a/n: been awhile, needless to say... and sad as it is as one of u reviewed, this ficcie is coming to an end and rapidly... i did post the first chappie of my aoshi/misao ficcie earlier today, so if u want to check that out and review it, i'd appreciate it very much... uh hmm, now, i'm sorry for lack of updates, but my life has been a little fucked up as of lately what with all my stupid problems with Angelina... so thank you for ur continous support and don't forget to review this chappie
don't own a thing... except the plot
Chappie 12
"Come on! I cleaned it up!"
"But there is sake everywhere! Not the mention the smell! Have you ever heard of Fabreeze!" (look, i no it didn't exist, but play along, ne?)
"But it's so damn expensive! (isn't that da truth) I don't have that kind of money!"
"Look, Sano, get rid of the smell and sake jugs and I'd be happy to move in with you, but until you do that, I'm staying at the sanitary and good smelling clinic," Megumi shook her head at him.
"Fine! I will, just you wait!"
"And don't make Yahiko do it again!" she yelled at him.
"Huh?"
"I know that you forced Yahiko-chan to clean your apartment by blackmailing him by telling him you would confess his feelings to Tsubame-chan," she informed her.
"Damn, and I thought the kid could keep his mouth shut..."
"Kenshin..." she whispered, as his eyes turned to a soft violet.
"Kaoru-dono..." his smile was pained as he looked at her.
"Why?" she asked. It held all her questions. Why do you hate the Battousai, why did you sell me, why did do that to our relationship, why did you ruin my happiness...
"I had to," he answered.
"Naze?"
"Kaoru-dono, you are so pure, so innocent. Don't you see? He's tainted you, dulled your light," he shook his head sadly, "He and I are both unworthy of both you and your beauty."
"You never have been unworthy of me Kenshin. Never. I accept both sides of you without question. You can't change your past. There are things you are going to regret, but you can't go back and fix it. You have to take each day as it comes without complaints. You only get to live once, Kenshin, don't waste it with stupid thoughts of unworthiness," she lectured.
"Aa, but Kaoru-dono, we are stained and so undeserving of someone so untainted by the blood of men," he replied quietly.
"Kenshin..."
"I can't let him out again."
"Aoshi?"
"Aa?"
"No more of that word. Ever again," she told him.
"Aa."
"Do I have to teach you again?" she asked, a twinkle in her eyes.
"Aa."
"I guess not then," she sighed and started to get dressed.
"Misao," he started.
"What?" she asked, turning around from getting dressed to look at him.
"I said that you did have to teach me again."
"No you didn't."
"Well, I am now, so come here," he said, moving towards her. He wrapped an arm around her waist and dragged her back down onto the futon with her as she shrieked playfully.
"Aa."
"There, that should wipe the stink out," he said, settling on his couch.
"Hey! Do I get a break in here!" Yahiko asked, coming out a sheen coat of sweat on his tanned body.
"Is it all clean? Can you smell anything horrendous?" Sano asked.
"No! Can I leave now!"
"If it's all done, then yeah."
"BYE!" and with that he was off.
"Stupid kid," he muttered, watching him fly through the front shoji.
"SAGARA SANOSUKE!"
"Huh?" he asked turning around to face the angered voice.
"I can't believe you made Yahiko do it after I specifically told YOU to do it!"
"Now, now, Megitsune," he tried, but to no avail.
"I may not be Kaoru, but I've learned a few things from her! Like how to kick your ass!"
"What?" she asked, somewhat startled.
"I can't let him out."
"No, Kenshin you don't understand! He has a SON now! You can't just snatch all that away! He's truly happy! I don't see why you can't let go of the past and be happy too!"
"Sessha doesn't deserve to-"
"That's what you don't get! I've told you countless times that I don't care about your past! It's not healthy for you to hang onto these memories as if they are still occuring!" she shouted at him, feeling the tears well up in her eyes.
"Kaoru-dono..."
"If not for me or Battousai, do it for you... I can see it in your eyes, by keeping yourself locked away, you're hurting yourself Kenshin... You shouldn't continue to let your past color your future, especially when the future holds such promise."
"Kaoru-dono, I understand what you are saying but... I just can't let him out! He's ruined your life! Taken your innocence and forced you into certain situations! He's a monster that cannot be controlled and I only wish to keep you safe," he replied, shaking his head the whole time.
"No, you don't understand him at all. He never ruined my life. He saved it. Don't you get it? I was totally devastated, he came and brought me back to life. Gave me memories to cherish forever. Kenshin, I don't want you to look at your other half as someone to hate for destroying me! Because that's not what happened at all! He didn't take away my innocence, I gave it to him. He's the best thing that ever happened to me," she ended in a whisper, the tears now falling freely down her face. (crybaby)
"Kaoru-dono, naze? Why did you let him take control of you?" he asked quietly.
"He isn't controlling me! It was all of my free will, don't you get that!"
"I don't believe that Battousai could have such a compassionate side," he said firmly.
"You're wrong! He can, and he does! For me! Open your eyes! The one destroying my life is YOU!"
"Aoshi," Misao whispered in a questioning voice.
