Controlling emotions

FreyA-wings

Chapter 13: the heat of vengeance

Hey you guys I'm back… I am so tired and full of shit that I am not gonna say anything more than just 'sorry for the late update' and 'enjoy my fanfic!'

Oh wait, I do have something to say. You guys thought that she was raped? Well… I did say in the story that her body and soul was black but I didn't say that she was raped. Anyway, I won't spoil the fun and I am hoping that the lemon would come soon. wish, wish

Btw… I have updated, I mean, edited most of my first few chapters and you guys might want to take a peak at my new chapter and see how I have edited it. I think I have changed the plot a bit but ill try to cope and connect everything together.

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Kenshin's POV

I stood among the dark trees. It was two hours past midnight and my body is immense in anxiety. Megumi finally took a hold of herself, and told me where I could find kaoru… my kaoru…

And here I am, standing in front of a very small cabin, among the dark trees of a very large and deserted place. The only light shining was the moon, and I pray the moon to help me shine my way. I need all the help I could get. I have to avoid a fight, any fight. Fighting does not meet my standard. However, if I do meet a battle… then I know what I am fighting for.

Kenshin's POV

I was silent behind the bushes as I glanced at the rotten shack in front of me. My heart was beating so fast. I never knew that my time would come to take what was rightfully mine. I had been avoiding any fight or any battle since I came here. I have enough scars to last me a life time but as when I heard a painful scream, I winced, my heart gripping and knew that I had to save her no matter what the cost would be.

Finally, as silent as possible, I snaked through the bushes, tall grass and trees until I finally came to a window nearby. Glancing in for a second, I checked whether the room was safe so I can climb in. the room was dark and I could see nothing but dark shadows. I sighed and breathed in. slowly, I lifted the window and like a night crawler, I jumped in the room as silent and steady as possible.

I crept inside and waved my arms to find the door knob. I felt hard wood and pushed. The door creaked and I fell silent, wondering whether he had heard that silent sound. For a couple of seconds there was no sound, only someone whimpering.

Kaoru, I screamed in my head. Hold on

I opened the door again, only a few inches a part until I could see what was inside. I could see a small blurry light from inside and smell something rotten. 'Him and his rotten self,' I silently said to myself.

I opened the crack until it was wide enough for me to poke my head out. I could still hear Kaoru whimpering and crying in agony. Clutching the door knob tightly, I finally went through the door. I came to a long small corridor and I looked left and right. There were two doors on each side and I listened for her sound. It came from the left.

The floor creaked as I walked to the left. The wooden walls and floors were so rotten it felt like as if the whole place could collapse anytime soon. I came to the door, still murky in the night. As inaudibly as possible I rested my ear against the door and heard kaoru's voice. 'In here,' I thought.

'Shut up bitch,' someone yelled and heard a slap. She suddenly felt quiet. I was screaming in my head, anger rising in my chest. 'How dare he slap her' I screamed in my head. I tried not to groan but instead thinking of a way to get into that fucking room without him noticing.

I decided to take my chances and opened the door little by little. Inside the room, I could see the walls written with graffiti. There were no furniture, only a small lamp at the right corner of the room and a chair in the middle. I opened the door wider, trying to steal a glance. There she was in the middle of the room, leaning against the wall, her eyes closed as tears kept streaming down her dirty cheeks. Her clothes tattered and dirty and were ripped apart by evidence it was done by force. It smelt more like rotten flesh in there and I had to cover my nose as the smell became stronger, stinging my smelling senses.

I suddenly hid when I saw a figure moving. I closed the door, just slightly leaving a gap and checked again inside. It seemed that he's all alone, with no guardians to protect him. I wondered why. I can only see his back. He was resting his head against the wall just next to kaoru; his shadow from the light of the window was cast upon her. I frowned, thinking of a way to make a move. I had to get her out of here… soon.

Kaoru's POV

I was silent for a very long time. My breath seemed to slowly disappear. Lifeless, comatose, inert and motionless, I somehow lost hope of everything. Here I am, waiting for my prince to arrive. Seeing how secluded we were, I never had the strength so be so confident as to say that he will come to save me.

