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Corrupted Innocence: Chapter 3
by white seraph
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WARNING: a little lime ahead!

Kenshin felt an unexpected feeling of joy when he saw Katsura and Ikumatsu returning from the window of his own room in the lodge, and immediately rushed down to greet the couple. "Did.." He panted, taking his breath "Did you see the girl?"

"I'm sorry to tell you – " Ikumatsu wanted to tell the boy that they , could and would no longer help him with his stubborn pursue, and that he should simply give up, because the girl was clearly, out of his reach. She was simply not one for him.

But before he could deliver his thoughts, Katsura cut in. "Yes, my boy, we are terribly sorry we couldn't find the girl today" He gave the woman a brief glare indicating for her to silence herself. "Besides, Himura, I think it is time you cut this out, I'm leaving Kyoto tomorrow morning, and hopefully, by the time I come back, I will have retrieved enough information for out next mission." He said more quietly, not wanting others to hear them. "And for the time being, I don't want you to loose yourself in the besot of that girl, and I absolutely don't want to come back being told you've fallen in love with her" Katsura put his grip on the boy's shoulder before letting go and turning to leave.

But Kenshin quickly pulled his arm. "I am not besotted with the girl, and am certainly not in love with her." His voice was quiet and low. "All I want is a night with her, and when I'm done, I promise, she will be discarded and never shall I want to see her ever again."

Now that that brought Katsura right to his point. "Then I suppose any girl can satisfy your desires for that case, why does it have to be her in particular, when you know she's not one on the shelf." He didn't wait for him to reply, which Kenshin did silently thank him for, "Anyway, as I said, I will be out of town for a week or so, now I need to prepare for a bit." He said, entering his room, and sliding it shut in front of Kenshin's face.

Now Ikumatsu saw the whole scene quietly, judging it with her personal autonomy, and disregarding her status, she did not like the way her patron dealt with the boy, and couldn't help but feel sorry for him. She had her own plans, but did not implement on them until the following morning, after she had sent Katsura off, out of town.

However, despite her eagerness, Kenshin did no make an appearance until the sun was high up. Apparently, unbeknownst to anyone else, he had been laying on his futon, staring at the ceiling boringly thinking through his every thought about this Kaoru girl. How many times did he fantasize himself kissing her? how many times did he fantasize himself on top of her soft, petite body?

It was certainly not love, since he barely knew her, but the lust was blatantly there, the admiration…the yearn to …to know her. That's right. He wanted to, acquaint himself with her, not just physically, but emotionally too, he wanted to know why she would cried, why she smiled, everything about her. "By god…." He whispered, after loosing himself in his own thoughts, and coming to a conclusion "I think I really am infatuated with a girl I barely know …." But he was also sure, this infatuation was solely motivated by his lust for her, and that if it was relieved, then his infatuation would die, and he would no longer have to lay awake in the darkest hours, fantasizing about her.

There wasn't anything he could do about it now, he half hated himself for allowing his own emotions to control himself, for allowing himself to have any feeling of the sort at all, and half hated the girl for not giving him what he wanted. All he could do is try to dismiss her from his mind, which he had tried the past two days, and had proven himself a failure to it.

By the time he finally decided to pull himself out of bed, breakfast was already cleared, and the lodge was half empty now. Kenshin sighed inwardly, that's what he did not like about days like these, when his boss was gone, and half the other messengers and spies were either too busy doing their own business, or too afraid to talk to him. There simply wasn't anything to do.

"Ah, Himura, there you are." Ikumatsu's voice said from somewhere. He scanned the room, and saw her coming from the corridor. "I've been trying to find you all morning!"

"What is the matter?" He sat up at the empty diner.

Ikuamtsu took a seat next to him. "Well, you see, I'm going to rehearse for my dance production today, would you care to come with me?" She saw his unconvincing face, but did not want to give away her true motive. "Don't worry, if you are not the type who enjoys watching dances, you can go to the backstage, I should be there." That wasn't really a lie, she was going to be there…but only at breaks, which she thinks she won't have any today.

