Konnichiwa! …ok..um..lets continue the story……I'm gonna be putting some of the days they traveled soooooo ya….
Chapter Five:
Day One
The next morning Kenshin and Kaoru were already off walking to the other side of town. Also picking up a few things from the market. While walking Kaoru was fixing her kimono..which was the blue one.
"…Man! I haven't worn these things in years!....well actually two years…" Kaoru said happily.
"..Your in a good mood today…." Said Kenshin
"…of course!...it's not everyday where you get a mission going somewhere else and traviling…..and of course no killing." Kenshin shrugged a bit as if saying he didn't care.
Not to far away was the end of the town they were in and then it was the forest, in the middle of the forest Kaoru heard some voices up ahead and her sometimes being nosy went ahead of Kenshin to see what was going on.
She saw four men, who were probably some thieves, surrounding a girl who was somewhat frightened to death. One of the men kicked her to the ground making her cough up blood. This angered Kaoru madly and marched over to them, and from the looks of it the girl has been beaten up before which made Kaoru more outraged.
" Excuse me!" The men stopped and turned around to find a girl who had her hands on her hips and was mad. One of the men grinned,he had a scar on his left eye.
" Well…..lookie what the gods has brought us?...." he said taking a step forward.
"What do you think your doing to her!?" she said pointing at the little girl who was now looking at her.
" hehe… we were just teaching her a lesson not to play tricks on us.."
Kenshin heard some yelling when he followed Kaoru. '…man….please don't be getting into trouble….' Because of the yelling's he heard she was bound to make trouble.
" and so you decide to beat the crap out of her…..you know it's not nice to beat up a girl!"
"…hehe…don't worry we wont be touching her anymore…since you came…and what is a pretty girl doing here?"
Kaoru ignored him and went to the girl, the guy with the scar was about to touch Kaoru while she was walking to the girl but some redhead blocked the way and was glaring at him.
"..Who the hell are you?" the other men glared at him for intruding.
"…Do not touch her…" The guy grinned
"I don't see anywhere that she's yours haha.."
"She's my wife…so you will not lay one finger on her at all." The guy looked in surprise.
"…I see…….." the man groaned "…damn it! Why did you have to ruin the fun? Tch..forget you I'm still gonna-.." he was interrupted with a sword, it belonged to Kenshin and he pointed it to his neck that made a little cut letting the blood drip down, then he put his sword down and walked over to Kaoru.
"…Lets go.." Kaoru nodded and carried the unconscious girl. The scared man who was in shock recovered and looked at them angrily.
"..you bastard! You think your going to get away with it?!" The man ran toward them. Kenshin sighed and was annoyed with his babblings so he quickly cut the nearest tree and it fell on the guy. The other men stared in shock and so did Kaoru. Kenshin just put his sword back in it's sheath and started to walk calling Kaoru to follow him. They found a little town nearby to see if the girl was okay.
" All she has are cuts, bruises and a sprained ankle.." the doctor said sitting down.
'…that's why she '
"…I have to be on my way..I have to visit one of my patients…..you can stay here since she's still not awake…"
"…Arigato…" Kenshin came in the house after the doctor went out.
"…Still not awake?" Kaoru looked up at him still remembering what he did, which she thought that it was cruel.
"…no…." then the girl slowly opened her eyes and looked at the two.
"Oh good your awake!" the girl sat up still not talking.
"…what happened out there…? Why were you even there?"
"….I was just going home…and I went there because it was just much faster…then I met those men….well actually I've met them before and I played a trick on them just for fun….i guess they wanted to get back at me.."
"….i see…what is your name?"
"..I'm Maru…..and thanks for saving me…what's your name?"
"No problem… and I'm Kaoru" Kaoru said smiling. "..now ..we need to get you home…you said it was close by right?" Maru looked down to her sandles.
"….actually……..can I come with you??" Kaoru looked at her in surprise
"Why would you want to come with me?"
"….Please just take me with you!!" she begged. Kaoru looked at Kenshin
" I don't trust you…..," Kenshin went to Maru and grabbed her by the shirt " why would you just want to come with us and not tell the reason?...who are you working for?"
