Previously....
Kaoru woke to the sound of footsteps approaching her. Her blue eyes slowly
fluttered open, looking for the place the footsteps came. The sun shined down on
her body from a window on the far left wall, giving her a heavenly appearance
as her beautiful black hair shown hints of blue and purple. She studied her
surrounding, though not in detail. " This is definatly not the dojo!"
She thought. " Where am I" She thought again, this time out loud.
" Your awake." Said a deep voice behind her.
Kaoru jumped. "It can't be!" She slowly turned around. When she set
her eyes on the figure before her, her face shown total shock. "
Enishi!"
Chapter 2: All is Revealed
**Author note: This is a couple years after Enishi first kidnapped Kaoru.**
Kaoru looked like she was going to faint! She hadn't seen Enishi in years, yet
he still was as handsome as before. " Wait! This is Enishi i'm talking
about! He kidnapped me for crying-out-loud!" Kaoru was so deep in thought
that she didn't notice she was falling off the edge of the bed until- OOOOFF!!
She fell flat on the floor and red with embarrassment.
Enishi shook his head, amused, and gave Kaoru his hand to help her up.
"Figures, the Battosai would choose a clumsy girl."
Kaoru accepted his hand sheepishly, but got a little bold and decided to ask
Enishi a question. "Uh..Enishi?"
"Hmmn?" He looked down at her and raised an eyebrow
"Why did you..I mean, what made you... why did you save me?"
Enishi was caught off guard with her question. " Why had I saved
her?" Enishi still pondered that thought...."It's not like me to go
out and save some retched girl! Maybe I just drank some bad tea."
Kaoru stood there patiently waiting for an answer.
Enishi saw her staring and put on the sternest face he could muster, " I
thought i'd be doing the Battousai a favor."
After her encounter with Enishi, Kaoru forgot all about that name. Now, she
remembered. Her eyes filled with tears, and she clenched her fist tightly.
"I never want to hear that name again!"
Enishi seemed too shocked to move! " She hates the Battousai?! When did
this change of heart come to be?" Showing the first sign of emotion that
day, Enishi put his hand on Kaoru's shoulder. " Do you want to tell me
about it?"
Kaoru was the shocked one now. " Why would Enishi care about me
feelings?" She looked at his face. It was still stern but his eyes had
softened, and they seemed to be looking at her very soul. More tears flooded
her eyes and poured onto her cheeks. "Oh Enishi!" Kaoru flung her
body into his arms.
This act scared the h&!l out of Enishi! The only girl that ever hugged him
in his life was his sister, and she was dead. He tensed at that thought, and
Kaoru noticed.
" Enishi? What's wrong?" Kaoru looked into his eyes and noticed how
glassy they seemed. "Was Enishi crying?" Kaoru thought.
" I can't tell her! What would she say?" Enishi furrowed his brows,
and stared into Kaoru's eyes. "It doesn't matter, just tell me what's
hurting you."
Kaoru smiled at his rare tenderness. "If you insist." She lead him to
the bed and motioned him to sit down.
Enishi accepted her offer and sat down next to her. " You can tell me
whenever your ready."
Kaoru sighed and started, " It all happened a couple days ago."
*// Flashback //*
"It was a nice day for the winter season. The birds were singing, and the
wind was dancing through the trees. Kaoru was just finishing her morning chores
around the dojo. Kenshin wasn't there to help her because he said he wasn't
feeling well, so he went to Megumi's for a check-up. Kaoru was all alone. Sano
and Yahiko went shopping earlier that morning. "Who knows when they will
be back!" Kaoru laughed. " I wish Kenshin were here with me. Kaoru
yearned to see him. " I do hope that he feels better." Kaoru made a
silent prayer that Kenshin would be okay.
* Four hours later
Kaoru was in the kitchen making lunch when she heard laughing. "Sano and
Yahiko must be back!" She smiled. "Now I will finally have some company."
Kaoru ran to the door to greet them when she noticed that it wasn't Sano or
Yahiko. To her surprise, it was Kenshin and Megumi! Kaoru ran out the door,
"Kenshin, you must be feeling better!" She embraced him happily.
"I'm so glad your okay!"
Kenshin just stared at her, then looked at Megumi. "Who is this
wench?" Megumi just laughed.
Kaoru looked at Kenshin questionably. "What do you mean? Of coarse you
know me, and why would you call me a wench!? What wrong with you Kenshin?"
"Poor, poor Kaoru." Megumi smirked. "Your beloved Kenshin
belongs to me!"
Kaoru glared at Megumi. "Kenshin has a mind of his own! He never shown any
signs of loving you!"
"My dear Kaoru, did he ever show signs of loving you?"
That caught Kaoru for a moment. "Did he ever love me?" She thought.
Then she looked back at Megumi. "Of coarse he loved me! He helped me
around the dojo, he always protected me, and...
Megumi cut her off. " Just because he helps you around the dojo, and
protects your sorry carcass, doesn't mean that he loves you! He'll never love
someone as pitiful as you!"
Tears fell from Kaoru's eyes. "He does love me Megumi, I see it in his
eyes."
"Well look at his eyes now Kaoru, do you see that 'love' now?
Kaoru looked into Kenshin's eyes. There was no feeling there, they were as hard
as stone. More tears poured from her eyes as she clutched her breaking heart.
"Megumi's right Kaoru, I don't love you, and never have." Kenshin's
cold eyes still stared at her.
....I don't love you, and never have." ... I don't love you, and never
have." That kept replaying in Kaoru's mind. "I was so sure that he
loved me!"
" Now it's time for you to leave Kaoru, and never return." Megumi
said in a threatening tone.
Anger flared in Kaoru's eyes. " This is my dojo! I will never leave
it!"
"So be it." Megumi snapped her fingers, and Kenshin picked up Kaoru.
" Kenshin, put me down! What are you doing?" Horror crept across
Kaoru's face as she saw huge drop before her. **Author note...The dojo was
built on a wide hill and at one end of the hill, there was a huge drop that
went to the remaining land below.** Kenshin was going to throw her down the
hill! "Kenshin stop! Why are you doing this!"
Kenshin raised Kaoru above his head. "Goodbye, Kaoru." With one move
of his hands, he sent Kaoru flying down the hill.
Kaoru felt like she hit every sharp object imaginable. She kept rolling and
rolling, hitting rocks and branches, until she finally reached the bottom. She
tried her best to stand up, but she couldn't. After the fifth try, she managed
to get on her feet. She walked for hours, she didn't even noticed the fresh
layer of snow on the ground or the little flakes tickling her bruised and
bloody face. With all her energy gone she fell to the ground, thinking she
would never get up again.
*// End Flashback//*
Kaoru wiped the tears from her eyes. "That must have been when you found
me."
Enishi nodded his head, then looked out the window. "Well it's getting
late. I'll make you dinner then you should sleep because you look like you need
your rest."
"Thanks for listening Enishi, it really means a lot to me." She
looked up at him and smiled. She didn't expect him to smile or say anything,
because she knew how he didn't like showing a lot of emotion.
Enishi nodded his head. "Anytime." Then he left the room
That surprised Kaoru. She just stared at the door from which he departed.
"Maybe someone does care about me." But before she could give it any
more thought, she fell asleep.
Enishi walked back into the room, figuring that she was asleep. Seeing that his
predictions were correct, he walked over to her bed and brushed his hand across
her cheek. "Sweet dreams, Kaoru." He placed a blanket over her still
form, and quietly left the room.