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The two assassins
Chapter 18. The funeral:
Kenshin was driving home with no Kaoru by his side but she was alive, that was the only thing that kept his mind busy and didn't know if he was going to be able to keep himself away from Misao's house where he knew Kaoru was Staying.
Kenshin had to plan a quick visit to Bill's place, and if he wasn't wrong probably Bill was thinking about Kenshin being far away by now or that he was completely torn apart, so his visit was going to be unexpected. An evil smirk crossed his face, his violet eyes turned amber, Kenshin took another exit on the highway and sped up, Bill's house was just close enough.
He parked his black Ferrari two blocks away from the mansion, he was not planning to do a pacific show up, but to massacre every bodyguard at his pace, he was blood lusty now and was planning to take revenge for those hours he made him suffer.
Kenshin walked in the night with his Katana unsheathed and was walking ever calmly, he jumped the gates with ease and headed to the entrance where he saw two guys standing there, Kenshin sighed, it was going to be a piece of cake to kill them all, with his God like speed and a quick movement he cut their throats giving them no chance to even blink, he kicked the huge doors and went inside. He remained still, not a single muscle moved on his body, he saw a shadow moving in the darkness that was approaching to him but Kenshin just lowered his sword and took off his glasses.
"Aoshi what are you doing here?" asked Kenshin, he peered his eyes into the cold eyed man that was standing now in front of him.
"I guess the same as you" Aoshi answered they shook hands .
"I wanted to kill you when you protected him" said Kenshin sincerely, his voice lowered a tone "But I must admit, that it was a great idea" he walked away, Aoshi followed.
Even though Aoshi was a great warrior, he respected Kenshin a lot, he knew that he was nothing compared to Him. They went upstairs, it was a huge house, but Aoshi had been there several time so he recognized every inch of it. He turned to the right and stopped, he eyed Kenshin and nodded.
"The third room to the left" said Aoshi "I've killed almost everyone" he said while stepping over a dead body, Kenshin didn't answer "Will you make me honor to…"
"I'll kill him myself" said Kenshin calmly, just like if he was talking about something without importance or like if he was going to do the most normal thing in the world he entered the room and turned on the light, Bill was waiting for him behind a high backed velvet chair. His smile was bitter and evil, he was defeated, he knew he couldn't do a thing against him and to jump from the last floor was definitely not an Option. Kenshin walked towards him and pointed his katana to Bill's neck, he began to sweat.
"I see that finally you decided not to chicken out" said Kenshin, Bill was cornered, he was terrified, a grim expression crossed his face, he knew that that was going to be his last night.
"Mr Himura" said Bill nervously "I think we can get to an agreement" he raised up his hands.
"Do you think, I'll let pass this opportunity to kill a bastard like you?" said Kenshin a dangerous tone was obvious on his voice, his eyes burning amber "You're things are shit to me" he got closer to him, Bill was now between the sword and the wall. Aoshi was standing at the entrance, with his arms crossed, watching carefully the events that were taking place. "I've decided to give you a sudden death, with you… the secret that Kaoru is alive will die" Bill's mouth dropped, Kaoru, alive? someone whimper, Both Kenshin and Aoshi turned their heads only to find out that Tomoe was standing there too.
"Please don't !" she yelled, then ran towards Kenshin and threw herself to his feet "Please Don't Kill him!" she cried "Take me instead!" she was sobbing on the floor, Kenshin shook his leg to free himself from Tomoe's tight grip. Aoshi bent down and lifted her up, then took her away, her vain attempts to free herself were making her to get tired; Aoshi was just too strong for her. They exited the room, Kenshin returned his sight to Bill and lowered his sword, he stepped back and began to walk away, but just when Bill felt that he was safe, Kenshin whirled around and cut his arms, Bill fell on the floor, panicking and twitching wildly, Kenshin just stared at him, his clothes damped with Bill's blood, he cleaned the blade with his sleeve and chopped off his head, ending his life in the kindest way he could kill somebody, his head rolled and landed near Kenshin, he let escape a sigh in relief it was now over. It had been so easy for him, to watch how a man almost wet his pants, and then give and end to his life in a blink, now the only thing left was to get rid of Tomoe. He kicked Bill's head and made his way out of the room; outside was a completely destroyed Tomoe, when she had finally found happiness next to Bill, Kenshin took his life from her hands, yet she didn't deserve pity. Kenshin massaged his temples and sat on the stairs.
