Rurouni Kenshin Fanfic
Rurouni Kenshin & Samurai X Original Japanese Version ©N.
Watsuki/Shueisha * Fuji-TV * SME Visual Works Inc. * Sony Pictures
Entertainment
All Fanfics created by Chiruken (me) were written for the
sole purpose of shared entertainment and not intended for publication or sale.
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Aoshi watched the Battousai and waited with barely contained
impatience for his answer. Aoshi knew
full well that appearances could be deceiving, so this display of overwhelming
grief could very well be something else.
Kaoru, momentarily forgetting her
current state of undress, leaned forward to place her hand on Kenshin’s
shoulder. She gasped when she felt his
trembling. “Kenshin?” She whispered softly, concern lacing her
tone.
Kenshin couldn’t breathe. Amusement had finally won the emotional
battle warring within him and he was shaking with the effort to hold in his
laughter. Unfortunately, that didn’t
leave him much opportunity to breathe.
Finally, at the concern in Kaoru’s voice, he straightened, tears flowing
freely from his barely contained laughter.
One look at his companion’s faces had him falling sideways, clutching
his stomach.
Aoshi stared at the Battousai
numbly. He felt…terrible. It had been unforgivably callus of him to
blurt that out without consideration for the other man’s feelings. The Battousai, he knew, was more sensitive
than most and Aoshi’s unthinkingly cruel question about a son who’d likely died
had obviously wounded him deeply.
Kaoru turned on Aoshi furiously, her
protective instincts rising up. “That
was so…so…heartless, Shinomori Aoshi!
How could you be so cruel?”
Kenshin gasped, trying desperately
to catch his breath. “K-Kaoru-dono…“ He stuttered on his laughter and slowly sat
up, wiping the tears from his face. “It
isn’t…“ He stopped as the laughter
bubbled up again and drew in a quick breath.
“It isn’t like that at all.”
“It’s all right, Kenshin. You don’t have to…“ Her words trailed off when she saw his grin
and the laughter in his violet eyes.
“Kenshin?”
“Shinta…“ He stopped and ducked his head as he was assailed by an attack of
unmanly giggles. How embarrassing! He thought ruefully. “Shinta is…m-me!”
“You?” Kaoru turned and glared at Aoshi. “See? Don’t you feel
ridiculous now?”
Aoshi snorted derisively. “You knew as much as I did,
Kaoru-chan.”
“Don’t call me ‘chan’.” She snapped automatically, averting her gaze
as a blush worked its way up her neck into her face.
“Why ever would you think…“ Kenshin shook his head with a chuckle. “How did you draw the conclusion that I…“ He stopped again and cleared his
throat. “Aoshi, explain.”
Aoshi held up his hand and began
counting off the reasons for his assumptions.
“Your fascination with children.
The discovery of this toy with the name Himura Shinta engraved on
it. The villager’s tales of a young
apothecary and his wife. The rumors of
a great tragedy in this area. Shall I
continue?”
Kenshin shook his head quickly. “You’ve been busy, Aoshi, that you have.”
Kaoru cleared her throat
nervously. “But Kenshin…I don’t
understand. Your name…it’s Kenshin,
right?”
“Shishou gave me that name,
Kaoru-dono. The name my parents gave me
was Shinta.”
“Ha! See?” Kaoru smiled smugly
at Aoshi. “The genius of the former
leader of the Oniwabanshu isn’t infallible.
See what you get when you jump to conclusions?””
“You were jumping right beside me,
Kaoru.” Aoshi glanced at her irritably
then blinked and quickly averted his gaze.
“Whatever. You’re the one who accused Kenshin of…“ Her voice trailed off when she saw Kenshin’s
blush and hastily averted gaze. “What
is it?”
“Um…Kaoru-dono…“ Kenshin cleared his throat. “Your…ah…your blanket…“ Kenshin quickly covered his eyes lest he be
tempted to sneak another peek. Oh
temptation, your name is Kaoru, he thought a little giddily.
Kaoru gasped and scooted back under
the blanket. “You could have said
something sooner, you jerks!” She
glared at each of them in turn. “Is my
kimono dry yet?”
**To Be Continued…**
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Author’s Notes:
1.Almost done! Almost
done! One more chapter left to go!
2.Under the original draft of this story, there were only ten
chapters, but since I altered chapter 7 to become two chapters, well, the end
product will be 11 chapters.
3.Extremely short. Sorry.