Authors Little Quotes Before the Story:
Oi guess what I'm starting on this chapter I do hope that you enjoy it, I'm starting it on Thanksgiving Vacation at my brother's house while they sit in the living room and play video games.....Ack! They are video game junkies but that is ok I'm a Computer game junky.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or any other characters that appear in the Anime, Manga, or OVA's. I'm writing this story for personal enjoyment not for profit of any kind. Thank You for reading Darkness Unnamed.
~Disturbed Demon Gurl~
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Story Index of Font Styles: Index of Japanese Words used:
'Italics' – Thoughts Anata- close to the meaning of Husband Koishii- Beloved, used by a man for a woman.
Bold Italics-Dreams and/or visions Iie- No Hai-Yes Katana- Japanese style sword Kistune- fox Gi- The over shirt of men.
________ (across the page)- Scene change Hakama- The pants men wear/ or women who train or are not womanly. Onegai- Please
Honto ni- Truly Megitsune- Foxy Lady/ Fox lady Jou-chan- Little Missy Furo- bath
"The greatest thing in the world Shoji- Rice paper sliding door And I think that's it!
is to know how to belong to ourselves."
- Montaigne
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Darkness Unnamed Chapter Four
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Simple smiles in the dark, little things so new to me…
Darkness all around even if I open my eyes…
Golden glow in front of me, sent of sandalwood invades my mind…
Hardness beneath me, I twist and turn inside myself…
Gasping now for my breath, whispers just beyond my reach…
I lay here now, eyes wide closed, unknown to me the whispers…
Darkness Unnamed.
She closed her eyes and listened for the sound again, her breathing was ragged and Kaoru was shivering from the cold air, who ever was in the bath house with her was in no hurry to reach her and Kaoru knew that.
He could hear her heavy breathing, could smell the fear that radiated off of her in waves, she was scared, alone, and vulnerable and he knew it had planned it. His golden eyes glowed eerily in the darkness of the washing room his hand resting on the hilt of the worn Katana on his hip.
Battousai took a step towards the door his wooden sandals scraping across the floor the sound vibrating off silent walls of the room. He took a few more steps towards the door until he was close enough to reach out and touch the shoji. Battousai's sensitive hearing picking up on the pounding heart of the young human just on the other side.
He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply taking in the sent of jasmine and steam the sent heavily intoxicated with fear, Battousai's eyes shot open the pupils shrinking in size, the hunt was on and the young girl was his prey.
She kept her eyes closed the fear of seeing who was coming into the room to much for her to take. Kaoru's heart was beating wildly small beads of perspiration gathering on her forehead some rolling down her check to fall on the slippery floor beneath her bare feet drops of water where still dripping from her soaked hair and wet body.
A puddle was already forming around her feet when the shoji slid open. Kaoru's heart sped up and her eyes snapped open when the sound of the rice paper door being snapped shut echoed throughout the humid room. She could see the silhouette of a person standing in front of the thin door. The person wasn't tall like Sanosuke and didn't seem tall enough to be the woman.
Kaoru didn't dare move, breath, or blink she didn't dare do anything. The person standing in the bath house with her wasn't Sanosuke or the woman; she had already known it wasn't them that it couldn't have been. She would have known if it was Sanosuke and the woman wouldn't have been up so soon. She felt a bit of anger towards both Sanosuke and the human, anger at it not being them, for neither of them being here to help her, and most of all anger at herself for being so stupid as to come out alone even if it was a full moon outside.
Battousai had his eyes closed again he didn't want the person to know who he was, not yet. Not until the young human was scared enough to give him what he wanted. His loose gi was starting to dampen from the steam in the room the dark blue material sticking to his skin, his damp red hair like blood, a few loose ends curling around his face and plastering itself to his neck.
He took a few more steps into the dim room the sent of the young human putting his senses on edge the hair on the back of his neck standing on end. Battousai smiled the tips of his fangs catching some of the faint light in the room and glistening with solitary diffidence. His eyes opened slowly their deep molten gold glowing unnaturally in the dim room the smile on his lips unwavering.
Kaoru's heart stopped the sound of her heaving breathing gone standing across the small furo room from her was Battousai. Her heart beating wildly Kaoru stepped back the sound of splashing water unusually loud in the silent room. She looked up and meet the intense stare of Battousai her other foot paused in mid-step as her breath quickened; he was watching her like a hungry wolf.
Battousai smirked again taking a step forward, his dampened clothes and hair slightly heavier than normal the weight making the step seem more forced and much more deadly. He was walking towards the human now the sound of her hasty steps causing the primitive side of him to react the hope of a chase making his eyes glower brighter and his fangs grow longer.
