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Escaping Destiny
By Moon Baby
(Warning: This chapter might be rated 'R' for graphics, violence, and a few other scenes…)
Chapter 7
Black…
That's all she saw.
It was happening again. Kaoru looked around her and only saw the black abyss for what it was. A premonition...
Kaoru looked to her left... nothing...
Nothing was there...
She looked to her right. A light blue square appeared. She touched the box of light, and ripples appeared and vanished around her hand...
'That's weird' Kaoru thought to her self.
It did, in fact, feel liquidy, but when she pulled her hand back it did not have drops of water on her palm or fingers.
'No water?' Kaoru questioned. She put her hand through again and floated in the portal to her premonition...
Kenshin was having a hard time sleeping. It was about the middle of the night, and he was starting to see things. It was unheard of. The Battousai? Seeing things?
'Maybe I should have Megumi see if I'm okay...' Then Kenshin thought of how the first time they met and she 'fell' for him... 'Maybe not...'He shuddered. 'And People say—I'm—creepy...'
Then. . .
Kenshin saw a flash in his minds eye. He saw the remnants of a battlefield... or was it? He saw the flash again. A woman was standing in the middle of a burnt down village.
'A massacre?' He looked closer. The woman had soft looking black hair and sapphire blue eyes, her skin the whitest of porcelains. 'Kaoru?' He closed his eyes and he saw it better...
Kaoru could smell burnt flesh. She could feel the heat of the flames that were licking at her fingertips. She could hear the screams of the pray, and the laughter of the predators.
As Kaoru opened her eyes, what she saw disgusted, pained, and angered her beyond all comprehension...
She was standing in the middle of a burning down village. The faction of dead people around her was terrifying and more, still, were dying, or burning. Again in her lifetime Kaoru felt the mixture of sorrow and anger. She took a step and another. She felt something tugging at her... What was it?
A building next to her collapsed from a raging fire. The screams of people inside that building made Kaoru flinch. Tears stung at her eyes from the fire, the smoke made her cough in hysterics, and the cries made her heart throb with pain. Kaoru slid to her knees. Bent over and cried. Cried for the dead, and the dying. Cried for the people who lost their loved ones and the little ones who would not make it to their tenth birthday.
Why?
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'Why?'
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'WHY!'
'Why is this happening? Why can't I help them? Why...' Tears slid down Kaoru's cheek. She hated it. She hated all of it, the premonitions and the feeling of helplessness...
"MAMA!" Kaoru heard a scream in the distance, and she looked up just as fast as she heard it. "PAPA!" She got up and ran in the direction she heard the voice...
Kenshin looked at his dream as it killed and diseased the people he once knew, and cared for. He looked at his dead mother and father. Out of all of his dreams, he hated this memory the most. He died that day...
Kenshin opened his eyes. Kenshin saw the room that he owned for two more days, and heard Kaoru cry out in the room next to his. He felt her sufferings, her sorrow, and heard her thoughts...
"Why?
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'Why?'
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'WHY!'
'Why is this happening? Why can't I help them? Why..." 'So... She is having the dream... and not me?' Kenshin shook his head. That can't be possible... He heard her sobs, and movement in the next room... He got up from his sitting position, he, then, walked to, and out, the door. He walked in his jasmine blossom's room...
He saw her sweating form, saw her tears as she cried for his past. He walked closer to her. Her beautiful face was scrunched up in a sorrowful scowl. Tears streamed down her face. Her flawless body tangled in the covers as her legs tried to escape their cage.
He sat down beside her futon, touched her face, and closed his eyes.
He too heard the small sounding voice... but it was much closer to him...
"PAPA!" The sob of the child wrenched at his heart, but he knew he couldn't do anything to help... For, he could not touch the things around him...this was Kaoru's dream, not his...
Kaoru ran. Something was pulling her forward in the back of her mind, but she didn't pay attention to it. The wild flames cackling in her ear as it licked at her legs. The heat whistling in her face. She stopped as she saw a four way... 'Which way do I go...?' Kaoru thought helplessly, she wanted so desperately to save the child and she didn't know which way to go. This had to be a town out side of Kyoto... There were too many twists and turns in the village. A wail was heard in the distance.
Kaoru looked frantically around her...
Which way...?
Which way...?
A new set of tears threatened at her eyelids. "Which way do I go...?" Kaoru asked no one while hoping some one would hear...
'Open your senses...' a deep mahogany voice stated.
