TWO
The two guards dragged an unwilling Kaoru down the halls and back upstairs
into a dark room. They shoved her into the room and closed the door tightly.
Kaoru turned and frantically tried to open the door but was shattered when
she realized it locked from outside.
"Come here," someone said from the covers of the bed in the center of the
vast room.
Kaoru jumped and turned to find a guy in his early twenties looking curiously
at Kaoru from his bed. Kaoru remained standing against the door scared to
death of what could happen. He eventually got out of his bed revealing a guy
a little taller then her and only wearing a pair of plaid boxers.
"Who are you?" the guy asked looking Kaoru up and down rather insultingly.
Kaoru looked away from the intimidating figure as she kept silent.
"Are you the chic gramps wants me to meet?" he asked simply.
"What's wrong with you people! You can't buy a fiancé! How can you just take
me from not even my own parents but from my boyfriend?! How could you
just buy a person?!" Kaoru screamed with tears starting to fall out of her
frustrated eyes.
Kenshin didn't seem very affected by what Kaoru had said, "Life's unfair."
Kaoru couldn't believe what she was going through, "So you're going to marry
me just because you grandfather told you to?!"
He shrugged, "Seems like he picked exactly the right girl. You see, I listed
off exactly how I wanted my wife to look like and you look 99.9% what I
imagined."
Kaoru was absolutely shocked, "I can't believe you people! I can't believe this
world has people like you! People like you deserve to rot in hell!"
Kenshin smiled, "Yeah I guess, but for now I'm going to enjoy my time on
Earth."
He started closing in on Kaoru who was absolutely frozen from shock now.
Kaoru could hear her head telling her to run but her feet wouldn't listen. He
was only a couple of inches away from Kaoru's shriveling body.
"If you're a good girl then I promise not to do anything until we're officially
married," he said with a lustful smile.
Kaoru felt the tears rolling out one at a time when a sudden knock on the
door she was leaning back against made her jump forward into Kenshin. Kaoru
quickly pushed herself away from him and looked away afraid of the next
dirty look he would throw at her.
"Come in," he said loudly enough for someone on the other side to hear.
The door opened and the two guards entered briskly.
"Hiko-sama would like us to go take Ms. Kamiya to get her wardrobe," one of
the men said robotically.
"Take her, I'm getting tired of her innocent act anyway," Kenshin said
hopping back into bed.
The two men bowed and escorted a frightened Kaoru out of the darkened
room. Kaoru had no will to run. She didn't know how to exit the huge house
and taking a good guess she was pretty sure she was in her homeland, Japan.
When they reached outside Kaoru was positive that she was in Japan from
the cramped up streets and the architecture of the houses. It took a good
time to exit the mansion that she was encaged in, but eventually the black
Lexus was on the crowded streets of Kyoto.
Kaoru looked cautiously at the two men sitting in the front seat as she
looked at the signal light hoping it wouldn't turn green. Kaoru thrust all her
strength into opening the door when she found out it was opened only from
the outside. The two men in the front seats ignored Kaoru's attempt to
escape as they waited patiently for the light to change.
"It's no use trying to get people to help you because remember: we'll always
be there to take you back and it wouldn't be a nice scene if the Hiko-sama
found out you caused so much trouble. Remember: you're the new fiancé of
Himura. You're name is Kamiya Kaoru you're 18 and you've currently enrolled
at Kyoto International High School graduating this winter. You'll be
attending Kyoto University of the Intellectuals (KUI). You're father is a dojo
master in California and your mother is a homemaker." The guard in the
passenger's seat stated specifically.
Kaoru was amazed at how much these men knew about her, "I just won't
answer anyone's questions."
The guard gave a fair warning, "Don't make the Hiko-sama look bad because
you'll be sorry. Trust me."
Kaoru acted like she didn't care but deep inside she was afraid for her life.
Kaoru decided the only way she was going to get out of this situation was to
play it off as long as she could.
They drove on for a little longer until they were parked in front of a classy
boutique. Kaoru looked a little intimidated as she waited for her "guards" to
open the door for her. They came around and opened the door for her like
she was someone important. As soon as she walked in 3 different girls in
their mid twenties came running to her side and one older lady in her middle
40's.
"Oh my goodness! You must be Ms. Kamiya!" one of the girls said fawning over
Kaoru.
"You're absolutely gorgeous! You're exactly the type of girl Mr. Himura
likes," another girl said looking Kaoru up and down like she wanted to make
sure every single part of Kaoru was just right.
The elderly lady annoyingly clapped her hands loudly in the air, "Now girls!
Don't you have some work to do?"
