Counterfeit Love
Chapter 14
Well my finger is ok, but the nail will probably fall off.......ewww
Rina: Why didn't you dance with Eric?
Kaoru-chan: Cause....
Kougura aka Nkechel: you should have!
Rina: Yea!
Kaoru-chan: Shut up
Kougura: No!
Kaoru-chan: I swear if you act like this at my birthday, you're not coming....
Kougura: I'll be good especially around ---
@---
"Reijiro?"
Reijiro turned and saw Kenshin behind him, "Hai?"
"Can I speak with you?"
"Of course"
Kenshin lead him to the porch. The sky was a deep blue as Kenshin's violet eyes gazed into it, hesitating to speak with his love's old fellow. The dojo was quiet, Kaoru had gone to bed along with Yahiko, Sano and Megumi went who knows where and Aoshi and Misao went back to the hotel. Reijiro sat, not knowing what to expect from the vagabond, who was currently lost to the world.
"Reijiro-san," Kenshin finally said looking him straight in the eye, "Do you....I mean, Are you still...." Kenshin looked at the ground at a lose of words
"Do I still love Kaoru?" Reijiro finished
"Hai..."
"Iie...no, well...." He slumped his shoulders, "I still love her but I'm not in love with her. I guess, well, I love her like a sister"
Kenshin sighed and looked at the stars
"You seem to love her"
"Hai, very much"
"Good." Reijiro smiled, and Kenshin looked at him, "She could use someone like you. Someone to make her happy.....So make sure you do so"
"Hai...."
"To me it seems that I'm not the only one that would be upset if you hurt her" Reijiro smile grew wider
"Hai....Sanosuke is like a brother to her." He rubbed the back of his neck, thinking about the beating he got from the said rooster-head for making Kaoru cry
"She's happy?"
"Very much so, I believe"
"Good. To me that's what matters. I hope you can make her happier then I did" He stood up and looked at the stars, "Man, I must have been an idiot to take that job and leave. She must have been upset"
"Hai, but the past doesn't matter to her all that much" Kenshin smiled, "She loves the unworthy one even though he was a...."
"Hittokari?" Reijiro looked at him, and Kenshin nodded, "Misao has a bit of a mouth"
"Yes, well," Kenshin laughed
"I should turn in. I'm sure your tired too, ne?"
"Yes, thank you"
"Anytime. Just keep her happy" Reijiro said turning but slowed down in front of Kaoru's bedroom door, "Good night Kaoru-chan"
Scrambling inside was heard and a ruffle of blankets. Kenshin shook his head and when Reijiro was out of view he went into Kaoru's room. She was lying under the covers, pretending to be asleep. He walked over and put a hand on her shoulder, kissing her forehead.
"Koishii, I know you're awake" Kenshin said as she turned over, smiling, "So, are you happy?"
"Very" she sat up and wrapped her arms around Kenshin's neck. He pulled back slightly and looked at her shoulder. He persuaded her top off just enough to see the scar on her shoulder. He sighed and looked at her
"I sorry," he looked at the scar and fingered it, "I truly am"
"Anata, don't be. I chose to jump in front of that blade. I put myself in danger, not you. And you know what? I did it because I love you, and you wouldn't want to change that, ne?"
"But...."
"No," She looked him in the eye and kissed him on the mouth. When they broke away he rested his head on her un-scared shoulder
"All these sins" he mumbled, "So many lives. And you, a pure spirit who I love, what can I do?"
"Kenshin, I felt barely a thing when that blade came down. I felt love" she rested her head on his, "And you should just live and enjoy yourself. I love you no matter what" she smiled. He looked at her and placed a calloused hand on her face, "Even if you were---"
"The worst killer in Japan?"
"Hai"
"How do you know I'm not?"
"You're too kind and gentle to be, my love"
"I see," He said as he kissed her
@---
"Jou-chan! Jou-chan?" Sano called loudly while strutting through the yard, followed by the visitors for Kyoto.
