Bakumastu's Best Romance Novel
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R- Battousai and Kaoru…
Syn: The Bakumastu was not all about blood. Part of it was about the most extreme loves from the sadness lovers. The story I unfold is about Katsura's daughter, Kaoru who is suppose to be protected from the legend, Battousai himself. From friendship to blunt innocence, romance and love unfolds in this bloodied era.
Rating: Romance and Drama. Future surprises…
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An: please mind how Battousai acts in this fan fiction. I've been watching the Ova's, well bits of it, and I realized, many people misunderstood how he really acted. He wasn't all cold, he was devoid as and assassin, but blunt, and understandable. I guess this was another sixth sense reason Katsura chose him.
Enough with my boring chatter!! On with the fan fiction. Be kind, I'm more of the sensitive type. Arigatou!
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Chapter 1-
"Katsura, she's only a little girl! Please whatever you do, keep in her your sight. You know how she can be?" Katsura's young wife spoke, bitting her lips and fumbling with her index fingers.
Katsura whose back was turned to the raven head British woman, sighed. He knew how much trouble his daughter could be. Oh she was evil!
"Yes I know! That's why I lived most of my life knowing she was happy and safe with you!" he turned seeing the woman cast her head low. Ever since the troubles in England, the criminal activity from these unknown bounty killers had not fail to instigate more sadness and panic among the citizens. European and Japanese child of Katsura Kogoro was Kaoru Sakura Elizabeth Kogoro. A pacifist to her small village in Europe. Brave she was, but often small in her words, though she managed in some peculiar way to be heard and smiled at. Admired and envied at. Such a girl was not made to be lost in blood from the countless amount of bounty killers which swept England's gloomy floors by surprise.
"Koishi…" he started…his voice gentle always curbing to appeal to her… always…
"You'd allow her to die Kogoro Katsura…" her voice degrees fierce. Almost like a winters storm. Frosty with strength and strictness. Katsura had managed to see a silvery spick fall from her chin to the papers on his table…
"Koishii!!" he held her tight while she wept in his arms. "Please Katsura, she is all I have--no, all we have, protect her…please. She is our future pacifist…" she begged, weeping almost choked-like in his gi collar.
"Shhh! I will protect her, I promise you that, Jasmine… that I do…" he gently pulled her apart, looking into her icy blue eyes, just like Kaoru's. "Where's that beautiful smile which made me fall for you?" he asked. Caressing and wiping the tears away…
"Come closer!" she whispered, biting her lips… her eyes full of a silver brightness…
Katsura slanted his face to her…he watched her gentle features. Though her eyes were slightly puffy, he saw through it all, gasping at her small cute nose, her red shiny lips, her heart shape face and her majestic drowning sapphire artic orbs called eyes. Gifted was he to hold such a beautiful woman… a woman he married as his wife.
Closing the heartbreath space, he touched her lips, flouring the texture and slickness of those long past kisses.
He shared and endowed himself with sweet kisses from her…his woman…
Lost the two were in, in sweet bliss…
Meaningwhile~
Prowling and lost, looking for her mother, Kamiya Kogoro, looked high and low for her mother. She was almost very heartbroken, when she didn't see her old man first. But nooooooo, her mother insisted she stayed in one position and stay. Like a dog…
Kaoru a raven head girl, with sharp sapphire eyes, snowy pink cheeks, and a heart shape face, sighed out to the world.
'The world' she whispered almost sadly…
Here she was, in this lone area, a new world to be precise, no friends, no activity, nothing except the solitude of her heart. She watched around, watching how silent and aggravating it were. Who could live in this? She watched how the bamboo floors caught the countless rays of light on their smooth floors. The shoji's were all trimmed with rice paper and bordered with oak. Traditional Japanese she thought. To the right of her, forests receded from the slight damp floors, leaving a level strip of bright golden grass, to frame the reflected blueness of the sky. A fleecy pink cloud drifted high above, trailing the delicate coloring of its image under the floating leaves and silvery baby pink blossoms of the Cherry Blossom trees. It truly was beautiful, but sadly, this was not her home. Hence a big part of her sadness was this was all new, and permanent. The word alone brought goose bumps down her skin.
ACK!! Who am I kidding?? This will be an adventure, an experience. A total pain in the hinny--but hey, it's life. Noww!! If I could only remember which way mother went, right she turns right or left left?.
