chapter 2
I'ts been seven months since I told my family about the cancer. Kauru is in labor with our son, I hear her screams of pain from all the way across the hospital. I'm waiting for them to tell me that I can go in and see my youngest child be born. Laurel and Yahiko are sitting next to me, flinching at the painful cries from their mother. "Daddy, is Mommy gonna be ok?" asks Yahiko. "Yes, she will be fine son, but having a child is a painful experience, she will be in great pain for a few hours, but she will be alright when its all over," I respond to my sons innocent question. "Mr. Himura, you and your children can come see your next son be born now," the doctor says. Me, Yahiko, Laurel, and Sanosuke who had been seated across from me, jumped up. We ran as fast as we could to Kauru's room, the doctor was trying to lead us but we knew exactly where the room was and ran straight ahead of him.
"Kenshin!!!" I hear Kauru yell when we run into the room. I kiss her and thank God that I can be there for our sons birth.Yahiko and Laurel are allowed to lay down on the bed next to their mother, I'm allowed to sit next to her in a chair, I sit as close to her as I can. I'm waiting anxiously for our son to be born, I give Kauru my hand to hold, she is in great pain and I can tell, either that or she was mad at me about something, I highly doubted the second one. Sanosuke was sitting next to me, I could tell he had never been at a child birth before, his face was covered in disgust, though he was trying not to show it. This was the most beautiful moment I had ever encountered, my entire family was there, and they all were anxious about something, preferbly the birth of my son. Kauru screams in pain again, it's almost over.
Thats it, my son is born, I'm laying next to Kauru, we are alone now, Sano brought the kids back to the dojo. Kauru is holding our son in her arms. "What are we gonna name him Kauru?" I ask her. "Well....how about.....I know you'll like this name, Shinta." She anwers. My mouth opens in shock, she knew about my past. "How did you know about that name????" I ask her loudly. "Kenshin, I know alot more about you than you think, why don't you tell me anything about your past?" she skips from a statement to a question so fast it makes my head spin. Not litteraly. "Well...nobody knows about my past, except for my sensei. He's the one that gave me the name Kenshin. He said that....he said that Shinta was too gentle a name for a swordsman," I finally let some of my past spill out to her. "Oh, Kenshin, I never knew your past was so tough," She says to me. "You don't know the half of it, I don't feel like talking about the rest," I say to her quietly. "It's ok Kenshin, just tell me. do you like the name I chose for our son?" She asks me. "Yes, it's the best name anyone could ever think of," I say before kissing her.
At home the next day, the house is full of happiness, everyones completely forgotten about my illness, and they are deeply focused on our new son, Shinta Kenshin Himura. He looks exactly like me, except he has Kauru's hair, The beautiful deep aqua hair that I love. This son will be the true start of our new family. I walk over to Laurel and tell her it's time to begin our training. "Awww, Daddy can't I spend a little more time with my new baby brother???" she asks. "I'm sorry honey, but you can't change the schedule for your training, otherwise it will be completely thrown off and you won't be able to train anymore, that you won't," I say smiling at her. "Ok Daddy," she says, I love how innocent my children are, they have no idea how much their love means to me.
"Daddy!!!!! I can't do this!!!!!! It's too hard!!!!!" Laurel complains as we are carrying the buckets of water back to the dojo for cooking, this is a part of our training. "Honey, you have to understand, things have to be hard to do for it to be training, otherwise its too easy and it won't do you any good," I explain to her. She falls down. "Wahhhh, Daddy, I hurt my arm!!!!!" She yells before she bursts out crying. I walk over to her. "It's ok, just calm down," I say to her. I put a bandage over her arm, she has a scratch, it is bleeding but it will be ok. "It still hurts Daddy," she says between breaths, her breathing is a little uneasy from crying. "Here this will make it feel better, that it will," I say to her, then I kiss her arm where the bandage is placed. "What will that do?" she asks. "It's Daddy's kisses, they help speed up the healing process, that it does," I say. "Thanks Daddy, it feels much better!!!!" She says before wrapping her arms around my neck in a hug.
