A/n- And here is the culmination of this series of stories! This is probably the last one, though I might want to revisit this verse at a later time, not 100% sure. And it's actually based on a set of 4 pictures instead of just one! Enjoy this long and hopefully satisfying resolution!
The Commission Files- Files #a1423-a1426 Samurai R Episode 4
Characters: Rutger, Lilina, Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin), Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin)
Based on: A commission set by burplenurpless on Twitter
"I hope we don't lay it on too thick when they get here." Lilina worried as she and Rutger were waiting for their guests to arrive.
"I'm sure we'll be fine. We've done this tons of times before, we're practically experts at this point." Rutger noted.
"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about though, we've done this before, we do this all the time. I want it to feel special for them, especially since we're trying to help them out emotionally." Lilina continued. "Elimine, I wonder if your parents ever felt this way over something like this."
"They did, a few times actually, it's in my father's notes." Rutger stated. "So if they worried about it but still found a way to keep things feeling special, I have confidence we will as well."
"That does make me feel a bit better." Lilina noted. "But shouldn't they be here by now? We told them noon right?"
"I was thinking about that earlier actually, it's possible their noon and our noon are two different times depending on what area of the globe Japan is on." Rutger commented. "Though I would think if that was the case, they'd probably show up exactly a number of hours late or early." As he said that the 1 o'clock chime for the castle grounds went off and not a moment later an outrealm portal opened up and out stepped Rutger and Lilina's special guests, Kenshin and Kaoru.
"Hey, you actually got to be right about something once!" Lilina teased Rutger before politely bowing to their guests. Rutger bowed as well before extending his hand for a shake.
"How has it been Kenshin? Things going well with you in Japan?" He asked with a smile.
"Everything has been going smoothly, that it has." Kenshin answered back with a smile. "Every now and then I have to stop a few robbers or such, but other than that Kaoru and I have been living peacefully at the dojo with our friends. I've even been teaching Yahiko my Hiten Mitsurugi sword style and he's improving rapidly."
"And since Kenshin is around more often people come from all around and I get to teach them swordsmanship for personal defense as well." Kaoru added happily. "It's a simple life, but after everything we've been through, it's what we want for the most part."
"Ha, I understand that feeling." Lilina noted.
"Well, what about you two?" Kenshin wondered. "Being in charge of so many people, it has to get stressful sometimes right?"
"It is, but it's fulfilling in its own way." Rutger replied. "Getting to see people's lives improve, seeing the smiles on their faces, protecting them when the time comes, it's great. I'm still not a big fan of all the 'rules' you're supposed to follow as a noble, but luckily for me most of the influential people these days are my friends, so they let me be myself."
"I couldn't put it any better myself." Lilina agreed. "Plus, I still have time to practice and hone my magic skill and Rutger gets to fight all the up and coming knights he wants. And as for the stress, well, that's why we plan out fun times like this with friends."
"We appreciate you taking time out of your busy lives to spend it with us, that we do." Kenshin noted, feeling the genuine tone of their words.
"And we appreciate you offering to help us out like this." Kaoru added. "Even if it's still a bit of a strange concept to think about."
"Totally understandable." Lilina assured her. "We, obviously, didn't think we'd be doing stuff like this either when we first started out, but we're gonna take it slow and ease you two into it."
"And if at any point it's too uncomfortable, jus say so and we'll stop and back off. No judgement." Rutger added. "This stuff isn't for everyone, so we get it if you reach a certain point and just want to stop."
"You two are very wonderful friends, that you are." Kenshin replied with a smile. "But yes, that's good to know and hear before things start off."
"Speaking of starting off, what is the plan for today?" Kaoru wondered.
"Glad you asked!" Lilina answered cheerfully. "First off we're going to go into town and show you guys around, get some lunch, see the sights, that kind of stuff. Then we're gonna head to a place that's tucked away deep in the merchant's district run by a friend of ours named Anna."
"Anna runs what she calls a 'secret shop' chain with her sisters." Rutger noted. "And 'secret' has many different meanings. It could mean rare items or weapons, or it could also mean whatever we do there will be kept away from prying eyes. I know you two said you didn't want this being talked about and that's why you wanted to come here to Ostia, well this way it won't even be talked about here."
"Ooh, that just sounds fun and mysterious along with thoughtful, doesn't it Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, getting a bit excited.
"That it does." Kenshin agreed. "Then I take it this 'secret shop' is like an inn with bedrooms?"
"Even better." Lilina commented. "It has a hot spring as well. We figured that to start off we could all use it together to get used to seeing each other's bodies."
"That brings back memories." Kenshin noted and Kaoru let out a giggle as she remembered as well.
"This one time we were protecting this young man and while we were talking about the situation going on us and all of our friends were using the hot springs on his property." Kaoru explained. "Kenshin got a burst of inspiration and when he jumped up and ran over to tell us his towel fell off in the process. That was the first time I saw him naked like that and I was so embarrassed." Rutger and Lilina got a good laugh at that story as Kenshin blushed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Sounds like something my father would end up doing." Rutger noted as he slowly stopped laughing. "I think he would have liked you two."
"If he's half of what you've told us, we'd probably like him right back." Kenshin replied. "Well, if you two don't have anything else to do here, I'd say let's get this day started!"
"Sounds good to me!" Lilina replied. "You two brought weapons just in case right?"
"Sure did!" Kaoru replied showing her wooden sword.
"Great, let's go!" Lilina said as she led the way. "By the way, just curious, did you guys leave on time to get here?"
"We left a few moments before noon, why?" Kenshin wondered.
"Because it's actually slightly after one here." Lilina answered. "That'll be good to know if we ever make plans together again."
After that the foursome left the castle and rode out to the castle town. It wasn't a long trip and soon enough they were on the outskirts.
"I know you two are used to just walking around and people treating you normally, but don't be too concerned if you see people staring at us." Lilina noted to Kenshin and Kaoru.
