Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Feelings Surface ❯ Feelings Surface ( Chapter 4 )

Author's note: Here's chapter 4. It took me awhile but I was able to finish. Well that previous dream that she had has nothing to do with this chapter. It will have something to do later on in the story. Well, just keep reading okay?

Surfaces

Chapter 4

The Need to Understand

"One order of beef stew coming right up sir!" Tae screamed with excitement as the first order of the day was being met. "Yahiko, I want you and Tsubame to help with the cleaning and then I want the two of you to chop up some vegetables for later in the day."

The two children looked at Tae and nodded their head in approval. Yahiko spent the day at the Akabeko to help with the chores and to get away from the dojo. Within the last couple of days, things didn't go by to well for him and he didn't want to get in the middle of things. Never did he notice the amber eyes that Kenshin now had and he never heard of the affect it was causing to his dear teacher. Yahiko's thought drifted off while he was sweeping the floor. I don't get it, why is Kaoru crying all of a sudden? It's weird how she doesn't even nag at me when I piss her off. And I know that I'm pissing the hell out of her. She doesn't even chase me around the dojo anymore when I call her names or say shit to her. I wonder what happened to her.

The young boy continued with his sweeping. Tsubame heard husky footsteps gliding through the restaurant. Entering was Sanosuke and Megumi. In a hurried pace, Sano ran in the sweeping boy's direction and grabbed him. "What are you doing Sano?" Yahiko asked. "Can't you see I'm busy here, and unless you want to finish the chores for me you'd best let me go! Ugh…you ugly!" Yahiko grabbed the sleeve of Sano's shirt and began to deprive him self of Sanosuke's grasp. "Now just a second you brat, we really need to talk about things at the dojo. Can't you see that the little miss seems to bicker over little things no more? She doesn't even look at Kenshin without trembling or falling to the ground with tears. Kenshin's eyes turned amber! You do know what that means do you? The Battousai! He's the battousai once again. You do remember what happened last time when Kenshin's other half surfaced, the little miss fell to the ground crying! She feared that she'd loose her rurouni. And now, she has, but Kenshin's hitokiri self only drives her crazy and Kenshin acts as if she's his."

"What do you mean his, Sano?"

"Well, Kenshin was asking for Kaoru this morning and said that she belonged to him. When I told her that she didn't belong to anyone, he got pissed and headed into my direction. He gripped his damn sword and told me not to get in his way, that no one told him what he owned."

"That doesn't sound like the Kenshin that I know!" Yahiko shouted on the behalf of Kenshin.

"Well that doesn't even explain why Kenshin was pointing his sword at Kaoru laying on the floor with her kimono sliced a bit. I honestly thought he was going to get it on with the raccoon girl, but he picked her up and walked away with annoyance in his expression." Megumi added.

"What? And where are they now?" The worried boy asked with concern in his eyes.

"They're back at the dojo…" Sano replied with Yahiko interrupting.

"You left Kaoru all alone in the dojo with that man! How could you Sano, Megumi? God only knows what he's gonna do to her! For all we know, he's the battousai and he wants Kaoru. Damn, we got to get her. Now!" Yahiko cried in anguish with tears streaming down from his eyes. He was fearing for Kaoru's sake and her honor. Damn you Kenshin, you're not even married to her. And you want to claim her as your own. Shit you're gonna take her honor away, or even worse, get her pregnant. And then what? All of Tokyo will think her a slut. I don't get it, why does he act like this? He didn't even take the time to notice her true feelings and now he wants her? Damn you Kenshin!

Yahiko threw the broom on the floor and began to run for the door. Megumi grabbed the boy by the wrist and snapped him out of anger. "Yahiko, listen to me. You can't just walk in the dojo and tell sir Ken not to touch Kaoru."

"Why not, even Kaoru doesn't deserve to be treated like some kind of sex toy!"

"Listen, do you honestly think Kenshin will listen to you in his mental state?"

"Kenshin will!" Yahiko shouted abruptly.

