Counterfeit Love
Chapter 9
Wow, chapter nine...I never thought I'd see the day..Now, it's getting good because I'm finally at the point in the story, where I want to be, so my imagination can run away
Look there it goes! ::tries to catch it::
But I feel lonely because I don't have internet, and everyone left on a youth group trip to somewhere. Not everyone, but you know...I'm probably gonna write a new fic...It will be AU 'cause I've never done one of those...I won't say much else..but..it will be set in a present day American hospital...
Anyway, I'm sure you want to get on with this
@---
Kaoru sat on the porch, wrapped in a warm blanket, watching the snow fall all around her. Sanosuke had disappeared and Yahiko still wasn't back from the Akabecko. Kaoru sighed, since they had come back home, she couldn't help but feel a little lonely, with everyone leaving and all..She knew that eventually the winds would pick up and her friends would be blow to new places, but she could at least keep them for a little long...Even though she knew it was bound to happen because things change, she thought of one person she always wanted to keep with her...
"Kaoru-dono, sessha made some tea to sooth your throat" Kenshin said coming outside, "You shouldn't sit outside, you might get worse"
"It's so pretty though, let me stay a little longer" she sighed. Kenshin smiled and sat next to her.
A snowflake landed on the tip of Kenshin's nose and he looked down at it, smiling. Kaoru giggled and with the tip of her figure, brushed it away. The snowflake was gone but her figure lingered (A/N: Do you have to..Do you have to, do you have to let it linger..I got you wrapped around my figure, do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger..) tracing the tip of his nose, down his face to his lips and finally leaving off his chin. Kenshin had closed his eyes as her small figure went to his lips, he dared not breath. Kaoru had turned completely red and went to turn away
"G-gomen..." She said looking away
Kenshin caught her hand with his and shook his head, kissing her forehand, causing Kaoru to blush even more so. She smiled and was about to say something, but immediately started coughing when she opened her mouth. She took a sip of the tea that was sitting next to her. Kenshin laughed and patted her back while she mentally cursed her cough.
When her coughing finally subsided she held her head trying to make the world stop spinning. Kenshin lifted her head and felt her forehead
"Kaoru-dono, you have a fever..come inside now" He said putting out both hands to help her up. She let herself be guided into the house and put to bed. Kenshin smiled at her already sleeping form and noiselessly walked out of her room.
Kenshin sat on the porch, half asleep, starring at the stars, silently asking them if it was a sin to love Kaoru even though he knew it would be impossible for the two of them to be. The snow started again and Kenshin just sighed.
There was a sudden creak at the gate and Kenshin woke up instantly
"Sano? Is that you?"
No answer
"Yahiko?"
Nothing
"Megumi-dono?"
"Nope" Kenshin's hand flew to his sword as a man emerged from the shadows, "So, no one's here but you and my Kaoru?"
"You!" Kenshin called out as the man who posed as Reijiro laughed
"I do have a name you know" He rolled his eyes, "It's Watoga Seiji"
"Scum like you shouldn't be named" Kenshin growled
"My, aren't you feisty? You should learn some manners!" he lunged at Kenshin who evaded the attack easy, "You know I went easy on the girl. I can do more then charge like a boar!"
Even in Kaoru's sleep, clashing of swords could be heard outside the shoji. She stirred and finally woke to metallic sounds and battle cries.
"Oh Kami!!!" She cried getting out of the futon and running to the door. Kenshin was in a Battou-jutsu stance, ready to strike while Seiji was on one knee, using his sword to hold himself up
"I will not allow you near Kaoru!" Kenshin yelled, "You have caused her much pain!"
"Ah but haven't you as well?" Seiji grinned slyly, "You live here day after day, endangering her life, and nearly getting her killed on many occasions! On top of that you, someone who has killed so many, aren't even worthy of looking upon her face! What the hell do you think you're doing here?! You are a big JOKE!!!" He attacked and Kenshin didn't move, getting severely slashed in the chest, "YOU'RE the scum not me! At least I am worthy of her!" Kenshin dropped his word and didn't move, "SO I WILL KILL YOU HERE!!!"
"NO!!!!!" Kaoru screamed jumping in front of Kenshin. Kenshin froze and starred at her body in front of his. Seiji's sword cut down her shoulder but stopped when he realized who it was.
