Date Started: December 27, 2005
I just realized today is my half birthday, AND it is the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of this story. So, I am now sixteen and a half years old, and have been writing this story for one year. YEY. I will be leaving for a ski trip in about an hour. So I will be writing what I can in this hour of time, and then finish when I get back home. WHY AM I GROUNDED? I really need my internet access. My poor friends on gaia... I miss the forum. I am not addicted or anything to gaiaonline, but I do participate profuselly in the Fruits Basket thread, and provide clips of scans of recent furuba volumes. I should have my internet access back soon. Hopefully when I get back home. I also want to email my host sister and wish her happy new year and a merry christmas. I feel bad, because she probably emailed me and since she has no reply back yet... she must wonder what happened to me. Sigh... you can read more of my complaints to lack of internet at the end of this very exciting chapter sixteen of Butterfly Kisses. Enjoy.
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Butterfly Kisses
By: Hotaru
Rating: R; for language, gore, and some adult material
Standard Disclaimer:
I do not own Rurouni Kenshin in any way whatsoever. I do, however, own any characters that I may introduce as my own, and this plot line. If I catch you stealing it, you grovel at my feet and beg forgiveness, or die.
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"What happened?" Kaoru brought her head up from its lowered position. She was sitting in a very familiar place. The place where she had first met Polaris. The VERY first time, those years ago, the star, Polaris. It was a very airy place, with nothing breaking the horizon. Rather than green, the grass was all silver with a bluish tint as it reflected off of a light, whose source was unseen. Instead of blue, the sky was a beautiful pale yellow. A cool wind blew gently against her face, and blew her raven hair around. Kaoru stood up, ready for anything. She knew that Polaris was here. It was just a matter of time before the powerful being showed herself. The girl looked here and there, knowing that there was no place to hide here. Not even in the grass, for it was not long enough to conceal even a very small animal. She began walking, knowing that sitting there would accomplish nothing. The girl needed to find Polaris, and figure out what had happened. She didn't remember, except that she had been dragged into Shishio's room, and roughly tossed to the ground. Everything else was merely a blur.
Kaoru continued walking at a very slow pace. She didn't need to be caught off guard. The young woman noticed she was walking towards a building. 'Where did that come from?' She thought to herself, 'I could have sworn there was nothing there a second ago...' She shook her head in frustration. Only an idiot could not realize that since it had appeared out of nowhere, she was obviously supposed to go there. 'In addition,' she reasoned, 'Anything can and will happen here.' And so, Kaoru hastened her pace, and made her way to the small building that looked like a humble house.
When she reached the door, she found it partially open. Kaoru pushed it open with her small hand, and stepped in, expecting Polaris to be there. And she was. Her alter-ego was facing away from her, staring out a small window, long hair cascading down her bare back. The blue eyed girl waited a few moments, expecting Polaris to turn around and begin to explain. Instead, Kaoru was the first to speak, "Care to explain what happened back there?" Polaris seemed not to hear, and only kept her face staring out the window, with those cold, black eyes of hers. This seemed to annoy her, and Kaoru walked across the small room and made to shake Polaris's shoulders. What happened, was another unexpected thing. Shocks of power surged through Kaoru's hands and into her body, causing her lithe body to writhe in pain. Immediately, Kaoru released her grasp, and took several steps backward, "What the hell!" The blue eyes were filled with fury.
Finally, Polaris turned around. The pale flesh seemed to glow, the black eyes radiate, with nothing but power. Kaoru cowered a little, but then remembered that she could not allow Polaris to see any fear within herself. And then, the powerful one started to laugh. The woman just laughed and laughed, as though filled with great amusement. After a few minutes, Kaoru grew extremely bored with the laughter, and simply stared at Polaris as though she were crazy, "And what might you, my eccentric alter-ego, find so amusing?" The sarcastic words somewhat brought Polaris out of her maniacic state.
"What do I find funny?" Polaris looked with a blank look, "Why, it's you, Kaoru." The thinly clothed figure walked to the window again, "You are putting up a much stronger fight than you did when you were in college. And, you seem to be oblivious to the fact that no matter how hard you do fight me, you won't be able to win." She turned her head back, staring down at Kaoru who was still sitting on the ground, "It was easy. Easy to make you believe that I would help you kill the bastard."
