Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Turning Point ❯ Modern Medicine ( Chapter 5 )

Ya-hoo! It's winter break. Two weeks of leisure. Two weeks I will be spending writing for all of you. Doesn't that make you happy? Well, last night (the first night of break) I finished this chapter. I've been working on it on and off for a while, but with finals I didn't have time to finish it. Now it's done, and you all get to enjoy, so enjoy!

Duh, I don't own Kenshin. ::looks side to side:: Yet.

Modern Medicine

Just seconds after hearing her scream, we burst into her room, but we were not expecting to see what we did.

A vision that would be forever burned into my memory.

Kenshin was lying on the floor across the room in a pool of his own blood. Kaoru was in her bed, tears streaming down her face, and her hand covered her mouth to keep herself from a total breakdown, but I could see just how close she was to this breakdown by the shaking of her hands, and the look of pure horror in her eyes.

"Yahiko go get Megumi!"

"Is he alright?"

"Go; go now!" He took off running. I listened until his footsteps faded off into the distance, "Kaoru," I stepped into her field of vision, "Kaoru, come here,"

She looked up at me, still crying, "I woke up, and he was like that. Sano, he's dead," her tears fell at a faster rate, and she shook harder.

"Don't say that. You don't know that," I tried to comfort her.

"And how do you know he isn't!" her sudden burst of anger took me off guard, but as soon as she finished the statement, she gasped and covered her mouth again.

I crouched down next to her, "Kaoru, come on; you need to get out of here," I helped her rise to her feet, and guided her out of her room.

The sunlight shown onto her pale, tear streaked face, "Come and sit here, and wait for Megumi and Yahiko," I sat her down and then went back into her room.

I walked over to Kenshin, avoiding the blood, and placed my fingers on his neck, trying to find a pulse. I felt nothing, and just as I was pulling away I felt it. My eyes widened. He's alive! I picked him up out of the blood, and carried him out of Kaoru's room.

When I walked out Kaoru looked at me, and her eyes watered at the sight of Kenshin's bloody form in my arms, "It's ok. He's alive. He has a pulse,"

Her eyes brightened.

"You stay here though. I'm going to lay him down in his bed,"

She nodded her response, and I turned away.

I set him on his bed. I noticed he wrapped his wound, so I couldn't tell how serious it was. Although, they were stained red. Not a good sign.

The door opened suddenly, "I came as fast as I could," Megumi was panting.

"He's alive," I told her when her eyes looked to Kenshin.

"He has lost a lot of blood," She turned towards the door, "Yahiko get in here with my stuff,"

Seconds later Yahiko appeared in the doorway dragging a large black bag behind him.

"Bring it here,"

Yahiko pulled the bag to Megumi's side. She dug threw it and pulled out a small knife. Carefully she cut the bindings around Kenshin's waist. She pulled the bandages away from his wound, and a sad expression filled her face.

"What?" I asked looking over her shoulder.

"A sword did this. It's fairly deep, and he has lost so much blood,"

"Can you help him?"

"I've learned a new technique I think can help, but the rest will be up to Kenshin's strength," She dug in her bag, and pulled out a needle and thread, "It's called stitches. It will close the wound, so he can begin to heal,"

"So he'll live?" Kaoru was standing in the doorway.

"It depends on Kenshin. If he's strong enough then yes,"

"He's strong enough. I'm going to help him get though this," Kaoru decided.

"You should go get cleaned up first, and after I finish stitching Kenshin's injury I'll let you take over,"

Kaoru nodded and disappeared through the doorway.

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He's going to live. I'll make sure of it. Life would be so lonely and pointless without him.

I stepped into the hot water of the bath Sano prepared for me. I sank down into it, letting the water relax my soul and loosen my muscles. The color of the water turned from clear to pink from the blood that was on me. My own blood and Kenshin's blood.

I swirled my hands through the water. It's the closest we'll ever be isn't it?

I shook my head. I can't think of these things now. I have to be strong, and think of Kenshin. I need to help him get better.

With that thought I rose from the water, and dried off.

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"Oh Kaoru, you're already done?" Megumi turned towards me when I entered the room.

"Yes. I wanted to see how Kenshin was doing,"

"Well, he hasn't really lost as much blood as I originally thought. It turns out that he knocked over a bowl of water when he collapsed from his injury, and that added to the blood on the floor which made it look like more than there really was,"

"Does that help his chances?"

"Yes of course. I fully believe he will make it,"

I smiled. He's going to live.

"There I'm all done stitching him. He will have to stay in bed though. I don't want him don't any strenuous work. If I had it my way I wouldn't let him leave the bed at all, but I know that isn't what Kenshin will do once he wakes up. Here is some tea you should brew for him once he wakes up. It will help ease his pain,"

"Alright. Thank you so much Megumi," I hugged her.

"I'm going to tell Sano what I just told you so he knows as well. I believe he is cleaning you room for you, but he feels that it would be best if you slept in here tonight, so he isn't rushed,"

"Tell Sano I said I will," I turned towards Kenshin. I heard Megumi leave the room and shut the door.

I sat by Kenshin's side, and looked him over. He was very pale, and his stomach was wrapped with fresh bandages. I made a mental note to go get some more from the market. He will most likely need to change them.

I brushed some of his hair out of his face. He looked so peaceful. I reached around behind his head, and released his hair from its confines. It fell across the pillow framing his face. He's beautiful.

There was a bowl of fresh water to my right, and I took the cloth next to it, and dipped it into the water. I started to wash his face clean from the blood that dried there.

Once I was finished with his face I moved lower to his neck and chest. Then lower to below his bandages. I realized his pants were off. Sano must have taken them off, so Megumi could reach his injury more efficiently.

He's naked. I started to draw the sheets covering him down when the door opened.

"How is he?" I dropped the blanket, and felt a blush bloom across my face. Sano walked into the room, "Kaoru?"

"Oh, um. He's doing better," The ripples of the water in the bowl suddenly became fascinating.

"What's wrong?" Sano walked up next to me.

"I'm just worried about Kenshin,"

"It'll be ok. Megumi said he'll be alright,"

"Yeah you're right," I looked up at him.

"You should get something to eat. You haven't had anything all day,"

"What if he wakes up?"

He looked at me for a minute, thinking, "I'll bring food to you, so you can stay with him,"

"Thank you Sano,"

He smiled, and then turned and left.

I sighed. That was close. What if Sano saw me while I was looking at Kenshin like that? It would have been horrible.

My mind wandered back to Kenshin. He's not well. It would be wrong if I looked. I wouldn't want him looking at me that way. The temptation was so strong though. I leaned over Kenshin, and ran my fingers over the blanket. I shouldn't. I wrapped my fingers around the edge of the blanket. He will be angry if he finds out. If he finds out. I drew the blanket down. He is beautiful. His whole body. He's so… I looked up at his face. Kenshin was smiling down at me.

I gasped, and dropped the blanket. He saw me looking at him, but he's smiling. What's different about him. Wait his eyes. His eyes are gold.

"Did you like what you saw?" My eyes widened at the statement. He reached his arm up, and he wrapped his hand around to the back of my head. He pulled me down to him, and before I knew it he was kissing me. He pushed my lips apart and made the kiss deeper by inserting his tongue into my mouth. Suddenly his hand fell away, and the kiss stopped. I opened my eyes to find that he had passed out.

What just happened? His eyes are gold still. Where is Kenshin?

Cliffy!!!! Kenshin's alive, or is he? Is he permanently the Battousai? These answers and more next time.

Ps. Lemon coming up either the next chapter or the next. However it works out.

Pss. I wasn't sure when stitches were invented, so if they weren't don't sue me.