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The Tale of A Proper Marriage : Chapter 5
by white seraph
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Spring was looming across Kyoto, and the beautiful Sakura flowers once again flourished under the nurturing climate. It was again, the time of the year for people to have a look at the art of nature. The Sakura Falls. Everyone was pushing and crowding in the streets where the flowers were the pinkest, lightest and most beautiful.
Yet thank the lords and spirits the Himuras didn't have to go through the arduous procedure of having to push and suffocate in the crowds in order to have a glimpse at the pink testaments of the divinity of nature. They had the tress planted years ago in their private park that stretched across the north western corners of the city. This allowed the family to enjoy the Sakura Falls yearly without going through the stampedes with others.
As an act of 'friendliness', they had decided to invite the Kamiyas, along with others, over to join their little party, which they had accepted in delight. Of course this was all but a plan to get the two betroths together.talk about evil, conspiring parents.-_-
And so, on the dreaded and anticipated day, Kaoru arrived to their estate with her parents claded with a beautiful pink kimono which was..obviously or not, chosen after her mother's selective, critical analysis. Kenshin had not had the chance. No he had avoided making any chances possible to face his fiancé. But looking at her from a long distance, looking at her wearing a beautiful pink kimono, matched with a white obi, sitting on the porch tea- ing with his parents he only snorted with disgust. She probably took half a day to decide with kimono to wear just to impress him.
He looked across the porch, pass his parents and the main entrance, and saw carriages being pulled to the wooden doors. "Kenshin, dear." His mother's high pitched voice called "It's about time to leave!" She stood, beckoning him to follow.
The lad only grumbled and reluctantly dragged himself across the soft earth. "Get on the last one, my boy, all the other carriages are full." Lady himura told her son, who docilely and ignorantly let her push him in. "I'll see you later!" She quickly turned back very quickly, not waiting for his response. Kenshin thought it queer of her, but only shrugged it off her as excitement and anticipation to the park.
The carriages took off soon, and Himura laid back, his eyes still glued to the windows that framed the view of his house. Suddenly a voice startled him.
"What are you doing here?!" He quickly whirled around and saw the one he so despised. Wait! Wasn't he supposed to have the carriage all to himself?! Didn't his mother say so? No wait, he recalled the conversation. She only said the others are full, but he assumed that it meant everyone is in except him, so he can have one by himself.damn it was a trick! He sighed with frustration, ignoring the annoying girl. His mother was evil!
Then, suddenly remembering he had to persuade her to tell her parents to break the marriage. "Hey," He started, trying to start the conversation off, he didn't really want to talk to her, didn't want to hear her annoying voice. But if it meant a life's happiness, a life without her..then it's worth it.
Kaoru was startled by his sudden soft voice and narrowed her eyes with skepticism. "What is it?" She asked warily.
"I.." Kenshin shifted uncomfortably, he needed to get the message through, yet he was afraid she might say no. "I..don't, i mean.yes I." He thought again, trying to make it as aubtle as possible. "Do you think you can ask your parents to break the betrothal?"
"What makes you think I haven't?" She turned to look at him.
He smiled triumphantly "You like me."
Kaoru only rolled her eyes, not even bothering to respond on that one. What could she say? All her words would be bent and changed to suit his own mind.
But for Kenshin, she was only silent admitting that she did, which means all his hopes that he would get out of the marriage was gone. And it was all because of her, because of her love for him. How ironic.
His gaze moved across Kaoru and to the window behind her. Wait.this didn't look right, he turned to look out of the window on his side. Holy crap! Where were they?! This isn't anywhere near their private park!
Kaoru only stared at his sudden outburst with confusion. What was he on about?
"STOP!" He hovered over and poked his head out to the driver. "Hey! Stop the carriage! At this instance!" The diver did as he was told, and parked the vehicle at the side of the main road. Kenshin quickly jumped off, with Kaoru following behind.
