that had her seeing stars, but she wasn't giving it up. Slamming her foot into his stomach she pulled away and stumbled out the door. He knocked her down again. Grabbing a handful of sand she threw it in his face. He released her momentarily. Getting up she began to run toward the woods near her house. Jumping over her trap she heard Enishi stumble and cry out as his leg found the hole she had dug. Her heart in her throat she kept running. The branches whipped her face and she felt like her lungs were on fire. Her legs felt heavier and heavier.
Kaoru refused to sleep and kept walking staying away from the main roads. She knew Enishi would have his friends at the police station looking for her. After a week tired and hungry she came to the city. Taking a couple steps she collapsed in a dead faint.
"Oi, Jou-chan! Oi, Jou-chan," a man's voice said.
Kaoru had woken up with a start pulling away. In front of her stood a tall man with brown hair held back by a red bandana. He was chewing on a toothpick in the corner of his mouth.
"Where am I?" Kaoru blurted out scrambling to a sitting position.
"My place. Name's Sano. I found you lying on the street. Thought I would be nice and take you in."
"What do you want from me?" Kaoru asked defensively.
Looking around she saw her stuff lying by the couch next to her.
"Want? Hmm… Now that you mention it. Do you have any money? See I have this little debt I owe and…I guess you wouldn't though. Well then Jou-chan I guess you can say I did it out of the kindness of my heart. I am such a great and wonderful guy after all." Sano said.
Kaoru looked at him like he was crazy. Sano just smiled.
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"Oi! Jou-chan! Oi, Jou-chan, what happened are you all right?" Sano said grasping Kaoru's shoulders as she sat by the sink.
"I am fine. I just want to go take a shower," Kaoru muttered softly.
Sano looked at her worriedly, "Did something happen while I was gone?"
"No, I just want to get this pizza sauce off," she said getting up and going over to the bathroom.
Sano watched her go with concern. Once Kaoru got into the shower, she made the water almost scalding hot to help soothe her nerves. Once finished she went outside avoiding Sano's questioning gaze before curling up on the couch to sleep.
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Hiya everyone! Hope you liked the chapter! I would love to individual thank all of you, but unfortunately my review page on ff.net isn't working. It says story not found! Umm… but I would like to thank everyone who did review, I really appreciate it lots and next chapter I'll be sure to give everyone a special thanks!
And I am sorry to those I didn't send an update. Same prob I couldn't check to see who wanted one! I am sorry!
Yep Enishi is just a little crazy and possessive to the extreme.
Hiya *gives Chiki a big hug glad that she is feeling better*
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