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Lil Kurohyou: I'm glad you like it. Yeah, most will be in it but that's just a surprise as to where! Who! I have a good time!
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The world came slowly into focus, the edges still refused to stop being fuzzy for Kaori. She was on her stomach on a metal slab. She felt a lot of weight on her back and it didn't move off when she shifted. Kaori puzzled what it could be when she realized that she had been caught by the Hunters.
Kaori began to scramble into in upright position as she felt something soft and feathery hit her shoulder. She cautiously reached her hand behind her, eyes clenched shut. A fingertip brushed it, and then she laid her whole hand (most uncomfortably) on it. It was warm, feathery and- and it was a wing! Kaori's eyes widened as she realized it and she stood up in quite a hurry. She scrambled over to a metal panel on the wall with her back to it. She looked behind her and was shocked and awed by what she saw.
Two brown and gold wings now came out of her back. She studied them impassively. They looked natural on her. The joint of the wing poked just above her shoulder and the very tips went to the middle of her calves. There was only one thing off about them: the flight feathers were cut. Those feathers that enabled the birds and Icari to take to the sky were cut raggedly. Only half of the shaft was there.
The door opened and she spun around. A man stood in the front, entirely wrapped in bandages save for his eyes stood in the doorway.
"Those are quite beautiful," he said in a purr.
"Who are you?" Kaori demanded trying to sound as threatening as possible.
"Why, I'm terribly sorry. My name is Shishio. I am the one who adorned you with them."
"Are you also the one who did this?" She asked as she raised both of her wrists that now bore the insignia of the Hunters tattooed in dark blue ink.
"A mere title for one so great as you," Shishio said smoothly.
The way he talked made Kaori's skin crawl and hair stand on end.
"Why," she half whispered to herself.
"To make you something more than you were! To bring you greatness!" he said with enthusiasm.
"NO!" Kaori roared. "Only to bring YOU greatness!"
His tone changed and his body language was that of a threat. "Now listen here, you belong to us now and you should give your elders some respect, if you know what's good for you-"
She cut him off by running flat into him and knocking him aside. She sprinted down the dark corridors with Shishio in close pursuit. Her wings weighed her down a little more than she was used to but she ran with all of her strength and spirit. Left, right, right, left; she made random turns hoping to loose him but he never faltered. After one last right, she was met with sunlight. That and at least fifteen others. As she sprinted past them, Shishio stopped at the entrance. He panted but stood upright and watched as the guards began to overtake her.
A tree root arched slightly and as luck always has it on escapes, she tripped over it and slid in the hard-packed dirt for several feet. She stood up again and saw that she was surrounded by all of them. Wariness was in her eyes but she put her hands up to defend herself. The guards began to rush her and she dodged a few and broke another's nose. But before a dart could pierce her fair skin, she was lifted off of the ground in one smooth motion.
Strong hands held her waist gently and he smelled like sake and cherry blossoms. She looked up at his face and she was taken. Pointy brown hair and a red sash around his forehead. His eyes were dark and three wisps of hair flew around in front of his eyes.
He felt her eyes on him and he looked down.
"Can you fly?" he asked and she shook her head, unable to find words to speak.
He sighed and flew on.
"I'm Sanoske Sagara. And you are?" he asked with a wonderful smile.
"Kaori," she mumbled.
"Pretty name," he said and then returned his attention to getting them wherever they were going.
The clouds became thicker and Kaori shook to the cool of them. If Sanoske noticed her shivers, he didn't show it.
They broke through a particularly thick cloudbank and Kaori gasped. Beautiful buildings seemed to float on the clouds. A market was down the way and the calls from the hawkers calling out their wares met her ears. All of the buildings were fit to be palaces but one stood out among the others. It could have fit the whole market in it ten times over. Beautiful gilded roofs and open windows that pleased the eyes. Sanoske flew toward it with purpose and they stopped at the door.
He released her gently, afraid she would run or fall or something, then he pounded on the door before opening it.
"KENNNSHIIIN! I'M BACK AND I BROUGHT SOMETHING!" He yelled, his voiced bounced from wall to wall carrying far down the main hall.