"What should I do with you?" he asked, he was not willing to forgive her life, meanwhile, Aoshi was doing a great job to keep her controlled "How did I planned this day?" he asked "Well I must be honest with you, I never thought that someday, I was going to have the delicate thread that keeps you alive between my fingers, yet here we are" Kenshin said with bitter sarcasm, he twitched his eyebrow and shook his head. Tomoe was sobbing and trembling, Aoshi's hands refused to let her free "Look I do not tend to kill women, I consider myself a man of honor, but…" he paused, the moment Tomoe had been afraid of for almost all her life had come
"I think I can make an exception" Both Kenshin and Aoshi herd a click and then Tomoe fell limp on Aoshi's arms, they turned their heads stupefied by the thing that had just happened, they were surprised to see that there was a woman standing behind them and the worst: that they hadn't even notice her ki. Kenshin and Aoshi recognized the woman immediately; Kaoru was wearing a mask, she couldn't blow the cover, she was holding her gun, her killing weapon that had accompanied her during those long years of assassinations, she smiled, even behind that mask Kenshin knew she had.
"What are you doing here?" asked Kenshin worriedly while standing up, Aoshi dropped Tomoe's body and leaned on the wall, she was dead.
"I thought you might need some help" said Kaoru coyly, not daring to look at him, she knew he was so overprotective. Kenshin turned the fifteen feet that were between them into 1/2, his nose touching the cold like Geisha mask. She was going to take it off, but Kenshin stopped her, he placed his head on the crook of her neck and whispered to her ear, his strong arms searched for her small waist.
"I'll be slowly dying tonight and I don't know if I'll be able to keep myself away from where you're staying, but I promise, tomorrow we'll begin a new life, away from everything we know" Kenshin said, his hot breath gently blowing on her neck.
"You'll better leave" said Aoshi who was watching them "Tomorrow is going to be a long day" with that Aoshi Began to walk away, Kaoru grabbed his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, then followed Aoshi leaving Kenshin alone.
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Kenshin placed the pillow over his head, but couldn't sleep, he threw the sheets to the floor, whirled around on the bed, and still no rest, how was he going to be able to sleep if Kaoru was not with him? Every night he held her between his arms, his legs between her creamy ones, a protective arm always surrounded her waist, a passionate kiss before to go to bed, he missed all that and most of all, he missed her.
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Kaoru was no better, she sighed, Oh God! how much he missed him. She sat down on the bed and placed a pillow over her lap, she wondered what was he doing, did he miss her? Impossible to know. She closed her eyes and imagined that probably he was asleep. She covered herself with the sheets and was willing to wait till dawn, It was going to be a long night.
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Kenshin couldn't hold it anymore, so in the middle of the night he rolled out of the bed and changed his clothes, he sneaked through the whole house, till he reached the garage. He went to get his black BMW motorcycle, turned on the engine and as quiet as possible he drove off to leave the Himura Manor.
He was driving so fast that it was impossible to distinguish what it was, Kenshin stopped abruptly, just in front of The Shinomori's mansion. He walked slowly to the gate, he didn't want to wake up everyone at the house, then jumped the front gate, just like he did it at Bill's, then ran to the bushes to hide, he wanted to make her a surprise. He entered to the house from the back door that lead to the Kitchen, then climbed up the stairs till he found the main room, he knew Kaoru was going to be near.
He opened the door quietly, and walked towards Kaoru's bed, she was so absorbed thinking about Kenshin that she didn't hear when he entered the room, Kenshin placed a hand on her mouth to hush her, jus tin case she screamed. She was not expecting for him to come, then she remembered how stubborn he was. Kenshin leaned above her, his knee between her legs, his red bangs were brushing against her nose, his hands were preventing his chest to crash fully against her delicate form: Kaoru parted her legs slightly to give him more space.
"what are you doing here?" Kaoru asked worriedly but at the same time relieved, that her man was there.
"Couldn't sleep" he said with a childish smile,
"You shouldn't be here" she said firmly but gave in with his touch.
"I know, tomorrow I must bury you" he said sarcastically. his masculine hand caressed her cheek and then descended his head to brush his lips against hers. She placed her hands on the nape of his neck, his chest was now pressing hard against hers that was raising and falling abruptly. To feel his touch was pure bliss.
"We shouldn't…" she said breathlessly "Yuki is not far away from the room" the beast within Kenshin ceased, she was right, something could happen "Besides tomorrow it's going to be a tough day"
"You said it again" he said "I know it's going to be a though day" he laughed with that sexy tone of his.
"And you're planning to stay?" asked Kaoru, it sounded more like a plea, she rested her hands on his strong forearms.
