Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ How the Past Can Change ❯ Innocent Seduction ( Chapter 30 )

How the Past can Change

A K&K Rurouni Kenshin Romance FanFiction

by: bunny ;D

Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is the creation of Nobuhiro Watsuki, with the manga and anime rights belonging to Jump Comics and Sony Entertainment, respectively. I do not own and did not create the series or its characters...I'm just a fan, and I have no money anyways, so NO SUING ME!! :D

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A/N: This story is altering the original story of Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X. It also has some OOCness, (especially with Battousai.) If you don't like that idea, or can't handle it…I would advise you not to read this fic. If you are a hard-core Tomoe and Kenshin forever kind of person, I would advise you to not read this fic. Don't get me wrong, I like Tomoe, this is just a different story ok?

Ja ne,

Bunny ;D

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"Kenshin?" Kaoru's voice questioned to the pitch-black room. She could still feel his breath on her face, she knew he was close, but why the sudden display of passion and then the quick withdrawal? She felt her heart clench in her chest, afraid that he would reject her, despite that he had started it, he was drunk, he had a bad dream, he was not in his right mind. She bit her lip, waiting patiently for his response, her only indication that he was still there, his ragged breath hitting her face.

"Kaoru…" Kenshin finally began, his voice sounding scared and broken. Unsure of what else to do, he let out a big sigh and simply said, "I'm sorry…let's go back to sleep." He gently took the young girl back into his arms and rested his head against the top of her head, and with a large sigh, hoped that she would forget by the time morning came, before drifting back to sleep.

'Ken…shin…what was that all about?' Kaoru wondered as against her own will, her eyes drifted shut and she also fell back asleep.

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Chapter Thirty

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Kenshin flipped over under the covers early the next morning and let out a muffled grunt over the intense pain in his head. Slowly cracking open one eye, he squinted at the blaring light coming through the thin paper screen doors of his room. 'Ouch.' He thought before slowly closing his eye again. 'Kaoru won't mind if I sleep in a bit since I'm not feeling well…' he consoled himself as he began to drop back into a deep sleep. A second without thoughts ensued before Kenshin sat up in bed with a jolt, grabbing his aching head from the head rush, and then glancing quickly to his left to see the still slumbering Kaoru. 'OH…NO. Ohno, ohno, ohno, ohno. I'm a dead man.' He thought gazing down at his sleeping companion. 'Maybe…maybe if I let her wake up first, she will just leave and forget the whole incident last night.' He hoped. 'Ok, Himura, who are you trying to kid here? You were completely inebriated last night, and you remember the whole thing, what makes you think she won't??!?!' his mind screamed, as he began to panic. 'What do I do? What do I do? Listen to me; I sound like my fool future self!! I'm Battousai for crying out loud, how can I be so frightened of a woman?!?! Ok…so…Kaoru has always been a bit scary when angered…ACK!!' His thoughts came to a sudden halt as Kaoru's eyelids began to flutter open. Using his god-like speed, Kenshin fell back onto the bed and faked sleep.

Kaoru slowly opened her eyes early the next morning, as the sun filtering through the paper screen door hit the side of her face. She let out a content sigh as her eyes scanned the ceiling of the room. 'Oh…I'm in Kenshin's room.' She realized, taking in her surroundings. Turning her head slightly to the right, Kaoru noticed that Kenshin was still asleep. She frowned. 'What happened last night?' she wondered as she rolled onto her side to study his peaceful face. 'He was calling for me in his sleep, and then before I know it, he's kissing me, only to suddenly push me away, and fall back asleep. What does that mean? Does he even remember? I doubt it. I've never seen him drink so much sake.' Her thoughts a jumbled mess, she breathed out in a soft whisper to herself, "Oh Kenshin. I wish I knew where I stood with you." She let out a soft sigh of defeat. 'I wonder if I could…' she thought, as a faint blush spread across her cheeks. 'Well, he's in a drunken sleep, this will probably be my only chance to ever…' Holding her breath, Kaoru leaned forward until she was less than an inch from Kenshin's sleeping face. She let out a nervous breath before quickly closing the distance between their faces to graze her lips softly against his lips. Pulling away she whispered quietly, "I love you." Relief at being caught flooded through her nerves, as she noticed no changes in Kenshin's face. With a dreamy smile, she got up and left the room, barely making a sound.

