Disclaimer: Don't sue me, I don't own anything _"
White seraph: *takes kenshin's crown* hehehe
Kenshin: O_o oro! Why am I a brutal tyrant? Naw I'm too sweet and gentle, tis cannot be!
White seraph: don't worry you're a sexy tyrant *wink wink*
Kenshin: *gulps*..um, ah yeah lets see what the reviewers wrote!
White seraph: oh yeah lemme see!
Kenshin: oooo I have a lot of supporters! Thank you to all those who reviewed!
White seraph: really?! Oooo thank you everyone! Weeee! *does the crazy dance*
Kenshin: and so white seraph goes insane, lets go to the story now, and I shall be back to report any news afterwards, Kenshin here at white seraph's domain reporting.
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Once Upon a time: Chapter 5
by white seraph
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Soujiro took Kaoru around the palace garden, they were both enjoying each other's silent company whilst admiring the beauty of nature, the greenery and wild life that thrived upon it, was beautiful indeed, there was much irony, to believe a heartless tyrant accommodated in such a beautiful Castle. When Kaoru suddenly stopped, the thought of serving the man so universally feared and hated made her nervous, and somewhat apprehended. And so she decided to start a conversation, hoping to ease her thoughts.
"Sou-chan, how long have you been working here?" She started, it was a simple question, thought little did she know that such an innocent question could stir the darkest memories of her fried.
"As long as I remember." Soujiro looked at her and was about to say more, but decided to keep his mouth shut. It was best to keep those horrible memories to himself. He really liked his new friend, and didn't want her to be shocked or even afraid of him. He saw the large, grayish walls of the castle emerging, thank the God. He quickly evaded further questioning. "We're here" Sou-chan announced as they came to a large wooden door decorated with beautiful carvings.
Kaoru pulled back involutarily "wh..what? so soon? But I'm not ready yet! Oh my gosh what if the king-" her fear overwhelmed her as she forced herself to approach the Gate.
"don't worry, he won't even notice you're the new servant! Trust me! and even if anything bad happens, I promise you, I'll help you" soujiro released his grip from his new friend's wrist. Really the man wasn't as scary as he was famed for. No, not one bit. As long as he did the right thing and stayed out of his way, his life could have been called a smooth, safe one. He really didn't understand this girl, how she was instilled such absurd thoughts about a person she never even met before!
"wait, sou-chan, can.can you come in with me?" She pleaded, her eyes looking up at him begging.
"no I'm sorry kao-chan, I cannot, because I'm only on of the king's guards, not his private maid." He tried to explained to her the rules, and how things worked here.
"what? I'm his..his private maid?" Kaoru gasped in astonishment. How bad can it get? Not only did she fail to find her father, not only was she assigned to work at the king's department, she was actually assigned to be his private maid, meaing she would be the only person around serving him? Oh dear.
"Oh no, don't worry you only do the morning rounds, that is, he has several different maids that serve him during different hours" Soujirou chuckled. This girl is so strange! She's so apprehensive about everything; it's as if this is her first time out of home! But he knew, he knew he liked this girl for her innocence and naivety, the qualities that many female servants here lacked. Many seemed to have given up the honor and virtue of maidenhood, throwing themselves to palace guards or squires, or the luckier ones, some noble men.
"oh." Kaoru was nervous, who the hell is he to have so many maids and guards? That stupid jerk. She silently cursed as the she let the young boy guide her through, floor after floor, corridor after corridor, until their reached the end of a long corridor after going up, endless number of floors. The door itself was large, symmetrically decorated, both sides were beautifully carved.
Soujiro opened the door, "It's about time, now go"
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Kaoru's heart was thumping, as she reminded herself she was now the servant of the notorious tyrant that everyone feared, as she approached the large bed, she saw him. No, she saw them. A young man with flame red hair and a cross on his left cheek, and a woman.a very pretty woman.
"That king is sure promiscuous!" Kaoru thought to herself."but what did I expect anyway?" suddenly, nervousness and fear overwhelmed her. "damn was I supposed to say good morning to him? How about his whore? Oh dear!" Kaoru panicked., not knowing what to do.
Much to her relief, the king stirred, saving Kaoru from the dilemma. She quickly rushed to the bed and greeted her king morning. Who in return ignored her and started walking slowly to his private bathroom.
Oh damn I forgot to prepare the washing basin! Kaoru quickly rushed into the bathroom before the king and added water into the silver basin, she also took the white towel, which she presumed was used as a face cleansing cloth, and put it next to the basin.
Just when the king entered, she bowed, remembering thoroughly how important manners were. The king walked past her as if she was invisible. "darn you arrogant person who the hell do you think you are?!" Kaoru bit her lip to hold her anger back, her hatred for the king was growing every second.
