A/N-I'm sorry for the delay in posting this chapter. For the past few
days we've been trying to get a faster Internet connection on our computer
but instead of our Internet connection becoming faster we lost all our
connections to the Internet. We had DSL and MSN but they both wouldn't
work. After we finally got our Cox High Speed connection my Microsoft Word
program wouldn't load any of my stuff that I had saved on it so I couldn't
post this chapter when I wanted to. Then I had to get my friend's laptop
and when I was all ready to post the document manager that you use to
upload your stories on to ff.net wasn't working. And now I can FINALY
upload this chapter!
Anyway, this chapter is both pretty short and kind of boring but things will (hopefully) start to get more interesting soon. As always if you want more of this fic please leave me a review. Reading the reviews people send me really does motivate me to post the next chapter fast so reviewing is always a good thing.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own any part of Rurouni Kenshin in anyway. I just write about its characters.
" " Talking
' ' Thoughts
A/N-Authors notes
Light.
Kaoru could see light again as she slowly opened her eyes. She had to blink for a while for everything to become clear. She was lying on a futon in a small room somewhere. There were lanterns hung from the ceiling and walls to provide light to where ever she was.
Kaoru sat up and quickly put her hand over her shoulder as she felt a sharp pain in it and was reminded of her encounter with the men from her troop.
She saw that her shoulder had been treated and bandaged up where the cut had been.
'Who did this? Is there someone here?'
Kaoru slowly got up and walked out the door to see if the person that healed her was still there. She saw that there were many tunnels out in the hall and she realized that she was most likely in the cave the dragon had been walking toward before she and passed out.
'I wonder if the dragon is still around here. And where's the person that healed me? I wonder.what's that smell? It smells like food.'
As Kaoru walked toward the smell of food cooking to see where the smell lead. She stepped out into a huge room that seamed to be the main entrance to the cave. There was a door to the right of the room and that seemed to be were the sent was coming from.
Wanting to see the person that helped her Kaoru walked into the room to see she was standing in what looked like the kitchen.
Over in the corner was a pot that soup was being cooked in over the fire, and sitting next to the pot was a man. He looked up from the pot he was stirring as Kaoru approached him.
"You're finally awake, that's good! I was staring to worry; you were unconscious for some time, that you were. How does your wound feel? I patched it up for you, I hope you don't mind." He looked up at Kaoru smiling.
"You were the one that bandaged my shoulder? Thank you. It feels just fine." She stood and stared at him, not sure what to do next.
"Would you like some food?" asked the man. "The soup will be done in a moment so you can go take a seat in the dining room if you like."
Kaoru returned to the room outside to wait for him to finish with the food. A few moments later he came out to the dining room holding two plates of food and set them down on the table and then went to get the bowls of soup.
"Here you go. Miso soup, some rice balls, and tea. I hope you like it." He placed her food in front of her and began to eat his.
Kaoru hesitantly picked up one of the rice balls and took a small bite from it. 'Mmmmm. This is really good!'
"This food is really good!" Kaoru quickly grabbed another rice ball from the plate and quickly ate that one as well.
"I'm glad you like it." said the man as he watched her eat her food.
As Kaoru finished up her meal she remembered she still didn't know who this man was.
"Thank you for the meal, sir. It was very delicious. But I'm afraid I don't know who you are. Would you mind telling me?"
The man looked up from his food and smiled. "Oh I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Himura Kenshin."
"When did you get here?" Kaoru asked. "The last thing I remember is being with a dragon."
"I have been staying here in this cave and saw when the dragon left you outside. I went out to see if you were all right and saw you had an injury and brought you in to heal you. I hope that is all right with you miss."
Kaoru nodded and smiled. "That's fine with me. Well," said Kaoru. "I guess I should tell you my name too. I'm-"
"Kamiya Kaoru."
Kaoru looked up at Kenshin and stared, wondering how he knew her name. "How did you know that?"
