DISCLAIMER… Once again, I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. I am just a totally obsessed fan who wishes that Kenshin were real.
Deadly Desire
Chapter 8
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Kenshin hurried to the guest quarters of the mansion trying to reach Kaoru. They had much to discuss. Why did he bring her to his home? He had been trying to find the answer to that question since he had arrived home.
He was almost to her chambers when he felt strong arms grab him from behind and effortlessly push him to the ground. Kenshin was taken unawares. AGAIN.
Damn, he thought. This is all Kaoru's fault. She keeps clouding my mind. Before he could retaliate, he felt strong firm lips against his. The kiss was long and sensual. Although the kiss was electric it was not Kaoru therefore Kenshin's heart as well as body was not aroused. Kenshin grabbed the arms of his attacker and pushed. He stared into huge eyes. Upon recognition, Kenshin tensed.
"Hi there lover, did you miss me?" A husky feminine voice replied.
Kenshin immediately threw his attacker up against the wall and slowly rose to his feet.
He didn't have time for this. He had to find Kaoru.
"Hmmmmm. I like it rough!"
"Enough! How did you get in here?" Kenshin asked with deadly menace.
"Wouldn't you like to know," was the only answer he received.
Kenshin sighed heavily.
"Kamatari, I told you no. There can never be anything between us. I am deeply flattered but my interests lay elsewhere."
"By elsewhere, I take you mean that sweet little young thing that was brought here today."
Kenshin's eyes narrowed and the amber orbs seemed to have a fire of their own.
"If you have touched her, I swear-"
"Hold your horses," Kamatari said, cutting off what ever threat that Kenshin was going to utter.
He let his glaze peruse Kenshin up and down. Instead of the pink haori that Kenshin wore, he was wearing a dark blue one with white lying, that matched his white pants. His red hair was tied up in a high ponytail atop his head and he looked absolutely amazing. Kamatari remembered the first time he saw Kenshin. It was in the midst of battle.
Kamatari had been fighting with some comrades of his own when he crossed paths with the man known as the legendary manslayer. Kamatari could care less with whom he was fighting with back then. He just enjoyed the battle-whether it was for right or wrong. Kenshin had first thought him to be a woman and had tried to defend him from one of his own men. Kenshin had told the solider to not attack a woman. Every since that day, Kamatari had fallen in love. A man had defended him without even knowing him or his intentions. He had tried since that day to get Kenshin to notice him, but he never did. At least not in the way that Kamatari wished.
Kenshin had told him over and over again that there could never be anything between them yet Kamatari had never given up.
It wasn't until later that Kenshin had realized that Kamatari was a man. He was shocked at first but once it wore off he still regarded him as he always had. That made Kamatari love him even more. He wanted Kenshin and he would not let anything get in his way.
"I won't hurt her. I am more than confident that my charms will win you over in the end," Kamatari exclaimed confidently.
Kenshin smirked. He had to give the man credit. He was nothing if not persistent.
Kenshin turned on his heel and left Kamatari in search of Kaoru.
Kenshin walked hurriedly in search of Kaoru, silently praying that nothing else distracted or kept him from her. He could already smell the sweet fragrance of her as his mind was consumed with the thought of her. He couldn't wait to feel her lips against his and to hold her in his embrace. He just wanted to hold her. That surprised him. He had not had feelings like this in a while. Since…
He let that thought stay unfinished as he found himself standing in front of a door. The scent of her sweetness drifted out to him, beckoning him to enter. Kenshin slid the door frame back and entered.
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Kaoru had tried to go to bed early. She knew the celebration was tonight, but didn't know if she could face everyone. Especially Kenshin. She knew that Misao had told Kenshin. She had no ideal how he would react. She tossed and turned on her futon and stared at the ceiling. Praying that sleep would somehow overtake her. Her thoughts kept coming back to Kenshin. His eyes, his hair, his voice, his touch, his kisses.
Everything about him, fascinated her. She could stare at him all day, and not get bored. He was so complex. One moment he had that eerie look in his eyes and then the next he seemed somewhat bored and nonchalant. She wondered what the loving side of him was like. Would she ever know?
Kaoru heard footsteps that stopped at the entrance to her room. She looked up to see a shadow at her door. KENSHIN!! She thought as she quickly turned on her side facing away from the door and tried to calm her breathing. She closed her eyes to appear asleep as she heard the door slide open and then back again.
