A Wandering Soul/ A vicious Capture
Chapter: 5
Father and Son Meet again? Part 3
" Kenji... is that really you?" Kenshin had seen him and now there was no turning back he would have to face his father again. He reluctantly turned to face his absentee father. His eyes were full of hatred and bitterness. He would have to keep all his hatred and anger locked away for the time being, saving his mother's life was more important than some abundant issues with his father. He put up a quick happy façade, as he looked his father straight in the eyes.
" Yes it's me," he said abruptly. Kenshin dropped playing with the town's people's kid's to go see his estranged son while the children ran off to go play somewhere else.
" Did your trip to Kyoto go well?" Kenji nodded while holding his anger at bay. Kenshin kept smiling at him making his rage boil up inside even more than it already was.
" How's your mother doing?" at this point he wanted more than anything in the world to punch his father right smack dab in the middle of the face for having the Gaul to ask him a question like that one. Like he really cared about her, if he did he wouldn't of left her to go help the world on his own selfish accord. He stopped himself from totally exploding at him when he remembered Yahiko's words, which he had said to him at the Akabeko * if I care about my mother as much as I claim to I can't let my Issue's with my father distract me from saving her. * He repeated those words over an over in his mind to calm himself down and to prepare himself for a long day ahead of him.
" Keh! Whatever! We need to talk and I mean now!" he blew of his question about his mother so he could have them go somewhere private where no one could hear their conversation. He also wanted to use the time it would take to get to a private place to talk to better ready himself for the first conversation they would have to share in years. Kenshin gave him a dopey smile as he pointed in the direction they would have to go to get to somewhere seclude where no one could hear them. Kenji didn't bother to waste his time looking in his direction he rather just follow fare behind him and think up in his mind how he would play the conversation out. It was hard to actually picture him talking to his father again the last time they had a normal talk was the day he left them stranded and alone. What really made him angry besides what he did to his mother was the fact that he walked out on him on his birthday. That hurt him badly it was like he had walked up to him and ripped his heart out and stomped on it a thousand times. He remembered the burning pain he felt when his mother told him that his father has left him to figure out himself and help others who are in need and most likely where selfish people who didn't care about anyone but them selves and would no longer be around. When she told him he wouldn't be around anymore he took that as in other words he would have to be his own father or rely on someone else to father him. He remembered how when he asked Yahiko to be his surrogate father, he refused and told him he already had a perfectly good father but if he needed a friend he could come to him for anything, but that wasn't what he wanted he needed a father not a friend. He felt rejected by everyone his father didn't want him so he left. Yahiko gave him crap about having a perfectly good father and wanting to be friends instead of having a father and son relationship. Sano rejected him long before he felt the need to want a father, by picking fights with him everyday of his life. He knew deep down inside that Yahiko and Sano really cared about him and that Sano was only playing around with him when he would pick a fight, but sometimes he still felt as if the whole world was against him. Kenshin finally brought him to a secluded area in the middle of the forest they sat down on the dirt ground and began to start talking.
" So what has brought you here Kenji?" Kenshin said to his rather unhappy son. Kenji scowled deeply at him.
" Yahiko forced me to come and find you." He said trying to reassure his father that he wasn't there for his fatherly guidance or attention. Kenshin's face fell at the fact that his son was acting cocky towards him.
" So how have you been lately?" those were the words that caused Kenji to flip his switch to anger rampage mode. That was the last straw nothing at this moment would be able to stop him from what he would do next.
" Why do you even care, you never cared before and I would like it if we would keep it that way." Kenshin was a little surprised by his son's outburst but suspected nothing less from him.
" You acting very childish." Kenshin replied abruptly. His eye's narrowed and became dark as he glared at his son.
" Humph. Whatever! If anyone here were a child, it would be you, chasing after your own selfish ambitions. While you leave everyone around you broken, hurting and destroyed." He shouted out against his father. Kenshin's eye's dropped for a moment.
" What do you mean by that?" Kenji became irritated with his father's lack of senses, he gripped his hand tightly and he punched it into the ground causing a medium sized crater.
"What do I mean? Are that all you have to say for your self, you're really piece of work aren't you? First you leave my mom broken to the point she ceases to live until your unfaithful return, then you allowed her to get kidnapped and then you have the nerve to ask me why I think your childish." Kenshin's eyes were struck with worry as he heard Kenji say that Kaoru was gone.
" Your so childish trying to redo a mistake made in the past for something as stupid as taking someone's life to bring about freedom for others. In that you wander ten years to repent for it and then when that times up and you started something real that you might have to work to keep. You feel out of the blue one-day that the ten-year's you spent repenting wasn't enough that you need to finish it. You know what I think. I think that you 're just a weakling who was scared to have something real such as family, so you decided to wander away from it when it got to hard, hoping it would go away so you could find something easier... Am I right?" Kenshin look up at his son with amber eyes full anger.
" Your wrong? I didn't leave for myself I did it for you and Kaoru...." Kenji cut Kenshin off not allowing him to finish his sentence.
" Liar! You left for your self and only your self. You can't fool me with that noble act of trying to do what's right for you family, that's just a load of bull and you know it!" He growled loudly at his father glaring at him in contempt.
" Your wrong Kenji, everything I do in life is for you and you're mother." Kenji shook his head vigorously all the while laughing hysterically.
" That's a good one! Well tell me this if every thing you did was for my mother and me, then why did you allow your enemies take her." Kenshin shot Kenji a look that told him, his father was surprised by this news. Kenji laughed sarcastically.