"It's not as if we never show up around here, but people still tend to treat us slightly differently for obvious reasons." Rutger added.
"Hey, if the people like you so much they are willing to stop and get a glance at you, you must be doing a good job right?" Kaoru suggested.
"That they would." Kenshin agreed. So with that in mind Rutger and Lilina showed their friends around. The castle town was much larger than the one near the dojo, and there were so many more people milling around and places to see and buy things.
"This reminds me of the time I spent in the city of Kyoto." Kenshin noted after a bit. "It was a very busy city, just like this, though it is a bit quieter without all the sounds of machinery and such. I like it."
"I'm sure Yahiko and Sanosuke would love to visit here someday as well." Kaoru noted.
"Well, whenever they feel like it they are invited to come visit as well." Lilina noted. "Just have to let us know! Anyways, we're really close to the restaurant we wanted to take you to, it's just around the corner here."
"Wonderful, I was getting a bit hungry." Kenshin replied. So the four made it to the restaurant and were quickly seated because of Lilina and Rutger's status.
"This place is one of my favorites, because it makes food from my homeland of Sacae." Rutger explained.
"What is Sacae like?" Kaoru wondered. "Is it similar to here in Ostia?"
"Not really." Rutger commented. "Actually Sacae is one of the more unique lands of Elibe. It's a land full of rolling plains and nomadic people who live off the land. They live in tribes and bands and have a lot more smaller groups of people than places like Ostia."
"If it's too much to ask you don't have to explain, but what made you leave and want to live here? Other than falling in love I mean." Kenshin wondered, knowing it might have to do with Rutger's past that he had been told was somewhat similar to his."
"It's a bit of a long story." Rutger noted. "But I'd be willing to tell it while we eat if that's okay."
"We've got time." Kaoru answered. "And I'd love to hear more about you and the people of Elibe."
"Very well." Rutger stated before taking a moment to collect his thoughts. "It all started about 25 years ago when my mother found my father unconscious on the plains near the ger she was living in at the time." As they ate Rutger went on about how his parents met, how they met Eliwood and Hector, how the three of them saved the world, and how he became friends with Roy and Lilina. As expected it was a pretty fun and happy story, until he got to the part of what happened more recently. "But then things took a big turn for the worse."
"At the time I was in the nation of Etruria getting tutoring lessons with Roy, and before we could meet up with Rutger and hear the news from him we had to go our separate ways because of the war that broke out with the nation of Bern." Lilina added, as she had been helping tell the story as well.
"As a part of it's first offensive push, Bern invaded the city of Bulgar, one of Sacae's biggest trading towns." Rutger continued. "It just so happened that my parents and I were there that day, getting supplies to travel to Pherae because we knew the war was coming and we needed to join forces with our friends to stand a chance. The rest is still a bit of a blur to this day. All I remember is that my parents did their best to save as many people and get them out of the city as Bern's wyvern riders attacked, but not even a legendary swordswoman like my mother could take on so many by herself. I wanted to fight, but my parents told me to run and hide, so I did. When it was quiet I tried to sneak out of the town to collect my thoughts, but I was caught. As luck would have it though, I take more of my appearance from my father's Bernese side, so they thought I was part of the infantry force they brought along and they let me go."
"That...well..." Kaoru tried to say something comforting but she was speechless.
"I understand that feeling very well." Kenshin was able to say something though. "Losing someone you love, it hurts so much, especially if you think you could have done something about it." Kaoru looked at Rutger and nodded in agreement since she still couldn't think of what to say.
"Yeah, it was a dark day for me." Rutger noted. "But as you've seen things got better, but not before I kind of spiraled into a bad place mentally. I was only focused on revenge and getting back at Bern for killing my parents, and with that motivation came my rapid progress in my sword skills because I wanted to kill as many Bern soldiers as I could. I'm not saying I wouldn't be a good swordsman without that event happening, my mother was teaching me and she was a legend, but I probably wouldn't be as skilled as I am today."
"Unfortunately that's what happens during a war, you learn how to kill much more rapidly than in peaceful times." Kenshin commented. "The same was with me, without a revolution I probably wouldn't be where I am today either."
"But like I said, it got better." Rutger continued. "Eventually I got in contact with Roy and his army who was fighting back against Bern, and even if I didn't know Roy as a friend I would have joined up knowing it was my best shot at revenge. Not too long after that we came here to Ostia to rescue Lilina from revolutionaries."
"My father was also killed in the starting phases of the war." Lilina noted. "And with his death Bern sympathizers rose up and tried to take the throne. Luckily Roy and Rutger came just in time to shut all of that down."
"And after that things went as you might expect." Rutger went on. "Lilina and Roy, along with a few other members of the army, tried to knock some sense into me as the war dragged on and eventually it started to work. But of course the person who really got me to turn around was Lilina. Her care and support really made me feel like I wasn't alone like I thought I was and slowly but surely I kept warming up with her. I had already had a little bit of some feelings for her before the war, but it really gave me a chance to see what she really meant to me."
"As for me, it was a bit of a surprise, falling in love with Rutger." Lilina explained. "I actually had my eyes on Roy for the longest time, but one thing or another just kept getting in the way. First it was tutoring and then it was the war effort and him not having time to focus on anything else. Not that I blame him, he had a lot of responsibility, but I needed someone to help me with my problems and trauma from the war as well, but he just never had the time. So slowly but surely as I kept spending time with Rutger, who I will note was still a good friend from before the war, I realized that he was what I was looking for. He was someone who could give me support when I needed it and the confidence to back up my decisions when I made them."
"Lilina has always been the smarter and more ambitious between the two of us, so it was easy to lend her my strength when she needed it, and it was easier for me to let her in to my heart since she had been there from pretty much the start and I knew she truly cared about me and my well being." Rutger added. "It was a bit of a rocky road of course, but by the time the war was over and won we knew the path we had ahead of us and we were both ready to take it in stride together."
