Disclaimer: ok… one more time… it's all that u read before plus I don't own "Accidentally in love" music… counting crows does… now off to the chapter we go!
A new day… a new start?
Normal POV
Silence was crowding the room, but soon it was broken by a whimper…
Kenshin opened his eyes and looked around the room… nothing. He got up; he wasn't sleepy anyway, he never really was… His gaze fell upon the sleeping Kaoru.
Kenshin's POV
'She looks like an angel.' I walked to her side and sat down quietly, never taking my gaze from her. The sight of her lying there so innocent, so pure made me smile. I focused on her features and then I saw the painful look on her angelical face and I felt my heart shatter 'Why am I feeling this way?'
"Okaa-san…" she said in a faint whimper. I then understood where the whimper that had caught up my attention had come from…
"Okaa-san… please don't leave me…" her little voice cried.
My hand floated above her head 'Should I… try to calm her?' my hand went back to its original place… I just couldn't…
"Okaa-san… I'm lost…" her voice was tense. She tossed and turned around for a few seconds just moaning and whimpering to finally get to her original position. I really pitied her and wanted to help, but it was as if there was a wall between us and it was keeping me away from her.
"No! Wait, please…" she said but this time louder "Tell me… home… where's our house? Where I am? Okaa-san please…" tears started to stream down her facing, sulking slowly through her soft cheeks!
I lifted my hand once again… I couldn't take it anymore, not with her crying like that! I was about to softly set my hand on her forehead when…
"NOOO! Please! Okaa-san, help me… please… I… I need you…" she had sat up colliding against my hand, she was trembling…
Kaoru's POV
'No, please… don't abandon me… not again… I need you!' it had been a dream… I was dreaming once again… but the images running through my head over and over again! I didn't want to open my eyes, I didn't want to wake up! I was so afraid of what I was going to see…
I started to rise and then my head collided against something... I opened my eyes just to see what I feared the most, it wasn't a dream…
"Why is she doing this…?" I muttered "I need her… I need her so much…" I started crying once again.
A warm hand patted my shoulder lightly and I turned my head to see Kenshin looking at me. He had a worried yet calm look on his face…
"It's ok… it was just a dream…" he whispered softly.
He seemed so calm, so comforting… I threw my arms around his neck and cried carelessly. 'He's so soft, so warm… it feels so right, here in his arms…'
Kenshin's POV
She was crying and didn't seem to notice I was there so I patted her shoulder and spoke softly to her, trying to calm her down.
All of a sudden she threw her arms around my neck. 'What's she doing?!' I thought. My eyes widened with surprise and I lost control. My arms snaked around her waist pulling her close to me… She smelled like jasmine… her skin was soft and warm… some silky ebony locks escaped her braid and rushed against my face. 'It feels so good…'
"It's ok…" I whispered in her ear "You're safe now… it's over Kaoru-dono. Just don't cry anymore…
It was no use; she continued sobbing on my shoulder… 'Ah! Like talking will change anything!' the battousai said 'Sessha is loosing control quite often… you weren't supposed to appear…' the rurouni said surprised 'Yeah, right! Like you could control yourself having her so near… just think of it…' the battousai was getting quite thrilled… 'Iie! You leave Kaoru-dono out of your perverted ideas!' the rurouni replied 'Why the honorific… she's just like any other girl, is she not?' the battousai grinned evilly and the rurouni just blushed 'Touché! I won dumb ass!'
The battousai took hold of my for a couple of seconds… time enough for me… him… WHATEVER! Set Kaoru-dono's hair loose from the braid after that I managed to gain control over myself but couldn't help to think 'Her hair is so smooth and soft…' (A/N: I wonder what shampoo does she wear? I just had to spoil the moment hadn't I? grins evilly)
Kaoru's POV
Everything was okay until I realized… 'KUSO! I just met him and I'm already hugging him… poor Kenshin… he must think I'm a slut! I mean it's not like I'm in my epoch or anything!'
I got away from him embarrassed at my action "Arigato…!" I mumbled hiding my face behind my hair bangs, by the way… how did my hair got loose? I looked at the ground and there was my hair ribbon. Picked it up and gave a quick look to Kenshin "Nahhh…" I said quietly although he was blushing like mad… I started to giggle like a little girl… 'Guess I wasn't the only one getting carried away…'
Kenshin stared at me puzzled, I couldn't resist but to chuckle.
