Disclaimer: Yes. I still do not own Kenshin. I own a Kenshin clone in my
own little world, but that's just not the same. I DON'T OWN RUROUNI
KENSHIN. and I HIGHLY doubt that I ever will. so there is no reason to sue
me, for I have nothing to give up. Broke, you hear me?! I have 43 cents in
PENNIES, that's it!!! Yes, that is IT!!!
Author's Notes: Well well well. it is now Sunday. Hehehehe!!! I have no ideas for this chapter so lets see what happens, shall we? I know you guys want an update and I'm going to give you one, I just pray that this chapter doesn't suck big time. I still can't believe I'm on chapter 20. Update on my life: I fell down the stairs again last night. Yup. This time I've got some wounds, too. I scrapped the front of leg right above my foot, and I have a bruise on my foot, too, right on the tendon that leads to my big toe. Yup. And I cut like the entire fingernail off of my pointer finger on my left hand. yay. I'm just not having good luck in that region of life, ne? I fall down the stairs all the time, I just laugh about it anymore. HEHEHEHE!!! It was AFTER I got done watching Rurouni Kenshin, too. I just was running up the stairs and I fell!!! I was excited, I guess. note to self. never be excited and run upstairs. not good for your health.
Here we go!!! Note. after writing this a little ways, (I'm on page 5.hehehehe.) I DISCOVERED IT TO HAVE EXTREME K&K FLUFFINESS!! IF YOU DO NOT LIKE FLUFF FOR SOME REASON, DO NOT READ. It's not gross fluff, either. it's just fluff. Super cottony fluff. Be prepared to say AWWWW!!!!!!!!
~Coming of the Dawn~
***Chapter 20- Healing Motions***
Misao moved twisted in her sleep, intertwining herself farther into the blankets that covered her. The sunlight burst through the window and landed upon her face, causing her to clamp her eyes shut harder. She didn't want to wake up.
"Awww. just a few more minutes."she muttered to herself as she flipped over and buried her head in the blankets.
"Time to get up, Misao." Came a voice, void of emotion but still there.
Misao sat up quickly, the blankets falling of her. She had to grab the top of the falling yukata she was wearing to keep her body covered from whoever was in the room at that moment. She shook the sleep from her head and took a chance to side-glance to her right, where the voice had come from.
She saw Aoshi.
"Ao. Aoshi-sama?" she asked, as if he wasn't real.
He shook his head. It was bowed down, to hide his face from her.
"I'm back Misao. I didn't expect to find you sleeping on my futon and in my yukata, you know." he told her calmly, lacing his words with a hint of humor that would be hard to decipher.
Misao knew it was there though. "Aoshi-sama. I'm sorry, I was just up waiting for you and."
"It's alright Misao." He told her, finally lifting his head to reveal the grin that had been plastered on his face the entire night. "I found it funny."
Misao smiled at him, and then her smile faltered. "YOU'RE HURT AOSHI- SAMA, HOW COULD YOU GET HURT?"
She had leapt off of the futon, and kept one hand over the top of the yukata to be sure it was securely closed. Even if this was Aoshi, she wasn't going to embarrass herself by bearing all. Misao leaned down next to him and overlooked his excessive bandaging, tracing the area with her fingers.
"It's not that bad, just a scratch, really." He told her, and truth be told, it wasn't really a lie, either. "Just on my back."
Misao ignored him. "I'm going to get you some food, you go lie down."
And Misao was gone. Aoshi shook his head. He should have expected such a reaction from the girl. She wasn't going to leave him alone for at least 2 weeks now.
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Kenshin woke up in the middle of the night. No one had come to disturb him, he noted, and he had actually sleep well that day, for about 14 hours to be exact. His head hurt slightly for unknown reasons. It took all he had in him to actually wake up and sit up, because he had never had a sleep that good in a long time. Kenshin set his gaze outside and approximated the time to be roughly 3 in the morning, as the moon was not directly overhead and yet the sun had not come up.
He sat up and changed, despite the pain that shot through his still healing arm. Of course he didn't complain. He never complained about pain, especially pain that he deserved to feel. Kenshin let one of his older navy gi's fall onto his shoulders. The color had faded into a slight cerulean by now from all the scrubbing he had to place upon it after his nightly missions. He dressed quickly and then after slipping on his sandals he went to his nightly perch upon the Inn's roof.
Kenshin sat slowly, leaning against the textured wood that covered the Inn. He glanced up at the sky, his amber eyes darting across the creamy blue the sky made when mixed with cirrus clouds that showed up slowly in odd places. The stars still dotted the sky like holes in a blanket.
And he let his guard down.
His thoughts wandered from the moment he was in then, to Kaoru, to Sano, to his master. Everything you could think of, he thought about. He thought momentarily about what he would be doing after the war was over. Would he still be bound to his hitokiri lifestyle? When would the war end? If he was no longer a hitokiri, what would he do and where would he go?
While his eyes were glued to the sky and his thoughts wandering, he never brought his guard back up. He felt safe and secure, even with the lack of a katana and wakizashi. That was, of course, until he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Oro!" he yelped, jumping back and extremely startled. His eyes turned lavender from shock.
Someone giggled at his strange reaction. He shook his head as he glanced up again at the person who had caught him at a very vulnerable time. His eyes strained, but he could make out a shape of someone. Immediately upon sensing the ki, he knew who it was and he lost his tense feelings.
"Miss Kaoru?" he asked, confused. 'I thought she was inside with Megumi! I thought she was still unconscious! What's going ON HERE?! I'm confused.' he thought to himself.
He watched as the person sat down, obviously in pain, and turned their head up towards him. "Didn't expect me, did you?"
"Miss Kaoru. how. why. when." he stuttered.
She giggled. "I've been up for a while. Actually. I've been up since last night. I woke up when Tsubame was watching me."
He looked at her. "How did you get up here? You really should go back inside."
"Nothing ever happened to my legs, I can walk fine." She explained. "I didn't have to climb up here. There's a door in the attic that leads up here."
Kenshin mentally slapped himself. All his years with the Ishin Shishi and even HE didn't know about the attic door?
"Let me bring you back inside." Kenshin offered her, stepping closer to her.
She held up a hand. "No. I didn't come up here just to be sent back. Truthfully I didn't even know you were up here. I came up here to get some air."
"You need to rest."
"AND SO DO YOU!" she shot back at him. "So don't even go there."
"I wasn't injured like you."
"It doesn't matter. You really make things out to be worse than they are. Half of my wounds weren't even enough to scar me, I just lost so much blood the first day." She explained. "Most of them were halfway healed. Besides, I've rested and I've got blood back in my system and Megumi has me filled with painkillers right now. I'm all bandaged up."
He looked at her, and decided to let her stay up there. As long as he was there, and then she was going back inside. Kenshin sat there and looked at her. She was still bandaged up, he could see that, but she had put a jacket on overtop of herself. Smart move, he thought, as it was nearing fall and the air was becoming nippy. She just glanced up at the sky, as if she was ignoring him and the looks he was giving her.
