AN: Whoo hoo! I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!!!! Sorry it took so long for an update.
(I hate being slow) I had planned on updating 2 days ago but let's just say
I was having problems... with counting (sigh) I tried! Well it seems everyone
that I know of is enjoying this story which makes me very glad. Sequels
have a bad habit of well... sucking. I actually found that I more 'freedom'
on this story than I did with Kenshin Lost At Sea because I was trying to
keep it close to what happened in the dream that made that story possible.
In this one I can get more creative like with Suiso's powers and being able
to add more characters when necessary. Although I found planning out an
ending to be much harder on this one... still haven't completely figured that
out yet...
REVIEWRS!!!!!!!!
rain angst – Thank-you so much for the review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw your review after having a really bad day and it made me feel so much better!!!
Hitokiri-san – I'm glade you liked the OVA part. Out of everything concerning Kenshin Trust and Betrayal are my favorites. I love the story line that goes with Tomoe and Kenshin. It intrigues in a way that I really can't describe and I always add something about the OVAs in my fanfics.
Ms. Zeal – Thank-you so much with all your reviews!!!! To put your mind at ease: no I'm not going to cut Kenshin's hair again. The unspoken reason is Suiso doesn't want to change anything on Kenshin because then he might not look like 'himself.' Yes I'm aware that Suiso's blood is the only blood ever to get on Kenshin's Sakabato and I almost deleted that part because of that reason, however, that was not possible for a scene that will be coming in upcoming chapters. I'm and NOT going to give spoilers to my own story! (Grin) THANK-YOU for pointing out that mistake I had at the end of Chapter 7! (Blush) I mostly work on my story at like 12am-3am that's when I get my best ideas, however, that's when my mind starts to go bye bye. I have a feeling I missed that because Senko and Suiso both start with an S and I've actually done that more than once, just I caught myself before I posted the chapter. I was also going to suggest that you make sure to read the Kenshin mangas volume 20-25 at lest after your comment about what Kenshin would do if Kaoru died but after reading your fanfics I see you already did that. Do you realize you got the biggest comment out of all my reviewers?
Chapter 10 – Cut Off Suiso's Source Of Power
"Who has the medicine we just got!" Suiso yelled to his men. The man that held Kaoru released her and she ran to Kenshin's side.
"Kenshin!" She shook him gently. "Kenshin wake up!" She shook him harder his body dead weight in her hands.
"Move it!" Suiso yelled as he shoved her out of the way. He reached into the bag and began to pull out a bottle and some bandages.
Kaoru was worried that Suiso was going to hurt Kenshin. "Don't you dare touch him!" She shouted.
Suiso gave her a glare. "Shut-up. I don't want him dead either." He looked back down at Kenshin. Kaoru was surprised and shocked, she didn't know what to say. "Hold him down. I don't need him jumping around while I'm doing this." Suiso instructed his men. Five men came over and held Kenshin to the ground. Without a word Kaoru went to Kenshin's side and timidly took his hand; she was going to have to trust Suiso. Senko came over and knelt next to her and she brushed some of Kenshin's hair out of his eyes and sat back and gave Kaoru a nervous look.
Kenshin felt something like hands pushing down on him and it felt like someone was moving his head in their hands. Quickly what had happened returned to his memory. His eyes snapped open and he stared straight at Suiso who had an angry, strained look on his face. Kenshin was about to try and jump up when he felt someone squeeze his hand. He looked up a bit and saw Kaoru. She gave him a smile as tears fell from her eyes onto him. "Miss Kaoru?"
"Shut-up and hold still." Suiso said gruffly as he pulled the bandage tighter. Kenshin winced as his head started to pound. The pounding grew louder until Kenshin lost consciousness again.
Suiso rose to his feet and wiped his hands together. Kenshin's blood covered his hands. He looked down at the two girls who had watched worried at their friend's side. "He'll live." He told them indifferently. "Find the girls a room and stick him in the barracks." He told his crew as he quickly went to his room before passing out from overusing his powers.
Kenshin awoke to the sound of the ship creaking as it made its way over the waves. He opened his eyes and found himself in another dark room. He was sitting up and his arms were in the air. "Miss Kaoru." He whispered looking around for her. "Miss Senko?" He asked in a questioning voice. What had happened?
