Would You Kill Me If I Loved You?
By: sobakasu
Chapter 2
Rating: PG-13
Standard disclaimers apply (basically I don't own Kenshin. Don't sue me you
wont get any thing)
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Battousai stood at the well, small rivulets of water rolled down his body. His clothes were plastered to him and his bangs were mated to his face. All the blood was gone. For now. A gust of wind came that sent chills over his wet body. He new he should go in but he didn't want to. Not yet. He need think. He walked over to the steps of the inn and sat down.
He looked to the sky in exhaustion. The stars seamed to frown down on him. I know I know he thought. Why do I do this any way? To make others happy? To make it so people can live a peaceful life. Can I ever live a normal life? He pulled the top he had ever since he was a child, out of his gi.
He never did have much of a childhood. His parents died when he was 7. He was shipped around from slave trader to slave trader for the next two years. That's when Hiko Sejiro found him and taught him the Hiten Mitsurugi. And the power to murder. When he was 14 he left to join the war. His training was incomplete and he was acting arrogant when he made this stupid decision. To bad he didn't know that till now. He wished to go back and finish his training but did not believe his master would teach him again. No, he believed his master would teach him again, but he didn't have the courage to find out.
Battousai wrapped the string around his top. His mother gave him the top for his fifth birthday. He remembered that day so well yet it felt like a dream now. His parents took him and his brother and sisters out to a local restraunt. They didn't have a lot of money to spare so that was a real treat. Despite the fact that they were poor they were immensely happy and loved each other very much. Shinta that was his name.
Shinta was loved. Battousai wasn't. Battousai was feared. Shinta was happy. Battousai is not. He wished to be Shinta again, to be loved, to be cared for, to be innocent. Battousai could never be innocent again. Battousai could never be loved. Or could he?
But who would love him? No one.
He had to quit thinking like this. Think of something else. Self-pity is going to do you no good. He told himself. A breeze flew by reminding him where he was. He should get inside and go to sleep.
He picked up his top and his katana and went inside.
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Battousai walked in thought the kitchen and noticed that there was some one he did not recognize digging through one of the cabinets. He crept closer and noticed the person was in a yukata and that their hair was down.
"Who are you?" he questioned.
"Eeeep!" The person jumped up and spun around. It was the girl he saved earlier that night. She had washed up and was in clean clothes now.
"What are you doing here?" he asked
"Um... I was hungry so I came down to get some food." She said
He gave a small nod of understanding and turned to leave.
"Wait!" said the girl.
He turned back around. She had a slight blush to her face and was looking down at the ground. "What?"
"Um... well I ... um... its just..." she stammered
"Yes"
There was a moment of silence before she lifted her head and looked him in the eye. Time seamed to stop. She was stunning. Her dark silky hair flowed down her back, little wisps falling in her face. Her ivory skin was colored with a small blush. And her eyes, the bright blue orbs, they were sparkling with a hint of shyness. She was perfect.
He was brought back to reality when he saw her hand waving around in his face.
"Are you ok?" she asked
"I'm fine. What did you say?"
"Thank you for stopping those men."
"What were you doing out there any way?" he said it as if it was no big deal but he really did care.
"I was going home. I live near the alley and that was a shortcut. I guess I had it coming."
"What?" now he was confused.
"That's not the first time that happened." She said with a bittersweet smile on her face. "That has happened before. Twice in fact. In that same alley."
I'm sorry he wanted to say that out loud but the words wouldn't come. What did come out, as was "oh." Wow! I sounded like an idiot.
"That doesn't matter any more." She said, "I'm going to go to sleep now. Thank you again."
She turned the corner and was out of Kenshin's sight. With a sigh he picked up his katana and started to leave the room when she came running back in. He looked at her a little surprised. She looked embarrassed or was it shy?
"Um....... I forgot to ask you what your name was." A cute blush tinted her cheeks.
"Himura Kenshin"
"I'm Kamiya Kaoru. Well good night." She gave a slight bow and walked off to her room.
Kenshin watched her walk down the hall. "Good night," he said quietly as he headed of to his room.