"Where are you taking me?" Kenshin demanded, pushing the man against the side of the wooden carriage. He never liked being fooled around with, never like to have his time wasted for such stupid accidents, this one, he's surely going down; as a horse's man like him, he should know all the places around Kyoto, if he doesn't then he doesn't deserve the job to serve him.
The man, as if hearing kenshin;s thoughts quickly defended himself "No, Master Himua, I was informed by the Lady this morning to take this carriage to Temple District and drop you two here."
Kaoru half heard the conversation, but didn't understand. "What does he mean?" Kaoru turned to kenshin expectantly, who purposely ignored her by turning his nose away egoistically.
The man very kindly saved Kaoru from the embarrassment and quickly replied for his master. "Yes, miss, I was asked to take you two here, and to come pick you two up after lunch hour, at the exact same spot here." He explained very patiently.
"Never mind, don't bother to pick me up, I'll find my way home myself" Kenshin rose his voice, slightly emphasizing the last word. If that girl thought she could take this chance to seduce him, then how very wrong of her. He gave her a quick, evasive glace just to see her reaction..hm seems like she's hiding it well.he thought as he saw her ignorant, careless expression.
"Aye, no master, the Lady has ordered me to pick her up before I come for you, so she can take the same carriage home with you." He remembered his mistress' orders this morning that he must come pick her up first so she can make sure Kenshin doesn't end up taking his fiancé to teahouses. He turned back and climbed onto the horse's back. "Enjoy your noon, master." With that, he pulled the carriage away, so quickly that Kenshin didn't even have time to respond and chase.
Now, what was that? Kaoru still didn't manage to catch up, "Hey, what's going on? Aren't we going to have a picnic?" She asked, trotting after the redhead, who had very unnoticingly, walked off by himself.
Seeing no reply, she tugged onto his sleeve, "hey! I'm calling you!" she hissed furiously. How dare he think he invisible! Twice that is! Twice! Kaoru was boiling with anger.
Kenshin only pulled his hand away roughly "He's coming back after lunch hour! For now, just entertain yourself elsewhere and get. Out. Of. My. Sight!!" He pushed her away, causing her to stumble and sprain her ankle.
"Ouch" Kaoru yelped with the sudden jolt of pain. She looked up expectantly hoping he would be gentleman enough to help her up.
Fat chance.
He walked off without giving her another look. "Hey! I just hurt my ankle! Are you going to leave me just like that?!" She yelled after him.
He turned back, this girl had so many tricks! Now she's going to pretend to be hurt and get him to be with her? hah, how stupid of her. Kenshin thought he outsmarted Kaoru. Well, he doesn't know what stock she's got in mind, but he had to make it clear with her.
He walked back to her. "Look, this was my mother's plan, she wanted us to spend some time on this stupid street together. Well I don't' care because I friggin had no idea this was going to happen. Now you just go do whatever you want, just don't bother me. We will meet up again over there so we can go back home together and pretend nothing happened. Okay?"
Kaoru stared hard at him, simply aghast and shocked at his words. Not only was he a snobby, arrogant jerk with an ego than the ocean, he was unreasonable, selfish and inconsiderate. For once, she was speechless. What could she say? No, she wouldn't even bother to waste the effort to yell at him. She only spun around as gracefully as she could with a sprained ankle and limped off without a word.
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On the other side of the city, everyone was having a good time, the park was quiet, the flowers were beautiful, everything was good and people were chatting, eating and relaxing under the trees.
"Oh, I wonder how the two are doing" Lady Himura smiled at the other woman. "Oh I need the Saitou to tell me every bit of it when they come back!"
Lady Kamiya gave her a skeptic look. "Saitou? Isn't he the very quiet gentleman sitting over there?" She pointed at the serious looking man that had himself seated at the farther corners picnicking with others.
The other woman turned to look, still quiet not believing it, she *had* told him that they will be on the last carriage, why is he here!? Wasn;t he supposed to be chaperoning the two? Wait.if he's here, then..who's chaperoning them?! Oh dear.her husband would scold her for being so careless.
