Kenshin hands trembled slightly as he gripped his reverse blade sword. He
looked down at the note in his hand again. He had just found it taped to
the door. It read:
~Battousai, do not think I will give up that easily. I will be after you again, but first I think I'll visit with your pretty little wife.~
Kenshin crumpled the note tightly in his hand and clenched his teeth.
"Damn!" He said viciously tearing the note to shreds. Obviously it was from Kouji. If only he could get to the bottom of this and figure out just why that man was after him. He began to pace back and forth across the lawn rubbing his tired face. His long red hair fell into his eyes, blocking the morning sun from reaching his violet gaze. He turned away from the door and headed back into the house.
His footsteps echoed silently in the dim morning light. No one else was awake, but him. The dojo was oddly quiet, oddly lonely. He entered his and Kaoru's room quietly as not to wake her. Sure enough she was still asleep on their bedmat, curled up in the covers.
He stood over her and watched her as she breathed slowly in and out causing black tendrils of hair to rise and fall softly. One of her hands lay protectively over her stomach and the other was lying by her side. He studied her hands, callused by the many practice swordsman sessions she had gone through. It must have been so hard for her to keep going after her father's death. Sometimes her strength surprised him, but he shouldn't take her so lightly as that.
She stirred for a minute in her sleep then went back to breathing a steady rythm. Kenshin looked at his hands which still clenched the shreds of the note in their grasp. A fierceness rose within him as he went back to watching Kaoru. He wouldn't let anyone hurt her. No one was going to hurt his Kaoru, no matter what.
Slowly he bent down and brushed his hand against her soft cheek. She mumbled slightly. He smiled and placed a soft kiss on her lips. Kaoru kissed him back slightly still half asleep. When he broke the kiss and stood back up, she rubbed her eyes and looked up at him.
"What is it Kenshin?" she said half asleep. She yawned widely.
"Nothing. Just go back to sleep." Kenshin said as he began to walk out of the room.
Kaoru laid her head back down on her pillow and closed her eyes. Maybe she would get more sleep after all.
Kenshin walked out of the room and down the hall pondering. What was he going to do? He couldn't just wait for this guy to show up. He didn't want Kaoru to be involved in any of this, but Kouji seemed insist in hurting her. What was it that was causing him to do this? Kenshin at least wanted a reason for these actions, no matter what it was.
All he wanted was to be happy and safe. He wanted Kaoru to be safe, and their child too. He was really worried for her now and it was driving him crazy. It always seemed that there was someone after him. Why couldn't he just be left alone?
Kenshin went about his chores and began to make some breakfast for Kaoru and Yahiko. They would probably be all up soon. He walked into the kitchen, still deep in his thoughts.
Kaoru woke twenty minutes later and slowly sat up. She yawned and tugged off the covers. She felt the baby inside her shift for a second. She smiled and put her hands on it. She breathed out a long sigh. Soon it would come, she could feel it.
Kouji looked in through the window of Kenshin's and Kaoru's room. He could see Kaoru clearly. She was in the open. It had been a hard job sneaking past Kenshin, but he had managed. Slowly he crept into the house and walked silently up behind her as she stood up from the bedmat. All she heard was the drawing of a sword till she felt its tip upon her neck.
~Battousai, do not think I will give up that easily. I will be after you again, but first I think I'll visit with your pretty little wife.~
Kenshin crumpled the note tightly in his hand and clenched his teeth.
"Damn!" He said viciously tearing the note to shreds. Obviously it was from Kouji. If only he could get to the bottom of this and figure out just why that man was after him. He began to pace back and forth across the lawn rubbing his tired face. His long red hair fell into his eyes, blocking the morning sun from reaching his violet gaze. He turned away from the door and headed back into the house.
His footsteps echoed silently in the dim morning light. No one else was awake, but him. The dojo was oddly quiet, oddly lonely. He entered his and Kaoru's room quietly as not to wake her. Sure enough she was still asleep on their bedmat, curled up in the covers.
He stood over her and watched her as she breathed slowly in and out causing black tendrils of hair to rise and fall softly. One of her hands lay protectively over her stomach and the other was lying by her side. He studied her hands, callused by the many practice swordsman sessions she had gone through. It must have been so hard for her to keep going after her father's death. Sometimes her strength surprised him, but he shouldn't take her so lightly as that.
She stirred for a minute in her sleep then went back to breathing a steady rythm. Kenshin looked at his hands which still clenched the shreds of the note in their grasp. A fierceness rose within him as he went back to watching Kaoru. He wouldn't let anyone hurt her. No one was going to hurt his Kaoru, no matter what.
Slowly he bent down and brushed his hand against her soft cheek. She mumbled slightly. He smiled and placed a soft kiss on her lips. Kaoru kissed him back slightly still half asleep. When he broke the kiss and stood back up, she rubbed her eyes and looked up at him.
"What is it Kenshin?" she said half asleep. She yawned widely.
"Nothing. Just go back to sleep." Kenshin said as he began to walk out of the room.
Kaoru laid her head back down on her pillow and closed her eyes. Maybe she would get more sleep after all.
Kenshin walked out of the room and down the hall pondering. What was he going to do? He couldn't just wait for this guy to show up. He didn't want Kaoru to be involved in any of this, but Kouji seemed insist in hurting her. What was it that was causing him to do this? Kenshin at least wanted a reason for these actions, no matter what it was.
All he wanted was to be happy and safe. He wanted Kaoru to be safe, and their child too. He was really worried for her now and it was driving him crazy. It always seemed that there was someone after him. Why couldn't he just be left alone?
Kenshin went about his chores and began to make some breakfast for Kaoru and Yahiko. They would probably be all up soon. He walked into the kitchen, still deep in his thoughts.
Kaoru woke twenty minutes later and slowly sat up. She yawned and tugged off the covers. She felt the baby inside her shift for a second. She smiled and put her hands on it. She breathed out a long sigh. Soon it would come, she could feel it.
Kouji looked in through the window of Kenshin's and Kaoru's room. He could see Kaoru clearly. She was in the open. It had been a hard job sneaking past Kenshin, but he had managed. Slowly he crept into the house and walked silently up behind her as she stood up from the bedmat. All she heard was the drawing of a sword till she felt its tip upon her neck.