I know it's been a long time since I updated last...I'm so sorry. Gomen nasai
everyone! bows deeply I just lost the will to write for a while and I was
procrastinating. So here it is...this chapter is going to contain some things
out of Battousai's past!
Kaoru's eyes widened and she froze. 'Holy crap!' she thought, afraid. 'How does she know?'
Kaoru thought fast, pleading silently that Battousai would help out. "What makes you say that?" she asked, trying to stay calm.
"Oh, Mr. Himura's landlady is a friend of mine. She mentioned that a teacher of mine had a student living with him. I looked into it and discovered that this teacher was you," she looked at Battousai, "Mr. Himura."
Now Battousai put in a few words. He was calm and collected as always, but his voice had a hint of bitterness to it because she was prying in his life. "I am an old friend of Kaoru's parents. They're out of town for the rest of this year, so I said I'd let her stay with me." He paused, his purple eyes flecked with gold, daring her to say anything. "Kaoru sleeps on the couch, I assure you."
Kaoru stared at her lover. 'On the couch?' she pondered, trying to hide a smile. 'Like hell I do.' She put on her best innocent face, "It's true, Mrs. Hibya, Himura-san has been around as long as I can remember, his parents are business partners of my parents."
Mrs. Hibya was content and she let the two of them leave. By now gym was over and it was time for the dread class that was math. She gave Battousai a peck on the cheek before dragging herself to class.
When it was lunch time, Kaoru gave a groan of annoyance. She had forgotten that without her parents there would be no lunch for her. She gave a sigh and walked up to the large staff table in the corner of the cafeteria. A few teachers gave her glares and her math teacher, Mr. Taisho (An: Stolen from Inu-yasha's father, Inu Taisho) was about to ask her why she was up there when Battousai came in through the door. He looked confused at why she way up there for a while, but remembered lunch. Flashing her a smile he sat at the table with a lunchbox.
"Sit down Kaoru." He told her, pointing to the seat next to him.
"But Himura sensei, this is the staff table!" she all but cried. "I'm not allowed."
"Nonsense, I only have one lunch. And I wish for you to share it with me." When she didn't move, Battousai just mouthed to her 'Koishii sit down,' as his eyes became the dark gold color of annoyance.
She sat down quickly, as not to make him mad when he was in such a rebellious mood. After their run in with the principal, he was liable to kiss her right then and there just to piss everyone off. He opened the box to show that it was rice balls and sushi for lunch. It looked so good, Kaoru was drooling.
"Where did you learn to cook so well?" she asked him, full aware that he had never told her.
He just gave a grin. "When you're in the army and you make your own food, it's better to have good food. I learned out of necessity and improved the meager skills Hiko gave me."
"Can you teach me?" she asked, digging into the sushi.
He gave her a look that clearly stated 'It's been over 100 years and you still can't make anything descent, how could I teach you?' But she knew his weakness, the pouty-face. "Alright, I'll teach you."
She gave a big grin and didn't refrain from hugging him right then and there, startling the other teachers. "Kaoru-dono, not so tight!" he said, trying to make the teachers think there was nothing wrong.
Kaoru just burst out into peels of laughter; she whispered in his ear, "I never thought you'd ever call me that."
He gave a smirk and did his best Rurouni impression. "Oro!? Mou Kaoru- dono, shessha didn't mean to drop the tofu, that shessha didn't."
She laughed even harder, much to the wonderment of the other teachers. "You sound just like him." She was so glad that she could think about Kenshin without being sad, it seemed as if his other half was suiting her fine.
As Kaoru was walking to science, when lunch was over, she was jumped on by a hyperactive Misao.
"Oh my gawd, Kaoru! You were flirting with Mr. Himura so much! I thought Mr. Taisho was gonna die!"
Megumi walked up behind Misao and dragged her off Kaoru. "Duh they were flirting, smart one. They're dating!" she told the shorter girl with a grin.
"Oh yeah." was her witty reply.
After school, Kaoru ran at a breakneck speed to the kendo room. When she arrived, she almost fainted. Battousai had decided to keep their joke up by wearing a magenta gi. It was so funny, she couldn't laugh at first.