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The next morning Kenshin sat in Katsura's office awaiting Kaoru's arrival. Kenshin didn't get much sleep last night do to his many nightmares. Nightmares were a constant occurrence in Kenshin's life. He grew up with them. They were the only consistent things in this life. The only things he could rely on. Thou he wished they weren't. He wished to rely on something else. But what?
Just then Kaoru entered the room. She had her hair up in a high ponytail and was wearing a white gi and blue hakama. Now that was not something he expected to see. Last night he got the impression that she was some cute little girly, girl who liked pretty ribbons and elegant kimonos. I guess not.
She sat down between Kenshin and Katsura, "umm... so what exactly am I doing here?"
"You are here to discuses the events of last night, and what is to happen." Katsura said truthfully.
"Ok" she said.
"Is it true that you saw Himura" he gestured to Kenshin, "kill last night?"
"Yes" she replied sincerely.
"Would you tell me what you were doing in that alley?"
"I was walking home when the two men came and tackled me to the ground. They tried to rape me but Kenshin came in time and killed the men. Then he brought me back here," she said. Katsura turned to Kenshin, "Is this what happened Himura?"
"Yes sir," Kenshin nodded his head slightly.
Katsura then turned back to kaoru "are you a spy?"
"Nani? No!" she was a little confused now.
"Good," Katsura turned and contemplated over this situation. There was a moment of silence in the room before Katsura spoke again. "Its decide you Kamiya-san will stay here in the inn for the time being. You may leave for no reason."
"What?!" she screamed. "No way! I have a home, I have a family! You can't hold me hostage."
"I'm afraid we can. And from what I've gathered from my sources your parents are dead. Are they not?" he asked simply.
Kaoru bowed her head and muttered a small yes.
"Himura I'm placing your in charge of her. You are to know where she is at all times and to make sure she is out of harms way. Got it?"
"Yes sir," Kenshin said confidentially.
"Good. You two may leave now. Himura I wish to see you after dinner." Katsura said.
Kenshin gave a slight nod and the two left the room.
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" Kenshin! Kenshin!" Kaoru walked down the hall of the inn looking for Kenshin. It was dinnertime and she had no idea were the dining hall was. She turned the corner and ran into something. Something soft yet hard at the same time. After she regained her senses she looked to see what it was that she ran into. Her eyes met with piercing gold. It was Kenshin. She had never noticed how amazing his eyes are. Nor had she noticed how amazing every thing about him was. His gorgeous red hair. His smooth skin. His firm chest. Witch she currently had her hands pressed against. That brought her back to reality. But could you blame her. She was a 15 year- old girl staring up at a very hot guy.
"Um... I was looking for you." She stated
"What do you want?" he said in a cool tone of voice.
"I wanted to know were the dining hall was but if I knew you were going to be such a jerk about it I would have found it myself." He may be hot but he was lacking in personality.
"Then why didn't you do that in the first place," he snapped back.
"I don't know! I just didn't!" she yelled at him.
He went past her and walked down the hall towards the dining hall. Kaoru stared at his back flabbergasted.
He stopped and turned his head over his shoulder to look at her. "Are you coming or not?" he asked annoyed before walking down the hall again.
"Hey, wait!" Kaoru ran to catch up with him.
She went on rambling how rude he was being as she trailed behind him but it fell on deft ears. He opened the door to the dining hall and entered. Kaoru right behind him realized he was paying no attention to her.
She entered the room and yelled at the top of her lungs, "KENSHIN PAY ATENTION TO ME!!!" that's when she noticed all the other chosu men in the room staring at her.
"No," was all Kenshin said.
That pissed kaoru off and she forgot about all the other people in the room. She grabbed the bowl of rice of the tray of the person closeted to her. By this time Kenshin had sat down and began to eat his dinner not paying attention to any of he ranting. She walked up in front of him and dumped the bowl of rice on his head.
"Haha... serves you right. You know you should be more polite to a lady." She smirked at his bowed head that was covered in rice.
Just then Kenshin turned his head up to her. His eyes were closed and he has a smile on his face, a wicked smile. Slowly he opened his eyes. This time, Kaoru noticed, they were glowing a vicious amber. She took a step back when he pushed himself up with his katana and advanced towards her.