Light shown through a few cracks in the side of the ship and Kenshin looked around. He was locked in some kind of cell and his arms were locked in some kind of restraint. Kenshin tried to free his hands but iron was very different from rope and he found that he couldn't get his arms free. He felt dizzy but he kept struggling he had to find Miss Kaoru to make sure she was okay.
Kaoru and Senko had found themselves in the grasps of two men and they had been dragged from Kenshin's side, shoved into a room and the door locked behind them. They could only wonder what had happened to Kenshin. "What if Suiso tosses him overboard!" Senko said as she remembered the day Unmei had been thrown overboard by Suiso.
Kaoru put her arms on the frantic girl's shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "Kenshin is fine. Suiso wouldn't help him then kill him. Plus Suiso said he didn't want Kenshin dead." Senko tried to calm herself and nodded.
Suiso had fallen on his bed and had passed out. He had foolishly used way too much power against Kenshin and filling the boats sail with wind. He slept peacefully with a grin on his face.
The crew knew of their captain's condition and one man thought it would be a great opportunity to get revenge on the one who had scratched up his face. The girls listened as the door was unlocked and the man stepped in and shut the door behind him. The man looked the two over and then rested his eyes on the brown haired girl. "You!" He snarled at Senko.
Senko looked at the scratches on the man's face and knew why he was there. The man advanced towards Senko. Kaoru started to intervene until Senko put up her hand. "I'll handle him and you get out that door."
The man laughed. "You think you can get pass me?" He reached out his hand to grab Senko. Senko ducked under his grab and elbowed the man in the face. The man stumbled backwards a step and held his bleeding nose. He glared at Senko and she glared back. He ran at her and all Senko had to do was sidestep and the man ran into the wall. He picked himself up and charged at her again. Senko sidestepped him and stuck out her foot and he fell to the floor. Senko quickly grabbed the back of the man's head and slammed it into the floor knocking the man unconscious.
Kaoru stared wide-eyed at Senko as she straightened out her kimono. Senko blushed under Kaoru's stare. "Well I was trying to avoid this from happening again so I had Unmei show me a couple of things." As she mentioned her brother's name Senko hung her head. Quietly she whispered. "I hope he is okay."
"Your brother is strong he'll pull through! Let's find Kenshin."
Senko didn't move. "What's the point?"
"What do you mean 'what's the point'?!"
"Well what do you expect to do when you find him?! Grab him and jump? I hate to break this to you we're in the middle of the sea and Kenshin is hurt. What do you think you are going to do?"
Kaoru bit her lip not knowing how to answer that. "I'll think of something. Right now I just got to make sure Kenshin is okay." Kaoru ran out the door with Senko yelling for her to wait behind her.
"Kaoru wait! They were taking him to the barracks do you know what that is?"
"Nope." Kaoru answered still running.
"It's like a cell how do you plan to get him out?"
"I'll think of that when I get there."
Senko sighed she liked to plan ahead. "Do you even know where you're going?" Senko asked when she saw Kaoru look uncertainly from side to side.
"Nope." Senko let out a frustrated sigh when they came to a room at the end of the hall. "Let's try this one." Kaoru said reaching for the handle. Senko shrugged she didn't know where the barracks were either. Quietly Kaoru opened the door and looked inside. The room had many charts on the wall and a table with books spread open on it. There was also a bed with a body in it. Kaoru quickly shut the door. "Suiso's in there!" She whispered urgently.
"What's he doing?"
"He's sleeping." Senko moved past Kaoru and started to open the door slowly. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Kaoru yelled keeping her voice quiet.
Senko put her finger to her lip. "That piece of wood. If I can get it then I don't think he'll have his power anymore." Senko stepped inside followed closely by Kaoru. The girl's voices trembled as they moved closer to the sleeping Suiso. "This guy smiles in his sleep!" Senko exclaimed so quiet Kaoru barely heard her. "He's still in his uniform." Kaoru gave her a 'so' look. "I think it's in his uniform." Kaoru looked nervously at the sleeping Suiso.
