Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ How the Past Can Change ❯ Sake Confusion ( Chapter 29 )

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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"But Kenshin, I am supposed to become the best swordswoman in Japan!"

Kenshin's eyes widened at her words, remembering the day he had told her that, and what she had said about it. 'What is she trying to say?' he wondered, his heart soaring with hope.

Kaoru took a few steps closer. "Do you remember the day you told me that Kenshin?" she softly asked. 'Please understand what I am trying to say…' her heart pleaded.

'Do you have any idea what you do to me Kaoru?' Kenshin asked himself as he took the last two steps toward her, closing their distance and reaching behind her head with one hand, he tugged her hair ribbon free. As Kaoru's hair cascaded down her back Kenshin replied in a low husky voice, "I remember everything about that day."

Kaoru smiled. 'He…we…he understands.' She thought her heart comforted. 'It's been so long…where does that leave us…now that I'm old enough…' her thoughts trailed off as Kenshin gently ran his fingers through her hair. 'You are so beautiful, my Kaoru' Kenshin's words from that day as he had run his fingers through her hair ran through her head. He didn't say it today, but she knew he was saying it by his actions.

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Chapter Twenty-Nine

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That evening found Kenshin sharing dinner of fresh fish with Kaoru, Dr. Genzai, Ayame and Suzume. After the incident that morning with Kaoru, the two of them had gone about the rest of the day as if nothing had happened. They had given their daily lessons to their students, and then headed down to the riverbank to fish with Dr. Genzai and his granddaughters, and not one word about what had happened had been exchanged. Kaoru had barely even looked at him since he had allowed himself to run his fingers through her hair first thing in the morning. Kenshin looked across the table at Kaoru wondering what she was thinking, and why she was acting as if nothing had happened. 'Is she not ready yet? Is that why she has barely said two words to me all day?' he wondered as he watched her hold Suzume on her lap, helping her eat her fish, taking in her natural motherly instincts. 'She'll make a great mother…' he thought absently. 'I can't wait till we have kids…I wouldn't mind getting started now-wait a minute!! What am I thinking?' Kenshin slapped himself on the face and then reached across the table for the sake jug and poured himself an overflowing cup. 'Hentai!' he hissed to himself as the liquid flowed into his stomach. He took another glance at Kaoru and then poured himself another cup and immediately drank it down just as quickly as the first. He set down the cup and took a deep breath trying to calm down, and then glanced back up at Kaoru and Suzume. 'I'm starting to wonder if I like to punish myself.' He thought as he once again started to pour himself a cup of sake, only to be quickly drunk down.

Kaoru watched in awe as Kenshin poured himself one, after another, after another, after another cups of sake wondering what had set him off. 'I've never seen Kenshin drink so much sake,' she thought to herself. 'I hope he doesn't regret what happened in the dojo earlier…' she worried. "Kenshin? Are you all right?" she questioned.

Kenshin paused mid-gulp and looked at Kaoru. He finished the cup before replying, "Yes, yes, I'm fine, why don't you have a cup too Kaoru?" He refilled the cup he had been drinking from and handed it across the table to the source of his distress.

"Thank you." Kaoru replied before quickly sipping down the cool wine and handing it back across the table.

"Here, you should have another," Kenshin said as he refilled the cup and passed it back across the table to Kaoru.

"Kenshin, you wouldn't be trying to get Kaoru-chan drunk so you can seduce her now that Koshijiro is gone now would you?" Dr. Genzai asked, observing the young couple.

Kaoru flushed a bright red as Kenshin exclaimed, "ORO!" and fell over backwards, hitting the floor.

Dr. Genzai chuckled and then patted Kenshin's head, "now, now, I was just teasing you. I know you would never do anything to dishonor our little Kaoru-chan." He said in re-assurance.

Kenshin just hit his head once again in misery. 'If you only knew.' He thought as he dragged his hand over his face.

"Mou!" Kaoru exclaimed in embarrassment. "I won't drink any more then, Dr. Genzai." She said before returning to help Suzume eat her dinner.

Kenshin sat back up after a moment, and resumed his sake drinking, this time, even more frantically.

Not too much later, Dr. Genzai helped Kaoru carry a completely comatose Kenshin into his room and lay him on his futon. After getting Kenshin settled in, Dr. Genzai handed Kaoru a small packet with white powder, "give this to him in the morning and he will be fine." He explained to the young mistress of the house.

"Right!" Kaoru said.

"I best be going now, have a good night, and thanks for a lovely day!" Dr. Genzai said before taking the now two sleeping girls into his arms and heading home.

Kaoru watched Dr. Genzai and the girls walk down the road until she could see them no more, then she ran quickly to her room, changed into her nightclothes, headed to Kenshin's bedroom and quietly snuggled under the covers with the older-unsuspecting man.

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"Kaoru…sweetheart, Katsura-sama has regrouped the Inshinshishi and it's time for their assassin to return to his work." I quietly announced to my wife. When I looked up she had started crying, silently. "Do…do we have to go?" she stuttered out.

I felt my eyes thin into slits, as anger swept up into my body. "What do you mean by 'we,' Kaoru?" I demanded.

"I mean do WE have to go…what do you think I meant?" she replied heatedly.

"NO! You aren't coming with me - its way to dangerous, I won't allow anything to happen to you!" I said, raising my voice.

"What are you talking about?!?" she exclaimed in hysterics. "You most definitely are NOT going without me!! There is no way that I'm staying here Himura Kenshin, while you're off splitting people in half and chopping off their heads do you understand me!!" she yelled.

