Dislcaimer: Nope..... not owned by me. Kenshin would be owned by some other
person (I can never remember how to spell his name). The gods just aren't
on my side anymore.
Author's Notes: Now, after a HUGE bout of writers block I have found myself happy to announce that a SPECIAL thanks to TWO WONDERFUL reviewers, BlackTwilight and Irene, I HAVE OVERCOME MY WRITERS BLOCK for this chapter. Oh! And Roaring Flames for a 'LATER' idea.... Well, them and a nice 2 cups of coffee FILLED with sugar... heheheheheheh!!! I'm grabbing my Thumper doll (Okay, he's as old as me. I got him when I was ½ a year old, for real, my grandma gave me the recpeit!) and I'm going to start this chapter ALL OVER AGAIN!!! This is the 2ND copy. ENJOY!! I hope it turns out good!!!
~Silhouettes of Shadows~
***Chapter 2- Change of Pace***
Kenshin stared down at the pair of bright lavender eyes and tuffs of crimson colored hair that made themselves plainly seen to him. His own eyes widened in a swirl of blue, amber, and violet. His mind began to rush, thoughts unable to process and he soon found himself at a loss for words.
"My..... my son?" Kenshin asked, shock instilling in his entire being.
He had a son.
A child that bore his name, his hair, his eyes... one that was a part of him, his own flesh and blood- completely him. Something the Battousai had never fathomed, that the rurouni had never expected, and that Kenshin had always in a sense wanted. Someone to carry one the name because he was his son. The crimson hair and eyes could tell you that much.
"Kenji?" Kenshin asked, glancing up at Kaoru quizzically.
She nodded. "He looks like you. I wasn't going to name him Kenshin."
Kenshin looked down and shook his head. "You could have named him my real name- the name I had before my master named me Kenshin."
Kaoru stared at him. He had another name?
"Shinta." He answered her unspoken question. "Too gentle for a swordsman, there for I became known as Kenshin, which in the end was still to gentle and I became Battousai. But a son...." Kenshin trailed off.
Kaoru started to fidget. Kenji took a hold of his father's hair and it hung over his face and pulled hard. Kenshin hadn't expected that and yelped in pain, trying vainly to pull the small hands off of his ruby hair. Kaoru then giggled, some worry rush away from her body and soul.
"Strong grip." She told him. "I'd suggest you do something with your hair."
"I already pull it back." Kenshin complained. "I don't think I want to cut it."
Kaoru stared at the floor. Kenshin hadn't said anything on the immediate subject yet. What was his real opinion on having a child? Kaoru was scared. She didn't know what would make more sense. Would the hitokiri within his soul allow him to take in this small joy, renounce in the small light that this would bring? Or would he immediately say that he couldn't accept it, because he would only be bringing another person danger, someone so young that they couldn't protect themselves? Or was he incapable of allowing himself such contentment in the knowledge of knowing he had a family?
Kaoru continued to worry. Her hands wrung together tightly within the cloth of her long yukata sleeves. Kenshin's expression hadn't changed since he looked down at the child, and he made no attempt to move his gaze away. Inwardly, Kaoru's heart began to pound at an exciting speed, her nerves on end and she felt as if she was about to fall over a cliff and this was her final moment.
Then the most unnatural sound was heard. Kaoru's head shot up and glanced at Kenshin. He was gently cradling Kenji slightly closer to him, and his head was bent down, small whimpers escaping. Kaoru wasn't sure at first if it was Kenji or Kenshin. Kenshin's body started to slowly heave, and his head bent farther down over Kenji's form until his hair covered the small body in the blanket.
His headshot up and Kaoru's breath caught in her throat.
Kenshin was crying.
(A/N: THANK YOU BLACKTWILIGHT!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH NOW!!!! ^_^)
Kaoru hesitantly walked forward, but that was before Kenshin's eyes shot to her face. She saw the color in his eyes. It wasn't lavender, and it wasn't blue, and it wasn't a mi. I was amber. The color of the hitokiri.
Battousai was crying?
She bent down beside him, a hand gently rubbing his shoulder. Kenshin turned his head to face her, his tears still falling. Kaoru's head was bent away from his gaze, awaiting his words. She was scared more now than ever. Battousai wasn't supposed to cry. Battousai..... who could have ever imagined seeing the Battousai crying?
"I.... I understand if you're upset." Kaoru stated almost inaudibly, her mind exhaling for her. She hadn't expected this reaction.
Shock, yes.
Wanting to leave her again, for good, yes.
Joyful, somewhat.
But crying? Never.
Kenshin freed one arm from his tangle with Kenji's blanket and placed it on Kaoru's cheek, slowly making her face him. His eyes were still that golden color, and his expression still unreadable, but Kaoru still gasped at the tears. She didn't like his tears, and knowing they came from Battousai made it all the worse. This had to have stirred up some strong feelings to get Battousai reacting.
"I'm not upset." Kenshin said plainly. "I'm really.... Very happy. Content."
Kaoru's eyes widened. "Why are you.... why is your...."
"Why is my Battousai side crying?" he asked as his eyes slowly changed back into a bluish-violet. "Because he's happy, too. You broke the chain of wrong doings on his part, and now, he can rest."
Kaoru smiled. "So....the baby is okay with you?"
"If your not going to say you went off with someone else with red hair and purple eyes, yes." The Battousai stated for him before running back to the back of Kenshin's mind.
