Xtreme Dating Challenge
Chapter 7: Crash and Burn
By Seabreeze
A/N: . . .
Disclaimer: This one owns nothing of importance to you, sir.
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Kaoru's knees hit the gravel heavily and she cringed; it was only when she heard the angry honking of a screeching car did she realize that, within a few minutes, she would probably die. There was only time for a single tear to roll down her cheek before she felt something. Though, it was not quite what she expected a car to feel like. She had thought it would be a large thud as the car hit her body, and then nothing. This was the part where she was already dead.
But it didn't feel like that at all. For one thing, it was a whole lot softer and less forceful than any car. Secondly, it was a blur of red and smelled like sandalwood. And third, whatever it was wrapped all around her like a blanket.
Breathing heavily, Kenshin set Kaoru in the grass in the park by the intersection where she had nearly been killed.
"Are you alright, Miss Kaoru?" he asked, panting. Kaoru's eyes were still clenched shut. A spasm hit her shoulders and she flung herself upward, gasping for air.
"I. . . I'm. . . Mr. Himura? Why am I not. . .?"
"Don't DO that to me!!!" he snapped, violet-blue eyes clearly worried. "What were you thinking, running across the street like that? You could've been killed! You almost were!" Kenshin had never felt angrier. The stupid girl had almost gotten herself killed- and it didn't even involve the people planning to kill her! Luckily, Kaoru's response was interrupted by Megumi and Misao running at the two.
"KAORU you stupid bitch!" Megumi was nearly in tears, and Misao looked upon the verge of them. "What the HELL was I supposed to do if you got killed, huh? You idiot!" once she had finished yelling at Kaoru, Megumi threw herself on her friend, hugging her tightly. "Do NOT make me kill you," she cried, nearly choking her friend in a tight hug. Dazed, Kaoru loosely hugged her friend back until Kenshin pulled Megumi away.
"Gentle, Miss Takani, she might be injured." Kenshin's voice was back to normal, and he gently checked Kaoru over for injuries. First he took her head between gentle fingers and looked her in the eyes. "How do you feel?" he asked, hypnotizing her unintentionally. "Are you dizzy, nauseous, do you hurt anywhere?"
"I'm. . . a little dizzy. I can't really think, its-" Kaoru motioned in the air with her hands. "-its all foggy in my head." She dropped her arms and let her shoulders hunch forward. She had done something bad, she had made Megumi and Kenshin and Misao worry. . . Kenshin felt her forehead for her temperature and sighed.
"Well, I don't think she got hit anywhere, but she's probably in shock." Right on cue, an ambulance arrived at the curb, sirens flaring and making Kaoru look up.
"I think I'm fine," she protested weakly, but the paramedics were already out and checking all her vitals. They made her lie back in the grass as they did so, and made the observance that the cause of her "fog" was because she wasn't breathing properly. She wasn't taking in enough oxygen for her brain to function correctly.
"We need to get her hooked up with a respirator just in case. At this point, the shock may cause her lungs to collapse." The head paramedic announced, and they began loading her into the back of the ambulance. Megumi choked on a sob and turned to Misao, who was crying silently already.
"Can we come along?" Kenshin asked the last of the paramedics. The woman shook her head.
"There's really only room for one. You could come, but I suggest your friends either go home and come later or follow in another car, because they're hysterical right now." Misao nodded quickly, thanked the paramedic, and led Megumi to where her car was parked. Kenshin followed the paramedic into the ambulance and found a spot at Kaoru's left shoulder. She turned to look at him.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. Despite himself, Kenshin gave her a small, reassuring smile.
"Don't you worry about it, Miss Kaoru. Accidents happen, that they do. You'll be fine."
"Are you the one that saved her?" a gruff paramedic asked Kenshin. He looked at the man with wide-eyed surprise, then nodded. "Good thing you intervened. This pretty little girl'd be dead now if you hadn't."
Kaoru paled and Kenshin couldn't help but glare in disgust at the paramedic.
