Disclaimer : Rurouni Kenshin is the property of Nobuhiro Watsuki, Shonen Jump, Viz, and Sony Productions.

Warning: Rated 'R' for violence.

Possession

Donna8157

Chapter 20 : Healing

A soft and barely audible moan passed through her lips as Kaoru felt pressure weighing down on her body. However, she didn't have any strength left to lift even a finger. Her eyelids felt heavy and she wondered what had happened. She opened her eyes little by little with great difficulty as she tried to see where she was and what had taken place. However, she was only able to make out a blurry figure with red hair sitting next to her.

Kenshin?

She felt something cold and soft passed by her forehead. It was very cold, but rather than giving off a cold feeling, she felt warmth. She fell asleep once again as she felt comforted by the touch.

Himura-san? Soujiro, who had woken up feeling a bit uncomfortable, saw Kenshin carefully wiping off the sweat on Kaoru's forehead. He did it with such gentleness that Soujiro just sat there and stared not wanting to interrupt the moment.

Does Himura-san know what kind of look he has on his face right now?

There was a quiet kind of love buried deep inside the man's lavender eyes while he was tending to Kaoru. His usually stoic face now looked livelier. He looked content. It was a look on Kenshin's face that Soujiro had never seen before.

It was almost morning by the time Kenshin started going home, he had stayed by the girl's side almost the entire night. With his head down low, Kenshin trudged up to his house quietly not wanting to wake anybody from their sleep. The main area near the stairs was silent except for the soft hum of the air conditioning system.

"Where were you baka-deshi?"

Hiko's booming voice startled Kenshin and the man stopped in his steps. The boy turned around and saw his father sitting with one of his legs propped upon his knee and a deep frown marring his usually flawless expression. He looked at the boy with his piercing brown eyes as he waited for him to respond.

"Father," Kenshin started still a bit surprised that Hiko was there. Had he stayed up the entire night waiting for him? He sighed as he continued, "Kamiya got hurt at Takeda's party earlier today and had to be sent to the hospital. I was there tonight along with Sano and Soujiro to look after her."

Hiko widened his eyes in surprise. This wasn't the response that he had expected.

"How did Kamiya get hurt?"

Kenshin knit his brows and suppressed the feeling of anger boiling within him as he remembered the scene that he had come upon to in that room. "Kanryuu . . Kanryuu and some others had beaten her until she became unconscious."

The older man shook his head sadly as he heard the news. "What are you going to do about Kanryuu then?"

The red-haired man clenched his fists until his knuckles became pale. In a strained voice he replied. "Nothing."

"Nothing?" Hiko arched a fine brow at hearing his son's response. This was unusual.

"Yes. Kanryuu's dad would only buy him out of any trouble with the police and if I did so, it would only bring more harm against Kamiya. Plus, I've given him fair enough warning not to do so again."

"I see . ." Hiko nodded his head in understanding as he looked at Kenshin's form with contemplation.

"I'm tired and I'm going to sleep. Good night." The red-haired man turned around and started walking towards the stairs.

Hiko watched his son's back quietly as he began to walk away. He still clearly remembered that day when he had found that little boy in the streets. Blood, dirt, and tears stained Kenshin's cheeks that fateful day. He looked pitiful and broken. But as time passed by slowly the boy grew and it wasn't until the girl had made an appearance when Hiko noticed that Kenshin began to soften. Looking at him from the couch, the older man opened his mouth.

"You've changed, Kenshin," his father stated.

Kenshin stopped in his tracks as he heard Hiko's words, but then quickly shook himself out of it and started walking up the stairs. The other man only watched quietly as the boy slowly retreated to his room.

"You've changed, Kenshin."

As Kenshin laid his head on the pillow, instead of finding sleep, only more thoughts seemed to rack his mind. Had he really changed that much? He clenched his hands as he looked up at the ceiling above him. So many things had happened in his past that he had found it hard to trust others. There were only a few that he had allowed in his life and even with them he felt a bit weary. His mind drifted to the one incident in his childhood that would forever embed itself in his mind.

"Uncle Gohei, what's in the drawer?" a little boy asked as he tried to peer over his uncle's shoulder.

Gohei grimaced as he closed it. He didn't know when the boy had crept into his room. "It's nothing."