He was close now; the wall and the human pressed against it clearly visible through the steam and dimness of the room, even if the dim light did nothing to hamper his sight, it did hers. His eyes stayed emotionless as the girls face scrunched up in confusion. How could the cold hearted Battousai be so beautiful, so calm looking, how could this small boy be Battousai?
His face stayed the same but a deep laugh rumbled from deep in his throat, "How could I the Hitokiri Battousai be so young? I know that is what you are thinking, but don't worry girl that is no concern of yours you should be more worried about your life." His voice was deep and velvety the sound making Kaoru tremble with fear.
How could anyone be so calm when preparing to kill someone? It wasn't right, wasn't natural, but then who ever said that vampires where natural beings? Kaoru clutched the towel closer to herself the fact of modesty far from her mind the only thought was to hide, run, escape from the demon before her.
Kaoru's mind screamed at her to run but her body didn't listen her legs where frozen in place by fear. Her eyes wide and staring and her arms held to herself clutching at the thin towel. She was helpless to Battousai he could and would do anything he wanted with the human.
Her eyes narrowed a little, 'I don't need to take this, just because he is the most feared man…or vampire in all of Japan and is said to be but a legend doesn't mean he can just come into my dojo walk in on me bathing and have his way with me I won't let it happen' her eyes flashed with anger and she stood a little straighter her head up hands clenched into fists.
She took a deep breath and spoke, "What do you want Battousai?" her voice was steady and detached Kaoru barely recognized it as her own it was so emotionless so cold, nothing like the Kaoru both her and her friends knew.
Battousai remained standing where he was the soft light giving him an ungodly look, like he didn't belong to this world, was above it, was better than it. His voice was as emotionless as Kaoru's, "It is not what I want, It is what I need." He started forward the soft thump of his Katana hitting against his thigh loud in the once again silent room.
Kaoru's heart sped up, 'what is it he needs surly the cold hearted Battousai does not need the pleasures of a woman, a human woman to be precise.' She blocked out common sense and asked, "What is it you need Battousai, because what even it is you will not find it here." Her jaw was set and her eyes held anger.
He continued his slow approach towards the girl, "I need you…" he kept on walking the sound of the Katana and his wooden sandals like music in a dead mans ear, "I need you to give me the power you have…" he stopped a few feet in front of her his deep eyes narrowed to slits, "Give me the power you have or you can keep it from me." he paused a small smirk appearing on his handsome face. "Either way I will have it no matter what you do, give up now and you will live, if you don't I will be forceful in my ways."
Her eyes widened at the closeness of Battousai he could easily strike out at anytime. "I don't know what you are talking about I hold no power I'm nothing but a human if anyone here has power it would be Sanosuke-kun." Her voice was still cold nothing but a monotone of Kaoru despite the fearful look upon her face.
Battousai's face still held the smirk as his eyes narrowed more, "I do not know of this Sanosuke you speak of, but I'm sure that it is you with what I need." His body came closer the steam swirling about his dark form. Kaoru could feel her stubborn pride start to fade, "I don't, I promise." Her voice was steady still emotionless, she was surprised at it.
The sound of mental echoed in the small room followed soon after by the soft thud of Kaoru pushed against the dewing wall. She didn't scream, her voice was lost in the lazy swirls of steam floating in the air as the cold hard metal of Battousai's katana bit into the soft flesh of Kaoru's neck. "I said I would have what I needed, not if you had it wench." Battousai's face was close, his voice deep and threatening. Small puffs of breath on Kaoru's face brought her to the reality of the position she was in, her life was not to be spared.
Kaoru stood back against the wall, there was nothing she could do, nothing she dare try to do. The small towel was disheveled and parts sliding off Kaoru's slim form. Her harsh breathing unusually loud in the dark room. Battousai's breathing was steady, calm, as one hand held the katana to her throat and the other flattened against the wall next to her head some of Kaoru's hair laid beneath it.
"Onegai I don't have anything you want." Kaoru's eyes where misting over.
"Hai you do and I want it." Sill cold and empty was Battousai's voice.
"Iie...Just human, leave me alone." Her voice was steadily growing with anger, he just didn't get it did he?
"Iie I will not, I need the power you are hiding." The blade dug deeper into Kaoru's skin, blood pooling around the metal.
"Iie...Iie Iie, I don't have any damn power, don't you get that!" Kaoru was growling her eyes slits of angry sapphire.
The hand next to Kaoru's head slid over and grasped the ebony strands of silk yanking her from the wall. Battousai's other hand pulling the Katana away from her delicate neck in one swift motion. Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise as she was thrown to the floor, her calloused hands scraping across the wet wooden floor in an attempt to break the heavy fall.