Kenshin grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her towards him. Once again she was pressed agents his chest except for this time she had a sword pressed to her neck.
"No kaoru my dear. You have it all wrong. What you mean is you should be more polite to Hitokiri Battousai," he said in a low voice with a wicked grin on his face.
He looked so sexy and being pressed to him was a very nice feeling but that little fact that he could kill her with just a flick of his wrist made the good feelings disappear.
He backed away and sheathed his sword. He let go of the shell-shocked girl and turned backed around and picked up his own bowl of rice. He walked back to her with the bowl of rice in his hands. His evil smirk widened. He grabbed the folds of her gi and pulled them out and dumped the bowl of rice down her gi.
With a slight bow he bade good night and walked out of the room as if nothing happened. Kaoru just stared at the wall in front of her for a moment before she realized what happened. Coming out of her trance she knocked some of the rice out of her shirt. Oh... Kenshin you're going to get it! She ran out of the room after him, jumped on his back and started to hit his shoulder all the wile cussing at him.
"I don't care if you are Battousai I'm not afraid of you, you butt-munch! God you're the biggest asshole I know! I HATE YOU!" she ranted on like this clinging to his back while he walked to meet Katsura.
"Get off," he snapped as he reached the door to the room Katsura was in. He attempted to get her of his back by flipping her over his shoulder, but that didn't work out as planed. At the last moment kaoru through her body forward witch caught Kenshin off guard and sent the two of them crashing through toe rice paper doors. Kaoru landed on Kenshin's back with her arms wrapped around his shoulders.
"Glad to see you came Kenshin" Katsura said in a sarcastic tone.
Oh, no!
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AN: so what did you think? Yes this will be a k/k. suggestions would be appreciated! I know my spelling is bad. I'm sorry. But I would like it if you guys would stop bring it up. I don't have a beta reader yet and those 'I love your story but you need to work on your spelling' things get sort of annoying. Why can't you just leave it at 'I love your story'? I try to spell well but my dyslexia kind of gets in the way, but I still try. :) Any way thanks for the reviews. Keep them coming. ttyl.
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Battousai stood at the well, small rivulets of water rolled down his body. His clothes were plastered to him and his bangs were mated to his face. All the blood was gone. For now. A gust of wind came that sent chills over his wet body. He new he should go in but he didn't want to. Not yet. He need think. He walked over to the steps of the inn and sat down.
He looked to the sky in exhaustion. The stars seamed to frown down on him. I know I know he thought. Why do I do this any way? To make others happy? To make it so people can live a peaceful life. Can I ever live a normal life? He pulled the top he had ever since he was a child, out of his gi.
He never did have much of a childhood. His parents died when he was 7. He was shipped around from slave trader to slave trader for the next two years. That's when Hiko Sejiro found him and taught him the Hiten Mitsurugi. And the power to murder. When he was 14 he left to join the war. His training was incomplete and he was acting arrogant when he made this stupid decision. To bad he didn't know that till now. He wished to go back and finish his training but did not believe his master would teach him again. No, he believed his master would teach him again, but he didn't have the courage to find out.
Battousai wrapped the string around his top. His mother gave him the top for his fifth birthday. He remembered that day so well yet it felt like a dream now. His parents took him and his brother and sisters out to a local restraunt. They didn't have a lot of money to spare so that was a real treat. Despite the fact that they were poor they were immensely happy and loved each other very much. Shinta that was his name.
Shinta was loved. Battousai wasn't. Battousai was feared. Shinta was happy. Battousai is not. He wished to be Shinta again, to be loved, to be cared for, to be innocent. Battousai could never be innocent again. Battousai could never be loved. Or could he?
But who would love him? No one.
He had to quit thinking like this. Think of something else. Self-pity is going to do you no good. He told himself. A breeze flew by reminding him where he was. He should get inside and go to sleep.
He picked up his top and his katana and went inside.
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Battousai walked in thought the kitchen and noticed that there was some one he did not recognize digging through one of the cabinets. He crept closer and noticed the person was in a yukata and that their hair was down.