"I'm sure that bit of information was exactly what she needed to hear," Kenshin scowled, and smoothed Kaoru's bangs from her face, simultaneously feeling her temperature. It was fine. He sighed with relief. "You'll be fine, Miss Kaoru."
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It turned out Kaoru really was fine, and the respirator had been a precaution. They set her up on one anyway, and laid her on a hospital bed. Kenshin stayed with her the entire time, inwardly laughing at the fact that she kept insisting she was fine and could go home.
"That may be so, Miss Kamiya, but we're going to keep you here for an hour or two until we're sure." The doctor had told her with a chuckle. Kaoru nodded obediently and relaxed into the hospital bed. She took a deep breath and turned slowly towards Kenshin, who was reading something to the right of her bed.
"Himura-san?" she asked quietly. He looked up from his reading. "I'm sorry about my mistake. I really am embarrassed, and I wish you hadn't had to be there."
"Lucky for you I was, though." Kenshin mused with a small smile. Kaoru held back a glare. She didn't ALWAYS need to be rescued, after all. Megumi and Misao picked that moment to burst into the room.
"Kaoru!" they said together.
"You look great! How're you feeling?" Misao asked, excited green eyes flashing as she took her friend's hand.
"I feel fine," Kaoru responded. "They're just keeping me awhile to make sure."
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As was promised, Kaoru was allowed to leave the hospital after an hour and a half. Kenshin had
left soon after Misao and Megumi had arrived, so the three girls went home in Misao's VW.
"Such a scary thing to happen," Misao commented as she focused on the road ahead of her.
"I'll say," Kaoru agreed. "Not to mention embarrassing! And you guys and Himura and all those people had to see it!" she groaned. "If I wasn't so clumsy, none of that would've happened."
"Ah, so you're worried about Himura seeing you as a clumsy oaf?" Megumi said slyly. Kaoru glared at her friend.
"Stop implying that I like Himura-san!" she snapped. "When will you guys get it through your heads? I. Don't. Like. Any. Of these guys!"
"Calm down, Kaoru," Misao said, checking the rear view mirror worriedly. Kaoru sighed.
"Oh, Misao, I'm fine."
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A/N: Is what happened to Kaoru physically possible? I highly doubt it. I apologize for this and the last chapter sucking, but I'm trying to get everything in order. Believe it or not, the whole "speeding car" incident was not just to show that Kaoru's a damsel in distress. Anyone can trip (some more prone to it than others) and in that situation. . . there was little she could do. Kaoru's still kick-ass- in the manga, Nobuhiro says that Kaoru's a national level kendo champion. She is in this story too.
Sorry, also, for this chapter being short and seemingly pointless. I've already got 8 started, so it won't be long til its up. And by then, I promise you, things will start to flow better. Also sorry for crappy formatting, if you've read Sweet Mistakes, you know its because I have to use a text format hurls
Thanks:
RK-128- Unfortunately, you gave me more credit than I deserve. I have to use clich,d crap every once in awhile, because I'm not really a real writer. And no, there will be no condiments dance in this story, though there may be a perverted-old-man dance. (Eehehehehe!)
Roku-chan- Your review is so nice! I feel bad because I didn't like that chapter and neither, apparently, did other people, but you were so kind! Thank you!
XxSilentxDreamerxX- Nah, its ok. I read and write when its waaaaaay past my bedtime, so I get ya. Thanks for reviewing.
LittleDragon5- Wait, I'm confused- I always mix in my original ideas with clich,d ones.
ESP- Forgive me, but I don't understand what you mean about this story being half-serious and all. . .? Well, anyways, thanks for my review : )
Unicornfan- I know, I know, they're ooc, but they'll become more like themselves. Just like in Chiki's fic, where Kenshin's a total jerk in the beginning. . . I love that story.
And in general: I'm just not enjoying this right now. I know I'm not doing so hot with the writing and all, but please please please just stick with it. It sucks now but it'll get better.