Kaoru laughed. "No, I did no such thing. Kenji is your son."
Kenshin turned to face Kenji again. "Then I'm more than happy. I'm ready to move on-and I'm not leaving again, koishii. I have a family here now."
Kaoru flung herself around Kenshin's form, hugging him and trying not to squash Kenji at the same time.
"Had I known you'd say that, I would have told you before you left in the first place!" Kaoru whispered.
Kenshin pushed her away and glared into her eyes. "You KNEW before I even LEFT?!"
Kaoru nodded. "I.... I didn't want you to worry. It was too soon to say anything."
"I'm a bad father......" Kenshin started. "Because his MOTHER didn't tell me he was coming!"
Kaoru hit him playfully as a grin spread across his face. "Be nice Kenshin, I was doing the only thing I thought was right!"
Kenshin walked over to the futon that Kenji had been picked up from and set him down. He had fallen asleep again. He turned around and faced Kaoru, reaching into his gi slowly and pulling out a small tattered piece of cloth. He handed it over to Kaoru who looked at it wearily.
"What's this?" she asked him.
"The ribbon you gave me." Kenshin told her.
She bonked him on the head. "What did you do to it?!"
Kenshin rubbed his head and looked at her. "I slept with it, and Master used it against me. He held it hostage and said I couldn't have my 'girlish toy' until I mastered my new techniques. And then I accidentally dropped in some thorns, where it was rightfully stolen by a raccoon, which I had to chase down and knock out to get it back from. And then after that I lost it and master was so drunk he was using it for a napkin so I had to clean it off and then I dropped it off the waterfall where it got stuck in some rocks in the river and I had to pull it out and I ripped it."
"All over a ribbon?" Kaoru asked.
He nodded. "It reminded me of you."
She grinned. "Thank you Kenshin."
Kenshin looked around the room. "Do you want me to stay in a different room?"
Kaoru glared at him and pushed him roughly down to the futon. "Absolutely not! We may not be married or engaged but we do have a child, don't we?"
"Whoa koishii..... I take it you missed me?" came the Battousai's voice.
Kaoru's eyes widened. "Kenshin Himura..." she began to warn.
She heard a knock coming to the door of the dojo and she sighed. She couldn't even punish him properly. (A/N: As in hit him with a bokken, you hentai people!).
"I'll be back, I'm going to go get that. Who in their right mind would be here so late I don't know." She stated as she picked up her bokken and left Kenshin there on the futon next to Kenji's futon.
Kenshin rolled over and stared at Kenji for amusement.
************
The rapping on the door was becoming much more insistent and Kaoru was beginning to grumble. She held her bokken loosely and she opened the door slowly, staring unenthusiastically at the man standing at the doorway.
"Yes, can I help you?" Kaoru questioned as calmly and cheerfully as she could.
The man nodded, and stared down at her. "Is this the home of Kamiya Kaoru?" he questioned. "Where I can learn about lessons in the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu?"
Kaoru's mood brightened slightly. Her only student was still Yahiko, so she welcomed this. "Yes, it is! What exactly do you want to know?"
The man grinned and drew his sword. "Is this weapon permitted in the art?"
His sword was double sided, and it gleamed mysteriously in the low light that the moon allowed. Kaoru didn't gulp but inwardly she was worried.
"No. We use bokkens and shinai's." she responded, holding her bokken out in front of her. "Kamiya Kasshin is the sword that protects, it is meant to offer the least amount of injury while protecting those close to you."
The man shook his head. "Such ideals are not useful, Kamiya."
"If you didn't agree with my ideals then why did you come in the first place asking about the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu in the first place?" she asked angrily, slightly annoyed.
Kaoru found herself planted up against a wall, a sharp blade tightly pushed up against her throat.
"I'm here to complete a task the Battousai could not." He responded coolly.
Kaoru didn't scream, just slowly pushed the man away and drew her bokken into her stance and watched him amiably. He moved in to attack and she ducked, twisting her body and her bokken smashing into his side painfully. He fell but stood back up again.
"For a hitokiri you have slow reactions." Kaoru stated, still holding her ground, her bokken poised for a second attack.
The hitokiri aimed for her again, but she sidestepped and forced her bokken down roughly on his back. He fell to his stomach, yelping slightly in pain. Kaoru stood above him, her bokken held out vertically before her as she stared down at the man.
"You think to lowly of your opponent, therefore you are not preparing yourself for the strength could have. All people have the strength to fight back, they just have to put in the correct directions." Kaoru warned. "I am not as weak as I look."
The man jumped up which forced Kaoru back, losing her footing and tripping gracelessly to the ground, landing roughly to the floor. He held his sword above her, and drew the blade down. Kaoru pulled her sword up in an attempt to block the attack, but she knew that wood didn't do much against metal. The blade pierced her sword and she flew up, forcing the man back and snapping her sword in the process. His blade pierced her shoulder as it went through her bokken, and she yelped loudly enough to wake up anyone in the dojo.
The man fell, but not because of Kaoru as on piece of her bokken fell against his head. She looked up and saw Kenshin standing there, his sakabatou out and an angry stare glaring down upon the man that now lay there motionless in his state of comatose. Kenshin sheathed his sword.
