Chapter 1
Kaoru waited impatiently for Kenshin to return. He had been gone over a week now from his travel to Kyoto to see their friends that live there. Yahiko and Tsubame had been out on a date all afternoon.
"It's good for them to be getting along so well together, maybe one day they'll get married," Kaoru said aloud to herself. But what was taking Kenshin so long to get back?
"Kaoru, I'm home now," A voice rang throughout the dojo.
Kaoru ran to the front to greet him.
"Kenshin welcome back!" Kaoru said to him.
"Thank you Kaoru, and its good to be back," Kenshin told her looking into her eyes. She blushed then looked away, but he brought her attention back to him.
"You should not look away. We're married now, but still we sleep in different beds," Kenshin told her.
"I know it's just…" she didn't have a chance to finish her sentence when Kenshin pulled her into his arms and kissed her. His right hand was on her lower back, while his left hand was placed on the back of her neck.
"Kenshin… you've never done that before…" Kaoru said while trying to control her breathing.
"Follow me," Kenshin said taking her hand and leading her into his room.
"What are we doing here?!" Kaoru nearly screamed when Kenshin shut the door.
"Come over to me," Kenshin said gently.
"No.. no I'm not ready for this Kenshin I don't want to!" Kaoru said to him fast.
Kenshin walked over to her and pulled her down onto his bed.
"No!" Kaoru screamed.
"Would you stop screaming?" Kenshin asked her gently. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. "This one is tried from his trip to Kyoto and wishes to sleep now,"
Kaoru was so flustered at the moment she didn't know what to do. Soon the red haired man was fast asleep, but not letting any sign that he was about to let her go. She soon let her own exhaustion take over and she turned and snuggled into Kenshin's arms. About thirty minutes later Kenshin opened his eyes and saw Kaoru asleep in his arms. He smiled and went back to sleep. About two hours had passed when Kaoru had heard Yahiko come into the dojo.
She had gotten up and fixed her herself to look presentable.
"Hey Kaoru, is Kenshin home yet?" Yahiko had asked.
"Yea, he's home. He's just sleeping at this point in time," Kaoru said from the kitchen.
"Oh, he must be really tired then," Yahiko said coming into the kitchen to help her cook.
"Yea, he is," she answered him.
"You know what, I never really did thank you Kaoru," Yahiko said to her.
"Thank me, for what Yahiko?" Kaoru asked him.
"Well… taking me in and teaching me sword fighting techniques," Yahiko said to her.
She looked at him softy and smiled down at him.
"Well, you're welcome Yahiko. You're like my little brother, and I wouldn't trade you for the world," She said to him.
"Hello there Yahiko," Kenshin said walking up to Yahiko.
"Hey Kenshin! How was the trip," Yahiko asked him.
"The trip was great, but could I ask you if tomorrow you could step out of the dojo for the day?" Kenshin asked him.
Kenshin and Yahiko both heard Kaoru's gasp when Kenshin said that. Yahiko grinned at what Kenshin was getting at.
"Yea sure, I wanted to spend more time with Tsubame anyway," Yahiko said to him and walked out of the room.
Kenshin and Kaoru were left in the room by themselves.
"Kenshin what do you plan to do tomorrow?" Kaoru asked not turning around.
"I plan to make you my wife… permanently," Kenshin told her then walked out.
Kaoru turned around with a horror expression on her face. She knew what this meant, he wanted to take her into his bed and have her bare his child.
To Kaoru, the next day came to fast for her liking.
"Kenshin, Kaoru, I'm headed out now!" Yahiko yelled and ran down the walkway.
Kenshin and Kaoru came out just in time to see him leave. Kenshin looked at Kaoru, but she fled into the kitchen.
"I have to make lunch!" Kaoru had yelled for her escape to get away from Kenshin's wrath.
Kenshin had let her run away like a kitten. He smiled at her excuse for going into the kitchen.
She had served lunch about an hour later. She and Kenshin had ate in silence, she had hoped he forgot what he told her yesterday.
He had cleaned up the after lunch, she went into her room to straighten it up when she heard someone walk up behind her.
She looked behind her and she saw Kenshin standing in her door way.
"Look Kenshin about what you said yesterday…" Kaoru stated to say but her eyes were on the man moving closer to her.
"What about what I said yesterday?" He asked her. As he walked forward, she backed right into a corner. She was now pinned between a corner and Kenshin.