Chapter: 5
What now?
A/N: Sorry, I need a quick authors note here. A fabulous reviewer asked me bunch of questions and now I feel like an idiot. Well here it goes, Kaoru is 17 not 18, my mistake. Also her mom died when she was 1 and her dad re- married at the age of 2. Her Dad died at 3. Also Kaoru had business clothes on, your right, I forgot she found clothes, so um you can just imagine the buttons were low because I did say she left 2 buttons unbuttoned. That's kind of skimpy right? OK I have a lot of mistakes sorry I thought I was on top of this story. I have a lot of grammar errors to, sorry about those. Also the road names are not supposed to be creepy, they should be funny, sorry if I scared you. And Kaoru changed because the trench coat was supposed to be waterproof, turns out it didn't work. Thanks for telling me!
"Is this your mother and father?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru nodded and began walking out of the house leaving Kenshin behind.
She walked down her drive way and down the street before he caught up with her. He was panting from the sprinting he just did trying to catch up with her. Either Kenshin had looked at the pictures for a long time or she walked fast. The walk to his house was silent until the last five minutes.
"Kaoru, why are you so upset?" Kenshin asked.
'There he goes being nice again. Then something will click in his head and he'll get that stupid look on his face like he is thinking with his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes will spark with amber. Then he will say something mean and hurt my feelings.' Kaoru thought as Kenshin was waiting for her answer. She looked like she was thinking and he half expected her to raise one eyebrow and pull her hand to her face stroking her chin. He looked at her expecting an answer but it didn't come. She stared into space not even realizing he was still waiting for an answer.
They were nearing his house and she could see the huge home towering over all the other houses and the trees. She was walking listening to the two sets of footsteps when she only hear her footsteps. She stopped in her tracks and turned around seeing Kenshin standing still looking horrified behind Kaoru. She looked at him normally for a minute then her eyes filled with fear.
"What? What is it? Is there something behind be? Is there something on me?" Kenshin!?!" Kaoru screamed. She quickly whipped around to see the streets so empty she half expected to see a bush roll across the street. Her eyes closed into slits of hate and you could almost see fire reflecting in her disgusted blue orbs. She spun around to see Kenshin laughing at her, she walked right up to him close, to close for Kaoru but she wasn't going to back off.
"Kenshin! Don't ever scare me like that again." Kaoru said. She turned around and began to walk toward his house. She didn't hear him begin to walk to she stopped in her tracks and closed her eyes slowly counting to calm herself down. "One . . . two . . . three." She said.
'Ok, she pissed me off by not answering my question so what would kaoru hate?' Kenshin thought. Then a thought came to him and his eye glistened with mischief and he smiled menacingly. Kenshin walked up behind her and wrapped his armed loosely but with a hidden strength around her waist. He wasn't squeezing her but he held her firmly. Once his arms made contact kaoru attempted to turn around but she wasn't able to. She then realized since only Kenshin was behind her it must be him. This steamed her up; she hated men and disliked the thought of being hugged by Kenshin.
"Kenshin what are you doing?" Kaoru asked trying to stay calm. She knew he had wrapped his arms around her to irritate her and it was working splendidly. 'Great, its working, I can tell she is uncomfortable and tense.' Kenshin thought.
"Answer my question and ill think about letting you go." Kenshin whispered in a husky lust filled voice in her ear. She shivered and tensed more when his skin touched her face. She could feel his warm almost wet breath on her neck. She could feel how loose his body was. He was so relaxed while she was so stiff and uptight in his arms. Normally she was a pretty laidback person but in his arms she felt obligated to feel uncomfortable and squirmy. She didn't mind being hugged, her friends hugged her all the time, but she was afraid to like the feeling of a hug. Not a regular hug you get from a friend, but a hug from a "friend". Be it a boy/girl friend or a friend with benefits, a hug from some one more than a friend is a special hug. One that you wish for on a cold night the kind that keep you calm when school and work keep you stressed and up all night. The kind that people in the halls look at you and shout "PDA" (Public Display of Affection) when ever you are with that special some one, but you don't care you just want to be with whomever loves you.
