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A/N: here we go another chapter hope you guys enjoy!
"It wasn't long after you left" She felt tears sting her eyes.
FLASHBACK1
"Yahiko if you want to get any better you need to open your hips more other wise you are leaving yourself open on the right side!" It was another practice between Kaoru and Yahiko. Kenshin had been gone for only two days and already Kaoru was about to kill Yahiko.
"Sure busu" Yahiko said under his breath.
Kaoru bubbled with anger, "What did you just say Little Yahiko?"
"Don't call me little!"
"Then stop acting little!"
Yet another argument between master and pupil, they were in such a heated debate neither person had heard the sound of the gate open behind them or the men who entered through it.
"Ahem," one of the men said as they tapped their foot waiting for a response.
Kaoru turned around to face four officers who were all standing and watching her and Yahiko's scuffle. "Can I help you?" She said as she gained some composure.
"We are looking for Kamiya Kaoru," He said eyeing her.
"What do you want with me?" she said incredulously, she didn't like the way he sounded.
"You are under arrest for crimes against the government..." the man said starting to read her, her rights.
"What?" Kaoru was in shock, "What crimes? Against who's government?"
The officer glowered at her, "You know what crimes you insolent woman!" He raised a hand to her.
Kaoru knew she couldn't fight off these men, she turned to Yahiko, "Yahiko, stay here, protect the dojo and when Kenshin returns tell him what has happened." She looked at him with sincerity as the officers shackled her.
Yahiko nodded, he felt a little afraid what would he do now? He only prayed that Kenshin would come soon and he would help them.
The officer looked down at Yahiko, "Be lucky child I should arrest you too for adding and abetting a criminal such as her."
Yahiko's blood boiled he couldn't handle it anymore. He knew this was wrong; he just had to say it. "Kaoru maybe stupid sometimes and she may be hot headed but she would never commit a crime who-"
"Yahiko!" Kaoru said to him sternly "You are not helping yourself. Wait here for Kenshin and nothing else do you hear me?" Kaoru's face didn't show it, but Yahiko knew that she was afraid.
Yahiko nodded and looked away as she was lead out of the dojo. He was mad to say the least, to see his Sensei who was more like a mother to him than he would like to admit, was being shackled and lead away like some animal. He clenched his fists, 'Kenshin come home soon.'
END FLASHBACK
Kaoru looked at Kenshin to see what kind of reaction he had on his face but he just sat up against the rock across from Kaoru with his eyes closed and his sakabatou leaned up against his right shoulder. 'At least he's listening.' She thought. The truth was Kenshin kept his eye's closed so that he wouldn't reveal the amber glint they held.
There was a long silence as Kaoru thought about what had happened next, before she spoke to him again.
FLASHBACK2
Kaoru sat in a cold jail cell she had not been told why she was being held captive by the police, all that she knew was that they took her out of Tokyo and traveled north all the way north to Hokkaido 'but why Hokkaido?' she wondered to her self many times. It had taken them a while but thanks to the train it hadn't taken them nearly as long as if they were on foot. (A/N: I don't know how long it really would have taken them to get there seeing how it is on a completely different Island, so let's just say it took a week.)
Tears froze to her skin as she sat contemplating over the fact that she was going to be tried in a few days for whatever crimes she was accused of committing.
"Ahh so there she is..." came a cold voice from a dark corner of another jail cell.
"Excuse me?" Kaoru said knowing they were the only two people in that section of the prison.
"So how many?"
"How many what?" Kaoru asked.
The voice laughed, "What do you mean how many? How many did you kill?"
"Kill? You mean government officials?" Kaoru tried to play along to get as much information out of this person.
They came out of the shadows revealing that the person was a woman who seemed to be not much older than Megumi. "I heard that you killed four of them, they say that the heads are having a big to do about it because they don't want other countries to find out that some girl is killing off all of their officials."
Kaoru sat there letting what the woman said soak in. She gulped even though her mouth was dry. "So what are my chances?"
"Of breaking out?" The woman said looking at her face, "Well I would say-"
"No, of being found innocent?" Kaoru knew she couldn't break out of here that was easy to tell; she waited and searched the woman's eyes to see if she would tell her the truth or not.