"Kaoru-chan?" Misao called
@---
Kaoru woke up to a pair of arms around her. She smiled and felt the owner of the arms drown himself farther in her hair. She shook her hair and the said person propped himself up on his arm. She turned over and saw Kenshin, smiling, with the rays of sun running down his untied hair. She closed her eyes for a second, enjoying the bath of sunlight. Kenshin sat up and began to put his gi back on properly. Kaoru sighed, knowing that she'd have to get up to soon. She sat up and looked around to notice that her shirt was on the floor next to her. She began to blush a shade of crimson, being that she only had bandages around her chest. She looked at Kenshin, who was attempting to tame his wild hair into a band, and decided it wasn't that big a deal.
"Kaoru-chan?" Misao's voice came, sounding worried, from behind the rice paper door.
Kaoru rolled her eyes and looked at Kenshin, who sweat dropped.
"I'll be out in a second Misao" Kaoru called to calm down her hyper friend. She got up went to the closet, brushing her hand over the kimonos that occupied it. She pulled out one with sliver butterflies and light pink flowers stitched into dark blue silk-like fabric.
Kenshin came up behind her and tilted his head to the side as he looked at the beautiful kimono.
"It's beautiful, ne?" Kaoru said to him, "It was my mother's. She gave it to me. She said she wore it the day my father proposed and told me to wear it when I was completely happy and content with everything."
"Are you, koishii?"
"Yes" she turned around and kissed him, "Very much"
"I should back breakfast" He said pulling away and going near the door
"Alright" she said as he left the room, "Oh Kenshin, I'll always be happy if you're around"
@---
"Are my eyes deceiving me or did Kenshin just walk out of Jou-chan's room, when no one saw him go in?" an ex-gangster said rubbing his eyes
"Oro???"
"Kenshin, I didn't know you had it in you!" the tori-atama continued
"Ororororo??!?!?" Kenshin's eyes widened, "Sano, nothing happened! Honest!"
"Kenshin, you hentai!" Misao said throwing a few knives that came from nowhere, at him
Reijiro was leaning against a tree, smirking like there was no tomorrow while Aoshi sat on the porch after obviously helping himself to some tea. Sano headed for the kitchen only to find that Yahiko was stuffing his face. Misao went to Kaoru's room for questioning and Kenshin's eyes were still swirling.
Just a normal day at the Kamiya dojo...
@---
"Kaoru?" Misao said looking through the books on the floor while the older girl brushed her hair.
"Hai?"
"What happened between you and Kenshin last night?"
Kaoru blushed and looked at Misao, "N-nothing, really"
"If you're sure"
@---
"Battousai?" Kenshin flinched at the name and turned to see Aoshi putting down his tea
"You're ki is unsteady, and seemingly nervous. Why is that?"
"Eh heh heh" Kenshin scratched the back of his head
"It has something to do with the Kamiya girl, ne?" (A/N: How does Aoshi refer to Kaoru? I know Saito says 'the Kamiya girl')
"Yes...."
"Well, what is it?"
"I-uh..."
"The legendary Hittokari Battousai isn't afraid of love, is he?"
"Well, your one to talk," Kenshin said under his breath. Aoshi raised an eyebrow, "Oro"
"Never mind"
@---
Sano leaned against the tree in the yard, pretending to be asleep so that he didn't have to be bothered by anyone. The plan failed when Megumi came through the yard
"Tori-atama, where is Tanuki?"
"Don't know"
"Wake up you lazy ass chicken!"
"Make me"
Megumi got a mischievous look on her face as the ex-gangsters eyes fell closed again. She nudged him and he didn't move. She kicked him. Nothing. She finally leaned over and kissed his cheek. His eyes sprung open and he starred at her
"Jou-chan went for a walk" he said touching his cheek gingerly
"Very well" Megumi said walking away. She suddenly stopped, "Alone?"
"Hai"
"Baka"
Megumi shook her head and went toward wherever she needed to be. Sanosuke just stared at her.
@---
Kenshin walked through the gate about twenty minutes later. He slipped something in his gi and turned to Sano, who was in a daydream.
"Where were you, Kenshin?" Sano asked, his brain finally registering that Kenshin was standing there
"Out"
Sano gave him a funny face; since when was Kenshin so secretive? Sanosuke tried to get whatever he was hiding out of him, "And that means, what?"
"It means I'd rather not tell you that I wouldn't" he answered going into the dojo.