"WHY!" The words flew out of Kaoru's mouth. The girl stood up quite pissed off, "What happened to your hatred for Shishio! You were the one who hated him more than I." The sapphire orbs darkened as her anger deepened, "You used to be filled with concern for my well-being, and now it seems as though you want me dead and gone. You wanted revenge against Shishio for what he did to us those years ago, for him wanting to abuse our power. And now, it seems as though you rather him stay alive!" Polaris was chuckling again, keeping a hand over her mouth. The lightweight robe moving loosely over her shoulders. Turning around, Polaris again studied Kaoru, "You fool. You gullible fool." The other's blue eyes widened in confusion, "I DESPISE him." It then dawned on Kaoru. Polaris had planned it from the start. Polaris's wanting revenge on Shishio for "the harm he had done" had been merely an act. The alter-ego wanted Shishio dead alright, but Polaris would kill Shishio by her own means. She would use Shishio until he was no longer needed, "Besides, he has our blood mixed in with his, thanks to your wounding him."
Kaoru was silent, fists balled up. Her bangs hid her eyes from sight, as she began to speak, "You prevented my killing him... What do I have to do to get rid of you?" Polaris came forward, and stuck a hand underneath her chin, forcing Kaoru to look up, "Simple." And then, her body began to tremble, as Kaoru's body slumped to the floor. The girl's voice screamed protest in her mind, but her body was completely useless, and all she could do was stare up at Polaris's happy face with rage, "You go to sleep. And then you will never have to see me again." And then the world went black.
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"Himura Kenshin, you called for us." The perky, but serious voice, of Misao said. She was standing there with her usual braid and her dark ninja clothes, with her leader, Aoshi, towering behind her. The two were standing in front of the red head in a room lit by a single light bulb. There was a table with a few chairs, but no one sat in them, "We brought the best of our group. The Oniwabanshuu await your command." The golden eyes looked up at the two, and nodded, "Tonight, the plan will be put in action. There is no more time to wait." He turned towards the table, and was looking at the screen of a laptop that had been sitting there. The assassin pointed a calloused finger at the screen, "These are the blueprints for Shishio's mansion. I want to get in there with as little bloodshed as possible. The less we have to kill, the less likely we will be caught."
Misao had walked up beside the red head, and was staring at the bright screen, illuminating her green eyes. She pointed at the small door that was set in one of the walls of the wall that surrounded the estate, "That looks like a good place to get in. I realize we would probably have a better chance getting in by the roofs and windows, but this way might be less noticeable, as you want it, it is supposed to be a bright night tonight." Aoshi was standing, stony as ever, as he watched his young ninja start to form the entry plan with his old companion. He was thinking back to when he and Kenshin had once fought to get rid of Shishio before. It had nearly failed. If the building had not of caught fire, the two would most likely be dead. But now, there was a huge advantage. The Hitokiri Battousai had the final technique of the Hitenmitsurugi mastered, and he had a passion that stirred him. A passion that had not been there before, "...And then we can get into the building through the kitchen staff door."
'Good, my Misao, smart as always.' The plan had, after all, not been ultimately complete. This was the final part of it that had to be decided. How to get in. Tonight would be the night that Shishio was killed once and for all, 'No messing up this time. Not like before.' They would get back Kenshin's precious Kaoru, and then finish off the one who would otherwise have destroyed the world. Aoshi continued to watch Misao as she amiably helped point out glitches and flaws in the plan. Inwardly, the leader of the Oniwabanshuu smiled proudly. Someone came up behind him, and Aoshi reached a hand down for his weapon. But he need not have worried, as the voice of Sanosuke broke into the room, "We have about an hour before dark. We should get going or who knows how long it would take to get there." His voice was somewhat sarcastic in the last remark, and Kenshin sent a death glare to the spikey haired man. An almost identical spikey head popped out behind Sano, and the brown eyes looked about the room, "What about me? I am coming right?"
All of the adults silently looked at each other, eye to eye. Misao just looked at everyone, knowing she would have no say in the matter. Kenshin looked at Yahiko, "Look, we need someone to stay here to keep an eye out for anything strange. We don't want you getting killed. If we got Kaoru back, and she found out that we had somehow got you killed, she would most likely never smile again." Yahiko's face fell a little, and then he eyes fired up, "How about I keep watch on the security cameras or something. And then I could let you know if someone is coming." The look in his eyes seemed to be begging them to allow the teenager to somehow play a role in the rescue plan. He still felt he was the responsible one for Kaoru's being taken. Kenshin simply gave a nod of approval, and then he turned back to the computer screen.
