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Review responses:

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Faking Lies

By Scarlet Rayne

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Chapter 2

A few hours later, Kaoru stirred from her sleep as the drug had started to loose its effect. The first thing she felt was her head throbbing furiously, and on impulse she used her hand to make its way to her head. Keeping her eyes shut while massaging her temples, she tried to get her head straight.

What happened?

Trying hard to recall the earlier events despite her aching head, her memories gradually came back to her, bit by bit.

Enishi.

Yes, Enishi had come into her room, and she thought that he was going to speak to her about something. Suddenly he caught hold of both her arms, and she had struggled. He had been too strong, and his grip had been too firm.

Needle.

He had taken out a needle, shocking the lights out of her. She hated needles, but he told her that it wouldn't hurt.

Injection.

But it did hurt, even though it was just a slight sting. She could still clearly remember herself wincing when the liquid entered her blood, when Goosebumps appeared on the surface of her skin.

Fainting.

Of course. She fainted a few seconds after he injected some kind of drug into her body. She must have been out for quite a while, she thought. But the question was, why?

Looking around her surroundings, she realized for the first time that the room she was situated was big. She was lying on top of a bed, and… was the floor moving?

Then it hit her.

Where ….was she?

Eyes shot wide open, when realization smacked her silly.

She didn't know where she was.

Frantic eyes searched around the room again, desperately searching for anything that would give her a sense of familiarity. Clutching unto her blanket tightly, her grip only tightened more when her head started to pound.

Suddenly she heard a sound. It was very faint, but it seemed so near. Eyes darting to where the sound came from, her gaze landed on a figure that was well hidden behind the shadows. It was a small part of the room, where it was dark because light could not penetrate through that area.

"…. E-Enishi?"

Silence.

"Enishi?" she tried again. "…..Is that y-you? I really need to as-"

All of a sudden, her head started aching feverishly. Cutting her sentence short, both hands immediately circled and pressed firmly against her head, trying to stop the pain to a halt. Unfortunately, the pain was still there, and she let out a soft scream, as her body started to shake.

Unable to bear the pain any longer, her cautiousness swept away once again.

Gently stroking her dark raven hair, he starred at her sleeping face as her breathing pace slowed down.

Apparently the drug was way too much, and much too strong for her body to take.

He had been observing her from the moment she woke up; to the moment she called his name, to the moment she fainted again.

Caressing her cheek tenderly with the tip of his finger, he kissed her forehead gently as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Eyes intently gazing into her closed ones, his thoughts wondered back to one previous statement.

He wanted her so much.

When he had held her captive, she had showed him kindness, kindness only his sister had showed him. She didn't treat him like some outcast freak, but she always looked like she… like she understood. The same understanding and acceptance through her actions, as if knowing what pain means, understanding what he had been through.

He had yearned to feel the familiar feeling of being wanted; being accepted, for a very, very long time. And much to his surprise, his … hostage had resurfaced those feelings once more.

And he liked it.

He deserved to be happy, didn't he?

After all, Battousai did take Tomoe away from him.

So he had all the right in the world to take Kaoru away from him.

But the question was, how is he going to make her fall in love with him?

Sure, he had everything planned out. But this was the one problem he kept on brushing off for "I'll think about it later". And now was later, so he had to crack this one up and find an effective solution.

But... she was so in love with that imprudent bastard.

She had always showed that hidden side of her, every time she talked about him. Her eyes would instantly light up, and sometimes she would get extremely excited just talking about how helpful he was around the house.

Bah.

He wasn't the only one in the world that could wash the dishes and get obsessed over laundry.

He snorted. 'Old maid. If I'd known about this earlier, I would have probably used this useful bit of information and burn down all the laundry shops in Japan, and make it a law that every house has a washing machine just to torment that short bastard a yard further'

Anyway.

Back to the problem.

How was he going to make her fall in love with him again?

Slowly, but surely, she gradually regained her cautiousness once again. Eyes fluttering open, she saw a figure sitting at the edge of her bed. Despite her grogginess, her eyes could still make out the form as …Enishi.