Kenshin entered Kaoru's quarters and saw her sleeping form lying on her futon. At first he assumed that she was asleep but from the way her back was tensed, he knew that she was only pretending to be so. Kenshin knelt behind her and heard her breathing stop. He touched her unpinned hair that lay like a fan sprawled across the futon. It was so soft, like cherry blossom petals. He then knelt lower and inhaled the scent of her hair. So wild and free. He stopped cold and took in a shaky breath as memories of a past life flashed before him. He could not remember the last time he had touched and smelled a woman's hair. No, that wasn't true. He could remember but he chose not to. He blocked the memories from his mind and focused solely on Kaoru. He let his fingers leave her hair and trail down the side of her face that was exposed to him. He touched her forehead, her cheek, and then her chin. He left feather light caresses up and down her face as he watched fascinated by the display of emotions that crossed her features. Then he came to her lips and left feather light caresses there. When she opened her lips from the sensual contact, he inserted his finger and played with her wet tongue. Kaoru's eyes snapped open at the contact and a moan escaped from her.
She didn't know what to do as she lay in a trance as he continued. Kenshin lightly grazed the side of her cheeks and gums and then he lightly traced the tip of his finger along the tip of her lips. Kaoru closed her eyes at the sensation. Who knew that this could be such pleasure? Kenshin stopped the ministrations before he went too far. He needed to speak to her. Every time he came near her, his lower head would be the brain. He must talk to her. He silently laughed at the way she frowned when he stopped.
"Kaoru, we need to talk."
Kaoru opened her eyes to meet his. He has the most beautiful eyes, she thought silently to herself. Although there was not much light in the room- except the light from the lantern that was above her door- she could still see the blazing orbs.
"Please sit up," Kenshin said as he helped her to sit up on her futon.
Kaoru felt herself start to panic. They had never really sat down and had a serious conversation before. She knew what they were going to talk about. For a moment she let herself believe that Kenshin actually wanted to marry her. For a moment.
Kaoru looked down trying very hard to look anywhere except his eyes. She felt their heat and intensity upon her face, upon her body. She pulled the blanket around her closer.
Kenshin sighed heavily and raked his hand through his hair.
"Kaoru, we must talk about our relationship. I know that since we have met the only thing that we have done is, is to become intimate with one another," Kenshin said as he tried to find the words to explain.
"I know that I have told you that you must only obey me and only me. To be truthful with you, the night that I had kidnapped you I was not going to kill you. That's not what I do. I don't kill innocent women and children."
"I know that," Kaoru said softly as she continued to look down.
"You do?" Kenshin asked confused.
"Yes," she nodded. "I admit that I was afraid of you at first, but later on I realized that you would never hurt me, at least not intentionally."
"How would you know that? We have not spent that much time together."
"Call it a woman's intuition, I suppose," she said as she bravely met his eyes.
It took all he had to not pull her close to him and kiss her right then. She looked so beautiful staring at him with…What was that emotion that he saw in her eyes?
Kenshin looked away and tried to focus on something else within the dimly lit room.
"Misao stated to me that you believe that you are my… sex slave," Kenshin stated with a bit of a humor in his voice.
Kaoru turned bright red. Thank Buddha the room was not well lit.
"It's ok. I am not angry. How could I be? I realize that since we have met that I have given you no reason to think that you were anything else. For that I apologize. I sometimes forget that I am human. I am deeply sorry and I ask that you forgive me."
Kaoru looked up again and smiled. Kenshin felt his heart stop.
"I forgive you Kenshin."
There it was again. That emotion in her eyes. Kenshin looked away again trying to focus on other matters.
Kaoru became excited. Maybe Kenshin was going to express to her his true feelings. Maybe he had been holding back. Maybe he was going to tell her that he did indeed wish to marry her.
"It has been a while since I have brought someone here to my home. You must forgive my sister and my comrades for behaving so. Naturally, they assumed that I had brought someone home for marriage. I can guarantee that that is not so."
Kaoru felt her hopes start to fall as the smile started to waver from her face.
"I do not ever intend to marry Kaoru so you will not have to worry about that," Kenshin said.