Without another word, she stalked across the soft grass, "Saitou! Aren't you supposed to be chaperoning my son and his fiancé today?!" She cried.
The man only shrugged, "I went on the last carriage, with Karashi" Then after a pause, he added more thoughtfully "Who'd care if that raccoon girl and that hamster boy of yours are alone, not like they're in love and will elope."
Lady Himura bit her, not liking a bit of what he was saying. How dare he call her son a hamster?! But though she disliked his man, she couldn't have him sacked, he has been in the house for a long, long time, and had practically watch Kenshin grow from childhood to manhood. His father was also a great friend of her husbands before he died, and this also accounted for his special status.
But still, Lady Himura sighed at the careless mistake done, she only hoped the two won't do something silly. Maybe the plan wasn't as successful as she thought..maybe not..
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Kaoru sighed as she wondered alone down the crowded street with a limping leg. Damn that prick, that despicable, self centered freak. How could he push her over and pretend nothing happened? How could he leave her wandering alone just like this? Is he even a gentleman? All questions of that sort floated around Kaoru's mind, making her the more angier. That bastard, she just wish he got run over by a carriage, that would make the whole world a nicer place to live in!
What is he doing now? Probably entertaining himself with a bunch of fake whores who only went after his, not his father's money. Kaoru thought disgustedly, he didn't even have to work yet he spends a fortune on these women as if he earned the money himself. Kaoru suddenly wanted to have him right in front of her oh, and with a nice, bamboo bokken so she could beat him like mashing potatoes.
The more she thought, the more she fumed, her hatred for him was growing by the second, if emotions can kill, then her seething hatred for him was enough to have him six feet under more than ten times now.
Kaoru was too busy fueling her hatred for him with her thoughts that she barely noticed the people that walked swiftly past her. Suddenly, someone a pushed their shoulder against hers, causing her to loose her balance a bit, the already foul mood Kaoru was even more mad at the person, who she turned to see was a man. But before she could ask, the man had already, with his friends had her cornered to one of the more quiet horizontal corridors of the street.
Kaoru's heart raced with apprehension and anxiety upon what was to happen next. What had happened? Wasn't she still on the busy main street a second ago? Why had they cornered her aside? With her voice quivering she asked, very much intimidated by the size of the men, who, by their attires, she judged were local triads. "W..what do you want?" She finally managed to sputter out.
The man who she remembered she had bumped into put an arm above her shoulder, pushing himself to the wall, "A pretty girl like you shouldn't be wandering around the street alone. How about join us?" He smiled menacingly "We'll be very nice to you"
Kaoru only yelped, as the men packed even closer around her, and tried to push away to run back into the streets, as fast as her hopping leg could take her. She was no fool, these people were no nice people, they were triads, bad people, as her mother would tell her when she was young.
Unfortunately for her, however, she had very long, black hair that rolled down past her waist, just like every other typical girl in town. Feeling a sudden sharp pull, she was yanked back to the walls. People had started to take notice and had their heads turned to them, but the men yelled at them with profanities, scaring them all away. And Kaoru just looked at their symphatic eyes helplessly as they turned away.
Another man gripped her face by the chin, forcing her to look up to him, "should be a waste that such a pretty girl is all alone eh?" He then looked at his buddies "Lets take her back." He grabbed her waist, and with little effort, tossed her over his shoulder. "Now, now dear girl, we'll take you back to our home"
Kaoru kicked and pulled, trying to get herself off, but it was no use, he had her locked there with his arms that were as hard as steel. She silently cursed that stuck up jerk, for making her go through all this. If it were not for him, she'd probably be home by now.
Suddenly, as if it was fated, she heard a very familiar voice. "Hey! What are you doing with her!?" She tried to see who her savior is, though she had a good idea who it'd be, maybe he wasn't as bad as she had thought? Maybe he did care.. The voice continued and Kaoru concentrated on his words again "Why bother getting yourselves into trouble over such a plain, inexperienced little girl like her?" Now Kaoru nearly flipped, how dare he speak such of her! and she had thought he was not as bad too! "How about I give you some money, more than enough for all of you to spend a night in the Haragushi Teahouse, with women more beautiful, more pleasant, more experience than this one." Kaoru didn't even bother to listen anymore. He was basically badmouthing her. Poof, then she'd rather he had not come at all! She'd rather be beaten up and held for ransom than to undergo such humiliation!
