Part 4
Blood Wars
Kenshin looked out at his friends and blinked as he felt the blood in his own body become something hot and uncontrollable. "Why are you fighting me?" he heard a voice asking him. "You starve, I want it too, let us be a vampire. You know you are going to end up being one at the end of this."
"I will not," he told the voice inside. "I will not give into being hitokiri anymore. I stopped listening to you long ago."
He saw a small mirror and saw him self, the vampire was staring at him and smiling. "You can't fight me, you can't be human anymore. You know it is what we both want, how far do you think you will go and hurt that Kaoru girl?"
"I will not hurt her, now or ever. I-"his voice caught in his throat.
"Don't tell me you love her?" the vampire Kenshin mocked and was glaring at him. "Do you want a repeat of Tomoe again?"
I will not lose Kaoru like I lost Tomoe, he thought and heard the sound of people talking. "Kenshin, you okay, are you ready?" he heard Sanosuke yelling from the other room.
"I am ready," he smiled at his friends who were looking at him nervously. "What?"
"Your eyes, they're red," Yahiko blinked.
"He's changing," Yuki nodded and saw her brother, Haru walking up. "This is Ryuu Haru, my other brother."
Haru bowed and was holding the boomerang that was bigger than him. "I'm ready to meet this boy vampire."
**
The darkness came so slowly; Kenshin would sit in the shade watching the people around him. His vampire senses were running wild, my last day as a mortal, I feel so weak and sad. He moved to the shadows and felt his body locking up a little.
"Don't die yet," Yuki snarled thrusting a garlic pill at him. "Take it."
He took the pill and gagged a little, he kept it down and then felt the mist coming. "He's coming, I can feel him."
"I know," Yuki drew her bow and watched as the mist overwhelmed the courtyard.
Kenshin smelled blood, he longed to taste it, then he drew himself out of the vampire inside and back to his normal self. That was when the boy appeared in the courtyard. "Give me back my guardian!"
"I'm not coming with you," Kenshin yelled and was holding the sakabato though he wasn't sure if it would work on the boy.
"You are mine!" the boy's face was sorrowful. "I need you."
"I am needed here."
Kenshin didn't know what happened next, but the boy was found on the ground. The boy was dying; he felt something tugging in the back of his mind. Kneeling he looked at the boy sadly. "I can't leave Kaoru-dono. I know you will never understand, but you can't keep killing people."
Yuki took the stake and killed the boy, she saw the tears turning red and Kenshin blinked. "I knew it, not matter if I killed the boy, you would still end up being a vampire!"
His face was down and he looked at the ground sadly. "I know, I feel no different."
**
"I will not have you kill Kenshin!" Kaoru yelled when she saw Haru and Yuki standing in front of Kenshin with their weapons drawn. "So what if he is a vampire now, please, show some act of kindness!"
Haru smiled at her and looked rather distressed. "Ms. Kaoru, we cannot allow him to live. Vampires naturally need blood in order to survive. If we were to allow him to live, he would be a danger to everyone, even the people he loves."
Kenshin backed into a corner, his red eyes turning back to normal and he blinked at Kaoru's distress. "I'm sorry."
Yuki looked as though she had failed. "I'm sorry, Kaoru, I thought if we had killed the boy vampire that Kenshin would have been freed. I suppose I was wrong."
He knew that the hitokiri in him was right, he was a vampire in the end and he had no idea what he was going to do about it. I am ready to die, he thought sadly, then looked over at Kaoru. But I wanted a family, I wanted to be with Kaoru. I don't want her to be lonely.
**
"Saitou, I have a dilemma I need your advice on," Yuki walked out into the garden knowing that Saitou was out there. "I know you are there, so come out!"
Saitou took a breath and walked into the garden. "I know the trouble, Kenshin is a vampire, isn't he? Your idea failed."
"I know it failed, now I have to decide what to do about it. Now that I have seen the man who killed Kyuuka, I find it harder and harder to want to kill him. Kaoru is in love with him and I cannot take him away from her."
"You are in a jam. For one, Kenshin is a vampire, two, his mortal side is stronger than his vampire, and three, you have finally realized what I have been telling you is true."
"Saitou, I know you will try and tell me that killing Kenshin now won't be the right thing to do."
He nodded his head and looked at the sky. "I remember telling you that when Okita was turned into one. You killed him anyway, I know you hurt your heart doing it, but I suppose in your clan's eyes it was the right thing to do."
