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"Now, since I answered a question for you, you will for me. Why did you break your vow, Kenshin? Why did you kill?"
Her question caught him by surprise. He hadn't even considered the rurouni's vow before protecting Kaoru against the man who he had known would have killed her if Kenshin hadn't killed him first. He glanced down at her eyes, harsh gold meeting innocent blue, and knew that she would be expecting an answer. He shrugged. "I had to."
Annoyed, Kaoru tossed her head. "Why?" Kenshin chuckled at her antics.
"He would have killed you." He was amazed at the sight of her eyes filling with tears, tears that she fought and tried to keep back.
"You didn't have to do that. We could have done this a different way, Kenshin, you didn't have to..." She struggled with her tears, but, as if in defiance, they rolled down her cheeks anyways. "I never wanted that, Kenshin. I never want you to have to break your vow. I love you too much..." There, she thought, now she had gone and said it. Now it was out in the open. Hopefully he wouldn't just toss her into the river. Who knew what Battousai would do...
Kenshin frowned, his mind unable to get past her declaration of love. "Kaoru..." He closed his eyes for a moment. "I've waited a long time to hear that. Don't you think that would have been more appropriate months ago?" Another tear slipped from her eye.
"I'm sorry, Kenshin. I'm sorry you don't feel the same way." Kenshin wasn't entirely sure how to feel. Battousai had never really loved the way that the rurouni had. He had loved, yes, but not like the rurouni.
"Damnit, woman, why in the hell would you think that?" Was she completely blind? Wasn't the rurouni? "Nevermind. Don't answer that." His mind flashed back to all the times the rurouni could have told Kaoru, could have done something, anything, differently. Instead, he had a crying woman in his arms.
Leaning down, he pulled her up to him, and laid his lips on hers, brushing her lips in just the slightest of a touch, before pulling away to look in her eyes. "Kenshin...?" Just his name, a question that meant so many things.
Throwing caution to the winds, pressed his lips to hers again, forcefully pushing her mouth open to recieve him, and ambushed her mouth. After a shocked and confused moment, she responded to him, amazed at the sensations running through her body at every place they touched.
Finally, he pulled away from her, shaking his head. "Get dressed." He said, setting her on her feet.
"Kenshin, what's wrong?" Amber eyes turned towards her, looking up her body.
"Do not push me, Kaoru." She wouldn't understand how easy it would be for him to take her, she willing and him needing.
Kaoru couldn't figure him out. Either he liked her, or he didn't. It was pretty cut and dry. Why push her away? Ignoring his warning, she dropped to her knees in front of him. "Tell me, Kenshin. Tell me what it is!" His eyes just continued to watch her as she tried to think of a way to get him to talk. "You don't want me, do you? If you don't want me, then just say so, but don't string me along. I'm strong, I don't need to be disilluded." At his continued blank stare, she finally got pissed. "Damn you, tell me! Tell me now, so I can get on with my life and try to leave you behind. With or without, I need to go on! I can't wait until I'm too old to have kids for you to finally decide!"
Kaoru? With someone else? Anger, even hotter than before, flashed in his amber eyes at the thought of someone, anyone, else with Kaoru. That would not happen. She was his. "You are mine." He growled at her, fury unleashed in his eyes. "Do not think I would allow you to be someone else's." For a moment, she had forgotten that he wasn't the gentle rurouni.
Closing her eyes, she did the only thing she knew how to do. Provoke him farther. "Then why haven't you done anything about it? Do you expect me to be an old maid forever? How long do I have to wait for you to make me yours? Are you that much of a coward?" Surprise widened his eyes, but further anger caused him to narrow them into slits. "That's right, Kenshin. You're a coward. You're afraid of making a move that could possibly change the way that things are right now. What if things got worse, you ask yourself. You're so afraid of the slight chance of a poor outcome, you won't risk what you have for a better one!" She shrugged as Kenshin watched, and, even through his anger, he could see the delicious movement on her breasts. "You're a spineless coward."