"I'm fine." She told him before he could voice his question.
He sighed. "What exactly happened?"
Kaoru glanced down at him. She didn't really want to explain to anyone the horrors of what she went through. The pain and the suffering, the helplessness, were all things she wished to keep with herself and not burden others with. But he asked and part of her told her to tell him. The two men were dead anyway.
"Shishio came and got me at the Aoiya." She began. "I didn't wake up for a while, I'm guessing at least a day. When I woke up I was chained to a wall and my wound was still open and bleeding, but not as bad as before. Then Enishi walked in, and he started to cut my cheek, giving reasons for the two scars he gave me."
Kenshin bowed his head. "And they were?"
Kaoru noticed that. "The first one," she traced her finger across the scar that went from her just under her eye to her chin. "He said 'for killing the happiness she was supposed to find." Then she traced the other scar that crossed over the one she had traced before. "And the other, he said 'her death he caused when she was supposed to be his, ruining her second chance at happiness, may be rot in hell as he see this'. Then Shishio came in."
Kenshin looked at her. "He did the burn torture, right?"
She just nodded. "That was the only time Enishi did anything to me. Everything else was done by Shishio."
He nodded, his gaze leaving the roof and tracing it's way up to her face. He glanced at her scar. Kenshin noted that he looked at the scar a lot, but he didn't think he could ever look at her and not glance at the scar that marred her once perfect face. He knew she got it because of him. That was something that would always haunt him now.
Kaoru noticed his gaze on the scar, and subconsciously covered it with her hand. She didn't know why, but she didn't like him looking at it. She had NEVER looked at his scar like that.
Then she realized why he was looking at it. It was the same as his. She glanced downward, trying to hide the tears that threatened to fall. Now, she was a part of his guilt, and that hurt her. He was her friend, yet being around her made him feel guilty. She remembered what he had said that morning when he had thought she was asleep. She was more than a friend to him. So his pain was greater.
She felt a hand touch hers and lift her face up. Kaoru kept her eyes downcast, so she wouldn't have to look into his face. She didn't want to she the pain that was bound to be written all over it because of her. Her eyes stayed downward, and she fought hard with the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes at any moment.
Kenshin knew she understood why he kept glancing at the scar, and that was why she had looked away. Part of him wondered if she had heard what he had said before when he visited her. He shook the thought away and tried again to get her to look at him. He used his hand to splay her fingers away from the scar until she finally let her hand drop. Kenshin let his hand caress the new, tender scar gently; wiping away the tears she had allowed to fall. He looked at her, forgetting to place up his Battousai façade and just letting pure Himura Kenshin pour out.
At the moment all he wanted to do was comfort her. He didn't care if it ruined his name as the Battousai.
Kaoru finally glanced up at him when she felt his gentle touch against the rough new scar. Her eyes were glazed over with the tears she wouldn't let fall. Half of them were from memories and the ones she refused to let fall during her ordeal, and part of them were from her own guilt of worrying Kenshin. She let her eyes trace up his jaw and over his face until she met his eyes. Those lavender eyes.
She only remembered seeing him with those eyes when he had come over to her after killing Shishio when he looked over her wounds. She knew he had thought she was dead because of the fake heart that Shishio had given him, saying it was hers. She had heard everything from inside the small room where Shishio had left her, unbound to the walls believing she was to weak to get up.
And now he had those inviting, warm eyes again. She noticed he wasn't really watching what he was doing as much as he was looking for her reaction. Kaoru just wanted to cry more. She had never thought the Battousai to be someone who could be so caring and protective.
Hesitantly she let her hand inch it's way up to his cheek, and she repeated what he was doing to her scar. Somehow she found comfort in it, and he didn't object to it, either. Kaoru finally stopped, and let her eyes fall once more. Now she finally let all of the tears fall from her azure shaded eyes as she shook slightly with sobs. Her tears increased when she felt him drop his hand from her cheek.
Kaoru was about to glance up when she felt his breath spray across her cheek. She shivered, but not from the cold, but from the chill it sent through her body. Then she felt his lips press gently against the scar, as if in an attempt to heal it.
"I'm sorry." Was all he said before he pulled away.
Kaoru looked up at him and felt her eyes tearing over again. She was getting cold now. Her tears fell and her body shook, the cold air was nipping nastily at her skin through the thin jacket she wore. She glanced up into his eyes and saw nothing but his apology and his hope for forgiveness. At the moment, she didn't coherently think of her motions.
She flung her arms around his neck and cried into his neck, his hair draping gently over her head at her sudden movement.
Kenshin blinked back slightly at her, and upon noting she was crying, he draped his arms around her body, holding her tighter to him as he rubbed soothing circling across her back with on hand. She shook in his arms, crying so hard he didn't know exactly what she was crying for. All he could do was trying his best to soothe her.
Kaoru held tighter to him as if he was her only solid place in life. She cried, trying her best to keep the tears from hitting his exposed neck. Her cried muffled against his skin as her lips moved in her sobs and gasps for air.
Kenshin lifted her up slowly, and then proceeded to jump off of the roof. He let her continue crying onto his shoulder as he carried her back inside to place her back in the clinic room. He reached the door and went to open it when Kaoru lifted her head.
"No. Kenshin. I. I want to stay with you tonight. Please?" she asked, her tear stained face looking at his in expectance.
He was prepared to refuse. Kenshin had his Battousai front up, amber eyes and all. Yet when she lifted her face for him to see, he lost his edge. Slowly his eyes had faded back to violet and he found it hard to say no.
"Kaoru. I ."
"Please Kenshin? Just for tonight? I really don't want to go back in there." She stated, trying in vain to wipe away her tears. Her arms wouldn't move enough with her knew position and bandages. "I feel alone in there. I."
Kenshin sighed. He couldn't say no.
"Okay Miss Kaoru. just for tonight." He told her.
She smiled to show her appreciation and he smiled back.
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"SANO!!!" Megumi cried when she woke.
She started to shake Sano as hard as she could to wake him. He slept like a log so it seemed to be no use. So she finally gave up and just placed her mouth near his ear.
"SANO WAKE UP!!!" she screamed.
Sano jolted up. "DAMN FOX, LOUD ENOUGH?!" he asked, rubbing his ear out of pain.
"OHOHOHOHOHO!!!" Megumi couldn't help but laugh her trademark laugh at his expression and anger.
Sano glared at her. "Why did you want me up so bad anyway?"
Megumi's expression changed immediately. "Kaoru's missing."
Sano glanced over at where Kaoru had been sleeping and noticed it empty. He stood up and straightened his outfit.
"I doubt she got too far if she walked off. Did you look around the Inn yet, fox?" he asked her, nudging her slightly.
She pulled away from him. "No. You're going to do it FOR me so I'll be ready when you find her."