Feeling that his joke had failed, Battousai gave a strangled 'oro' and fell over. Then Kaoru couldn't hold back her giggles of laughter. She fell over on top of him and laughed hysterically. He couldn't hold back either and started to chuckle. Battousai gave Kaoru a peck on the lips and murmured "I guess I've become 'that idiot Rurouni' after all."
"Did we come at a bad time?" Sano asked, walking in the room with Megumi, Misao, and Aioshi in tow.
Kaoru blushed beet red, got up, and dusted herself off. "Not at all Sano, unless you weren't planning to get your ass whipped today." She was ready for a challenge.
"I'm always ready for you, Jou-chan." He replied.
"Wait." Battousai's cold voice cut through their conversation. "I have an announcement to make."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that." Kaoru told him smiling. "This could very well be the best thing that has happened to our little kendo club."
There was silence until Megumi broke it with a shrill groan, she was intrigued even if she was only here in case someone got hurt like last time. "Well tell us already."
Battousai just glared. "I was trying to make it suspenseful. I just signed us up as the Kamato kendo team in the national championships. There are age groups and separation for choice of weapon."
"You can do that?" Sano asked stupidly.
"Yes." Was the reply. "Now I want everyone in practice gi's today and until the end of the tournament. Class will now be 3 hours and 30 minutes long every day. We will start out with 1 hour of stretches, then we will add 1 hour of drills, and next 1 hour of sparing, and for the last 30 minutes we will take care and make sure our weapons are in top condition. If you can't take the pressure, get out now. Is that clear?" his voice was cold and callous now, reverting back to his war days. Everyone noticed that he had stopped masking his eyes and was at his full Battousai-ness. No one moved a muscle.
"I asked you is that clear!?" he barked.
"Yes Sensei." The answer rang out.
"Good, now everyone in gi's!"
Everyone but Kaoru groaned, she always practiced in gi's. Misao was upset because she couldn't wear her dress, her usual attire for kendo. Aioshi was upset, or maybe he wasn't, he always looked the same anyway. Sano was mortified, never in any century had he worn a gi. Though everyone changed quickly when Battousai drew not his sakabattou, but a real sword.
Kaoru was the only person to giggle when he growled at them after everyone was wearing their training clothes. He had changed out of his magenta gi, finished with his Rurouni act the horrid thing would only make him feel fruity. Now he wore a dark blue hakama and white training pants. His hair was done in a high ponytail and his sword was no longer 'safe.' There would be no masking his inner killer anymore, or at least not until the competition was done.
"Kaoru, why are you laughing? Do my orders amuse you?" His voice was still cold, but it had a large hint of affection in it. "By every means please share your joke."
She gave a smile. "Mou Battousai, you just look so sexy when you're in 'killer mode.'
And their fearless leader blushed bright red. "I'll deal with you later, onna no hito donnata watashi no shinzo." (An: I'll give you a gift if you can give me a rough translation of that! If no one can I'll post meaning in next chappie.)
Now it was Kaoru's turn to blush.
"Alright, grab a partner and lets start with 500 Hindu squats." (Stolen from Slayers.)
Kaoru was sweating after the warm ups, but she knew she needed to be in top shape for the competition. Her hakama was almost drenched with sweat, but she was going to out last Battousai if it killed her. He called for them to all line up and start the drills. Each person drilled themselves with the techniques that they had learned, Sano was getting violent with his zanbattou, Battousai had assured him that there were a few men who also used these weapons and it was a small category in the competition. Misao was using a target to aim her kunai and shirken, she hit dead on almost every time. Aioshi, Battousai, and Kaoru all practiced with their swords, though all but Battousai used a sakabattou.
Kaoru went over the names of the strokes in her head. 'Shita ni kukaku. (Down block) Takai kukaku (High block.) Yoko ni kukaku. (Side block.)'
Her muscles fell into smooth repetition of attack and block. She imagined a man coming at her with a sword from all directions and she blocked them all. Her last challenge was to stand up in a full battle with Battousai for 5 minutes. If she could do this, no one could possibly beat her.
