A/N: *Sniffle* Oh! I'm like, totally in shock!
Kenshin: *With an annoyed groan* Why?
Dove: I just read one of Baka-Ryu's fics.. and (I dunno what gender you are, so I'm just gonna stick with they) they said the kindest most wonderfullest thing!
Kenshin: And that was?
Dove: *Reading aloud* I will also give credit to DoveofNight, who wrote one of the best Battousai fics I've ever read. Thank you Dove for your inspiration. Isn't that just WONDERFUL?
Kenshin: Um. Yeah.
Dove: *Glaring suddenly at the computer screen* And Baka-Ryu, WHY didn't you tell me that you wrote a fic? I mean, gosh! I found it accidentally! *Still glaring* You must tell me when you update. Yup yup yup. And *MORE GLARING* Update soon! *Happy face* Hee hee! It's a good fic!!
Kenshin: You're clinically insane.
Dove: *Clicking through reviews* And you're clincally dead. YOU DIDN'T READ THE REVIEW RESPONSES YOU MORON!
Kenshin: I couldn't find them!
Dove: Look behind you.
Kenshin: *Looks at wall with huge paper with 'REVIEW RESPONSES' written on the top in red ink and highlighted with something flourescent.
Sano: *Smirk* *Just put the paper back up*
Kenshin: But! But!
Dark
Chapter Fourteen
Shishio advanced on her painstakingly slowly, with the knife held in the casual way of an experienced knifer. It was a thick, large switchblade.
And the instant it touched her skin Kaoru knew it was going to hurt. A lot. So she tried as hard as she could to prevent any contact between her and the knife. How unfortunate that she was chained.
The blade caressed her right palm gently, before changing direction and slicing. It laid the skin open from her wrist to her elbow. But it wasn't deep enough to slit the vein.
Kaoru gave a gasp of pain, but did not react in any other way. She knew from the malevolent look on his face that Shishio enjoyed seeing people in pain. Blood dripped off of her elbow, hot and rather annoying.
But she still didn't faint.
Kaoru could not, for the life of her, understand why. She'd fainted from the sight of blood for as long as she could remember. But now she didn't. Talk about weird.
The knife repeated it's graceful move on the other arm, cauing Kaoru to bite her cheek against crying out.
**
"Hiko. Does THIS COUNT AS HIM HURTING HER?!" Battousai snarled, his voice raising somewhat. Hiko nodded. He'd scarcely finished the movement when Battousai was halfway out the door.
"You might like the address, Battousai?"
**
Blood was everywhere. At this point, the scent of it was twisting Kaoru's stomach, and the sight was making her dizzy. She'd be lucky if her 'thing about blood' didn't come back.
She felt screaming pain.. well, everywhere. She didn't know if there was a place where she WOULDN'T feel that torturous burning.
And yet she refused to cry out.
That would mean Shishio was going to win.
With a silly distintrest, Kaoru noted that she was very hungry and Miso soup sounded really good. Maybe Shishio would put down the knife for a food-break?
The heck?
He was kneeling in front of her. Kaoru's eyes narrowed hazily. She kind of wished that she could have fainted, but somehow Shishio knew just how to prevent that.
Thnot hot blade touched her right cheek. In three swift sweeps, there were three deep and bloody gashes on Kaoru's face. One along the very point she would put blush on, one across the middle of her cheek, and one almost even with her mouth. The two near her nose stopped just shy of touching it and the one near her mouth had the same effect. They vanished into her hairline.
Shishio repeated the action on the other side.
WHAT was he doing?
"Would you KNOCK that off?" She hissed, and gained a slit across her shoulder for her troubles.
Everything was getting, in a nutshell, swirly.
And right then the door choose to spontaniously leap off of it's hinges.
**
Battousai was ticked. He could smell her blood to the point where almost every other scent was masked.
She was dangling so weakly from the chains on her wrists. He expected her to be kicking at Shishio. She wasn't.