Footsteps were heard and Sano came in, carrying two men buy their collars. "I found them outside. Oi, Kenshin, your back! But who is that? Who are these guys? They should know better than to sneak around Jou-chan's place like this."
Yahiko walked in with a broken shinai. "That one," he pointed to the one in Sano's left hand, "put up a fight."
"Their lesser hitokiris under Katsura." Kenshin responded coolly. "Sano, take these men down to the police station, and Yahiko you can go back to sleep. We'll get you a new shinai in the morning."
Both did as they were instructed. Kaoru picked up her broken bokken and looked at Kenshin, tears filling her eyes as he looked away from her. He turned back and proceeded to examine her wounded shoulder.
"Are you going to leave again?" she asked him.
Author's Notes: Ah yes.... good chapter or not? I'm SO awake and hyper right now but I won't type it out for you because I'm just running at 500 bazillion miles an hour right now that it's not funny!!!! I can't even type that fast so I'm making like a bazillion mistakes and AHHH!!! Well, how did you guys like that? Irene, yes I know I updated your idea (the hitokiri) but do you mind? I wanted Kaoru to have some good fighting in here somewhere!!!
Well, hope you liked!!! I will update again in a few days. I'm going to be at my grandma's all weekend where I have access to Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger for anyone who wants to talk to me!!! For MSN you want to use the e-mail bbfn1@hotmail.com, because that's my account for that, and Yahoo Messenger is freakishlyinsanelycrazy@yahoo.com. See you all later!!!
Oh! Response reviews!!! ER. review responses, whatever!!
Rhapsody07: I don't know, maybe I can squeeze that story into the 'Breaking Through' story. Funny how your review to 'Silhouettes of Shadows' was about 'Breaking Through' heheheheheheehe!!! Yes it 'tis little Kenji!!!
Ginny-cry: I pardon you for your errors. I wish I could do good surprised, but guess what I already started the chapter when I got your review!!! So sorry and I would have used your idea, too!!
Little Devil 9: :: waits patiently:: ::listens to you:: ::grin spread across face:: Now now now, apparently you didn't get enough of that in the last story? I ran out of bad guys, though!!! Who else is there that I can use?! If you can give me somemore names, consider it done!!!! :: grins :: You are SOOO smart because you knew who it was, ne? Hehehehehehehee!!!
CB-san: Thank you!!! I always finish a story. Why not? I mean sure you get stuck, but if you don't finish then that's just another failure that could have turned out wonderfully. I plan on keeping this one up. Yes, I do. I'm not going to stop writing it just because I can't think straight. Hehehehehehe. I LIVE on cliffhangers!!! They aren't that hard to write, you just stop somewhere and say "Okay, this is good enough for me!". And then people get all angry with you!!! Hehehehehehe!!! That's all I do!! I just stop!!!
Battousai's Goddess: :: ponders your idea :: IF ONLY I HADN'T OF STARTED THE CHAPTER!!!! :: kicks the bucket :: OW STUPID BUCKET!!! Hehehehehehehe!! I really don't want to scrap the ENTIRE chapter.... :: whines to you like a little puppy dog :: but I just might have to start it ALL OVER AGAIN. I'm going to re-read it and see what I get.. if it sounds as horrible as I think it is, then I'm totally changing it.
Jahngmi-san: :: nods head judiciously and agrees with you :: Yes, Kenshin is hot inside and out.... and although he and Battousai are the same person I do love Battousai so..... I don't know. I think he's a virus. You see him and you're immediately addicted. He's a drug!!! Kenshin is a drug!!! Good for you but pshycologically addictive!!! Hehehehehehehehee!!! Don't ask, I'm on 3 cups of coffee loaded with sugar at the moment... but you ain't no baka I'm a baka but call yourself one if you want I can't rightfully stop you now can I?! No... Kenji shouldn't really hate Kenshin in my ficcie....
DragonTamer9741: :: hugs you :: You'll always be here for me in my times of non-writing, ne? I await your next e-mail, but until then: :: takes really big breath:: Love, hugs, sugar pills, root BEER, drugs, WHIPPED CREAM, cotton candy, PUDDING, reeses, string cheese, coffee that's 99% sugar, Dr. Pepper, Crème Soda, more drugs (read the response above yours, you'll see what I mean!), and CAKE AND ICE CREAM!!! I will always remember to have "drugs" if you remember!!! Hehehehehehehe (Okay people who are freaking out, our "drugs" are sugar!!) Oro? I started a sentence with a number? BAD ME!!! :: swats self on hands with ruler :: OUCH!!!! Yes!!! See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil!! But wait, Kaoru ain't evil! BAD hentai rurouni thinking hentai thoughts!! We all thought the BATTOUSAI was the bad one...... yes talk to me later or I will hunt you down!!! All I have to do is travel the trail of sugar packets!!!
Angels_giving89: You stoleded TWO of my wordies!!! Bootiful AND wuv!!! :: hugs you anyway :: hehehehehehehe!! We think along the same prettiful lines, my dear fwiend!!! Hehehehehehehehehehe!!! I hugzzz you back for being such a bootiful reviewie!!! O_O;; luglyful!!! Guess what that is!!!
Black Twilight: :: hugs you :: SUPER BIG HELP!!! Yes I remember that picture, it's so cute is it not? :: hugs Kenshin and shows him :: lookie at you and Kaoru!!! Kenshin: Oro!!! A mini-me!!! Crystal: Since when are you Dr. Evil? Only Dr. Evil has a mini-me, Kenshin! Don't go Austion Powers on me with the pinky/lip thing and complaining about lost mojo.... well, Battousai would complainign about mojo.. Kenshin: Oro...
