Be
Careful What You Wish For
A Rurouni Kenshin
fanfiction
By Chibi Tenshi and Kirstian
Chapter Four
Camouflage – it was going to be the key to her
survival. Despite the rancid smell that
had greeted her nose, she took a deep breath and submerged herself in the
mud. Her great beauty must’ve been far
more potent than she had realised.
Perhaps there was an agent in the water, like a truth serum of sorts
that opened people’s eyes to what she possessed. As much as she appreciated the attention,
this was bordering on insanity. Was she
going to be constantly plagued by people clamouring to be with her?
“All I wanted to be was desirable for Kenshin,” she
bemoaned as she continued slathering on the mud.
As soon as she could, she would find a suitable disguise. Though it would be hard to disguise her
assets, she was fairly certain she could make do. With the last of the gooey substance covering
her skin, she leapt over the fence swiftly as the pigs around her made strange oinking noises.
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Muttering a quick apology, Kaoru dove for the boat and
began rowing as if her life depended upon it.
The man by the lake screamed, “I would’ve given it to you for free!!!”
Her ears burned in mortification at the suggestive
waggle of his eyebrows. Grabbing an apple
from the boat, she flung it in his direction, and observed with satisfaction as
the projectile knocked the man into the water.
Then she rowed as fast as she could when the man started swimming in her
direction.
“This is not happening to me!” she screamed as her
arms worked the oars furiously.
The contamination had to be just within
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The boat didn’t last very long. She had damn near been run over by a bunch of
enthusiastic fishermen, and it was only with great skill that she had managed
to avoid them. She was fairly certain a
few of them were still floating face down back where she had left them.
She crawled onto shore, and nearly groaned at the path
ahead of her. She would be safe in
The sound of a carriage sent her diving for the
bushes. The horses screeched abruptly to
a halt and began neighing. She cursed
long and hard, and prayed to God that someone would release her from this
nightmare. How had her day ended up like
this?
She heard the creak of a door opening, and she ducked
further down. Glancing around, she tried
to find a weapon to use since her arms had long grown weary of sending half of
“What beauty is this!”
She looked up in horror to find a gaijin staring at
her. “I must have you!”
“I don’t understand you!” Kaoru shrieked in
Japanese. She fell clumsily, her skills
having deserted her. There was no
Kenshin to save her this time, although given the current situation, he was
more likely to just jump her – not that she minded, though now was not really
the best time to be having such thoughts about a certain redheaded rurouni.
The blonde man advanced towards her, blue eyes shining
in a worshipful light. “Beautiful beautiful woman! Ki-rei,” he murmured awkwardly.
That word she understood, and
it didn’t bode well for her. Her fist
clenched by her side, she would’ve sent it flying upwards had she not smelled
something peculiar in the air. Her eyes
widening in horror, she watched as the tiny black and white creature beside her
hunched its back and sprayed the gaijin for all it was worth.
“AAAAAAAH!!!!” he screamed.
“AAAAAH!!!!” she screamed as she jumped for the
carriage. As the horses took off, she
glanced back and if she wasn’t mistaken, she thought she saw the most mournful
look upon the animal’s face.
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The horses were leading her somewhere. She wasn’t entirely sure where, but one thing
was for certain, it probably wasn’t a good idea to remain in the carriage for
this long. Ignoring twin protesting
neighs, she jumped off the carriage and found herself face first on the ground,
sprawled in an entirely undignified, and unfeminine manner.
Her muscles protested painfully at her movements as
she dragged herself up. Clambering
upwards, she utilized tree-climbing skills she hadn’t used since she was a
child. What in the world was a girl to
do? When she finally reached the top, she closed her eyes for a much needed
rest.
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When she awoke, it was to the bright chirping of birds
completely surrounded her. Not too far
away, it would seem as if a series of animal brawls had taken place. The squirrels were practically tossing each
other off the tree.
Kaoru screamed, sending the birds scattering through
the air, and she climbed down as quickly as she could. She ran for it, not caring where she
went. Her second day would turn out more
insane as the next as she discovered that forest animals could be as persistent
as humans, if not more so.
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A strange noise echoed through the forest. The scraping of wood against the ground
would’ve caused a few eyebrows to raise in confusion,
along with the wooden tub that was seemingly moving itself along some
path.
Kaoru shifted the tub a little so she could breathe
and continued moving. At this rate, she
was never going to get to
Her eyes brightened as she realised that she was near
a series of familiar mountains. Jumping
up in joy, she grabbed the tub along as she began running in the direction for
one of them.
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Disclaimer: We own no part of Rurouni Kenshin or any
other presences, other then Tenshi and Kirstian
themselves, who will appear in this fic.
If we did, Kenshin wouldn't be as clueless as he normally is, and he'd
be called Tub-by. In any case, we have
no money. We spent it all on Sesshoumaru's spandex Halloween getup. XD So don't sue. We'll sick Vash on you.