And he'd cut her up so much. The cuts were going to leave scars. Especially the gashes on her face.
**
Kaoru felt a surge of relief upon seeing Battousai. It was strange, associating him with safety.
"Kenshin.." She whispered and smiled. She'd held out for him. She'd fought the other personalities with everything she had. Thank goodness she was the strongest. And he was there. No more pain. She hoped.
Battousai and Shishio wasted no time 'leaping into battle'. How unfortunate that just before Shishio got whooped, he had sudden urgent business.
He didn't care what Shishio did. He raced to Kaoru, and after some work manged to free her. She smiled up at him weakly.
"I knew you'd.. come." She whispered just before she blacked out.
**
"It went precisely as you planned it, Mr. Watsuki."
"I'm glad. I'm sure he'll be visiting you soon, Mr. Hiko. Go get ready."
"Yes, Sir."
Watsuki Nobuhiro (I hope I spelled that right. The owner of the Rurouni Kenshin series? If I'm a total moron just lemme know!) made a steeple out of his fingers. It was playing out correctly. It was almost time to show a few more cards of his hand.
A/N: I'm sorry this wasn't to fantastic. I'm sooo tired. Suffering from sleep deprivation. I was literally falling asleep as I wrote this. So it's a little short.
Kenshin: No kidding.
Dove: You know what? I AM TIRED. So SHUT UP and read the review responses this time! *Collapses*
Sano: she okay?
Kenshin: *Shrug* I think so. Just tired. Her eyes are all crossed.. it's funny. Now where's that list?
Angie - Lol! Yes, it is kinda hard to make the secondary/almost main character die. Lol.
flyinangel777@yahoo.com - I'm much better now, and thank you!
Kurokumo - Yup. Lol.
Conscience Fairy - Heh. Don't worry. I just needed him for a little while! ^_-
Koniko-chan - Lol. Do feel free! ^-^(My mom banned me from the well, anyways! ^_-)
Kushinadahime - Thanks! ^-^
Evillaughingtalkingwall - Lol!! ^-^
LadyChrisA - *In stitches*
Pidge - Thanks
Sarah - Yeah.. true..
Chris - Yes, she does. Remember when she tried to stab him? Lol
CrazyFireKitsuneGirl - Okay-dokay.
Koniko-chan - *Stares* How did you find my house? *Scared* ^-^
Fire - Thanks!
Kunasayo - As you command.
Moonblossom - Thanks! I'm looking forward to going more in-depth about that.
Fire - Lol!!
Moonblossom - Thanks. Yeah, she's better now. From one thing.
Angie - Two words, Thank you! ^-^
Nanikilover/Brukaoru - Oh, thank you! I couldn't think of any other way for him to describe her and then he popped up on my shoulder and told me what to put. I have enough to deal with having Kenshin and Sano in my house so I quickly squished him and then used his idea. Lol!
MysticGohan - Lol. Yeah, at some point in the sugar rush staring at ceilings gets boring
Sailor Scout Buddy - Thanks!
Kurokumo - I know how you feel. *Nod*
Luna Angel - Thanks!
L3al3yanime - You'll see, and here ya go
Evillaughingtalkingwall - Heehee. I know how you feel.
flyinangel777@yahoo.com - Thanks. Yup.
Kyia Star - Yeah, but I have TWELVE of 'em. ^-^
CurlsofSerenity - *Giggles hysterically* Well, at least you didn't launch a main character. It took me hours to get Kenshin back down! ^_-
XP-DarkAngel - Hee hee!
Innocence - No, not of the DID. She just reverted back to her original host personality.
Ferai - Okay.. umm.. I have never seen the Samurai X movie despite many desperate attempts to do so. ^-^'
Baka-Ryu - *Shudder* That's a great picture. Luckily all 12 dogs growl at them if they come at my bed and there's literally no way to touch the computer without at least leaning over my bed. MWAHAHAHAHA.