Kaoru was standing strait thinking, racking her brain on what he had asked her. "What was the question?" Kaoru asked hesitantly like a small child cowering in the corner because they drew on Mommies important papers. Kenshin chuckled a little and kaoru could feel his laughter flowing through her.
"Why are you so upset?" He asked for the second time. Kaoru turned her head to see if she could get a glimpse of him. She needed to know if he was serious.
"Seriously? "Kaoru asked as his head bobbed up and down for a minuet. "Well, I still haven't forgiven you for the other day in the park." Kaoru stated defiantly. She crossed her arms infront of her and closed her eyes in a rebellious stance. Kenshin looked like he couldn't recall what she was talking about then his eyes lightened up and he laughed a little, mumbling 'oh yeah.'
"That's all?" Kenshin asked. He laughed again, his laugh a little deeper this time. Kaoru tried to elbow him but he managed to dodge her blow by sliding to the left. "What did I do that was so bad?" Kenshin asked. It was Kaoru's turn to laugh. She laughed a sweet small laugh that began to grow.
"Were should I start? You called me a woman, incase you didn't know that's what Enishi called me when we broke up; I don't like that word. Also you called me names." Kaoru said innocently. Kenshin began laughing so hard he lost his grip on Kaoru. She sensed this opportunity and wriggled out of his clutch. He felt her leaving his seize so he wiggled his fingers tickling her; she laughed and stopped moving. He grabbed her with only his fingertips then she was back into his arms but facing him.
"Really? Is that how it went Kaoru?" Kenshin asked her. She nodded her head slowly slipping into a trance from staring in to his eyes. He could feel her relax in his grip. "Because I don't believe that's what happened." Kenshin whispered as his eyes closed a little and his head moved closer to hers.
"Enlighten me then." Kaoru said in a slightly seductive voice. Kenshin smiled.
"Were should I start." Kenshin mimicked Kaoru. "You started calling me names first, I believe it was a jerk then a jackass. Then you stormed off." Kenshin stated.
"However, you did call me woman, and you called me names once I was finished with you." Kaoru said. Kenshin smiled and nodded. He leaned in closer to her, she leaned in closer to him and both of them almost forgot every nasty thought they had about the opposite sex until they heard a loud HONK! Both of them looked startled at the towering semi-truck in front of them. They smiled and the truck driver winked at Kenshin. Kaoru jumped out of Kenshin's arms and rushed to the sidewalk. Kenshin was at her heels and they both power walked the rest of the way to Kenshins house silently. His home was only a few houses away; around 10 yards. Kaoru flung open the door with just enough force that it made no dent in the wall but made a loud noise.
Kenshin scurried into the thresh hold of the doorway and closed the door looking out for a second to make sure no one was looking at him funny for a woman slamming the door to his multi-million dollar mansion. 'I can't believe I . . . and he . . . we almost . . . and I think I liked it.' Kaoru thought. She shook her head trying to rid herself of these horrid thoughts, which weren't so horrid. Kaoru was getting closer and closer to Kenshin each time she was in his arms. She got closer in friendship and physically; he always seemed to hold her tighter each time he took hold of her. That truck driver appalled her for winking at Kenshin, by the way where was he. Kaoru looked around to see him right in front of her. He was staring blankly at her as if he had asked something and she had not responded.
"Did you say something?" Kaoru asked him stupidly. Kenshin shook his head smiling at her pathetic state.
"Yes, Kaoru. I told you that you must be angry about the truck driver and I'm sorry I never meant for it to go that far." Kenshin said. Kaoru was touched that he even cared, if any other man had done that he might have attacked her once they were inside thinking if it was ok in the street why not here. But Kaoru didn't mean for it to go that far either.
"It's not all your fault, I am partially guilty, and I never stopped you. Don't feel like it was all your fault, and the truck driver bothered me not you." Kaoru said in a shockingly kind manner. Kaoru didn't mean for her statement to sound like she didn't mind and wanted him to sweep her off her feet and go at it like dogs but it just came out that way. And there goes the kind kenshin right out the window, wave Bye-Bye.