"Who are you?" he questioned.
"Eeeep!" The person jumped up and spun around. It was the girl he saved earlier that night. She had washed up and was in clean clothes now.
"What are you doing here?" he asked
"Um... I was hungry so I came down to get some food." She said
He gave a small nod of understanding and turned to leave.
"Wait!" said the girl.
He turned back around. She had a slight blush to her face and was looking down at the ground. "What?"
"Um... well I ... um... its just..." she stammered
"Yes"
There was a moment of silence before she lifted her head and looked him in the eye. Time seamed to stop. She was stunning. Her dark silky hair flowed down her back, little wisps falling in her face. Her ivory skin was colored with a small blush. And her eyes, the bright blue orbs, they were sparkling with a hint of shyness. She was perfect.
He was brought back to reality when he saw her hand waving around in his face.
"Are you ok?" she asked
"I'm fine. What did you say?"
"Thank you for stopping those men."
"What were you doing out there any way?" he said it as if it was no big deal but he really did care.
"I was going home. I live near the alley and that was a shortcut. I guess I had it coming."
"What?" now he was confused.
"That's not the first time that happened." She said with a bittersweet smile on her face. "That has happened before. Twice in fact. In that same alley."
I'm sorry he wanted to say that out loud but the words wouldn't come. What did come out, as was "oh." Wow! I sounded like an idiot.
"That doesn't matter any more." She said, "I'm going to go to sleep now. Thank you again."
She turned the corner and was out of Kenshin's sight. With a sigh he picked up his katana and started to leave the room when she came running back in. He looked at her a little surprised. She looked embarrassed or was it shy?
"Um....... I forgot to ask you what your name was." A cute blush tinted her cheeks.
"Himura Kenshin"
"I'm Kamiya Kaoru. Well good night." She gave a slight bow and walked off to her room.
Kenshin watched her walk down the hall. "Good night," he said quietly as he headed of to his room.
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The next morning Kenshin sat in Katsura's office awaiting Kaoru's arrival. Kenshin didn't get much sleep last night do to his many nightmares. Nightmares were a constant occurrence in Kenshin's life. He grew up with them. They were the only consistent things in this life. The only things he could rely on. Thou he wished they weren't. He wished to rely on something else. But what?
Just then Kaoru entered the room. She had her hair up in a high ponytail and was wearing a white gi and blue hakama. Now that was not something he expected to see. Last night he got the impression that she was some cute little girly, girl who liked pretty ribbons and elegant kimonos. I guess not.
She sat down between Kenshin and Katsura, "umm... so what exactly am I doing here?"
"You are here to discuses the events of last night, and what is to happen." Katsura said truthfully.
"Ok" she said.
"Is it true that you saw Himura" he gestured to Kenshin, "kill last night?"
"Yes" she replied sincerely.
"Would you tell me what you were doing in that alley?"
"I was walking home when the two men came and tackled me to the ground. They tried to rape me but Kenshin came in time and killed the men. Then he brought me back here," she said. Katsura turned to Kenshin, "Is this what happened Himura?"
"Yes sir," Kenshin nodded his head slightly.
Katsura then turned back to kaoru "are you a spy?"
"Nani? No!" she was a little confused now.
"Good," Katsura turned and contemplated over this situation. There was a moment of silence in the room before Katsura spoke again. "Its decide you Kamiya-san will stay here in the inn for the time being. You may leave for no reason."
"What?!" she screamed. "No way! I have a home, I have a family! You can't hold me hostage."
"I'm afraid we can. And from what I've gathered from my sources your parents are dead. Are they not?" he asked simply.
Kaoru bowed her head and muttered a small yes.
"Himura I'm placing your in charge of her. You are to know where she is at all times and to make sure she is out of harms way. Got it?"
"Yes sir," Kenshin said confidentially.
"Good. You two may leave now. Himura I wish to see you after dinner." Katsura said.
Kenshin gave a slight nod and the two left the room.
