Author: Great title isn't it?
Megumi: If you say so.
Author: Shut up Megumi. Anyway, I disclaim any rights I may have or had to RK. This fic however is purely mine!!! *mutters* .just like Sanosuke..hehehe
Megumi: WHAT WAS THAT?!?!
Author: uh oh, gotta run! Bye! *runs away screaming while Megumi chases her*
Chapter 7 - Execution
Megumi's face ached from Konrato's slap, and her lips stung from his forced kiss. How she hated that man, and wished he would disappear from the face of the earth. If only there was some way.
She shuddered and stood up from the chair. Taking a few steps toward the table, she reached over and picked up one of the small knives she would end up using if she obeyed Konrato's wishes.
"How could it have come to this? How?" she whispered, clenching the hilt of the knife so hard her knuckles were white. "Why did I ever have to-"
The knife clattered on the ground.
There was a sound somewhere behind her. "Who's there?" she asked quickly whipping around, her eyes round orbs. She prayed it wasn't Konrato, sneaking in for some awful deed.
There was no answer, but the whispering of the wind through the cracks in the barred window. She stepped softly toward the window, more and more sure that someone had been standing just outside. "Who is it?" she whispered, her voice unable to be heard. "Please.. show yourself."
~//~
"Kenshin, where do you think they could have gone?" Kaoru asked quietly, the small carriage bouncing beneath them.
"I'm not sure Miss Kaoru, but Yahiko followed Sanosuke, and Sanosuke most likely followed Megumi." Kenshin replied, a thoughtful look on his face.
Kaoru stared out the window drowsily. They had been riding for several days and Kenshin had been quiet most of the time. It worried her, and he had this distant look on his face since the day she had asked him about Sanosuke and Yahiko and Megumi.
"And where do you think Megumi would have gone?"
His face was grave as he looked toward her. "As far away from Tokyo and Sanosuke as she could. The tears in her eyes were nothing compared to the tears on her soul that night."
She bowed her head. 'Then let us pray we find them in time.' she thought sadly.
~//~
Sanosuke's breath stopped when he saw Megumi pick up the small knife on her workbench. 'She wouldn't!' He thought angrily. 'Not after last time!'
Someone stepped on a twig behind him. "What?" he muttered, turning around quickly, but not before someone wrapped a hand around his neck and another hand around his mouth.
'Idiot.' he thought quickly, before flipping the man over his back and into the concrete wall.
The man looked up blearily and seemed a little woozy. He raised a finger to his lips, and a sharp birdcall echoed through the alley.
~//~
Megumi gasped as there was a huge crash against the wall nearest her. Dust trickled down from the ceiling and she ran to the window as a sharp birdcall shrieked through the air.
Sanosuke was just outside her window! Had he been listening, or watching?
"Sanosuke!" she cried, both hands up against the bars of her window. Did he come to rescue her?
He looked up quickly, his eyes a sparkling brown as they rose to meet hers. His lips formed her name as a large group of men came running from the entrance to the alley. Sanosuke turned on a heel to face the men.
The alley was a dead end, and there was no escape for him. Megumi watched silently as Sano used every last trick he had to take down the men that came swarming into the dirty alleyway. Tears trickled down the cheeks as one of the men planted a hard kick to Sanosuke's stomach, and sent him reeling.
It was over after several minutes, and for once, Sanosuke was not the winner.
"SANOSUKE!!" she cried, slamming her fists onto the hard concrete wall that stopped her from reaching the man she loved. Megumi turned from the horrible scene and slid down the wall, with no comforting hand to dry her tears.
~//~
"Where did you find him?"
"Outside the doctor's window milord."
"How many were hurt?"
"About eight milord. Two of my men were also killed. He is a strong fighter."
"How long would you say he had been standing there?"
"There is no way to be sure sir."
Sanosuke was vaguely of voices somewhere behind him. His mind fluttered slowly into consciousness. Where was he?
Suddenly it all came back to him. He had been watching the fox, about to kill herself it seemed, when a man had come up behind him. The whistle that had pierced the silence in the alley way before now shrilled through his brain. Then he had fought for his life against a large group of men that had just kept pouring into the alley where there was no escape for him.
~~
Left, right, left, right, he had kicked with all his might at every man within reach of him. His long legs flashed in lightning blows, striking most. All except one. One man had been faster than the others, and had landed a crunching blow to his stomach making his defenses crumble. Taking that to their advantage the other men fell upon him in a flying tackle. That was when he heard Megumi's shrill scream.
"SANOSUKE!!"
~~ Sano struggled weakly trying to figure out what bound him.
"So our peeping tom has awakened." a cruel and very familiar voice said quietly.
