Chapter: 11
He needs pimp lessons
Kenshin smiled his fingers beginning to twitch with anticipation. Kaoru stood up and paced the room. Boredom began to settle upon her so she began to walk in circles around the large coffee table. Kenshin walked up to her and got an idea, a rather clever idea.
He slowly began to pace around the table with her, his hands behind his back. He smiled a cunning, sly smile that curled upwards and glanced at her. She was in such deep concentration she didn't know he was there. Slowly his arm twisted around her waist. She jumped and looked over at him still walking around the table.
"When did you get there?" She whispered to herself. He looked at her his hair bouncing along with his movements.
"You know…it's an old tradition in some cultures that when a man and a woman walk around a table together, they are getting married." He said partly telling her and partly trying to get her to pay attention.
She looked up at him sideways. "Alright, you got my attention." She said looking at him and moving away form the table. She pushed him away form the table as well and they walked side my side through the halls.
"That's what I wanted." He said in a husky voice. Kaoru shivered but kept it to herself. She smiled inside loving when he used that deep, dark, rough voice. However, she would never tell him that. His arm was still wrapped tightly around her waist keeping her close to him.
His body was warm and she just wanted to cuddle up next to him. She couldn't believe that she had somewhat fallen for him. She preferred to think of it as slightly stumbling upon a distraction. She would never admit that she cared for him...even if she did just a little bit.
"I…I" She stumbled unable to think of anything to say. She decided to just shut up. She walked silently waiting for him to speak. She didn't trust her voice to say anything coherent. He smiled his diabolical plan was working.
He steered her towards the kitchen and released her. She stood there in the middle of the white clean tiled kitchen. She watched him gently open the fridge to look for something. She was appalled.
"Kenshin…" She said with a sigh of disappointment. He turned around quickly at her tone with a questioning look.
"What?" He asked quickly in a worried tone. His eyes searched the room for any danger and saw that kaoru wasn't near anything and no one was here. He thought for a second that he might have been here.
"Your kitchen is to damn clean." She said walking to the counter and grabbing some sugar. She spilled some of it purposely on the floor and swept it under the ledge of the counter.
Then she opened the cabinets and found a bag of chocolate chips. She smiled wickedly and turned around to find Kenshin had already gone digging through his fridge for the lost item he was looking for before. She grabbed a chocolate chip out of the bag and tossed it playfully at him hitting him in the back of the head. She turned around quickly before he did.
She giggled to herself and he smiled and turned around to return to his quest. She threw a few more at him then again pretended to be doing something else. Kenshin let this one slide. Then she turned around and tossed a whole handful of chocolate chips at him pelting him in random places.
He turned around to find her opening another cabinet and no bag of chocolate chips in her hand. He looked at her puzzled. However he knew it was her. She actually seemed to be searching for something. 'Probably something else to throw on my floor.' He thought looking at the sugar and chocolate chips littering the ground.
He snuck up quickly behind her and when she turned to throw something at him, he was gone. She turned around again and as she turned he did as well so he was continually behind her. Once she ventured to step into the other room he stepped forward with her.
"Kenshin?" She questioned her voice unsure and almost hinting at fear. Right at that moment his hands wrapped around her waist locking fingers infront of her and he simultaneously whispered gruffly in her ear. "Yes…"
Her body froze at the contact and her head turned quickly and her eyes met the friendly sight of red hair. At the sight of his hair she knew it was he and not some agent or something. She eased into his body and crossed her arms holding his forearms to her body.
Kenshin rested his chin on her shoulder his hot breath tickling her neck. "Have fun littering my floor with sweets?" He asked as if she were a child.
"As a matter of fact, I did. Until you ruined it." She said mocking a pout. "Did you find what you were looking for?" She asked turning her head to look at him but only achieving a face full of hair.
"Yup." He said nodding his head towards a small carton of strawberries sitting still on the counter. She smiled, released his arms, and attempted to turn around. She was able to face him but their bodies were tangled up together.
"Those are my favorite." She said in an excited hushed voice. He smiled a crafty smile knowing why but choosing not to tell just yet. He let her go and walked over to the strawberries. He picked out a big one and walked towards her. He fed it to her and watched the enjoyment and pleasure wash over her face.
