Scraps of Time
Disclaimer: I'm back, baby! And I'm here to further ruin this series we all know and love! And one I don't own! …… I think I'm going to cry now.
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Kamiya Kaoru watched as the kind red-haired rurouni turned away. He had looked so sad, she realized. There was a gut-wrenching sorrow to that empty smile, as if… as if he felt he had nothing to smile for…
Don't go! Please don't leave me alone again! I don't think I can take it anymore…
"Excuse me. Farewell…" came that soft voice, so utterly different than the rough, deep tone Gohei had. He was leaving. He was simply going to disappear into the night, and Kaoru would never see him again. Why did that bother her so much?! He was Hitokiri Battousai! Killer of Thousands! The Demon of Kyoto!
He doesn't act like it though…
Kaoru mentally groaned. She should despise him! He followed satsujin-ken when he was younger, and yet she, assistant master to the 'swords that give life', had fallen (dare she say it?) in love with him. This man… this man had captured her heart, and she barely knew him. That clumsy fool had leapt away from her blow, and crashed down into a wooden fence and into her mind. He had made her feel safe when he dashed her away from a leering Gohei, then promptly made her furious when her savior turned out to be a feminine man who had no business rubbing his nose in Kamiya Kasshin-Ryu affairs.
He had ended up beneath policemen, and had given out cryptic answers when she asked perfectly normal questions. Then he appears out of nowhere, and saves her when she needed him most, sword flashing, yet keeping to her ideal. How her heart broke and how it quickly it had healed when he talked about katsujin-ken!
Her heart would shatter if he left, and she didn't even know why.
"W…"
He took a step towards the door. Her heart developed a crack.
"W…"
Hurry! He'll leave without you even saying a word!
"Wait a second!" she cried angrily, fist clenched and waving about.
He stopped and 'oro'-ed.
Kaoru had heard nothing better in her life.
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Author's Note: Even shorter than the last one. But I like it as well. Nobody has really taken the time to wonder what the crap Kaoru was thinking when her love interest-to-be was walking away for the first time. So I decided to take up the burden. And failed spectacularly! Kaoru is fun to write! Yay for me! I love Kamiya Kaoru's character. I hope I can be just like her when I grow up… and find the love of my life by attacking him. Preferably with a wooden sword. (-^_^-)