FOUR
Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me.
"You did a good job Kaoru," Grandfather Hiko said with a satisfied smile.
Kaoru didn't even have the strength to roll her eyes. Grandfather Hiko
snapped his finger and two maids came shuffling in as they started to take
off the loads of make up on Kaoru's face. Kaoru was too tired to say anything
or to react. She felt like her body would tilt over any minute.
"The media loves you. Keep it up and maybe we can hold off on the marriage
a year or two," Grandfather Hiko said walking away as the steady sound of
his cane hitting the floor evaporated into the halls as he walked farther and
farther away.
Kaoru felt herself falling asleep on the couch sitting up while the maids
cleansed her face. As they were finishing up and Kaoru 80% asleep the doors
flew open from the other side of the house as Kenshin came waltzing home.
Kaoru automatically got up and headed for her room trying to avoid Kenshin
but before she could get away he called her loudly.
"Kaoru!" Kenshin called as Kaoru kept her back at him until she finally found
the strength to turn around.
"What?" Kaoru asked tiredly.
Kenshin smiled teasingly and walked over to Kaoru, "It's too early to go to
bed sweetheart. My friends would like to meet my new fiancé. I couldn't say
no."
Kaoru looked at Kenshin like he was crazy, "It's 11 o'clock. I've met over 500
people tonight and I've been on every single main channel! I'm not in the
mood to go entertain your little buddies!"
Kenshin once again placed his strong hand on Kaoru's wrist. This time Kaoru
pushed him away with all the energy left in her.
Kaoru raised her wrist for Kenshin to see, "Can you not see your handprint?!
It hurts! Stop grabbing my arm every time I don't obey you! I'm not your
little puppy on a lease!"
Kenshin didn't even act like he heard Kaoru. Instead he grabbed Kaoru in the
exact same spot and even tighter. He acted like he didn't hear the cries
escaping Kaoru's mouth. He pushed a crying Kaoru like a rag doll, into his car
and headed for the usual nightclub he lingered at.
Once the car stopped Kaoru got out quickly before Kenshin came over and
grabbed her again. She followed obediently still feeling the pain in her wrist.
The blasting music instantly made Kenshin head throttle with pain. As soon
as they entered girls were hanging all over Kenshin who pushed them aside
like trash. They all looked angrily at Kaoru like it was her fault. Of course
Kaoru didn't give a care who was staring her down and who was checking her
out. Nothing mattered at that moment except for her to stay conscious.
They headed upstairs toward the V.I.P section of the club. When Kenshin
walked in his group welcomed him loudly. Kenshin took a seat at the classy
table.
Kaoru felt herself breath more normally as she entered the soothing
atmosphere of the V.I.P section. She automatically took a seat next to
Kenshin and tried to focus on the people around the table. She recognized
Enishi, Sano, and Soujiro, but not the two other guys.
"It took you long enough," Aoshi said looking at Kenshin then at Kaoru.
"So how come you didn't tell us about your 'fiancé' earlier Himura Kenshin?"
Tsunan asked suspiciously.
Kenshin smirked, "I'm sure you wouldn't tell me about your fiancé if she was
as fine as mine."
Kaoru was looking out the tinted window that peered over the dance floor of
the club. She felt herself tune out the chauvinist conversation that was
going on. Kaoru watched the people dance the night away like they had
nothing on their mind except to move around. It was as if they were teasing
Kaoru at the moment. Everything Kaoru had cared about and loved was taken
away in a split second. Kaoru wished she could be on that dance floor without
a worry, but everything and anything on Kaoru's mind was a worry.
"Kaoru," Kenshin called impatiently.
"Yes?" Kaoru said out of natural habit.
Before Kenshin could say anything, Enishi broke in, "I'll see you guys around."
Kenshin smiled wickedly, "Leaving so soon Enishi? Don't you want to get to
know your oniisan's wife a little better?"
"Just stay Enishi," Aoshi said lightly.
Enishi sat back down in his seat and finished off his strong alcoholic drink
that he had started on. Kenshin and the others started to talk again as
Kaoru looked curiously at Enishi. Enishi looked at her with a piercing glare.
Kaoru looked away and felt herself starting to boil inside. Kaoru got up from
her seat as the guys stopped talking and looked at her surprisingly. She
pulled out the clips holding her hair in a French Twist and let her hair loose.
She threw the pin at Kenshin and headed down the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Kenshin said getting up to go after her.
Kaoru turned around and looked at him through the sides of her eyes, "Don't
worry you'll be able to spot me downstairs."