I closed my eyes again, my eyes felt numb from all the tears that drained from my eyes. I was exhausted. I didn't get enough sleep or food. Now my hands are tied again and he was still standing there, the one person who once made my life so wonderful and at the same time, a living hell. I was stupid to ever be with him. I was disgusted at myself for ever trusting and loving him. I was stupid to do that that my parents got hurt as well. I started to weep again. This commotion was too much for me and I had enough. I wanted to end this, I wanted to---

I shouted in pain and fell to the floor. 'Stop that fucking noise,' Yukimura bellowed at me and kicked his chair in frustration, 'your fucking weeping are not going to get you anywhere and its so fucking annoying to hear. Do you get me!' he stood just above me, I was cowering beneath him like a lifeless chicken.

I couldn't touch my cheek because my hands were tied up. So many times did he slap me and many times he did more than just torture. My body was aching and he left many trademarks on my skin, and especially, my heart.

I heard a door slam and as I lay down on the floor, motionless to do anything, I saw someone. He was in the shadows. It appeared as though he slammed the door wide open and so hard at that that the door flew to the other side of the room. I could feel his vicious aura, dangerous yet protecting. I know this feeling from somewhere, I spoke in my head. I tried to get more of him, only to gasp when he ran towards Yukimura and slammed him against the wall. Yukimura groaned in agony and tried to stand up when he started to kick Yukimura over and over on his stomach.

I tried to get up. I was too weak but I tried. I had to know whether it was him. The person stopped kicking Yukimura and fell silent.

'Kenshin?' I hopefully asked. He turned around and for a second there my heart stopped beating. It was him, I smiled in anticipation, and it was him.

'Kaoru—' he started but when I asked, it gave Yukimura time to grab Kenshin on the ankles and threw him down until he fell to the floor. Kenshin groaned in pain. Yukimura stood up and said, 'well, well, well, look who we have here.'

I gasped when Yukimura stomped Kenshin on the stomach and Kenshin yelped in pain. 'You little sons of bitches just can't get enough can't you?' Yukimura tried to stomp him in the stomach again, only to be blocked by Kenshin's hand. He pushed and Yukimura fell back.

'All I can say is that you are worth no more than a piece of shit,' Kenshin moved swiftly towards Yukimura and everything happened very fast. Kenshin kicked and punched and spun around until Yukimura fell to the ground in a heap. At last, Yukimura didn't get up, he was on the ground. Everything was silent.

I looked at Yukimura who was lying on the ground, motionless and then at Kenshin. I started to cry tears again. I was so happy to see him that I was too relieved to say anything. I chocked a smile; happy tears kept flowing and flowing. He was bleeding and as he came up to me, I was more than relieved to see that he didn't get any serious injuries. At least, not that I know of…

'Ken,' I started to say but he shushed me and told me everything was going to be alright. He was running out of breath and even though he tried to hide it but he was wincing in pain. I was so overpowered by happiness. I was smiling at him and he smiled at me back. But I looked behind him and saw Yukimura standing up and kicked Kenshin away from me until he hit hard on the ground. I yelled his name as he tried to stand up.

Kenshin tried to punch Yukimura on the stomach but he blocked it and instead made a spin and kicked Kenshin in the head with all his might. I tried to scream but all I could let out was a small shriek. Then I coughed, the flue has gotten to me. Kenshin tried to stand up, when Yukimura let out a huge blow on the head using his elbow. More tears came from my eyes as I witnessed Kenshin's beating.

I reached my hand towards him, but my body was lifeless. I couldn't move or budge. I was too weak. Kenshin got beaten more and more until finally he was down on the floor, trying with all his might to get up. More than ever in my life had I felt this helpless. All I could see was this young man's bravery and compassion to come to save me and all he ended up with was to be beaten by a person who was not even worth to mention.

I laid my head back to the floor, more tears came out and I felt could feel a deep cut within my heart. Yukimura spat at him and came to me. Dreadfully enough, he pulled out a small knife and pulled me up vehemently by the hair. I yelled in pain and stood up. He draped his arms and choked my neck. My hands were still tied to the back and my legs felt weak as he pointed the knife very close to my face.

