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Chapter Two
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The first day had been awful.
How far did her illness run?
She hates the rurouni.
He should have left her alone. All this thoughts ran through his mind as he made his way to her room.
Kaoru stood in the middle of the room while her attendants picked up the glass from the floor. She'd smashed her hand mirror on the floor, screaming for her bodyguard. She often had this kind of episodes.
They had called for him as soon as she had started screaming.
Kenshin conditioned his emotions, making them unreadable and unexpressive. This is what she wanted. She hated the rurouni but to what extend. It seemed to be the personality she disdained. She seemed to accept him, even want his company as long as his eyes weren't purple.
All the women turned to the door as Kenshin walked into the room. Kenshin felt her ki going up. She was getting angry.
The women were starting to drool at the site he made. They had thought he was gorgeous yesterday but with his hair up like that the women were powerless to his looks.
Kaoru ran and threw herself at him. "BAKA" She shouted as she clung to him. Her arms rested around his neck as she cried into his shoulder. He was taken by surprise but wrapped his arms around her nonetheless.
The other women's mouth dropped open.
Kaoru pulled her face back and he wiped the tears of her cheeks with his right sleeve. She sniffled.
"We always have breakfast together." She said as she drew herself closer to him.
The statement perplexed the women in the room. He'd only been here for one day.
Kenshin gazed at her, careful not to let his guard down. He didn't want his eyes to change color; she'd have fit.
"Madame" Same woman from yesterday except the door was open so Kenshin was able to get a look at her.
And elderly women with salt pepper hair.
Kaoru stepped away and proceeded to leave with Kenshin following her closely.
She arrived at the dining room shortly, Yasuyoshi was already there waiting at the table. She took her seat at her usual spot, across from him. Kenshin stood next to her but didn't sit down. He was quick to notice that the table only had two place settings.
"Ah, Kaoru-chan I'm so glad you made it. Are you feeling better?" Yasuyoshi Tokuma said as the servant started to serve.
"Yes," she said as she turned her face upwards. "Why aren't you sitting?" She said to Kenshin.
His face turned to hers, hadn't she noticed.
Tokuma felt uneasy. "Kaoru-chan he can't sit with us."
Kaoru face turned immediately back to Tokuma. "What do you mean he can't sit with us. I want him to sit with me."
"Kaoru-chan, there are some things you just don't seem to understand. He's an employee." Tokuma twisted the napkin in his hands.
She seemed bewildered. "Do you have any idea who he is?"
"Kaoru-chan, please."
"No. I don't think you understand. He's the hitokiri battoussai. He could kill you where you sit before your guards there;" She pointed towards the doors. "Can even pull out their weapons. And you're telling me he can't sit here because he's not good enough."
"Kaoru-chan that's not what I said." He sighed in exasperation. Sometimes she took things the wrong way.
"I should hope not because if anything, you are the one who's not good enough to sit with him." She felt unrestrained anger. How dare he assume he's better than anyone else is.
"Kaoru! That's enough" Tokuma sat up fast almost knocking his chair over in the process.
Kenshin moved closer to Kaoru in a protective move.
Tokuma couldn't believe it. The man he'd hired was protecting his future wife from him. It was absurd. He wasn't going to harm her.
Tokuma's guards drew their weapons out at the site of Kenshin's move.
"I would suggest you place your swords back in their sheaths." Kaoru said as she heard what the men were up to. She didn't hear them put them back in so she went on. "You understand that by drawing out your swords, you've challenged him to a fight?"
Tokuma was astonished, all this because he wouldn't let the Hitokiri eat at their table. He sat back down with a big flop. He sighed. "All right he can sit."
"I've lost my appetite." She said as she stood. Kenshin didn't move away from her.
"Kaoru-chan?" Tokuma called after her as she left the room.
She walked to the kitchen and sat down at the table, Kenshin stood next to her. "Kane-chan." She called out to chubby women. Mid-forties. With a round face and a kind smile.
"Kaoru-chan, what brings you here? I thought you were having breakfast with Yasuyoshi-sama." The women paused in her baking to look at Kaoru.