"So you were enjoying yourself out there?" Kenshin asked almost in a husky voice. Kaoru shook her head no several times and backing up into a corner as he slowly and calmly walked towards her. It was like Peppy La Pew and that cat that always gets the white stripe down her back. He was calmly hoping (not really It's just what Peppy does) towards her as she scrambled to get away; yet no matter how fast she scurried he was always there before her. She couldn't help but feel hopeless as he cornered her in the vast mansion that she was lost in. She didn't even know what room she was in, she just knew she was in the house and so was Kenshin.
"Kenshin . . ." Kaoru stated trying to sound stern hoping she could use her womanly powers to keep him away. You know girls, when you get that stern voice and the stare that looked like if it were possible that the man would freeze. Ice covering his body only leaving his babbling mouth speechless under your look. I love the power. (Ok ill tell you in the A/N at the bottom) ANYWAY! Straying from the subject. Kenshin took tedious step by tedious step towards her. She looked like an animal scared staring with the deer-in-the-headlights-look at him. He could tell she wanted to dash to the right but he could step to the right and grab her then she looked to the left hoping to scurry to the left but he could stop her that way to. Then she looked up at him seeing his multi-colored eyes.
Amber was the base color now. Instead of Purple with amber wisps in them now they had Amber with purple tresses in them. Kaoru never would have guessed that she would end up like this. A few days earlier she would have fell on the floor laughing if some one told her she would be playing Peppy la pew with Kenshin. Kaoru was in an odd position, she didn't really care that Kenshin was coming after her with this look in his eye that she couldn't explain if she tried, but yet she felt like he was a murderer and she needed to run forever.
She felt like she could run all the way home and then some, and at the same time she felt like she could run into his arms and never let go. However she didn't like him, or at least that's what her mind told her. Her heart was saying something different but she tuned that all out. She looked at him and looked to her right then left then down to the floor and up to the ceiling. Her mouth dropped to the floor as she blankly started at the air vent on the ceiling.
"Don't try and pull that trick. I know if I look you'll run." He said, as she never looked down to him. Her chin began to quiver out of disbelief. Her eyes grew and her throat constricted preventing any speech except squeaks and clips and phrases to escape her lips.
"Ken . . .shin." She was able to squeak out before he took another step closer to her. She took one last step towards the corner she was already pressed against. She needed to stay away from him but if she ran it would only make the inevitable come sooner. All she could do was wait and watch as her life came to a screeching halt and there was nothing she could do.
"Kenshin I'm telling you that you can't come any closer." kaoru said to him still looking up. Kaoru was a few paces away from him and she winced when she saw something move within the vent. She looked as if she had seen a spider dangling above her head or something, she would have screamed bloody murder but she was having difficulty getting her voice box to work.
"Why not Kaoru?" Kenshin asked as he took another step towards her only leaving 3 paces in-between them. He was only doing this to annoy her and he liked the squeamish appearance she put on. Everything about her scared form was intriguing and funny. He found this game to be fun. He just wanted to piss her off and she was annoyed at the truck driver. I mean she practically said 'kenshin I don't care, what you did on the street was a-ok with me go ahead, have me!' Boy Kenshin was going to regret this later but now he was a fool. He took another step closer to her closing the gap between them.
"Kenshin," Kaoru started in a low whisper "look in the vent if you do what I think you are going to do nothing good will come from it." Kaoru said to him.
"And what am I going to do?" Kenshin asked not paying attention to her warning. Kaoru rolled her eyes and pointed to the vent. "Answer my question, remember what happened when you didn't answer my question last time?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru's steady gaze on the vent suddenly shifted to kenshin with semi-wide eyes.
"No please no." Kaoru said in disbelief. He was so childish; I mean none of this was bothering her because her mind was clouded with the thoughts of who was in the vent. Two certain people who were compared to animals and who vowed revenge on Kaoru and Kenshin were sitting in the vent over looking the scene. It was quite funny, Kenshin trying to hard to irritate her when it looked like he was a lust crazed man alone in a huge house with a scared vulnerable female. And Kaoru a girl desperately trying to tell him they were there but she couldn't find the words and knew something worse would come out it if she told he specifically they were there.
