Fatality of the Strong
Chapter 6: What do I need to know?
By: Nikumu Chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.
Author's note: I'm VERY sorry for the long wait but . . . I just couldn't think of anything good enough for a chapter lately but now I think I got a good start on it so . . . here ya go and tell me what ya think! ^^
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Kureno sat in the middle of the dojo thinking about all he had found out the last few days. So many wonderful memories and they all involved Kaoru. Yet, what killed him was that . . . none of them were really his; they were Kenshin's.
Kureno sighed.
There was no way he could fill that empty spot in Kaoru's heart. He couldn't take Kenshin's place no matter how much he may look like him, sound like him, act like him, even if he had Kenshin's soul. He still wasn't Kenshin.
No matter what.
Kureno had a sinking feeling that there was something that he still didn't know. And that something, he felt, somehow, was important even though he didn't know what it was.
'Why can't she tell me? Was Kenshin's life that bad that she can't tell me?!'
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Kaoru peered at the clouds above her as she did the laundry. She couldn't help but picture Kureno's face in her mind. 'Why can't I stop thinking about him? Is it because he looks so much like Kenshin? It's not right to think of him that way. I can't like him just because he looks like Kenshin, has Kenshin's charm, and would probably do the same thing that Kenshin did every time I was in danger. What's happening to me?! I've only known him for a while . . . I can't! It's just . . . just . . . ARGH!!' She glanced to her left and saw that Kureno was sitting in the middle of the dojo, on the ground, and was staring at the sky. He looked deep in thought and almost frustrated.
'I wonder what he's thinking about.' Kaoru thought absently.
She sighed as she hung up the last piece of clothing.
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'Doesn't she trust me enough? Know me enough to say that whatever's left to say I can handle?' Kureno shook his head sorrowfully though not tearing his gaze away from the stunningly beautiful afternoon sky. If he was home now he would be banging his head on a wall at the moment. His thoughts were frustrating him to no end and he hated when they did that to him. There was no stopping it; it just happened and he had to wait until he either fell asleep or he talked to someone, which was rare, to push them away.
A pained look flashed across his features. 'Why can't she trust me?'
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Kaoru frowned at Kureno's expression. What was he thinking to make him look like that?
Kaoru sighed worriedly and crept over to Kureno, being careful not to disrupt his thoughts. She took a seat next to him and waited for a while.
Kaoru became fed up of waiting for him to notice she was there. "Kureno?"
Kureno jumped slightly and blinked when he saw Kaoru sitting beside him. "Yes, Miss Kaoru."
Kaoru froze as those two words escaped his mouth and she completely forgot why she had come over in the first place. 'He sounds . . . so much like him.' She thought. Her eyes slowly widened as she stared at Kureno. For some reason, she felt her eyes sting with tears again.
Seeing her reaction, Kureno looked away guiltily. "I'm sorry. That's what he called you, wasn't it? I'm sorry; really, I had just heard is so clearly in my head and . . . I just didn't know what I was thinking. I'm so sorry." He said quietly.
Kaoru's expression immediately softened at his words. "It's okay . . . I just, I haven't heard that in a long time. Don't apologize."
Kureno didn't look back. "Alright but I have one important question."
"W-what is it?" she didn't like his tone. It was cold, icy, completely serious, and just didn't sound like him.
"There's something important you aren't telling me," he looked back and when she was about to protest he added, "And don't tell me there's no because you know that's a lie and so do I. I can tell, Kaoru. I can tell when you're trying to keep something from me."
Kaoru gulped and felt tears spring to her eyes as she recalled the memory she was trying to keep away from her thoughts. "I-I'm sorry; I c-can't." she said softly, getting up from her position beside Kureno.
Kureno grabbed her wrist and looked up with pleading eyes. "Please, Kaoru, please tell me. I have to know, Kaoru, I have to!"
A tear slid down Kaoru's cheek as she stared back at him. She pulled her wrist from his grip and ran away, back to the comfort of her room, calling while holding back a sob so to be able to speak, "I'll tell you later, I promise!"