As Kenshin heard the quiet sliding of his door being closed, his eyes flew open. 'She kissed me! She loves me!' he remembered in excitement. "Why couldn't you have said it while you thought I was awake Kaoru?" he whispered in desperation. "Such a long time, I have waited for you…" he trailed of while talking to himself as he got up and changed his clothes, deciding he should get up to have breakfast.

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"Good morning, Kaoru." Kenshin greeted as he walked into the kitchen and began assisting Kaoru in making some rice balls, and miso for breakfast.

Kaoru looked at Kenshin from the side of her eyes. "Did you just wake up?" she questioned.

"Yep, just got up. I have a horrible headache though. Do you know what happened to me?" he asked nonchalantly.

Kaoru dropped the rice ball she was currently forming onto the cutting board and turned to her left to face Kenshin. "You mean, you don't remember?" she asked.

Kenshin faced Kaoru and blinked. "What? Did I do something bad?" he questioned.

Kaoru's gaze thinned in suspicion for a split second before she widened her eyes and turned back to making rice balls saying, "Oh no, nothing at all. I'm just surprised you don't remember. That's all." She said with faked cheerfulness.

Kenshin sighed. 'Does she know I'm pretending I don't remember and trying to tell me it's ok that I kissed her like that, or is she just faking it that nothing happened because she thinks I was too drunk to remember?' he wondered as he sighed again.

'Why is Kenshin sighing like that?' Kaoru wondered. 'He probably has a pounding headache, stupid!' she answered herself a second later. "Oh, Kenshin. Your head must be pounding. Dr. Genzai left some medicine for you to take, let me go get it for you." She said as she gently put the rice ball she finished making on a plate and turned to leave the room.

"Wait." Kenshin said, as he turned to face Kaoru's retreating back.

Kaoru paused mid-step and turned back to see Kenshin, confusion etched clearly on her face.

"Kaoru…I…" Kenshin took a step forward, slowly closing the distance between them. "I…" he began again. 'I don't know what to say!' he thought frantically.

"You what?" Kaoru asked, her impatience getting the better of her.

"Nothing." Kenshin whispered dejectedly before turning around to resume making breakfast. "It's nothing." He repeated, almost as if trying to convince himself.

"Ok. I'll be right back." Kaoru said before exiting the room.

Kenshin chopped up a few pieces of tofu while he fumed to himself about his current situation. 'What do I say? You know Kaoru, I was really only pretending to be sleeping this morning…and then she would hit me before I could even finish. I can't tell her I remember waking up and kissing her, because I already asked her what happened, and she would know I was faking like I didn't remember, and then she would hit me.' Kenshin let out another deep sigh. 'No matter how I try to tell her, she's going to get mad at me and hit me.' His brows furrowed in deep concentration, 'How am I going to do this?' he wondered.

Kaoru, interrupting Kenshin's thoughts said, "here we go," to Kenshin as she poured a bit of white powder into a teacup and then poured some hot tea she had been brewing over it. She mixed the substance with a chopstick and then brought the cup up to her lips and blew over the top to cool the hot liquid.

Kenshin stifled a groan at her innocent seduction and obediently drank the liquid from the cup Kaoru held up to his lips. As he finished, she placed the cup down on the counter and smiled at him. "Thank you…my Kaoru." Kenshin said softly.

Kaoru blushed as her smile widened in delight at his soft endearment. 'Perhaps…we will still get somewhere, remember the incident last night or not.' She hoped. Locking her eyes with Kenshin's warm violet orbs, she took a step towards him, closing the distance between their bodies.

Without breaking eye contact with Kaoru, Kenshin raised his hand and cupped the side of her chin between his fingers to tilt her head up the small distance for their faces to meet. Slowly leaning down to close the distance between their lips, he let out a small breath of air that caressed Kaoru's lips, teasing her senses.

Kaoru closed her eyes and unconsciously licked her lips in anticipation, wanting nothing more than to taste Kenshin's lips while they were both awake, and conscious of what was happening.

"KAMIYA-sensei!!"

The abrupt shout coming from the courtyard had the two lovers jumping apart and blushing in embarrassment. "Ano…it seems our students are arriving." Kaoru said in a rush before quickly making her way out of the room and into the courtyard to greet the students.

"Kamiya-sensei!" Yuki, one of her students exclaimed again as she came running out of the house.

"Oh Yuki! Good morning. It is really already time for classes to begin? Kenshin and I were still making breakfast." Kaoru said.

Much to his own embarrassment, Yuki blushed. "Ano…actually I came early today to wish you a happy birthday," he answered.