"Sano, do you always have to announce your presence in such a-" a woman's voice said approaching. She turned a corner and stopped. An Icari with midnight hair and stormy dark eyes, she stood unmoving and unspeaking.
"Hey Miss Kaoru, where's Kenshin?" Sanoske said with light tone.
"Who's, who is this, Sano? Explain, explain how you-" she stammered.
"I'm not telling it twice so help me find Kenshin," Sanoske said again.
She 'harrumphed' and then did an about face. She walked briskly, feathers ruffling slightly in the wake behind her. Sanoske followed without a word to Kaori. He wore no shirt but his white baggy pants framed his ass quite nicely. She took in the view a little longer before she followed hesitantly.
In a matter of a day, her world had been turned upside down and now she had wings and was meeting, what had to be, royalty to live in this size of a house. She mused what would happen to her when she came face to face with him. Would he kill her on sight or would he help her. She shuddered inwardly but her body language was of resolve and determination. Sanoske had stolen a sideways glance at her and was surprised at her calmness. He was sure he would have been sweating a river behind him.
(Hold up a second! I'm freezin! Accursed tank tops in the stupid basement. Wait a moment.)
Kaori followed Sanoske while her mind was elsewhere. She absently studied her wrist. The wolf with its nose to the ground seemed to mock her promise to her fallen family. 'I'll fight even if I'm the last, yeah right. I didn't even hear them coming.' Kaori growled to herself quietly causing Sanoske to look at her over his shoulder. She was just glaring at no one in particular. He sighed slightly and stopped at two big golden doors. Kaori didn't see Sanoske stop and she ran flat into his back. She got a mouthful of feathers and skin. She stepped back and muttered her apologies.
"I'm terribly sorry Sanoske Icari, I wasn't looking," she said looking him in his beautiful brown eyes.
"Just call me Sano. And don't worry about it."
She smiled her thanks and he opened the two double doors. Sano walked in causally and plopped himself down in some big puffy cushions. They were fine silk and of every color with golden thread embroidery of flowers, clouds and animals.
Another Icari was looking over a balcony on the other side of the room. He was bent over the railing but Kaori could tell he was shorter than Sano. He had red hair a couple shades darker than hers. His was more the color of blood while hers was a bright and fiery red. He wore white pants as Sano did and he wore no shoes.
"Back so soon, Sano? I thought you would have been gone all day," he said without turning.
"Yeah, but I got a little sidetracked. See I found her," Sano said motioning to Kaori who still stood in the doorway.
The Icari's head lifted and he turned to face her. She stood bravely and with confidence as his eyes gave her a once over.
He had a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek and he had the most interesting eyes. They were a cold violet, no emotion was held, just an impassiveness that she knew he held all of the time.
He said nothing, he just stood there.
"Sano, could I talk to you?" He said without taking his eyes from her.
"Uh, yeah, sure Kenshin," Sano said standing.
They walked to a secluded corner of the room, where they thought she wouldn't hear them.
"Where did you find her?" Kenshin demanded.
"In the forest. There were a bunch of hunters chasing her and, well, to be honest, she kinda looked like you from the sky," Sano said sheepishly.
"How'd another female Icari come about if she's never been near the reversed blade sword?" Kenshin asked mostly to himself.
"Hunters," Kaori said aloud so they could hear her.
Both heads whipped around and stared at her.
"What?" Kenshin demanded.
She sighed impatiently. "Why should I tell you?"
Sano unknowingly let out a surprised grunt.
"Because I'll kill you on the spot now if you don't," Kenshin warned.
"Go ahead. I've already dishonored my family. I've broken my promise. Kill me. I'd be far better off," she said with an edge in her voice. Kenshin walked over to a beautifully carved armoire and opened a door and pulled out a katana. He walked calmly over to her and held the blade at her jugular.
"Speak," he demanded.
She stared defiantly back at his glowing amber eyes.
"No."
The blade wavered for a moment, then his arm fell to his side.
"Why were you being chased?" he asked instead.
"Ran from the ones who thought they controlled me," she said barely above a whisper. Her eyes shone with challenge, daring anyone to try something. She looked like a caged animal.
"Controlled you?" Sano asked.
Kaori smirked and closed her eyes and lowered her head.
"Yeah. They thought they had me all figured out. Power my ass.." She trailed off.
