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don't know why I bother, does someone actually come around to check if
there's a disclaimer on everything?
This chapter took me some time. 9 pages, I'm a beginner writer.
Chapter 2 An Exchange of Names
"What is your name" I don't like repeating myself."
She slowly opened her mouth and looked up at him.
"Kamiya Kaoru"
Battousai stared at her. How can this be? He killed her ten years ago, but there she is, staring back at him. He has never made any mistakes in his career. How is she still alive? Maybe it was just a coincidence. Yes, it was a coincidence; that had to be it. He never made mistakes.
"What is your name?"
Battousai stared at her. Why should he tell her his name? Why should he care? He gave her a death glare and stalked off to the phone.
"Katsura-san, I have the girl, what do you want me to do with her?"
"I don't care Himura, just keep an eye on her. As long as she's alive, then we have Kanryu under our control."
"You're expecting me to take care of a girl?"
"Just make sure she eats and sleeps, I will arrange a safe house for her as soon as possible."
Battousai put the receiver down with a click. He turned his gleaming eyes to the girl. "Go take a shower and change out of your wet clothes. I don't want water everywhere."
"But what will I wear?"
"I couldn't care less"
She stared at him for a moment, and then pouted up her face. She walked off to the bathroom and shut the door. He looked at the clock, it was already 3 in the morning and he still hadn't had his meal yet. Battousai made his way to the kitchen and started to prepare dinner.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru unlocked the bathroom door and stepped out with a bathrobe on. She saw her captor making dinner. How strange. She took a closer look at her captor and noticed he wasn't much taller than her.
"Can I go find something to wear?"
No answer. He didn't even bother to look up. She sighed and walked into his room and pulled out the drawers. After flinging around his clothes for some time, she settled on a plain blue shirt and sweat pants. She dried her hair with a towel and put it up in her normal ponytail. She looked at herself in the mirror. Wow, she looked.normal. Like how she used to, with a high ponytail and some life in her eyes. Maybe this kidnapping thing would do her some good. The biggest reason she had been depressed was because she was being made to marry Kanryu, and certain other things with her dad. This situation didn't seem much better, but at least she had no reason to be too depressed anymore. She made her way slowly to the table, noticing how disturbed her captor looked. She pulled out the chair across from him and sat down.
"Eat"
It was a command. She silently obeyed and picked up her chopsticks. She tasted the food. It was better than her cooking! She gave him a small smile. He seemed oblivious to her action. He seemed to be eating as if it was a daily chore he despised. He just picked up the food and chewed it until he was able to swallow. He might as well have been eating bugs or something. She took a closer look at his face and saw he wasn't ugly at all, quite handsome actually. His bangs covered the top half of his face, and there was a scar the shape of a cross on his left cheek. Where did it come from?
"How did you get that scar?"
He continued chewing, then swallowed the bite.
"Mind your own business girl, I am not your friend or baby sitter."
'Girl' That's what everyone called her now. Even her own father never called her Kaoru after her mother's death. No, only her best friend Misao called her Kaoru. They all knew her name. Was it too much trouble to be called by your own name? She wanted to be Kaoru. Not girl. It wasn't her name. She wanted to recognized as a person. Kaoru was a person. She felt angry. She always let it pass when her father called her girl, because she thought it would remind him of her mother. She was named after her mother. She stopped going to school after her mother died too. She just kept to herself at home. So there was no one to say anything to her anyway. But this man sitting in front of her had no right to simply call her girl.
"I have a name you know, I would like to called by it."
No reply.
Determined to strike up some conversation, she talked some more.
" You didn't tell me your name yet."
"Or have you forgotten it?"
"If you've forgotten your name, I'll just have to make up one for you."
"Hm.what would suit you."
~*~*~*~*~*~
'How dare this girl speak to me?' 'Has she forgotten that I am her captor?
"You have no business to ask for my name. You can refer to me as Battousai."
"Battousai? Isn't he the famous assassin of the Choshu clan? From what I've heard, Battousai is just a nickname. What's your real name?"