His mouth crashed down on hers at the same moment he dragged her down to the ground, laying himself on top of her. He could feel the surprise run through her, feel her stiffen, and a passing thought lingered in his mind for a moment. 'What if she doesn't want me?' But he pushed it, and the rurouni, further away from his mind. "You are mine." He growled into her hair.
"Kenshin?" She didn't quite understand, not entirely anyway. He settled himself between her legs and put a hand on either side of her head, effectively trapping her. He dropped his head again to lay his mouth on hers and distracted her while pulling off his own clothes.
She didn't realize what he had done until she felt his skin against hers. Unwittingly, she shivered, sending delicious sensations up and down his body, pushing him farther towards the edge he was so precariously perched on. He pulled his face away from hers and looked into her eyes, willing himself to actually look at her, into her, rather than through her.
The trust that he saw in her eyes astounded him. He had never seen that kind of look in all his life, the look that told him that no matter what he did or didn't do, she trusted him. "Kaoru." He found himself whispering her name, as though it were an endearment.
Kaoru brought her arms up and wrapped them around him, hugging him tight to her, pulling him back down to him. Her small act of acceptance broke his reserve, and he crushed his mouth to hers, ravaging her mouth the way he wanted to do to her pliant body. Kaoru, sensing that this was the only way that she would ever get Kenshin to become... romantic with her, took what he offerred, opening her mouth to him, pulling him as close to her as possible in every way.
Kenshin's hands followed the curve of her body to her hips, and he lifted himself up, off of her, and pressed a palm against the soft curls that protected her softest parts. At the sudden contact, Kaoru arched her back, pleasure emanating through her body, and when his finger pushed just inside of her, she cried out, a mixture of his name and pure animal pleasure. His intense gaze never left her face, and he continued to watch her as he gently pleasured her with his finger, pushing her closer and closer to an edge she had no knowledge of.
Her eyes flew open and caught Kenshin's, a shocked look on her face as she reached the pinnacle of her pleasure. "Now." he growled, and settled down on her body, pushing himself into her body in one relentless thrust. Kaoru felt the sharp stab of pain within her body, but didn't even pay it any attention, the pleasure rushing through her was too great.
It took her a moment to realize that Kenshin was inside her, a not altogether bad experience. Inside her. Close as he could be to her. For some reason, she enjoyed that thought. "Kenshin, you're..." She shifted her hips against him, testing out the feeling.
"Don't, do that, Kaoru. Not yet." He needed to give her, and himself, another second before he moved, so as not to lost what little control he had left. After a moment, he cautiously pulled back a little ways, and thrusted forward, savoring the feel of her wrapped around him.
Her eyes opened again and met his, blue clashing with amber, and all he could see in her eyes was love for him, something he hadn't truly trusted himself to believe in again. Again, his hips repeated their actions, but this time Kaoru moved with him, her legs drawing up around his waist. Langorious turned frantic, and soon Kaoru found herself being pushed back over that same edge again, but this time, she took Kenshin with her.
Kenshin's eyes slid closed for the first time, and he let himself go, finally letting pleasure take over his body, enjoying the feel. He collapsed on top of Kaoru, where they steyed until morning, when they would get up and renew their search.
Okay, I finally updated... sorry about the time, my computer kicked the bucket, and my post, which had been ready to go, was eaten by the computer gods. As was just about everything else... that, and I don't have a beta... so I have to do it all on my own... oh, just as well...
Let me know how it was, I wasn't so sure of this chapter... it's finally a lemon, ladies and gentlemen, the first I've put out on the 'net. Not a great one, and I'll probably expand, but people seemed like they were going to toast me over an open fire if I didnt update soon... so sorry.. I'll try to get out the next chapter soon, like within a few days... Please don't eat me!!
And, finally, I'll reply to all the reviews... even the old ones... in the next chpt. Just not tonight... I have to go to work in eight hours, and I haven't gone to bed yet... night!!
Love you guys!