His eyes got big and he looked as if he just realized he had said something he shouldn't have. "Oh, well.it was just a lucky guess!" Kenshin smiled and quickly went back to eating, acting as if nothing had happened but Kaoru could tell that he wasn't being truthful with her.
"Himura-san?"
"Yes Kaoru-dono?"
"Do you know what happened to the dragon that brought me here? Will he come back or is he gone for good?" At this the smile left Kenshin's face and Kaoru thought he seemed a little worried.
"Why do you ask Kaoru-dono? Did he frighten you or hurt you in any way?"
"No not at all." Kaoru replied quickly. "That dragon saved my life! I really like him. He's like my own dragon." Kenshin raised his eyebrows at the last remark and a curious look came to his face.
'Opps! I didn't mean to say that out loud! Now he probably thinks I'm weird.' Kaoru quickly tried to cover up her mistake. "I mean I just like the dragon, that's all." As she said this Kenshin's smile returned and he returned to eating his food.
"That's good to hear."
After Kenshin finished eating his meal he stood and turned to Kaoru. "Well I think it's time to turn in for the night, that I do. Kaoru-dono, you can stay in the room you were resting in earlier if you would like." Kenshin stood up and held his hand out to Kaoru to help her up.
Kaoru blushed as she took Kenshin's hand and she wasn't quite sure why she was suddenly so shy.
'He really is quite handsome. He looks like he's about my age and I can already tell he's a really nice guy, maybe- NO!!' Kaoru quickly stopped that train of thought before it could go any farther.
'No Kaoru! You just met this guy and you know nothing about him! So don't even think it.'
'But I can't help but get the feeling that I've met Kenshin before.' As Kaoru walked to her room she tried to remember if she had ever seen him any where before but couldn't think of anywhere where she might have seen him.
"Kaoru-dono? Are you okay?" Kaoru quickly turned around to see Kenshin standing in her doorway.
"Oh, sorry Himura-san. I was just thinking that's all. What were you saying?"
"I just came to tell you that I will wake you up in the morning for breakfast and I also brought you some of my clothes for you to wear tomorrow since your current outfit is dirty and ripped."
Kaoru smiled at Kenshin. "Thank you for the clothes. And thank you for everything you've done for me. I really hope I'm not bothering you too much."
"That's okay Kaoru-dono, you don't have to thank me. You're not a bother at all. I just wanted to help you, that I did. I must admit that I really enjoy your company. I haven't been with any of my friends in a while and it's nice to have company again. Goodnight Kaoru-dono." Kenshin smiled at Kaoru once more and left for his own room.
Kaoru closed the shojo to her room and changed out of her dirty clothes into the clean ones Kenshin had left for her. After changing Kaoru slipped into her bed and quickly fell asleep.
Review Replies:
Hecate-Dragons are just so cool. I love them too. I plan on putting in the major characters so of course Sano and Yahiko are going to show up. I want to do Hiko too but if I don't know if I'd be able to do him and not make him too OOC. But I will defiantly try to put him in. Your right, Hiko is very cool.
Mewberries-Thanks a lot for actually staying with this fic. And it seems like every time I want to post a new chapter ff.net decides to do something annoying. Oh well.
Jen-I could never hate dragons! They're the coolest animals ever! Thanks for your encouraging review. I hope I don't disappoint you with the next few chapters.
Silver Goddess1-Glad you liked the first 2 chapters. Thanks for the review!
SilverLightning177-I know how annoying the whole getting disconnected or interrupted while you're your trying to review thing is, it happens to me sometimes. But at least you finally got to review, sometimes my computer won't let me send reviews. Thanks for the encouraging feedback!
Jupiter's Light-Because you seem to like this fic I feel bad that I posted such I lame chapter. I know people were probably expecting something at least a little better. Oh well, please stick around for the next chapter, I really will try to make it better then this one is.
