Chapter 8: Dead or Alive
A/N: Sorry everyone. I've had few plans for this story, but this was one of them. Horrible I know, but I wanted to see if this would turn out like I wanted. Sorry if you don't like it, you really don't have to read anymore. I won't hold it against you.
Disclaimer: I own Nothing.
P.S.- Never once did I SAY Kenshin died. He just...fainted a lot...
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Kenshin moaned softly. He was unconscious; soon he wouldn't even be that. Every heartbeat pushed yet more blood out of the wounds on his wrists, and there was more blood in the room than inside Kenshin's body. Had he been conscious, he wouldn't have been able to move. Though he didn't know, Kaoru's heartbeat strengthened as his weakened, as his breathing became more labored hers improved. Soon she would regain consciousness.
Light penetrated Kaoru's darkness. She could see again? She'd been breathing on her own for a few minutes now, and her body temperature had returned to normal. Her strength flowed back in waves, and soon she could pull herself up without aid. She rubbed her eyes; they felt gummy for some reason. Her vision was still fuzzy--she couldn't exactly see anything--but as she felt around on her face, she knew the gumminess was everywhere.
On her face, on her clothes, in her hair, on the examining table, you name it and it was there. Slowly her eyes adjusted and she saw what had happened. A blood-curling scream echoed through the hallway.
Halfway down the hall, Megumi heard Kaoru's shriek. "Something's wrong." Megumi walked more hurriedly, breaking into a run when she saw the wreckage of what used to be Kaoru's room. "Oh...My...God." Megumi surveyed the blood- splattered room and the fallen rurouni lying on the floor beneath Kaoru. Kaoru was entirely coated in Kenshin's blood. 'I'll deal with her later.'
Megumi quickly bent over Kenshin, and as she picked up his limp wrist to check for a pulse she knew what had occured. Still, she had to ask. "Kaoru, what happened?" Kaoru didn't speak. She just kept staring at her hands, which were covered in Kenshin's blood. Tears silently coursed down her cheeks.
Megumi finally found a pulse in Kenshin's neck. His heart was beating only once for what should have been ten beats. 'I've got to save him! Ken-san can't die!' Megumi thought frantically. 'I'm going to need some help from Kami above if he's going to live.' She grabbed the bandages and dropped to her knees beside the rurouni, oblivious to the blood everywhere. It soaked slowly into the knees of her kimono, her toes felt the slipperiness even through the socks.
She tightly wrapped the bandages around the deep wounds. 'He's lost so much blood...he might not live.' Megumi thought. "Kaoru?" Kaoru's eyes were glazed slightly, though she still cried. 'She's went into shock.' Megumi tried to lift Kenshin's body, even though he had lost a lot of blood--too much perhaps--he was too heavy for her to lift.
'Sano.' Megumi thought. The ex-fighter for hire should be in town at about this time. Megumi knew she had to find him. Her instincts cried for Sano, and she knew if she could find him, everything would be better. She stood and dashed from the room, arriving in the lobby in moments. Her bloody kimono startled the waiting patients, though she wasn't there long enough to question. "Saaaaaanoooo!" she cried, running into the streets of late evening Tokyo.
Sano saw her outburst from a nearby merchant's booth. He threaded his way through the crowd to Megumi's side. "What's wrong Fox? Did you miss me that much?" He observed her attire, suddenly noticing the bloodstains. "Megumi! What's wrong!!!"
"Kenshin tried to commit suicide! I need you to help me! We can't let him die!" she sobbed, clutching Sano's jacket and crying against his chest. Sano stared in horror. Kenshin...tried to commit suicide? Sano hurriedly comforted Megumi. "Now, now, everything will be fine. I'm sure Kenshin will be just fine. But only if we go save him. Where is he?" Sano asked, trying to maintain patience though he was anxious to see Kenshin. "In here. Hurry!" Megumi grabbed Sano's hand and pulled him through the lobby and down the series of hallways in less than three minutes.
Sano waded through the debris of the damaged wall. "Holy hell..." he said, stopping dead in his tracks at the sight of Kenshin's bloody body. He'd expected blood, but not this much! Where did all this come from!? Surely it wasn't all Kenshin's?!
"How?"
His question went unanswered as he found Kenshin's bloodstained sakabatou. "Kenshin no baka, you said this sword had never been stained with blood. Then you go and do something like this." Sano picked Kenshin up carefully and looked to Megumi. "Where are we going?"
"Here, put him in this room." Megumi led him to the emtpy room across the hall. Sano gently lay Kenshin on the examining table. Megumi covered him with a bunch of blankets. "He'll get a fever if he's going to come back." she explained. Sano looked bleakly at the pale form of what he'd come to know as his best friend. This was not like Kenshin at all: he hated suicide!
'If he pulls through--wait, look Sano, be optomistic, not if, WHEN he pulls though, I'm gonna have to ask him what the hell he was thinking! I mean, I can see something like this happening if Kaoru had died, but she isn't dead!'
"Sano, I'm going to help Kaoru. Stay with Kenshin, and if anything happens, anything at all, let me know." Megumi left the room. Sano sat in the chair across the room. From here he could still observe Kenshin, but he wasn't hovering over him. 'Why Kenshin? Why did you do something like this?'
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A/N: Well, see I told you I didn't kill him! I know, I'm an evil, evil person, but eventually you get used to it. Hang in there people, it gets better. I hope. I haven't written it yet, so I really don't know. But I do have plans for later, so I already know exactly what happens. Well, not exactly, but I do have a general idea. Wanna know my ideas? TOO BAD! MWAHAHAHAH! Actually, if you guys have any ideas, you could let me know, I just might use them! I'd be sure you got credit of course! Well, now I really do have to go, more chapters to write.
