Disclaimer: I'm being lazy again. I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.
Hey guys! I got your reviews! They cheered me up a lot. But I bet half of them would've been bad, but, WHO CARES! Anyway, I'm feeling lots better and I'm out of the hospital now. I kinda forgot to tell you guys that asthma attack sent me there. So, that's why I kept typing. On my sister's stolen laptop! Tee hee, I'm the younger one so I steal all of her stuff ^^.
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Later that evening, after dinner, Kaoru was out on the front porch, admiring the sunset. She always loved watching the sunset, especially with Kenshin. The thought of Kenshin made her sigh. Thoughts of Kenshin began to rush back into her mind, good memories, bad memories . . . Then one memory stopped her; the memory of their first sunset together.
*Flashback ***************************************************************
Kaoru was taking a walk through the streets of Tokyo, just to get away from the house. Yahiko had insulted her cooking for the 5th time today and Sano wasn't much of a help either. He turned blue around the edges and fainted with every remark Yahiko stated.
The fox doctor was there as well. All she did was hang off of Kenshin and tried to seduce him, once more. As usual, Kenshin was to busy trying to get Megumi to leave him alone to help her. Not to mention he was failing miserably . He failed to get the doctor off of him as he was being flattered by the comments she made about his hair. Kaoru had decided to just get up and leave when Megumi asked Kenshin how in heavens name could he fall in love with a sweaty little girl like her.
She had been so torn up inside for some reason. Usually, things like this wouldn't bother her, but today . . . It all just happened at once and usually it never did. It all caved in on her and she couldn't breathe; she had to get out, so she left. She wasn't really paying attention to where she was going and found herself at the exact same place where Kenshin said goodbye to her.
A tear flowed down her delicate cheek and her bottom lip began to quiver, the memory flowing back inside her head. She tried desperately to shake the memory off but it wouldn't leave her alone. She raised her head to the sky, tears flooding down her cheeks without restraint. Of course, Kaoru had no idea why in Kami-sama's name she was crying. Maybe the pain from that night never left her and she's just been keeping it bottled up inside.
"Kaoru, what's the matter?" a familiar voice from behind her asked. She whirled around and saw Kenshin standing behind her. Kaoru was at a loss of words and just stared at him, taking in all of his delicate features. His violet eyes glowed softly in the light coming from the infernal ball of fire in the sky. The red locks cascading own his forehead reflected the sun, causing them to become red flames burning wild on his head.
"Kaoru- dono, what's wrong?" his voice cut in. *Dono, curse that dono! * she thought a little irked. *Whoever made up the word dono should be strapped to a board and shot! *
"Nothing Kenshin, nothing's wrong. Why do you ask?" was her response.
"You just seemed a little . . . steamed, that's all," he replied. *Well, it did suddenly get hot up in here when you came around . . . * Kaoru thought then kicked herself mentally. She knew she shouldn't be thinking of him in that manner, but . . .
"Miss Kaoru, are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, Kenshin, I'm fine," she replied, then looked back up at the setting sun.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Kenshin asked, walking next to her to gaze up at the rays of color engulfing the sky. Kaoru nodded in agreement, not looking at him. Little did she know, that sort of hurt him a bit; He was hoping she'd do more than nod her head. Turning away from the sun to face Kaoru, he brought his hand to her cheek and turned her face to meet his.
*What's he doing? Oh my god, is going to kiss . . . nah. * she thought momenterally.
"Kaoru, I'm glad you're ok. I thought maybe Sano and Yahiko may have done something to hurt your feelings." He told her. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out except some warm air. His thumb was shaking but it move and whipped away a tear then took back its earlier position.
"It's just . . . everything. Everything's collasping on me. Sano and Yahiko endlessly, and might I add mercilessly, teasing me. Megumi coming over to do nothing but hang off you all day, then sitting there asking you 'Now, do you really want a sweaty little girl for your wife? I think not!'" Kaoru said, morphing her voice to immitate Megumi.
With a chuckle, Kenshin said, " That was a pretty good impression of Megumi, that it was." He stopped laughing when he realized that she didn't find the situation funny at the least. He sighed and tilted her chin up with his thumb.
She looked at him, into his bright, violet eyes. She let out a tiny gasp when she realized his face was coming closer to hers. "Kenshin- "Kaoru started, but was silenced by his finger touching her lips. She closed her eyes and waited. And waited. And waited some more. She cracked open an eye to see his eyes closed, but he was gritting his teeth. First, he would move in for the kiss, but stopped and backed away.
Kaoru was becoming quite impatient and dived in. She put her lips over his gently, letting them barely touch. Kenshin deepened the kiss but then let her go, afraid that he may have violated her in some manner. They both opened their eyes to see the sun had gone down and the silvery moon had taken it's place.