"I'll do it." She mouthed. She leaned over Suiso, she could hear him breathing. She began to fish through Suiso's pockets looking for the wood. Suiso yawned and she jumped but he just scratched his nose and rolled to his side. Both sighed a sigh of relief and Kaoru continued to look through Suiso's pockets. Senko watched quietly as Kaoru's face brightened and she mouthed the words. "I got it!"
Kaoru pulled it from Suiso's pocket careful not to wake the sleeping man and held it. She felt suddenly very tired and her eyes fell half shut. Senko shook her excited and started to pull her from the room when they heard a groan from the man behind them. Their eyes went wide as they turned and saw that Suiso was stretching himself awake. "Run!" Senko hissed pushing Kaoru.
Suiso had such a nice dream. People all over the world knew his name. He stretched and as he did every time he awoke he patted the only part of his old ship that had survived the fire. When he patted it nothing hard stood between his hand and his chest. Panicking Suiso sat bolt upright and looked around his bed then looked out the door. He saw to girls clad in kimonos running out of his room. "They must have it!" The thought raced through his mind. "Or else you'd still be sleeping." Suiso jumped to his feet and screaming chased after the girls.
Senko looked back and saw Suiso running after them. "Split up!" Kaoru nodded and the two went separate ways. Suiso followed Kaoru knowing she was the one who had his beloved piece of ship. He could tell by how tired she was.
Kaoru felt dizzy as she tried to find her way to the deck. She could hear Suiso's steps behind her. The hunk of wood that she had pressed to her chest seemed to be weighing her down. As soon as she had touched it, it seemed to drain away all her energy.
Suiso was gaining. He had plenty of energy now that his source of power was gone. To call on so much power as he had done earlier it took a lot out of the remaining piece of ship. To make it powerful again the person who had possession of it had to sacrifice their own energy. Suiso reached out his hand and grabbed Kaoru's ponytail. He gave one hard yank and Kaoru was sent flying onto her back. Suiso walked up to her, smile long gone from his face.
He stepped on her wrist that held the block of wood. "Let it go." He commanded her. Kaoru's eyes were starting to close soon it would suck away all her energy killing her; only Suiso could handle it without being killed. He put more weight on her wrist. Her face twisted in pain and her fingers opened. He reached down and picked it up. Kaoru looked at him with glazed eyes. "Where's Kenshin?" Suiso walked away from her leaving her lying on the floor; he was tired.
REVIEWRS!!!!!!!!
rain angst – Thank-you so much for the review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw your review after having a really bad day and it made me feel so much better!!!
Hitokiri-san – I'm glade you liked the OVA part. Out of everything concerning Kenshin Trust and Betrayal are my favorites. I love the story line that goes with Tomoe and Kenshin. It intrigues in a way that I really can't describe and I always add something about the OVAs in my fanfics.
Ms. Zeal – Thank-you so much with all your reviews!!!! To put your mind at ease: no I'm not going to cut Kenshin's hair again. The unspoken reason is Suiso doesn't want to change anything on Kenshin because then he might not look like 'himself.' Yes I'm aware that Suiso's blood is the only blood ever to get on Kenshin's Sakabato and I almost deleted that part because of that reason, however, that was not possible for a scene that will be coming in upcoming chapters. I'm and NOT going to give spoilers to my own story! (Grin) THANK-YOU for pointing out that mistake I had at the end of Chapter 7! (Blush) I mostly work on my story at like 12am-3am that's when I get my best ideas, however, that's when my mind starts to go bye bye. I have a feeling I missed that because Senko and Suiso both start with an S and I've actually done that more than once, just I caught myself before I posted the chapter. I was also going to suggest that you make sure to read the Kenshin mangas volume 20-25 at lest after your comment about what Kenshin would do if Kaoru died but after reading your fanfics I see you already did that. Do you realize you got the biggest comment out of all my reviewers?
Chapter 10 – Cut Off Suiso's Source Of Power
"Who has the medicine we just got!" Suiso yelled to his men. The man that held Kaoru released her and she ran to Kenshin's side.
"Kenshin!" She shook him gently. "Kenshin wake up!" She shook him harder his body dead weight in her hands.