Sano grumbled as he walked off to figure out where Kaoru was. His first thought was to go tell Battousai. He bound up the stairs despite the pain in his healing leg, and he got to the familiar room. He opened the door.
"Hey Kenshin, do you know were Jou-ch." he never finished his sentence upon opening the door and seeing the sight that was inside.
He grinned and shook his head.
"Did you bring her up here?" Sano asked Kenshin, who was leaning against the wall across the room.
Kenshin shook his head. "She got out on her own and asked if she could stay with me tonight."
Sano laughed and walked inside, nudging Kenshin slightly. "I think Jou-chan's got the HOTS for ya!"
Kenshin put glared at Sano. His eyes were amber, but Sano didn't seem to be affected by his friend's attempt to scare him.
"I just brought her in here and set her on the futon and let her sleep." Kenshin told him, glancing down at Kaoru slightly.
Sano cocked an eyebrow. "And let me guess, you've been up all night?"
Kenshin glared at him. "Shut up Sano. I think I hear Megumi calling for you, maybe she misses her futon buddy."
Sano's mouth opened when his cheeks turned bright red. Kenshin grinned mischievously as he knew he had hit a soft spot.
"Oh, don't like people in on your little secrets?" Kenshin asked.
Sano backed out the door. "I. I'm gonna get you back for that!!! I'm gonna tell Megumi to stop worrying."
"What about, pray tell?" Kenshin asked, prying farther and making Sano blush brighter.
"KAORU, if you must know!" He grumbled as he turned to leave.
And he was gone.
Kenshin shook his head. Sano was hopeless.
But even if he was hopeless, he certainly was perceptive. Kenshin had been up all night watching Kaoru sleep and sorting through things. He had noted that she seemed to sleep better than she had been when he had brought her back to the Inn. Maybe it was because he had laid down with her until she fell asleep. Or maybe it was because she was actually sleeping. He didn't know.
But he knew he had felt more content to watch her than to sleep.
Authors Notes: I hope that chapter didn't totally suck. sorry if it did!!! I'm trying to so hard but I don't really want Kenshin to be all over Kaoru yet, because if you haven't noticed, Kaoru hasn't said anything about liking Kenshin that way (all though we all know she does!!!) and I want him to go into denial. Which is probably what's going to happen in the next chapter, ne? Oh!!! And I'm in the process of making Sanosuke clones now, since Baka-Ryu suggested it. I think it's a good idea!!! They will be alive someday. hehehe. can you imagine Sano seeing a clone of himself? He'd freak!!! Hey. and the first time Kenshin has used oro. hehehehe. good place for him to use it for the first time, right?
Here's your review responses:
Chibilover 2000: Yeah, I'm keeping the cross-shaped scar on her cheek!! I can't just get rid of it because if Enishi was gonna give her a scar it was gonna stay. I don't really think it's all that weird. Well, I'm glad I have your permission to put him into denial because I was going to anywayz!!! After this chapter, of course!! ^_^ I'm glad you liked that part of Kaoru pretending to be asleep. she got her revenge on him for doing the same thing to her!!! I'm glad you like it!!!
Kenshinsgrl: You forget I have my own Kenshin clone to protect me!!! Hahahahaha!!! But I'm gonna update ASAP anywayz. I can't wait to read your ficcie and help ya with it!!! Good, Kaoru needs to kick some butt. Somewhere in this story she's gonna start kicking some bad guy butt. maybe she'll get revenge on Saitou? Hehehehe!!! That would be so cool. But she'd make poor Kenshin look bad. hehehehe. feelings open will take place later in the story. but not after something bad like their relationship has been working its way up so far (ex. Battle, they became friends, Shishio/Enishi, Kenshin (and maybe Kaoru) realize their feelings). I think I'm gonna kinda just have Sano push them together. And maybe even Aoshi could play a matchmaker for once for laughs!! Hehehehe!!! That would be so funny. Can you see it? "Hello, I'm Aoshi Shinomori, and today on Matchmaker, we're going to pair together a very compatible couple." hehehehe!! We can give him his own TV show!!! Yeah right. that's just a funny thought. hey!!! I got an idea now!!! For my 200 review special thingy. I'm gonna write that!!! Yeah!!! Hehehehehehe. remind me, -k-?
Mia-chan: I didn't plan on ending it there like I was gonna do before after the battle at the Inn. hehehehe. I'm not THAT evil, that I'm not!!! I'm glad you love the story, I love you for giving me a review!! (hugs her). ^_^
Scarlet Rayne: So you've been reading this so you remembered to review? It's okay that you didn't review before, but I'm glad to get one from you!!! I like Kenshin's little voices, too, and I have some of my own (ex.. SIRETA!!! Grrr.she likes to take over, too!!!). I just hope Kenshin don't go insane.hehehe!!! That would NOT be good, now would it? An insane Kenshin running around with a katana. at least in my story he's still got a katana. Or else what, my dear dear friend? You can't think of anything, can you?! HAHAHAHAHAHA, I win!!! You can collect your Sano or Kenshin clone at the next drop box since I am being so kind.. ^_^ Glad you like the story!!!! And go easy on me, -k-?!
Me2KnowU2FindOut: Okay then I will keep writing, that I will!!! ^_^
Beriath: Your welcome!! I treated her nice JUST BECAUSE YOU ASKED. Okay, maybe because A LOT OF PEOPLE asked. I'm glad you liked the chapter. Vacation, you say? Hmm. maybe that would work out somewhere. I just gotta remember. you'll have to e-mail me or something and remind me. IT CAN BE A FORCED VACATION THAT SANO COMES UP WITH! Yeah!! Hehehe!!! That would be hilarious. Maybe you could help me write it. Wanna? When the chapter comes up, we'll see, -k-? I'm not too good at writing funny stuff, I just try to and hope it works out good!!!
Angel Kitty2: You were an almost flamer? (runs and hides) Gomen!!! I'm glad you like the story. Yeah, no one wanted me to kill Kaoru.I didn't want to kill Kaoru. I could, but I wouldn't because she's too cool. I like her!!! I can't kill someone I like. My story is still cool because I didn't kill her, ne? Who CAN I kill and still have it be a cool story? I need someone else to kill. I won't kill Saitou because he's kinda cool because I don't know, it's just funny when he's around Sano. Hehehe!! Well, Ja!
Piper: Uh. maybe?!
Crystal: HEY KENSHIN PIPER SAYS YOU NEED TO BE SELFISH AND TELL KAORU YOU FEEL!!!
Kenshin: Oh. Sessha could never do that!!
Piper: (thoinks him on the head) STUPID RUROUNI!!! Just tell her!!!
Hehehe. I don't think I'm gonna push him into the sessha, unworthy stuff, just denial in his feelings, okay? Does that work?