"KENSHIN! KAORU?! WHERE ARE YOU!" Yahiko's voice came out of no where. Before Kaoru could do anything, Kenshin sucked his arms into the sleeves of his gi and walked towards the direction Yahiko's voice came from. He stopped suddenly, realizing Kaoru wasn't following him.
"Kaoru-dono, are you coming?"
Snapping back to reality, Kaoru ran after Kenshin, trying to catch up.
*End ***********************************************************************
That was the first time Kenshin kissed her. After that, Kaoru was sure Kenshin loved her and she was determined to get him to show it. But he never did. Not once after that did he ever show her an ounce of affection. Well, until the entire Logan incident, anyway . . .
"Kaoru? Are you ok?" a sweet voice from behind asked. She turned around and smiled at the sight of Kenshin standing behind her.
"Kenshin . . . I'm fine . . ." she said softly. Taking a seat next to her, he peered into his eyes, as if he was searching for something.
"Koishii, you seem rather . . . grumpy ever since Rudiko arrived," he said, looking her straight in the eye.
For some reason, this infuriated her. She stood up and walked in front of Kenshin, her arms out. "Me? Grumpy because 'little miss cant find a place to stay' is here? Please, you'd be a little grumpy to if you were carrying a child with no mercy on what you ate and decided to up chuck it if he didn't like, too." Kenshin just looked at her, eyes wide with surprise at her out burst. She left him there, walking out of the gates and onto the streets.
Kenshin sat there for a moment, letting all of what she just did sink in before going after her.
"Hey! Kaoru . . ." he began, grabbing her arm which was quickly flung away.
"Kaoru!" he said again but she quickened her pace, not wanting to listen.
"Kaoru!" Kenshin repeated. He grabbed her wrist and forcefully pulled her towards him into his arms. He hugged her tightly, as if letting her go would mean the end of all three of their lives. (A/N Now, before you go asking me who the third person is, think. Kenshin + Kaoru = ______)
He began feeling hot tears against his shoulder. Then came soft sobs with more tears. They stood in the streets for a couple of minutes before he pulled her away and looked in her eyes.
"Kaoru . . . what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did I do something?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru shook her head, sniffing.
"I-It's not just you. It's R-R-Rudiko also. . ." she replied, " All day, s-she's b-been hanging off of y-you. And y-you j-just let her d- do it." Kenshin was actually stunned at this. He didn't think Rudiko was hanging off of him at all. All she wanted to do was help him with his chores and maybe have fun once in a while. (A/N Just goes to show how dense you really are Kenshin . . .)
"I'm sorry, Kaoru . . . I . . . didn't realize-" he started. This just made her madder. She pushed him away so hard, that it knocked them both on the ground.
Scrambling to get up, Kaoru began her rage. " You 'didn't realize'? You did the exact same thing with Megumi! She was just like Rudiko and you didn't once try to stop her from clinging to you!" Kenshin looked down with shame and didn't know what to say.
"You don't know what to say, do you? What're you going to do? Every woman that comes your way, are you just going to let them do the same exact thing? Well, fine by me Kenshin. I'm done playing around with you in this weird little game," she said and stormed off in the direction of the dojo. She was stopped with a tight grip on her arm. Kaoru turned around and gasped. She was staring straight into Kenshin's amber eyes.
"You think I don't love you? That I'd let any girl have me? Go from one girl to the other? If that's what you think of me, then you don't know me very well," he said in a cold tone. This surprised Kaoru. Usually, Kenshin would never act like this. Kenshin always kept a clear mind, no matter what, but . . .
"You're scared . . . aren't you?" he asked, " I thought so. Your eyes give away everything. I'm not going to hurt you. I'll never hurt you because I love you. But I just want you to know I would never leave you for Rudiko or Megumi. You're the one I love, not them. I don't want any other woman . . . I want you . . ." Kaoru's eyes were brimmed with tears and she looked at her feet. Her body began to tremble trying to hold in the sobs that were desperately fighting to escape
Kenshin tilted her face up by her chin and gazed straight into her eyes. Kaoru stared back, her mouth a little opened. She closed it when she choked on a sob and her bottom lip began to tremble. He brought his mouth down to her lips but didn't meet them.
"Kaoru . . . I love you and only you. I would never hurt you in any way, shape, or form."
Kaoru's reply was a kiss. She broke the tension and leaned into it. Kenshin kissed back with force. He didn't want a gentle kiss. He wanted this kiss to show Kaoru how much he loved her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kept her close. With every movement of their lips upon each, he kissed more fierce and hugged her closer. They stayed in the same position, the sun setting in the background.
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So, how'd you like it? Maybe I should've cut the fight scene thingy out, but I was a little bored. So, I made them fight. Live with it. Oh and thanks Anabell for that complement on me updating. That cheered me up a lot.