Kaoru just shook her head. "Can we have breakfast, please?" Her voice was polite.
Kane didn't think twice. She served them breakfast all the while smiling a them both. Kaoru grabbed Kenshin hand and pulled him closer till he took a seat. When he did, she let him go.
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After breakfast they had remained in the kitchen. Kaoru listened intently as Kane told her about the latest incident her seven-year had caused.
Kaoru smiled at the elder women she had befriended since first getting here. She turned to Kenshin to see he was just sitting there with his eyes closed. She briefly wondered in he'd gotten enough sleep, before deciding that what they really needed was a picnic.
"Kane-chan will you prepare me a picnic. I think it will be nice to have lunch out." Kaoru gave the other woman a big smile as she nodded.
"All right, I'll just go get my book and then will go." She yelled over her shoulder as she ran out of the room.
Kenshin was about to follow her but was stopped by Kane's hand on his arm. Kenshin turned his attention back to Kane.
"You seem to care a great deal for Kaoru." She voiced her thought to him.
"I am a bodyguard. Her safety is my business.' He kept his response dry.
"And you think she could be attacked in the house?" The woman raised her left eyebrow at him.
Kenshin didn't respond.
"A friendly warning. Don't get attached to her. She's had it tough. Love is something she sees as dead to her as her rurouni." It was all the woman said before she started to prepare the basket for Kaoru.
Kenshin looked at the woman and wondered just how much she knew. It was obvious Kaoru had never described him because neither the Kane nor Yasuyoshi had recognized him as someone from her past.
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The walk had been a long one. Kenshin frowned; it was obvious he didn't know Yasuyoshi's grounds as well as he'd like. If they were ever attacked the perpetrators could easily hide out here without ever been seen.
Kaoru kept her eye out for that one tree. She knew it was out here somewhere. She paused trying to remember where it was. She slapped her forehead and ran off to her left.
Kenshin was quick to follow. It seemed she'd found her spot. The site was really amazing. She stood under a huge tree. It seemed to have grown on a small hill because from where she stood she could see down into a valley of flowers.
She kept her eyes on the flowers all the while he set things up.
She sat soon after he set the blanket down and proceeded to take things out. She served him sake and proceeded to tell him how she came across this small hideaway. Kenshin watched her take a sip of the alcohol and wondered if it still affected her in the same way.
"A couple of weeks back, once the doctor deemed it fit for me to leave the house, I wanted to come to the gardens but Tokuma just wouldn't hear it. Said I was still too weak. So when he left for one of his meetings in town I ran off into the gardens. It was so nice to finally leave the house. I must have walked for hours. I collapsed on this spot; I was so tired from walking. I took a nap here for who knows how long. When I woke up the sun was setting. I ran all the way home. The guards met me half way. Seems Kane had come up to see how I was doing but hadn't found me in my room she asked around and came to the conclusion I had run off. So she alerted the guards. I was mad at first but Tokuma made me see she did because she cared for me. Didn't want me to get sick again."
Kenshin only nodded in understanding.
They had their lunch while she caught him up on the house hold gossip. She was like a child divulging the biggest secrets in the land. He just observed her.
"Kane makes such great food don't you think? I think she does." She was all chatter this morning. She spoke as she put things back in the basket. She retrieved her book and pushed Kenshin forward. He had taken a seat right by the tree so he could have something to rest on but she was trying to make him move now. He didn't move to sit right next to her. She made herself comfortable and pulled on him till his head rested in her lap. "I already started reading this but I'm going to start over again because you're going to feel lost later on in the story if you don't hear the beginning." She opened the book to the start and held it up with her left hand. The right hand stoked his hair.
How Could I Not Fall In Love With You
By Yume
Life has always been so hard for me I don't understand.