Kaoru's hopes plummeted into a deep dark bottomless pit and her smile followed.
Kenshin looked up again into her eyes and found them downcast and a look of complete shock and sadness was upon her features. Wasn't she glad that he was not forcing her into marriage with him? Wasn't she glad that he did not think of her a sex slave? What was wrong?
"You can stay here, in my home as long as you wish, until you decide to leave. I promise you that I will straighten out this mess and then you can live your life in peace and without fear."
Kaoru closed her eyes as they stung severely from tears that she desperately tried to not let fall. She swallowed, trying to fight them off as well. Kenshin didn't want to marry her. She had been too easy. At that moment all she wished for was to punch him. She wanted to knock him the HELL out. How dare he hurt her so? She was tired of men thinking that they could treat her any type of way. She was not that resilient.
"Kaoru?" Kenshin asked concerned.
"Kaoru are y-"
Kenshin's words were cut off as he felt a hard punch to his left cheek which sent him sprawling backwards and through the door of Kaoru' room landing him in the hall.
The next thing he saw was Kaoru standing above him with tears in her eyes.
"I hate you Kenshin!! I wish that I had never met you! And I would not marry you if you begged me to!!" With that said, Kaoru left running down the hall.
Kenshin remained on the floor still in a daze trying to figure out what in the HELL just happened. He touched his bruised cheek and flinched. She had one hell of punch. What had he said to make her react so? While he pondered that thought, he looked up and saw Aoshi standing over him.
"Oh yeah. Real smooth. You think you can give me some pointers? I was planning on asking Misao out to the celebration tonight."
Kenshin looked up at Aoshi.
"I hate you."
"I know," said Aoshi nonchalantly as he walked over Kenshin towards the direction that Kaoru had run off to.
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Kamatari had left the mansion on his way home to find something to wear to Kenshin's celebration party that was to be held later that night. On his way down the dark streets he felt someone following him. He stopped and turned around quickly and saw nothing. He turned back around and gasped as familiar hands grabbed him and pushed him into an alley.
Kamatari was pushed against a wall as he looked into familiar cold black eyes.
A slight cold chill ran down Kamatari's spine.
"Hello, Kamatari. Did you miss me?"
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Deadly Desire
Chapter 8
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Kenshin hurried to the guest quarters of the mansion trying to reach Kaoru. They had much to discuss. Why did he bring her to his home? He had been trying to find the answer to that question since he had arrived home.
He was almost to her chambers when he felt strong arms grab him from behind and effortlessly push him to the ground. Kenshin was taken unawares. AGAIN.
Damn, he thought. This is all Kaoru's fault. She keeps clouding my mind. Before he could retaliate, he felt strong firm lips against his. The kiss was long and sensual. Although the kiss was electric it was not Kaoru therefore Kenshin's heart as well as body was not aroused. Kenshin grabbed the arms of his attacker and pushed. He stared into huge eyes. Upon recognition, Kenshin tensed.
"Hi there lover, did you miss me?" A husky feminine voice replied.
Kenshin immediately threw his attacker up against the wall and slowly rose to his feet.
He didn't have time for this. He had to find Kaoru.
"Hmmmmm. I like it rough!"
"Enough! How did you get in here?" Kenshin asked with deadly menace.
"Wouldn't you like to know," was the only answer he received.
Kenshin sighed heavily.
"Kamatari, I told you no. There can never be anything between us. I am deeply flattered but my interests lay elsewhere."
"By elsewhere, I take you mean that sweet little young thing that was brought here today."
Kenshin's eyes narrowed and the amber orbs seemed to have a fire of their own.
"If you have touched her, I swear-"
"Hold your horses," Kamatari said, cutting off what ever threat that Kenshin was going to utter.
He let his glaze peruse Kenshin up and down. Instead of the pink haori that Kenshin wore, he was wearing a dark blue one with white lying, that matched his white pants. His red hair was tied up in a high ponytail atop his head and he looked absolutely amazing. Kamatari remembered the first time he saw Kenshin. It was in the midst of battle.
