Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Stormy Skies ❯ Stormy Skies 2 ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
*puffs up* This have not yet been betaed.I change the text as soon as it is done. As probably most would notice, the mood in this chapter is a lot more lighter than in the first one, especially at the begining.I was just too happy last night to be able to write something overly dark and teary.And, no, Iante will NOT be hooking with Kenshin.
part two.
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spending two hours looking for a comfortable place in this goddamn city where to stay Iante was ready to start screaming.She did know the spoken language, but the written one was an entirely different matter.these people don't put labels in other languages except their own?!' was the thought that nagged her all the time.That way I'll know if I get in an inn or in a shop selling goat balls 'that she had seen a shop like this but, after all, everything was possible.the time being all thoughts of revenge were forgotten in favour of the desire for a warm meal and a long bath.under her breath the woman walked down the street without noticing the running horses that nearly ran her over.
Kenshin, once known as Himura Battosai, was walking cheerfully to home carrying a bucket with tofu for Kaoru when he noticed the woman in the middle of the street, obviously deep in thought for she had seen the upcoming danger.Quickly grabbing the tofu with one hand only, he lunged and forcefully pulled the woman out of the way of the running horses pulling a fancy carriage.
the shock of suddenly being pulled aside by a stranger, Iante was ready to start screeching at him for his impudence, when she noticed that he had actually prevented her from being run over. That made her close her half open mouth immediately and take a better look at her rescuer.

' I need to stay less in lala land.I won't be able to stop him if I get killed because I've been run over by some friggin horses ' Iante thought as her eyes took the image of a short young man with flaming red hair, violet eyes, cross-shaped scar on the left sheeck and the most hideously purple top clothing she had seen in her life.
need to look where you're going, miss" said scarface in a high-pitched voice and with a sweet smile on his face.
you're right about that.Thank you for pulling me out of the way" she answered in what she hoped was a gratefull tone.Not that she wasn't really grateful to this strange person, but the one thing Iante hated was strangers to notice her weaknesses.Like daydreaming, for example.
silence descended the pair.Changing weight from one leg to the other Iante said finally:
well, I'll be going.I have to find a place to stay before sunset...and I don't get your writings so..."
little guy smiled even more sweetly.
didn't you simply ask someone for directions?"
moments like this Iante honestly wanted to kick herself if she was physically capable of doing that.

there's an inn just three blocks from here, down this street"
see.Thank you.I'll be going then"
further ado the woman turned and started walking down the street.Kenshin traced her retreating back with thoughtful expression.What a strange woman.It was quite obvious by her features that she was a foreigner, but what a foreign woman would do all alone in Japan? He quickly made up his mind.
miss, wait!"
turned and looked at him questioningly.

will not be very safe for a lone foreign woman, one who doesn't know our customs to lodge in an inn.Why don't you come with me? I live in a big house and I'm sure that there'll be enough place for you, that I think"
raised an eyebrow.
It won't be safe for me to stay at an inn, but it will be safe to go with a complete stranger to his house?" the tone was more than caustic.
I look threatening, miss?"
looked at the deceptively innocent yes, past the bucket with something white in it that he carried, to the sword by his side.
can be deceiving.And, let me assure you, I know how to look after myself."
noticed"
little punk was refering to the horses.tried to glare him down but it simply didn't work on this man.
the way."
smiled again and started walking.

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on his side on the bare floor Takimi Shigure was drifting in and out of consciousness.Everything hurt - his arms and legs from the bonds, his back from the beating and he knew he was bleeding, his master had torn him pretty badly when he took him this time.At moments like these Shigure wanted to think only about Gentatsu.The memory of his beautiful face and gentle smile soothed his aching soul and made him forget for a moment the physical pain.
he never, ever thought about Gentatsu while Myamoto was taking him.To do such thing would have been a blashemy.
should have told Gentatsu about his feelings for him before that fatefull night.He should have had the courage to face Gentatsu's rejection.But he couldn't.He was a coward.
sky should always be high and clear....'
he could not see a sky at all. He existed in darkness and nothing could bring the light back to him for he would never forgive himself.
how he hated his master. How he despised and cursed the man in the small hours of the night, how he wished he could tear the bastard to pieces.man who had taken by force the one thing he hadn't ever given to loversShugure had his share of lovers , both men and women, but he had always been the one to do the taking, he had never submitted to any of them.At the begining it was a stupid macho thing, he had been too proud to be ready to spread his legs like a woman and be taken like one.After he met Gentatsu that aquired an entirely new meaning to him.He fell in love.For the first time in his life he fell in love.In the man who had become his best friend.And he swore that if one day they actually became intimate Gentatsu would be the only one who would take him. He had wanted to do that, he had wanted to submit to his beloved.
course, all of it had remained a simple dream. He only saw women around Gentatsu and that discouraged him from speaking about how he felt for his friend, afraid of rejection, afraid of loosing a friendship that was the closest thing to a relationship he'd ever get...
after Gentatsu's death he never submitted to anyone, fully intent on not breaking his promise.
he was taken by force.He had not been strong enough to prevent it.Yes, he, Takimi Shigure, was truly a despicable person.
single diamont tear slid from an emerald eye.


was really pleased both with himself and with the body to which he would soon would give life back.
his men had dug up the body, it was an emaciated skeleton. But now, after he had used some of his most powerfull magic, flesh once again covered bones, the hair once again resembled wine-coloured silk and those eyes were once again clear and crystal blue.
body had only one flaw.It was not alive.Yet.
gently sat on the satin sheet that covered the richly made bed on which the body lay calmly and serenely, dressed only in a sheer red robe.
eyes glinted vicously as a painfully white slender hand caressed gracefully the face of the young man.
very beautifull indeed"