"What?" Kaoru said as she looked around her. 'Someone did hear!' Kaoru looked all around her for the body of the voice, but there were only dead skeletons of what people once were.
"What? Who?" Kaoru knew she was magical, but this never happened to her before...ever.
'Calm down and open your senses... you will get to him faster...' It was a comforting voice, and presence. Familiar at that. 'Do not concern your self on who I am, look for the boy...'
Kaoru closed her eyes... Taking a deep breath, she stretched her golden aura out around her... She felt death pillaging on the helpless souls and then eating them ruthlessly. She felt the blood red aura of the comforting presence... She smiled, but Kaoru needed to concentrate. She stretched her aura further; she could feel the trembling light red aura of the child. Kaoru smiled a sad smile, this child suffered too much already.
Kaoru took off, running as fast and hard as she could allowing her senses to show her the way...
She ran into the woods on the outside of the village, running faster into it deeper..
Deeper...
And deeper still, the tugging from before pulling harsher.
When her senses told her that she was standing almost next to the poor baby, she opened her watery blue eyes. It was dark. She was standing in the middle of the forest; the covering canopies above made it seem almost midnight.
Whimpering was heard to the far right. Kaoru looked that way to see a small patch of flame red hair, small hands and legs, and a trembling body. The poor child's cloths were burnt, ripped, and shredded. His small Gi was a little too small, the sleeves hanging on by a thread. Kaoru's breath caught in her throat.
"Kenshin...?" The little boy tensed but shivered more... 'No... Shinta...' the mahogany, comforting voice said in her mind.
"Shinta?" The little boy started crying silently.
"Pwease don' hwur' me... pwease..." Little Kenshin said in a small voice.
'Oh... That's horrible... Who would ever want to do such a thing?' Kaoru thought, a silent tear going down her face just watching Kenshin's past.
'Many people...' the mahogany voice whispered again.
'But why... Kenshin?' She asked him. It was hard to believe who would want to do this to a once happy village like this one...
Kenshin sighed, so she figured it out... He threaded his fingers through her damp black hair.
'To claim territory on land which is not theirs, and doing it in the easiest, and worst possible way.' He looked down at the sleeping from of Kaoru, why is she getting this dream?
'I guess I can take that as an answer...' Kaoru thought to Kenshin. Kaoru walked over to Shinta and he cowered more... Kaoru quietly knelt before him, and touched his shoulder gently,
"No ones going to hurt you..." Kaoru said in a gentle motherly voice. The boy squeezed him self into a tighter ball.
Kaoru sighed gently. She wrapped her arms around the little boy, who screeched in return, wriggling in any way possible to get out of Kaoru's grasp. Kaoru held tighter, holding Shinta's upper back to her, and keeping her arm under his backside, while that hand rested on his lower back.
"No!" Shinta yelled, pushing away from her. Kaoru sighed, holding firmer on to his little body.
"Shh... It's okay; no one's going to hurt you... Shh..." Kaoru knew well that for this little one it wasn't going to be all right for years to come. As she said claming words to Shinta, he started to give in. When he finally did Kaoru rested her head upon his, and she gently bobbed up and down while dancing gently to an imaginary song. Little Kenshin cried his heart out, making the front of Kaoru's silk robe wet, and her under lacy pajama dress. She smiled at his red hair that she knew and loved.
'Loved? Do I really?' Kaoru shook her head, now wasn't the time to think about that...
Kaoru started humming to her dance, and Shinta looked up at her with huge pools of lilac. He grabbed her ebony hair..
"Purrty." He said as he treaded his fingers through its silkiness. Then...
Nothing...
Everything went black...
Kenshin looked at Kaoru with eyes that no one would ever see. He heard and saw everything she did, and thought. He sighed, but smiled,
'She's about as confused with her emotions as I am.'
He looked down at her now peaceful, enchanting face. Tearstains were still there, but the snarl was gone. Most of her silky ebony hair had escaped its braid and framed her fragile features. The moon shone through a window making her hair shine a blue in color, while making her even more ethereal. Kenshin had the urge to kiss her, but his conscience said no. So he settled on combing her hair with his fingers.
After awhile Kenshin knew he had to leave before she woke, but he didn't move. Not one limb. Using all of his self-control he started to get up... Kaoru's eyes fluttered open and sapphire clashed with lavender/gold. Kaoru grabbed his hand as she saw that he was about to leave.