Her opportunity to try this out came sooner than she thought. It was sparring time. Battousai paired Aioshi and Misao against Sano and they were instructed to switch off when one lost. "Kaoru," he told her. "I'm going to proclaim a match between both of us. We use our full strength. I will be using a sword, you will be using a reverse blade. I swear to kami I wont hurt you, okay?"
"Bring it on katana-ka shujin." (Sword master) Kaoru said sarcastically and stood in ready position. She made quick corrections for weight of her sweaty gi, and how tired she was and made a quick sweeping strike towards where Battousai's torso. Knowing full well that he'd use his speed to get being her, she stopped mid attack and pivoted on her left heel, bringing up her sword to meet his in a clang of metal. His attacks were like that of an assassin, hard and fast, though he didn't try to bear down on her with strength. His power lay in his speed and mastery of the technique.
She plotted his next move, which was to try a strike lower she blocked this and quickly lifter her sword high to meet his next attack.
Battousai was amazed. She was actually meeting his attacks, and he was really trying too. Well, mostly. Usually he'd have used the strong attack by now, but he was going to see how she held up against his speed for a little longer.
He jumped up as she lay a low sweep for his feet and then jumped aside as she completed the attack known as 'Kyu-na tori', or 'Steel bird.' (An: It sounded right!)
Done toying with her, he lept into the air and flipped upside down as he was coming down. Air whistled against his sword and he aimed for Kaoru. "Supprise Koishii." He told her as she was looking around for him. Her eyes widened in terror and she brought her blade up to block his attack, but it never came.
He landed like a cat next to her and stood up. She looked up at him quizzically. "If I had attacked, your blade would have been split in two and you would be dead."
Kaoru nodded in understanding and looked at the clock. She had lasted 2 minutes, she must do better. He extended and arm to her and she shakily got to her feet. After a 5 minute breather, all four students paired off 3 against one until everyone had been defeated. Kaoru beat off Misao and Sano but was 'killed' by Aioshi. At the last 10 minutes of sparring, Battousai made an announcement. "Alright. I want Aioshi, Misao, and Sano to spar against me. I need the practice. Kaoru, I want you to watch and learn from their mistakes."
She sat silently for 10 minutes watching all of her friends fight and loose against her lover. Sano and Misao were easily taken out before they had a chance to put in a decent attack. Aioshi and Battousai went head to head for about 30 seconds before Aioshi was defeated. Kaoru saw how he did it, he used brute strength and leverage to make sure Battousai couldn't do his swift attacks without taking a critical blow. She now understood that she needed strength, technique, and speed to even last for 5 minutes against the Hitokiri.
At the end of class, Battousai produced wood oil, leather polish, and steel polish for their weapons. It was then that Kaoru had a chance to really take a good look at Battousai's sword, and his short samurai sword as well. Both were old, this was obvious because he used them in the Meji era. Both were made of the finest Japanese steel and had no scrapes on the blade whatsoever. He carefully polished every surface to a sigh shine and attached it to his waist. He never left his sword at school, as some of the others often did, he loved it to much.
'Some guys love their cars, some love their swords.' She thought with a sigh as she polished her sakabatou and bokken. After class, both Battousai and Kaoru were to lazy to change out of their gi's when they'd be home in a few minutes anyway.
"Oh Kaoru." Battousai said, suddenly remembering something. "I loaned my car to a friend, were going to have to walk home, if you don't mind."
"You have friends?" she asked him in mock amazement. "Wow!"
Battousai glared at her. "Yes, I do have friends."
Kaoru grabbed his hand and walked next to him, sakabattou in a sheath by her hip, and bokken over his shoulder.
They walked in relative silence when three men in do-rags walked out of an alleyway next to them. One had a lead pipe, (An: Street thug, in the alley way, with a lead pipe) another had a knife, and the last had numb- chucks.
They semi surrounded both Kaoru and Battousai. "Give us all you cash and valuables and we wont hurt you or the girl." The one with the pipe sneered, he was the leader.
Kaoru just looked at Battousai and rolled her eyes. Taking a fighting stance she drew both bokken and sakabattou. Battousai drew both of his swords as well. (An: I can imagine a matrix scene here where Battousai says "Bring it on." LMAO)
"Feel free to try and hurt either of us." He told the thugs with a smile. Now since they were stupid thugs, none ran away and the one with the knife prepared to attack. Battousai used his god-like speed to sidestep behind the leader and hold the sword to his throat. "You loose." Battousai murmured in the man's ear and prepared to slit his throat when Kaoru butted in.