Brittanie Love: SIRETA GET YOUR BUTT BACK HERE AND STOP THREATENING MY FRIENDS!!! (grabs Sireta by the hair and drags her into a cage and locks it. Happens to be cage Sano is in for being a pervert. Poor Sano.) There, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO UPDATE!! Thanks for offering to mail me when you update. Makes me so happy!!! ^_^ Anywayz, I hope you liked this chapter. it's getting fluffy, ne? Cotton candy fluff!! Sweet and light!! (holds cotton candy out) Want some?
Ame Kurayami: WELL HAPPY EARLY B-DAY TO YOU!! I was gonna mail you an e- mail card but it didn't exactly work out (sweatdrops) but oh well!!! You can say my idea for the Aoshi's Matchmaker show for my 200 review celebration things I your b-day gift from me!! Yes, Kenshin had that coming to him, ne? Hehehe!! Yes, candy (throws it at Ame Kurayami, who eats each piece as it flies through the air) good girl, eat it ALL up!!! Commericals can be quite scary at times, can't they? Kinda like this commerical for labatt blue with the dude and girl and the girls all. yeah. freaking out.like she's.uh.. yeah. we WON'T GO THERE!!! (shudders) you aren't alone in the bad images man.
Rhapsody07: YES WE WEIRD PEOPLE WILL OWN THE WORLD ONE DAY!!! YOU WILL ALL BOW DOWN BEFORE US AND GROVEL AT OUR FEET!!!! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (cough) HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Okay. I'm better now. hehehe!! Yeah, I only watch Rurouni Kenshin whenever it's on, but my mom thinks anime is stupid, too!! She hates DBZ and Yuyu Hakusho (I think that's how you spell it). She hasn't said anything bad about RK yet, which is good!!! She doesn't sit there and watch it with me, but still!!! You really liked the fireflies dancing part? Big change from my gross stuff, right?! Hehehehe. I like fluff. it tastes good. wait, no COTTON CANDY TASTES GOOD. cotton candy is fluff. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! HENTAI!! Hehehehehe..
Krystlsaliormoon: (clears throat) GOD CALM DOWN ANGIE!!! (catches Angie as she bounces (okay. bounce is a funny word!!) around insanely. But fails becaue Angie is bouncing around so hard that Crystal is hanging off of Angie's arm and bouncing with her unwillingly..) AWWW HUGS FOR ME!! * hugs Angie * thanks for protecting me my dear friend!! You're more of a friend then some of my friends WHO THINK THE STALKER GUY IS JUST PLAYING AROUND!!! (glares at her other friends). I'm so glad you didn't think it was disgustingly sappy. Hope your opinions stays the same. But you can never have too much K&K fluff, ne? Hehehe!!! AWWWWW!!! I'm a great authoress. Yes. bodyguards. (points to Angie, Kenshin in Battousai mode, and Sano). good idea. LARGE HEAVY AND SHARP OBJECTS ARE THE BEST!! Sharp and pointy things are fun!!! Okay. I'm going a little insane. I'm gonna get Sireta to smack him up if I can. But seriously, on Tuesday if he's still messing with me I'm gonna tell him to let up and then I'm going straight to the counselor's office.
Now. to the rurouni hunt, yet again!!!!
Crystal: My feet hurt. are you SURE that we're following the map right?
Angie: Yes!
Sano: Uh. we've passed that tree like 5 times.
Angie: * growls * how do you know that there's just not 5 trees that look the same?
Sano: Because I marked it!!!
Angie: THEN YOU LEAD THE WAY SMARTY PANTS!!
*shoves map into Sano's hands and stomps off to the back of the group *
Sano: (sweatdrops) Uh.. I can't read maps.
Megumi: I'll find Sir Ken!!! OHOHOHOHO!!!
Kaoru: YOU WILL DO NO SUCH THING!!!
Megumi: Would you like to try your hand at it, tanuki girl?
Kaoru: (grips bokken and vein pops out of head) MEGUMI DON'T MAKE ME..
Megumi: OHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!! No wonder Sir Ken hasn't tried anything with you like he does me!!!
(Megumi finds herself plastered to the floor by two very angry blondes)
Angie and Crystal: SHUT UP MEGUMI YOU'VE GOT SANO!!!! LEAVE KENSHIN TO KAORU!!!!
Crystal: Grrrr. I really don't like you much Megumi. at least not right now.
Sano: (pulls Angie and Crystal off of Megumi) Okay you two. stop it RIGHT NOW!!! Leave fox alone.
Angie: (kicks him) PUT ME DOWN OR I'LL BITE YOUR HAIR!!!
Kaoru: (has picked up map and is walking away towards Kenshin) KENSHIN NO BAKA YOU'D BETTER NOT BE DOING BAD THINGS!!!
(out of no where everyone hears a faint 'oro. sorry Kaoru-dono!!')
(Sano drops Crystal and Angie, who land on Megumi's stomach and she cries out in pain. Both girls get up, satisfied they Megumi has learned her lesson)
Sano: Uh. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! AHHH!!!! WE'RE BEING CHASED BY SPIRITS OF THE UNDEAD!!!
Everyone: (sweatdrops)
Sano: AAAAHHHHH!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! (runs into tree) Owwww...
And yet again, we are still in serach of OUR BELOVED KENSHIN-NO-BAKA- RUROUNI-SLASH-BATTOUSAI-ANGEL- HENTAI!!! Phew. that was a LONG name, that it was!!! Hehehehehehe.. Could not help myself!!! Yeah!! Lets put us in the story!! I will!!! Give me some names we can have, -k-? We can meet Kenshin and Kaoru when they go on a forced vacation because of Sano.hehehehe. sound good to you? Yeah!! You wanna try your hand at this fiction? Okay. you want an idea.uh. okay. let me see what I can come up with. Uh. how about Kenshin gets kidnapped and Kaoru has to go after him? Hey, that's a different idea!!! I could never write that because I'd get confused, but maybe you could!! I'd read it if you wrote it!! Hey, we would work on a fic together. maybe we could post these little rants of ours? Yeah!! We could put them under humor. Hehehe!!! You wanna, because I WAS BEING SERIOUS!!! Hehehee.. oh. and Baka-Ryu wants Sanosuke clones. so we've gotta make some of them. maybe Sano should see himself as a clone.. hehehehe.. Well, I think I've ranted enough!!! Yes, some stories do just stop (like Broken Pieces by Linay. grr.and Be Still My Heart by Chibi-angel3!!!) I will not stop until my story is done!!!
Azure Dea: One happy little person better be there right now because I wrote more, that I did!! I hope you liked it!!!
Anime-master 7: Okay!! I'm glad you like the little stories I add in afterwards, they're fun to write!! I'm glad you liked the chapter. hope this one didn't change your opinion none!! It's getting harder to write, but I'll find it easier somehow.. I will.
Catrina3: Your name is fine, mine has nothing to do with anime, does it? Hehehehe. I'm glad you liked the chapter!!!!! Don't worry, that will come in due time.
Well, treats for you all!!! NO KENSHIN, NO TREATS FOR YOU UNLESS YOU WANNA GO IN THAT CAGE THAT HOLDS SIRETA AND SANO!!!