'If she says 'please stay' I won't be able to turn her down.' Kenshin immediately thought. A smile played across Kaoru's beautiful face. 'Some self control you have.' Kenshin's sub-conscience thought back. A bigger smile played across her face.
'I totally agree.' She thought into Kenshin's mind.
Kenshin looked at her in the eye to see mirth there... after a slow seconds thought...
'Shit!' Kenshin thought. Kaoru snorted and burst out in laughter. Kaoru stopped after a couple of minutes, but a giggle here and there tipped off Kenshin as to what question was coming next. Kaoru looked at Kenshin she smiled again, she brushed her free hand against his scarred cheek,
"Please stay." She said that in more of a question then statement.
"I shouldn't." He said back to her, inching closer to her face. Kaoru looked up at him. 'I know.' He looked at her questionably, 'Then why?' His face was dangerously close to hers and getting closer.
"I don't know..." Kenshin smiled, but it was more of a smirk. Kaoru rolled her eyes, "
"Okay, Okay. I want to talk to you." Kenshin looked at her for the first question. Kenshin's nose was barely a millimeter away from hers.
"Was that really...? Really..? um...?" Kaoru scrunched her face a little looking for the words to say, her eye's wandering past him. 'my past?' Kenshin thought to her helpfully. She looked back at him, their lips brushed. Kaoru's eye's widened while she took an intake of breath. Kenshin's eyes turned almost completely lavender while he tried to control his body. Kaoru tuned bright red and turned away from him but she nodded to the question. For that's all she could think to do.
'Yes. Some of it.' Came Kenshin's mahogany voice in her thoughts. Kaoru's eyes widened, as she looked up at his face instead of his chest, blushing more.
"I'm sorry... I--I shouldn't have..." Kaoru stuttered. Kenshin's eyes were turning back to gold now, and somehow Kaoru wished she could see the lavender again.
She touched his cheek.
'What's wrong?' He turned his hard gaze toward her, and stared into her sapphire eyes. 'What do you think is wrong...?' He questioned her as softly as possible. Kaoru looked into his eyes, digging into his well-guarded emotions. Her thumb massaging his scar.
"I don't know..." Kenshin sighed. He grabbed her hand and pulled it away from his face. 'You are too young.' He thought.
Kaoru looked at him confused.
'Too young for what?' She asked him. 'For me.' He thought to her. Kaoru looked even more confused, then it came to her... Her eyes widened the slightest, and she blushed a deep red. She searched his stone hard face for any emotion at all, and she found two... Passion, and attraction...
Kenshin grabbed her hand firmer, and pulled her to him. In one swift movement he had her in his arms, and on his lap. If it was possible her eyes widened further. She looked up at the Battousai, as his face got closer to hers and closer. His lips, again, brushed against hers in a harmless kiss. Kaoru gasped into his mouth, for, she never knew such gentleness and sweetness. When Kaoru gasped Kenshin deepened the kiss, while getting his fingers caught in her hair. His other hand wandered to the front of her silk robe, as he was about to rid her of it... a piercing scream was sounded from Megumi's room...
Kaoru froze, Kenshin tensed, and they both stopped and broke apart. Kaoru was the first to come to her senses, jumping up from her intimate position, fixing her robe, and running out the door. Kenshin not far behind her. The scream came again, waking up most of the base.
Sanosuke Sagara walked down an alley of Yokohama. He was formally known as Zanza the fighter for higher of the Under World. Next to the Battousai, He has the best hit man known to the Japanese revolution. That was, until he was sent to kill the Battousai, also known as Kenshin Himura-the next crowned King of the rebels of the Shogun revolution. Sanosuke was supposed to kill him at his crowning ceremony. But... He saw the most beautiful person in his lifetime sitting by a waterfall inside the castle gates... Megumi.
It was then, when he thought that Megumi was the Battousai's next wife to be. But as Sano talked to Megumi. In various ways he found out that she was just saved by him and was only there because she had no place to go. Since then Sano has been part of the rebels. Taking on missions and then coming back to his lovely Megumi. After a year of doing this he finally found the courage to ask her to be his wife. And she had accepted. (After awhile of making him wait in torture.)
Now he was on another mission. Standing and waiting for the one he is supposed to kill. Jin'eh Udo was the man's name. This time Sano had to be extra careful, this guy was as hard to track down as a needle in a haystack. And Udo's fighting style is just as bad. Zanza, the fight for higher, waited in apprehension with his Zanbatou lying next to him...