I growled in frustration. "You are so frustrating sometimes!!" I yelled to her throwing my arms up in the air. "I need to protect you!" I added, hoping she would understand. Suddenly, her body began to glow a bright white color. "No!! Don't leave me!" I screamed out to her, as she began to fade. I ran across the room to where she was standing in the doorway. "Kaoru!! I promise, you can come with me, just stay please!!" I yelled reaching out to her, contacting with nothing.

Kaoru smiled at me, as she faded into the light. "I love you!" she exclaimed, her eyes shining all her love, her arms still outstretched towards me.

"NO! Kaoru, don't leave me!!" I yelled out in desperation.

"Kaoru," Kenshin moaned out in a whisper, half dreaming, half awake. He drifted in and out of consciousness, his head still swimming from his earlier alcohol consumption. "No Kaoru, don't go." He moaned out again, this time, more desperately.

"Shhhh…" Kaoru whispered in his ear as she rolled over, put her arm around him, and began to gently rub up and down his side. "It's ok." She whispered in reassurance.

"Kaoru!! You're here…It was just a dream!" Kenshin exclaimed in a slur as he fumbled in the dark and rolled over to wrap her body up against his in a tight embrace. After a moment, he moved his arms up her body, grasping her head in his hands, he guiding her towards him in the dark, his lips assaulting hers in a passionate, needy kiss. "I was so worried that you had left me. It was horrible." He murmured in his drunken state between kisses.

"Wha-" Kaoru began to say before Kenshin once again placed his tongue inside her mouth, pulling her closer to him, as if she was his life's breath. Still confused at what had brought about Kenshin's odd behavior, Kaoru relented and kissed him back fervently. It wasn't everyday that the man of your dreams kissed you the way his was kissing her.

Kenshin pulled Kaoru closer as he gently moved his hand under her yukata…. he stopped suddenly as he felt the soft cloth that she used to bind her breasts. His eyes flew open and he pulled away from the young girl in his arms as if she was on fire, it was too dark to tell for certain, but the memories rushing back into his head reminding him of the place and time he was living in. 'This is not my wife Kaoru this is chibi-Kaoru!! My Kaoru, the one I have been waiting for!' he thought frantically, realizing his mistake. 'Oh my God, what have I done? I should have known sooner, that damn sake and that dream had me so confused! There is no denying it though, Kaoru never bound her breasts for bed…this is bad.' He concluded, becoming even more panicked.

"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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A/N: Well, that's it for Chapter 29. I know, it was a bit odd…but there is a reason to my madness!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA. (I'll be sure to tell you what it is as soon as I figure it out myself. ^_^;;) No really, I actually know where I'm going with this. Did you like it? Please let me know by leaving a review…

Now, to answer a couple of questions posed by you readers:

Are we going to find out more about the future Kaoru that married Battousai in the past and how she is doing with her Kenshin that got married in the future? Yes…a little bit. But I'm not going to tell you how or when…it's a surprise, but it's going to be really cool! Are we going to follow the normal RK timeline to some point as in…we will meet Yahiko, Sano, Megumi, etc. etc. Yes. Soon enough, it's going to be good too! ;)

Other than that…thank you to all of you who have been reviewing! It keeps me going you know? ;D

kenni (mauohc@hotmail.com) - Ok, I will def. Invite the rest of the RK guys to the next party ;)

Cherry Blossom - that would be really cool of you to help me with the chapter titles…just email me at bunny@princessserenity.net

hotaru (saiyanprincessj@hotmail.com) - You're so sweet! Thanks for saying that ;)

Saby-chan - Thank you! I like the way they interact too. It's fun ne? ^_^

Saiera - I agree…I think Kenshin is super cute when he's worried! ;D

DiaBLo - You will get your answer soon…

Gypsy-chan - Thank You!! I definitely will…got any wicked cool ideas about what we should do for the next party?

Vesca - I would love to hear your suggestions! I really need them ^_^;; I suck at coming up with good titles. O_o;;

Azura Dea - Please see answer number 1.

Jason M. Lee - Thank you for always helping out with my "senior moment" mistakes. Sometimes, I don't know where my brain goes…

macy - Aww!! I liked the "sugar" too. Sugar is very good ne? I love it bunches ;D There is more to come…that there is ;)

Hana Himura - ::eheheheheh:: So you're trying to quite the chocolate eh? LOL. ;D I was so worried when you had eaten so much at my last party you know? I'm just happy that you perked up pretty quickly…and you know, it was a good thing that Jason found you. I will be sure to tell everybody that they can bring anything but chocolate to the next party. Or maybe I will just have to have Battousai guard it from you…hmmmm….

lizzie (lizziea51@yahoo.com) - Thank you…you're so sweet!! It was cool that you commented on Kenshin remembering Kaoru's memory, I was so excited when I came up with the idea to write that, so thanks for appreciating it so much!

Anna (CraziBratz15@aol.com) - That was so nice what you said. I know it was after chapter 27, but all the same, that was so sweet of you to think so highly of my fic ;)

Special Thanks Also goes to: Gina, bek, JouChan13, oneechan19, Fey2Kim, crystal of psyche, LSR-7, Kyaa-Kyaff, Yen, almira (who's been around since the beginning of this fic), manina, Zackire, Crystal, JadeGoddess, and Battousai angel who all reviewed the last chapter. Thanks for all your support ;) ::big hug::

Till the Next Chapter!

Bunny ;D