"Alright. You jerks better fuck off, because Battousai wants to kill you and I can only stop him for so long." They ran.
Battousai looked like a small child who had been denied a piece of cake. "But...but...Kao-chan! I was going to kill him!" his voice was bordering on whining. "Just kidding, no seriously, I was going to kill them."
She gave a sigh. "And get Saitoh mad at you for killing people, again, I can't let you do that." He still looked put out. "Fine fine." She gave a sigh, replaced her swords, and wrapped her arms around Battousai. She gave him a kiss which he returned hungrily. Breaking away, she patted him on the head. "All better now?" she asked teasingly.
"Yes." He told her gruffly and replaced his swords.
They made it back home with no other mishaps. Once Battousai opened the door, Kaoru sped through, jumped over the couch, and dashed into the bedroom. She flung herself into the bathroom and locked the door. "The shower is mine!" she screamed through the door.
The next scene contains Battousai and Kaoru taking a shower together, just hugging and kissing, nothing other than that, it is not a lime, but it is cute! Hardly and description used
Just as she had removed her clothing, she felt strong arms wrap around her waist and kiss her neck. She whirled around to glare at Battousai who was holding up the bathroom key.
"My dear, the shower is ours." He told her smiling evilly.
Kaoru looked down, noticed she was naked, blushed beet red and tried to kill Battousai all at the same time.
"Now is not the time to become embarrassed." He told her still smiling. "And it's not like I haven't seen it before."
She sighed and relented. Their shower consisted mainly of back scrubbing, hair washing, and the occasional kiss. After their bath, Kaoru was wrapped in a big fluffy towel, letting herself hair dry and Battousai was strutting around in loose black pants.
"Tomorrow is Saturday." She told him, musing. "Are we going to practice some more tomorrow?" she asked hopefully.
He looked at her and then shook his head, smiling. "I forgot you aren't use to my schedule. I have got practice tomorrow."
"Practice for what?" she asked him, confused.
"Practice for my band."
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Kaoru's eyes widened and she froze. 'Holy crap!' she thought, afraid. 'How does she know?'
Kaoru thought fast, pleading silently that Battousai would help out. "What makes you say that?" she asked, trying to stay calm.
"Oh, Mr. Himura's landlady is a friend of mine. She mentioned that a teacher of mine had a student living with him. I looked into it and discovered that this teacher was you," she looked at Battousai, "Mr. Himura."
Now Battousai put in a few words. He was calm and collected as always, but his voice had a hint of bitterness to it because she was prying in his life. "I am an old friend of Kaoru's parents. They're out of town for the rest of this year, so I said I'd let her stay with me." He paused, his purple eyes flecked with gold, daring her to say anything. "Kaoru sleeps on the couch, I assure you."
Kaoru stared at her lover. 'On the couch?' she pondered, trying to hide a smile. 'Like hell I do.' She put on her best innocent face, "It's true, Mrs. Hibya, Himura-san has been around as long as I can remember, his parents are business partners of my parents."
Mrs. Hibya was content and she let the two of them leave. By now gym was over and it was time for the dread class that was math. She gave Battousai a peck on the cheek before dragging herself to class.
When it was lunch time, Kaoru gave a groan of annoyance. She had forgotten that without her parents there would be no lunch for her. She gave a sigh and walked up to the large staff table in the corner of the cafeteria. A few teachers gave her glares and her math teacher, Mr. Taisho (An: Stolen from Inu-yasha's father, Inu Taisho) was about to ask her why she was up there when Battousai came in through the door. He looked confused at why she way up there for a while, but remembered lunch. Flashing her a smile he sat at the table with a lunchbox.
"Sit down Kaoru." He told her, pointing to the seat next to him.
"But Himura sensei, this is the staff table!" she all but cried. "I'm not allowed."
"Nonsense, I only have one lunch. And I wish for you to share it with me." When she didn't move, Battousai just mouthed to her 'Koishii sit down,' as his eyes became the dark gold color of annoyance.