So he wouldn't feel left out Kaoru stood up and picked one up feeding it to him as well. At first he protested claiming he didn't like them but she made him eat one saying that no one disliked strawberries. The more they ate the closer kenshin got to her.
Finally when he was right up against her he whispered in her ear. "You know, strawberries are a potent aphrodisiac." Revolted Kaoru pushed away form him and looked him in the eye. As soon as her mood turned sour the goofy grin on his mug disappeared and he recognized his mistake.
"So all of this has been an act? All you want is to get into my pants?" She questioned her voice getting high and loud. Kenshin violently shook his head saying 'no, no, no' over and over. Kaoru threw the half eaten strawberry in her hands at him and managed to get red stain all over the front of his shirt.
She stormed down to her room sickened by the man she thought she liked. 'Why does he keep doing this to me?' she thought to herself trying to figure out why he acted the way he did. She screamed into her pillow to release anger but it didn't work.
She walked into her closet and slammed the door just to slam it. She turned around and sat there noticing a door in there she hadn't noticed before. She opened it slowly and found it lead to a hallway. She walked curiously down it ignoring the doors along the wall.
She walked strait to the door at the end of the hall, which she opened to find a case of stairs. She looked behind her and smiled walking up the stairs quickly. She came to another door and opened it to find she was in the garage.
"And extra escape…in his time of need." She said to herself putting together the fact that he was in the mafia and it made sense that he should have another way out from the basement. But just remembering that it was his house fired up her anger once more.
She hopped into a car that she had left keys in if she ever felt the need to go shopping again. She started the engine and drove out of the driveway. As she reached the end of the drive way she heard her name being called by a familiar voice.
"Kaoru! Kaoru get back here! Please!" Kenshin called to her from his garage. He had gone down to her room to plead for forgiveness and found the door was open. He walked in and since she wasn't there he feared she had escaped. He found she had forgotten to close the other door leading to the hallway form her closet and he knew she had gone through it.
Kenshin was waving form the garage at her telling her to get back. She continued to drive scowling at him. Kenshin watched her helplessly and then looked around to see all his neighbors peeking form their doors. He smiled and waved rubbing the back of his neck, a faint blush on his cheeks.
He ran inside and grabbed his keys and he drove out of the garage after her. He was beginning to get angry with her. She was reckless, selfish, and didn't think of the consequences of her actions. She could get injured; Kessler could come after her now, hell she could pick up a guy!
Kenshin not only got irritated but troubled and apprehensive. She could injure herself or others. It just wasn't wise for a billionaire 19 year old, with out escort, to go gallivanting around town in an expensive car while the enemy of the mafia is looking to kill her.
Kenshin shook his head speeding up past the limit to get to her car. He stayed close behind her until they exited off to a highway. His car pulled up next to hers and he looked back and fourth from her to the road, then back to her again.
She looked stubbornly at him and stuck out her tongue. Kenshin was on the inside and he skillfully veered his car closer to hers. He was getting so close she had to move over so they didn't crash. He continued to move until she was pushed off the exit so she began to drive on an old abandoned road with many potholes.
Her car bumped around and she had to slow down so she didn't fly over the bumps in the road. She began to admit that kenshin knew how to drive far better than she did. Finally she gave up the chase and pulled over to the side of the road. She sat in her car in a fuming rage.
Kenshin could sense that he had won the chase but not the game. He pulled up behind her and waited. He knew it would be too soon to talk to her but to late to apologize and get a better reaction than a slap in the face.
He still didn't understand why she flipped out like that. When he said things like that to other women they melted into his hands and took off their tops. However, those women were one-night stands. He was forced to be with kaoru for god knows how long. So he had to be more patient.
He stood up and walked towards her car and she rolled up the window even though it was a topless car. He knocked on her window playfully. Kaoru rolled it down agitated and refused to look at him. She just stared determined out the windshield. Though just seconds ago kenshin was agitated and wanted to shove her rash actions in her face her angered look gave him a painful ping in his chest.
For a second he forgot what he was going to say and he kept silent. Then his moment of vulnerability was gone and his clever composure returned. "Can I see your license and registration ma'am?" He questioned while leaning on one arm, mimicking a cop.
Kaoru looked up her face twisted in an ugly scowl that voice 'I don't want to play' before she even said it. She opened her mouth but Kenshin began to talk before she could even draw a breath.