Megumi screamed out in pain. The Jasmine blossom holding her arms down; the Battousai holding her feet. Tears were forming in Kaoru's eyes, why is this happening to her? Poor Megumi... Then Kaoru remembered something that would be of great importance for right at this moment. If this was indeed what she thought it was, then she had a way to reverse it.
"Kenshin? Is there a certain someone that cares for her deeply?" Kaoru asked, hopeful that there was, because then Kaoru could help her long known friend of childhood.
Kenshin looked up to Kaoru, "Yes there is. Sano her fiancée. But he is in Yokohama, that's almost a day, and nights travel away from here." Kenshin stated.
'Good then there is no problem...' Kaoru thought.
"Why did you ask? And what problem?" The Battousai asked, his eyes narrowing.
"There is a curse on Megumi. I can chant the counter curse, but there has to be someone she loves deeply to give her life energy." Kaoru stated. Another blood curling scream sounding from Megumi.
"But that is a problem isn't it? Sano is a day and nights walk from here..." Kenshin looked at her wondering if she was indeed that dense.
"No, not at all." Kaoru stated with confidence. "Once I cast the spell Megumi has a week until she absolutely needs the life energy. In that time span I can teleport over to Yokohama and get Sano. You have to stay here and see if she gets any worse..."
"What do you mean 'get any worse'?" Kenshin questioned in a warning tone. His eyes looking down at Megumi, his soon to be sister-in-law.
Kaoru looked at Kenshin seriously and stated,
"If the counter curse does not agree with Megumi, the out come will be her death. That's why we need to keep a very close eye on her. Since you have a very sharp eye you will be able to tell what will be happening, I need you to stay here and watch her." Megumi let out another piercing scream. Kaoru was biting her lip as she normally did in very stressful situations.
Kenshin's eye wandered to that lip. He didn't think anything of it. Just looked back at her and curtly nodded his head to her previous statement. Kaoru looked at Megumi,
"Battousai, I need you to help me get me a few plants. I need to make a powder for her..."
Kenshin didn't miss the change of name. This was Kaoru's way of distancing herself from him. Her way to cope. "What plants do I need to get..."
Sano looked up at the sky, the blood red sky. Not a good sign, some thing bad will happen tonight...
He looked out of the ally were he stood. It was two o'clock in the morning. The city looked dead, and no one was out. Not even rats. Clip... Sano looked up. Clip... He looked toward where the sound was coming from. Clip...
Finally Udo was present. Clip... His footsteps coming in short slow strides. Clip... Sanosuke's adrenaline was rising to its peak. Clip... Clip...
"So I see Seijiro has sent another one of his assassins after me. I hope you will be better than the last." A cold, malevolent voice rang out. "At least you will last a little more than the other did. He only lasted for ten minutes. I see you will last for about fifteen." An evil cackle rang out in the crisp air...
Kaoru looked around the forest. Sighing she thought,
'The forest, I'm in the forest again.' Kaoru shivered. Kenshin looked her way, 'Is it really that bad?' He asked. Kaoru looked his way with her eyes that were the portal to her sole. She bypassed his question with an order of her own.
"I need to find these herbs: Rose hips, Echinacea, Willow bark, St. John's Wort, and Hibiscus Flowers. There needs to be enough to surround Megumi's whole body... But there needs to be just enough..." Kaoru stated. She had a worried look on her face. Her lip was going through hell right now.
Kenshin nodded his head...
It took them about two hours to find all of the herbs... And Kaoru told him that the spell would kill Megumi in two days if she doesn't cast the counter spell. So they had to find the herbs, and fast. It was taking longer then expected and Kaoru has been worrying more then usual. Kaoru smiled as she thought
'Ah HA! I found it! St. Johns Wort... tons of it.' Kenshin nearly sighed in relief; now that they found the last plant they could go back and make the powder.
Kenshin walked back to Kaoru.
"Now all you have to do is make it right?" He asked in his baritone voice, which had a tint of menace. It was getting hard for him to keep his emotions in check again, and for him keeping his emotions in check is by being mean to others, or being a stone statue.
They were in the middle of the woods looking for plants that to him didn't do shit and he didn't know how to use them. But he would do anything to save his half-brothers fiancé. It didn't sit well with him if he got on Sano's bad side... Sano would be a nervous break down right now if he knew what was happening to Megumi-dono.
