Author's Notes: I can assure you all this is pure K/K!!! NOT K/T!!!
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but in the end. . . well. . . I'm still trying to figure out how Tomoe
dies. . .opps. . . did I say that?
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty. . . .yipes. . . already on twenty chapters??? What is this world coming to????. . .ahem. . .
(ACHOO!!! ACHOO!!! Damnit, I can't stand these stupid things called. . .what are they again?)
Rurouni frowned at him. [You mean sneezes?]
(Yah that's it!!!)
[* sigh *]
Kenshin's eyes opened. Beautiful violet watered with tears, and if one looked carefully they would see amber electrifying close to the pupils.
Kenshin turned his head towards the window, to see the rain still falling down the window. Thunder was heard overhead. That's when his ears heard breathing other then his own.
Kenshin turned his head the other way to see Kaoru asleep on the floor next to him. He smiled softly. 'Of course. . . she must have fallen asleep next to me. . .Must have been worried. . .'
Kenshin decided not to move or wake Kaoru. It felt. . . very peaceful right then. And something told him that this would be one of his last peaceful moments. On the wall the clock ticked. Tick tock. . . tick tock. . . Suddenly it struck midnight. Kenshin nearly groaned. 'It's still night?!?!?!'
(Heh. . . Leave it to Kenshin to wake up in the middle of the night. . .)
'Oh shut up!'
(Ooooo feisty. . .)
'Argg. . . I can't stand you! Would you go away???'
(Sorry, but no can do.)
'And why is that?'
(. . . . Cuz I don't wanna.)
'You're impossible. . .'
Rurouni nodded his head.
Kenshin sighed. Sitting up, he pushed the blankets over on top of Kaoru and rested the pillow underneath her head. After much difficulty, he made it appear Kaoru was on the futon. He stood up.
'Tomoe. . .' he thought. His wife. . . He remembered her clearly, but everything else was blank. Her beautiful face. . . her soft crisp voice. . . her delicate lips. . .
Kenshin shook his head. 'I need to get these thoughts out of my head. . .' he headed for the door.
Walking out to the kitchen, Kenshin looked around the dark living room. 'Nothing different . .' he thought.
No, nothing was different. Yahiko was sprawled on top of the couch, snoring very loudly, Misao was asleep on Soujiro's shoulder, Soujiro had his hand on top of Misao's hand, Sanosuke was asleep leaning on the boy's room door with his head hung low, Megumi was sleeping with her head on his lap and one of her hands clutching Sanosuke's pants.
Kenshin's smile went from ear to ear.
No, nothing was different.
Kenshin walked into the kitchen, got a cup and filled it with sake. He looked inside of the sake, as if it would answer all his questions.
How did he know Tomoe?
When had he loved her?
How was she related to Enishi and Saitoh?
Why was she so sad?
But the sake wouldn't say anything, so Kenshin gulped it all down. A song popped into Kenshin's head. He smiled softly, remembering it. He didn't know how he knew the song it just. . . popped in his head.
"Darkness . . . darkness all around me,
Blinding me. . . from the light,
Cry. . . cry for love, cry for the light of love,
Darkness cannot kill. . . the strongest of them all. . . you and me.
Darkness. . . darkness all around me,
Taking away. . . all of my love,
Cry. . . cry for light, cry for the love,
The love. . . the love of my life.
Things just don't make sense at all,
Love being one of them,
Things just don't go right at all,
Within the dark. . .the dark of tears."
Kenshin slowly and softly sang the words just over a whisper, making sure that the others couldn't hear him. The words brought tears to his eyes. He remembered the title, 'The Dark Of Tears'. ((AN: Okay. . . I know the song sucks. . . but I had to. . .^_~))
Kenshin finished the song and a tear slid down his face. "T-Tomoe. . ." he whispered. He couldn't help but feel like he had sang the song before. . . to her. To Tomoe. . . his wife.
Kenshin wiped the tear off his cheek. They were beautiful once. . . tears. But now Kenshin was sick of crying. . . sick of being weak and crying. But he couldn't stop the tears from flowing. Kenshin wiped the tears again and again until they were all finally gone.
