Disclaimer: No I don't own RK! I wish I do, but really, no… sob
Hardy har!
Who killed Koko Krunch?
Who?
The Cereal killer! Hahahahaha!
Believe it or not this simple joke got me laughing the whole day! It's quite corny but who cares! Laughter comes easy to me!
Finally got through the first 2 weeks of school! I'm sorry for the delay 'cos i had to fix my application forms and stuff and I had other things to do like making problems for calculus (Yep! We don't just answer problems in math! We make 'em!) Plus there's Physics and Earth Sci. and I have to think up a business. (We have a subject where we make a li'l business.)and I'm also doing some bits of research on "How gullible can people be?" No, seriously, that's our topic. We're conducting surveys on how easy other people believe in superstitions. Plus, there's PMT! which stands for P Military Training. I'm called Cadette Private A----- of the Bravo 1st Platoon. And our commandant commented that we were really tough looking! YEAH Right! ME? tough looking, I always thought I look like such a weakling.
13 Unbreakable Hearts
"Eh?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Kaoru nearly knocked out Yahiko at her sudden outburst.
"W-w-hat e-exact-tily d-d-d'you m-m-mean?" She stuttered as Megumi laughed silently behind her.
"Don't laugh! No! Seriously, Sano, that was a joke right?" she had in another one of her would-be-calm tones.
"Relax, Kaoru-dono, I'm not gonna eat you…" Kenshin said, trying to comfort her while at the same time summoning all his self control to stop himself from rolling on the floor laughing.
Kaoru suddenly turned around expecting Kenshin to bare his fangs and laugh menacingly at her face. She suddenly had a vision of a demonic Kenshin
"YOU'RE MINE KAORU! MWAHAHAHAHA!"
"Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin broke her from her thoughts. Kaoru looked at him, no fangs, no horn. But who knows?! Maybe behind that gentle smile was a horny monster ready to pounce on her! She knew it! She should've known! Maybe she's not a virgin anymore?! What if this man had been lavishing himself with her body?
"Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked again. "What is wrong with her? Is sleeping in the same room with me bothering her so much?"
She hates me…
"No! Not you…" Kaoru said, almost a whisper. How could she have thought that her master was wrong! She shouldn't have trusted them, even for just one minute! What was she sitting around for? She could've escaped a long time ago. What was a simple cloth or handcuffs compared to her "will"?
She really does hate me…
"Kenshin would only be guarding you during the night, he won't bother you, unless, you want him to" Sano said winking at Kenshin. Kenshin gave a weak smile and unsurely looked back at Kaoru.
Guard?! She suspiciously examined everyone's faces.
"And why does it have to be Kenshin, if I may ask?" she haughtily asked, regaining her composure.
"Listen, Missy, you brought this upon yourself."
"I?! Why would I want a skinny red headed freak to sleep in the same room with me?"
Kenshin grimaced at her comments. Yes, he was quite skinny but only because they were searching for her for too long, he does realize that having red hair is quite unusual, but a freak? Kaoru's so cruel…
"Well, let's see" Misao interrupted, "if it was Sano, you will NEVER be able to get some sleep and rest, which, may I remind you, you are in great need for. Sano snores too loudly, he could wake the entire neighborhood. You can sleep with Yahiko, only if you dig it, having a blackeye, I mean. Megumi sleeps in the clinic, and as for me, after what happened last time I slept in the same room with you, I don't think I would be able to come out of this alive. So, Himura's our best choice, got it?"
Misao folded her arms in front of her chest. Kaoru knew, everyone did, she was defeated. She just stood there with her mouth hanging open. Misao spoke so quickly, she wasn't able to protest. Next thing she knew, Misao was shoving her to her "room".
"Change into your sleeping yukatas and Kenshin would join you shortly. Come on! Move!"
Kaoru stood firm on her ground. Her face unyielding.
"unless you want him to watch."
Kaoru's face colored and she quickly went inside and changed her clothes. Misao chuckled behind her.