Battousai slowly looked up. He let his bangs run to the side and looked at her with those golden eyes. She fell silent. After dinner, he stood up, and pushed his chair to the side.
"You can clean the dishes."
The girl looked at him.
"Am I your servant?"
At that remark, Battousai turned around and smirked. Using his inhuman speed, he knocked her off her feet and pressed on top of her on the couch. He moved his face down to hers; they were only millimeters apart. She just stared wide-eyed at him. Sensing her ki go up in either shock, panic, or fear, he said," My orders were to keep you alive. There are many things I can do to you without letting you die."
"Now you will do the dishes."
He sat himself up and walked over to the bathroom.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru just stayed on the couch, shocked. Just shock though, she had no fear. It's not like she hasn't been raped or molested before. This one more time wouldn't hurt too much, she guessed.
'So he's the Battousai eh?' 'I guess Kanryu's enemies with them.'
She got up, recollected herself and started to clear the dishes off of the table. After she washed and dried them. Battousai came out of the shower with a black bathrobe and his hair down. She never really paid attention to his hair before, lots of men used to wear their hair up, but his hair seemed as long as hers. The famous hitokiri had long, red hair? If you looked at him like that from the back, you might've mistaken him for a girl. She couldn't keep down a giggle.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Battousai stepped out of the bathroom in his bathrobe to see the girl stare at him. He didn't pay attention until he heard a giggle.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing. it's just that I never the famous assassin's hair to be as long as mine, or for him to be able to cook better than me. I always pictured the famous hitokiri to look like someone from the mountains with bulging muscles."
"Do you have a problem with how I look or act?"
"No."
"Then go away."
With that, he took his katana, sat up against the wall, and let his bangs drop down across his face.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru looked at the man. 'Is he sleeping?' 'That must be very uncomfortable' She looked around and decided she'd sleep on the couch. She hadn't asked for his permission to use his bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"No daddy! Please stop!"
Kaoru was on the floor shaking in fear and pain. She had deep and shallow gashes, bruises, and blood all over her. Her face was tear-stained and her hair was messed up. Her clothes were torn and her voice was raspy. Another voice could be heard.
"No, it was your fault! You killed her! It was all because of you. You will pay for your wrongs girl."
He was making a grab for her but then she heard yet another voice, and woke up.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The Battousai woke up as the sun rose. He looked up and saw the girl sleeping on the couch. He stared at her. He noticed the creamy white skin. He noticed the pink, full lips. Just then, she started to twitch uncontrollably. She started to scream and yell.
"No Daddy! Please stop!"
He walked over to her and shook her violently.
"Wake up girl!"
She woke up with fear in her eyes. That was the first time he saw fear in those blue eyes. She looked up at him, and started to break down. She grabbed the closest thing next to her, which was he, and began to sob hysterically. Battousai could hear her muffled sobs. He tried to push her away, but she just clung on more tightly. After trying to pry her off for the 20th time, he gave up and hesitantly put his arm around her. She felt warm and soft. He felt her warm tears soak into his shirt. He sat up on the couch and hugged her. Why he was doing this, he had no idea. Perhaps it was a male's instinct to comfort a crying female, but whatever the reason, it felt right. He let go of his assassin ways for a moment and just sat there with a crying girl in his arms.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru woke with a start. That dream brought back so many painful and fearful memories. She grabbed the nearest thing to her and buried her face into it. She started to sob uncontrollably. She thought about her life so far. Her mother and her father. Her mother.she had always been there for her, even though she was very strict. She always held her when she cried and explained to her why things are they way they are in this world. She thought back when she was just five.
~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~
"Mommy! Come on! I wanna play on the swings!"
A fairly young woman who looked like the current Kaoru, but with her hair in a bun ran after the little girl. She was also holding a kite.
"Kaoru wait up! I have to take the kite down first."
With that said, she rolled the kite up and walked over to the swings to find her little girl on the floor crying. She dropped the kite and ran towards the little girl.