However, quite unbelievably, the man *did* listen, and had gently put her back onto the ground, and went to her fiancé for the money. They had one by one collected them from him and had departed without a word to her. People on the street resumed back to their previous business and everything was back to normal.
But Kaoru's head remained bent with shame and humiliation.
"I don't know how you got yourself into the mess, but be grateful I saved you, now lets walk back to the road so mother will think we were together all the time." He said as if nothing was wrong, as if what he did was perfectly fine.
"I'd rather you did not act like the savior of the world then" She spat. "I'd rather be kidnapped and held for ransom than go through that humiliation." She added lowly, feeling angry, betrayed, humiliated.
But Kenshin only laughed lightheartedly. "Oh, I'm sure they'd do more than kidnap you, and I'm sure you'd rather be saved by me than to let them take you away" Then, with a more impatient tone he reminded her "Now come! I don't want my mother to be waiting."
Kaoru only bit her lower lip and walked quietly down the road, following him docilely, she didn't want anymore of this, she didn't want another word of it.
But Kenshin didn't seem to understand, or even know of her uneasiness, and decided to rub on it "Oh and just to tell you, I saved you because I didn't want my father to blame me for being irresponsible. Sorry if I shattered yoru fantasies, but I wouldn't care for you anymore than the rooster in the kitchen."
NEXT TIME! Kaoru's revenge! Hmmmm what is she planning to do?!
[Important Authors note, or question rather. Do you readers think this story is too slow and dragging too long? Just need some critical comments no flames pweez *hides head under pillow*]
Devil: OCC means out of character.and kenshin, in this story is really different from the kenshin in RK.( oh well hehehe
The Tale of A Proper Marriage : Chapter 5
by white seraph
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Spring was looming across Kyoto, and the beautiful Sakura flowers once again flourished under the nurturing climate. It was again, the time of the year for people to have a look at the art of nature. The Sakura Falls. Everyone was pushing and crowding in the streets where the flowers were the pinkest, lightest and most beautiful.
Yet thank the lords and spirits the Himuras didn't have to go through the arduous procedure of having to push and suffocate in the crowds in order to have a glimpse at the pink testaments of the divinity of nature. They had the tress planted years ago in their private park that stretched across the north western corners of the city. This allowed the family to enjoy the Sakura Falls yearly without going through the stampedes with others.
As an act of 'friendliness', they had decided to invite the Kamiyas, along with others, over to join their little party, which they had accepted in delight. Of course this was all but a plan to get the two betroths together.talk about evil, conspiring parents.-_-
And so, on the dreaded and anticipated day, Kaoru arrived to their estate with her parents claded with a beautiful pink kimono which was..obviously or not, chosen after her mother's selective, critical analysis. Kenshin had not had the chance. No he had avoided making any chances possible to face his fiancé. But looking at her from a long distance, looking at her wearing a beautiful pink kimono, matched with a white obi, sitting on the porch tea- ing with his parents he only snorted with disgust. She probably took half a day to decide with kimono to wear just to impress him.
He looked across the porch, pass his parents and the main entrance, and saw carriages being pulled to the wooden doors. "Kenshin, dear." His mother's high pitched voice called "It's about time to leave!" She stood, beckoning him to follow.
The lad only grumbled and reluctantly dragged himself across the soft earth. "Get on the last one, my boy, all the other carriages are full." Lady himura told her son, who docilely and ignorantly let her push him in. "I'll see you later!" She quickly turned back very quickly, not waiting for his response. Kenshin thought it queer of her, but only shrugged it off her as excitement and anticipation to the park.
The carriages took off soon, and Himura laid back, his eyes still glued to the windows that framed the view of his house. Suddenly a voice startled him.
