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Chapter 4
Change Isn’t Always A Bad Thing
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'Thoughts'
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The day just seemed to get from bad to worse for Kaoru as she dealt with Kenshin dragging her halfway across town. It had started right after she finished her call to Misao, almost automatically after hanging up, Kenshin gripped her wrist and started walking.
“Where is your home?”
The question shocked Kaoru, ‘what does he mean, where is my home?’ Narrowing her eyes, Kaoru watched an innocent look cross Kenshin’s face.
“What…I just wanted to know if you wanted to get anything from there before I take you back to my home. After all, you’ll be staying with me for a very long time…I just wanted you to be comfortable.”
Kaoru could feel a blush of embarrassment cross her cheekbones as his words sunk in, ‘great one Kaoru, now I feel completely stupid!’
Telling him her address, Kaoru then satisfied herself with being drug into a cab and carted back to her apartment.
Getting out of the cab, Kaoru hurried up to her door and punched in her security code, wanting to just get this over and done with already. The door opened with a low hiss, stepping inside the darkened room, Kaoru waited for Kenshin to enter as well.
Once he had crossed the threshold, Kaoru hit the ‘close’ button and the door shut without a sound. Turning around, Kaoru found that Kenshin had already taken the liberty of turning on the lights and seemed to be exploring.
“Um…I’ll be right back…”
Brushing past him, Kaoru made her way down the hall to her bedroom, reaching it she hurried inside and shut her door firmly behind her. She was relieved to know that at least for the moment she didn’t have to worry about Kenshin and the blasted promise she had made.
‘I still can’t believe that I did that...I was trained to mind my surroundings but in the end...I ended up focusing wholly upon Kenshin. How am I going to take living with him?’
Knowing she didn’t have much time, Kaoru flipped on the light and moved to her bed thus pushing her thoughts away until later, kneeling she pulled a duffle bag out and put it on her bed. Two or three minutes passed as Kaoru placed clothing and things in the bag, taking one more glance about her room, Kaoru pulled the zipper closed and slung the strap over her shoulder.
Kenshin had been waiting patiently as he wandered through Kaoru’s kitchen and living room, ‘it smells like her everywhere...I’m going to enjoy having her around...hell, I don’t think I’m going to even let her leave my side.’
A smirk drifted onto Kenshin’s lips as he ran his claws over one of Kaoru’s chairs, the soft material made a sort of scratching noise as he took another deep whiff of the air about him, Kaoru’s scent was so strong that it almost made him dizzy.
Hearing the door to the room Kaoru had disappeared into open, Kenshin pulled his hand back and moved into the hallway, watching as Kaoru approached him. She seemed to be deep in thought, noticing the bag that was slung over her shoulder, Kenshin walked towards her and gripped her shoulder.
Forcing down her gut feeling of kicking the shit out of Kenshin, Kaoru stopped and looked up at him. Seeing the amused look in his eye confused her, then she felt his hand shift and watched as he took her bag from her, slinging it over his own shoulder.
“So, you ready now?”
Raising an eyebrow at her, Kenshin was surprised when Kaoru muffled a giggle, ‘it seems that she finds something about me funny...but what?’
Unable to hold it back any longer, Kaoru broke out giggling, she shook her head as if that would help stop her from continuing.
Kenshin on the other hand was finding it hard to keep himself from touching her, ‘Kami, her voice is beautiful when she laughs...besides, she looks so sexy when her body trembles like that. It makes me want to grab her, pin her to the nearest wall and ravish her senseless…what’s wrong with me? I can worry about jumping her later, first we need to leave this place before he finds out that I have taken a human female as my own.’
“Alright…it’s about time that we get moving, I told Sano that I’d be back in an hour, he’ll kill me if I’m late. So let’s go…” reaching down, Kenshin gripped Kaoru’s hand and immediately felt her curl her fingers within his, that alone brought a smile to his lips.
‘Why is he acting so strange...and who’s this Sano person?’ Kaoru glanced at Kenshin out of the corner of her eye, cautious of the new behavior that he was showing to her.
Kenshin didn’t seem to notice because he didn’t say anything as he lead them to the door, within a couple minutes, Kenshin and Kaoru were out of her room and were now standing before the manager of the apartment complex.