A/N-There's chapter 3. I really don't like how this one came out but I tried to change it and I just couldn't make it any better. Again, I apologize for the lack of any thing remotely exciting or interesting in this chapter and the fact that it's so short. I promise that I will try to make the next chapter more interesting, and longer. But it might be a little while before I post the next chapter, I know what I want to happen for this story but I'm just not sure how to write it. Anyway, remember to review if you want more. See ya! ^_^x
Anyway, this chapter is both pretty short and kind of boring but things will (hopefully) start to get more interesting soon. As always if you want more of this fic please leave me a review. Reading the reviews people send me really does motivate me to post the next chapter fast so reviewing is always a good thing.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own any part of Rurouni Kenshin in anyway. I just write about its characters.
" " Talking
' ' Thoughts
A/N-Authors notes
Light.
Kaoru could see light again as she slowly opened her eyes. She had to blink for a while for everything to become clear. She was lying on a futon in a small room somewhere. There were lanterns hung from the ceiling and walls to provide light to where ever she was.
Kaoru sat up and quickly put her hand over her shoulder as she felt a sharp pain in it and was reminded of her encounter with the men from her troop.
She saw that her shoulder had been treated and bandaged up where the cut had been.
'Who did this? Is there someone here?'
Kaoru slowly got up and walked out the door to see if the person that healed her was still there. She saw that there were many tunnels out in the hall and she realized that she was most likely in the cave the dragon had been walking toward before she and passed out.
'I wonder if the dragon is still around here. And where's the person that healed me? I wonder.what's that smell? It smells like food.'
As Kaoru walked toward the smell of food cooking to see where the smell lead. She stepped out into a huge room that seamed to be the main entrance to the cave. There was a door to the right of the room and that seemed to be were the sent was coming from.
Wanting to see the person that helped her Kaoru walked into the room to see she was standing in what looked like the kitchen.
Over in the corner was a pot that soup was being cooked in over the fire, and sitting next to the pot was a man. He looked up from the pot he was stirring as Kaoru approached him.
"You're finally awake, that's good! I was staring to worry; you were unconscious for some time, that you were. How does your wound feel? I patched it up for you, I hope you don't mind." He looked up at Kaoru smiling.
"You were the one that bandaged my shoulder? Thank you. It feels just fine." She stood and stared at him, not sure what to do next.
"Would you like some food?" asked the man. "The soup will be done in a moment so you can go take a seat in the dining room if you like."
Kaoru returned to the room outside to wait for him to finish with the food. A few moments later he came out to the dining room holding two plates of food and set them down on the table and then went to get the bowls of soup.
"Here you go. Miso soup, some rice balls, and tea. I hope you like it." He placed her food in front of her and began to eat his.
Kaoru hesitantly picked up one of the rice balls and took a small bite from it. 'Mmmmm. This is really good!'
"This food is really good!" Kaoru quickly grabbed another rice ball from the plate and quickly ate that one as well.
"I'm glad you like it." said the man as he watched her eat her food.
As Kaoru finished up her meal she remembered she still didn't know who this man was.
"Thank you for the meal, sir. It was very delicious. But I'm afraid I don't know who you are. Would you mind telling me?"
The man looked up from his food and smiled. "Oh I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Himura Kenshin."
"When did you get here?" Kaoru asked. "The last thing I remember is being with a dragon."
"I have been staying here in this cave and saw when the dragon left you outside. I went out to see if you were all right and saw you had an injury and brought you in to heal you. I hope that is all right with you miss."
Kaoru nodded and smiled. "That's fine with me. Well," said Kaoru. "I guess I should tell you my name too. I'm-"
"Kamiya Kaoru."
Kaoru looked up at Kenshin and stared, wondering how he knew her name. "How did you know that?"
His eyes got big and he looked as if he just realized he had said something he shouldn't have. "Oh, well.it was just a lucky guess!" Kenshin smiled and quickly went back to eating, acting as if nothing had happened but Kaoru could tell that he wasn't being truthful with her.
"Himura-san?"
"Yes Kaoru-dono?"