From the moment my real father died till now. It has been hell. Maybe I should start from the beginning; my name is Aeka I don't have a last name because I come from a poor family, so there is no last name. My father died when I was two years old. My mother who was a beautiful woman remarried about two years later. She married a man who had money but who'd come to it out of fowl deeds. This man had a son. A boy about five years older than me. My mother must have been happy with her new life. But good things never last long. Yusuke, my stepfather was only with us for three years. He was murdered sometime before my sixth birthday. The man, who killed him Jurai, tried to get my mother to marry him. Even after ten years, the memory of that day still comes to me so clearly. I came in from playing outside. I had been hungry so I looked for my mother to give me some food. I came to see this man slap my mother across the face, he was yelling at her. "Whore! Do you really think you can do better than me." My mother who had fallen onto the floor held her cheek. She yelled back at him. "I rather be a whore a hundred times over than ever stoop so low as to sleep with you. I would kill my self before I ever became your wife." He seemed so enraged. I watched in horror as he picked her up and shook her. I couldn't watch anymore. I ran out only to crash into my brother. Yosho had never liked me much. At least I thought he didn't. He always kept to himself and he'd never play with me.
He asked me what was wrong and I told him. As soon as the man's name left my mouth he ran off into the house. I stood there where he left me for what seemed like forever.
Kaoru paused to turn the page and then continued to stroke Kenshin's hair.
I finally couldn't stand it anymore. I ran back inside. What I saw, it still makes me sick. Jurai had beaten my mother to death. He'd killed her but no before taking away her beauty. He body laid crumpled up in the left corner of the house. When my vision was finally able to move past the figure of my mother. I saw Jurai. He laid far off to the right. He was all bloodied up. As I got closer to his body I noticed my brother laid a couple of feet from me. He had a large gash over his eye but other than that he was fine. My eyes were drawn to the sword he held in his hand. It made me realize that the blood on his Gi and on his Hakama weren't his. I turned back to Jurai. I was a lot closer now. I could see his head had been severed. I had never seen so much blood before, I felt like screaming but I couldn't. I just stood there a couple feet behind my brother staring.
I know I was in shock. I never saw him move till he grabbed my face with his hands. I looked into the face of my stepbrother. He looked different, colder. It was almost like he'd spent all his life to achieve this one moment. How could that be possible? He was only nine.
He took me to my room and told me to pack only what I could carry. When I was done, he told me we'd be leaving soon to get some sleep. I just looked at him. I think he must have understood. He held me until I fell asleep. We left at sun up, right after he burned our house.
She paused to turn the page but Kenshin grabbed her hand. "We need to leave." He said.
Kaoru looked around and noticed the sun was setting. She placed a small red ribbon on the page to mark her spot and got up.
Kenshin threw everything together into the basket while she stretched.
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As they got closer to the house they could see guards outside, waiting for them. Kenshin didn't like the feel to this one bit.
Hisaishi Toshio, the guard from before.
He approached them. "Yasuyoshi-sama wants to see you right away."
Kenshin nodded and they stepped into the house. He left the basket near the entrance. They made their way to Yasuyoshi's office in silence.
The moment Tokuma saw Kaoru he embraced her. "Kaoru-chan. You're not still angry are you?"
Kenshin turned his face to the side. The sight of the two embracing, made him feel odd. It stirred something in him. Something he hadn't felt in along time. It was rage.
"I bought you something while I was in town. I hope you will forgive me." Tokuma had left her to retrieve a packaged wrapped in silk from his desk.
She looked at him from the package. "Thank you," she said as she bowed to him.
He smiled.
"I'm going to be going away for awhile. There are some problems with my business that I really must attend."
"How long?" She said, tilting her head to look at him.
"I'm afraid it will be a couple of months. I should be back sometime before New Years." He gave her a coy smile. "Are you going to miss me?"
"A bit. Usually you don't let me leave this house with anyone else."
Tokuma frowned.
"Will I be allowed outside while you're gone?" Her expression gave no sign to her thoughts.
"Yes, of course. It's why I hired him." He said pointing at Kenshin. "I'm sure you'll be safe with him."
Kaoru nodded.
"There are some things I need to discuss with Himura-san before I leave; I'll see you at dinner." Kaoru bowed to Tokuma and left the office.
