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Chapter Eight
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Kaoru was shaking, she had this unshakeable fear of him leaving and not coming
back. Since she had woken up from her accident several weeks' back he hadn't
left her side so now that he was leaving her alone she was frightened. Kaoru
changed in to her Yukata and sat on the futon, tears started coming down her
face as she stared off into space.
Eventually someone came to the door with her food. She wasn't aware of how much
time had passed. She took the tray and moved it to the side. She tried eating
but couldn't choke back more than three mouthfuls of rice. It was stupid of her
to react like this she knew but telling herself that didn't make her feel any
better. In the end she fell asleep.
The Battoussai lurked in the shadows, behind a bar. He was in the bad part of
town waiting for Lo Fei to come by. Lo was late and he was feeling very
impatient. His need to get back to Kaoru was driving him mad. The battoussai
heard a noise. His acute hearing heard the voices of several men. They were
speaking Chinese. He took a look around the corner and his suspicions were
confirmed. There were three others with Lo; they walked protectively around Lo.
Bodyguards. He waited till they walked closer to the shadows that concealed him
and then struck out with his Katana. The first two fell with a thump. Lo and his
third bodyguard were knocked out from behind. The battoussai looked at the men
lying before him and briefly wondered if he should kill them. He remembered he
didn't like to leave witnesses but they hadn't seen him at all. Deciding they
didn't really need to die he went to Lo and picked up his body. He was heavier
than he looked. It was a good thing he had in mind to bring that merchants cart
with him. He laid Lo's body on the cart and covered it with a brown blanket. He
placed the merchants' hat on and made his way to the safe house.
These kinds of jobs were easy; he wouldn't even bother with them except he
needed the money for Kaoru. He now had enough money to pay the taxes on the dojo
for the next two-year and still have enough left over. He was headed back to the
inn now, taking a different route home than the one he had taken earlier as a
precaution.
He finally made it back but now it was sometime after midnight. It'd be too much
to hope that she'd still be awake. He came into their room quietly. She was
asleep. Seems she'd fallen asleep on her right side instead of the left. Her
hand lay over the spot he was supposed to occupy. He quickly changed into his
sleeping attire and got into bed with her. He brought her closer to him and she
curved herself around him seeking his warmth. She sighed in her sleep and he
kissed her forehead before falling asleep himself.
Morning finally came and Kaoru found herself alone in bed. She felt around for
any clues that he might have been there but she didn't find any. Her lip began
to quiver and her eyes began to gather moisture. The door opened then to reveal
Kenshin who took one look at her face and flew to her side.
"Koishii," He said hugging her close. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," she muttered again his chest. "I just," her voice sounded broken. "I just didn't know where you where and it made me worry."
He patted her back.
"Koishii I came late last night. You were already asleep and I didn't want
to wake you."
She gave him a watery smile. "Where did you go this morning?" He let
her go and stood up so he could look down at her form. "I went to get us a
carriage. You didn't think I would let you walk all the way to the shrine in
your wedding clothes. Did you?"
"Well, then I better start getting ready." She smiled at him and
gathered her things. "I'm going to go take a bath." She saw him
opening his mouth, so she cut him off. "No you're not coming in with me.
You can wait outside and that's if you want to come." She grabbed her stuff
and stormed out.
Kenshin didn't mean to upset her but she looked so cute when she was angry. "Enjoy your bath koishii cause it's the last one you're taking alone." His eyes gleamed, seeing her turn beat red.
"Hentai. Don't you for a minute think that once we're married I'm going to let you do what ever you want! You hear me." She spoke sternly. She had stopped walking and they were right outside the bathhouse.
"Whatever you say koishii." He got the door slammed in his face.
"Hentai!" She
bellowed from inside the bathhouse. He only laughed. Sometimes she had the urge
to just knock him out good. "Baka!"
They were finally on their way to the shrine, and Kaoru was very nervous.
Kenshin had decided to ride out with the coachman so she was left all alone in
the carriage. The kimono she wore was not traditional. It was something she had
seen and just had to buy. She had bought so many things on that day she'd doubt
he'd noticed. It was a fitted light pink silk dress. Sleeveless with high cuts
on the sides that revealed her legs but covered her torso completely. It even
had a small collar but all of that was covered up by another larger robe. More
traditional with long flowing sleeves. Her feet barely showed through. The color
of this robe was made of a darker lavender, the silk just as soft as the first
garment. Kenshin wore his usual colors a dark blue Gi and white hakama. The only
difference was that this Gi was made of silk. He hadn't wanted to change but she
made him. She smiled to herself. Soon she would be married. Himura Kaoru she
liked the sound of that.
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"Yamagata-san." The chief of Police for Yokohama came in to the room.
"What is it Kagato?" Yamagata put his report down so he could look at
the chief.
"There was a break out at the jailhouse today sometime at sun up
sir. Several men escaped, two officers died in the break out." He became
uneasy.
"Is there some one in particular that we should worry about?" Yamagata
asked concerned.
"Witnesses saw some men grab Tamono and carry him off. We believe the
jailbreak was orchestrated to get him out specifically." The chief knew of
the incident that had occurred sometime back. The reason Tamono had been
stripped of his title as commander and thrown out of the army.
"Are we talking about the same Tamono?" Kagato nodded. This was bad,
some one knew of Tamonos' resentment towards the Ishin shishi officials. That
wasn't what worried him so much though. Tamono hated Himura. It was too much
of a coincidence that Tamono would be broken out of jail at the same time Himura
was in town.
He needed to get word to him.
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"Kenshin?" She stuck her face out of the carriage. Why were they
stopping?
Kenshin opened the door.
"Why are we stopping here Kenshin?" She thought they were going back
to the Inn.