Kenshin: Uh. no. I think I'll pass.
Heehehe!! Until the next chapter!!!
Luv,
Crystal Renee
Author's Notes: Well well well. it is now Sunday. Hehehehe!!! I have no ideas for this chapter so lets see what happens, shall we? I know you guys want an update and I'm going to give you one, I just pray that this chapter doesn't suck big time. I still can't believe I'm on chapter 20. Update on my life: I fell down the stairs again last night. Yup. This time I've got some wounds, too. I scrapped the front of leg right above my foot, and I have a bruise on my foot, too, right on the tendon that leads to my big toe. Yup. And I cut like the entire fingernail off of my pointer finger on my left hand. yay. I'm just not having good luck in that region of life, ne? I fall down the stairs all the time, I just laugh about it anymore. HEHEHEHE!!! It was AFTER I got done watching Rurouni Kenshin, too. I just was running up the stairs and I fell!!! I was excited, I guess. note to self. never be excited and run upstairs. not good for your health.
Here we go!!! Note. after writing this a little ways, (I'm on page 5.hehehehe.) I DISCOVERED IT TO HAVE EXTREME K&K FLUFFINESS!! IF YOU DO NOT LIKE FLUFF FOR SOME REASON, DO NOT READ. It's not gross fluff, either. it's just fluff. Super cottony fluff. Be prepared to say AWWWW!!!!!!!!
~Coming of the Dawn~
***Chapter 20- Healing Motions***
Misao moved twisted in her sleep, intertwining herself farther into the blankets that covered her. The sunlight burst through the window and landed upon her face, causing her to clamp her eyes shut harder. She didn't want to wake up.
"Awww. just a few more minutes."she muttered to herself as she flipped over and buried her head in the blankets.
"Time to get up, Misao." Came a voice, void of emotion but still there.
Misao sat up quickly, the blankets falling of her. She had to grab the top of the falling yukata she was wearing to keep her body covered from whoever was in the room at that moment. She shook the sleep from her head and took a chance to side-glance to her right, where the voice had come from.
She saw Aoshi.
"Ao. Aoshi-sama?" she asked, as if he wasn't real.
He shook his head. It was bowed down, to hide his face from her.
"I'm back Misao. I didn't expect to find you sleeping on my futon and in my yukata, you know." he told her calmly, lacing his words with a hint of humor that would be hard to decipher.
Misao knew it was there though. "Aoshi-sama. I'm sorry, I was just up waiting for you and."
"It's alright Misao." He told her, finally lifting his head to reveal the grin that had been plastered on his face the entire night. "I found it funny."
Misao smiled at him, and then her smile faltered. "YOU'RE HURT AOSHI- SAMA, HOW COULD YOU GET HURT?"
She had leapt off of the futon, and kept one hand over the top of the yukata to be sure it was securely closed. Even if this was Aoshi, she wasn't going to embarrass herself by bearing all. Misao leaned down next to him and overlooked his excessive bandaging, tracing the area with her fingers.
"It's not that bad, just a scratch, really." He told her, and truth be told, it wasn't really a lie, either. "Just on my back."
Misao ignored him. "I'm going to get you some food, you go lie down."
And Misao was gone. Aoshi shook his head. He should have expected such a reaction from the girl. She wasn't going to leave him alone for at least 2 weeks now.
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Kenshin woke up in the middle of the night. No one had come to disturb him, he noted, and he had actually sleep well that day, for about 14 hours to be exact. His head hurt slightly for unknown reasons. It took all he had in him to actually wake up and sit up, because he had never had a sleep that good in a long time. Kenshin set his gaze outside and approximated the time to be roughly 3 in the morning, as the moon was not directly overhead and yet the sun had not come up.
He sat up and changed, despite the pain that shot through his still healing arm. Of course he didn't complain. He never complained about pain, especially pain that he deserved to feel. Kenshin let one of his older navy gi's fall onto his shoulders. The color had faded into a slight cerulean by now from all the scrubbing he had to place upon it after his nightly missions. He dressed quickly and then after slipping on his sandals he went to his nightly perch upon the Inn's roof.
Kenshin sat slowly, leaning against the textured wood that covered the Inn. He glanced up at the sky, his amber eyes darting across the creamy blue the sky made when mixed with cirrus clouds that showed up slowly in odd places. The stars still dotted the sky like holes in a blanket.
And he let his guard down.
His thoughts wandered from the moment he was in then, to Kaoru, to Sano, to his master. Everything you could think of, he thought about. He thought momentarily about what he would be doing after the war was over. Would he still be bound to his hitokiri lifestyle? When would the war end? If he was no longer a hitokiri, what would he do and where would he go?
While his eyes were glued to the sky and his thoughts wandering, he never brought his guard back up. He felt safe and secure, even with the lack of a katana and wakizashi. That was, of course, until he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Oro!" he yelped, jumping back and extremely startled. His eyes turned lavender from shock.
Someone giggled at his strange reaction. He shook his head as he glanced up again at the person who had caught him at a very vulnerable time. His eyes strained, but he could make out a shape of someone. Immediately upon sensing the ki, he knew who it was and he lost his tense feelings.
"Miss Kaoru?" he asked, confused. 'I thought she was inside with Megumi! I thought she was still unconscious! What's going ON HERE?! I'm confused.' he thought to himself.
He watched as the person sat down, obviously in pain, and turned their head up towards him. "Didn't expect me, did you?"
"Miss Kaoru. how. why. when." he stuttered.
She giggled. "I've been up for a while. Actually. I've been up since last night. I woke up when Tsubame was watching me."
He looked at her. "How did you get up here? You really should go back inside."
"Nothing ever happened to my legs, I can walk fine." She explained. "I didn't have to climb up here. There's a door in the attic that leads up here."
Kenshin mentally slapped himself. All his years with the Ishin Shishi and even HE didn't know about the attic door?
"Let me bring you back inside." Kenshin offered her, stepping closer to her.
She held up a hand. "No. I didn't come up here just to be sent back. Truthfully I didn't even know you were up here. I came up here to get some air."
"You need to rest."
"AND SO DO YOU!" she shot back at him. "So don't even go there."
"I wasn't injured like you."
"It doesn't matter. You really make things out to be worse than they are. Half of my wounds weren't even enough to scar me, I just lost so much blood the first day." She explained. "Most of them were halfway healed. Besides, I've rested and I've got blood back in my system and Megumi has me filled with painkillers right now. I'm all bandaged up."
He looked at her, and decided to let her stay up there. As long as he was there, and then she was going back inside. Kenshin sat there and looked at her. She was still bandaged up, he could see that, but she had put a jacket on overtop of herself. Smart move, he thought, as it was nearing fall and the air was becoming nippy. She just glanced up at the sky, as if she was ignoring him and the looks he was giving her.
"I'm fine." She told him before he could voice his question.
He sighed. "What exactly happened?"