She watched as the redhead dipped his face into the water and flinched his head back up again. Then it came to her; she was in a rush, she forgot to check if the water was warm enough! And if she remembered correctly, she didn't turn the hot tap on..oh dear..
The king turned , his eye brows furrowed as he cornered Kaoru. "You expect me to cleanse in this?!"
This isn't good."sorry you majesty, I'm new and.and." oh god, his eyes."I forgot to turn the hot water tap on, I'm truly sorry.."
The king didn't seem to hear her apology, instead, he grabbed her hair, and pushed her face into the cold water. Kaoru was so shocked, she pushed the king away.
"Excuse me sir, I already apologized, and explained my mistake, and even if I didn't, you had NO RIGHT to do that, I mean hello? Who are you? The king yeah? Where are your manners, I-" Kaoru didn't finish her sentence, the redhead was staring at her in fury, curse it, she forgot who she was talking to.
The king's eyes narrowed, and Kaoru expected him to strike. She squeezed her eyes shut, prepared. No he didn't strike, what was wrong? Did he decided to have her slain later? After having her nails pulled out and eyes plucked out? Omgomgomgomg.
Kaoru carefully opened one eye and took a peek.Mou?! Where did he go?!
Suddenly, strong hands gripped her wrists, "I'll teach you what manners are", a voice from behind said, "Soujiro! Take this impolite girl to the dungeons and teach her a lesson, make sure she learns her manners before she serves me"
The young man walked in, he didn't expect this to happen, but he really didn't want to see his new friend tortured.
"Sorry your highness, she's new here and doesn't know any royal manners, please forgive her!" Soujiro started defending his friend.
"Soujiro, you either take the order, or I take your life" The king's voice sounded dangerous.
Soujiro sighed, "Yes, sir" and took Kaoru by her wrists and took her out of the room before she could even protest.
"Sou! You said I'll be fine! Now I'm going into the dungeons, oh dear! What will happen there? What kind of tortures do they do?!" Kaoru asked with fright.
"I'm sorry Kao -chan, I couldn't defend you there, but don't worry, I'll make sure you be safe and sound in the dungeons."
"you don't sound very promising, do you know that?" Kaoru couldn't help but smile a bit, even if it meant she was heading to jail.
"I'm truly sorry, Kao, I really couldn't afford to object just then, but you see it's different in the dungeons, all the guards are my friends, and they're all very understanding, especially if you're a girl"
"Still, how long do I have to stay in the dungeons?" She ignored his apologies, it was her way of indicating that it was fine.
"Well, probably 2 to 3 days, but even if you come out, I don't think the servant's head quarters will have you serving the king again, so don't you worry" Soujirou told her. This sort of thing happened before; He was not sure if the King deliberately left out the instructions to have her tortured, or that he simply forgot to. But nevertheless, Kaoru was a lucky one.
"hmph, that was scary you know, and hey! You didn't tell me the king liked women's company at night!" Kaor's voice was still nervously quivering from the confrontation with the King.
"oh that, yeah but you don't have to worry, they're not mistresses or anything, just whores from his harem that the king likes to play around with" Soujiro snickered. "Well he does have some mistresses" He continued, but that title in only reserved for the very few he favours. Not that you really needed to know." He finished off lamely
They walked until they got to a dark underground building, which kaoru presumed was the palace dungeons; the place she'll be staying at for the next few days. She was assigned a small catastrophic room.no it's not even a room, just a box with bars, and a shabby bed of hay.
"Don't worry Kaoru, I'll come visit you later on today" Soujiro talked to a few guards, telling them about the situation, they all nodded understandingly, and smiled.
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kenshin: Hello readers, looks like white seraph is still dancing.
White seraph: *snatches mic* WE ALL LOVE KENSHIN! YAY!
Kenshin: *sigh* I officially pronounce white seraph insane! Please admit her to the nearest asylum as soon as possible!
White seraph: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOLD ON READERS!!! I NEED SUGGESTONS AND IDEAS FOR THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS!!!!!
And here it is, who wants:
A) Ken falls madly in love with Kaoru, but Kaoru plays hard to get, but eventually falls for him too
B) Kaoru seduces Ken, who readily agrees
C) Soujiro/Kaoru
D) Ken meets tomoe and falls in love with her
E) AND FINALY a bit of each but will end with K/K pairing
Kenshin: Orororrorro!! O.o I vote for F! kenshin falls madly in love with White seraph! Weeee!
White seraph: soryr Kenny, F is not an available option :D
Kenshin: *pouts* no wait . . . O.o ORO!?! white seraph is back to normal YAY!!!