Kaoru left Kureno staring in the exact spot where she was once standing. "What could be that bad?" he asked himself quietly. Kureno sighed and flopped backwards onto the hard ground, ignoring the dirt that surrounded him. "Kaoru, what's up with you?"
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Kaoru ran to her room, holding back the tears as best as possible at the moment until she reached the sanctuary of her room.
God, she can't stop making a fool of herself!
There had been maybe one or two times that she hadn't cried when she was around Kureno and she found it absolutely pitiful!
Kaoru ran into her room and buried her face in her pillow; she was grateful that she hadn't run into anyone on the way to her own private haven.
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Sanosuke, who was passing Kaoru's room, heard the crying and shook his head mournfully. He truly did feel bad but he knew there was nothing more he could do and he knew she hated being pitied upon so he, of course, kept it to himself.
He headed out to see if Kureno had any idea why she was so upset.
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Kureno lay on the ground, still staring at the sky almost unblinkingly. Sanosuke took a look at him and sighed. 'Whatever happened,' he considered, 'I think I just found the cause,'
Sanosuke flopped on the ground beside Kureno. "What is it?" Kureno asked.
"What's up with the lady?"
Kureno sighed.
"Well?" Sanosuke asked impatiently when Kureno didn't answer immediately.
"I don't know, really. I asked her what she was keeping from me and the she got all teary and stuff and ran off telling me she's tell me later. Women; I don't get them sometimes."
"Don't feel bad; it's rare to find an understandable female."
"Oh?"
"Yeah . . . real rare."
"Ah, okay, I'll keep that in mind."
Sanosuke chuckled.
"What are you laughing at?" Kureno asked, sitting up and narrowing his eyes at Sanosuke jokingly.
"Nothing."
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Nikumu: Yay! Another chapter done . . . Like I said before I am truly sorry for the wait I had, err, *cough, cough* other things to deal with
My annoying mind (T_T don't listen to it): Like a book report due in two days!!
Nikumu: Ugh, don't remind me! It's a boring book! I hate boring books! T_T Somebody save me from the harsh world of schoolwork! Okay, wait, I'll shut up now! Please review and thanks if you do!! ^^
Chapter 6: What do I need to know?
By: Nikumu Chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.
Author's note: I'm VERY sorry for the long wait but . . . I just couldn't think of anything good enough for a chapter lately but now I think I got a good start on it so . . . here ya go and tell me what ya think! ^^
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Kureno sat in the middle of the dojo thinking about all he had found out the last few days. So many wonderful memories and they all involved Kaoru. Yet, what killed him was that . . . none of them were really his; they were Kenshin's.
Kureno sighed.
There was no way he could fill that empty spot in Kaoru's heart. He couldn't take Kenshin's place no matter how much he may look like him, sound like him, act like him, even if he had Kenshin's soul. He still wasn't Kenshin.
No matter what.
Kureno had a sinking feeling that there was something that he still didn't know. And that something, he felt, somehow, was important even though he didn't know what it was.
'Why can't she tell me? Was Kenshin's life that bad that she can't tell me?!'
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Kaoru peered at the clouds above her as she did the laundry. She couldn't help but picture Kureno's face in her mind. 'Why can't I stop thinking about him? Is it because he looks so much like Kenshin? It's not right to think of him that way. I can't like him just because he looks like Kenshin, has Kenshin's charm, and would probably do the same thing that Kenshin did every time I was in danger. What's happening to me?! I've only known him for a while . . . I can't! It's just . . . just . . . ARGH!!' She glanced to her left and saw that Kureno was sitting in the middle of the dojo, on the ground, and was staring at the sky. He looked deep in thought and almost frustrated.
'I wonder what he's thinking about.' Kaoru thought absently.
She sighed as she hung up the last piece of clothing.
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'Doesn't she trust me enough? Know me enough to say that whatever's left to say I can handle?' Kureno shook his head sorrowfully though not tearing his gaze away from the stunningly beautiful afternoon sky. If he was home now he would be banging his head on a wall at the moment. His thoughts were frustrating him to no end and he hated when they did that to him. There was no stopping it; it just happened and he had to wait until he either fell asleep or he talked to someone, which was rare, to push them away.