"You didn't kill them did you?" The woman said hearing the fear in Kaoru's voice. She bowed her head and answered Kaoru reluctantly, "The chances are slim to none, no woman has ever been found innocent here, no matter how outrageous the accusation. You might as well start to dig your grave now."
Kaoru didn't like the sound of that. She felt a shiver go down her spine as she heard the creaking of a door in the background and the sound of foot falls on the ground. A tall dark looking man looked down at her.
"Well, well, if it isn't the Battousai's woman," said a sharp, gruff voice. "I never thought you would be the one behind these bars."
Kaoru looked up and glared. "Saitou, I could smell your cigarette; what do you want? I know you wouldn't be here to help me. Making Kenshin miserable is what you strive for, and heavens forbid that you help me, because that would make him grateful to you."
Saitou smirked, "Yes it would, I can't help you even if I wanted," he laughed getting a little joy of seeing the Battousai's woman behind bars. "But I do have some advice for you. When they set you up for execution, which they will, you will be facing a very jagged cliff with all sorts of things one could hold on to or hide in. If one wasn't bound up which they usually aren't they could make a jump for the cliff and have a slight possibility of living." Saitou turned on his heel to walk out.
"Why?" Kaoru asked.
"If you die the Battousai will become broken once again, and there is no use fighting a broken man." Saitou stomped out his cigarette and left.
'What a strange man,' Kaoru thought.
END FLASHBACK
It was weird Kaoru thought the only reason he helped was just so he could fight Kenshin, she didn't know weather to thank him or hit him. Kaoru looked at Kenshin again and decided to get on with telling him, she would leave her little meeting with Saitou out for now. "I was tried in Hokkaido, and found guilty for the deaths of four government officials," Kaoru looked into the flames of the fire. "But not before..." she trailed off "Not before they interrogated me." Kenshin's eyes snapped open a cold amber blazed in them. He knew all to well what kind of 'interrogation' she had went through, in jails like the one she was in, they tortured the person until they admitted to a crime whether or not they committed it in first place.
FLASHBACK3
Kaoru was brought out of her jail cell for the first taste of sunlight she had in a while. It had been three weeks since they had brought her to the prison and two weeks of torture as they 'interrogated' her. The officers shackled her and six of them lead her out and through the town. Kaoru kept her head down and went along quietly.
They arrived in what seemed to be a type of court house. Kaoru sat there in her little box that she had been confined to, and listened to the trial as it proceeded. She couldn't believe her ears last time she checked she hadn't killed anyone let alone government officials in Kyoto!
Kaoru looked around and noticed out of the corner of her eye stood a tall shady figure. 'Saitou?' she thought, 'What are you doing here?' she felt the hatred bubble in her 'Stupid wolf!'
Before Kaoru knew it the trial was over and she was found guilty on all charges, "What do you mean guilty!?" she shouted she couldn't contain herself anymore, "You didn't even let me speak! How could you find me guilty with nothing to back it up!"
The judge looked at her outburst and smirked, "How could you find yourself innocent with nothing to back it up? Woman, you are guilty of your crime you will hereby be executed at this time next week. Court adjourned!"
Kaoru stood in shock as she was escorted back to her cold lonely jail
cell, where she stayed until the day she was destined to die.
END FLASHBACK
"Kaoru-"
Kaoru shook her head, "No please don't, Let me continue I barely escaped the execution, I was just lucky that I made it off the cliff."
Kenshin gave her a confused look, 'what was she talking about?'
"When they sentence you to execution they take you outside of the prison for your 'last bit of fresh air' before they set you in front of a cliff and aim a firing squad of about four to five men at you and you have the choice of jumping off the cliff or being shot. It's a game to them even if you try to jump they still shoot at you and that-"
"That is what happened to you." Kenshin finished his eye's still a cold amber color as a rage burned inside of him.
Kaoru nodded, "I was lucky, when I jumped I was able to grasp onto a part of the rock face and was able to pretty much prevent myself from dying." Well she wasn't as lucky as Kenshin might of thought, all she did was do what Saitou had advised her to do. "When I finally got off the cliff I ran, I knew that they would come down the cliff to retrieve my body. It was only a matter of time before they found out I was a little less than dead. I don't know how long my legs carried me, it's all kind of dark, and all I remember was the storm and then running into a farm and falling and never hitting the ground..."
