Forbidden Love Chapter 10
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Sano finally reached the palace with an unconscious Kenshin. He summoned some guards and they rushed to carry Kenshin to the doctor's room. On the way, Sano saw Kaoru walking towards them. When she saw the red hair, she gasped and recognized it instantly. It was Kenshin!
"Sano! What happened!" she asked, shaking his jacket. Sano made her let go and rushed alongside the guards.
"Hurry up!" he ordered as he ran with all his might. 'Why was the stupid doctor's office so far away?' he thought, annoyed and irritated. When they finally reached it, he opened the door and she was startled. Then, she saw the stretcher and sprung into action.
"Hot water! Clean, fresh towels! Bedding! COMFORTABLE bedding!" she ordered them all. The two guards split and went to get the hot water from the kitchens and the towels from the supply room. Sano quickly got some clean, fresh sheets and threw it over the doctor's bed. She lay him down and reached into her cabinet to get some medicine for the wounds and some bandages. Sano looked up and saw Kaoru watching, horrified at what she saw. Sano rushed to the door and led her away.
"Not now, princess. Later. Later, I'll explain everything. I promise." He said. She nodded and went to her room, stumbling on a few lumps on the carpet. He rushed back and saw that Kenshin's arm was being bandaged after getting cleaned by the hot water.
Five hours later, the army had arrived and they were all dreadfully tired from a whole day of fighting. There were whispers in the crowed about their fallen commander as they went toward their barracks. Saitou told them to go home and spend the rest of the week with their families. They all cheered and rushed to get clean and many sped out the gate to meet their wives and children at their homes. Saitou and Aoshi went to the doctor's room to find Kenshin laying there, all bandaged up. Sano was snoring quietly on the chair next to the bed and the doctor was checking and sorting some papers out.
"Thank you for taking care of our commander." Saitou said to the doctor. "I'm afraid I don't know you."
"Megumi. Takani, Megumi is my name. My teacher, who was the former doctor, passed away and I was put in charge since then. This all happened only three days ago." She explained as Sano woke up, startled to see Saitou and Aoshi.
"You're back already?" he asked.
"Obviously." Aoshi answered quietly.
Sano glared at him and looked at Kenshin. Then, he remembered about Kaoru. He stood up and rushed out. "Got business to do." He told Saitou right before he sped down the hall, trying to find the princess's room.
Misao was walking by when a large man with spiky hair bumped into her. "Oww!" she cried while rubbing her side. Then, she saw who it was. "Sano…what do you want? And—," she was cut off by Sano.
"Where's the princes— oh forget it…where's Kaoru's room?" he asked quickly. "It's urgent. VERY urgent." He said. She nodded and led the way down the halls, and downstairs until they were on the third floor. "She's in that room." Misao said, pointing at a door. Sano ran to it and opened it. He saw Kaoru sitting down on her bed, thinking. She hadn't noticed his entrance.
When she finally snapped out of it, she looked up at Sano and ran up to him. "What's wrong with Kenshin? Will he be okay? What happened? Why's he like that? He won't die right?" He looked at her and stopped her from bombarding him with so many questions.
"If you sit down, then I'll tell you the whole story. And no interruptions." He added. He started his story…
"So…he just fainted…just like that?" she asked, confirming her thought.
"Yeah. He was really exhausted. From fighting the army and then, getting major wounds from Shishio." Sano replied. He looked at Kaoru for any emotions but none were visible. "I think he'll be okay. He has to be." he added.
Again, no emotion and no expression. She then stood up quickly and started running toward the doctor's room.
"H-hey! Kaoru!" he yelled, running after her. Who knew a princess was this quick? She sped up the stairs and when she finally reached the room, she stepped in, gasping for breath. Sano soon followed and grabbed her. "Don't go in there, Kaoru!"
"I want to!" she grunted as she elbowed Sano in his stomach. He fell to the ground in pain. She went to Kenshin's side and sat on the chair that Sano had been sitting down before. She looked at the doctor and asked for his conditions.
She felt taken aback, but knowing who she was, she answered quickly. "He is greatly hurt and wounded. Slashed and burned at the same time…that's actually pretty good because the wound closes up right after the slash. However, from many attacks…and continuous battling, it has taken a great toll on his body. He might be in that bed for a LONG time. I'd say…maybe a month." Kaoru took all of this in, listening to every word.
"I'm going to stay here until he wakes up. Okay?" she asked.
"Yes ma'am." Megumi replied.
"Tell them…don't bother with any food. I won't eat until he wakes up. I will….just bathe…." She said. Megumi nodded and continued with her work, thinking silently in her head, about the connection between the great knight and the princess.