Konrato pulled Sanosuke's head up roughly. The metal chains pulled harshly against Sano's skin, as he glared at the man who had taken the fox he loved, and harmed her.
"Why were you watching her?" Konrato asked angrily.
He struggled against his bonds and didn't answer. There was no way this freak would get any answers out of him.
"Oh, I wouldn't bother with that." Konrato said, laughing rudely, and releasing Sanosuke's head with a strong yank. "Pure steel, there is no way even a man of your size could break it. Now tell me, do you know who that woman was? Why were you watching her through my window?"
Sano spat in the man's face, since it was the closest he could get to physically harming the man in front of him. His hands were chained to a thick, strong piece of wood, as were his feet.
Konrato's face crumbled in anger. "You insolent little maggot!"
After a few seconds of almost purple anger, Konrato seemed to remember that there was another officer in the room. He shooed a hand at the man while wiping his face with a small ladies' handkerchief. The man quickly stepped outside.
"So you don't know her eh?" Konrato said, a cruel smile twitching at his lips. "Well then, let's see how my little koshii responds to you then."
The ruby-eyed man stepped back from Sanosuke. "I will return, don't fear that, but fear the response of my little fox to your face." He said smiling coldly, before striding out of the room.
Sano's thoughts were frozen. The man was bringing Megumi here? To him? What would she say? Or do? Sanosuke straightened in anger as he realized the words that Konrato had used. The words boomeranged around his head.
"My little fox."
"My little koshii."
Sano hated the man for his words of love that he spoke so easily toward Megumi. He hated everything about the man, from his admittedly handsome face, to his rude demeanor toward women. Megumi especially. He sagged helplessly into his chains. He had to find a way out of here. If he didn't.. who knew what would happen?
~//~
There was a small knock at Megumi's door as she sat staring at the instruments on the table. She had barely moved since she had seen Sanosuke taken away. If he was gone, she really had nothing else to live for. She knew one thing though. She would not use those things to kill more people for Konrato. No matter what he forced on her. No matter what.
Her dress was partly torn in the back from the rough concrete wall she had fallen against, but it didn't really matter. Nothing really mattered.
The door opened and a seemingly very amused Konrato stepped in. "Pardon my intrusion my little fox, but you did not answer my knock."
Ruby eyes flashed quickly toward the worktable. "I see you have not started yet. Are you perhaps upset?"
Konrato leaned down so he was at Megumi's height while she gazed at him sullenly. There was nothing but muffled fire in her eyes now, not cold fire, nor the burning fire of a passionate thinker.
He raised an eyebrow and gave offered her his hand. "Come my lovely, I think I have something that will make you feel so much better."
Megumi frowned and her eyes narrowed slightly. "No."
He grabbed her hand and pulled her light form up, though she did try to resist. "Now, now, we can't have any of that. Please, do try to accept me as something besides a friend or comrade."
Megumi sniffed, and turned her head as Konrato lead her forcefully into and down the hall while whispering things into her ear. Things that made her flush with embarrassment, blush in anger, and quiver with fear.
~//~
Sanosuke straightened as he heard footsteps outside the large room he was held in. He would not show signs of weakness, not until the day he died.
Konrato walked in, practically dragging a pale Megumi into the room.
Sano gasped as she looked up. He eyes were almost blank as her gaze roved around the room. Abruptly her eyes lit on him. Her almost coal black eyes widened just a touch, and the fire in the rekindled to a flame, and then faded once again, though this time when she turned to Konrato it was of her own will, and he back was straighter.
"What was it you wanted me to see?" she asked slowly.
Konrato flinched as he realized he had missed any reaction she might've had to seeing Sanosuke. He pointed toward his prisoner. "There. Do you see him? This man was caught outside your window, no doubt wishing for you to change. However, I have reason to believe that he knows you. Do you know him?"
Megumi walked slowly toward Sano, her face as pale and as still as stone. Her lips were thin and trembled only a moment as he gaze wavered over Sanosuke's wounded body. She raised her head slowly to meet Sanosuke's and their eyes locked.
In his dark brown eyes were pain, sadness and anger; in hers, sadness, pain, apologies, and fierce anger. But each knew the depth of the other's love.
The fox turned around slowly to face Konrato. He gaze was strong ans steely, and almost regenerated from her look at Sano. "I do not know him." She said strongly, holding her head high.
Konrato smiled a very thin lipped smile. "Perhaps." he walked slowly passed Megumi and even though she could not see him, she heard the sound of a sword sliding out of its sheath.
".So you won't mind if I execute him?"
A/N: ok I hope that was a good cliffhanger! ^_^ bye!
