Disclaimer – Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me. Mainly because, I didn't create it and I don't want to be sued. ^.~
A/N: Bleh. I don't really think I have enough inspiration to even write this, so it's not my fault.. maybe it is, it's not my fault if I never ever finish this. Anybody can randomly ask me to continue this story, if I decide to not continue this story. Hn.. how sad, I can't spell 'prologue', to hell with that! o.x; Enjoi now! ^-^
It's Not Only You
Prologue
"'kaa-san! 'tou-san!" A 5 year old, raven-haired, child yelled out, running almost unnaturally fast for a child her age. Smiling brightly, the girl held her arms out and was immediately taken into an also raven haired woman's embrace. "'kaa-san! Is Sakura ne going to take care of me today?"
"Of course, Kaoru-chan! You're otou-san and I have some important business matters we must take care of. Dr. Genzai's daughter will be taking care of you for a few hours!" the red-eyed woman placed a gentle kiss on the child's forehead. "Let's go home now, ne?"
The man at the woman's side smiled, eyes shining with pride at his family's direction. "We'll bring home lots of presents for you if Sakura-san says you're good, hime-chan. Now let's go home to Sakura-san, ne?"
Kaoru, who had almost began sulking at the thought of her parents being away for more then they usually did, cried in glee. "Let's go! Hurry, 'kaa-san!"
Nodding to her husband, the red-eyed woman began walking towards their dojo, quickly being followed by the man.
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Gasping at the hideous sight, Kaoru buried her face into her mother's chest and cried, "Sakura ne.." her voice was muffled by the fabric of her mother's kimono.
Sakura, was suppose to take care of Kaoru today, was now lying face down against the ground. Her own blood pooling around the dark-haired woman's body. Apparently, her throat had been slit, the knife still deeply embedded into the woman's neck.
"Who could have done this?" Keiko, the mother, looked away, unconsciously hugging her child tighter towards her.
"Oh? Who, you ask, dear, dear Keiko?" two blond haired men came out from inside, smirking triumphantly. "Katou Ryuu and Yurie.. but this is only the beginning of your punishment! The punishment for betraying the Black Spider's Clan, Kamiya Toshiro! Now, the whole Kamiya line will die by our hands!"
Several black clad
ninjas appeared at the snap of the man's finger and began attacking Toshiro. It
wasn't long before the man to fell to the ground dead, although, he had knocked
5 of the dozen along with him.
"Toshiro!" Keiko wailed, dropping Kaoru and running towards Toshiro.
"Don't worry, you'll be joining him soon." Ryuu grinned in a crazed manner.
The woman's heart had shattered, the will of living had already left her. She wanted to die. "Toshiro.."
The leftover ninjas took the woman's life easily, now searching for the child.
Kaoru had her head bent down, tears rolling down her face. Long raven coloured bangs hid her usually happy sapphire eyes, all she could feel was pain now.. pain and loneliness. "How could you?.." She lifted her head, easily showing how bright her now blood red eyes were. "You took away my most precious ones.. how could you?" She waited for no answer, even unpainted nails formed razor sharp claws and sliced through each ninja as they came within her arm's length. "None of you deserve to live through this!"
Ryuu's eyes widened considerably, he had never expected the child of the demon to fight back, thinking that she'd be too heartbroken to do anything. "S-stay away!.." Ryuu stuttered, backing away from the enraged child as she came closer.
"Don't you think you should have done that yourself before you had to ruin my life!?!" Kaoru murmured, claws slicing through him.
The other man frowned, he wouldn't last very long with the child there. He needed to inform the boss that at least half of the mission was completed and done. The blond man, sprinted away, lucky enough not to be caught.
Kaoru dropped to her knees in front of her parent's bodies, sobs racking her entire body. "'kaa-san, 'tou-san.. why'd you have to die and leave me?" She buried herself into their cold bodies, hoping for the warmth they had once held.
"Hn. Katou Ryuu and his little minions dead, a little bit of my work done for me.."
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An older version of Kaoru woke up in a cold sweat, she hadn't
screamed, that was good. Why'd I have to
dream that tonight? she wondered. Kaoru's eyes had quickly gone to a clear
dark violet, but were returning to their normal sapphire blue color.
It had been thirteen years since her parents had died, and only one year since
Enishi's Jinchuu. Kenshin hadn't said a thing to her, 'Aishiteru' to be exact,
the whole year long.
She was beginning to think that Kenshin didn't love her...
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In another room, Kenshin sighed, having not gotten much sleep. He had been having nightmares the past year, mainly about Tomoe's death and also Kaoru's, which wasn't any better. "Sessha loves Kaoru-dono.. but this unworthy one will only taint her innocence…"
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A/N: Arw. End. Short. To be continued. =3 Not sure what I'm going to write next. Or I just can't decide. Anyone have any suggestions for me? The oddness.. R/R please!