Sano took in a breath as he whistled loudly, "Still has the attitude."
Soujiro laughed, "Not as bad as earlier though."
"She's a feisty one," Tsunan said looking over at Kenshin.
"The younger they are the more destructive they get," Kenshin said with a
hearty laugh.
"How come you didn't tell us earlier about her though?" Aoshi asked
curiously.
"Lets just say she was a present," Kenshin said behind the lines.
No one understood where Kenshin was getting except Enishi who knew that
Kaoru wasn't someone that Kenshin wooed off her feet.
"So are you seriously thinking about marrying her?" Aoshi asked taking a gulp
of his drink.
Kenshin shrugged, "Why? You want her?"
Soujiro laughed sarcastically, "What, are you going to lend her out?"
"Sure why not," Kenshin said sardonically as the others laughed at his "joke."
Enishi grabbed his phone from the table and took out a 100,000 check and
placed it on the table, "I'll pay tonight."
"You're seriously leaving right now?" Sano asked as Enishi ran his hand
through his hair.
"It's been a long day. I'll see you guys around. Oh Oniisan, congratulations,"
Enishi said heading down the stairs and out into the blasting atmosphere of
the club. As Enishi was walking past the dance floor, the disturbing music
stopped and a soft ballad started to play. He was at the very edge of the
dance floor when he felt a soft hand grab his. Enishi turned around abruptly
to see who the girl was. Enishi looked at Kaoru questionably.
"I need someone to dance with." Kaoru said quietly looking towards the
ground.
Enishi didn't feel like it, but Kaoru's round sapphire eyes were so pleading
and so helpless he felt like he was obliged to.
They walked onto the dance floor right dab in the middle as Enishi looked
tentatively at Kaoru. Kaoru carefully placed Enishi's hands around her tiny
waist and placed her hands around his neck while resting her head on his
shoulder. Enishi could smell the strong scent of a girl's shampoo from Kaoru's
long and glimmering hair. Enishi so wanted to reach out and stroke her hair
but he knew better.
Somewhere deep inside of Enishi, he knew that there was something
different about Kaoru. He realized that he hadn't seen her smile once since
he first laid eyes on her at school. When he saw her on TV she was a
different person. She had a beautiful smile across her face and she seemed
incredibly happy, but it seemed so unreal. Enishi knew there was something
wrong but he couldn't place his finger on it. At the moment the only thing
that came in mind was how strange he felt towards this girl. He didn't know
anything about her but he wanted to kiss her until he was out of breath. She
seemed so weak and feeble and it seemed like he had to give her part of
himself.
"Do you think Kenshin-san will ever learn what love really is." Kaoru asked
wearily thinking about a marriage that was based on everything except love.
Enishi was surprised at the sound of her voice but remained quiet.
"How come you two dislike each other so much." Kaoru questioned.
Enishi still remained silent as Kaoru tightened her hold on him. Her tears
that were gradually coming down her face and onto Enishi's shoulder took
away the last bit of energy left in Kaoru's stressed and frail body.
Enishi suddenly felt Kaoru go lifeless in his arms. He picked her up worriedly
and rushed her to an empty table as he tried to wake her up. Her face still
had wet tears coming down. Enishi sighed and was about to take her out
when Kenshin and the others, who were watching from upstairs, came
downstairs. Kenshin picked her up from the table and left without a word.
Enishi watched Kenshin taking Kaoru away as the others looked at Enishi
intriguingly.
"So what was that all about Enishi?" Aoshi asked realizing the competition
Enishi had with Kenshin.
Enishi shrugged, "She asked to dance."
Soujiro looked worried, "You should have seen Kenshin's facial expression
change when she came onto the dance floor with you."
"You should have seen hers." Enishi said quietly as he walked out of the club
tiredly. Enishi got in his car and rested his head on the headrest of the seat.
He closed his eyes and sighed loudly. The picture of Kaoru's unconscious,
tear streaked face still brightly flashed in his head. Then a picture of an
angry Kenshin came to mind. There was nothing Enishi could do except hope
that Kaoru didn't wake up any time soon.
Enishi angrily punched the ceiling leaving a slight dent thinking about his
luck. Nothing in Enishi's life went right. His close friends were close friends
with his worst enemy who was his half brother at the same time. Kenshin was
marrying a girl that shouldn't even be allowed near someone like him and now,
Enishi was enthralled by this girl whom he was pretty soon going to be calling
"Sister-in-law." Enishi turned on his engine and sped away hoping that he
would forget everything...
Thank you for all the replies!!! I'll be posting more now (
~Aya~
Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me.
