Disclaimer: Do I own Rurouni Kenshin? Hold on, let me check with my
secretary, my mystical #8 ball.. And it says.. 'In your dreams'.. Why you
little. (throws against wall).. So as you can see, I don't own RK. wish as
I might.. I never will.. BUT I CAN DREAM!!!
~Coming of the Dawn~
*** Chapter 2- True Nightmares***
'Kaoru was sitting at a table, looking around nervously. No one else was there. not Misao, not Okina, not even Aoshi, and she felt alone. A cold chill took over her body, and she shivered in fear. This was too unusual. There was always at least one other person at the Aoiya, even if they were on a mission. At it was usually Misao or Okina. But no one was there. Kaoru strained to hear any sound of life. When she heard nothing but the sound of the wind outside, she sat back, trying to calm her nerves.
"No need to be so anxious. they'll come back." she told herself, holding her knees up to her chin as she looked around.
Suddenly, it went dark.
She looked around, standing up at the sudden darkness that enveloped the room she was in. Then she heard it.
Thunder.
She strained with herself not to scream. "Don't scream Kaoru. its just thunder. don't scream."
She started to feel the tears pool out of her eyes and fall down her face as she strained with herself to keep quiet. Finally she forced herself up and she walked around the Aoiya to the door, thinking that maybe, just maybe, they'd all be outside. But upon opening the door, she saw nothing.
And by nothing, that is NOTHING.
No one else was around. The shudders on the other buildings flew shut, and debris just floated around the street like there was no one there.
She felt her insides clench. "It's like a ghost town.but Misao wouldn't leave me here!"
She walked out into the street, and then jumped back when she heard another rolling thunder. Kaoru tried to calm herself, but more thunder came, and she continued to back up until she ran into something hard, yet soft. She spun around, to see herself facing the back of another person.
"I'm so sorry." she apologized. "I didn't see you. I thought no one else was here!"
She heard a menacing laugh come from the character. Kaoru noticed that for some reason his navy blue gi and white hakama pants seemed familiar.
"That's because no one else is here." He responded, his voice low and dangerous.
She ignored her instinct to run. "What. why?"
He just shook his head. "Because they left."
She was straining to see his face from the side, but she couldn't. She didn't know why, but he still seemed familiar. It was so dark out that she couldn't even make out any facial features.
"Why did they leave me here? Misao, Okina, and Aoshi-sama wouldn't have left me here all by myself." She stated, just before hearing more thunder.
She broke and squealed out in fear, hiding in the closest place she could find. Which, just so happened to be, against this stranger's back. She wrapped her arms around his waist and cried into his back.
He didn't seem to notice except for the fact he stiffened. Then she felt a hand go to her arm and grab it forcefully.
"Stupid girl." He said.
Kaoru let her eyes move away from his back and she looked up. It was then that lightning gave her the chance to see his hair.
It was red.
She wanted to let go, realizing whom she was gripping onto. But he wouldn't let her.
"You shouldn't just grab onto strangers, you know?" he said, and she could hear the grin spread across his face. "Especially when he could be the Hitokiri Battousai."
She screamed again.'
Kaoru woke up with a start, not screaming in her sleep. She thanked Kami- sama that she hadn't screamed. The rest of the house would be running over to her room and be knocking and asking what was wrong or what had happened. She looked out the window, and then saw lightning and thunder. That gave her a chill.
"It was just a dream Kaoru." she told herself, trying to calm down.
"Right, it was just a dream." A voice came from the darkest corner of her room.
Kaoru stiffened, immediately pulling her blanket around herself upon realizing who ever was in her room was a man and she was only in her sleeping yukata. She breathed in a deep breath, and then turned around to where the voice came from. But she could see nothing.
"Aoshi?" she asked, not knowing why he would be in her room.
"Nope." He responded, an evil tone in his voice. "Guess again."
The voice didn't ring any bells in her head.
"I. who are you?" she asked, pulling her blanket close as she realized it was a stranger in her room. Y'ou shouldn't just grab onto strangers, you know.' She shuddered as she remembered the dream.
The man just laughed, and Kaoru still strained to see him, but with no avail.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Why would I say my name to you?" she asked. "I don't know who you are."
