Counterfeit Love
Chapter 2
Thanks to everyone who sent me reviews and I would love to read more! I really have no idea where this chapter is going so...I should just start writing
Please tell me if any characters are OOC!
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"Kaoru..Kaoru..? Kaoru, please wake up.."
Kaoru blinked her eyes open to see Kenshin leaning over her. 'See, now why isn't he there every time I wake up? I'd be a lot happier..heh....Wait where am I?' Kaoru thought as she looked around the room. She saw that she was home in the dojo. Kenshin was standing next to her and there was another figure in the corner.
"I thought it was a dream.."
"What was Kaoru?" Kenshin looked at her worried
"Nothing..umm..what happened?"
"You passed out Kaoru..Are you ok?"
"Hai, komo arigato Kenshin." She tried to stand up but then she felt Kenshin's firm hand on her shoulder.
"Please Kaoru. You should rest."
"But I feel fine Kenshin. Wait a minute....Reijiro! Oh Kami! You really were there!" Reijiro stepped out from the shadows. "Ok..I think I'll lie down." She went back down and placed her hand on her head. Kenshin kneeled next to her and pushed her hand up to feel her forehead.
"Good. No fever. Sessha was worried that's why you passed out. But you still should rest." Kenshin's beautiful amethyst eyes were starring at her. "Sessha will leave you two. You probably want to talk."
Kenshin left the room without another glance back. Kaoru was a little hurt, she wanted Kenshin to stay, after all, she wasn't sure that this Reijiro was really here or not.
"Kaoru.Who is that man? Why does he live here? Why does he refer to you in that tone? I will not stand for it. Not one bit." The man came and sat down next to Kaoru, who was still baffled.
"Y-you're dead...you died in Tibet...why? How?"
"Kaoru-koishii...I am not dead. I am alive and well." He caressed her cheek. She quickly pulled away and starred at him.
"Don't you dare call me koishii! Listen! You died on an assignment! You can't be here! I'm going insane! Oh Kami, I'm insane!" She hit her head a couple times. "No I'm not. Kenshin saw you to..I can't be insane..he's never met you...Then you're really here..Oh Kami! You're really alive?!" She hugged him but as she did she made an effort so that it would only be a friendly hug, and nothing more.
"Oh Kaoru-koishii I'm so sorry to make you wait..but I had no choice..Koshii forgive me."
"Don't call me koshii!!! You may be alive but you...oh Kami...why didn't you come back?"
"I was sent to another country. I was under cover for the government. I've been to India, China, Africa, Italy..And so many others. They only let me come home now. Oh koishii, if you come back to my home, I will pay for anything and everything. The government has paid me well and I would love to share that fortune with you koishii."
"DON'T CALL ME KOISHII!!!" With that she ran out of the room and down the porch. She then felt a tug at her sleeve and turned around to see Kenshin holding on to it, his eyes concerned. He led her into the nearest room.
"Kaoru-dono? What happened? Are you ok?" She couldn't say anything. All she could do was fall.fall and cry. He caught her and let her cry on his gi. She couldn't say anything at all. 'Oh Kenshin....thank you...thank you for just letting me cry..Kami bless you...Oh Kami....he's alive! Now what am I going to say? Kenshin thinks I'm engaged or something...oh Kami I don't want to marry that man...I...I want...' Her crying subdued and Kenshin brought her eyes to meet his.
"What happened? Did he hurt you?" 'I swear sessha kill him if he did; engagement or no engagement.' Kenshin finished in his head
"Not really."
"Then what? What happened Kaoru?"
