I'm awoken as I feel her weight leave the bed. Each time she shifts in her sleep I'm awoken. It's not that I feel she'll run away and leave, no. I've been trained as a bodyguard; light sleep is required for that. I peak my eyes open wanting to scowl as the blanket covers my face.

I throw the blanket off peaking my eyes open to see her standing at the window, her gaze on me. I feign asleep as usual, some nights she gets up and sits on the balcony for hours. This is the first time I've ever been able to watch her movements this late at night. I'm usually awake guarding her door. It would seem this would be easier for me, but that is not the reason I'm lying here.

I don't wish to dwell on the past few hours as of yet, I find my slitted gaze wandering to her once more. She's concentrated her gaze on the outside sky once she thinks I'm asleep. She's placed a robe on over her large t-shirt. It's odd one of her wealth and power wearing a t-shirt to sleep. Most women and men have worn rather expensive sleeping attire. Usually silk, but some other expensive things have been in there as well.

I open my eyes fully when I hear the glass door being slid open partly. I watch, as her figure looks to me once more, my eyes closing quickly so she can't see the gleam of gold in them. She takes a step onto the cold balcony and goes to the rail I presume, as the curtain is drawn and I can no longer see her. I'm sure she feels overwhelmed at the presence joining her. She's cut herself off from men as have I from woman, but it seems having someone besides me doesn't bother me.

I take a deep breath, her smell is all around me, I let a groan escape my throat and close my eyes once more. I feel her eyes on me and then they leave. I roll from my side to my back and feel her looking over my form. She once told me she finds me fascinating, I asked her why. Her response was "You look so slim and skinny that some mistake you for being weak. Yet the instant I see you without your shirt the thought of you being weak leaves my mind." She always spoke her mind, and yet she always blushed when she'd reveal something like that.

Women are strange creatures, they can be strong one moment the next weak as children. Yet we are drawn to them as are women drawn to us. It seems the enigmatic value will always draw one of the other species, well close to always.

Her eyes have left my form once more and I open my eyes. I hear the door slide shut and finally throw the covers to the side. I've been lying here waiting for her to return for 45 minutes now. She hires me to protect her and yet she wanders outside by herself. Her life isn't in immediate danger, as all I can feel around the area are a few sleeping birds.

Since I've been guarding her she seems to wander out to the balcony almost every evening, unless she's off somewhere else, or rather tired from meetings. Some of the things she's dealt with have given me headaches. Her business is quite interesting at times. Some clients have thrown themselves at her and wanted her for her money, others for her body. Each time I intervene and keep them away, I've notice each time a scowl reaches her face.

Some men need to realize just because a woman holds power and money doesn't mean she'll go around and sleep with anyone that asks. In fact she has yet to have any men over except one. The one man, or boy actually, has only been over for dinner to discuss work related problems and such.

This young man seems to be in her favor, but he works hard to make sure her expectations are met; some times he exceeds her expectations.

Him and I are the only men that have ever been to her place of residence. He seems to be more around her age. A few years difference maybe, it's hard to tell her age, she's never told it to me. I've never asked, as the saying goes never ask a woman's age. This younger man has the smarts to get his job done, but often times acts like a teenager, which technically he is.

This young man seems to be able to bring the smile from my employer that no one else really can. Perhaps if it were a different scenario for me being in her life, I could make her smile like he does. I let a sigh out and run my fingers through my hair and approach the last few feet to the door.

I've been with this woman for a little less than a year and as each day passes I find myself being drawn to her more and more. She's like so many I've known and yet she has qualities I've never once seen before, and I've been employed by many for more than just a bodyguard. I will say I've never once done more then what I should with a woman that hired me for something else. I retain my image and stay as a bodyguard no matter why I was hired. I let the men and women know what I do and what they hire me for is only that, nothing else. Some seem to think that they can sway me with money. I'm not swayed by money and I've been able to control myself...except around her.

Any movements from her, I find myself watching her closely. The way she holds her head the way her facial expressions change suddenly. I find myself noticing the small things. I shake my head to quell these thoughts. There are some things I would rather not think about. I place my hands on the door and slide it open as quickly as possible.