"Then why should I tell you mine?" he asked, the dry humor in his tone.
Kaoru huffed. Unfortunately, he did have a point. "I'm Kamiya Kaoru."
"Aa." He stated.
She opened her mouth to ask who he was, but then thunder came. She hadn't heard any thunder since her dream, so it scared her. She jumped and fell off her futon and onto the floor, her blanket falling away from her. She heard the man's laughter at her reaction and she boiled with anger.
"So I'm scared of storms." She growled. "What's wrong with that."
He didn't say anything at first. "That should be the least of your fears, little one."
She took in a deep breath as lightning finally allowed her to see the man in the corner. In that split second she saw that he was sitting, leaning against his sword and his head was bowed down so his bangs fell in front of his face. It was too dark to make out his clothing, so she gave up on that. But at least now she knew she wasn't just imagining things. Lightning struck again and the man wasn't there.
Kaoru looked around her room, trying to find him. He couldn't have possibly moved that fast to have run out of the room without a sound, could he?
Then a hand went to her mouth from behind and she was forced down to the floor. She opened her eyes, which were more filled with shock than fear. Then she saw the face of her assailant.
Flame red hair. Cold, amber eyes. Navy blue gi, katana in hand.
Battousai.
He placed the tip of his blade up against her neck, staring into her eyes with that look of total danger and death.
"Now. you saw me earlier, didn't you?" he asked, not giving her an inch to move as he leaned over top of her.
She shook her head vigorously.
He pushed the blade closer, but not enough to break her skin. "You lie. I sensed you, I followed you."
Kaoru wasn't going to cry in front of him, so she suppressed the urge. Then she nodded. That made him move the blade away slowly, but not completely. He still stared down at her as if she as a danger to his job.
"Now then. I have to silence you somehow." He stated, giving her a look that would have made his other victims either faint or beg for mercy. But she just lay there, looking up at him in shock.
He made it appear as if he was thinking over the ways he could silence her. In Kaoru's mind, that meant the many ways he could kill her. In Battousai's mind, that was to scare her so she would do what he said.
"So!" he stated loudly into her face, making her jump slightly. "I have made up my mind."
She closed her eyes, drawing in a quick breath. She waited for the blow, but it never came. Kaoru decided that maybe he was going to go slowly on her since she got away. So she continued to wait. But still the blow never came. So she opened her eyes, to find him still leaning over her, but his sword in it's sheath.
He gave her a withering glare. "Now, when I take my hand off of your mouth, you had better not scream."
Kaoru nodded. He slowly took his hand off, just to be sure that she didn't do anything he didn't want her to. Then he moved off of her. Kaoru wanted to get up and run but she noticed that in the time she had her eyes closed, he had managed to tie up her hand and her legs. She looked at his face, waiting for him to explain himself.
Battousai just stared at the wall and then back at her. "Will you do what I tell you to, little girl?"
Kaoru didn't know what else to say. She just nodded.
He grinned. "Good. I'm willing to let you live, but you have to come with me."
That woke her up. "Why I'd never."
He covered her mouth again. "First rule. you don't talk."
Then he took his hand over her mouth again.
Kaoru gave him an angry stare and then tried to adjust her clothing.
"Don't worry I'm not looking." He stated to her. "But you are coming with me. Now."
She glared at him. "Why don't you just.."
He covered her mouth again. "Kill you and get it over with? Because I think you will offer more to the Ishin Shishi if you live. I don't have to kill everyone I run into."
He pulled her up by her arm, forcing her to hold in a yelp of pain at his grip. He didn't seem to care much that he was hurting her, or so it seemed.
Inside, Battousai was upset that he had hurt her. But there was no other way. He had promised not kill a woman again, so he guessed that hurting her was the most he could do to scare her into doing what he said. He didn't think anyone would think worse of him. well, except for maybe her and her little group here. Battousai gripped harder, and pulled her out of the room, and with speed he knew she didn't think he had, he pulled her over his shoulder and out of the Aoiya.
Author's Notes: So... how do you think that went? It's kind of hard to write Kenshin as Battousai because I'm kinda used to him being this caring guy and he's supposed to be really cold as Battousai. But it's fun! And I'm trying to make Kaoru as much like herself as she is. maybe you guys could give me some pointers? Please review, I want to know what you think!