Yes, that's right Megumi and Sano were in the air vent with a torture devise that no one but Kaoru knew they had. They had one devise each and Kaoru was scared. The devise had a name that name was a CAMERA! Kaoru shuttered as he took another step. He was so close to her and she felt numb.
"So tell me what am I going to do?" Kenshin asked not caring if he had to clasp his hands around her slender waist until she said uncle again. Kaoru gave him a look of dread, she never wanted to tell him but she had to so she could keep him away.
"Well, take a step closer for one. "Kaoru said as he lifted his foot a little as if he was going to copy everything she was about to say. "Um . . . and," Kaoru started looking nervously up into the vent. She had to whisper if she was ever going to come out of this event unscathed. She began whispering. "You were going to do something, I mean I don't really know what just you are . . . I mean were going to do something." kaoru said. Kenshin wasn't satisfied.
"Excuse me? I couldn't hear you?" Kenshin said. Kaoru rolled her eyes. Then his foot, which was still in the air, took the last step towards her. He was so close to her, he was so close that had he taken one baby step closer to her they would touch. Kaoru knew they would keep the flash off and they could take as many pictures and they needed. She heard a snap and she knew they took a picture. She knew the black mail was already being developed. She knew this was the best time to tell him so she made sure that they could not hear her. His shoulder would muffle her voice so she set her head on his chest. She knew that the only reason they could tell it was them in the picture was because of the hair. So kaoru could claim that they found a picture in a magazine or something, there was no proof. They began snapping away at this contact.
Kenshin was a little surprised to see her setting her head on his chest. "Kenshin, I need to tell you something. I . . . I need to tell you that you should have looked in the vent. You will regret this later and when I say you I mean we. You know who is sitting in that vent?" Kaoru asked. Kenshin's eyes grew and he realized what happened.
"You don't mean?" Kenshin started.
"Yes, Megumi and Sano. Now you may think they can only talk about this but they also have a dreaded weapon. They each have a camera in there hands." Kaoru said feeling her face burn with embarrassment. She could have made this situation different had she not run into a corner. Who knows how many pictures they took already. Now she could see Kenshin, out of the corner of her eye, straining his hearing. Once she saw a surprised look on his face she realized he heard another click. Kaoru shook her head realizing they were stuck.
"How will we get out? If you lift your head they'll get a good picture." Kenshin said. Kaoru realized that he cared if her face was shown, he could have her run and get pictures of her face and not his but he didn't.
"I can turn around and run with my face to the wall. Then you can run into the kitchen." Kaoru suggested. Kenshin shook his head.
"No good." kenshin said to her. "I'll turn around and you run, or I can jump up and fish them out of there." Kenshin said. "Take your pick." He added. Kaoru was touched he would do that for her but she wanted to help, they got themselves in this together. Then an idea hit her and the small spark turned into a flame.
"I know what we need to do." Kaoru said and she started whispering so they could not hear anything they said. Once she was finished Kenshin loosened up knowing he didn't need to worry about getting laughed at. This picture of him and Kaoru would even make Aoshi laugh.
"That's a perfect plan. Alright, on three." Kenshin started.
"One . . . "Kaoru said.
"Two . . ."Kenshin said.
"THREE!" They both said in regular voices. Kaoru whipped around too fast for either Sano or Megumi to snap a picture. Her long thin ponytail whipped Kenshin in the face and Kaoru came close to turning around to apologize when kenshin whispered "NO!" Kaoru stopped half way in a turn but they still couldn't see her. She turned back around and kenshin used his incredible speed to run into the kitchen, even if they had time to snap a picture it would be a blur. Now Kaoru turned around knowing they wouldn't waste film on a picture of her alone. She looked around and tried to look cute but impatient.
She looked like she was waiting for him to come back. This whole thing was staged and it looked like it was real. It just looked like she was resting her head on his shoulder both of them whispering sweet words to each other. Then it seemed he had said something inappropriate or hurtful and she turned around crossing her arms. She just looked mad then she almost turned around but kenshin said something inaudible and left the room. The thought he left to got something to cheer her up when he was actually doing something much different.
Kenshin walked through the kitchen looking at the ceiling when he saw it.