I am slightly surprised when Kaoru's form falls against me. Almost before I realize it I'm speaking into her ear. "You have been standing out here long enough," I can't resist the urge to kiss behind her ear. She seems to tense as I do this. I'm slightly confused as to why. I wrap my arms around her waist hoping he'll relax.

I smirk slightly as I move my lips slowly down from behind her ear to her neck. "Mmm," I hear her murmur, her next questions wasn't what I expected. "How long have you been awake?" As she words this I bite her neck and sooth it with my tongue. It wasn't hard enough to hurt her. Her reaction to my ministrations begins to affect me the she suddenly pulls from my embrace. I watch as she moves away from me and leans her weight on her hands, which rest on the rail. I watch as she turned her head up to look at the sky.

I walk slowly and lightly to her form and refrain from getting close enough to actually touch her and ask her, "What is wrong?" Each time she pulls away she has her own reasons. I can remember the first tie she pulled away from me, she was afraid I as going to hurt her and force myself on her. Why she would think that is still beyond me, as she hasn't let me in on her inner minds working. She barley looked at me the rest of the day after that.

"I don't want to be called a tease." I stare at her and our earlier conversation floated to my mind. Kissing had soon gone past just kissing to me touching her, to trying to remove clothes to go further. Again her wrenching her self away from me startled m. I' d asked what was wrong and she just replied with, "I didn't mean to go that far," her eyes not looking at me.

'You shouldn't be a tease then,' had come from my mouth before I'd even thought of what to say. The tone she used was slightly harsher than I've heard from her around me, when we are alone.

"You called me that earlier, I am still slightly confused as to why." More to herself than to me, I believe. I move from behind her and turn so my back is facing the rail and lean back against it. I feel her eyes wander over my form once more. Soon I hear a sigh come from her and her head drops to shield her eyes, which would be my guess. I notice from the corner of my eye she is staring at her hands.

"I was joking earlier," I mumble.

Her voice startles me, as do the words that escape her mouth. "I don't think you were, you shouldn't lie." She lets a deep sigh and looks to the sky once more. I see her shiver from the cool air. I only now seem to notice that it isn't too warm outside. Still the words that she spoke irritated me slightly, I hadn't been lying, but might as well let her believe I was.

"What did you expect me to say?" I revert my voice back to how I talk during the day emotions get in the way of the bodyguard business.

"I expected you to be fine with it, but I was wrong." I hear her mumble and she wraps her arms around herself. I sigh inwardly and let the iciness leave me. I turn my head and look at her. She has me so confused sometimes. She wrenches herself from my grasp and now I can tell she would like my warmth back. I rake a hand through my hair, noticing her eyes wander to my hair. She shook her head and heaved another sigh,

"I'm not use to this," I say and push myself from the rail. I watched her shoulders drop and smirked, must be thinking I wanted to go back inside, if that were the case I would have stayed inside. I wrap my arms around her once more, placing my hand on her left shoulder and my left hand on her right shoulder, so my arms are crisscrossed. I pull her back against my chest, lightly so if she wanted she could leave.

I hear a gasp leave her, hoping she won't pull a way. I let an inward sigh leave me as she just questions my statement. "Not use to what?" I chuckle at her question, relieved.

"I'm use to ignoring my feelings, around you I can't." I murmur placing a small kiss to her shoulder them stand to my full height and look up at the stars. They seem to have her so captivated maybe I can see why.

"I guess I pushed you too hard hmm?" I let my embrace tighten slightly, as she doesn't seem to want to leave it like I though she would.

"No," Was the last word I spoke as we gazed up at the stars sparkling in the night. I saw a shooting star pass in the sky and look down at her and watch as a smile come to her face and she closes her eyes. A wish maybe, I won't know unless she tells me.

Ahhh it's done after days and days of work on this ughhhhh I hope I got the guy feeling right after all I am female...let me know if something doesn't seem like it should be there I will try and reword it. The next chapter will be the very beginning I kinda wanted you to get a feel for the characters before I start the story so you could say two prologues I suppose hope they are okay. Should I do the story in Kaoru's pov and Kenshin's pov or should I change it to third-person? Can't wait to read the feed back on the story. Please let me know what you think.