“So you’re finally leaving…alright, hand over your room key and sign here please miss.”
The slightly balding man pointed to a line on the paper before him, as Kenshin handed the key over Kaoru grabbed a nearby pen and signed the spot that the manager had mentioned. Once this was done, the manager gave Kenshin and Kaoru a measuring look.
“If you don’t mind my asking…why are you leaving now of all times?”
Before Kaoru could say anything, Kenshin had pulled Kaoru against his chest and he was glaring at the manager. The man nearly pissed his pants as he backed away from the counter, his back hitting the wall behind him, he could swear that there was a demon in front of him and that was enough to scare him half to death.
To say Kenshin was pissed was an understatement, he didn’t need to know everything about the human male in front of him to know that he found Kaoru attractive and who wouldn’t? But seeing another male stepping into his territory and eyeing something that belonged to him was not a wise decision for the weak human to make.
Kaoru was surprised when she first heard it, the deep and resounding growl that rumbled out of Kenshin’s chest as he snarled at the manager, but what really got to her was the fact that the sound was comforting and seemed to soothe her down to her very core.
‘What is this feeling that I have...he is my enemy. I am only going along with him because of my promise...but why do I never want to leave his embrace?’
While Kaoru was debating this, she failed to notice that Kenshin had lead them outside again and he now had her in his arms as he leapt from building to building. Coming out of it, Kaoru gripped his shoulder as she gasped in surprise, her eyes hard as she glared at the amused look that Kenshin was giving her.
“What the hell, do you think you are doing?!”
Unable to hold back after Kaoru’s statement, Kenshin started chuckling deeply as he shook his head lightly, ‘how can a human female be so adorable is beyond me.’
Seeing that Kenshin was clearly not going to answer her question, Kaoru grit her teeth as she looked away from him, watching buildings and people flash by. After about a minute or so, Kaoru noticed that they were headed out of the city and into the mountains, this only brought more confusion to her mind.
‘I thought that he lived in the city, where all the meat is…what is he doing, living out here? I don’t get it…’
Kaoru was too caught up in her own thoughts to notice that Kenshin had come to a stop and was currently giving her another of those amused looks that could really piss her off. It took a poke to snap her out of it, blinking once, Kaoru looked up and saw that Kenshin looked as if he was about to burst in to laughter.
“Well…as much as I enjoy having you look at me like that,” Kaoru’s expression only soured and Kenshin bit his lip, “but it’s about time you met my companions, after all…you will be with us for a long time.”
Just nodding her head, Kaoru waited for Kenshin to set her down, which he did after a moment. But as Kaoru moved to pull away, Kenshin tightened his grip about her waist, forcing her to stay practically glued to his side.
Knowing that struggling would be useless, Kaoru let Kenshin lead her towards a mansion, one that she hadn’t noticed before. It was well concealed in the grove of trees that surrounded it, the tall dark building looked almost ominous, until Kaoru noticed that how things were situated that it would give the building that sort of look.
“So…what do you think of your new home?”
Jerking at how close Kenshin’s voice was, Kaoru glared up at him, “what am I supposed to think…it’s better than having nowhere to stay, but that’s all it is to me, understand?!”
Growling in slight anger at what Kaoru said, Kenshin watched as Kaoru’s eyes widened as Kenshin’s gentle violet eyes changed to a bright amber. It was about time that he gave Kaoru a reality check, ‘if she is to fit in with us, she needs to understand…I don’t want to have to force her into anything…but…’
“Kaoru…you are part of my pack now, whether you like it or not. So at least give us a chance…I know you’ve been through some shitty stuff with my kind before, but I have as well. Please just try…”
As Kenshin’s voice deepened and trailed off, Kaoru let out a sigh, ‘he’s right…I have to at least try, after all, he hasn’t done anything to harm me yet and now I am stuck with him.’
“Fine…but don’t expect much…”
Kenshin’s expression immediately changed as Kaoru’s words sank in, he was about to say something again when loud gasps and laughter sounded from the direction of the mansion.
“Well, well…look what the cat dragged in...who’s the chick Kenshin?”
Both Kaoru and Kenshin turned to see who had said that, but Kaoru’s eyes blew wide as her jaw dropped in total shock at what lay before her eyes. ‘I never would have thought…’