"He...I....A while ago.....around...Hmm..I was 14 when I met him....so around 4 years or so ago, He came along....I was alone and a teenager and he was a smart, cool, heart-throb and about 4 or 5 years older then me. He came to the dojo, saying he wanted to be taught. Of course I couldn't refuse...so as time went on...he...I.....kinda..fell in love with him.." She saw Kenshin's face and tried revised what she had said, "Well.. I mean come on. Here was this heart-throb of a guy, 18 years old and I was 14..What do you expect a teenage girl to do? .....but even still.....he liked me as well, so we kinda started going out.. Anyway....He had started to work with the local police..And he was really good to....I mean way better then the others..So one day he gets a letter from the government that says they are in need of his services so he goes off to play hero some where while I'm left alone AGAIN. I didn't hear from him for years..then when I was 16 I got a letter saying that he was killed in services and that I was the only person really close to him..I mourned for him....but..I couldn't just dwindle on the past, you know? I had to get on with my life.But then there was nothing to live for..A year later I was running around reckless and bumped into the most wonderful thing that's ever happened to me...a certain red-headed rurouni who brought meaning back into my life." Kenshin blushed at this. Kaoru looked up at him and smiled. She loved it when he blushed, he was so kawaii... "Kenshin.What am I going to do? He..he wants me to live with him..To marry him...I barley know the man! But...I still feel like I owe him something..like..I should be able to do something for him...Kenshin...what...I don't know what I'm doing!" She leaned her head on Kenshin's shoulder.
"Kaoru.you have to figure it out.I'm sorry, but sessha can't help you.." 'But if that man ever touches you call me and sessha will be there in a second to kill him.' He wanted to say to her but couldn't and half smiled at her.
'Oh Kenshin..I'd take all of that crazy scheme back...if I only knew..If I only knew that this would happen. Oh Kenshin, I'm in love with you not that idiot who left me.' Kaoru thought to herself as she smiled back
"You should go talk to him Kaoru-dono that you should."
"Hai Kenshin...hai...but he kept calling me koishii..Like I was he's..that fool. If he does it again, I'm gonna take this bokken and beat him silly."
'That'd be a good idea.' "Hai Kaoru...He really called you koshii?"
"Yea, that's why I ran out..."
"Oh..."
"There's only one person who I'd ever let call me that and live." She got up and reluctantly walked around to find Reijiro. Kenshin watched her leave 'Who would you let call you koishii? (A/N: Kenshin no baka!! You!!) Oh Kaoru...you are to good for that man.If he couldn't see what he was leaving then he shouldn't get a second chance...And what of this other man? What was that about? And what of sessha? Kaoru....sessha is unworthy of you more then that man is...'
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"Now where are you Reijiro?" Kaoru said aloud walking around to find this man
"I knew you would come back to me, koishii!" He jumped out of the shadows and wrapped his arms around Kaoru from behind
"Lemme go you feeble minded jerk!" She sent her elbow in his stomach, he fell back in surprise
"Kaoru-koishii? Why are you doing this to me?"
"Reijiro-san? Why are you doing this to me? I may have loved you when I was 14 but times have changed...you left me three years ago, and now I love another. I'm sorry...."
"....No..you're not..not yet..." He punched Kaoru in the stomach, knocking her out, picked up and dashed down the road.
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"Something's not right....Where is Kaoru-dono? Sessha can't feel her aura anymore.....what's going on out there?" Kenshin walked outside a few minutes after Reijiro had knocked out Kaoru out. When Kenshin noticed that they weren't in the dojo he started running down the road to town, hand on his sword, thinking, 'If he touches one hair on her head I swear I'll rip him apart.......sessha won't kill him.....No, there are things worse then death and he may deserve them....' He raced through the streets till he got to the Akabeko where he went in and asked Tae if she had seen Kaoru.
"She was here a while ago...Why? What's going on? Why was she alone before?"
"Tae-dono sessha can't explain now...but if you see Kaoru-dono and another man, find me right away and tell me" With that he raced back off into the night
"Oh Kenshin...are you too late? Just tell the girl Kenshin!" She said to no one as he ran out. But she soon had to turn to her customers.
