Rurôni Kenshin
Sama: suffix added to a name, indicating deep respect
San: respect added to name, similar to 'Mr.' of 'Mrs.'
Chan: playful nick name
A kiss in ancient Japan is a bigger deal than what you may think
Just so you know some Japan background
I use several Japanese words but I usually put the meaning after it, now you'll learn Japanese :)
Description: What if Kenshin met Kaoru when he was still a Battousai and she was the one who could rival him in fighting ability? What if she experienced a few similar things like he did? Kaoru is a little OOC.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, no matter how many times I pray or imagine it….don't sue me because you'll get what I have: nothing...
Mamotte Ageru: I'll Protect You
By Maui
The Man Slayer
Kaoru looked Kumara Tokosai in the face.
"I am sorry I do not…."
Kumara looked away and grabbed Kaoru's hand.
"What?" He asked softly.
"I can not marry you! Times are so difficult and I forget the feeling of love sometimes. Maybe I am more like the Battousai than I realize" she ended that sentence in a whisper.
Someone smirked at this from behind the tree's shadows.
"Kaoru! I know we are in love! It has always been so!" Kumara said in slight anger, about to burst.
"Kumara…we were"
"No, chikusho!" Kumara raged
"Do not curse at me! Please forgive me. Gomen-nasai! I must follow my heart."
"My bishoujo (pretty girl) I still love you…." Then Kumara lost it…
Someone watched and listed while leaning against a tree…he was pretty sure he knew this girl, it had to be his friend from long ago. She was very beautiful and a strong fighter now. The only competition he really had, that baka Kumara wasn't a bad fighter either. Kaoru was the only women fighter that was in such a high class, she was. Did he just think that? The Battousai did not think like that. Kuso...
"How—after everything! I have stood by you. Damasu (to deceive), you never loved me! You USED me!" Kumara bellowed
"I, I am sorry, I am!" Kaoru said on the verge of tears, something she had not been close too doing in a long time.
"Kisama ra!"
"Doozo (please) stop insulting me." Her sadness switching to anger
Kaoru noticed Kumara's hand move to hilt of sword (as did the stranger in the shadows.) He look raged and insane, it scared Kaoru.
"You will do as I say, and you will be called a Tokosai one day." Kumara said as he grabbed his sword and pulled it, "or else" his eyes flashed.
Kaoru was too surprised to grab her sword but the stranger was not. In a flash an unknown man had Kumara on the ground.
She recognized him instantly by the god-like speed "Battousai! You, you saved me!" Kaoru had never been so shocked in all her life!
The Battousai's hair covered his eyes "Hai," was all he replied.
"Kudasai, spare me and Kumara!"
"I am not going to kill you, I just saved you women. He tried to kill you he did" he said fiercely his eyes flecked with the regular gold flecks.
"Hai," Kaoru started but then changed her mind, "Yamero (wait), I am sure he was just angry and…but he has been so kind to me and now I have…" she could not finish and she dropped to her knees on the damp soil.
"Kaoru…you are like the Battousai! He is traitor as you are!" Kumara stammer blindly through anger, "You both must die." At this the Battousai gold flecks flared into golden flames, promising to reverse Kumara's threat the other way around and kill him. "Someday, Kaoru, if you do not marry me you must die. Hitokiri Battousai, I'll even defeat you someday", he said hold out his index finger in a threatening manner. Then he ran away unharmed leaving his so called love in potential danger. For some reason Battousai did not kill him.
"You are" he paused, "not like me." He said more to himself than her, "You have some innocence."
She just stared at him.
"Do you fear me?" Battousai smirked. He moved close to Kaoru's face and ran his finger across her soft face. He could smell the rose aroma in her long, dark hair, "mamoru to protect" he finished in a whisper
A blush kept to her face? Did he whisper to protect? Honto!
"Kowaii (I am afraid), I think…" she whispered to deep violet eyes. Violet? Weren't they just gold?
She smirked at him beginning to feel more comfortable under this lavender gaze, "You are powerful, and I am rather trapped."
"Trapped." He licked his lips, "Some other time."
Some other time? What did he mean?
Hope you liked that, this is my first fanfiction...I'm trying something new. LOL! Thanks for the comments, I decided to continue!
