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Undercover Geisha
Chapter two: A Midnight Conversation
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Stunned silence met Kaoru's ears as the young woman gave a blank look at the surprised two men and boy.
Geez…for someone who'd been through a lot, it sure doesn't take a miracle to shock them.
"Yahoo!"
Kaoru covered her ears to prevent her eardrums from splitting as Yahiko yelled and began prancing around in his seat excitedly.
Tossing a glare at the said fourteen-year-old, Koaru let her arms go limp and fall to her sides as soon as the pounding in her head stopped.
"…Alone." She finished.
Despite that her voice was no louder than a whisper, the firmness and no-nonsense tone in it could be heard. It echoed throughout the room and registered itself on three very thick-headed males.
'Hear it comes.' Kaoru thought as she stared at them with blank eyes, fighting the urge to roll the blue orbs heavenwards.
'1…2…3.'
"Oro! Kaoru-dono I…"
"Jou-chan! What…"
"Busu! That ain't fair!"
Kaoru held up a finger against her lips for silence. Seeing that they had complied, though Yahiko kept grumbling about unfair hags and the likes, Kaoru lowered her arm and took a deep breath.
"Number one." She glared at Yahiko. "Don't call me Busu Yahiko-chan!"
"Don't call me chan!"
Ignoring Yahiko's ranting, she continued.
"Number two: I'll be going to Yokohoma to visit and take care of my sick aunt."
She'd lied. Yes, she knew lying was a bad idea but does one actually think that she would be allowed to go if she told them the truth?
Kaoru scoffed inwardly. Fat chance. She could already visualize Kenshin's reaction.
"Over my dead body, Kaoru-dono." He would say…perhaps with Battousai eyes as well.
Kaoru shivered mentally at the thought of Kenshin's split personality. (AN: Sorry, couldn't help but write it down. Hohoho!)
Unlike most people, the majority of Japan mostly likely, Kaoru wasn't afraid of the Battousai. He was just another side of Kenshin, much like the Rurouni part of him albeit a rather dangerous and deadly side.
Not to mention that he is just the sexiest thing Kami-sama could ever think of whenever he goes all golden-eyed and furious. Roawr!
In her mind, Kaoru curled her fingers to make an imitation of claws as a pair of raccoon ears sprouted in her ears. She'd even go so far as to have an imaginary raccoon tail swishing mischievously.
Who said that Megumi was the only 'loose' female around here?
'I'm a bad girl and I love it.'
Kaoru fought down a snicker. Maybe when this mess is over, she'll use her 'ahem' womanly charms on the redhead. At least then her geisha training would come in handy.
Right then, Kaoru had taken a page from Megumi's book by using the other woman's signature gesture.
"Ohohoho!"
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'Oro…What's wrong with Kaoru?'
Kenshin raised an eyebrow as the raven-haired woman suddenly gave seemed to sprout raccoon ears and…
He blinked, not believing his eyes. Is that a tail swishing behind Kaoru?
Then, to his outmost surprise, Kaoru began to laugh just like Megumi.
"Ohohoho!"
Both eyebrows quirked upwards in shock as Kenshin stared at the snickering kendo teacher. Sano's and Yahiko's jaws hung in surprise as well.
Noticing their reactions, Kaoru stopped laughing and smirked but quickly wiped it off with a smile. Calmly, she reached over and closed Yahiko's gaping mouth.
"Close your mouth Yahiko-chan if you don't want to have a fly buffet." She teased as she leaned back away from the spiky-haired boy.
Yahiko opened and closed his mouth, speechless. Then his face turned red as his mind registered what Kaoru said.
"Don't call me CHAN, Busu!"
Kaoru simply waved him off with a flick of her hand, her lips twisting into somewhat of a half-smirk and half-smile.
"Yeah, yeah. Yahiko-chan." She said merrily, using the –chan to irked him more.
Kenshin and Sano sweatdropped at the site of Yahiko, who had turned a slight purple color, glaring and spitting insults at an unusually amused Kaoru who merely sipped her tea and smiled.
"Anno…Kaoru-dono…" asked Kenshin after some time, his violet eyes on Kaoru.
Kaoru turned her head to glance at his direction, her raven hair swayed in rhythm and the soft light of the lantern from above highlighted her hair to turn into a bluish-black color. Her sapphire blue eyes sparkled and emphasized her smile which gave Kenshin a comforting feeling.
"Hai Kenshin?" She asked. Her voice reminded him of a nightingale's song. (AN: (pukes) I'm getting too mushy…)
Kenshin faked a cough to hide the blush spreading across his cheeks with the sleeve of his gi.
"Anno…are you sure you want to go alone?" he asked. "I'll be happy to accompany you."
Kenshin said the last part with a shy tone in his voice. He hoped that the others, especially Kaoru didn't notice it.
Sano quirked an eyebrow in bewilderment before he smirked and popped his elbow on the surface of the table and supported his chin with his knuckles.
"What about me and Yahiko, Kenshin?" He said teasingly. Leaning forward slightly, he added.
"Don't you think we would like to go along with Jou-chan as well?"
The spiky-haired brunette smirked, his ever present fishbone clenched at the corner of his mouth. Fixing his brown eyes at the redhead, he muttered.
"Or is it that you just want to have Jou-chan all to yourself?"
Kenshin didn't bother to hide the red hue on his face while Kaoru merely gave a un-lady-like snort and whacked the tall brunette in the head.
"Quit saying things that you have no idea about Sano." She muttered as the so-called 'fighter-for-hire' rubbed the growing bump in his head.
"And spit out that fishbone will you? Goodness knows how long had that been eaten."
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Kaoru inhaled deeply the cool air as she gazed at the moon shining from above. She flicked a stray lock of hair away from her face. It was still wet since she'd just taken a bath not too long ago so she opted to let it remain down, framing her pale face.