Megumi: If you say so.
Author: Shut up Megumi. Anyway, I disclaim any rights I may have or had to RK. This fic however is purely mine!!! *mutters* .just like Sanosuke..hehehe
Megumi: WHAT WAS THAT?!?!
Author: uh oh, gotta run! Bye! *runs away screaming while Megumi chases her*
Chapter 7 - Execution
Megumi's face ached from Konrato's slap, and her lips stung from his forced kiss. How she hated that man, and wished he would disappear from the face of the earth. If only there was some way.
She shuddered and stood up from the chair. Taking a few steps toward the table, she reached over and picked up one of the small knives she would end up using if she obeyed Konrato's wishes.
"How could it have come to this? How?" she whispered, clenching the hilt of the knife so hard her knuckles were white. "Why did I ever have to-"
The knife clattered on the ground.
There was a sound somewhere behind her. "Who's there?" she asked quickly whipping around, her eyes round orbs. She prayed it wasn't Konrato, sneaking in for some awful deed.
There was no answer, but the whispering of the wind through the cracks in the barred window. She stepped softly toward the window, more and more sure that someone had been standing just outside. "Who is it?" she whispered, her voice unable to be heard. "Please.. show yourself."
~//~
"Kenshin, where do you think they could have gone?" Kaoru asked quietly, the small carriage bouncing beneath them.
"I'm not sure Miss Kaoru, but Yahiko followed Sanosuke, and Sanosuke most likely followed Megumi." Kenshin replied, a thoughtful look on his face.
Kaoru stared out the window drowsily. They had been riding for several days and Kenshin had been quiet most of the time. It worried her, and he had this distant look on his face since the day she had asked him about Sanosuke and Yahiko and Megumi.
"And where do you think Megumi would have gone?"
His face was grave as he looked toward her. "As far away from Tokyo and Sanosuke as she could. The tears in her eyes were nothing compared to the tears on her soul that night."
She bowed her head. 'Then let us pray we find them in time.' she thought sadly.
~//~
Sanosuke's breath stopped when he saw Megumi pick up the small knife on her workbench. 'She wouldn't!' He thought angrily. 'Not after last time!'
Someone stepped on a twig behind him. "What?" he muttered, turning around quickly, but not before someone wrapped a hand around his neck and another hand around his mouth.
'Idiot.' he thought quickly, before flipping the man over his back and into the concrete wall.
The man looked up blearily and seemed a little woozy. He raised a finger to his lips, and a sharp birdcall echoed through the alley.
~//~
Megumi gasped as there was a huge crash against the wall nearest her. Dust trickled down from the ceiling and she ran to the window as a sharp birdcall shrieked through the air.
Sanosuke was just outside her window! Had he been listening, or watching?
"Sanosuke!" she cried, both hands up against the bars of her window. Did he come to rescue her?
He looked up quickly, his eyes a sparkling brown as they rose to meet hers. His lips formed her name as a large group of men came running from the entrance to the alley. Sanosuke turned on a heel to face the men.
The alley was a dead end, and there was no escape for him. Megumi watched silently as Sano used every last trick he had to take down the men that came swarming into the dirty alleyway. Tears trickled down the cheeks as one of the men planted a hard kick to Sanosuke's stomach, and sent him reeling.
It was over after several minutes, and for once, Sanosuke was not the winner.
"SANOSUKE!!" she cried, slamming her fists onto the hard concrete wall that stopped her from reaching the man she loved. Megumi turned from the horrible scene and slid down the wall, with no comforting hand to dry her tears.
~//~
"Where did you find him?"
"Outside the doctor's window milord."
"How many were hurt?"
"About eight milord. Two of my men were also killed. He is a strong fighter."
"How long would you say he had been standing there?"
"There is no way to be sure sir."
Sanosuke was vaguely of voices somewhere behind him. His mind fluttered slowly into consciousness. Where was he?
Suddenly it all came back to him. He had been watching the fox, about to kill herself it seemed, when a man had come up behind him. The whistle that had pierced the silence in the alley way before now shrilled through his brain. Then he had fought for his life against a large group of men that had just kept pouring into the alley where there was no escape for him.
~~
Left, right, left, right, he had kicked with all his might at every man within reach of him. His long legs flashed in lightning blows, striking most. All except one. One man had been faster than the others, and had landed a crunching blow to his stomach making his defenses crumble. Taking that to their advantage the other men fell upon him in a flying tackle. That was when he heard Megumi's shrill scream.
"SANOSUKE!!"
~~ Sano struggled weakly trying to figure out what bound him.
"So our peeping tom has awakened." a cruel and very familiar voice said quietly.
