Konnichiwa minna-san!!!! I'm sorry this took so friggin long to update but I've had school, and tennis, and everything and it's CRAZY!!! Only ONE WEEK OF SCHOOL LEFT!!! YAHOO! OMG I got reviews from one of my favorite authors and Kenshin!!!! AAAHH!!! I'm so happy!!!! If you like Inu-Yahsa read Sythetic Emotion by Saro!! And thanks to Princess Destiny for not being mad at me b/c our stories are similar! *sob* Well!!! Read and Enjoy!!!! AND REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!
This ficcy is MY remake of the hot springs episode where that artist falls in love with Kaoru. It starts out the same, but the results are MUCH different *evil grin* It?s gonna get steamy!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin * WAAAIIIIILLLL*
Chapter Two:
"Don't?call?me?a? KIIID!!!" Yahiko screeched as he leaped onto a certain chicken head and began gnawing away.
"Hey, HEY you little brat! You're gonna get hurt, Yahiko-chan!" came Sano's reply.
Kenshin smiled warmly as he watched his adopted family's usual bickering burst into an outright wrestling match. They'd been working for that innkeeper all day, mopping and sweeping, but those two still had enough energy to be rolling around on the wooden floor like a bunch of five year-olds. 'The only thing missing is Kaoru-dono.' He mused to himself, and couldn't help his mind wandering in that direction. She was such a beautiful, innocent creature. The epitome of everything he was striving to protect, to cherish, to touch?
Her shimmering blue eyes, her midnight black hair, her untouched ivory skin and---
Kenshin cut that thought off quick before it could cause him any?well? frustrations. He shook his head as he settled against the wall adjacent to the door, his trusty sakaba by his side. But visions of the bokken-wielding goddess wouldn't leave his head, and he frowned as he wondered aloud,
"Kaoru-dono and Misao have been gone a long time, that they have."
As soon as the observation left his lips, he felt a cold shiver run through his body and his senses sharpened automatically. It was a feeling of premonition he had learned to trust during his days as a hitokiri.
Something was very wrong.
As if on cue, the door slid open with a bang and three pairs of eyes swiveled towards the opening to take in a wet and trembling Misao, covered by nothing but a small bathing towel. Sano quickly covered a reddening Yahiko's eyes before calling out
"Oi! Misao-chan, what's going--"
But he was cut short when Misao fell to the ground, heaving for breath.
"Misao-dono!" Kenshin was at her side in an instant, his eyes narrowed when he saw her swollen knee and he looked at Sano who promptly grabbed a blanket and draped it over the gasping girl's shoulders. They waited in earnest for her to catch her breath. "Who did this, Misao-dono?"
"Dok-Dokurou? help?Kaoru?" she managed to wheeze out before she collapsed against Kenshin's chest in a dead faint.
Sano watched with a wary gaze as Kenshin wordlessly turned away from them, scooped Misao into his arms, walked over to his futon, and gently placed her upon it. As he rose to his feet, his back was rigid and his fists were clenched.
Not a word was spoken. Even Yahiko knew what the name Dokurou entailed, especially where women were concerned. They had all heard the stories and rumors about Dokurou's cruelty and perversion, but?
'That guy doesn't know what he's got comin', ' Sano thought without a trace of humor. He could practically SEE the battle aura radiating from Kenshin, and he thought that maybe he should calm any killer instincts before they left to rescue Kaoru.
"Uh, Kenshin-"
His speech was cut short, however, when Kenshin abruptly turned to face him. The chicken breathed a sigh of relief. Kenshin was pissed all right, but his eyes were still purple?
"Sano- take care of Misao. Yahiko, get the police. I will be back, that I will."
?and his speech still too damned polite, if a little strained.
"Oi! I'm not gonna stay here while you?"
But Sano was talking to thin air. Kenshin was gone.
"How come he gets all the action?" Sano grumbled to himself as he tucked some more blankets around Misao and began treating her leg.