Sano gave Kenshin a troubled look.
"Sano, find a room for her? I must talk to Kaoru," and with that Kenshin brushed past Kaori and disappeared down a hall.
When he was gone, she let her shoulders relax a little and she shifted her weight.
"You are one brave girl," he said disbelieveingly.
"It's what I get for living on my own since I was like six," she said.
Sano had a troubled look. "Come on, I'll show you to a room."
She followed him wearily down the hall. Kaori felt drained. Being that cold and emotionless for her was hard. Normally she would let people know if she was pissed off, happy, you know just emotionful. Sano led her to a smaller, but still large, wooden door. He gave the golden handle a turn and opened it. The entire floor was covered in different sizes and shapes of the same silken cushions that Sano had crashed on.
"Someone'll wake you up in the morning or bring you breakfast. I don't know what Kenshin's gonna do, but so far, since Kaoru's been here, he's been less-" he paused for a moment, "I don't know. Just don't piss him off too much or you will be on the wrong end of that katana of his."
Kaori nodded and he left, closing the door behind him. She fell onto the cushions, gathering them around her and rubbing her face on the softness. Tears began to slide down her cheeks, absorbing into the cushions. She cried silently, for what reason, she did not know. Crying just felt right. She cried herself into a dreamless sleep.
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Ok: Two things happened while I was writing this chapter.
One: The largest silverfish went crawling across my printer and I screamed and fell out of my seat, thus hitting my head.
Two: My dad called from my mom's surprise party and told me that the car I've been looking at and saving for and working for a loooooong time for, oh yeah, we're "checking it out for real" tomorrow!!!!!! I did my little happy dance and paraded around my house for a moment, proclaiming that I, the Lovely Tigereyes, am getting MY OWN car!!!!! Then I saw the silverfish again and had my brother kill it.
So, what did you think?
I forgot at the top so I'll do it here!
I own only Kaori and possibly the hunters and the equestines. The Kenshingumi belongs to whoever and Icari belong to Lady Shiin, who by the way is still the greatest for letting me use them!! ^o^x
Review if you would please!
Lil Kurohyou: I'm glad you like it. Yeah, most will be in it but that's just a surprise as to where! Who! I have a good time!
@!@!@!@!@!!@!@@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!!@!@@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@
The world came slowly into focus, the edges still refused to stop being fuzzy for Kaori. She was on her stomach on a metal slab. She felt a lot of weight on her back and it didn't move off when she shifted. Kaori puzzled what it could be when she realized that she had been caught by the Hunters.
Kaori began to scramble into in upright position as she felt something soft and feathery hit her shoulder. She cautiously reached her hand behind her, eyes clenched shut. A fingertip brushed it, and then she laid her whole hand (most uncomfortably) on it. It was warm, feathery and- and it was a wing! Kaori's eyes widened as she realized it and she stood up in quite a hurry. She scrambled over to a metal panel on the wall with her back to it. She looked behind her and was shocked and awed by what she saw.
Two brown and gold wings now came out of her back. She studied them impassively. They looked natural on her. The joint of the wing poked just above her shoulder and the very tips went to the middle of her calves. There was only one thing off about them: the flight feathers were cut. Those feathers that enabled the birds and Icari to take to the sky were cut raggedly. Only half of the shaft was there.
The door opened and she spun around. A man stood in the front, entirely wrapped in bandages save for his eyes stood in the doorway.
"Those are quite beautiful," he said in a purr.
"Who are you?" Kaori demanded trying to sound as threatening as possible.
"Why, I'm terribly sorry. My name is Shishio. I am the one who adorned you with them."
"Are you also the one who did this?" She asked as she raised both of her wrists that now bore the insignia of the Hunters tattooed in dark blue ink.
"A mere title for one so great as you," Shishio said smoothly.
The way he talked made Kaori's skin crawl and hair stand on end.
"Why," she half whispered to herself.
"To make you something more than you were! To bring you greatness!" he said with enthusiasm.
"NO!" Kaori roared. "Only to bring YOU greatness!"