"Enishi?" her voice croaked out.

His head turned to her, a bit surprised that she had woken up. "I see that you're awake."

'Duh,' she wanted to say. But instead, she tried to get her body to sit up on the bed. And when she was comfortable with her position, she rubbed her eyes childishly, much to his hidden amusement.

"W-Where am I?"

"On a ship." He replied casually.

Her eyes popped wide open. "On a shi…on a WHAT?"

"On a ship." He repeated calmly.

"On a sh…. sh… s-ship?" she asked alarmingly. "What am I doing on a … a… ship? To where?"

"To Shanghai." He sounded so relaxed (much to her displeasure), one would have thought they were talking about something insignificant such as the weather.

"What! Why?" she demanded.

"Because I've decided that you'll live with me there."

"Because you decided that I'll live with you in Shanghai?" she repeated unbelievably.

He nodded.

She couldn't believe it.

Here she was, on a ship to Shanghai, because he decided that she'll live with him there.

"I'm NOT going to Shanghai." She told him angrily.

He did not say anything.

She took the opportunity to continue. "I can't leave Japan! And WHAT makes you think that you have the right to just shove me into another country just because you decided that you want me to live with you there? That's insane! And what about Kenshin? He'll come looki-"

"Battousai is dead." He said it so indifferently, she almost missed it.

"-ing for me, and what would he do if he fin… What?"

He remained silent.

"What did you say?" she asked him slowly this time.

Silence.

"Enishi! Tell me, what did you say?" she demanded while she leaned forward, clutching unto his Chinese Sam-fu and gripping it tightly.

He stared at her with those motionless eyes; his eyes so contrast with hers in emotion.

"Battousai is dead."

She pushed him away. But because his body remained firm, the action resulted into her being pushed back instead. He observed the various emotions that started to surface in her eyes, changing one to another.

Then much to his surprise, she let out a nervous laugh.

She looked up at him, and with an eerily-cheerful plastic smile. "You're lying."

He raised an eyebrow in question.

"You're lying." She repeated more firmly this time. "Kenshin would never die, not now, not by your hands."

"And I would lie because?" he asked slowly.

"Because K-Kenshin is …. undefeatable. And you're u-u-unwilling to accept that fact."

He smirked. "Battousai is dead, and that is that."

"You're lying! He would never"

"If he is alive, what would I be doing here on a ship to Shanghai?"

She opened her mouth to answer, but closed it again as no words could come out.

"I wouldn't have a purpose to lie about his death." He muttered more to himself, but it was loud enough for her to hear. "It serves me no reason." Glancing at her face, he noted that her features turned visibly pale.

If he kept it up, he might be able to convince her.

Fully.

"If Battousai is alive, wouldn't I still be in Japan thinking of a way to torment that bastard of a man?"

Her face became more pale, as realization crashed her thoughts.

"Think about it."

He's … he's right.

Enishi lived to kill Kenshin, for the sake of revenge.

And now, here he was, on the way to Shanghai, leaving Japan.

"No..." she tried to assure herself that he was lying, but all her thoughts of assurance that Kenshin was still alive failed to light the even smallest spark of hope.

Tears started to gather in her eyes, as they ran down her cheeks unchecked. She started sobbing, as she felt her whole world crash then.

AN: Honestly, this chapter has been in my computer for a very, very long time. I've just been to lazy to edit as well as completing the last scene :).

Anyway, for those who are waiting for the seventh chapter of Broken, it's actually already finished. I completed it on the 14th of March 2005, (so you can't blame me for being "lazy" :p) but there was some delay because I sent it for beta-reading. And when I received it, I edited it again, and sent it back for beta-reading, and I still haven't received it yet.

But don't worry, as soon as I get it back, I shall read it through and post it up ;D

PS: If you see sentences that sound wrong because of the punctuations, blame it on Quickedit. It got erased, because for some shitty reason the question mark (?) cannot be next to the exclamation mark (!). It's pissing me off.

Meanwhile… Review please:D