"And not to mention, have you seen Rutger? He's one of the most handsome men I've ever met." Lilina noted.
"Hey, you're much more pretty than I am handsome." Rutger teased back. "Besides, I would love you even if you weren't."
"Yeah, me too." Lilina agreed.
"You two really are a wonderfully supportive couple." Kaoru commented with slightly teary eyes. "I'm so glad you two were able to make things work out like you did."
"Me as well." Kenshin added. "It shows that love can overcome many hardships and change someone for the better, it should be an example for generations to come." By that time they had all finished their meals and Lilina went to go pay for it all.
"Sorry for making lunch such a sob story, but I figured that if we're gonna be open with each other physically we should be open emotionally as well." Rutger noted.
"No, no, we really enjoyed you telling us all that." Kaoru assured him. "I really feel much closer to you and Lilina now.
"If we had more time, I'd like to tell you more about my past, but since I feel like we're about to go to your friend Anna's shop to get things moving along it might ruin the mood." Kenshin added.
"Well, you'll just have to tell us when we come over next time." Lilina teased as she came back after paying.
"That's a good thought, that it is." Kenshin agreed before the four got up to leave. Anna's secret shop wasn't too far away from where they ate, but they had to make sure that they weren't being followed in. "Hey, somewhat random question, but is it cicada season around here?" Kenshin wondered.
"Like that horrible impression you and Sanosuke did would make people think no one was around." Kaoru teased him.
"It was worth a shot." Kenshin replied with a chuckle.
"Not to worry, we know how to get in without being seen. We just have to go in one at a time." Lilina explained. So she led them to a seemingly random door before knocking on it in a particular manner and then knocking four more times to let Anna know how many people were coming in.
"Stand against the wall here and just wait a moment." Rutger told Kenshin and he did so.
"What am I waiting for-?" Kenshin wondered before the wall rotated him inside the building.
"Pretty neat huh?" Lilina asked Kaoru with a teasing smile.
"It is, though nothing we haven't run into in the past." Kaoru said as she stood against the wall where Kenshin had. A few moments later the wall rotated again and let her in. After that Rutger and Lilina were allowed in as well and the four made it to the reception desk where Anna was waiting for them.
"Lady Lilina, Sir Rutger, right on time as usual!" Anna greeted them with a smile. "So glad to see you both again and to see you're doing well."
"Thank you Anna, we're glad you're doing good as well." Rutger answered politely.
"Did the payment come in on time?" Lilina wondered.
"Of course, it always does!" Anna replied before taking a look at Kenshin and Kaoru. "And these must be your friends from another Outrealm, Japan you said it was called?"
"Yes, that would be us." Kaoru confirmed. "I'm Kaoru and this is Kenshin."
"You have a very nice set up here Miss Anna, that you do." Kenshin noted politely. "Thank you for allowing us to visit and use your facilities. And for keeping things private."
"Not a problem, no secret is worth losing a trusted customer over." Anna stated confidently. "Anyways, I just finished setting up the hot springs for you all to use so your good to enter whenever you like. The changing room is right there and then you exit on the other side to the hot spring. I still need to put some finishing touches for your room for the night, but I should be done by the time you get out. But if you need anything feel free to ring the bell in the hot spring and I'll be right there."
"Alright, we'll keep that in mind." Kaoru commented, glad that Anna had things so under control here. Then she turned to Kenshin. "No time like the present right?"
"My thoughts exactly." Kenshin replied. So the four made their way to the changing room. Rutger and Lilina obviously had no issue with undressing in front of other people so they quickly did so and folded their clothes neatly on a shelf before grabbing their towels.
"See you guys in there!" Lilina waved before she and Rutger entered the hot spring.
"They're kind of shameless aren't they?" Kaoru wondered to Kenshin as they continued to undress slowly.
"Maybe, but it seems to work for them." Kenshin replied with a shrug. "I mean we're trying to learn a bit from them anyways right?"
"That's true. I guess I'm, well I guess jealous would be the right term but that seems too strong a feeling. Maybe envious is better?" Kaoru noted.
"That feels right." Kenshin commented. "But hey, we're safe here, we can do what we want right? So if you're envious of them, just do what they do."
"You make a good point Kenshin." Kaoru replied as she finally got done getting undressed and started folding her clothes.
"Sometimes I'm smart you know?" Kenshin teased as he finished got done undressing as well. "Now come on, let's try and have some fun." Kaoru nodded and the two made their way into the hot spring. Rutger and Lilina were already in the water, their towels folded on the edge showing they were fully exposed, cuddled together enjoying the warmth.
"We'll close our eyes as you get in if you want." Lilina offered as the other pair walked in and closer to the water.
"No need, you're gonna see it anyways, might as well get it over it sooner rather than later, right Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
"I don't see why not." Kenshin replied simply as he let his towel loose and folded it up before placing it down. He then slowly stepped into the water and sat down with a refreshed sigh. "You have to get in here Kaoru, this water is so good."
"Anna always makes sure it's the perfect temperature and she adds a bunch of skin softening herbs and such to make your skin feel nice." Lilina added.
"So that's what that pleasant smell is." Kaoru noted before she too slipped her towel off and stepped into the water. They weren't going to say it because it might ruin the mood at this moment, but Rutger and Lilina both thought that Kenshin and Kaoru were very attractive and they were really looking forward to seeing how this went with them. "Oooh, you're right Kenshin, this water is lovely."
"Not as lovely as you though." Kenshin commented as he waded over to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder so they could cuddle together like Lilina and Rutger were.
"Aww, that's sweet!" Rutger gently teased them, but they knew it was just in good fun so they playfully stuck their tongues out at him in response. After that the four of them had some good fun in the hot spring. Lilina wanted to feel how soft Kaoru's skin was and she found it to be quite nice, and of course she allowed Kaoru to feel her skin back. Rutger and Kenshin just soaked in the water, any pain that may have lingered from past battle scars just fading away as the minutes passed. Eventually their time was winding down and Rutger and Kenshin were sitting on the edge of the water with just their feet in as Lilina and Kaoru continued to wade around together. Lilina saw the position the guys were in, sitting next to each other like that, and she had an idea.