Hehehehehehee!!! Yes, we all know you can't have everything!!!! Oh well. Write me another haiku. I forgot the two that you wrote in the reviews for Coming of the Dawn, one about pounce Battousai pounce and Aoshi is hot? Hehehehehehehehehe!! Love them!!!
Koishii Sweet: I'm trying!! Very happy and hyper right now!!!!
Faint: :: watches interestdly while she sits next to Battousai as you pounce on Kenji :: Battousai: At least it's not me for a change. Crystal: (pounces him) YEAH HUH!!! Batty do something bad, ne? heheheheheheheh!!! I hope Kenji can breath..... You don't want an angry Kaoru attacking you do you? Hehehehehehehehe!!!
K+K fanatic: I'm glad you think so!!! I am so hyper right now I just wanna dance around like a pshyco!! Wait, I am a pshyco. So I will!!! :: proceeds to dance around :: I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF KENSHIN CLONES!!!!
Kenshin: Not again.... BLAH!!! Anywayz... I'm not planning on putting in much more Kenshin/ Rurouni/Battousai stuff anymore. Hehehehehehehee. Thanks for the suggestion my humble slave. Now!! Go get me a Dr. Pepper and some sugar then take the day off to hang out with your Kenshin clone!!! I'm Renee-san, huh? Someone called me Renee-sensei and I was all 'COOL!'. Was that you?! O_o;;;; hehehehehehehehehehe!!! I feel so loved!! I love you too, dude!!! Hehehehehehe!!!
Kuro Rajin: I could go pro? :: starts to cry :: THANKING YOU!!! :: hugs you :: thanks so much for your support!!! Yeah... I haven't been writing RK fics very long but I think they are way better than A LOT of my earlire fics. Hehehehehehe!! Thank you so much for your compliments. I think Kenji is going to be nice to Kenshin in my fic!! His charm will win him over!!! Or the Battousai will scare him into check, one or the other... I LOVE LONG RANTS!!! Keep them up!!! I wanna get the manga..... I wanna do a lot of stuff that I can't, like swim with a octopus...
Scarlet Rayne: I wrote soon, ne? Hehehehehe!! Cute stories are all 'awwww..'. It's the sugar..
Piper: HI YOU HAVEN'T REVIEWED IN A WHILE!!! :: hugs you :: Yes... I don't' know what's gonna happen I just write off of the top of my head with all of my fics!!! Hehehehehehee!!!
Kenshin'sgrl: I gived you a shout out? SEE? YOU BE READING THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU BE READING THIS? Hehehehehe!! I'm GOING PSHYCO!!! Baby girl? ::ponders this:: MAYBE!!!
Kristina Seard: Okay! I! Will!
Daisymaisy2121: I wonder if he will stay too.... NO SERIOUSLY I REALLY DO!!!
Ruriko2: Hehehehehehe.. I think I will draw kenshin. Here is my drawing: O- O;;; ORO!!! Hehehehehee!!! Good artist am I!!!
Ewunia: NO hate!! Spread the love!!! :: dons hippie clothes and a peace medallion :: come now and we will light incense and search for inner peace, to spread the love and kill the hate... Hehehehehehehe!!!
Roaring Flames: YAY!!! I should have used that 'oh he's so cute and cuddly' part!!! That would've been SOOO awesome!!! hehehehehe!!! Maybe I still will!!! REMIND ME!!!
Anime Master 7: YAY YOU REVIEWED TO THE NEW STORY!!! :: is very happpy :: hehehehehee don't ask, I actually DRANK coffee :: hears you keel over dead in shock :: :: throws water on you to wake you up :: It was stuffed with sugar so I couldn't really tell it was coffee though, so It was more like liquid sugar!!! I can't say if the side-story will be posted or not because I haven't heard anything from Angie-chan (Krystlsailormoon) and she's the co-author!!! So we will see!!! Heheheheeh, did you like this chapter? I had some pshyco rants up there in the responses you should read if you read them all... one about Kenshin's being a drug, and then one about him acting like Austin powers.... I don't know, don't ask!!! IT'S CALLED SUGAR!!!
Agalia102: Yes, sweatdropping is good!!! SWEATDROPPING!!!
YmirChan: Of course if you hated me then you wouldn't have reviewed!! ^_^ I'm so happy right now to tell you the truth. I LOVE YOU TOO THEN!!! :: hugs you :: SPREADING THE LOVE ONE HUG AT A TIME!!! That's gonna be my new trademark saying!!!
MissBattousai: You crazy? I SAID KENSHIN WAS A DRUG BECAUSE HE'S SO ADDICTIVE!!! And then I says something up in another response about him being like Austin Powers... you'll have to read it, it's BlackTwilight's review... and the drug one is Jahngmi-san's response... Read them. Quite.. Interesting. IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!! Bootiful!! Hehehehehehe!!! Pshyco, pshcyo man!!! (singing to the tune of 'macho man'. Hehehehe!)
Beraith: What line was cliché? Oh!! I know what one you are talking about and yes I know!!! Oh well!!! I'm glad that you are reading those!! Darn, my coffee/sugar buzz is wearing off... I work it off too hard!!!
