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I'm so glad that I had those reviews to keep me going. . I apologize for taking so fricken long!!! But here it is...Chapter 2 of Golden Eyes.
Ow. Ow. "Owwww!" The Battosai looked down at his victim. Kaoru tried sitting up, but found that useless, considering that she was tied up and laying on a horses' back. "Let me down." she hissed. Battosai just eyed her and replied, "No."
'Ooooohhhh. That little jerk off. I swear...' "Yes."
"No."
"YES."
"Not unless you want to be trampled by the horses behind me." Now THERE was thought.
"Then at least take off the ropes."
"I don't think so." He scoffed.
"Then loosen them! They're really getting annoying." Kaoru reasoned.
"As are you." Battosai smirked.
"Excuse me?! You're the one who...I'm guessing, kidnapped me!" She twisted her head to look at him straight in the eye. "Am I right?"
"Perhaps."
Kaoru glared at the assassin with all the anger boiling up inside her. "Can you just answer with a yes or no? It's really not that difficult you know."
"Really?" He drawled with a tinge of sarcasm lacing his reply.
"Y'know what? Forget it...you can't have a normal conversation or even do a simple task like loosening the damn ropes that are going to blister."
"Deal with it."
She huffed. 'Damn it...if only---wait!'
"Can I go to the bathroom?" Kaoru asked sweetly. Too sweetly.
"No."
"Pleeeaase?"
"No."
"Pretty pleeeease?"
"I said no."
"I won't leave you alone until I go."
'So she's going to be difficult is she?' Battosai thought. "Just pee on yourself then."
Kaoru scrunched up her nose at the thought, "Ewww! Hell no!"
"Then I guess you don't have to go so badly then."
'Point taken Mr. Battosai.' Kaoru thought sarcastically. 'It's time to take drastic measures then...'
Kaoru glanced at her captor, closed her eyes and slid of the side of the horse which was cantering. Battosai was in shock as Kaoru supplied a dagger from her ankle and undid the ropes.
"Sayonara!" She dashed into the woods not a moment later.
Battosai managed to turn the animal and jumped off going after his now free prey.
Kaoru was leaping over over logs, branches and twigs while dogding tree trunks and leaves that were grabbing at her.
'Ok....I have slept about 3 hours. We have been galloping most of the time. So the next town's about 15 minutes away.' Thankful that she was in good shape and that her father trained her like he did...oh. That's right, her father was gone now.
A tear managed to squeeze out and ran backwards to her ear, she was running so fast. It was like she was running from her pain and loss of what she used to have.
What was the point of running when you were going to be caught? Especially when you wanted to be caught...
She halted. What part of her had just said that? That was a disturbing thought. She, Kamiya Kaoru, wanted to be caught by the Battosai? What the hell had she been smoking when that notion passed through her mind? It must be the running, the stress, the nausea....SOMETHING along those lines.
Meanwhile, Battosai was silently praying, yes praying, that Kaoru hadn't made it to the town yet. Because if she did, he was going to have to go look around the streets. And in the streets were people and he didn't want to deal with the stares and rumors caused by them.
As he was running, he saw a small figure hunched over. 'Gotcha!'
'Go away...go away...everything go away...go away....' Kaoru was repeating it like a mantra.
Suddenly, a voice in her ear replied, "Hello there."
Her eyes went wide and she tried to move away but there was a nice, shiny, looking wakizashi in her way.
"Where are you going? I found you, so I get to keep you."
"What the hell are you talking about?! You don't own me! You can try but I'm not the submissive type!" Kaoru spat.
The blade came closer, "Yes...I do and you are."
Why was it that there was a tingle shooting down her back every time he was talking into her ear?
She shivered and collected her wits, "I'm not going with you!"
Battosai only replied by picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder, walking.
"What the--! Put me down! I'm not a sack of potatoes y'know! LET ME DOWWWN!!!" Kaoru wailed, slamming her fists with all her might against her captor's back.
"You sure weigh like it..." he muttered.
Kaoru blushed, furious at his comment, "I do not!" She punched his hard emphazing her words.
He smirked, 'Sure is a little firecracker.'
Finally arriving at the Ishin Shishi HQ (for those of you in the dark: headquarters --), Kaoru had given up her pathetic rant.
'I may as well save my bloody energy...I know there are some pedophiles here.' she thought, sighing. Why was she in this situation? She just couldn't win. And she knew it.
Battosai had finally set her down while they came to a door leading inside of the building.
"Took you long enough..." Kaoru muttered, thinking he wouldn't hear her.
"What?"
"Nothing." She replied innocently.
He eyed her suspiciously and pushed her in. Walking in the hallway she could make out soldiers through the shoji screens. Hearing the profanity, she scowled, "What a pig sty!"
Pretending he hadn't heard her, Battosai couldn't help but agree with her, even though they were under Katsura's and his command, they were vulgar.
Turning around a corner, Kaoru accidentally bumped into someone carrying food trays. "Whoops!" Because of her reflexes, she caught a tray and a porcelain tea cup. The person who was with the stack of meals, was surprised at this and even the manslayer was agape.
Kaoru put the tray and cup on top of the others and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry about that! Are you alright?"
The woman nodded, "I'm fine, thank you for catching that or else it would have been my head!" Noticing who was next to her, "Oh hello Himura! Back so soon?"
Kaoru turned to the kidnapper, who only nodded. "Well, it's good to have you back. Katsura's in a meeting and requested that you join him."
Battosai said, "Arigato, I'm going there after I finish an errand."
The woman replied back, "Okay, I'll be sure to tell him." Turning to Kaoru, "Thank you again...uh--"
"Kaoru." Kaoru supplied.
She nodded again, "Thank you Kaoru. By the way, I'm Tae, I work in the kitchens."