"But I thought I saw you put something there!" the boy cried out.

"Why don't you go bother someone else, boy?"

"You're so mean, Uncle Gohei!" the boy retaliated.

Later that night

BANG! BANG!

The little boy, who was no older than seven, was knocked out of his dreamless sleep when he heard the jarring noise. He blinked his lavender eyes as he looked around. Feeling a bit frightened, he scurried out of bed with his teddy bear clutched in his small hands and ran to his parents' room.

When he got to the door, he reached up and turned the knob.

The first thing he noticed was the metallic scent that engulfed the room. He wrinkled his nose at the smell and ignored it as he ran over to the bed.

"Daddy! Daddy!" the little boy called out as he shook the body. There was no reply. The boy furrowed his brows with renewed determination. "DADDY! WAKE UP!"

But there was still no reply.

Kenshin shut his eyes tightly as he remembered the image from his past. That night had haunted him in his dreams and still continued to do so. He tried to think of something else to take his mind off of these thoughts, but they continued to engulf him.

"Sh-shinta!" A familiar feminine voice shouted towards the little boy. Shinta looked up and saw a woman huddled in the corner of the room with tearful lavender eyes and cheeks stained in red.

"Mommy?" The little boy rushed over to her side and furrowed his brows as he looked at his mother's pitiful state. "Mommy? Why are you crying?"

The woman looked up and her body seemed only to tremble even more with silent, forceful cries.

Shinta gently wiped some tears off of his mother's face. "Don't cry. Daddy is here. He'll make sure you don't cry." The little boy ran back to the bed and climbed onto it with difficulty. However, his body froze when he felt the warm, sticky liquid seep into his hands. With widened eyes he looked down and saw that a large red stain contrasted against the white blanket. "Daddy?" he questioned in an unsure tone.

The woman watched with her pupils trembling in fear. "Shinta stop! Please stop! Go away and hide!"

The boy looked up, confused. "Daddy . .he's not waking up."

More tears streaked down the mother's face and an unspeakable pain surged throughout her body. "Shinta . . I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Mommy is very sorry."

The expression on the child's face only seemed to grow even more perplexed. "Daddy. ." he called out as he shook his father's body once more. "Help mommy. Something is wrong with her." However, the father didn't respond. Shinta shook his head vigorously, he didn't want to believe what he saw in front of him.

"Sh-shinta," the woman hoarsely cried out as she willed herself to get up again. "Run away .. please . . before . ."

SLAM

Someone else had come into the bedroom. The little boy turned around and saw a tall, heavy muscled man with piercing brown eyes stare down at the boy. "Uncle Gohei?"

Gohei laughed. Shinta's eyes widened a bit in fear, he had never liked the man who was a distant relative on his mother's side. But . . why was he here in his parents' room when it was so late at night? It was then that he noticed the dark stains on his shirt and face.

Gohei looked down at the boy and smirked. "Shinta . . what are you doing out of bed?"

t save your father. ore. voice. h steady eyes and talked to him in a calm voice. ith fear. place. lking towards Shinta until he The boy took a step back as he saw the malicious glint flash in the other man's eyes. Gohei chuckled as he saw fear reverberate in waves off of the little boy. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small army knife. The blade glinted underneath the pale moonlight. Gohei waved it back and forth menacingly as he continued walking towards Shinta until the boy was cornered.

"You know Shinta . . you deserve to be punished for being awake so late at night," he said. Shinta tightened his clutch around his teddy bear as fear seemed to have frozen him in his place. He snuck a glance at his mother and saw her still huddled in the corner, shaking violently with fear. He wanted to call out to her, but he couldn't find his voice.

"I think I'll have some fun," Gohei said with a smirk. He roughly grabbed the boy's chin and tilted it towards him. The boy squinted from the sudden jerk and shut his eyes in fear. Tears began to trail down his cheeks. Takayuki lifted the blade and carved one line onto his left cheek and then added the other creating an 'X'. The boy screamed from the sharp, searing pain. Small rivers of blood started to flow down from his face.

"S-stop Gohei!!" A painful gurgle erupted from the woman's mouth.

Gohei turned around and smirked. "What's wrong? You don't like what you see?"