"What happened Kaoru? Why are you sitting on the floor?"
"*sob* he *sniff* pushed *tear* me *choke* me *sniffle* off"
"Stop that crying Kaoru! Stop it this instant. You mustn't cry so easily. Now calm down and calmly explain to me what happened."
" *chock* ok, I was running to the swings and got one of them. Just when I was about to sit down, a boy pushed me off and told me the swings were his. I said they were everyone's and he didn't listen. He hit me and pushed me to the ground. Mommy, why did he do that?"
"Well Kaoru, everyone in this world acts the way they act for a reason. The boy was probably scared if you got on one of the swings, he might not be able to play on them anymore. I'm guessing the reason there's no one on them is because he scared everyone off of them. If he let you swing, then the other children he scared away would come back too. He might've thought it was a good idea in the beginning, but even if he realizes he was wrong after, he might not be able to bring himself to stop it. If he stopped scaring the kids off, that would mean he's admitting he's wrong. It's sometimes very hard to admit you're wrong, even if it means continuing to do things you don't want to."
Kaoru looked up at her mother.
"Mommy, I don't understand"
"I didn't really expect you to, just remember the boy with the swings from now on. This will most likely help you figure things out when you're older."
Kaoru looks puzzled.
"Okay Mommy."
~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~
Kaoru had remembered her mother's words, even when she died. She stopped sobbing and looked up to see she was in the arms of her kidnapper. She flushed a light pink. She calmly recollected herself and got up.
"Thank you"
No response. She smiled inwardly. Maybe this man was like the boy with the swings. Perhaps he regrets his killings. She didn't ponder on this question. She went to the bathroom and took a shower.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Battousai sat there with the girl in his arms. He took this time to have a better look at the girl. He noticed she was rather thin for her height and size. Her raven locks spilled all over her back and onto some of him. Her small hands locked around his neck as she cried. A familiar scent of jasmine. He had become used to her smell after just one day. He looked down her body. She was in his clothes. He doubted his clothes would suit her if they needed to see Katsura-san or anyone at that, so he decided against his better judgment to take her to the mall either today or tomorrow.
After some time she stopped crying and looked up at him. She seemed to have forgotten whose arms she was in. He noticed she had blushed. She got up and said thank you to him. He stiffened himself and reverted back to his killer self and said nothing. He noticed the ends of her mouth turn slightly up as she walked off to the bathroom.
He stood up to prepare breakfast. He walked over to the kitchen and got out a frying pan, along with some eggs and bacon. Just as he finished setting the table, she got out. She was still wearing the clothes she had on before. She walked over and sat down.
They ate in silence.
"Wash the-"
He was cut off in mid-sentence as she took his plate and walked off into the kitchen with her own. Battousai smirked, so she remembered.
"After you finish the dishes girl, we will go to the mall to get you some descent looking clothes. You must agree to whatever I say and not try to run off. You know I will find you and kill you if you do."
She looked up and smiled, then it turned into a frown. He was slightly amused.
"My name's not girl, my name's Kamiya Kaoru. I'd like to be called that."
"Fine."
"What's your name? I can't go around calling you Battousai in public can I?"
Battousai frowned. That was true. She smiled.
She put on her shoes and they walked out the door. They walked down the stairs without a word. Battousai just kept his eyes straight ahead.
Just as they were getting into the car, he said, "Himura"
"Huh?"
"Himura Kenshin's my name."
Fairly boring chapter, just some introduction info and junk. If you hate the story or me its not my problem , this is my first fanfic.
Hehehe.dun worry boutz it nicky, lots secrets I haven't metioned yet.
I'm going on vacation for the next week so I'm probably not going to be able to update as often. That's why I've written so much in one day. Goodness my finger don't exactly hurt, but I never knew I'd like writing. I'm actually enjoying this. Do you guys think I should include a lot of action in this?
I've written 2 chapters in one day! I've written over 4000 words in one day. Maybe that's not a lot to some of you people but I'm just a beginner. So please encourage my efforts and click on the review button.^-^x
This chapter took me some time. 9 pages, I'm a beginner writer.
