Chapter 6
Author Note – aha... ^^" it seems that many of you were confused.. ^^" sorry bout that... ^-^ I'll explain, you see, many parts in the story were all flashbacks. Like when the part Kenshin saved Kaoru from Akira [again ^_^] was a flashback. Just wanted to clear that up ;] Everything will be explained throughout the chapters :]
+ I updated this chapter earlier than Saturday, since I have Spring Break and I have some extra time ^_^ Also, is that I won't be able to update this on Saturday. I have to go to a family party, that will last all night. ^^"
+ I wanted to add something, since most got confused either it was present or a flash back :
+___________________________________+ = that will be like now/present
*_____________________________________* = that will be flash back :]
Disclaimer - . I don't own Rurouni Kenshin........ .
Unwanted Memories –
*_____________________________________________________*
"Himura-sama...thank you.....thank you for last night..."
"It's fine..Kaoru...it's fine... I'm just glad you are alright."
"Oh..I'm fine...great actually... I guess I'll get back to work..."
"Yeah...ummm...Kaoru..."
"Hmm?"
"It's..nothing..."
Nodding, Kaoru left, feeling disappointed in not being able to be with Himura-sama. She didn't know why....didn't understand..but whenever she saw Himura, she was happy...
Kenshin stood still, his hand touching the scar that still remained on his left cheek. It still would not go away, nor would it stop bleeding. It did not bleed as much as before, but still droplets of red blood dropped every now and then.
He was angry at himself, unable to tell Kaoru what he wanted to...but would it really do anything? Saito's words continued to ring through his mind, persistent in making him understand the meaning of the words...
Why was this so hard? Any normal man would brush off these feelings and remember that "she" was only a slave...but...this was "Kaoru" noone could replace her..no one could put her in with any other slave or person... she was.."Kaoru"....no one else........
+__________________________________________+
Kenshin sat still, the tears mingling in with the rain. Even the rain reminded him of Kaoru... everything seemed to remind him of Kaoru...
'I don't want to be here.... I don't want to go back...to those memories...I can't bear it....'
*__________________________________________*
Kenshin sat at the table, his lips tasting the sweet wine...the past few nights...the sake..had tasted good..which was surprising...for it hadn't been to his liking for a long time.... It had only started acquiring some taste..when......Kaoru had come to work for him...........
He smiled a bit, not understanding how this meant........
He wandered out to the garden, as the shadows came out of there hiding as the sun began to set quickly, fireflies coming out as well. The smell of jasmine intoxicated his mind. He saw Kaoru standing there, her delicate hand holding a flower, and sniffing it.
"Kaoru...do you like jasmines?"
Kaoru looked up surprised at hearing his voice. She was engrossed in her thoughts...thinking of the man who standing right before her eyes.......
"Ahh...yes! Yes! I do like jasmines...there smell always reminds me of my mother..."
Kenshin smiled, stepping closer. How beautiful Kaoru looked, her face glowing in the light coming from the fireflies. They twinkled around, adding their light with the stars up above. She seemed to glow an unimaginable natural glow that seemed to enhance her beauty. He loved the way her bangs swayed around her face, the way her eyes looked into his, that seemed to try and look for his soul...
Something came over his mind, as it instructed him what to do. He found himself reaching for her hand, pulling her into his arms for an embrace. He heard her gasp, saw her eyes grow wide with shock. Fireflies circled around them... giving off the light of love...
"Kaoru..." he heard himself whisper.
"Himura-sama..what do you think you are doing?!" Kaoru asked, her voice shaking with uncontrollable shock, surprise and...longing...
"Kaoru..call me Kenshin..."
"I can't..."
"Kaoru...I don't know why...but seeing you..has always made me happy.... Something about you...has made me want to see you everyday....has made me want to see your smile day and night..."
Silence came....Kaoru did not know what to say..she didn't dare to breath..dare to blink...afraid that if she did..it would ruin this perfect moment. Her head was resting on his shoulder, as his arms circled around her, a perfect embrace...
"Himura..sama..."
"Let me talk. I don't know what's come over me...I don't know why I am doing this...but...I just don't understand these feelings. Something has come over me...something has taken over me..making me say these things..that even I don't understand.."
Kenshin held her tighter, loving the way her warmth seeped into his, mingling...into one..like a flame burning..constantly...mingling in with the light...
"Kaoru...I...love..you..."
Hearing those words, Kaoru felt tears fall, her heart bursting with happiness. "Himura...sama...why? Why me?" Kaoru managed, her vision becoming blurred.