"Move it!" Suiso yelled as he shoved her out of the way. He reached into the bag and began to pull out a bottle and some bandages.
Kaoru was worried that Suiso was going to hurt Kenshin. "Don't you dare touch him!" She shouted.
Suiso gave her a glare. "Shut-up. I don't want him dead either." He looked back down at Kenshin. Kaoru was surprised and shocked, she didn't know what to say. "Hold him down. I don't need him jumping around while I'm doing this." Suiso instructed his men. Five men came over and held Kenshin to the ground. Without a word Kaoru went to Kenshin's side and timidly took his hand; she was going to have to trust Suiso. Senko came over and knelt next to her and she brushed some of Kenshin's hair out of his eyes and sat back and gave Kaoru a nervous look.
Kenshin felt something like hands pushing down on him and it felt like someone was moving his head in their hands. Quickly what had happened returned to his memory. His eyes snapped open and he stared straight at Suiso who had an angry, strained look on his face. Kenshin was about to try and jump up when he felt someone squeeze his hand. He looked up a bit and saw Kaoru. She gave him a smile as tears fell from her eyes onto him. "Miss Kaoru?"
"Shut-up and hold still." Suiso said gruffly as he pulled the bandage tighter. Kenshin winced as his head started to pound. The pounding grew louder until Kenshin lost consciousness again.
Suiso rose to his feet and wiped his hands together. Kenshin's blood covered his hands. He looked down at the two girls who had watched worried at their friend's side. "He'll live." He told them indifferently. "Find the girls a room and stick him in the barracks." He told his crew as he quickly went to his room before passing out from overusing his powers.
Kenshin awoke to the sound of the ship creaking as it made its way over the waves. He opened his eyes and found himself in another dark room. He was sitting up and his arms were in the air. "Miss Kaoru." He whispered looking around for her. "Miss Senko?" He asked in a questioning voice. What had happened?
Light shown through a few cracks in the side of the ship and Kenshin looked around. He was locked in some kind of cell and his arms were locked in some kind of restraint. Kenshin tried to free his hands but iron was very different from rope and he found that he couldn't get his arms free. He felt dizzy but he kept struggling he had to find Miss Kaoru to make sure she was okay.
Kaoru and Senko had found themselves in the grasps of two men and they had been dragged from Kenshin's side, shoved into a room and the door locked behind them. They could only wonder what had happened to Kenshin. "What if Suiso tosses him overboard!" Senko said as she remembered the day Unmei had been thrown overboard by Suiso.
Kaoru put her arms on the frantic girl's shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "Kenshin is fine. Suiso wouldn't help him then kill him. Plus Suiso said he didn't want Kenshin dead." Senko tried to calm herself and nodded.
Suiso had fallen on his bed and had passed out. He had foolishly used way too much power against Kenshin and filling the boats sail with wind. He slept peacefully with a grin on his face.
The crew knew of their captain's condition and one man thought it would be a great opportunity to get revenge on the one who had scratched up his face. The girls listened as the door was unlocked and the man stepped in and shut the door behind him. The man looked the two over and then rested his eyes on the brown haired girl. "You!" He snarled at Senko.
Senko looked at the scratches on the man's face and knew why he was there. The man advanced towards Senko. Kaoru started to intervene until Senko put up her hand. "I'll handle him and you get out that door."
The man laughed. "You think you can get pass me?" He reached out his hand to grab Senko. Senko ducked under his grab and elbowed the man in the face. The man stumbled backwards a step and held his bleeding nose. He glared at Senko and she glared back. He ran at her and all Senko had to do was sidestep and the man ran into the wall. He picked himself up and charged at her again. Senko sidestepped him and stuck out her foot and he fell to the floor. Senko quickly grabbed the back of the man's head and slammed it into the floor knocking the man unconscious.
Kaoru stared wide-eyed at Senko as she straightened out her kimono. Senko blushed under Kaoru's stare. "Well I was trying to avoid this from happening again so I had Unmei show me a couple of things." As she mentioned her brother's name Senko hung her head. Quietly she whispered. "I hope he is okay."
"Your brother is strong he'll pull through! Let's find Kenshin."
