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Once Upon a Time: Chapter 9
by white seraph
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Natsume took a stool and sat beside the sullen Kaoru in front of her makeup desk, and helped her apply make up, and decorate her hair. "Ma'am?" She asked for Kaoru's attention, who responded by locking her eyes into natsume's reflection. "Please close your eyes, I need to help you put some eye shadow on"
"Natsume, please, don't bother with the make up or the hair, just get me a comfortable kimono." Kaoru waved her hand.
"Ma'am you are supposed to be looking your best, because this is your first evening with the King right? now come, let me-"
"Make me as ugly as possible; don't bother with the make up, make my hair plain" Kaory snapped, but soon regret when she was the young girl quickly scurrying away to get her a Kimono.
She saw Natsume's figure from her mirror, approaching a large wardrobe at the corner of the large room, and took out a bright red kimono. "Would this do ma'am?"
Kaoru shook her head. "Do you have something dark and plain?"
"Let me find" Natsume went through the neatly folded attires.
Kaoru was getting a bit impatient and decided to see what was available in the wardrobe herself. "Natsume? Let me see what you have here." Kaoru looked through the wardrobe, all the kimonos were bright and pretty, none of which Kaoru liked in particular. She sighed, turning to the last row of kimonos , and there, she saw a plain looking white kimono, "Ah Natsume, I would like to don on this kimono tonight." She took the white one she favored out.
She nodded in response and helped her mistress take the bathrobe off, when hand was shrugged off. "I'd like to change on my own, sorry I'm..i'm just used to it, please do not take offence." Kaoru told her.
She looked at the mirror, though plain, the kimono stood out. "You look great, ma'am!" Natsume exclaimed when she was called back into the room.
"Hm…Natsume I don't like being called ma'am, please do call me Kaoru."
"Oh no, I must not!" The girl started
"There is no 'must not', I really don't like being called ma'am, makes me feel old, and I'm only 17!"
The other girl giggled "Well if you insist, ma- Kaoru." Without waiting for a response she continued "Well everything is prepared, now we must wait until the King's messenger arrives to escort you to dinner."
"What?! you mean I am escorted to dinner by a page? What kind of gentleman is the king?" Kaoru said with disgust.
"Well you cannot expect much; the king is a busy man." She defended.
"Natsume, it's okay, you don't have to wait with me. Go enjoy your dinner time." She smiled, knowingly, for she herself had been a servant, Servants had their dinner time at after sunset.
"What? are you sure, Kaoru?"
Kaoru nodded reassuringly, "Of course, go, you've been serving me diligently the whole day, you deserve some rest."
The younger girl thanked her and quickly scurried away, leaving Kaoru to wait for the king's escort to come pick her up.
"Well well, look who we have here, is this not his majesty's new whore?" Someone giggled from the door that Natsume had mistakenly left open.
Despite her anger, Kaoru was still curious upon this new woman, she was very beautiful, very very in fact, and royally dressed too, was she the king's relatives? Her sister perhaps? "Who are you?" She asked poiltley on contrary to the woman's rudeness.
"Me? Let me tell you, I am his highness's *favorite* mistress, and I was kind enough to come warn you, with that plain face and small skinny body, you'll never be able to win his majesty's heart, he just wants some new woman for freshness…"
"I'm sorry" Kaoru interrupted, her voice rose "I have no intention to win his heart, nor do I have intention to take away his attention from you, if that is what you mean. But I must say, if you are his favourite, then he surely has quite bad taste." Her eyes traveling up and down the woman's body, and made a disgusted frown.
The woman's eyes narrowed, obviously angered at Kaoru's last comment. "you wench, don't give me that one!" She muttered trying to keep her voice down. "You just wait til his majesty gets rid of you. And perhaps you'll find there be a catalyst." She smiled, her face full of menace. "No one will steal his majesty from me, no one, and of course not one ugly looking wench like you." With that she turned from the door and left, before Kaoru could respond to her harsh comments.
