Author's Notes: Well, I'm actually typing this before I even posted the
chapter before. I don't think I'm going to finish this when it comes time
to post, so I don't think there will be a double post =( . Anywho, on with
the post!
Title: The Scholar and the Princess
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Five: Professors and Doctors
"Yahiko! Your left foot is too far forward again!" Sano yelled, as he continued to watch Kaoru and Yahiko spar closely.
Instead of the normal training ground, all three of them had ridden out into the woods. They had found a natural clearing that would provide as good terrain for a new type of training that was not as expected as the normal flat area. Now there were rocks, holes, and roots to unexpectedly trip over.
Each of them tied their horses off onto different tree branches before Yahiko and Karou found a spot and set themselves into their sparing. Sano watched them and noticed that with the new surroundings they accidentally slipped into their bad habits without noticing. Yahiko had his foot too far forward again and Kaoru started swinging her wooden sword more like a stick than a sword.
"Kaoru! It's not a stick! Don't use it as such!" Sano scolded, rolling his eyes. He laughed as he saw Kaoru fall backwards. She had stopped to tell him off and tripped backward instead.
It was funny.....at first, until he heard Kaoru call out in pain. At first, Sano thought it was from Yahiko accidentally hitting her in the head from the momentum of his sword. As he got closer, he realized that she was not only holding her head, but also her ankle.
"What happened Missy?" he questioned, kneeling down from his tall stature to pull her hand away from her ankle.
"I twisted my ankle when I fell and the I land on it," she replied, flinching when he touch it gently.
"Shit," he muttered, standing up to think. Kaoru's hand automatically went back to injured ankle which she gave a small rub to. "I don't how we're going to get back to the castle. Yahiko can barely ride as it is, so he couldn't do it double, which leaves me. But, who will bring your horse along? Yahiko certainly doesn't have the ability or the experience...... "
"I'm capable of riding!" Kaoru exclaimed, stubbornly. She placed her hand ontop of a rock sitting next to her and pushed herself to her feet. "See, I'm alright. All I did was twist my....ankle." She had stumbled onto her butt again because her ankle gave way as soon as she put any weight on it.
"What was that Missy?" Sano asked, arching his brow increduously down at her.
Sano then turned to the direction in which he heard loud hoof sounds coming from. Whomever they were, they were moving at a fast speed by how far apart the sounds were and how heavy the sounds were. Sano guessed that they were riding out on the trail which would inevitably lead them here. However, one thing Sano could not tell was whether this horse carried a friend or foe. It could be carrying someone much worse, the King.
"Come on Missy. We have to get out of the clearing......someone's coming," Sano said, bending down so Kaoru could get up onto his back.
Yahiko helped her stand slightly so she could wrap her arms around Sano's neck. Sano, in turn, lifted Kaoru's legs off the ground with his arms before he stood up and glanced in the direction of the sound of the hoof beats.
"Come one Yahiko, you too," Sano answered, truning and running as fast as his long legs would carry him out of the clearing with Kaoru on his back.
Yahiko followed Sano, trailing slightly behind because of his shorter legs. The quickly reached the edge of the forest and got in behind some bushes near the edge. They ducked down, Kaoru still on Sano's back and Yahiko next to them on the right.
A black horse galloped into the clearing and sat atop it was Kenshin. The horse reared back, Kenshin easily following its movements as he glanced around. He was sure that he had heard talking out here and the neighing of other horses. At first he had been out looking for Kaoru to have the lesson that she hadn't received yet due to the King's interuption, but when he heard the other people out in the clearing, he feared enemies of the Kingdom of Crysta.
'I must've been mistaken,' he thought, still glancing around. He then spotted the three horses tied to trees to the far left of him. 'I knew my senses were correct.'
"Kenshin!" he heard a voice shout from the direction his horse was facing. The red haired man turned and spotted Sano crawling out of the bushes at the edge of the forest on the other side of the field with Kaoru on his back. He trotted over to them.
He stopped infront of them, his horse giving a small neigh of disapproval as if it wanted to keep running as it had before. Kenshin gave him a small rub on the head and pet him before hopping off to talk to the much taller man, the reins still in hand. "Sanosuke.....I was quite certain that I had heard someone out here. I can looking for Miss Kaoru."
"Well, good thing you showed up.....we were having a problem. Missy twisted her ankle and can't ride," Sano explained, rolling his eyes. Kaoru's response to the was a whap in the head which almost caused her to fall off Sano's back. Due to Kenshin's quick movements, however, he caught her wrist and balanced her once more. This was unseen by all except Sano, who, when he looked at Kenshin again, saw a flash of the Battousai's eyes.