A/N: Sorry, I need a quick authors note here. A fabulous reviewer asked me bunch of questions and now I feel like an idiot. Well here it goes, Kaoru is 17 not 18, my mistake. Also her mom died when she was 1 and her dad re- married at the age of 2. Her Dad died at 3. Also Kaoru had business clothes on, your right, I forgot she found clothes, so um you can just imagine the buttons were low because I did say she left 2 buttons unbuttoned. That's kind of skimpy right? OK I have a lot of mistakes sorry I thought I was on top of this story. I have a lot of grammar errors to, sorry about those. Also the road names are not supposed to be creepy, they should be funny, sorry if I scared you. And Kaoru changed because the trench coat was supposed to be waterproof, turns out it didn't work. Thanks for telling me!
"Is this your mother and father?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru nodded and began walking out of the house leaving Kenshin behind.
She walked down her drive way and down the street before he caught up with her. He was panting from the sprinting he just did trying to catch up with her. Either Kenshin had looked at the pictures for a long time or she walked fast. The walk to his house was silent until the last five minutes.
"Kaoru, why are you so upset?" Kenshin asked.
'There he goes being nice again. Then something will click in his head and he'll get that stupid look on his face like he is thinking with his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes will spark with amber. Then he will say something mean and hurt my feelings.' Kaoru thought as Kenshin was waiting for her answer. She looked like she was thinking and he half expected her to raise one eyebrow and pull her hand to her face stroking her chin. He looked at her expecting an answer but it didn't come. She stared into space not even realizing he was still waiting for an answer.
They were nearing his house and she could see the huge home towering over all the other houses and the trees. She was walking listening to the two sets of footsteps when she only hear her footsteps. She stopped in her tracks and turned around seeing Kenshin standing still looking horrified behind Kaoru. She looked at him normally for a minute then her eyes filled with fear.
"What? What is it? Is there something behind be? Is there something on me?" Kenshin!?!" Kaoru screamed. She quickly whipped around to see the streets so empty she half expected to see a bush roll across the street. Her eyes closed into slits of hate and you could almost see fire reflecting in her disgusted blue orbs. She spun around to see Kenshin laughing at her, she walked right up to him close, to close for Kaoru but she wasn't going to back off.
"Kenshin! Don't ever scare me like that again." Kaoru said. She turned around and began to walk toward his house. She didn't hear him begin to walk to she stopped in her tracks and closed her eyes slowly counting to calm herself down. "One . . . two . . . three." She said.
'Ok, she pissed me off by not answering my question so what would kaoru hate?' Kenshin thought. Then a thought came to him and his eye glistened with mischief and he smiled menacingly. Kenshin walked up behind her and wrapped his armed loosely but with a hidden strength around her waist. He wasn't squeezing her but he held her firmly. Once his arms made contact kaoru attempted to turn around but she wasn't able to. She then realized since only Kenshin was behind her it must be him. This steamed her up; she hated men and disliked the thought of being hugged by Kenshin.
"Kenshin what are you doing?" Kaoru asked trying to stay calm. She knew he had wrapped his arms around her to irritate her and it was working splendidly. 'Great, its working, I can tell she is uncomfortable and tense.' Kenshin thought.
"Answer my question and ill think about letting you go." Kenshin whispered in a husky lust filled voice in her ear. She shivered and tensed more when his skin touched her face. She could feel his warm almost wet breath on her neck. She could feel how loose his body was. He was so relaxed while she was so stiff and uptight in his arms. Normally she was a pretty laidback person but in his arms she felt obligated to feel uncomfortable and squirmy. She didn't mind being hugged, her friends hugged her all the time, but she was afraid to like the feeling of a hug. Not a regular hug you get from a friend, but a hug from a "friend". Be it a boy/girl friend or a friend with benefits, a hug from some one more than a friend is a special hug. One that you wish for on a cold night the kind that keep you calm when school and work keep you stressed and up all night. The kind that people in the halls look at you and shout "PDA" (Public Display of Affection) when ever you are with that special some one, but you don't care you just want to be with whomever loves you.
