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Kenshin grumbled to Battousai as he walked in the market area. Kaoru earlier had asked him to go get some food since Sano and Yahiko did an all-nighter food drive. Of course he accepted. He walked in the heavy crowds looking around for the things on his mind. Of course there was something else on his mind too.
'I can't believe you did that to Kaoru-dono!" Kenshin yelled within their mind to his other half. Battousai just shrugged. Mission: Keep-Rurouni-From-Knowing-Nightly-Adventures-With-Kaoru had failed.
'You wanted to do it.' Kenshin twitched and stated to him.
'That maybe true but what if Kaoru-dono woke up huh?' Battousai didn't answer that one.
'Jeez...I should just be happy that you didn't hump her leg like a dog...' Sweatdropping Battousai replied back to that with,
'Only in your sick and twisted mind Rurouni...' Kenshin twitched and said, out loud...
" MY SICK AND TWISTED MIND!" He then sweatdropped and blushed in embarrassment when he realized that he didn't JUST say that to Battousai.
" Oro...sumimasen...sessha didn't mean that...that he didn't..." He said to the people staring at him oddly. He then bowed apologetically. And that was how his shopping trip went.
Meanwhile
" Left stroke." Kaoru said. Kaoru and Yahiko were in a middle of a training lesson. Kaoru was leaning on her bokken as she gave Yahiko different strokes. Yahiko had beads of sweat running down his face. With a grunt and a comment about ugly women he did what his sensei had told him to do. 'He's improving...' Kaoru thought to herself, 'Good so he won't need my help anymore...as sad as it is to think about.'
" Alright Yahiko that's enough for today." Yahiko sighed in relief.
" About time! I can't feel my arms!" Yahiko shouted. Kaoru rolled her sapphire eyes. She had heard it all before...
" That's good. Think about when you first came here. You couldn't last this long if I paid you to. Just think of the numbing pain as an accomplishment." Kaoru said smirking a little.
Having nothing to say Yahiko just hmphed.
" Feh whatever...ugly woman..." He muttered under his breath so Kaoru wouldn't catch it. Kaoru twitched and thought, 'Just let it slide...let it slide...' All that meant was he was going to get it later.
Yahiko grabbed his weapon and just went back inside huffing, he had to get ready for work. He was working at the Akebeko for some money. He wanted to save up and buy a sword just like Kenshin's. Kaoru stood outside and watched him go. She sighed.
" So stubborn..."
" True, he is but he improved no?" Kaoru blinked when she heard Kenshin. She turned around and saw Kenshin smiling at her.
" Mou Kenshin you scared me!"
" Sorry Kaoru-dono, sessha didn't mean to, that he didn't." Kaoru gave him a small smile.
" Alright then. Did you get everything?" Kaoru asked him referring to the food. Kenshin smiled.
" Hai!"
" Great!" And with that they started up a little conversation and started to walk inside. Kenshin looked at Kaoru. She was smiling as they talked. He noted she had sweat on her creamy skin.
" Kaoru-dono?"
" Hai?"
" Would you like sessha to start a bath up for you?" Now all he was doing was being polite. He figured she would like a nice bath to relax. However he could have made it sound better...
" JERK!"
KAORU SPEACITILY: SUPER PUNCH!
" OROOOOOOO!"
Kenshin was sent flying. Then skidded to the ground with swirls for eyes.
" Gah! MEN!" She shrieked as she went inside the dojo, slamming the door shut.
'Oro? Did I do something wrong?' Rurouni asked. Battousai sweatdropped.
"You made it sound like she smelled."
"Oro?" Battousai nodded. Rurouni just cried.
'Sessha isn't good with women, that he is not.' Again Battousai nodded.
'Hai.'
Kaoru washed her skin with her cool rag to calm down. Only later on did it occur to her that Kenshin didn't mean to be insulting he was just being polite. She sighed. 'I wonder if Kenshin is mad at me…I would be mad at me…I'll apologize to him…yeah that's what I'll do.' She thought to herself. She stood up and when she did, a sliding door was then opened.
"Oro?" Kaoru stared at the red hared man. Kenshin stared at her and then heard Battousai shout within his mind,
"YES THINK YOU KAMI-SAMA! YOU HEARD MY PRAYERS AND LET US LAY OUR EYES ON THIS BEAUTY!" Kenshin then realized he was tricked when Battousai said Kaoru was in danger…hitting her head yeah…
Kaoru had tears in her eyes. The room was hot before because of the steamy water but it was now hot to Kaoru because of her embarrassment.
" Kenshin!" She cried as hot tears ran down her face as she dashed out of the room wrapping a towel around herself as she ran past him. Kenshin blinked and whimpered.