Luv and hugs,
Crystal Renee
Author's Notes: Now, after a HUGE bout of writers block I have found myself happy to announce that a SPECIAL thanks to TWO WONDERFUL reviewers, BlackTwilight and Irene, I HAVE OVERCOME MY WRITERS BLOCK for this chapter. Oh! And Roaring Flames for a 'LATER' idea.... Well, them and a nice 2 cups of coffee FILLED with sugar... heheheheheheh!!! I'm grabbing my Thumper doll (Okay, he's as old as me. I got him when I was ½ a year old, for real, my grandma gave me the recpeit!) and I'm going to start this chapter ALL OVER AGAIN!!! This is the 2ND copy. ENJOY!! I hope it turns out good!!!
~Silhouettes of Shadows~
***Chapter 2- Change of Pace***
Kenshin stared down at the pair of bright lavender eyes and tuffs of crimson colored hair that made themselves plainly seen to him. His own eyes widened in a swirl of blue, amber, and violet. His mind began to rush, thoughts unable to process and he soon found himself at a loss for words.
"My..... my son?" Kenshin asked, shock instilling in his entire being.
He had a son.
A child that bore his name, his hair, his eyes... one that was a part of him, his own flesh and blood- completely him. Something the Battousai had never fathomed, that the rurouni had never expected, and that Kenshin had always in a sense wanted. Someone to carry one the name because he was his son. The crimson hair and eyes could tell you that much.
"Kenji?" Kenshin asked, glancing up at Kaoru quizzically.
She nodded. "He looks like you. I wasn't going to name him Kenshin."
Kenshin looked down and shook his head. "You could have named him my real name- the name I had before my master named me Kenshin."
Kaoru stared at him. He had another name?
"Shinta." He answered her unspoken question. "Too gentle for a swordsman, there for I became known as Kenshin, which in the end was still to gentle and I became Battousai. But a son...." Kenshin trailed off.
Kaoru started to fidget. Kenji took a hold of his father's hair and it hung over his face and pulled hard. Kenshin hadn't expected that and yelped in pain, trying vainly to pull the small hands off of his ruby hair. Kaoru then giggled, some worry rush away from her body and soul.
"Strong grip." She told him. "I'd suggest you do something with your hair."
"I already pull it back." Kenshin complained. "I don't think I want to cut it."
Kaoru stared at the floor. Kenshin hadn't said anything on the immediate subject yet. What was his real opinion on having a child? Kaoru was scared. She didn't know what would make more sense. Would the hitokiri within his soul allow him to take in this small joy, renounce in the small light that this would bring? Or would he immediately say that he couldn't accept it, because he would only be bringing another person danger, someone so young that they couldn't protect themselves? Or was he incapable of allowing himself such contentment in the knowledge of knowing he had a family?
Kaoru continued to worry. Her hands wrung together tightly within the cloth of her long yukata sleeves. Kenshin's expression hadn't changed since he looked down at the child, and he made no attempt to move his gaze away. Inwardly, Kaoru's heart began to pound at an exciting speed, her nerves on end and she felt as if she was about to fall over a cliff and this was her final moment.
Then the most unnatural sound was heard. Kaoru's head shot up and glanced at Kenshin. He was gently cradling Kenji slightly closer to him, and his head was bent down, small whimpers escaping. Kaoru wasn't sure at first if it was Kenji or Kenshin. Kenshin's body started to slowly heave, and his head bent farther down over Kenji's form until his hair covered the small body in the blanket.
His headshot up and Kaoru's breath caught in her throat.
Kenshin was crying.
(A/N: THANK YOU BLACKTWILIGHT!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH NOW!!!! ^_^)
Kaoru hesitantly walked forward, but that was before Kenshin's eyes shot to her face. She saw the color in his eyes. It wasn't lavender, and it wasn't blue, and it wasn't a mi. I was amber. The color of the hitokiri.
Battousai was crying?
She bent down beside him, a hand gently rubbing his shoulder. Kenshin turned his head to face her, his tears still falling. Kaoru's head was bent away from his gaze, awaiting his words. She was scared more now than ever. Battousai wasn't supposed to cry. Battousai..... who could have ever imagined seeing the Battousai crying?
"I.... I understand if you're upset." Kaoru stated almost inaudibly, her mind exhaling for her. She hadn't expected this reaction.
Shock, yes.
Wanting to leave her again, for good, yes.
Joyful, somewhat.
But crying? Never.
Kenshin freed one arm from his tangle with Kenji's blanket and placed it on Kaoru's cheek, slowly making her face him. His eyes were still that golden color, and his expression still unreadable, but Kaoru still gasped at the tears. She didn't like his tears, and knowing they came from Battousai made it all the worse. This had to have stirred up some strong feelings to get Battousai reacting.
"I'm not upset." Kenshin said plainly. "I'm really.... Very happy. Content."
Kaoru's eyes widened. "Why are you.... why is your...."
"Why is my Battousai side crying?" he asked as his eyes slowly changed back into a bluish-violet. "Because he's happy, too. You broke the chain of wrong doings on his part, and now, he can rest."
Kaoru smiled. "So....the baby is okay with you?"
"If your not going to say you went off with someone else with red hair and purple eyes, yes." The Battousai stated for him before running back to the back of Kenshin's mind.