Kaoru, not noticing his blush smiled warmly. "Aww, how sweet of you to remember. Thank you. Well, since you are here, you might as well come and have breakfast with us." Kaoru said as she took Yuki's hand in hers and led him up into the house.

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Meanwhile, inside the kitchen, Kenshin was fuming. 'Another opportunity missed!!! All because of that dumb Yuki! I can't believe that stupid kid is here again. Hasn't he heard that Kaoru is mine? Everybody else in this whole community gets it, or at least if they don't, they don't push their luck and try to get her interest because they have enough sense to fear my wrath.' Kenshin savagely chopped a green onion, taking out his anger and frustration at the whole situation on the poor vegetable.

"Kenshin, Yuki's going to have breakfast with us." Kaoru said as she entered the kitchen, her hand towing Yuki in behind her.

Kenshin turned around, his eyes slightly tinted with amber; he glanced at Kaoru's glowing face before his gaze shifted to their joined hands. His eyes narrowed in annoyed jealousy.

Kaoru, noticing Kenshin's gaze immediately dropped Yuki's hand. 'Oh no. I hope he doesn't think I like Yuki like that!! I mean, Yuki's great and my age and everything, but there's only ever been one man for me, and that's Kenshin.' Kaoru worried.

Yuki frowned when Kaoru dropped his hand like it was on fire, and then smiled at Kenshin. "I wanted to come early to wish Kaoru a happy 17th birthday." He said to the older redhead.

"I see." Kenshin said before turning around and resuming his work on the miso soup.

"Go ahead and wait for us in the other room Yuki, we'll be finished in just a minute." Kaoru requested.

"Ok." Yuki said and then proceeded into the adjacent dining room.

Once Yuki left the room, Kaoru frowned, not only at her stupidity, but also at Kenshin's obvious displeasure. Never before had he acted so jealous over Yuki's constant attention of her…at least, not in front of her. 'Does he really care that much?' Kaoru wondered. 'Well, I suppose that it would be very rude of Yuki to try to win my attentions if Kenshin and I are engaged. Are we really engaged though? I don't even know.' Kaoru let out a sigh of frustration before she took a few steps over to Kenshin and placed her forehead between his shoulder blades, and a hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong Kenshin? You seem upset." She inquired.

Kenshin stopped his movement and despite himself, smiled over Kaoru's gesture. Many times they had comforted each other in the same position. Showing affection, but keeping things distant so neither the other person, nor any onlookers would get the wrong idea. "It's nothing." He said, dismissing the topic, and waiting for Kaoru to withdraw so he could safely finish making breakfast.

Instead, Kaoru surprised them both by saying, "I don't believe you."

Kenshin visibly stiffened for a second before placing the knife down on the cutting board, and turning to face Kaoru.

Feeling Kenshin turn, Kaoru pulled away just enough for him to face her and then looked up into his smoldering eyes. They were changing from violet, to amber and back again.

"Your eyes…" Kaoru began, "they're changing colors." She said in awe.

"They do that sometimes." Kenshin replied, as he raised his arms up and placed them on Kaoru's shoulders, silently comforting her as she grasped the front of his gi in her hands.

"Only in my dreams." Kaoru confided, her eyes traveling back and forth between his two eyes, almost in disbelief.

"You still have those dreams?" Kenshin asked her, a bit surprised.

"All the time." Kaoru whispered, still in a trance over Kenshin's unusual eyes.

"I see." Kenshin said more to himself than to Kaoru.

"Why are they amber?" Kaoru questioned.

Kenshin smirked at Kaoru before replying, "They change colors when I'm angry," he paused as Kaoru looked back up at him with curious eyes. "Or, annoyed, enraged…" he paused again and moved his arms to Kaoru's waist pulling her closer to his warmth, "protective, jealous," he continued in a whisper. Kaoru's eyes widened as he brought his head closer to hers, and breathed, "impassioned" over her lips before closing the short distance and placing his lips on hers.

Kaoru moaned from the desire she had suppressed for this man for years, her heart skyrocketing, and her mind swimming as she kissed him back with fervor. Kenshin answered her with a moan of his own before tilting her entire body back and deepening their kiss. Kaoru moved her arms from the front of his gi, to the back of his head, holding on lest she fall over, and pulling his head closer, in a silent demand for more.