"I suppose…." He said, thinking "I don't have anything to do here anyway."

The woman smiled. "Oh you're such a sweetheart, my make up artist is going to dress me up now, I'll be down soon, alright?" With that, she left, hurriedly, leaving him bored and alone in the room.

People came through occasionally, but did not dare to even look at him. Dammit, that's what he hated about them, just because he was the group's official assassin did not mean he'd kill anyone who looked at him. The only ones who seemed to grasp this concept were Katsura, Ikumatsu and Iizuka. But even that perverted messenger is no where to be seen this morning. But his boredom was soon relieved when Ikumatsu returned, dressed nicely, but her face was not as elaborately decorated as before. "Lets get going now, we don't want to be late." She told the boy, and the two hopped onto a carriage that waited for them outside the lodge.

The hall was big, but not even half as crowded as he expected. There were quite a few other men who Kenshin guessed, probably came by the same purpose as he did. Ikumatsu left him by the entrance behind several rows of empty seats, and went off to somewhere before he could even ask her where the backstage was. He took a seat at the very back row, and watched as the rehearsal began. It was so obvious that this dance was not even half ripe, for he only saw two women on the stage, one whom he remembered vaguely from the night before; they were probably playing the crucial parts, like Ikumatsu, that's why they were one of the very few who appeared today.

Then, his heart clenched with excitement, when a very familiar looking girl appeared in the scene, and like the other two, he did not understand a thing happening on stage, did not understand what the couches were yelling over, did not understand why they were trying to mimic the dancers' movements, all he saw was her graceful body, bending like a willow, her arm extended, holding a fan. She did not seem to notice his presence, too concentrated with the dance. How very cute, he chuckled quietly at that thought. Kenshin was too busy studying her every single movement, that he did not know how long he must have sat there, staring, and it was only until she made an abrupt bow to the couches, and left behind the curtains that he realized everybody else had left, and it was only Ikumatsu and the other geisha he did not recognize, on stage.

The desire to stay and watch left, so Kenshin stood, and made a quiet exit. Where could the girl be now? He walked through the empty corridor, looking through every room to find her, and finally, he reached the last room, to behind the curtains, and still, to his utter disappointment, she was no where to be seen.

Then, he saw the geisha he had seen on stage previously, walking his way, and past him back onto the stage. "Excuse me" He quickly spoke up before she got to the curtains. "Do you know where…where Kaoru is?" He asked, silently hoping she would know who he was talking about, silently hoping she would now where she was.

"Why, yes I do, she is in the dressing room, it's over on the other side" She pointed at the door on the other side of the empty backstage, with that, she nodded, and turned back to make an appearance on the stage before he could thank her for the help.

So he half glided behind the curtains, not wanting to disturb the rehearsal. Kenshin couldn't help but smile, knowing she would be there, his prey.

As he approached the door, voices in the room became audible. He head a spirited voice, giggling happily, and from his memory, Kenshin knew it belonged to Kaoru. But who was she talking to? His question was answered when a male voice said "Well, well, it was nice talking to you, my sister is out performing now. I'll see you later." The door slid open abruptly, and Kenshin found himself face to face with a tall white haired man. The man gave him a shallow bow, and left, leaving Kenshin, both jealous and happy.

Jealous because he quickly assumed that this man was her lover, and happy because he finally left her alone, with him that is.

He slid the door shut quietly, and flipped the peg over to lock it. "Well, well, look what we have here" He smiled devilishly, surprising the girl, who quickly turned her head around and was even more surprised when she saw him.

Weather her fear was well concealed, or that he simply could not read her expression was unknown, but he approached her nonetheless.

"What…What do you ..want?" Kaoru quickly picked herself up, and flew to the other side of the room, not wanting him anywhere near her, fearing he would do the forbidden, fearing he would hurt her.

"Why, I feel I have said this before, I want you." He replied giving her a self confident smirk, and at a blink, Kaoru found him next to her, pinning her against the wall, she did not know how he got to her, how he could be so strong, how he could so sinister.