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"KEEEENSHIIIIIINNN!"
Her scream echoed about the small enclosure before Dokurou slapped his hand over her mouth, pushing her onto the damp stones beneath him and straddled her hips with his knees.
"It's no use screaming, my dear. Everyone who works here is under my service, but your shrieks will make my head ache. So save us both some energy and keep you mouth shut."
Kaoru glared up at his smiling face before opening her mouth against his skin and sinking her pearly white teeth into the palm of his hand.
Dokurou let out a low hiss as he snatched his hand from her mouth to inspect the damage.
A kind of dotted oval was on his palm, still white where she had bit down, but as the blood rushed back to that skin, drops of crimson began to well up from the bite marks. He chuckled.
"Well, well. Looks like I need to teach you a little lesson," he said as he pulled his hand back to slap her. Kaoru gasped as his huge hand started a swift descent towards her face.
Instinctively, she covered her head with her arms and tried to draw her legs to her chest, but her right knee rammed into something, stilling her movements.
She waited, eyes squeezed shut, for Dokurou to do something, but all she heard was a strangled squeak, and she parted her arms a crack and slowly opened one eye to see what was going on.
If she hadn't been so scared, Kaoru would have found Dokurou's position quite comical. His great, muscled body was raised up above her, but his eyes were wide and staring blankly in front of him. His mouth had formed a lopsided 'O' and he was holding himself in a very indecent manner. His eyes seemed to be shimmering with? 'Is he crying?' Kaoru thought incredulously before he toppled off her into a heap on the ground, and curled into a ball, still clutching his privates. 'Oh my God! I must have kneed him before he slapped me!' she realized as she remembered banging her knee earlier. 'But I didn't hit him that hard?'
She rose to her feet shakily to make for the hot spring's door. But curiosity got the best of her and she poked her former assailant with her toe to see his reaction, filing away this "subduing" technique for future reference. "That's what you get, you PERVERT!" she added with a kick.
"You little bitch?" was his breathless reply. She abruptly turned back towards the gates at his words. If he had enough breath to speak now, she wanted to be gone when he found the strength to She needed to get out before whatever had caused Dokurou such intense pain got any better.
She started to run towards the gates without looking back. When she reached the doors, she flung down the bar and had the door halfway open before a hand shot past her head, slamming the door back shut. She had hesitated a little too long.
She was so disappointed, all she could do was stare at the male hand still pressed against the wooden gate. It seemed red in the torchlight and if she squinted her eyes just enough, it kind of looked like it was on fire itself.
"A pervert am I?" a low, forced voice whispered into her ear. "I think it's about time I showed you just how perverted I can get." And with those words, Kaoru watched as the hand in front of her suddenly rushed towards her face, smothering any protest as she was hoisted over Dokurou's shoulder, and flung unceremoniously into the hot spring.
Koaru gasped as the steaming water engulfed her and she jumped up to stand away from the burning liquid. But cold air blew against every part of her body and it took her a full ten seconds before she realized Dokurou had taken her towel.
She fell back into the water with a splash, covering her nakedness, before swimming to the side of the hot spring farthest from Dokurou.
Dokurou gazed at the raven-haired beauty, up to her chin in water. He noticed the way she shivered with fear and embarrassment, but still managed to pin him with a defiant glare. Her spirit impressed him and it made him excited. He knew she was different from the other women he had killed, who had begged for mercy with no pride.
It would take him a long time to break her and he would enjoy every second of it. But then he would kill her slowly for all the trouble she'd caused him. Her wavering voice broke him from his musings.
"You won't get away with this. Kenshin will come."
He only laughed as he took a step into the water.
"Kenshin? Is that your lover? I think not. My innkeeper tells me everything, You love this Kenshin, but he could care less if you were alive."
"I don't think our relationship is THAT bad?" Kaoru said, paddling backward as Dokurou advanced towards her.
"Well, you don't see him here now do you? Now when you need him. No one can save you now."