"Hey Kaoru, come closer." She beckoned a bit quietly.
"Yeah, what is it?" Kaoru wondered.
"You want to try something a bit more spicy before we move this to the bedroom?" Lilina asked.
"Um, what did you have in mind?" Kaoru asked back, slightly interested, but also slightly worried at what it might be. Lilina moved in closer to her ear and whispered her idea to her and while it was a bit strange sounding, it was kind of what they were here for right?
"What do you think?" Lilina wondered as she pulled back away from her ear.
"I think it would be a nice way to ease ourselves in, let's do it!" Kaoru responded with a burst of confidence. "Though something tells me you're still going to be at an advantage." Meanwhile Rutger and Kenshin were talking to each other, not really focusing on what the girls were doing.
"So, I think I have to ask just to clear things up, but are you into getting intimate with other guys?" Kenshin wondered, seeing how Rutger was quite open about a number of other things. "Because I'm not, and I'd rather talk about it now instead of you trying something and me maybe ruining the mood."
"That's a fair question." Rutger assured him. "And it's complicated. Like when I was younger, before the war and such, I was on the path to going both ways since both of my parents were like that and they explained everything pretty well, but after what happened I'm still trying to find my way back to how I used to me. So as of now, no, I'm not really interested in other guys, but some day I might be. You might want to get Kaoru to talk to Lilina about this topic as well, because she actually is into other women."
"No need, we talked it over before, she is actually willing to try some things with her." Kenshin explained. "Believe me, I was surprised as well, but she seemed excited at the time so I'm all for it."
"Good to know." Rutger noted before the two women popped up in between their legs. But not in the way you would expect. Lilina was in between Kenshin's legs while Kaoru was between Rutger's. "Well, well, this is a pleasant surprise."
"We thought you might like it." Lilina said with an alluring tease. "Kaoru and I decided we wanted to have a little bit of a competition before we left the hot spring."
"What type of competition?" Kenshin wondered as he started to blush slightly, since he had a good idea of what it might be.
"Well, Lilina wanted to see which one of us could get one of you to cum first only using our hands and mouths." Kaoru continued on. "And since you two would probably 'cheat' and let one of us win if we didn't switch things up, we decided we should swap partners to make it fair."
"Yeah, that sounds like something I would do." Rutger admitted with a chuckle. "Well, I'm game if you are Kenshin. What do you say?"
"I mean, if they went through all this trouble to think it through, we might as well let them right?" Kenshin teased, regaining his composure a bit. "Just, uh, go easy on me Lilina."
"Hmm... no promises." Lilina teased before moving in closer and getting a good look at what she was working with. Kenshin's dick was already a bit hard, probably just because he had been looking at two naked women for the last hour, but it looked to her that it was just about the same size as Rutger's, give or take a few minor differences here and there. She may have teased Kenshin that she wouldn't go easy on him, but she was confident that she was going to win so she started nice and easy, slowly stroking his cock with her hand gently.
Kaoru on the other hand knew she had her work cut out for her. She knew Rutger had a lot of experience under his belt, and so did Lilina who he got most of that experience from. So she figured she would have to start out a bit faster than Lilina, which she did by eschewing use of her hands for the time being and starting to work on Rutger's shaft with her tongue. She spread it out as widely as she could as she slowly covered every inch as it started to grow fully erect, which didn't take too long with how she was treating him.
"You like that Rutger? She asked between licks, hoping that if she could keep a conversation up with him it might distract him enough to suddenly go off later.
"Yeah, that feels real nice Kaoru." Rutger confirmed with a lower, more sensual voice that sent a few shivers up Kaoru's body, even if she was still mostly in the hot water of the spring. "I can't wait to see what else you can do." He wanted this to be a fair competition, so he wouldn't hold back from how he really felt, especially if it gave Kaoru more confidence.
"Oh, that's nothing, watch this." Lilina teased before hovering her mouth right above Kenshin's tip and using her tongue to make circles of varying speeds around it, making sure to tease him with a quick kiss or by sticking a bit of it into the slit on the top. Kenshin responded by starting to moan out in pleasure because Lilina really knew what she was doing.
"Y-You're quite good at this, that you are." He breathed out, trying his best to hold on and not give up just yet. He took a few deep breaths as if he was meditating and soon his breath and heartrate lowered and he could speak calmly again. "But you'll have to do a bit better to break through my defenses."
"Nice save!" Rutger commended Kenshin with a wink. After that the competition kept going on like that, with Lilina and Kaoru trying to continually one up each other and the two guys trying their best to hold on so their partner could win. Eventually it came to a point where both Lilina and Kaoru were sucking pretty deeply on their dicks and they could both tell from their partner's moaning that they were close. And this is where Lilina's confidence came into play. She didn't think she would have to do anything else just to have Kenshin cum in the next couple moment, so she wasn't thinking of anything, but Kaoru on the other hand knew she needed an ace in the hole of some sort so she had an idea that just might work, dirty talk. So to enact her plan she stopped sucking on Rutger's dick and instead started stroking it vigorously with both hands while his tip was rubbing straight up against her tongue in a way that she could still talk.
"So tell me Rutger, where do you want to cum?" She asked him, trying to use her best seductive sounding voice, even if his dick was on her tongue. "Maybe you want to cum in my mouth and make me drink it down?" Then she moved her hands up a bit, pointing his dick higher on her face. "Or maybe you want to cum all over my face and make a mess of it?"
"Both of those are quite good options." Rutger strained out between his moans. He wasn't expecting this out of Kaoru, so the mixture of the surprise and the actually good dirty talk was actually starting to push him over the edge. But she wasn't done just yet because a few moments later she pointed his dick down towards her chest.
