Be Careful
What You Wish For
A Rurouni Kenshin fanfiction
By Chibi
Tenshi and Kirstian
Chapter
Ten
“Now I’m thinking here. This would be the safest place, right?” Kaoru
asked as she smacked Kenshin’s hand away.
He gave a wounded puppy dog
look.
“Don’t you try that. I’m onto you now, Kenshin.”
Kenshin grinned. “Would you really? Be on me?”
“ARGH.”
Unable to help her fists, she punched him. Then, she noticed that her arm had indeed
gotten slimmer from the workout she had been doing. She smiled in delight – less using of the
bokken, more fists! Surely, this would make her more beautiful – nono, that
was a bad bad thing.
She had been mistaken before –
Aoshi, the supposed icicle turned self-gratifier, and the supposedly sexual
innocent who had hit puberty right in front of her. But this was different! Surely…
The drone of voices sent her
ducking below some bushes. She patted
Kenshin’s lap, trying to get his attention.
“Kenshin… oi!”
She did not just see the look of
pure ecstasy on his face. Nope. She decked him in the head. “What do you think?”
“Oro?”
It was strange how the clueless
rurouni came back to him so easily.
“What do you think?” she hissed
again.
“Sessha thinks that your legs are
looking sexy right now.”
She glared at him, staring face up
at the bare length of thigh she had unwittingly exposed. “ARGH. I swear, where once I would’ve given anything
to get an ounce of action out of you, now you’re just this… PERV!”
Kaoru swatted his hands again. She
pointed in the direction of a tall pagoda. “Can’t you see where we are?! Right in front of God even, you hentai.”
“It IS a blessed event.”
She kicked him into oblivion,
sending him to dream of dancing Kaorus in half open yukatas.
Under the eyes of God, surely he
would watch over her right? With her mind set, she was about to get up when she
found herself faced with a dozen monks staring right at her. She re-arranged her yukata and bowed her head
as low as possible.
“I am just a poor maiden needing
assistance and seeking refuge.”
Who was presumably the head monk
paused before rumbling, “Of course, please come with me.”
“Sir, she appears tired. Would she not appreciate a bath?”
Even with her head down, her
eyebrow quirked upwards. Overly
suspicious, Kaoru berated herself. They
have devoted their life to Buddha.
The head monk nodded. “Please see to it that our guest is
comfortable. Our food is simple but delicious.”
“What about Kenshin?”
“He will be properly … taken care
of.”
Kaoru wasn’t quite sure why the hesitation
in the monk’s voice bothered her but she had no time to protest as a dozen
yellow robes dragged her off.
***********
Kaoru submerged her head under the
hot water. “Is this hot enough, Miss
Kaoru?”
The warm water relaxed her
muscles. In fact, she was feeling
decidedly lazy at the moment. Poking her
head back up, she sighed, “Yes, it is.
Thank you.”
“My pleasure.”
It struck her as weird that the
monks would be that hospitable but they were probably the same with other
travelers that passed by. Idly, she
wondered where Kenshin was. As perverted
as he had gotten, she missed his company.
It was only when he was around that she felt safe, a thought that was
surely odd since she had to beat him off herself most of the time.
She chuckled. She would’ve given anything for a hint of
affection from him. She knew that he was
fond of her, but he would never give a sign.
She sighed again, sinking lower into the bath, allowing the water to
lull her.
She didn’t want to think of half of
The loud sound of crashing from
outside caused her to shriek. A mere
couple of seconds later, Kenshin had burst into the bath (as usual). She screamed even louder, trying to hide
herself with her hands, and sending her geta in the direction of his head. He barely got out the word “Niiiiiiice” and a lavascious grin
before he got decked, with half naked Kaorus dancing
around his head.
She hastily slipped on her yukata,
and stepping on Kenshin (hard), ventured to peek outside, only to find a dozen
monks strewn all around the bath house.
She saw the dozen crates and remembered the “air vents” that they had
told her about when she had asked about them earlier.
It couldn’t be helped really – even
monks were bewitched by her beauty. She
sighed wearily.
“Kenshin,” she said, not surprised
when he popped up beside her.
“Yes my lovely Kaoru?”
“Will you make sure you take care
of the brothers?”
“Already done.
They’re locked up safely in the bath house. Anything else?” he asked with a suggestive
wink.
“Are we safe for tonight?”
Kenshin paused, and listened to the
still air. “They’ll be tearing up half
the city and going through mountains. I
don’t think they’ll be here till tomorrow afternoon.”
“Good. It won’t be a problem if I do this
then.” She promptly pulled out a wooden
laundry tub and smashed it soundly on his head.
She looked at the broken pieces on the ground. Oh ironies of ironies. She laughed, and turned to find a comfortable
bed to sleep on.
***********
She was beginning to understand what Kenshin
must have felt like during his hitokiri years.
Groaning, Kaoru rubbed her eyes and let her head
tilt forwards onto her chest. Of course,
monks wouldn't have frivolous things like beds. Oh, no.
A nice, comfortable sleep was too much to ask for - the men took an oath
of celibacy, for heaven's sake!! If they
had to deal without that, at least they could have some beds?! Just one?!
Of course, the monks she had encountered earlier
didn't seem all that interested in celibacy as they peered in on her bath -
maybe the lack of beds was a punishment.
Snarling in frustration, Kaoru slammed her back
against the corner she had found and wrapped the blanket around her legs. This was unfair. Very, very unfair. Why was her unearthly beauty causing her such
a problem all of a sudden?!
She was beginning to wish that she hadn't
knocked her rurouni unconscious for the thousandth time - he would have had
some hints on how to get comfortable, at least.
Her nose wrinkled; wait, he'd have more then
just some hints - and while they would have probably felt really really nice, she wasn't that sure that he'd be all that
interested in being comfortable.
Sighing and stubbornly ignoring the blush that
had found it's way back to her cheeks - she really had to stop being so shy,
considering the circumstances - Kaoru pulled the blanket back around her and
shrugged her shoulders against the wall.
Well, she had managed to sleep in trees and even
in that smiling little very-recently-post-pubescent Soujirou's
futon - she could manage a corner.
Grumpily mumbling to herself
about half-crazed red-heads as she shifted again and drifted off into sleep,
Kaoru did not catch the pale, hazy beams of moonlight shifting over the ground
as the black clouds drifted past the sky, an all-too eerie wind whispering
through the trees.
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Disclaimer: We own no part of Rurouni Kenshin or any other presences, other then Tenshi and Kirstian themselves, who will appear in this
fic. If we did, Kenshin wouldn't be as
clueless as he normally is, and he'd be called Tub-by. In any case, we have no money. We spent it all on Sesshoumaru's
spandex Halloween getup. XD So don't sue. We'll sick Vash on you.