A/N: Okay, okay. I'm a month late but you still love me? Right? silence Fine, be that way!! Hehe, well this is the final chapter of Forbidden. The next one will be a short epiloge with an... implied lemon (since I'm not willing to write those yet). It's been a blast hearing from you guys! I'll make a whole chapter about you in a few weeks with my thanks! (And I'm SO STUPID! Sano HATES trains. Rrgg...Well, I revised it a bit so all will be explained.)
Oh, this chapter is angsty and long. ((Cue gasping. Yes, a long chapter! The world has ended!!)). ^_____^
Poor Excuse for a Disclaimer:
Sadly, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or the characters. If I did Aoshi and Battousai would be my eternal slaves because they're sexy. Duh.
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Forbidden- Chapter Five : Finale
by
Black Twilight
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"Sano, if only you were here, I'd tell you..."
"Tell me what, Jou-chan?"
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She whirled around, her eyes widened in suprise. Hesitantly Kaoru moved forward taking small steps toward him. Then she brought her hand to his face and started to rub. Sano tilted his head in confusion. What was she doing?
He brought his hand to met hers, squeezing tightly, to stop her incessant stroking. Kaoru gasped and bowed her head against his chest.
"So," she whispered, "This is real...all real." Then her tears started to reappear along with fifty questions. She laid a hand upon his muscular chest and drew back when her hand was covered in blood. She paused and peered at his face. Scratches covered his chiseled face, drawing a ragged line across his exterior.
"Oh Sano...Why did you leave? Why did you abandon me?"
With those words he felt a sharp pain at his heart. He had left her, forsaken her, deserted her. 'Just like Kenshin would've done,' he thought. 'He's a wanderer. Kenshin would've left her someday. Alone and sad...' Sanosuke shook his head. He's be damned if he was going to be compared to that man.
"I was on a train."
Kaoru made a noise between a hiccup and a laugh.
" I thought you hated trains." Sano looked at her for a long moment, hoping his eyes would betray his feelings.
"........I do. I was desperate."
She returned his gaze. 'Perhaps she does understand the way I feel.' Her gaze dropped to the floor in 'dissapointment? What does she.....'
"That doesn't answer the question."
He smiled. "No, it doesn't."
"So tell me. Please."
"I needed to think."
"Think? Think?! What? Thousands of miles away from me?!!"
"Yes!"
"DAMMIT! WHY?"
"BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF I LOVED YOU!"
Silence. Sanosuke's words hung in the air, awaiting approval. He glanced at Kaoru. She carried a blank expression.
"And," she whispered above the madness. "Do you Sanosuke Sagara? Do you really love me? COULD you love a thing like me?"
"Kaoru....What were you going to say before I got here?"
"I-I...I was going to tell you that....that I loved you. That I loved you with all my heart."
He smiled warmly and took her face in his hands. "Well Kaoru Kamiya, then I love you."
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Kenshin growled, an animalistic sound. The sound of the Battousai. Truthfully, he didn't want to be out in the cold of night searching for a man that could steal his love away. But he was doing it for Kaoru, to make her happy.
'Why do I hate him so much?'
He sighed. It was obvious. There was a possibility that she had certain......feelings for him. He growled again and put a grip on his sword.
'Calm down...You'll be at the dojo soon.'
Kenshin turned his head to the winding road ahead of him. Everything was silent, 'even the trees' he thought. He was dragging his weary feet over the pavement, listening to the crunch of the pebbles when his heard voices; yelling.
With lightning speed he darted inside the training room only to see the loathed man standing with Kaoru in his arms. He listened......
"Think? Think?! What? Thousands of miles away from me?!!....DAMMIT WHY?"
He smirked. 'That's it, Koishii. Tell him to pack his bags.....'
"BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF I LOVED YOU!.......COULD you love a thing like me?""
Kenshin gulped. So he was right. 'No! Kaoru didn't respond yet. She doesn't love him. She doesn't love him. She doesn't love him,' he repeated like a mantra in his head.
