Blood Emblem

Chapter 3---Longing

By LuvMeTEnder

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Kaoru walked down the hall a slight grin upon her face, "hmph," she huffed in exasperation. She was very tired, it had been a long afternoon. She opened and closed her eyelids numerous times hoping her sight would improve. "No use," she sighed, " I need rest." She proceeded to her quarters and began to undress, the cool air nipping at her pale skin. As she undressed she slowly began to invisualize the battousai, his crimson hair, the piercing eyes, if he had stayed any longer that night she would have raped him. She giggled aloud to no one, "Sure," she mouthed "Me rape a man whose job is to kill! But no matter what, tjust the thought of that man in her bedroom just would not let her be. "He was so nice, I cannot believe he is a Hikitori." She remembered his words, and vowed to make him honor them, soon as the tokugawa approached its final stages he would return, and their journey could begin. Soon she would be with him. Kaoru closed he reyes and drifted unto a long sleep.

The slayer gently sniffed the air, the scent of blood wafting throughtout his senses. He was so tired, not just physically, but mentally as well. He prayed for the days when this war would come to an end, when he would be able to repent for his sins. With this last thought he saw the face of Kaoru, the beautiful call girl from Kyoto. "Idiot," he sighed and chuckled, "Promising that girl she could travel with me. God I might as well have put her to death with my own blade." The thought of that girl dying because of his idiocy wrecked him. "So pretty, and innocent," His eyes closed tightly as an old face came to mind, "Just like you Tomoe." He remembered her, her eyes, her scent, her body,a ll of it was intoxicating to his soul. As he remembered her, he remembered a painful death as well. "God what am I doing,"He roared in frustration, " I will die before I ever get back to Kyoto if I don't stop thinking like a lovesick child.With that he continued down his chosen path, vigilance, and death was all that awaited him, but a lonely woman waited for him too, so he decided in his heart no matter what to return to her.

1 year later

The Tokugawa shogunate had come to an end, the ports were re-opening, and life in japan was changing rapidly. The bordello which Kaoru had been brought to work in was condemned and to demolished in a few short days, Kaoru was on the brink of insanity waiting for her savior, and of course for her impending doom. She walked around the old bordello remembering the goods times that had come to pass along with the bad, "I am going to miss this place," she cried in disgust, "This place of exploitation and deceit, of lust, and infidelity! I am going to..She fell to the floor, realization dawned upon her. "You aren't coming are you? You're not coming!!!!!!!!!" She ran into the now dark and dusty kitchen quarters, where once food had been prepared in joyous celebration, old men sat and drank the rest of their existence away. She grabbed the closest knife she could find, and headed for her room. "If I am going to die, I should die where i cannot be criticized by those who feel they are better than I. She sat upon her futon, and pined the knife to her chest. She took a deep breath, lifted the jagged knife, and thrusted towards her heart.

Kaoru stirred from what seemed a long nap, "Was I dreaming?" She asked herself, " No I wasn't. I must be dead." She heard a stiffled laughter from one corner of her room. "You're not dead idiot."

End chap. 3

Sorry these chapters are so short and messy! I will do some correcting when i have time! Leave reviews even if you hated it!