Chapter 2 An Exchange of Names
"What is your name" I don't like repeating myself."
She slowly opened her mouth and looked up at him.
"Kamiya Kaoru"
Battousai stared at her. How can this be? He killed her ten years ago, but there she is, staring back at him. He has never made any mistakes in his career. How is she still alive? Maybe it was just a coincidence. Yes, it was a coincidence; that had to be it. He never made mistakes.
"What is your name?"
Battousai stared at her. Why should he tell her his name? Why should he care? He gave her a death glare and stalked off to the phone.
"Katsura-san, I have the girl, what do you want me to do with her?"
"I don't care Himura, just keep an eye on her. As long as she's alive, then we have Kanryu under our control."
"You're expecting me to take care of a girl?"
"Just make sure she eats and sleeps, I will arrange a safe house for her as soon as possible."
Battousai put the receiver down with a click. He turned his gleaming eyes to the girl. "Go take a shower and change out of your wet clothes. I don't want water everywhere."
"But what will I wear?"
"I couldn't care less"
She stared at him for a moment, and then pouted up her face. She walked off to the bathroom and shut the door. He looked at the clock, it was already 3 in the morning and he still hadn't had his meal yet. Battousai made his way to the kitchen and started to prepare dinner.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru unlocked the bathroom door and stepped out with a bathrobe on. She saw her captor making dinner. How strange. She took a closer look at her captor and noticed he wasn't much taller than her.
"Can I go find something to wear?"
No answer. He didn't even bother to look up. She sighed and walked into his room and pulled out the drawers. After flinging around his clothes for some time, she settled on a plain blue shirt and sweat pants. She dried her hair with a towel and put it up in her normal ponytail. She looked at herself in the mirror. Wow, she looked.normal. Like how she used to, with a high ponytail and some life in her eyes. Maybe this kidnapping thing would do her some good. The biggest reason she had been depressed was because she was being made to marry Kanryu, and certain other things with her dad. This situation didn't seem much better, but at least she had no reason to be too depressed anymore. She made her way slowly to the table, noticing how disturbed her captor looked. She pulled out the chair across from him and sat down.
"Eat"
It was a command. She silently obeyed and picked up her chopsticks. She tasted the food. It was better than her cooking! She gave him a small smile. He seemed oblivious to her action. He seemed to be eating as if it was a daily chore he despised. He just picked up the food and chewed it until he was able to swallow. He might as well have been eating bugs or something. She took a closer look at his face and saw he wasn't ugly at all, quite handsome actually. His bangs covered the top half of his face, and there was a scar the shape of a cross on his left cheek. Where did it come from?
"How did you get that scar?"
He continued chewing, then swallowed the bite.
"Mind your own business girl, I am not your friend or baby sitter."
'Girl' That's what everyone called her now. Even her own father never called her Kaoru after her mother's death. No, only her best friend Misao called her Kaoru. They all knew her name. Was it too much trouble to be called by your own name? She wanted to be Kaoru. Not girl. It wasn't her name. She wanted to recognized as a person. Kaoru was a person. She felt angry. She always let it pass when her father called her girl, because she thought it would remind him of her mother. She was named after her mother. She stopped going to school after her mother died too. She just kept to herself at home. So there was no one to say anything to her anyway. But this man sitting in front of her had no right to simply call her girl.
"I have a name you know, I would like to called by it."
No reply.
Determined to strike up some conversation, she talked some more.
" You didn't tell me your name yet."
"Or have you forgotten it?"
"If you've forgotten your name, I'll just have to make up one for you."
"Hm.what would suit you."
~*~*~*~*~*~
'How dare this girl speak to me?' 'Has she forgotten that I am her captor?
"You have no business to ask for my name. You can refer to me as Battousai."
"Battousai? Isn't he the famous assassin of the Choshu clan? From what I've heard, Battousai is just a nickname. What's your real name?"