"You did a good job Kaoru," Grandfather Hiko said with a satisfied smile.
Kaoru didn't even have the strength to roll her eyes. Grandfather Hiko
snapped his finger and two maids came shuffling in as they started to take
off the loads of make up on Kaoru's face. Kaoru was too tired to say anything
or to react. She felt like her body would tilt over any minute.
"The media loves you. Keep it up and maybe we can hold off on the marriage
a year or two," Grandfather Hiko said walking away as the steady sound of
his cane hitting the floor evaporated into the halls as he walked farther and
farther away.
Kaoru felt herself falling asleep on the couch sitting up while the maids
cleansed her face. As they were finishing up and Kaoru 80% asleep the doors
flew open from the other side of the house as Kenshin came waltzing home.
Kaoru automatically got up and headed for her room trying to avoid Kenshin
but before she could get away he called her loudly.
"Kaoru!" Kenshin called as Kaoru kept her back at him until she finally found
the strength to turn around.
"What?" Kaoru asked tiredly.
Kenshin smiled teasingly and walked over to Kaoru, "It's too early to go to
bed sweetheart. My friends would like to meet my new fiancé. I couldn't say
no."
Kaoru looked at Kenshin like he was crazy, "It's 11 o'clock. I've met over 500
people tonight and I've been on every single main channel! I'm not in the
mood to go entertain your little buddies!"
Kenshin once again placed his strong hand on Kaoru's wrist. This time Kaoru
pushed him away with all the energy left in her.
Kaoru raised her wrist for Kenshin to see, "Can you not see your handprint?!
It hurts! Stop grabbing my arm every time I don't obey you! I'm not your
little puppy on a lease!"
Kenshin didn't even act like he heard Kaoru. Instead he grabbed Kaoru in the
exact same spot and even tighter. He acted like he didn't hear the cries
escaping Kaoru's mouth. He pushed a crying Kaoru like a rag doll, into his car
and headed for the usual nightclub he lingered at.
Once the car stopped Kaoru got out quickly before Kenshin came over and
grabbed her again. She followed obediently still feeling the pain in her wrist.
The blasting music instantly made Kenshin head throttle with pain. As soon
as they entered girls were hanging all over Kenshin who pushed them aside
like trash. They all looked angrily at Kaoru like it was her fault. Of course
Kaoru didn't give a care who was staring her down and who was checking her
out. Nothing mattered at that moment except for her to stay conscious.
They headed upstairs toward the V.I.P section of the club. When Kenshin
walked in his group welcomed him loudly. Kenshin took a seat at the classy
table.
Kaoru felt herself breath more normally as she entered the soothing
atmosphere of the V.I.P section. She automatically took a seat next to
Kenshin and tried to focus on the people around the table. She recognized
Enishi, Sano, and Soujiro, but not the two other guys.
"It took you long enough," Aoshi said looking at Kenshin then at Kaoru.
"So how come you didn't tell us about your 'fiancé' earlier Himura Kenshin?"
Tsunan asked suspiciously.
Kenshin smirked, "I'm sure you wouldn't tell me about your fiancé if she was
as fine as mine."
Kaoru was looking out the tinted window that peered over the dance floor of
the club. She felt herself tune out the chauvinist conversation that was
going on. Kaoru watched the people dance the night away like they had
nothing on their mind except to move around. It was as if they were teasing
Kaoru at the moment. Everything Kaoru had cared about and loved was taken
away in a split second. Kaoru wished she could be on that dance floor without
a worry, but everything and anything on Kaoru's mind was a worry.
"Kaoru," Kenshin called impatiently.
"Yes?" Kaoru said out of natural habit.
Before Kenshin could say anything, Enishi broke in, "I'll see you guys around."
Kenshin smiled wickedly, "Leaving so soon Enishi? Don't you want to get to
know your oniisan's wife a little better?"
"Just stay Enishi," Aoshi said lightly.
Enishi sat back down in his seat and finished off his strong alcoholic drink
that he had started on. Kenshin and the others started to talk again as
Kaoru looked curiously at Enishi. Enishi looked at her with a piercing glare.
Kaoru looked away and felt herself starting to boil inside. Kaoru got up from
her seat as the guys stopped talking and looked at her surprisingly. She
pulled out the clips holding her hair in a French Twist and let her hair loose.
She threw the pin at Kenshin and headed down the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Kenshin said getting up to go after her.
Kaoru turned around and looked at him through the sides of her eyes, "Don't
worry you'll be able to spot me downstairs."