"Kamiya-sensei, Himura-sensei, do you need any hel-" Yuki's words died abruptly in his throat as he came back into the kitchen to see his two teachers engaged in a steamy kiss. He frowned before turning around and walking back into the dining room, 'I guess they really are engaged.' He thought as he sat back down, disappointed over the loss of hope that the beautiful kendo instructor could ever be his.

Hearing their student's question, the two teachers breathlessly parted just after Yuki left the room. Looking down, Kaoru blushed scarlet and stepped away from Kenshin and grabbing the rice balls off of the counter, barely breathed out, "Well, I guess we better eat breakfast, the rest of our students will be here any minute."

Kenshin smiled knowingly at her as she left the room, refusing to look at him in her embarrassment. He quickly boiled the miso and then only a couple of minutes after Kaoru left, joined her and Yuki at the table, to enjoy his first breakfast with his Kaoru, who now knew of his affection for her, if nothing else. 'Soon, I will tell you everything Kaoru. Then we will be together…forever.' Kenshin thought to himself as he watched a still slightly red-faced Kaoru sip her miso soup.

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30 chapters. Wow. I never thought I would write this much. O_o;; There is still so much more too. Not too much more, but enough. No worries, it will remain very interesting. (I have at least the gist of where I'm going all planned out. You would be amazed at how much thought I have to put into each chapter before I write it.) I already made a promise to myself that I would never write one of those becoming ever so popular stories where the couple gets together and then one problem after another has them breaking up and getting back together over and over again. (IMHO, those get really old, really fast.) So only good things to come, you're going to love it. Promise. There are still many unsettled issues that need to be settled, and they will be. :D

I want to thank all my reviewers. I know I've taken a really long time to update, and I'm very sorry. I was suffering from writers block, and I also had so many things going on in my life that I was unable to sit down and get past my writer's block.

Jason M. Lee: Thanks for always being here and for your support and help on my story. I love all your comments :D

Crystal: I know…sorry for making you wait so long for another update. I hope it was worth the wait!

LSR-7: This chapter was a bit longer ne? I try to please!

Koneko-dono: :hugs: thank you!! I'm excited about writing that chapter. I can't wait!! ::sighs:: it will be a few chapters away, it's just getting through the events that need to lead up to it.

genocide ex-sync*in: Yeah, you got it. Kenshin was still in that state between being asleep, and being awake. His dream and the sake had his brain so muddled up that he didn't realize that he was no longer in the past, but in the present. Sorry if I didn't explain it very well. O_O;;

Saiera: I'm very happy you liked the WAFF. :D

lizzie (lizziea51@yahoo.com): ::hugs:: you're so sweet. That must have been one of my best reviews yet!!

Azura Dea: Sorry for taking so long. Thanks for all your support!

Battousai angel: It was super cool ne? I was so excited when I came up with the idea!

Marstanuki: I did. I didn't email you back? O_O;; Gomen if I didn't. I love them. That was super wicked cool of you to send to me. I thought the matches were pretty good too.

Hana Himura: I'm thinking Battousai will need some intense training before the next party, I do.

Mikky: Nope, I don't write lemons. Sorry if that disappoints you.

Chibi-angel: Did you notice I used Yuki's name? Didn't use his character at all (obviously) but I used his name. ;D Next party, I definitely include the FB guys, I met them just the other day you know. Kyo and Yuki got in a big fight at my house and Trunks and Kenshin put their differences aside to stop them from destroying my home. It was all really weird, I will have to tell you more about it sometime. :D

Macy: Sake is usually served cold or hot. It really depends on the person's preference. I like it hot, but you know, back in the 1800's of Japan, they didn't have microwaves to warm it up in quickly either. LOL

ArtemisMoon: I'm so happy that you noticed me. (Feels honored.) One of the best Inuyasha fix I've ever read too. So when are you going to write another one? We need some more good ones you know? Have you been reading what's been on the Inuyasha pages lately? Note: I'm a fan of so many anime series; don't be surprised if I pop up all over the place. ::falls over laughing at myself::

panda-tiney: I'm VERY happy to hear that reading my fic got you into the series. What a nice compliment. Believe me when I tell you, it's one of the best, and you won't regret it!

Chibi Battousai: No worries, I like long reviews. Thank you for your honest and nicely put feedback, I enjoyed it very much and I will keep your thoughts in mind.

Everybody else on ff.net, TFME, my humble RK site, and MediaMiner.org, thank you very much for your support and reviews. I wish I could go through and answer everybody individually, but my time is running out and I have to leave, and I really want to be able to post this chapter up today. GOMEN!

Till the next chappy!

Bunny ;D