Hey guys! I got your reviews! They cheered me up a lot. But I bet half of them would've been bad, but, WHO CARES! Anyway, I'm feeling lots better and I'm out of the hospital now. I kinda forgot to tell you guys that asthma attack sent me there. So, that's why I kept typing. On my sister's stolen laptop! Tee hee, I'm the younger one so I steal all of her stuff ^^.
_
Later that evening, after dinner, Kaoru was out on the front porch, admiring the sunset. She always loved watching the sunset, especially with Kenshin. The thought of Kenshin made her sigh. Thoughts of Kenshin began to rush back into her mind, good memories, bad memories . . . Then one memory stopped her; the memory of their first sunset together.
*Flashback ***************************************************************
Kaoru was taking a walk through the streets of Tokyo, just to get away from the house. Yahiko had insulted her cooking for the 5th time today and Sano wasn't much of a help either. He turned blue around the edges and fainted with every remark Yahiko stated.
The fox doctor was there as well. All she did was hang off of Kenshin and tried to seduce him, once more. As usual, Kenshin was to busy trying to get Megumi to leave him alone to help her. Not to mention he was failing miserably . He failed to get the doctor off of him as he was being flattered by the comments she made about his hair. Kaoru had decided to just get up and leave when Megumi asked Kenshin how in heavens name could he fall in love with a sweaty little girl like her.
She had been so torn up inside for some reason. Usually, things like this wouldn't bother her, but today . . . It all just happened at once and usually it never did. It all caved in on her and she couldn't breathe; she had to get out, so she left. She wasn't really paying attention to where she was going and found herself at the exact same place where Kenshin said goodbye to her.
A tear flowed down her delicate cheek and her bottom lip began to quiver, the memory flowing back inside her head. She tried desperately to shake the memory off but it wouldn't leave her alone. She raised her head to the sky, tears flooding down her cheeks without restraint. Of course, Kaoru had no idea why in Kami-sama's name she was crying. Maybe the pain from that night never left her and she's just been keeping it bottled up inside.
"Kaoru, what's the matter?" a familiar voice from behind her asked. She whirled around and saw Kenshin standing behind her. Kaoru was at a loss of words and just stared at him, taking in all of his delicate features. His violet eyes glowed softly in the light coming from the infernal ball of fire in the sky. The red locks cascading own his forehead reflected the sun, causing them to become red flames burning wild on his head.
"Kaoru- dono, what's wrong?" his voice cut in. *Dono, curse that dono! * she thought a little irked. *Whoever made up the word dono should be strapped to a board and shot! *
"Nothing Kenshin, nothing's wrong. Why do you ask?" was her response.
"You just seemed a little . . . steamed, that's all," he replied. *Well, it did suddenly get hot up in here when you came around . . . * Kaoru thought then kicked herself mentally. She knew she shouldn't be thinking of him in that manner, but . . .
"Miss Kaoru, are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, Kenshin, I'm fine," she replied, then looked back up at the setting sun.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Kenshin asked, walking next to her to gaze up at the rays of color engulfing the sky. Kaoru nodded in agreement, not looking at him. Little did she know, that sort of hurt him a bit; He was hoping she'd do more than nod her head. Turning away from the sun to face Kaoru, he brought his hand to her cheek and turned her face to meet his.
*What's he doing? Oh my god, is going to kiss . . . nah. * she thought momenterally.
"Kaoru, I'm glad you're ok. I thought maybe Sano and Yahiko may have done something to hurt your feelings." He told her. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out except some warm air. His thumb was shaking but it move and whipped away a tear then took back its earlier position.
"It's just . . . everything. Everything's collasping on me. Sano and Yahiko endlessly, and might I add mercilessly, teasing me. Megumi coming over to do nothing but hang off you all day, then sitting there asking you 'Now, do you really want a sweaty little girl for your wife? I think not!'" Kaoru said, morphing her voice to immitate Megumi.
With a chuckle, Kenshin said, " That was a pretty good impression of Megumi, that it was." He stopped laughing when he realized that she didn't find the situation funny at the least. He sighed and tilted her chin up with his thumb.
She looked at him, into his bright, violet eyes. She let out a tiny gasp when she realized his face was coming closer to hers. "Kenshin- "Kaoru started, but was silenced by his finger touching her lips. She closed her eyes and waited. And waited. And waited some more. She cracked open an eye to see his eyes closed, but he was gritting his teeth. First, he would move in for the kiss, but stopped and backed away.
Kaoru was becoming quite impatient and dived in. She put her lips over his gently, letting them barely touch. Kenshin deepened the kiss but then let her go, afraid that he may have violated her in some manner. They both opened their eyes to see the sun had gone down and the silvery moon had taken it's place.