"Im going to have to have this car towed if you cant prove to me this is your car." He said slowly smiling wickedly with an air of 'im always a step ahead of you'. Kaoru forced an, 'I hate you' smile and got out of the car slamming the door.
"Do you want to try me Kenshin?" She questioned her hands flipping in the air in an angered way. Kenshin smiled.
"Come and get me." He said urging her to step closer.
"You don't want to know what im going to do…" She whispered as her voice was carried away by the growing wind. The sky began to get dark as large black clouds were rolling in behind Kaoru. Though the majority of the sky was blue and peaceful behind Kenshin.
"What are you going to do? Hit me?" He asked pointing to his chin. She smiled and laughed a bit in spite of herself.
"No…I wont touch you." She said pulling out her cell phone slowly from her belt. He crossed his arms questioningly as he watched her amused. The clouds form behind her continued to plow through the sky dominating the blue.
She began to dial and kenshin wanted to know whom she was calling. Though part of him wanted to take the phone away and toss it into the creek.
"Hello Sir…Oh im fine…No im not going to back out…no im still with you…no I haven't seen Kessler…He's fine, a jerk but fine…I was just wondering…yes I can hold." She said as she called HIM.
Kenshins eyes widened as he realized whom she called. "How'd you get his number?" He asked quickly as he saw her wickedly smiling face with the backdrop of huge black clouds and flashes of thunder.
"I called Soujiro incase I would need it." She said coolly.
"What are you calling HIM for?" He asked his calm demeanor returning to him.
"If you're going to be such a dick im going to live in the capable hands of Sano." She said her nose high in the air looking down at him haughtily. Kenshin felt dim-witted for not realizing that's what was happening but he quickly regained his clever attitude.
"Oh really?" he asked and she nodded. "What would happen if your cell phone broke before he came back?" He asked. Kaoru looked unsure and quickly pulled the phone off her ear to look at it. It was still the same sleek small silver phone as before. She looked up at him and he nodded to her hand. She looked back down and the phone was slit in two.
Kenshin smiled widely and lifted up a blade. Kaoru's eyes became slits and she glared him down. She dropped the phone and walked towards him. She poked him in the upper right shoulder with her index finger.
"You're paying for that. You're such a dick head; first you make fun of me at the park, and your always making a move on me. And now you broke my phone, drove me out of the house and tried to tempt me! The only reason why you kept me around was because you wanted to get in my pants, then when HE gave you a reason to be stuck with me you think that because I cant just slap you and walk home because of obligation to the mafia you can assume im yours." She spat out wickedly.
Kenshin only smiled as the large black clouds behind her rolled in. While both of them were wrapped up in yelling and the incoming horrid weather Kenshins car started up. Kaoru turned around surprised to see Sano in Kenshin's car and Megumi in Kaoru's car. They started them up and began to drive away. Kaoru was so surprised and shocked she couldn't speak. After standing there for several seconds she burst out into a sprint after the cars.
"NO! Megumi! Damn it!" She yelled as she ran after them as fast as she could. It was too late, the cars were speeding out of sight and the clouds were now fully over their heads. It was now dark and thunder rumbled angrily above her head. All of the sudden the clouds opened up and the pent up water behind them rushed out of them on top of Kaoru and Kenshin. It was one of those unexpected downpours that soaked you to the bone within seconds. Her light pink baby tee shirt clung to her and her short white shorts became increasingly uncomfortable as they began to climb up her legs when she walked.
She turned around her normally large beautiful eyes in slits that looked dangerous and ruthless. Her mouth was small and she had a soft hint of pink across her cheeks out of frustration. Due to the rain it was humid and foggy but her eyes flashed hazardously through the thick weather.
"You did this on purpose." She said quietly through the padding of the rain. Normally she is a very happy person in the rain and enjoys sitting on the wet ground and letting the drops fall on top of her for hours.
"I swear I didn't. How could I have known you were going to flee from the house?" He asked crossing his arms. He was, surprisingly, telling the truth. Megumi and Sano decided they had nothing to do so they would follow Kenshin and Kaoru.
"Your tricky like that." She said sighing as she walked closer to him. "Listen, I am going to start walking home, follow me if you wish but if yu try to start that seductive shit again, you'll be walking home with a limp." She said threateningly. She started to walk the way she came and Kenshin stood dumbfounded.