Battousai slowly looked up. He let his bangs run to the side and looked at her with those golden eyes. She fell silent. After dinner, he stood up, and pushed his chair to the side.
"You can clean the dishes."
The girl looked at him.
"Am I your servant?"
At that remark, Battousai turned around and smirked. Using his inhuman speed, he knocked her off her feet and pressed on top of her on the couch. He moved his face down to hers; they were only millimeters apart. She just stared wide-eyed at him. Sensing her ki go up in either shock, panic, or fear, he said," My orders were to keep you alive. There are many things I can do to you without letting you die."
"Now you will do the dishes."
He sat himself up and walked over to the bathroom.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru just stayed on the couch, shocked. Just shock though, she had no fear. It's not like she hasn't been raped or molested before. This one more time wouldn't hurt too much, she guessed.
'So he's the Battousai eh?' 'I guess Kanryu's enemies with them.'
She got up, recollected herself and started to clear the dishes off of the table. After she washed and dried them. Battousai came out of the shower with a black bathrobe and his hair down. She never really paid attention to his hair before, lots of men used to wear their hair up, but his hair seemed as long as hers. The famous hitokiri had long, red hair? If you looked at him like that from the back, you might've mistaken him for a girl. She couldn't keep down a giggle.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Battousai stepped out of the bathroom in his bathrobe to see the girl stare at him. He didn't pay attention until he heard a giggle.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing. it's just that I never the famous assassin's hair to be as long as mine, or for him to be able to cook better than me. I always pictured the famous hitokiri to look like someone from the mountains with bulging muscles."
"Do you have a problem with how I look or act?"
"No."
"Then go away."
With that, he took his katana, sat up against the wall, and let his bangs drop down across his face.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru looked at the man. 'Is he sleeping?' 'That must be very uncomfortable' She looked around and decided she'd sleep on the couch. She hadn't asked for his permission to use his bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"No daddy! Please stop!"
Kaoru was on the floor shaking in fear and pain. She had deep and shallow gashes, bruises, and blood all over her. Her face was tear-stained and her hair was messed up. Her clothes were torn and her voice was raspy. Another voice could be heard.
"No, it was your fault! You killed her! It was all because of you. You will pay for your wrongs girl."
He was making a grab for her but then she heard yet another voice, and woke up.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The Battousai woke up as the sun rose. He looked up and saw the girl sleeping on the couch. He stared at her. He noticed the creamy white skin. He noticed the pink, full lips. Just then, she started to twitch uncontrollably. She started to scream and yell.
"No Daddy! Please stop!"
He walked over to her and shook her violently.
"Wake up girl!"
She woke up with fear in her eyes. That was the first time he saw fear in those blue eyes. She looked up at him, and started to break down. She grabbed the closest thing next to her, which was he, and began to sob hysterically. Battousai could hear her muffled sobs. He tried to push her away, but she just clung on more tightly. After trying to pry her off for the 20th time, he gave up and hesitantly put his arm around her. She felt warm and soft. He felt her warm tears soak into his shirt. He sat up on the couch and hugged her. Why he was doing this, he had no idea. Perhaps it was a male's instinct to comfort a crying female, but whatever the reason, it felt right. He let go of his assassin ways for a moment and just sat there with a crying girl in his arms.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru woke with a start. That dream brought back so many painful and fearful memories. She grabbed the nearest thing to her and buried her face into it. She started to sob uncontrollably. She thought about her life so far. Her mother and her father. Her mother.she had always been there for her, even though she was very strict. She always held her when she cried and explained to her why things are they way they are in this world. She thought back when she was just five.
~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~
"Mommy! Come on! I wanna play on the swings!"
A fairly young woman who looked like the current Kaoru, but with her hair in a bun ran after the little girl. She was also holding a kite.
"Kaoru wait up! I have to take the kite down first."
With that said, she rolled the kite up and walked over to the swings to find her little girl on the floor crying. She dropped the kite and ran towards the little girl.
"What happened Kaoru? Why are you sitting on the floor?"