Sometimes I wish Saitou wouldn't be so damn obvious about such things. "Fine, I will tell Haru to clear out. We're going to leave."
"Wise decision, but a little late to do."
**
Kenshin looked up at the lightening sky, the sun rise was in an hour and he had no clue what to do about hiding from the sun. He saw Haru and Yuki talking outside sounding a little concerned. "Alright, but leaving him alone for so long will be a horrible mistake. One of us has to stay here," Haru was saying.
"I am going to the west to look for a cure for Kenshin. You are not coming with me, if you want to come, then fine. Then you can, but if you feel the need to guard Kaoru and the others against the little vampire, why don't you just stay here!" Yuki barked and walked out into the alley.
"IS there a cure?" Kenshin asked her finally.
"Yes, it's a painful cure, but I know of one way to get to it. You are going to have to stay here."
"How will I survive until you get back?"
Yuki looked thoughtful and then sighed, "Kenshin, you are going to be imprisoned in the dojo until then." She held up some chains and shackles. "This is the only way I know of that can keep you from harming others around you until we find a cure."
**
The chains made a soft noise as Kenshin moved through out the room, he sat by the window looking out. The room maintained a dimness that made it ideal for his new nature, he laid on the floor as Sanosuke bound the chains to the metal rod under the floorboards that now acted as Kenshin's bed. He just stared at the hidden bed and then at Kaoru who was crying.
"How will he eat?" she glared at Yuki who shook her head.
"Kaoru, this is the hardest thing to do, and really this for you to do. To keep him in check, you will feed him animal blood. Chicken or any animal you find, you will kill and drain its blood into a bottle and make him drink it. This is hard, but you said you would do anything for Kenshin." Yuki gave her a sad look and then turned. "Under no circumstances will you allow him to feed on you."
He just stared at them as Yuki just turned and looked at him. "I will return in a few weeks, Kaoru knows what to do to keep you from becoming a full monster."
Nodding Kenshin stared at her as she left, he was silent now, he didn't seem to know how to respond or even how to react. "I don't think this is such a good idea that Kaoru be left alone with him," Saitou whispered. "I will stay here, at least someone will keep that monster in control."
Yuki glared at Saitou. "Kenshin isn't a monster yet, he's only part way, he won't attack Kaoru."
**
Kenshin felt the strange pulling in his mind again, the strange mental pull, the desires for living blood. He pulled those thoughts away and stared as Saitou put a bottle of chicken's blood in front of him, he snatched up and hungrily drank the contents. He felt the laughter of another vampire filling his mind.
/So you really think you can escape from that nature?/ He opened his eyes as the voice became louder. /Look at you, a pet to the mortals. Do you really think that girl loves you?/
/Leave me alone!/ he screamed mentally at the voice and then felt someone in the room with him. /Where are you?/
A boy of fifteen entered the room and looked at him coolly. "You know me, don't you? Let's see, we had a duel, Master Saitou said I wasn't strong enough."
"Okita, but Yuki-dono killed you!" Kenshin gasped.
"Of course she tried to. My darling Yuki-san didn't have it in her heart to truly kill me. She imprisoned me with that stake, but I found away to follow her to you. I never thought that I would see you again, nor did I think that you turning into a vampire were highly possible." The boy was laughing a little and then looked at him. "Aren't you hungry?"
"I am, but I will not kill anyone!"
The boy laughed. "I guess you can't feed with me at all, you are bound. Funny, but I'm surprised that Yuki-san didn't just try and kill for what you did."
Kenshin felt a cold chill, Okita was gone and he was laughing. /You have no chance of being a true vampire, Himura, might as well let Yuki-san stake you./
**
The next morning Kaoru looked into Kenshin's room and saw him lying on the floor staring at the ceiling. His eyes were out of focus and he looked half dead. "Kenshin, I have some blood for you."
"Leave it on the table, Kaoru-dono," the voice was soft and rather dry, she saw him looking at her and reddish tears were in his eyes.
"Kenshin, are you okay? You look horrible."
"Get away from me, Kaoru-dono, I don't want to hurt you, now or ever. I don't want you to ever be in pain because me." His eyes were sad and he just stared at her as if he hated himself totally.
"You can never do that to me, Kenshin, because you know I love you," she smiled at him.