"Oh. Well alright Tae. I'll see you around." Bowing, Kaoru made a mental note to check ou the kitchens later.
Battosai took Kaoru's elbow and led her to another corridor and stopped in front of a room. "Go."
Having a blond moment, Kaoru replied dumbly (I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST BLONDES!!! I JUST WANTED TO USE THAT LITTLE ANALOGY THINGY FOR THIS CHAPTER!!!! So don't kill me --)
"Go where?" Then, it clicked. "Oh never mind."
Stepping to the room, she found quite simple for her tastes. A futon which looked like it was never used, a closet, a bookshelf and a window with a little seat to look out of. He wasn't gone without a word though, "You leave, you die."
With a sharp clack of the shoji behind her, Kaoru was left to herself.
As the Battosai walked to the room where he knew Katsura was waiting for him, he couldn't help but think of Kaoru's eyes. 'What the hell am I doing thinking about her? I shouldn't be thinking about that girl when I have other things to be doing...'
Slipping his unreadable mask on his deceiving features, he walked into the meeting room, silently sliding the door closed. From a nod of acknowledgement of Katsura, the manslayer took his seat in the back.
"...As I was saying, the Shinsengumi have been acting very suspicious lately. Our spies have been killed in larger numbers than I would prefer." He turned to Battosai, "I take it she's upstairs?"
"Hai." He responded.
"Good." Katsura continued, "Now that we have the girl, we have a higher probability of seeking out our enemies in bigger quantities than having our gifted asassain doing it by himself." Murmurs of agreement were heard throughout the men. Battosai just leaned against the wall, blade next to him, he honestly didn't care if the girl had to kill like him.
Suddenly, Gohei stood up and bowed, "Katsura, please excuse me, I need to use the restroom."
Katsura only waved his hand as permission. Yet, something didn't seem right this time. 'Nothing's ever right with Gohei around---he was probably going to go fondle the waitresses or something.
Still...
Something in the depths of his mind said otherwise.
Meanwhile, Kaoru was upstairs pacing about in the room she was held captive in. 'The little fruit! How dare he just leave me in this damn room with nothing to do.'
Kaoru had no want or desire to die anytime soon therefore she wasn't going to leave the cursed room.
She cried out in frustration. "Damn the bastard to hell! Damn him to hell and back!!"
Then, the screen door slapped open, revealing Gohei grinning from ear to ear. "Now now," he said as if speaking to a baby with a tantrum, "a young girl such as yourself shouldn't say things like that." He stepped towards her and closed the door.
"What do you want?" Kaoru asked suspiciously, something was wrong with this picture. Something was very, very wrong.
"You o' little one." Gohei tried to grab her with his large arms, but Kaoru was too quick for him. "Get back her ya wench!" 'Pshyeah! I don't think so!' Kaoru thought sarcastically, forgetting how dangerous the situation was.
"C'mere!" He hissed. 'Okay Noroi...Let's check our options. I can A) have this guy who's ugly as sin rape me, try to anyway. Or I can B) run out of this room and have the Battosai kill me. Either way, I'm screwed but, hell, I should at least have an honorable death soooo.....'
As Kaoru past Gohei he heard a "B it is." Whatever B meant, he didn't care, just as long as she didn't get past him and to the manslayer.
Battosai was now 100 sure that something was up. Unless the thumping upstairs was Kaoru throwing herself against the walls, which he highly doubted, someone was definitely with her. And that wasn't a good thing.
Looking up, Katsura was still talking about how abnormally the Shinsengumi was acting as of late and such. As if he gave 10000 yen worth caring. Battosai's eyes caught Katsura's and his boss immediately understood: Battosai was going to check the girl.
Collecting his sword and moving towards the door, he narrowed his eyes instinctively as something came towards the room.
Kaoru sprinted down the stairs, as fast as she could in the bloody, ripped kimono. Not only was she wearing the same thing she had on during the ambush on her village, she didn't have a weapon to defend herself with. 'Damn it all...'
Kaoru's senses perked, 'That's the familiar ki---Battosai!' A little more and she would almost reach the door he was behind.
Unfortunately, the fates weren't in such a good mood at the time and Gohei caught her ankle.
"Let me go you vile bastard!" Kaoru shouted as she squirmed, damning the kimono for the restricted movement.
"I don't think so my pretty little raven. Now, don't be so stubborn..." He was trying to undo her obi.
Kaoru's head was pounding and she knew. 'No no no no no no no no!!!!!!' 'Too late dear.'
Battsai stepped outside into the hallway, as he looked to his right, he was absolutely pleased.
Kaoru was standing there, her hand holding a wakizashi, dripping with blood. Gohei Hiruma was on the ground, sliced deep enough to cause immense pain and light enough for him to not pass out. Therefore, he was shrieking with pain, bleeding everywhere onto the once gleaming wood floors.
Turning to him, Kaoru once again looked at him with wild green eyes, a dot of blood under her right eye.
Green met with gold eyes and time paused.
Battosai was so surprised to see there was someone like him, with another side, that actually killed and liked it.
But time moved normally and Katsura stepped out of the room, seeing that kidnapper and captive were bonding in a way only asassins knew....
DUN DUN DUUUUNN!!!!! A CLIFFIE LADIES AND GENTS!! I know I'm so evil, but I had to cut this chapter a bit short so it would fit for the next one to come.
Sungold: It's actually because she's been lazy and hasn't been writing for her other story---tomboy's hand flies onto muses' mouth
Tomboi-chic: Laughs nervously while death glaring at sungold Sungold, if you don't shut it I swear I will--gasps and releases muse and begins grinning while looking at TV There's Rurouni Kenshin tonight. giggles There's. Rurouni. Kenshin. TONIGHT.(it's Saturday night)
Sungold: stares at owner strangely
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