Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Anger ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Bookkbaby84 
Sano's out, Yahiko's out. What can a rurouni do?
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.11.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 1.2K | Status: Completed
Sano's out, Yahiko's out. What can a rurouni do?
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.11.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 1.2K | Status: Completed
Kaoru kept working at the gag frantically. This guy was as good as Kenshin, and Sano wasn't having an easy time of fighting him..... Kenshin could help though. He'd whip that guy, easily.
Yes! She was free to use her voice. The gag was off. She coughed once, clearing her throat. She took a deep breath, and screamed.
"KENSHIN!" Yards away, someone awoke.
Yahiko rubbed his eyes. Was that Kaoru's voice that he had just heard? Wasn't her room on the other side of the dojo, near the back?
Kaoru screamed again, and Yahiko was wide awake. He grabbed his bokuto and ran to see what was going on. As he reached the enterence, he stood still, shocked at the sight.
Sano was all bruised and bloody. Kaoru was tied up. One man stood near then, a sword dripping red in his hands. Kaoru was the first to notice him.
"Get Kenshin!" The man with the sword suddenly noticed Yahiko in the doorway. He strode towards the child, his intent obvious. Yahiko didn't even bother with a protest- he knew that this man was out of his league. He turned and ran, way out of breath by the time he reached Kenshin's door, the numbing fear of one who had the Devil sent on his plain on his face.
"Ke-Kenshin!" he yelled between pants. "Wake up! It's Kaoru, she's-" a muffled thump ended his senetence, and a sickening silence filled the dojo. In that silence, a man with red hair and a cross-shaped scar awoke. He was on his feet in an instant, out the door with his sakabato in the next second. He saw a man disappear down on of the adjoining corridors. He glanced at Yahiko, but the boy was simply out, not dead. Kenshin raced after the man, afraid of what he had though that he'd heard from Yahiko.
'"It's Kaoru, she's-" Not dead, not dead, not dead........' Kenshin repeated to himself racing out onto the grounds of the dojo. The first thing he noticed was Kaoru, tied up but alive.
"Kaoru-dono! NO!" he bellowed, wanting to go to her, when suddenly a hand reached for her and took her, racing along at a speed Kenshin couldn't command, in his half-asleep state. He cursed himself, and prepared to follow, furious at the man, when he heard a groan.
It was Sano. Kenshin looked at his friend, then at the quickly disappearing back of his unknown foe.
'Sano will live a few more minutes. Get Kaoru!' his body screamed, and he obeyed, cursing the fact that he couldn't go faster then he could now. He caught up to Kaoru and her kidnapper as they reached a main road.
A carriage was waiting. The man ahead of him shoved Kaoru's unconscious form inside- she must have finally gotten overtaken by her fear. He didn't leap in himself, and Kenshin grabbed the hilt of his sakabato.
"Take Kaoru-dono out of that carriage and give her to me." Kenshin said quietly, his rage igniting, and small golden specks appearing in his eyes.
"That would ruin everything, now wouldn't it Battousai?" The man's smile was creepy, without any happiness at all. He flicked a piece of paper at Kenshin.
"We wait here. If you want her corpse back at least, you must come. We'll be sure to bury you two together." Kenshin didn't catch the paper, just let it fall to the ground, his eyes tinged amber.
"Give her back now, or this one will draw." Kenshin warned. The man just laughed.
"We'll be seeing you Battousai!" He hopped in the carriage as Kenshin slashed, growling angerily. Kenshin made as if to follow, but just then a smoke bomb exploded from somewhere nearby He couldn't see his hand in front of his face, let alone the carriage!
'Shimatta!' he swore, racing out of the smoke and looking around. He had gone the wrong way. He faced forest, not road! He turned and ran back through the smoke, but the carriage was gone. He fell to his knees, shaking with rage.
This was his fault, they had his Kaoru and he couldn't do anything about it..... yet. He grabbed the small piece of paper that the man had left so thoughtfully for him. He scanned the contents, memorizing the note, then ripped it up and threw them away from him, the words ringing in his head.
'We are waiting for you Battousai. We have your woman, and will kill her unless you show up and fight us. At dawn we will begin cutting off her fingers.
We are in the center of the forest near the Akebeko. Wash your neck before coming*.
Nakama no Hitokiri'
Kenshin growled, then glanced at the sky. He had a few hours, and Sano and Yahiko needed medical treatment. He raced into town, to the medic's clinic, and looked for Megumi. He spotted her almosy instantly, and strode right up to her.
She seemed delighted to see him.
"Ken-san! I can talk to you in a few minutes, but I have to finish up with this patient first." Megumi said, smiling. Kenshin didn't back away.
"Now, Megumi." Perhaps it was the lack of the honorific that made her look up at his eyes.
His beautiful amber eyes. She swallowed.