" Oro…now she's mad at me…I'll get it later…" He muttered under his breath. Sometimes executions were delayed…and they turned out to be some of the worst ones…
Sano sat at the dinner table and looked around between the people. Yahiko was eating like it was his last meal on this planet. Kaoru was slowly eating, for some reason her face was really red. Kenshin wasn't eating very much but every now and then you looked up to see Kenshin looking at Kaoru in worried glances. That must have meant he did something bad…really bad…
" So Missy…how was your day?' Sano asked. Kaoru looked at him for a moment and refused to make eye contract. Sano blinked and said,
" Something bad happened to you."
"…"
"…"
"…?"
" Kenshin walked in our Kaoru while she was bathing." Yahiko said simply enough. Like it was the naturalist thing in the world. Sano's food was spit out of his mouth as was Kaoru and Kenshin's.
" HE DID WHAT!" Sano roared looking at Kenshin and then at Kaoru. He was grinning like a fool. Kaoru had her head bowed down while a bright red face shown though out her black bangs. Kenshin bowed his head and just whimpered out,
" Oro…"
" ALRIGHT KENSHIN GOT HIM SOME THEN! We've been wondering when you two were going to get around to it." He said wrapping an arm around Yahiko's shoulders, who just pushed him off because he was interfering with his eating. Kaoru then slammed down her chopsticks and went to her room and closed the door. Sano blinked.
" Huh? Did I say something wrong?"
"…" Yahiko sweatdropped and muttered,
" Ugly women…" Kenshin then said,
" Kaoru-dono is very embarrassed about what happened…it wasn't very polite of me to walk in on her like I did…and it wasn't very nice of you to make things worse…" Kenshin said getting up and he looked at Sano with violet orbs, however within those violet orbs there was flicks of amber that were glowing brightly.
"…No need to get mad Kenshin…" Sano stated as he put his hands up in defense.
" Heh." Kenshin said as then went up to his own room and closed the door gently. Yahiko and Sano looked at each other.
" What was that?" Sano asked.
" Well you were talking about his woman…what do you want from him?" Yahiko asked as he began to slurp his soup. Sano blinked and said,
" How old are you again?"
" Old enough not to be as stupid as you." Yahiko told him. Sano twitched and said,
" What did you say! You little punk!" A dust cloud then popped out surrounding the two of them as they fought.
Kaoru had heard what was going on outside in the eating room. She didn't care at the moment. She looked at the door and just started to braid her hair. She was tired. Of what happened today. She wanted to apologize but she was just too embarrassed. And earlier today she had gotten a letter from an old family's friend. Stating that they were going to be coming to visit her.
'It may be nice…' Kaoru thought to herself. 'Seeing old faces and catching up…I mean my parents were really good friends with a lot of families. It should be nice.'
" No it will be nice." Kaoru stated looking over at the letter that rested on her drawers. She then read it one more time
" Dear Kamiya Kaoru-chan,
It has been awhile since our family has seen one of your family. We regret to not have been there when you needed someone must. We didn't realize until months had passed when your father had died. We were hoping that you would have moved in with us as we had agreed with your father before. But since before his death your father had changed the agreement. We apologize for the confusion.
Back to business there will be PLENTY of time later on for us to catch up dear. We are sending our son Aoi, your…well you know. He is very close to you. We imagine you must have been dreaming of meting him after so long. Haha. Of course you did. After all what else do you have to look forward to in your life? We heard that your sword art isn't doing to well. Two, counting that boy in Europe, students? Kaoru-chan is that really a good life for you? I mean you're allowing unmarried MEN to stay within your walls. And you seem to be putting yourself in danger…quite a lot for our good tastes. We don't want your dirty habits to be mixing in with our GOOD ones. We hope that you will shape up before the big day.
Dear me…I seem to have left the topic once more. But what is going to happen is our only son, Aoi is going to be coming to your dojo, soon to be ours, please welcome him with open arms and maybe, a soft kiss as well. After all he is your future. Without him you seemingly have none. He will be staying for awhile. Until he wants to leave. Good bye dear and take care of our son.
The Behito Family'
Kaoru stared at the letter and thought, 'Well maybe nice isn't the right word…but…the things he's saying it sounds like…' Kaoru bit her bottom lip. It sounded really close to her being promised…but father had never mentioned a thing. Then again he never had a chance too…
She put the letter down on her drawers again and made sure it was folded over. She then began to fix her hair some more. Her aura wasn't bright or cheerful like it was usually was. It was just…dark and upset. No matter how much she grieved for her father she would always miss him. She lost her mother to a sickness when she was really young. She can't recall what she looks like anymore. When she tries to she draws up a big blank. Her father was the only thing she could count as a parent. Because he had a face she could place.
" What's the matter love?" Kaoru heard a dark but silkily voice ask as she felt warm hands go around her waist and hold her in a tight grip. Kaoru knew that voice…
" Kenshin!" She asked blinking over and over again. She felt hot breath on her neck as he said,
" Close dear…but no…try again…" Kaoru managed to slowly turn around and look at him. It was strange she should be embarrassed about Kenshin holding her but she didn't know if it was Kenshin. She looked at the person holding her waist like she was meant to be held by them.