Kaoru still hid something, and she wasn't going to tell Kenshin or anyone, she was too ashamed. She looked at him with her glossy Sapphire eyes.
"Why don't you get some rest?" Kenshin asked out of concern seeing the weary look on her face. He knew she hadn't told him the whole story but he wasn't going to press her for answers.
Kaoru shook her head. "I can't"
"It's not a good idea-"
Kaoru shot him an angered look, "You, Kenshin Himura are not my father and have no right to tell me what to do!" no matter how much he protested he could tell he was not going to win this one.
Both stared off to the wall opposite of them not saying another word the rest of the night, welcoming the silence that bathed over them. Morning came, Kenshin stood up and peaked out of the waterfall. The sun shone warming the day up a enough to make the snow start to wane, it was getting close to the end of winter and the days were starting to reach nearly bearable temperatures. (A/N: When I said bearable temperatures I think I meant like 30 degrees above zero )
"No sign of them, we should go now."
"You're still going to come with me?"
"I said I would protect you," Kenshin said sternly. "Though I don't think running like this is much of a good idea we do need to find out what happened, and who really is behind this."
Kaoru looked at the ground with guilt in her face.
Kenshin grasped her face in his hands, "It could never be you..."
"How are you so sure?"
"Because I know you." His eyes were so full of passion and truth that Kaoru could not deny what he was saying.
They walked out of the cave behind the waterfall for what would be the last time and started to make there journey for the one place that they would find their answers the place where all of this started, Kyoto.
To be continued...
A/N: So what did you think? It's not as good as it could be, but I have a deal with my family not to write R rated stories so I have toned down this one A LOT! So if it sounds a bit choppy I'm sorry but please R&R anyway
Yahiko: Yeah review her story because she doesn't have anything better to do than write it!
Battosaichick: Watch your mouth Yahiko-Chan other wise my bokken will find a new home in your skull!
Kenshin: Now now no need to get violent.
BC: shut up you stupid rurouni!
Kenshin: Oro?
Yahiko: do I even make an appearance in this one? (under his breath) besides in a flashback scene that is
BC (skeptically): maybe... well until next time waves
A/N: here we go another chapter hope you guys enjoy!
"It wasn't long after you left" She felt tears sting her eyes.
FLASHBACK1
"Yahiko if you want to get any better you need to open your hips more other wise you are leaving yourself open on the right side!" It was another practice between Kaoru and Yahiko. Kenshin had been gone for only two days and already Kaoru was about to kill Yahiko.
"Sure busu" Yahiko said under his breath.
Kaoru bubbled with anger, "What did you just say Little Yahiko?"
"Don't call me little!"
"Then stop acting little!"
Yet another argument between master and pupil, they were in such a heated debate neither person had heard the sound of the gate open behind them or the men who entered through it.
"Ahem," one of the men said as they tapped their foot waiting for a response.
Kaoru turned around to face four officers who were all standing and watching her and Yahiko's scuffle. "Can I help you?" She said as she gained some composure.
"We are looking for Kamiya Kaoru," He said eyeing her.
"What do you want with me?" she said incredulously, she didn't like the way he sounded.
"You are under arrest for crimes against the government..." the man said starting to read her, her rights.
"What?" Kaoru was in shock, "What crimes? Against who's government?"
The officer glowered at her, "You know what crimes you insolent woman!" He raised a hand to her.
Kaoru knew she couldn't fight off these men, she turned to Yahiko, "Yahiko, stay here, protect the dojo and when Kenshin returns tell him what has happened." She looked at him with sincerity as the officers shackled her.
Yahiko nodded, he felt a little afraid what would he do now? He only prayed that Kenshin would come soon and he would help them.
The officer looked down at Yahiko, "Be lucky child I should arrest you too for adding and abetting a criminal such as her."
Yahiko's blood boiled he couldn't handle it anymore. He knew this was wrong; he just had to say it. "Kaoru maybe stupid sometimes and she may be hot headed but she would never commit a crime who-"
"Yahiko!" Kaoru said to him sternly "You are not helping yourself. Wait here for Kenshin and nothing else do you hear me?" Kaoru's face didn't show it, but Yahiko knew that she was afraid.