Kenshin came out a few minutes later and saw Sano still sitting under the same tree.
"Sanosuke?"
The rooster head looked up, "Hai?"
"Where is Kaoru?"
"Went for a walk. Why?"
"Do you know where?"
"By the riverbed probably. Why?"
"Alright Sano, I'll be back in a while"
And with that the rurouni disappeared
"I give up" Sano said going into the kitchen for food
@---
'Riverbed.....riverbed....' Kenshin thought as he followed the worn path. The sun was setting when he got to the place he was heading. And there he saw her, standing up, brushing off her beautiful kimono.
'A beautiful kimono for a beautiful woman' he thought, holding his breath
He went toward her silently, in an attempt to catch her off guard. He slipped his hands around her waist and lifted her off the ground, spinning her around gently. He heard her giggling and smiled, placing her on the ground. He looked at her face, reflecting the beautiful colors in the sky.
"You know you didn't startle me" she smiled
"I can't" he smiled, "You don't fall for my Battousai stunts, ne?"
"Right" Kaoru took his hand and began to walk down the path, away from the direction of the dojo, "Let's walk"
"Koishii, I thought you've been out here on a walk"
"I was" she smiled and entwined their hands, "But I wasn't with you"
They walked down the path, together, at a lower pace. Every once in a they stop to look at the beauty of the iridescent sky. They reached a bridge where the path would soon turn the streets of Tokyo, and stopped. Kaoru went to the side and looked over the edge. Kenshin lifted her up onto the railing so she was seated facing him. She smiled down at him and it reminded him of an angel.
"Koishii?"
"Hia, anata?"
"I need to ask you something"
"Go ahead"
"I...just.....promise me you'll think about it before you answer. And don't answer because of any other reason then your own. Ok?"
"H-hai..." Kaoru answered a little confused
"Kaoru," Kenshin lowered himself and searched for something in his gi, "Would you ever possibly consider.....," he stopped and hide his eyes in his bangs
"Nani, Kenshin?"
"You gave me a home when you knew about my past. You said you didn't care. You loved me anyway" He looked up at her.
Kaoru bit her lip and waited for his next words, hoping they would be what she thought.
He finally spoke, "Kaoru, koishii, would you marry me?"
Time stopped. Kaoru couldn't breath. Kenshin waited, not letting a breath slip.
"Hai!" She finally answered jumping into his arms, "Hai, anata!" Tears began to stream down her face
"Maa maa koishii, maa maa" he laughed. He caught her lips in a passionate kiss and for the two, the world stopped
@---
"They've been out for a while," Megumi said sitting on the porch
"Mmm.." A sleepy Sano answered
"What do you think is keeping them?" Misao asked, practically bouncing up and down
"Himura has proposed to her," Aoshi said slipping tea causing everyone to stop whatever he or she were doing
"Nani?" asked Megumi
"What do you want?" Aoshi said blankly looking at her
"How do you know?" Sano spoke up, "He probably would have told me before you, you tea-sipping-"
Megumi put a hand over his mouth, "Shut up Sano"
"Mff, Mmm, Mrrrr!!!!" Sano tried to say
Reijiro let out a loud snore and everyone looked at him
"Baka"
@---
"Kaoru," Kenshin showed her what was in his hand.
She looked and saw a small box. She looked back at him and he nodded. The kendo teacher opened the box and saw a beautiful silver ring, studded with blue sapphires.
"Oh Kami!" Kaoru gasped. Kenshin slipped it on her finger. She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked at the ring.
"Aishiteru"
"Aishiteru"
@---
Well, well, and I'm sure you people thought they wouldn't get married. Ha!
This chapter was to get back at Koishii Sweet
Now, umm, I'm typing this at school, heheh...
MY B-DAY IS IN 2 days!! And I'm getting the entire RK series!! HAHAH If you want to kill me feel free, there are about 9 other people who want to. ......
Song of the day: ummmmmmmmmm......Three Doors Down..forgot the name
Kiss me while I'm still alive, Kill me while I kiss the sky, why the hell do I forget the words, I listen to it every night
One more thing: I miss you guys, Noah and Jonny! I can't wait to see you!