"What are you doing here?!" He quickly whirled around and saw the one he so despised. Wait! Wasn't he supposed to have the carriage all to himself?! Didn't his mother say so? No wait, he recalled the conversation. She only said the others are full, but he assumed that it meant everyone is in except him, so he can have one by himself.damn it was a trick! He sighed with frustration, ignoring the annoying girl. His mother was evil!
Then, suddenly remembering he had to persuade her to tell her parents to break the marriage. "Hey," He started, trying to start the conversation off, he didn't really want to talk to her, didn't want to hear her annoying voice. But if it meant a life's happiness, a life without her..then it's worth it.
Kaoru was startled by his sudden soft voice and narrowed her eyes with skepticism. "What is it?" She asked warily.
"I.." Kenshin shifted uncomfortably, he needed to get the message through, yet he was afraid she might say no. "I..don't, i mean.yes I." He thought again, trying to make it as aubtle as possible. "Do you think you can ask your parents to break the betrothal?"
"What makes you think I haven't?" She turned to look at him.
He smiled triumphantly "You like me."
Kaoru only rolled her eyes, not even bothering to respond on that one. What could she say? All her words would be bent and changed to suit his own mind.
But for Kenshin, she was only silent admitting that she did, which means all his hopes that he would get out of the marriage was gone. And it was all because of her, because of her love for him. How ironic.
His gaze moved across Kaoru and to the window behind her. Wait.this didn't look right, he turned to look out of the window on his side. Holy crap! Where were they?! This isn't anywhere near their private park!
Kaoru only stared at his sudden outburst with confusion. What was he on about?
"STOP!" He hovered over and poked his head out to the driver. "Hey! Stop the carriage! At this instance!" The diver did as he was told, and parked the vehicle at the side of the main road. Kenshin quickly jumped off, with Kaoru following behind.
"Where are you taking me?" Kenshin demanded, pushing the man against the side of the wooden carriage. He never liked being fooled around with, never like to have his time wasted for such stupid accidents, this one, he's surely going down; as a horse's man like him, he should know all the places around Kyoto, if he doesn't then he doesn't deserve the job to serve him.
The man, as if hearing kenshin;s thoughts quickly defended himself "No, Master Himua, I was informed by the Lady this morning to take this carriage to Temple District and drop you two here."
Kaoru half heard the conversation, but didn't understand. "What does he mean?" Kaoru turned to kenshin expectantly, who purposely ignored her by turning his nose away egoistically.
The man very kindly saved Kaoru from the embarrassment and quickly replied for his master. "Yes, miss, I was asked to take you two here, and to come pick you two up after lunch hour, at the exact same spot here." He explained very patiently.
"Never mind, don't bother to pick me up, I'll find my way home myself" Kenshin rose his voice, slightly emphasizing the last word. If that girl thought she could take this chance to seduce him, then how very wrong of her. He gave her a quick, evasive glace just to see her reaction..hm seems like she's hiding it well.he thought as he saw her ignorant, careless expression.
"Aye, no master, the Lady has ordered me to pick her up before I come for you, so she can take the same carriage home with you." He remembered his mistress' orders this morning that he must come pick her up first so she can make sure Kenshin doesn't end up taking his fiancé to teahouses. He turned back and climbed onto the horse's back. "Enjoy your noon, master." With that, he pulled the carriage away, so quickly that Kenshin didn't even have time to respond and chase.
Now, what was that? Kaoru still didn't manage to catch up, "Hey, what's going on? Aren't we going to have a picnic?" She asked, trotting after the redhead, who had very unnoticingly, walked off by himself.
Seeing no reply, she tugged onto his sleeve, "hey! I'm calling you!" she hissed furiously. How dare he think he invisible! Twice that is! Twice! Kaoru was boiling with anger.
Kenshin only pulled his hand away roughly "He's coming back after lunch hour! For now, just entertain yourself elsewhere and get. Out. Of. My. Sight!!" He pushed her away, causing her to stumble and sprain her ankle.