Kaoru glanced down at him. She didn't really want to explain to anyone the horrors of what she went through. The pain and the suffering, the helplessness, were all things she wished to keep with herself and not burden others with. But he asked and part of her told her to tell him. The two men were dead anyway.
"Shishio came and got me at the Aoiya." She began. "I didn't wake up for a while, I'm guessing at least a day. When I woke up I was chained to a wall and my wound was still open and bleeding, but not as bad as before. Then Enishi walked in, and he started to cut my cheek, giving reasons for the two scars he gave me."
Kenshin bowed his head. "And they were?"
Kaoru noticed that. "The first one," she traced her finger across the scar that went from her just under her eye to her chin. "He said 'for killing the happiness she was supposed to find." Then she traced the other scar that crossed over the one she had traced before. "And the other, he said 'her death he caused when she was supposed to be his, ruining her second chance at happiness, may be rot in hell as he see this'. Then Shishio came in."
Kenshin looked at her. "He did the burn torture, right?"
She just nodded. "That was the only time Enishi did anything to me. Everything else was done by Shishio."
He nodded, his gaze leaving the roof and tracing it's way up to her face. He glanced at her scar. Kenshin noted that he looked at the scar a lot, but he didn't think he could ever look at her and not glance at the scar that marred her once perfect face. He knew she got it because of him. That was something that would always haunt him now.
Kaoru noticed his gaze on the scar, and subconsciously covered it with her hand. She didn't know why, but she didn't like him looking at it. She had NEVER looked at his scar like that.
Then she realized why he was looking at it. It was the same as his. She glanced downward, trying to hide the tears that threatened to fall. Now, she was a part of his guilt, and that hurt her. He was her friend, yet being around her made him feel guilty. She remembered what he had said that morning when he had thought she was asleep. She was more than a friend to him. So his pain was greater.
She felt a hand touch hers and lift her face up. Kaoru kept her eyes downcast, so she wouldn't have to look into his face. She didn't want to she the pain that was bound to be written all over it because of her. Her eyes stayed downward, and she fought hard with the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes at any moment.
Kenshin knew she understood why he kept glancing at the scar, and that was why she had looked away. Part of him wondered if she had heard what he had said before when he visited her. He shook the thought away and tried again to get her to look at him. He used his hand to splay her fingers away from the scar until she finally let her hand drop. Kenshin let his hand caress the new, tender scar gently; wiping away the tears she had allowed to fall. He looked at her, forgetting to place up his Battousai façade and just letting pure Himura Kenshin pour out.
At the moment all he wanted to do was comfort her. He didn't care if it ruined his name as the Battousai.
Kaoru finally glanced up at him when she felt his gentle touch against the rough new scar. Her eyes were glazed over with the tears she wouldn't let fall. Half of them were from memories and the ones she refused to let fall during her ordeal, and part of them were from her own guilt of worrying Kenshin. She let her eyes trace up his jaw and over his face until she met his eyes. Those lavender eyes.
She only remembered seeing him with those eyes when he had come over to her after killing Shishio when he looked over her wounds. She knew he had thought she was dead because of the fake heart that Shishio had given him, saying it was hers. She had heard everything from inside the small room where Shishio had left her, unbound to the walls believing she was to weak to get up.
And now he had those inviting, warm eyes again. She noticed he wasn't really watching what he was doing as much as he was looking for her reaction. Kaoru just wanted to cry more. She had never thought the Battousai to be someone who could be so caring and protective.
Hesitantly she let her hand inch it's way up to his cheek, and she repeated what he was doing to her scar. Somehow she found comfort in it, and he didn't object to it, either. Kaoru finally stopped, and let her eyes fall once more. Now she finally let all of the tears fall from her azure shaded eyes as she shook slightly with sobs. Her tears increased when she felt him drop his hand from her cheek.
Kaoru was about to glance up when she felt his breath spray across her cheek. She shivered, but not from the cold, but from the chill it sent through her body. Then she felt his lips press gently against the scar, as if in an attempt to heal it.
"I'm sorry." Was all he said before he pulled away.
Kaoru looked up at him and felt her eyes tearing over again. She was getting cold now. Her tears fell and her body shook, the cold air was nipping nastily at her skin through the thin jacket she wore. She glanced up into his eyes and saw nothing but his apology and his hope for forgiveness. At the moment, she didn't coherently think of her motions.
She flung her arms around his neck and cried into his neck, his hair draping gently over her head at her sudden movement.
Kenshin blinked back slightly at her, and upon noting she was crying, he draped his arms around her body, holding her tighter to him as he rubbed soothing circling across her back with on hand. She shook in his arms, crying so hard he didn't know exactly what she was crying for. All he could do was trying his best to soothe her.
Kaoru held tighter to him as if he was her only solid place in life. She cried, trying her best to keep the tears from hitting his exposed neck. Her cried muffled against his skin as her lips moved in her sobs and gasps for air.
Kenshin lifted her up slowly, and then proceeded to jump off of the roof. He let her continue crying onto his shoulder as he carried her back inside to place her back in the clinic room. He reached the door and went to open it when Kaoru lifted her head.
"No. Kenshin. I. I want to stay with you tonight. Please?" she asked, her tear stained face looking at his in expectance.
He was prepared to refuse. Kenshin had his Battousai front up, amber eyes and all. Yet when she lifted her face for him to see, he lost his edge. Slowly his eyes had faded back to violet and he found it hard to say no.
"Kaoru. I ."
"Please Kenshin? Just for tonight? I really don't want to go back in there." She stated, trying in vain to wipe away her tears. Her arms wouldn't move enough with her knew position and bandages. "I feel alone in there. I."
Kenshin sighed. He couldn't say no.
"Okay Miss Kaoru. just for tonight." He told her.
She smiled to show her appreciation and he smiled back.
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"SANO!!!" Megumi cried when she woke.
She started to shake Sano as hard as she could to wake him. He slept like a log so it seemed to be no use. So she finally gave up and just placed her mouth near his ear.
"SANO WAKE UP!!!" she screamed.
Sano jolted up. "DAMN FOX, LOUD ENOUGH?!" he asked, rubbing his ear out of pain.
"OHOHOHOHOHO!!!" Megumi couldn't help but laugh her trademark laugh at his expression and anger.
Sano glared at her. "Why did you want me up so bad anyway?"
Megumi's expression changed immediately. "Kaoru's missing."
Sano glanced over at where Kaoru had been sleeping and noticed it empty. He stood up and straightened his outfit.
"I doubt she got too far if she walked off. Did you look around the Inn yet, fox?" he asked her, nudging her slightly.
She pulled away from him. "No. You're going to do it FOR me so I'll be ready when you find her."
Sano grumbled as he walked off to figure out where Kaoru was. His first thought was to go tell Battousai. He bound up the stairs despite the pain in his healing leg, and he got to the familiar room. He opened the door.