'Kaoru..don't worry, I'll find you...' Kenshin promised silently
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"Urgh...where am I..?" Kaoru sat up in a futon and rubbed her stomach. The place was foreign to her, 'What the helk happened? ...Oh! I remember being at the dojo and talking with Kenshin about....Reijiro!! Oh Kami, he knocked me out!' She stood up and went to the door. It was locked. 'Just great! Now what? I have to get out of here...Kenshin must be worried sick..' She went to a window and looked out. She was on the second story, and there was a small roof right below her. 'They're making this to easy....' She crawled out of the window and began to balance herself across the roof. 'How the hell am I getting down though?' She was standing on the roof, looking across it pondering this, when a figure raced by, she saw a glimmer of red hair and her hopes rose. 'There's probably only one man in all of Japan with that hair...'
"Kenshin!" She called in a horse whisper
"Kaoru? Kaoru where are you?" Kenshin stopped and looked around
"Up here baka!" She waved at him and he ran to her.
"Kaoru-dono, why--?"
"I'll explain later, just help me down!" She went to the edge of the roof and he placed his arms around her waist and helped her down. "Arigato, but we have get out of here! Come on!" She grabbed his hand and began running. He followed her through the streets and the woods and to the dojo door, where she stopped, panting and out of breath.
"Kaoru, what happened? Tell me."
"He...*huff* knocked me out and brought me to that place after *wheeze* I ....told him I was I love with someone else...*pant* He wasn't there and I climbed through the window to get out. Ok?"
"Ok. But why did he do that? Did he say anything to you?"
"No only that he would make me sorry...."
"Let's go back to the dojo..."
"Hai Kenshin"
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"Oh Kaoru!" Reijiro's voice rang out as he opened the locked door. He glanced around the room but no one was there. "Kaoru?" He went to the opened window and looked out. "Kuso Kaoru! Why can't you make this easy?" He sighed and grabbed his long jacket and walked out into the night.
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So how was it? I hope it explained some things. Not why Reijiro kidnapped Kaoru, but about Kaoru's mysterious past ::spooky music plays:: Any way, I have no idea what to do in the next chapter, so if anyone wants to give suggestions, I'd be glad to take them! R&R please!
Chapter 2
Thanks to everyone who sent me reviews and I would love to read more! I really have no idea where this chapter is going so...I should just start writing
Please tell me if any characters are OOC!
@---
"Kaoru..Kaoru..? Kaoru, please wake up.."
Kaoru blinked her eyes open to see Kenshin leaning over her. 'See, now why isn't he there every time I wake up? I'd be a lot happier..heh....Wait where am I?' Kaoru thought as she looked around the room. She saw that she was home in the dojo. Kenshin was standing next to her and there was another figure in the corner.
"I thought it was a dream.."
"What was Kaoru?" Kenshin looked at her worried
"Nothing..umm..what happened?"
"You passed out Kaoru..Are you ok?"
"Hai, komo arigato Kenshin." She tried to stand up but then she felt Kenshin's firm hand on her shoulder.
"Please Kaoru. You should rest."
"But I feel fine Kenshin. Wait a minute....Reijiro! Oh Kami! You really were there!" Reijiro stepped out from the shadows. "Ok..I think I'll lie down." She went back down and placed her hand on her head. Kenshin kneeled next to her and pushed her hand up to feel her forehead.
"Good. No fever. Sessha was worried that's why you passed out. But you still should rest." Kenshin's beautiful amethyst eyes were starring at her. "Sessha will leave you two. You probably want to talk."
Kenshin left the room without another glance back. Kaoru was a little hurt, she wanted Kenshin to stay, after all, she wasn't sure that this Reijiro was really here or not.
"Kaoru.Who is that man? Why does he live here? Why does he refer to you in that tone? I will not stand for it. Not one bit." The man came and sat down next to Kaoru, who was still baffled.
"Y-you're dead...you died in Tibet...why? How?"
"Kaoru-koishii...I am not dead. I am alive and well." He caressed her cheek. She quickly pulled away and starred at him.