"Maybe Kenshin will Yahiko, but not the Battousai!" Sano stated slapping the boy. "If you dare tell him to leave the miss alone, you just might get killed. There's nothing we can do! So just let it be."

"Sano, are you saying to let Kenshin do as he pleases with her?" Tae asked sheepishly.

"Tae?" Sano asked in puzzlement, "No! I won't allow for such actions. It's just that we need to find away to stop him, without getting killed."

Sano, Megumi, and Yahiko exited the Akabeko and ran for the dojo.

* * *

Kenshin was in sleeping position with his back against the wall and his sword in the hold of his left hand. He was guarding the entrance of Kaoru's room where she still remained asleep with thoughts of her previous dreams taunting her. A gush of wind thrushed through an opened door. Kenshin's eyes released and then narrowed. The candles in the living quarters blew out by a sudden gust. Kenshin stood and walked in the hall.

"What do want Saitoh?" He growled.

"Just visiting, Battousai." Saitoh goaded with a sneer upon his face. He looked up at Kenshin, meeting his eyes. "At last, those eyes. They have finally surfaced. I've longed for the day to see those eyes after 10 long years. Years that proved the revolution to be a waste. A waste to see the legendary manslayer appease towards the ideal of repentance for the lives at which he took. It's funny. What happened to you? What made you the manslayer once again? Tell me please."

Kenshin gritted his teeth and stared Saitoh down.

"Ahhh, I see now. It's that Kamiya girl isn't it. She did this to you. It must be a burden, not having a woman in over 10 years. And now, you're trying to deflower that girl."

"Fuck you." Kenshin heaved in a husky voice.

"Oh, such hostility within your words. You've been here at the dojo for nearly a year and you still weren't able to claim her as your own. What are you?"

"Hajime Saitoh," he commanded in monotone, "I'll make you eat those words!" Kenshin took his sword and unsheathed it.

"So, defense has been established. Come, fight me as the Battousai you are!"

Saitoh rushed in with his sword held vertical to his body. Kenshin stood with his sakabatou resting on the left of his side. His speed, he accelerates with high proficiency and yet he remains light on his feet.Saitoh thrushed in, aiming for Kenshin's chest. From the right. Kenshin dodged and bounced off the wall, landing near the entrance to the kitchen. Saitoh smiled. "I see you haven't lost your touch, Battousai. But do you honestly think your speed can save you this time?" He came for the Battousai with his sword swiping up, Kenshin blocked downward, sending a sound of metal clashing against metal. Saitoh grinned and twisted into the air, pulling out a hidden dagger. Kenshin smiled coldly. A dagger? How pathetic. Kenshin rushed in, stopping to jump, and came down towards the wolf with his Hiten Mitsurugi technique. Saitoh threw up his arm and sword blocking the attack. Kenshin landed, placed his sword back in the sheath, and walked toward Kaoru's room.

"That's it, your giving up that fast? What happened to you?"

"Get the fuck out of here Saitoh, I'm not going to fight you. Not here in the dojo. Get out of my home, now."

Saitoh looked at his sword, a piece of the blade fell. Then he noticed the blood seeping out of his shoulder. "Direct contact. You haven't lost your touch. Next time Battousai, finish me off. Kill me!" The lone wolf waved to Kenshin and then headed out of the building.

"By the way Battousai, word has it on the street that you're wanted for criminal acts. There have been reports of mutilation within the country and farmlands, and word that the Battousai is the culprit. I know you didn't do a thing, guessing that you spent days upon days trying to seduce that girl. The people of Tokyo are enraged, they'll do what they must to stop such killing. The yakuza and assassins are after you, there's a big reward out there, and if they get you alive, its doubled. People are going to try what means necessary, even getting to your woman. Someone's out to get you, Battousai. Someone's out to get that Kamiya girl. I don't know whose against you, but watch out. Besides, I just eliminated 3 officials that were snooping around the Akabeko."

Saitoh exited and Kenshin was left alone in a dimmed hall way. Damn it. No one's going to touch her. No one but me, she's mine. And no one's going to take her away from me.