"Kenshin!!!! Where were you??? You left me all alone to take care of Shinta and to train Yahiko!!!" Kauru yells at me. I grin slightly, shes back to normal. "I'm sorry Kauru, I was out training Laurel and getting the water for cooking dinner tonight," I say with a slight smirk on my face. I would never tell her this but she looked the most beautiful when she was mad at me. "Kauru, I'm sorry, I was busy too!" I say quietly. "Well, Kenshin you gotta learn to think!!!" She yells before storming off. "Well you know what?? You're not the only one who has things to handle!! So you can just stay the hell away from me!!" I yell without thinking. I quickly regret it. She turns back to me, tears streaming down her face, I hate it when shes sad, especially when I know that I'm the one that caused it. "Kenshin, how can you say that?" she asks, the tears continuing to run down her face. "I'm sorry Kauru, I wasn't thinking!" I say trying to make her forget that I ever said it. "Well you know what Kenshin? I'ts ok," she says I thought at first that she forgave me for what I said, but I quickly see the hurt in her eyes. "It's ok you can stay away from me if you want, why don't you go live with Sano?" she asks me. My heart sank, she was kicking me out, we had had our quarrels before but this was the worst fight we had ever had. "Kauru, I'm sorry I didn't mean...." she cuts me off. "Please just go pack your stuff," "Kauru, I love you, I wasn't thinking when I said that," I state quietly. "Please Kenshin, maybe we need some time apart, we have been around each other a long time. I really do love you and care for you, my dearest Battousi, but I just need some time," she says before turning away from me. I fall down crying. I never meant to hurt her, I never wanted to hurt her, I wanted to be te best husband I could be, but instead I just made her cry, and the day after our youngest child is born at that. I slapped myself mentally for ever letting our fight get to this distance. "I love you Ms. Kauru," I say quietly. It had been ages since I called her Ms. Kauru. But I felt now was an appropriate time. I wanted so badly to take back time, take back everything I had said, sometimes I even wished to take back ever meeting her, I know that I would never forgive myself if I never met her, I would probably go back on a killing streak if it wasn't for her. But right now I just wished that the cancer would kick in and kill me.
"Sano, do you think Kauru is gonna stay mad at me?" I ask my best friend Sanosuke, while we were heading back to my place, Sano was gonna try and get Kauru to let me back into the dojo. "Well I don't know Kenshin, missy is kinda tough, and stubborn, and weird, and......." I cut Sano off. "Ok Ok I get the picture." I was getting aggravated, Kauru kicked me out and Sanosuke was just making it worse. "Jeez, touchy touchy, you can have some serious problems sometimes Kenshin," he said. "Well, Sano, I do have problems, me and the woman I love had the biggest fight ever, my children are lacking from their training cause of our sons birth, and I'm gonna die in two and a half years!!" I yell at him. "Sorry Kenshin, sometimes I forget your sick....I'm so used to being able to talk to you about anything without having to worry about what you might think or say," he says regretfully. "It's ok Sano, we are all a little touchy lately," I say. He puts his arm around my shoulder in a friendly hug. "Well, Kenshin, your sick, people are gonna be touchy," he replies to me. "Thanks Sano. Your right, it's not just me, it's all of us!" I say. "No prob. Just promise me one thing Kenshin," he replies. "Whats that?" I ask. "When you die, get Kauru to let me help her with the kids," he begins, "Your my best friend and I wouldn't be able to bear it if Kauru had to take care of three kids on her own and have to train one and get all the water and food and stuff like that," he continues. "Of course you can help Sano, we're best friends, and I'm sure Kauru would love the help, that she would!" I say happily, for once I'm not upset with people talking about how I'm gonna die.
"Kenshin, Sanosuke, what are you two doing here?" asks Kauru when we get to the dojo. "Well, Kauru, I was wondering if you would let Kenshin back in," Sano says to Kauru. I see the look on her face change, she was upset, not at me or Sano, but at herself. "..." she had nothing to say. "Kauru, I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at myself, for saying what I said," I say to her quietly. "Kenshin, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for any of this to happan!! I really didn't!!! I love you Kenshin, I would never wanna really hurt you!!" Kauru says while she runs over to hug me. "It's ok Kauru, I should be mad at myself, I'm the one that started the fight, I love you Kauru, and I would never wanna hurt you either," I say to her. I kiss her and hope we can go back to the way life was, we had fought before, but this was the worst fight ever.
"Kenshin, can you help me make dinner???" Kauru yells to me. "Sure, I'll be right there!" I yell back. "Yahiko, we're gonna have to finish this talk later, now remember, stay in your room, your in trouble for trying to use the Kamiya Kasshin on your sister!" I say to Yahiko with a normal fatherly threat in my voice. "Yes Daddy," he replies quietly. "I'm coming Kauru!!" I yell to her. "Kenshin, what were you doing up there for so long?" asked Kauru. "Well Yahiko tried to use his sword on his sister, I was talking to him about how its wrong," I said defensively. "Come down Kenshin, I wasn't trying to worry you, I was just curious," She said. "Ok, sorry Kauru, I've just been a little touchy lately," I say before kissing her.
a/n, I know this chapter was kida short too, but I'm working on making them longer, please r&r and fallen-angel21, I know that it's spelt kaoru but kauru is just how i spell it, thanx for trying to help though!!!