Disclaimer: Do I really have to explain? I don't own RK, awright? That would be Watsuki…OK…We got it?
Council
Part Three: This is Where it Starts Getting Good
Kaoru awoke in her angel-feather bed. Oh, it looks so soft, don't it? That's one lucky actress…OKAY, HON!!!!! Jeez, where do you think I got this concussion from, director, hon?! YOU! Mou…
'That's my word, you queer whacko!'
Sigh>…My boss…I would love her but she's, uh…not my type…Anyhoo, darlin's, Kao-chan waked up wike a wittle cyute baby. Look, look doesn't she look cute, how she stretches and yawns and all…OWIE!!!!
Aww, man, that hurt, hon…So, Kaoru woke up and stretched with a big yawn. She was in her heavenly bedroom with golden sunlight pouring into every crevice of the room.
But that was besides the point. Kaoru had officially decided that it was high time she took the matters that were already in her hands seriously. Yes, she was going to act like a goddess. A real one.
She got up and dressed in her heavenly garments, then she left to see if Aoshi was still asleep. Bwahahahahaha! Acting a little devilish, Kaoru, hon, are we not? So much for goddess, y'know? What's the look on your face for director, hon? Something wrong?
Hey, did you edit this script cause, I mean, it's a good story and all but it's kinda…well, stupid…AHHRRRGGGGHHH!!!!! I WANT MY MOMMY!!!! HELP!!!!!
'Now that he's unconscious I'm gonna tell the story for a while, 'kay? I don't think that bloody lump on his head is a concusion so his medical bills won't be that high. I'll lend him ten bucks…Key word: lend…'
Kaoru walked stealthily and quietly as possible to the men's hallway where all of the guys slept.
"Oh, I cannot believe I am doing this…" She whispered to herself.
"Busu, what are you doing in here? Sneaking in to see Kenshin are we?" She turned to see Yahiko picking his ear sleepily.
"Shh! No, I am not sneaking into Kenshin's room! I'm sneaking into Aoshi's…I don't even like Kenshin that way…"
"Who're you trying to fool? And I thought Aoshi was reserved for Misao. What are you doing sneaking into his room? You dirty little two-timer! Misao is your best friend!"
"Yahiko-chan, don't meddle in affairs that you don't understand. I need to get Aoshi while he is asleep. It is easier to penetrate a sleeping mind for the mind is vulnerable and will believe anything. That is why dreams appear so real. Sleep is the only sweet slumber in which Aoshi-san can think freely with himself. Awake he is so…confused, I think. He doesn't know what to believe. Or maybe…maybe he doesn't want to believe…"
"Believe what?" Yahiko asked untouched by Kaoru's attempted deep speach. He yawned and ran his fingers through his tangle of hair.
"Honestly, Yahiko-chan, you always wreck the mood…"
"Not -CHAN!"
"Anyway, I don't think he wants to believe in his love for Misao. That is why he won't show emotion towards her…I gotta go, Yahiko-chan, before he wakes up…Don't tell!"
She turned and he shrugged, watching her leave, "Where would the fun be in telling? This is gonna be good…"
Kaoru slipped down the hall to Aoshi's room and carefully slid the door open. She got on all fours and crawled in, shutting the door behind her.
But, meanwhile, out in the hall, Kenshin left his room and joined Yahiko, watching as Kaoru tip-toed away. Then he saw her crawl into Aoshi's room.
Yahiko turned his head and chuckled amusedly at Kenshin's expression.
"W-W-W-What is K-Kaoru-d-dono d-d-doing de gozaru ka?!"
Yahiko, with an impish grin, said, "She told me not to tell…"
"…ororo…"
Kaoru crawled to his bed and saw Aoshi, sleeping like an angel. She smiled and started thinking about why she was doing this for Misao when she could so easily do it for herself.
"Misao is your best friend," She thought to herself, "She wouldn't mind it…I mean! She would! I could never!"
Kaoru shook the thoughts from her head and concentrated back on Aoshi loving Misao. Only Misao, not Kaoru…
She leaned over and put one hand on his forehead and the other on his heart. Then she started sending images of Misao down from her mind to her finger tips and into Aoshi. She didn't see a smile yet so she sent feelings. Feelings of love. They were much, much harder to get into him than the images but some of them made it.
