Dark Side
Chapter 3
Declaimer: RK does not belong to me...
Author's Note: The cross-shaped scar is nothing but an indication of Battousai's coolness; a not-so-surprising explanation will come later in the story.
Quick music at the beginning and light hearted after the morning I guess. (Dame) gee choosing music for the chapters was harder than I thought.
Kaoru couldn't believe her ears; she was in the same room as the ruthless manslayer that is feared by so many men. Her senses told her to get the heck out of the proximity pronto. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see her boken lying on the ground. She waited for a moment and then made a swift grab for it, she wrapped her shaking hands around the welcomed feel of the smooth and polished wood of her boken and leaped between Battousai and Yahiko in a protective gesture.
"Let us go!" sheshouted furiously, summoning as much courage as she could muster. "If you don't, I'll have to resort to violent ways!" Battousai's never wavering death glare took on an amused shade.
"I can't let you go and I won't let you go," was the firm and commanding reply, " and you must be stupid to think of fighting me with a toy such as the one you are holding in your hand." Battousai turned and made to leave the room, the feeling of sleep was long gone.
Kaoru had never felt so powerless and angry at the same time. She could just keep her cool for one more question.
"Why did you bring us here in the first place?" She questioned as Battousai moved to slide open the door. He turned around.
"I have no idea." Was his reply as Kaoru's emotional dam finally burst, first he kidnaps her, and then he wouldn't tell her why? She lunged at him with her boken raised over her head.
She cut down making a perfect arc that would have likely split the receiver's skull if Battousai hadn't disappeared at the last moment making Kaoru strike thin air and stumble forward from the force.
Before she even knew it, Battousai was behind her, standing silently, waiting. It took her a second to figure out that he was behind her. She whipped her sword around in a horizontal swing that flew towards his midsection. But her attacks were useless; Battousai grabbed her wrist with crushing force that made her drop her sword in front of her painfully. He bent her wrist downwards rendering her whole arm useless.
"Let me go!" Kaoru cried, she couldn't move without causing excruciating pain to shoot through her whole body. Beads of sweat formed on her forehead and she narrowed her eyes. "Ow."
"I will apply more force if you don't be quiet."
"Battousai!" She yelled just for the sake of defying him, that was not a good choice.
His sword was drawn and put to Kaoru's throat in an instant; that made her heart stop for a second, the chilling sensation of the sharp edge of theweapon dug into her throat and threatened to penetrate the delicate skin with any more force. She clenched her teeth and closed her eyes. A lone tear escaped her eyes. She groaned helplessly.
The wounds or exhaustion finally began to take its toll on her and she fainted and fell to the ground. Battousai withdrew and sheathed his sword, then picked up her limp form and placed her on a spare futon. He walked out without another word. Yahiko waited until he shook off the coldness that had gripped him and crawled over to Kaoru, he coverred her with a blanket and began a restless sleep.
Battousai silently walked to the bathhouse. The hotel was quiet and all the candles were now put out. Almost everyone was asleep. Kenshin is usually the latest of the Ishin shishi to go to sleep because of his working schedules. When he got back. The two siblings were already fast asleep. He took a spot beside the windowsill and drifted into a slumber full of blood.
When the morning light shone through the open window Kaoru woke up. As she cleared her head and fuzzy vision, all the memories of last night came rushing back to her like a curse, she groaned. For a moment, she wondered why life had to be so cruel to her; she looked around and could find no trace of Battousai. She went over to Yahiko and shook him harshly until he woke up.
"Hey, hey! What do you want ugly!" Were his first words, Kaoru scowled at that.
"Yahiko, what happened?" Her voice was calm now, unlike last night.
"You blacked out and he left, that's all I can remember. Now go away and let me sleep!" He tried to pull his cover over him but failed as Kaoru grabbed her boken and bid Yahiko to do the same after throwing his covers aside.
"We have get out of here now," she stated much to the dismay of Yahiko, he groaned and slowly sat up, rubbing his bleary eyes.
"Hurry up Yahiko!" She commanded annoyed. Just then, the doors slid open and in walked Battousai. He eyed Kaoru and Yahiko. Heranger came back just as Battousai.
"Breakfast is ready in the kitchen if you want some." He stated before Kaoru interrupted him.
"We're going now Yahiko!" Kaoru decided to ignore him.
"I thought I told you that you cannot leave." Battousai murmured, grabbing Kaoru's wrist. Yahiko walked out without his weapon..
"I'll go have some breakfast Kaoru, coming?" Yahiko asked on his way out.
"Yahiko!" Kaoru felt betrayed.
"Look, we would be only committing suicide if we fight him." Kaoru found some sense in Yahiko's words as he left leaving her and Battousai to resume the staring contest. Kaoru lost. Tears began to sting at her eyes but she refused to let any fall. Battousai let go of her hand and stood over her form silently.
"How long do you intend to keep us here?" Kaoru asked avoiding his calculating eyes.
"For as long as it is needed." Battousai replied emotionlessly. "If you want to starve yourself, go ahead, as long as you stay here, you can do whatever you want."
"What's your name?" The question jumped out of her lips before she could catch them.
"Kenshin Himura." Kaoru dropped her boken, and walked out the room towards the kitchen. Kenshin followed behind her.
As she entered, she spotted a large table with 20-30 men sitting around it. The smell of liquor plagued the so-called kitchen. She spotted Yahiko sitting in a corner by himself. Kaoru walked over and sat by him.
"Kaoru, I hate this place." Yahiko whispered to his sister listlessly.
"Me too Yahiko, but don't worry. We'll get through this somehow. And when it's all over, we can go back to our home in Edo." Yahiko's face lit up with that only to darken again as a black shadow loomed over them both. Kaoru looked up to see a drunken man staring at her in a sick way that made her skin crawl. She wrinkled her nose and fear suddenly gripped her. She looked around and could only see similar men such as the one in front of her right now. She wasn't going to get any help that was for sure.
"Hey, girl, how 'bout we have a drink together eh?" He barely managed to mutter a drunken question, Kaoru's brows knitted together as the smell of sake tried to choke her to death.
"I, I'd rather not."
"What j'ya say? No one says no to me!" He reached over his hairy arm towards Kaoru, "come on ya little whore, come with me." He suddenly stoppedwhen someone murmured a command behind him.
"Leave her." The drunkard looked over his shoulders towards Battousai. In his drunken state, he didn't remember the power of Battousai. The man turned around and stared down his nose at the man that commanded him.
"What did ya say ya little..." The man was knocked unconscious with a mark under his chin before anyone in the room could make out what had happened. The room suddenly became very cold for Kaoru as everyone quieted and looked as Battousai sat by her, signaling a threat to anyone who dared to touch Kaoru. The rest of the day didn't go any better.
That night, Kaoru woke up from a nightmare; She was covered in cold sweat. She looked around and saw Yahiko sound asleep under his cover. Battousai was sitting on the windowsill.
The window was open, a cold breeze blew in from outside, it was autumn after all. Battousai shivered, Kaoru noticed that and felt the need to comfort him even though he was her enemy. She took her own blanket and walked over to the red haired assassin. Kaoru was just about to put it over Battousai when he tensed and suddenly woke up.
Glowing amber eyes stared at her in the surrounding darkness and the next thing she knew, Battousai, his blade shone in the moonlight as he drew it, was pushing her back, and then it was against her throat. Everything blurred as Kaoru felt death come for her.
To be continued.
Author's note: How was it?
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