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The Hunt
Chapter 5
"What Misao? That can't be. Why would Kaoru lose her life easily, if she were to fall in love?" asked Aoshi with a concerned voice. His eyes never left her face. "Why?"
"She was never meant for happiness. Whatever happiness she found, she would lose it very easily. Instead she made as a key, a key the hunters are looking for," said Misao weakly. Her tears fell from her eyes into the river.
"She was made as a key for what Misao? I'm completely lost for words here," he said. He was puzzled. He gently lifted her from the water and carried her to the river side shore. Misao couldn't help but cry out in pain. All the torture she went through finally took a toll on her body.
"Let me explain to you about our whole family's history. A long time ago, a shrine was built in the heart of a city called Desko. Legend said that a long time ago in that city, super natural powers existed. It was only the people who lived in that city who could open that sacred shrine, but among the group, there were only a chosen few that could operate the sacred shrine," said Misao weakly. As she continued speaking, she felt herself losing her voice. "What made that shrine so sacred was the fact it led to two other worlds. Those two worlds are for the dead. It was said the shrine was linked between the world above, and the world below, known as heaven and hell. Not everyone believed in the shrine, but the only ones who believed were the ones who lived in the city. Then it was that one faithful day, the city showed its true colors. Because they weren't many believers the city became lost within the shrine. All souls lost between both worlds. But somehow our family found a way out of that city. However we carried a curse. We could not be fully happy in our lives, because our duty in our lives is to worship the sacred shrine. The only problem is no one knows where exactly the lost city of Desko is located. Legend said it lost itself within the years. And as it lost itself, people who were born with super natural powers became a very rare precious gift to find. That's why the hunters are after us. Because they're looking for the chosen one to open the sacred gates of the shrine so that they could have what they want."
Aoshi listened to his beloved words very carefully making sure he digested her information in his mind, without missing one thing. "Does that mean you are the chosen one for the shrine?" he asked hoping his answer would be false.
"No, I could only open the sacred shrine gates, but Kaoru is the only chosen one left who could operate the shrine. She is the only one who could link three different world's together, heaven, hell, and this world. But there's a price. If she link three worlds together I don't know exactly what can come from it, but I know for a fact that it surely will be evil."
"That's definitely not good."
"That's only because there were no believers to believe and worship the shrine. As payback for the people not believing in the shrine, the sacred shrine will punish all that lives within this world."
"So Kaoru will lose her life, because of that sacred shrine?'
"No Kaoru will lose her life from the sacred shrine, if she loves. Her blood is very sacred. It's said it holds many powers, and because of that it will be rich to activate the shrine itself."
"So the shrine works on blood?"
"Yes, but it only works with the chosen blood. Since her mother carried the special blood and my mother didn't, I only carry the super natural powers, not the blood of the chosen one. The whole idea of the sacred shrine is to grant anyone's wishes or desires, but they could only be granted one."
But if you say that evil is going to come from the sacred shrine, why whoever is after Kaoru wants to unleash it to the world? Is there anyway of stopping the evil presence from punishing this world?" asked Aoshi with a concerned voice. He couldn't believe exactly what his ears were hearing, but then again, there were many times Misao predicted, said things that became true. He was the only person who knew a little bit about her power besides Kaoru.
Misao couldn't help but cry from the torture her body was feeling. She felt Aoshi; her beloved wrapped his arms around her tighter then usual. She could feel his aura of both protectiveness, and comforting taking over her. Misao smiled at him. Before she knew she loved him, he never cared for her, but with the complicated plan Kaoru came up with, caused Aoshi to fall in love with her. Because of that, Misao owed a lot to Kaoru. Kaoru was the success in bringing Aoshi and her together.
"I could tell you this much. There is the way to stop the curse of the sacred shrine from taking over this world, but that means you would have to kill her and me, Aoshi," she whispered quietly before she fell into a deep slumber.
A few days went by when Kaoru followed the mysterious man wherever he took her. According to what she found about him, she found out he had no home really. He just wandered, because a man who had a lot of enemies, he didn't want to take any precaution into settling down. What amazed Kaoru the most was the fact a handsome, good looking man like himself, never settle down with a girl. Kaoru bet many girls would love to have him as their husband; the only problem is maybe with his good looks that meant he was a womanizer. If any girl fell for him, and settled with him, he might get bored very fast and go with someone else.
Kaoru stared at his back wondering what he what he looked like under his clothing, the way his muscles rippled through his clothing left her dazed. She remembered what he did to her a few days ago, and couldn't believe a man like him, her new master held such power over her.