"I will escort her home and fetch a doctor. This should give you the capability to take her horse, shall it not?" Kenshin questioned, a small smile on his face.
"Thanks, Kenshin," Sano muttered, returning the small smile depsite the weird feeling that was washing over him.
Yahiko stared intently at Kenshin as he hopped up onto his horse and as Sano helped Kaoru onto the front of the horse to sit infront of Kenshin. The red haired man smiled and waved at the two before making a clicking noise and galloping back off the way he had come from.
Yahiko growled and threw his arms up into the air in frustration. "I'm going to figure it out!" he yelled, stomping off to his horse, hopping on, and galloping back in the direction of the castle.
"I wonder what that was all about," Sano murmured, arching a brow at his younger companion who had already left.
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Kaoru could feel her heart racing just like the horse she was under. Kenshin arms were almost wrapped around her because he had to hold onto the reins. She had thought she would be in back of Kenshin, with her arms wrapped around his waist, but Kenshin had suggested sitting infront because he was afraid she may fall off.
'Oh, who am I kidding.....my heart would be racing just as much back there,' she thought, a blush falling into her pretty pale features.
She wasn't the only one trying to conceal the odd feelings she was receiving. Kenshin realized soon enough that Kaoru's scent was clouding his mind and muddling up his heart. He soon found his heart pounding heavily in his chest and he had no clue as to why, unlike the woman sitting infront of him.
The two soon reached the castle and as soon as Kenshin hopped off, Kaoru slipped off sideways just as he had predicted. Kenshin was there to catch to her easliy and quickly with those fast movements of his. "Are you okay, Miss Kaoru?" he asked, his formality dropping as his mind became muddled by her scent again. His face was inches from hers and her blue eyes seemed endless.
"Y-yes," she stuttered, blushing again. "How do you do that?"
"Do what, may I ask?" he questioned, lifting her up into his arms and carrying her like a man who had just gotten married. He began walking into the castle.
"Move so fast....how do you move like you do?" she inquired, glancing up at him from her position in his arms, the blush still evident.
He glanced down at her, a little surprised by her forewardness. He didn't want to lie to her, so he did what he thought necessary. He avoided the question. "I'd prefer not to talk about it, Miss Kaoru. It brings back unwaranted memories."
"Alright, Kenshin," she responded, looking away from him. She then realized what she had just said and glanced back at him to see if he noticed. Either he didn't notice or he didn't care, but she wasn't sure of which it was.
Soon they had made it into the hospital wing, oddly enough without the aid of Kaoru to guide Kenshin. 'Maybe he has finally learned his way around the castle?' she questioned to herself.
"Hello Miss Megumi," she heard Kenshin say. As she glanced up from her lap out of her thoughts and to the direction Kenshin was facing, she saw a rather beautiful woman. She had long dark hair and when the light reflected off of it just right, it looked slightly green. Her deep garnet colored eyes were surprised to see the red haired man.
"Sir Ken? Back in here so soon after just the other day?" she questioned, giving off a small giggle in her beautiful singsong voice.
"Actually no. I came to bring Princess Kaoru to you because she has twisted her ankle in my company," he lied, smiling down at the girl in his arms. "Isn't that right Miss Kaoru?"
"Y-yes," she stuttered, blushing again because he was smiling at her. "We were practicing our lessons outside today and I fell. I twisted my ankle and then I landed on it."
"Sounds like a sprain," Megumi replied, pointing to an empty bed. "Put her down there Sir Ken, so I can check it out myself."
Kenshin did as he was told to the dismay of both Kaoru and himself. Megumi pulled Kaoru's pant leg up and checked her ankle. It was slighlty swollen which lead to what Megumi had said earlier. Kaoru had sprained her ankle. "I suppose it's numb?"
"Yes," Kaoru answered simply.
"I'll be right back. I have to go get a wrap," Megumi answered, before wandering out of the room.
"Why did you lie for me?" Kaoru asked immediately after Megumi was out of the room.
"Some people don't understand up here," Kenshin touched her forehead lightly. Then, he tapped the spot over her heart. "What's down here in a warrior," he responded, mysteriously. "You can't remove a warrior's spirit from a person without breaking them, that you most certainly cannot."
"How.....how would you know this?" Kaoru questioned just as Megumi walked into the room, a wrap in hand.
Megumi smiled as she glanced from the pale Kenshin to the surrpised Kaoru. She had evidently interupted some important conversation that Kenshin wanted no part of. She leaned over Kaoru's injured ankle and wrapped quickly and efficiently. "There you are Princess."