His tone changed and his body language was that of a threat. "Now listen here, you belong to us now and you should give your elders some respect, if you know what's good for you-"
She cut him off by running flat into him and knocking him aside. She sprinted down the dark corridors with Shishio in close pursuit. Her wings weighed her down a little more than she was used to but she ran with all of her strength and spirit. Left, right, right, left; she made random turns hoping to loose him but he never faltered. After one last right, she was met with sunlight. That and at least fifteen others. As she sprinted past them, Shishio stopped at the entrance. He panted but stood upright and watched as the guards began to overtake her.
A tree root arched slightly and as luck always has it on escapes, she tripped over it and slid in the hard-packed dirt for several feet. She stood up again and saw that she was surrounded by all of them. Wariness was in her eyes but she put her hands up to defend herself. The guards began to rush her and she dodged a few and broke another's nose. But before a dart could pierce her fair skin, she was lifted off of the ground in one smooth motion.
Strong hands held her waist gently and he smelled like sake and cherry blossoms. She looked up at his face and she was taken. Pointy brown hair and a red sash around his forehead. His eyes were dark and three wisps of hair flew around in front of his eyes.
He felt her eyes on him and he looked down.
"Can you fly?" he asked and she shook her head, unable to find words to speak.
He sighed and flew on.
"I'm Sanoske Sagara. And you are?" he asked with a wonderful smile.
"Kaori," she mumbled.
"Pretty name," he said and then returned his attention to getting them wherever they were going.
The clouds became thicker and Kaori shook to the cool of them. If Sanoske noticed her shivers, he didn't show it.
They broke through a particularly thick cloudbank and Kaori gasped. Beautiful buildings seemed to float on the clouds. A market was down the way and the calls from the hawkers calling out their wares met her ears. All of the buildings were fit to be palaces but one stood out among the others. It could have fit the whole market in it ten times over. Beautiful gilded roofs and open windows that pleased the eyes. Sanoske flew toward it with purpose and they stopped at the door.
He released her gently, afraid she would run or fall or something, then he pounded on the door before opening it.
"KENNNSHIIIN! I'M BACK AND I BROUGHT SOMETHING!" He yelled, his voiced bounced from wall to wall carrying far down the main hall.
"Sano, do you always have to announce your presence in such a-" a woman's voice said approaching. She turned a corner and stopped. An Icari with midnight hair and stormy dark eyes, she stood unmoving and unspeaking.
"Hey Miss Kaoru, where's Kenshin?" Sanoske said with light tone.
"Who's, who is this, Sano? Explain, explain how you-" she stammered.
"I'm not telling it twice so help me find Kenshin," Sanoske said again.
She 'harrumphed' and then did an about face. She walked briskly, feathers ruffling slightly in the wake behind her. Sanoske followed without a word to Kaori. He wore no shirt but his white baggy pants framed his ass quite nicely. She took in the view a little longer before she followed hesitantly.
In a matter of a day, her world had been turned upside down and now she had wings and was meeting, what had to be, royalty to live in this size of a house. She mused what would happen to her when she came face to face with him. Would he kill her on sight or would he help her. She shuddered inwardly but her body language was of resolve and determination. Sanoske had stolen a sideways glance at her and was surprised at her calmness. He was sure he would have been sweating a river behind him.
(Hold up a second! I'm freezin! Accursed tank tops in the stupid basement. Wait a moment.)
Kaori followed Sanoske while her mind was elsewhere. She absently studied her wrist. The wolf with its nose to the ground seemed to mock her promise to her fallen family. 'I'll fight even if I'm the last, yeah right. I didn't even hear them coming.' Kaori growled to herself quietly causing Sanoske to look at her over his shoulder. She was just glaring at no one in particular. He sighed slightly and stopped at two big golden doors. Kaori didn't see Sanoske stop and she ran flat into his back. She got a mouthful of feathers and skin. She stepped back and muttered her apologies.
"I'm terribly sorry Sanoske Icari, I wasn't looking," she said looking him in his beautiful brown eyes.
"Just call me Sano. And don't worry about it."
She smiled her thanks and he opened the two double doors. Sano walked in causally and plopped himself down in some big puffy cushions. They were fine silk and of every color with golden thread embroidery of flowers, clouds and animals.
Another Icari was looking over a balcony on the other side of the room. He was bent over the railing but Kaori could tell he was shorter than Sano. He had red hair a couple shades darker than hers. His was more the color of blood while hers was a bright and fiery red. He wore white pants as Sano did and he wore no shoes.
