Author's Note: Here's the second one. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: It's only been a few minutes between these posts, but I still don't own Kenshin!
Your Azure Eyes
Chapter 7: Blue Eyes
"You what??"
"Enishi, calm down…"
"I will not! You spent the night at your photographer's house! I knew that you were up to something with him! I… I--" Enishi was cut off as Kaoru strode the length of their apartment. She had just arrived home a few minutes ago, only to be met with a raging Enishi, but she knew how to calm him down. Stopping in front of him, she put a slender finger to his lips, silencing his attempts to continue arguing with her. He paused for a moment before slowly bringing his lips down to capture hers in a gentle kiss.
Kaoru pulled away abruptly, "I would never be unfaithful to you, Enishi, you know that. Someone broke into Kenshin's apartment, I simply stayed with him so that the police could question me, and then went with him to the hospital."
Enishi nodded, though the fire of greed still burned brightly behind his eyes, "You are mine, Kaoru," His whispered, pulling her close to him, "No one else can have you." In one motion, he swept her off the floor, claiming her with a harsh kiss. As his arms squeezed her tightly. As Kaoru began to feel pain in his embrace, she tried to push her boyfriend off of her, but his grip only tightened. She felt him moving underneath her, and the young woman's heart flew up into her throat.
"No!" She tried to gasp, but his mouth remained firmly planted over hers to silence her as he continued towards the bedroom.
Desperately Kaoru began to rake her nails across Enishi's bare arms, hoping the pain would force him to release her. He had never been like this with her. Before they had moved in together two weeks ago, Enishi had been the sweetest man she had ever met. She thought she knew him inside and out…
They had moved in together under the grounds that they would not share the same bed until they were married. She had been saving herself so that she could bestow him the greatest gift she could possibly give on their wedding night. But now… In a few moments her world was suddenly shattering like glass around her. A tear streamed down Kaoru's soft cheeks as she realized just what was going to happen.
She was about to be raped by the man she had trusted with all her heart.
Enishi's grip loosened, and he swung his arms around to throw Kaoru onto the bed. Her already battered body bounced across the mattress, causing her to loose her breath. Before she could even take in oxygen, his mouth was silencing her again.
She felt his cold hands along her sides, then across her chest, finding the top button to her shirt. He lifted his mouth from Kaoru's now bruised lips, a greedy smile gracing his face as he undid the first button.
"No…" Kaoru breathed, tears streaming from her once bright, blue eyes, now clouded over with pain.
Enishi ignored her, continuing to unbutton her shirt. With every button, he breathed each word to her…
"You… Are…"
"MINE."
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Kaoru awoke early that morning unable to move with Enishi's heavy body still lying on top of her. Slowly, and fearfully, she began to ease out from underneath him. Grabbing the edge of the bed, she used it to pull herself free, stopping ever few seconds to make sure she did not wake him. The sheer terror she felt at the prospect of him catching her was unbearable. Kaoru could feel her heart pounding as her breathing quickened with fright.
After a few minutes, she was free… and in terrible pain. Every step she took was like an explosion running up and down her body. She suffered all the way to the full-length mirror, where she stopped, staring in horror at her body.
Bruises covered her milky white arms and legs, black, blue, and purple blotches of various sizes marring her perfect skin. Dried blood covered the inside of her thighs, and trickled from her mouth where she had bit her lip during the tumult.
Feeling more tears burn the back of her eyelids, Kaoru eased herself over to the dresser, grabbing her underwear, a pair of jeans, and a long sleeved shirt. Dressing as quickly as her battered body would allow her, she stole out of the room and then out of the apartment, silently hoping to never return.
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Kenshin awoke to the sound of a bird chirping outside his window. Cracking open one eye, he spotted the blue jay proclaiming his joy to the whole of the awakening city. The little bird's chest puffed out proudly, and his feathers ruffled in a regal way as Kenshin watched him admiringly.
Suddenly, there was a shout from below. A rock few up, knocking the jay from his branch before he could even react. Kenshin shot up from his spot on the bed, running over to the window.
A group of teenagers stood out on the sidewalk, yelling and laughing. One walked to the side of the building, carrying a stick in one hand. The young boy began to poke at the dying bird, motioning for his friends to come and watch the dear creature's fate.
Kenshin threw open the window, his eyes narrowed and darkened to a deep purple. "Hey!" He yelled to the teenagers below. He would have said more, but the single shout was enough to startle the kids into running off to some other place to wreak havoc.
Kenshin made his way down the apartment stairs still in the white t-shirt and blue-checkered pants he slept in. His hair floated about his shoulders in waves as he descended the flight of steps, as he hadn't even taken a moment to put it up.
Outside, the grass was slightly damp with morning dew under Kenshin's bare feet. He carefully walked over to the spot where the fallen blue jay lay, surprised to find that it's chest still moved as it took in shuddering breaths. Kenshin kneeled down, taking the bird into his hands. Some of its feathers were out of place and slightly damp from the dew. Carefully, he brushed them back into place with his finger. The bird opened its eyes at this, chirping weakly.
"I think you're going to be okay, little guy," Kenshin whispered to it. With that, he clutched it lovingly to his chest for the journey back upstairs.
"Miss Megumi?" He knocked lightly on the door to his guest room where the woman slept. They had let her out of the hospital that night, allowing her to return home. Or in this case, to someone else's home.
"Hmm…?" Her voice floated to him from inside the room.
"Since you're a nurse, perhaps you can help me with something?" He asked hopefully. The bird continued to shudder against his chest.
"What is it, Kenshin?" She appeared at the door, a bandage wrapped securely around her head where she had hit the glass table, tendrils of her long, black hair sticking out the sides, causing her to look less sultry than she usually did.
Megumi gasped when she saw the blue jay, her delicate hands reaching out to take him from Kenshin. "What happened?" She asked sadly, running her finger along the creature's back to smooth the feathers.
"A bunch of teenagers hit it with a rock," He answered bitterly, "Can you save him?"
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After an hour or so of tending to the bird, Kenshin laid it gently down on a soft towel bunched up like a nest on the windowsill.
"Do you think he'll live?" He asked Megumi, who rummaged through his cabinets in search of some sort of cereal.
She looked up, walking over to the window where the jay bird lay. "I'm hardly an expert on birds, but I think it's just his wing. There may be a rib broken, that would account for the trouble he had breathing… But I don't even know if birds have ribs. Do they?" Kenshin shrugged, "Well, either way," She continued, "He's doing much better now. As long as we feed him and keep him still so that his wing can heal, I think he'll be fine."
Kenshin nodded, his spirits lifting. It had seemed like this day would be a bad one from the beginning. Having an innocent little bird killed on your window was defiantly not the best way to start a day. But now that it looked as though the creature would be okay, perhaps his day would get better?
"Kenshin…" A weak voice followed an even weaker knock coming from the front door of Kenshin's apartment. Both he and Megumi looked up from their places by the windowsill.
"I'll get it," Kenshin said quietly, deeply troubled by the state of the voice outside. He had instantly recognized it as Kaoru's, but it had changed so much within the past night.
"Kaoru?" He questioned, opening the door for her, "Are you o—" his voice failed him suddenly as he saw the state she was in. She was barely standing, tears streaming down her face. He could see dark bruises peeking out from under her sweater, and her hair looked as if it hadn't been combed in days. Her lips were a bloody and bruised mess, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"Kenshin…" She breathed once more, collapsing into his arms.
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Extra Author's Note: Well, I finally decided to let Kaoru in on the cruel truth about her overly possessive boyfriend. Sorry guys! Please review! Thanks bunches! I'll try to post another chapter ASAP. But I guess we'll see what happens with that…