***Note***
Sorry this took so long to finish, I have had major work to do for school and anyway, part four is done and part of part five is almost done. I hope you enjoy this story. SAMKIN
Blood Wars
Kenshin looked out at his friends and blinked as he felt the blood in his own body become something hot and uncontrollable. "Why are you fighting me?" he heard a voice asking him. "You starve, I want it too, let us be a vampire. You know you are going to end up being one at the end of this."
"I will not," he told the voice inside. "I will not give into being hitokiri anymore. I stopped listening to you long ago."
He saw a small mirror and saw him self, the vampire was staring at him and smiling. "You can't fight me, you can't be human anymore. You know it is what we both want, how far do you think you will go and hurt that Kaoru girl?"
"I will not hurt her, now or ever. I-"his voice caught in his throat.
"Don't tell me you love her?" the vampire Kenshin mocked and was glaring at him. "Do you want a repeat of Tomoe again?"
I will not lose Kaoru like I lost Tomoe, he thought and heard the sound of people talking. "Kenshin, you okay, are you ready?" he heard Sanosuke yelling from the other room.
"I am ready," he smiled at his friends who were looking at him nervously. "What?"
"Your eyes, they're red," Yahiko blinked.
"He's changing," Yuki nodded and saw her brother, Haru walking up. "This is Ryuu Haru, my other brother."
Haru bowed and was holding the boomerang that was bigger than him. "I'm ready to meet this boy vampire."
**
The darkness came so slowly; Kenshin would sit in the shade watching the people around him. His vampire senses were running wild, my last day as a mortal, I feel so weak and sad. He moved to the shadows and felt his body locking up a little.
"Don't die yet," Yuki snarled thrusting a garlic pill at him. "Take it."
He took the pill and gagged a little, he kept it down and then felt the mist coming. "He's coming, I can feel him."
"I know," Yuki drew her bow and watched as the mist overwhelmed the courtyard.
Kenshin smelled blood, he longed to taste it, then he drew himself out of the vampire inside and back to his normal self. That was when the boy appeared in the courtyard. "Give me back my guardian!"
"I'm not coming with you," Kenshin yelled and was holding the sakabato though he wasn't sure if it would work on the boy.
"You are mine!" the boy's face was sorrowful. "I need you."
"I am needed here."
Kenshin didn't know what happened next, but the boy was found on the ground. The boy was dying; he felt something tugging in the back of his mind. Kneeling he looked at the boy sadly. "I can't leave Kaoru-dono. I know you will never understand, but you can't keep killing people."
Yuki took the stake and killed the boy, she saw the tears turning red and Kenshin blinked. "I knew it, not matter if I killed the boy, you would still end up being a vampire!"
His face was down and he looked at the ground sadly. "I know, I feel no different."
**
"I will not have you kill Kenshin!" Kaoru yelled when she saw Haru and Yuki standing in front of Kenshin with their weapons drawn. "So what if he is a vampire now, please, show some act of kindness!"
Haru smiled at her and looked rather distressed. "Ms. Kaoru, we cannot allow him to live. Vampires naturally need blood in order to survive. If we were to allow him to live, he would be a danger to everyone, even the people he loves."
Kenshin backed into a corner, his red eyes turning back to normal and he blinked at Kaoru's distress. "I'm sorry."
Yuki looked as though she had failed. "I'm sorry, Kaoru, I thought if we had killed the boy vampire that Kenshin would have been freed. I suppose I was wrong."
He knew that the hitokiri in him was right, he was a vampire in the end and he had no idea what he was going to do about it. I am ready to die, he thought sadly, then looked over at Kaoru. But I wanted a family, I wanted to be with Kaoru. I don't want her to be lonely.
**
"Saitou, I have a dilemma I need your advice on," Yuki walked out into the garden knowing that Saitou was out there. "I know you are there, so come out!"
Saitou took a breath and walked into the garden. "I know the trouble, Kenshin is a vampire, isn't he? Your idea failed."
"I know it failed, now I have to decide what to do about it. Now that I have seen the man who killed Kyuuka, I find it harder and harder to want to kill him. Kaoru is in love with him and I cannot take him away from her."
"You are in a jam. For one, Kenshin is a vampire, two, his mortal side is stronger than his vampire, and three, you have finally realized what I have been telling you is true."
"Saitou, I know you will try and tell me that killing Kenshin now won't be the right thing to do."
He nodded his head and looked at the sky. "I remember telling you that when Okita was turned into one. You killed him anyway, I know you hurt your heart doing it, but I suppose in your clan's eyes it was the right thing to do."