"No..." Seiji said throwing down his sword, "How...could....I"
"K-Kaoru.." Kenshin stammered, holding her head in his lap, "Kaoru, please answer me"
"M-my name...sounds so nice...when you say it.." she smiled slightly, her voice fading, and her eyes closing
"No..Kaoru..I know you'll live.please stay.." His head went to her chest...she was still breathing, "You!!" He screamed at Seiji with golden eyes, "DAMN YOU BASTARD!!"
And he took off, with Kaoru in his arms, heading for the clinic
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"She's fine,..she's fine...sit down!......no she's fine! Urgh! I swear if you don't sit down Kenshin I'll make you myself!!" Kaoru awoke to these sounds, in a place she wasn't to sure of where
"Kenshin?"
Four heads turned to a small voice. Megumi sighed with a smile a Sano clapped his hands together
"That's our Jou-chan! Tough as nails! See Kenshin? She's fine!" Sanosuke laughed
Kenshin went to her bedside immediately, "Are you ok Kaoru-dono?"
"Yes I think so" She said trying to get up
"Tanuki, stay down." Megumi ordered, "You had a bad cold and on top of it got severely injured, I don't want to see you walking around for a while, got it?"
"Mmm..." Kaoru answered trying to remember what happened, "Oh! He almost hurt you! Kenshin are you alright?"
"Kaoru-dono, you jumped in the way and saved me, don't you remember?" Kenshin said sadly
"I.." She closed her eyes for a moment and memories came like a flood, "I do now...."
"Thank you Kaoru-dono" He bowed his head, "With out you I...."
"Busu!" Yahiko said running in the room, "Are you ok? What exactly happened? Why were you knocked out?"
"One question at a time Yahiko!" Kaoru said laughing. Kenshin smiled, her laugh was music to his ears
"Ok, will you be able to train me tomorrow?"
"What?!" Megumi, Sano, and Kaoru said at the same time followed by miscellaneous shouts of, "You selfish brat!" and "Is that all you can think about?!" Kenshin sighed, thanking the gods that Kaoru wasn't lost to him.
When she had jumped in the way, he had a sudden flashback of someone else...
Tomoe....
(A/N: What I said before about Kaoru not knowing about Tomoe...screw it..she knows, I just didn't know that she knew..)
"Kenshin?" Kaoru chimed into his thoughts, "Kenshin? Why did you stop when Seiji said those things about you?"
"I--....."
"Come on let's celebrate Jou-chan's discovery with sake!!' Sano called
Megumi rolled her eyes, "Recovery"
"Gazette"
"Rooster-head, you're already drunk"
"In the words of my good friend, that I am!"
"Oro?!" Kenshin fell over
"Come on! Sake on m-...never mind....Come on! Sake on whoever wants to pay!"
"Sano, sessha should be getting Kaoru-dono home, that I should. Unless Megumi-dono wishes her to stay...?" Kenshin answered
"No, she can go. It's better she went home with you anyway, I don't want to hang around here all night again"
"Again?" Kaoru piped in, "How log was I asleep?"
"Three days" They all answered at once
"Oh Kami!" She shook her head, "And I'm still tired!"
They all laughed and Kenshin soon went to find a carriage. Sanosuke went with him and Yahiko went off to another room, to cause trouble
"Tanuki, Tanuki, Tanuki" Megumi sighed shaking her head, "You love him enough to stop him from being killed and you still won't tell him"
"I don't think he-"
"Oh shut up...Do you know he spent the three nights not moving, staying by you?" Megumi sat in a chair near Kaoru's bed, "And when he wasn't here one night I asked Sano to go find him....you know where he was?" Kaoru shook her head, "In a temple, praying, with tears running down his cheek" Kaoru gasped
"B-but why?"
"BAKA!! He loves you!!" Megumi stood up, getting frustrated
"I..."
"Just tell the dense baka! I'm sure he would comply"
"I'm sorry, this is just too much...."
"What cha' gonna do? Go to Rakuminura?"
"Very funny"
Kenshin walked back in the room, "We should be going. Megumi-dono" He bowed to Megumi, "Thank you" He turned to Kaoru and smiled, "Come. Let's go home"
"Hai" She said attempting to get out of bed. She was ok, except for her foot got caught in the blankets and she almost tripped but was caught by Kenshin
Megumi shook her head, "Tanuki, what did I tell you? Don't walk around to much! In two days I'll come by and tell you if you're ok or not, got it?"