"*sob* he *sniff* pushed *tear* me *choke* me *sniffle* off"
"Stop that crying Kaoru! Stop it this instant. You mustn't cry so easily. Now calm down and calmly explain to me what happened."
" *chock* ok, I was running to the swings and got one of them. Just when I was about to sit down, a boy pushed me off and told me the swings were his. I said they were everyone's and he didn't listen. He hit me and pushed me to the ground. Mommy, why did he do that?"
"Well Kaoru, everyone in this world acts the way they act for a reason. The boy was probably scared if you got on one of the swings, he might not be able to play on them anymore. I'm guessing the reason there's no one on them is because he scared everyone off of them. If he let you swing, then the other children he scared away would come back too. He might've thought it was a good idea in the beginning, but even if he realizes he was wrong after, he might not be able to bring himself to stop it. If he stopped scaring the kids off, that would mean he's admitting he's wrong. It's sometimes very hard to admit you're wrong, even if it means continuing to do things you don't want to."
Kaoru looked up at her mother.
"Mommy, I don't understand"
"I didn't really expect you to, just remember the boy with the swings from now on. This will most likely help you figure things out when you're older."
Kaoru looks puzzled.
"Okay Mommy."
~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~
Kaoru had remembered her mother's words, even when she died. She stopped sobbing and looked up to see she was in the arms of her kidnapper. She flushed a light pink. She calmly recollected herself and got up.
"Thank you"
No response. She smiled inwardly. Maybe this man was like the boy with the swings. Perhaps he regrets his killings. She didn't ponder on this question. She went to the bathroom and took a shower.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Battousai sat there with the girl in his arms. He took this time to have a better look at the girl. He noticed she was rather thin for her height and size. Her raven locks spilled all over her back and onto some of him. Her small hands locked around his neck as she cried. A familiar scent of jasmine. He had become used to her smell after just one day. He looked down her body. She was in his clothes. He doubted his clothes would suit her if they needed to see Katsura-san or anyone at that, so he decided against his better judgment to take her to the mall either today or tomorrow.
After some time she stopped crying and looked up at him. She seemed to have forgotten whose arms she was in. He noticed she had blushed. She got up and said thank you to him. He stiffened himself and reverted back to his killer self and said nothing. He noticed the ends of her mouth turn slightly up as she walked off to the bathroom.
He stood up to prepare breakfast. He walked over to the kitchen and got out a frying pan, along with some eggs and bacon. Just as he finished setting the table, she got out. She was still wearing the clothes she had on before. She walked over and sat down.
They ate in silence.
"Wash the-"
He was cut off in mid-sentence as she took his plate and walked off into the kitchen with her own. Battousai smirked, so she remembered.
"After you finish the dishes girl, we will go to the mall to get you some descent looking clothes. You must agree to whatever I say and not try to run off. You know I will find you and kill you if you do."
She looked up and smiled, then it turned into a frown. He was slightly amused.
"My name's not girl, my name's Kamiya Kaoru. I'd like to be called that."
"Fine."
"What's your name? I can't go around calling you Battousai in public can I?"
Battousai frowned. That was true. She smiled.
She put on her shoes and they walked out the door. They walked down the stairs without a word. Battousai just kept his eyes straight ahead.
Just as they were getting into the car, he said, "Himura"
"Huh?"
"Himura Kenshin's my name."
Fairly boring chapter, just some introduction info and junk. If you hate the story or me its not my problem , this is my first fanfic.
Hehehe.dun worry boutz it nicky, lots secrets I haven't metioned yet.
I'm going on vacation for the next week so I'm probably not going to be able to update as often. That's why I've written so much in one day. Goodness my finger don't exactly hurt, but I never knew I'd like writing. I'm actually enjoying this. Do you guys think I should include a lot of action in this?
I've written 2 chapters in one day! I've written over 4000 words in one day. Maybe that's not a lot to some of you people but I'm just a beginner. So please encourage my efforts and click on the review button.^-^x