He began to stir so she removed her hands and hid next to the bed, praying to the higher gods that he wouldn't wake up. But he did. His eyessleepily opened and he sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"Man, what a wierd dream," He said, "First I was ending a war then Misao came. She was so…sweet, but still her same old energetic self…It was, dare I say it…nice…"
"Success!" Kaoru thought triumphantly. But then she remembered that he would understand everything if he found her in his room. This was bad…
She crawled under the bed and waited silently. She saw his feet as he got up and watched him walk away towards his bathroom. She started thinking then that Gods were an awful lot like mortals…
He came out fully dressed in "heavenly garments" and exited his room, most likely to join the other awake gods in breakfast. She wondered what his expression would be when he saw Misao.
'uhhhnn…director, hon? Is that you? Why am I laying in a puddle of blood?'
You exsagerate! It's just a little cut, you could hardly call that a puddle. All I did was whack you with a prop sword. Mou, you act like I gave you the role of someone who dies…
'I'm feeling…faint…hon…'
He could be an actor, I swear...>Oh? Then why'd you wake up? Everything was going just fine when you were in K.O. status. Here that murmer of agreement from the actors? That means we all think the same way. Hey, you! Take this guy to the hospital before he gets delusional please. The loonies there will keep him under close watch and won't let him escape. Bwahaha. Let's go! Wouldn't want him to start talking again, we're wasting film! Why are you still taping?!
Pause
"Must have forgotten tocut outthat part. Sorry, guys, I'll get that fixed before I try to get it on the market…"
"You-You're gonna show it to the whole world?!" Yahiko asked.
"You don't think it's worthy? Remember, I still have to do the super editing but I thought the story line was okay. Well, until my narrator started making fun of it. The beginning was okay, right? Do you thin I should re-film? It would take a whil since I'm broke after filming the last one but..."
Aoshi was silent, he didn't know what to think after what Kaoru made herself do. He only prayed that everyone would go through what his character did…
Misao wasvery much sointo the movie now, "Can you play some more before we have an intermission?! This is getting really good!"
"Yeah, for you…" Aoshi muttered. He had begun meditating to calm down.
"Just a little more then I want to here your opinions…"
>Play
Kaoru got out from under the bed and slipped back out of the room without anyone noticing. Then she ran down the stairs of the palace on her way to the dining hall of the lower gods. But while she was rushing down the stairs she ran into somebody and they both went tumbling down the stairs together.
When everything was still again Kaoru found herself in a tangle with the other person. She struggled but soon she was able to lift her head and look around wearily.
"I think I broke something. Where's Megumi? Uhhnnn…" She groaned.
"Uhn…K-Kaoru…dono?"
"Eeek! Kenshin?! I'm so, so, so sorry! Gomen-nasai! Forgive me, please! A-Are you hurt?"
"Not badly, but…could we try to get up? This is sort of a painful position…"
"Oh!" Kaoru suddenly started stuggling to get up and free Kenshin. When, finally, they were both on their feet Kaoru winced and fell back again. This time she hit stone.
"Kaoru-dono?!" She had hit her head on the wall and slid down it to the floor. Kenshin knelt by her and shook her.
"Kaoru-dono? Kaoru-dono, please wake up!" He picked her up and ran to the dining hall where Megumi was headed earlier when he was going back to his room to record a peace treaty that he was informed was made by the mortals finally. It was when he was heading back that Kaoru bumped into him.
When he burst through the doors everyone was startled, "Megumi-dono! Kaoru-dono has been hurt! Please help her!"
She calmly stood up and walked over to him, "Relax, Ken-san, she'll be fine, you're making a fuss over nothing…"
She knelt down where Kenshin sat on the floor holding Kaoru in his lap. Megumi then examined her.
"My! What happened to her? There are two wounds on her head, Ken-san!"
"She bumped into me and we fell down the stairs. Apparently it was too much for her so she started to sway and then she fell backward and hit the wall. That's when she became unconscious…Will she be alright? Is it a coma?!"
"She'll be fine, Ken-san, but I would advise you not to push her down a flight of stairs next time!"
"Yes, ma'am. I am sorry…"
Megumi put her hand over the blue glowing wound on Kaoru's forehead and the wound slowly disappeared. The she turned Kaoru's head and healed the wound on the back of it.
"It's a good thing gods don't have blood or Kaoru's would be spilling all over the floor. Look, she has a broken ankle…"
Megumi healed that then pointed out that Kenshin also had a wound on his ankle and wrist. So she healed those as well and they waited for Kaoru to wake up.
When she came to and saw Kenshin hovering over her she had to admit she was pleased. But then, Megumi was also there and she knew that Megumi had healed her, not Kenshin. Her pleasure turned to resentment for some reason. She almost rolled her eyes.