Luv,
Crystal Renee
~Coming of the Dawn~
*** Chapter 2- True Nightmares***
'Kaoru was sitting at a table, looking around nervously. No one else was there. not Misao, not Okina, not even Aoshi, and she felt alone. A cold chill took over her body, and she shivered in fear. This was too unusual. There was always at least one other person at the Aoiya, even if they were on a mission. At it was usually Misao or Okina. But no one was there. Kaoru strained to hear any sound of life. When she heard nothing but the sound of the wind outside, she sat back, trying to calm her nerves.
"No need to be so anxious. they'll come back." she told herself, holding her knees up to her chin as she looked around.
Suddenly, it went dark.
She looked around, standing up at the sudden darkness that enveloped the room she was in. Then she heard it.
Thunder.
She strained with herself not to scream. "Don't scream Kaoru. its just thunder. don't scream."
She started to feel the tears pool out of her eyes and fall down her face as she strained with herself to keep quiet. Finally she forced herself up and she walked around the Aoiya to the door, thinking that maybe, just maybe, they'd all be outside. But upon opening the door, she saw nothing.
And by nothing, that is NOTHING.
No one else was around. The shudders on the other buildings flew shut, and debris just floated around the street like there was no one there.
She felt her insides clench. "It's like a ghost town.but Misao wouldn't leave me here!"
She walked out into the street, and then jumped back when she heard another rolling thunder. Kaoru tried to calm herself, but more thunder came, and she continued to back up until she ran into something hard, yet soft. She spun around, to see herself facing the back of another person.
"I'm so sorry." she apologized. "I didn't see you. I thought no one else was here!"
She heard a menacing laugh come from the character. Kaoru noticed that for some reason his navy blue gi and white hakama pants seemed familiar.
"That's because no one else is here." He responded, his voice low and dangerous.
She ignored her instinct to run. "What. why?"
He just shook his head. "Because they left."
She was straining to see his face from the side, but she couldn't. She didn't know why, but he still seemed familiar. It was so dark out that she couldn't even make out any facial features.
"Why did they leave me here? Misao, Okina, and Aoshi-sama wouldn't have left me here all by myself." She stated, just before hearing more thunder.
She broke and squealed out in fear, hiding in the closest place she could find. Which, just so happened to be, against this stranger's back. She wrapped her arms around his waist and cried into his back.
He didn't seem to notice except for the fact he stiffened. Then she felt a hand go to her arm and grab it forcefully.
"Stupid girl." He said.
Kaoru let her eyes move away from his back and she looked up. It was then that lightning gave her the chance to see his hair.
It was red.
She wanted to let go, realizing whom she was gripping onto. But he wouldn't let her.
"You shouldn't just grab onto strangers, you know?" he said, and she could hear the grin spread across his face. "Especially when he could be the Hitokiri Battousai."
She screamed again.'
Kaoru woke up with a start, not screaming in her sleep. She thanked Kami- sama that she hadn't screamed. The rest of the house would be running over to her room and be knocking and asking what was wrong or what had happened. She looked out the window, and then saw lightning and thunder. That gave her a chill.
"It was just a dream Kaoru." she told herself, trying to calm down.
"Right, it was just a dream." A voice came from the darkest corner of her room.
Kaoru stiffened, immediately pulling her blanket around herself upon realizing who ever was in her room was a man and she was only in her sleeping yukata. She breathed in a deep breath, and then turned around to where the voice came from. But she could see nothing.
"Aoshi?" she asked, not knowing why he would be in her room.
"Nope." He responded, an evil tone in his voice. "Guess again."
The voice didn't ring any bells in her head.
"I. who are you?" she asked, pulling her blanket close as she realized it was a stranger in her room. Y'ou shouldn't just grab onto strangers, you know.' She shuddered as she remembered the dream.
The man just laughed, and Kaoru still strained to see him, but with no avail.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Why would I say my name to you?" she asked. "I don't know who you are."
"Then why should I tell you mine?" he asked, the dry humor in his tone.
Kaoru huffed. Unfortunately, he did have a point. "I'm Kamiya Kaoru."