"Kaoru...you are you...you are the one who I want to see everyday..you are the one who I want to make happy...only you.."
"Himura....thank you...for loving someone like me..."
Kenshin broke away, looking at her bewildered, "What do you mean, 'someone like me'?"
Kaoru fell to the floor, continuing to cry, "Someone like me..someone who is nothing but property..someone who does not have an identity in 'your' world.."
Kenshin took her in his arms again, sitting on the grassy floor, the fire flies once again circling around the two. "Kaoru, listen to me, you are a person, you are Kaoru Kamiya, the woman I love...nothing more, nothing less. Don't ever think like that.."
"Kenshin..I love you.." Kaoru whispered, her crying continuing, her head lying on his chest.
Kenshin felt himself cry a bit too, his emotions over whelming him. "Kaoru..you called me by my name..."
"Kenshin..."
They sat there together, embraced in each other's arms, wishing that they could be like this longer than forever...till the end of time..........
+________________________________+
Kenshin looked up to the black sky, wanting that once beautiful memory gone. How he cherished that memory, and yet..he did not want to watch it...did not want to watch the time Kaoru and him confessed their love...it was just too painful...
"Kaoru....you promised you'd be with me forever....till the end of time..you lied...." Kenshin whispered, holding the blue indigo ribbon he had. The only thing he had to think of Kaoru. It was her favorite color....the color of sadness.....for as the old saying went, *'Blue is the sorrow of the mind. Red is the passion of the heart.'
Kenshin sat there, fingering the ribbon, as the rain beated down. His eyes closed, taking him back to the place of unwanted memories....
Kaoru..........
+ I was so happy
+ When you smiled at me
+ With a smile that melts away everything
+ Spring is yet far away
+ and the earth is still cold
+ Was waiting for the first sprout to come out
+ Although today is hard to bear
+ Even when yesterdays scars remain
+ If I work it out with the heart that's wants to trust
+ I can't be born again
+ but I can change as I go on
+ Lets stay together always
+ Fruits Basket [opening theme song]
____________________________________________________________
AUTHOR NOTE - =D How was that? I wanted Kaoru and Kenshin to confess how they felt, without even knowing it themselves... lol
Hope you all liked that =)
+ Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!! =DD + PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
+ Click that button...please? ^_^
Author Note – aha... ^^" it seems that many of you were confused.. ^^" sorry bout that... ^-^ I'll explain, you see, many parts in the story were all flashbacks. Like when the part Kenshin saved Kaoru from Akira [again ^_^] was a flashback. Just wanted to clear that up ;] Everything will be explained throughout the chapters :]
+ I updated this chapter earlier than Saturday, since I have Spring Break and I have some extra time ^_^ Also, is that I won't be able to update this on Saturday. I have to go to a family party, that will last all night. ^^"
+ I wanted to add something, since most got confused either it was present or a flash back :
+___________________________________+ = that will be like now/present
*_____________________________________* = that will be flash back :]
Disclaimer - . I don't own Rurouni Kenshin........ .
Unwanted Memories –
*_____________________________________________________*
"Himura-sama...thank you.....thank you for last night..."
"It's fine..Kaoru...it's fine... I'm just glad you are alright."
"Oh..I'm fine...great actually... I guess I'll get back to work..."
"Yeah...ummm...Kaoru..."
"Hmm?"
"It's..nothing..."
Nodding, Kaoru left, feeling disappointed in not being able to be with Himura-sama. She didn't know why....didn't understand..but whenever she saw Himura, she was happy...
Kenshin stood still, his hand touching the scar that still remained on his left cheek. It still would not go away, nor would it stop bleeding. It did not bleed as much as before, but still droplets of red blood dropped every now and then.
He was angry at himself, unable to tell Kaoru what he wanted to...but would it really do anything? Saito's words continued to ring through his mind, persistent in making him understand the meaning of the words...
Why was this so hard? Any normal man would brush off these feelings and remember that "she" was only a slave...but...this was "Kaoru" noone could replace her..no one could put her in with any other slave or person... she was.."Kaoru"....no one else........
+__________________________________________+
Kenshin sat still, the tears mingling in with the rain. Even the rain reminded him of Kaoru... everything seemed to remind him of Kaoru...
'I don't want to be here.... I don't want to go back...to those memories...I can't bear it....'
*__________________________________________*
Kenshin sat at the table, his lips tasting the sweet wine...the past few nights...the sake..had tasted good..which was surprising...for it hadn't been to his liking for a long time.... It had only started acquiring some taste..when......Kaoru had come to work for him...........