Kenshin took another gulp of sake from the bottle. The gulp before. . . he couldn't even taste the sake. This time, Kenshin's eyes widened as he tasted the bitter-sweet taste of sake. It was. . . delicious. Kenshin smiled. He decided he liked this stuff. . . sake. So he gulped down some more. And more. And. . . more.
The sake slid down his throat, smoothing it, making it feel better and not choked up with tears. Kenshin's smile got sloppier.
(Hahah. . . gimmie some more!!!)
Rurouni looked at Battousai with a worried face. [You remember the LAST time you had too much sake?]
(. . .No.)
[Well I do!]
Both Kenshin and Battousai stared at Rurouni. 'Was it before. . . well. . . when we were Battousai?' Kenshin asked.
Rurouni looked at them. [Maybe. . . maybe not.]
(Oh please tell us!!!)
[Oh. . . alright. Yes. It was when we were Battousai. I don't know how I remember it. . .]
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
"Give me some of that sake!" Kenshin growled. His amber eyes seethed with anger at the other men.
One of them gave him a whole bottle of sake. "There you go buddy."
Kenshin's eyes narrowed. 'They apparently don't realize I'm the Battousai. . .' He took a gulp of the sake.
Then another. . .
Then another. . .
After a while, the men sitting at the table around him where very blurry. . . and there were two of each of them.
One of them laughed. "Hey there buddy. . . you don't look too good!"
Kenshin's eyes narrowed more, as if he couldn't see anything. "Shut up!" he barked.
The men all laughed. "Seems our friend here has had a bit too much sake!" said one.
"Yah. . . what do you think would happen if we showed him a girl?" asked another.
The other men laughed hysterically. One of the men saw a woman passing by. "Hey there miss!"
She turned. "Huh?"
He grabbed her hand and shoved her over to Kenshin. "AHH!!!" she screamed.
Kenshin looked at the woman, now sitting on his lap with a large blush on her face. She wasn't wearing very formal clothing. In fact. . . Kenshin had a very good view from where he was sitting. He smiled. "Hello. . ." he said, huskily.
The men all laughed, as if it were a joke.
The girl saw the glint of lust in Kenshin's eye, and she screamed. "Get away from me!" she got off of Kenshin's lap and ran over to her other friends.
Kenshin frowned, "Aww. . ." he pouted.
The men laughed.
That's when Katsura showed up next to Kenshin. "Himura. . . I thought you HAVE a wife. . ."
Kenshin looked up at him and frowned, "Yah. . . a wife at home. There's a large difference."
The men laughed louder.
Katsura frowned. "Let's get out of here Himura. You're too young to be with these morons."
One of the men smiled, "Ahh come on! Let the kid stay!"
Katsura took Kenshin's hand like he was a baby. "Come on now. . ."
Kenshin glared, "No! I want to stay here!"
"You've had too much sake. . ."
"How would you know?" Kenshin glared daggers at Katsura and saw two men behind him in the shadows. His eyes widened with rage. "You have spies watching me???"
Katsura ignored him. "Let's go. . ."
"NO!" Kenshin pulled back on Katsura and sat back down in his chair. "I want to stay here!"
"You're acting like a child Himura. But I have to think that's what sake can do to a fifteen year old."
Kenshin glared at him, but realized that he really was acting foolish. He stood up, yanked his hand from Katsura's, and ran away.
The men watched him go. "Hey! Why'd you have to scare him away?"
"None of your business. Go back to your sake." And with that, Katsura headed towards where Kenshin had ran.
Tears threatened to pierce Kenshin's amber eyes. 'I mustn't cry. . . I mustn't. I'm the Hitokiri Battousai. . . I can't be weak!' he blinked the tears away and stopped running. He was in the Tokyo Park. Tomoe lived with him in Kyoto. He was some ways away from Kyoto. He cursed under his breath. He had to get home. He had to get home fast. He wanted to see Tomoe. He had to see. . . Tomoe.
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Kenshin let his head fall onto his arms on the table. It was late at night, and he was still recovering. His blood red hair fell into his face, and Kenshin closed his eyes, letting sleep claim him once more.
And he dreamt of her.