A slender index fingers was brought under her chin as she touched her digits, making lots of 'hmm's' and 'mm's' as she thought. 'Oh well, she made me drift.' Kaoru ran to hall areas, looking for her mother or father. She pulled at the shoji's seeing no one inside. All the rooms were pretty much small and clean. She ventured up the steps where she saw light to the way top. She ran up the steps but accidentally stepped on her dress which made her stumble on the step. She groaned at her mishap. These blasted English gowns were totally obstructing. No fair she thought. That's one point for kimono's and no points for English gowns.
She assembled herself and went to the top, she looked around and did some more site seeing. She opened a shoji and again she saw no one in. Unseen to her eyes, a young boy with amber eyes, and a red high pony watched and glared at her every move. She was completely the opposite from the cleaning girls of the Ishinshin, as she seem to open every shoji she came in close proximity with. She sighed, disgusted at the fact no one was around. Growling loudly she stomped her way down the steps, while this young boy followed in the shadows. She turned around when she felt a presence. No one. Everything was as as it is, stagnant. Turning around she met a bigger building, where she ran fought to it.
"YEPPII" she exclaimed loudly…
Opening it, she saw no one. She began to twitch and almost unconscious to this dreaded silence, a voice other than her echo, penetrated the air.
"Keep your voice down!" it was male. Kaoru closed the shoji, and automatically turned to the side. Looking up, she saw a young boy with two swords at his side. She swallowed the lump, and continued to look, she suddenly stopped at his face, his dark blue gi and gray hakama gave his amber eyes great levity. Almost setting his character adrift. Speaking of flames, accenting those dandy amber jewls, were his bloody scarlet locks. All together with everything in order, his image was to die for. His face was feminily cut, but she enjoyed him being both pretty and fierce.
"Who are you, what are doing here? Are you a whore?" he asked…
Kaoru's eyes opened in shock, "I-I beg your pardon?" she spoke in an English accent
"Nani??" he didn't understand what she saying, she wasn't speaking Japanese…
'Hmm…' "I am not a bad girlie young man!" she spoke in Japanese, her words a tad bit off…
"Who are you?" he asked…
"Kaoru…" her voice gentle and soft…almost designed for her pretty form…
"Well, you're not suppose to be snooping around. You've been very naughty Kaoru and bad girls pay!" he spoke
"What's that suppose to mean?" she asked nicely…sweet and gently…
"It means, you're busted and in trouble!" his voice devoid of any humanity…
"Oh!! Why am I in trouble?" she asked kindly, her eyes bright of a curiosity he never saw before…
"Are you afraid of me?" that was his next question, coz personally, he didn't seem to be getting the effect he naturally got from his victims…
"Urh, nope! I respect you, but I'm not afraid of you!" she spoke nicely…
"Well then… we'll just see!" he went forward grabbing her upper arm and pulling her off to Katsura's office…
Kaoru grew frantic, "Ouch! You're hurting me, stop it please, that I beg!" she begged, her words drugging his fiery nature. He pulled her along, "where are you carrying me?" she asked, afraid. Stopping he knocked on the shoji and was not given answer so he entered. Entering the young girl was pulled in…
Kenshin started, "Katsu---- ((( "DADDY!" Kaoru screamed, loosening herself , she ran straight into her father, hugging him tightly. "Daddy's princess finally is in Japan?" he spoke. "Uh huh!" she hugged him. He hugged her, rocking her back and forth in his arms, just as she were when she was small. She was always cuddly. And thoughtful--just like her mother…
"I see you met Kenshin" he spoke…
Kaoru turned to Kenshin, looking at him for a moment. "Yes…" she spoke…
"Kenshin--- this is my daughter, Kogoro Kaoru…" he spoke… introducing the two…
"Kaoru--honey, would you please step outside for a moment…?" he asked
"Aww!!" she graoned… "for daddy, please?" he asked
"Okay…" she spoke cutely and walked out…
"Okay Kenshin, this is one of your jobs, there's been a constant amount of attacking at my daughter, and so she'll be joining us for a while. I will like you, since you're one of my best men, to be her personnel bodyguard. Don't get me wrong Kenshin, I know you are an assassin, made and designed to full stop and do your job, and babysitting doesn't seem to cut your end, but really, she's my daughter, she means a lot to me and my wife. Please, I kindly ask you to protect her, she's very gentle and soft, she really doesn't get mad and if she does, well--lets just say, we won't be ready for the outburst. Please Kenshin she's very delicate, and I emboss for you, that treat her with more respect and humanity. She needs to have a friend. As an Ishinshin to an Ishinshin, please make me proud…. Any words….?" he asked
Kenshin bowed his head, contemplating at Katsura's words. True he was an assassin, but still, life would be no fun if he only killed and never knew he had a friend or could have one…maybe just this once…
"No sir…" he spoke
"Then dismiss, please tell Kaoru…" he spoke
Kenshin never answered and exited. He saw Kaoru leaning against the post, looking out into this boring place. Poor kid. He thought. Standing next to her, she turned and looked up. "Hello Kenshin" she smiled, always cheery…
He looked at her in recognition. "Let me show you, your room, follow!" he walked. Always with a dark aura as his true soul mate. She followed, watching at him.
