-Chapter 2-
of
"Something to Tell You"
------------- Megumi wiped her head as she finished some final stitches. ~Poor Ken-san... Poor Kaoru, she never told him did she. He probably won't make it.~ She sat back and studied Kenshin, strong and well built but not overly bulky or extremely tall, like Sano.
What a shame, for Kaoru to never get the warm embrace that she had craved from this handsome man. Megumi stood up. Kenshin, once known as Hitokiri Battosai, looked more defenseless, weak, and fragile now than she had ever seen anyone.
As the story had come from both Kaoru and Sano it seemed that he left all his defenses open... for one thing... Kaoru. Perhaps he really did return the passionate feelings Kaoru had for him but it was impossible to tell. She put on her best smile, despite the feelings of uneasiness and pity she found deep inside herself. She opened the door to where they were all had been waiting for her news.
There was Yahiko asleep, snoring loudly. Sano probably fallen asleep while thinking had both his hands on his chin and his toothpick still in his mouth barely hanging on. Kaoru immediately snapped to attention, "Yes, Megumi.... Kenshin.. is ...is he okay?" Kaoru has cold eyes of worry. Megumi flinched for second to see Kaoru's panic stricken face. "K-Kaoru, I thought you'd be asleep." Megumi readjusted her weight to block her view of where Kenshin was. "Yes, yes, I've taken wonderful care of him." Kaoru still looked panicked and worried. ~I had better try and loosen the mood~ "He has a wonderful body, if I do say so myself, and it is a shame he had to get hurt." Kaoru's eyes flickered and a blush covered her face.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT KENSHIN?" Kaoru was standing fighting stance.
"Oh, only that he has one of the most wonderful bodies my eyes have ever seen. Miss Tanuki you had better calm down before you start to look more like a wild dog than anything else. His wound is very very bad." Kaoru had completely skipped the wild dog comment and her eyes began to bubble. Megumi instantly regretted saying Kenshin's state.
"Kenshin? Is.. is he going to live? You have to tell me Megumi!" Kaoru put her hands on Megumi's shoulders with nothing but despair on her face.
"Uh.. um.. Kaoru. The thing is..." Megumi cleared her voice, "Promise you won't do anything drastic." Kaoru nodded swiftly. "He might not live... He's going to need alot of healing... Only.. Only time will tell if he lives or dies. If his body regects what I gave him.. then.. he will die no doubt. If it does accept then he MIGHT live." Kaoru's eyes overflowed with a giant wail. Megumi was taken by surprise and fell back.
"K-K-K-eennsshiin!" Kaoru sobbed. "It's all my fault!" She ran through Megumi, pushing her aside. Kaoru's eyes were puffier and redder than they had been. She went next to Kenshin. "Kenshin it's all my fault, "she said in a barely audible whisper. She looked at his face. It appeared to be in pain, little beads of sweat on his forhead.
Kaoru brushed a few strands of hair away from his face and touched his warm head with her cool hand. Kenshin jerked at first but soon some of the lines of pain that were on his face disappeared. Megumi had woken up the others, Sano followed her into the room. Yahiko lingered behind for a few minutes. Kaoru's tears dropped onto his chest as she leaned over to pray for him. "Kenshin... live, I never got to tell you."She made a motion to cradle him in her arms. Megumi's finger swayed in a side to side motion.
"Kaoru, If you must move him be VERY gentle... Any false movements could reopen his wound. The only reason I'm letting you is because he probably like being cradled *sigh* in his painful state." Megumi tried to smile but it faultered back to a frown.
Kaoru held Kenshin one arm behind his back the other over his chest, not his stomach where the wound was. She hugged him as gently as possible, her tears still falling, this time on his face. She squinted her eyes shut as her own heart was in pain.
Kenshin's eyes fluttered. He seemed paralyzed as his arms and legs remained still. His blue-purple eyes seemed distant. His lips trmebled as he tried to speak. And finally he did with a look of pain. Apparently it hurt to move anything, even something as simple as lips.
"M-Miss Kaoru...." Kenshin paused to take in a breath. "P-please don't...cry." Kaoru's eyes widened with surprise. ~He's talking!~ She put a finger to his lips as she continued to cry, knowing that it was her fault that he was in so much pain. He talked over her finger none-the-less.
"Miss....Kaoru...don't cry...it..it..hurts to think that I'm causing you....," He closed his eyes in pain, "so much...so.. much... p-pain." She tried to stop her tears but more came. Yahiko ran into the room. Kenshin looked toward the lantern that illuminated the room.
"The... fireflies..are..certainly beautiful...tonight..Miss Kao-Kaoru, " She nodded as his beautiful eyes became more glazed over.