Glory230 - Okay! ^-^
The Squirrel - Lol! Okay, thanks! ^-^
LadyChrisA - *Munching on apple pie* Thanks!
Natareikura - I dunno if I'll actually get around to emailing you.. lol.. I'll try. More romance.. yes, that is coming. It's just going to take a bit of time.
Nezumi Chan - Lol! Thanks!
Jurie - Lol! I'm glad you think it's such a big deal. It's weird, to think that you consider it exciting that I reviewed your story. Lol. Okay, now go write the next chapter of EoA!! *GLARE*
Daine - Thank you!
Fire - Yeah. Stupid CN. GRRR. Here's 14!
CurlsofSerenity - *wince* Ouch..
Vanilla Bean - Thank you, and I already knew. ^_- I'm a very devout fan..
Chris - MWAHAHAHAHAHA.. *cough*
Baka-Ryu - Lol!! *A little afraid of the mentioned 'mom'.*
Nanikilover/Brukaoru - Heh. He will.. in due time..
Angie - Yes, Sky Dweller is really good. I'm totally entranced by it. Lol.
Saiya Winters - Woah.. thanks..
Kurokumo - *Shudder* I'm running on 4 hours of sleep. *Twitch* After running on 3 and 5 hours of sleep for the last two days. Trigun is cool.
Koniko-chan - You'll see.. heh..
Daine - ^-^
Beeba - Thanks.. and yeah I totally agree..
XD-DarkAngel - Oh. Okay. *Worried*
MysticGohan - Um.. okay.. *.*
Conscience Fairy - Heh ^-^
Wolf - Yeah. I agree completely.
AzNfRiSbEeDrAgOn - Yeah, thanks. I'm getting much better at C++. I know what most of the tags are now. Lol.
Kyia Star - Heh.
AzNfRiSbEeDrAgOn - Yep. I'm glad you liked it. ^-^
Aryanne - Yeah, I totally agree.
Okay, I have to go to CDI again. See y'all! ^-^
Kenshin: *With an annoyed groan* Why?
Dove: I just read one of Baka-Ryu's fics.. and (I dunno what gender you are, so I'm just gonna stick with they) they said the kindest most wonderfullest thing!
Kenshin: And that was?
Dove: *Reading aloud* I will also give credit to DoveofNight, who wrote one of the best Battousai fics I've ever read. Thank you Dove for your inspiration. Isn't that just WONDERFUL?
Kenshin: Um. Yeah.
Dove: *Glaring suddenly at the computer screen* And Baka-Ryu, WHY didn't you tell me that you wrote a fic? I mean, gosh! I found it accidentally! *Still glaring* You must tell me when you update. Yup yup yup. And *MORE GLARING* Update soon! *Happy face* Hee hee! It's a good fic!!
Kenshin: You're clinically insane.
Dove: *Clicking through reviews* And you're clincally dead. YOU DIDN'T READ THE REVIEW RESPONSES YOU MORON!
Kenshin: I couldn't find them!
Dove: Look behind you.
Kenshin: *Looks at wall with huge paper with 'REVIEW RESPONSES' written on the top in red ink and highlighted with something flourescent.
Sano: *Smirk* *Just put the paper back up*
Kenshin: But! But!
Dark
Chapter Fourteen
Shishio advanced on her painstakingly slowly, with the knife held in the casual way of an experienced knifer. It was a thick, large switchblade.
And the instant it touched her skin Kaoru knew it was going to hurt. A lot. So she tried as hard as she could to prevent any contact between her and the knife. How unfortunate that she was chained.
The blade caressed her right palm gently, before changing direction and slicing. It laid the skin open from her wrist to her elbow. But it wasn't deep enough to slit the vein.
Kaoru gave a gasp of pain, but did not react in any other way. She knew from the malevolent look on his face that Shishio enjoyed seeing people in pain. Blood dripped off of her elbow, hot and rather annoying.