Kaoru could feel the peeled skin on her hands and bare knees as she stared at the towel laying crumpled beneath her nude body. Battousai pointed the tip of his Katana at Kaoru's neck it just grazing the skin there as she clutched the towel against the pale damp skin of her body. She was sitting on her scraped knees, back to Battousai. "I have nothing for you Battousai, kill me if you want." Her voice was quite and calm.
Battousai growled in anger, "Fine bitch I will take it from you." He lifted the Katana is his right hand as Kaoru's head started to turn, bringing it back down the katana connected with the back of Kaoru's head the loud crack of the wood against her skull unbearably loud, Kaoru crumpled to the floor; towel still grasped between her fingers.
He bent down and picked up the limp human and calmly walked towards the shoji. Battousai's wooden sandals scraping the floor and the swishing of his damp hakama and gi the only sound. Sliding the shoji aside Battousai stepped into the wash room walking the short distance to the outside door. He slid the rice paper open and stepped out into the cool night air.
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The woman stared up at the grinning man above her, the smile on his lips hauntingly familiar, Yakido-anata I miss you. Her green eyes held fear as the woman pushed herself away from Sanosuke, dark spots swimming in her vision. She felt herself sway a little as a wave of dizziness overtook her; bracing her hands on the floor to keep steady the woman looked up at Sanosuke.
Sanosuke watched as the woman pushed herself away from him, fear in her sent making the smile on his face grow wider. He didn't move to help her when she swayed in place; apparently she was scared of him and had good reason to be. "Being scared of me won't do you any good lovely you're already bitten, there's nothing more I can do to harm you." Sanosuke leaned back against the wall hands behind his head. "At least for now." He laughed at the startled look on her face.
Her voice was unsteady and scared, "You mean that…than I'm a demon like you?" she could feel tears start to well up in her eyes. 'This isn't supposed to be how it happened I should be dead now laying in a street somewhere in Tokyo, not in some room with a demon that looks like Yakido-anata.' A few tears hit the wooden floor. 'Yakido-anata I won't, I can't be with you now I will not die, my body has been cursed by this demon I have become what took you from Me.' a strangled sob escaped her throat as more drops hit the solid ground. 'I'm so sorry my Yakido-anata, can you forgive sessha your Megumi-koishii, gomen nasai I have failed you in this life and the next, my cursed, stained, innocent body will forever be yours.'
He took his hands from behind his head and leaned back forward his palms flat against the floor. The woman was crying huddled on the floor her arms supporting her body above the ground as her knees sat against it. "Are you alright?" Sanosuke's tone was light and regretful he had done this to the human before him and it could never be erased.
She closed her eyes and sat back on her hunches the silk material of her dirty Kimono rustling as she moved. "Iie I'm not alright I've been cured to live here upon this plane of life because of you." She paused and opened her eyes their dark green color deeper now than before. "Because of you I will never see my Yakido-anata again; because of you I have been stained." Sanosuke sighed of course this woman would not be happy about turning into a vampire; he himself did not take lightly to it at first either.
"There is nothing you can do about the change you are now a vampire." His tone was soft.
"There is nothing I can do?" her voice sounded pleading almost lost.
"Hai, I…" he paused was did it really help to apologize?
"I'm sorry for what I did to you, and honestly I did not plan for you to live."
She shifted her saddened gaze to his their eyes locking in a battle of emerald and cinnamon, "Honto ni?"
Sanosuke nodded, "Hai honto ni." He sat back against the wall again hands on either side of him.
"So what is your name kitsune?" already he had nicknamed her, after all she was a fox.
She smiled a little at the nickname perhaps living this cursed life would not be so bad, after all she would be able to look at a person who looked just like her Yakido everyday. "My name is Megumi." Sanosuke raised an eye brow "Do you not have a last name Megumi?"
Megumi frowned a little. "My name was to be Megumi Matisheto, but me and Yakido Matisheto was never married, he was killed the dark cycle of this month by a demon such as you." Her voice sounded sad but her eyes held slight anger. Sanosuke raised his hands a sweat drop appearing on his head, "Whoa Whoa there Megitsune I don't hunt the darkness, you must be talking about a Dark hunter."
Megumi leveled out her glare "Is there a difference." She paused a puzzled look on her face. "What is your name?" it was nothing but a question but caused him to smile. "My name is Sanosuke Sagura and the owner of this dojo is Kaoru Kamiya." He got a worried look on his face, "She should be out of the furo by now, I would like for you to meet her she is the one who saved your life."