"Yes mam'n" She said miserably. She was starting to think, this was going to be a horrible two days when Kenshin slipped one arm under her legs and one and her back. She blushed profusely and tilted her head toward Megumi who shook hers.
"Goodbye Megumi-dono" Kenshin smiled
"Be nice to her Kenshin!" Megumi called, receiving a dirty look from Kaoru
Sano walked in just as the two were leaving. He muttered something about breakfast tomorrow and waved. He walked over to Megumi and sat in the chair behind her
"Love makes you blind, ne?" She asked
"Guess so" He answered sleepily
"Hey! That was my chair!" She said, pointing out that he stole the chair she was in
"It's comfortable"
"Rooster-head! Get up!"
"I'm too tired"
"Too drunk you mean"
"Maybe"
"Be a gentlemen, and let a lady sit!"
"What lady? All I see is a fox" He said cocking an eyebrow
"Sanosuke!"
He laughed at her, "Go ahead and sit if you want"
"Not a chance" She crossed her arms. Suddenly there was a small squeak and Megumi turned to see a mouse run by on the floor, "Ewww!!" She squealed trying to get away from it, but only falling backwards, into Sano's lap
"I thought you said not a chance fox" he grinned
"Baka!" She yelled trying to get up, but the mouse ran by again and scared her even more "I hate mice!" She said, pulling her feet up a little
"Right now, I'm loving the pesky thing!" Sanosuke said in his cocky voice
@---
Yahiko jumped in the carriage after Kenshin and Kaoru. Kaoru starred out the window, the whole way home and Kenshin was as equally quite. They soon got home and Kenshin brought Kaoru to her room and disappeared into the kitchen.
Kenshin hummed to himself, while trying to get some food for Kaoru, Yahiko and himself. Even thought it was way past dinner, no one had eaten much in the past few days.
He went back to Kaoru's room with tray, and saw her looking in the mirror, yukata slightly off. Kenshin turned red, but didn't move because he heard her saying something
"I don't remember feeling any pain.." She whispered, placing her finger to her wound, which Megumi had sewed up. She ran her finger down the line "I don't remember feeling anything, except a rush of love and happiness..."
Kenshin shook his head, and felt worse but knocked on her door despite of it
"One second" she called tying her yukata back up and crawling back into bed, "Ok"
"Kaoru-dono, you must be hungry"
"Hai, I am" she smiled and Kenshin brought the tray into her room and bowed his head as her turned to leave, "Kenshin?" He stopped, "You never answered me...why did you stop when Seiji said those things about you?" She leaned over to him and he said nothing, "Answer me Kenshin!"
"Because those words were the truth that I have been trying to ignore....Kaoru-dono, it'd be best if sessha left..." he said not looking at her
"No..you can't"
"Sessha doesn't think you would be safe if sessha stayed"
"No.."
"Sessha will leave tonight and you will finally be safe and out of danger" He turned around and brushed a tear from her eye, "Farewell"
He walked out of the room quietly and Kaoru couldn't move
'Just like Kyoto' she thought, "No! You're wrong!"
With all her strength she ran to the shoji and slammed it open to find the yard empty. She ran to the dojo......He wasn't there so she went right to the gate and ran out and down the road
@---
Man I love writing this. Even though I'm in control, I don't know what will happen, so you better keep on reading! I got this feeling in my stomach, it's kind of a dark feeling, but also fuzzy...hard to explain, but you know it...it's like that feeling when you read a good/sad part in a book...I have the perfect analogy! The feeling you get when Kenshin leaves for Kyoto!! I'm the one writing and I feel like this! Is that good or bad?
I hope it's good!
My pen-name is now officially Kaoru-chan21!!!
Favorite line-scene: I like the whole damn thing
Author of the week: It's still Kaoru Himura because I don't have internet right now and I haven't read anything new in sooooo long...
Song of the Day: I don't know the name of it.....
You can be my someone; you can be my scene and know that I'll protect you from all of the unclean. Don't know what your doing wonder where you are, there's oceans in between us, but that's not very far...