"We're staying here for the next two days." He said
while extending
his hand to help her out. She still didn't understand but she complied. The
forest surrounded them but within all of that there lay a small house. It looked
very homey. Kenshin and the coachman had taken some sort of trunk into the
house. Supplies I guess, she thought.
"Come koishii." He led her into the house so she could look around
while he gave the coachman some instructions.
Kenshin came back with a small basket. "Let's eat."
They were silent through lunch and even through tea.
Kaoru was nervous. And Kenshin even as the battoussai was hesitant. She had been
his woman for along time. He'd made it official by marrying her today. Now, he
just needed to do this. Wanted very badly to do his but didn't quite know how to
initiate it with out scarring her.
"I think maybe I should change. I'm wearing silk and I don't want it to get
wrinkled." She got up and made her way to their room. Kenshin watched her
walk away.
Kaoru took her robe off and folded it neatly into the special box she had bought
it. She started to undo the buttons of her pink silk dress when she felt a
shiver. She turned around to find Kenshin gazing at her heatedly. She stared at
him and he walked further in to the room. "Do you know why I wanted to stay
here?" He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist pressing her to him.
She shook her head. He smiled coyly at her. "I wanted us to have some
privacy." She was confused partly by the sentence partly by the movement of
his hand on her back. "We had privacy." She said putting her arms
around his neck. "Not enough for what I want to do" He said right
before he kissed her.
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The men had just made it to the grounds of house. They'd been sure to follow the
carriage from a long distance so the battoussai wouldn't since them.
Tamono had spent the last two years in prison thinking of the day he'd make the
battoussai pay. If he hadn't interfered with his plans everything would have
worked out just fine. He had killed Shigure but had failed to kill the
battoussai. If it wasn't for his cousin he'd still be there rotting away. But
things were going to be much different this time. His cousin had spent the last
two years gathering them a gang. This time he had some hitokiris of his own.
"We'll see how things turn out." After all why be afraid of a man that
didn't kill. He signaled to his cousin.
Mazakei saw the signal and moved on with
his men. Slow to creep on to the grounds of the house.
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Kaoru was feeling delirious. She lay on the futon with nothing on; he'd stripped
her of her under dress. He hovered over her for a moment before claiming her
mouth in a searing kiss. He cupped one of her breasts and squeezed it. Kaoru
moaned in to the kiss. He felt her body with his hands without breaking contact
with her mouth. But she needed air and so he let her mouth go. The little noises
she made set his blood on fire. But she was precious to him and would take his
time. Drawing this out for her benefit. Kenshin lowered his face to her chest
and smelled in between her breasts. He licked around her left nipple before he
covered it with his mouth. He swirled his tongue around her flesh before he
sucked on it. Kaoru's head fell to the side, she was panting. She felt herself
getting warmer; her body had tightened in anticipation while the throbbing
between her legs increased at his administrations. He sucked on her harder and
her hands clenched his hair tighter. He let go of her left breast and raised his
head. She looked appetizing. He kneaded her right nipple making the small flesh
turn rock hard in his hand. He lowered himself over her again and licked her
neck all the way down to her left shoulder. He kissed her shoulder before he bit
her. She mewled and then he sucked on the offended flesh. She was panting,
"Ken-shin."
He could smell her arousal and it was heady. His eyes were amber, he felt omnipotent. She pulled on his hair hard this time. Bringing him closer to her mouth so she could kiss him. Her kiss was hot and needy. Trying to articulate what she needed from him without words. She felt her being calling to him, needing completion. He stiffened over her. He broke the kiss and moved himself off her completely. "Fuck!" He growled.
He picked up his
daisho and put it on. "Koishii, you need to stay here. Do you understand?
There are bad men in the house. You need to stay." He looked at her
regretfully one last time before running out. Always soundlessly like a shadow.
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The men were creeping closer to the house when the door flew open. At the sight
of the
battoussai the men charged. Tamono, who had stayed behind to watch the
fight, concealed behind some trees noted nothing different about the man he
hated. Except for his clothes, he was dressed differently and his hair was down
but other than that, nothing. His eyes opened wide when he saw the battoussai
slash open the first three men closest to him.
"He's not supposed to kill." He said. Tamono turned a ghostly shade of white. The battoussai had killed everyone but his cousin.
"Gomen Nasai, Mazakei." Tamono ran off
through the woods hoping the battoussai hadn't followed him. He would most
likely question his cousin. And anyone no matter what they said, when confronted
with the battoussai would spill their guts in hopes he'd let them live. That's
how they'd spoken about him in prison. But he hadn't believed them. After all
the man he had met two years ago was all about peace. Something must have
happened to make him turn like this.
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Small notes: Does everyone remember commander Tamono from the movie? He was the
guy that had Shigure killed. He tried to kill Kenshin too, but his action
brought out the battoussai instead. Well, he was locked up after that and here
he escaped, only to try to kill Kenshin again. He came at a bad time though,
don't you think. *_- The daisho holds his katana and the wakazashi.
Ok well, I hope everyone liked this chapter. There are so many people who review
chapter six and seven I just wanted to thank you. It makes me happy to see how
many people like my story.
Chapter Six Special thanks to:
Girl, Serena, Koneko-dono, Sandy, Sujakata, Dani, April, Shadowfox, Leigh,
Rekka's Angel, miss d, Gypsy-Chan, Yami Hikaru and Vespa.
To Vespa: For FF purposes, yes he does know how to speak the language. She might
go to H.K with him. And I don't know about Enishi yet. He's not in my original
rough draft. But I have tendency to change my mind about things.
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Chapter Seven Special thanks to:
Leigh, Wolfyoukai, shopps, Gypsy-Chan, StDogbert, Koneko-dono, Sandy, Val, MON,
Claudia, Camila, Squall's girl, Aya and Lere.