Ciao!
Chapter 14
Well my finger is ok, but the nail will probably fall off.......ewww
Rina: Why didn't you dance with Eric?
Kaoru-chan: Cause....
Kougura aka Nkechel: you should have!
Rina: Yea!
Kaoru-chan: Shut up
Kougura: No!
Kaoru-chan: I swear if you act like this at my birthday, you're not coming....
Kougura: I'll be good especially around ---
@---
"Reijiro?"
Reijiro turned and saw Kenshin behind him, "Hai?"
"Can I speak with you?"
"Of course"
Kenshin lead him to the porch. The sky was a deep blue as Kenshin's violet eyes gazed into it, hesitating to speak with his love's old fellow. The dojo was quiet, Kaoru had gone to bed along with Yahiko, Sano and Megumi went who knows where and Aoshi and Misao went back to the hotel. Reijiro sat, not knowing what to expect from the vagabond, who was currently lost to the world.
"Reijiro-san," Kenshin finally said looking him straight in the eye, "Do you....I mean, Are you still...." Kenshin looked at the ground at a lose of words
"Do I still love Kaoru?" Reijiro finished
"Hai..."
"Iie...no, well...." He slumped his shoulders, "I still love her but I'm not in love with her. I guess, well, I love her like a sister"
Kenshin sighed and looked at the stars
"You seem to love her"
"Hai, very much"
"Good." Reijiro smiled, and Kenshin looked at him, "She could use someone like you. Someone to make her happy.....So make sure you do so"
"Hai...."
"To me it seems that I'm not the only one that would be upset if you hurt her" Reijiro smile grew wider
"Hai....Sanosuke is like a brother to her." He rubbed the back of his neck, thinking about the beating he got from the said rooster-head for making Kaoru cry
"She's happy?"
"Very much so, I believe"
"Good. To me that's what matters. I hope you can make her happier then I did" He stood up and looked at the stars, "Man, I must have been an idiot to take that job and leave. She must have been upset"
"Hai, but the past doesn't matter to her all that much" Kenshin smiled, "She loves the unworthy one even though he was a...."
"Hittokari?" Reijiro looked at him, and Kenshin nodded, "Misao has a bit of a mouth"
"Yes, well," Kenshin laughed
"I should turn in. I'm sure your tired too, ne?"
"Yes, thank you"
"Anytime. Just keep her happy" Reijiro said turning but slowed down in front of Kaoru's bedroom door, "Good night Kaoru-chan"
Scrambling inside was heard and a ruffle of blankets. Kenshin shook his head and when Reijiro was out of view he went into Kaoru's room. She was lying under the covers, pretending to be asleep. He walked over and put a hand on her shoulder, kissing her forehead.
"Koishii, I know you're awake" Kenshin said as she turned over, smiling, "So, are you happy?"
"Very" she sat up and wrapped her arms around Kenshin's neck. He pulled back slightly and looked at her shoulder. He persuaded her top off just enough to see the scar on her shoulder. He sighed and looked at her
"I sorry," he looked at the scar and fingered it, "I truly am"
"Anata, don't be. I chose to jump in front of that blade. I put myself in danger, not you. And you know what? I did it because I love you, and you wouldn't want to change that, ne?"
"But...."
"No," She looked him in the eye and kissed him on the mouth. When they broke away he rested his head on her un-scared shoulder
"All these sins" he mumbled, "So many lives. And you, a pure spirit who I love, what can I do?"
"Kenshin, I felt barely a thing when that blade came down. I felt love" she rested her head on his, "And you should just live and enjoy yourself. I love you no matter what" she smiled. He looked at her and placed a calloused hand on her face, "Even if you were---"
"The worst killer in Japan?"
"Hai"
"How do you know I'm not?"
"You're too kind and gentle to be, my love"
"I see," He said as he kissed her
@---
"Jou-chan! Jou-chan?" Sano called loudly while strutting through the yard, followed by the visitors for Kyoto.
