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Thoughts are in italics
This story is done in Battosai/Kenshin's POV
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Whispers of InsanityChapter 2: Getting Dressed in, PINK!
By, DJ Baka-chan
"By the time you hear the siren, it's already too late. One goes to the morgue and the other to jail. One guy's wasted and the other's a waste. It goes down the same as the thousand before, no one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score. Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate." – The Offspring, Come Out and Play
I chopped the dikon with ease while the rice cooked. She was taking along time to get dressed. Women… I sighed contently. The rice finished steaming and I opened the lid away from my face and doused the fire. As I let the rice cool, I chopped and peeled the rest of the vegetables. She still hadn't come out. I finished with the vegetables and headed for the room housing her ki. She was in there, but her ki seemed awkward, like she was asleep or in deep thought. Is she thinking about earlier? Aw, Kami-sama tell me what's wrong with me! I sighed audibly. I knocked on the shoji.
"Kaoru? Are you in there?" Of course I knew the answer but I wanted to know if she was all right. She didn't reply. I groaned. Living with you is going to be harder than I thought…
"Kaoru? Lunch is almost ready. You don't want to eat it cold do you? Kaoru?" Again, no answer. The shoji door clicked as I opened it. There she was, fully dressed in a kimono, with her back turned to the shoji.
"Kaoru?" Still no answer. I walked behind her, I was so close I could hear her breathing, and whispered in her ear, "Kaoru." Why is she not answering? I walked around to face her, her eyes were closed; she was sleeping while standing upright. I fell over. After picking myself up I sighed again.
"Hey, wake up." I nudged her shoulder. After a few more nudges her eyes fluttered open. The sapphires that pleased me so much shone with a bright light.
"Hun? Kenshin? Ack!" She lost her balance and I caught her for the second time today but avoiding any awkward positioning but still our faces were inches away from each other. I could feel her breath blowing against my face and I could probably say the same for her. I held her up, both my arms under her back. She looked flustered, probably for falling into my arms for the second time today. I helped her up with a smile on my face. I dusted her off and she raised her head to face mine.
"You okay?" Was all I could say. She nodded. "Sorry for falling asleep like that," She smiled. "I was up all night watching over you." Her face turned redder and the smile held on my face. Does she really care?
"Come on. Lunch is getting cold."
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After finishing lunch, the question finally came to my lips.
"Kaoru? Do you have anything for me to wear? Or do you just like looking at me half naked?" Her face flushed redder than my hair at the last statement. Another smile plastered it's self on my face. "Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to say it like that. So, do have a gi for me or what?" She nodded and got up, motioning for me to follow her. She opened the shoji to a room that looked as if it hadn't been used in along time. Curiosity got the better of me again, "Why aren't you being as lively as you were earlier?" I started poking her, "Why are so quite all of the sudden? Is something wrong with you? Hun?" Many little mini chibi Battosais started poking her in multiple places and repeating "Hun?" until, poke… Oh Kami-sama...wrong place to poke…
"KENSHIN!" She erupted, sending all of the chibi Battosais flying. It's raining me… I chuckled at my thought. "What so funny about poking me in places you shouldn't?" She started pouting. She's cute when she pouts. Note to self: Do stuff like this more often. I smiled again, "Nothing, nothing. I just thought of something that made me laugh." "Well it better not be anything perverted!" "ORO!" I fell over face first. PERVERTED! Why would I think of… A nasty image of Kaoru flashed through my mind. ORO! Don't think like that Kenshin! Nasty, nasty, nasty! I picked myself up.
"No, no. It was nothing of the sort Kaoru. I should be the one saying that you are thinking perverted thoughts about me." I hit a nerve, one that made her turn red with, either, anger or embarrassment, the latter I suppose. "Well, I am standing here with my clothes off and who knows what you did to me while I was unconscious." I then hit the anger never, but she suppressed it. I can tell by her ki that she is very spirited and fiery but why is she suppressing her spirit right now? Her cheeks were still red, her eyes hidden by her bangs with a shadow covering them.