Konrato pulled Sanosuke's head up roughly. The metal chains pulled harshly against Sano's skin, as he glared at the man who had taken the fox he loved, and harmed her.
"Why were you watching her?" Konrato asked angrily.
He struggled against his bonds and didn't answer. There was no way this freak would get any answers out of him.
"Oh, I wouldn't bother with that." Konrato said, laughing rudely, and releasing Sanosuke's head with a strong yank. "Pure steel, there is no way even a man of your size could break it. Now tell me, do you know who that woman was? Why were you watching her through my window?"
Sano spat in the man's face, since it was the closest he could get to physically harming the man in front of him. His hands were chained to a thick, strong piece of wood, as were his feet.
Konrato's face crumbled in anger. "You insolent little maggot!"
After a few seconds of almost purple anger, Konrato seemed to remember that there was another officer in the room. He shooed a hand at the man while wiping his face with a small ladies' handkerchief. The man quickly stepped outside.
"So you don't know her eh?" Konrato said, a cruel smile twitching at his lips. "Well then, let's see how my little koshii responds to you then."
The ruby-eyed man stepped back from Sanosuke. "I will return, don't fear that, but fear the response of my little fox to your face." He said smiling coldly, before striding out of the room.
Sano's thoughts were frozen. The man was bringing Megumi here? To him? What would she say? Or do? Sanosuke straightened in anger as he realized the words that Konrato had used. The words boomeranged around his head.
"My little fox."
"My little koshii."
Sano hated the man for his words of love that he spoke so easily toward Megumi. He hated everything about the man, from his admittedly handsome face, to his rude demeanor toward women. Megumi especially. He sagged helplessly into his chains. He had to find a way out of here. If he didn't.. who knew what would happen?
~//~
There was a small knock at Megumi's door as she sat staring at the instruments on the table. She had barely moved since she had seen Sanosuke taken away. If he was gone, she really had nothing else to live for. She knew one thing though. She would not use those things to kill more people for Konrato. No matter what he forced on her. No matter what.
Her dress was partly torn in the back from the rough concrete wall she had fallen against, but it didn't really matter. Nothing really mattered.
The door opened and a seemingly very amused Konrato stepped in. "Pardon my intrusion my little fox, but you did not answer my knock."
Ruby eyes flashed quickly toward the worktable. "I see you have not started yet. Are you perhaps upset?"
Konrato leaned down so he was at Megumi's height while she gazed at him sullenly. There was nothing but muffled fire in her eyes now, not cold fire, nor the burning fire of a passionate thinker.
He raised an eyebrow and gave offered her his hand. "Come my lovely, I think I have something that will make you feel so much better."
Megumi frowned and her eyes narrowed slightly. "No."
He grabbed her hand and pulled her light form up, though she did try to resist. "Now, now, we can't have any of that. Please, do try to accept me as something besides a friend or comrade."
Megumi sniffed, and turned her head as Konrato lead her forcefully into and down the hall while whispering things into her ear. Things that made her flush with embarrassment, blush in anger, and quiver with fear.
~//~
Sanosuke straightened as he heard footsteps outside the large room he was held in. He would not show signs of weakness, not until the day he died.
Konrato walked in, practically dragging a pale Megumi into the room.
Sano gasped as she looked up. He eyes were almost blank as her gaze roved around the room. Abruptly her eyes lit on him. Her almost coal black eyes widened just a touch, and the fire in the rekindled to a flame, and then faded once again, though this time when she turned to Konrato it was of her own will, and he back was straighter.
"What was it you wanted me to see?" she asked slowly.
Konrato flinched as he realized he had missed any reaction she might've had to seeing Sanosuke. He pointed toward his prisoner. "There. Do you see him? This man was caught outside your window, no doubt wishing for you to change. However, I have reason to believe that he knows you. Do you know him?"
Megumi walked slowly toward Sano, her face as pale and as still as stone. Her lips were thin and trembled only a moment as he gaze wavered over Sanosuke's wounded body. She raised her head slowly to meet Sanosuke's and their eyes locked.
In his dark brown eyes were pain, sadness and anger; in hers, sadness, pain, apologies, and fierce anger. But each knew the depth of the other's love.
The fox turned around slowly to face Konrato. He gaze was strong ans steely, and almost regenerated from her look at Sano. "I do not know him." She said strongly, holding her head high.
Konrato smiled a very thin lipped smile. "Perhaps." he walked slowly passed Megumi and even though she could not see him, she heard the sound of a sword sliding out of its sheath.
".So you won't mind if I execute him?"
A/N: ok I hope that was a good cliffhanger! ^_^ bye!