Rurouni Kenshin Fanfic
Rurouni Kenshin & Samurai X Original
Japanese Version ©N. Watsuki/Shueisha * Fuji-TV * SME Visual Works Inc. * Sony
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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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Kaoru was near tears. Saito
would return at any moment and the curse of the obi had stuck
again. There was no way the knot was
budging. She covered her face and
moaned in misery. It was Otsu all over
again. The only difference was that her
companion, if he could be called that, wasn’t Shinomori Aoshi. No, somehow, some way, she’d angered the kami and ended up stuck with Saito Hajime, a
first class jerk and all around rotten egotistical psychopath. “Why me?”
She couldn’t even run, not with her twisted ankle swollen and throbbing.
Saito pushed the door open and
stopped to sneeze. He scowled at the
girl, still dressed in her soaked kimono.
“I thought I made myself clear.”
“You did. I tried. I can’t. The damned obi is knotted.” Kaoru closed her eyes and prepared herself
for the worst, head bowed in defeat.
Saito sighed inwardly. “You certainly have your problems, don’t
you?” He knelt behind her and studied
the mentioned knot with a frown. “Lean
forward.” Within moments he had the
knot undone and was unwinding the obi from around her slender waist. “There.
That wasn’t so terrible, was it?”
Kaoru looked at him over her
shoulder in surprise. “Thank you.” She’d expected him to be obnoxious about it…and
he wasn’t.
“Don’t mention it. I trust you can do the rest?” He waited until she nodded. “Good.
Hurry up. The sooner your
clothes are dry, the better.”
Kaoru wasted no time in obeying
him. “Um…Saito…What about you?” He was just as wet as she was.
“What about me?” He scowled at the second room. The occupant was bound to return and wasn’t
likely to be happy at discovering he had guests…especially when one was an
assistant inspector in the Keishichou. The only person likely to
inhabit this rundown, rat-infested firetrap was one who was usually very
interested in staying unobserved by law enforcers. In other words, if the tanuki girl and he were still here when he
returned it could prove…interesting.
Kaoru scowled at his back. “Where’s the wood?”
“What wood?”
She rolled her eyes and wrapped the
blanket around herself. “The wood you
went outside to find, Saito.” Honestly,
was he really that absentminded? She
never would have suspected.
“I lied.” He answered simply as he turned to face her. “Move closer to the fire where it’s warm.”
“Would if I could, Saito. I can’t walk, remember? And why did you lie? What were you really doing?” She wrinkled her nose as a rather nasty
smell drifted to her from the direction of the other room. “And what’s that smell?”
“What you are smelling is a cat
fish.” He crossed to her with a
scowl. How bad was her ankle anyway?
“Someone…lives here?” She looked around with a grimace of
distaste. “Do you think they’ll mind us
being here?”
“More than likely.” He lifted her and carried her closer to the
fire. “Let me see your ankle.” He pushed the blanket aside and grimaced at
the sight of the swollen and bruised injury.
There was no way she was going anywhere if she had to walk. “Can you move it at all?”
Kaoru stared at him shocked
momentarily speechless. Saito was being
so considerate towards her, her mind just couldn’t grasp it. Saito wasn’t a nice person, not by any
stretch of the imagination. So…who hit
him over the head and sent a look-a-like in his place?
**To Be Continued…**
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Author’s Notes:
1.I love writing…can’t you tell?
2.Unfortunately, the next chapter WILL have to wait until tomorrow,
no matter how much I do want to write it tonight.
3.Is it just me, or are the chapters getting shorter and
shorter? >shrugs< Oh well, I
guess that’s just the way it goes, huh?
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Definitions:
obi:
kimono sash
kami: gods
Keishichou:
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department established in 1874