She went to the kitchen, made a small stop on the way and picked up the basket Kenshin had left on a table.
"I think by now you are a bit more aware of Kaoru's problems?"
Kenshin didn't respond so Tokuma continued.
"What I tell you will remain between us." He didn't wait for Himura to answer. He just continued on.
"Kaoru is sick, as I know you must have noticed. She's has gotten better over the last couple of months, I look forward to the day she will be all better. Than we can marry." Tokuma seemed lost in thought.
Kenshin felt a deep coldness sweep through him. In the past, he'd only felt it when Kaoru was in danger. She was once again someone's objective and that didn't settle to well with him.
"Why is she like this?"
Tokuma gazed at Himura. The man gave him the creeps. He was always so serious and sometimes the look he got in his eyes, it made him wonder. He had heard stories of this man. It made him wonder just how many of them were true.
"I think, well from what I can make out anyways. She had been in love with a man. I don't know his name. She called him her rurouni. She kept saying he was dead because he'd never leave her. He'd promised. He would never break his promise. When I first found her. I remember being taken in by her. She'd been sitting on the porch of her dojo. She'd been wearing a beautiful pink kimono. Her hair was down. The look in her eyes had been fathomless. They were a deep blue; she had seemed lost in thought when I approached her. She had gazed at me with those eyes and it was too much. I felt victim to her beauty. When I spoke with her I noticed there was something wrong. But didn't quite understand what. I only got a chance to speak with her before two men came out of the dojo. An older man looked like her grandfather. And a younger one, spiked hair, and bandaged hands, her brother. That one hit me. But the grandfather stopped him from hitting me again. Anyways they told me what was wrong with her and I understood why she sat out there. She was waiting for him to come home. Usually I would have left things alone. Gone on my way but it had been the look in her eyes when I had first seen her. It was unfocused but so full of love. I figured if I could get her to look at me with half the love she had for this other man. She would make me the happiest man in Japan. So I made her a deal. Despite the protest of the others in her family, she agreed and I took her." The man smiled at the fond memory.
Kenshin didn't know how to feel. All he knew was he didn't want to be in this house right now.
"Did you have instructions for me before you left?" This conversation needed to finish quickly so he could leave.
"Yes, of course. I'm going to be gone for about three to fourth months. I would take her with me but if I lost her in China I don't know if I'd be able to find her. I will leave money with Kitsaki, when ever you two leave the house be sure to ask him for money. Sometimes she'll want to buy something she didn't intend to. I'll also leave your salary with him; he'll give it to you every month. She tends to run off so be on the look out for that. I think all of you should be pretty safe here at the house. The guards have their swords but if there is ever an emergency there are guns. I have also ordered for them to take their orders from you should something happen. I'm sure you've had your share of surprise attacks. Was there anything you wanted to ask me?"
Kenshin shook his head 'no.'
"All right then. Let's go have dinner." Tokuma stood and made his way to the door.
"I can't. There are things I need to do." Kenshin had turned his face but not hi body.
Tokuma nodded and left.
Kenshin didn't bother with a door. He leapt out the window and into the yard. He ran until he couldn't see the house anymore.
When he finally stopped he was by the docks. He made his way in to the bar and sat in a corner. All he could think was he had caused it. He had been right to assume it. She had loved him. She had waited for him to come back. But now she hated him. She'd told him so. In her mind he was dead. He drank until the bar closed
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The sun had come up just as he'd been leaving the bar.
All that alcohol made him slow. He estimated he'd make it sometime before breakfast. With any luck he'd make it home before Kaoru realized he'd spent all night out. He continued his long tread for almost an hour.
Finally he could see the house. He snuck in through the side instead of jumping the gate. From there he used the water fountain to leap up to his room. He was thankful he'd left his window open.
He took a quick bath and changed his clothes.
As he was leaving his room though he noticed that his blankets were a bit crumpled up. That could only mean one thing.
He got to her room in seconds.