"You're blushing Kenshin!" he got even redder and I simply walked to the window 'He looks sooo cute when he blushes…'
The sun was rising 'What a beautiful sunrise!' I thought with a smile on my lips. The dream and all the other worries were put aside, I was ready to welcome the new day.
"Come and see the sunrise Kenshin!" I called him in a childish way "It's beautiful…" I said sticking my tongue playfully at him.
Normal POV
The embarrassment was forgotten. Kenshin stood behind Kaoru, watching the sun rising slowly on the horizon.
"It really is beautiful." He said, she nodded in agreement not noticing he wasn't staring at the sunrise but instead he was looking at her.
Kaoru opened her arms embracing the new day. The light hit her fully; she looked… perfect. As for Kenshin, he couldn't help but to smile brightly.
Kenshin's POV
As I stood there smiling, I cursed myself for tainting the hair she was breeding with my unworthy presence 'She's so pure and innocent…' I tried to compare her to something really beautiful… demo… I couldn't! She was more beautiful than anything I could come up with! 'You're so naïve…' the battousai snickered 'Oh just shut the #$&% up!' the rurouni replied in a pissed off tone…
The moment was really being blissful but as everything in life, it ended.
"Knock knock" someone knocked on the shoji.
As I walked to open the shoji, Kaoru-dono quickly got a sheet from the futon and covered herself up and then came by mi side to see who it was.
I opened the shoji and saw the old man from the reception. R«the man looked at up smiling.
"Gomen… I hope I'm not interrupting anything…" we just sweat dropped embarrassed.
"Not at all…" I replied honestly.
"I was just thinking if you would rather take your breakfast in the room, since it is included in the price…"
I looked over at Kaoru-dono questioningly and… let's just say she took care of it!
"Yes, that would be nice…" she said in a sweet "oh-I'm-so-happy-voice". To complete the act she took my hand, kissed my cheek gulp and said "Don't you agree, honey?"
I nodded, since I was quite… uncomfortable… with the situation… 'Riiiiight… call it uncomfortable! You're just having trouble controlling yourself!' the battousai said in triumph 'Am not!'; 'Are to!'; 'Am not! Am not! Am not!'; 'Yes, you are…'; 'Hmph!!!'
The shoji was closed again and she let go of my hand.
"I'm going to get myself dressed…" she said as she let the sheet slide down.
All of a sudden I felt an urge to bang my head against the nearest wall but instead I… I… I teased her! Me!
"Look who's the actor now…" and oh the blasphemy! I grinned at her! 'Sessha mustn't let you do these things!' the rurouni was feeling quite… annoyed 'Hehe… like I care…' the battousai said. Sometimes I just wished he would go away… I regained my sanity and calmed down.
Kaoru's POV
I stared at him in disbelief 'Did he just like… tease me? In like flirting…? And grinned…' I didn't have to know him that well to see that Kenshin wasn't like that… as I just stared at him, he must have got worried or something…
"Gomen nasai Kaoru-dono! I didn't mean to offend you!" he was really stressed about that! Soooo cute!
"It's ok Kenshin!" I said and started laughing amused. Now I call the look he had on his face the "oh-I'm-so-dumbfounded-look"!
"Kenshin, could you please close your eyes and turn away for a couple of minutes?" I wanted to take off the shorts and the tank top, I mean the day was going to be hot and walking around with that under the kimono would only make me even hotter… he obeyed quickly 'Hum… an obedient guy…' and I changed clothes.
"It's ok now… you may look Kenshin." I said when I had finished dressing myself up.
He turned around and saw me picking up the shorts and the tank top. His jaw dropped and he got completely embarrassed. "Go, gomen!" he said seeing that I too was embarrassed.
"OH no… nothing like that Kenshin! These are not my underwear!" 'Oh the shame… imagine what passed trough his mind! Oh the possibilities! Gosh…' I thought embarrassed "These clothes are…" how in the world was I going to explain this to him…? as I couldn't think of anything, I told the truth trying not to sound toooo much crazy… "These are training clothes… You see I use them to go jogging…"
"Jogging?" he asked confused 'Oh shoot! I forgot they still don't know what jogging is…'
"Uh…"
"Knock knock!" saved by the door!