Chapter 7: Crash and Burn
By Seabreeze
A/N: . . .
Disclaimer: This one owns nothing of importance to you, sir.
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Kaoru's knees hit the gravel heavily and she cringed; it was only when she heard the angry honking of a screeching car did she realize that, within a few minutes, she would probably die. There was only time for a single tear to roll down her cheek before she felt something. Though, it was not quite what she expected a car to feel like. She had thought it would be a large thud as the car hit her body, and then nothing. This was the part where she was already dead.
But it didn't feel like that at all. For one thing, it was a whole lot softer and less forceful than any car. Secondly, it was a blur of red and smelled like sandalwood. And third, whatever it was wrapped all around her like a blanket.
Breathing heavily, Kenshin set Kaoru in the grass in the park by the intersection where she had nearly been killed.
"Are you alright, Miss Kaoru?" he asked, panting. Kaoru's eyes were still clenched shut. A spasm hit her shoulders and she flung herself upward, gasping for air.
"I. . . I'm. . . Mr. Himura? Why am I not. . .?"
"Don't DO that to me!!!" he snapped, violet-blue eyes clearly worried. "What were you thinking, running across the street like that? You could've been killed! You almost were!" Kenshin had never felt angrier. The stupid girl had almost gotten herself killed- and it didn't even involve the people planning to kill her! Luckily, Kaoru's response was interrupted by Megumi and Misao running at the two.
"KAORU you stupid bitch!" Megumi was nearly in tears, and Misao looked upon the verge of them. "What the HELL was I supposed to do if you got killed, huh? You idiot!" once she had finished yelling at Kaoru, Megumi threw herself on her friend, hugging her tightly. "Do NOT make me kill you," she cried, nearly choking her friend in a tight hug. Dazed, Kaoru loosely hugged her friend back until Kenshin pulled Megumi away.
"Gentle, Miss Takani, she might be injured." Kenshin's voice was back to normal, and he gently checked Kaoru over for injuries. First he took her head between gentle fingers and looked her in the eyes. "How do you feel?" he asked, hypnotizing her unintentionally. "Are you dizzy, nauseous, do you hurt anywhere?"
"I'm. . . a little dizzy. I can't really think, its-" Kaoru motioned in the air with her hands. "-its all foggy in my head." She dropped her arms and let her shoulders hunch forward. She had done something bad, she had made Megumi and Kenshin and Misao worry. . . Kenshin felt her forehead for her temperature and sighed.
"Well, I don't think she got hit anywhere, but she's probably in shock." Right on cue, an ambulance arrived at the curb, sirens flaring and making Kaoru look up.
"I think I'm fine," she protested weakly, but the paramedics were already out and checking all her vitals. They made her lie back in the grass as they did so, and made the observance that the cause of her "fog" was because she wasn't breathing properly. She wasn't taking in enough oxygen for her brain to function correctly.
"We need to get her hooked up with a respirator just in case. At this point, the shock may cause her lungs to collapse." The head paramedic announced, and they began loading her into the back of the ambulance. Megumi choked on a sob and turned to Misao, who was crying silently already.
"Can we come along?" Kenshin asked the last of the paramedics. The woman shook her head.
"There's really only room for one. You could come, but I suggest your friends either go home and come later or follow in another car, because they're hysterical right now." Misao nodded quickly, thanked the paramedic, and led Megumi to where her car was parked. Kenshin followed the paramedic into the ambulance and found a spot at Kaoru's left shoulder. She turned to look at him.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. Despite himself, Kenshin gave her a small, reassuring smile.
"Don't you worry about it, Miss Kaoru. Accidents happen, that they do. You'll be fine."
"Are you the one that saved her?" a gruff paramedic asked Kenshin. He looked at the man with wide-eyed surprise, then nodded. "Good thing you intervened. This pretty little girl'd be dead now if you hadn't."
Kaoru paled and Kenshin couldn't help but glare in disgust at the paramedic.