"Don't you dare call me koishii! Listen! You died on an assignment! You can't be here! I'm going insane! Oh Kami, I'm insane!" She hit her head a couple times. "No I'm not. Kenshin saw you to..I can't be insane..he's never met you...Then you're really here..Oh Kami! You're really alive?!" She hugged him but as she did she made an effort so that it would only be a friendly hug, and nothing more.
"Oh Kaoru-koishii I'm so sorry to make you wait..but I had no choice..Koshii forgive me."
"Don't call me koshii!!! You may be alive but you...oh Kami...why didn't you come back?"
"I was sent to another country. I was under cover for the government. I've been to India, China, Africa, Italy..And so many others. They only let me come home now. Oh koishii, if you come back to my home, I will pay for anything and everything. The government has paid me well and I would love to share that fortune with you koishii."
"DON'T CALL ME KOISHII!!!" With that she ran out of the room and down the porch. She then felt a tug at her sleeve and turned around to see Kenshin holding on to it, his eyes concerned. He led her into the nearest room.
"Kaoru-dono? What happened? Are you ok?" She couldn't say anything. All she could do was fall.fall and cry. He caught her and let her cry on his gi. She couldn't say anything at all. 'Oh Kenshin....thank you...thank you for just letting me cry..Kami bless you...Oh Kami....he's alive! Now what am I going to say? Kenshin thinks I'm engaged or something...oh Kami I don't want to marry that man...I...I want...' Her crying subdued and Kenshin brought her eyes to meet his.
"What happened? Did he hurt you?" 'I swear sessha kill him if he did; engagement or no engagement.' Kenshin finished in his head
"Not really."
"Then what? What happened Kaoru?"
"He...I....A while ago.....around...Hmm..I was 14 when I met him....so around 4 years or so ago, He came along....I was alone and a teenager and he was a smart, cool, heart-throb and about 4 or 5 years older then me. He came to the dojo, saying he wanted to be taught. Of course I couldn't refuse...so as time went on...he...I.....kinda..fell in love with him.." She saw Kenshin's face and tried revised what she had said, "Well.. I mean come on. Here was this heart-throb of a guy, 18 years old and I was 14..What do you expect a teenage girl to do? .....but even still.....he liked me as well, so we kinda started going out.. Anyway....He had started to work with the local police..And he was really good to....I mean way better then the others..So one day he gets a letter from the government that says they are in need of his services so he goes off to play hero some where while I'm left alone AGAIN. I didn't hear from him for years..then when I was 16 I got a letter saying that he was killed in services and that I was the only person really close to him..I mourned for him....but..I couldn't just dwindle on the past, you know? I had to get on with my life.But then there was nothing to live for..A year later I was running around reckless and bumped into the most wonderful thing that's ever happened to me...a certain red-headed rurouni who brought meaning back into my life." Kenshin blushed at this. Kaoru looked up at him and smiled. She loved it when he blushed, he was so kawaii... "Kenshin.What am I going to do? He..he wants me to live with him..To marry him...I barley know the man! But...I still feel like I owe him something..like..I should be able to do something for him...Kenshin...what...I don't know what I'm doing!" She leaned her head on Kenshin's shoulder.
"Kaoru.you have to figure it out.I'm sorry, but sessha can't help you.." 'But if that man ever touches you call me and sessha will be there in a second to kill him.' He wanted to say to her but couldn't and half smiled at her.
'Oh Kenshin..I'd take all of that crazy scheme back...if I only knew..If I only knew that this would happen. Oh Kenshin, I'm in love with you not that idiot who left me.' Kaoru thought to herself as she smiled back
"You should go talk to him Kaoru-dono that you should."
"Hai Kenshin...hai...but he kept calling me koishii..Like I was he's..that fool. If he does it again, I'm gonna take this bokken and beat him silly."
'That'd be a good idea.' "Hai Kaoru...He really called you koshii?"
"Yea, that's why I ran out..."
"Oh..."