"Hey Kenshin, do you know were Jou-ch." he never finished his sentence upon opening the door and seeing the sight that was inside.
He grinned and shook his head.
"Did you bring her up here?" Sano asked Kenshin, who was leaning against the wall across the room.
Kenshin shook his head. "She got out on her own and asked if she could stay with me tonight."
Sano laughed and walked inside, nudging Kenshin slightly. "I think Jou-chan's got the HOTS for ya!"
Kenshin put glared at Sano. His eyes were amber, but Sano didn't seem to be affected by his friend's attempt to scare him.
"I just brought her in here and set her on the futon and let her sleep." Kenshin told him, glancing down at Kaoru slightly.
Sano cocked an eyebrow. "And let me guess, you've been up all night?"
Kenshin glared at him. "Shut up Sano. I think I hear Megumi calling for you, maybe she misses her futon buddy."
Sano's mouth opened when his cheeks turned bright red. Kenshin grinned mischievously as he knew he had hit a soft spot.
"Oh, don't like people in on your little secrets?" Kenshin asked.
Sano backed out the door. "I. I'm gonna get you back for that!!! I'm gonna tell Megumi to stop worrying."
"What about, pray tell?" Kenshin asked, prying farther and making Sano blush brighter.
"KAORU, if you must know!" He grumbled as he turned to leave.
And he was gone.
Kenshin shook his head. Sano was hopeless.
But even if he was hopeless, he certainly was perceptive. Kenshin had been up all night watching Kaoru sleep and sorting through things. He had noted that she seemed to sleep better than she had been when he had brought her back to the Inn. Maybe it was because he had laid down with her until she fell asleep. Or maybe it was because she was actually sleeping. He didn't know.
But he knew he had felt more content to watch her than to sleep.
Authors Notes: I hope that chapter didn't totally suck. sorry if it did!!! I'm trying to so hard but I don't really want Kenshin to be all over Kaoru yet, because if you haven't noticed, Kaoru hasn't said anything about liking Kenshin that way (all though we all know she does!!!) and I want him to go into denial. Which is probably what's going to happen in the next chapter, ne? Oh!!! And I'm in the process of making Sanosuke clones now, since Baka-Ryu suggested it. I think it's a good idea!!! They will be alive someday. hehehe. can you imagine Sano seeing a clone of himself? He'd freak!!! Hey. and the first time Kenshin has used oro. hehehehe. good place for him to use it for the first time, right?
Here's your review responses:
Chibilover 2000: Yeah, I'm keeping the cross-shaped scar on her cheek!! I can't just get rid of it because if Enishi was gonna give her a scar it was gonna stay. I don't really think it's all that weird. Well, I'm glad I have your permission to put him into denial because I was going to anywayz!!! After this chapter, of course!! ^_^ I'm glad you liked that part of Kaoru pretending to be asleep. she got her revenge on him for doing the same thing to her!!! I'm glad you like it!!!
Kenshinsgrl: You forget I have my own Kenshin clone to protect me!!! Hahahahaha!!! But I'm gonna update ASAP anywayz. I can't wait to read your ficcie and help ya with it!!! Good, Kaoru needs to kick some butt. Somewhere in this story she's gonna start kicking some bad guy butt. maybe she'll get revenge on Saitou? Hehehehe!!! That would be so cool. But she'd make poor Kenshin look bad. hehehehe. feelings open will take place later in the story. but not after something bad like their relationship has been working its way up so far (ex. Battle, they became friends, Shishio/Enishi, Kenshin (and maybe Kaoru) realize their feelings). I think I'm gonna kinda just have Sano push them together. And maybe even Aoshi could play a matchmaker for once for laughs!! Hehehehe!!! That would be so funny. Can you see it? "Hello, I'm Aoshi Shinomori, and today on Matchmaker, we're going to pair together a very compatible couple." hehehehe!! We can give him his own TV show!!! Yeah right. that's just a funny thought. hey!!! I got an idea now!!! For my 200 review special thingy. I'm gonna write that!!! Yeah!!! Hehehehehehe. remind me, -k-?
Mia-chan: I didn't plan on ending it there like I was gonna do before after the battle at the Inn. hehehehe. I'm not THAT evil, that I'm not!!! I'm glad you love the story, I love you for giving me a review!! (hugs her). ^_^
Scarlet Rayne: So you've been reading this so you remembered to review? It's okay that you didn't review before, but I'm glad to get one from you!!! I like Kenshin's little voices, too, and I have some of my own (ex.. SIRETA!!! Grrr.she likes to take over, too!!!). I just hope Kenshin don't go insane.hehehe!!! That would NOT be good, now would it? An insane Kenshin running around with a katana. at least in my story he's still got a katana. Or else what, my dear dear friend? You can't think of anything, can you?! HAHAHAHAHAHA, I win!!! You can collect your Sano or Kenshin clone at the next drop box since I am being so kind.. ^_^ Glad you like the story!!!! And go easy on me, -k-?!
Me2KnowU2FindOut: Okay then I will keep writing, that I will!!! ^_^
Beriath: Your welcome!! I treated her nice JUST BECAUSE YOU ASKED. Okay, maybe because A LOT OF PEOPLE asked. I'm glad you liked the chapter. Vacation, you say? Hmm. maybe that would work out somewhere. I just gotta remember. you'll have to e-mail me or something and remind me. IT CAN BE A FORCED VACATION THAT SANO COMES UP WITH! Yeah!! Hehehe!!! That would be hilarious. Maybe you could help me write it. Wanna? When the chapter comes up, we'll see, -k-? I'm not too good at writing funny stuff, I just try to and hope it works out good!!!
Angel Kitty2: You were an almost flamer? (runs and hides) Gomen!!! I'm glad you like the story. Yeah, no one wanted me to kill Kaoru.I didn't want to kill Kaoru. I could, but I wouldn't because she's too cool. I like her!!! I can't kill someone I like. My story is still cool because I didn't kill her, ne? Who CAN I kill and still have it be a cool story? I need someone else to kill. I won't kill Saitou because he's kinda cool because I don't know, it's just funny when he's around Sano. Hehehe!! Well, Ja!
Piper: Uh. maybe?!
Crystal: HEY KENSHIN PIPER SAYS YOU NEED TO BE SELFISH AND TELL KAORU YOU FEEL!!!
Kenshin: Oh. Sessha could never do that!!
Piper: (thoinks him on the head) STUPID RUROUNI!!! Just tell her!!!
Hehehe. I don't think I'm gonna push him into the sessha, unworthy stuff, just denial in his feelings, okay? Does that work?
Brittanie Love: SIRETA GET YOUR BUTT BACK HERE AND STOP THREATENING MY FRIENDS!!! (grabs Sireta by the hair and drags her into a cage and locks it. Happens to be cage Sano is in for being a pervert. Poor Sano.) There, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO UPDATE!! Thanks for offering to mail me when you update. Makes me so happy!!! ^_^ Anywayz, I hope you liked this chapter. it's getting fluffy, ne? Cotton candy fluff!! Sweet and light!! (holds cotton candy out) Want some?