"All right-"
"Sano and Yahiko are at the dojo. Both are severely injured. I need you to go help them." Megumi nodded slowly, calling another medic over to help the patient she had to leave. Only when Kenshin was gone did everything register on her. The amber eyes. The use of 'I' instead of 'this one'.
"Battousai..." she whispered, shivering. She pitied the person that Kenshin was angry with. She'd be seeing them soon enough.
Kenshin walked briskly towards the Akebeko. People moved out of his way. Their town started its day early, and today was no exception. Kenshin walked with a single-minded purpose that none dared test. By the time Kenshin got to the center of the forest, it was just about two hours til dawn.
He glared at the sign above the buildings door, his hair blowing about his face, even without any wind. He opened the door wide and stepped in, determined to find his Kaoru.
'I won't allow her to stay here. Those bastards had better be ready, and they better not have hurt my Kaoru.'
While Kenshin was doing this, Kaoru awoke, hearing a chilling voice in her ear.
"Awake huh?" it asked her.
"At dawn we slowly tear you apart. Battousai will be driven off the deep end for sure."
"W-Why?" she stammered, noting that her legs, arms, and wrists were bound.
"Why? WHy, she asks......" the voice chuckled. "He's soft. The hitokiri once so feared throughout Japan is now a harmless rurouni."
"I knew someone who said something very similar about Kenshin." Kaoru said, not letting her fear enter her voice. "His name was Jin'e." The voice laughed.
"Another weak one, though at least he might have been let into the elite circle of hitokiri. We, the last surviving hitokiri who remain true to samurai life, have formed this group, the Nakama no Hitokiri! Once again we will bring war to Japan, reliving the glorious age of the Bakumatsu....." Kaoru stiffened.
"Why are you telling me this?" she asked shakily.
"You were as good as dead when we captured you. Your pathetic rurouni will be buried alongside you, so he can no longer taint the name 'hitokiri', that soft fool!"
"What do you have against Kenshin?"
"I've just told you- for the Bakumatsu to be brought about again, we must either have the Battousai on our side or kill him."
"He'll defeat you."
"You don't sound so confident......." The voice laughed, and Kaoru shivered again, but not from the cold. Suddenly the sound of swordplay could be heard.
"Kenshin's here!" Kaoru cried out happily. He was many floors below her, but still..... her rurouni was here.
"Battousai......" the voice whispered. "I hope he's having fun. We fight to the death here........"
* 'Wash your neck and wait' is an old saying that tells the person that you're coming for them, and that you will kill them. So 'Wash your neck before coming' means something along the lines of 'Come to us so that we can kill you.'
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Yes! She was free to use her voice. The gag was off. She coughed once, clearing her throat. She took a deep breath, and screamed.
"KENSHIN!" Yards away, someone awoke.
Yahiko rubbed his eyes. Was that Kaoru's voice that he had just heard? Wasn't her room on the other side of the dojo, near the back?
Kaoru screamed again, and Yahiko was wide awake. He grabbed his bokuto and ran to see what was going on. As he reached the enterence, he stood still, shocked at the sight.
Sano was all bruised and bloody. Kaoru was tied up. One man stood near then, a sword dripping red in his hands. Kaoru was the first to notice him.
"Get Kenshin!" The man with the sword suddenly noticed Yahiko in the doorway. He strode towards the child, his intent obvious. Yahiko didn't even bother with a protest- he knew that this man was out of his league. He turned and ran, way out of breath by the time he reached Kenshin's door, the numbing fear of one who had the Devil sent on his plain on his face.
"Ke-Kenshin!" he yelled between pants. "Wake up! It's Kaoru, she's-" a muffled thump ended his senetence, and a sickening silence filled the dojo. In that silence, a man with red hair and a cross-shaped scar awoke. He was on his feet in an instant, out the door with his sakabato in the next second. He saw a man disappear down on of the adjoining corridors. He glanced at Yahiko, but the boy was simply out, not dead. Kenshin raced after the man, afraid of what he had though that he'd heard from Yahiko.
'"It's Kaoru, she's-" Not dead, not dead, not dead........' Kenshin repeated to himself racing out onto the grounds of the dojo. The first thing he noticed was Kaoru, tied up but alive.
"Kaoru-dono! NO!" he bellowed, wanting to go to her, when suddenly a hand reached for her and took her, racing along at a speed Kenshin couldn't command, in his half-asleep state. He cursed himself, and prepared to follow, furious at the man, when he heard a groan.
It was Sano. Kenshin looked at his friend, then at the quickly disappearing back of his unknown foe.
'Sano will live a few more minutes. Get Kaoru!' his body screamed, and he obeyed, cursing the fact that he couldn't go faster then he could now. He caught up to Kaoru and her kidnapper as they reached a main road.