"Kaoru-chan?" Misao called
@---
Kaoru woke up to a pair of arms around her. She smiled and felt the owner of the arms drown himself farther in her hair. She shook her hair and the said person propped himself up on his arm. She turned over and saw Kenshin, smiling, with the rays of sun running down his untied hair. She closed her eyes for a second, enjoying the bath of sunlight. Kenshin sat up and began to put his gi back on properly. Kaoru sighed, knowing that she'd have to get up to soon. She sat up and looked around to notice that her shirt was on the floor next to her. She began to blush a shade of crimson, being that she only had bandages around her chest. She looked at Kenshin, who was attempting to tame his wild hair into a band, and decided it wasn't that big a deal.
"Kaoru-chan?" Misao's voice came, sounding worried, from behind the rice paper door.
Kaoru rolled her eyes and looked at Kenshin, who sweat dropped.
"I'll be out in a second Misao" Kaoru called to calm down her hyper friend. She got up went to the closet, brushing her hand over the kimonos that occupied it. She pulled out one with sliver butterflies and light pink flowers stitched into dark blue silk-like fabric.
Kenshin came up behind her and tilted his head to the side as he looked at the beautiful kimono.
"It's beautiful, ne?" Kaoru said to him, "It was my mother's. She gave it to me. She said she wore it the day my father proposed and told me to wear it when I was completely happy and content with everything."
"Are you, koishii?"
"Yes" she turned around and kissed him, "Very much"
"I should back breakfast" He said pulling away and going near the door
"Alright" she said as he left the room, "Oh Kenshin, I'll always be happy if you're around"
@---
"Are my eyes deceiving me or did Kenshin just walk out of Jou-chan's room, when no one saw him go in?" an ex-gangster said rubbing his eyes
"Oro???"
"Kenshin, I didn't know you had it in you!" the tori-atama continued
"Ororororo??!?!?" Kenshin's eyes widened, "Sano, nothing happened! Honest!"
"Kenshin, you hentai!" Misao said throwing a few knives that came from nowhere, at him
Reijiro was leaning against a tree, smirking like there was no tomorrow while Aoshi sat on the porch after obviously helping himself to some tea. Sano headed for the kitchen only to find that Yahiko was stuffing his face. Misao went to Kaoru's room for questioning and Kenshin's eyes were still swirling.
Just a normal day at the Kamiya dojo...
@---
"Kaoru?" Misao said looking through the books on the floor while the older girl brushed her hair.
"Hai?"
"What happened between you and Kenshin last night?"
Kaoru blushed and looked at Misao, "N-nothing, really"
"If you're sure"
@---
"Battousai?" Kenshin flinched at the name and turned to see Aoshi putting down his tea
"You're ki is unsteady, and seemingly nervous. Why is that?"
"Eh heh heh" Kenshin scratched the back of his head
"It has something to do with the Kamiya girl, ne?" (A/N: How does Aoshi refer to Kaoru? I know Saito says 'the Kamiya girl')
"Yes...."
"Well, what is it?"
"I-uh..."
"The legendary Hittokari Battousai isn't afraid of love, is he?"
"Well, your one to talk," Kenshin said under his breath. Aoshi raised an eyebrow, "Oro"
"Never mind"
@---
Sano leaned against the tree in the yard, pretending to be asleep so that he didn't have to be bothered by anyone. The plan failed when Megumi came through the yard
"Tori-atama, where is Tanuki?"
"Don't know"
"Wake up you lazy ass chicken!"
"Make me"
Megumi got a mischievous look on her face as the ex-gangsters eyes fell closed again. She nudged him and he didn't move. She kicked him. Nothing. She finally leaned over and kissed his cheek. His eyes sprung open and he starred at her
"Jou-chan went for a walk" he said touching his cheek gingerly
"Very well" Megumi said walking away. She suddenly stopped, "Alone?"
"Hai"
"Baka"
Megumi shook her head and went toward wherever she needed to be. Sanosuke just stared at her.
@---
Kenshin walked through the gate about twenty minutes later. He slipped something in his gi and turned to Sano, who was in a daydream.
"Where were you, Kenshin?" Sano asked, his brain finally registering that Kenshin was standing there
"Out"
Sano gave him a funny face; since when was Kenshin so secretive? Sanosuke tried to get whatever he was hiding out of him, "And that means, what?"
"It means I'd rather not tell you that I wouldn't" he answered going into the dojo.
