Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Happiness In Slavery ❯ chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Date started: September 13, 2005 2:58 PM JST

Sorry, I finally have free time to sit down and write! Again, sorry it took so long to start, and let's see Kaoru prove Battousai wrong! (what's this? There is fluff in this chapter?)

Happiness in Slavery

Rating: Older Teens

Chapter 6

Standard Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters in shape or form. I do own this plot and any changes I make to characters, as long as its legal, and this includes Himitsu damnit! You steal you die.

End of chapter 5

Hitokiri Battousai and Himitsu, hopefully paired together, would be able to slowly heal from their own wounds, and then take action at their most powerful state, and maybe even one day, come to love one another.

Battousai came up for breath. The two had been playing chicken with each other for the past two hours. The girl just wouldn't let him catch her! She had been correct in her “catch me if you can.” The red head sensed Himitsu behind him, under the water, and he felt the flow of it change. He waited till the last minute before moving. When he did, he turned around, and wrapped his strong arms tightly around her slender, but strong, body, making it virtually impossible for anyone, even her, to break.

Those dark blue eyes hardened in frustration, as she had finally been caught. She hated to admit it, but she had not let him catch her. `Well, there has to be someone in this world as fast as me…' Himitsu stopped her struggling, and relaxed in his grip. The two were deep enough to be mostly underwater, but where they could still stand with their heads above water, the woman's chin just brushing the water's edge, while Battousai's shoulders were just a centimeter or two from being submerged.

The naked bodies so close together, allowed for their body heat to warm each other, despite the freezing water they were in. The two had failed to notice how cold the water was with their chasing each other, and now that they had stopped, it began to become noticeable.

Gold met dark sapphire, as they stared at each other, breathing heavily. Himitsu felt his warm breath against her cheek. She seemed to begin realizing the situation she was in: stripped completely of clothes, in freezing water, and in the arms of a man who was superior to her skills, even if she had won their spar earlier that day. She would have lost anyway, if she hadn't of done what she did. Battousai's speed was equal… but his skill more artistic. Yet, she did not try to get away from him.

Himitsu would die before telling him she was enjoying the little moment. They were still staring at each other. Their gazes had not broken. A few minutes after just sort of standing in that position, a look of mischief grew in the man's eyes, and before she knew it, his lips had locked with hers. Her eyes were wide open in shock. The red head finally relaxed his tight grip around her lithe form, and brought one hand to the back of her head, and the other down to her lower back.

She felt the tip of his tongue run against her lips, and immediately, the female assassin took advantage of the loose hold he had on her, and ducked under the water and swam back to where her clothes were. She grabbed them off of the rock they lay upon, and she went around the rock, quickly got out of the water, and headed a short distance into the woods. The girl sensed Battousai had got out too, but he had stayed by the shore, and she could tell he was getting his clothes back on.

`NEVER again will that happen! Damn you Hiko! Why the fuck did you pair us up!' Himitsu had finished getting dressed, and leaning against a tree, she secured her katana at her hip. Her blue eyes closed, and opened. For a moment, a flash of bright blue appeared; as she remembered an embrace she had experience five years ago.

“Kaoru?” The voice of her older brother quietly came. She had been crying, no matter how hard she had tried to hide the fact, it was obvious by her red, puffy eyes and runny nose, “What's wrong? Come on, you can tell me.”

“N-nii-san?” She looked up at her older brother, “They… they were making fun of me again!”

A small smile came to his lips, as he knelt down next to her, “Oh, come on. Don't tell me you're letting a bunch of boys get away with that? You're better than any of them anyway! It doesn't matter if you are a girl. The skill, and the heart, is what matters.”

The young girl looked up, and wiped her face with her sleeve, trying to smile, “I know… it's just… sometimes they say the meanest things!”

“Come here.” He held his arms open for her, and she leaned into him, and allowed her elder sibling to hold her tight and comfort her, “Thank you, Nii-san…”

“Nii-san…” The words quietly escaped her lips, as her memory left her mind. The light shade of blue that had overtaken the dark, disappeared, as she forced herself to push the memory to the back of her mind where she felt all of them belonged. Himitsu was finding it harder and harder to push those thoughts back, whenever they surfaced. She wanted to keep them gone. The woman felt, that if she were to allow her emotions of the past to get the best of her, it would be her downfall. Himitsu failed to realize, that Kaoru was popping up more than before. She had not even noticed that Kaoru had, just now, returned, as feeling had returned to her other than mockery, anger, and blood lust. The emotion of innocent love had surfaced, but just as quickly, had been buried.

After getting dressed, Battousai sat down on a rock, waiting for the bitch to come back out. `That… was fun.' The amused thought ran through his mind, `I need to do stuff like that more often… what should I do next to annoy her?' The memory of the night before surfaced, when he had specifically heard her demand he never mention the name of Kamiya in her presence.

“You are the daughter of-”

“Do not mention that name. I no longer go by it, nor recognize it.”

The golden eyes filled with mischief, as he now knew what he would do next. Having a partner wasn't turning out as bad as he thought it would. Especially, since she was a woman who seemed to have no heart, and a woman that had an awesome body, and nice lips. He hid his amusement, and made his eyes go cold. She was headed his way.