"I'm sure that bit of information was exactly what she needed to hear," Kenshin scowled, and smoothed Kaoru's bangs from her face, simultaneously feeling her temperature. It was fine. He sighed with relief. "You'll be fine, Miss Kaoru."
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It turned out Kaoru really was fine, and the respirator had been a precaution. They set her up on one anyway, and laid her on a hospital bed. Kenshin stayed with her the entire time, inwardly laughing at the fact that she kept insisting she was fine and could go home.
"That may be so, Miss Kamiya, but we're going to keep you here for an hour or two until we're sure." The doctor had told her with a chuckle. Kaoru nodded obediently and relaxed into the hospital bed. She took a deep breath and turned slowly towards Kenshin, who was reading something to the right of her bed.
"Himura-san?" she asked quietly. He looked up from his reading. "I'm sorry about my mistake. I really am embarrassed, and I wish you hadn't had to be there."
"Lucky for you I was, though." Kenshin mused with a small smile. Kaoru held back a glare. She didn't ALWAYS need to be rescued, after all. Megumi and Misao picked that moment to burst into the room.
"Kaoru!" they said together.
"You look great! How're you feeling?" Misao asked, excited green eyes flashing as she took her friend's hand.
"I feel fine," Kaoru responded. "They're just keeping me awhile to make sure."
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As was promised, Kaoru was allowed to leave the hospital after an hour and a half. Kenshin had
left soon after Misao and Megumi had arrived, so the three girls went home in Misao's VW.
"Such a scary thing to happen," Misao commented as she focused on the road ahead of her.
"I'll say," Kaoru agreed. "Not to mention embarrassing! And you guys and Himura and all those people had to see it!" she groaned. "If I wasn't so clumsy, none of that would've happened."
"Ah, so you're worried about Himura seeing you as a clumsy oaf?" Megumi said slyly. Kaoru glared at her friend.
"Stop implying that I like Himura-san!" she snapped. "When will you guys get it through your heads? I. Don't. Like. Any. Of these guys!"
"Calm down, Kaoru," Misao said, checking the rear view mirror worriedly. Kaoru sighed.
"Oh, Misao, I'm fine."
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A/N: Is what happened to Kaoru physically possible? I highly doubt it. I apologize for this and the last chapter sucking, but I'm trying to get everything in order. Believe it or not, the whole "speeding car" incident was not just to show that Kaoru's a damsel in distress. Anyone can trip (some more prone to it than others) and in that situation. . . there was little she could do. Kaoru's still kick-ass- in the manga, Nobuhiro says that Kaoru's a national level kendo champion. She is in this story too.
Sorry, also, for this chapter being short and seemingly pointless. I've already got 8 started, so it won't be long til its up. And by then, I promise you, things will start to flow better. Also sorry for crappy formatting, if you've read Sweet Mistakes, you know its because I have to use a text format hurls
Thanks:
RK-128- Unfortunately, you gave me more credit than I deserve. I have to use clich,d crap every once in awhile, because I'm not really a real writer. And no, there will be no condiments dance in this story, though there may be a perverted-old-man dance. (Eehehehehe!)
Roku-chan- Your review is so nice! I feel bad because I didn't like that chapter and neither, apparently, did other people, but you were so kind! Thank you!
XxSilentxDreamerxX- Nah, its ok. I read and write when its waaaaaay past my bedtime, so I get ya. Thanks for reviewing.
LittleDragon5- Wait, I'm confused- I always mix in my original ideas with clich,d ones.
ESP- Forgive me, but I don't understand what you mean about this story being half-serious and all. . .? Well, anyways, thanks for my review : )
Unicornfan- I know, I know, they're ooc, but they'll become more like themselves. Just like in Chiki's fic, where Kenshin's a total jerk in the beginning. . . I love that story.
And in general: I'm just not enjoying this right now. I know I'm not doing so hot with the writing and all, but please please please just stick with it. It sucks now but it'll get better.