Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Kidanpped Fox ( Chapter 16 )
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By: Bookkbaby84 
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Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 09.14.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.3K | Visits: 528 | Status: Completed
5 reviews for a post before 09/01/05.
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 09.14.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.3K | Visits: 528 | Status: Completed
I will not updtae again so quickly- it has just been a 3 day wait. I juts couldn't wait to post this one, though if I get less than 5 reviews for this chappie, I may not post again until September 1st- of NEXT YEAR.
"Iya. I am merely a freeloader that stays at Kaoru- dono's residence." Kenshin said, stressing the 'dono'.
The man merely smiled. He stood up and walke dover to Kaoru, stopping a few feet from her. He bowed low.
"It is an honor and a pleasure to meet you. I am known as Koiyakata Chishio." He stood back up, and turned to Megumi.
"Takani-dono, is it? Thank you very much for helping me with the bandages. Am I allowed to leave?" Megumi nodded.
"Careful of your wounds though. Reach for nothing higher than your head, or you risk it splitting open again." Chishio nodded, and turned to Kenshin.
"It was great meeting you. Thank you for giving me the last roll, that Takani-dono dropped." Chishio smiled, but his words held an underlined threat. Even if no one else knew why Kenshin was tense, they knew he was.
"It was... nice to meet you too. Perhaps we will meet again." Kenshin said, bowing stiffly. Chishio just nodded and walked out.
Kenshin stared at the back of the man- the murderer.
'He knows.' he thought. 'He knows that Kaoru is important to me. He also knows that I know who he is.'
"Oi, Kenshin, what's with all the tension?" Sanosuke asked, irritably. He scratched his head.
"Did you need something, Sano?" Megumi asked, looking at him. Sano opened his mouth, then shut it quickly and put a hand up to his nose, to check if it was still bleeding.
Nope. It had already stopped. No quality time getting beat- whoops, treated!- by the fox.
"No, I'm fine." Sano said, putting his hands behind his head and walking off.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked. "What's wrong?" Kenshin glanced at her.
"Nothing is wrong, Kaoru." he said, then glanced down, just now noticing the sword she had in her hand.
"That's-!" He looked quickly back up to her face. She smiled.
"Uh-huh. This is yours. The chief found it at- and wanted to return it." she amended hasitly. Hopefully no one had noticed her near slip. She galnced at Megumi. The fox-doctor watched them, so Kaoru just smiled adn patted Kenshin's hand.
"I just thought that you'd want it." she said, then turned to leave.
"Thank you, Kaoru. For visiting. And the sakabato." he added. Kaoru blushed, and prayed that Kenshin didn't notice.
"I have to go- I have to make sure that the brat is doing his swings and cleaning up!" she said, then ran back home.
"Ken-san?" Megumi asked, watching Kaoru leave. "Who was that man?"
"Chishio?" Kenshin asked. "I don't know." He was a bad liar. A very bad liar.
"Truthfully now." Megumi said.
"I don't know, Megumi- dono." he said, a bit cooly, and made as if to leave.
"I must go." he said, not facing Megumi. She grabbed teh back of his gi.
"I can't let you do that. Your wounds are not healed, and if you do anything as foolish as go back to the dojo, then they'll rip open." Kenshin shook off her hand.
"I am going." he said, firmly. Megumi grabbed him again.
"And I say you're not! If you do any work for the next few days-" Kenshin whirled around, breaking her grip and looking her straight in the eye.
"Do you want Kaoru to die?" he asked her quietly. "If I don't get there before he does, she is as good as dead. I won't let that happen." He almost glared at Megumi before whirling and leaving in a stir of wind. Megumi stood, as though frozen.
"Kaoru? Why would she-" It dawned. Ken-san's strange attitude with the man earlier today, the way he had used '-dono'.....
"No....." she whispered, putting two and two together.
"Chishio..... he's the mur-" Something blunt hit the back of her head and she dropped, unconscious, to the floor.
"Ah, Battousai, you've made too many friends." Chishio smiled, grabbing the knocked out doctor's body and taking her to his 'house'. His stolen house.
'With her, and the Battousai's lady, he will be powerless. Those incomptent fools went after one, and one only. He may be able to save one, but both of his freinds at the same time? Not even Battousai has that kind of speed.'
Kenshin ran. He had to get to Kaoru before Chishio did- there was no doubt in his mind that Chishio would try some sort of kidnap or attempt to harm his Kaoru.
'Damn him...' His eyes grew gold with even the thought.
"Kaoru!" he called out, bursting into the dojo. He heard the sound of footsteps, running towrads him.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru's voice asked curiously. "What's wrong?" He stopped, out of breath and bandages breaking open. He dropped to one knee, gasping.
"Kenshin!" Karou said, concerned. She dropped down beside him.
"Kaoru... I have..... to protect....." He stopped.
"It's okay. We have time- you don't have to talk so fast." Kaoru said. "Water could help. Stay here." she told him, getting up and dusting off her hakama. Kenshin looked at her.
"Stay here.... I can get the water." he told her, his breath coming easier. He tried to get up but was shoved back down.
"I will. Stay here and catch your breath. Did you run all the way from the clinic?" she clucked her tongue and walked towards the well. As soon as his wound shad stopped stinging, Kenshin followed suit.
'Chishio isn't the kind to wait. He'll already be on the move.' Kenshin thought. He heard a water bucket drop.
Kenshin suddenly had a really, really, bad feeling about this. He ran over the facts in a millisecond.
He hadn't heard Yahiko at all.
Kaoru had gone to get him water.
The bucket had dropped.
"Kaoru!" he shouted. He ran the rest of the way to the well. Once there, he found the scene he had hoped least to find.
