Deep Sea
Disclaimer: I don't own Kenshin; if I did this fan fiction wouldn't exist.
Kenshin: What a horrible thought!
Kaoru Gal: Yes it is.
Sano: Why is everyone so serious?
Kaoru Gal: Boo!
Sano: Ah!
Soujiro: Recap man is here to save the moment!
Recap: Kaoru and Kenshin had this sort of heart to heart talk right after she tries to kill herself. He explains his past to her and she listens. She's still mad at him because he won't release her, but she's wondering if he's as bad as she thought he was.
Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality!.
And sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore;
Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm,
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea?
-"Unfathomable Sea" Percy Bysshe Shelley
"What the hell is going on here?" Kaoru snapped eyeing the feast laid out before her.
Sano raised his eyebrows and ginned heartily. "Kenshin hasn't told you yet then, eh?"
"If he did then why would I ask?" she growled.
"Fair point. Party."
"A what?"
Sano chuckled at her shocked expression. "You know, a celebration."
"What is he celebrating?" Kaoru asked slowly as if dreading the answer.
"Nothing."
Kaoru frowned. Humans really made no sense at all. "I don't understand."
"You wouldn't," he held out a bottle to her. "Want a sip?"
She wrinkled her nose as the sickly sweet aroma filled her nostrils. "Yuck! What is it?"
"Beer, you've never had some before?" Sano asked looking horrified.
Kaoru shook her head, sending her black braids flying. "Let's keep it that way too." She added looking sick.
Sano shook his head sadly before taking another long sip. Kaoru watched him without interest before standing up.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Searching."
"Didn't you say you gave up on that?"
"Sort of. I'm waiting for Kenshin to give it back to me, but I'm pretty bored so…" she explained with a small shrug.
"You really think he'll give it back?"
"If he's anything like the man he has been lately, in time he will." Kaoru said quietly as she stalked out of the room into the vast halls.
'Such a beautiful room…I wonder if it's ever used…' Kaoru mused running a small hand along the rough surface of a grand statue. Her hair shimmered blue as the sunlight streaming in from the glass walls hit her figure. Long skirts rustled and brushed against the ferns and leaves of plants placed neatly throughout the room. The gentle tinkle of running water sounded in the background.
'I wonder how they keep the plants so healthy.' She stroked the stem of a lily carefully.
Upon hearing a loud crash and an outburst of drunken laughs she guessed that the party was starting.
With a loud sigh and a shake of her head she turned her head up towards the staircase. How loud they were! A loud giggle erupted behind her and Kaoru spun around.
A dizzy couple were making there way down the stone stairs into the room. They were tripping down the steps with slurring laughter. The girl shrieked annoyingly loud as she almost fell down the last three steps. Her red highlighted hair bobbed crazily as she grabbed her partner. He looked like he was about to fall under this extra weight but he caught himself on the railing looking mighty pleased.
Kaoru rolled her eyes and made to move to the second spiral staircase across the room. But the silly couple spotted her; the girl's mouth opened in surprise the boy's glazed eyes trying to focus on her.
They stood staring at her for a moment trying to remember if they knew her. They couldn't place her so they continued staring, wondering what it was about this woman that made their heart race…
"Who are you?" the boy finally said glancing at his girlfriend hoping she saw how brave he was being.
"Kamiya…" Kaoru answered staring at the two of them in disgust.
The girl's clothes! She was wearing such a small bright pink dress, the ends of it flaring up at the knees and a thousand gold bracelets dangling at her wrists. Her brown hair streaked with red was plaited with pink ribbon entwined. Pale brown eyes were flicking up and down Kaoru, from her expensive robes to her wild delicate features.
Kaoru studied the boy carefully. He was pretty plain looking in his formal navy shirt. His also plain black hair was drooping into his face shadowing his green eyes.
"Were you invited? Because if you were you should know that it's supposed to be formal wear!" the girl snapped fingering her loop earrings.
"I wasn't invited…" the minute Kaoru said that she wished she hadn't. The girl's eyes widened.
"Party crasher!" she screeched pointing accusingly at Kaoru. The guy was glaring at her too.
Alarmed, Kaoru jumped and ran to the iron spiral staircase and raced up it leaving the couple in peace.
Kaoru stumbled through the hallways trying to avoid the groups of chattering people. She was desperate to get away from the smell of smoke and beer. Her room was where she needed to go.
Soon she was in her bedroom's hallway and to her relief it was less packed. Only a small group of boys and maybe three girls were huddled together. They all glanced up as she approached them.
The three girls sneered at her plain robes while the guys whistled admiringly.
Kaoru had the sudden urge to back away but they were right outside her bedroom…surely they wouldn't harm her.
She continued walking up to them trying not to look into their leering eyes.
But as soon as she reached her door one boy blocked her way. "Where you going?" he asked. He smelled strongly of beer.
"In there." Kaoru said curtly and tried to move around him. His friend moved in front of her, their shoulders brushing.
Over their heads she could see the girls grinning as they leaned back against the wall to watch.