He dreamt. . . of Tomoe.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: Hello everybody! I realize the song sucks, but oh well. ^_^ REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! True K/K all the way!!! ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty. . . .yipes. . . already on twenty chapters??? What is this world coming to????. . .ahem. . .
(ACHOO!!! ACHOO!!! Damnit, I can't stand these stupid things called. . .what are they again?)
Rurouni frowned at him. [You mean sneezes?]
(Yah that's it!!!)
[* sigh *]
Kenshin's eyes opened. Beautiful violet watered with tears, and if one looked carefully they would see amber electrifying close to the pupils.
Kenshin turned his head towards the window, to see the rain still falling down the window. Thunder was heard overhead. That's when his ears heard breathing other then his own.
Kenshin turned his head the other way to see Kaoru asleep on the floor next to him. He smiled softly. 'Of course. . . she must have fallen asleep next to me. . .Must have been worried. . .'
Kenshin decided not to move or wake Kaoru. It felt. . . very peaceful right then. And something told him that this would be one of his last peaceful moments. On the wall the clock ticked. Tick tock. . . tick tock. . . Suddenly it struck midnight. Kenshin nearly groaned. 'It's still night?!?!?!'
(Heh. . . Leave it to Kenshin to wake up in the middle of the night. . .)
'Oh shut up!'
(Ooooo feisty. . .)
'Argg. . . I can't stand you! Would you go away???'
(Sorry, but no can do.)
'And why is that?'
(. . . . Cuz I don't wanna.)
'You're impossible. . .'
Rurouni nodded his head.
Kenshin sighed. Sitting up, he pushed the blankets over on top of Kaoru and rested the pillow underneath her head. After much difficulty, he made it appear Kaoru was on the futon. He stood up.
'Tomoe. . .' he thought. His wife. . . He remembered her clearly, but everything else was blank. Her beautiful face. . . her soft crisp voice. . . her delicate lips. . .
Kenshin shook his head. 'I need to get these thoughts out of my head. . .' he headed for the door.
Walking out to the kitchen, Kenshin looked around the dark living room. 'Nothing different . .' he thought.
No, nothing was different. Yahiko was sprawled on top of the couch, snoring very loudly, Misao was asleep on Soujiro's shoulder, Soujiro had his hand on top of Misao's hand, Sanosuke was asleep leaning on the boy's room door with his head hung low, Megumi was sleeping with her head on his lap and one of her hands clutching Sanosuke's pants.
Kenshin's smile went from ear to ear.
No, nothing was different.
Kenshin walked into the kitchen, got a cup and filled it with sake. He looked inside of the sake, as if it would answer all his questions.
How did he know Tomoe?
When had he loved her?
How was she related to Enishi and Saitoh?
Why was she so sad?
But the sake wouldn't say anything, so Kenshin gulped it all down. A song popped into Kenshin's head. He smiled softly, remembering it. He didn't know how he knew the song it just. . . popped in his head.
"Darkness . . . darkness all around me,
Blinding me. . . from the light,
Cry. . . cry for love, cry for the light of love,
Darkness cannot kill. . . the strongest of them all. . . you and me.
Darkness. . . darkness all around me,
Taking away. . . all of my love,
Cry. . . cry for light, cry for the love,
The love. . . the love of my life.
Things just don't make sense at all,
Love being one of them,
Things just don't go right at all,
Within the dark. . .the dark of tears."
Kenshin slowly and softly sang the words just over a whisper, making sure that the others couldn't hear him. The words brought tears to his eyes. He remembered the title, 'The Dark Of Tears'. ((AN: Okay. . . I know the song sucks. . . but I had to. . .^_~))
Kenshin finished the song and a tear slid down his face. "T-Tomoe. . ." he whispered. He couldn't help but feel like he had sang the song before. . . to her. To Tomoe. . . his wife.
Kenshin wiped the tear off his cheek. They were beautiful once. . . tears. But now Kenshin was sick of crying. . . sick of being weak and crying. But he couldn't stop the tears from flowing. Kenshin wiped the tears again and again until they were all finally gone.