"Back so soon, Sano? I thought you would have been gone all day," he said without turning.
"Yeah, but I got a little sidetracked. See I found her," Sano said motioning to Kaori who still stood in the doorway.
The Icari's head lifted and he turned to face her. She stood bravely and with confidence as his eyes gave her a once over.
He had a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek and he had the most interesting eyes. They were a cold violet, no emotion was held, just an impassiveness that she knew he held all of the time.
He said nothing, he just stood there.
"Sano, could I talk to you?" He said without taking his eyes from her.
"Uh, yeah, sure Kenshin," Sano said standing.
They walked to a secluded corner of the room, where they thought she wouldn't hear them.
"Where did you find her?" Kenshin demanded.
"In the forest. There were a bunch of hunters chasing her and, well, to be honest, she kinda looked like you from the sky," Sano said sheepishly.
"How'd another female Icari come about if she's never been near the reversed blade sword?" Kenshin asked mostly to himself.
"Hunters," Kaori said aloud so they could hear her.
Both heads whipped around and stared at her.
"What?" Kenshin demanded.
She sighed impatiently. "Why should I tell you?"
Sano unknowingly let out a surprised grunt.
"Because I'll kill you on the spot now if you don't," Kenshin warned.
"Go ahead. I've already dishonored my family. I've broken my promise. Kill me. I'd be far better off," she said with an edge in her voice. Kenshin walked over to a beautifully carved armoire and opened a door and pulled out a katana. He walked calmly over to her and held the blade at her jugular.
"Speak," he demanded.
She stared defiantly back at his glowing amber eyes.
"No."
The blade wavered for a moment, then his arm fell to his side.
"Why were you being chased?" he asked instead.
"Ran from the ones who thought they controlled me," she said barely above a whisper. Her eyes shone with challenge, daring anyone to try something. She looked like a caged animal.
"Controlled you?" Sano asked.
Kaori smirked and closed her eyes and lowered her head.
"Yeah. They thought they had me all figured out. Power my ass.." She trailed off.
Sano gave Kenshin a troubled look.
"Sano, find a room for her? I must talk to Kaoru," and with that Kenshin brushed past Kaori and disappeared down a hall.
When he was gone, she let her shoulders relax a little and she shifted her weight.
"You are one brave girl," he said disbelieveingly.
"It's what I get for living on my own since I was like six," she said.
Sano had a troubled look. "Come on, I'll show you to a room."
She followed him wearily down the hall. Kaori felt drained. Being that cold and emotionless for her was hard. Normally she would let people know if she was pissed off, happy, you know just emotionful. Sano led her to a smaller, but still large, wooden door. He gave the golden handle a turn and opened it. The entire floor was covered in different sizes and shapes of the same silken cushions that Sano had crashed on.
"Someone'll wake you up in the morning or bring you breakfast. I don't know what Kenshin's gonna do, but so far, since Kaoru's been here, he's been less-" he paused for a moment, "I don't know. Just don't piss him off too much or you will be on the wrong end of that katana of his."
Kaori nodded and he left, closing the door behind him. She fell onto the cushions, gathering them around her and rubbing her face on the softness. Tears began to slide down her cheeks, absorbing into the cushions. She cried silently, for what reason, she did not know. Crying just felt right. She cried herself into a dreamless sleep.
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Ok: Two things happened while I was writing this chapter.
One: The largest silverfish went crawling across my printer and I screamed and fell out of my seat, thus hitting my head.
Two: My dad called from my mom's surprise party and told me that the car I've been looking at and saving for and working for a loooooong time for, oh yeah, we're "checking it out for real" tomorrow!!!!!! I did my little happy dance and paraded around my house for a moment, proclaiming that I, the Lovely Tigereyes, am getting MY OWN car!!!!! Then I saw the silverfish again and had my brother kill it.
So, what did you think?
I forgot at the top so I'll do it here!
I own only Kaori and possibly the hunters and the equestines. The Kenshingumi belongs to whoever and Icari belong to Lady Shiin, who by the way is still the greatest for letting me use them!! ^o^x
Review if you would please!