Kaoru laughed. "No, I did no such thing. Kenji is your son."
Kenshin turned to face Kenji again. "Then I'm more than happy. I'm ready to move on-and I'm not leaving again, koishii. I have a family here now."
Kaoru flung herself around Kenshin's form, hugging him and trying not to squash Kenji at the same time.
"Had I known you'd say that, I would have told you before you left in the first place!" Kaoru whispered.
Kenshin pushed her away and glared into her eyes. "You KNEW before I even LEFT?!"
Kaoru nodded. "I.... I didn't want you to worry. It was too soon to say anything."
"I'm a bad father......" Kenshin started. "Because his MOTHER didn't tell me he was coming!"
Kaoru hit him playfully as a grin spread across his face. "Be nice Kenshin, I was doing the only thing I thought was right!"
Kenshin walked over to the futon that Kenji had been picked up from and set him down. He had fallen asleep again. He turned around and faced Kaoru, reaching into his gi slowly and pulling out a small tattered piece of cloth. He handed it over to Kaoru who looked at it wearily.
"What's this?" she asked him.
"The ribbon you gave me." Kenshin told her.
She bonked him on the head. "What did you do to it?!"
Kenshin rubbed his head and looked at her. "I slept with it, and Master used it against me. He held it hostage and said I couldn't have my 'girlish toy' until I mastered my new techniques. And then I accidentally dropped in some thorns, where it was rightfully stolen by a raccoon, which I had to chase down and knock out to get it back from. And then after that I lost it and master was so drunk he was using it for a napkin so I had to clean it off and then I dropped it off the waterfall where it got stuck in some rocks in the river and I had to pull it out and I ripped it."
"All over a ribbon?" Kaoru asked.
He nodded. "It reminded me of you."
She grinned. "Thank you Kenshin."
Kenshin looked around the room. "Do you want me to stay in a different room?"
Kaoru glared at him and pushed him roughly down to the futon. "Absolutely not! We may not be married or engaged but we do have a child, don't we?"
"Whoa koishii..... I take it you missed me?" came the Battousai's voice.
Kaoru's eyes widened. "Kenshin Himura..." she began to warn.
She heard a knock coming to the door of the dojo and she sighed. She couldn't even punish him properly. (A/N: As in hit him with a bokken, you hentai people!).
"I'll be back, I'm going to go get that. Who in their right mind would be here so late I don't know." She stated as she picked up her bokken and left Kenshin there on the futon next to Kenji's futon.
Kenshin rolled over and stared at Kenji for amusement.
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The rapping on the door was becoming much more insistent and Kaoru was beginning to grumble. She held her bokken loosely and she opened the door slowly, staring unenthusiastically at the man standing at the doorway.
"Yes, can I help you?" Kaoru questioned as calmly and cheerfully as she could.
The man nodded, and stared down at her. "Is this the home of Kamiya Kaoru?" he questioned. "Where I can learn about lessons in the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu?"
Kaoru's mood brightened slightly. Her only student was still Yahiko, so she welcomed this. "Yes, it is! What exactly do you want to know?"
The man grinned and drew his sword. "Is this weapon permitted in the art?"
His sword was double sided, and it gleamed mysteriously in the low light that the moon allowed. Kaoru didn't gulp but inwardly she was worried.
"No. We use bokkens and shinai's." she responded, holding her bokken out in front of her. "Kamiya Kasshin is the sword that protects, it is meant to offer the least amount of injury while protecting those close to you."
The man shook his head. "Such ideals are not useful, Kamiya."
"If you didn't agree with my ideals then why did you come in the first place asking about the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu in the first place?" she asked angrily, slightly annoyed.
Kaoru found herself planted up against a wall, a sharp blade tightly pushed up against her throat.
"I'm here to complete a task the Battousai could not." He responded coolly.
Kaoru didn't scream, just slowly pushed the man away and drew her bokken into her stance and watched him amiably. He moved in to attack and she ducked, twisting her body and her bokken smashing into his side painfully. He fell but stood back up again.
"For a hitokiri you have slow reactions." Kaoru stated, still holding her ground, her bokken poised for a second attack.
The hitokiri aimed for her again, but she sidestepped and forced her bokken down roughly on his back. He fell to his stomach, yelping slightly in pain. Kaoru stood above him, her bokken held out vertically before her as she stared down at the man.
"You think to lowly of your opponent, therefore you are not preparing yourself for the strength could have. All people have the strength to fight back, they just have to put in the correct directions." Kaoru warned. "I am not as weak as I look."
The man jumped up which forced Kaoru back, losing her footing and tripping gracelessly to the ground, landing roughly to the floor. He held his sword above her, and drew the blade down. Kaoru pulled her sword up in an attempt to block the attack, but she knew that wood didn't do much against metal. The blade pierced her sword and she flew up, forcing the man back and snapping her sword in the process. His blade pierced her shoulder as it went through her bokken, and she yelped loudly enough to wake up anyone in the dojo.
The man fell, but not because of Kaoru as on piece of her bokken fell against his head. She looked up and saw Kenshin standing there, his sakabatou out and an angry stare glaring down upon the man that now lay there motionless in his state of comatose. Kenshin sheathed his sword.
Footsteps were heard and Sano came in, carrying two men buy their collars. "I found them outside. Oi, Kenshin, your back! But who is that? Who are these guys? They should know better than to sneak around Jou-chan's place like this."