She heard retreating footsteps and knew that Misao had left. She was no longer bound to anyone. Hmmm… what if? She slowly opened the shoji door only to find herself face to face with Kenshin.
The man looked equally startled. She was trying to escape, he knew it.
"Do you need anything, Miss?" since he didn't want anymore berating as to what her name is, he decided to call her as Sano does sometimes, except in a more polite way.
Kaoru's face paled as the seriousness in the man's tone struck her.
"What do you care?" she turned her back and went to her futon. She snuggled beneath her blankets, bringing it up to her chin to cover as much of her as possible. She suspiciously watched Kenshin's every move through the corners of her eye.
The man was now seating himself in one corner of the room, the one near the door. Damn! She was completely guarded! She thought as she saw his sakabattou. She had become tense when she remembered that the Battousai might've wanted her dead. The shoji door opened and in came Misao.
"Hey Himura, no dirty tricks, I tell ya'!"
"Oro?" a completely clueless Kenshin pointed at himself.
"I'll take that as a yes! Nighty-night!" then Misao sped off.
Kenshin brought his hands behind his head and laughed nervously. Kaoru just stared at him from under her blankets.
Why is she so scared?
Do not be deceived! She told herself. So what if he laughs like that and appear clueless? He's pretending, I know it! She risked a look again and saw that Kenshin was getting ready to get some sleep.
She kept herself awake for about a few minutes when she noticed that Kenshin hasn't rested yet.
"What're you doing?" she asked harshly.
"I'm waiting for you to sleep…" he said.
"Of course you do!" She thought vehemently. "A noisy kill would stir some neighbors attention!"
"What if I don't sleep?"
"Then I won't sleep either."
"Why would you do that?" She questioned again.
"Because I don't want to lose you." He answered almost in a whisper.
She gulped loudly. Was that a threat? She went under her blankets and pretended to sleep.
After a few minutes she heard Kenshin coming closer. Her body tensed and she pretended to sleep. Kenshin seemed only interested in examining whether she was asleep or not. He slowly pushed some of the blankets away.
Shit! Shit! Shit! Was all Kaoru seemed to think of. Kenshin's brows furrowed as he felt her breath on his hand.
"Stop breathing loudly!" she reprimanded herself. She begun counting from one to ten to relax herself.
Kenshin tucked the blankets more so that now she was completely snugged comfortably. He raised his arm as if to touch her face when he hesitated at the last moment. He just looked at her. Kaoru all the while nervous at the same time confused.
He left her and went to the corner. He slumped and went to sleep.
Kaoru didn't dare to move, fearing that the man would wake up. He seemed prone to waking up whenever she stirred. She was sweating profusely now as she tried not to move.
A few minutes had passed but to Kaoru it took forever. She risked to move herself a bit. He didn't stir. She moved again, he didn't move.
Thinking that this was her only chance, she didn't even risk to get a new set of clothes. She'll escape with only her yukatas on if it was the only way! She slid the door open.
Finally! Oh Freedom! (Kaoru's crawling here!)
As soon as one hand reached to the other side, a hand swept in front of her, and pulled her into a tight embrace.
Kenshin sensing Kaoru escaping snatched her, his legs went around her as he embraced her soft body. Her back was against his chest.
"Not escaping, are you?" he whispered at her ear.
What are you doing? Let her go! You're scaring her!
Shut up!
Kaoru shivered. Her hands went up to his. An uncontrolled sob came out of her as his grip tightened. She was growing more scared. Scared? Why though? She could fight him, so why can't she move her body?!
Kenshin nibbled at her ear. She made a sharp intake of breath at this.
No! Stop it!
"Are you leaving me?" he had asked but all Kaoru could do was whimper.
His lips went to her neck, taking in her scent. Many things have changed about her. But not her scent. He took in the familiar smell of Jasmine. Kaoru was trembling, but he took no heed. His need was getting the better of him. Unseen through the darkness, his eyes glittered amber.