He opened the door. It was unlocked. What he saw frightened him. She lay on her bed, with her hands over her stomach. He approached the bed carefully. Her eyes were opened but they didn't seem to register anything. It looked like she'd been crying. He passed his hand over her eye. She didn't blink. He shook her a bit but there was no reaction.
He sat on the bed and held her up by the shoulders. He hid his face in the crook of her neck. He really felt like crying. When he'd left her yesterday she had been fine. She must have gone to his room and seen he wasn't there. She must have assumed he had left.
He eased her back down on the bed slowly. What could he do?
He looked at her closely. "Kaoru-dono"
He saw life come back to his her eyes. She blinked.
He had a feeling that might work.
Her hate for the rurouni was big enough to break her out of this. He was glad she was better but it saddened him to know she hated him that much.
He always thought he wasn't good enough for her. He had too much blood on his hands for someone as pure as she to love him. Yet she had and he'd been too stupid to see it. Now all that was left was hate.
Her eyes were regaining focus. She looked up to see Kenshin staring at her. She raised her right hand slowly to his face.
He leaned further down at her gesture and when he was close enough she slapped him. The sound resonated though out the room.
He didn't move back though. If this is how it was going to be between them, he needed to set some ground rules.
"Where were you?" She asked him as she propped herself on her elbows.
He backed off and stood by her side of the bed. He looked down at her before he turned his back on her. "Out." His voice remained neutral.
She was baffled by the response.
"What do you mean out? Where? Where you alone?" Her voice was rising.
He had his back to her. He'd just noticed the window was wide open. She could get sick with the window open like this. He went to close it and heard her get off the bed.
"Answer me when I talk to you?" Her face was getting red.
He took his time closing the window. He wasn't sure if he should handle things like this. But his soft side seemed to stem from the rurouni and she didn't respond to him one bit. Just the opposite, it would upset her quickly.
He turned around and held her with a cool gaze.
Her eyes narrowed in response.
"Where were you?" Her voice shook
"I told you all I need to tell you. I'm an employee to Yasuyoshi. If anything, I answer to him." His voice had grown cold.
She stepped back. She held her hand to her head. "No. nO. NO!" She screamed and fell on her knees. "No you are mine. Mine!!" She shook with fury.
"I think it's time we set some rules. My job here is to keep you safe but that is all. I owe you no, explanations." He started to walk away but she rose to her feet might quickly. She grabbed him by the front of his Gi and kneed him. He fell to one knee and she took the opportunity to knee him again, this time catching him under the chin. He fell to his back and she straddled him. "You are mine," she said before she kissed him.
He lost himself in the moment, grabbing her by the wrists so she'd let go of his Gi. The move was to get her to lie on him completely. He realized what he was doing was wrong. Taking advantage of the moment. But if this kiss is all he'd ever get from her, than he'd take it.
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Yasuyoshi Tokuma, a man he just recently started to dislike. He was supposed to leave for Nagasaki today. He would be gone for a while. Business.
He didn't understand how Kaoru was supposed to get to know Yasuyoshi when they hardly spent anytime in the same room. Either way it didn't matter. Whenever the opportunity presented itself he'd take Kaoru.
Kenshin stood by the second story window and watched as Yasuyoshi left. He already had specific instructions on what to do if they were attacked.
He didn't need to be out there with the other guards.
The memory of Yasuyoshi saying his goodbyes to Kaoru came to mind. He'd been forced to watch as Kaoru had bid him farewell. He'd come in a few minutes after they had broken away from their kiss. His eyes had turned to twin pools of fire. He'd let his vision roam over her figure. Her Yukata had opened to expose her most shamelessly. The deep plunging neck ended just a bit from her belly button. While the bottom of her yukata had moved to the side. One leg, the one she'd kneed him with was completely exposed all the way to the thigh.
She'd been completely indifferent to the hungry look he'd given her. She'd simply refastened her yukata and took a seat at her dresser. She'd started brushing her hair when Yasuyoshi had come in. Kenshin's eyes narrowed at the memory. He didn't like the way he'd just waltzed into the room.