'I cant believe she doesn't want to find somewhere out of the rain.' He thought. It was a coincidence that the rain came and he hoped she would want to go into a cave or something where they could be alone and he could fix everything.
Kenshin ran up behind her his red and white shirt soaked and his black blue pants dripping. The rain had let up a bit but it was still coming down hard. Kenshin ran up behind her and walked a good three feet behind her.
"Sorry about the cell Kaoru." He said quietly. Kaoru was hardly able to tell the difference between his voice and the drops of the rain. "Buy me a new one and it'll be fine." She mumbled irritably.
Kenshin was getting sick of her cold attitude. She must really hate men who try to seduce women. Kenshin couldn't even think of anyway he could get her to stop hating him.
"You know Kaoru, im not the only one who tried to seduce someone." He whined quietly.
"Oh really?" She questioned. She stopped were she was and looked at him over her shoulder.
"You were the one who was throwing chocolate chips at me. Your sending me mixed signals." He said in a slightly sullen voice. She turned all the way around her hand on her hip looking at him like he was a psycho.
"Mixed signals! You tried to seduce me!" She said using the same defense again.
"Oh that's always your excuse. Im always "seducing" you." He said in a sarcastic tone emphasizing the word seducing with his fingers.
"Kenshin, I don't want to fall in love again, all that comes form it is hurt. How many times do I have to tell you?" She asked in a calm im-always-right manner.
"No, you're scared." He said his eyes locking with hers. "You fell in love with a man who didn't love you too. He was mindless and stupid enough to hurt you. To not fall in love with your beautiful face and loving attitude. You may be broken up about it but he's the real loser, he lost you." He said in a dead serious tone.
Kaoru was speechless. She couldn't believe Kenshin was saying this to her. Kenshin always seemed to find a way to be sweet after he pissed her off. He would always do something rash and make her angry because she wasn't like every other woman and he was always categorizing her with every one else. But now, now he was acting innocent and kind and almost…seemed like he…might just…kinda sorta…love her.
Kaoru shook her head not only sending stinging water drops every where from her long whip-like ponytail but shaking the thoughts out of her head. "Kenshin." She mouthed, unable to actually speak and the rain was pouring harder. The weather seemed to be wavering like her emotions. First she was ferociously angry and the rain was beating down, then she was calming down as she walked away and it lightened up, and now she was so madly confused and the raindrops were getting bigger.
It was getting very loud and even if she tried to speak, he couldn't hear her. She could barely see Kenshin's bright red hair through the thick curtain of rain and the fog that has long since been steadily getting thicker. His outline was visible still but with this fog it was impossible to tell which way was up and what direction would lead her to some place safe.
Even if she did feel safe just knowing that kenshin was near her she wanted to be someplace dry. She could see Kenshins figure getting closer to her and before she knew it his blindingly bright purple eyes were in her face. Before she could act his head was at the side of hers and his breath was felt through the rain on her neck.
"Kaoru, can you hear me?" He mumbled in an almost upset voice. She nodded her head.
"Ok. I don't know about you, but I would like to find some place dry." He said quickly into her ear. She tried her hardest not to tilt her head so his breath could stop tickling her. She felt him pull away and his hand touch hers. He brought his head back once more.
"I'll find a dry place. Wait here." He said loudly, making sure she heard him. Before she could protest he was gone in a flash. She didn't even feel him recoil and walk off, it was just he was there…then suddenly he was gone.
She had to figure out how he did that. That's how they got to her before at the park so quickly. And he ran so fast. He was to damn mysterious. She vowed to figure him out and find out his past, why he was like this, everything.
He knew plenty about her, but she knew next to nothing about him. She stood there in the fog looking stupid, but the fog was to thick to see her. So she could have been picking her nose and no one could see. And just as fast as Kenshin was gone he was back again.
Just like before he brought his head close to hers to instruct her on where to go. "I found a good place." He said as he grabbed her hand. "Its not to far from here." And he began to walk slowly and he practically had to pull her from her spot since she was so shocked.
Once she took everything in that just happened she found herself walking through a mushy field of…grass she hoped. Before long she found herself actually enjoying this misty walk. She loved the rain and holding hands with Kenshin wasn't too bad.