They all smiled brightly at Kaoru and scattered away like a pack of mice. The
elderly lady, probably the designer and owner of the boutique, came over to
Kaoru and took her hand like they had been friends for years.
"So you're the famous Ms. Kamiya. You can call me Mrs. Matsura. I was
strictly instructed by Hiko-sama to find you a new wardrobe. We've gotten
just about everything that would fit you," the lady said rather quickly but
precisely.
"You don't need me to try anything on?" Kaoru asked rather confused.
Mrs. Matsura laughed, "Oh no darling! We were given your size in advance."
The three girls came rushing out with loads of bags and dresses on hangers.
The two guards took them and headed outside to start putting them away,
having to make about 3 or 4 trips.
One of the girls handed Mrs. Matsura a pinned striped gray suit. Mrs.
Matsura held it against Kaoru.
She smiled satisfied, "Wonderful! Hiko-sama asked for you to put this on for
today."
Kaoru gave a fake smile and went into the dressing room to change. It was
her first time wearing such formal close but Kaoru was too afraid that those
two guards would do something horrible to her if she didn't cooperate. Kaoru
walked out uncomfortably and looked down at her sneakers.
"Oh I'm so sorry darling! Here are some sandals for you," Mrs. Jung said
picking up Kaoru's sneakers like they were infested with germs.
One of the assistants took the sneakers with the tips of her fingers and ran
toward the back. Kaoru slipped on the perfectly fitting sandals and looked
uncomfortably in the mirror.
Kaoru hesitantly turned towards the hopeful Mrs. Matsura, "It's wonderful.
Thank you. How should I pay for all this?"
One of the guards turned to Kaoru, "It's already been paid for Kamiya- sama."
Kaoru tried not to seem too surprised at what he had just called her so she
turned to Mrs. Matsura and bowed and left the boutique in a rush of
anxiousness.
Kaoru was once more escorted to the car and locked in. They weren't headed
back to the mansion but somewhere else. It was another 30-minute drive but
Kaoru didn't mind as much because it gave her time to get to know her
surroundings.
By the time she was finally getting tired of being locked up in the car she
found the car pulling up to a high school, Kyoto International High School.
The guards once again escorted Kaoru out of the car and past the curious
students watching the "princess" coming to school. The place where Kaoru
would slowly become the idol of every girl in Japan.
The two guards dragged an unwilling Kaoru down the halls and back upstairs
into a dark room. They shoved her into the room and closed the door tightly.
Kaoru turned and frantically tried to open the door but was shattered when
she realized it locked from outside.
"Come here," someone said from the covers of the bed in the center of the
vast room.
Kaoru jumped and turned to find a guy in his early twenties looking curiously
at Kaoru from his bed. Kaoru remained standing against the door scared to
death of what could happen. He eventually got out of his bed revealing a guy
a little taller then her and only wearing a pair of plaid boxers.
"Who are you?" the guy asked looking Kaoru up and down rather insultingly.
Kaoru looked away from the intimidating figure as she kept silent.
"Are you the chic gramps wants me to meet?" he asked simply.
"What's wrong with you people! You can't buy a fiancé! How can you just take
me from not even my own parents but from my boyfriend?! How could you
just buy a person?!" Kaoru screamed with tears starting to fall out of her
frustrated eyes.
Kenshin didn't seem very affected by what Kaoru had said, "Life's unfair."
Kaoru couldn't believe what she was going through, "So you're going to marry
me just because you grandfather told you to?!"
He shrugged, "Seems like he picked exactly the right girl. You see, I listed
off exactly how I wanted my wife to look like and you look 99.9% what I
imagined."
Kaoru was absolutely shocked, "I can't believe you people! I can't believe this
world has people like you! People like you deserve to rot in hell!"
Kenshin smiled, "Yeah I guess, but for now I'm going to enjoy my time on
Earth."
He started closing in on Kaoru who was absolutely frozen from shock now.
Kaoru could hear her head telling her to run but her feet wouldn't listen. He
was only a couple of inches away from Kaoru's shriveling body.
"If you're a good girl then I promise not to do anything until we're officially
married," he said with a lustful smile.
Kaoru felt the tears rolling out one at a time when a sudden knock on the
door she was leaning back against made her jump forward into Kenshin. Kaoru
quickly pushed herself away from him and looked away afraid of the next
dirty look he would throw at her.
"Come in," he said loudly enough for someone on the other side to hear.
The door opened and the two guards entered briskly.
"Hiko-sama would like us to go take Ms. Kamiya to get her wardrobe," one of
the men said robotically.
"Take her, I'm getting tired of her innocent act anyway," Kenshin said
hopping back into bed.