Kenshin finally stood up, anger and flaming heat was rising from his body when he saw me. I wanted to tell him to just go away and not care about me, leave me alone and get the hell out of here. Kenshin stood in his place. He whipped blood from his mouth and spat, his eyes still locked to Yukimura's eyes. I shuddered when I felt his extreme aura, more powerful than before. Possibly more powerful than Yukimura's even.

'Get your hands off her' Kenshin said in a very low and cold voice. His eyes were fixated upon Yukimura as I could see his eyes burning amber flames.

'Oh yeah Kenshin,' Yukimura replied in the same tone, 'I'm not that an idiot when it comes to surrender. I suggest you keep your own business. She's no longer yours.'

Kenshin was silent as I could hear thunder, not too far from here. 'You are doing a terrible, terrible mistake,' Kenshin said slowly, tone was cold and menacing.

Yukimura laughed so hard, I could smell his dirty breath. 'You have got to be fucking kidding me. You just lost a fight. Give up pimp! You ain't nothing but looking for ass trouble. She's mine and you can just get lost in your own mother's ass for crying out loud.'

As Yukimura was about to laugh again, I heard a huge punching noise, as if someone had been hit hard on the wall. I closed my eyes as I felt someone's blow and Yukimura's arms were loosening from my neck. I felt to the floor again as I looked up at kenshin, standing high, towering over Yukimura's body below as he strike another blow on the head using continuous hard kicks that sent Yukimura flying and smashed the window.

Kenshin walked up to me, his left leg was a bit limping and took hold of me. He swept me off the ground and carried me. Unfortunate enough, just as we were about to escape the room, Kenshin yelped in pain. I turned and saw Yukimura smiling rancorously and felt blood trickled down Kenshin's back. I gasped when I saw a knife, planted quite deep on Kenshin's back. I glared at Yukimura and felt kenshin began to weaken. He put me down and hurriedly took the knife away from his back, wincing in pain when he released the knife from his flesh.

Yukimura went silent when Kenshin walked up to him and pointed the knife at his throat. Yukimura just hissed and smiled venomously, 'you, wouldn't, dare.' Kenshin froze.

'Unfortunately enough,' Kenshin loosened. Yukimura's smile widened but Kenshin gave Yukimura a huge hit on the face and knocked him unconscious. He lay on the ground, cataleptic.

'Think again,' kenshin whispered. He took a hold of me and ignoring his pain, he carried me out of the fearsome shack and on the way home.

later in the morning

I awoke later with dizziness in my head. I groaned silently to myself and waited for a few minutes. The pain inside was unbearable and I couldn't open my eyes, not until I waited for another minute or so. Finally, I blinked my eyes, trying to find the focus.

I have never felt pain this badly. My body was aching all over, even my eyes from all the crying. I stood up slowly and looked around. I was in Kenshin's apartment, lying on the yellow sofa. It felt so comfortable here despite the pain as I saw the bright daylight from the window. I turned my head around and found kenshin lying on the other side of the sofa, smaller and probably uncomfortable.

I tried to stand up and get to him. I walked slowly until my knees weakened and I feel on the floor just next to him. He was much damaged. He had injuries all over his body. It didn't take me more than 2 seconds to realize that he had a knife struck on his back. I gasped and searched for his cut. He whimpered when I touched his back, my face and body very close to his.

He opened his eyes and stared at me. His face was disastrous, as evident from the fighting last night. I wanted to cry again. I felt something in my throat and chest as I looked at his now soothing yet painful eyes.

I realized I was actually near to the position of hugging him my arms were around his body, as I was searching for his cut. My body was so weak that it fell on to his. Now, my face was so near to his. I could feel his breath, tickling my face. His soft eyes searched into mine, winning over the battle, taking me deep into his soul. I felt his face inched closer and then his lips met mine.

And I won a battle over you because I made this a cliffhanger! I am so evil but I just had to, it gives the excitement. I am hoping you'd enjoy this chapter and maybe take another glance at the first new edited chapter.

Sorry for not answering your replies one by one but I just want to give you all a round of applause for being so great. I will do so however in the next chapter. Exams are coming up as you all know and I am trying my best to keep up with this story. Thanks people!