"Do you mind?" Kaoru snapped her eyes flashing, warning them.
A tall one sauntered up between the two men, resting his elbows on their shoulders. He bent his head down toward her level. "I don't believe I recognize you, what's your name pretty?" he asked probably thinking he was being clever.
Kaoru wrinkled her nose and fanned her hand in front of her nose. "Bet you've never known the meaning of fresh breath." She remarked.
He scowled and grabbed her wrist. Kaoru winced as he pulled her towards him, painfully twisting her wrist.
She started twisting madly as the sick smell of beer intensified leaving her light headed. Her free hand flew out as she attempted to smack him, but someone had caught it as it flew down. The man behind her pinned her arm against her back as the tall boy held her stinging hand above her head, so high she felt he might actually pull her off the ground.
Strong hands were pulling on her braids, forcing her head back. She was pushed against the tall boy so close she almost hurled at the smell.
Laughter, smoke, mocking smirks, sickly sweet aromas, dark lights, roaming hands, and red hair flashing.
The pressure on her wrists and hair loosened and she fell in a heap on the floor. She laid there for a moment her vision swaying threateningly. She brought her hands before her inspecting the damage. They were both red and raw from the abuse and her left arm was throbbing from the position it was forced in. She rubbed her sore scalp and glanced up resisting the urge to vomit.
A red-haired man was standing over her, his feet on either side of her head. "What do you think you were doing?" he snarled staring at each one in turn.
The tall one answered first. "We were only having some fun…"
A fist was slammed into his stomach as soon as he uttered those words. He fell to the ground clutching his sides and moaning in pain. Kenshin grabbed his hair, pulling him up.
"Don't touch what's mine!" he hissed into the boy's ear.
Kaoru watched in silent horror as Kenshin threw his fists into the boy's face again and again. The rest of the men started running off down the hall but he was too fast for them. In a second they were all on the floor, faces bleeding and bruised.
"You've done enough! Stop, please!" Kaoru begged struggling to sit up.
Kenshin turned towards her his amber eyes glowing eerily in the darkness of the hallway. "They have not learned their lesson." He growled.
"No! Just stop!" she begged forcing her self to look at the faces of her attackers.
She placed a timid hand over Kenshin's bruised fist gently. She looked into his eyes and was disappointed to see only anger and possessiveness. "Don't." she whispered.
He flung her away from him so hard that she hit the wall behind him with a loud thud. She let out a whimper of pain.
He turned. "Don't tell me what to do!" he spat his eyes narrowing to slits. She looked up at him as he towered over her determined not to look away. His hard eyes wandered over to the side of her face where he had struck her, her pale skin red and sore. He dipped down in front of her leaning into her face.
Sudden terror filled her as she drank in the sweet toxins from his breath. For the first time she noticed the almost empty bottle clutched in one of his fists. Looking into his eyes she realized they were filmed over like the couple she met in the green house.
Her eyes fluttered in disbelief. "You're drunk?" she whispered.
He didn't answer.
She felt his arms fold around her limp form and the ground fell away from her as he carried her down the hall.
Her stomach lurched at every clumsy stumble he made making her groan. "Where are we going?" she asked slowly trying to hide her eyes in his shirt as they passed an open room brightly lit. The brightness burned through her eyelids painfully.
Pounding music and laughter rang through her ears but soon it all died away into the silence. A door creaked open and she was dropped roughly onto a soft surface. Kaoru opened her eyes, studying the room around her.
It was so dark and big that she could hardly make out the forms of fine furniture and plants. She returned her eyes to Kenshin who was leaning against the door way framed by the hall lights. "Kenshin?" a small voice called out. His back was towards her.
Kaoru slid her legs over the bed and stood up. In a flash he was in front of her pushing her back down, his eyes unseeing.
Her heart raced as she struggled to breath normally with his weight crushing her. Red hair tickled her chin as he nuzzled her neck feverishly. Her head was spinning faster and faster, shadows wavering around her like silent ghosts.
"Stop." She croaked as fingers pried at her robes.
He just smirked.
She reached out pushing against him, forcing him away. But he simply brushed her hands off. He held her arms down with one hand and continued to pull of her robe with the other.
She closed her eyes wishing for some distraction, anything to take her away from this livid nightmare.
Kenshin groaned as he pressed himself against her. His golden eyes were tracing her eyelashes curled up against her cheeks. A hot fire filled her body and mind as he held her down under him.
He started pulling off his shirt but he froze. A soft sad voice was drifting up to his ears.
Her voice.
She wasn't singing, she wasn't talking…she was voicing…
Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
His eyes widened in shock as he listened to the words.
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality!.
He slowly let go of her hands, she didn't notice. Her eyes were so tightly shut, her mind so far away.
And sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore;
Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm,
His head started pounding from all the drinks he had. He wished it would stop.
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea?
His breaths grew ragged he studied Kaoru's tense form lustfully before collapsing on top of her.
Kaoru Gal: Hey people! These were full 8 pages, I swear!
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KG