White seraph: *takes kenshin's crown* hehehe
Kenshin: O_o oro! Why am I a brutal tyrant? Naw I'm too sweet and gentle, tis cannot be!
White seraph: don't worry you're a sexy tyrant *wink wink*
Kenshin: *gulps*..um, ah yeah lets see what the reviewers wrote!
White seraph: oh yeah lemme see!
Kenshin: oooo I have a lot of supporters! Thank you to all those who reviewed!
White seraph: really?! Oooo thank you everyone! Weeee! *does the crazy dance*
Kenshin: and so white seraph goes insane, lets go to the story now, and I shall be back to report any news afterwards, Kenshin here at white seraph's domain reporting.
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Once Upon a time: Chapter 5
by white seraph
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Soujiro took Kaoru around the palace garden, they were both enjoying each other's silent company whilst admiring the beauty of nature, the greenery and wild life that thrived upon it, was beautiful indeed, there was much irony, to believe a heartless tyrant accommodated in such a beautiful Castle. When Kaoru suddenly stopped, the thought of serving the man so universally feared and hated made her nervous, and somewhat apprehended. And so she decided to start a conversation, hoping to ease her thoughts.
"Sou-chan, how long have you been working here?" She started, it was a simple question, thought little did she know that such an innocent question could stir the darkest memories of her fried.
"As long as I remember." Soujiro looked at her and was about to say more, but decided to keep his mouth shut. It was best to keep those horrible memories to himself. He really liked his new friend, and didn't want her to be shocked or even afraid of him. He saw the large, grayish walls of the castle emerging, thank the God. He quickly evaded further questioning. "We're here" Sou-chan announced as they came to a large wooden door decorated with beautiful carvings.
Kaoru pulled back involutarily "wh..what? so soon? But I'm not ready yet! Oh my gosh what if the king-" her fear overwhelmed her as she forced herself to approach the Gate.
"don't worry, he won't even notice you're the new servant! Trust me! and even if anything bad happens, I promise you, I'll help you" soujiro released his grip from his new friend's wrist. Really the man wasn't as scary as he was famed for. No, not one bit. As long as he did the right thing and stayed out of his way, his life could have been called a smooth, safe one. He really didn't understand this girl, how she was instilled such absurd thoughts about a person she never even met before!
"wait, sou-chan, can.can you come in with me?" She pleaded, her eyes looking up at him begging.
"no I'm sorry kao-chan, I cannot, because I'm only on of the king's guards, not his private maid." He tried to explained to her the rules, and how things worked here.
"what? I'm his..his private maid?" Kaoru gasped in astonishment. How bad can it get? Not only did she fail to find her father, not only was she assigned to work at the king's department, she was actually assigned to be his private maid, meaing she would be the only person around serving him? Oh dear.
"Oh no, don't worry you only do the morning rounds, that is, he has several different maids that serve him during different hours" Soujirou chuckled. This girl is so strange! She's so apprehensive about everything; it's as if this is her first time out of home! But he knew, he knew he liked this girl for her innocence and naivety, the qualities that many female servants here lacked. Many seemed to have given up the honor and virtue of maidenhood, throwing themselves to palace guards or squires, or the luckier ones, some noble men.
"oh." Kaoru was nervous, who the hell is he to have so many maids and guards? That stupid jerk. She silently cursed as the she let the young boy guide her through, floor after floor, corridor after corridor, until their reached the end of a long corridor after going up, endless number of floors. The door itself was large, symmetrically decorated, both sides were beautifully carved.
Soujiro opened the door, "It's about time, now go"
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Kaoru's heart was thumping, as she reminded herself she was now the servant of the notorious tyrant that everyone feared, as she approached the large bed, she saw him. No, she saw them. A young man with flame red hair and a cross on his left cheek, and a woman.a very pretty woman.
"That king is sure promiscuous!" Kaoru thought to herself."but what did I expect anyway?" suddenly, nervousness and fear overwhelmed her. "damn was I supposed to say good morning to him? How about his whore? Oh dear!" Kaoru panicked., not knowing what to do.
Much to her relief, the king stirred, saving Kaoru from the dilemma. She quickly rushed to the bed and greeted her king morning. Who in return ignored her and started walking slowly to his private bathroom.
Oh damn I forgot to prepare the washing basin! Kaoru quickly rushed into the bathroom before the king and added water into the silver basin, she also took the white towel, which she presumed was used as a face cleansing cloth, and put it next to the basin.
Just when the king entered, she bowed, remembering thoroughly how important manners were. The king walked past her as if she was invisible. "darn you arrogant person who the hell do you think you are?!" Kaoru bit her lip to hold her anger back, her hatred for the king was growing every second.
