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Flight of the Wounded Dove	By : ShaeyaSedjet Category: Rurouni Kenshin > General Views: 3101 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A
Note From Sedjet: First of all, I would like to apologize
for the shortness of Chapter Nine. It was all I could do at the
time. I really apologize. Secondly…just thanks to
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Ok.
So, I hope everyone was satisfied with the last chapter. From
the reviews, it sounds like you wereJ I’m glad it went
over well. I was really worried about it. Everyone be
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Inuyasha fic. Onto with FotWD!!! Oh, and WAFF
ALERT, WAFF ALERT!!!

Disclaimer:
Rurouni Kenshin is not mine.

Flight
of the Wounded Dove

Chapter
10:

Drifting

Kaoru
looked around her room at the inn. She was actually going to
miss this place! So many wonderful things had happened while
she was here. She had learned the ways of a wife. Tae had
taught her how to carry herself, how to choose kimono colors and
patterns that would suit her and how to put on makeup without making
herself look like a harlot. She had taught Kaoru the art of
seduction which, luckily, Kaoru would not have to use. She
hated the thought of calculating her every action to draw a man’s
attention. It just felt so…contrived. It was bad
enough that she would need to dress in order to entice her husband,
but at least that part was fun! She loved the way he looked at
her each time she wore a new kimono and when she had done her makeup
just right. The best memory of all, however, was the morning
they shared breakfast together—the morning Kenshin proposed to
her. He had made her the happiest young woman in Japan.
But now, their time was over. She knew they would have to go
back to the real world eventually, but at least they would be going
back together as a betrothed couple. Just the thought of their
engagement brought a smile to her lips.

She
packed each of her new kimonos with a caring hand, reveling in the
feel of the heavy silks. As she began to pack away the crimson
kimono with the beautifully articulate peacock, a smile played across
her lips. Marriage. She never thought it would happen to
her. Oh, she had dreamed of it since the very day she met
Kenshin, but she never thought it would happen. Being an
orphaned young woman with two strange men living under her roof—well,
Sanosuke practically lives there, she thought—was not
likely to ever have suitors. Not that she wanted them.
She had just wanted her Rurouni to take notice of her. Thank
heavens he had finally come to his senses, though she wished it had
not taken such drastic measures on her part to bring about his
realization.

She
was shaken from her reverie by a gentle rapping on her door, and the
soft timbre of her lover’s voice, “Koishii?”
She smiled at the pet name that was much more welcome than the
ridiculous honorific he had once attached to her name. The
Rurouni in question peeked around the door “Are you almost
ready? We must be swift if we want to catch the next train back
to Tokyo.”

“Hai,
Kenshin. I am just finishing up. Would care to help me
with my trunk?”

He
smiled and went immediately to her side, lifting the heavy trunk with
ease. He smiled down at her, his head swooping down to give her
a brief, chaste kiss on the lips. “Aishiteru,” he
whispered.

“Aishiteru,”
she replied with a kiss, “More than anything in this universe.”

He
smiled down at her with pride. “What a lovely woman, you
have become, koishii.”

When
he would have lowered his head for another kiss, Kaoru stopped him
with her fingers pressed against his tempting lips, “Did you
not say that we must be swift if we are to catch the next train?”

“Hai,
that I did, koishii.” He moved aside for her to get out
the door. “Shall we?”

She
nodded in acquiescence.

***

At
the sight of Kenshin carrying Kaoru’s trunk, Tae sighed a
romantic sigh. “Ah, young love!”

Sanosuke
and Yahiko just eyed her as if she were insane. Kenshin was
anything but young, and what was so great about him carrying Kaoru’s
trunk? It seemed to them that she was just using him as a
pack-mule. But would they dare say any of this to Tae?
No! The woman was insane!

They
loaded their trunks and packs into a hired carriage, and the five
friends walked to the train station.

“I
hope you people appreciate the pains I go through to make you happy,”
Sano grumbled and continued grumbling about trains in general.

Kaoru
just shook her head, smiling. It was going to be good to be
home. Granted, the good terms that she and Yahiko were on would
dissipate once they were back at the dojo and had resumed their roles
of student and sensei. She didn’t really mind, though.
She knew how he felt about her deep down, and that was what mattered.

She
was dreading telling Megumi about the engagement and the wedding that
was fast approaching. Megumi would giver her hell about it.
Kaoru knew that Megumi was actually fond of her, but it was something
that Megumi would never admit out loud. She still had a thing
for Kenshin. What woman who knew him wouldn’t?