Kenshin slid the door to Kaoru's room open. He was able to make out the curvaceous body of the sleeping girl. He leaned in to look at her face, she was so innocent, with her face lightly covered with locks of midnight-colored hair. Oh, how he longed to feel her under his body. He let out a moan after trying to undress her mentally with his eyes. He placed his calloused hand over her porcelain cheek and caressed her. Kaoru uttered words out of her lips that sent Kenshin over the wall. "Kenshin, please, don't stop." She was dreaming. He wanted to see what he was causing her to say `please don't stop' in her dream, he wanted to see what he was doing to her. Kenshin smiled lustfully wanting to take her lips right then and there. Kaoru stirred.

"Kenshin, is that you? What are you doing in my room?" She sat up in an instant. Kenshin stood and looked away, with his red flaming bangs covering his gold eyes. "It was a dream. I actually thought you were the Battousai. Silly me, huh?" She laughed.

"No, Koishii." Kenshin crooned. "I am what you speak of, don't let that bother you. Understood?" Kenshin turned to face her with lustful eyes. Kaoru slid the blanket off her milky complexion and backed up slowly. "Kaoru, don't move." He growled.

"Kenshin, what do you want?"

"For the time being, you Koishii."

"Kenshin, please."

"Look, people are after you and me for some reason. We need to get out of here immediately. Pack what meets your needs in a bag, we're leaving in less than an hour."

"Leaving, Kenshin are you crazy."

"Get up now, I'm not going to repeat myself. We must leave now!"

Kaoru glared at Kenshin who was less than a feet from her. His amber eyes narrowed indicating the annoyance she enveloped him in. She stood in protest as another staring contest begun. Kenshin heaved a sigh and then walked to her. She backed up into a wall and still scowled at him. Kenshin pushed his body up against her and crushed her under him. She took her hands up to his chest in attempt to push him away. He took both of her hands and pinned them to the wall above her head, while converting both into his right. With his free hand, he held his palm at her cheek.

"Kaoru," he commanded, pressing his body unto her harder. "Take my word for it, people are after the both of us. I don't want you harmed. We need to live in seclusion for the well being of both of us. I'm not taking no for an answer. You belong to me, and you do what I say. Understood."

"Ken…shin." She said in agony, with her body calling out to his.

He let himself relief by releasing her and his body called for more contact. "Kaoru, come, please pack your things." He walked away and headed for his room. He began to pack his stuff as well.

* * *

The three ran down the dirt road trying to reach the dojo in time. Yahiko lagged behind making it apparent to the others that he needed a break. He stood trying to catch his breath. "Yahiko, come on! We gotta hurry ya brat!" Sanosuke panted. "I can't I'm too tired."

"Well now. There's no reason for the three of you to see the Battousai and his woman." Saitoh intervened with a smirk on his expression.

Yahiko crinkled his nose in a sour expression. "What do you mean… `no reason'?"

"He's off somewhere with the girl, let alone take her as his. You can't stop him. People are after the two. And you need to stay out of the way." Saitoh's last words tugged at the strands of Yahiko's nerves as he chased after the lone wolf. He let in with Saitoh's disappearance.

"Kenshin!" Yahiko yelled in fury.

* * *

Kenshin sat in his room packing a small bag with an extra gi, a blanket, and some food to sustain until then. He scoped the room with amber eyes glimmering in the dimness. He noted to himself that this may be the last chance he gets to have to see what his former house looked like; the way his room was arranged, the courtyard, the kitchen. Memories. Now he had memories. He told himself that it would be okay with him since he was going to start a new life with his beloved. He walked over to the low table that was situated near his futon and picked up the picture. It was when he, Sano, Yahiko, and Kaoru took a picture in Yokahama. That was the very first time they set foot on the train. People's lives always change. Mine and Kaoru's is no different. He threw the picture against the wall and heaved a sigh.