But she still didn't faint.
Kaoru could not, for the life of her, understand why. She'd fainted from the sight of blood for as long as she could remember. But now she didn't. Talk about weird.
The knife repeated it's graceful move on the other arm, cauing Kaoru to bite her cheek against crying out.
**
"Hiko. Does THIS COUNT AS HIM HURTING HER?!" Battousai snarled, his voice raising somewhat. Hiko nodded. He'd scarcely finished the movement when Battousai was halfway out the door.
"You might like the address, Battousai?"
**
Blood was everywhere. At this point, the scent of it was twisting Kaoru's stomach, and the sight was making her dizzy. She'd be lucky if her 'thing about blood' didn't come back.
She felt screaming pain.. well, everywhere. She didn't know if there was a place where she WOULDN'T feel that torturous burning.
And yet she refused to cry out.
That would mean Shishio was going to win.
With a silly distintrest, Kaoru noted that she was very hungry and Miso soup sounded really good. Maybe Shishio would put down the knife for a food-break?
The heck?
He was kneeling in front of her. Kaoru's eyes narrowed hazily. She kind of wished that she could have fainted, but somehow Shishio knew just how to prevent that.
Thnot hot blade touched her right cheek. In three swift sweeps, there were three deep and bloody gashes on Kaoru's face. One along the very point she would put blush on, one across the middle of her cheek, and one almost even with her mouth. The two near her nose stopped just shy of touching it and the one near her mouth had the same effect. They vanished into her hairline.
Shishio repeated the action on the other side.
WHAT was he doing?
"Would you KNOCK that off?" She hissed, and gained a slit across her shoulder for her troubles.
Everything was getting, in a nutshell, swirly.
And right then the door choose to spontaniously leap off of it's hinges.
**
Battousai was ticked. He could smell her blood to the point where almost every other scent was masked.
She was dangling so weakly from the chains on her wrists. He expected her to be kicking at Shishio. She wasn't.
And he'd cut her up so much. The cuts were going to leave scars. Especially the gashes on her face.
**
Kaoru felt a surge of relief upon seeing Battousai. It was strange, associating him with safety.
"Kenshin.." She whispered and smiled. She'd held out for him. She'd fought the other personalities with everything she had. Thank goodness she was the strongest. And he was there. No more pain. She hoped.
Battousai and Shishio wasted no time 'leaping into battle'. How unfortunate that just before Shishio got whooped, he had sudden urgent business.
He didn't care what Shishio did. He raced to Kaoru, and after some work manged to free her. She smiled up at him weakly.
"I knew you'd.. come." She whispered just before she blacked out.
**
"It went precisely as you planned it, Mr. Watsuki."
"I'm glad. I'm sure he'll be visiting you soon, Mr. Hiko. Go get ready."
"Yes, Sir."
Watsuki Nobuhiro (I hope I spelled that right. The owner of the Rurouni Kenshin series? If I'm a total moron just lemme know!) made a steeple out of his fingers. It was playing out correctly. It was almost time to show a few more cards of his hand.
A/N: I'm sorry this wasn't to fantastic. I'm sooo tired. Suffering from sleep deprivation. I was literally falling asleep as I wrote this. So it's a little short.
Kenshin: No kidding.
Dove: You know what? I AM TIRED. So SHUT UP and read the review responses this time! *Collapses*
Sano: she okay?
Kenshin: *Shrug* I think so. Just tired. Her eyes are all crossed.. it's funny. Now where's that list?
Angie - Lol! Yes, it is kinda hard to make the secondary/almost main character die. Lol.
flyinangel777@yahoo.com - I'm much better now, and thank you!
Kurokumo - Yup. Lol.
Conscience Fairy - Heh. Don't worry. I just needed him for a little while! ^_-
Koniko-chan - Lol. Do feel free! ^-^(My mom banned me from the well, anyways! ^_-)
Kushinadahime - Thanks! ^-^
Evillaughingtalkingwall - Lol!! ^-^
LadyChrisA - *In stitches*
Pidge - Thanks
Sarah - Yeah.. true..