Yahiko nodded and looked away as she was lead out of the dojo. He was mad to say the least, to see his Sensei who was more like a mother to him than he would like to admit, was being shackled and lead away like some animal. He clenched his fists, 'Kenshin come home soon.'
END FLASHBACK
Kaoru looked at Kenshin to see what kind of reaction he had on his face but he just sat up against the rock across from Kaoru with his eyes closed and his sakabatou leaned up against his right shoulder. 'At least he's listening.' She thought. The truth was Kenshin kept his eye's closed so that he wouldn't reveal the amber glint they held.
There was a long silence as Kaoru thought about what had happened next, before she spoke to him again.
FLASHBACK2
Kaoru sat in a cold jail cell she had not been told why she was being held captive by the police, all that she knew was that they took her out of Tokyo and traveled north all the way north to Hokkaido 'but why Hokkaido?' she wondered to her self many times. It had taken them a while but thanks to the train it hadn't taken them nearly as long as if they were on foot. (A/N: I don't know how long it really would have taken them to get there seeing how it is on a completely different Island, so let's just say it took a week.)
Tears froze to her skin as she sat contemplating over the fact that she was going to be tried in a few days for whatever crimes she was accused of committing.
"Ahh so there she is..." came a cold voice from a dark corner of another jail cell.
"Excuse me?" Kaoru said knowing they were the only two people in that section of the prison.
"So how many?"
"How many what?" Kaoru asked.
The voice laughed, "What do you mean how many? How many did you kill?"
"Kill? You mean government officials?" Kaoru tried to play along to get as much information out of this person.
They came out of the shadows revealing that the person was a woman who seemed to be not much older than Megumi. "I heard that you killed four of them, they say that the heads are having a big to do about it because they don't want other countries to find out that some girl is killing off all of their officials."
Kaoru sat there letting what the woman said soak in. She gulped even though her mouth was dry. "So what are my chances?"
"Of breaking out?" The woman said looking at her face, "Well I would say-"
"No, of being found innocent?" Kaoru knew she couldn't break out of here that was easy to tell; she waited and searched the woman's eyes to see if she would tell her the truth or not.
"You didn't kill them did you?" The woman said hearing the fear in Kaoru's voice. She bowed her head and answered Kaoru reluctantly, "The chances are slim to none, no woman has ever been found innocent here, no matter how outrageous the accusation. You might as well start to dig your grave now."
Kaoru didn't like the sound of that. She felt a shiver go down her spine as she heard the creaking of a door in the background and the sound of foot falls on the ground. A tall dark looking man looked down at her.
"Well, well, if it isn't the Battousai's woman," said a sharp, gruff voice. "I never thought you would be the one behind these bars."
Kaoru looked up and glared. "Saitou, I could smell your cigarette; what do you want? I know you wouldn't be here to help me. Making Kenshin miserable is what you strive for, and heavens forbid that you help me, because that would make him grateful to you."
Saitou smirked, "Yes it would, I can't help you even if I wanted," he laughed getting a little joy of seeing the Battousai's woman behind bars. "But I do have some advice for you. When they set you up for execution, which they will, you will be facing a very jagged cliff with all sorts of things one could hold on to or hide in. If one wasn't bound up which they usually aren't they could make a jump for the cliff and have a slight possibility of living." Saitou turned on his heel to walk out.
"Why?" Kaoru asked.
"If you die the Battousai will become broken once again, and there is no use fighting a broken man." Saitou stomped out his cigarette and left.
'What a strange man,' Kaoru thought.
END FLASHBACK
It was weird Kaoru thought the only reason he helped was just so he could fight Kenshin, she didn't know weather to thank him or hit him. Kaoru looked at Kenshin again and decided to get on with telling him, she would leave her little meeting with Saitou out for now. "I was tried in Hokkaido, and found guilty for the deaths of four government officials," Kaoru looked into the flames of the fire. "But not before..." she trailed off "Not before they interrogated me." Kenshin's eyes snapped open a cold amber blazed in them. He knew all to well what kind of 'interrogation' she had went through, in jails like the one she was in, they tortured the person until they admitted to a crime whether or not they committed it in first place.
FLASHBACK3
Kaoru was brought out of her jail cell for the first taste of sunlight she had in a while. It had been three weeks since they had brought her to the prison and two weeks of torture as they 'interrogated' her. The officers shackled her and six of them lead her out and through the town. Kaoru kept her head down and went along quietly.
