Again, a short chapter. Next is the real action grins evilly and takes out chainsaw Oh, and don't flame me for stealing this one thing from PSOH; it's not a good reason. I've gotta go saw Kikyo in half now…
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Chapter 5: Dreaming
I'm under your spell and there's nothin' I can do
As the day turns into night, I am for you…
Kenshin looked up at the sky. The stars were so full it seemed as if they were fit to explode at any second. "M-Kaoru…I must tell you that-ah." He gazed down upon her lovingly. She had fallen asleep because of the excitement of that day. The ruroni smiled and hoisted her up gently. He turned in the direction of the Kamiya dojo. He only took a few steps before Kaoru stirred. "No…not there; not to the place where they are…" She was barely audible.
Kenshin nodded. "Of course."
He circled around the forest and went to the mansion where Aoshi Shinamori lived. He pressed the button on the gate and waited patiently. Kenshin smiled with embarrassment when Aoshi came out with Hajime Saitô. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Hajime said coldly.
Aoshi smirked. "It seems that Battôsai has come to beg for something."
Kenshin shook his head and blushed. "Miss Kaoru was kid-"
He shivered and adjusted the assistant master in his arms. Hajime nodded to the former yakuza boss. "I believe we should discuss this inside. The spring days are warm but the nights are colder than Saitô's blood."
Hajime frowned at this comment and padded back into the mansion. Aoshi half-smiled at the ruroni and unlocked the gate. "Hurry up before your body becomes infested with evil spirits."
Saitô's eyes widened. "Shishio came back!? Makoto Shishio!?"
Kenshin nodded. "He and some of the other enemies we have faced had been incarnated into one body."
Aoshi leered at the room behind Kenshin. "Something is in the girl's room."
The three swordsmen settled down and listened closely. "No…no…don't hurt him…not Yahiko-"
Aoshi snorted and Saitô had to screw up his face to keep himself from laughing. "Oro?" Kenshin said.
He tiptoed into one of Aoshi's many guest rooms. Kaoru was tossing and turning. She muttered things that were beyond belief. Mainly, it was about someone or something trying to slay everyone: Aoshi, Saitô, Yahiko, Megumi, and Sanosuke. Though, for some strange reason, his name wasn't mentioned even once; until…
"Get away from them you bloody murderer-" Kaoru screamed, "-HITÔKIRI BATTÔSAI!!"
Kenshin hung his head in shame. "Gomen nasaii, Kaoru-dono…Oro?"
The assistant master stopped moving and suddenly became calm. "Arigatô, Kenshin."
What is she thanking me for? The ruroni wondered.
"Thank you for defeating Battôsai…"
Aoshi put his hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "She truly has feelings for you, Battôsai-"
"Miss Kaoru does not have feelings for Battôsai the Manslayer."
"Of course…Himura; They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Obviously you have opened the windows of this girl's."
Kenshin felt Aoshi leave the room. He sighed and slid into the bed. He did something he hadn't done since the end of the war (-). "Kuso… these Western beds are impossible to sleep on!"
Kaoru awakened. "Kenshin!"
"Oro?"
She smiled warmly and threw the blanket over him. "They aren't so bad."
Kaoru wrapped her arms around him and he instantly fell asleep.
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Chapter 5: Dreaming
I'm under your spell and there's nothin' I can do
As the day turns into night, I am for you…
Kenshin looked up at the sky. The stars were so full it seemed as if they were fit to explode at any second. "M-Kaoru…I must tell you that-ah." He gazed down upon her lovingly. She had fallen asleep because of the excitement of that day. The ruroni smiled and hoisted her up gently. He turned in the direction of the Kamiya dojo. He only took a few steps before Kaoru stirred. "No…not there; not to the place where they are…" She was barely audible.
Kenshin nodded. "Of course."
He circled around the forest and went to the mansion where Aoshi Shinamori lived. He pressed the button on the gate and waited patiently. Kenshin smiled with embarrassment when Aoshi came out with Hajime Saitô. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Hajime said coldly.
Aoshi smirked. "It seems that Battôsai has come to beg for something."
Kenshin shook his head and blushed. "Miss Kaoru was kid-"
He shivered and adjusted the assistant master in his arms. Hajime nodded to the former yakuza boss. "I believe we should discuss this inside. The spring days are warm but the nights are colder than Saitô's blood."
Hajime frowned at this comment and padded back into the mansion. Aoshi half-smiled at the ruroni and unlocked the gate. "Hurry up before your body becomes infested with evil spirits."
Saitô's eyes widened. "Shishio came back!? Makoto Shishio!?"
Kenshin nodded. "He and some of the other enemies we have faced had been incarnated into one body."
Aoshi leered at the room behind Kenshin. "Something is in the girl's room."
The three swordsmen settled down and listened closely. "No…no…don't hurt him…not Yahiko-"
Aoshi snorted and Saitô had to screw up his face to keep himself from laughing. "Oro?" Kenshin said.
He tiptoed into one of Aoshi's many guest rooms. Kaoru was tossing and turning. She muttered things that were beyond belief. Mainly, it was about someone or something trying to slay everyone: Aoshi, Saitô, Yahiko, Megumi, and Sanosuke. Though, for some strange reason, his name wasn't mentioned even once; until…
"Get away from them you bloody murderer-" Kaoru screamed, "-HITÔKIRI BATTÔSAI!!"
Kenshin hung his head in shame. "Gomen nasaii, Kaoru-dono…Oro?"
The assistant master stopped moving and suddenly became calm. "Arigatô, Kenshin."
What is she thanking me for? The ruroni wondered.
"Thank you for defeating Battôsai…"
Aoshi put his hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "She truly has feelings for you, Battôsai-"
"Miss Kaoru does not have feelings for Battôsai the Manslayer."
"Of course…Himura; They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Obviously you have opened the windows of this girl's."
Kenshin felt Aoshi leave the room. He sighed and slid into the bed. He did something he hadn't done since the end of the war (-). "Kuso… these Western beds are impossible to sleep on!"
Kaoru awakened. "Kenshin!"
"Oro?"
She smiled warmly and threw the blanket over him. "They aren't so bad."
Kaoru wrapped her arms around him and he instantly fell asleep.