Kaoru saw this and she became even more scared. Is she going to die?
Kaoru had groaned and he took this as an invitation. One hand slipped inside her clothes. Kaoru felt something poke her . And she quickly turned around.
SLAP!
She had slapped Kenshin. He saw that he had scared her and he immediately regretted his actions. From a crazed amber, his eyes turned back to mournful purple.
Kaoru had retreated as far from him as possible. She stood in a corner across him. She was sobbing so much. "Kaoru-dono, I- I'm sorry!" he tried reaching out to her. He took both of her hands.
She pushed him away with so much force that he almost fell.
"Keep your hands off me!" she said in between sobs as she hugged herself. She was still alive! But this man wanted to touch her! He had wanted something from her before he killed her!
Kenshin was deeply hurted by these words at the same time a flush of guilt came over him. She was scared and all he cared about at that moment was himself. He kneeled in front of her and bowed his head.
"I am ready for whatever punishment you have!"
"Let me go!"
"I cannot do that."
"Why?! You have said you are ready to accept anything!"
"That one was not for me, it was for you." He looked up at her.
"Lies!" She bent down and slapped him again. Kenshin didn't stir. She slapped him again. She wanted to slap him senseless.
I scared her! I'm sorry!
She begun hitting him by the chest. Kenshin accepted it all. Her hits became weaker and weaker. His chest was bleeding, his wound from last time was opened!
I'm sorry...I really am!
Blood was on Kaoru's hands now as she continued beating him. Eventually, her fists grew tired and she stopped.
Kenshin was looking at her, uncaring of the reopening of his wound. She looked up at him. Tears were flowing from her eyes. Then her eyes grew blank.
It was all a blur. A spiky-haired man was carrying a limp looking fellow. His body was bloody and he was unconscious. She was running towards the bloodied man. He regained consciousness and looked up at her.
Kenshin…
The searing pain thumped through her head as she saw the vision. She could not toss the image away just like what she did with so many others she had before. The pain was unbearable and she fell, sobbing into Kenshin's chest.
I become guilty whenever i write stuff like kissing that goes beyond a certain point. Plus, I'm not exactly happy about kissing coz when I was younger, my cousin told me that when you kiss someone, their saliva goes to your mouth! (EW!) Plus, I don't have happy memories when it comes to near-fatal kisses... I've never been kissed (I think, LOL), so sorry if ever there's a kissing scene and well... it sucks. It wasn't supposed to be like this, Kaoru being upset about it all. She was supposed to "yield". but at the last moment, I thought,
"Hey! If I thought someone wants to kill me and might rape me or something, plus the fact that I was dead scared. and he suddenly kissed me and does stuff, I wouldn't exactly be happy about it! Even if he's as gorgeous as Kenshin...but then again maybe not"
So that's what I thought. Kaoru doesn't trust Kenshin. and about the part in the town in chap. 11. She was merely being civilized. It was Battousai acting during that "moment", but it was the rurouni who felt guilty. Maybe the Battousai was guilty too, but, point is. Kenshin was guilty, so he accepted that punishment by Kaoru. And about Kenshin acting like that without even thinking. Put it this way. He had this dam of emotions that he finally opened up. (remember, K/K were already quite intimate before Kaoru went missing) She was gone for a year. When you found her, she hates your guts and instead of a hug, she tries to kill you. I mean, Kenshin was free from the Keep-your-emotions-locked-in thingy, but then he's gonna seal that up again. Passion is hard to control and as for what he's done, he's only human. Which reminds me, please review guys, I won't put up a facade to convince you people this time since I'll probably get delayed anyway. But maybe if you review then, I'll have new ideas and may fix K/K's problems next Chappie!
I'm actually feeling gulty that I'm using up so much space, but some of the things are relevant, ne?!
Also would like to thank the reviewers please don't forget about my story! Other fanfics are on the way but it'll all take time. I don't have any idea when I'll be able to update, so I'm saying sorry in advance!