Kaoru woke up alone, the sunlight streamed through the thin doors, birds chirped happily outside, unaware of the current status inside the dojo. Tomoe had not left after Kenshin had spoken with her so many nights ago, and Kenshin didn't seem like he was going to try again to get her to leave, causing an invisible, silent, yet strong rift between the two. It had been several weeks, causing the rift to fissure, along with Kaoru's heart. She was moody, silent, and kept to herself, spending many hours merely watching the sky.
'Kenshin,' Kaoru thought to herself. 'You idiot.' Kenshin merely thought Kaoru was moody about her weight and merely told her she was not fat. Kaoru could give a rat's but about her weight, she wasn't someone to get worked up over something as petty as that. She loved Kenshin; with all her heart Kaoru really did love him, and she just wanted him to be happy.
'Even if it hurts me,' Kaoru thought in conclusion.
"Would you go on an errand for me Sano, Yahiko?" Kenshin asked from where he sat at the laundry.
"Yeah right," Yahiko snorted loudly. "Like we'd go on any errand for you after that last one."
"Yeah Kenshin," Sano agreed. He sat lazily with a tall weed sticking from his mouth. "You've got to think we are real idiots to fall for another one of your tricks."
"It isn't a trick," Kenshin assured the two. "I really do need some more soap for the laundry, and unless you two want dirty clothes, I suggest you do as I say."
"Ugly is been off on you," Yahiko exclaimed loudly as he stood up. "You're so demanding now!" Sano groaned loudly as he too pulled himself up off the lawn and headed towards the market with Yahiko. Kaoru couldn't help but giggle from her hiding spot on the porch.
"Good morning Koishi," Kenshin greeted her warmly. "I thought I saw you spying there."
"I wasn't spying," Kaoru stuck her tongue out. "I was merely observing."
"Call it what you wish," Kenshin held out his hand to her, encouraging her to come to him. She did, placing her own hand in his. Kenshin immediately pulled her into his embrace, hugging her lightly. Kaoru had grown immensely. Only her stomach was effected by her pregnancy, which was about to pop. The rest of her body appeared as it always did, though her back did bend a little under the pressure.
'Her body is to petite to bear children,' Kenshin thought sadly to himself. 'I hope she can handle it.'
"Kenshin," Kaoru's beautiful voice interrupted his thoughts. "We need to talk."
"We can now if you wish," Kenshin placed his chin on top of hers. "Yahiko and Sano went to get some soap and Tomoe is away at the police."
"Kenshin," Kaoru pulled away and looked him in the eye intently.
"What's wrong?" Kenshin asked, suddenly worried. He could read his wife like a book, her emotions displayed wildly in her eyes. And now her dark pools were filled with sadness.
"Kenshin," Kaoru looked at the ground, taking a deep breath. "I love you, I hope you know that, and I would do anything for you, just to make you happy."
"I love you too," Kenshin answered. He couldn't see where this was going.
"I want you to be happy," Kaoru's voice grew smaller and smaller. "Even if it's not with me."
"Kaoru!" Kenshin took her hands and roughly forced her to look at him. "Don't ever speak like that, ever! The only way I am happy is with you, do you understand?"
"Kenshin!" Kaoru cried out and buried her face in his chest, clutching his clothes desperately in her fingers.
"Koishi," Kenshin immediately softened his voice. "You are the most important thing to me in this entire world. I love you even more than I love our unborn child. Without you, I am nothing. Kaoru, look at me." Kenshin gently, but forcefully, pried Kaorus' face from his chest and stared her straight in the eye, cupping her face tenderly within his hands.
"You are everything I need to be happy," Kenshin began to rub his thumb against Kaorus' cheek as he spoke. "Everything else is just a bonus, nothing else matters to me, it's all you."
"But Kenshin," Kaoru sniffed a bit. "What about-," Kaoru never finished. Kenshin's lips came crashing down on hers. One hand left her face to trail along her back, crushing her body to his. His other hand dipped back into her hair, pulling roughly. Kaoru cried out a bit in pain, allowing Kenshin to drive into her mouth, taking whatever he willed from it. Kaoru let her eyelids drop. Kenshin dropped his hand form her hair, falling to her back while the other fell lower, and lower until-,
"Kenshin," Kaoru's head rolled back, her body began to collapse, to sag, relying completely on Kenshin to keep her standing. Kenshin kissed her lips once more, than her cheek. He continued to dapple kisses along her chin, sliding lower to her neck. Kaoru loosely wrapped her arms around Kenshins' neck, pulling him closer and closer, encouraging him to do what he wanted. She knew, always and forever, that what he wanted was what she wanted. Kenshin latched onto the skin below Kaoru's ear, and then rolled her head back further to nibble on the skin above her collarbone. He gently drew his tongue over the skin before he began to suck and tease. Kaoru was a complete rag doll in his arms, silently praying for more. But Kenshin dragged his mouth back up her neck, kissed her once more, and then pulled away.