"There's only one person who I'd ever let call me that and live." She got up and reluctantly walked around to find Reijiro. Kenshin watched her leave 'Who would you let call you koishii? (A/N: Kenshin no baka!! You!!) Oh Kaoru...you are to good for that man.If he couldn't see what he was leaving then he shouldn't get a second chance...And what of this other man? What was that about? And what of sessha? Kaoru....sessha is unworthy of you more then that man is...'
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"Now where are you Reijiro?" Kaoru said aloud walking around to find this man
"I knew you would come back to me, koishii!" He jumped out of the shadows and wrapped his arms around Kaoru from behind
"Lemme go you feeble minded jerk!" She sent her elbow in his stomach, he fell back in surprise
"Kaoru-koishii? Why are you doing this to me?"
"Reijiro-san? Why are you doing this to me? I may have loved you when I was 14 but times have changed...you left me three years ago, and now I love another. I'm sorry...."
"....No..you're not..not yet..." He punched Kaoru in the stomach, knocking her out, picked up and dashed down the road.
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"Something's not right....Where is Kaoru-dono? Sessha can't feel her aura anymore.....what's going on out there?" Kenshin walked outside a few minutes after Reijiro had knocked out Kaoru out. When Kenshin noticed that they weren't in the dojo he started running down the road to town, hand on his sword, thinking, 'If he touches one hair on her head I swear I'll rip him apart.......sessha won't kill him.....No, there are things worse then death and he may deserve them....' He raced through the streets till he got to the Akabeko where he went in and asked Tae if she had seen Kaoru.
"She was here a while ago...Why? What's going on? Why was she alone before?"
"Tae-dono sessha can't explain now...but if you see Kaoru-dono and another man, find me right away and tell me" With that he raced back off into the night
"Oh Kenshin...are you too late? Just tell the girl Kenshin!" She said to no one as he ran out. But she soon had to turn to her customers.
'Kaoru..don't worry, I'll find you...' Kenshin promised silently
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"Urgh...where am I..?" Kaoru sat up in a futon and rubbed her stomach. The place was foreign to her, 'What the helk happened? ...Oh! I remember being at the dojo and talking with Kenshin about....Reijiro!! Oh Kami, he knocked me out!' She stood up and went to the door. It was locked. 'Just great! Now what? I have to get out of here...Kenshin must be worried sick..' She went to a window and looked out. She was on the second story, and there was a small roof right below her. 'They're making this to easy....' She crawled out of the window and began to balance herself across the roof. 'How the hell am I getting down though?' She was standing on the roof, looking across it pondering this, when a figure raced by, she saw a glimmer of red hair and her hopes rose. 'There's probably only one man in all of Japan with that hair...'
"Kenshin!" She called in a horse whisper
"Kaoru? Kaoru where are you?" Kenshin stopped and looked around
"Up here baka!" She waved at him and he ran to her.
"Kaoru-dono, why--?"
"I'll explain later, just help me down!" She went to the edge of the roof and he placed his arms around her waist and helped her down. "Arigato, but we have get out of here! Come on!" She grabbed his hand and began running. He followed her through the streets and the woods and to the dojo door, where she stopped, panting and out of breath.
"Kaoru, what happened? Tell me."
"He...*huff* knocked me out and brought me to that place after *wheeze* I ....told him I was I love with someone else...*pant* He wasn't there and I climbed through the window to get out. Ok?"
"Ok. But why did he do that? Did he say anything to you?"
"No only that he would make me sorry...."
"Let's go back to the dojo..."
"Hai Kenshin"
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"Oh Kaoru!" Reijiro's voice rang out as he opened the locked door. He glanced around the room but no one was there. "Kaoru?" He went to the opened window and looked out. "Kuso Kaoru! Why can't you make this easy?" He sighed and grabbed his long jacket and walked out into the night.
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So how was it? I hope it explained some things. Not why Reijiro kidnapped Kaoru, but about Kaoru's mysterious past ::spooky music plays:: Any way, I have no idea what to do in the next chapter, so if anyone wants to give suggestions, I'd be glad to take them! R&R please!