"Um, thanks?" Kaoru replied, not so sure of herself.
"Miss Kaoru.....it almost always improper for a princess to-"
"Kenshin.....by my promise, I will make you soften up!" Kaoru exclaimed. Kenshin blushed at his name falling out of Kaoru's mouth so easily. Megumi just laughed at the two and decided to go back to her previous patient.
"If you two don't mind, I have another patient that needs my attention," Megumi answered, turning around and pulling open the curtain that Kenshin or Kaoru hadn't noticed was closed.
"Professor!" Kaoru blurted out after seeing the man behind the curtain. The man glanced up at the two and his eyes narrowed at the red haired man as did Kenshin's at the man. "Why would you possibly be here?"
"I overexerted myself. The doctor here became worried when she found out that I wasn't eating and decided to take matters into her own hands," the man explained, a small cold smile gracing his lips before he looked at Kenshin again. (AN: You'll get a kick out of this. If you thought Sano as a knight was amusing....oh, man.)
"Mr. Himura, this is Professor Aoshi Shinomori," Megumi said, directing to the man on the bed.
Kenshin's eyes flashed a yellow color and suddenly the air in the room grew cold as the tension rose. Aoshi's amusement at Kenshin's anger seemed to only anger him further. The red haired man growled. "Excuse me," he muttered, storming out of the room, his yellow eyes partially hidden by his hair.
No one had known exactly what had caused it except for Kenshin and Aoshi. However, Aoshi seemed amused by the fact that he had angered the young tutor. Kaoru and Megumi were completely oblivious until Kaoru remembered something. "Kenshin!!! How am I going to get back to my room?!!"
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Hrm.....I'm not so sure I should be using Aoshi Maybe I should use Saito....what do you all think? I could use the advice. This story is a lot more popular than I ever thought it would be. Mostly I get good reviews too! =D
Someone....stupid comp won't show me WHO! fixed a few things for me such as the title thing for Battousai! Thanks to whomever you are!
Stay Tuned for Chapter Six: Battousai.....Yahiko finally figures it out! (It will be explained HOW he thought he saw Kenshin somewhere before) But,.....it seems that the someone he went to tell already knew, but....how? Only Kenshin could've told them! Why would he?! Also, King Kamiya finally decides on a suitor for Kaoru.....but it's a past war hero from Crysta and not Alexandria! Who do you think it is?!
~KaBunny
Title: The Scholar and the Princess
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Five: Professors and Doctors
"Yahiko! Your left foot is too far forward again!" Sano yelled, as he continued to watch Kaoru and Yahiko spar closely.
Instead of the normal training ground, all three of them had ridden out into the woods. They had found a natural clearing that would provide as good terrain for a new type of training that was not as expected as the normal flat area. Now there were rocks, holes, and roots to unexpectedly trip over.
Each of them tied their horses off onto different tree branches before Yahiko and Karou found a spot and set themselves into their sparing. Sano watched them and noticed that with the new surroundings they accidentally slipped into their bad habits without noticing. Yahiko had his foot too far forward again and Kaoru started swinging her wooden sword more like a stick than a sword.
"Kaoru! It's not a stick! Don't use it as such!" Sano scolded, rolling his eyes. He laughed as he saw Kaoru fall backwards. She had stopped to tell him off and tripped backward instead.
It was funny.....at first, until he heard Kaoru call out in pain. At first, Sano thought it was from Yahiko accidentally hitting her in the head from the momentum of his sword. As he got closer, he realized that she was not only holding her head, but also her ankle.
"What happened Missy?" he questioned, kneeling down from his tall stature to pull her hand away from her ankle.
"I twisted my ankle when I fell and the I land on it," she replied, flinching when he touch it gently.
"Shit," he muttered, standing up to think. Kaoru's hand automatically went back to injured ankle which she gave a small rub to. "I don't how we're going to get back to the castle. Yahiko can barely ride as it is, so he couldn't do it double, which leaves me. But, who will bring your horse along? Yahiko certainly doesn't have the ability or the experience...... "
"I'm capable of riding!" Kaoru exclaimed, stubbornly. She placed her hand ontop of a rock sitting next to her and pushed herself to her feet. "See, I'm alright. All I did was twist my....ankle." She had stumbled onto her butt again because her ankle gave way as soon as she put any weight on it.
"What was that Missy?" Sano asked, arching his brow increduously down at her.
Sano then turned to the direction in which he heard loud hoof sounds coming from. Whomever they were, they were moving at a fast speed by how far apart the sounds were and how heavy the sounds were. Sano guessed that they were riding out on the trail which would inevitably lead them here. However, one thing Sano could not tell was whether this horse carried a friend or foe. It could be carrying someone much worse, the King.