The woman, seeing her child in danger, cast away her fear. She gathered up the last of her strength and rammed her head into Gohei. The man grunted as he fell over and let go of the boy. "I can't . . I can't watch you do the same thing to my son," she cried out as she looked at the man on the floor.

Gohei narrowed his eyes in hatred as he reached into his pocket and took out the gun. It was the same gun that had killed Kenshin's father. The same gun that the boy had seen Gohei put in the drawer. When the woman saw it her eyes widened and she quickly threw herself onto the man biting his wrist until she felt her teeth hit bone. The man screamed in agony as he dropped the gun. It was clear who had the upper hand as the two people struggled with one another. Shinta watched helplessly as his mother was getting beaten. Blood covered her lips and face as each of Gohei's punches connected against her body. The young boy looked around and found his eyes staring at the gun Gohei had dropped.

He slowly walked over and picked it up. He cocked the weapon and aimed it at the man's leg as he squeezed the trigger.

BANG

The sound of the man's cry was deafening. Shinta watched in fear as he saw Gohei fall onto the floor. A pool of blood began to surround the area that was shot.

"Why you bastard!" Gohei screamed out as he reached for the boy. Thinking quickly, the mom got up and took the gun from Shinta's hands. She aimed it at his head and pulled the trigger.

BANG BANG

The man's arm that was reaching for Shinta now fell limply onto the floor. Right afterwards, the woman collapsed, her eyelids heavy with exhaustion.

"Shinta . ."

Shinta looked at his mom with an expression of shock on his face. "Mommy . . mommy . ." he chanted as he looked up at his mother.

"Shinta . ." The woman looked at the boy with steady, sorrowful eyes and talked to him in a calm voice, different from before. "Shinta . . I'm sorry. I couldn't save your father. .It's my fault. I trusted Gohei and I allowed him to come into our house. I even secretly gave him money, but it wasn't enough. This . . this is my fault. Your father . . . your father . . I couldn't do anything to save him." She coughed and blood came up from her throat. The injuries that she had gotten were serious. During the fight, Gohei had used his dagger. It was too late for her.

"I'm sorry Shinta . ." Her eyelids fluttered to a close as she said her last words.

The boy looked at his mom with numbness in his body. Everything that happened afterwards became hazy.

t save your father. ore. voice. h steady eyes and talked to him in a calm voice. ith fear. place. lking towards Shinta until he

It was early next morning when Hiko Seijuro had found the boy asleep next to the trash can in the streets and took him back to his home in Kyoto without question. When he had discovered the boy's true identity, he had changed his name to Kenshin so that they could avoid the people whom the boy knew of in his past and move on.

"Say aaah .." Sanosuke had a spoonful of hospital gruel in his right hand and motioned it towards Kaoru's mouth. The girl watched with playful amusement in her eyes as the other made childish remarks chiding her to eat her food.

"I can eat on my own, sir," she said.

Sano frowned dejectedly as he heard her response and shook his head. "No, it's too hard for you jou-chan. Hurry and say aaah . ."

Kaoru chuckled a little, but then quickly stopped for the mere act started to bring pain in her chest area. Left with no choice, the girl sighed and opened her mouth. The spiky-haired man grinned widely as he fed her the food.

"I never thought I would see the day when the rooster-head would be feeding someone else and not himself."

The sharp feminine voice halted both Sano and Kaoru's movements and they both looked towards the door.

There stood a woman dressed in a white overcoat. Her dark hair was long, her eyes a clear brown color, and her rosy lips were tilted in a smile.

"Megumi?" Sano uttered in almost a whisper. He hadn't seen her since the beginning of high school.

The woman at the door nodded her head. "I'm surprised that someone who has such a small brain actually remembers my name. Ohohoho!" She brought a hand over her mouth as she chuckled mirthlessly at her own joke.

Sanosuke furrowed his brows as he stood up and faced her. "Oi! I don't appreciate that! Anyway, what are you doing here, fox? It's good seeing ya again." His cinnamon eyes softened and a smile appeared on his face.

"I-I'm shadowing the doctor who's looking after this girl. He wanted me to look in on her and see how she's doing." She was a bit surprised that he had not retaliated any further when she had made fun of him. It seemed as though he had become more mature since she had last seen him. But that wasn't possible . . at least not for him.