"Of course" he said. Kenshin rolled next to her and his arm searched for her as always "before I made the decision to come, I felt like if I was going to die, tomorrow we will be far away" his voice faded in the darkness. It was what he had longed for, to give his woman a peaceful life, all his mistakes were only his and she was not going to suffer because of them. Kenshin turned his face and kissed her forehead.
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"I knew you were going to be here" said Misao who stepped inside the room. She found the perfect image of Kenshin holding Kaoru in a tight and romantic embrace.
"I know you knew" he said and removed the sheets that were protecting him from the cold morning. Kaoru was still sleeping, so they tried to make the less noise they could. Misao was going to open her mouth but Kenshin talked before she did "I know what you're going to say" Kenshin laughed and slowly stood up.
"Here, take this" Misao said and gave him a black suit "I took the liberty of choosing one for you"
Kenshin examined it and then said "Am I really this size? Coz this looks pretty small" Both laughed.
"You better go change yourself, the funeral is going to be in a few minutes" Misao said "Kaoru won't go out of the house till it's over, you'll meet her at the airport, remember to take your jet, so nobody will see you" with that Misao exited their bedroom. Kenshin remained still, then he went to take a bath. When he went out of the bathroom, 5 minutes later, Kaoru was still sleeping, he kissed her white cheek and covered her with another blanket.
He steps could barely be heard, almost everyone at the house was still sleeping, so when he reached the main gate it echoed in the whole mansion, he needed to go to his to change his vehicle, it was not appropriate for him to be riding a motorcycle the day of the funeral so he chose Kaoru's Porsche, to make it seem more dramatic.
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Kaoru woke up, she could still feel the warmth of the kiss on her cheek that Kenshin had given to her before he left. The soft fabric of her nightgown gently caressed each curve on her body perfectly laid on the mattress. Kaoru rolled out of the bed and shook her head, probably Misao was already heading to the cemetery to make a scene, Kaoru clenched her fists tight maybe in anger or in excitement, her hair was perfectly falling loose on her back. She slowly walked towards the window and placed her hands on the mist upped cold glass, when she removed her delicate hands only her fingerprints remained there as a proof that she had been there.
Kaoru walked away from the cold morning air that went trough the glass and stopped in front of the door, she slowly turned the doorknob to open it but it screeched when she pushed it. Her steps were heavy, she was not feeling alright, she was afraid of something, yet she didn't know what it was. Kaoru sat down at the edge of the bath tub and turned completely the mixer of the hot water, a few minutes later it was full and the water steaming, she took off her clothes and introduced both of her legs inside, the water burned her skin a little and in a few minutes she was completely red, she needed to think about many things and only the time was going to determine their fate.
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It began to rain, the fresh scent of damp soil invaded his lungs, everyone in the cemetery remained in silence, he was the only one that was getting wet and standing next to Kaoru's coffin.
He really was making a good job pretending to be sad and torn and completely devastated, in fact he was doing it so great that everyone felt sorry for him, they all knew that he loved her with all his soul, so it was not difficult to make them believe his actions. Kenshin leaned his head on the top of the coffin, both of his hands were resting flat on the top of the wet wood.
An artic blue car parked a few meters away , a short woman stepped out and walked towards Kenshin, he moved upwards his head, his violet eyes met her blue ones, his were burning with violent rage. Misao stumbled and then froze, everyone was staring at her while holding their breath even thought they didn't know what was supposed to be happening. Kenshin managed to get on his feet, it began to rain harder, he started to walk in her direction, but when the people realized what was happening, a few men stood up to stop him before he could lay a single finger on her.
Misao was approaching to her sister's coffin,she was damped, her hair was sticking to her back, her shoes were firmly attached to the ground. The people began to speak every time louder and louder, while Kenshin kept struggling with the men, a few minutes later he shouted and everyone fell silent.
"Drop dead!" he yelled at her, she looked hurt and inconsolable just like him.
"I just came to say I'm sorry" she practically shouted, it was raining so damned hard that it was almost impossible to hear a thing.
"You should have done that a few years before!" he yelled back. The reasons were still unknown to the others, but for them it probably was a serious problem. The people began to leave, the men released Kenshin, who fell flat on the ground. Misao also left, but he remained there until everyone was gone and was safe to leave, the plan was going out just perfectly and probably Kaoru was already waiting for him at the airport.
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A/N: I'm so sorry for the long update, but you know just like Shintachi said the evil homework and I had a bit of writer's block or something like that, but believe me I'm really, really sorry, So PLZ Review!