"You're awake!" They said in unison. Kaoru sat up and grabbed Kenshin's shoulder to help her stand up.
"I'm sorry I ran into you, Kenshin…" She blushed, thoroughly embarrassed. Then she silently walked over to the table and sat down. She started helping herselt to food and soon everyone else started eating as well, but still staring at Kaoru who's face was crimson red.
That breakfast was a quiet one since Kaoru didn't talk the whole meal. When everyone was finished she got up and left, for it was impolite to leave while others were eating. She went straight to her room and flopped down on the bed.
A few minutes later, however, there was a knock on the door, "What?" She called.
Kenshin walked in, "Kaoru-dono, are you okay? Of course not, you've been acting strange all morning. What is wrong? If you are just embarrassed there is nothing to be embarrassed about. Everyone is clumsy sometimes. It is actually my fault. If I wasn't in your way you wouldn't have tripped--"
"Kenshin, enough," She said, "I don't need sympathy right now. I need peace and quiet and I need to be alone…"
"But, Kaoru-dono…I don't think that's true. I think you are actually very lonely right now. Won't you talk to me?"
Kaoru was silent. She just turned onto her stomach and buried her face in her angel-feather pillow. Her shoulders started shaking and Kenshin knew she was crying. So he rushed to her bed and put his hand on her shoulder to try to comfort her. He really had no idea why she was crying so he said nothing.
"All I want is to fix everything and make everyone…happy…" She said, muffled by her pillow, "But how can I take up that burden if I can't even watch where I'm going? How can a clutz like me even think about taking other people's lives in my hands when I can't even take care of my own? If you weren't there to take me to Megumi I would have sat there for hours unconscious before someone came looking for me…Or if Megumi didn't have healing powers…I would have gone into a coma because that's the only thing that can really happen to a god. We don't even bleed, our powers just drain causing us to fall into a coma…I mean…what is wrong with me?…"
"Nothing is wrong with you, Kaoru-dono…You only want what is best and that is all that matters…" Kenshin tried. Kaoru turned her head to look at him and he stared into her red puffyeyes that seemed to long for condolence. Then…she smiled. Kenshin was shocked but just smiled back.
"Thanks…You can go now, I feel better…" Kaoru said. Kenshin blinked. He was a bit disappointed but he stood and walked to the door. Turning to say good-bye he caught another tear slide down her face. Gasp! She just wanted him to leave…
If she wanted him gone that bad then he decided he should. He was hoping that maybe…maybe if he tried to comfort her the things between them would patch up and they could get closer. But maybe it wasn't right, wasn't meant to be…
So he turned back and left, unable to speak a word.
Outside Yahiko watched Kenshin leave Kaoru's room with a down face as he walked to his own. He remembered when Kaoru told him, "I don't even like Kenshin that way…" Was she really telling the truth?
Pause
"Poor Kenshin…" Tsubame said with watery eyes. Kenshin was sitting next to Kaoru with an eyebrow raised, not speaking.
"Look, it has a happy ending, okay guys?" Kaoru said. Yahiko started chuckling, "What's so funny, Yahiko-chan?!"
"I think the best part this time was when you fell down the stairs and had to get rescued again. HAHAHAHAHA!"
"I wrote this so do you honestly think you're hurting my feelings?" Kaoru rolled her eyes at him, secretly vowing to get her revenge on the little twirp.
"You stopped focusing on me and Aoshi-sama…" Misao whined.
"Misao, if I didn't dothat everyone else would feel left out," Kaoru explained.
"Yeah, but…but, now you hurt Kenshin's feelings and mine at the same time! I feel really left out now and Kenshin is just traumatized. Look at his face!"
Kaoru looked over at the gentleman sitting next to her. He had a cute little wanderer's smile on that urged her not to worry about anything.
"Misao, drop it…" Came a cool voice. It was Aoshi, still meditating but apparently paying attention to his earthly surroundings, where ever he may be spiritually.
"B-But, Aoshi-sama, don't you love me? Don't you think she should focus on our blooming relationship?!"
"Relationship? Misao, you should check twice before you say things that may not be true…"
"But it is true, I know it!--"
"Quiet!" Kaoru shouted, "The movie is already finished! I can't change it, Misao, so you'll just have to wait and see what happens."
"Then play it!"
>Play
AN: Sorry for the wait, friends. Thank you to my reviewers, all of you! I promise I'll put your names up on the last chappie, it's just so much work to do every chapter so…forgive me…even though there's only like 2 of you...Until next time…TTFN!!!!
P.S. I would put on a preview but I haven't written the fourth chappie yet. Gomen!