Sano took in a breath as he whistled loudly, "Still has the attitude."
Soujiro laughed, "Not as bad as earlier though."
"She's a feisty one," Tsunan said looking over at Kenshin.
"The younger they are the more destructive they get," Kenshin said with a
hearty laugh.
"How come you didn't tell us earlier about her though?" Aoshi asked
curiously.
"Lets just say she was a present," Kenshin said behind the lines.
No one understood where Kenshin was getting except Enishi who knew that
Kaoru wasn't someone that Kenshin wooed off her feet.
"So are you seriously thinking about marrying her?" Aoshi asked taking a gulp
of his drink.
Kenshin shrugged, "Why? You want her?"
Soujiro laughed sarcastically, "What, are you going to lend her out?"
"Sure why not," Kenshin said sardonically as the others laughed at his "joke."
Enishi grabbed his phone from the table and took out a 100,000 check and
placed it on the table, "I'll pay tonight."
"You're seriously leaving right now?" Sano asked as Enishi ran his hand
through his hair.
"It's been a long day. I'll see you guys around. Oh Oniisan, congratulations,"
Enishi said heading down the stairs and out into the blasting atmosphere of
the club. As Enishi was walking past the dance floor, the disturbing music
stopped and a soft ballad started to play. He was at the very edge of the
dance floor when he felt a soft hand grab his. Enishi turned around abruptly
to see who the girl was. Enishi looked at Kaoru questionably.
"I need someone to dance with." Kaoru said quietly looking towards the
ground.
Enishi didn't feel like it, but Kaoru's round sapphire eyes were so pleading
and so helpless he felt like he was obliged to.
They walked onto the dance floor right dab in the middle as Enishi looked
tentatively at Kaoru. Kaoru carefully placed Enishi's hands around her tiny
waist and placed her hands around his neck while resting her head on his
shoulder. Enishi could smell the strong scent of a girl's shampoo from Kaoru's
long and glimmering hair. Enishi so wanted to reach out and stroke her hair
but he knew better.
Somewhere deep inside of Enishi, he knew that there was something
different about Kaoru. He realized that he hadn't seen her smile once since
he first laid eyes on her at school. When he saw her on TV she was a
different person. She had a beautiful smile across her face and she seemed
incredibly happy, but it seemed so unreal. Enishi knew there was something
wrong but he couldn't place his finger on it. At the moment the only thing
that came in mind was how strange he felt towards this girl. He didn't know
anything about her but he wanted to kiss her until he was out of breath. She
seemed so weak and feeble and it seemed like he had to give her part of
himself.
"Do you think Kenshin-san will ever learn what love really is." Kaoru asked
wearily thinking about a marriage that was based on everything except love.
Enishi was surprised at the sound of her voice but remained quiet.
"How come you two dislike each other so much." Kaoru questioned.
Enishi still remained silent as Kaoru tightened her hold on him. Her tears
that were gradually coming down her face and onto Enishi's shoulder took
away the last bit of energy left in Kaoru's stressed and frail body.
Enishi suddenly felt Kaoru go lifeless in his arms. He picked her up worriedly
and rushed her to an empty table as he tried to wake her up. Her face still
had wet tears coming down. Enishi sighed and was about to take her out
when Kenshin and the others, who were watching from upstairs, came
downstairs. Kenshin picked her up from the table and left without a word.
Enishi watched Kenshin taking Kaoru away as the others looked at Enishi
intriguingly.
"So what was that all about Enishi?" Aoshi asked realizing the competition
Enishi had with Kenshin.
Enishi shrugged, "She asked to dance."
Soujiro looked worried, "You should have seen Kenshin's facial expression
change when she came onto the dance floor with you."
"You should have seen hers." Enishi said quietly as he walked out of the club
tiredly. Enishi got in his car and rested his head on the headrest of the seat.
He closed his eyes and sighed loudly. The picture of Kaoru's unconscious,
tear streaked face still brightly flashed in his head. Then a picture of an
angry Kenshin came to mind. There was nothing Enishi could do except hope
that Kaoru didn't wake up any time soon.
Enishi angrily punched the ceiling leaving a slight dent thinking about his
luck. Nothing in Enishi's life went right. His close friends were close friends
with his worst enemy who was his half brother at the same time. Kenshin was
marrying a girl that shouldn't even be allowed near someone like him and now,
Enishi was enthralled by this girl whom he was pretty soon going to be calling
"Sister-in-law." Enishi turned on his engine and sped away hoping that he
would forget everything...
Thank you for all the replies!!! I'll be posting more now (
~Aya~