Chris - Yes, she does. Remember when she tried to stab him? Lol
CrazyFireKitsuneGirl - Okay-dokay.
Koniko-chan - *Stares* How did you find my house? *Scared* ^-^
Fire - Thanks!
Kunasayo - As you command.
Moonblossom - Thanks! I'm looking forward to going more in-depth about that.
Fire - Lol!!
Moonblossom - Thanks. Yeah, she's better now. From one thing.
Angie - Two words, Thank you! ^-^
Nanikilover/Brukaoru - Oh, thank you! I couldn't think of any other way for him to describe her and then he popped up on my shoulder and told me what to put. I have enough to deal with having Kenshin and Sano in my house so I quickly squished him and then used his idea. Lol!
MysticGohan - Lol. Yeah, at some point in the sugar rush staring at ceilings gets boring
Sailor Scout Buddy - Thanks!
Kurokumo - I know how you feel. *Nod*
Luna Angel - Thanks!
L3al3yanime - You'll see, and here ya go
Evillaughingtalkingwall - Heehee. I know how you feel.
flyinangel777@yahoo.com - Thanks. Yup.
Kyia Star - Yeah, but I have TWELVE of 'em. ^-^
CurlsofSerenity - *Giggles hysterically* Well, at least you didn't launch a main character. It took me hours to get Kenshin back down! ^_-
XP-DarkAngel - Hee hee!
Innocence - No, not of the DID. She just reverted back to her original host personality.
Ferai - Okay.. umm.. I have never seen the Samurai X movie despite many desperate attempts to do so. ^-^'
Baka-Ryu - *Shudder* That's a great picture. Luckily all 12 dogs growl at them if they come at my bed and there's literally no way to touch the computer without at least leaning over my bed. MWAHAHAHAHA.
Glory230 - Okay! ^-^
The Squirrel - Lol! Okay, thanks! ^-^
LadyChrisA - *Munching on apple pie* Thanks!
Natareikura - I dunno if I'll actually get around to emailing you.. lol.. I'll try. More romance.. yes, that is coming. It's just going to take a bit of time.
Nezumi Chan - Lol! Thanks!
Jurie - Lol! I'm glad you think it's such a big deal. It's weird, to think that you consider it exciting that I reviewed your story. Lol. Okay, now go write the next chapter of EoA!! *GLARE*
Daine - Thank you!
Fire - Yeah. Stupid CN. GRRR. Here's 14!
CurlsofSerenity - *wince* Ouch..
Vanilla Bean - Thank you, and I already knew. ^_- I'm a very devout fan..
Chris - MWAHAHAHAHAHA.. *cough*
Baka-Ryu - Lol!! *A little afraid of the mentioned 'mom'.*
Nanikilover/Brukaoru - Heh. He will.. in due time..
Angie - Yes, Sky Dweller is really good. I'm totally entranced by it. Lol.
Saiya Winters - Woah.. thanks..
Kurokumo - *Shudder* I'm running on 4 hours of sleep. *Twitch* After running on 3 and 5 hours of sleep for the last two days. Trigun is cool.
Koniko-chan - You'll see.. heh..
Daine - ^-^
Beeba - Thanks.. and yeah I totally agree..
XD-DarkAngel - Oh. Okay. *Worried*
MysticGohan - Um.. okay.. *.*
Conscience Fairy - Heh ^-^
Wolf - Yeah. I agree completely.
AzNfRiSbEeDrAgOn - Yeah, thanks. I'm getting much better at C++. I know what most of the tags are now. Lol.
Kyia Star - Heh.
AzNfRiSbEeDrAgOn - Yep. I'm glad you liked it. ^-^
Aryanne - Yeah, I totally agree.
Okay, I have to go to CDI again. See y'all! ^-^