Megumi sighed and shook her head as she walked towards the patient's bed. She looked at the chart that she held in her hand and read through the data. Once she was finished scanning the test results, she looked up at Kaoru. "Kaoru-san, the injuries you've sustained seem to be healing quite well and in a few days' time you should be able to go back home."

Hearing the news, Kaoru nodded. "Thank you . ." The young patient paused as she tried to read the name on the pin.

"Takani Megumi," the woman interjected.

"Thank you, Takani-san."

Sanosuke's eyes lit up cheerfully as he heard the news and a broad smile appeared on his face. He looked over at Kaoru with relief in his brown eyes. If anything serious had happened to her, Sano knew that he wouldn't have been able to forgive himself. "Isn't that a relief, jou-chan?"

As Megumi watched the both of them, she couldn't help but wonder what the relationship between Sano and the girl was exactly. Could it be that the rooster head was actually serious about someone this time?

Later that day

Soujiro let out a disappointing sigh as he folded the cards in his hand. "Maa .. I'm just not good at poker."

Sanosuke laughed as he pointed at himself with his thumb towards his chest. "That's because you don't have my gambling skills." He cocked a smug grin as he lay out the cards in his hand to show both Kaoru and Soujiro.

"Three kings and two aces."

A small smile crept onto Kaoru's face as she looked at his cards and then she lay down her own. A full house.

Sano's eyes widened and Soujiro let out a small chuckle. "What gambling skills were you speaking of now, Sagara-san?"

The brown-eyed man laughed uncomfortably as he quickly started to take back the cards and shuffle them once more. As he was doing so, he looked up at Kaoru who was leaning against the pillow on the bed. "How are you feeling there, jou-chan?"

The young woman looked up and a tender smile crossed her lips. "Fine. Thank you sir for keeping me company."

Soujiro shook his head helplessly as he looked at Sanosuke. The ridiculously goofy grin on his face while he was watching Kaoru smile was a bit too obvious. The young man couldn't help but wonder if Kaoru knew about Sano's feelings towards her.

"You look beautiful when you smile, jou-chan," he said sincerely as he looked at her.

Kaoru blushed not knowing what to say.

Click!

The door to the room opened and Kenshin walked inside. At that moment, his eyes met with Kaoru's blue eyes. She quickly looked down in embarrassment. Kenshin grimaced as he saw her reaction.

"I left my coat here last night. I just came to retrieve it. I'll be going back now." He stiffly walked towards the chair across from the bed and grabbed his coat.

"All right see you later, Kenshin. Soujiro and I will take care of everything here," Sano said with a half-hearted wave.

Soujiro looked across the bed and glared at Sanosuke. Then he got out of his seat, walked towards Kenshin, and patted him on the back. "Okay, Himura-san. You don't look too good anyway. Go home and get some rest."

Kenshin nodded weakly and glanced over at Kaoru once again. His lips began to move slightly, but when he saw that she was purposely ignoring his gaze he turned around and walked out of the room.

Once the other was gone, Soujiro looked over at Sanosuke with a rare disapproving frown on his face. "Sagara-san, what's wrong with you?"

Sano shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly while ignoring the other's gaze. "What did I do?"

The blue-eyed man sighed. "Forget it." He sat back in his chair as he picked up the cards in his hand once more.

Sanosuke tried to focus on the game at hand once again, but found his thoughts drifting to Kenshin. He knew that it was wrong of him to act so cold towards his best friend, but he couldn't help but feel that if Kenshin hadn't treated Kaoru like some sort of object in the beginning, this would never have happened. In some ways, Kenshin's attitude towards the girl was no better than Kanryuu's.

"Whose turn is it now?"

"Huh?" Soujiro's voice broke Sano out of his thoughts and he looked back up, almost in a daze. "I . . I think I want to get a drink." The other boy nodded as Sano got up and stretched. Sanosuke desperately needed some fresh air. He looked over at Kaoru who was shifting uncomfortably on the bed. "Can I get you something to drink, jou-chan? It'll be my treat," he said with a wink.

Kaoru shook her head. "No, thank you sir. I'm not feeling very thirsty."