"That I loved you with all my heart."
"Well Kaoru Kamiya, then I love you."
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"All my heart?"
Kaoru stiffened against Sanosuke's chest. She hadn't realized what time it was.
"Kenshin! I didn't notice you stading there...."
"Would it matter?
"Huh?
"You told him," he said jabbing a finger at Sano, "that you loved him. Is that true?"
"Yes, Kenshin.....it's true."
"Then what about when you told me the same thing! What other lies have you told me, Kaoru? Did seriously think..."
((Closer to the edge. Battousai emerging...))
Kenshin took a deep calming breath. He wouldn't let that happen ever again.
"God, Kaoru......I'm sorry. That was out of line."
"Yes. It was."
"Sano?"
"Hmm? Yeah, buddy?" Kenshin almost smiled at that. Even after trying to kill him Sano still regarded him as a friend. 'Good man...'
"You love her, right?"
"Of course......"
"Then take care of her for me? She's a special girl.....I guess she's yours now."
He drew his attention towards Kaoru who looked completely confused. He studied her long raven hair, pink mouth, curves everything for one last time. Still beautiful. 'You'll always be beautiful Kaoru-dono.'
"Kenshin.....I don't understand?" Kaoru questioned.
"Kaoru I'm a wanderer, you know that. And I believe Sano has known this for a long time now. But I need to wander once again."
"But why?!" she asked, voice cracking. "Why can't you stay?"
"It's just too...painful to see you with...never mind. But please try to understand Miss Kaoru."
"But Kenshin-" she said, tears starting to fall.
"No, Kaoru-dono don't cry for me. Never cry for me."
With that Kenshin turned his back on the couple and continued down the road. Listening to the familiar crunch of the pebbles beneath his feet.
'Even the trees are silent.....'
8:26 PM 10/6/03
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A/N: Um....*bites nails* Was that so bad? I wasn't too sure how to end it. Please don't hate me! (The next chapter will be kinda lime-y but cute. And I have a little surprise for you Kenshin fans! Don't worry, he didn't become depressed and commit suicide or anything. I'm taking good care of him! OK?? Review!
Oh, this chapter is angsty and long. ((Cue gasping. Yes, a long chapter! The world has ended!!)). ^_____^
Poor Excuse for a Disclaimer:
Sadly, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or the characters. If I did Aoshi and Battousai would be my eternal slaves because they're sexy. Duh.
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Forbidden- Chapter Five : Finale
by
Black Twilight
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Sano, if only you were here, I'd tell you..."
"Tell me what, Jou-chan?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
She whirled around, her eyes widened in suprise. Hesitantly Kaoru moved forward taking small steps toward him. Then she brought her hand to his face and started to rub. Sano tilted his head in confusion. What was she doing?
He brought his hand to met hers, squeezing tightly, to stop her incessant stroking. Kaoru gasped and bowed her head against his chest.
"So," she whispered, "This is real...all real." Then her tears started to reappear along with fifty questions. She laid a hand upon his muscular chest and drew back when her hand was covered in blood. She paused and peered at his face. Scratches covered his chiseled face, drawing a ragged line across his exterior.
"Oh Sano...Why did you leave? Why did you abandon me?"
With those words he felt a sharp pain at his heart. He had left her, forsaken her, deserted her. 'Just like Kenshin would've done,' he thought. 'He's a wanderer. Kenshin would've left her someday. Alone and sad...' Sanosuke shook his head. He's be damned if he was going to be compared to that man.
"I was on a train."
Kaoru made a noise between a hiccup and a laugh.
" I thought you hated trains." Sano looked at her for a long moment, hoping his eyes would betray his feelings.
"........I do. I was desperate."
She returned his gaze. 'Perhaps she does understand the way I feel.' Her gaze dropped to the floor in 'dissapointment? What does she.....'
"That doesn't answer the question."