He was quickly closing the precious gap between them and Kaoru was growing desperate. She whipped away from him in one last attempt to escape.
But to no avail. Dokurou was simply too fast, and he grabbed her before she could set even one foot out of the pool, spun her around, and crushed his lips against hers.
Kaoru was mortified. Never had a man touched her so intimately and after her initial shock she began to struggle frantically, her head swinging back and forth in order to break contact. But his mouth continued to roam all over her face.
He crushed her body against his as his big hands groped her bottom. She cried out when his handling became rough and he began to squeeze her tender flesh.
She reached behind her to try to pry his hands away, but it was a false move. He used the opportunity to grab her wrists so she was completely at his mercy
Tears began to fall from under her lashes when he tried to separate her lips with his tongue. She had never experienced anything like this before and all she could do was cry silently as she kept her mouth clamped shut.
"Why don't you scream now?" he asked cruelly. Daring her to open her mouth. He only chuckled when she pinned him with a watery glare. 'She's got so much fire,' he mused, before he made another dive for her mouth.
'Kenshin?help me' was all Kaoru thought as she felt Dokurou's teeth on her lips. It hurt and she squeezed her eyes shut tight to keep from crying out.
But suddenly she felt Dokurou go completely still as she felt something cold and hard pressed against her neck. 'It feels like? a sword?!'
Her eyes snapped open only to stare into Dokurou's equally shocked ones as they glared at something over her shoulder. She saw the point of the sword that was touching her neck, was poking threateningly into his neck, right under his chin.
The sword-wielder was standing behind them at the edge of the spring, and all Kaoru could see was his shadow cast upon them by the torchlight. She dearly hoped he was a friend, not another enemy.
'I didn't even hear him approach.'
Her thoughts were interrupted, however, when Dokurou finally overcame his shock and anger flooded across his handsome face. "Who do you think you are? These are MY hot springs and this woman is mine. Now leave us be unless you want to suffer the consequences." He bit out in a tone more annoyed and angry then scared.
Kaoru held her breath as she waited for her faceless rescuer's response. She heard a sort of low growl and then her body froze completely at his first words.
"No. You are wrong. She is MY woman and YOU will suffer the consequences for touching her, that?you?will."
TBC?
And there it is!!! Chapter two!!!!! OMG I'm SORRY it's another cliffy!!! Don't kill me!!! Sorry it took so long, but I hope it was worth it!! Hehehehe. Sorry there isn't any B/K action yet, but I wanted to get this up as soon as possible!! There most DEFINITELY will be some next chapter!! Well????? What'd you think???? You like?? THEN REVIEW!! Please?? And thank you SOOOOOOOOOOO much for all the reviews I've gotten from everyone!! I'm glad you've liked it so far!! Well, don't forget to review! I LOVE YOU! Here's some special thanks!
JML: My first reviewer!!! You always help me out so much and don't worry I will NOT say THE battousai ever again!!
Amamiya: OMG I LOVE your Fragments ficcy! I'm so happy you read my fic! There WILL be some ass-kicking DON'T WORRY!
Ann: Yup!!! He saved her!! Don't worry, I would NEVER EVER EVER write a ficcy where Kaoru got raped, unless it was by Kenshin, but I mean that in a GOOD way, if that makes any sense.
Kyanos: Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Misao's, but she'll get her Aoshi, don't worry!
Chiruken: aaahhh! I'm so happy you reviewed! I'm glad you like it so much!
Quaenya: oh, his passion is strong, lemme tell you! Hehe Azure Dragoness: Sorry, sorry I didn?t update in forever!! I hope you liked this and put your spatula away!
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Shadiyaray: YEAH HE'S SEXY!
Animegirl: I think he's hotter when he kills too!! Battousai all the way! But I don't think he's gonna kill anyone in my ficcy.
Metropolis Dream: ummm? *cowers* please don't hate me!! I hope you like this! Sorry I took so long to update!
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SYTHETIC EMOTION! It's amazing!!!!
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