I'm hoping that the title of this chapter won't give away what may happen. If you catch on slow to stuff, thank you.

Chapter 3:

Special Surprise

Later that night…

He sat in front of the cherry tree beside the pond infested with fireflies.

"Um…,"she began. "I'm sorry I'm little late."

"No, it's okay…," then his voices trailed off when he turned to look at her. "Beautiful…"

"Thank you."

She looked like his angel in the night to him. She was shined brighter than the full moon on the pond.

He stared speechless, mouth ajar. He finally closed his mouth and swallowed the lump in his throat. His breath was still caught in his throat.

She was wearing a light yellow sundress with light blue flowers. She had a ribbon in her hair with the same pattern. The total opposite of the business attire that showed off her curves; this one showed the true beauty of her face.

They sat there, enjoying each others presence. He rested his head in her lap. He smiled up at her, while she played with his hair. She smiled back down at her.

She sat down next to him. "I have a question."

"Ask."

"Um…" she hesitated. She was biting her lip. "The night we met, why did you come to me? I mean there were…" she trailed off as Kenshin put a finger over lip.

"Ssshh. I came to you because you're the only one that caught my eye. There is no one prettier than you."

"Oh…what about your mother" she teased.

He looked down and she could swear she saw his eyes switch to a purple color.

"I haven't talked to her in years." He was staring off somewhere else. "After she got divorced and my baby sister died, everything just fell out. I was sent away when my mom got too depressed and lost her job. I think it's been eight years since we've talked." His voice cracked on the last sentence. A tear fell from eye. He quickly wiped it away.

(A/N: Kenshin =28; Kaoru =24)

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-"

"Don't. You never would've known"

There was a long silence. She put her hand over his, in an attempt to comfort him.

He looked up smiling. "Well tell me about your family."

"My parents don't really get along well. I hate my father for what he did to her. I still hate him now. He traveled a lot and when he was gone, she smiled. I loved it when she smiled. She used to act like she was a teenager when she was around us, my sister and me. The rest of my family is dick-heads."

He knew what her father did by the look on her face. He pulled her into a hug. He nuzzled into her hair, inhaling deeply. He heard her choke out a sob.

"Please don't cry. I wouldn't like it."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay." He moved closer to her face so she felt his warm breath making her shutter. His sweet breath had her in a trance. He cocked his head to the side and leaned in to kiss her. Her mouth began moving with his. His hands clasped to her face to get better entry. His tongue licked over her lip and she lost all control she had and almost fell over. He pulled her down gently on top of him. She broke off for air, but he kept coming after her mouth.

"So, Kaoru, you don't love him enough or you're not being honest with him. I'm surprised you would tell me that your dad raped you many times, but not him."

She stopped kissing Kenshin, recognizing his voice.

"Matthew…," she whispered under her breath.

"Kaoru.... is it true? Kaoru?"

She didn't say anything all she did was stare off with fear deep in her eyes as she stared at the man before them.

"Kaoru, Love, why don't you answer him?"

She looked at his face and saw amusement dancing in his eyes because of her pain. Her face paled.

"Why won't you leave me alone," she cried.

"Dude, maybe you should leave. You're upsetting her."

Matthew glared down at Kenshin through his thick black bangs. "Who are you?"

"A friend."

"Not by the way you were frenching her a couple minutes ago." Kenshin growled, trying not to pounce the man right there on the spot.

Kaoru stood up and stumbled a little. Kenshin caught her before she fell.

"I wanna go home."

"I'll walk you there."

Matthew grabbed her wrist jerking her towards him. She yelped in pain.

'This is going to leave a bruise.'

"Kaoru, where do you think you're going? We still need to talk about why you ran from me."

"Let me go. Why won't you leave me alone? You know full well why I ran." She sounded as though she was about to cry.

Matthew pulled her closer, burying his nose in her hair. He inhaled. It made her shutter in disgust and turn a little paler.

Kenshin felt his self control slowing leaving his body. His fangs were in his cheeks. Blood slowly trickled down his jaw. The taste of blood made it harder to control himself.

"Let her go. Now." Everyone noticed the octave drop in his voice.

"Kenshin…" Kaoru whispered.

Matthew cocked his eyebrow at the red head. "Okay," Matthew answered calmly.

He pushed her into the pond. She looked down as the fish swam around her. He dress was ruined and her hair was drenched. She felt the tears run down her cheeks or it was water. All she knew was her eyes burned.

She stood up and walked past them slowly. Her face was in her hands as she wiped away tears.

"Hey Babe, where ya goin'?" Matthew smirked.

"Leave me the hell alone you abusive asshole."

His eyes flashed at her. He walked up to her, about to hit her, but a hand grabbed his.

Kaoru had closed her eyes, awaiting the hand to reach her face. She opened her eyes to see Kenshin staring the man dead in the eyes.

"Get your fucking hand off me. I don't even know you. I came here for her."

Matthew jerked his hand away and reached for her. He shook her violently. The tears flooded down her face.

"You're coming with me so we can-"

He was cut off when Kenshin attacked him and showed his fangs. He closed in around Matthew's neck and stopped after realizing what he was doing. Kenshin stood up slowly and looked down at the horror struck man.

"Leave…"

Matthew got up and walked away. "Kaoru, we are going to talk about this. One way or another." And with, he was gone.

Kenshin didn't want to look at kaoru's face. Instead, he turned his attention to her wrist. "We should get that checked on."

"Kenshin…"

He took off his jacket and wrapped it around her then walked to a friend's house. She looked up at him and he looked down through the corner his eye. She gasped a little. His eyes were a red colour.

"Kenshin, what just happened?"

"Nothing. Who is he and what was he talking about?"

"That was my ex-boyfriend."

"You only answered one question," he said calmly.

"I don't want to answer the next one."

"why?"

"I just don't want to tell you."

"Please, Sweetie. Just tell me."

She sighed. "He has territorial issues. He said I belonged to him and every time I tried to leave, he hit me. Even when I talked to friends, he suspected that I was trying to leave. I couldn't even leave the apartment."

"So that's why Aoshi threatened me, isn't it?"

"Yes. He doesn't like me being in relationships anymore."

"Well, I'll do my best to make sure you're safe. I'd die for you."

"Kenshin, no need to go that far; I'm not that special."

"Yes, you are that special. That's the reason you caught my eye."

She blushed. "Thank you…"

"Thanks again, Megumi," Kenshin said, staring at her wrap the bandage around Kaoru's wrist.

"Kenshin, you never really told me what happened anyway."

"It's nothing, just an incident."

"Okay. Take a Tylenol for the wrist if it start hurting and put ice on it for the swelling."

"Okay. Thank you" she said as she walked out with Kenshin following.

"You're welcome."

Kenshin wrapped his jacket around kaoru as he walked her home.

"T-thanks for w-w-walking me home," she said, between shivers.

"No problem."

They stopped at the front of her door, looking in each others eyes.

"I'm really sorry about my ex showing up and ruining everything."

"No, you don't have to apologize for his ignorance." His hand clutched tighter around hers and you can hear him grinding his teeth. He was staring off into the distance. His grip loosened a little.

"Kenshin…" she squeezed his hand a little. He looked back into her eyes. She smiled a little. "Well, I guess I'll talk to you later." She stood up on tiptoe and lightly kissed his cheek.

He pulled her back into his arms and swooped down to capture her lips. She went limp in his arm and he pulled away. He looked at her. He was amused at the look on her face. Her cheeks were a deep red along with her lips. He smiled.

"Goodnight," he said as she stumbled away.

"Goodnight." He watched her walk into her dark house and flip on the hall light.