" Oh so your surprised by this! Well who else would have taken her besides someone out to get you through her? You see he took her for revenge on you he's trying to lure you in using her as the bait. Now don't see it, you hurt everyone you touch." Kenshin looked as if he was about to cry, but seemed to be controlling it.
" Now do you still think leaving her alone by herself was for her own good?" Kenshin never answered him back; he didn't even try to deny any of the allegations that were put against him.
" Feh. So you're speechless now, before you were rearing to go and defend yourself and now you don't even show a bit of emotion or remorse." He drew his sword from his sheath.
" I'm tired of talking, lets let our swords do it for us." Kenshin didn't move a mussel towards his sword; He just stood there staring into his son's soul. He looked at his father standing there not drawing his sword. His eye's were fixated on him; the feel of his fathers eye's digging into his soul began to scare him a little, he didn't want anyone especially his father barging in on his secret emotions; the were his to keep a secret and his to tell.
" Don't even try to read my emotion's I won't give you the chance, now draw your sword." He then realized that his father didn't have a sword. He thought for sure he would have had one hidden some where on him but by the looks of his body structure, he didn't.
" Oh I see now! You don't have a sword you because gave it to Yahiko." He then took a second sword that he had hidden on himself and threw it at his father's feet.
" Pick up the sword and use it." Kenshin just stared at his eyes were dark but they weren't full of anger or sorrow they were more sad and flustered.
" Fine don't pick up the sword, that will make it a lot easier to beat you into the ground." He then used his god like speed to tare across the ground towards Kenshin. He stood his ground for a while waiting for the right moment move away from Kenji's on coming attack.
" Kamiya Kasshin Ryu, Ryu San." He brought his sword down as hard as he could. When the smoke caused from the dirt cleared, Kenshin was nowhere in sight. Kenji had suspected him to pull a fast move like had done that's why he attacked first. He knew his father would never attack him so he would just have to force him to have to attack. He turned around sharply as he over looked his surroundings he saw Kenshin up in a tree.
" Did you honestly think you would land an attack on me when your emotions aren't even stable." Kenshin said with cold eyes. Kenji laughed sarcastically.
" I never expected it to land." He then jumped up to Kenshin's level and swiped his sword across the tree bringing Kenshin and the tree falling to the ground. Kenshin of course landed o n his feet. Kenji screamed at him.
" Because of you mom is probably being tortured to death." He then chased after his dad with his sword.
Kaoru finished eating her soup slowly, trying to occupy her time until her Kidnaper would fall asleep. She waited for hours before he finally fell asleep. Kaoru knew she wouldn't be able to make for long on her own with her feet tied like they were she then noticed that the man had stupidly left one of his blades unmanned. She slowly pushed her hand forward as fare as she could and grabbed the blade as quietly as possible not to wake him up. She then cut the ropes from he feet and began to stand up slowly then continued to walk silently to the huts exit. She finally made it out of that awful place. She began to run down the grassy hills towards home. She was happy she got out of there before Kenshin got there, she couldn't bear it, if something happened to him.
Hiroshi woke up to find Kaoru missing and her roped cut up everywhere.
" Damn it! The girl got away, well she couldn't have gone far." He then got up and ran out of the hut to go and find her. He saw a small figure running along the riverside, he knew that it must have been her. He then took of in her direction
Kaoru ran as fast as her small legs could take her. She was running out of breath and needed a break, she knew that if she took one there would be a chance that Hiroshi would find and perhaps even kill her. She was growing weary as she kept on running but all that would change in a matter of seconds as she tripped and hit the ground. She didn't notice until now but her legs were really swollen probably from how tight that ropes were around them. She had tripped because the swelling had made her legs pass out from under her. She tried her hardest to get up but couldn't muster the strength to carry in out. It was already to late he had found her and was now standing over her.
" You lied to me, you said you wouldn't try any thing." Kaoru looked at him her eye's were full of fear.
" You will have to be punished."
Kenji swung his sword at his father again, and Kenshin of course dodged it.
" Who knows what going threw right now." He swung at him again.
The man kicked Kaoru in the stomach sending he flying down the hill almost into the lake, but he stopped her from going into the lake with his foot.
" You should think twice before messing with me."
Kenshin stood upon another tree and Kenji in a blind rage swung his sword at the tree and cut it down along with Kenshin for the second time.
" If mom die's, I will never forgive you."
Kaoru got up and tried to run only to be slashed across the stomach. Blood spilled violently from her middle. She gasped with a loud excruciating painful yelp.
" Escaping is futile."
Kenji decided to try and finish him of with his ultimate technique. Kenshin was standing before him clear as day given him the prefects chance to attack.
" It's all your fault that's she's involved in this mess. If she die's, I hope that you forever remember that it was you fault." He walked slowly up to Kenshin reading himself for his attack.
" Hiten Mitsurugi Kasshin Ryu, Ryu Ryusan."
Kaoru let out a second piercing scream as the man stabled her leg, as she had to try to escape from his evil grasp once more.
Kenshin in one swift movement pulled a branch from the ground and swung it into Kenji's blade. His bladed began to crack as it broke in two.
Kaoru was rendered unconscious from the loss of blood. However, even in an unconscious state she was able to get out a few words.
" Ken-shin."
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Okay I no this was really violent but it had to happen, I wasn't trying to be mean to the characters this violent stuff has to do with the plot okay so don't get mad. I wasn't being mean for the heck of it I'm going somewhere with this... Really I am
Chapter: 6
A Reluctant Decision.