Yahiko walked in with a broken shinai. "That one," he pointed to the one in Sano's left hand, "put up a fight."
"Their lesser hitokiris under Katsura." Kenshin responded coolly. "Sano, take these men down to the police station, and Yahiko you can go back to sleep. We'll get you a new shinai in the morning."
Both did as they were instructed. Kaoru picked up her broken bokken and looked at Kenshin, tears filling her eyes as he looked away from her. He turned back and proceeded to examine her wounded shoulder.
"Are you going to leave again?" she asked him.
Author's Notes: Ah yes.... good chapter or not? I'm SO awake and hyper right now but I won't type it out for you because I'm just running at 500 bazillion miles an hour right now that it's not funny!!!! I can't even type that fast so I'm making like a bazillion mistakes and AHHH!!! Well, how did you guys like that? Irene, yes I know I updated your idea (the hitokiri) but do you mind? I wanted Kaoru to have some good fighting in here somewhere!!!
Well, hope you liked!!! I will update again in a few days. I'm going to be at my grandma's all weekend where I have access to Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger for anyone who wants to talk to me!!! For MSN you want to use the e-mail bbfn1@hotmail.com, because that's my account for that, and Yahoo Messenger is freakishlyinsanelycrazy@yahoo.com. See you all later!!!
Oh! Response reviews!!! ER. review responses, whatever!!
Rhapsody07: I don't know, maybe I can squeeze that story into the 'Breaking Through' story. Funny how your review to 'Silhouettes of Shadows' was about 'Breaking Through' heheheheheheehe!!! Yes it 'tis little Kenji!!!
Ginny-cry: I pardon you for your errors. I wish I could do good surprised, but guess what I already started the chapter when I got your review!!! So sorry and I would have used your idea, too!!
Little Devil 9: :: waits patiently:: ::listens to you:: ::grin spread across face:: Now now now, apparently you didn't get enough of that in the last story? I ran out of bad guys, though!!! Who else is there that I can use?! If you can give me somemore names, consider it done!!!! :: grins :: You are SOOO smart because you knew who it was, ne? Hehehehehehehee!!!
CB-san: Thank you!!! I always finish a story. Why not? I mean sure you get stuck, but if you don't finish then that's just another failure that could have turned out wonderfully. I plan on keeping this one up. Yes, I do. I'm not going to stop writing it just because I can't think straight. Hehehehehehe. I LIVE on cliffhangers!!! They aren't that hard to write, you just stop somewhere and say "Okay, this is good enough for me!". And then people get all angry with you!!! Hehehehehehe!!! That's all I do!! I just stop!!!
Battousai's Goddess: :: ponders your idea :: IF ONLY I HADN'T OF STARTED THE CHAPTER!!!! :: kicks the bucket :: OW STUPID BUCKET!!! Hehehehehehehe!! I really don't want to scrap the ENTIRE chapter.... :: whines to you like a little puppy dog :: but I just might have to start it ALL OVER AGAIN. I'm going to re-read it and see what I get.. if it sounds as horrible as I think it is, then I'm totally changing it.
Jahngmi-san: :: nods head judiciously and agrees with you :: Yes, Kenshin is hot inside and out.... and although he and Battousai are the same person I do love Battousai so..... I don't know. I think he's a virus. You see him and you're immediately addicted. He's a drug!!! Kenshin is a drug!!! Good for you but pshycologically addictive!!! Hehehehehehehehee!!! Don't ask, I'm on 3 cups of coffee loaded with sugar at the moment... but you ain't no baka I'm a baka but call yourself one if you want I can't rightfully stop you now can I?! No... Kenji shouldn't really hate Kenshin in my ficcie....
DragonTamer9741: :: hugs you :: You'll always be here for me in my times of non-writing, ne? I await your next e-mail, but until then: :: takes really big breath:: Love, hugs, sugar pills, root BEER, drugs, WHIPPED CREAM, cotton candy, PUDDING, reeses, string cheese, coffee that's 99% sugar, Dr. Pepper, Crème Soda, more drugs (read the response above yours, you'll see what I mean!), and CAKE AND ICE CREAM!!! I will always remember to have "drugs" if you remember!!! Hehehehehehehe (Okay people who are freaking out, our "drugs" are sugar!!) Oro? I started a sentence with a number? BAD ME!!! :: swats self on hands with ruler :: OUCH!!!! Yes!!! See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil!! But wait, Kaoru ain't evil! BAD hentai rurouni thinking hentai thoughts!! We all thought the BATTOUSAI was the bad one...... yes talk to me later or I will hunt you down!!! All I have to do is travel the trail of sugar packets!!!
Angels_giving89: You stoleded TWO of my wordies!!! Bootiful AND wuv!!! :: hugs you anyway :: hehehehehehehe!! We think along the same prettiful lines, my dear fwiend!!! Hehehehehehehehehehe!!! I hugzzz you back for being such a bootiful reviewie!!! O_O;; luglyful!!! Guess what that is!!!
Black Twilight: :: hugs you :: SUPER BIG HELP!!! Yes I remember that picture, it's so cute is it not? :: hugs Kenshin and shows him :: lookie at you and Kaoru!!! Kenshin: Oro!!! A mini-me!!! Crystal: Since when are you Dr. Evil? Only Dr. Evil has a mini-me, Kenshin! Don't go Austion Powers on me with the pinky/lip thing and complaining about lost mojo.... well, Battousai would complainign about mojo.. Kenshin: Oro...