Kaoru was standing strait thinking, racking her brain on what he had asked her. "What was the question?" Kaoru asked hesitantly like a small child cowering in the corner because they drew on Mommies important papers. Kenshin chuckled a little and kaoru could feel his laughter flowing through her.
"Why are you so upset?" He asked for the second time. Kaoru turned her head to see if she could get a glimpse of him. She needed to know if he was serious.
"Seriously? "Kaoru asked as his head bobbed up and down for a minuet. "Well, I still haven't forgiven you for the other day in the park." Kaoru stated defiantly. She crossed her arms infront of her and closed her eyes in a rebellious stance. Kenshin looked like he couldn't recall what she was talking about then his eyes lightened up and he laughed a little, mumbling 'oh yeah.'
"That's all?" Kenshin asked. He laughed again, his laugh a little deeper this time. Kaoru tried to elbow him but he managed to dodge her blow by sliding to the left. "What did I do that was so bad?" Kenshin asked. It was Kaoru's turn to laugh. She laughed a sweet small laugh that began to grow.
"Were should I start? You called me a woman, incase you didn't know that's what Enishi called me when we broke up; I don't like that word. Also you called me names." Kaoru said innocently. Kenshin began laughing so hard he lost his grip on Kaoru. She sensed this opportunity and wriggled out of his clutch. He felt her leaving his seize so he wiggled his fingers tickling her; she laughed and stopped moving. He grabbed her with only his fingertips then she was back into his arms but facing him.
"Really? Is that how it went Kaoru?" Kenshin asked her. She nodded her head slowly slipping into a trance from staring in to his eyes. He could feel her relax in his grip. "Because I don't believe that's what happened." Kenshin whispered as his eyes closed a little and his head moved closer to hers.
"Enlighten me then." Kaoru said in a slightly seductive voice. Kenshin smiled.
"Were should I start." Kenshin mimicked Kaoru. "You started calling me names first, I believe it was a jerk then a jackass. Then you stormed off." Kenshin stated.
"However, you did call me woman, and you called me names once I was finished with you." Kaoru said. Kenshin smiled and nodded. He leaned in closer to her, she leaned in closer to him and both of them almost forgot every nasty thought they had about the opposite sex until they heard a loud HONK! Both of them looked startled at the towering semi-truck in front of them. They smiled and the truck driver winked at Kenshin. Kaoru jumped out of Kenshin's arms and rushed to the sidewalk. Kenshin was at her heels and they both power walked the rest of the way to Kenshins house silently. His home was only a few houses away; around 10 yards. Kaoru flung open the door with just enough force that it made no dent in the wall but made a loud noise.
Kenshin scurried into the thresh hold of the doorway and closed the door looking out for a second to make sure no one was looking at him funny for a woman slamming the door to his multi-million dollar mansion. 'I can't believe I . . . and he . . . we almost . . . and I think I liked it.' Kaoru thought. She shook her head trying to rid herself of these horrid thoughts, which weren't so horrid. Kaoru was getting closer and closer to Kenshin each time she was in his arms. She got closer in friendship and physically; he always seemed to hold her tighter each time he took hold of her. That truck driver appalled her for winking at Kenshin, by the way where was he. Kaoru looked around to see him right in front of her. He was staring blankly at her as if he had asked something and she had not responded.
"Did you say something?" Kaoru asked him stupidly. Kenshin shook his head smiling at her pathetic state.
"Yes, Kaoru. I told you that you must be angry about the truck driver and I'm sorry I never meant for it to go that far." Kenshin said. Kaoru was touched that he even cared, if any other man had done that he might have attacked her once they were inside thinking if it was ok in the street why not here. But Kaoru didn't mean for it to go that far either.
"It's not all your fault, I am partially guilty, and I never stopped you. Don't feel like it was all your fault, and the truck driver bothered me not you." Kaoru said in a shockingly kind manner. Kaoru didn't mean for her statement to sound like she didn't mind and wanted him to sweep her off her feet and go at it like dogs but it just came out that way. And there goes the kind kenshin right out the window, wave Bye-Bye.