"Ouch" Kaoru yelped with the sudden jolt of pain. She looked up expectantly hoping he would be gentleman enough to help her up.
Fat chance.
He walked off without giving her another look. "Hey! I just hurt my ankle! Are you going to leave me just like that?!" She yelled after him.
He turned back, this girl had so many tricks! Now she's going to pretend to be hurt and get him to be with her? hah, how stupid of her. Kenshin thought he outsmarted Kaoru. Well, he doesn't know what stock she's got in mind, but he had to make it clear with her.
He walked back to her. "Look, this was my mother's plan, she wanted us to spend some time on this stupid street together. Well I don't' care because I friggin had no idea this was going to happen. Now you just go do whatever you want, just don't bother me. We will meet up again over there so we can go back home together and pretend nothing happened. Okay?"
Kaoru stared hard at him, simply aghast and shocked at his words. Not only was he a snobby, arrogant jerk with an ego than the ocean, he was unreasonable, selfish and inconsiderate. For once, she was speechless. What could she say? No, she wouldn't even bother to waste the effort to yell at him. She only spun around as gracefully as she could with a sprained ankle and limped off without a word.
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On the other side of the city, everyone was having a good time, the park was quiet, the flowers were beautiful, everything was good and people were chatting, eating and relaxing under the trees.
"Oh, I wonder how the two are doing" Lady Himura smiled at the other woman. "Oh I need the Saitou to tell me every bit of it when they come back!"
Lady Kamiya gave her a skeptic look. "Saitou? Isn't he the very quiet gentleman sitting over there?" She pointed at the serious looking man that had himself seated at the farther corners picnicking with others.
The other woman turned to look, still quiet not believing it, she *had* told him that they will be on the last carriage, why is he here!? Wasn;t he supposed to be chaperoning the two? Wait.if he's here, then..who's chaperoning them?! Oh dear.her husband would scold her for being so careless.
Without another word, she stalked across the soft grass, "Saitou! Aren't you supposed to be chaperoning my son and his fiancé today?!" She cried.
The man only shrugged, "I went on the last carriage, with Karashi" Then after a pause, he added more thoughtfully "Who'd care if that raccoon girl and that hamster boy of yours are alone, not like they're in love and will elope."
Lady Himura bit her, not liking a bit of what he was saying. How dare he call her son a hamster?! But though she disliked his man, she couldn't have him sacked, he has been in the house for a long, long time, and had practically watch Kenshin grow from childhood to manhood. His father was also a great friend of her husbands before he died, and this also accounted for his special status.
But still, Lady Himura sighed at the careless mistake done, she only hoped the two won't do something silly. Maybe the plan wasn't as successful as she thought..maybe not..
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Kaoru sighed as she wondered alone down the crowded street with a limping leg. Damn that prick, that despicable, self centered freak. How could he push her over and pretend nothing happened? How could he leave her wandering alone just like this? Is he even a gentleman? All questions of that sort floated around Kaoru's mind, making her the more angier. That bastard, she just wish he got run over by a carriage, that would make the whole world a nicer place to live in!
What is he doing now? Probably entertaining himself with a bunch of fake whores who only went after his, not his father's money. Kaoru thought disgustedly, he didn't even have to work yet he spends a fortune on these women as if he earned the money himself. Kaoru suddenly wanted to have him right in front of her oh, and with a nice, bamboo bokken so she could beat him like mashing potatoes.
The more she thought, the more she fumed, her hatred for him was growing by the second, if emotions can kill, then her seething hatred for him was enough to have him six feet under more than ten times now.
Kaoru was too busy fueling her hatred for him with her thoughts that she barely noticed the people that walked swiftly past her. Suddenly, someone a pushed their shoulder against hers, causing her to loose her balance a bit, the already foul mood Kaoru was even more mad at the person, who she turned to see was a man. But before she could ask, the man had already, with his friends had her cornered to one of the more quiet horizontal corridors of the street.