"Come on Missy. We have to get out of the clearing......someone's coming," Sano said, bending down so Kaoru could get up onto his back.
Yahiko helped her stand slightly so she could wrap her arms around Sano's neck. Sano, in turn, lifted Kaoru's legs off the ground with his arms before he stood up and glanced in the direction of the sound of the hoof beats.
"Come one Yahiko, you too," Sano answered, truning and running as fast as his long legs would carry him out of the clearing with Kaoru on his back.
Yahiko followed Sano, trailing slightly behind because of his shorter legs. The quickly reached the edge of the forest and got in behind some bushes near the edge. They ducked down, Kaoru still on Sano's back and Yahiko next to them on the right.
A black horse galloped into the clearing and sat atop it was Kenshin. The horse reared back, Kenshin easily following its movements as he glanced around. He was sure that he had heard talking out here and the neighing of other horses. At first he had been out looking for Kaoru to have the lesson that she hadn't received yet due to the King's interuption, but when he heard the other people out in the clearing, he feared enemies of the Kingdom of Crysta.
'I must've been mistaken,' he thought, still glancing around. He then spotted the three horses tied to trees to the far left of him. 'I knew my senses were correct.'
"Kenshin!" he heard a voice shout from the direction his horse was facing. The red haired man turned and spotted Sano crawling out of the bushes at the edge of the forest on the other side of the field with Kaoru on his back. He trotted over to them.
He stopped infront of them, his horse giving a small neigh of disapproval as if it wanted to keep running as it had before. Kenshin gave him a small rub on the head and pet him before hopping off to talk to the much taller man, the reins still in hand. "Sanosuke.....I was quite certain that I had heard someone out here. I can looking for Miss Kaoru."
"Well, good thing you showed up.....we were having a problem. Missy twisted her ankle and can't ride," Sano explained, rolling his eyes. Kaoru's response to the was a whap in the head which almost caused her to fall off Sano's back. Due to Kenshin's quick movements, however, he caught her wrist and balanced her once more. This was unseen by all except Sano, who, when he looked at Kenshin again, saw a flash of the Battousai's eyes.
"I will escort her home and fetch a doctor. This should give you the capability to take her horse, shall it not?" Kenshin questioned, a small smile on his face.
"Thanks, Kenshin," Sano muttered, returning the small smile depsite the weird feeling that was washing over him.
Yahiko stared intently at Kenshin as he hopped up onto his horse and as Sano helped Kaoru onto the front of the horse to sit infront of Kenshin. The red haired man smiled and waved at the two before making a clicking noise and galloping back off the way he had come from.
Yahiko growled and threw his arms up into the air in frustration. "I'm going to figure it out!" he yelled, stomping off to his horse, hopping on, and galloping back in the direction of the castle.
"I wonder what that was all about," Sano murmured, arching a brow at his younger companion who had already left.
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Kaoru could feel her heart racing just like the horse she was under. Kenshin arms were almost wrapped around her because he had to hold onto the reins. She had thought she would be in back of Kenshin, with her arms wrapped around his waist, but Kenshin had suggested sitting infront because he was afraid she may fall off.
'Oh, who am I kidding.....my heart would be racing just as much back there,' she thought, a blush falling into her pretty pale features.
She wasn't the only one trying to conceal the odd feelings she was receiving. Kenshin realized soon enough that Kaoru's scent was clouding his mind and muddling up his heart. He soon found his heart pounding heavily in his chest and he had no clue as to why, unlike the woman sitting infront of him.
The two soon reached the castle and as soon as Kenshin hopped off, Kaoru slipped off sideways just as he had predicted. Kenshin was there to catch to her easliy and quickly with those fast movements of his. "Are you okay, Miss Kaoru?" he asked, his formality dropping as his mind became muddled by her scent again. His face was inches from hers and her blue eyes seemed endless.
"Y-yes," she stuttered, blushing again. "How do you do that?"
"Do what, may I ask?" he questioned, lifting her up into his arms and carrying her like a man who had just gotten married. He began walking into the castle.
"Move so fast....how do you move like you do?" she inquired, glancing up at him from her position in his arms, the blush still evident.
He glanced down at her, a little surprised by her forewardness. He didn't want to lie to her, so he did what he thought necessary. He avoided the question. "I'd prefer not to talk about it, Miss Kaoru. It brings back unwaranted memories."