She watched as the redhead dipped his face into the water and flinched his head back up again. Then it came to her; she was in a rush, she forgot to check if the water was warm enough! And if she remembered correctly, she didn't turn the hot tap on..oh dear..
The king turned , his eye brows furrowed as he cornered Kaoru. "You expect me to cleanse in this?!"
This isn't good."sorry you majesty, I'm new and.and." oh god, his eyes."I forgot to turn the hot water tap on, I'm truly sorry.."
The king didn't seem to hear her apology, instead, he grabbed her hair, and pushed her face into the cold water. Kaoru was so shocked, she pushed the king away.
"Excuse me sir, I already apologized, and explained my mistake, and even if I didn't, you had NO RIGHT to do that, I mean hello? Who are you? The king yeah? Where are your manners, I-" Kaoru didn't finish her sentence, the redhead was staring at her in fury, curse it, she forgot who she was talking to.
The king's eyes narrowed, and Kaoru expected him to strike. She squeezed her eyes shut, prepared. No he didn't strike, what was wrong? Did he decided to have her slain later? After having her nails pulled out and eyes plucked out? Omgomgomgomg.
Kaoru carefully opened one eye and took a peek.Mou?! Where did he go?!
Suddenly, strong hands gripped her wrists, "I'll teach you what manners are", a voice from behind said, "Soujiro! Take this impolite girl to the dungeons and teach her a lesson, make sure she learns her manners before she serves me"
The young man walked in, he didn't expect this to happen, but he really didn't want to see his new friend tortured.
"Sorry your highness, she's new here and doesn't know any royal manners, please forgive her!" Soujiro started defending his friend.
"Soujiro, you either take the order, or I take your life" The king's voice sounded dangerous.
Soujiro sighed, "Yes, sir" and took Kaoru by her wrists and took her out of the room before she could even protest.
"Sou! You said I'll be fine! Now I'm going into the dungeons, oh dear! What will happen there? What kind of tortures do they do?!" Kaoru asked with fright.
"I'm sorry Kao -chan, I couldn't defend you there, but don't worry, I'll make sure you be safe and sound in the dungeons."
"you don't sound very promising, do you know that?" Kaoru couldn't help but smile a bit, even if it meant she was heading to jail.
"I'm truly sorry, Kao, I really couldn't afford to object just then, but you see it's different in the dungeons, all the guards are my friends, and they're all very understanding, especially if you're a girl"
"Still, how long do I have to stay in the dungeons?" She ignored his apologies, it was her way of indicating that it was fine.
"Well, probably 2 to 3 days, but even if you come out, I don't think the servant's head quarters will have you serving the king again, so don't you worry" Soujirou told her. This sort of thing happened before; He was not sure if the King deliberately left out the instructions to have her tortured, or that he simply forgot to. But nevertheless, Kaoru was a lucky one.
"hmph, that was scary you know, and hey! You didn't tell me the king liked women's company at night!" Kaor's voice was still nervously quivering from the confrontation with the King.
"oh that, yeah but you don't have to worry, they're not mistresses or anything, just whores from his harem that the king likes to play around with" Soujiro snickered. "Well he does have some mistresses" He continued, but that title in only reserved for the very few he favours. Not that you really needed to know." He finished off lamely
They walked until they got to a dark underground building, which kaoru presumed was the palace dungeons; the place she'll be staying at for the next few days. She was assigned a small catastrophic room.no it's not even a room, just a box with bars, and a shabby bed of hay.
"Don't worry Kaoru, I'll come visit you later on today" Soujiro talked to a few guards, telling them about the situation, they all nodded understandingly, and smiled.
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kenshin: Hello readers, looks like white seraph is still dancing.
White seraph: *snatches mic* WE ALL LOVE KENSHIN! YAY!
Kenshin: *sigh* I officially pronounce white seraph insane! Please admit her to the nearest asylum as soon as possible!
White seraph: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOLD ON READERS!!! I NEED SUGGESTONS AND IDEAS FOR THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS!!!!!
And here it is, who wants:
A) Ken falls madly in love with Kaoru, but Kaoru plays hard to get, but eventually falls for him too
B) Kaoru seduces Ken, who readily agrees
C) Soujiro/Kaoru
D) Ken meets tomoe and falls in love with her
E) AND FINALY a bit of each but will end with K/K pairing
Kenshin: Orororrorro!! O.o I vote for F! kenshin falls madly in love with White seraph! Weeee!
White seraph: soryr Kenny, F is not an available option :D
Kenshin: *pouts* no wait . . . O.o ORO!?! white seraph is back to normal YAY!!!