Kamatari had been fighting with some comrades of his own when he crossed paths with the man known as the legendary manslayer. Kamatari could care less with whom he was fighting with back then. He just enjoyed the battle-whether it was for right or wrong. Kenshin had first thought him to be a woman and had tried to defend him from one of his own men. Kenshin had told the solider to not attack a woman. Every since that day, Kamatari had fallen in love. A man had defended him without even knowing him or his intentions. He had tried since that day to get Kenshin to notice him, but he never did. At least not in the way that Kamatari wished.
Kenshin had told him over and over again that there could never be anything between them yet Kamatari had never given up.
It wasn't until later that Kenshin had realized that Kamatari was a man. He was shocked at first but once it wore off he still regarded him as he always had. That made Kamatari love him even more. He wanted Kenshin and he would not let anything get in his way.
"I won't hurt her. I am more than confident that my charms will win you over in the end," Kamatari exclaimed confidently.
Kenshin smirked. He had to give the man credit. He was nothing if not persistent.
Kenshin turned on his heel and left Kamatari in search of Kaoru.
Kenshin walked hurriedly in search of Kaoru, silently praying that nothing else distracted or kept him from her. He could already smell the sweet fragrance of her as his mind was consumed with the thought of her. He couldn't wait to feel her lips against his and to hold her in his embrace. He just wanted to hold her. That surprised him. He had not had feelings like this in a while. Since…
He let that thought stay unfinished as he found himself standing in front of a door. The scent of her sweetness drifted out to him, beckoning him to enter. Kenshin slid the door frame back and entered.
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Kaoru had tried to go to bed early. She knew the celebration was tonight, but didn't know if she could face everyone. Especially Kenshin. She knew that Misao had told Kenshin. She had no ideal how he would react. She tossed and turned on her futon and stared at the ceiling. Praying that sleep would somehow overtake her. Her thoughts kept coming back to Kenshin. His eyes, his hair, his voice, his touch, his kisses.
Everything about him, fascinated her. She could stare at him all day, and not get bored. He was so complex. One moment he had that eerie look in his eyes and then the next he seemed somewhat bored and nonchalant. She wondered what the loving side of him was like. Would she ever know?
Kaoru heard footsteps that stopped at the entrance to her room. She looked up to see a shadow at her door. KENSHIN!! She thought as she quickly turned on her side facing away from the door and tried to calm her breathing. She closed her eyes to appear asleep as she heard the door slide open and then back again.
Kenshin entered Kaoru's quarters and saw her sleeping form lying on her futon. At first he assumed that she was asleep but from the way her back was tensed, he knew that she was only pretending to be so. Kenshin knelt behind her and heard her breathing stop. He touched her unpinned hair that lay like a fan sprawled across the futon. It was so soft, like cherry blossom petals. He then knelt lower and inhaled the scent of her hair. So wild and free. He stopped cold and took in a shaky breath as memories of a past life flashed before him. He could not remember the last time he had touched and smelled a woman's hair. No, that wasn't true. He could remember but he chose not to. He blocked the memories from his mind and focused solely on Kaoru. He let his fingers leave her hair and trail down the side of her face that was exposed to him. He touched her forehead, her cheek, and then her chin. He left feather light caresses up and down her face as he watched fascinated by the display of emotions that crossed her features. Then he came to her lips and left feather light caresses there. When she opened her lips from the sensual contact, he inserted his finger and played with her wet tongue. Kaoru's eyes snapped open at the contact and a moan escaped from her.
She didn't know what to do as she lay in a trance as he continued. Kenshin lightly grazed the side of her cheeks and gums and then he lightly traced the tip of his finger along the tip of her lips. Kaoru closed her eyes at the sensation. Who knew that this could be such pleasure? Kenshin stopped the ministrations before he went too far. He needed to speak to her. Every time he came near her, his lower head would be the brain. He must talk to her. He silently laughed at the way she frowned when he stopped.
"Kaoru, we need to talk."
Kaoru opened her eyes to meet his. He has the most beautiful eyes, she thought silently to herself. Although there was not much light in the room- except the light from the lantern that was above her door- she could still see the blazing orbs.
"Please sit up," Kenshin said as he helped her to sit up on her futon.
Kaoru felt herself start to panic. They had never really sat down and had a serious conversation before. She knew what they were going to talk about. For a moment she let herself believe that Kenshin actually wanted to marry her. For a moment.
Kaoru looked down trying very hard to look anywhere except his eyes. She felt their heat and intensity upon her face, upon her body. She pulled the blanket around her closer.