Stepping into the clearing, she looked quite fetching, the setting sun reflecting off of her wet, black hair, creating the effect of red highlights. Her face was pale, as it always had been, and her eyes as dark as ever, “I am going back now. It's getting dark, and I think that I'm more than hungry.” She turned to walk back towards the path and make her way towards the Kamiya Dojo. Pausing, she looked back, “Coming bastard?”

The red head narrowed his eyes, and coolly responded, “Of course… Kaoru.”

Hiko looked over the west horizon. The sun was setting, and it was quickly getting dark. The night was becoming a nice and chilly one. The mess that Himitsu and Battousai had made of dead men had been cleaned up. No doubt more imperials would be returning sometime soon, to figure out what had happened to their guards. Speaking of the two, where were they? The last thing Hiko had seen was his little baka-deshi practically dragging his deadly beauty into the woods. It had been hours ago, and they still had not returned.

The man didn't want to search them out through their ki, because that would be just plain rude. He didn't like to do that sort of thing when it was two people alone. Not that Hiko expected anything of them as of now, but he didn't feel like intruding. `They need to hurry up and get their asses back here. We could be in trouble at any moment…'

Nijyoujyou Castle (This is also known as Nijo Castle, but I am using its correct name)

“Any word from the guards?” A smooth voice asked calmly.

A guard bearing arms was kneeling on the tatami floor, knees tucked under him, his back straight, but eyes lowered, “No my lord. Not since they were sent out this morning.”

Another figure kneeling, but at the front of the room, got a look of frustration on his face, “They haven't come back yet? They should have been back hours ago!” He sounded angry, “It is just a bunch of young and foolish boys who think they can fight!”

“My lord, if I may speak?” Someone stepped out of a dark corner, and made his way forward, kneeling next to the first guard. He knelt down, and bowed forward, his forehead touching the ground. The emperor motioned for him to rise, and the man rose back up, and said, “I am told… that the Hitokiri Battousai is amongst this group of men. However, there is a fact that I find FAR more interesting.”

“HITOKIRI BATTOUSAI! MY SON IS IN THE CITY!” The richly dressed ruler burst out barely able to contain himself.

“My lord, please, if I may finish.”

Waiting a few more moments, the emperor sat back down and listened, “There is a woman amongst them. I do not know very much about her. Just that she recently joined them, yesterday I believe.”

“A woman huh? What would a woman be doing, living with a bunch of swordsmen?”

“She has a likeness to the deceased wife of Kamiya. Long black hair, blue eyes, lithe form, and she looks about the right age.”

The emperor rubbed his chin lightly, thinking out loud, his voice sounding very stressed, but not overly so, “I thought we finished them… the Kamiya. But, there was a body missing. This makes things… more complicated…” He finally looked at the two who were kneeling in front of him, and addressed them, “If indeed, my son is amongst them, and if indeed, Kamiya Kaoru is this woman, then I want them both brought to me… alive.”

“But my lord, don't you want BOTH of them dead? You made it quite obvious with the Kamiya massacre, and you have relentlessly chased the boy-“

“I SAID ALIVE! Now, get out of my sight, and figure something out.” The emperor's face was red with fury at the way he had talked back to his superior. The two bowed in the same manner as before, heads touching the ground, and then stood up, and walked backwards out of the room. Placing a hand to his forehead, he rubbed it violently, “Damnit…”

“WHAT did you call me.” It wasn't a question, it was a command.

Battousai was snickering like nothing else on the inside, having gotten the desired effect he wanted, “Huh? What'd I say? I just said I was coming with you Kaoru…”

“THAT!” She screeched. Her eyes were burning balls of deep blue, nearly gone black. Her body shook in fury, as she motioned her hands to her sword, but did not move to draw it. She stood there heatedly staring up at him, and after about five minutes, she seemed to have calmed down, “DON'T play stupid with me bastard. ESPECIALLY after that little trick you pulled earlier!”

`Damn… didn't know that would get her so riled up!' It was too much, way too much amusement for him, “What? Oooh! You mean my calling you Kaoru, Kaoru?”

She took several breaths, in. The woman did not want to go and kill him. Not yet. She knew he was playing with her. It was too obvious, and if she were to do so, she wanted to kill him for a good reason, a really good reason. Himitsu could not let him get the best of her and start up a brawl. She closed her eyes, and then, “Well then, if you insist on calling me that, baka-deshi, then go ahead. After all,” The blue eyes opened, “I am not the only one with a name I dislike.”

…Silence…

“Kenshin.”

ONEGAIGAISHIMASU! PORFAVOR. PLEASE. LEAVE ME A REVIEW!

Well then. WOOT! A whole page of fluff here! And we finally, sort of, met the emperor. I am not sure who he is as of now. I have an idea… but I'll figure it out later. Nijyoujyou Castle… that is one gorgeous palace. I went there when I went to Kyoto, and a majority of the main hall's floors squeak like a nightingale! It is so neat! I just had to put the palace in the story. Now… we got Kaoru aside from a memory this time… even if it was only a few seconds, and Himitsu didn't even realize it! HAHAHA. Here is a question, however, how the hell did she know the name Kenshin? Battousai gave up the name a long time ago, in this story, and no longer goes by it. And, she had the nerve to call him baka-deshi. Her name is Himitsu, so she has secrets! Until next chapter!

Hotaru

Date finished: September 15, 2005 3:02 PM JST