"Or maybe you want to cover my chest with your thick seed, making it so you have to feel my breasts up when you clean me off?" She offered coyly. "But I know where you really want to cum, it's an instinct that pretty much every man has. Well I'll make a deal with you Rutger, if you cum before Kenshin does then later tonight I'll let you cum wherever you please as many times as you like." Of course Kenshin and Kaoru had discussed it and it was a safe day, so she was able to back up her claims.
"Gah! You drive a hard bargain there Kaoru." Rutger moaned some more as she moved his dick back up against her tongue.
"Just think about it, this shaft of yours buried deep inside my body, ready to burst, ready to fill me up to the brim with your seed." She continued to lay the dirty talk on thick. "Ready to cum as many times as you need to. So just cum already, you know you want to." Her finishing move was to start stroking his dick as fast as she could while continuously urging him to cum and after just a few more moments Rutger couldn't take it any more. His hips started to buck and his dick started to twitch and ropes of sticky white cum started to spurt from his tip, most of them landing directly on Kaoru's tongue, but some of them going a bit higher and hitting her in the face. But it didn't matter in the moment because once she felt that happen she raised her hands up in joy of winning! "Ha! In your face Lilina! I win!"
"More like on your face." Lilina responded a bit dejectedly since she lost, but it was all in good fun so it wasn't too bad. "Here, let me clean you off." But before that she looked up at Kenshin with a smirk. "And don't you worry your pretty little head, this will get resolved later on tonight, you can bet on it." She teased him, playfully giving him a few last strokes on his dick.
"I'm honestly surprised I lasted longer than you did Rutger." Kenshin admitted. "Though what I'm really surprised about is how well you slipped into that dirty talk Kaoru. It was like you were a different person, that you were."
"Well, I've been practicing." Kaoru replied after she cleaned her face off. "I figured it might be something you'd like every once in a while, like if we decided to get a bit more rough with each other some time in the future."
"I'd say it was pretty effective." Rutger added. "That was really hot Kaoru, but did you really mean what you said?"
"Of course I did, I'm not the type of woman to go back on my word am I?" Kaoru teased. "I'm actually really getting into this, I feel great and free as a bird. What about you Kenshin?"
"I'm feeling more relaxed, that I am." Kenshin agreed. "But do a bit worked up and frustrated from all that stimulation, you think we could move this along before I get blue balls?" That was mostly a joke and they had a good laugh about it.
"Sure thing, let's see what Anna has in store for us in the bedroom!" Lilina suggested. So the four got out of the hot spring and gathered up their clothes, not putting them on of course, and made their way back to the entrance of the secret shop.
"Oh, perfect timing you guys, I just got the room set up for you. I think you'll really like how it looks and I was able to get that special item you requested Lilina." Anna greeted them.
"You're the best Anna." Lilina replied with a big smile. "Thank you so much!"
"Yes, thank you Miss Anna, your hot spring was very relaxing, that it was." Kenshin added with a polite bow.
"We really appreciate your hospitality." Kaoru added with her own bow.
"Oh, no need to be that polite about things, I run a business and all my services have been fairly paid for, but I appreciate that you two are enjoying yourselves. A happy customer is a returning one as my mother would always say." Anna told the two.
"A wise saying." Kenshin noted. "Well, if this room is as nice as you say we just might come back some day." With that the four moved into the bedroom that Anna had set up for them and it was quite impressive. It was a large room compared to most bedrooms, maybe not as big as Rutger and Lilina's back at Castle Ostia, but large nonetheless. Their were candles and lanterns strategically placed all over to get the best lighting all through the room and to give it a nice warm smell. The bed was huge, it probably could fit six or seven people if need be. And then off to the side there was a table filled with various drinks and snacks to keep guests energy up along with a few big jugs of water. There was even a bathroom with a tub and everything in the next room, it had it all.
"You know, we've been here many times before, but Anna always seems to outdo herself every time." Rutger commented as he looked around. "This place is perfect."
"I really like the comfortable and warm feelings it gives off, very relaxing." Kenshin agreed.
"So what is this special item Anna was talking about Lilina?" Kaoru wondered, not really seeing anything out of the ordinary.
"Hm, it should be on the table with the drinks here." Lilina mused as she looked over the table. "Aha! There it is." She said a few moments later, showing the others a green bottle with a label and some strings attached to it. "This is a stamina potion, directly from the land of Askr. It's kind of rare so I could only order one, but that should do for tonight."
"What does it do?" Kenshin asked with intrigue.
"Well, it does what the name implies, you drink it and it gives you stamina." Lilina stated. "Observe." And with that she handed the bottle over to Rutger who opened it before dropping his towel to the ground so the results could be more easily seen. Then he took a small sip of it.
"Ahh! That always hits the spot!" He sighed as his energy came back to him, and with that his dick springing back up erect and ready to go again.
"Yeah, I can see why that would be useful for a night like tonight." Kaoru noted, impressed with the quick results.
"Like it was mainly used to allow soldiers to fight on longer in battle, but people realized it had other utility as well and that's what really got it to be famous." Lilina explained. "Like I said, we only have one, but that should be enough. It usually is when we invite another couple along. So don't worry about going off too early or wasting too much energy or any of that, that's what the food and drinks are for as well."
"You really thought of everything, that you did." Kenshin replied, impressed as well. Then he dropped his towel to the ground too and pulled Kaoru closer to him so he could take her towel off as well. "Well, I still need to be taken care of from before, shall we my love?"
"Ooh, so forward, I like it!" Kaoru teased with a giggle. "Yes we shall, however you'd like to do it!" So she and Kenshin made their way to the bed and jumped in, getting right into it doing it doggystyle on the left side of the bed.
"We better join them you know." Rutger teased Lilina before making her towel fall off as well.
"Yeah, let's show them how it's really done!" Lilina agreed. So they got into the bed and started going at it doggystyle as well, facing the right side of the bed.