She stared at herself in the mirror; was she what that woman said? Plain and ugly? She did admit she was rather short and frail with that little frame of a body. And ugly? She liked nothing about her face, her nose too curved, her mouth too small. The only feature she liked was her eyes, large, blue, clear. But then, did she not want to be plain and ugly? So the King wouldn't want her to be his mistress anymore? Yes she told herself, but women sometimes do have some vanity, and she just wanted to be ugly tonight, not forever.
A knock on the door broke Kaoru from her thoughts. It was a young man, dressed like Soujiro, He bowed low, "I am here to escort you the the king's private dining hall." He took his hand out, gesturing for Kaoru to take it.
The dining hall was elegantly decorated, with a long table, though not as long and big as the ones in the main dining hall. And there, at the end of the table, sat the man she so detested. He just sat there and nodded, in acknowledgement of her arrival, whilst her escort pulled the chair at the other end of the table for her. "Thank you" She said to him before he bowed again and left.
Kaoru saw the king pick up the utensils, and so she began her meal as well. Both ate in silence, but Kaoru really didn't have the appetite to eat, not when she is aware of the fact that the most feared man in the country was eating with her. Instead, she looked around the room admiring it, she turned her head to look at the other side of the room, when she saw a figure blocking her view. Looking up, she saw a waiter, looking at her questioningly, as if asking if the food is not good. But the question was asked by the other.
"What is the matter? Is the food not good to your taste?" It was the first thing he said in the whole evening. Though he never liked to talk during dinner, this girl made him quite nervous, and he'd rather ease the tension by initiating a conversation instead of waiting for her to do it, which was usually what happened.
She shook her head, and looked down on her plate, still not saying anything.
Seeing her response, the King put his glass of wine down. "I see, if we are full, may we adjourn to my personal library to have tea."
"I'm sorry your majesty, maybe I have misunderstood; I thought I was only invited to dinner, if that is so, please, I need to go." Kaoru stood up and bowed politely before turning to leave. But before she even reach the door, she felt the king's hand on her on the side of her waist.
"Not so fast, little one, not so fast." He whispered into her ear, sending shivers down her spine. "I asked you to keep me company for the evening, not just for dinner." He turned so he was facing Kaoru. "If you do not wish to go to my library, then of course, we can go to my personal chamber…if that is what you want." He smiled, evilly, as he maneuvered Kaoru to the opposite direction, leading her to another door at the end of the room. "wait- where are you taking me…" He ignored her protests.
They were alone in this room, for the waiters did not follow. There was a large bed, beautifully decorated with semi opaque curtains, and some sofas at the other side and a large balcony…wait this room looked too familiar, and then Kaoru realized this was his own chamber. She suddenly felt two strong arms snaking around her waste from behind, pulling her closer to him.
"I want to go back to my own chamber…please" Kaoru begged softly.
"That, little one, is not an option. You accepted my invitation you-" His voice was husky and deep
"I certainly did NOT accept your invitation! Your messenger FORCED me to accept." Kaoru pulled away from him.
"Wither way, you accepted." He lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him "My patience is wearing away. And let me remind you, you are now my mistress, and will do what I want, is that clear?"
Kaoru felt her eyes moist with tears. 'no I will not cry, no I mustn't', she told herself silently. "But I did not ask to be your mistress. I don't belong to you, you cannot possibly force me to do anything against my wish."
" I believe you were a servant before, so that means you already belong to me, I could have just taken you at the… I had the decency to make you my mistress so you would have some honour.
"Why-"
He silenced her with a kiss, his hands roaming around her body touching forbidden parts. "Please…don't" She protested, trying to pull herself away from him, when finally succeeded, she ran for the door as if her life depended on it. But he was too fast for her, grabbing her hand, he pulled her back to him.
"You belong to me." He said before he picked her up and carried her kicking and pushing body to the large bed.
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Kenshin: AND THEN!?!?! You stop there?1 WHY YOU !@#$%^&*(
White Seraph: hehehe I have my reasons you dodo
Kenshin: What reasons? I WANT TO EAT LEMON!!!
White Seraph: *stuffs lemon in kenshin's mouth* I wanted the lemon chap separated so people can skip if they like. See I'm so thoughtful
Kenshin: MmMmmMm! YAY!