Alys
"Now, since I answered a question for you, you will for me. Why did you break your vow, Kenshin? Why did you kill?"
Her question caught him by surprise. He hadn't even considered the rurouni's vow before protecting Kaoru against the man who he had known would have killed her if Kenshin hadn't killed him first. He glanced down at her eyes, harsh gold meeting innocent blue, and knew that she would be expecting an answer. He shrugged. "I had to."
Annoyed, Kaoru tossed her head. "Why?" Kenshin chuckled at her antics.
"He would have killed you." He was amazed at the sight of her eyes filling with tears, tears that she fought and tried to keep back.
"You didn't have to do that. We could have done this a different way, Kenshin, you didn't have to..." She struggled with her tears, but, as if in defiance, they rolled down her cheeks anyways. "I never wanted that, Kenshin. I never want you to have to break your vow. I love you too much..." There, she thought, now she had gone and said it. Now it was out in the open. Hopefully he wouldn't just toss her into the river. Who knew what Battousai would do...
Kenshin frowned, his mind unable to get past her declaration of love. "Kaoru..." He closed his eyes for a moment. "I've waited a long time to hear that. Don't you think that would have been more appropriate months ago?" Another tear slipped from her eye.
"I'm sorry, Kenshin. I'm sorry you don't feel the same way." Kenshin wasn't entirely sure how to feel. Battousai had never really loved the way that the rurouni had. He had loved, yes, but not like the rurouni.
"Damnit, woman, why in the hell would you think that?" Was she completely blind? Wasn't the rurouni? "Nevermind. Don't answer that." His mind flashed back to all the times the rurouni could have told Kaoru, could have done something, anything, differently. Instead, he had a crying woman in his arms.
Leaning down, he pulled her up to him, and laid his lips on hers, brushing her lips in just the slightest of a touch, before pulling away to look in her eyes. "Kenshin...?" Just his name, a question that meant so many things.
Throwing caution to the winds, pressed his lips to hers again, forcefully pushing her mouth open to recieve him, and ambushed her mouth. After a shocked and confused moment, she responded to him, amazed at the sensations running through her body at every place they touched.
Finally, he pulled away from her, shaking his head. "Get dressed." He said, setting her on her feet.
"Kenshin, what's wrong?" Amber eyes turned towards her, looking up her body.
"Do not push me, Kaoru." She wouldn't understand how easy it would be for him to take her, she willing and him needing.
Kaoru couldn't figure him out. Either he liked her, or he didn't. It was pretty cut and dry. Why push her away? Ignoring his warning, she dropped to her knees in front of him. "Tell me, Kenshin. Tell me what it is!" His eyes just continued to watch her as she tried to think of a way to get him to talk. "You don't want me, do you? If you don't want me, then just say so, but don't string me along. I'm strong, I don't need to be disilluded." At his continued blank stare, she finally got pissed. "Damn you, tell me! Tell me now, so I can get on with my life and try to leave you behind. With or without, I need to go on! I can't wait until I'm too old to have kids for you to finally decide!"
Kaoru? With someone else? Anger, even hotter than before, flashed in his amber eyes at the thought of someone, anyone, else with Kaoru. That would not happen. She was his. "You are mine." He growled at her, fury unleashed in his eyes. "Do not think I would allow you to be someone else's." For a moment, she had forgotten that he wasn't the gentle rurouni.
Closing her eyes, she did the only thing she knew how to do. Provoke him farther. "Then why haven't you done anything about it? Do you expect me to be an old maid forever? How long do I have to wait for you to make me yours? Are you that much of a coward?" Surprise widened his eyes, but further anger caused him to narrow them into slits. "That's right, Kenshin. You're a coward. You're afraid of making a move that could possibly change the way that things are right now. What if things got worse, you ask yourself. You're so afraid of the slight chance of a poor outcome, you won't risk what you have for a better one!" She shrugged as Kenshin watched, and, even through his anger, he could see the delicious movement on her breasts. "You're a spineless coward."