"You are everything I need Kaoru," Kenshin leaned back in and nibbled on her ear, causing a shiver to run through out Kaoru's entire body. "Everything I need and so much more."
Tomoe was returning from the police. They had found her brother, Enishi, and Tomoe would go to him, with Kenshin at her side. Their midnight talk had only given Tomoe hope, Kenshin still loved her! He had said so even, there was still a chance. But as Tomoe enter the dojo, she stopped. In front of her, in broad daylight, Kenshin and Kaoru were wrapped in a sweet embrace. Kenshin, who had the sharpest senses of any many she had ever know, didn't even look up, didn't even sense her presence.
Kaorus' eyes were hazy, her cheeks were flushed, and her lips were slightly swollen. Kenshin couldn't help but lean down and claim her lips again.
'You're like a drug to me Koishi,' Kenshin thought numbly as he stroked her lips with his tongue. All of his five senses were drunk with her. All he could smell, her, taste was her, sight, her. Touch, he couldn't get enough of her. The only sound he could hear was the soft sounds emitting from her mouth and nose.
"We'd better calm down before everyone comes back," Kenshin whispered softly. Kaoru nodded slowly, the meaning of his words were hard to come by, Kenshin always made her body, soul, and mind turn into slush.
"I suppose so," the words slowly rolled off Kaorus' lips as she began to rip her body away from Kenshins'. She wobbled.
"Careful," Kenshin whispered into Kaoru's ear as he caught her. "Should I take you to our room?"
"That would be appreciated," Kaoru blushed. "You always make my limbs turn to jelly."
"I wouldn't have it any other way Koishi," Kenshin replied as he scooped her up. He hid a grunt, knowing it would upset Kaoru. Even he had to admit that she was getting heavy.
"Don't sleep," Kenshin nudged Kaorus' head with his nose. "Supper will be ready; we'll eat as soon as Yahiko and Sano are back." Kaoru nodded, but kept her head resting on Kenshin's chest, all doubts in her mind erased for the time being.
Tomoe stood at the bridge. Night had fallen and the bright moon filled the water with thousands of diamonds, all sparking. Tomoe sighed.
"What's the point?" She asked bitterly into the wind. "Why do I go on when there is no hope?" Tomoe glanced down at the water, it looked so inviting. It could swallow her up, along with all her fears and worries. Slowly, Tomoe began to climb the railing barricading her from the water.
"Don't do it Tomoe!" A voice called from the darkness. Tomoe gasped and glanced behind her. Kenshin stood there; his violet eyes were soft, yet unyielding to her.
"Tomoe," Kenshin stepped towards her. "There is no reason why you should escape death before only to welcome it freely to you now."
"What's there to live for?" Tomoe asked softly, staring down at the dark murky water below her. "I have nothing and no one left for me."
"Enishi asked Kaoru the same thing when he kidnapped her," Kenshin replied as he came closer. "And yet he lives now. Can you not be strong like him, for him? He needs you." Kenshin had reached the railing where Tomoe stood. He reached up and offered her a hand. She held her breath, as did he. Finally, after several still moments, Tomoe reluctantly took Kenshin's hand. Kenshin immediately yanked Tomoe down; afraid she might change her mind. But in his haste Tomoe fell into his arms; her head resting on his chest.
"Kenshin," Tomoe whispered as she looked up at his face which was so very close to hers now. Kenshin didn't reply, nor did he push her away. Tomoe lifted her head more and slowly moved in closer to him.
"Kenshin!" Yahiko was sprinting towards them, clearly out of breath and shaken. Kenshin and Tomoe parted immediately before he could see.
"What is it Yahiko?" Kenshin asked, sounding slightly peeved to Tomoe. Yahiko raced across the bridge and bent over panting in front of Kenshin. His hands rested on his knees as he gasped for breath, but he clearly wanted to say something.
"It's Kaoru," Yahiko gasped out between breaths. "She's-,"
"What?" Kenshin was before Yahiko in a blink of an eye. He clasped the young boys' shoulders in his shaking hands and pinched them rather sharply. "What's wrong with Kaoru, is she all right, did anything happen to her?" His voice sounded near hysteria.
"She's gone into labor," Yahiko immediately caught his breath when he saw the look in Kenshins' eyes. "Megumi sent me to find you she said to hurry-," Yahiko didn't get to finish as Kenshin had already leapt to his feet and taken off.
"Wait!" Yahiko cried desperately after him, racing after him as best as he could in his condition. "You don't know where they are!" Kenshin stopped immediately and waited for Yahiko. Surprise at Kenshin's sudden stop, Yahiko ran into his back and fell over. Kenshin plucked the boy up from the ground and placed him under his arm before he took off again. Yahiko's protests rang clearly though the peaceful night. Tomoe was left alone, staring after the two as they disappeared into the night.
"He forgot about me," Tomoe whispered to herself. "He forgot." But despite of the situation, Tomoe slowly made her way back to the dojo all alone and by herself. Leaving only the sounds of crickets, a boy yelling, and somewhere, further away, a woman's screams of pain.
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