Once again, Kenshin let his desires go wild and out of control, he let his hand roam down her shoulder, to her chest, and eagerly pushed his hand into the slit of her kimono to feel the soft silky skin under, not caring if he wrecked her extravagant attires at all.

But despite her defenseless body, Kaoru was not giving up, and pursed her lips, tightly shut, not wanting him to kiss her again, and no matter how many times he licked her lips, coaxing for her to open up, she still did not compile.

But soon, his patience wore out, and Kaoru's efforts were proven futile under his forceful strength. Grabbing her chin by his other hand, he gently, but firmly pulled her jaw down, forcing her mouth open. "No one can ever deny me what I want." Kenshin said lowly, before dipping to taste her warm lips. He could no longer hold his desires back, and pressed his own lips roughly onto hers, once more exploring her sweet mouth, this time more aggressively. Kenshin never knew his lust could be evoked to such an extent, he never knew how such wispy girl like her could drive his desires to uncontrollable limits, all he knew was this feeling was wonderful.

As of expected, this girl was just as easy to seduce as any others. No matter how cold she tried to look, she wanted him, and the feeling of her arms snaking around his neck, pulling him closer to her proved his thoughts right.

Closing his eyes, Kenshin relished the wonderful sensation of having her soft, submissive and wanting body under him. This was a fantastic reality, this was what he wanted from the first moment he saw her, or was it?

Completely caught off guard, Kenshin was surprised to feel the sudden pain in the groin, and it wasn't until Kaoru pushed him away, and ran to the other side of the room to the door,, not caring if her kimono was sliding off her bare shoulders, that he realized what had happened. Apparently, he thought wrong. The girl was smart, and caught him off guard by acting a little. What a cunning wench. Is she planning to escape just like that? Kenshin never knew he could use his assassin skills this way. With god like speed, he rushed to the door before the girl could get there. "I'm not going to let you off that easily, sweetheart." He said, grabbing her arm, and roughly pushing her onto one of the dressing tables.

"What..is" Kaoru didn't manage to finish her "what is wrong with you" sentence, for she found herself once again pinned down on the table, and the crazy man's lips once more on her own. Turning her head to the side, she her lips away from his, but in a position like this, she found it hard to defend herself.

Whilst she was busy thinking of was to escape, Kenshin was busy trying to rid the frustrating kimono in his way. If would have drawn his sword and shredded the annoying fabric, but he did not want to scare the girl. Finally, his hand managed to reach her inner thighs, and stroked the wet silky skin before slipping into her. "Oh God…" He nuzzled and breathed into her neck. She was so soft, so hot, so tight, and dammit, he wanted her so badly that he could feel his groins tightening to painful limits. It was hard to believe she wasn't the innocent girl she looked like…

"Is…Is this what you like to do? To rape and hurt people just for the sake of fulfilling your own desires?" Kaoru asked hesitantly. Oh, how much his man disgusted her, she'd never forgive him for this..never.

Kaoru didn't know how lucky she was, didn't know how her question affected him. But he instantly shrank away, retreating. The girl was right. What had he done? What on earth ad he done? No matter how much he wanted her, Kenshin was definitely not the type who would force a girl to something like this, more importantly, the thought of having her hate him as unbearable. What happened to his earlier muses, about wanting to learn to know her? Great start there. "I…I'm terribly sorry, I had no idea what came to me…I.. " He tried to explain, hoping the girl would believe him. "I was completely lost in my own desires."

Kaoru was still very angry, she was in fact, boiling with immense anger and hated, for what he did, and how he easily dismisses it. But as she looked him right in the eye, and saw the genuine remorse in them, she couldn't help but forgive him, and as a geisha, she simply could not let her anger out on anyone. "This time you are forgiven, but don't expect there to be a next time." She said firmly, pulling her kimono back up, covering her shoulders loosely, "Now will you excuse me" She finished off and left the room. Leaving Kenshin quietly lamenting himself.

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