Kenshin came out a few minutes later and saw Sano still sitting under the same tree.
"Sanosuke?"
The rooster head looked up, "Hai?"
"Where is Kaoru?"
"Went for a walk. Why?"
"Do you know where?"
"By the riverbed probably. Why?"
"Alright Sano, I'll be back in a while"
And with that the rurouni disappeared
"I give up" Sano said going into the kitchen for food
@---
'Riverbed.....riverbed....' Kenshin thought as he followed the worn path. The sun was setting when he got to the place he was heading. And there he saw her, standing up, brushing off her beautiful kimono.
'A beautiful kimono for a beautiful woman' he thought, holding his breath
He went toward her silently, in an attempt to catch her off guard. He slipped his hands around her waist and lifted her off the ground, spinning her around gently. He heard her giggling and smiled, placing her on the ground. He looked at her face, reflecting the beautiful colors in the sky.
"You know you didn't startle me" she smiled
"I can't" he smiled, "You don't fall for my Battousai stunts, ne?"
"Right" Kaoru took his hand and began to walk down the path, away from the direction of the dojo, "Let's walk"
"Koishii, I thought you've been out here on a walk"
"I was" she smiled and entwined their hands, "But I wasn't with you"
They walked down the path, together, at a lower pace. Every once in a they stop to look at the beauty of the iridescent sky. They reached a bridge where the path would soon turn the streets of Tokyo, and stopped. Kaoru went to the side and looked over the edge. Kenshin lifted her up onto the railing so she was seated facing him. She smiled down at him and it reminded him of an angel.
"Koishii?"
"Hia, anata?"
"I need to ask you something"
"Go ahead"
"I...just.....promise me you'll think about it before you answer. And don't answer because of any other reason then your own. Ok?"
"H-hai..." Kaoru answered a little confused
"Kaoru," Kenshin lowered himself and searched for something in his gi, "Would you ever possibly consider.....," he stopped and hide his eyes in his bangs
"Nani, Kenshin?"
"You gave me a home when you knew about my past. You said you didn't care. You loved me anyway" He looked up at her.
Kaoru bit her lip and waited for his next words, hoping they would be what she thought.
He finally spoke, "Kaoru, koishii, would you marry me?"
Time stopped. Kaoru couldn't breath. Kenshin waited, not letting a breath slip.
"Hai!" She finally answered jumping into his arms, "Hai, anata!" Tears began to stream down her face
"Maa maa koishii, maa maa" he laughed. He caught her lips in a passionate kiss and for the two, the world stopped
@---
"They've been out for a while," Megumi said sitting on the porch
"Mmm.." A sleepy Sano answered
"What do you think is keeping them?" Misao asked, practically bouncing up and down
"Himura has proposed to her," Aoshi said slipping tea causing everyone to stop whatever he or she were doing
"Nani?" asked Megumi
"What do you want?" Aoshi said blankly looking at her
"How do you know?" Sano spoke up, "He probably would have told me before you, you tea-sipping-"
Megumi put a hand over his mouth, "Shut up Sano"
"Mff, Mmm, Mrrrr!!!!" Sano tried to say
Reijiro let out a loud snore and everyone looked at him
"Baka"
@---
"Kaoru," Kenshin showed her what was in his hand.
She looked and saw a small box. She looked back at him and he nodded. The kendo teacher opened the box and saw a beautiful silver ring, studded with blue sapphires.
"Oh Kami!" Kaoru gasped. Kenshin slipped it on her finger. She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked at the ring.
"Aishiteru"
"Aishiteru"
@---
Well, well, and I'm sure you people thought they wouldn't get married. Ha!
This chapter was to get back at Koishii Sweet
Now, umm, I'm typing this at school, heheh...
MY B-DAY IS IN 2 days!! And I'm getting the entire RK series!! HAHAH If you want to kill me feel free, there are about 9 other people who want to. ......
Song of the day: ummmmmmmmmm......Three Doors Down..forgot the name
Kiss me while I'm still alive, Kill me while I kiss the sky, why the hell do I forget the words, I listen to it every night
One more thing: I miss you guys, Noah and Jonny! I can't wait to see you!
Ciao!