A/N: Sorry everyone. I've had few plans for this story, but this was one of them. Horrible I know, but I wanted to see if this would turn out like I wanted. Sorry if you don't like it, you really don't have to read anymore. I won't hold it against you.
Disclaimer: I own Nothing.
P.S.- Never once did I SAY Kenshin died. He just...fainted a lot...
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Kenshin moaned softly. He was unconscious; soon he wouldn't even be that. Every heartbeat pushed yet more blood out of the wounds on his wrists, and there was more blood in the room than inside Kenshin's body. Had he been conscious, he wouldn't have been able to move. Though he didn't know, Kaoru's heartbeat strengthened as his weakened, as his breathing became more labored hers improved. Soon she would regain consciousness.
Light penetrated Kaoru's darkness. She could see again? She'd been breathing on her own for a few minutes now, and her body temperature had returned to normal. Her strength flowed back in waves, and soon she could pull herself up without aid. She rubbed her eyes; they felt gummy for some reason. Her vision was still fuzzy--she couldn't exactly see anything--but as she felt around on her face, she knew the gumminess was everywhere.
On her face, on her clothes, in her hair, on the examining table, you name it and it was there. Slowly her eyes adjusted and she saw what had happened. A blood-curling scream echoed through the hallway.
Halfway down the hall, Megumi heard Kaoru's shriek. "Something's wrong." Megumi walked more hurriedly, breaking into a run when she saw the wreckage of what used to be Kaoru's room. "Oh...My...God." Megumi surveyed the blood- splattered room and the fallen rurouni lying on the floor beneath Kaoru. Kaoru was entirely coated in Kenshin's blood. 'I'll deal with her later.'
Megumi quickly bent over Kenshin, and as she picked up his limp wrist to check for a pulse she knew what had occured. Still, she had to ask. "Kaoru, what happened?" Kaoru didn't speak. She just kept staring at her hands, which were covered in Kenshin's blood. Tears silently coursed down her cheeks.
Megumi finally found a pulse in Kenshin's neck. His heart was beating only once for what should have been ten beats. 'I've got to save him! Ken-san can't die!' Megumi thought frantically. 'I'm going to need some help from Kami above if he's going to live.' She grabbed the bandages and dropped to her knees beside the rurouni, oblivious to the blood everywhere. It soaked slowly into the knees of her kimono, her toes felt the slipperiness even through the socks.
She tightly wrapped the bandages around the deep wounds. 'He's lost so much blood...he might not live.' Megumi thought. "Kaoru?" Kaoru's eyes were glazed slightly, though she still cried. 'She's went into shock.' Megumi tried to lift Kenshin's body, even though he had lost a lot of blood--too much perhaps--he was too heavy for her to lift.
'Sano.' Megumi thought. The ex-fighter for hire should be in town at about this time. Megumi knew she had to find him. Her instincts cried for Sano, and she knew if she could find him, everything would be better. She stood and dashed from the room, arriving in the lobby in moments. Her bloody kimono startled the waiting patients, though she wasn't there long enough to question. "Saaaaaanoooo!" she cried, running into the streets of late evening Tokyo.
Sano saw her outburst from a nearby merchant's booth. He threaded his way through the crowd to Megumi's side. "What's wrong Fox? Did you miss me that much?" He observed her attire, suddenly noticing the bloodstains. "Megumi! What's wrong!!!"
"Kenshin tried to commit suicide! I need you to help me! We can't let him die!" she sobbed, clutching Sano's jacket and crying against his chest. Sano stared in horror. Kenshin...tried to commit suicide? Sano hurriedly comforted Megumi. "Now, now, everything will be fine. I'm sure Kenshin will be just fine. But only if we go save him. Where is he?" Sano asked, trying to maintain patience though he was anxious to see Kenshin. "In here. Hurry!" Megumi grabbed Sano's hand and pulled him through the lobby and down the series of hallways in less than three minutes.
Sano waded through the debris of the damaged wall. "Holy hell..." he said, stopping dead in his tracks at the sight of Kenshin's bloody body. He'd expected blood, but not this much! Where did all this come from!? Surely it wasn't all Kenshin's?!
"How?"
His question went unanswered as he found Kenshin's bloodstained sakabatou. "Kenshin no baka, you said this sword had never been stained with blood. Then you go and do something like this." Sano picked Kenshin up carefully and looked to Megumi. "Where are we going?"
"Here, put him in this room." Megumi led him to the emtpy room across the hall. Sano gently lay Kenshin on the examining table. Megumi covered him with a bunch of blankets. "He'll get a fever if he's going to come back." she explained. Sano looked bleakly at the pale form of what he'd come to know as his best friend. This was not like Kenshin at all: he hated suicide!
'If he pulls through--wait, look Sano, be optomistic, not if, WHEN he pulls though, I'm gonna have to ask him what the hell he was thinking! I mean, I can see something like this happening if Kaoru had died, but she isn't dead!'
"Sano, I'm going to help Kaoru. Stay with Kenshin, and if anything happens, anything at all, let me know." Megumi left the room. Sano sat in the chair across the room. From here he could still observe Kenshin, but he wasn't hovering over him. 'Why Kenshin? Why did you do something like this?'
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A/N: Well, see I told you I didn't kill him! I know, I'm an evil, evil person, but eventually you get used to it. Hang in there people, it gets better. I hope. I haven't written it yet, so I really don't know. But I do have plans for later, so I already know exactly what happens. Well, not exactly, but I do have a general idea. Wanna know my ideas? TOO BAD! MWAHAHAHAH! Actually, if you guys have any ideas, you could let me know, I just might use them! I'd be sure you got credit of course! Well, now I really do have to go, more chapters to write.