Kaoru heard the noise of shattered glass coming from Kenshin's room. She ran in concern and peered through his door. Kenshin was changing his kimono. He felt his muscles tense and knew that Kaoru was watching him. He smiled scandalously. He walked away from her and into the little light that gleamed through the window. Kaoru saw Kenshin's back and all the lines that showed the tone of his muscles. She blushed a deep red. Kenshin turned around pretending to not notice her. She tinted the darkest hue of crimson. Her eyes followed Kenshin's well chiseled chest and down to his abdomen. Kenshin laughed mentally. So that's what it takes to make her blush.

"Koishii, come in here please. I want you to change my clothing for me."

"Undress you!" It was a plea rather than a question.

"Kaoru, don't make me repeat my self." Kenshin growled.

"But Kenshin…" She blushed. "Please, why would you want me to do that?"

"Kaoru, needless of what you protest, I want you to undo my clothing for me. Besides, my arms are aching from a previous battle with Saitoh. Now would be good."

Kaoru stepped into the room cautiously and sheepishly. Kenshin stood eyeing her all the way. He let his arms fall to his side an Kaoru began to remove the loose sleeve from his arm. "Kaoru, please run over my muscles delicately. They appear to be more tense than usual." Kaoru's eyes widened with shock and she trembled in attempt to touch him. She placed one hand on Kenshin's back and the other on his arm. He watched her every movement as she began kneading circular motions on his back.

"I wasn't able to tell you why we must leave, Koishii." He started. "Saitoh has sent word that your life is in danger. I will not allow for that. No one will harm you, let alone touch."

"My life?" Kaoru asked as she looked Kenshin over, soothing his back with her touch.

Kenshin let out a moan, causing chills to go down Kaoru's back. "That's why we have to leave." A silence passed for several minutes. "Koishii, my chest is hurting."

Kaoru turned to face Kenshin. She looked down avoiding eye contact. She hesitated to meet flesh upon flesh. Her body was screaming for her to touch, she refused. Kenshin looked at her and smiled. "Go ahead, Koishii."

"Uh…Kenshin. I don't understand." She looked up to his amber eyes and questioned him through her azure eyes. "Why are you like this Kenshin? Why are you…the Battousai? You're more violent then ever and you seem to want to…" She trailed off with a tear escaping her eye. "You seem you want…to…"

"Want to what?" Kenshin asked with trepidation.

"Possess me, to take control."

"Kaoru, you belong to me. Don't think I would ever let you out of my sight Koishii."

"I belong to you?" She sniffled.

"Ever since you said that you loved me, you belonged to me. Ever since you allowed me into your dojo you belonged to me. By that first day when you called me by my name, the Battousai, Koishii, you belonged to me."

Kaoru looked deeply into those golden eyes and noticed sincerity in his words. I belong to him. Kenshin grabbed her hand gently and brought it up to his lips, and brushed the back of her palm caressingly. He lowered her hand onto his chest and pleaded her to continue her kneading. She placed her hand on Kenshin's cross-shaped scar and trailed down to his neck. She inched closer to his body and let her other hand join contact with his skin. She began to slide her palm gently over Kenshin's chest and down to his abdomen. Kenshin gasped and wrapped his arm around Kaoru possessively. He swept her in closer wanting to feel her body ache for him. He stared at her lips and back to her eyes. They told him he had her permission, permission to taste her. He bowed his head down to hers and slowly moved in. Her mouth went agape as he took her lips and kissed her. Kenshin began a suckling motion that taught Kaoru how to move in rhythm with his mouth. He took her bottom lip between his teeth and began to bite slowly. The pain was agonizingly sweet to Kaoru. She slowly lifted her arms and placed them around his neck. This encouraged him to continue, he thrushed his tongue into her mouth seeking her out. He fiddled around in circular motions showing Kaoru. She pulled away from Kenshin to catch her breath.

"Come on. We have to leave now Koishii."

Authors Note: Whew…that was time consuming! Awwww…they had their first kiss! Isn't that cute! Well, I guess someone is after Kaoru and our beloved Battousai. Well, just for your info, KOISHII means "wanted, or beloved" and Kenshin uses that a lot. Possessive huh? That's all good though. Continue waiting, I'll continue writing, and you'll have to continue reading. And don't worry this story is far from over!