Ame Kurayami: WELL HAPPY EARLY B-DAY TO YOU!! I was gonna mail you an e- mail card but it didn't exactly work out (sweatdrops) but oh well!!! You can say my idea for the Aoshi's Matchmaker show for my 200 review celebration things I your b-day gift from me!! Yes, Kenshin had that coming to him, ne? Hehehe!! Yes, candy (throws it at Ame Kurayami, who eats each piece as it flies through the air) good girl, eat it ALL up!!! Commericals can be quite scary at times, can't they? Kinda like this commerical for labatt blue with the dude and girl and the girls all. yeah. freaking out.like she's.uh.. yeah. we WON'T GO THERE!!! (shudders) you aren't alone in the bad images man.
Rhapsody07: YES WE WEIRD PEOPLE WILL OWN THE WORLD ONE DAY!!! YOU WILL ALL BOW DOWN BEFORE US AND GROVEL AT OUR FEET!!!! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (cough) HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Okay. I'm better now. hehehe!! Yeah, I only watch Rurouni Kenshin whenever it's on, but my mom thinks anime is stupid, too!! She hates DBZ and Yuyu Hakusho (I think that's how you spell it). She hasn't said anything bad about RK yet, which is good!!! She doesn't sit there and watch it with me, but still!!! You really liked the fireflies dancing part? Big change from my gross stuff, right?! Hehehehe. I like fluff. it tastes good. wait, no COTTON CANDY TASTES GOOD. cotton candy is fluff. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! HENTAI!! Hehehehehe..
Krystlsaliormoon: (clears throat) GOD CALM DOWN ANGIE!!! (catches Angie as she bounces (okay. bounce is a funny word!!) around insanely. But fails becaue Angie is bouncing around so hard that Crystal is hanging off of Angie's arm and bouncing with her unwillingly..) AWWW HUGS FOR ME!! * hugs Angie * thanks for protecting me my dear friend!! You're more of a friend then some of my friends WHO THINK THE STALKER GUY IS JUST PLAYING AROUND!!! (glares at her other friends). I'm so glad you didn't think it was disgustingly sappy. Hope your opinions stays the same. But you can never have too much K&K fluff, ne? Hehehe!!! AWWWWW!!! I'm a great authoress. Yes. bodyguards. (points to Angie, Kenshin in Battousai mode, and Sano). good idea. LARGE HEAVY AND SHARP OBJECTS ARE THE BEST!! Sharp and pointy things are fun!!! Okay. I'm going a little insane. I'm gonna get Sireta to smack him up if I can. But seriously, on Tuesday if he's still messing with me I'm gonna tell him to let up and then I'm going straight to the counselor's office.
Now. to the rurouni hunt, yet again!!!!
Crystal: My feet hurt. are you SURE that we're following the map right?
Angie: Yes!
Sano: Uh. we've passed that tree like 5 times.
Angie: * growls * how do you know that there's just not 5 trees that look the same?
Sano: Because I marked it!!!
Angie: THEN YOU LEAD THE WAY SMARTY PANTS!!
*shoves map into Sano's hands and stomps off to the back of the group *
Sano: (sweatdrops) Uh.. I can't read maps.
Megumi: I'll find Sir Ken!!! OHOHOHOHO!!!
Kaoru: YOU WILL DO NO SUCH THING!!!
Megumi: Would you like to try your hand at it, tanuki girl?
Kaoru: (grips bokken and vein pops out of head) MEGUMI DON'T MAKE ME..
Megumi: OHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!! No wonder Sir Ken hasn't tried anything with you like he does me!!!
(Megumi finds herself plastered to the floor by two very angry blondes)
Angie and Crystal: SHUT UP MEGUMI YOU'VE GOT SANO!!!! LEAVE KENSHIN TO KAORU!!!!
Crystal: Grrrr. I really don't like you much Megumi. at least not right now.
Sano: (pulls Angie and Crystal off of Megumi) Okay you two. stop it RIGHT NOW!!! Leave fox alone.
Angie: (kicks him) PUT ME DOWN OR I'LL BITE YOUR HAIR!!!
Kaoru: (has picked up map and is walking away towards Kenshin) KENSHIN NO BAKA YOU'D BETTER NOT BE DOING BAD THINGS!!!
(out of no where everyone hears a faint 'oro. sorry Kaoru-dono!!')
(Sano drops Crystal and Angie, who land on Megumi's stomach and she cries out in pain. Both girls get up, satisfied they Megumi has learned her lesson)
Sano: Uh. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! AHHH!!!! WE'RE BEING CHASED BY SPIRITS OF THE UNDEAD!!!
Everyone: (sweatdrops)
Sano: AAAAHHHHH!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! (runs into tree) Owwww...
And yet again, we are still in serach of OUR BELOVED KENSHIN-NO-BAKA- RUROUNI-SLASH-BATTOUSAI-ANGEL- HENTAI!!! Phew. that was a LONG name, that it was!!! Hehehehehehe.. Could not help myself!!! Yeah!! Lets put us in the story!! I will!!! Give me some names we can have, -k-? We can meet Kenshin and Kaoru when they go on a forced vacation because of Sano.hehehehe. sound good to you? Yeah!! You wanna try your hand at this fiction? Okay. you want an idea.uh. okay. let me see what I can come up with. Uh. how about Kenshin gets kidnapped and Kaoru has to go after him? Hey, that's a different idea!!! I could never write that because I'd get confused, but maybe you could!! I'd read it if you wrote it!! Hey, we would work on a fic together. maybe we could post these little rants of ours? Yeah!! We could put them under humor. Hehehe!!! You wanna, because I WAS BEING SERIOUS!!! Hehehee.. oh. and Baka-Ryu wants Sanosuke clones. so we've gotta make some of them. maybe Sano should see himself as a clone.. hehehehe.. Well, I think I've ranted enough!!! Yes, some stories do just stop (like Broken Pieces by Linay. grr.and Be Still My Heart by Chibi-angel3!!!) I will not stop until my story is done!!!
Azure Dea: One happy little person better be there right now because I wrote more, that I did!! I hope you liked it!!!
Anime-master 7: Okay!! I'm glad you like the little stories I add in afterwards, they're fun to write!! I'm glad you liked the chapter. hope this one didn't change your opinion none!! It's getting harder to write, but I'll find it easier somehow.. I will.
Catrina3: Your name is fine, mine has nothing to do with anime, does it? Hehehehe. I'm glad you liked the chapter!!!!! Don't worry, that will come in due time.
Well, treats for you all!!! NO KENSHIN, NO TREATS FOR YOU UNLESS YOU WANNA GO IN THAT CAGE THAT HOLDS SIRETA AND SANO!!!
Kenshin: Uh. no. I think I'll pass.
Heehehe!! Until the next chapter!!!
Luv,
Crystal Renee