He smiled a bit, not understanding how this meant........
He wandered out to the garden, as the shadows came out of there hiding as the sun began to set quickly, fireflies coming out as well. The smell of jasmine intoxicated his mind. He saw Kaoru standing there, her delicate hand holding a flower, and sniffing it.
"Kaoru...do you like jasmines?"
Kaoru looked up surprised at hearing his voice. She was engrossed in her thoughts...thinking of the man who standing right before her eyes.......
"Ahh...yes! Yes! I do like jasmines...there smell always reminds me of my mother..."
Kenshin smiled, stepping closer. How beautiful Kaoru looked, her face glowing in the light coming from the fireflies. They twinkled around, adding their light with the stars up above. She seemed to glow an unimaginable natural glow that seemed to enhance her beauty. He loved the way her bangs swayed around her face, the way her eyes looked into his, that seemed to try and look for his soul...
Something came over his mind, as it instructed him what to do. He found himself reaching for her hand, pulling her into his arms for an embrace. He heard her gasp, saw her eyes grow wide with shock. Fireflies circled around them... giving off the light of love...
"Kaoru..." he heard himself whisper.
"Himura-sama..what do you think you are doing?!" Kaoru asked, her voice shaking with uncontrollable shock, surprise and...longing...
"Kaoru..call me Kenshin..."
"I can't..."
"Kaoru...I don't know why...but seeing you..has always made me happy.... Something about you...has made me want to see you everyday....has made me want to see your smile day and night..."
Silence came....Kaoru did not know what to say..she didn't dare to breath..dare to blink...afraid that if she did..it would ruin this perfect moment. Her head was resting on his shoulder, as his arms circled around her, a perfect embrace...
"Himura..sama..."
"Let me talk. I don't know what's come over me...I don't know why I am doing this...but...I just don't understand these feelings. Something has come over me...something has taken over me..making me say these things..that even I don't understand.."
Kenshin held her tighter, loving the way her warmth seeped into his, mingling...into one..like a flame burning..constantly...mingling in with the light...
"Kaoru...I...love..you..."
Hearing those words, Kaoru felt tears fall, her heart bursting with happiness. "Himura...sama...why? Why me?" Kaoru managed, her vision becoming blurred.
"Kaoru...you are you...you are the one who I want to see everyday..you are the one who I want to make happy...only you.."
"Himura....thank you...for loving someone like me..."
Kenshin broke away, looking at her bewildered, "What do you mean, 'someone like me'?"
Kaoru fell to the floor, continuing to cry, "Someone like me..someone who is nothing but property..someone who does not have an identity in 'your' world.."
Kenshin took her in his arms again, sitting on the grassy floor, the fire flies once again circling around the two. "Kaoru, listen to me, you are a person, you are Kaoru Kamiya, the woman I love...nothing more, nothing less. Don't ever think like that.."
"Kenshin..I love you.." Kaoru whispered, her crying continuing, her head lying on his chest.
Kenshin felt himself cry a bit too, his emotions over whelming him. "Kaoru..you called me by my name..."
"Kenshin..."
They sat there together, embraced in each other's arms, wishing that they could be like this longer than forever...till the end of time..........
+________________________________+
Kenshin looked up to the black sky, wanting that once beautiful memory gone. How he cherished that memory, and yet..he did not want to watch it...did not want to watch the time Kaoru and him confessed their love...it was just too painful...
"Kaoru....you promised you'd be with me forever....till the end of time..you lied...." Kenshin whispered, holding the blue indigo ribbon he had. The only thing he had to think of Kaoru. It was her favorite color....the color of sadness.....for as the old saying went, *'Blue is the sorrow of the mind. Red is the passion of the heart.'
Kenshin sat there, fingering the ribbon, as the rain beated down. His eyes closed, taking him back to the place of unwanted memories....
Kaoru..........
+ I was so happy
+ When you smiled at me
+ With a smile that melts away everything
+ Spring is yet far away
+ and the earth is still cold
+ Was waiting for the first sprout to come out
+ Although today is hard to bear
+ Even when yesterdays scars remain
+ If I work it out with the heart that's wants to trust
+ I can't be born again
+ but I can change as I go on
+ Lets stay together always
+ Fruits Basket [opening theme song]
____________________________________________________________
AUTHOR NOTE - =D How was that? I wanted Kaoru and Kenshin to confess how they felt, without even knowing it themselves... lol
Hope you all liked that =)
+ Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!! =DD + PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
+ Click that button...please? ^_^