Sagara and Udo sized each other up; Sano had to admit, it was going to be harder than he first thought. 'Man, Megumi is going to kill me if I get hurt…' Sano thought a bead of sweat dripping down the back of his neck.
Currently Udo stood in front of him; dressed in what any one would call a 'too tight for comfort' body suit, and what looked like a brown bag looking cloth over it… This man obviously had no fashion sense what so ever…
No wonder he was the back up assassin. That and the fact that he is insane, but you know other than that he could pass off as a homeless person.
Slowly they started circling around each other. Trying to find a weakness, or a dent in either's defense… Udo charged first; in a rally that took a toll on Sagara, he slashed, backing Sanosuke up against the brick wall of an abandoned store. Udo's eyes locked on Sagara's, they widened, and a burst of sole power paralyzed Sanosuke to the spot keeping him there.
'What the hell…' Sano thought… But it was too late, Udo was madly hacking and slashing at Sano's arms and legs, taking the advantage of the fight…
Kaoru and Kenshin finally got back to the base. It took little more than five minutes but it felt like an eternity. Setting down Kaoru, who had demanded to be put down for the last five minutes, Kenshin walked in side of the base. It took a second of recognition on Kaoru's part that they were all ready at the base and Kenshin had put her down…
'Oh for goodness sakes!' Kaoru thought. Kenshin ignored her, and Kaoru followed after him. He was headed for Megumi's room, she knew, and followed him to it. It was silence all the way there, tinted with tenseness, and apprehension.
When they walked into Megumi's room, the candles flickered, the wind from the window seemingly seeping into the room. One of Megumi's guard looked up from their position, there were six people in the room at once, and all were watching over Megumi. On Kaoru's demand.
The one named Heike walked over to Kenshin, and whispering could be heard. Kaoru knew that she was only updating Kenshin on what was going on with Megumi, but that didn't stop her from being jealous… Kenshin looked her way feeling her emotion, and smirked.
'Jealousy is the green-eyed monster.' Kenshin smugly stated in her mind.
'Oh? And who said I was jealous of you?' Kaoru shot back, Kenshin narrowed his golden eyes at her.
'We've more important things to think about, anyway, at the moment.' Kaoru stated curving the conversation away from that topic.
The Jasmine Blossom looked toward the only Doctor for miles around. 'Ironic really,' Kaoru thought, 'the doctor gets to be healed, in stead of the people that her takes care of.'
"Kenshin, take this bag of herbs, Heike… I need you to find some incense for me please. Two of them." Kaoru turned serious eyes to her cursed friend. Kenshin moving toward Kaoru grabbing the bag of herbs that they had collected. Heike was gone and back within minutes, and Kaoru gave out new directions to follow.
"Heike, please put the one incense near Megumi's head, and one near her feet. Light them please…" The warrior did as asked. Then backed away, sensing that she wasn't needed any more. The smoke from the wooded scented incense rising into the air and slightly stirring with the wind and candles. "Kenshin, when I am casting the spell sprinkle the herbs out around Megumi in an oval. It doesn't have to be perfect, just make sure none get into the incense." Kenshin nodded. Grabbing the bag of mixed up herbs off the floor; he untied the top, then he waited for Kaoru signal.
'I'm starting now. After the first word start putting out the herbs.' Kaoru stated in his mind. And he nodded.
"Spirits of the Earth!"
Kenshin was already spreading out the herbs…
"Come heal this body of its curse." Kaoru was whispering the words, but it was taking effect… The wind picked up, and the smoke of the incense was stirring toward Megumi and were Kenshin put down herbs the smoke went into them..
"Come take away its pain and physical suffering.
Let her live to her life's fulfillment…
And Cast away this disease, this bane." Kenshin was done with spreading out the herbs and Kaoru was done casting the spell… 'Back away slowly Kenshin…'Kaoru warned in his mind, and he did as asked.
A burst of light came forth from the smoke and herbs, the oval around Megumi lifted off the ground and started circling above her. Tighter and tighter the oval got until the light got so bright. The wind rushed in from the window and the leaves, smoke, and light went into Megumi's mouth. Kenshin wanted to jump forward, but straggly enough he trusted Kaoru…
Then Megumi started glowing… A blue hue to her grew until it could glow no more, then pulsed.