She smiled her plumps lips tinted red "I would love to meet this other vampire." She noted the surprised look on Sanosuke's face. "I'm afraid that Kaoru or Jou-chan as I call her is no vampire, only human." He stood up and headed towards the shoji. "I will be right back I'm going to go check on her, Onegai stay here." Megumi nodded and Sanosuke walked out into the small hallway towards the bath house the shoji clicking shut behind him.
Megumi sat there in the empty room listening to the foot step of Sanosuke as he headed down the hallway and out the rice paper door at the end, 'perhaps I will stay here I have no where else to go I can't even go back to the clinic this late at night.' She smiled to herself. 'Besides Sanosuke-san doesn't seem that bad maybe I will makes some new friends.'
Sanosuke walked out the end shoji and into the cool night air he could see the bath house just ahead and hurried his pace, he could not feel Kaoru near. He approached the shoji and rapped on it a few times then waited for an answer, Sanosuke still couldn't feel Kaoru inside. He knocked again and still no answer; taking a deep breath Sanosuke opened the first door and walked through the washing room and opened the second shoji into the furo room.
Steam was still floating lazily in the room water on the floor, and dew drops on the walls and roof. Everything was how it should have been when in the middle of bathing, except for one thing. Kaoru was gone.
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Well that is that for this chapter, I'm glad that you have read my story up until now it makes me very proud that it does. I just got done watching Rurouni Kenshin on Cartoon Network it was good, the fight between Kenshin and Jinhi (I don't think I spelled that right Lol) Well review responses are below. Gomen nasai this chapter was cut off where it was, I didn't want to give away to much in this chapter that I did not.
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~Disturbed Demon Gurl~
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Review Responses:
ChibiBattousai: You know your always the first to review. LOL I'm glad you like it but you don't have to worship it Hehe, But thanks anyway and I sorry for the cliffhangers I really am LOL but I can't help it in this story. I didn't leave one this chapter, or at least to me it isn't. :: pats your back :: please don't cry ChibiBattousai I promise I made this chapter extra long over 9 pages just to make up for it ok. Don't hate me Please… :: cries ::
Nanakilover/Brukaoru: Yes I know the evil cliffhanger Ahh so evil, but at least I know you will return to read the next chapter :: winks :: Don't worry I didn't rush to much I was up till past 1:00 a.m. last night trying to finish this weekend, I've trying to get out one chapter a week at least. I will check out your stories soon, I haven't had time yet with school and trying to get ready for the holidays and writing…Yeah I will check them out after I post this chapter ok…and leave yah a review or two ok, and I will be the judge of weather or not yours is better okay. Ja ne.
Kaoru Gal: Yes this story is B/K but is a dark fic and will not hold any romance for awhile yet…so don't kill me over that one ok. I'm glade you think it is good Thanks so much…hehe you're the first to say Dramatic you know that Thanks Muches. You will live I promise I spared you the cliffy in this chapter hehe…
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Angela: Yes Blood Dawn is a good story I'm currently reading it That I am thanks anyway ok. Look I updated lol, another good Dark story to check out is Broken Pieces by Linay…It is my favorite story thus far….Very well written and has won the Dark, Waffy, Drama, and another award from RK Awards…Gosh I wish I could win something from there…But I not good enough writer and will never get nominated that I won't. :: sniffles :: Oh well I will keep on writing if you all keep reading.
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Pyro gyrl: Hey Pyro-chan (I call you that now) I sorry you hate cliffhangers really am, but I needed to end it there it was getting to long of a chapter LOL. Really you think I'm quite a good writer? :: beams with happiness :: Yes my pen names suites me for my cliffys…I have some evil ones out there that I do. Ja ne
Lil-Sun-Rie: I loved it too. LOL Glad you love my story really I am, and I will check out some of your stories just as soon as I finish this chapter post and check out another persons stories…Gomen I've been so busy with school latly…Gahhh!!!
Bad Kitty: Hey look you came back with another review go me! Hehe sorry with the cliffy I had to split the chapter it was getting to damn long, same with this half of it LOL…so sorry this chapter is the longest one so far… over 9 pages long with out review responses…gosh that is long huh?
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Geminidragon: Oh I like your name, I'm a Gemini myself that I am. I had to leave it there, chapter was too long, long chapter's make readers bored…short chapters make them mad, medium chapters make them want more, and medium chapters with cliffy's make them want even more…Ku ku ku ku don't tell anyone that ok…Shhh…Hai I know it was evil that is why I'm called Disturbed Demon Gurl…hahahah. No not the CoCo Nija Monkeys nothing but that…
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~Disturbed Demon Gurl~
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Chapter last modified December 7, 2003 @ 9:53 p.m.