He'd embraced her again and cupped the side of her face. He'd told her to be good. To listen and be careful. He'd take her out when he got home. She'd only nodded. She'd allowed for Yasuyoshi to kiss her on the forehead and bid him good bye.
Yasuyoshi left with a smile on his face.
Kenshin however had been left with a murderous rage. He was been unreasonable but the fact was that this other man had every intention on making her his wife. That fact alone was enough to enrage him.
He left the window when he saw the carriage taking the other man away. Away from the house and away from them.
Kenshin made his way back to Kaoru. They spent the rest of the day in silence.
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Winter would be here soon; the nights were starting to get cold.
He looked out the window. It was around midnight or so. He felt tired. He was so glad she liked sleeping in. It gave him time to get a bit of extra rest. She didn't like for him to leave till she fell asleep.
He yawned. He'd been here for two months and still he couldn't get her to address him properly. It was always 'battoussai' to her. She hadn't mentioned the others either.
Kenshin made it to his room and laid down. Sleeping this way gave him the impression they were still at the dojo, that everything was ok.
Almost.
He closed his eyes and fell asleep. He dreamt of a time when a beautiful ken-jutsu instructor welcomed a worthless rurouni home from Kyoto.
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Kenshin was up with the morning sun.
He watched from his spot as the wind rattled things outside. He was by the window when someone came to stand next to him. He didn't have to turn around to know who it was. "What do you want to do today?"
"I want to go outside today. And by outside I mean past the gardens. I want to go into town." She stood straight.
He turned to look at her and she turned to him too. Sometimes it was pointless because her eyes remained iced over. But today they seemed softer.
He nodded at her and they left.
She had a carriage take them into town so she could do some shopping.
The carriage dropped them off and went back to the house. She planned to be there all day long it seemed.
She walked on ahead of him. She did that sometimes. Like she wanted to distance herself but the moment he stepped away she became irrational, took him too long to calm her down. So now he walked close to her and she would either step away or come closer. It always depended on her mood.
She had stopped at a small shop and bought a gorgeous kimono. She smiled at him. They moved on to the next one and bought some perfume. She stopped at a store to buy some new pillows but the girl smiled too much at Kenshin. Kenshin didn't notice but she did. She felt her ears get hot and her breathing increased. She grabbed Kenshin's arm, since he had been right next to her and hugged it to her chest. His head turned toward her and she came closer to him. He felt her arms snaking in through the sleeve of his Gi and rubbing his arm underneath. She drew him closer and pulled him away from the shop.
The girl at the shop stared wide-eyed at the blatant demonstration of affection. You just didn't do that in public.
Kenshin didn't understand her behavior. She grabbed him and pulled him out of one shop just to let him go as soon as they got to the next one. He allowed her the space she needed while she looked around.
Kaoru was looking at an odd necklace. It was silver. The way it was cut made it sparkle. The man showed her another one right next to it. It was the counter part. She made a little 'Oh' sound. The smaller one was very shinny, the charm was a like a small coin but it seemed broken. The second one was bigger, the charm on this one was also coin sized, and it seemed to be the complement of the smaller one. She put the pieces together and turned it around. The design on the back had an intricate pattern. It formed a heart. A complete one. She smiled at it. She bought them both plus a nice bracelet.
She walked out of the shop. Kenshin was just outside waiting for her. They walked to a little restaurant where they sat down to eat.
When they finished Kaoru excused herself, she really needed to wash her hands. That little bowl wasn't enough to get the smell of fish of her hand. Kenshin watched her leave the table. She'd been really quiet today.
Kaoru was coming back down the hall when someone grabbed her. She was able to let half a scream out before she was knocked out.
The man looked at the small women in his arms. It was easier to kidnap her than he thought. He'd been following her since she'd gotten out of the jewelry shop. She must be someone's mistress. She was certainly pretty enough. He made his way out of the restaurant where two other men were waiting for him.
Kenshin heard the scream and ran to the back of the restaurant but there wasn't anyone there.