"Kenshin?" Sano's voice said as he remained in the doorway. The assassin shouted in annoyance, "WHAT!" Everyone took in a breath, but the rooster thought nothing of it, "Don't you think we should be going?" The other slammed his fist on the table, and then turned around leaving the room, "Get the car!" He barked out, and then stormed down the hall. Sanosuke waited a moment, and then started laughing, "Oh man, that Kenshin is a piece of work." He turned to Yahiko, "Go find Hiko. He will tell you what to do ok?" The teen nodded, and headed down the hall in the opposite direction the assassin had gone. Once gone, Sanosuke told Aoshi, "You might as well get your group together. We will meet where we earlier discussed. See you there!" And Sanosuke then walked the way the Hitokiri Battousai had gone, whistling a tune.
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He stared down at the still figure that still lay on the floor. The girl had not woken up since she had been knocked out by her own power. Shishio's beautiful one. He had left her there in a heap on the floor after she had attempted to kill him, and now, seeing her limp form on the floor, he decided to place her on the bed. As he took up her body in his now strong arms, he noticed that she was cold as ice. Having placed Kaoru on the soft bed, he stared at her in her deep sleep. It was broken soon enough, however, as she finally began to stir. She seemed to be mumbling something about "it took," "long enough," and some other un-recognizable phrases. She placed one hand on her forehead under her black bangs, and then seemed to realize that there was another one in the room.
Coal, black eyes stared up at Shishio. Kaoru was not the one sitting on the bed. It was Polaris, in complete control of Kamiya Kaoru's body. She crossed her arms over her chest, "Well, well, well, what have we got here?" She was smirking smartly, "I finally got the little brat to leave me alone, and I have the psycho bastard standing in front of me." Shishio was a little shocked at what was in front of him. He had never expected Polaris to completely manifest, not without Kaoru's consent. The leader of Japan stared a few moments at Polaris, and then finally got his act together, "And I have the sacred star sitting in front of me. What is it that you want?" He paused, "I know that Kaoru would never, of her own free will, let you out again as a whole." The dark eyes grew merry, "Well you see, I put her to sleep for good. She won't wake up unless I want her to." The powerful girl thought, "I want... to share your rule." And as an afterthought, 'And then to kill you.'
A look of great pleasure grew on Shishio's close to flawless features, "And how do I know you won't up and kill me?" He leaned over onto the bed, placing his arms around the sitting figure of Polaris, "Let's just say you won't be very easy to kill with my powers..." She leaned closer to him, "You have a small amount of my blood in you, you know." The man looked a tad bit confused, "The dagger wound." A finely shaped eyebrow raised slightly, and then Polaris brought up a hand, and used a bit of power to force him back into a wall. The girl stood up straight and stretched her arms out a little, "It's been so long since I have been able to roam free for longer than ten minutes!" She untied the long locks of hair from their tie; they fell down to her waist. She walked towards the door, and with a final thought turned, "And, you may want to reconsider that little marriage joke. That is just sick." Polaris opened the door and walked into the doorway, finally releasing Shishio from the wall.
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MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. I LOVE YOU, DO YOU LOVE ME? REVIEW PLEASE!
And so, things are finally beginning to fall into place. The end of this tale is near. Yes, sadly it is. I just need to have a few unexpected things to happen and then there will be "THE END" at the bottom of the page. Maybe two chapters more. I have yet to decide exactly how the ending will go. I have a basic idea, but I still need to decide. In the next chapter, the plan will go into action. Polaris will...well, we need to see what happens there. She is the "sacred star?" What significance does that hold? Will Kaoru be able to come back? Find out next chapter.
I got ungrounded off of the internet! So, I get to upload this in the morning at school or something. I snowboarded and I must say, it is so much more fun than skiing is. But that is my opinion. I did a bunch of blacks at the end of the trip too. So yay! I hit 100+ reviews! Thank you so much guys for putting up with my complaints. I go back to school tomorrow, and then whatever else.
Hotaru
Date finished: January 2, 2006