Once Upon a Time: Chapter 9
by white seraph
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Natsume took a stool and sat beside the sullen Kaoru in front of her makeup desk, and helped her apply make up, and decorate her hair. "Ma'am?" She asked for Kaoru's attention, who responded by locking her eyes into natsume's reflection. "Please close your eyes, I need to help you put some eye shadow on"
"Natsume, please, don't bother with the make up or the hair, just get me a comfortable kimono." Kaoru waved her hand.
"Ma'am you are supposed to be looking your best, because this is your first evening with the King right? now come, let me-"
"Make me as ugly as possible; don't bother with the make up, make my hair plain" Kaory snapped, but soon regret when she was the young girl quickly scurrying away to get her a Kimono.
She saw Natsume's figure from her mirror, approaching a large wardrobe at the corner of the large room, and took out a bright red kimono. "Would this do ma'am?"
Kaoru shook her head. "Do you have something dark and plain?"
"Let me find" Natsume went through the neatly folded attires.
Kaoru was getting a bit impatient and decided to see what was available in the wardrobe herself. "Natsume? Let me see what you have here." Kaoru looked through the wardrobe, all the kimonos were bright and pretty, none of which Kaoru liked in particular. She sighed, turning to the last row of kimonos , and there, she saw a plain looking white kimono, "Ah Natsume, I would like to don on this kimono tonight." She took the white one she favored out.
She nodded in response and helped her mistress take the bathrobe off, when hand was shrugged off. "I'd like to change on my own, sorry I'm..i'm just used to it, please do not take offence." Kaoru told her.
She looked at the mirror, though plain, the kimono stood out. "You look great, ma'am!" Natsume exclaimed when she was called back into the room.
"Hm…Natsume I don't like being called ma'am, please do call me Kaoru."
"Oh no, I must not!" The girl started
"There is no 'must not', I really don't like being called ma'am, makes me feel old, and I'm only 17!"
The other girl giggled "Well if you insist, ma- Kaoru." Without waiting for a response she continued "Well everything is prepared, now we must wait until the King's messenger arrives to escort you to dinner."
"What?! you mean I am escorted to dinner by a page? What kind of gentleman is the king?" Kaoru said with disgust.
"Well you cannot expect much; the king is a busy man." She defended.
"Natsume, it's okay, you don't have to wait with me. Go enjoy your dinner time." She smiled, knowingly, for she herself had been a servant, Servants had their dinner time at after sunset.
"What? are you sure, Kaoru?"
Kaoru nodded reassuringly, "Of course, go, you've been serving me diligently the whole day, you deserve some rest."
The younger girl thanked her and quickly scurried away, leaving Kaoru to wait for the king's escort to come pick her up.
"Well well, look who we have here, is this not his majesty's new whore?" Someone giggled from the door that Natsume had mistakenly left open.
Despite her anger, Kaoru was still curious upon this new woman, she was very beautiful, very very in fact, and royally dressed too, was she the king's relatives? Her sister perhaps? "Who are you?" She asked poiltley on contrary to the woman's rudeness.
"Me? Let me tell you, I am his highness's *favorite* mistress, and I was kind enough to come warn you, with that plain face and small skinny body, you'll never be able to win his majesty's heart, he just wants some new woman for freshness…"
"I'm sorry" Kaoru interrupted, her voice rose "I have no intention to win his heart, nor do I have intention to take away his attention from you, if that is what you mean. But I must say, if you are his favourite, then he surely has quite bad taste." Her eyes traveling up and down the woman's body, and made a disgusted frown.
The woman's eyes narrowed, obviously angered at Kaoru's last comment. "you wench, don't give me that one!" She muttered trying to keep her voice down. "You just wait til his majesty gets rid of you. And perhaps you'll find there be a catalyst." She smiled, her face full of menace. "No one will steal his majesty from me, no one, and of course not one ugly looking wench like you." With that she turned from the door and left, before Kaoru could respond to her harsh comments.