"Yes.. They certainly are Kenshin." He looked towards the ceiling.
"I think it's... time this... rurouni wandered again, " his breaths became raspy. Kaoru leaned forward and begged him not to shut his eyes and leave her. Suddenly his breaths stopped and they all looked horrified. Megumi's eyes began to water. Sano blurted out, "Kenshin!" Yahiko still held his bokken. A moment passed. Kaoru.. in complete silence before she started to sob on his chest.
"Kenshi you baka!" Yahiko yelled through tearing eyes, "You can't leave!" He hit Kenshin hard on the head with the bokken. "You.. can't leave!" Yahiko began to cry very hard... sobbing uncontrolabley. Megumi walked forward and hugged him. Yahiko cried into her shoulder as she leaned down. Kaoru leaned forward to kiss Kenhsin's forhead. At least she could remember trying to tell him right?
Even if she just kissed him on the forhead it would be fine. She closed her eyes. ~I love you too much don't.. don't leave!~ She was about to kiss his forhead when she opened her eyes to look for his closed ones. Instead she found his eyes wide awake, alert and staring right at her. " Miss Kaoru..." he barely moved his neck enough to see everyone else. "Yahiko... thank you.. I almost.. left you all again."
"He's alive!" blurted Sano with a huge grin on his face. Kenshin immediately passed out from weaknes.
"Good, he'll live. The ointment also had an affect of waking him up for a short time. Thanks to Yahiko his body had enough strength to help it along." Megumi said with a smile.
"Will he be able to recuperate at the dojo?" Kaoru said... this time crying with happiness. Megumi nodded.
"But not for a few more days. I suspect you'll have time in about 2 days to tell him everything that happened... and even things, Kaoru, that you should tell him that have happened for the last few years." Kaoru smiled brightly and nodded. Sano just leaned against the wall. Yahiko started looking around.
"Wha-What? What's going on!?" Kaoru looked over still beaming and crying.
"Poor liitle Yahiko-chan is totally clueless!" She chuckled.
" Don't call me CHAN! And i'm not clueless you guys just don't make any sense!"
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The end of this chapter.. more soon to come. I hoped you liked it. Next chapter is going to be... funny. It involves Ripped Hakamas and Kenshin recovering (mostly asleep except for the funny part) at the dojo! ^_^ I think you all will like it.
-byaz-
ZC (ZimmyChild)
------------- Megumi wiped her head as she finished some final stitches. ~Poor Ken-san... Poor Kaoru, she never told him did she. He probably won't make it.~ She sat back and studied Kenshin, strong and well built but not overly bulky or extremely tall, like Sano.
What a shame, for Kaoru to never get the warm embrace that she had craved from this handsome man. Megumi stood up. Kenshin, once known as Hitokiri Battosai, looked more defenseless, weak, and fragile now than she had ever seen anyone.
As the story had come from both Kaoru and Sano it seemed that he left all his defenses open... for one thing... Kaoru. Perhaps he really did return the passionate feelings Kaoru had for him but it was impossible to tell. She put on her best smile, despite the feelings of uneasiness and pity she found deep inside herself. She opened the door to where they were all had been waiting for her news.
There was Yahiko asleep, snoring loudly. Sano probably fallen asleep while thinking had both his hands on his chin and his toothpick still in his mouth barely hanging on. Kaoru immediately snapped to attention, "Yes, Megumi.... Kenshin.. is ...is he okay?" Kaoru has cold eyes of worry. Megumi flinched for second to see Kaoru's panic stricken face. "K-Kaoru, I thought you'd be asleep." Megumi readjusted her weight to block her view of where Kenshin was. "Yes, yes, I've taken wonderful care of him." Kaoru still looked panicked and worried. ~I had better try and loosen the mood~ "He has a wonderful body, if I do say so myself, and it is a shame he had to get hurt." Kaoru's eyes flickered and a blush covered her face.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT KENSHIN?" Kaoru was standing fighting stance.
"Oh, only that he has one of the most wonderful bodies my eyes have ever seen. Miss Tanuki you had better calm down before you start to look more like a wild dog than anything else. His wound is very very bad." Kaoru had completely skipped the wild dog comment and her eyes began to bubble. Megumi instantly regretted saying Kenshin's state.
"Kenshin? Is.. is he going to live? You have to tell me Megumi!" Kaoru put her hands on Megumi's shoulders with nothing but despair on her face.
"Uh.. um.. Kaoru. The thing is..." Megumi cleared her voice, "Promise you won't do anything drastic." Kaoru nodded swiftly. "He might not live... He's going to need alot of healing... Only.. Only time will tell if he lives or dies. If his body regects what I gave him.. then.. he will die no doubt. If it does accept then he MIGHT live." Kaoru's eyes overflowed with a giant wail. Megumi was taken by surprise and fell back.