"Do you know what happened to the dragon that brought me here? Will he come back or is he gone for good?" At this the smile left Kenshin's face and Kaoru thought he seemed a little worried.
"Why do you ask Kaoru-dono? Did he frighten you or hurt you in any way?"
"No not at all." Kaoru replied quickly. "That dragon saved my life! I really like him. He's like my own dragon." Kenshin raised his eyebrows at the last remark and a curious look came to his face.
'Opps! I didn't mean to say that out loud! Now he probably thinks I'm weird.' Kaoru quickly tried to cover up her mistake. "I mean I just like the dragon, that's all." As she said this Kenshin's smile returned and he returned to eating his food.
"That's good to hear."
After Kenshin finished eating his meal he stood and turned to Kaoru. "Well I think it's time to turn in for the night, that I do. Kaoru-dono, you can stay in the room you were resting in earlier if you would like." Kenshin stood up and held his hand out to Kaoru to help her up.
Kaoru blushed as she took Kenshin's hand and she wasn't quite sure why she was suddenly so shy.
'He really is quite handsome. He looks like he's about my age and I can already tell he's a really nice guy, maybe- NO!!' Kaoru quickly stopped that train of thought before it could go any farther.
'No Kaoru! You just met this guy and you know nothing about him! So don't even think it.'
'But I can't help but get the feeling that I've met Kenshin before.' As Kaoru walked to her room she tried to remember if she had ever seen him any where before but couldn't think of anywhere where she might have seen him.
"Kaoru-dono? Are you okay?" Kaoru quickly turned around to see Kenshin standing in her doorway.
"Oh, sorry Himura-san. I was just thinking that's all. What were you saying?"
"I just came to tell you that I will wake you up in the morning for breakfast and I also brought you some of my clothes for you to wear tomorrow since your current outfit is dirty and ripped."
Kaoru smiled at Kenshin. "Thank you for the clothes. And thank you for everything you've done for me. I really hope I'm not bothering you too much."
"That's okay Kaoru-dono, you don't have to thank me. You're not a bother at all. I just wanted to help you, that I did. I must admit that I really enjoy your company. I haven't been with any of my friends in a while and it's nice to have company again. Goodnight Kaoru-dono." Kenshin smiled at Kaoru once more and left for his own room.
Kaoru closed the shojo to her room and changed out of her dirty clothes into the clean ones Kenshin had left for her. After changing Kaoru slipped into her bed and quickly fell asleep.
Review Replies:
Hecate-Dragons are just so cool. I love them too. I plan on putting in the major characters so of course Sano and Yahiko are going to show up. I want to do Hiko too but if I don't know if I'd be able to do him and not make him too OOC. But I will defiantly try to put him in. Your right, Hiko is very cool.
Mewberries-Thanks a lot for actually staying with this fic. And it seems like every time I want to post a new chapter ff.net decides to do something annoying. Oh well.
Jen-I could never hate dragons! They're the coolest animals ever! Thanks for your encouraging review. I hope I don't disappoint you with the next few chapters.
Silver Goddess1-Glad you liked the first 2 chapters. Thanks for the review!
SilverLightning177-I know how annoying the whole getting disconnected or interrupted while you're your trying to review thing is, it happens to me sometimes. But at least you finally got to review, sometimes my computer won't let me send reviews. Thanks for the encouraging feedback!
Jupiter's Light-Because you seem to like this fic I feel bad that I posted such I lame chapter. I know people were probably expecting something at least a little better. Oh well, please stick around for the next chapter, I really will try to make it better then this one is.
A/N-There's chapter 3. I really don't like how this one came out but I tried to change it and I just couldn't make it any better. Again, I apologize for the lack of any thing remotely exciting or interesting in this chapter and the fact that it's so short. I promise that I will try to make the next chapter more interesting, and longer. But it might be a little while before I post the next chapter, I know what I want to happen for this story but I'm just not sure how to write it. Anyway, remember to review if you want more. See ya! ^_^x