Soon enough the room was being filled with many long, loud, and pleasured moans. The four of them knew that the only person that might be able to hear them was Anna, and even then she might be off doing something else, so that allowed them to be as loud and rowdy as they wanted and that was a great freedom for Kenshin and Kaoru specifically. They kept going at it round after round, taking some breaks when they needed to eat or rehydrate, but for now things were staying a little vanilla with the pairings. A few times the four got closer to each other for effect, but nothing too kinky happened, though around the time they heard a knock on the door a few of them were thinking about how to move forward.
"Hey! It's me Anna! I've got some dinner for you all if you're interested!" Anna called from the other side of the door.
"What time is it?" Kaoru wondered, as time wasn't really something any of them had been thinking about.
"Looking at where the sun is, I'd say around 6." Rutger replied as he looked out the single window in the bedroom. "Dinner sounds nice right about now actually."
"Hm, but what about our clothes, I'm sure Anna wouldn't want to see us like this." Kenshin commented.
"How about you three go into the bathroom and get cleaned off and I'll answer the door, I've been with Anna before so she shouldn't mind." Rutger suggested. The other three nodded and Rutger headed to the door to help Anna out. "That smells wonderful." He said as he opened the door for her.
"I thought you might like some deer meet stew and fresh baked bread, your parents always thought it was a good and filling meal." Anna replied as she came through the door. "Where are the other three?"
"Cleaning up, and, well, Kenshin and Kaoru are still a bit shy." Rutger explained.
"Fair enough. Well, help me set this up for you all and it should be ready before they head out."
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Kaoru had an idea she wanted to bring up to Lilina but didn't want Kenshin to hear about it because it would ruin the surprise. So she pulled her over to the other side of the large bathroom to let her know.
"Hey, I just thought of something we can do after we eat this dinner Anna prepared for us." Kaoru told Lilina.
"I'm listening." Lilina replied with interest. So Kaoru whispered her idea into her ear so Kenshin couldn't hear it and as she did Lilina's eyes lit up in excitement. "Oooh, I like that idea! I like it a lot, though I have something we could add." So then she whispered her idea back to Kaoru and she thought about what she said.
"I think that could work, if we tease them enough. And that would be a great icebreaker for the rest of the night I think." Kaoru agreed. "Let's do it!"
"Awesome!" Lilina quietly cheered in agreement.
"Those two are getting to be really close friends, that they are." Kenshin noted to himself as he looked into the mirror to make sure he wasn't missing any spots to clean off or anything. "I'm happy for them." About five minutes later they all came out of the bathroom to find Rutger sitting at the table, still naked mind you, with bowls of stew and a plate of fresh bread set out for everyone.
"Anna made us some deer meat stew and some fresh Etrurian style bread, a meal that will stick to our bones and help us keep our energy up." Rutger stated. "And I made sure to thank her for all of us before she went back to doing her other work, so don't worry about it."
"Sure does smell nice." Kenshin noted as he picked up his towel from off the ground before sitting down at the table. "I tend to spill when I eat stew or soup, don't want any burns."
"Just don't send any bowls flying about, the back of Kenshin's head is like a magnet for them." Kaoru teased, getting another hearty laugh from the group. After that they dug into the meal and it was just as good as all the small snacks that Anna had prepared for them in the first place, which is to say very good indeed. It was just the right temperature for the broth and had just the right amount of seasoning and spice for the group to enjoy. And it got Kenshin to thinking about something.
"So you said before that Anna has a ton of sisters also named Anna that can travel through worlds easier that even you two can, do you think there is an Anna back in Japan we could meet?" Kenshin wondered.
"There might be, though they can be hard to find." Lilina noted. "It's easier to find them during a war or something because that's the way most of them find to make money, but if you were to ask our Anna she might know because they keep good family records."
"And if there isn't one in Japan, then if you express that you think it might be a good market for an Anna they'll take a look and see if one would want to set up shop there." Rutger added. "Having an Anna can be a godsend sometimes, they always seem to have what you need exactly when you need it."
"We definitely could have used someone like that during our adventures, couldn't we Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.
"That we could have." Kenshin agreed. "My only worry is how money my influence them to work for a more shady person."
"You would think that Annas kind of work like mercenaries, but honestly I've never seen an Anna end up on the wrong side of a fight, physical or moral, I think they pride themselves on doing their research into ruling powers before offering their services, but again asking Anna is a way to know for sure." Lilina added.
"That's probably a good idea, we might do that before we leave." Kaoru noted. Soon after that the four started finishing up their dinner, but not before an accident did happen. Kenshin was showing Rutger and Lilina a cool plate spinning trick he learned from that time he and everyone else had to run a circus for a day, but suddenly it slipped off his finger and onto his stew bowl and splattered what was left all over his chest. Luckily it had cooled off considerably at this point so it didn't burn him, but now he was all sticky again.
"Man, and right after I just got cleaned up." Kenshin said with a sigh.
"Hey, don't worry about it, I need to clean off a bit as well, I can help you out." Rutger said before the two of them headed for the bathroom. As the door closed though Lilina and Kaoru gave each other a devious look because this gave them the perfect opportunity to go forward with their little surprise for the guys.
"Thank you Rutger, I don't mean to be a hassle." Kenshin said as Rutger started to help clean him off.
"Nah, things happen all the time, and that plate trick was pretty neat." Rutger noted. "Besides, I'm having fun, Lilina is having fun, Kaoru looks like she's having fun. Are you having fun?"
"I'm enjoying myself, yes." Kenshin confirmed.
"Then we're all having fun and enjoying ourselves, a little spilled stew isn't going to ruin anything. It's like my father used to say, it's better for something to happen than nothing to happen. In this case, it's better that something silly happened than nothing at all because the silly thing lightened the mood." Rutger assured him.
"I get it, it's better to put yourself out there even if you look silly, than to not put yourself out there and miss out. Right?" Kenshin asked.