Soujiro smiled. "Are you sure, Kamiya-san? It's not very often that Sagara-san will treat anyone."

A small smile appeared on Kaoru's face as she looked at the both of them. "No, really I'm fine. Thank you."

Sanosuke nodded reluctantly as he turned to walk out the room.

"Can you get me some soda, Sagara-san? Anything would be okay," Soujiro called out behind him.

Sano stopped in his tracks and turned his head a bit to look at his friend through the corner of his eyes. He began to laugh uncomfortably as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Umm. Soujiro do you have any extra change then?"

Soujiro's smile instantly faltered. "I thought you had enough since you offered to buy Kamiya-san a drink."

"Well, I have enough money for to buy jou-chan a drink, but I was going to borrow some money from you for my own."

A light twitch began to develop on Soujiro's brow as he looked at his friend.

The taller man laughed. "Eh .. just add it to whatever other money I owe you."

The other man sighed and nodded his head while waving for the other to leave. When Sanosuke had left, Soujiro turned to look at Kaoru with a serious expression on his face. "Himura-san . ."

The girl instantly stiffened upon hearing his name.

Soujiro noticed this, but continued. "Himura-san was worried about you a lot. He's the one that found you at Takeda's place. Last night he stayed by your side the entire night . . he wouldn't even let himself fall asleep. I just wanted you to know that Kamiya-san. Himura-san . . he's a little slow at expressing some things."

Kaoru sat there, her pupils slightly trembling upon hearing the news. She couldn't believe it. Kenshin .. he couldn't sleep because he was worried about her. Then she remembered the touch that she felt last night that had comforted her. That .. that was Kenshin?, she wondered in surprise.

Early evening that day

Knock Knock!

"Come in." The door slightly opened and two people poked their heads inside.

"Kaoru-san!"

"Kaoru!"

Ryuuzaburo and Shura rushed inside the small room with worried looks on their faces.

Kaoru smiled upon seeing them. "Ryuuzaburo. Shura. You're here!"

Shura furrowed her brows as she looked at Kaoru's condition. Bandages were wrapped around her ribs and cuts and bruises could be seen throughout her body. "Are you okay now?" she asked cautiously.

"I'm a lot better."

"That's good," Shura replied. "We were going to come earlier, but we thought you'd be uncomfortable."

"That's okay."

"Why don't you guys sit down?" Sano called out as he motioned to the empty couch on the other side of the room. The two of them nodded and later all of them began to delve into a conversation about the events at school.

Those memories of the past kept Kenshin awake the entire morning and afternoon. He couldn't fall asleep. Back then when he thought of what happened, a resentment and hatred of his mother boiled within him. She had been the one that caused all of this. If she had never allowed Gohei into the house, his father and his mother would still be alive today. But then . . the main reason why Kenshin still held that kind of burden was because he wasn't able to protect them. A small tear fell from Kenshin's eyes as he thought of this. If he had warned them about the gun earlier then his parents would still be alive. In fact, when his mother was apologizing, the young boy felt too guilty to utter even a word. It was too late now. With a heavy heart, Kenshin sighed as he walked out of his room and began to aimlessly wander around the house.

He needed to clear his head.

He found his footsteps moving towards Kaoru's room before he realized it. As he walked in, he felt that the room had a cold and empty feeling since it hadn't been touched by the owner in a long time. The red-haired man silently looked around and then walked towards the bed. He sat down near the edge of the bed and reached over to open the drawer which held Kaoru's family picture.

As he held the photograph in his hand, he looked at the picture of Kaoru's family. They looked so happy, especially her. For some reason, looking at this picture brought some sort of comfort to him. He could even try to imagine that she was smiling at him.

But she has never shown me her smile, he thought to himself.

Kenshin felt a sharp pang in the depths of his heart. Whenever she looked at him, she didn't have that bright smile on her face, instead her countenance remained expressionless.

Back at Kyoto Hospital

"We'll be going back now," Shura said as she got up from the chair.

"Take care of yourself, Kaoru-san and get some rest." Ryuuzaburo smiled as he waved good-bye. "I hope you can come back to school soon."

"Thank you for coming, Ryuuzaburo and Shura," Kaoru said with a thoughtful smile on her face.