"..huh?..i'm not working for anyone!" she said frightened by his actions.
" You lie…"
"Kenshin! ..," Kaoru took Maru out of his grip and held her "..dont just assume she is a spy! She has her reasons of not telling why she wants to come…….she's just a child….." Kaoru faced Maru.
"..Now Maru…you can come with us… but if your playing some kind of trick on us I wont be to happy…..and neither will you…because if that guy over there," she said pointing to Kenshin " finds out that you are a spy…he might kill you….and I don't want to see that….kay?" Maru nodded.
"See? She's sincere that she's not a spy…so she's not a spy…."
"…umm are you two married?" Kaoru blushed
"..um..well yes…" Maru's face grew a ! so you have a kid?" Kaoru blushed more
"….eh…well…no we don't have one……." Kenshin raised an eyebrow at Maru's questions.
"oh…..sorry for asking I was just hoping to play with someone when I go with you guys…." Kenshin shook his head and went outside. Kaoru sighed and grabbed her on…we have to get going…." The two of them continued there journey with Maru, making it look like she was there child.
Maru was holding on to Kaoru's hand and then tugged her Kimono, Kaoru looked back "…..Kaoru-chan..i'm tired….." Kaoru smiled softly at her.
"..okay..i'll see what I can do……….Kenshin…Maru's tired…I think we should take a break…." Kenshin kept on walking
"……We will continue walking…" he said firmly
"…Kenshin we have been walking for a two hours….Maru is just a kid just to remind you…" Kenshin stopped walking and turned around.
" That is not my problem….you are the one who said she could come…..if she did not come you wouldn't be having this trouble…" then he started to walk again.
"…I'm sorry Maru….we cant stop…….here I'll just carry you…" unfortunately Kaoru had two Kimono's so she made a somewhat like basket to put her other Kimono in. Kenshin didn't bring anything but the money that Katsura gave to them.
'….geez…whats your problem Shinta….' Kaoru was angry at Kenshin for his mean behavior. Two hours later it was close to sunset so Kenshin decided to stop and rest in a inn for the night.
As soon as they got to the inn Maru went straight to bed because of exhaustion. Kaoru and Maru shared a room and Kenshin had his own room. Kaoru quietly closed the door and walked to the table with food. Kenshin was already there eating quietly. The two ate in silence and Kaoru who was still mad at Kenshin ignored the fact that Kenshin was there. Of course Kenshin noticed.
"…Don't tell me your mad just because I wouldn't stop…" Kaoru kept on eating her food.
"…Do not forget we have an assignment to do so stop acting childish…"
"..For your information I do know that we're on a assignment and it's not gonna do any harm just helping someone out…and yes I'm mad at you..but that's not the only reason why I'm mad at you…." She said calmly.
"I'm also mad at you for killing that man in such a harsh way….you could of at least knocked him out or something…." She said frowning.
"…Just be grateful that I saved your life…."
"…what is that suppose to mean? That if you didn't know me you would just watch me get tortured?!" she said raising her voice.
"…Maybe………." This angered Kaoru more, but she only showed it by frowning. Kaoru put her bowl down and stood up.
"..Fine…then I'm not grateful you saved my life……I'll be going to sleep now….i hope you enjoy your meal.." With that she left.
'Ohhh the nerve of that guy!...why does he have ta be such a big gerk!?...He's not the Shinta I know…..Shinta wouldn't do that! Ahh! This is making me mad!!!! I don't get him…he seemed nice before….tch…whatever…..sigh…this isn't gonna get me anywhere Kaoru…just go to sleep…'
Hey guys!!! Haha…well…some of you pplz ask if Kenshin is gonna fall in love with Tomoe..well to answer your question ….no.. he wont… because I hate Tomoe too!!!!!!!! K/K all the way!!!!!!!!!! Ya!!!!!!....and sorry to ppl who like Tomoe….i don't blame you for not liking me..but hey this is after all a KENSHIN AND KAORU story just incase u didn't notice… p haha anyways…. Lets just continue to the next chapter shall we?