"KENSHIN! KAORU?! WHERE ARE YOU!" Yahiko's voice came out of no where. Before Kaoru could do anything, Kenshin sucked his arms into the sleeves of his gi and walked towards the direction Yahiko's voice came from. He stopped suddenly, realizing Kaoru wasn't following him.
"Kaoru-dono, are you coming?"
Snapping back to reality, Kaoru ran after Kenshin, trying to catch up.
*End ***********************************************************************
That was the first time Kenshin kissed her. After that, Kaoru was sure Kenshin loved her and she was determined to get him to show it. But he never did. Not once after that did he ever show her an ounce of affection. Well, until the entire Logan incident, anyway . . .
"Kaoru? Are you ok?" a sweet voice from behind asked. She turned around and smiled at the sight of Kenshin standing behind her.
"Kenshin . . . I'm fine . . ." she said softly. Taking a seat next to her, he peered into his eyes, as if he was searching for something.
"Koishii, you seem rather . . . grumpy ever since Rudiko arrived," he said, looking her straight in the eye.
For some reason, this infuriated her. She stood up and walked in front of Kenshin, her arms out. "Me? Grumpy because 'little miss cant find a place to stay' is here? Please, you'd be a little grumpy to if you were carrying a child with no mercy on what you ate and decided to up chuck it if he didn't like, too." Kenshin just looked at her, eyes wide with surprise at her out burst. She left him there, walking out of the gates and onto the streets.
Kenshin sat there for a moment, letting all of what she just did sink in before going after her.
"Hey! Kaoru . . ." he began, grabbing her arm which was quickly flung away.
"Kaoru!" he said again but she quickened her pace, not wanting to listen.
"Kaoru!" Kenshin repeated. He grabbed her wrist and forcefully pulled her towards him into his arms. He hugged her tightly, as if letting her go would mean the end of all three of their lives. (A/N Now, before you go asking me who the third person is, think. Kenshin + Kaoru = ______)
He began feeling hot tears against his shoulder. Then came soft sobs with more tears. They stood in the streets for a couple of minutes before he pulled her away and looked in her eyes.
"Kaoru . . . what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did I do something?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru shook her head, sniffing.
"I-It's not just you. It's R-R-Rudiko also. . ." she replied, " All day, s-she's b-been hanging off of y-you. And y-you j-just let her d- do it." Kenshin was actually stunned at this. He didn't think Rudiko was hanging off of him at all. All she wanted to do was help him with his chores and maybe have fun once in a while. (A/N Just goes to show how dense you really are Kenshin . . .)
"I'm sorry, Kaoru . . . I . . . didn't realize-" he started. This just made her madder. She pushed him away so hard, that it knocked them both on the ground.
Scrambling to get up, Kaoru began her rage. " You 'didn't realize'? You did the exact same thing with Megumi! She was just like Rudiko and you didn't once try to stop her from clinging to you!" Kenshin looked down with shame and didn't know what to say.
"You don't know what to say, do you? What're you going to do? Every woman that comes your way, are you just going to let them do the same exact thing? Well, fine by me Kenshin. I'm done playing around with you in this weird little game," she said and stormed off in the direction of the dojo. She was stopped with a tight grip on her arm. Kaoru turned around and gasped. She was staring straight into Kenshin's amber eyes.
"You think I don't love you? That I'd let any girl have me? Go from one girl to the other? If that's what you think of me, then you don't know me very well," he said in a cold tone. This surprised Kaoru. Usually, Kenshin would never act like this. Kenshin always kept a clear mind, no matter what, but . . .
"You're scared . . . aren't you?" he asked, " I thought so. Your eyes give away everything. I'm not going to hurt you. I'll never hurt you because I love you. But I just want you to know I would never leave you for Rudiko or Megumi. You're the one I love, not them. I don't want any other woman . . . I want you . . ." Kaoru's eyes were brimmed with tears and she looked at her feet. Her body began to tremble trying to hold in the sobs that were desperately fighting to escape
Kenshin tilted her face up by her chin and gazed straight into her eyes. Kaoru stared back, her mouth a little opened. She closed it when she choked on a sob and her bottom lip began to tremble. He brought his mouth down to her lips but didn't meet them.
"Kaoru . . . I love you and only you. I would never hurt you in any way, shape, or form."
Kaoru's reply was a kiss. She broke the tension and leaned into it. Kenshin kissed back with force. He didn't want a gentle kiss. He wanted this kiss to show Kaoru how much he loved her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kept her close. With every movement of their lips upon each, he kissed more fierce and hugged her closer. They stayed in the same position, the sun setting in the background.
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So, how'd you like it? Maybe I should've cut the fight scene thingy out, but I was a little bored. So, I made them fight. Live with it. Oh and thanks Anabell for that complement on me updating. That cheered me up a lot.