A pained look flashed across his features. 'Why can't she trust me?'
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Kaoru frowned at Kureno's expression. What was he thinking to make him look like that?
Kaoru sighed worriedly and crept over to Kureno, being careful not to disrupt his thoughts. She took a seat next to him and waited for a while.
Kaoru became fed up of waiting for him to notice she was there. "Kureno?"
Kureno jumped slightly and blinked when he saw Kaoru sitting beside him. "Yes, Miss Kaoru."
Kaoru froze as those two words escaped his mouth and she completely forgot why she had come over in the first place. 'He sounds . . . so much like him.' She thought. Her eyes slowly widened as she stared at Kureno. For some reason, she felt her eyes sting with tears again.
Seeing her reaction, Kureno looked away guiltily. "I'm sorry. That's what he called you, wasn't it? I'm sorry; really, I had just heard is so clearly in my head and . . . I just didn't know what I was thinking. I'm so sorry." He said quietly.
Kaoru's expression immediately softened at his words. "It's okay . . . I just, I haven't heard that in a long time. Don't apologize."
Kureno didn't look back. "Alright but I have one important question."
"W-what is it?" she didn't like his tone. It was cold, icy, completely serious, and just didn't sound like him.
"There's something important you aren't telling me," he looked back and when she was about to protest he added, "And don't tell me there's no because you know that's a lie and so do I. I can tell, Kaoru. I can tell when you're trying to keep something from me."
Kaoru gulped and felt tears spring to her eyes as she recalled the memory she was trying to keep away from her thoughts. "I-I'm sorry; I c-can't." she said softly, getting up from her position beside Kureno.
Kureno grabbed her wrist and looked up with pleading eyes. "Please, Kaoru, please tell me. I have to know, Kaoru, I have to!"
A tear slid down Kaoru's cheek as she stared back at him. She pulled her wrist from his grip and ran away, back to the comfort of her room, calling while holding back a sob so to be able to speak, "I'll tell you later, I promise!"
Kaoru left Kureno staring in the exact spot where she was once standing. "What could be that bad?" he asked himself quietly. Kureno sighed and flopped backwards onto the hard ground, ignoring the dirt that surrounded him. "Kaoru, what's up with you?"
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Kaoru ran to her room, holding back the tears as best as possible at the moment until she reached the sanctuary of her room.
God, she can't stop making a fool of herself!
There had been maybe one or two times that she hadn't cried when she was around Kureno and she found it absolutely pitiful!
Kaoru ran into her room and buried her face in her pillow; she was grateful that she hadn't run into anyone on the way to her own private haven.
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Sanosuke, who was passing Kaoru's room, heard the crying and shook his head mournfully. He truly did feel bad but he knew there was nothing more he could do and he knew she hated being pitied upon so he, of course, kept it to himself.
He headed out to see if Kureno had any idea why she was so upset.
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Kureno lay on the ground, still staring at the sky almost unblinkingly. Sanosuke took a look at him and sighed. 'Whatever happened,' he considered, 'I think I just found the cause,'
Sanosuke flopped on the ground beside Kureno. "What is it?" Kureno asked.
"What's up with the lady?"
Kureno sighed.
"Well?" Sanosuke asked impatiently when Kureno didn't answer immediately.
"I don't know, really. I asked her what she was keeping from me and the she got all teary and stuff and ran off telling me she's tell me later. Women; I don't get them sometimes."
"Don't feel bad; it's rare to find an understandable female."
"Oh?"
"Yeah . . . real rare."
"Ah, okay, I'll keep that in mind."
Sanosuke chuckled.
"What are you laughing at?" Kureno asked, sitting up and narrowing his eyes at Sanosuke jokingly.
"Nothing."
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Nikumu: Yay! Another chapter done . . . Like I said before I am truly sorry for the wait I had, err, *cough, cough* other things to deal with
My annoying mind (T_T don't listen to it): Like a book report due in two days!!
Nikumu: Ugh, don't remind me! It's a boring book! I hate boring books! T_T Somebody save me from the harsh world of schoolwork! Okay, wait, I'll shut up now! Please review and thanks if you do!! ^^