He smiled. "No, it doesn't."
"So tell me. Please."
"I needed to think."
"Think? Think?! What? Thousands of miles away from me?!!"
"Yes!"
"DAMMIT! WHY?"
"BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF I LOVED YOU!"
Silence. Sanosuke's words hung in the air, awaiting approval. He glanced at Kaoru. She carried a blank expression.
"And," she whispered above the madness. "Do you Sanosuke Sagara? Do you really love me? COULD you love a thing like me?"
"Kaoru....What were you going to say before I got here?"
"I-I...I was going to tell you that....that I loved you. That I loved you with all my heart."
He smiled warmly and took her face in his hands. "Well Kaoru Kamiya, then I love you."
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Kenshin growled, an animalistic sound. The sound of the Battousai. Truthfully, he didn't want to be out in the cold of night searching for a man that could steal his love away. But he was doing it for Kaoru, to make her happy.
'Why do I hate him so much?'
He sighed. It was obvious. There was a possibility that she had certain......feelings for him. He growled again and put a grip on his sword.
'Calm down...You'll be at the dojo soon.'
Kenshin turned his head to the winding road ahead of him. Everything was silent, 'even the trees' he thought. He was dragging his weary feet over the pavement, listening to the crunch of the pebbles when his heard voices; yelling.
With lightning speed he darted inside the training room only to see the loathed man standing with Kaoru in his arms. He listened......
"Think? Think?! What? Thousands of miles away from me?!!....DAMMIT WHY?"
He smirked. 'That's it, Koishii. Tell him to pack his bags.....'
"BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF I LOVED YOU!.......COULD you love a thing like me?""
Kenshin gulped. So he was right. 'No! Kaoru didn't respond yet. She doesn't love him. She doesn't love him. She doesn't love him,' he repeated like a mantra in his head.
"That I loved you with all my heart."
"Well Kaoru Kamiya, then I love you."
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"All my heart?"
Kaoru stiffened against Sanosuke's chest. She hadn't realized what time it was.
"Kenshin! I didn't notice you stading there...."
"Would it matter?
"Huh?
"You told him," he said jabbing a finger at Sano, "that you loved him. Is that true?"
"Yes, Kenshin.....it's true."
"Then what about when you told me the same thing! What other lies have you told me, Kaoru? Did seriously think..."
((Closer to the edge. Battousai emerging...))
Kenshin took a deep calming breath. He wouldn't let that happen ever again.
"God, Kaoru......I'm sorry. That was out of line."
"Yes. It was."
"Sano?"
"Hmm? Yeah, buddy?" Kenshin almost smiled at that. Even after trying to kill him Sano still regarded him as a friend. 'Good man...'
"You love her, right?"
"Of course......"
"Then take care of her for me? She's a special girl.....I guess she's yours now."
He drew his attention towards Kaoru who looked completely confused. He studied her long raven hair, pink mouth, curves everything for one last time. Still beautiful. 'You'll always be beautiful Kaoru-dono.'
"Kenshin.....I don't understand?" Kaoru questioned.
"Kaoru I'm a wanderer, you know that. And I believe Sano has known this for a long time now. But I need to wander once again."
"But why?!" she asked, voice cracking. "Why can't you stay?"
"It's just too...painful to see you with...never mind. But please try to understand Miss Kaoru."
"But Kenshin-" she said, tears starting to fall.
"No, Kaoru-dono don't cry for me. Never cry for me."
With that Kenshin turned his back on the couple and continued down the road. Listening to the familiar crunch of the pebbles beneath his feet.
'Even the trees are silent.....'
8:26 PM 10/6/03
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A/N: Um....*bites nails* Was that so bad? I wasn't too sure how to end it. Please don't hate me! (The next chapter will be kinda lime-y but cute. And I have a little surprise for you Kenshin fans! Don't worry, he didn't become depressed and commit suicide or anything. I'm taking good care of him! OK?? Review!