She sat down quickly, as not to make him mad when he was in such a rebellious mood. After their run in with the principal, he was liable to kiss her right then and there just to piss everyone off. He opened the box to show that it was rice balls and sushi for lunch. It looked so good, Kaoru was drooling.
"Where did you learn to cook so well?" she asked him, full aware that he had never told her.
He just gave a grin. "When you're in the army and you make your own food, it's better to have good food. I learned out of necessity and improved the meager skills Hiko gave me."
"Can you teach me?" she asked, digging into the sushi.
He gave her a look that clearly stated 'It's been over 100 years and you still can't make anything descent, how could I teach you?' But she knew his weakness, the pouty-face. "Alright, I'll teach you."
She gave a big grin and didn't refrain from hugging him right then and there, startling the other teachers. "Kaoru-dono, not so tight!" he said, trying to make the teachers think there was nothing wrong.
Kaoru just burst out into peels of laughter; she whispered in his ear, "I never thought you'd ever call me that."
He gave a smirk and did his best Rurouni impression. "Oro!? Mou Kaoru- dono, shessha didn't mean to drop the tofu, that shessha didn't."
She laughed even harder, much to the wonderment of the other teachers. "You sound just like him." She was so glad that she could think about Kenshin without being sad, it seemed as if his other half was suiting her fine.
As Kaoru was walking to science, when lunch was over, she was jumped on by a hyperactive Misao.
"Oh my gawd, Kaoru! You were flirting with Mr. Himura so much! I thought Mr. Taisho was gonna die!"
Megumi walked up behind Misao and dragged her off Kaoru. "Duh they were flirting, smart one. They're dating!" she told the shorter girl with a grin.
"Oh yeah." was her witty reply.
After school, Kaoru ran at a breakneck speed to the kendo room. When she arrived, she almost fainted. Battousai had decided to keep their joke up by wearing a magenta gi. It was so funny, she couldn't laugh at first.
Feeling that his joke had failed, Battousai gave a strangled 'oro' and fell over. Then Kaoru couldn't hold back her giggles of laughter. She fell over on top of him and laughed hysterically. He couldn't hold back either and started to chuckle. Battousai gave Kaoru a peck on the lips and murmured "I guess I've become 'that idiot Rurouni' after all."
"Did we come at a bad time?" Sano asked, walking in the room with Megumi, Misao, and Aioshi in tow.
Kaoru blushed beet red, got up, and dusted herself off. "Not at all Sano, unless you weren't planning to get your ass whipped today." She was ready for a challenge.
"I'm always ready for you, Jou-chan." He replied.
"Wait." Battousai's cold voice cut through their conversation. "I have an announcement to make."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that." Kaoru told him smiling. "This could very well be the best thing that has happened to our little kendo club."
There was silence until Megumi broke it with a shrill groan, she was intrigued even if she was only here in case someone got hurt like last time. "Well tell us already."
Battousai just glared. "I was trying to make it suspenseful. I just signed us up as the Kamato kendo team in the national championships. There are age groups and separation for choice of weapon."
"You can do that?" Sano asked stupidly.
"Yes." Was the reply. "Now I want everyone in practice gi's today and until the end of the tournament. Class will now be 3 hours and 30 minutes long every day. We will start out with 1 hour of stretches, then we will add 1 hour of drills, and next 1 hour of sparing, and for the last 30 minutes we will take care and make sure our weapons are in top condition. If you can't take the pressure, get out now. Is that clear?" his voice was cold and callous now, reverting back to his war days. Everyone noticed that he had stopped masking his eyes and was at his full Battousai-ness. No one moved a muscle.
"I asked you is that clear!?" he barked.
"Yes Sensei." The answer rang out.
"Good, now everyone in gi's!"
Everyone but Kaoru groaned, she always practiced in gi's. Misao was upset because she couldn't wear her dress, her usual attire for kendo. Aioshi was upset, or maybe he wasn't, he always looked the same anyway. Sano was mortified, never in any century had he worn a gi. Though everyone changed quickly when Battousai drew not his sakabattou, but a real sword.