Hehehehehehee!!! Yes, we all know you can't have everything!!!! Oh well. Write me another haiku. I forgot the two that you wrote in the reviews for Coming of the Dawn, one about pounce Battousai pounce and Aoshi is hot? Hehehehehehehehehe!! Love them!!!
Koishii Sweet: I'm trying!! Very happy and hyper right now!!!!
Faint: :: watches interestdly while she sits next to Battousai as you pounce on Kenji :: Battousai: At least it's not me for a change. Crystal: (pounces him) YEAH HUH!!! Batty do something bad, ne? heheheheheheheh!!! I hope Kenji can breath..... You don't want an angry Kaoru attacking you do you? Hehehehehehehehe!!!
K+K fanatic: I'm glad you think so!!! I am so hyper right now I just wanna dance around like a pshyco!! Wait, I am a pshyco. So I will!!! :: proceeds to dance around :: I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF KENSHIN CLONES!!!!
Kenshin: Not again.... BLAH!!! Anywayz... I'm not planning on putting in much more Kenshin/ Rurouni/Battousai stuff anymore. Hehehehehehehee. Thanks for the suggestion my humble slave. Now!! Go get me a Dr. Pepper and some sugar then take the day off to hang out with your Kenshin clone!!! I'm Renee-san, huh? Someone called me Renee-sensei and I was all 'COOL!'. Was that you?! O_o;;;; hehehehehehehehehehe!!! I feel so loved!! I love you too, dude!!! Hehehehehehe!!!
Kuro Rajin: I could go pro? :: starts to cry :: THANKING YOU!!! :: hugs you :: thanks so much for your support!!! Yeah... I haven't been writing RK fics very long but I think they are way better than A LOT of my earlire fics. Hehehehehehe!! Thank you so much for your compliments. I think Kenji is going to be nice to Kenshin in my fic!! His charm will win him over!!! Or the Battousai will scare him into check, one or the other... I LOVE LONG RANTS!!! Keep them up!!! I wanna get the manga..... I wanna do a lot of stuff that I can't, like swim with a octopus...
Scarlet Rayne: I wrote soon, ne? Hehehehehe!! Cute stories are all 'awwww..'. It's the sugar..
Piper: HI YOU HAVEN'T REVIEWED IN A WHILE!!! :: hugs you :: Yes... I don't' know what's gonna happen I just write off of the top of my head with all of my fics!!! Hehehehehehee!!!
Kenshin'sgrl: I gived you a shout out? SEE? YOU BE READING THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU BE READING THIS? Hehehehehe!! I'm GOING PSHYCO!!! Baby girl? ::ponders this:: MAYBE!!!
Kristina Seard: Okay! I! Will!
Daisymaisy2121: I wonder if he will stay too.... NO SERIOUSLY I REALLY DO!!!
Ruriko2: Hehehehehehe.. I think I will draw kenshin. Here is my drawing: O- O;;; ORO!!! Hehehehehee!!! Good artist am I!!!
Ewunia: NO hate!! Spread the love!!! :: dons hippie clothes and a peace medallion :: come now and we will light incense and search for inner peace, to spread the love and kill the hate... Hehehehehehehe!!!
Roaring Flames: YAY!!! I should have used that 'oh he's so cute and cuddly' part!!! That would've been SOOO awesome!!! hehehehehe!!! Maybe I still will!!! REMIND ME!!!
Anime Master 7: YAY YOU REVIEWED TO THE NEW STORY!!! :: is very happpy :: hehehehehee don't ask, I actually DRANK coffee :: hears you keel over dead in shock :: :: throws water on you to wake you up :: It was stuffed with sugar so I couldn't really tell it was coffee though, so It was more like liquid sugar!!! I can't say if the side-story will be posted or not because I haven't heard anything from Angie-chan (Krystlsailormoon) and she's the co-author!!! So we will see!!! Heheheheeh, did you like this chapter? I had some pshyco rants up there in the responses you should read if you read them all... one about Kenshin's being a drug, and then one about him acting like Austin powers.... I don't know, don't ask!!! IT'S CALLED SUGAR!!!
Agalia102: Yes, sweatdropping is good!!! SWEATDROPPING!!!
YmirChan: Of course if you hated me then you wouldn't have reviewed!! ^_^ I'm so happy right now to tell you the truth. I LOVE YOU TOO THEN!!! :: hugs you :: SPREADING THE LOVE ONE HUG AT A TIME!!! That's gonna be my new trademark saying!!!
MissBattousai: You crazy? I SAID KENSHIN WAS A DRUG BECAUSE HE'S SO ADDICTIVE!!! And then I says something up in another response about him being like Austin Powers... you'll have to read it, it's BlackTwilight's review... and the drug one is Jahngmi-san's response... Read them. Quite.. Interesting. IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!! Bootiful!! Hehehehehehe!!! Pshyco, pshcyo man!!! (singing to the tune of 'macho man'. Hehehehe!)
Beraith: What line was cliché? Oh!! I know what one you are talking about and yes I know!!! Oh well!!! I'm glad that you are reading those!! Darn, my coffee/sugar buzz is wearing off... I work it off too hard!!!
Luv and hugs,
Crystal Renee