His mouth crashed down on hers at the same moment he dragged her down to the ground, laying himself on top of her. He could feel the surprise run through her, feel her stiffen, and a passing thought lingered in his mind for a moment. 'What if she doesn't want me?' But he pushed it, and the rurouni, further away from his mind. "You are mine." He growled into her hair.
"Kenshin?" She didn't quite understand, not entirely anyway. He settled himself between her legs and put a hand on either side of her head, effectively trapping her. He dropped his head again to lay his mouth on hers and distracted her while pulling off his own clothes.
She didn't realize what he had done until she felt his skin against hers. Unwittingly, she shivered, sending delicious sensations up and down his body, pushing him farther towards the edge he was so precariously perched on. He pulled his face away from hers and looked into her eyes, willing himself to actually look at her, into her, rather than through her.
The trust that he saw in her eyes astounded him. He had never seen that kind of look in all his life, the look that told him that no matter what he did or didn't do, she trusted him. "Kaoru." He found himself whispering her name, as though it were an endearment.
Kaoru brought her arms up and wrapped them around him, hugging him tight to her, pulling him back down to him. Her small act of acceptance broke his reserve, and he crushed his mouth to hers, ravaging her mouth the way he wanted to do to her pliant body. Kaoru, sensing that this was the only way that she would ever get Kenshin to become... romantic with her, took what he offerred, opening her mouth to him, pulling him as close to her as possible in every way.
Kenshin's hands followed the curve of her body to her hips, and he lifted himself up, off of her, and pressed a palm against the soft curls that protected her softest parts. At the sudden contact, Kaoru arched her back, pleasure emanating through her body, and when his finger pushed just inside of her, she cried out, a mixture of his name and pure animal pleasure. His intense gaze never left her face, and he continued to watch her as he gently pleasured her with his finger, pushing her closer and closer to an edge she had no knowledge of.
Her eyes flew open and caught Kenshin's, a shocked look on her face as she reached the pinnacle of her pleasure. "Now." he growled, and settled down on her body, pushing himself into her body in one relentless thrust. Kaoru felt the sharp stab of pain within her body, but didn't even pay it any attention, the pleasure rushing through her was too great.
It took her a moment to realize that Kenshin was inside her, a not altogether bad experience. Inside her. Close as he could be to her. For some reason, she enjoyed that thought. "Kenshin, you're..." She shifted her hips against him, testing out the feeling.
"Don't, do that, Kaoru. Not yet." He needed to give her, and himself, another second before he moved, so as not to lost what little control he had left. After a moment, he cautiously pulled back a little ways, and thrusted forward, savoring the feel of her wrapped around him.
Her eyes opened again and met his, blue clashing with amber, and all he could see in her eyes was love for him, something he hadn't truly trusted himself to believe in again. Again, his hips repeated their actions, but this time Kaoru moved with him, her legs drawing up around his waist. Langorious turned frantic, and soon Kaoru found herself being pushed back over that same edge again, but this time, she took Kenshin with her.
Kenshin's eyes slid closed for the first time, and he let himself go, finally letting pleasure take over his body, enjoying the feel. He collapsed on top of Kaoru, where they steyed until morning, when they would get up and renew their search.
Okay, I finally updated... sorry about the time, my computer kicked the bucket, and my post, which had been ready to go, was eaten by the computer gods. As was just about everything else... that, and I don't have a beta... so I have to do it all on my own... oh, just as well...
Let me know how it was, I wasn't so sure of this chapter... it's finally a lemon, ladies and gentlemen, the first I've put out on the 'net. Not a great one, and I'll probably expand, but people seemed like they were going to toast me over an open fire if I didnt update soon... so sorry.. I'll try to get out the next chapter soon, like within a few days... Please don't eat me!!
And, finally, I'll reply to all the reviews... even the old ones... in the next chpt. Just not tonight... I have to go to work in eight hours, and I haven't gone to bed yet... night!!
Love you guys!
Alys