Kenshin took another gulp of sake from the bottle. The gulp before. . . he couldn't even taste the sake. This time, Kenshin's eyes widened as he tasted the bitter-sweet taste of sake. It was. . . delicious. Kenshin smiled. He decided he liked this stuff. . . sake. So he gulped down some more. And more. And. . . more.
The sake slid down his throat, smoothing it, making it feel better and not choked up with tears. Kenshin's smile got sloppier.
(Hahah. . . gimmie some more!!!)
Rurouni looked at Battousai with a worried face. [You remember the LAST time you had too much sake?]
(. . .No.)
[Well I do!]
Both Kenshin and Battousai stared at Rurouni. 'Was it before. . . well. . . when we were Battousai?' Kenshin asked.
Rurouni looked at them. [Maybe. . . maybe not.]
(Oh please tell us!!!)
[Oh. . . alright. Yes. It was when we were Battousai. I don't know how I remember it. . .]
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
"Give me some of that sake!" Kenshin growled. His amber eyes seethed with anger at the other men.
One of them gave him a whole bottle of sake. "There you go buddy."
Kenshin's eyes narrowed. 'They apparently don't realize I'm the Battousai. . .' He took a gulp of the sake.
Then another. . .
Then another. . .
After a while, the men sitting at the table around him where very blurry. . . and there were two of each of them.
One of them laughed. "Hey there buddy. . . you don't look too good!"
Kenshin's eyes narrowed more, as if he couldn't see anything. "Shut up!" he barked.
The men all laughed. "Seems our friend here has had a bit too much sake!" said one.
"Yah. . . what do you think would happen if we showed him a girl?" asked another.
The other men laughed hysterically. One of the men saw a woman passing by. "Hey there miss!"
She turned. "Huh?"
He grabbed her hand and shoved her over to Kenshin. "AHH!!!" she screamed.
Kenshin looked at the woman, now sitting on his lap with a large blush on her face. She wasn't wearing very formal clothing. In fact. . . Kenshin had a very good view from where he was sitting. He smiled. "Hello. . ." he said, huskily.
The men all laughed, as if it were a joke.
The girl saw the glint of lust in Kenshin's eye, and she screamed. "Get away from me!" she got off of Kenshin's lap and ran over to her other friends.
Kenshin frowned, "Aww. . ." he pouted.
The men laughed.
That's when Katsura showed up next to Kenshin. "Himura. . . I thought you HAVE a wife. . ."
Kenshin looked up at him and frowned, "Yah. . . a wife at home. There's a large difference."
The men laughed louder.
Katsura frowned. "Let's get out of here Himura. You're too young to be with these morons."
One of the men smiled, "Ahh come on! Let the kid stay!"
Katsura took Kenshin's hand like he was a baby. "Come on now. . ."
Kenshin glared, "No! I want to stay here!"
"You've had too much sake. . ."
"How would you know?" Kenshin glared daggers at Katsura and saw two men behind him in the shadows. His eyes widened with rage. "You have spies watching me???"
Katsura ignored him. "Let's go. . ."
"NO!" Kenshin pulled back on Katsura and sat back down in his chair. "I want to stay here!"
"You're acting like a child Himura. But I have to think that's what sake can do to a fifteen year old."
Kenshin glared at him, but realized that he really was acting foolish. He stood up, yanked his hand from Katsura's, and ran away.
The men watched him go. "Hey! Why'd you have to scare him away?"
"None of your business. Go back to your sake." And with that, Katsura headed towards where Kenshin had ran.
Tears threatened to pierce Kenshin's amber eyes. 'I mustn't cry. . . I mustn't. I'm the Hitokiri Battousai. . . I can't be weak!' he blinked the tears away and stopped running. He was in the Tokyo Park. Tomoe lived with him in Kyoto. He was some ways away from Kyoto. He cursed under his breath. He had to get home. He had to get home fast. He wanted to see Tomoe. He had to see. . . Tomoe.
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Kenshin let his head fall onto his arms on the table. It was late at night, and he was still recovering. His blood red hair fell into his face, and Kenshin closed his eyes, letting sleep claim him once more.
And he dreamt of her.
He dreamt. . . of Tomoe.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: Hello everybody! I realize the song sucks, but oh well. ^_^ REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! True K/K all the way!!! ^_~