"Hai?" (c? he didn't say 'Aa!')
"Do you think that they're okay? Kaoru-chan is yelling... demo, she said that she loved Battousai," she answered.
"She does."
"I know, it's just they seem like they're having an argument," she sighed, shifting her head on his muscled chest. (lucky!)
"No marriage is perfect, Misao-mine. They all have their kinks that they have to work out and solve. In time, those kinks will heal and smooth over and help the marriage to improve and grow stronger," he murmured into her soft hair.
"Really? Actually I didn't understand a word you just said, but..."
"Basically I was saying that no matter how rocky a marriage may seem, time with help heal and help it grow. I wouldn't worry to much about them, though. They are very much in love, like I am..." he ended, kissing the top of her head.
"As you've shown me many times," she sighed in contentment as the pull of sleep began to settle in on them.
"So I have," he said, tugging the blanket over their bodies, "I think I've overexerted you," he said, seeing that she was already asleep.
"Sano," she said exasperated.
"I'll get a new place."
"Sano, there has to be an easier solution to this problem," she sighed.
"Not at the moment," he concluded.
"How do you know? You should leave the thinking up to those smarter than you," she reminded him.
"Hey! Are you calling me stupid!" he asked, insulted. (as was i when my character of a duck was compared to a pokemon!)
"Hai, that's exactly what I'm saying. Now, we have to go over our options," she told him.
"I know something that always helps me think..." he said huskily, eyeing the futon.
"And that would be?"
"Would you like me to show you?" he asked.
"Maybe-" he didn't let her finish as his lips fastened over hers. She didn't object, but rather wrap her arms around his neck in response.
"Me!"
"Yes you! Have YOU ever been in love? You personally, as the rurouni. Not as Battousai, for I know he loved Tomoe," she asked him.
"I..." he answered thinking over what he could say.
"I thought so," she interpreted.
"No! You're wrong I do love someone," he corrected her quickly.
"Right."
"Really, I do. And how am I the one ruining your life? I was trying to help you!" he asked.
"By not letting me and Battousai be together! We LOVE each other. You're putting up all sorts of barriers to keep us apart and that's not what either of us want! All we want is to be with one another!" she told him.
"But he'll hurt you, I know it Kaoru-dono," he replied quietly.
"We've been together for over a year, I know he won't hurt me! He's never hurt me, physically or emotionally! You however have hurt me emotionally," she told him, "No matter whether you meant to or not, you did. You broke my heart and he was there to collect the pieces."
"Kaoru-dono, I never meant to hurt you, that I most certainly didn't. Sumanu," he apologized.
"Kind of late for apologies, ne? But, really, he helped, he healed me. Kenshin all you did to me... it's amazing because you were also the one who fixed the damage. It doesn't hurt anymore, thanks to you... to be more exact Battousai, but Kenshin you're the same man. You're both part of the same person, do you get what I mean?" she finished.
"I..."
"You should be able to understand, having been both men at one point in your life..."
"I do. Kaoru, I do get what you're saying and I know why I pulled away..."
"Why? Why did you pull away from me Kenshin?"
"I know who it is I love..."
"Who is it? Kenshin, don't pull away right now... Confide in me please, onegai..." she pleaded.
"It's you Kaoru. It always has been."
A/N:
ducky: ok, so another shorter chappie, but i felt that it was one of the better ones anyway
kaoru: im confused. how does the rurouni love me if he rejected me because he didn't love me?
ducky: next chappie, dear kaoru, next chappie
kaoru: y must i always wait?
ducky: because i like to rite cliffies!
kaoru: yeah, cuz ur evil!
ducky: now that wasn't nice
aoshi: but true
ducky: i hate u
aoshi: then i'm free-actually showing an emotion-
ducky: it was a figure of speech! i'm still insanely love with you!
aoshi: oh, damn... -showing yet another emotion-
ducky: wat's that supposed to mean?
aoshi: nothing...
misao: it must mean something aoshi-sama!
ducky: hai, i have to agree with misao
aoshi: nothing...
ducky: ok, watever, he'll eventually open up to one of us, misao-chan
misao: if u say so...
kaoru: i'm still confused about battousai...
ducky: relax, u only have one chappie to wait
kaoru: w/ ur lack of updates? it'll be friggin' (shuckin) 4ever!
ducky: i've been trying...
kaoru: like hell
ducky: hey! i have been trying harder...
kaoru: watever
ducky: if i had some more REVIEWS! maybe i'd update a little more often...
kaoru: come on! give ur faithful reviewers some credit! like GreenEyedFloozy, for god's sake she reviews EVERY CHAPPIE OF EVERY STORY!
ducky: i no, she rox, but don't forget Samuraiduckie! (Samuraiduck27)
kaoru: her 2
ducky: and wolfie! and... um... a whole bunch of others ill mention when i have the list in front of me!
kaoru: ur such a dipshit... can't even remember ur faithful reviewers...
ducky: gomen ne to all of u that DO review each chappie, i promise i'll mention u! in the final chappie! cuz i'm too lazy to look u up rite now! hee... hee...