"Kaoru?" In some way, shape, or form, I felt as if I hurt her, deeply, and as if it wasn't right, I shouldn't have hurt her and I should try and fix it. She seemed as if she was debating over something, over whether she should tell me something or not. She stood there in front of me, doing nothing, her eyes still hidden by her bangs. After reading her ki again I could tell anger and embarrassment were replaced by angst, fear, wistfulness, pain, sorrow, and loneliness. It had all welled up inside her somehow, all having to relate to my stupid comments. I was, after all, just joking around with her, just trying to fire her up…and I miserably failed. I had seen this look before, on her face, on Tomoe's face… Secrets, sadness, angst, pain, sorrow, a dark past…Betrayal… The last word came at me like a knife and ripped at my soul as I lost another part of my sanity… Tomoe… Kaoru again appeared to me as Tomoe. I did the unthinkable; I held her close to me and placed my forehead against hers. My nose brushed against hers and then my lips readied for hers…
(Kaoru's POV)
I could feel his forehead press against mine. It was strange but this felt natural, like he should be holding me in his arms, like he should be… My thoughts were cut off when Kenshin's lips brushed against mine. He came back for seconds. He's so gentle. He's such a powerful looking swordsman and here he is treating me as if I was glass, like the slightest push would fracture me. My arms wrapped around him, and I held his back tight while returning the kisses he gave me.
(Back to Kenshin/Battosai's POV)
I pulled away, opening my eyes, and instead of meeting black, I met sapphire blue. I let my amber ones linger for a moment, just staring at her beautiful eyes then I pulled away.
"You alright now?" She nodded, flustered again, probably at the fact of knowing that she had returned my kisses even though she had only known me for a day.
"I'll…I'll go get you some clothes…" She was stammering. A small 'Heh' escaped from my mouth and I sighed with content as she hurried off into the room. "Here! Catch!" A gi, hakama, and an under shirt came flying out of the room.
"ORO!" I caught them all in swift movements but was still surprised. I scratched me head and looked from the clothes to a smiling Kaoru. And it wasn't just smile, it was an evil smile. "Oro…" My head dropped and I looked at the clothes she had given to me… "PINK!" I looked at the gi in surprise, it was pink!
"It's maroon! Kenshin no baka!" She mock yelled at me. She was still grinning, happy that she had fired me up.
"Fine…" I grumbled. I went in the room I was laying in earlier and changed in to my new clothes. After putting on the Gis and hakama, I slipped on my black hand guard and put my katana and short sword in my belt. I tied my hair up in its usual high ponytail and opened the shoji took see if Kaoru approved of my appearance. She seemed to shiver upon seeing me, of course that was to be expected of the 'Hitokiri Battosai' even if he was wearing pink.
"You alright? You seem cold Kaoru. Is something wrong?" I stared with concern; she was still scared of my topaz eyes as she was on the day she had found me.
"Um…I'm going to get ready for practice now…" She's blushing again… Let's see…that's been how many times today? I started counting as Kaoru slipped off into her room. I figured I'd use this chance to explore around her house to…um…to…know where everything was! Yeah! That's it! Of course I was just looking for an excuse to peek in to…BAD KENSHIN! "Heh-heh-heh…" Naughty, naughty, that I am.
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Heh, now that was fun! I loved writing the Battosais poking Kaoru thing. I bet you can all guess where he poked her that got her all fired up. If you're wonder why Kenshin is being so fast with his relationship with Kaoru is because he think she's Tomoe when he's doing those things and then realizes it her after he's done it. Note: I don't know how they cooked rice back then but I figured that it would be in a similar way that we do today, just use your :like sponge bob: imagination. Next chappy will be up soon! The more reviews, the faster I update!
New note: I was looking at my hits compared to my reviews and it upsets me so that so many people are reading or even bothering to click on the link to my story but they are not reviewing. The people who have reviewed, thank you so very much, it is the reviews that make me want to continue my stories. You don't need to leave criticism in you review my friends, just tell me how much you liked the story and/or what your favorite part was. Seriously, I'd like it if more of you reviewed. For those of you who do review or even bothered to look at this note, again, thank you very much.
Signing out of FF netradio, yours truly,
DJ Baka-chan