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" Kenshin! Kenshin!" Kaoru walked down the hall of the inn looking for Kenshin. It was dinnertime and she had no idea were the dining hall was. She turned the corner and ran into something. Something soft yet hard at the same time. After she regained her senses she looked to see what it was that she ran into. Her eyes met with piercing gold. It was Kenshin. She had never noticed how amazing his eyes are. Nor had she noticed how amazing every thing about him was. His gorgeous red hair. His smooth skin. His firm chest. Witch she currently had her hands pressed against. That brought her back to reality. But could you blame her. She was a 15 year- old girl staring up at a very hot guy.
"Um... I was looking for you." She stated
"What do you want?" he said in a cool tone of voice.
"I wanted to know were the dining hall was but if I knew you were going to be such a jerk about it I would have found it myself." He may be hot but he was lacking in personality.
"Then why didn't you do that in the first place," he snapped back.
"I don't know! I just didn't!" she yelled at him.
He went past her and walked down the hall towards the dining hall. Kaoru stared at his back flabbergasted.
He stopped and turned his head over his shoulder to look at her. "Are you coming or not?" he asked annoyed before walking down the hall again.
"Hey, wait!" Kaoru ran to catch up with him.
She went on rambling how rude he was being as she trailed behind him but it fell on deft ears. He opened the door to the dining hall and entered. Kaoru right behind him realized he was paying no attention to her.
She entered the room and yelled at the top of her lungs, "KENSHIN PAY ATENTION TO ME!!!" that's when she noticed all the other chosu men in the room staring at her.
"No," was all Kenshin said.
That pissed kaoru off and she forgot about all the other people in the room. She grabbed the bowl of rice of the tray of the person closeted to her. By this time Kenshin had sat down and began to eat his dinner not paying attention to any of he ranting. She walked up in front of him and dumped the bowl of rice on his head.
"Haha... serves you right. You know you should be more polite to a lady." She smirked at his bowed head that was covered in rice.
Just then Kenshin turned his head up to her. His eyes were closed and he has a smile on his face, a wicked smile. Slowly he opened his eyes. This time, Kaoru noticed, they were glowing a vicious amber. She took a step back when he pushed himself up with his katana and advanced towards her.
Kenshin grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her towards him. Once again she was pressed agents his chest except for this time she had a sword pressed to her neck.
"No kaoru my dear. You have it all wrong. What you mean is you should be more polite to Hitokiri Battousai," he said in a low voice with a wicked grin on his face.
He looked so sexy and being pressed to him was a very nice feeling but that little fact that he could kill her with just a flick of his wrist made the good feelings disappear.
He backed away and sheathed his sword. He let go of the shell-shocked girl and turned backed around and picked up his own bowl of rice. He walked back to her with the bowl of rice in his hands. His evil smirk widened. He grabbed the folds of her gi and pulled them out and dumped the bowl of rice down her gi.
With a slight bow he bade good night and walked out of the room as if nothing happened. Kaoru just stared at the wall in front of her for a moment before she realized what happened. Coming out of her trance she knocked some of the rice out of her shirt. Oh... Kenshin you're going to get it! She ran out of the room after him, jumped on his back and started to hit his shoulder all the wile cussing at him.
"I don't care if you are Battousai I'm not afraid of you, you butt-munch! God you're the biggest asshole I know! I HATE YOU!" she ranted on like this clinging to his back while he walked to meet Katsura.
"Get off," he snapped as he reached the door to the room Katsura was in. He attempted to get her of his back by flipping her over his shoulder, but that didn't work out as planed. At the last moment kaoru through her body forward witch caught Kenshin off guard and sent the two of them crashing through toe rice paper doors. Kaoru landed on Kenshin's back with her arms wrapped around his shoulders.
"Glad to see you came Kenshin" Katsura said in a sarcastic tone.
Oh, no!
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AN: so what did you think? Yes this will be a k/k. suggestions would be appreciated! I know my spelling is bad. I'm sorry. But I would like it if you guys would stop bring it up. I don't have a beta reader yet and those 'I love your story but you need to work on your spelling' things get sort of annoying. Why can't you just leave it at 'I love your story'? I try to spell well but my dyslexia kind of gets in the way, but I still try. :) Any way thanks for the reviews. Keep them coming. ttyl.