A carriage was waiting. The man ahead of him shoved Kaoru's unconscious form inside- she must have finally gotten overtaken by her fear. He didn't leap in himself, and Kenshin grabbed the hilt of his sakabato.
"Take Kaoru-dono out of that carriage and give her to me." Kenshin said quietly, his rage igniting, and small golden specks appearing in his eyes.
"That would ruin everything, now wouldn't it Battousai?" The man's smile was creepy, without any happiness at all. He flicked a piece of paper at Kenshin.
"We wait here. If you want her corpse back at least, you must come. We'll be sure to bury you two together." Kenshin didn't catch the paper, just let it fall to the ground, his eyes tinged amber.
"Give her back now, or this one will draw." Kenshin warned. The man just laughed.
"We'll be seeing you Battousai!" He hopped in the carriage as Kenshin slashed, growling angerily. Kenshin made as if to follow, but just then a smoke bomb exploded from somewhere nearby He couldn't see his hand in front of his face, let alone the carriage!
'Shimatta!' he swore, racing out of the smoke and looking around. He had gone the wrong way. He faced forest, not road! He turned and ran back through the smoke, but the carriage was gone. He fell to his knees, shaking with rage.
This was his fault, they had his Kaoru and he couldn't do anything about it..... yet. He grabbed the small piece of paper that the man had left so thoughtfully for him. He scanned the contents, memorizing the note, then ripped it up and threw them away from him, the words ringing in his head.
'We are waiting for you Battousai. We have your woman, and will kill her unless you show up and fight us. At dawn we will begin cutting off her fingers.
We are in the center of the forest near the Akebeko. Wash your neck before coming*.
Nakama no Hitokiri'
Kenshin growled, then glanced at the sky. He had a few hours, and Sano and Yahiko needed medical treatment. He raced into town, to the medic's clinic, and looked for Megumi. He spotted her almosy instantly, and strode right up to her.
She seemed delighted to see him.
"Ken-san! I can talk to you in a few minutes, but I have to finish up with this patient first." Megumi said, smiling. Kenshin didn't back away.
"Now, Megumi." Perhaps it was the lack of the honorific that made her look up at his eyes.
His beautiful amber eyes. She swallowed.
"All right-"
"Sano and Yahiko are at the dojo. Both are severely injured. I need you to go help them." Megumi nodded slowly, calling another medic over to help the patient she had to leave. Only when Kenshin was gone did everything register on her. The amber eyes. The use of 'I' instead of 'this one'.
"Battousai..." she whispered, shivering. She pitied the person that Kenshin was angry with. She'd be seeing them soon enough.
Kenshin walked briskly towards the Akebeko. People moved out of his way. Their town started its day early, and today was no exception. Kenshin walked with a single-minded purpose that none dared test. By the time Kenshin got to the center of the forest, it was just about two hours til dawn.
He glared at the sign above the buildings door, his hair blowing about his face, even without any wind. He opened the door wide and stepped in, determined to find his Kaoru.
'I won't allow her to stay here. Those bastards had better be ready, and they better not have hurt my Kaoru.'
While Kenshin was doing this, Kaoru awoke, hearing a chilling voice in her ear.
"Awake huh?" it asked her.
"At dawn we slowly tear you apart. Battousai will be driven off the deep end for sure."
"W-Why?" she stammered, noting that her legs, arms, and wrists were bound.
"Why? WHy, she asks......" the voice chuckled. "He's soft. The hitokiri once so feared throughout Japan is now a harmless rurouni."
"I knew someone who said something very similar about Kenshin." Kaoru said, not letting her fear enter her voice. "His name was Jin'e." The voice laughed.
"Another weak one, though at least he might have been let into the elite circle of hitokiri. We, the last surviving hitokiri who remain true to samurai life, have formed this group, the Nakama no Hitokiri! Once again we will bring war to Japan, reliving the glorious age of the Bakumatsu....." Kaoru stiffened.
"Why are you telling me this?" she asked shakily.
"You were as good as dead when we captured you. Your pathetic rurouni will be buried alongside you, so he can no longer taint the name 'hitokiri', that soft fool!"
"What do you have against Kenshin?"
"I've just told you- for the Bakumatsu to be brought about again, we must either have the Battousai on our side or kill him."
"He'll defeat you."
"You don't sound so confident......." The voice laughed, and Kaoru shivered again, but not from the cold. Suddenly the sound of swordplay could be heard.
"Kenshin's here!" Kaoru cried out happily. He was many floors below her, but still..... her rurouni was here.
"Battousai......" the voice whispered. "I hope he's having fun. We fight to the death here........"
* 'Wash your neck and wait' is an old saying that tells the person that you're coming for them, and that you will kill them. So 'Wash your neck before coming' means something along the lines of 'Come to us so that we can kill you.'
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