"K-K-K-eennsshiin!" Kaoru sobbed. "It's all my fault!" She ran through Megumi, pushing her aside. Kaoru's eyes were puffier and redder than they had been. She went next to Kenshin. "Kenshin it's all my fault, "she said in a barely audible whisper. She looked at his face. It appeared to be in pain, little beads of sweat on his forhead.
Kaoru brushed a few strands of hair away from his face and touched his warm head with her cool hand. Kenshin jerked at first but soon some of the lines of pain that were on his face disappeared. Megumi had woken up the others, Sano followed her into the room. Yahiko lingered behind for a few minutes. Kaoru's tears dropped onto his chest as she leaned over to pray for him. "Kenshin... live, I never got to tell you."She made a motion to cradle him in her arms. Megumi's finger swayed in a side to side motion.
"Kaoru, If you must move him be VERY gentle... Any false movements could reopen his wound. The only reason I'm letting you is because he probably like being cradled *sigh* in his painful state." Megumi tried to smile but it faultered back to a frown.
Kaoru held Kenshin one arm behind his back the other over his chest, not his stomach where the wound was. She hugged him as gently as possible, her tears still falling, this time on his face. She squinted her eyes shut as her own heart was in pain.
Kenshin's eyes fluttered. He seemed paralyzed as his arms and legs remained still. His blue-purple eyes seemed distant. His lips trmebled as he tried to speak. And finally he did with a look of pain. Apparently it hurt to move anything, even something as simple as lips.
"M-Miss Kaoru...." Kenshin paused to take in a breath. "P-please don't...cry." Kaoru's eyes widened with surprise. ~He's talking!~ She put a finger to his lips as she continued to cry, knowing that it was her fault that he was in so much pain. He talked over her finger none-the-less.
"Miss....Kaoru...don't cry...it..it..hurts to think that I'm causing you....," He closed his eyes in pain, "so much...so.. much... p-pain." She tried to stop her tears but more came. Yahiko ran into the room. Kenshin looked toward the lantern that illuminated the room.
"The... fireflies..are..certainly beautiful...tonight..Miss Kao-Kaoru, " She nodded as his beautiful eyes became more glazed over.
"Yes.. They certainly are Kenshin." He looked towards the ceiling.
"I think it's... time this... rurouni wandered again, " his breaths became raspy. Kaoru leaned forward and begged him not to shut his eyes and leave her. Suddenly his breaths stopped and they all looked horrified. Megumi's eyes began to water. Sano blurted out, "Kenshin!" Yahiko still held his bokken. A moment passed. Kaoru.. in complete silence before she started to sob on his chest.
"Kenshi you baka!" Yahiko yelled through tearing eyes, "You can't leave!" He hit Kenshin hard on the head with the bokken. "You.. can't leave!" Yahiko began to cry very hard... sobbing uncontrolabley. Megumi walked forward and hugged him. Yahiko cried into her shoulder as she leaned down. Kaoru leaned forward to kiss Kenhsin's forhead. At least she could remember trying to tell him right?
Even if she just kissed him on the forhead it would be fine. She closed her eyes. ~I love you too much don't.. don't leave!~ She was about to kiss his forhead when she opened her eyes to look for his closed ones. Instead she found his eyes wide awake, alert and staring right at her. " Miss Kaoru..." he barely moved his neck enough to see everyone else. "Yahiko... thank you.. I almost.. left you all again."
"He's alive!" blurted Sano with a huge grin on his face. Kenshin immediately passed out from weaknes.
"Good, he'll live. The ointment also had an affect of waking him up for a short time. Thanks to Yahiko his body had enough strength to help it along." Megumi said with a smile.
"Will he be able to recuperate at the dojo?" Kaoru said... this time crying with happiness. Megumi nodded.
"But not for a few more days. I suspect you'll have time in about 2 days to tell him everything that happened... and even things, Kaoru, that you should tell him that have happened for the last few years." Kaoru smiled brightly and nodded. Sano just leaned against the wall. Yahiko started looking around.
"Wha-What? What's going on!?" Kaoru looked over still beaming and crying.
"Poor liitle Yahiko-chan is totally clueless!" She chuckled.
" Don't call me CHAN! And i'm not clueless you guys just don't make any sense!"
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The end of this chapter.. more soon to come. I hoped you liked it. Next chapter is going to be... funny. It involves Ripped Hakamas and Kenshin recovering (mostly asleep except for the funny part) at the dojo! ^_^ I think you all will like it.
-byaz-
ZC (ZimmyChild)