Kenshin sighed heavily and raked his hand through his hair.
"Kaoru, we must talk about our relationship. I know that since we have met the only thing that we have done is, is to become intimate with one another," Kenshin said as he tried to find the words to explain.
"I know that I have told you that you must only obey me and only me. To be truthful with you, the night that I had kidnapped you I was not going to kill you. That's not what I do. I don't kill innocent women and children."
"I know that," Kaoru said softly as she continued to look down.
"You do?" Kenshin asked confused.
"Yes," she nodded. "I admit that I was afraid of you at first, but later on I realized that you would never hurt me, at least not intentionally."
"How would you know that? We have not spent that much time together."
"Call it a woman's intuition, I suppose," she said as she bravely met his eyes.
It took all he had to not pull her close to him and kiss her right then. She looked so beautiful staring at him with…What was that emotion that he saw in her eyes?
Kenshin looked away and tried to focus on something else within the dimly lit room.
"Misao stated to me that you believe that you are my… sex slave," Kenshin stated with a bit of a humor in his voice.
Kaoru turned bright red. Thank Buddha the room was not well lit.
"It's ok. I am not angry. How could I be? I realize that since we have met that I have given you no reason to think that you were anything else. For that I apologize. I sometimes forget that I am human. I am deeply sorry and I ask that you forgive me."
Kaoru looked up again and smiled. Kenshin felt his heart stop.
"I forgive you Kenshin."
There it was again. That emotion in her eyes. Kenshin looked away again trying to focus on other matters.
Kaoru became excited. Maybe Kenshin was going to express to her his true feelings. Maybe he had been holding back. Maybe he was going to tell her that he did indeed wish to marry her.
"It has been a while since I have brought someone here to my home. You must forgive my sister and my comrades for behaving so. Naturally, they assumed that I had brought someone home for marriage. I can guarantee that that is not so."
Kaoru felt her hopes start to fall as the smile started to waver from her face.
"I do not ever intend to marry Kaoru so you will not have to worry about that," Kenshin said.
Kaoru's hopes plummeted into a deep dark bottomless pit and her smile followed.
Kenshin looked up again into her eyes and found them downcast and a look of complete shock and sadness was upon her features. Wasn't she glad that he was not forcing her into marriage with him? Wasn't she glad that he did not think of her a sex slave? What was wrong?
"You can stay here, in my home as long as you wish, until you decide to leave. I promise you that I will straighten out this mess and then you can live your life in peace and without fear."
Kaoru closed her eyes as they stung severely from tears that she desperately tried to not let fall. She swallowed, trying to fight them off as well. Kenshin didn't want to marry her. She had been too easy. At that moment all she wished for was to punch him. She wanted to knock him the HELL out. How dare he hurt her so? She was tired of men thinking that they could treat her any type of way. She was not that resilient.
"Kaoru?" Kenshin asked concerned.
"Kaoru are y-"
Kenshin's words were cut off as he felt a hard punch to his left cheek which sent him sprawling backwards and through the door of Kaoru' room landing him in the hall.
The next thing he saw was Kaoru standing above him with tears in her eyes.
"I hate you Kenshin!! I wish that I had never met you! And I would not marry you if you begged me to!!" With that said, Kaoru left running down the hall.
Kenshin remained on the floor still in a daze trying to figure out what in the HELL just happened. He touched his bruised cheek and flinched. She had one hell of punch. What had he said to make her react so? While he pondered that thought, he looked up and saw Aoshi standing over him.
"Oh yeah. Real smooth. You think you can give me some pointers? I was planning on asking Misao out to the celebration tonight."
Kenshin looked up at Aoshi.
"I hate you."
"I know," said Aoshi nonchalantly as he walked over Kenshin towards the direction that Kaoru had run off to.
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Kamatari had left the mansion on his way home to find something to wear to Kenshin's celebration party that was to be held later that night. On his way down the dark streets he felt someone following him. He stopped and turned around quickly and saw nothing. He turned back around and gasped as familiar hands grabbed him and pushed him into an alley.
Kamatari was pushed against a wall as he looked into familiar cold black eyes.
A slight cold chill ran down Kamatari's spine.
"Hello, Kamatari. Did you miss me?"
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