It was kind of nice to hold hands and just peacefully walk through the rainy fog. She began to run jerking kenshin into a light jog. Running through the rain was always her favorite thing to do. When people would tell her to save it for a rainy day she would always tell them to use it now because running in the rain takes up your energy.
Soon the rush of her running beside kenshin caused her to burst into a sprint. She could smell the aroma of flowers mingling with the smell of rain and fish as she jolted here and there. Every once and a while kenshin would jerk her to the left or right. It was as if he had drawn a map of how to get there in his head. She still didn't know how he was able to find anything in this fog.
Kaoru was beginning to wear herself out and her sprint fell back into a run. The rain was beginning to lighten up. The small drops cascaded down her back and neck, further soaking her already wet clothes. She was so wet she felt like her cloths were going to melt right off her body if any more water was dumped on her. Her fingers were pruned and she could feel that Kenshins were as well.
The rain wasn't as loud now and she could hear her own labored breathing. Kenshin seemed to be fine, breathing regularly and running at a brisk rate. She looked over to him and found the fog had let up enough for her to see object three feet infront of her but no further. She could see his usually bouncy hair had lost its body and just seemed to be a mess of red hair on his head.
His shirt clung to him outlining his thin but muscular body and his pants looked extremely uncomfortable. When jeans get wet they decide to feel like someone his running a cheese grader across the inside of your legs. But Kenshin showed no uneasy feeling and actually looked semi-happy to be running in the rain. When he looked over to her, her head snapped in front of her.
Kenshin could see the pink on her cheeks and smiled in spite of himself. Her light pink baby tee was a v-neck and was clinging tightly to her round breasts. Kenshin could see through the shirt and cursed the gods who told her to wear a bra today. His eyes roamed further down her body to the light shorts that rode up her ass. Kenshin couldn't have asked for a more perfect day.
It was raining yes but he could see through her cloths and just as she was beginning to cool off and maybe forget what he said to her the fog began to clear enough for him to look at her. And he was almost to the cave, which gave them further privacy. This crappy day was beginning to turn into a very good day.
Kenshin pulled her arm to the right one more time as a large outline of a mountain came into view. Kaorus run became a slow leisurely walk as the came to the mouth of the cave. They walked in the cave slowly and the fog became thin and the rain stopped. Kaoru could see hi easily now and him her. However it was slightly damp in the cave and dark.
They walked further in hoping it would be drier. Kenshin continued to walk mumbling something about wood and when he came back he had an arm full of wood. He started a fire, which lit up the whole cave. Kaoru looked down at her outfit uncomfortably and her face turned a bright glowing red, which resembled the fire.
Kenshin pulled off his wet shirt quickly and rung the water from it. He managed to hang his shirt form a ledge near the fire where it could dry. Kenshin looked up at her water dripping down his face a stream of it running through the lines of his scar. His muscular chest was showing and Kaoru blushed a bit to his forward actions.
'He's drying his cloths.' Kaoru thought to herself reassuringly. 'Which is what I would be doing if he wasn't here.' Kaoru thought resentfully. Kenshin took off his pants and rung them out as well and hung them up. He was standing in his boxers looking away form Kaoru.
Though Kenshin secretly hoped to god she wanted her cloths dry to her didn't want her to think he was anxious. He rung out his hair as well and ran his fingers through it then put it into a low ponytail again. Kaoru walked further into the cave looking for anything she could use to cover herself. Something about being in only her underwear alone with kenshin in a cave didn't sound safe.
After being turned from Kaoru for a while Kenshin was getting a hold of himself and was feeling more at ease even if he was in wet boxers in a cave. He turned around and saw she was gone. He figured she was only looking for something or taking off her cloths elsewhere. Kenshin didn't bother about it much and sat down near the fire holding out his hands for warmth.
Kaoru couldn't find anything worth taking with her to cover herself but she knew there were sticks for the fire. If necessary she could beat him with one. She walked back to where he was but she was still in the shadows. She stayed there while taking off her shirt and shorts. Her bra was skin colored and she was wearing black undies.
"Kenshin…" She said still lurking in the shadows afraid to come out. He looked up to see her figure in the shadow of the fire and he smiled warmly.
"Yes." He said with the padding rain as background noise.
