2. An Interesting Development
"…ru!"
Kaoru blinked, brought out of her musings of her dream by a shout, and Kenshin's hand currently waving in front of her face. She turned towards him with a half awed and half smirking face.
"You didn't say -dono," she pointed out to him.
A light blush appeared on his face. 'Kenshin no baka!' he admonished himself.
"Ano…gomen nasai, Kaoru-dono…" he ignored her pout at the return of -dono and continued, "You seemed a little afraid. What were you thinking of?"
She frowned slightly, waving her hand as if to brush her problems away.
"It was just a dream Kenshin. Nothing more."
He cocked his head to the side, and was about to ask her what it was about. She blinked at him and decided to draw his attention from her dream.
"Kenshin…would you ever hurt us? Me, Yahiko, Sano, Megumi…all our friends. Even if Battousai came back to the surface, would you?"
His violet orbs held confusion for a moment. Shaking his head, he looked at her, determination showing.
"Ice…never."
Kaoru gave a sort of strangled laugh and threw herself at him, hugging him tightly. He nearly fell back in surprise, and slowly wrapped his arms around her.
"Don't ever hurt us Kenshin. Onegai…"
Kenshin blinked against the raven hair in his face,
"Never…" he repeated, hoping to calm the girl in his arms.
Giving that same strange laugh, she pulled away, wiping her eyes. Kenshin sighed, and felt his fists tighten.
She had a dream where he hurt her. Where Battousai hurt her.
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Would he ever hurt her, even as Battousai? He doubted that. Even Battousai had grown fond of the makeshift family that had sheltered and loved him.
He promised he wouldn't hurt her, and that was a promise he was going to keep.
He sat down against the wall, his sakabatou leaning on his shoulder. Years of sleeping like this had made it a habit. His red hair fell over violet eyes that slowly closed as he rested his head.
Before he went to sleep, Kenshin prayed to Kami-sama for a dreamless sleep.
Unfortunately for our dear rurouni, Kami-sama wasn't listening that night.
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(AN: I know you're probably getting tired of this dream, but this is the last time it will make its appearance.)
He saw the girl running, her dark hair fanning behind her. It was as if he were the audience of some strange, dark play.
The pitter-patter of her feet echoed through the dojo. He blinked as he heard soft, resounding, and calm steps nearing them.
He watched as the girl stopped. It was a dead end.
His eyes widened further. He knew this. He cursed as his dream continued, seeing the dark haired man come around the corner.
The girl (Kaoru, he now saw) turned around, a fierce light in her eyes. The steps stopped.
Amber eyes narrowed at her, ignoring Kenshin, even though he was standing a foot away from Kaoru.
Kenshin drew a deep breath and readied himself.
…wasn't she supposed to plead for her life?
The staring match continued, neither looking away. Then Kaoru broke the silence, bright blue eyes glaring at his gold ones in defiance.
"I know you're in there Kenshin."
The real Kenshin blinked. This wasn't his dream. No…this was different.
"You promised you wouldn't hurt us. Promised you wouldn't hurt me. You promised…"
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When Kenshin woke up that morning, the her words echoed through his head.
"You promised…"
Could he control Battousai and keep his promise? He was so sure yesterday. But now…
…now he wasn't sure.
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Our purple-eyed rurouni was diligently doing the laundry outside when a certain rooster head came in. Pulling a strand of red hair out of the washtub, Kenshin glanced up.
"Ohayou, Sanosuke."
The taller man grinned down on him.
"Why, hello Kenshin. I've got a letter here for you…well, it sort of involves Jou-chan too, but its initially for you."
Blinking, Kenshin stood up and pulled the letter from the large envelope. Opening it, his eyes skimmed the words and widened with each passing moment.
"Oro…" and with that wonderful word, the letter slipped from his hand to the ground, leaving our dear rurouni staring into space with a confused look on his face.
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Fwa…new chapter. Sorry about the last one, the dividing screwed up on me. -mutters-
Any reviews would be nice! Ones that will help me, preferably. I don't want you saying, "Well that sucked." and expect me to fix it.
Arigatou!