Senko didn't move. "What's the point?"
"What do you mean 'what's the point'?!"
"Well what do you expect to do when you find him?! Grab him and jump? I hate to break this to you we're in the middle of the sea and Kenshin is hurt. What do you think you are going to do?"
Kaoru bit her lip not knowing how to answer that. "I'll think of something. Right now I just got to make sure Kenshin is okay." Kaoru ran out the door with Senko yelling for her to wait behind her.
"Kaoru wait! They were taking him to the barracks do you know what that is?"
"Nope." Kaoru answered still running.
"It's like a cell how do you plan to get him out?"
"I'll think of that when I get there."
Senko sighed she liked to plan ahead. "Do you even know where you're going?" Senko asked when she saw Kaoru look uncertainly from side to side.
"Nope." Senko let out a frustrated sigh when they came to a room at the end of the hall. "Let's try this one." Kaoru said reaching for the handle. Senko shrugged she didn't know where the barracks were either. Quietly Kaoru opened the door and looked inside. The room had many charts on the wall and a table with books spread open on it. There was also a bed with a body in it. Kaoru quickly shut the door. "Suiso's in there!" She whispered urgently.
"What's he doing?"
"He's sleeping." Senko moved past Kaoru and started to open the door slowly. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Kaoru yelled keeping her voice quiet.
Senko put her finger to her lip. "That piece of wood. If I can get it then I don't think he'll have his power anymore." Senko stepped inside followed closely by Kaoru. The girl's voices trembled as they moved closer to the sleeping Suiso. "This guy smiles in his sleep!" Senko exclaimed so quiet Kaoru barely heard her. "He's still in his uniform." Kaoru gave her a 'so' look. "I think it's in his uniform." Kaoru looked nervously at the sleeping Suiso.
"I'll do it." She mouthed. She leaned over Suiso, she could hear him breathing. She began to fish through Suiso's pockets looking for the wood. Suiso yawned and she jumped but he just scratched his nose and rolled to his side. Both sighed a sigh of relief and Kaoru continued to look through Suiso's pockets. Senko watched quietly as Kaoru's face brightened and she mouthed the words. "I got it!"
Kaoru pulled it from Suiso's pocket careful not to wake the sleeping man and held it. She felt suddenly very tired and her eyes fell half shut. Senko shook her excited and started to pull her from the room when they heard a groan from the man behind them. Their eyes went wide as they turned and saw that Suiso was stretching himself awake. "Run!" Senko hissed pushing Kaoru.
Suiso had such a nice dream. People all over the world knew his name. He stretched and as he did every time he awoke he patted the only part of his old ship that had survived the fire. When he patted it nothing hard stood between his hand and his chest. Panicking Suiso sat bolt upright and looked around his bed then looked out the door. He saw to girls clad in kimonos running out of his room. "They must have it!" The thought raced through his mind. "Or else you'd still be sleeping." Suiso jumped to his feet and screaming chased after the girls.
Senko looked back and saw Suiso running after them. "Split up!" Kaoru nodded and the two went separate ways. Suiso followed Kaoru knowing she was the one who had his beloved piece of ship. He could tell by how tired she was.
Kaoru felt dizzy as she tried to find her way to the deck. She could hear Suiso's steps behind her. The hunk of wood that she had pressed to her chest seemed to be weighing her down. As soon as she had touched it, it seemed to drain away all her energy.
Suiso was gaining. He had plenty of energy now that his source of power was gone. To call on so much power as he had done earlier it took a lot out of the remaining piece of ship. To make it powerful again the person who had possession of it had to sacrifice their own energy. Suiso reached out his hand and grabbed Kaoru's ponytail. He gave one hard yank and Kaoru was sent flying onto her back. Suiso walked up to her, smile long gone from his face.
He stepped on her wrist that held the block of wood. "Let it go." He commanded her. Kaoru's eyes were starting to close soon it would suck away all her energy killing her; only Suiso could handle it without being killed. He put more weight on her wrist. Her face twisted in pain and her fingers opened. He reached down and picked it up. Kaoru looked at him with glazed eyes. "Where's Kenshin?" Suiso walked away from her leaving her lying on the floor; he was tired.