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Kaoru opened her eyes but shut them quickly. The light hurt her eyes. She was hanging from the ceiling by her hands. She stood on chair she noticed. Her eyes scanned the room. She noticed one man sitting by a table a couple of feet away. "Oi!" She yelled at the man.
The man turned to look at her and his eyes just lit up. She wasn't sure she liked that look. She shook her hands. "Let me go!" She struggled against her binds; she felt the rope digging into her wrists. "LET ME GO!"
The man came closer and leered at her. She looked down at her kimono and it seemed like it had fallen open. She swung her leg and kicked the man in the face. The man stumbled backwards but didn't fall. The man wiped at his mouth and when he saw blood on the back of his hand he became angry. He slapped Kaoru hard with the back of his hand.
She felt the coppery taste in her mouth; he'd split her lip open she could feel it. She started laughing till tears started coming down her face.
The man just looked at her. "Why are you laughing?"
She smiled. "You don't know who I'm with, do you?"
"You're gonna tell me." He looked very threatening.
Kaoru smiled and the man knocked the chair out from under her.
She heard the rope snap as it ripped into her wrists, she could feel the blood starting to drip down her arms.
"Is this a kidnapping because you're doing it all wrong?" She fought to keep her voice from showing the pain she felt.
The man came closer and slapped the other side of her face. From her position she was close enough to kick him in the groin. The man fell on the floor. Another one came running in. "Hayao" The new man approached the fallen one. "She kicks Yusuke," was all the fallen man was able to say.
Yusuke looked up at Kaoru, she seemed angry.
"I'm going to clean you up. Don't make me bind you completely." Yusuke started moving forward her but was stopped by Hayao.
The door opened to reveal one more man. He was panting. "I just came from the restaurant. There's a crazy man looking for a Kaoru."
They all turned to her. "Can you guess what my name is?" She said to them.
"Who are you with?" Hayao called from his pot on the floor.
"I'm with someone who's going to kill you for what you've done to me. I'm with someone very famous. Can you guess who I'm with?" She was taunting them she knew. But she wanted to enjoy the shock that was bound to appear on their faces when they found out who she was with.
Hayao was finally of the floor. He pulled a dagger out of a purple handkerchief he had in his Gi and started walking towards her.
The sight of the color purple made her completely lose it. She felt panic, hate, anger but mainly confusion. She was screaming hysterically. She had turned completely pale.
Hayao figured the dagger had frightened her so he brought the purple clothe out of his Gi to cover it and put it away. But he didn't get a chance to.
She gave one long frightful scream. "KENSHIN!!!" After that she went completely limp.
The men starred at each other completely bewildered by what had just happened.
Yusuke motioned for Hayao to cut her down. "We should move out while she's out. Someone might have heard her scr.......eam."
His last word was barely heard over the crash of their front door. Asato was thrown away from the door with the blast. He landed right underneath Kaoru's feet. The man Yusuke and Hayao saw walk in was a small man. A red head with weird colored eyes. They saw him come in right after the debris. "Who the hell are you?" Hayao asked.
Kenshin didn't see anything but a limp body hanging from the ceiling. Her body was bloodied up, her legs exposed and a dagger lay a couple of feet from her. Kenshin stopped walking. He felt everything just come to a stop, felt himself go numb, when he turned to the three men in front of her his eyes were yellow. Too many times, too many failures.
Asato was just getting up from the floor. Unfortunately he was the one closest to Kaoru.
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Ok, well I'm sorry it took me so long to update but I broke my glasses and it was harder to write without the. But I finally got them back today so, here you are. The next chapter should be out no later than tomorrow night. I'm already more then half way. :P
Small Notes: Lets make sure we're all together on this, ok. Now the house, I hope you guys were paying attention. Yasuyoshi has a western style home. Think Mansion; balconies, library dining room etc. Kenshin himself said that Yasuyoshi had a lot of western commodities. I'm an Aeka+Yosho fan so I just had to put them in the story.
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Thanks to all those who review. I really appreciate all your comments.