They arrived in what seemed to be a type of court house. Kaoru sat there in her little box that she had been confined to, and listened to the trial as it proceeded. She couldn't believe her ears last time she checked she hadn't killed anyone let alone government officials in Kyoto!
Kaoru looked around and noticed out of the corner of her eye stood a tall shady figure. 'Saitou?' she thought, 'What are you doing here?' she felt the hatred bubble in her 'Stupid wolf!'
Before Kaoru knew it the trial was over and she was found guilty on all charges, "What do you mean guilty!?" she shouted she couldn't contain herself anymore, "You didn't even let me speak! How could you find me guilty with nothing to back it up!"
The judge looked at her outburst and smirked, "How could you find yourself innocent with nothing to back it up? Woman, you are guilty of your crime you will hereby be executed at this time next week. Court adjourned!"
Kaoru stood in shock as she was escorted back to her cold lonely jail
cell, where she stayed until the day she was destined to die.
END FLASHBACK
"Kaoru-"
Kaoru shook her head, "No please don't, Let me continue I barely escaped the execution, I was just lucky that I made it off the cliff."
Kenshin gave her a confused look, 'what was she talking about?'
"When they sentence you to execution they take you outside of the prison for your 'last bit of fresh air' before they set you in front of a cliff and aim a firing squad of about four to five men at you and you have the choice of jumping off the cliff or being shot. It's a game to them even if you try to jump they still shoot at you and that-"
"That is what happened to you." Kenshin finished his eye's still a cold amber color as a rage burned inside of him.
Kaoru nodded, "I was lucky, when I jumped I was able to grasp onto a part of the rock face and was able to pretty much prevent myself from dying." Well she wasn't as lucky as Kenshin might of thought, all she did was do what Saitou had advised her to do. "When I finally got off the cliff I ran, I knew that they would come down the cliff to retrieve my body. It was only a matter of time before they found out I was a little less than dead. I don't know how long my legs carried me, it's all kind of dark, and all I remember was the storm and then running into a farm and falling and never hitting the ground..."
Kaoru still hid something, and she wasn't going to tell Kenshin or anyone, she was too ashamed. She looked at him with her glossy Sapphire eyes.
"Why don't you get some rest?" Kenshin asked out of concern seeing the weary look on her face. He knew she hadn't told him the whole story but he wasn't going to press her for answers.
Kaoru shook her head. "I can't"
"It's not a good idea-"
Kaoru shot him an angered look, "You, Kenshin Himura are not my father and have no right to tell me what to do!" no matter how much he protested he could tell he was not going to win this one.
Both stared off to the wall opposite of them not saying another word the rest of the night, welcoming the silence that bathed over them. Morning came, Kenshin stood up and peaked out of the waterfall. The sun shone warming the day up a enough to make the snow start to wane, it was getting close to the end of winter and the days were starting to reach nearly bearable temperatures. (A/N: When I said bearable temperatures I think I meant like 30 degrees above zero )
"No sign of them, we should go now."
"You're still going to come with me?"
"I said I would protect you," Kenshin said sternly. "Though I don't think running like this is much of a good idea we do need to find out what happened, and who really is behind this."
Kaoru looked at the ground with guilt in her face.
Kenshin grasped her face in his hands, "It could never be you..."
"How are you so sure?"
"Because I know you." His eyes were so full of passion and truth that Kaoru could not deny what he was saying.
They walked out of the cave behind the waterfall for what would be the last time and started to make there journey for the one place that they would find their answers the place where all of this started, Kyoto.
To be continued...
A/N: So what did you think? It's not as good as it could be, but I have a deal with my family not to write R rated stories so I have toned down this one A LOT! So if it sounds a bit choppy I'm sorry but please R&R anyway
Yahiko: Yeah review her story because she doesn't have anything better to do than write it!
Battosaichick: Watch your mouth Yahiko-Chan other wise my bokken will find a new home in your skull!
Kenshin: Now now no need to get violent.
BC: shut up you stupid rurouni!
Kenshin: Oro?
Yahiko: do I even make an appearance in this one? (under his breath) besides in a flashback scene that is
BC (skeptically): maybe... well until next time waves