Ever since that day Kaoru knew her position. If she wasn't so defiant, which was hard for her to control, maybe he would leave her alone. If she followed his authority without questioning anything, then she will be fine and he will never have to do what he did to her again. So far her plan seemed to be working, but another part of her liked what he did to her. No man has ever touched her the way he did, or treated her the way he did. He may be cold on the outside, but Kaoru felt like he had feelings on his inside. She wondered why he was so cold and distant. She wondered what could have happened in his past, to make him have so many enemies.
Before she could finish analyzing the mysterious man she was following she heard his voice tell her something. "Sorry, did you say something?" Kaoru asked, bending her head to hide her sapphire eyes, from looking into his amber eyes.
"I told you we're going o settled down here for the night. When morning hits tomorrow, then we'll continue on our trail. Got it?" commanded Kenshin with a harsh voice, his amber eyes burning intently on the young girl kneeling before him. Apparently from her position, he got the idea; she was tired from their long day of walking.
This young woman found every way to astonish him. From her sapphire eyes, to the way she acted. Everyday she shocked him. A few days ago after the little incident of seducing her, she changed from her defiance, to an obedient little girl. She really amused him. If she thought she was going to get away easily from what he did to her a few days ago, then she didn't know whom she was messing with. However from her little obedient stage, he still saw the defiant expression she held in her beautiful sapphire eyes. She had so much spirit, especially a woman like herself, who was a slave. It was hard to find a woman with so much spirit, and the fact was she was his woman, and his alone made it even better.
His amber eyes, stared her up and down. Kaoru felt like he could see beyond her dress, she felt like he was alone undressing her with his eyes. Kaoru couldn't help but step back. His amber eyes seemed to frighten her, yet excite her at the same time. It made her feel a lot of tingling sensation that went through her whole body. She closed her eyes, and wished for this whole scene just to be a dream, and nothing real.
As she stepped back a little further, avoiding her sapphire eyes to clash with amber eyes filled with lust, passion, and passiveness, she felt herself hit a tree. 'Oh no here I am with a man who is cold and dark, and there's nothing I can do,' Kaoru thought to herself. Just then she felt his hands at her waist, which made her jumped.
"Please don't," she begged. Her sapphire eyes begged him not to go any further with her. She wondered what might happen if he discovered she was a virgin. She thought he might kill right there and then, or might sell her off, or worst torture her to death.
"Please… please don't do this," she begged him. Her eyes shut as he pressed his hard body against hers, the tree trapped her escape route.
"Don't do what?" his husky voice asked. He liked the situation. She looked so innocent to his eyes. She looked like a mouse corned by the cat. He could tell she was very uncomfortable with his body pressed against hers. She acted like she was a virgin that never had such intimacy before. Because of the way she was acting, when he knew the truth, angered him. He grabbed her arm harshly. His hand gripped her face, forcing her sapphire eyes to open up in fright when she met his angered amber eyes.
"Why are you acting like this? You act like something like this never happened to you before," he said with a harsh voice.
His harsh voice sent chills up Kaoru's back. How was she going to explain everything to him? How was she going to explain that in her life as a slave with her old master, she never had something like this happened to her before?
"Something like this never happened to me before," she whispered as her sapphire eyes looked into his eyes with so much fear.
"No you're lying," he said softly, but his voice harsh and cold. His amber eyes burned with rage. He grabbed here arms, and tossed her to the ground harshly. Kaoru cried out in pain. She was frightened now, extremely scared. She had to find some way, to get away from him, before he seriously hurt her. With speed she never knew she possessed, she ran for her life. She ran away from their camp, and into the dark night. She decided the best way to confuse to him, was for her to run in zig –zags so he would lose her easily. As Kaoru ran, she ran as fast as her feet could take her, until she could run no more.
Kenshin looked on with fascinating eyes. He never knew someone so small could run with such speed, but still that didn't ease his anger. Kenshin knew many women, and all women desired him. They always wanted him, but this woman didn't want him. She was the only woman who rejected him. What was so good about her besides her spirit and beautiful looks? What about her that made Kenshin wants her so badly? As she ran he kept a close distance to her, using his god like speed to track her down, his prey. And as he continued to run after her, he noticed she slowed down. At a distance, from where he was standing, he saw her fall to her knees, smiling at her victory for losing him. 'If only she knew,' he thought.
All of a sudden with god like speed, he grabbed her by the waist and positioned her, so he could be a top of her. His angry amber eyes bore into her sapphire eyes filled with shock.
"You thought you lost me, but you should know something," said Kenshin with a cold harsh voice. One of his fist held both her hands, as it held them above her head, his next hand roaming her whole body. "I always get what I want, and what I want is you right now."
But before he could go any further with her, he heard something moved in the bushes behind him. He felt a dark aura, he never felt before. And then he heard his name, "Battousai."