"How old are you?" she asked, her words always soft and gentle. Innocent and carefree…
Kenshin couldn't hate anyone that clean and he almost hated himself for being assigned as her bloody body guard and next best bud. Taking a long sigh, he answered, "I'm fifteen" he spoke
"Really? Well me too!" she spoke…giddy and excited.
"Where would you like to sleep upstairs, or downstairs?" he asked
"Hmm-- upstairs!" she spoke… he walked to the hall…
Up the stairs they went, with Kaoru drifting away from him. Getting distracted when she saw some young girls cooking. How she longed to-- "Kaoru…" she jumped at the harsh usage of her name. She looked up…
Her sharp sapphire eyes watered and then tears fell… she was so sensitive. Kenshin remembered what Katsura administered to him, 'Please Kenshin she's very delicate…' how could he. This would take some time to get use to.
He jumped down the steps… going to her side, she turned her face from his pouting her lips and puffing those cheeks. He smirked. She looked so kiwai-- he hit himself almost mentally-- 'wow Battousai boy, keep off the Sashimi…'
Biting her lips, he heard her soft and broken up words, "sorry-- I didn't mean to make you mad at me…" she spoke…
Battousai was lost of what to do. What did boys do when girls cried, 'run and snicker' part of his conscience giggled, while the next more 'realistic' part of him, said, help the distress maiden by sweet and consoling words, a hug would work, but that was all too impossible and unbelievable coming from 'the' Battousai. If you know what I mean…
Kenshin snarled at his goodie side. He could do anything, and to prove that he could, he would hug Kaoru…---
He raised his hands trying to remember how hugs worked. She kept saying her sorry symphonies, when he shut her up with an awkward hug. Kaoru blushed, this hug was done all so wrong, but then she giggled. Battousai backed up, his hair covering his beet face. Raising his eyes slowly to hers, he wiped the tears away and whispered, almost kindly, I said almost, sorry… she smiled and hugged him… Battousai was shocked. "Your welcome Kenshin…" she smiled. Truly happy he was apologizing.
Loosening her grip, she giggled and blushed at how long she embraced him for.
"Sorry…" she giggled. She followed him up the stairs and down the archway, until finally they came to her room. The room was bigger than the contemporary ones at the bottom. The room seem stuffy so Kenshin opened the window. She looked around, watching the space…
"It's nice…" she spoke, "it just needs some colour!" she smiled at him…
He never answered but gave a curt nod. "Where's your room?" she asked…
Kenshin looked at her… "I'll show you…" he lead her to his room. Passers-by, especially the Ishinshin girls and men, would think wrong of these two teenagers.
"Here" he spoke. She placed a hand over the shoji to open it but was paused, when Kenshin placed his hand over hers. She looked into his eyes, drowning and suffocating by them. "Can I see inside, please?" she begged…
He let go, allowing her. She opened the door, and saw it was as big as hers. Maybe a little more brighter, and that's about it. She closed the shoji and whispered nice.
"I'm hungry…" she spoke…
He lead her downstairs and to Katsura. Along the way, Kaoru's mother called out. "Kaoru please sweetheart change those clothes" she spoke in flaw English.
"Okay!" she took her baggage and went to change in one of the rooms which were all vacant…
She hurried and soon came out wearing a bright blue kimono, the colour of her eyes. She looked so enchanting. She held a dark blue ribbon and tied it within her silk tresses in a pony. She smiled and Kenshin lead the way…
"Where do we eat?" she asked
"Out!" he spoke. Feddup of Ishinshin food.
She followed, and from the side, Katsura watched as Battousai and his daughter, began writing the novel as two complete strangers…
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An: I hope everyone likes it. It took me a while to write, but I wrote it in a day. Lately you guys haven't seen any updates, and well, it's all my fault really, but I must say, I am truly sorry. Updates will be back in December. I have school and so, I really have to work extra hard this semester. Sorry, but that's how it's gotta go. I hope you guys liked this fan fiction. It's just an idea I got when I was sick 3 o' clock in the bathroom one morning. I know it's sorta boring, but it gets better.
Please review!
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