Love that song,...
Chapter 9
Wow, chapter nine...I never thought I'd see the day..Now, it's getting good because I'm finally at the point in the story, where I want to be, so my imagination can run away
Look there it goes! ::tries to catch it::
But I feel lonely because I don't have internet, and everyone left on a youth group trip to somewhere. Not everyone, but you know...I'm probably gonna write a new fic...It will be AU 'cause I've never done one of those...I won't say much else..but..it will be set in a present day American hospital...
Anyway, I'm sure you want to get on with this
@---
Kaoru sat on the porch, wrapped in a warm blanket, watching the snow fall all around her. Sanosuke had disappeared and Yahiko still wasn't back from the Akabecko. Kaoru sighed, since they had come back home, she couldn't help but feel a little lonely, with everyone leaving and all..She knew that eventually the winds would pick up and her friends would be blow to new places, but she could at least keep them for a little long...Even though she knew it was bound to happen because things change, she thought of one person she always wanted to keep with her...
"Kaoru-dono, sessha made some tea to sooth your throat" Kenshin said coming outside, "You shouldn't sit outside, you might get worse"
"It's so pretty though, let me stay a little longer" she sighed. Kenshin smiled and sat next to her.
A snowflake landed on the tip of Kenshin's nose and he looked down at it, smiling. Kaoru giggled and with the tip of her figure, brushed it away. The snowflake was gone but her figure lingered (A/N: Do you have to..Do you have to, do you have to let it linger..I got you wrapped around my figure, do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger..) tracing the tip of his nose, down his face to his lips and finally leaving off his chin. Kenshin had closed his eyes as her small figure went to his lips, he dared not breath. Kaoru had turned completely red and went to turn away
"G-gomen..." She said looking away
Kenshin caught her hand with his and shook his head, kissing her forehand, causing Kaoru to blush even more so. She smiled and was about to say something, but immediately started coughing when she opened her mouth. She took a sip of the tea that was sitting next to her. Kenshin laughed and patted her back while she mentally cursed her cough.
When her coughing finally subsided she held her head trying to make the world stop spinning. Kenshin lifted her head and felt her forehead
"Kaoru-dono, you have a fever..come inside now" He said putting out both hands to help her up. She let herself be guided into the house and put to bed. Kenshin smiled at her already sleeping form and noiselessly walked out of her room.
Kenshin sat on the porch, half asleep, starring at the stars, silently asking them if it was a sin to love Kaoru even though he knew it would be impossible for the two of them to be. The snow started again and Kenshin just sighed.
There was a sudden creak at the gate and Kenshin woke up instantly
"Sano? Is that you?"
No answer
"Yahiko?"
Nothing
"Megumi-dono?"
"Nope" Kenshin's hand flew to his sword as a man emerged from the shadows, "So, no one's here but you and my Kaoru?"
"You!" Kenshin called out as the man who posed as Reijiro laughed
"I do have a name you know" He rolled his eyes, "It's Watoga Seiji"
"Scum like you shouldn't be named" Kenshin growled
"My, aren't you feisty? You should learn some manners!" he lunged at Kenshin who evaded the attack easy, "You know I went easy on the girl. I can do more then charge like a boar!"
Even in Kaoru's sleep, clashing of swords could be heard outside the shoji. She stirred and finally woke to metallic sounds and battle cries.
"Oh Kami!!!" She cried getting out of the futon and running to the door. Kenshin was in a Battou-jutsu stance, ready to strike while Seiji was on one knee, using his sword to hold himself up
"I will not allow you near Kaoru!" Kenshin yelled, "You have caused her much pain!"
"Ah but haven't you as well?" Seiji grinned slyly, "You live here day after day, endangering her life, and nearly getting her killed on many occasions! On top of that you, someone who has killed so many, aren't even worthy of looking upon her face! What the hell do you think you're doing here?! You are a big JOKE!!!" He attacked and Kenshin didn't move, getting severely slashed in the chest, "YOU'RE the scum not me! At least I am worthy of her!" Kenshin dropped his word and didn't move, "SO I WILL KILL YOU HERE!!!"
"NO!!!!!" Kaoru screamed jumping in front of Kenshin. Kenshin froze and starred at her body in front of his. Seiji's sword cut down her shoulder but stopped when he realized who it was.