Kaoru looked to him as he watched interested and on guard of his soon to be sister-in-law. 'Kenshin, I need to go and get Sanosuke. Watch her, don't let anything escape your eye.' Kenshin looked at her, nodded , he then walked over to Megumi and sat next to her… And Kaoru teleported out of the room, with one mission and one mission only. To find Sanosuke Sagara…
Sano was having trouble fighting back, let alone breathing. His blood was poring out on the pavement, drop, drop, drop. Udo finally stopped his onslaught on him and was joyfully watching Sanosuke fight to stand. Udo had released him from the power he had cast on Sano, and with horrifying fascination applauded Sano for staying alive this long.
Udo cackled evilly,
"I hope Hiko would more challenges to me. I love seeing them wither in pain, their wide eyes telling their fear. I love it!"
"You're sick!" Sano yelled. "You are a sick bastard!"
"Tut, tut… it's not nice to piss off your opponent when you are down for the count… I guess it is time to get rid of you.. You were a fun play toy, but sadly it's time to die."
"Eat shit and die, Udo." The insane assassin raised his sword, as he took his swing a girl popped out of no were right in front of Sanosuke Sagara, ruining his attack.
"You are Sano, correct?" The girl asked in an angelic voice. Sano looked up at her.
"Wha?" He stated just as confused as Udo.
"Are you or are you not Sanosuke Sagara?" She asked again.
"I am." He said back befuddled to no end.
"Good." she stated. She looked to Udo behind her and smiled a sweet, but menacing smile. "I know you would want to kill him, but unfortunately for you I have to take this man off your hands." She looked at Sano touched a finger to his forehead, looked back over her shoulder, and disappeared…
The wind passed by were the two people used to be, blowing at Udo's cloths. He sheathed his sword, and rubbed his eyes, "I think I am going crazy, no one can disappear like that…" He turned around and walked back the way he came… Down the cold dark alley were he knew his employer was.
Udo looked to Shishio. "Did you kill him?" Shishio asked. Yumi right behind him rubbing his back. Kamatari glaring daggers at Yumi.
"No, a girl appeared out of no were and then disappeared with Sanosuke Sagara… Is that possible?" Udo questioned.
Shishio looked at him, eyes narrowed, "What did the girl look like?" He asked knowing what the assassin would say.
"She had long black hair in a ponytail, sapphire eyes, and was wearing an eastern style dress and cloak." Udo stated. Shishio looked at him with an all knowing smile and nodded, then faded into the darkness a cackle on his lips…
'So Himura… You are still alive with the Kamiya Princess…'
It took two hours to find Sano, and Kaoru had found him battered and bloody, plus the added bonus of him nearly losing a fight… wonderful…
They were now at the base, and Sano looked ready to puke… not a good sign to accommodate to… He needed to be healthy to help in the spell to heal Megumi. He also looked peeved, but you couldn't blame him. It is not every day a girl appears out of no were and saves your life. 'You could a least explain it to him on the way over to Megumi's room.' Kaoru thought to her self. 'I think you should too.' Kenshin put in. 'He needs to prepare him self for seeing Megumi like this… She stopped screaming out in pain by the way, but she's barely breathing… is that a bad sign?' Kenshin questioned in her head. He sounded a bit peeved too. Though, you couldn't blame him either, you would be peeved too if you didn't know what was going on.
'It will be good for now; just hold on until I get there... Oh! By the way, I just saved Sanosuke from getting killed. What did you send him on? A suicide mission?' Kaoru looked ready to break out a bokken and wack someone with it.
'If you have a problem talk to my master. Fight now I'm not at the castle, so, I'm not really making the orders.' Kenshin stated in her mind. He knew she was a little bit aggravated…
Kenshin snorted. 'more like a steam engine ready to blow.' Kenshin gave his lips a twitch up. 'What was that?' Kaoru almost yelled out loud. She was seething now…not good. Kenshin nearly laughed. 'Calm down, Kaoru, I have no idea what I'm doing and need you to be calm. You have to tell Sano what is going on.' Kenshin thought to her calmly.
Kaoru sighed, "Okay."
Sano looked at her confused, "What?" Looking him over, she sighed. 'I might as well heal him too. He is in the worst shape possible.'
And he was. His shirt was a bloody mess and his pants were not much better off. His face was cut in several places, and, looks can be diseaving, but, they looked pretty deep too. But this….
This isn't even mentioning his hand. It looked like no doctor could fix it. Well, no doctor, if Megumi doesn't get healed soon.
"What?" Sano asked again. She said okay, out of no where, almost as if she was answering someone. 'Huh?' Sano thought. Kaoru looked up at him with her big blue eyes.