I ran to open the door. "Why… thank you." I picked up the breakfast from the waiter arms and closed the door. The breakfast looked excellent. I heard my tummy growl and remembered I hadn't eaten anything for hours… since yesterday half eaten breakfast. The memories of what had happened the morning before almost made me loose all the courage I had gained to continue with my life. 'What am I going to do?' We started to eat silently.
Kenshin noticed my worried look "Daijobu?"
"Iie…" I answered honestly.
"What's wrong Kaoru-dono?" he asked in a worried tone. 'How could he be so worried if he just met me? He's so sweet…' I felt my cheeks redden 'Kami… why am I blushing? It's not like I feel anything for him!'
"It's just that…" how could I tell him…? I couldn't just tell him 'Hey you know what Kenshin? I'm from the future! 2004 to be more exact…' he would think I was crazy. "It's… nothing. You wouldn't understand. You would think I'm crazy or something."
"I'm sorry I cannot help you… I really am…" he said sadly and half hearted.
"It's ok… really…"
Silence fell upon us once again. Only the sound of us eating and some noise coming from the streets was heard.
"Kenshin…?"
Kenshin's POV
I heard her call my name weakly and looked at her straight in the eyes… I knew something was wrong and wished deeply I could help.
"If you had your family waiting for you but you were mad at them, really mad… would you still go home?" she asked me.
I pondered in my answer "Yes… of course… there's nothing like having a family. I would definitely go home if I had a family waiting…" I answered naturally.
"You mean… you don't have a family? Oh gomen I didn't mean to…"
"It's ok…" I tranquilized her "I only had my parents… but they died when I was little…" I said to my own surprise 'How come I am telling this to her? I don't usually go off telling my past to everyone…'
"Okaa-san died when I was very young too…" she smiled at me faithfully "Thank you for sharing your memories with me…"
Her eyes were so full of sadness I almost couldn't stand looking at them "Kaoru-dono…" I said in a soft voice "I really want to help. Please tell me what's wrong."
She bit her lip "The only thing I can say is that I screwed up big time… and now I don't know how to get back home…"
"Where do you live?" I tried.
"I… leave really far away… it takes a lot of… "Time"… to get there." She looked at me pleading for not asking any more questions…
We finished eating and got up.
Kaoru's POV
'The dream on the beach… the answer on how to get back home must be there… why did okaa-san do this to me? Maybe it was a punishment for having disobeyed otou-san… if only I could remember the dream…'
"The day is lovely Kaoru-dono. Would you like to accompanying sessha for a walk?" his sweet, deep voice interrupted my thoughts. 'Sessha? Why in hell does he call himself that?'
"A walk would be good… thank you!" I cheered up to the thought of a walk 'It will certainly be nice. Maybe it will even help me remember that darn dream!' my hope was restored although I didn't get why Kenshin's presence made me restore it and in his simple words he was in someway encouraging me… 'Hey… maybe I'm in love!' NANI?! 'Did I just think what I think I thought?' I'm being foolish… still I couldn't help to sing "So she said, "What's the problem, baby?"
What's the problem I don't know
Well, maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it everytime
I think about it
Can't stop thinking about it…" with that I also remembered the film "Shrek 2" and laughed my head off.
Kenshin looked at me smiling while I picked up my clothes and made a little bundle pack. I knew he had only money enough for one night and that night had already been…
"Let's go!" I said laughing.
Me: Iei! One more chapter! U wouldn't believe what happened! I mean! I work so hard for u guys I screw up! L0ol yesterday once again I went to bed really late… but that's because I'm on holidays and I'm never sleepy… so the computer room was really really really hot! It seemed an oven in there… so I opened the window (clever idea you say…) well 3h30 in the morning and I set off the house alarm! . god… I woke up my mother, my brother, probably the whole neighborhood and my grandmother in her house! Oo I just didn't wake up my father because he's in Angola working! And even though… well and that's my pretty life l0ol =) hope u liked the chapter and remember… REVIEW PLEASE! I'm dying here!!! Someday I'll end up firing a nuclear bomb without noticing… O.o