"No..." Seiji said throwing down his sword, "How...could....I"
"K-Kaoru.." Kenshin stammered, holding her head in his lap, "Kaoru, please answer me"
"M-my name...sounds so nice...when you say it.." she smiled slightly, her voice fading, and her eyes closing
"No..Kaoru..I know you'll live.please stay.." His head went to her chest...she was still breathing, "You!!" He screamed at Seiji with golden eyes, "DAMN YOU BASTARD!!"
And he took off, with Kaoru in his arms, heading for the clinic
@---
"She's fine,..she's fine...sit down!......no she's fine! Urgh! I swear if you don't sit down Kenshin I'll make you myself!!" Kaoru awoke to these sounds, in a place she wasn't to sure of where
"Kenshin?"
Four heads turned to a small voice. Megumi sighed with a smile a Sano clapped his hands together
"That's our Jou-chan! Tough as nails! See Kenshin? She's fine!" Sanosuke laughed
Kenshin went to her bedside immediately, "Are you ok Kaoru-dono?"
"Yes I think so" She said trying to get up
"Tanuki, stay down." Megumi ordered, "You had a bad cold and on top of it got severely injured, I don't want to see you walking around for a while, got it?"
"Mmm..." Kaoru answered trying to remember what happened, "Oh! He almost hurt you! Kenshin are you alright?"
"Kaoru-dono, you jumped in the way and saved me, don't you remember?" Kenshin said sadly
"I.." She closed her eyes for a moment and memories came like a flood, "I do now...."
"Thank you Kaoru-dono" He bowed his head, "With out you I...."
"Busu!" Yahiko said running in the room, "Are you ok? What exactly happened? Why were you knocked out?"
"One question at a time Yahiko!" Kaoru said laughing. Kenshin smiled, her laugh was music to his ears
"Ok, will you be able to train me tomorrow?"
"What?!" Megumi, Sano, and Kaoru said at the same time followed by miscellaneous shouts of, "You selfish brat!" and "Is that all you can think about?!" Kenshin sighed, thanking the gods that Kaoru wasn't lost to him.
When she had jumped in the way, he had a sudden flashback of someone else...
Tomoe....
(A/N: What I said before about Kaoru not knowing about Tomoe...screw it..she knows, I just didn't know that she knew..)
"Kenshin?" Kaoru chimed into his thoughts, "Kenshin? Why did you stop when Seiji said those things about you?"
"I--....."
"Come on let's celebrate Jou-chan's discovery with sake!!' Sano called
Megumi rolled her eyes, "Recovery"
"Gazette"
"Rooster-head, you're already drunk"
"In the words of my good friend, that I am!"
"Oro?!" Kenshin fell over
"Come on! Sake on m-...never mind....Come on! Sake on whoever wants to pay!"
"Sano, sessha should be getting Kaoru-dono home, that I should. Unless Megumi-dono wishes her to stay...?" Kenshin answered
"No, she can go. It's better she went home with you anyway, I don't want to hang around here all night again"
"Again?" Kaoru piped in, "How log was I asleep?"
"Three days" They all answered at once
"Oh Kami!" She shook her head, "And I'm still tired!"
They all laughed and Kenshin soon went to find a carriage. Sanosuke went with him and Yahiko went off to another room, to cause trouble
"Tanuki, Tanuki, Tanuki" Megumi sighed shaking her head, "You love him enough to stop him from being killed and you still won't tell him"
"I don't think he-"
"Oh shut up...Do you know he spent the three nights not moving, staying by you?" Megumi sat in a chair near Kaoru's bed, "And when he wasn't here one night I asked Sano to go find him....you know where he was?" Kaoru shook her head, "In a temple, praying, with tears running down his cheek" Kaoru gasped
"B-but why?"
"BAKA!! He loves you!!" Megumi stood up, getting frustrated
"I..."
"Just tell the dense baka! I'm sure he would comply"
"I'm sorry, this is just too much...."
"What cha' gonna do? Go to Rakuminura?"
"Very funny"
Kenshin walked back in the room, "We should be going. Megumi-dono" He bowed to Megumi, "Thank you" He turned to Kaoru and smiled, "Come. Let's go home"
"Hai" She said attempting to get out of bed. She was ok, except for her foot got caught in the blankets and she almost tripped but was caught by Kenshin
Megumi shook her head, "Tanuki, what did I tell you? Don't walk around to much! In two days I'll come by and tell you if you're ok or not, got it?"