She
nearly jumped out of her skin when Kenshin placed a gentle hand on
her shoulder. “Are you are feeling well, Kaoru? You seem
to be somewhere else.” He wrapped a protective arm around
her back.

“Hai.
I was just thinking that I will miss it here,” she smiled
softly up at him.

“I
believe I will as well, koishii.”

She
smiled a little shyly. “This has been the best week of my
life, Kenshin.”

He
hugged her closely to him, “With luck, we will make many
happier moments, my dove.”

“I
do hope so.”

In
the near distance, they could see the train depot. While she
was going to miss Yokohama and the freedom of having no
responsibilities, Kaoru was looking forward to her wedding plans.
She was already making a list of guests in her mind. How sad
that it was such a short list, for between she and Kenshin there were
few acquaintances (that were not out for Kenshin’s blood) and
even fewer friends.

Of
course, they would have to invite Yahiko, Sanosuke, Megumi, Tae,
Tsubame, Dr. Genzai and the girls. Kaoru would like to have
Misao there which would mean that the stoic Aoshi would be in tow
(because, even if he wouldn’t admit it to anyone, Kaoru knew
that he loved Misao and wouldn’t let her go off on her own).
She even wanted to invite Tokio and Saitoh. And of course they
could not forget Hiko. He would definitely want to be there the
day Kenshin finally got Kaoru to the altar. Honestly, those
were the only people Kaoru would consider inviting. They were
dependable people who would not try to kidnap her or kill Kenshin
half way through the ceremony! Well, Saitoh was debatable…but
Kaoru thought he could be trusted.

Kenshin
glanced over at Kaoru again and his brow furrowed in worry.
Kaoru seemed to be off in another world. He wondered what she
was thinking about so intently. Every so often she would smirk
or giggle a little, assuring him that she was not worrying over
something. He just wished he knew what was going through that
complicated mind of hers! Though he would never tell anyone
this, he was a bit jealous that she was not fawning over him and
clinging to him every waking moment. For a great while now, he
had longed to hold her close to him, reassuring himself that she was
not a creation of his warped psyche. He wanted to hold her to
him, to caress her and pet her until he was sure that she wouldn’t
dissolve into mist when he opened his eyes.

He
leaned down to whisper in her ear, “What are you thinking,
koishii?”

For
the second time, Kenshin had caught her off-guard, making her jump in
surprise. She laughed out loud at herself. “I am
thinking of who we will invite to the wedding.” She
smiled up at him with her artless smile that was so pure and honest,
and he melted. “I am sorry that I am so preoccupied.”
She curled her arms around one of his and rested her head against his
shoulder. “This is all so overwhelming. There is so
much to think about.”

Kenshin
kissed the top of her head, “Do not let Tae work you into a
frenzy over preparations. We shall take things as they come.
Everything will work out as it is meant to be.”

Kaoru
could not help the smile that spread across her pert lips, “I
know, Kenshin, but I cannot help being excited about it. This
is my wedding. To tell you the truth, it is a day I never
thought I would see.” She laughed a carefree laugh, “I
thought I would be an old maid! Then you came along, and
everything changed. Suddenly, I wanted to be married.
For the first time in my life, I was thinking about something other
than kendo! Me, the tomboy!” She shook her head,
“It is all so…unreal…” She murmured,
trailing off.

Kenshin
nuzzled her hair, “I know precisely what you mean, koishii.”

She
looked up at him, and they shared a lover’s moment. Kaoru
told him with her eyes that it was most definitely real. She
let the amount of love that she felt for him shine in those sapphire
eyes, and Kenshin tried to assure her that he was, in fact, there and
that he would not be going anywhere ever, ever again.

They
had stopped walking, and the other turned around to hurry them
along. Sano, with all his infinite tact hollered back at them,
“Oi! If you don’t hurry your asses up, we’re
going to miss the train! I just want to get this train ride
over with, so if you would please stop making out in the middle of
the street, we would appreciate it oh-so-much!”

The
couple blushed a furious red and hurried to catch up with the rest of
their party. Both were grinning from ear to ear in anticipation
of the events to come in the next few months.

TBC…

Author’s
Note: Ok. So, there it is. I’m not so
sure about this chapter. It is very gushy. It’s
odd. This fic is all lovey dovey, while the other two I am
working on are violent. o_O I dunno. I guess I am
making up for the angst in those two with WAFF in this one…*shrug*
I hope it didn’t suck too bad!
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