"So you were enjoying yourself out there?" Kenshin asked almost in a husky voice. Kaoru shook her head no several times and backing up into a corner as he slowly and calmly walked towards her. It was like Peppy La Pew and that cat that always gets the white stripe down her back. He was calmly hoping (not really It's just what Peppy does) towards her as she scrambled to get away; yet no matter how fast she scurried he was always there before her. She couldn't help but feel hopeless as he cornered her in the vast mansion that she was lost in. She didn't even know what room she was in, she just knew she was in the house and so was Kenshin.
"Kenshin . . ." Kaoru stated trying to sound stern hoping she could use her womanly powers to keep him away. You know girls, when you get that stern voice and the stare that looked like if it were possible that the man would freeze. Ice covering his body only leaving his babbling mouth speechless under your look. I love the power. (Ok ill tell you in the A/N at the bottom) ANYWAY! Straying from the subject. Kenshin took tedious step by tedious step towards her. She looked like an animal scared staring with the deer-in-the-headlights-look at him. He could tell she wanted to dash to the right but he could step to the right and grab her then she looked to the left hoping to scurry to the left but he could stop her that way to. Then she looked up at him seeing his multi-colored eyes.
Amber was the base color now. Instead of Purple with amber wisps in them now they had Amber with purple tresses in them. Kaoru never would have guessed that she would end up like this. A few days earlier she would have fell on the floor laughing if some one told her she would be playing Peppy la pew with Kenshin. Kaoru was in an odd position, she didn't really care that Kenshin was coming after her with this look in his eye that she couldn't explain if she tried, but yet she felt like he was a murderer and she needed to run forever.
She felt like she could run all the way home and then some, and at the same time she felt like she could run into his arms and never let go. However she didn't like him, or at least that's what her mind told her. Her heart was saying something different but she tuned that all out. She looked at him and looked to her right then left then down to the floor and up to the ceiling. Her mouth dropped to the floor as she blankly started at the air vent on the ceiling.
"Don't try and pull that trick. I know if I look you'll run." He said, as she never looked down to him. Her chin began to quiver out of disbelief. Her eyes grew and her throat constricted preventing any speech except squeaks and clips and phrases to escape her lips.
"Ken . . .shin." She was able to squeak out before he took another step closer to her. She took one last step towards the corner she was already pressed against. She needed to stay away from him but if she ran it would only make the inevitable come sooner. All she could do was wait and watch as her life came to a screeching halt and there was nothing she could do.
"Kenshin I'm telling you that you can't come any closer." kaoru said to him still looking up. Kaoru was a few paces away from him and she winced when she saw something move within the vent. She looked as if she had seen a spider dangling above her head or something, she would have screamed bloody murder but she was having difficulty getting her voice box to work.
"Why not Kaoru?" Kenshin asked as he took another step towards her only leaving 3 paces in-between them. He was only doing this to annoy her and he liked the squeamish appearance she put on. Everything about her scared form was intriguing and funny. He found this game to be fun. He just wanted to piss her off and she was annoyed at the truck driver. I mean she practically said 'kenshin I don't care, what you did on the street was a-ok with me go ahead, have me!' Boy Kenshin was going to regret this later but now he was a fool. He took another step closer to her closing the gap between them.
"Kenshin," Kaoru started in a low whisper "look in the vent if you do what I think you are going to do nothing good will come from it." Kaoru said to him.
"And what am I going to do?" Kenshin asked not paying attention to her warning. Kaoru rolled her eyes and pointed to the vent. "Answer my question, remember what happened when you didn't answer my question last time?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru's steady gaze on the vent suddenly shifted to kenshin with semi-wide eyes.
"No please no." Kaoru said in disbelief. He was so childish; I mean none of this was bothering her because her mind was clouded with the thoughts of who was in the vent. Two certain people who were compared to animals and who vowed revenge on Kaoru and Kenshin were sitting in the vent over looking the scene. It was quite funny, Kenshin trying to hard to irritate her when it looked like he was a lust crazed man alone in a huge house with a scared vulnerable female. And Kaoru a girl desperately trying to tell him they were there but she couldn't find the words and knew something worse would come out it if she told he specifically they were there.