"Yes mam'n" She said miserably. She was starting to think, this was going to be a horrible two days when Kenshin slipped one arm under her legs and one and her back. She blushed profusely and tilted her head toward Megumi who shook hers.
"Goodbye Megumi-dono" Kenshin smiled
"Be nice to her Kenshin!" Megumi called, receiving a dirty look from Kaoru
Sano walked in just as the two were leaving. He muttered something about breakfast tomorrow and waved. He walked over to Megumi and sat in the chair behind her
"Love makes you blind, ne?" She asked
"Guess so" He answered sleepily
"Hey! That was my chair!" She said, pointing out that he stole the chair she was in
"It's comfortable"
"Rooster-head! Get up!"
"I'm too tired"
"Too drunk you mean"
"Maybe"
"Be a gentlemen, and let a lady sit!"
"What lady? All I see is a fox" He said cocking an eyebrow
"Sanosuke!"
He laughed at her, "Go ahead and sit if you want"
"Not a chance" She crossed her arms. Suddenly there was a small squeak and Megumi turned to see a mouse run by on the floor, "Ewww!!" She squealed trying to get away from it, but only falling backwards, into Sano's lap
"I thought you said not a chance fox" he grinned
"Baka!" She yelled trying to get up, but the mouse ran by again and scared her even more "I hate mice!" She said, pulling her feet up a little
"Right now, I'm loving the pesky thing!" Sanosuke said in his cocky voice
@---
Yahiko jumped in the carriage after Kenshin and Kaoru. Kaoru starred out the window, the whole way home and Kenshin was as equally quite. They soon got home and Kenshin brought Kaoru to her room and disappeared into the kitchen.
Kenshin hummed to himself, while trying to get some food for Kaoru, Yahiko and himself. Even thought it was way past dinner, no one had eaten much in the past few days.
He went back to Kaoru's room with tray, and saw her looking in the mirror, yukata slightly off. Kenshin turned red, but didn't move because he heard her saying something
"I don't remember feeling any pain.." She whispered, placing her finger to her wound, which Megumi had sewed up. She ran her finger down the line "I don't remember feeling anything, except a rush of love and happiness..."
Kenshin shook his head, and felt worse but knocked on her door despite of it
"One second" she called tying her yukata back up and crawling back into bed, "Ok"
"Kaoru-dono, you must be hungry"
"Hai, I am" she smiled and Kenshin brought the tray into her room and bowed his head as her turned to leave, "Kenshin?" He stopped, "You never answered me...why did you stop when Seiji said those things about you?" She leaned over to him and he said nothing, "Answer me Kenshin!"
"Because those words were the truth that I have been trying to ignore....Kaoru-dono, it'd be best if sessha left..." he said not looking at her
"No..you can't"
"Sessha doesn't think you would be safe if sessha stayed"
"No.."
"Sessha will leave tonight and you will finally be safe and out of danger" He turned around and brushed a tear from her eye, "Farewell"
He walked out of the room quietly and Kaoru couldn't move
'Just like Kyoto' she thought, "No! You're wrong!"
With all her strength she ran to the shoji and slammed it open to find the yard empty. She ran to the dojo......He wasn't there so she went right to the gate and ran out and down the road
@---
Man I love writing this. Even though I'm in control, I don't know what will happen, so you better keep on reading! I got this feeling in my stomach, it's kind of a dark feeling, but also fuzzy...hard to explain, but you know it...it's like that feeling when you read a good/sad part in a book...I have the perfect analogy! The feeling you get when Kenshin leaves for Kyoto!! I'm the one writing and I feel like this! Is that good or bad?
I hope it's good!
My pen-name is now officially Kaoru-chan21!!!
Favorite line-scene: I like the whole damn thing
Author of the week: It's still Kaoru Himura because I don't have internet right now and I haven't read anything new in sooooo long...
Song of the Day: I don't know the name of it.....
You can be my someone; you can be my scene and know that I'll protect you from all of the unclean. Don't know what your doing wonder where you are, there's oceans in between us, but that's not very far...
Love that song,...