Kaoru was the only person to giggle when he growled at them after everyone was wearing their training clothes. He had changed out of his magenta gi, finished with his Rurouni act the horrid thing would only make him feel fruity. Now he wore a dark blue hakama and white training pants. His hair was done in a high ponytail and his sword was no longer 'safe.' There would be no masking his inner killer anymore, or at least not until the competition was done.
"Kaoru, why are you laughing? Do my orders amuse you?" His voice was still cold, but it had a large hint of affection in it. "By every means please share your joke."
She gave a smile. "Mou Battousai, you just look so sexy when you're in 'killer mode.'
And their fearless leader blushed bright red. "I'll deal with you later, onna no hito donnata watashi no shinzo." (An: I'll give you a gift if you can give me a rough translation of that! If no one can I'll post meaning in next chappie.)
Now it was Kaoru's turn to blush.
"Alright, grab a partner and lets start with 500 Hindu squats." (Stolen from Slayers.)
Kaoru was sweating after the warm ups, but she knew she needed to be in top shape for the competition. Her hakama was almost drenched with sweat, but she was going to out last Battousai if it killed her. He called for them to all line up and start the drills. Each person drilled themselves with the techniques that they had learned, Sano was getting violent with his zanbattou, Battousai had assured him that there were a few men who also used these weapons and it was a small category in the competition. Misao was using a target to aim her kunai and shirken, she hit dead on almost every time. Aioshi, Battousai, and Kaoru all practiced with their swords, though all but Battousai used a sakabattou.
Kaoru went over the names of the strokes in her head. 'Shita ni kukaku. (Down block) Takai kukaku (High block.) Yoko ni kukaku. (Side block.)'
Her muscles fell into smooth repetition of attack and block. She imagined a man coming at her with a sword from all directions and she blocked them all. Her last challenge was to stand up in a full battle with Battousai for 5 minutes. If she could do this, no one could possibly beat her.
Her opportunity to try this out came sooner than she thought. It was sparring time. Battousai paired Aioshi and Misao against Sano and they were instructed to switch off when one lost. "Kaoru," he told her. "I'm going to proclaim a match between both of us. We use our full strength. I will be using a sword, you will be using a reverse blade. I swear to kami I wont hurt you, okay?"
"Bring it on katana-ka shujin." (Sword master) Kaoru said sarcastically and stood in ready position. She made quick corrections for weight of her sweaty gi, and how tired she was and made a quick sweeping strike towards where Battousai's torso. Knowing full well that he'd use his speed to get being her, she stopped mid attack and pivoted on her left heel, bringing up her sword to meet his in a clang of metal. His attacks were like that of an assassin, hard and fast, though he didn't try to bear down on her with strength. His power lay in his speed and mastery of the technique.
She plotted his next move, which was to try a strike lower she blocked this and quickly lifter her sword high to meet his next attack.
Battousai was amazed. She was actually meeting his attacks, and he was really trying too. Well, mostly. Usually he'd have used the strong attack by now, but he was going to see how she held up against his speed for a little longer.
He jumped up as she lay a low sweep for his feet and then jumped aside as she completed the attack known as 'Kyu-na tori', or 'Steel bird.' (An: It sounded right!)
Done toying with her, he lept into the air and flipped upside down as he was coming down. Air whistled against his sword and he aimed for Kaoru. "Supprise Koishii." He told her as she was looking around for him. Her eyes widened in terror and she brought her blade up to block his attack, but it never came.
He landed like a cat next to her and stood up. She looked up at him quizzically. "If I had attacked, your blade would have been split in two and you would be dead."
Kaoru nodded in understanding and looked at the clock. She had lasted 2 minutes, she must do better. He extended and arm to her and she shakily got to her feet. After a 5 minute breather, all four students paired off 3 against one until everyone had been defeated. Kaoru beat off Misao and Sano but was 'killed' by Aioshi. At the last 10 minutes of sparring, Battousai made an announcement. "Alright. I want Aioshi, Misao, and Sano to spar against me. I need the practice. Kaoru, I want you to watch and learn from their mistakes."