"Close your eyes." She instructed in a wobbling and unsteady voice. Kenshin laughed but did as she said and closed his eyes. He even put his hand over his eyes to add to the affect.
Quickly she ran over to the ledge he put his cloths on and she hung her cloths as well. He could hear her feet padding across the stone floor. He moved a finger and was about to open and eye when her voice intruded in his mind.
"Don't peek!" She shouted angrily the uncertainty of her voice diminishing. Quickly his hand snapped together and he heard her feet move to the other side of the fire near the firewood.
"Ok." She said in an unsure voice. He lifted the hand from his face and saw she was sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest and her arms wrapped protectively over her long creamy legs. He laughed at her and for a while they both sat there in front of the fire watching the flames lick the wood and reach for the roof. Occasionally she would carefully and slowly unwrap one arm to throw some firewood on the fire.
"Kenshin." She said after a while having gotten more comfortable. The quiver in her voice was gone and was replaced with emptiness and fatigue.
"Yea." He said casually his right leg stretched towards the fire and his other bent with his arm resting on it.
"Why are you in the mafia?" She asked watching the fire in a hypnotized type state. Kenshin looked up at her then to the floor in thought.
"Well…when my parents passed on, I got into a rough crowd. We smoked and drank and trashed homes and stole and beat up anything that walked." He said in a low almost threatening tone. "But me and a select few who thought it was time to move on to bigger fish joked about the mafia." He said.
"Then one day a mafia member over heard us talking about it and he mistook us for the real thing. I guess at the time HE had recruited some new guys form the neighborhood and asked his guy to find em'. But that guy didn't know who they were and thought we were those guys. So he took us to His office with a little persuasion." Kenshin continued. 'Why am I telling her this?' He asked himself but was unable to stop telling her.
Out of her anticipation and excitement of the story she loosened her grip on her legs. Kenshin avoided looking at her body and focused his eyes on her deep blue ones. "When HE saw us he knew the man got the wring kids but played along. We didn't really realize it was the mafia. We were kinda in your situation…we were forced to work for the mafia because we knew about it." He said sorrowfully.
"But I have learned to love it…and so have my buds." He said looking around the cave and at the fire; anywhere he could to escape the inquiring eyes of Kaoru.
"Who were your buds?" She asked hopefully.
"Sano, Aoshi, Soujiro, and a man who…is no longer with us." Kenshin said closing his eyes.
"Oh Kenshin…"Kaoru whispered her hand reaching out but she was across the fire. "I didn't know." She croaked out her arm quickly shrinking back.
"I know…It's not your fault…" He said quietly looking at the ground. His cross scar tingled at the mention of him and he could feel tears knocking in the back of his eyes. Kaoru was now sitting cross-legged looking upset and at the brink of tears. Slowly she crawled over to Kenshin's side of the fire. She grabbed one of Kenshin's hands out of his lap carefully.
She was sitting on her legs and held his hand in between both of hers. She put his hand to her lips. Kenshin watched her take his hand in hers and noticed in the back of his mind that a mostly naked woman was grasping his hand but he pushed that away quickly.
"Kenshin, I am sorry. I feel for you." She said in a very low, hushed voice. "I know what its like." She said as she opened her eyes and looked deep into his. Sorrow and happiness mixed in his deep purple eyes.
"Kaoru, I'll be ok. It happened a long time ago." He said looking up at her, for she was sitting on her legs.
"Then just know I'll always be here for you." She said letting go of his hand. Kenshin smiled a cunning roguish smile.
"Will you always be there for me…mostly unclothed?" He asked. Kaoru's face turned a bright red of embarrassment then of fury. Her eyebrow twitched and her first reaction was to cover her chest. One arm went over her chest and the other flew into the air and soared to his cheek were it hit as hard as her body would allow it. This all happened in one swift movement and left kenshin lying on the ground of the cave several feet away.
He was twitching in pain and his face was beginning to turn red and puffy. There was a large inflamed handprint on the side of his face. Kaoru stood up and walked over to the pile of firewood and picked up one of the larger thicker sticks. She held it up high over her head and walked over to kenshin.
Just as he sat up and began to rub his wounded cheek he looked up to see Kaoru clad in wet underwear and a large stick over her head with a wicked look on her face. He closed his eyes as she began to swing the stick towards his already damaged head.