Amber eyes. Was the first thing she saw. It just grabbed her attention first. Bright amber eyes. They were boring into her skull. Into her soul. They shown light within her eyes. She then looked at his face. It wasn't as kind and friendly looking as before. This face had more velocity within it. It shown hidden desires that weren't hidden. They were very clear.
But what Kaoru thought scared her most was…what she saw inside those eyes of his. A passion. A very intense passion. Much like when Sano was eating his favorite food…
That's when thoughts of Jin-e and Saitou came to her mind.
"…Battousai…?" She weakly asked. The smirk upon his face gave her the answer before he even spoke.
" Hai…" She tried to back away from him but his grip was too tight around her waist. She wasn't allowed to move. He slowly but gently backed her against the wall. Kaoru didn't even realize she was back against the wall. She looked at him with courage within her eyes.
" Are you going to kill me?" Battousai blinked. And blinked then let go of her and backed away and covered his mouth and began to laugh. He was laughing.
…
…
AT HER! WAS THIS CREEP LAUGHING AT HER! AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED TODAY! NU-UH! NO ONE LAUGHS AT HER AND LIVES TO TELL ABOUT IT!
Kaoru chose not to use this chance to run but to grabbed her bokken and beat him over the head.
Well tried to anyhow.
Battousai caught the bokken before it was bought down on his skull. " Don't try it…" He was smiling at her as he tossed the bokken to the side. Kaoru now felt her back being pressed against the wall. She looked up at him.
"…Don't laugh at me then." She told him. Battousai blinked and chuckled.
" You misunderstood me is all…I wasn't laughing at you I was laughing when you said you thought I was going to kill you…" Kaoru blinked.
" You're not…?" She asked. He shook his head.
" No…"
" Then what do you want…?" She whispered. She then thought. Alone…with him…in a dark room…those two are fighting in there…they wouldn't hear if she screamed…
She covered up her chest and kept her legs closed tightly.
" NO! I won't let you have your way!" Battousai sweatdropped and said,
"…I don't want that either…well not by force any way…" Kaoru slowly relaxed.
" Then what DO you want…where's Kenshin…?" She asked again. Battousai slightly and said,
" He's sleeping…" Actually within their mind Kenshin was tied up and gagged.
"MUTH THEI KAOFONOUNFNE!" Kenshin yelled within his gagging.STOP LEAVE KAORU-DONO ALONE!Battousai then told him,
" Careful you'll choke…"
Kaoru blinked when she saw his eyes become distant but then come right back to her.
" Don't worry…I haven't forgotten about you…" He then put a warm hand on her cheek and gently stroked it. Kaoru found the touches to be…gentle…and…well loving. She slowly started to fall under his amber spell…
" You keep thinking of me as this heart-less killer Kaoru…" Kaoru didn't speak. She lost all motor to. He leaned in so she could almost touch his nose with her own.
" I want your love Kaoru…I desire your love…" Kaoru was now blushing.
"…!" He continued to stroke her cheek gently as he leaned in more.
" Not by force…never by force…I want you to see me as you see the Rurouni…and know that I may be different from him but when it comes to you…we are the same." He leaned in more so their lips were so close.
'His breath is on mine…I can almost taste his lips…' Kaoru was blushing was slowly faded away as she then closed her eyes and his lips lightly brushed against hers when the door opened up and Yahiko appeared.
" Oi Busu you in—what are you doing?" He asked staring at the young woman. She was up against a wall. And her eyes were closed. And her lips were puffed out.
Kaoru's eyes snapped open as she looked at Yahiko. Battousai was gone…like he was never there. Blushing Kaoru grabbed her bokken and began to beat Yahiko.
' HOW DARE YOU COME INTO MY ROOM WHEN MY DOOR IS CLOSED AND BOTHER ME YOU LITTLE PUNK! I'LL TEACH YOU A LESSON YOU'LL NEVER FORGET GAH!" Poor Yahiko…he got more bumps from Kaoru that night.
Meanwhile…
Battousai winced as he hid outside Kaoru's window. 'Ow…that doesn't sound nice…poor boy…oh well he deserves it…interrupting mine and Kaoru's moment. Heh…' He blinked when he crawled back into his room. There was always other days to finish what they had started. Or so he thought…
Kassie: Oro…wow. This was a long one for me. 10 pages. 5 more pages than I wrote last time.:) I'm so happy. I want to thank you all for reviewing in the first chapter of my story. And I also wanted to thank my editor BattousaiOfTheNight for pointing out my errors. For the first half of this chapter. VV;; I wanted to post tonight so I rushed though the last half without my loving editor…wah.
Anyway R&R like last time it will only take 2 reviews for me to update again. And I would love to hear some of your suggestions and ideas. And of course some couples you would like to see other than Kaoru/Kenshin/Battousai.
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