"Exactly. No one is perfect, and we're not expecting you to be. So just be yourself." Rutger noted.
"Heh, I remember telling Kaoru something similar, I should take my advice." Kenshin chuckled. After that Rutger cleaned off and the two were about to go back into the bedroom, but Kenshin stopped Rutger for a moment before they did. "I don't know what exactly, but I think the girls have something planned for us, they were whispering and giggling away from me when we were in here last time."
"Oh, they probably do." Rutger replied. "Let's go see what it is yeah?" Kenshin nodded and Rutger opened the door. It took them a few steps into the bedroom to see what was going on, but when they did see it both of them were definitely surprised. Lilina and Kaoru were on their knees on the middle of the bed, kissing and making out with each other. This was something Rutger was used to seeing of course, but it was a bit more of a shock to Kenshin for obvious reasons, even if they had talked it over before. Before he could say anything though the two girls saw them finally and started teasing them.
"Finally, you two are back." Lilina commented with a smirk. "You were taking just a bit too long so we decided to take things into our own hands."
"Lilina is a really good kisser, though that is to be expected with her experience." Kaoru noted. "But hey, now that you guys are back, you can join in the fun as well." And with that the two girls playfully shook their hips back and forth to tease the guys even more
"So this is what you had planned for us huh?" Rutger asked with a smirk. "Well, we don't want to ruin their little surprise for us, do we Kenshin?" By that time the shock of the scene had gone away for him and he was able to answer normally.
"You never refuse a woman's hospitality." Kenshin teased back. So the guys got into the bed and positioned themselves behind their respective partner and started going at it once again. At first it was a little slow going as they had to adjust to how close the girls wanted to be with each other, but soon enough they found out that if the guys held onto their chests they could keep them steady and close enough to kiss however they wanted
As Kaoru had predicted, this was a nice way to break the ice and breech the topic about switching partners around without having to awkwardly talk about it. Because she knew it would be the best for her and Kenshin if they just did it and didn't overthink it so much like he usually did. And getting to kiss Lilina was a fun new experience as well. It was pretty much just like kissing Kenshin except her lips were a bit smaller and smoother than his. She wasn't going to go out of her way to find other women to kiss, but it was nice to know that it was an option. Speaking of options though, after a bit of going on like that she and Lilina could tell the guys were getting to their limits once again so they gave each other a wink as they were kissing to let each other know to move on to the next phase of the plan.
"You know, I was thinking Kaoru, we never had the guys go against each other in a competition." Lilina said after pulling back from kissing, loud and obviously enough that the guys could hear it as well to tease them. "I think it's about time they stepped up and tried their best to see which one of them could get us off first."
"I agree wholeheartedly." Kaoru said, playing along with Lilina's tone of voice. "And besides, how can I be a woman of my word to Rutger if I don't even give him the chance to be with me? I think it's about time you two switched things up and experienced something a bit different, don't you think Lilina?"
"For sure, that's why were here together right?" Lilina teased the guys a bit more.
"I'm game if you are Kenshin, it's up to you really." Rutger noted, hinting that he was for the idea the girls brought up, but knowing that it was Kenshin who kind of had the last say in things. But things were going smoothly and Kenshin had been enjoying himself. He was relaxed, more relaxed than he ever really thought he could be and his mood was one of wanting to be open and try new things, so when he replied it was with a confident smirk on his face.
"Well, I can't pass up a challenge like that now can I?" He said confidently. "Besides, fair is fair after all, we don't want to disappoint our lovely ladies here do we Rutger?"
"No, no we do not." Rutger answered with a relived smile. So they both pulled out of their partners and quickly moved around so that Kenshin was behind Lilina and Rutger was behind Kaoru. They both lined up to push back in, but stopped at the last moment to get back and tease the girls a bit.
"We should count down from three, to make it a fair start." Kenshin noted with a smirk.
"That's a good point." Rutger agreed, smirking back. "Insert on '1' or 'Go!' then?"
"Hmm, I'd say on 'Go!' would work best for me." Kenshin replied.
"Will you two get on with it!" Both the girls said in unison, the tension and waiting getting to be a bit too much.
"Fine, fine, we'll get started." Rutger teased just a bit more. "3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"Go!" And with that they both plunged into the girls at the same time, not worrying too much about being over rough since they had been wet from moments before and because it was a competition, they wanted to get a good start. Both the girls gasped in pleasure as the guys started in on them and soon enough they were back in a good rhythm and position with them being able to switch between talking and kissing whenever they wanted.
"Oooooh, this was such a good idea!" Kaoru moaned out after a while.
"Totally, Kenshin feels so good inside of me!" Lilina agreed, and she meant it. Both the guys pretty much had the same length and girth on their cocks so it felt pretty much the same in that regard, but the feeling of having someone new exploring your body and trying to find all your good spots again was a rush that Lilina wouldn't ever get enough of and one that Kaoru was just getting her first experience with. As with the competition with the girls things kept going back and forth as the guys continuously tried to get one over on each other to get their partner to cum, the difference this time was that Rutger wasn't going to lose the same way Lilina did with her overconfidence so he decided he needed to make a big finishing move before Kenshin did. He started out by moving his head closer to Kaoru's neck and kissing it up and down as he slowly moved his mouth closer to her ear. She wasn't the only one who could get someone off with some surprising dirty talk.
"You know how you implied that I wanted to cum deep inside your pussy and fill you up to the brim? Well, you were right, I do want to do that to you, but I'm not gonna make it that easy on you." He stated in a low, almost guttural, voice. "I'm gonna make it so you're gonna be begging me to do it."
"O-Oh, and how exactly are you gonna do t-that?" Kaoru asked, stuttering a bit because of wanting to moan and from just how hot and sexy Rutger's voice sounded in her ear. That voice alone was getting her so worked up it wasn't funny.