"Aa." He stated.
She opened her mouth to ask who he was, but then thunder came. She hadn't heard any thunder since her dream, so it scared her. She jumped and fell off her futon and onto the floor, her blanket falling away from her. She heard the man's laughter at her reaction and she boiled with anger.
"So I'm scared of storms." She growled. "What's wrong with that."
He didn't say anything at first. "That should be the least of your fears, little one."
She took in a deep breath as lightning finally allowed her to see the man in the corner. In that split second she saw that he was sitting, leaning against his sword and his head was bowed down so his bangs fell in front of his face. It was too dark to make out his clothing, so she gave up on that. But at least now she knew she wasn't just imagining things. Lightning struck again and the man wasn't there.
Kaoru looked around her room, trying to find him. He couldn't have possibly moved that fast to have run out of the room without a sound, could he?
Then a hand went to her mouth from behind and she was forced down to the floor. She opened her eyes, which were more filled with shock than fear. Then she saw the face of her assailant.
Flame red hair. Cold, amber eyes. Navy blue gi, katana in hand.
Battousai.
He placed the tip of his blade up against her neck, staring into her eyes with that look of total danger and death.
"Now. you saw me earlier, didn't you?" he asked, not giving her an inch to move as he leaned over top of her.
She shook her head vigorously.
He pushed the blade closer, but not enough to break her skin. "You lie. I sensed you, I followed you."
Kaoru wasn't going to cry in front of him, so she suppressed the urge. Then she nodded. That made him move the blade away slowly, but not completely. He still stared down at her as if she as a danger to his job.
"Now then. I have to silence you somehow." He stated, giving her a look that would have made his other victims either faint or beg for mercy. But she just lay there, looking up at him in shock.
He made it appear as if he was thinking over the ways he could silence her. In Kaoru's mind, that meant the many ways he could kill her. In Battousai's mind, that was to scare her so she would do what he said.
"So!" he stated loudly into her face, making her jump slightly. "I have made up my mind."
She closed her eyes, drawing in a quick breath. She waited for the blow, but it never came. Kaoru decided that maybe he was going to go slowly on her since she got away. So she continued to wait. But still the blow never came. So she opened her eyes, to find him still leaning over her, but his sword in it's sheath.
He gave her a withering glare. "Now, when I take my hand off of your mouth, you had better not scream."
Kaoru nodded. He slowly took his hand off, just to be sure that she didn't do anything he didn't want her to. Then he moved off of her. Kaoru wanted to get up and run but she noticed that in the time she had her eyes closed, he had managed to tie up her hand and her legs. She looked at his face, waiting for him to explain himself.
Battousai just stared at the wall and then back at her. "Will you do what I tell you to, little girl?"
Kaoru didn't know what else to say. She just nodded.
He grinned. "Good. I'm willing to let you live, but you have to come with me."
That woke her up. "Why I'd never."
He covered her mouth again. "First rule. you don't talk."
Then he took his hand over her mouth again.
Kaoru gave him an angry stare and then tried to adjust her clothing.
"Don't worry I'm not looking." He stated to her. "But you are coming with me. Now."
She glared at him. "Why don't you just.."
He covered her mouth again. "Kill you and get it over with? Because I think you will offer more to the Ishin Shishi if you live. I don't have to kill everyone I run into."
He pulled her up by her arm, forcing her to hold in a yelp of pain at his grip. He didn't seem to care much that he was hurting her, or so it seemed.
Inside, Battousai was upset that he had hurt her. But there was no other way. He had promised not kill a woman again, so he guessed that hurting her was the most he could do to scare her into doing what he said. He didn't think anyone would think worse of him. well, except for maybe her and her little group here. Battousai gripped harder, and pulled her out of the room, and with speed he knew she didn't think he had, he pulled her over his shoulder and out of the Aoiya.
Author's Notes: So... how do you think that went? It's kind of hard to write Kenshin as Battousai because I'm kinda used to him being this caring guy and he's supposed to be really cold as Battousai. But it's fun! And I'm trying to make Kaoru as much like herself as she is. maybe you guys could give me some pointers? Please review, I want to know what you think!
Luv,
Crystal Renee