"Be careful on your way home!" Sano called out as he watched the two of them leave. Once they left, Soujiro got up from the chair and went to get his jacket so that he could put it on. Sanosuke looked at him a bit awkwardly. "Are you going somewhere Soujiro?"

The boy turned around and looked at him with steady blue eyes. "It's time for us to go, too Sagara-san. Kamiya-san needs to get some rest."

Sanosuke sighed with disappointment as he turned over to look at the young woman sitting up in the bed. He went over to her and gently grasped her hand within his and patted it in a friendly manner. "All right, Mr. Smiley here says that we should go. Get lots of rest tonight and I'll be here early tomorrow morning, jou-chan. If you need anything, you can always call and I'll rush over, okay?"

Kaoru nodded her head in understanding and a soft smile appeared on her face. "Okay. Thank you, sir." Sano's smile broadened widely as he looked at her and for a moment he had forgotten that Soujiro was still in the room.

"Sagara-san . ." Soujiro warned as he looked at the both of them.

Sano blinked his eyes and quickly let go of Kaoru's hands as he stood back up. "Ahaha . ." he laughed uncomfortably, feeling embarrassed at himself. "I . . I'll see you tomorrow then, jou-chan." With a wave of his hand, he began to walk towards the door.

"Good night, Kamiya-san. I'll see you tomorrow also." Soujiro waved his hand good-bye as he followed the other out of the room.

"Good bye, sir."

When everyone left, Kaoru looked around the empty room and sighed softly. She was already missing their company.

Before leaving the hospital, Soujiro went over to the nurses' station to borrow the phone and dialed a familiar set of numbers. It rang three times before anyone picked up.

"Hello?"

"Himura-san? It's Seta-san. Something important came up so Sagara-san and I can't stay by Kamiya-san's side. Why don't you go to the hospital and take care of her? Bye." Before allowing Kenshin to respond, Soujiro quickly hung up the phone. I hope you can use this time to straighten things out with Kamiya-san.

Kenshin stood there absent-mindedly with the cell phone still in his hand. Soujiro had hung up before allowing him even the time to confirm whether or not he could go. He shrugged his shoulders as he ended the call and made his way out the door.

It took only thirty minutes before the limo pulled up next to the hospital. Before stepping out of the car, Kenshin turned to the driver. "You don't have to wait for me. I'll spend the night here."

"Yes, sir."

Kenshin nodded his head as he got out. Once he closed the door, the driver watched until the young master had gone into the hospital before driving away. When the lavender-eyed man arrived in Kaoru's room, he saw that she was already peacefully sleeping. His feet softly padded across the floor towards the bed to make sure he would not wake her up. The white bandages could be seen through the girl's slightly opened patient's gown. Afraid that she would catch a cold, he gently pulled the blanket up to her shoulders and watched her sleeping form for awhile. As he looked at her, his eyes drifted to the light scar on her neck. It was so faint that he had not noticed it until now. He slowly reached his hand over to her neck and lightly touched it. Feeling the touch, Kaoru knit her brows and began to flutter her eyes open. Surprised that she had awakened, he quickly drew his hand back.

Kaoru drowsily looked up at the person next to her. As her eyes began to focus, she realized with a shock that it was Kenshin. She quickly tried to push herself up.

"It's okay. There's no need to get up." Kenshin gently put his hands on her shoulders so he could lay her back down in bed. A moment of silence followed as Kaoru lay there, unsure of what to do or what to say. That short period of time felt like an eternity for her.

"Are . .are you okay now?" Kenshin asked. He felt uneasy and a bit uncomfortable from the complete silence in the room.

Kaoru blinked her eyes as she tried to respond in a steady voice. "Yes . . sir. I will be released soon. I'm doing .. doing much better."

"That's good."

Kenshin locked his eyes onto hers. It felt as if time had stood still and neither could pull away from each other's gaze. Feeling the awkwardness, she quickly took her eyes away first. For a moment, she thought she had felt warmth in Kenshin's eyes.

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Author's Notes :

Please read and review! It's been awhile since I had last updated, but I hope you enjoyed the chapter nonetheless. I hope Kenshin's past wasn't too confusing .. I had a lot of trouble with it .. I've changed a lot of it from what I had initially wanted to do in the beginning.

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