Yes, that's right Megumi and Sano were in the air vent with a torture devise that no one but Kaoru knew they had. They had one devise each and Kaoru was scared. The devise had a name that name was a CAMERA! Kaoru shuttered as he took another step. He was so close to her and she felt numb.
"So tell me what am I going to do?" Kenshin asked not caring if he had to clasp his hands around her slender waist until she said uncle again. Kaoru gave him a look of dread, she never wanted to tell him but she had to so she could keep him away.
"Well, take a step closer for one. "Kaoru said as he lifted his foot a little as if he was going to copy everything she was about to say. "Um . . . and," Kaoru started looking nervously up into the vent. She had to whisper if she was ever going to come out of this event unscathed. She began whispering. "You were going to do something, I mean I don't really know what just you are . . . I mean were going to do something." kaoru said. Kenshin wasn't satisfied.
"Excuse me? I couldn't hear you?" Kenshin said. Kaoru rolled her eyes. Then his foot, which was still in the air, took the last step towards her. He was so close to her, he was so close that had he taken one baby step closer to her they would touch. Kaoru knew they would keep the flash off and they could take as many pictures and they needed. She heard a snap and she knew they took a picture. She knew the black mail was already being developed. She knew this was the best time to tell him so she made sure that they could not hear her. His shoulder would muffle her voice so she set her head on his chest. She knew that the only reason they could tell it was them in the picture was because of the hair. So kaoru could claim that they found a picture in a magazine or something, there was no proof. They began snapping away at this contact.
Kenshin was a little surprised to see her setting her head on his chest. "Kenshin, I need to tell you something. I . . . I need to tell you that you should have looked in the vent. You will regret this later and when I say you I mean we. You know who is sitting in that vent?" Kaoru asked. Kenshin's eyes grew and he realized what happened.
"You don't mean?" Kenshin started.
"Yes, Megumi and Sano. Now you may think they can only talk about this but they also have a dreaded weapon. They each have a camera in there hands." Kaoru said feeling her face burn with embarrassment. She could have made this situation different had she not run into a corner. Who knows how many pictures they took already. Now she could see Kenshin, out of the corner of her eye, straining his hearing. Once she saw a surprised look on his face she realized he heard another click. Kaoru shook her head realizing they were stuck.
"How will we get out? If you lift your head they'll get a good picture." Kenshin said. Kaoru realized that he cared if her face was shown, he could have her run and get pictures of her face and not his but he didn't.
"I can turn around and run with my face to the wall. Then you can run into the kitchen." Kaoru suggested. Kenshin shook his head.
"No good." kenshin said to her. "I'll turn around and you run, or I can jump up and fish them out of there." Kenshin said. "Take your pick." He added. Kaoru was touched he would do that for her but she wanted to help, they got themselves in this together. Then an idea hit her and the small spark turned into a flame.
"I know what we need to do." Kaoru said and she started whispering so they could not hear anything they said. Once she was finished Kenshin loosened up knowing he didn't need to worry about getting laughed at. This picture of him and Kaoru would even make Aoshi laugh.
"That's a perfect plan. Alright, on three." Kenshin started.
"One . . . "Kaoru said.
"Two . . ."Kenshin said.
"THREE!" They both said in regular voices. Kaoru whipped around too fast for either Sano or Megumi to snap a picture. Her long thin ponytail whipped Kenshin in the face and Kaoru came close to turning around to apologize when kenshin whispered "NO!" Kaoru stopped half way in a turn but they still couldn't see her. She turned back around and kenshin used his incredible speed to run into the kitchen, even if they had time to snap a picture it would be a blur. Now Kaoru turned around knowing they wouldn't waste film on a picture of her alone. She looked around and tried to look cute but impatient.
She looked like she was waiting for him to come back. This whole thing was staged and it looked like it was real. It just looked like she was resting her head on his shoulder both of them whispering sweet words to each other. Then it seemed he had said something inappropriate or hurtful and she turned around crossing her arms. She just looked mad then she almost turned around but kenshin said something inaudible and left the room. The thought he left to got something to cheer her up when he was actually doing something much different.
Kenshin walked through the kitchen looking at the ceiling when he saw it.