Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Turning Point ❯ Blood and Pain ( Chapter 4 )

Thanks for all the reviews. I absolutely love this short vacation. It gives me so much more time to write. Here's the next chapter.

I don't own Kenshin and never will. Face it I just have to face it.

Blood and Pain

It has been hours since the sun sank beneath the horizon, and still there is no sign of either Kaoru or Kenshin.

"Sano, where do you think they are?" Yahiko asked me.

"I have no idea…" I trailed off as a red haired figure ran into the front yard.

I jumped up ready to fight; Yahiko also grabbed his wooden sword.

The man turned to face us, and I realized it was Kenshin. His bangs were shading his eyes, but that didn't bother me as much as the bundle in his arms did.

"Holy shit, Kenshin, what happened?"

He didn't answer, but, instead, turned towards Kaoru's room.

"Is she alright?" Yahiko spoke up. I looked at him. He looks like he saw a ghost.

Kenshin paused and looked at Yahiko. His eyes are still hidden by his hair, "She'll be fine," The tone of his voice seemed forced, as if he was holding something back.

He continued to walk away, "Please don't bother Kaoru tonight, or tomorrow. She needs her rest," With that he disappeared into Kaoru's room.

I sighed and leaned against a post. Yahiko walked up next to me, "Did you see Sano?"

"Of course I saw, stupid. Kenshin will take care of her,"

"No, not that," He looked down.

"Then what?" I was getting impatient.

"Kenshin is bleeding," He pointed to the ground where blood droplets were scattered along the path Kenshin took to get into Kaoru's room.

"Shit," What happened? What isn't Kenshin telling us? He won't let us help, why?, "Look kid, we better leave them alone. There's a reason Kenshin doesn't want us to know what's going on. Just try to get some sleep. We can ask Kenshin about this in the morning," With that Yahiko and I went to our rooms.

Kenshin's POV

As soon as I entered Kaoru's room I felt like I would collapse. I need to stay awake.

I laid Kaoru's sleeping form down on her bed. I would have removed my bloody garment from around her, but she curled herself up in it, and I didn't want to wake her.

Instead, I went to her dresser and pulled out another Kimono. I put it beside her, so once she woke she could change.

I heard Yahiko and Sano leave, and once their footsteps stopped in their rooms I left to get some water.

Instead of going back to my room I went to Kaoru's. In case she woke and wanted to know if I was alright, I told myself.

I placed the bowl of water and cloth on the ground then looked at my injury. It was fairly deep, but none of my major organs were hit. I only was worried because it was still bleeding. Over the course of the past hour I lost a lot of blood, and everything was starting to lose focus.

I sat down to steady myself. I looked at Kaoru until she came into focus then proceeded to clean the wound.

Once I was finished, the water was a scarlet color. I ignored it and wrapped the injury. Afterwards, I stopped and watched Kaoru's sleeping form. She looks so angelic.

While watching her I felt sleep overtaking my body. I got up to go to my room, but a searing pain shot through my body stopping me from moving. I grabbed my side and hunched over. The world blurred as I brought my hand away. I looked down at it. I fought to make it come into focus, but all I saw was red where my hand should have been. The pain pushed its way back into my thoughts, and my legs gave way. I hit the bowl of crimson water on my way to the ground. I thought of Kaoru then blacked out.

Sano's POV

In the morning Kenshin was nowhere to be found.

"Sano I'm hungry,"

"Kid don't bother me about it. Go and take care of that yourself,"

"Oh come on. Kenshin isn't around, and he told us not to bother Kaoru,"

"Fine then we can go to-," I was cut off by Kaoru's scream emitting from her room.

Yahiko and I jumped up and ran towards her room.

Kaoru's POV

Where am I? I rolled over. I'm in my bed. How did I get here? Oh yeah, Kenshin. He was carrying me back to the dojo when I fell asleep. He must have put me in my bed. I opened my eyes. Yep, in my room. I was facing the wall. Sunlight was shining into the room.

I stretched, and noticed I was still wearing Kenshin's robes. I smelt the garment. It smelt like him; him and blood. I looked closer to the cloth. It was covered with blood. Kenshin was stabbed last night.

I turned over and saw Kenshin's prone form lying in a pool of blood and water.

My eyes widened and filled with tears. Oh my god, Kenshin. He's dead. He's gone forever. I'll never see his smile again. I'll never…

I screamed out in pain and sorrow, so the world would know my love was gone.

I bet ya weren't expecting that. Just a little twist ta keep ya guessing. I don't know when I'll be able to update next, so you may be guessing for a while. When I find some time I'll write, but that's rare for me. Like I said before: School is a pain.