Her knees swayed front-and-back as she sat comfortably at the edge of the dojo floor, using the strength of her arms to support herself. Various thoughts crossed through her mind, mostly on the mission and Kaoru stopped humming as a small scowl crossed her features. She stopped herself and forced the thoughts at the back of her head and resume humming.
After all, it was too much of a nice night to spoil it by thinking about certain things.
Kaoru shivered as a cold breeze fluttered into the wind and clutched her yukata closer. She also pulled up the material's sleeve which had begun to slip from her shoulder.
Kaoru's ears perked up at the sound of a creaking wood and jerked her head back to see that it was Kenshin, already dressed in his sleeping robes. She almost drooled at the sight of the muscular chest peeking out from the collar of his robe and turned her head to face the sky once more, the vision of nicely-packed muscles of a certain redhead drilled in her memory.
"Evening Kenshin." She said, a small smile plastered on her face.
Kenshin jolted in surprise at the greeting and scratched the back of his head, a bit sheepishly. He half-expected the young woman to whack him in the head with her bokken and yell at him for invading her privacy.
"Evening Kaoru-dono."
Kaoru smiled at the sheepish tone evident in her beloved redhead's words and patted the ground beside her.
"Come sit besides me Kenshin."
Kaoru felt Kenshin's hesitation and resisted the urge to chuckle. She looked back at him and smiled coyly.
"I promise I won't bite."
Kaoru giggled at the blush creeping up on the red-head's face. Kenshin blushed redder but obliged Kaoru's invitation.
As soon as Kenshin had taken his seat beside her, Kaoru turned her head to glance at him.
"Now, what is it that you want to tell me?"
"Anno…" Kenshin started.
Truth be told, he was just contented to watch Kaoru in the shadows. Incidentally, he was just about to go to his room when he spotted her sitting at the dojo's edge. The moonlight made her alabaster skin glow in contrast to the bluish-black tendrils of hair that framed her oval-shaped face. Her white yukata hung loosely and slipped off one of her shoulders, giving Kenshin a rather lovely view of the peek of her pale breasts.
That's when Kenshin both mentally smacked and scolded himself for being a hentai. He was about to leave when the accursed world seemed to like teasing him and made the wooden-planked floor where he stepped on creaked, thus catching Kaoru's attention.
Kaoru laughed at Kenshin's obvious uneasiness.
"It's alright Kenshin. You can tell me."
Kenshin smiled. Kaoru was just too innocent sometimes. (An: Oh, how so wrong you are Kenny. Hohoho!) That was one of the reasons why he fell in love with her.
Kenshin didn't know when it had happened but he love Kaoru. He love everything about her; her beautiful ravenous hair, her sparkling sapphire eyes, her simplicity, her smile, her kind and generous heart, even the way she would get mad and wield her bokken. The list could go on and on.
He never loved Tomoe in the way that he loves Kaoru. A small part of him felt guilty about this but it was true. Tomoe was never the woman for him, even for Battousai. He thought that he loved Tomoe but as time past by, he began to realize that he only cared for Tomoe because she was the only one there for him at the time.
This was proven when Kenshin first laid eyes on the bloodied Kaoru-dummy. He was devastated and had blamed himself at the time. Tomoe's death never had that much of an effect to him compared to Kaoru's. He even went into Rakinmura and closed himself from the world.
One couldn't imagine the joy and relief he felt when he learnt that Kaoru was still alive. To him, it seemed as though Kami-sama had given him an immeasurable gift and he was thankful for that.
Yes. He had fallen for the beautiful kendo master…hard.
But…How Kenshin hated that word. It tasted bitter in his mouth whenever he would say it.
Kaoru didn't love him. How could she love a man who was once a cold-hearted manslayer? How could anyone?
Even if by miraculous chance that she would love him, he didn't deserve her anyway. She was too innocent and pure for him to taint with his bloodied hands.
Tomoe was once his sheath, for that he was grateful since it calmed the Battousai part of him. But now, he wanted Kaoru to be his sheath. Not the Battousai's, not the Rurouni's but him, Kenshin Himura.
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Kaoru glanced puzzlingly at Kenshin. The redhead seemed to be in his own little world.
She shook her head in dismay and faked a yawn, hopefully to get the redhead's attention.
It worked.
As soon as Kenshin had snapped back into reality, Kaoru smiled and got up.
"It's late Kenshin, I should get to sleep right now. It'll be a busy day tomorrow."
'And how.' Kaoru added in her mind.
Kenshin nodded dumbly and got to his feet as well.
"You're right Kaoru-dono. Sessha doesn't want you to fall asleep when you visit your sick aunt."
Kaoru shook her head mentally.
'If you only knew Kenshin.'
"Iie, I wouldn't want to do that."
Kaoru dusted off the dirt from her yukata and gave Kenshin a smile.
"Good night Kenshin."
Not waiting for a reply, Kaoru turned her back and ventured into the hallway towards her room. Not long had she taken a few steps, Kaoru was surprised when Kenshin suddenly ran from behind her and kissed her.
It wasn't a lover-like kiss, just a mere peck in the cheek. Nevertheless, Kaoru blushed at the gesture and wheeled around to face Kenshin who too had a blush on his cheeks.
"Anno…Sessha bids you good night Kaoru."
With that, Kenshin turned in the opposite direction and ran like the wind, obviously using his god-like speed.
Kaoru was left alone in the hallway, shocked and a bit confused.
'He didn't say the 'dono'. He didn't say the 'dono''
Kaoru kept repeating those words in her head.
Then she smiled and reached up a hand to touch her cheek, where Kenshin had kissed her.
"Baka Kenshin."
To be continued:
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