"Your injuries need to be healed. I need to tell you an important thing, but before I tell you, you have to promise me that you will not go running off to find her. You will have better luck finding her with me. Deal?" Kaoru asked and answered him. Sano was so confused, his head was pounding and his hand hurt like hell.
"Deal?" Sano repeated. This person, who ever this person is, was talking to him like she knew him, when he didn't know her at all.
"Who, Who are you?" Sano asked. Kaoru looked up from his injuries.
"What?" Kaoru looked confused, then the light clicked. "Oh! I guess we never did greet properly. Konnichiwa, my name is Kaoru. If you must know, I know you through Kenshin. Stand by me more so I can heal you."
He just stood there looking at her like she didn't fit quite right with her head.
"You're not a doctor. So how are you going to heal me? And how do you know Kenshin?" Sano glared at her when she walked over to him and poked him rather hard in a sore spot on the ribs. 'Damn it! That hurt!' Sano thought, though he only winced on the out side.
"Idiotic…" Kaoru sighed. "Some advise for the unwise. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." She put up her hands, palm to chest, ignoring his non-trusting, and confused look, she chanted:
"Earth to Earth,
Star to Star,
Human to Human,
Blood to Scab,
Heal his wounds."
Golden warmth shined from Kaoru's fingers, moving out of her hand in to Sano's body slowly spreading throughout him. Healing his chest first, to his face and legs, to his hands, but his left hand didn't heal fully… much to Kaoru's displeasure and knowledge. After every thing was through, Sano looked a lot better, but he would still have to get new cloths. Bloodstains and rips were still on it from where he got cut.
"You really did a number on your hand, didn't you?" Kaoru said, more to herself than to Sanosuke. Sano looked at her expectantly, disregarding her question with one of his own.
"So, What is this nonsense thing you need to tell me?"
Kaoru looked up at him with soulful eyes that had a rare wisdom someone so young would have. "Megumi is in dire need of help." She put up hand to stop him from shouting out in panic, which suddenly came to his eyes. "A curse was cast upon her not too long ago. I have already cast the counter curse; all we need now is for her love to bestow her with life energy from his kiss. Which is why you are here, but…" Kaoru looked at him in the eye and waited, a little afraid to go on.
It seemed like she wouldn't continue, the long pause made Sano nervous, really nervous. "But?" Sano almost hysterically yelled, trying to get her to continue.
"But," Kaoru repeated softly, "If your kiss is impure… You both die in the process; she taking all of your life energy, and she dieing of the life energy overload."
Sano gave a growl, "Take me to her."
Kaoru nodded at him and turned back to the stone hallway, leading the way to Sanosuke's fiancée.
In the time it took to get from that hallway to their destination, it was completely silent, as both Sano and Kaoru were wrapped up in their own thoughts. Well, Kaoru was wrapped up in a conversation with Kenshin for the most part.
'We are coming, Kenshin.' Kaoru thought softly to him.
'How did he take it?' Kenshin brushed back.
'Don't know. I haven't known Sanosuke long enough to reason out his reactions, but I thought he took it rather well.' Kaoru stated in Kenshin's mind.
'That depends with Sano's mood of the day. Is he yelling, and punching the wall?' Kenshin asked, with a tint of humor.
'Nope.' Kaoru stated back.
'Good. Then he took it rather well.'
Kaoru giggled out loud, and looked at Sano to see him staring oddly at her. She smiled and just waved it off.
'Okay' Kaoru whispered into Kenshin's mind, while wondering what Sanosuke was feeling at that moment.
Inside, Sano was a total wreck, but he would never show it. He was so scared Megumi was going to leave him, but, from the time he was in the hallway funning to the room, he made a conclusion. He waited for two years for Megumi to notice him, let alone love him. He will not let her die if it was in his power to save her. He was determined to save her. She will live, because if she didn't… He loved her so much; he would die with out her…
Okay guys here it is. This is only half of it. Sorry, I decided that I would give you half of it instead of sitting on my bum waiting for my slow fingers to give you the other half. On the other side of the coin, I have a dilemma. I don't know if I can get my lazy butt into gear. Every time I start to type again, it seems I loose interest in the story. Sighs Is this curable? Because if it is... (Any one) please tell me how to cure it. I really want to get the other half of this chapter out to you people, (which is about another 14 pages long… so far. I can't find a good way to cut it off) but I don't know if my lazy caboose will get it done. Sighs so, another sorry out to you people who are still reading this story.