Sometimes I wish Saitou wouldn't be so damn obvious about such things. "Fine, I will tell Haru to clear out. We're going to leave."
"Wise decision, but a little late to do."
**
Kenshin looked up at the lightening sky, the sun rise was in an hour and he had no clue what to do about hiding from the sun. He saw Haru and Yuki talking outside sounding a little concerned. "Alright, but leaving him alone for so long will be a horrible mistake. One of us has to stay here," Haru was saying.
"I am going to the west to look for a cure for Kenshin. You are not coming with me, if you want to come, then fine. Then you can, but if you feel the need to guard Kaoru and the others against the little vampire, why don't you just stay here!" Yuki barked and walked out into the alley.
"IS there a cure?" Kenshin asked her finally.
"Yes, it's a painful cure, but I know of one way to get to it. You are going to have to stay here."
"How will I survive until you get back?"
Yuki looked thoughtful and then sighed, "Kenshin, you are going to be imprisoned in the dojo until then." She held up some chains and shackles. "This is the only way I know of that can keep you from harming others around you until we find a cure."
**
The chains made a soft noise as Kenshin moved through out the room, he sat by the window looking out. The room maintained a dimness that made it ideal for his new nature, he laid on the floor as Sanosuke bound the chains to the metal rod under the floorboards that now acted as Kenshin's bed. He just stared at the hidden bed and then at Kaoru who was crying.
"How will he eat?" she glared at Yuki who shook her head.
"Kaoru, this is the hardest thing to do, and really this for you to do. To keep him in check, you will feed him animal blood. Chicken or any animal you find, you will kill and drain its blood into a bottle and make him drink it. This is hard, but you said you would do anything for Kenshin." Yuki gave her a sad look and then turned. "Under no circumstances will you allow him to feed on you."
He just stared at them as Yuki just turned and looked at him. "I will return in a few weeks, Kaoru knows what to do to keep you from becoming a full monster."
Nodding Kenshin stared at her as she left, he was silent now, he didn't seem to know how to respond or even how to react. "I don't think this is such a good idea that Kaoru be left alone with him," Saitou whispered. "I will stay here, at least someone will keep that monster in control."
Yuki glared at Saitou. "Kenshin isn't a monster yet, he's only part way, he won't attack Kaoru."
**
Kenshin felt the strange pulling in his mind again, the strange mental pull, the desires for living blood. He pulled those thoughts away and stared as Saitou put a bottle of chicken's blood in front of him, he snatched up and hungrily drank the contents. He felt the laughter of another vampire filling his mind.
/So you really think you can escape from that nature?/ He opened his eyes as the voice became louder. /Look at you, a pet to the mortals. Do you really think that girl loves you?/
/Leave me alone!/ he screamed mentally at the voice and then felt someone in the room with him. /Where are you?/
A boy of fifteen entered the room and looked at him coolly. "You know me, don't you? Let's see, we had a duel, Master Saitou said I wasn't strong enough."
"Okita, but Yuki-dono killed you!" Kenshin gasped.
"Of course she tried to. My darling Yuki-san didn't have it in her heart to truly kill me. She imprisoned me with that stake, but I found away to follow her to you. I never thought that I would see you again, nor did I think that you turning into a vampire were highly possible." The boy was laughing a little and then looked at him. "Aren't you hungry?"
"I am, but I will not kill anyone!"
The boy laughed. "I guess you can't feed with me at all, you are bound. Funny, but I'm surprised that Yuki-san didn't just try and kill for what you did."
Kenshin felt a cold chill, Okita was gone and he was laughing. /You have no chance of being a true vampire, Himura, might as well let Yuki-san stake you./
**
The next morning Kaoru looked into Kenshin's room and saw him lying on the floor staring at the ceiling. His eyes were out of focus and he looked half dead. "Kenshin, I have some blood for you."
"Leave it on the table, Kaoru-dono," the voice was soft and rather dry, she saw him looking at her and reddish tears were in his eyes.
"Kenshin, are you okay? You look horrible."
"Get away from me, Kaoru-dono, I don't want to hurt you, now or ever. I don't want you to ever be in pain because me." His eyes were sad and he just stared at her as if he hated himself totally.
"You can never do that to me, Kenshin, because you know I love you," she smiled at him.
***Note***
Sorry this took so long to finish, I have had major work to do for school and anyway, part four is done and part of part five is almost done. I hope you enjoy this story. SAMKIN