The two men bowed and escorted a frightened Kaoru out of the darkened
room. Kaoru had no will to run. She didn't know how to exit the huge house
and taking a good guess she was pretty sure she was in her homeland, Japan.
When they reached outside Kaoru was positive that she was in Japan from
the cramped up streets and the architecture of the houses. It took a good
time to exit the mansion that she was encaged in, but eventually the black
Lexus was on the crowded streets of Kyoto.
Kaoru looked cautiously at the two men sitting in the front seat as she
looked at the signal light hoping it wouldn't turn green. Kaoru thrust all her
strength into opening the door when she found out it was opened only from
the outside. The two men in the front seats ignored Kaoru's attempt to
escape as they waited patiently for the light to change.
"It's no use trying to get people to help you because remember: we'll always
be there to take you back and it wouldn't be a nice scene if the Hiko-sama
found out you caused so much trouble. Remember: you're the new fiancé of
Himura. You're name is Kamiya Kaoru you're 18 and you've currently enrolled
at Kyoto International High School graduating this winter. You'll be
attending Kyoto University of the Intellectuals (KUI). You're father is a dojo
master in California and your mother is a homemaker." The guard in the
passenger's seat stated specifically.
Kaoru was amazed at how much these men knew about her, "I just won't
answer anyone's questions."
The guard gave a fair warning, "Don't make the Hiko-sama look bad because
you'll be sorry. Trust me."
Kaoru acted like she didn't care but deep inside she was afraid for her life.
Kaoru decided the only way she was going to get out of this situation was to
play it off as long as she could.
They drove on for a little longer until they were parked in front of a classy
boutique. Kaoru looked a little intimidated as she waited for her "guards" to
open the door for her. They came around and opened the door for her like
she was someone important. As soon as she walked in 3 different girls in
their mid twenties came running to her side and one older lady in her middle
40's.
"Oh my goodness! You must be Ms. Kamiya!" one of the girls said fawning over
Kaoru.
"You're absolutely gorgeous! You're exactly the type of girl Mr. Himura
likes," another girl said looking Kaoru up and down like she wanted to make
sure every single part of Kaoru was just right.
The elderly lady annoyingly clapped her hands loudly in the air, "Now girls!
Don't you have some work to do?"
They all smiled brightly at Kaoru and scattered away like a pack of mice. The
elderly lady, probably the designer and owner of the boutique, came over to
Kaoru and took her hand like they had been friends for years.
"So you're the famous Ms. Kamiya. You can call me Mrs. Matsura. I was
strictly instructed by Hiko-sama to find you a new wardrobe. We've gotten
just about everything that would fit you," the lady said rather quickly but
precisely.
"You don't need me to try anything on?" Kaoru asked rather confused.
Mrs. Matsura laughed, "Oh no darling! We were given your size in advance."
The three girls came rushing out with loads of bags and dresses on hangers.
The two guards took them and headed outside to start putting them away,
having to make about 3 or 4 trips.
One of the girls handed Mrs. Matsura a pinned striped gray suit. Mrs.
Matsura held it against Kaoru.
She smiled satisfied, "Wonderful! Hiko-sama asked for you to put this on for
today."
Kaoru gave a fake smile and went into the dressing room to change. It was
her first time wearing such formal close but Kaoru was too afraid that those
two guards would do something horrible to her if she didn't cooperate. Kaoru
walked out uncomfortably and looked down at her sneakers.
"Oh I'm so sorry darling! Here are some sandals for you," Mrs. Jung said
picking up Kaoru's sneakers like they were infested with germs.
One of the assistants took the sneakers with the tips of her fingers and ran
toward the back. Kaoru slipped on the perfectly fitting sandals and looked
uncomfortably in the mirror.
Kaoru hesitantly turned towards the hopeful Mrs. Matsura, "It's wonderful.
Thank you. How should I pay for all this?"
One of the guards turned to Kaoru, "It's already been paid for Kamiya- sama."
Kaoru tried not to seem too surprised at what he had just called her so she
turned to Mrs. Matsura and bowed and left the boutique in a rush of
anxiousness.
Kaoru was once more escorted to the car and locked in. They weren't headed
back to the mansion but somewhere else. It was another 30-minute drive but
Kaoru didn't mind as much because it gave her time to get to know her
surroundings.
By the time she was finally getting tired of being locked up in the car she
found the car pulling up to a high school, Kyoto International High School.
The guards once again escorted Kaoru out of the car and past the curious
students watching the "princess" coming to school. The place where Kaoru
would slowly become the idol of every girl in Japan.