Kaoru's heart raced with apprehension and anxiety upon what was to happen next. What had happened? Wasn't she still on the busy main street a second ago? Why had they cornered her aside? With her voice quivering she asked, very much intimidated by the size of the men, who, by their attires, she judged were local triads. "W..what do you want?" She finally managed to sputter out.
The man who she remembered she had bumped into put an arm above her shoulder, pushing himself to the wall, "A pretty girl like you shouldn't be wandering around the street alone. How about join us?" He smiled menacingly "We'll be very nice to you"
Kaoru only yelped, as the men packed even closer around her, and tried to push away to run back into the streets, as fast as her hopping leg could take her. She was no fool, these people were no nice people, they were triads, bad people, as her mother would tell her when she was young.
Unfortunately for her, however, she had very long, black hair that rolled down past her waist, just like every other typical girl in town. Feeling a sudden sharp pull, she was yanked back to the walls. People had started to take notice and had their heads turned to them, but the men yelled at them with profanities, scaring them all away. And Kaoru just looked at their symphatic eyes helplessly as they turned away.
Another man gripped her face by the chin, forcing her to look up to him, "should be a waste that such a pretty girl is all alone eh?" He then looked at his buddies "Lets take her back." He grabbed her waist, and with little effort, tossed her over his shoulder. "Now, now dear girl, we'll take you back to our home"
Kaoru kicked and pulled, trying to get herself off, but it was no use, he had her locked there with his arms that were as hard as steel. She silently cursed that stuck up jerk, for making her go through all this. If it were not for him, she'd probably be home by now.
Suddenly, as if it was fated, she heard a very familiar voice. "Hey! What are you doing with her!?" She tried to see who her savior is, though she had a good idea who it'd be, maybe he wasn't as bad as she had thought? Maybe he did care.. The voice continued and Kaoru concentrated on his words again "Why bother getting yourselves into trouble over such a plain, inexperienced little girl like her?" Now Kaoru nearly flipped, how dare he speak such of her! and she had thought he was not as bad too! "How about I give you some money, more than enough for all of you to spend a night in the Haragushi Teahouse, with women more beautiful, more pleasant, more experience than this one." Kaoru didn't even bother to listen anymore. He was basically badmouthing her. Poof, then she'd rather he had not come at all! She'd rather be beaten up and held for ransom than to undergo such humiliation!
However, quite unbelievably, the man *did* listen, and had gently put her back onto the ground, and went to her fiancé for the money. They had one by one collected them from him and had departed without a word to her. People on the street resumed back to their previous business and everything was back to normal.
But Kaoru's head remained bent with shame and humiliation.
"I don't know how you got yourself into the mess, but be grateful I saved you, now lets walk back to the road so mother will think we were together all the time." He said as if nothing was wrong, as if what he did was perfectly fine.
"I'd rather you did not act like the savior of the world then" She spat. "I'd rather be kidnapped and held for ransom than go through that humiliation." She added lowly, feeling angry, betrayed, humiliated.
But Kenshin only laughed lightheartedly. "Oh, I'm sure they'd do more than kidnap you, and I'm sure you'd rather be saved by me than to let them take you away" Then, with a more impatient tone he reminded her "Now come! I don't want my mother to be waiting."
Kaoru only bit her lower lip and walked quietly down the road, following him docilely, she didn't want anymore of this, she didn't want another word of it.
But Kenshin didn't seem to understand, or even know of her uneasiness, and decided to rub on it "Oh and just to tell you, I saved you because I didn't want my father to blame me for being irresponsible. Sorry if I shattered yoru fantasies, but I wouldn't care for you anymore than the rooster in the kitchen."
NEXT TIME! Kaoru's revenge! Hmmmm what is she planning to do?!
[Important Authors note, or question rather. Do you readers think this story is too slow and dragging too long? Just need some critical comments no flames pweez *hides head under pillow*]
Devil: OCC means out of character.and kenshin, in this story is really different from the kenshin in RK.( oh well hehehe