She stared at herself in the mirror; was she what that woman said? Plain and ugly? She did admit she was rather short and frail with that little frame of a body. And ugly? She liked nothing about her face, her nose too curved, her mouth too small. The only feature she liked was her eyes, large, blue, clear. But then, did she not want to be plain and ugly? So the King wouldn't want her to be his mistress anymore? Yes she told herself, but women sometimes do have some vanity, and she just wanted to be ugly tonight, not forever.
A knock on the door broke Kaoru from her thoughts. It was a young man, dressed like Soujiro, He bowed low, "I am here to escort you the the king's private dining hall." He took his hand out, gesturing for Kaoru to take it.
The dining hall was elegantly decorated, with a long table, though not as long and big as the ones in the main dining hall. And there, at the end of the table, sat the man she so detested. He just sat there and nodded, in acknowledgement of her arrival, whilst her escort pulled the chair at the other end of the table for her. "Thank you" She said to him before he bowed again and left.
Kaoru saw the king pick up the utensils, and so she began her meal as well. Both ate in silence, but Kaoru really didn't have the appetite to eat, not when she is aware of the fact that the most feared man in the country was eating with her. Instead, she looked around the room admiring it, she turned her head to look at the other side of the room, when she saw a figure blocking her view. Looking up, she saw a waiter, looking at her questioningly, as if asking if the food is not good. But the question was asked by the other.
"What is the matter? Is the food not good to your taste?" It was the first thing he said in the whole evening. Though he never liked to talk during dinner, this girl made him quite nervous, and he'd rather ease the tension by initiating a conversation instead of waiting for her to do it, which was usually what happened.
She shook her head, and looked down on her plate, still not saying anything.
Seeing her response, the King put his glass of wine down. "I see, if we are full, may we adjourn to my personal library to have tea."
"I'm sorry your majesty, maybe I have misunderstood; I thought I was only invited to dinner, if that is so, please, I need to go." Kaoru stood up and bowed politely before turning to leave. But before she even reach the door, she felt the king's hand on her on the side of her waist.
"Not so fast, little one, not so fast." He whispered into her ear, sending shivers down her spine. "I asked you to keep me company for the evening, not just for dinner." He turned so he was facing Kaoru. "If you do not wish to go to my library, then of course, we can go to my personal chamber…if that is what you want." He smiled, evilly, as he maneuvered Kaoru to the opposite direction, leading her to another door at the end of the room. "wait- where are you taking me…" He ignored her protests.
They were alone in this room, for the waiters did not follow. There was a large bed, beautifully decorated with semi opaque curtains, and some sofas at the other side and a large balcony…wait this room looked too familiar, and then Kaoru realized this was his own chamber. She suddenly felt two strong arms snaking around her waste from behind, pulling her closer to him.
"I want to go back to my own chamber…please" Kaoru begged softly.
"That, little one, is not an option. You accepted my invitation you-" His voice was husky and deep
"I certainly did NOT accept your invitation! Your messenger FORCED me to accept." Kaoru pulled away from him.
"Wither way, you accepted." He lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him "My patience is wearing away. And let me remind you, you are now my mistress, and will do what I want, is that clear?"
Kaoru felt her eyes moist with tears. 'no I will not cry, no I mustn't', she told herself silently. "But I did not ask to be your mistress. I don't belong to you, you cannot possibly force me to do anything against my wish."
" I believe you were a servant before, so that means you already belong to me, I could have just taken you at the… I had the decency to make you my mistress so you would have some honour.
"Why-"
He silenced her with a kiss, his hands roaming around her body touching forbidden parts. "Please…don't" She protested, trying to pull herself away from him, when finally succeeded, she ran for the door as if her life depended on it. But he was too fast for her, grabbing her hand, he pulled her back to him.
"You belong to me." He said before he picked her up and carried her kicking and pushing body to the large bed.
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Kenshin: AND THEN!?!?! You stop there?1 WHY YOU !@#$%^&*(
White Seraph: hehehe I have my reasons you dodo
Kenshin: What reasons? I WANT TO EAT LEMON!!!
White Seraph: *stuffs lemon in kenshin's mouth* I wanted the lemon chap separated so people can skip if they like. See I'm so thoughtful
Kenshin: MmMmmMm! YAY!