She sat silently for 10 minutes watching all of her friends fight and loose against her lover. Sano and Misao were easily taken out before they had a chance to put in a decent attack. Aioshi and Battousai went head to head for about 30 seconds before Aioshi was defeated. Kaoru saw how he did it, he used brute strength and leverage to make sure Battousai couldn't do his swift attacks without taking a critical blow. She now understood that she needed strength, technique, and speed to even last for 5 minutes against the Hitokiri.
At the end of class, Battousai produced wood oil, leather polish, and steel polish for their weapons. It was then that Kaoru had a chance to really take a good look at Battousai's sword, and his short samurai sword as well. Both were old, this was obvious because he used them in the Meji era. Both were made of the finest Japanese steel and had no scrapes on the blade whatsoever. He carefully polished every surface to a sigh shine and attached it to his waist. He never left his sword at school, as some of the others often did, he loved it to much.
'Some guys love their cars, some love their swords.' She thought with a sigh as she polished her sakabatou and bokken. After class, both Battousai and Kaoru were to lazy to change out of their gi's when they'd be home in a few minutes anyway.
"Oh Kaoru." Battousai said, suddenly remembering something. "I loaned my car to a friend, were going to have to walk home, if you don't mind."
"You have friends?" she asked him in mock amazement. "Wow!"
Battousai glared at her. "Yes, I do have friends."
Kaoru grabbed his hand and walked next to him, sakabattou in a sheath by her hip, and bokken over his shoulder.
They walked in relative silence when three men in do-rags walked out of an alleyway next to them. One had a lead pipe, (An: Street thug, in the alley way, with a lead pipe) another had a knife, and the last had numb- chucks.
They semi surrounded both Kaoru and Battousai. "Give us all you cash and valuables and we wont hurt you or the girl." The one with the pipe sneered, he was the leader.
Kaoru just looked at Battousai and rolled her eyes. Taking a fighting stance she drew both bokken and sakabattou. Battousai drew both of his swords as well. (An: I can imagine a matrix scene here where Battousai says "Bring it on." LMAO)
"Feel free to try and hurt either of us." He told the thugs with a smile. Now since they were stupid thugs, none ran away and the one with the knife prepared to attack. Battousai used his god-like speed to sidestep behind the leader and hold the sword to his throat. "You loose." Battousai murmured in the man's ear and prepared to slit his throat when Kaoru butted in.
"Alright. You jerks better fuck off, because Battousai wants to kill you and I can only stop him for so long." They ran.
Battousai looked like a small child who had been denied a piece of cake. "But...but...Kao-chan! I was going to kill him!" his voice was bordering on whining. "Just kidding, no seriously, I was going to kill them."
She gave a sigh. "And get Saitoh mad at you for killing people, again, I can't let you do that." He still looked put out. "Fine fine." She gave a sigh, replaced her swords, and wrapped her arms around Battousai. She gave him a kiss which he returned hungrily. Breaking away, she patted him on the head. "All better now?" she asked teasingly.
"Yes." He told her gruffly and replaced his swords.
They made it back home with no other mishaps. Once Battousai opened the door, Kaoru sped through, jumped over the couch, and dashed into the bedroom. She flung herself into the bathroom and locked the door. "The shower is mine!" she screamed through the door.
The next scene contains Battousai and Kaoru taking a shower together, just hugging and kissing, nothing other than that, it is not a lime, but it is cute! Hardly and description used
Just as she had removed her clothing, she felt strong arms wrap around her waist and kiss her neck. She whirled around to glare at Battousai who was holding up the bathroom key.
"My dear, the shower is ours." He told her smiling evilly.
Kaoru looked down, noticed she was naked, blushed beet red and tried to kill Battousai all at the same time.
"Now is not the time to become embarrassed." He told her still smiling. "And it's not like I haven't seen it before."
She sighed and relented. Their shower consisted mainly of back scrubbing, hair washing, and the occasional kiss. After their bath, Kaoru was wrapped in a big fluffy towel, letting herself hair dry and Battousai was strutting around in loose black pants.
"Tomorrow is Saturday." She told him, musing. "Are we going to practice some more tomorrow?" she asked hopefully.
He looked at her and then shook his head, smiling. "I forgot you aren't use to my schedule. I have got practice tomorrow."
"Practice for what?" she asked him, confused.
"Practice for my band."
I'm sorry...I had to make him a rock star!
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