Fighting For Miss Kaoru

By: Spookukitty

Disclaimer: The damn fairies still can't grant my wish for Rurouni Kenshin to be mine. At least I still have this story (sigh).

A/N: I'm writing this story almost entirely as I go. I do this because if I think too deeply into the whole story before I start, the story is no fun to complete. It's hard to explain. I just started off my idea of Kaoru having a problem and Kenshin being there to help her. The idea of Jin-e possessing Kaoru came to me when I got bored of just a Kenshin and Jin-e fight. A twist even I didn't expect! In this chapter the fight between Kenshin and Kaoru begins.

"HA! I assure you that she will kill you!" He pointed at Kaoru. "Come. My puppet!" A weird purple light appeared around Kaoru's body. She found herself walking to Jin-e under a strange trance. He put his arm around her and pointed to Kenshin. "Kill him, my little Kaoru."

After handing a sword he concealed in the back of his robe to Kaoru, she felt her body pushing forward. She felt so light as she flew at Kenshin. He dodge her as she swung the blade wildly in his face. He caught a glimpse of Jin-e out of the corner of his eye. A purple light like the one around Kaoru was also around Jin-e. The two purple orbs were connected by what looked like a small purple lightning bolt near the ground.

"Kenshin....help me." Kaoru barely whispered to Kenshin. Jin-e laughed in shear happiness as he paused Kaoru's attack.

"This is how I intended to kill you earlier, Kenshin! When I cut my little Kaoru with my blade before she ran away, it injected a special chemical into her body. That chemical allows me to control her to do anything I choose. I expected her to refuse my order so I was prepared. You could say that I kind of knew you would find her in the woods. She would kill you anyway. I would then bring her back to me." Jin-e slowly turned Kaoru to face him. "Unfortunately the chemical I used on her was a bit old. It didn't cause her to kill you by itself like it would have if it was fresh. It also didn't let me control her until I got close enough to her." He smiled at her wickedly. "Running away did you no good, my little Kaoru."

Kenshin stood listening to Jin-e rant. He smiled and spoke calmly to his enemy.

"After all these years you still rely on your same old tricks. You think this time will be any different from the last?" He flashed an amber glare at Jin-e.

"This puppet will not brake it's strings like you did!" Jin-e sent a spark through the connection to Kaoru's body. Her eyes turned to a dark and dull stare as the bolt hit her back. She lunged at Kenshin and flung the sword towards his ribs. Kenshin caught her sword with his and knocked it away from his body. They continued to clash swords for several minutes as Jin-e looked on. He could tell Kenshin was finally feeling the pain from hitting the tree earlier.

"It's not so easy to take someone down when you can't hit them, is it!" Jin-e said with his evil grin. He threw his fists into the air to make Kaoru fly above Kenshin. He slammed his fists to the ground causing her sword to point straight down to Kenshin's skull. Kenshin knew he couldn't move his tired feet in time. Kaoru flew closer to his skull with every second.

"Die, Ken-Shinta! I will finally become the strongest! Jin-e laughed hysterically as he watched the horror on his enemies face.

Kenshin focused on the oncoming attack. The deep focus of Kenshin's gaze made the world around him seem to slow very slightly. He was able to see exactly were Kaoru's sword was. A sudden sparkle flashed in Kaoru's eyes. The sword twitched slightly out of the way of his skull. In what seemed to be a fraction of a second, Kenshin pulled his sheath up and caught the oncoming sword. With his hand still on the sheath, it slammed straight down into the ground. It was over half way into the dirt centimeters from Kenshin's body.

"NO! You were supposed to be completely run through by that attack!" Jin-e screamed and threw a death glare at his enemy. "How where you able to dodge such a close attack!"

Kenshin stumbled forward, leaning on the sword for balance. The hilt of the sword had slammed into his hand as it fell. It was bleeding violently from his crushed thumb and the whole edge of his hand. He tried to talk calmly though the agonizing pain.

"I had help....from Miss...Kaoru.....that I did." He pointed to the young girl laying in front of him. When her eyes had gleamed at Kenshin, she had momentarily reclaimed control of her body. She was able to push the fatal blade away from Kenshin before she passed out.

A bolt of purple lightning whizzed back at Jin-e. He slumped to his knees, unable to move his body. Kenshin dropped his own sword and took the large ribbon from his hair. He securely rapped it around his bloody hand. He picked up his sword with his left hand and rested the blade on his left shoulder. He continued to speak while stepping over Kaoru.

"I seems you have underestimated your 'puppets' once again. If you can't make your winning tricks work, then perhaps it's time to quit the sport." He glares at Jin-e with flaming amber eyes. He steps closer to him and covers the mad-man with his thin shadow.

Kenshin brushes the red hair covering his left cheek behind his ear. "It's been about six years since you gave me this scar. You wanted my Master Hiko dead.... and you used the same sick mind control on me to do it. The loss of blood from my deep overlapped wounds is what brought me back." he pointed back at Kaoru (who was slowly sitting up) with his sword. "I am strong....but Kaoru is truly the strongest. She was able to send your attack back right in your face."

"Kenshin?" Kaoru called. "Are you okay?"

"I am fine Kaoru." He turned and smiled back at her, his eyes changing back to their original amethyst color. "Miss Kaoru, would you please smack the ground with your hands for me?"

"Hm? Like this?" Kaoru slammed her fists on the ground as hard as she could. The evil Jin-e suddenly slammed face first into the dirt at Kenshin's feet.

By the time Jin-e was securely locked in jail, the night had already arrived. After a trip to the hospital for Kenshin's hand (and a scolding from Kaoru about using her ribbon as a bandage), they sat inside Kenshin's hut.

"So you think it was all my harbored hatred for Jin-e that made me reverse his attack?" Kaoru pondered Kenshin's theory.

"I believe it could be. You do have quite a few bad memories of him."

"I don't want to think about him any more. Lets just get some sleep."

"Good night, Miss Kaoru." He pulled the blanket over her and took his place against the wall.

"Good night, Kenshin." She closed her eyes.

Several hours into the night, Kaoru awoke from her sleep. She tip-toed over to a sleeping Kenshin and put the blanket over both of them. It seemed they were both going to start sleeping better. She put her head against his scared cheek.

"I know it was my harbored love for Kenshin that conquered Jin-e spell, but should I tell him?" she thought as she drifted back to sleep.

A/N That's the end! My story is complete! I hope you like the way things turned out. If you didn't well......to bad because I love it. This chapter was the hardest to write by far. I had a hard time figuring out just the right speech Kenshin would give Jin-e at the end. I hope you loved this story. Please let me know of any Questions, Comments, or Criticisms you may have! Thanx!