Red-san: Writer's block has moved! XD Yes, sorry for the long wait. I hate it when nothing comes to mind. -_- Enjoy! Reviews please, otherwise I don't know if you want it to be continued or not.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of Rurouni Kenshin's characters. All of them are © Watsuki Nobuhiro. But I am still an obsessy! *gets hit with a rock*
Sanosuke understood now. Kenshin was feeling awful about all of the things that he has done in the past. The slaying, injuring, killing if he must. But they were all for a good purpose. All right, Sanosuke understood what Kenshin meant but not for what time period he was talking about.
"Kenshin? Are you talking about ever since I met you? Or before that…?" Kenshin stared deeper into the pot, the water now forming to bubbles and rising to the top of the pot, gushing off through the sides. (Kaoru: My new pot! *sobs, sobs*) The vegetables started to leak onto the floor, following the stream of bubbles. Kenshin must have been drifting off through space for he didn't pay attention to the pot.
"Kenshin?" Sanosuke's eyes kept shifting from the pot to the top of Kenshin's head. Now feeling the steam touch Sanosuke's skin on his arm, Sanosuke winced a little, shook his arm and kicked the pot across the dirt (Kaoru: GAK! O_O). The fire had been extinguished for Sanosuke kicked some dirt upon that as well. Still no response from Kenshin…
"Kenshin!" he repeated once more, "Kenshin! Did you hear me?" There was still no response from Kenshin. Sanosuke grew frustrated. He didn't care if Kenshin was being moody or had a problem, he couldn't stand it when people never answered his questions! "KENSHIN!" Sanosuke quickly put his hand on Kenshin's shoulder and turned him around with much force so that Kenshin's face was facing him and his hair went askew. Sanosuke dropped his sad emotion and saw the look of a depressed warrior in front of him. He had never seen one like it before.
Kenshin's face was pale and the darkest tone in his face was the bags under his eyes and the tear that left a trailing mark of water down his face. It rolled down to the bottom of his cheek and dropped onto the dirt, making a small brown dot. Even though Sanosuke had not paid attention to when it hit the floor, he couldn't get the picture of Kenshin's face like that. He didn't understand why!
"Kenshin!" Sanosuke shook his friend roughly, "What's wrong with you?" Kenshin's head bobbed this way and that as the shaking continued. But when Sanosuke had stopped, Kenshin looked up at him. His eyes were dilated. Another tear started to form. Kenshin closed his eyes and shook his head. He stood up quickly and marched off into the forest, back to where he was before. Sanosuke was left dumbstruck on the dirt, he yelled after Kenshin. He yelled at him telling him to come back. But all it did was make Kenshin run.
"What did you do?!" Sanosuke looked over his shoulder and saw Yahiko and Kaoru running out. Yahiko fumed with anger and Kaoru sobbing over her pot. She kneeled down to it as Yahiko ran toward Sanosuke with clenched fists. Sanosuke didn't quite notice the anger in Yahiko's voice nor face.
"What do you mean what did I do-EHW!" Sanosuke was cut off for Yahiko had punched Sanosuke in the face, making it turn to the side quickly and turn red. Sanosuke rubbed his cheek, "What was that for?!"
"You drove Kenshin off! You weren't supposed to do that!" Yahiko yelled at him and was about to lay another blow but decided not to when he heard the cry of a female.
"What happened to Kenshin?" It was Kaoru. She was standing looking down at the two, clutching her pot now having stains of dried bubbles and dents here and there. She had a worried look on her face and neither Sanosuke or Yahiko knew how to explain it in an easy way to her…
Red-san: That's all for this chapter. I'm sorry it's so short but writer's block is getting the best of me and might as well give you something while I got it, no? ^^; I promise the next one will be longer.