Chishio held Kaoru across the waist, a knife at her throat, and her arms pinned to her sides. She struggled, but she was no match for Chishio, not in matters of strength. He showed no difficulty in holding her.
"Ah, Battousai, how kind of you to join us."
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"Iya. I am merely a freeloader that stays at Kaoru- dono's residence." Kenshin said, stressing the 'dono'.
The man merely smiled. He stood up and walke dover to Kaoru, stopping a few feet from her. He bowed low.
"It is an honor and a pleasure to meet you. I am known as Koiyakata Chishio." He stood back up, and turned to Megumi.
"Takani-dono, is it? Thank you very much for helping me with the bandages. Am I allowed to leave?" Megumi nodded.
"Careful of your wounds though. Reach for nothing higher than your head, or you risk it splitting open again." Chishio nodded, and turned to Kenshin.
"It was great meeting you. Thank you for giving me the last roll, that Takani-dono dropped." Chishio smiled, but his words held an underlined threat. Even if no one else knew why Kenshin was tense, they knew he was.
"It was... nice to meet you too. Perhaps we will meet again." Kenshin said, bowing stiffly. Chishio just nodded and walked out.
Kenshin stared at the back of the man- the murderer.
'He knows.' he thought. 'He knows that Kaoru is important to me. He also knows that I know who he is.'
"Oi, Kenshin, what's with all the tension?" Sanosuke asked, irritably. He scratched his head.
"Did you need something, Sano?" Megumi asked, looking at him. Sano opened his mouth, then shut it quickly and put a hand up to his nose, to check if it was still bleeding.
Nope. It had already stopped. No quality time getting beat- whoops, treated!- by the fox.
"No, I'm fine." Sano said, putting his hands behind his head and walking off.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked. "What's wrong?" Kenshin glanced at her.
"Nothing is wrong, Kaoru." he said, then glanced down, just now noticing the sword she had in her hand.
"That's-!" He looked quickly back up to her face. She smiled.
"Uh-huh. This is yours. The chief found it at- and wanted to return it." she amended hasitly. Hopefully no one had noticed her near slip. She galnced at Megumi. The fox-doctor watched them, so Kaoru just smiled adn patted Kenshin's hand.
"I just thought that you'd want it." she said, then turned to leave.
"Thank you, Kaoru. For visiting. And the sakabato." he added. Kaoru blushed, and prayed that Kenshin didn't notice.
"I have to go- I have to make sure that the brat is doing his swings and cleaning up!" she said, then ran back home.
"Ken-san?" Megumi asked, watching Kaoru leave. "Who was that man?"
"Chishio?" Kenshin asked. "I don't know." He was a bad liar. A very bad liar.
"Truthfully now." Megumi said.
"I don't know, Megumi- dono." he said, a bit cooly, and made as if to leave.
"I must go." he said, not facing Megumi. She grabbed teh back of his gi.
"I can't let you do that. Your wounds are not healed, and if you do anything as foolish as go back to the dojo, then they'll rip open." Kenshin shook off her hand.
"I am going." he said, firmly. Megumi grabbed him again.
"And I say you're not! If you do any work for the next few days-" Kenshin whirled around, breaking her grip and looking her straight in the eye.
"Do you want Kaoru to die?" he asked her quietly. "If I don't get there before he does, she is as good as dead. I won't let that happen." He almost glared at Megumi before whirling and leaving in a stir of wind. Megumi stood, as though frozen.
"Kaoru? Why would she-" It dawned. Ken-san's strange attitude with the man earlier today, the way he had used '-dono'.....
"No....." she whispered, putting two and two together.
"Chishio..... he's the mur-" Something blunt hit the back of her head and she dropped, unconscious, to the floor.
"Ah, Battousai, you've made too many friends." Chishio smiled, grabbing the knocked out doctor's body and taking her to his 'house'. His stolen house.
'With her, and the Battousai's lady, he will be powerless. Those incomptent fools went after one, and one only. He may be able to save one, but both of his freinds at the same time? Not even Battousai has that kind of speed.'
Kenshin ran. He had to get to Kaoru before Chishio did- there was no doubt in his mind that Chishio would try some sort of kidnap or attempt to harm his Kaoru.
'Damn him...' His eyes grew gold with even the thought.
"Kaoru!" he called out, bursting into the dojo. He heard the sound of footsteps, running towrads him.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru's voice asked curiously. "What's wrong?" He stopped, out of breath and bandages breaking open. He dropped to one knee, gasping.
"Kenshin!" Karou said, concerned. She dropped down beside him.
"Kaoru... I have..... to protect....." He stopped.
"It's okay. We have time- you don't have to talk so fast." Kaoru said. "Water could help. Stay here." she told him, getting up and dusting off her hakama. Kenshin looked at her.
"Stay here.... I can get the water." he told her, his breath coming easier. He tried to get up but was shoved back down.
"I will. Stay here and catch your breath. Did you run all the way from the clinic?" she clucked her tongue and walked towards the well. As soon as his wound shad stopped stinging, Kenshin followed suit.
'Chishio isn't the kind to wait. He'll already be on the move.' Kenshin thought. He heard a water bucket drop.
Kenshin suddenly had a really, really, bad feeling about this. He ran over the facts in a millisecond.
He hadn't heard Yahiko at all.
Kaoru had gone to get him water.
The bucket had dropped.
"Kaoru!" he shouted. He ran the rest of the way to the well. Once there, he found the scene he had hoped least to find.
Chishio held Kaoru across the waist, a knife at her throat, and her arms pinned to her sides. She struggled, but she was no match for Chishio, not in matters of strength. He showed no difficulty in holding her.
"Ah, Battousai, how kind of you to join us."
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