"Alright, Kenshin," she responded, looking away from him. She then realized what she had just said and glanced back at him to see if he noticed. Either he didn't notice or he didn't care, but she wasn't sure of which it was.
Soon they had made it into the hospital wing, oddly enough without the aid of Kaoru to guide Kenshin. 'Maybe he has finally learned his way around the castle?' she questioned to herself.
"Hello Miss Megumi," she heard Kenshin say. As she glanced up from her lap out of her thoughts and to the direction Kenshin was facing, she saw a rather beautiful woman. She had long dark hair and when the light reflected off of it just right, it looked slightly green. Her deep garnet colored eyes were surprised to see the red haired man.
"Sir Ken? Back in here so soon after just the other day?" she questioned, giving off a small giggle in her beautiful singsong voice.
"Actually no. I came to bring Princess Kaoru to you because she has twisted her ankle in my company," he lied, smiling down at the girl in his arms. "Isn't that right Miss Kaoru?"
"Y-yes," she stuttered, blushing again because he was smiling at her. "We were practicing our lessons outside today and I fell. I twisted my ankle and then I landed on it."
"Sounds like a sprain," Megumi replied, pointing to an empty bed. "Put her down there Sir Ken, so I can check it out myself."
Kenshin did as he was told to the dismay of both Kaoru and himself. Megumi pulled Kaoru's pant leg up and checked her ankle. It was slighlty swollen which lead to what Megumi had said earlier. Kaoru had sprained her ankle. "I suppose it's numb?"
"Yes," Kaoru answered simply.
"I'll be right back. I have to go get a wrap," Megumi answered, before wandering out of the room.
"Why did you lie for me?" Kaoru asked immediately after Megumi was out of the room.
"Some people don't understand up here," Kenshin touched her forehead lightly. Then, he tapped the spot over her heart. "What's down here in a warrior," he responded, mysteriously. "You can't remove a warrior's spirit from a person without breaking them, that you most certainly cannot."
"How.....how would you know this?" Kaoru questioned just as Megumi walked into the room, a wrap in hand.
Megumi smiled as she glanced from the pale Kenshin to the surrpised Kaoru. She had evidently interupted some important conversation that Kenshin wanted no part of. She leaned over Kaoru's injured ankle and wrapped quickly and efficiently. "There you are Princess."
"Um, thanks?" Kaoru replied, not so sure of herself.
"Miss Kaoru.....it almost always improper for a princess to-"
"Kenshin.....by my promise, I will make you soften up!" Kaoru exclaimed. Kenshin blushed at his name falling out of Kaoru's mouth so easily. Megumi just laughed at the two and decided to go back to her previous patient.
"If you two don't mind, I have another patient that needs my attention," Megumi answered, turning around and pulling open the curtain that Kenshin or Kaoru hadn't noticed was closed.
"Professor!" Kaoru blurted out after seeing the man behind the curtain. The man glanced up at the two and his eyes narrowed at the red haired man as did Kenshin's at the man. "Why would you possibly be here?"
"I overexerted myself. The doctor here became worried when she found out that I wasn't eating and decided to take matters into her own hands," the man explained, a small cold smile gracing his lips before he looked at Kenshin again. (AN: You'll get a kick out of this. If you thought Sano as a knight was amusing....oh, man.)
"Mr. Himura, this is Professor Aoshi Shinomori," Megumi said, directing to the man on the bed.
Kenshin's eyes flashed a yellow color and suddenly the air in the room grew cold as the tension rose. Aoshi's amusement at Kenshin's anger seemed to only anger him further. The red haired man growled. "Excuse me," he muttered, storming out of the room, his yellow eyes partially hidden by his hair.
No one had known exactly what had caused it except for Kenshin and Aoshi. However, Aoshi seemed amused by the fact that he had angered the young tutor. Kaoru and Megumi were completely oblivious until Kaoru remembered something. "Kenshin!!! How am I going to get back to my room?!!"
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Hrm.....I'm not so sure I should be using Aoshi Maybe I should use Saito....what do you all think? I could use the advice. This story is a lot more popular than I ever thought it would be. Mostly I get good reviews too! =D
Someone....stupid comp won't show me WHO! fixed a few things for me such as the title thing for Battousai! Thanks to whomever you are!
Stay Tuned for Chapter Six: Battousai.....Yahiko finally figures it out! (It will be explained HOW he thought he saw Kenshin somewhere before) But,.....it seems that the someone he went to tell already knew, but....how? Only Kenshin could've told them! Why would he?! Also, King Kamiya finally decides on a suitor for Kaoru.....but it's a past war hero from Crysta and not Alexandria! Who do you think it is?!
~KaBunny