"Well, you said I could cum wherever I wanted tonight, didn't you?" Rutger teased, giving her an extra hard thrust in the process. "That's what I'm gonna do then. I'm going to cum all over and inside you tonight, but not a drop of it is going to be in your pussy until you pin me down and take it from me. What do you have to say about that?" Again his words and tone were really doing a number on her, but Kaoru was a smart woman, she had an idea of how to handle this.
"I say, I hope you know how to pull out well!" She teased Rutger before starting to slam her hips back against his so he would start fucking her faster. But that had the unintended consequence of making herself want to cum faster as well and the sudden movement set her off right then and there. Rutger could feel her walls tightening up, and so with his swordsman reflexes he quickly pulled out an spread his seed all over her back and rear, giving it a little love tap in the process.
"Nice attempt, but you've got to be faster than that to pin me down." Rutger teased her some more. "I'm sure you'll get me eventually, but you've got to try better." Then he turned to face Lilina and Kenshin. "And that's how you get a woman to cum faster."
"It really seems our spouses are quite skilled at dirty talk, that they are." Kenshin commented to Lilina. "Has he always been like this?"
"Depends on who he's with honestly." Lilina replied. "He only does it with people he know that can handle it, and Kaoru showed earlier she could. Now come on Kenshin, don't let Rutger show you up like that! Kaoru might have cum first but I'm sure you can make me cum harder!" And that he did, though the part where he suddenly yelled out the name of one of his sword techniques was a bit out there.
Either way, the second half of the night was much more lively than the first half. With the mental barriers broken the four were free to be intimate in any way they pleased. So the four of them switched it up as much as they could, sometimes one of the girls would get teamed up on by the guys as the other watched while other times the girls would corner one of the guys and give him a work over between the both of them. And as much as she tried to have it happen Kaoru couldn't pin Rutger down and get him to cum where she wanted him too, he was just too slippery and skillful. Lilina was kind of doing the same thing with Kenshin, not letting him cum in her mouth, so she too could have a bookend to the night. It all culminated when Kaoru finally got on top of Rutger and started making out with him to keep him in one place on his back while Lilina and Kenshin were in a 69 position right besides them.
"I hope you don't mind this being how we finish up Kenshin, but we just finished off the stamina potion and I don't think I can go another round after this." Lilina commented as she was staring Kenshin's shaft down.
"Oh, no worries Lilina, I was wanting to get a taste of your sweet nectar down here, and I think that would be a lovely nighttime snack." Kenshin replied with a smile, even if she couldn't see it. "Besides, I understand you want to keep your word to me from this afternoon, and I really appreciate the thoughtfulness of that."
"Good, I'm glad. And I'm glad you enjoyed yourself tonight." Lilina noted before she opened her mouth and started going down on him. Meanwhile on the other side of the bed things were a bit more hectic and energetic.
"See, I knew I could finally pin you down for once, and now there is no getting out of this position!" Kaoru stated confidently as she broke her kiss with Rutger for just a brief moment before locking her legs around his so he couldn't move out of the way or pull out easily.
She's really gotten into this! Rutger thought to himself. Too bad this is probably the last time for the night, I'd love to spend more time with her. Well, there is always the morning and they did invite us back to Japan, so I shouldn't be too disappointed.
After that, there wasn't much more to say that hadn't been said already. The four once again filled the bedroom with the pleasured sounds of intimacy and friendship that slowly rose into a final crescendo where they all had their final orgasm at the same time. Kaoru slammed her hips down on Rutger and he orgasmed as deeply as he could, almost feeling like his dick was kissing the entrance to her womb as she had a hard orgasm as well, while Lilina and Kenshin were able to share with each other their fluids with each other, happily lapping them up and swallowing them down in pleasure.
After that there was a very long yet comfortable silence where the only thing that could be heard was the heavy breathing of everyone on the bed. Eventually though someone spoke up, and it was Lilina.
"Elimine, that was really fun!" She said, excited but still trying to catch her breath. "We have to do this again some time.
"I agree." Kaoru noted as she gave Rutger a kiss on his cheek. "I really want to feel like this again, especially now since I know how fun it is and how freeing it feels."
"I'll admit I had my shortcomings when you suggested it Rutger, but it seems your father had the right idea when he came up with ideas like this, that he did." Kenshin told Rutger, looking over to him and giving him a wink.
"Well, I'm glad you came around to the idea and enjoyed yourself, and I hope this helps you be more open and trusting going forward." Rutger winked back before turning back to Kaoru. "Whew, you are a handful, you know that? But I like that in a woman." After that the two couples took turns taking a long bath to really get cleaned off and then they all met up back near the bed, Kenshin and Kaoru wondering what came next.
"Should we get dressed, Anna did note she had sets of pajama's for us." Kenshin commented.
"Oh, but wouldn't it be more fun if we all cuddled together in the nude?" Kaoru asked with stars in her eyes. "And if two of us wake up at the same time we could start everything up again in the morning!"
"Wow, you really are into this aren't you?" Lilina replied with a chuckle. "But, yeah, that's what we usually do if you're comfortable with it."
"If Kaoru wants to do it then I'll do it as well!" Kenshin commented confidently. "I'll just have to wake up with her to get a moment alone together." He teased. So the four got back into the bed and cuddled together under the covers as they looked out the window at the stars.
"I really think we made a breakthrough tonight, don't you think?" Lilina asked Kenshin and Kaoru.
"I know I did." Kaoru answered with a content smile.
"I think I did as well, and it's all thanks to Rutger, at least for me and my part." Kenshin added, thinking Rutger would comment something as well. But when there was nothing and Kenshin turned to look at him Rutger was already fast asleep, even snoring a little bit.
"He gets that from his father." Lilina joked and for the last time the group, sans Rutger of course, shared a hearty and heartwarming laugh before turning in for the night and sleeping well knowing that their bonds as friends had deepened in a way that Kenshin and Kaoru had never thought possible.